Ciana pelekai biography

Oahu-born singer Ciana Pelekai’s journey on NBC’s reality singing competition “The Voice” ended tonight in a Knockout Round.

Despite being told that she did a “fantastic job” by her coach John Legend, the 20-year-old Radford High School graduate, who now lives in Las Vegas, lost to Chicago vocalist Pia Renee.

“You came up with your ‘A’ game tonight, and you should be incredibly proud,” Legend told Pelekai, speaking about her performance of Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You.” In a later post on Twitter, Legend also told Pelekai, “You lit the room on fire!”

You lit the room on fire @officiallyciana!

#TeamLegend#TheVoice

— John Legend (@johnlegend) April 20, 2021

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In the introduction to her Knockout performance Pelekai explained that she usually sang ballads and that performing the “Cuz I Love You,” which contains elements of rap, would be like “step