'The Voice': Adam Levine tells Reagan Strange 'you epitomize everything this show stands for'

Memphis native Reagan Strange earned a spot in the top 11 on Monday's episode of "The Voice."

Reagan was the top streamed contestant. She received a five time multiplier for being the most streamed artist. Her face showed pure shock at the result. She was the first announced to move on to the top 11.

Reagan's performance of "You Say" by Lauren Daigle reached No. 26 on iTunes on Tuesday and No. 6 on the pop chart.

A hundred family members, friends and fellow vocal students were at Kooky Canuck’s during the teen’s watch party. Although "Monday Night Football" was on ESPN, every television in the restaurant was tuned to NBC for the show’s live performances of the top 13.

The show opened with Reagan talking about how she had watched the show at age 6 during its first season.

"I'm here because 'The Voice' taught me anything is possible," she said on the broadcast as the screen showed her blowing bubble gum.

Reagan was the last contestant to perform. She dedicated the song by Daigle to her grandparents.

"I sang it for the first time a couple weeks ago actually in church. When I sang the song, my granddad cried," she said "My granddad was my pastor, and my grandma, she's a phenomenal piano player. They taught me to go out there and do your best no matter what anybody else is saying."

Her grandparents joined her mother in the audience in Los Angeles on Monday night.

“Reagan is becoming the star that I knew she was the second I laid eyes on her," said Adam Levine, the Maroon 5 singer who is Reagan's coach on the show.

Before Reagan’s performance when NBC showed her in the green room, cheers erupted in a back room at the restaurant.

In the commercial break before her performance, Todd Kucinski, her stepfather, bowed his head and closed his eyes.

As the television showed the teen, the back room of the restaurant became quiet as Reagan's voice filled the room.

At the end, the cheers from the crowd drowned out host Carson Daly's voice.

"Reagan, you epitomize everything this show stands for because of the purity of what you do and the clarity of how you do it is just astounding, and it filled this entire room with your voice," Levine said on the broadcast. 

Reagan is one of Mandi Thomas’ 35 voice students. Thomas said she has been teaching “The Voice” contestant for two years, but knew of the singer before then from local competitions and festivals. She was a host at the watch party Monday.

“I hear her so much and usually I’m the one that’s sitting there critiquing, but it’s enjoyable every time she’s on that stage, and I know I can sit back and relax and enjoy it,” Thomas said. “Her strength is her huge big notes, and she went up at the end and really finished strong.”

Many of Thomas’ students gathered at the restaurant for the watch party.

“She’s stayed very humble,” 15-year-old Claire Criner said. “Her talent is insane. She’s very controlled. It’s simple but at the same time so impressive.”

Criner said watching Reagan has been so fun all season, and there is no jealousy among the other voice students.

“We’re so proud of her,” she said.

Zoe Vales, another student of Thomas, said it was neat to see another voice student on a national television show.

“All songs really show off her talent,” Vales said. “If anyone could do it, it would be her.”

Her friend Sydney Jackson was also at the restaurant and praised Reagan’s efforts this season. She met Reagan two years ago at the Delta Fair when they shared a dressing room.

“I was freaking out (when I found out she would be on the show),” Jackson said. “It’s been amazing. I love watching her every single time.”

The top 11 will perform at 7 p.m. Monday on NBC, and viewer votes will determine who advances to the top 10.

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