It was an evening of celebration at The Voice as NBC‘s singing competitors wrapped Season 25.
Host Carson Daly paid tribute to Debra Byrd and Ernie Fields Jr., who died this previous yr and have been a part of The Voice household.
“We’d additionally prefer to take a second to recollect two members of The Voice household that we sadly misplaced this yr, the very gifted Debra Byrd and Ernie Fields Jr.,” Daly mentioned. “They have been important to all of the music that you simply hear on this present.”
Daly continued, “They each had unmatched careers in music and leisure and contributed a lot to The Voice. And whereas they’re not with us, they left behind an unimaginable physique of labor. They are going to be missed and all the time an enormous a part of our household.”
Byrd, a vocal coach on The Voice and American Idol, died on March fifth in Los Angeles at 72.
Jennifer Hudson, who labored with Byrd on Idol, remembered the vocal coach in a tribute publish on social media.
“Heartbroken over the passing of Debra Byrd, the vocal coach on American Idol. She inspired and supported us from the very starting,” Hudson shared on X, previously Twitter. “I’m so grateful for all the things she taught us. She will likely be dearly missed, however her legacy lives on by the music of numerous artists she influenced throughout her lifetime.”
Fields Jr., a musician who additionally labored on The Voice and American Idol, died on March 8 at his residence in Pasadena, California, on the age of 89.