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'The Voice' Finalist Comes Home To Raleigh

Kat Robichaud was a musician long before she got her big break on this season ofNBC’s “The Voice.” She was in a cover band for years before landing a spot on the hit television series. She was eliminated from the show a few weeks ago, but said on the State of Things today that her time there was a highlight of her career.

"It was a dream come true," she said. "It was amazing."

On the show, celebrity musicians act as mentors to the singers. Three mentors chose Robichaud. She had to decide whether to work with Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera or CeeLo Green.

 "I had the privilege of picking CeeLo, and he was an outstanding mentor," she said. "I love his voice. I think he and I have the same soul and raspiness to our voice."

She also talked about getting to meet her idol, the singer Amanda Palmer. Palmer was accompanied by her husband, the writer Neil Gaiman.

Robichaud is back in Raleigh, but will be returning to "The Voice" soon.  She will perform for the season finale on December 17th.

http://youtu.be/z2fRyEiP8Do

Alex Granados joined The State of Things in July 2010. He got his start in radio as an intern for the show in 2005 and loved it so much that after trying his hand as a government reporter, reader liaison, features, copy and editorial page editor at a small newspaper in Manassas, Virginia, he returned to WUNC. Born in Baltimore but raised in Morgantown, West Virginia, Alex moved to Raleigh in time to do third grade twice and adjust to public school after having spent years in the sheltered confines of a Christian elementary education. Alex received a degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also has a minor in philosophy, which basically means that he used to think he was really smart but realized he wasn’t in time to switch majors. Fishing, reading science fiction, watching crazy movies, writing bad short stories, and shooting pool are some of his favorite things to do. Alex still doesn’t know what he wants to be when he grows up, but he is holding out for astronaut.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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