Spensha Baker has had something of a hero’s journey, from starting her career as the runner-up on 2004’s Star Search to being in the final four of 2018’s season of The Voice. She grew up an army brat, moving from base to base around the country. Despite this, Spensha always felt her true home was in Texas where she fell in love with gospel music.
After her big break on Star Search, Spensha was signed to Interscope Records and released the company’s first gospel record, Outloud!, in 2008. She went on a world tour with the album, which included a performance for President George W. Bush, before settling down in Nashville where country music entered her life. Unfortunately, the pressures of the music industry got to her, and she abandoned both music and Nashville for the familiar safety of San Antonio.
Though Spensha earned her real estate license and looked to be headed for a career as a realtor, she used her dedicated Christain faith to eventually rekindle her passion for music. In 2018, she returned to the stage once more for The Voice and, after a soulful rendition of the Beatles’s “Blackbird,” she accepted a position on Team Blake. Over the course of the season, she learned new tools of the trade from one of country music’s most prominent performers, advancing both in the competition and in viewers’ hearts to the final four.
Spensha stands a reasonable chance of winning the season, but the real question is what the future holds for her. Will she take her ball and go home, putting that real estate license to good use? Or will she continue with her passion and realize her potential to be the reigning queen of country that her followers already see her as? Only time will tell.