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Leah Lewis got no chair turn on The Voice and voiced Pixar’s Ember

Leah Lewis voiced the lead character Ember Lumen in Pixar’s Elemental. Other contestants voiced characters in animated films and television series.

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Leah Lewis

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Leah Lewis got no chair turn in the blind auditions of The Voice season 4. She voiced the lead character Ember Lumen in the 2023 Pixar film Elemental, and other contestants voiced characters in animated series and an English dub.

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Leah Lewis voiced Batgirl on Batwheels and Räv on Paramount+

Beginning in 2022, Lewis voiced Cassandra Cain, Batgirl, in the animated preschool series Batwheels, which premiered on HBO Max in September 2022. Paramount+ released the animated film The Tiger’s Apprentice in February 2024, in which she voiced Räv.

Josh Levi and Jennifer Hudson voiced roles in films

Josh Levi finished in seventh place on season 3 of The X Factor. In March 2022 he voiced Aaron Z of the fictional group 4*Town in the film Turning Red. Rachel Crow, who finished fifth on season 1 of The X Factor, voiced Carla in Rio 2, released in 2014, and Tip on Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh from 2016 to 2018.

Michael J. Woodard was eliminated in fourth or fifth place on American Idol season 16. In 2021 he voiced Arlo in the film Arlo the Alligator Boy and in the series I Heart Arlo. Jennifer Hudson finished seventh on season 3 of American Idol in 2004. She voiced Louise Harris in the Sony Pictures Animation film Goat, released in February 2026, and the news reporter Lilian Ledes in the animated film Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, released in theaters in August 2026.

Josh Levi

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Diamond White and Brennley Brown voiced Fuli and Leyla

Diamond White finished in fifth place on season 2 of The X Factor. She voiced Holly on Phineas and Ferb from 2010 to 2014, Francine Greene on Transformers: Rescue Bots from 2011 to 2016, and Ruby on Sofia the First from 2013 to 2018.

White voiced Fuli on The Lion Guard, which premiered in January 2016 and ran through 2019. Bryana Salaz, eliminated in the live playoffs of The Voice season 7, voiced Anga in The Lion Guard in 2019. In 2021 White began voicing Lunella Lafayette on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, which premiered in early 2023 with her role running through 2025.

Brennley Brown, eliminated in the Top 8 of The Voice season 12, voiced Leyla for six seasons of DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders from 2019 through 2022.

Diamond White

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Haley Reinhart and Briana Cuoco voiced Bill Murphy and Batgirl

Haley Reinhart, eliminated in third place on American Idol season 10, voiced Bill Murphy in the Netflix animated comedy F Is for Family from 2015 to 2021, serving as a series regular from the second season. Briana Cuoco, eliminated in the Knockout rounds of The Voice season 5, voiced Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, in the animated series Harley Quinn beginning in 2020.

Haley Reinhart

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Vicci Martinez voiced Frida Kahlo and Blake Lewis joined Durarara!!

Vicci Martinez finished in third or fourth place on season 1 of The Voice and voiced Frida Kahlo in seasons 2 and 3 of Clone High from 2023 to 2024. Blake Lewis, the runner-up on American Idol season 6, was named in May 2011 as the voice of Kasuka Heiwajima in the English dub of Durarara!!, and Vic Mignogna replaced him in the show’s second season.

Vicci Martinez

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