Blake Shelton: Country making a comeback

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added: 6 Feb 2012 // by: newsdesk 

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Blake Shelton believes a country singer could win the second series of The Voice US.

The singer is a judge on the reality TV show which returns to NBC for its second series tonight.

Having excelled as a country singer himself, the Honey Bee crooner was pleased to see several strong musicians representing the genre in the auditions stages of the programme.

'There are some country singers that are really good,' Blake told American publication People. 'We had a few last year but we didn't end up with a country singer in the final four.'

Blake was so impressed with the strong showing he predicts that a performer of the much-loved genre could go on to triumph in the new series.

He takes his place on the judging panel alongside Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera.

'I know anything can happen,' he said. 'But I really believe in my heart that one of several country singers that we have on our show this year have a shot at winning the whole thing.'

Last year the first series of The Voice US saw Javier Colon crowned the winner. Mentored by Adam, his prize included $100,000 and a coveted recording contract.

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Gary Glitter comeback a hoax

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added: 22 Jan 2012 // by: Noise11 

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A Twitter account alleged to be the official Gary Glitter account has been wiped after announcing a tour and new album only yesterday.

@officialglitter has had nearly all of its post removed with one from Jan 20 supposedly from Glitter saying 'looking forward to promoting #GlitterTour here'.

Yesterday the site mentioned a new album titled 'Still Shining' was also on the way but today there is no sign of that post.

On @GaryGlitter another post, allegedly from Glitter, says 'I'm not sure I'm going to continue. Lots of threats to kill me in the past 24 hours'.

Neither @OfficialGlitter or @GaryGlitter have been authenticated as real by Twitter.

However, NME are reporting a Tumblr post saying 'Let me say that this account does not belong to convicted paedophile Gary Glitter. I am deeply disgusted by what Gary Glitter has done in his life and am not condoning, making light of or glorifying child abuse. His crimes are unforgivable and chilling'.

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That Tumblr post has also been removed.

It continued, 'I set this twitter account up as a social experiment to highlight the dangers and safety of children using the social networking sites and to discover and question public morality. It's been an interesting and eye-opening experience for me.'

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