Jordis Unga is eliminated on "The Voice"

The Twin Cities singer was voted off by her coach Blake Shelton in the so-called "Instantaneous Elimination."

April 17, 2012 at 11:23AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

After years of looking for another shot in Los Angeles – and way too many weeks waiting out the show's stretched-out schedule -- Twin Cities singer Jordis Unga was sent home "instantaneously" from NBC's "The Voice" on Monday. The Forest Lake native fell victim to a new twist on the series, the so-called "Instantaneous Elimination."

Host Carson Daly grandiosely revealed the new process as if he were unlocking Al Capone's vault: One member of each team would be cut from the show by their judges before the TV-viewing public had a chance to vote. Blake Shelton chose Unga, after she went on a limb and sang a sweet, weepy version of country starlet Sara Evans' "A Little Bit Stronger." Shelton and the other coaches acted blown away from Unga's prior performance, a powerful rendition of Heart's "Alone" that was more her rocker style.

Unga made it much farther in her prior TV music competition, CBS's 2005 series "Rock Star: INXS," in which she placed fifth. In the years between, she "went through the wringer" trying to see a couple different record deals come to fruition, to no avail. The "Team Jordis" page on Facebook noted the elimination with a note that urged fans to download her pre-recorded version of "A Little Bit Stronger" on iTunes. "This is not the end of the road for Jordis.. .it's the beginning," it read.

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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