Season one Voice champ Javier Colon is leaving Universal Republic Records, and I have the exclusive first statement from him as to why. Click over here to read Javier’s thoughts and stay tuned as I’ll be speaking with him about his future plans very soon. As always, Javier has the love and support of everyone on Team Voice.

In other news, it’s blog day, so click here for a celebrating of Maroon 5‘s Songs About Jane, Erin Willett and Jamar Rogers news, and tour dates for Vicci Martinez (with Jamar!) and Tony Lucca.