Ciara Cox lost out in the battle stages of the competition
SHE may have been eliminated from ‘The Voice of Ireland’ on Sunday evening, but the Enniskillen singer Ciara Cox has no plans to give up her music career. Speaking to the Herald Ciara was thankful for her opportunity.
“I can’t say it’s a disappointment, because that would be taking away from the whole experience. I would have loved to have gone through to the live shows, but I am so grateful for everything this far, regardless of the outcome.”
In the battle stages of the competition, mentor Sharon Corr pitted Ciara against Stephen Hudson singing the song ‘Broken Strings’ by James Morrison and Nelly Furtado.
Speaking after the performance each of the coaches voiced their opinions, offering Sharon some insight before she made the final decision.
Kian Egan told Ciara: “You have a lovely tone to your voice, you can sing really well, but Stephen just seemed to have the little for me.”
Jamelia said: “If I was Sharon I would go for Ciara, just because she’s just interesting to me, she’s quirky and I see her as an artist as well as hearing one.”
In her decision Sharon took into account what she had seen in rehearsals and blind auditions and decided that from the blind auditions Stephen had been the stronger of the two.
Rather than complain about the verdict, Ciara respected her coach’s decision.
“At the end of the day, it’s Sharon sitting in that seat and it is her right as a coach to make whatever decision she chooses, and for whatever reasons she chooses. I have to respect that. She felt she had to go back to the blind auditions to make her decision and I know that some people have complained about that, but it can’t be easy to have to make a decision like that, so there are no complaints from me.”
Despite the setback Ciara has no plans to give up music and is already beginning to think about future plans.
“I have been doing music since I can remember, so there’s no stopping me at this stage.”
She continued: “It’s too early to say what the exact immediate plans are, but my band Shakedown have already received booking enquiries from far and wide, so for the moment, we need to concentrate on that. For me personally, I plan to get into the recording studio and to start at writing my own material again.”
Ciara is eternally grateful for her exposure on the voice and feels it has helped her on a number of levels.
“The experience on The Voice has given me so much, both professionally and personally. Once you conquer your nerves enough to do something like that, very little can phase you after it. Whenever I’m faced with something now, which might have made me nervous in the past, I just think ‘well, I performed in front of 2,000 people in the Helix and on national TV, so this is nothing in comparison.”
Ciara added: “I have made some invaluable contacts within the music industry and within the media. Let’s face it, it’s never a bad thing to have Sharon Corr’s number in your phone!”
