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"Who needs American Idol?\r\nCertainly not The Voice&amp;apos;s Vicci Martinez, who turned down a spot on Idol 10 years ago and is now putting the industry on notice as part of NBC&amp;apos;s new competition show.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I was talked into auditioning for The Voice,&amp;quot; Martinez, 26, told Us Weekly during a May 16 visit to our NYC offices. &amp;quot;I tried out for American Idol and could have gone through, but I just didn&amp;apos;t like the reality TV show [aspect of Idol]. I don&amp;apos;t like how they twist things sometimes. We were called to audition [for The Voice] and [producers] told me &amp;apos;if you don&amp;apos;t like it, go home,&amp;apos; and I&amp;apos;ve had the best experience.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWith the blind auditions and battle rounds behind her, Martinez is excited to progress to the live rounds under the direction of &amp;quot;F--k You&amp;quot; singer Cee Lo Green.\r\n&amp;quot;Cee Lo has just been saying all the right things,&amp;quot; Martinez tells Us. &amp;quot;He says &amp;apos;sing from your heart and make this song your own.&amp;apos; Things that keep me that much more comfortable around him. He&amp;apos;s doing music for the right reasons.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAs The Voice&amp;apos;s battle rounds continue Tuesday on NBC, check out the video above for more from Martinez -- including a special cover of Adele&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Rolling in the Deep&amp;quot; performed exclusively for Us!\r\nBy Allison Corneau for UsMagazine.com. For more Channel Surfing, click here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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