Dylan Carter, former contestant on 'The Voice,' dies at 24

Dylan Carter, a contestant connected Season 24 of “The Voice,” died successful a car mishap connected Saturday.

According to the NBC affiliate serving the Lowcountry portion of South Carolina, the instrumentalist died successful a single-vehicle clang connected a agrarian roadworthy successful Colleton County. He was 24.

Country euphony fable Reba McEntire, who was Carter’s manager connected “The Voice,” posted a tribute connected societal media Monday morning, writing, “We volition miss Dylan truthful much. He was a brilliant, benignant and talented young antheral who brought a immense ray of sunshine to The Voice. Rest successful peace, my beloved friend.”

Moncks Corner Mayor Thomas Hamilton Jr. besides memorialized the Lowcountry singer, penning connected Facebook that his household was “heartbroken” to perceive astir the accident.

“As a talented singer, helium often entertained our assemblage with his performances astatine Town events,” work the post. “His kindness and charm earned him immense respect, and his lack volition beryllium profoundly felt.

“To the loved ones and acquaintances of Dylan, we connection our sincerest condolences during this hard period. The Town of Moncks Corner, its Council, and full unit widen their deepest sympathies. He was overmuch much to our household than an entertainer helium was our person and we are profoundly saddened.”

Carter was slated to execute Monday nighttime astatine the municipality of Moncks Corner’s “Music connected Main” event. The organizer posted that the lawsuit had been canceled, and the comments conception was filled with an outpouring of daze and grief.

Carter competed connected Season 24 of “The Voice” successful 2023. During his unsighted audition, the vocalist sang Whitney Houston’s “I Look to You,” which helium dedicated to his mother, who had died the twelvemonth before. During his audition, each 4 judges turned their chairs for the contestant, with Gwen Stefani hitting her reddish fastener during the song’s archetypal verse.

“You lone get 4 chairs if you truly determination the room,” said justice Niall Horan, who called his show spectacular.

McEntire was choked up and said she could consciousness and perceive Carter’s emotion portion helium sang. “That’s erstwhile you cognize you’ve got a large opus and a large singer,” she said. “When it touches your heart.”

“When I saw y’all crook around, I saw my mom,” Carter told the judges. “She passed backmost successful October and she wanted maine to sing it astatine her funeral, truthful I did it — I tried, but I couldn’t marque it done it. This was the champion 2nd chance. I conscionable made her truthful proud.”

After Carter was eliminated from the contention series, helium posted connected Instagram, reflecting connected his experience: “Well past nighttime did not spell arsenic we each were hoping, but I americium arrogant to accidental that I went retired determination connected that signifier and gave it MY ALL.”

Carter admitted that helium felt defeated erstwhile helium was eliminated, adding, “but it did not instrumentality maine agelong to recognize that I really didn’t suffer anything, alternatively I gained EVERYTHING!”

“I came to The Voice unsure of myself, unsure of my future, and inactive grieving the nonaccomplishment of my mom. I near LA with assurance successful myself and my future, with a definite intent arsenic to wherefore I was enactment connected this Earth, and with bid of caput moving connected from my mom’s death. I’ve been acrophobic of moving connected from my mom’s decease due to the fact that I thought moving connected meant forgetting her. Boy was I wrong!!! I’m moving guardant with her, arsenic she shines done me! All she ever wanted was for maine to find myself, to find my voice, and for maine to beryllium happy…. I near LA with each of that positive more!!! I adjacent gained each of you guys.”

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.