Meet The New Mexico Singer Who Shined Brightly On The Voice

Out of the thousands of singers who's tried out for The Voice, there have been a handful of to represent the state of New Mexico. As of Season 26, only about 5 singers have been from New Mexico:

• Tawnya Reynolds from Ruidoso, NM who became the first New Mexico singer appearing on Season 4 for Team Shakira.
• Khaliya Kimberlie from Mescalero, NM who appeared on Season 11 on Team Miley Cyrus
• Gigi Hess from Lovington, NM who appeared on Season 18 on Team Kelly Clarkson
• and Kamila Kiehne from Los Lunas, NM who's on Season 26 on Team Michael Buble

And of course we can't forget about the singer from Season 15...

Cheval Shepherd so far is the only winner from New Mexico on The Voice

The Farmington, New Mexico native, Cheval Shepherd, joined The Voice after singing "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry and got a 3 chair turn.

Cheval was able to make it all the way to the Finale while performing songs from The Judds (Rockin' With the Rhythm of the Rain), Tanya Tucker's "It's a Little Too Late" and even performed an original song called "Broken Hearts".

She won Season 15, becoming the first country singer to NOT be on Blake Shelton's team.

Since joining The Voice, she's released a full length album called Everybody's Got a Story in 2021, she went on tour with Maroon 5 in 2019, she appeared in the 2022 film called "Vengeance". Cheval is happily married but she still performs & posts regularly on her Instagram account.

There has also been many winners from Texas that have appeared on The Voice; you can see a list down below.

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