Carmen Smith

Carmen Smith
Background information
Birth name	Carmen Smith
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002–present
Associated acts	Guy Sebastian Jessica Mauboy Stan Walker Johnny Diesel Thirsty Merc Ricki-Lee Coulter Joel Madden Paulini
Website	carmensmithmusic.com

Carmen Smith (born 1984) is an Australian singer/songwriter who rose to prominence after appearing in the first season of The Voice Australia

Since 2002, Smith has been a back-up singer for a number of Australian performers, including Guy Sebastian. She's released two of her own solo albums as well as written songs for singers Stan Walker and Jessica Mauboy.

In 2005, Carmen wrote "All I Ask" as the winner's single of New Zealand Idol, which was released by Rosita Vai. In 2010, Carmen was featured on "Mousetrap Heart" by Thirsty Merc.

In 2012, Smith appeared on the premiere episode of The Voice Australia's first season. She joined coach Joel Madden's team after singing the Alicia Keys song "How Come You Don't Call Me". For her Battle Round, she sang the song "We Found Love" by Rihanna with Michelle Serret-Cursio whom she won against. However, after her vocals appeared in Guy Sebastian's song "Gold", she was disqualified from the show by the show's producers after she appeared in the song's music video. The Voice producers said she had broken the "spirit" of the rules as the video would give her an unfair advantage over other contestants. Smith later stated that she had performed with Sebastian for years, and had a clause in her The Voice contract which allowed her to continue to perform and record with him. This is the first disqualification of a contestant in the history of the show's format.

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