The Winner Is on NBC was not supposed to premiere until July 11, but NBC decided to use The Voice USA Season 4 as a lead-in and decided to do a special preview last week on The Winner Is 2013. It worked, as the ratings proved very strong and NBC wants to keep a good thing going, so The Winner Is on NBC and host Nick Lachey are back for Week 2 of The Winner Is. Keep up with all the action in our The Winner Is 2013 Recap below and see who moves on to the finals on The Winner Is Season 1!

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To remind you, there will be three rounds featuring six different singers and each round they will be offered money to either accept and walk away or decline and hope the 101 on The Winner Is 2013 voted them the winner and move on to the next round. This is a great show and I am a fan. Let;s get it started!

ROUND ONE

The Newman Twins vs. Jesse Pringle

The twins do everything together and Jesse recently lost his job, so he is looking for money to help provide for his family! The Newman Twins gets things started by singing “Proud Mary” by Tina Turner. This is such a huge song and everyone has sung it at one time on all these type of shows, so it has to be something unique for me to enjoy it and it was just good to me…nothing special. Jesse sings “As Long As You Love Me” by Justin Bieber. He looks like a big dork with how he is dressed, but he has some good vocals on him and I am picking him as the winner. Who do you pick?
101 Vote: 70 to 31
Offer: $10,000, which neither of them take
The Winner Is: Jesse Pringle

Gina Wagner vs. Ben Nichols

Ever since Gina was a little girl she knew she wanted to be a country singer. Her Dad is struggling financially right now and she wants that money for her Dad and she said she has a hidden talent, but what is it? Ben has a lucky pair of red basketball shorts he wears under anything! Think he has them on tonight? Gina sings “I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart” by Patsy Montana. She has a great country voice and does some yodeling, which I am assuming is her hidden talent? Ben sings “Closer” by Ne-Yo. He has a great voice, but it is a lot like the original. This is a battle of singers from complete opposite ends of the spectrum, so I am not sure.
101 Vote: 73 to 28 (these votes have never been close so far)
Offer: $10,000, which Ben Nichols takes! They show the results and Ben made the right decision.
The Winner Is: Gina Wagner

Legaci vs. Leah Grace

Legaci is a group of friends that wanted to get together to show their love for R&B music. Leah is only ten years old and been singing for about a year! She claims she is a little girl with a lot of soul! Legaci kicks it off and sings “No One” by Alicia Keys. They sound good as a group, but I am thinking they need something special to compete with a ten year old girl, right? Leah sings “Who’s Loving You” by The Jackson 5. She starts out rough, but kicks it in and it is a good performance, but I would pick Legaci over her. She needs more practice.
101 Vote: 73 to 28
Offer: $10,000, which neither of them take
The Winner Is: Leah Grace

That is the end of Round 1 on The Winner Is on NBC and Leah and Gina are tied for the high score, so the 101 votes on both of them to see who gets fast-tracked to the final round tonight. In a 59 to 42 vote, the 101 picks Leah and she is moving on to the final round!

ROUND TWO

Jesse Pringle vs. Gina Wagner

In the second round, Nick Lachey brings up their friends and families to support them. Jesse sings “It Will Rain” by Bruno Mars. He has the voice similar to Bruno and this was a great rendition of the hit song. You look at him and don’t imagine that voice coming out of him, but he does a great job. Gina sings “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” by Bonnie Tyler. She wanted to show that she could sing more than country and she does a good job and this one I am torn on. I think we may have our first close vote on The Winner Is 2013!
101 Vote: 52 to 49 (finally a close vote)!
Offer: $25,000, which neither of them take
The Winner Is: Gina Wagner

FINAL ROUND

Leah Grace vs. Gina Wagner

The winner of this round will win a spot in the $1 million season finale of The Winner Is on NBC! Leah sings “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga. Leah confuses me! One second she can sound amazing, but then the next second she can sound a little rough to me. She has a great voice for a ten-year-old, but is it enough to win tonight? Gina sings “These Boots Are Made For Walking” by Nancy Sinatra. I feel the same way with Gina. Some notes she sounds so good on, but then is rough in other parts. I was more impressed with Leah and I am picking her as the winner. What do you think?
101 Vote: 81 to 20
Offer: $50,000. Gina is not sure and her Dad said that Leah is a crowd favorite tonight and she should maybe take the money. Leah’s Mom is letting her daughter decide on this one. Gina takes the $50,000, but it was the wrong choice as the 101 picked Gina the winner! Since she took the money though, Leah is moving on!!!
The Winner Is: Leah Grace

That is it for tonight on The Winner Is on NBC. It won’t be back until July 11th though, so we have a little break! Will it lose viewers because of that???

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