Transgender

When Jim as well as Sasha Allen made it onto The Voice Live Shows, they made history because Sasha is the first openly transgender singer in the NBC contest show that made it through in the Battle Rounds in the entire 21 seasons of the show. They are the Newtown, Conn. duo is now in the top 8 of the contest! Sasha has announced that he's transgender on the Blind Auditions package. He stated to Parade.com that it took a lot of thought to come up with the idea. Sasha confessed that it was difficult to choose because he needed to showcase a personal and vulnerable part of him in thousands and millions of people. He transitioned when he was still in high school. "But the last week of fan week], seeing people's reactions to and support for the show as well as the impact it has had on people really showed that this was a worthwhile decision and was the right choice, although it was a hard one to make." "'Have you ever Seen the Rain' is one of the songs that was on a list of songs that we've always wanted to play on the show for a really lengthy time," Sasha told Parade.com. We played the song before The Voice even existed. The moment we heard it, we were over the moon. We had already heard the track and had some ideas of how to structure it. I was really surprised how much the fans hit the nail on the head."