(21 Nov 2024)
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Los Angeles – 14 November 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Simone Biles, gymnast, Snoop Dogg, recording artist:
Biles: "I think for me it was amazing. We were able to riff off each other and to just give the artists the best insight going into their the next round. So I thought it was really fun. I think it was pretty easy. Simple. We’re both very mellow, I think. But if we need to bring that energy up, then we can and we can read the contestants and see how they’re feeling. But for us, it was just about instilling confidence going into the next week."
Snoop Dogg: "And we hope that such diverse careers and things that we deal with are things that they’re dealing with, things that we went through are the things that they’re going through. So we have the best experience and knowledge to give to these performers. Because she’s a performer. I’m a performer. We perform under extreme conditions, and we always do our best. But sometimes things that happen behind closed doors that you don’t know. And we were able to speak to some of those things and able to give them real confidence, reassurance about themselves."
STORYLINE:
Snoop Dogg and Simone Biles turned their Olympic bond from this summer’s Paris Games into a new challenge: The superstar tandem will team up on NBC’s “The Voice.”
Biles will join Snoop on the reality competition television series during a new episode, airing Nov. 25. As a coach on the show, the rap star enlisted Biles as a mentor in the playoff round to help advise five vocalists who are vying for a spot in the live shows.
For Snoop and Biles, their pairing was a superb match for the sports and music icons – who carried their effortless chemistry from the Olympics to the TV set of “The Voice.”
“We were able to riff off each other and give the artists the best insight going into the next round,” Biles told The Associated Press in a recent interview with Snoop after both finished filming the episode in Los Angeles.
“It was pretty easy, simple,” added Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all-time who won four medals – three of them gold – at the Olympics. “We’re both very mellow. But if we need to bring that energy up, then we can. For us, it was about instilling confidence going into the next week.”
Biles might be famous for her athletic prowess, but she was able to relate to the music contestants – from one competitor to another.
“These are the learning steps: Learn, process, go back in and work,” she said. “They all have the vocal talent. It’s about harnessing that, knowing when to bring it out and which songs to sing and which genre you fit in. And what you want your legacy to be. This is truly a special show as well as the judging. They don’t get to see the physical appearance first. It’s all off of ears, listening and putting their craft together as well.”
Despite having different career paths, Snoop and Biles share a mutual respect for each other’s ability to shine on the respective biggest stages.
“We have such diverse careers. But the things that we dealt with, they’re dealing with now,” said Snoop, the ultra-smooth entertainer who took on a starring role as a special correspondent in NBC’s record-breaking coverage. He’s a coach on “The Voice” along with Michael Bublé, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani who are attempting to discover and coach the next singing phenomenon.
Snoop said they felt the need to instill wisdom and confidence in each participant.
Snoop said it made sense for both to work together on the episode.
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