International recording superstars Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande are set to perform on the star-studded Tuesday, Dec. 13 season finale (9-11 p.m. ET/PT) of NBC's three-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series THE VOICE. Last night "The Voice" also won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Reality Competition Series.
Wonder and Grande join a spectacular list of finale performers, including Bruno Mars, Sting and The Weeknd. One of the four finalists - Josh Gallagher from Team Adam, Billy Gilman from Team Adam, Sundance Head from Team Blake or We' McDonald from Team Alicia - will be crowned the winner of "The Voice."
Legendary award-winning American icon Stevie Wonder will debut his new Golden Globe Award-nominated single "Faith," featuring Grammy Award-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Ariana Grande, from the soundtrack to Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures' "Sing," the upcoming event film starring Academy Award® winners Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, alongside Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton and Grammy Award-nominated Tori Kelly. "Sing" arrives in theaters on Dec. 21.
ABOUT "SING" Illumination has captivated audiences all over the world with the beloved hits "Despicable Me," "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," "Despicable Me 2" and "Minions," now the second-highest-grossing animated movie in history. Following the release of this summer's comedy blockbuster "The Secret Life of Pets," Illumination presents "Sing" this holiday season.
With its highly relatable characters, heart and humor, the first collaboration between writer/director Garth Jennings ("Son of Rambow," "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") and Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri marks the sixth fully animated feature from the studio.
The event film stars Academy Award winners Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, alongside Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton and Grammy Award-nominated Tori Kelly.
Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon (McConaughey), a dapper koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal - some might even say delusional - optimist who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now faced with the crumbling of his life's ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former GLORY by producing the world's greatest singing competition.
Five lead contestants emerge: Mike (MacFarlane), a mouse who croons as smoothly as he cons; Meena (Kelly), a timid teenage elephant with an enormous case of stage fright; Rosita (Witherspoon), an overtaxed mother run ragged tending a litter of 25 piglets; Johnny (Egerton), a young gangster gorilla looking to break free of his family's felonies; and Ash (Johansson), a punk-rock porcupine struggling to shed her arrogant boyfriend and go solo.
Each arrives under Buster's marquee believing that this is their shot to change the course of their life. And as Buster coaches each of his contestants closer and closer to the grand finale, he starts to learn that maybe the theater isn't the only thing that is in need of saving.
Featuring more than 65 hit songs, "Sing" is produced by Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy. Together, they have produced all of Illumination's films since the studio's inception. For more information, go to www.singmovie.com.
ABOUT ILLUMINATION ENTERTAINMENT Illumination Entertainment, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the entertainment industry's leading producers of event animated films. Illumination, which has an exclusive financing and distribution partnership with Universal Pictures, is the creator of the hugely successful "Despicable Me" franchise, which includes "Minions"-the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time-as well as "Despicable Me 2," an Academy Award® nominee for Best Animated Feature of 2013. In all, Illumination's films, which also include 2016's record-breaking "The Secret Life of Pets", 2011's "Hop" and 2012's "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," have grossed more than $4 billion in worldwide box-office revenues and feature some of the world's most renowned talent.
Upcoming films include "Despicable Me 3," starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Trey Parker, which is set for June 2017; "The Secret Life of Pets 2," written by Brian Lynch and directed by Chris Renaud, which arrives in theaters in July 2018; and a newly imagined version of "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas," starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role of The Grinch, which is set for release in November 2018. In addition, "Despicable Me: Minion Rush" (more than 750 million downloads) has become one of the world's most popular apps, and "Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem" attracts huge crowds at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.
"The Voice" is averaging a 3.1 rating in adults 18-49 and 12.2 million viewers overall with its Monday and Tuesday editions in "most current" results from Nielsen Media Research, giving it an increases versus the prior cycle of +3% in 18-49 rating (3.1 vs. 3.0).
"The Voice" ranks as TV's #1 alternative series in adults 18-49, a status the show has maintained over the past four seasons. With both its editions ranking in the top 10 among entertainment telecasts on the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and total viewers, "The Voice" remains a key contributor to NBC's consistent nightlong wins among those networks on both Monday and Tuesday nights.
The Voice" is a presentation of MGM Television, Talpa Media USA Inc. and Warner Horizon Television. The series was created by John de Mol, who serves as executive producer along with Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Jay Bienstock, Lee Metzger and Chad Hines.
