Donna Allen is an American dance-pop singer, born in Key West, Florida , and raised in Tampa . At one point a cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , she got her start performing in the bands Hi-Octane, Trama and Maxx. During her tenure with MAXX she was courted by Alan Walden (Capricorn Records/Hustler Productions) before launching a solo career. ^[1] She also sang backup on tour for Gloria Estefan for nine years.

In 2013, she made an attempted comeback by competing in Season 5 of NBC 's singing competition, The Voice . On the inaugural day of the season, broadcast on September 23, 2013, she performed Joe Cocker 's song " You Are So Beautiful " with two of the four judges, namely Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera , hitting their "I Want You" button and turning their chairs. Allen opted to be in Team Adam for the season. ^[3] During the Battle Rounds, she was defeated by fellow Team Adam teammate Tessanne Chin , the eventual winner of Season 5.