One of the Guys From Dream Street Was on “The Voice” Last Night

Residing squarely in the third tier of the turn-of-the-century boy band craze was Dream Street, the young-teen group behind minor hits like “It Happens Every Time” and “I Say Yeah,” most famous today for having spun off the solo career of Jesse McCartney, who would go on to greater success with top 20 hits “Beautiful Soul” and “Leavin.” One of those members left behind after the group’s dissolution was young Broadway vet Chris Trousdale, most familiar to us here at Popdust for having one of the 32 best boy band hairdos (though he was destined to lose to eventual winner G-Dragon of Big Bang).

Well, we heard from Trousdale for the first time in a while last night on The Voice, where the ex-Dreamer showed up as a contestant. The now 27-year-old Chris says he’s currently working as a waiter in a sushi restaurant (“What are you doing here?” he says patrons ask him, “You were my idol, I had you on my bedroom wall”), but aspires to return to the music industry, and looked for the quartet of voice coaches to give him a way back in.

Unfortunately for Chris, it was not to be. He called on the current generation of boy bands to help him out with his performance of The Wanted’s “Glad You Came,” but his rendition was pitchy and uninspiring, and none of the coaches turned around for him. Trousdale’s impressive dance moves during the performance didn’t help his blind audition much, but after he flashed the coaches a bit of his moonwalking, he did get Blake Shelton out of his seat to do a bit of his own shuffling. “Seems like right now you’re a dancer who sings,” commented Adam—probably tough to hear for a guy with a gold record on his resume.

Sorry, Chris. We’re rooting for your eventual comeback—maybe try getting in on the Mixtape Festival next year. You’re probably still younger than at least one or two of The Wanted.

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