Zoylin Ybarra Rodríguez (Zoylin Rose), the Cuban lyrical singer who in recent months has conquered the judges and the public of La Voz Chile with her talent, stayed one tenth of a point away from the final of the contest this Wednesday after offering an emotional interpretation of Memories.
Coach Francisca Valenzuela described the performance of the 27-year-old in the semifinals as “precious and heavenly.” “What a pleasure to see you shine like that,” she added.
“You have just made a world-class presentation (…) You deserve all that and more,” said Beto Cuevas, the team of which the Cuban woman was a part, who is a native of San Antonio de los Baños, province of Artemisa.
The coach expressed that the young woman is not only “a great singer”, possessing great technique”, but also “a great human being”. “Your fight is in line with your talent.
You are not competing with someone else, you compete against your own limits and you expand them,” he said about Zoylín, who before participating in the contest sang in the streets of the city of Concepción, where he has lived for five years.
However, despite the good performance of the young Cuban, the public votes tipped the balance towards the other Chilean contestants. Marcelo Durán obtained the majority of the votes, 44%. The other finalist was Antonia Núñez, with 19.2%, who beat the Cuban by only one thousand votes.
In the knockouts the singer gave a masterful interpretation of “Caruso” that earned applause from the entire set and praise from the coaches. Something that surprised fans of the contest was the versatility of Zoylin, who performed very well in the competition in other musical genres, not just opera.
With her carefree interpretation of “Olvidar” in the playoff stage, she showed not only the strength of her voice, but also the ability she has to get into character when singing any song.
However, his “SOS from an earthling in anguish” was a return to lyrics that exceeded all expectations and left many speechless with its low and high tones. In an interview with 14yMedio in recent days, Zoylin Rose stated that she hoped that her time on The Voice could boost her career as a soloist and she specified that she has her own songs that she would like to release.
However, the members of the jury have not stopped praising the Cuban in any edition. Thus, Francisca Valenzuela, who described Rose’s performance in the semifinals – a version of Memories – as “pristine, precious and heavenly” and congratulated her: “What a pleasure to see you shine like that.”
“Your fight is in line with your talent. You are not competing with someone else, you compete against your own limits and you expand them”
Beto Cuevas, for his part, thanked Rose for her “quality”. “You have just made a world-class presentation,” he said, and asserted: “You deserve all that and more. The coach said that the young woman is not only “a great singer with great technique” but “a great human being”: ” Your fight is commensurate with your talent. You are not competing with someone else, you are competing against your own limits and you are expanding them.”
Along with the 27-year-old Cuban from San Antonio de los Baños, Celene Weichafe and Savka Gómez were also left out of the contest.
Zoylin Rose stated in an interview with 14 September that he hoped that his stint on The Voice could boost his solo career.
“I have my own songs that I want to release and I am very excited to inspire and motivate through my music, give a new musical vision and give visibility to many vulnerable sectors that do not have a voice that represents them,” he said.
