Worcester County Holds Out Hope For Ricky Duran On 'The Voice'

GRAFTON, MA — Fans of NBC's "The Voice" in Grafton and Worcester County will sit with their fingers crossed and their votes ready on Tuesday night, hoping their hometown musician Ricky Durant makes it through the next phase of the singing competition. Durant, a Grafton native, captured the celebrity judges with his audition earlier in the month.

On Tuesday night, fans will find out whether Duran made it to the "Top 13" based on his performance Monday night. He sang John Mellencamp’s "Small Town" for his last performance and judges praised his voice. Duran's coach, Blake Shelton said, "You can really kind of do it all, but I want America to vote you through tomorrow because you’re the guy that we all want to see make it."

Duran made it to the show's "Top 20" but will have to wait for voters to decide if he moves onto the "Top 13."

Duran is a Berklee College of Music graduate and has several songs on Spotify and iTunes. The singer-songwriter and guitarist is well known in Worcester as a performer. Although he moved from Worcester to Austin, Texas, he performed in the city for years at venues like Atlantic Poke, Michael's Cigar Bar and Ralph's Diner.

There are two ways to vote for Duran — if you're on your phone you can use The Voice official app and add him to your team to vote. You can also cast votes at www.nbc.com/VoiceVote. The limit is 10 votes per artist per email address, regardless of the sign-in method.