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Where They Are Now: The Lesbian and Bi Contestants from “The Voice”

Tonight on NBC, out contestant Michelle Chamuel will compete in The Voice‘s Final 8 during the Live Rounds. One of the reasons the music reality show is so successful is that they’ve embraced LGBT singers from the beginning, and we’ve had several queer women to root for in all four seasons.

So what happens after The Voice? Here’s what the bisexual and lesbian contestants of seasons past have done with their 15 seconds of fame.

After winning runner-up on the premiere season of The Voice, the Tacoma, Washington native released a single with mentor Cee-Lo and put out an album with Republic Records. Vicci tours heavily and plays live a ton, including an appearance at last month’s “Live In The Vineyard” Music Festival, where she posed with Tegan and Sara (above).

The rock singer from Florida mostly sticks to playing Olivia Cruises, Prides and other gay events like this past week’s International Mister Leather conference in Chicago. She self-released her album Fear Nothing after appearing on The Voice, which won her a GLAAD nomination for Outstanding Music Release. She attended the ceremony with her girlfriend (above) and performed “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” from the record.

She wasn’t out while on the show, but the former Broadway star came out in 2012 as bisexual and told a reporter “I wasn’t out, but I wasn’t in” and that she’d been dating a woman for a year at that point. She put out her single “Love’s Got a Hold on Me” from her album Just Frenchie and just recently headlined Aqua Girl in Miami.

Hailing from Houston, Texas, the guitar-wielding folk singer takes cover requests and does live chats with fans. You can catch her playing around the Southern states, mostly, if you want to catch her offline.

The bisexual Chicago model-turned-singer released an EP called Kinder Than Silence and one of the songs, “Balloon,” was featured on Pretty Little Liars. Erin recently tweeted that she’d shot a music video and also continues to model.

Another Chicago-dwelling contestant, De’Bo just released her single “Coming Out Looking Good” earlier this spring and she just recently opened for Miguel on Billboard Live. Even cooler: Chicago Heights Mayor David Gonzalez declared that Jan. 7, 2013 would be known as De’Borah Garner Day in her honor and she was a special guest at the GMCLA Voice Awards in L.A. earlier this month.

Karina made it to the Top 12 on Team Shakira but was sent home to South Florida after her coach had to make a tough decision. While she can’t release any new music until the end of the show mid-June, she wants to find funding for a full album. Apparently there’s been interest from Pitbull‘s record label, so money might not be too hard to find.

Tune in tonight to cheer on Michelle Chamuel at 8 p.m. on NBC.

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