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V-Correspondent - Javier Colon

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This soulful pop singer's father worked at a radio station, immersing his son in music from an early age; by 13, Javier was writing his own songs. His young talent led to touring gigs and even a contract with Capitol Records, but his career never really took off. Now, the devoted husband and father of two is taking a final shot at pursing his musical dreams before leaving music behind to support his family.

The Battle Rounds

Wow!! What a mix of emotions. I'm on cloud 9 and feel like s*** at the same time. Such a tough thing to do...To "Battle" against someone who is a good friend, knowing that one of us is going home. On one hand, survival mode kinda kicks in and you realize that you have to go out there and try to bring the house down with a great performance. But on the other hand there's also the realization that you could be responsible for eliminating a friend from the competition.

Well tonight I battled my friend Angela Wolff, who is not only amazingly talented, but one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. When we found out we were battling each other I think we both felt sick about it. Once we got a chance to rehearse our song, we decided that we were going to sing it as a real duet and not necessarily a "Battle". We wanted to try to support each other as opposed to trying to out sing one another. And that's exactly what I think we did. After it was over, I was chosen by Adam to stay in the competition and Angela was sent home. I am obviously happy to still be in the competition but sad to see Angela go.  She is so gifted and I know she is going to do great, great things in her career... but her elimination is still weighing heavy on me. I guess this is how Battle Rounds go. No one told us it would be easy. And believe me it's not. I will miss her.

Jav


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