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Caitlin Rose Caporale (born September 23, 1991) is an American singer/songwriter/performer best known as a Top 20 Finalist on Team Pharrell, Season 8 of NBC's, The Voice and performed a spontaneous duet with Miss Christina Aguilera during her Blind Audition.

EARLY LIFE

Caporale was born to Stephanie Muller and Joseph Caporale in Carmel, New York, the youngest of four siblings (Grace, Jennifer, Christopher). She is of American, German, Hungarian, Irish, and Italian decent. At age 4 her family moved to The Town of Newburgh, New York in the Hudson Valley Region, where Caporale grew up. She began performing in elementary, junior and high school talent shows in the New York metropolitan area. She participated in the All-District and All-County Chorus as well as the Madrigals Ensemble. At fifteen years old Caporale began uploading cover videos to Youtube where her fan base began to grow. In her teen years she performed and won many local singing competitions and was featured on a variety of local radio shows. She was a part of her High School (NFA) Musicals 42nd Street, Will Rogers Follies and The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee. Caporale attended Gardnertown Fundamental Magnet School, North Junior High School, and graduated from Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) in Newburgh, New York. She attended Orange County Community College in Middletown, New York from 2010-2012 with a major in Music and a minor in English. Caporale then decided to pursue music full time.

CAREER In 2009 at The Eisenhower Theatre in West Point, New York along with her a cappella chorus, Caporale sang a variety of Holiday classics with country music hall of famer, Kenny Rogers.

June of 2011, Caporale was on vacation in Los Angeles, CA with her sister. She came across an audition being held at The Grove and landed a spot on the television show EXTRA hosted by Mario Lopez. Caporale performed an a cappella rendition of Aguilera's, “Lift Me Up” while Christina Aguilera and her season one team of The Voice watched on stage.

June 2013, Caporale auditioned to be a contestant on a local TV show, "Empire City's Lucky Break." From May to September 2013, Caporale appeared weekly as a contestant on the singing competition, held at Empire City Casino, in Yonkers, New York. The singing competition was hosted by KTU's radio personality, Mike Ryan and Clare Galterio in collaboration with Clear Channel and Mike Ausley productions. The show aired weekly, for sixteen weeks on WLNY. Caporale was declared the runner up.

(A partial list of the songs Caporale performed on "Empire City's Lucky Break.")

1. "If I Ain't Got You" Alicia Keys

2. "At Last" Etta James

3. "Open Arms" Journey

4. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" Whitney Houston

5. "Take A Bow" Rihanna

6. "Battlefield" Jordin Sparks

7. "I Still Believe" Mariah Carey

8. "Walk Away" Kelly Clarkson

9. "Inseparable" Natalie Cole

10. "I Honestly Love You" Olivia Newton John

2015: THE VOICE From March to May 2015 Caporale competed in the Eighth Season of "The Voice". On March 9 2015, she made her sensational national debut, during her Blind Audition, singing Christina Aguilera's, "Impossible." Both Blake Shelton and Pharrell Willams turned for her. Aguilera wanted Caporale as well, but her team was full. Aguilera was clearly upset her team was full along with Levine, so the two could not push their button to turn their chair. Caporale ended up choosing Williams as her coach. At the end of the Blind Audition, Caporale showed the world that she could sing effortlessly and toe to toe with one of the top vocalists of all time, Aguilera. The two performed an epic unrehearsed duet of "Impossible," making Caporale the first contestant in the history of the show during a blind audition, to sing an unrehearsed duet.

Battle Round: Caporale was mentored by the legendary, Lionel Richie. She performed Alicia Key's, "Fallin" and was declared the winner.

Knockout Round: Caporale was mentored by Nate Ruess from the INDIE Band, Funn. She performed Demi Lovato's, "Warrior" and was declared the winner.

Live Show: Caporale performed Beyonce's, "Best Thing I Never Had".

June 2015 Caporale opened at Dutchess Stadium for Robin Thicke, Flo Rida, Charlie XCX, Dillion Francis among many others at the biggest Summer concert in the Hudson Valley, KFest.

April 2016, Caporale was invited to sing The National Anthem during the Trump Rally, at Mid Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY.

DEBUT EP, CANVAS

After Caporale’s departure from The Voice, she launched a Kickstarter campaign and raised over $11,500 for her debut EP. October 2016 Caporale released her first official single, "Guarded Heart", a powerful/soulful ballad.

Caporale's Debut EP, Canvas, is set to be released November 29, 2016. Canvas includes six original tracks:

1. "Guarded Heart"

2. "Canvas"

3. "Contest"

4. "What If"

5. "Bringin' It Back to Love"

6. "All In"

PERSONAL:

Caporale is a supporter of the Wounded Warriors Project, Mental Illness Awareness, Lyme Disease Association, Alzheimer's Foundation of America, Domestic Violence (Stop Violence Against Women) Safe Homes of Orange County, National Breast Cancer Association, Humane Society, Habitat for Humanity, Make A Wish Foundation.

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