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00:00:06the battle of the champions yes battle time let's go battle let's go
00:00:13i was waiting for the beat to drop that's the beat drop i think these battles are more
00:00:23competitive than ever because it's just a very powerful artistic season
00:00:27give it up for our coaches but we also want to win hey boys fans benji madden my surprise little
00:00:34mentor situation adam is oftentimes my advisor what is he talking about there they are we carpool
00:00:39here i know it's cute make sure you make a pp before we leave benji mark oh nice it's battle
00:00:45time and that means it's time for me to bring in the big guns money long money long is here
00:00:52y'all
00:00:52y'all always wonder like what people are looking for when they say that it factor like what is that
00:00:56what is it you know you feel it when certain people just have it it's like that thing
00:01:03boys family it is me j hudge kelly i got your back i've been a coach of mega mentor you
00:01:10got the
00:01:11double trouble now y'all better look out y'all know i brought a shoe just in case the last
00:01:16shoe i threw
00:01:17the person who i threw the shoe at guess what day one will it take a lot for you to
00:01:22throw a shoe
00:01:23today i can't tell you it's my spirit and i don't even know i threw it there it go
00:01:32our friendship is kind of like me and blake sheldon if i liked blake sheldon does your wife ever
00:01:37like because sometimes when we're texting no she'll be like who are you talking to sometimes why are you
00:01:43giggling i'm like i'm just talking to benji so i put these people together drew and jared and
00:01:48they're both so good like what have i done you gotta let them find it out drew has a cool
00:01:54tone
00:01:54she had a great sound just a cool vibe in general jared i mean i can tell their soul and
00:01:59there's a
00:02:00story i think that there's a country element that connects them it's really awesome benji madden's
00:02:07here i mean i grew up on his music good charlotte that's where i listened to in high school
00:02:11all the alternative rock nice to meet you jared benji jared yeah good to meet you there so to
00:02:17get his guidance and to meet him is awesome we're excited about this pairing i feel like you did a
00:02:22great job well i'm gonna cry though because you guys are both gonna be so good and you guys look
00:02:27cool as hell thank you thank you really do rock energy today you guys are pretty badass together
00:02:31it's already you looked the part we look good we're ready so this song um makes me cry i've heard
00:02:38you sing it by the way yeah i've heard a couple times have you ever heard him sing it on
00:02:42a voicemail
00:02:42though because i have i sing it to benji on a voicemail i gave drew and jared leather and lace
00:02:47by
00:02:48stevie nix and don henley it's folky it's country it's rock and roll it's a lot of little things you
00:02:52love you know of all the songs in the world this might be a song that i have the most
00:02:56experience with
00:02:57i sang the song with stevie nix to my wife at our wedding if you don't like this song then
00:03:03i don't like you
00:03:05i know it means a lot to him so there's always that little uh nervousness i guess to perform a
00:03:12song that means a lot to my coach but this is the kind of music that i love as an
00:03:17artist so i'm just
00:03:17really happy we got it let's do it all right lovers forever face to face the song is kind of
00:03:27what helped
00:03:28we put them together country rock and roll i feel like they both are cut from that same cloth
00:03:39drew has kind of a cool lane because i don't hate anybody that sounds like her
00:03:43she can really bring something special to the song that you don't hear every day
00:03:50jared's got such a cool sort of like country sort of rocky voice
00:03:55and he has brains that i didn't know he had you know because he didn't sing that high in a
00:04:00blind
00:04:00audition it's good to push yourself and i think he sounds really cool in his upper register too
00:04:07that was beautiful guys a couple stars you guys both have your own swagger
00:04:12i'm such a fan of you guys i think that for me you never want to be copying right but
00:04:17at the same time
00:04:17you have to be reverent to the record too because it's such a special record that like holds a place
00:04:22in so many people's hearts the power of the song is in the simplicity so all of that emotion and
00:04:27power is there without trying to do too much this is a big choice it's exciting but it's also maybe
00:04:33a
00:04:33little bit nerve-wracking you want to keep the respect on it yeah yeah because it's such a classic and
00:04:37such an all-time great song i feel like it's going to stand out if you can tap into where
00:04:42that song
00:04:43in your soul sits and what it means to you to win this battle i need to completely let go
00:04:48and relate
00:04:49to that feeling of that vulnerability and that rawness that comes with falling in love with
00:04:55someone my husband and i got married in 2022 and we are very opposite in a lot of ways leather
00:05:02lace
00:05:02i don't know sometimes i'm leather sometimes i'm lace ben as a father is amazing he's crazy supportive
00:05:08of me especially my musicianship i can take the space and the time that i need to pursue what's
00:05:12important to me and as a mom and a wife or just a partner in general that's not something that
00:05:17a lot
00:05:17of people get and i'm really grateful for that this is obviously an epic love song and i love jared
00:05:22but we're not in love yeah so like where do you go to really sell that story i don't see
00:05:28it like you're
00:05:29playing a part because then it can be fake it's the love of music like i said i've sung the
00:05:33song with
00:05:33all the people and our love of the song is the kind of the romantic part of it right it's
00:05:39not targeted
00:05:40at each other like if benji and i were singing it it would definitely be a love song i was
00:05:44gonna say
00:05:45each other wait hold up adam i was gonna say when we sing it together yeah you both do make
00:05:50each
00:05:51other feel even more special you know singing together because your voices are so different
00:05:55it's also not bad if it scares you a little bit those nerves can be really good it's just raw
00:06:00it's
00:06:01real 90 of this game is comfort you know if you can feel good about yourself and then helps you
00:06:06propel
00:06:07what you're trying to sing i need you to love me and benji's good at helping me unlock that in
00:06:13some
00:06:13of these singers that was infinitely better it just immediately jumped the level you guys are already
00:06:20starting to feel that chemistry just get lost in the lyrics the more kind of intimate it can feel
00:06:26the better people will react to it yeah i got to really focus on pouring more of that soul and
00:06:31that
00:06:32feeling into the song for me this song is about a complicated relationship that's had its ups and
00:06:37downs my girlfriend's name is chapin most of the challenges in our relationship center around
00:06:43my life as a musician every weekend i'm in a different town so being gone a lot it's very
00:06:49difficult but she's here to back me all the way she's the one that pushed me to sign up so
00:06:54if it
00:06:55wasn't for her i would not be here you know we just gave you the note and while you're singing
00:06:59it
00:06:59you're thinking all right how am i applying that but the more you do it you're gonna get locked in
00:07:03just keep running this repetition 10 more times and we'll be ready you know what i'm saying we're
00:07:08very excited thank you guys so much the stakes are high for this battle we're performing on this
00:07:13massive stage for millions of people watching at home all right here we go
00:07:22this song it requires a very clear vulnerability that takes time to build
00:07:32my dad david thomas is in the jazz acapella group take six i always want to make my dad proud
00:07:38whenever i'm doing anything musical he knows i've been working hard at this and for him to hear that
00:07:43all come together on stage for the battles is going to be really cool
00:07:49i definitely don't think the coaches have seen what i can do yet we're just going to go out there
00:07:53we're going to crush it we're like a good looking couple yeah this battle begins right now
00:08:16is love is love so fragile and my heart so hollow
00:08:23a shadow of words impossible to follow yeah
00:08:29you're saying i'm fragile try not to be i search only for something i can't see
00:08:38hey nice still i carry this feeling when you
00:08:45walked into my house that i won't be walking out the door
00:08:53love is
00:08:55love is forever face to face
00:08:59my city on mountains stay with me stay
00:09:05i need you to love me i need you today
00:09:12give to me
00:09:13give to me
00:09:40i need you
00:09:58i need you to love
00:10:10i love his voice
00:10:15i love his voice
00:10:15give to me
00:10:16all ever
00:10:17take from me
00:10:19my
00:10:19my lace
00:10:22take from me
00:10:24my lace
00:10:26sing boy
00:10:28take from me
00:10:32my lace
00:10:34my lace
00:10:35i don't know that was damn good
00:10:37so good
00:10:40yeah yeah
00:10:43that was so cool
00:10:44first of all not to be superficial though you guys would make a hot couple i don't know what your
00:10:48dating status
00:10:49is honestly after hearing you i think you should be a duo you sound great together you look good
00:10:54together let's think about it drew's married drew's married never mind never mind you can still have a
00:10:59group though it was really beautiful your harmony sounded so great that was such a great song
00:11:04choice i thought for both of you drew i really loved at the top of your range that
00:11:08little shred that was in your voice it sounded so cool jared i just decided that you're one of my
00:11:14favorite male vocalists this season thank you i just love the tone of your voice like the rasp in
00:11:21it you just sound like a star to me you're like the real deal it was the perfect song so
00:11:27well
00:11:28done adam for that it was the perfect song for both of you how john was talking about your ache
00:11:35that will break in your voice through but also the vibrato it was perfect and jared you open your
00:11:40mouth and it's like i feel like i'm at your concert i actually think the both of you compliment each
00:11:46other and you actually make each other better that's why i said the group thing and it's unexpected
00:11:52which makes it more exciting as a fan thank you coaches adam tough decision coming up
00:11:58give us some thoughts first this song to me is just a heavyweight champion of songs in my life
00:12:03like i sang this song with stevie nicks to my wife at our wedding you know what i mean like
00:12:07what like
00:12:08i did that happened it really happened i think it really happened i pinched myself sometimes so it made
00:12:14it even harder i think for you guys because i was gonna go and be uber critical of it and
00:12:17in the
00:12:18rehearsals to be completely honest it the promise was there and the the vibe was there but it just
00:12:23wasn't where it needed to be yet and i was hoping that it would really come to fruition in time
00:12:28for
00:12:28this thing and it really did it was so beautiful thank you guys for really doing it doing it right
00:12:33beautiful drew like there were moments where i was so stevie-esque and she is obviously one of the
00:12:42greatest ever to do it and jared don henley's a beast it's really really rangy for a male vocalist
00:12:47and you crushed it you guys really stepped up and you're both just incredible great job great job
00:12:54thank you adam congrats on a great battle but the time has come who is the winner of this battle
00:13:00you know something happened to me when i listened to this one today
00:13:06it really hit me out of left field the winner of this battle is jared
00:13:13jared moving on to the knockouts for team adam congratulations i got a hero in mind for you
00:13:19excellent job thank you amazing dude jared can win this thing like there's something about him
00:13:24like he's special i can't wait to get into it with jared i think we're gonna have a lot of
00:13:29taste in
00:13:29common believe it or not and i think that's going to be really really fun true anything you want to
00:13:32say to your coach i am just so incredibly grateful for this opportunity and honestly your taste the song
00:13:39choice jared as a partner was also incredible and i couldn't be more thankful so thank you for
00:13:44everything you were awesome give it up one more time for true russell everybody oh i wish i could have
00:13:49taken you both you guys were so great it was really really special thank you that was so good it
00:13:55was
00:13:55beautiful russell and shoemaker i'm just saying i wish i not only had a steal but i don't know if
00:14:01it's
00:14:02ever been done on this show i wish you could just be like pairing and you could like pair people
00:14:07together
00:14:08they really sounded great together they would crush it together in country i know they would man
00:14:14team adam is stronger than i remember in the blinds i just was like that was amazing and sounded great
00:14:19together yeah yeah we have people that keep surprising us so that's fun coming up incredible performances
00:14:35difficult decisions you are so screwed yeah i know adam the time has come just give me a second
00:14:44yeah we'll be back i wish i can steal and the final steal of the battles
00:14:55just have gifts of that
00:15:07welcome back to the voice battle of champions
00:15:13hi carson carson daly all decisions are final not excited oh no you can't steal somebody now no
00:15:33it's just you thanks for the pressure my people are going next it's houston and tia and they're both
00:15:41so good but they're both very different i really don't know which one i'm gonna pick
00:15:48it's the voice battle of champions and it feels like a battle of champions right now father hilton
00:15:53anxiety before i go out it's just starting to get to me a little um could i have a moment
00:15:57i just need to
00:15:59uh i want to take a minute please yeah because i don't want to cry
00:16:06thank you breathe this song is very challenging for me and i just want to be able to perform it
00:16:12the way i know that i can i'm ready to go sing my tush off that's for sure this is
00:16:17a different genre
00:16:17than what i normally sing i want to show kelly my versatility entering now from team kelly houston kelly
00:16:29versus to win this battle i'm going to put everything i've got out on the line and i'm
00:16:36going to hope that's enough you ready girl opportunities like this don't come very often
00:16:40losing is not an option
00:16:50when it was announced that we were going to be battling each other i was initially thinking like
00:16:54what are they thinking i wonder if something like that would work plied is he soulful he said
00:17:05he'd sing gospel did he not so houston means heavily towards chris tableclone oh oh there you go
00:17:11listen she can sing anything yeah this is meant to be then okay i'm gonna put houston and tia together
00:17:17i think this mix between country and soul i never heard it until we started singing but it works we
00:17:25have to come up with a name for it oh yeah country or something so so like something we're coming
00:17:30with
00:17:31it i think i am ready it's me jempha i came to see about you can i get a hug
00:17:39first nice to meet you
00:17:41oh wow today seeing jennifer hudson it was definitely a surreal moment not only is she an
00:17:48incredible singer she is an incredible actress she is doing things that i am inspired to do
00:17:55unfortunately kelly couldn't be here today so she asked me to step in i hear y'all got a gospel
00:18:01background both of you yes ma'am so my dad he was a gospel singer and when he was in
00:18:06college he toured
00:18:06with a little group and they would go to local churches and sing around and then he was in a
00:18:10quartet
00:18:10when i was a kid i love to write and i love to be creative in that way and i
00:18:14think that came from
00:18:14my dad he put it in you i love that now tell me about you tia what's your roots my
00:18:19upbringing is
00:18:20in church i'm from a small town so faith faith faith yes my grandfather used to sing and of course
00:18:26he pushed me up there to do it so definitely i got a lot of my confidence in church and
00:18:31my yeah go
00:18:32ahead baby you got it type of thing that's all right baby go head on definitely i love it i
00:18:37see miss
00:18:37kelly put y'all together for that reason and she also picked a chris stapleton song for you guys
00:18:43because it has a blend of country blues soul gospel so put your faith in that all right now take
00:18:51it
00:18:51away houston the only time we ever talk is when the monthly bills are due we go to work we
00:19:02go to church
00:19:03they're singing either way by chris stapleton kelly knew exactly what she was doing when she made this pair
00:19:10the world will come see it has a pop soul vibe with a touch of gospel baby you can go
00:19:19oh you can stay
00:19:23houston has this huge country gritty voice but i won't love you either way it's just
00:19:34it works i won't love you either way holy smokes thank you don't y'all come up in here with
00:19:46all of
00:19:46this yeah i was very honored to have a shoe thrown at me by miss hudson i need my collection
00:19:53play now
00:19:54okay listen this is what i'm talking about tell the story thank you so much because it's so powerful
00:20:02i would love to hear your testimony and what you're singing and then hearing your testimony and what
00:20:08you're singing where you're going through what you're going through but you're going through it
00:20:12in your own tracks does that make sense yeah the song is so emotional not only is it about love
00:20:18and
00:20:19storytelling which is what soul is about it's about a deep vulnerability that i haven't always been
00:20:25open to and there is power and vulnerability what's the very end on stage we definitely want to give it
00:20:32some dramatic so i suggested the turn away right like the i won't love you either way so how you
00:20:39physically did that okay now put it in the vocal you're contemplating so let it be a thought you see
00:20:45what i'm saying you over here when you do separate that's what i mean by put it in the lyrics
00:20:49so it's
00:20:50like what do i want either way that's taking them on that journey where you're figuring it out like
00:20:55either way so it doesn't have to be collective it doesn't have to be that because that's
00:21:00you contemplating your journey i don't want to go either way either way it's like a conversational
00:21:11emotional emotional yeah whatever whatever you feel put it out there yo granddaddy yo daddy taught
00:21:19y'all well okay they're gonna be proud thank you i'm proud so kelly gonna be real proud did i
00:21:25throw
00:21:25enough shoes yeah you did y'all got some more tia and houston how is kelly gonna pick between the
00:21:32two of
00:21:32them i'm so glad i'm not kelly this is going to be tough just keep in mind it's a competition
00:21:40sound
00:21:41wonderful together but this is called the voice not voices the voice now my heart's beating fast
00:21:48you won't talk about nervous i got put up against the riffle what i do know is the coaches better
00:21:54get
00:21:54their shoes and their tissues ready that's what i know thank you so much yes yes that went pretty solid
00:22:04who would you pick as the winner of this battle get the voice app now and play along
00:22:19welcome back to night two of the battles oh yes dang y'all this battle starts now all right
00:22:39we pass in the hall on our way to separate rooms the only time we ever talk is when the
00:22:50monthly bills
00:22:52are due we go to work we go to church we fade the perfect line hey girl
00:23:01i pass the point of give a damn hey
00:23:10i pass the point of give a damn hey we can just go home like this
00:23:25we say the word we'll call liquid baby you can go
00:23:37you can stay
00:23:40wow
00:23:43wow
00:23:44i won't love you either way
00:23:48beautiful
00:23:49yeah
00:23:53i used to cry and stay up
00:24:05thank you
00:24:24thank you
00:24:27thank you
00:24:33thank you
00:25:10thank you
00:25:16man that was that was crazy you guys did great thank you tia i turned for you i lost
00:25:23houston i didn't turn for you but i gotta tell you i was really really blown away you
00:25:27have made your revelation houston for me today that rasp in your voice in your upper register
00:25:31especially when you're singing chris stapleton who is like the master of that right you really
00:25:35fulfilled a tall order and being able to stay with that and do those big gutty high notes with
00:25:41rasp but i'm jealous of that tia i love you but i think if i was choosing i might actually
00:25:46go with
00:25:46houston today thank you so much you're both great i'm not trying to choose favorites oh no i need help
00:25:50well y'all made it hard for her so congratulations for making it hard for her houston i was very
00:25:56impressed with you that higher part of your voice just really crackled in a really beautiful way
00:26:01but i will say i would choose tia in this battle not to contradict my friend over there
00:26:06but i just feel like the tone was perfect i loved your runs they were just so tastefully done
00:26:13interesting and subtle your tone was just liquid gold i just wanted to listen to you sing all day like
00:26:20i couldn't see her going home after that thank you so much thank you coaches wow kelly i can see
00:26:27the
00:26:27anguish on your face already yeah battle the champions they've all been really good they make for
00:26:32difficult decisions what do you think about the whole battle first this has been the hardest
00:26:36battles for me because i wasn't able to be there at rehearsals you know jennifer i do remember her
00:26:42telling me she threw her shoe in y'all's rehearsal she was like she was the shoe was thrown she
00:26:47doesn't
00:26:47do that for everyone that's how you know you did it right she just said it was such a great
00:26:51pairing
00:26:51and so i knew that you could both handle this song handled you both did such a great job like
00:26:56tia once
00:26:56again you did some really interesting stuff that was really cool i think that's what's special about
00:27:01you is where your brain takes you melodically i think is very interesting and not many singers do
00:27:06thank you and houston your subtle vibrato and the emotion behind that was something unexpected i knew
00:27:13you would be able to do the big stuff but that really intimate stuff was really special and i think
00:27:17just as powerful oh man i am like shaking okay kelly tough one for you i honestly don't know
00:27:27i hate this right now oh my god somebody's stalling and you both i know you both chose different people
00:27:35yeah we didn't help kelly who is the winner of this battle um just give me a second let's go
00:27:41to
00:27:41commercial yeah we'll be back i know i know i know i know i know this is so hard this
00:27:47is so hard
00:27:57welcome back to the battles oh okay
00:28:04the winner of this battle
00:28:09is houston
00:28:11houston shocked he's moving on to the knockouts with team kelly this was by far my hardest decision
00:28:18both are incredible singers but houston showed me in the battles that he's got even more in his arsenal
00:28:24that i did not know about i'm excited to work with you i'm sweating houston may have some more
00:28:28shoes thrown at him y'all thank you so much thank y'all guys great job brother it makes me
00:28:33feel really
00:28:34good that she wants to take me to the knockouts and i'm very hopeful that i can deliver what she's
00:28:38hoping for oh that was very hard i just was so surprised by him i just loved how he sounded
00:28:44in the
00:28:44very beginning i feel like he won that i'm really looking forward to work under kelly i know i didn't
00:28:48get
00:28:48to work with her this first time so i'm really excited to get her expertise and her insight got team
00:28:53killer going to the knockouts thank y'all so much i love the song you have a spanish song coming
00:28:59up
00:28:59oh my sharia more oh yeah my sharia more mi querido amor having fun i'm having a great time man
00:29:11it's like we've just been doing this together for years feels right like almost like we're brothers
00:29:16like we're bros yeah buenas buenas this is aziz guerra and i'm about to find out who i'm gonna
00:29:23be paired with for battles i got the best singing partner y'all give oh my god i got jeremy
00:29:29jeremy's
00:29:30voice i love how smooth it is he's always on pitch that is something that i gotta focus a little
00:29:35bit
00:29:35more on it's just getting super competitive i just want to make it to knockouts aziz his baritone
00:29:41voice is so rich it's very delicate at the same time he does everything well you know he just makes
00:29:46me want to step my game up even more it's gonna be amazing amazing amazing yes this was my hardest
00:29:52pairing because aziz he's saying entirely in spanish and he's so singularly his own thing but i felt like
00:29:57jeremy would be maybe a good person and the song helps me decide oh what up benji madden ladies and
00:30:06benji madden legend this is benji madden right here like i was not expecting that huge fan huge
00:30:13fan seeing benji was my childhood all over again mtv there was no way you could avoid good charlotte
00:30:21i love this song it's beautiful and the fact that we can sing it in english and spanish i know
00:30:24i love
00:30:25that it's just you in spanish or you can do spanish too he's gonna sing in spanish oh yes i
00:30:29gave aziz
00:30:30and jeremy my sharia more by stevie wonder big shoes to fill as stevie is literally like the
00:30:34baddest singer of all time it's nice when a song comes around and like makes sense for two people
00:30:38on my team right it also is great because it's a challenge for you jeremy i love that you're
00:30:43singing in spanish i've been wanting to sing a song in spanish for a minute so jeremy do you speak
00:30:49spanish a little bit i'm not like fluent but i don't know okay i love it let's sing my sherry
00:30:58amore pretty little one that i jeremy you can just tell that he's put the hours and hours and hours
00:31:08and hours and really rich tone yeah sweet soulful but deep that's a big voice to take on
00:31:24aziz's voice i kind of felt like there was like a little bit of like old school crooner
00:31:28kind of vibe aziz is like the latin josh grovan yeah that's a great comp right yeah if he leans
00:31:34into
00:31:35that then he'll shine sounded good in spanish thank you okay started off great towards the end
00:31:46it started to get too over harmonized okay i don't want to sacrifice energy for harmony jeremy being a
00:31:53background singer every once in a while i hear you go into a very safe place yes because that's what
00:31:58you're used to doing but i would say like try your best to break out of that you have the
00:32:02license to be
00:32:03freer and not be restricted by what you've had to do in the past to be a support system being
00:32:08a back
00:32:08backup singer is a really tough gig definitely you're there you know in service of a different
00:32:14record and you know to get to go out behind your own music i think like make sure you don't
00:32:21hold
00:32:21yourself back either right and yeah don't let it be a weakness make it a strength outside of the voice
00:32:26i worked on a cruise ship three shows a night six nights a week i don't think you work harder
00:32:33anywhere else i also been a background vocalist pretty much my whole career and this time it's about
00:32:39me it's about preparing jeremy the lights are on me the pressure is on me i want to show adam
00:32:45that
00:32:46i am an artist and i take risks aziz i just don't want it to be too chill you know
00:32:53what i'm saying
00:32:54okay a little bit more urgency everybody's different you'll have something that's unique
00:32:58to you get to know yourself as you go right definitely gotcha i'm currently studying at
00:33:04berkeley college of music in boston being here is just so much different right now i'm just singing
00:33:10casually in front of adam levine i would love to win the battle just being here is literally a dream
00:33:16come true right on yeah guys awesome thank you guys my guys let's go i think if jeremy can
00:33:23really step up and be the lead singer you know he's got the voice for it i don't like to
00:33:28pick sides
00:33:28so early but yes i don't disagree with you jeremy is definitely in the lead but there's been so many
00:33:34times someone's been in the lead yeah and all of a sudden you just don't know
00:33:51welcome back
00:33:56this battle starts now
00:34:04my sherry amore lovely as a summer day all right
00:34:13my sherry amore distant as the milky way
00:34:23my sherry amore pretty little one that i adore you're the only girl
00:34:34so my heart beats for how i wish that you were mine
00:35:01my sherry amore
00:35:05my sherry amore
00:35:10my sherry amore
00:35:16my sherry amore
00:35:17my sherry amore
00:35:39my sherry amore
00:35:42my sherry amore
00:35:49my sherry amore
00:36:09my sherry amore
00:36:21my sherry amore
00:36:22my sherry amore
00:36:41sherry amore
00:36:43i'd like to have a talk with adam briefly before we get into this jeremy and i sang
00:36:50ordinary people together
00:36:52and um
00:36:53my heart was broken after that when he chose team adam
00:36:57oh yeah remember that
00:36:59i get it well that was beautiful guys both of you sounded magnificent
00:37:03if i were to choose i would pick jeremy as much as it breaks my heart that he's even on
00:37:09your team
00:37:15just have gifts of that
00:37:18all of my gifts online are from the voice
00:37:21i think that you both did a really great job i loved your runs equally i thought they were very
00:37:28different obviously you're very different voices adeed your voice especially when you hold it out
00:37:32on those big soaring notes that vibrato that comes into play it's beautiful thank you so much
00:37:38and then jeremy every time you just started afraid it was like oh i thought it was an equal
00:37:44playing field i thought both of you did a great job it's a tough one i don't like it thank
00:37:48you
00:37:49coaches appreciate it adam you got a tough one here both you guys did everything that was asked of
00:37:54you and more um and that is always you know like what makes this whole thing brutal to have
00:37:59to make a decision i want you both to know i'm really really really happy and proud of both
00:38:04you guys for doing a great job
00:38:05yeah adam the time has come yeah who is the winner of this battle i think that this person
00:38:15is ready now and so that's why the winner of this battle is jeremy
00:38:26jeremy is no longer a background singer he's coming into the foreground and i'm really proud of him
00:38:31because he's doing all the things thank you man thank you very much jeremy's voice has presence
00:38:35and jeremy was just so good and so right on the money and just he deserved to advance luna's on
00:38:41duolingo oh you're on duolingo what do you learn in spanish yeah do you know like colors yet or like
00:38:47azul yeah what's verde lu what's verde blanco i like the spanish i thought he was sweet
00:39:03welcome back to the battles drewski these battles they've been so intense it kind of reminds me of
00:39:10the 95 eastern conference semi-finals that's the year i was born what it reminds me of my family
00:39:17get-togethers a lot of yelling fighting and stealing speaking of stealing adam is the only coach with a
00:39:23steal left adam has attempted to steal before but it hasn't worked out yet you know what do you mean
00:39:27i know what he's going through mentally but he needs to use that pressure dig deep hit that button
00:39:33at the right time well let's see what happens i'm next oh my god they're doing walk on by they
00:39:39sound
00:39:39really good on it i love that song the country girl sounds amazing on it our team is so lucky
00:39:45to have
00:39:45money long i'm so grateful to be here i'm super excited to share my knowledge with this next generation
00:39:51of artists and be a trailblazer and chop down the trees and make the path so that it's not as
00:39:56tough
00:39:57for people that come behind me so let's talk about these artists we've got kendra versus natasha
00:40:03we are partnering together for battle she can moonwalk she's got to do this in the performance
00:40:11it's all in the ankles natasha and i couldn't be different on so many levels to where i'm always
00:40:16hot and i need a fan i'm freezing so i'm sitting on a rope they are so different and i
00:40:23was like how
00:40:23do i find a song for the both of them and i went to dion warwick walk on by yeah
00:40:29dion's got smooth
00:40:30and she's got grit exactly let's do it hello ladies so there's john legend and there's money long
00:40:38this is sick she's written amazing songs like california king bed by rihanna i'm a songwriter back
00:40:48in nashville for movies and tv shows i am so excited to hear input from such an accomplished writer
00:40:56both of you got your boots on today we ready to walk on by when we got this song i
00:41:03was like let's
00:41:04go this is so in my wheelhouse i was like let me look it up well this is a classic
00:41:10and the thing
00:41:11about great songwriting is you can translate it to different genres yeah let's do it if you see me
00:41:18walking down the street i love natasha because she's got such style in her voice it has like a grace
00:41:24to
00:41:24it it's just silky slinky and i really love that she owns it she doesn't try to do anything that
00:41:31doesn't
00:41:31feel like it's her kendra is so raspy and like gritty she kind of gives me a little annie winehouse
00:41:40vibe it's just kind of sounds like vinyl smoky she just sings the melody in a way that is so
00:41:47full kendra
00:41:49i like how you broke up the walk on when the call and response don't stop you're not stepping on
00:41:58each
00:41:58other so okay sing it can we address the harmonics in the bridge something was rubbing to me we just
00:42:05arranged it to what we thought i'll help you like compose something together
00:42:24that's it that's the vibe it's just simpler you know yeah john legend truly is a master at his
00:42:31craft and how lucky am i to have a person like that as my coach back home i was a
00:42:40dental hygienist
00:42:40in nashville i'll see you next time girl i lost my job coming out here to follow my dreams if
00:42:49i'm
00:42:49gonna win this battle i'm gonna need to show john everything that i'm made of thank you both so much
00:42:54thank you both of them are really great at what they do on the day of battles it's going to
00:43:00be about
00:43:00who shows up being their best self let's go let the battle begin
00:43:15if you see me walking down the street and i start to cry each time we meet walk on back
00:43:28walk on back
00:43:30okay
00:43:31and i believe that you don't see the tears just let me breathe and probably cause each time i sing
00:43:42i'll break down and cry
00:44:02i just can't get over losing you and so if i see you broken
00:44:10and i'm not
00:44:11walk on by
00:44:15oh
00:44:16oh
00:44:17oh
00:44:17oh
00:44:17oh
00:44:17oh
00:44:18oh
00:44:18oh
00:44:20oh
00:44:20oh
00:44:20oh
00:44:20Foolish pride is all that I have loved
00:44:24So let me hide this feeling inside
00:44:29And I tell you when you say goodbye
00:44:35Walk on by
00:44:37Don't stop
00:44:38Walk on by
00:44:41Walk on by
00:44:42Don't stop
00:44:44Oh, don't stop
00:44:48Oh, won't you walk on by
00:44:53Oh, why don't you walk on by
00:44:57Hey
00:44:58Walk on by
00:45:03Oh, walk on by
00:45:07Foolish pride
00:45:10That's all that I have loved
00:45:12So let me hide this feeling inside me
00:45:17I can't help but tell you
00:45:20Walk on by
00:45:28Walk on by
00:45:33Walk on by
00:45:35Walk on by
00:46:01Walk on by
00:46:01Walk on by
00:46:06Walk on by
00:46:07Kendra you are ready to release the firecrackers like that little rasp in your voice there is a level of
00:46:14Feistiness thank you so much and it's not sure like you just have more of a smoothness to your voice
00:46:19and an ease to it
00:46:20I would lean towards Kendra a little bit more
00:46:24Thank you coaches
00:46:26All right John give us some thoughts on the battle please
00:46:29Kendra came to us singing little big town but I told her she's a very soulful singer like I hear
00:46:35that edge in her voice and then Natasha you're very smooth very sultry
00:46:41Well done both of you
00:46:43Josh who is the winner of this battle
00:46:48The winner of this battle
00:46:52Is Natasha
00:46:53Natasha congratulations
00:46:55Kendra and Natasha
00:46:56They both sounded great and I just slightly preferred Natasha's approach
00:47:01Well done
00:47:03I love the subtleties in her voice it has this smoothness that I really appreciate
00:47:08Well done
00:47:09I'm so excited for the knockouts because that's when they choose their own song again
00:47:14We really get to start to round out our image of these artists and what their taste is and what
00:47:20style they want to sing
00:47:21So I'm really excited to see Natasha
00:47:32Welcome back to the battles
00:47:35Hi
00:47:36I'm Jennifer
00:47:37Oh my god
00:47:38Kelly called me and she said can you come see about my fabulous team
00:47:42You are in great hands
00:47:44Yes
00:47:44Because I was once a coach
00:47:47Oh yeah
00:47:47On the voice
00:47:48She's beautiful
00:47:49Am I cute
00:47:50Oh my god
00:47:50And I'm doing okay
00:47:51Yeah
00:47:51Kelly told me you can really sing
00:47:53We gotta make up her out
00:47:55Yeah
00:47:55All right
00:47:56I'll go take away Cha Cha
00:47:58A kiss, a touch
00:48:00Aaron and Jonah
00:48:02They're singing the first time from Damiano Davis
00:48:04Kelly picked this song because it's relatively new
00:48:07And she thought this song would be a big challenge for them
00:48:10And I think she's right
00:48:11Their powerhouse voice is from two completely different genres
00:48:16You have rock in the stage world
00:48:21Which is an interesting mashup
00:48:23But they both have range that does not end
00:48:25Which makes it, oof, a competition
00:48:28First time we met
00:48:32I ain't got no shoes so I have to throw the paper
00:48:34I love that
00:48:36Jonah
00:48:36Yeah
00:48:36You're so captivating to watch
00:48:39Thank you
00:48:39You see the story as you're singing it and you're creating that picture
00:48:43Thank you
00:48:43I know Kelly wanted to hear you venture off into like rock and
00:48:47Yeah, yeah
00:48:47You know outside of classical or opera
00:48:49Would you say that is a challenge for you?
00:48:51Oh, 1000% yeah
00:48:52Yeah, because my first song was more like a Italian poppera and Gervatelli style song
00:48:57Just sing
00:48:58Okay
00:48:59Don't think about it
00:49:00As my grandmama would say, stay in flat foot and sing
00:49:02Because you have the gift naturally
00:49:04I miss Kelly, but
00:49:05Oh my God, J-Hud is my happy place
00:49:08She was saying to me, I'm okay, I can trust myself
00:49:11I had three to four jobs
00:49:13I've been singing at weddings, funerals
00:49:16Sounds a little grim
00:49:16But everything that I've been doing has been leading up to this moment
00:49:19And as beautiful as a voice as Aaron's is
00:49:23That's not my voice
00:49:24And I am happy to show them what I can do with my voice in this song
00:49:27And then for you, Aaron
00:49:28All you gotta do is know the song
00:49:30Let it just be the wind beneath your wings, okay?
00:49:32Yeah
00:49:32Because you want to perform it
00:49:34Become it
00:49:35And you want the people to feel like I could do anything
00:49:38Oh my God, you know
00:49:40But somewhere in there, Aaron
00:49:41You need to find a way to get yourself a good little note
00:49:44It's gonna take it to another level
00:49:46This is a competition
00:49:47You gotta let him know, baby, I am still here
00:49:49There is a magnetism about Jennifer Hudson
00:49:52And she reminded me, this is a competition
00:49:54I performed in all 50 states and all throughout the world
00:49:57If I lose the battle, I'll definitely be disappointed
00:50:00Jonah's an amazing performer, he has a great voice
00:50:02And there really isn't anyone else like him in this competition
00:50:05Time to step it up a little bit
00:50:06Be you, both of you, to the fullest
00:50:09Because what?
00:50:10That's what got you here
00:50:11Amen
00:50:11Aaron and Jonah
00:50:13It is going to be a true battle for Kelly
00:50:16And I'm glad I'm not Kelly
00:50:18Okay?
00:50:19Let the competition begin
00:50:23Battling now from Team Kelly
00:50:25Aaron LaVigne
00:50:27Versus Jonah Mayer
00:50:32Yeah
00:50:35This battle starts now
00:50:44I thought my heart had felt it all
00:50:51I swam for miles across the ocean
00:50:56Never been the shore
00:50:59My eyes were close
00:51:03My eyes were low
00:51:06Just getting drunk on pills and potions
00:51:11Craving something more
00:51:14Traveled the world, but it got me nowhere
00:51:18Nothing could ever compare
00:51:21A kiss
00:51:23A kiss
00:51:24A touch
00:51:24A song
00:51:24I made me cry
00:51:25And all the drugs
00:51:26I've done it
00:51:27That couldn't get me higher
00:51:29Than the first time we met
00:51:32There's nothing like the first time we met
00:51:36Yeah
00:51:37I crashed my car
00:51:39Oh baby, I was flying
00:51:40And I talked to God
00:51:42He couldn't get me higher
00:51:44Than the first time we met
00:51:47There's nothing like the first time we met
00:51:50There's nothing like the first time we met
00:51:56You set the room on fire
00:52:00You take the angels higher
00:52:04I heard a thousand choirs
00:52:07Oh baby, you ain't seen nothing yet
00:52:11Traveled the world, it got me nowhere
00:52:15There's nothing like the first time we met
00:52:16Nothing could ever compare
00:52:18A kiss
00:52:19A touch
00:52:20A song
00:52:20That made me cry
00:52:21And all the drugs
00:52:22I've done it
00:52:24Could never get me higher
00:52:25Than the first time we met
00:52:28There's nothing like the first time we met
00:52:32I crashed my car
00:52:34Oh baby, I was flying
00:52:36And I talked to God
00:52:38He couldn't get me higher
00:52:40Than the first time we met
00:52:43There's nothing like the first time
00:52:46The first time we met
00:52:52The first time we met
00:53:00The first time we met
00:53:03Let's go
00:53:09Yeah
00:53:11You got it, buddy
00:53:12Alright, fellas
00:53:13Hello
00:53:13It was great
00:53:15The energy was amazing
00:53:16Honestly like
00:53:16A lot of this game
00:53:18Of singing is performance
00:53:19If you can't
00:53:20Kind of go for it
00:53:21Then you won't be able to succeed
00:53:22In this business
00:53:23But I also think
00:53:24That there's this weird balance
00:53:25You have to strike
00:53:26between having that energy that I know you guys had
00:53:29and also containing it enough
00:53:32to maintain control of your instrument.
00:53:35And that sounds so lame,
00:53:36but what I was thinking the whole time was like,
00:53:38I wish we could like get our breathing
00:53:40under control right now so I could hear some more
00:53:42that you guys have to offer
00:53:43because you guys are both really powerful singers.
00:53:45Yeah, I think both of you,
00:53:46when you hit those big glorious high notes,
00:53:48that's what I love.
00:53:49I just feel like Jonah's opera angle,
00:53:53so we could explore his strengths in the competition.
00:53:58Thank you, coaches.
00:53:59All right, Kelly, got a tough decision here in a minute.
00:54:02Give us some thoughts on the battle first, please.
00:54:04You're both like firecrackers.
00:54:06And I think both of you equally had some pitch issues,
00:54:11but Aaron, man, I mean, we all heard it.
00:54:13That note that you went up for, that's incredible.
00:54:16Your range is incredible.
00:54:17And then even Jonah, whenever you went for your big notes,
00:54:20you have this roundness that just fills the space.
00:54:24You got a tough decision here.
00:54:25Who is the winner of this battle?
00:54:27I'm gonna have to go on what I think
00:54:29will stand out a little more in the end.
00:54:32So the winner of this battle is Jonah.
00:54:36Jonah, congratulations!
00:54:37They both are very talented,
00:54:39but there is something very special to me about Jonah.
00:54:42I feel like he had a little bit more edge than Aaron.
00:54:44Jonah's special.
00:54:45I like his energy.
00:54:46I'm so excited!
00:54:48Woo!
00:54:50That's Jonah.
00:54:51I think that's Jonah, yeah.
00:54:52That's Jonah.
00:54:54Told you he's a firecracker.
00:55:05Welcome back.
00:55:07I don't know about you, I'm feeling kind of nervous.
00:55:09Like, just with these doors right now, I'm like,
00:55:11OK, so it's real, got it?
00:55:12Yeah, I wasn't really feeling nervous.
00:55:14Now I'm like, it's dipping in a little bit.
00:55:17Yeah.
00:55:17So I want to introduce you to Ashley and Sid.
00:55:21Ashley did a kind of country pop, country rock vibe.
00:55:24There's pictures of you and I on the walks around me.
00:55:29We heard your tone, the way you jump between different parts
00:55:33of your voice.
00:55:34And the fact that you're doing all that at the age of 18
00:55:36is just so impressive.
00:55:37And then Sid is like a whaler.
00:55:40She sang, uh, Jessie J, which is not easy.
00:55:45Well, there is something going down
00:55:49Like the storm in the sky
00:55:51Did you just win the voice?
00:55:53Is the voice over?
00:55:55My team is full.
00:55:56I'm so angry.
00:55:58I literally have one spot left on my team.
00:56:00You were sent from heaven, Sid, to fill that final spot.
00:56:04And you can win this competition.
00:56:08So we'll see.
00:56:10I'm excited.
00:56:11Yeah, let's get them in here.
00:56:13Ashley said, you know, I felt like they would both give me
00:56:15a powerful, big pop diva performance.
00:56:18And I gave them the mother of all pop diva performances
00:56:23with a really classic Mariah Carey song called Love Takes Time.
00:56:27This song is a doozy.
00:56:29I can't wait to hear what you do with it.
00:56:31Definitely.
00:56:32This is the voice.
00:56:34I want y'all to come out here and flex on them.
00:56:37I don't wanna be here.
00:56:39Mariah has that belty chest voice.
00:56:42I don't wanna be here.
00:56:42She's got a deep lower register as well.
00:56:45And I think both Sid and Ashley have those things.
00:56:49I love when Ashley was doing the attitude in Sid.
00:56:53It's like her tone just hits you in the face.
00:56:57I mean, every time they sang together, I kept getting chills.
00:57:00Mm-hmm.
00:57:01All right.
00:57:02It was amazing.
00:57:03It's really good.
00:57:04It's like, you're super passionate, you have attitude.
00:57:07Like, I love when you, like, you can do it.
00:57:09Yeah.
00:57:10When you do that super long high note,
00:57:12just take it back a little just to let the lead,
00:57:15because she's really doing the lead at that point.
00:57:16Mm-hmm.
00:57:17So it's not too clashing, you know?
00:57:19Yeah.
00:57:19It feels very humbling to learn from people
00:57:24with such out-of-this-world talent.
00:57:26I'm, like, pinching myself.
00:57:27I'm, like, going home and sobbing.
00:57:29Like...
00:57:30I've been a wedding singer now for about three years.
00:57:34It's so fun.
00:57:35It's like I don't even go to work, which is so cool.
00:57:38The voice is a really big step for me,
00:57:40just so people can see me as an artist.
00:57:44Winning this battle would prove to myself
00:57:45that you're here for a reason,
00:57:48and you just got to keep going.
00:57:50Ashley, my main advice would be just thinking about
00:57:53how you transition between your head voice
00:57:55and your chest voice,
00:57:55because it felt a little bit disjointed.
00:57:58And maybe just decide, stay in my chest voice,
00:58:00because it'll be easier to keep it smooth.
00:58:01Sure. Thank you.
00:58:03Can we do...
00:58:04I don't want to be there.
00:58:06I don't want to be there.
00:58:08You want to sing with the harmony at the end?
00:58:09So, sit first.
00:58:11I don't want to be there.
00:58:13I don't want to be there.
00:58:15And then together.
00:58:16I don't want to be there.
00:58:19Oh, yes. That'd be tasty.
00:58:21Taking Love Takes Time
00:58:23and really trying to make it my own is kind of hard.
00:58:26It's a riot carry.
00:58:27You can't get any harder than that.
00:58:29But I want to show John with this performance.
00:58:31I am very versatile,
00:58:33and I can go into a different genre,
00:58:36but still be myself.
00:58:37Now, it's just all about getting it into your body
00:58:40and feeling it.
00:58:41Like, you practice it so much,
00:58:43it's second nature, you know?
00:58:44Y'all got some pipes, honey.
00:58:47I love it.
00:58:48I'm having a hard time thinking,
00:58:50who you gonna pick?
00:58:51Ashley!
00:58:53I just want to see who goes out there
00:58:55and shows the world that they need to be
00:58:57in the next round.
00:58:59This song is demanding.
00:59:01It requires a lot of natural ability and skill.
00:59:06And you just want to see somebody
00:59:07that isn't afraid of this kind of challenge
00:59:09and goes out there and just nails it.
00:59:11Love takes time
00:59:14To hear when you hurt it so much
00:59:17Couldn't see that I was blind
00:59:22Till I let you go
00:59:24I can't escape this pain
00:59:27Inside
00:59:29Cause love takes time
00:59:34I don't want to be here
00:59:38I don't want to be here
00:59:41Alone
00:59:46You might say
00:59:48That it's over
00:59:53And you might say
00:59:56That you don't care
00:59:58That you don't care, baby
01:00:01And you might say
01:00:03You don't miss me
01:00:05You don't miss me
01:00:07You don't need me
01:00:07But I know that you do
01:00:09And I feel that you do
01:00:12Inside
01:00:27I don't want to be there
01:00:29I don't want to be there
01:00:42I don't want to be here
01:00:42I don't want to be there
01:00:47I don't want to be there
01:01:06I don't want to be there
01:01:08Alone
01:01:09I saw the song before I walked out
01:01:11And I was like
01:01:11That is a tall order
01:01:12I love this song so much
01:01:14I'm going to start with you, Ashley
01:01:15I did feel like
01:01:16There were some pitchy parts
01:01:18Here and there
01:01:18There were also some
01:01:19Really beautiful moments
01:01:20Girl, your voice
01:01:21When it gets really big
01:01:22And you open up that roundness
01:01:23It's beautiful
01:01:24It is a really beautiful
01:01:27Big old sound
01:01:28And Sid
01:01:30I'm still angry
01:01:31For not even being able
01:01:32To possibly turn for you
01:01:34I like to think
01:01:34She would have chosen me anyway
01:01:36At least you have an excuse
01:01:37I was in it
01:01:37And I still lost
01:01:39Thank you coaches
01:01:41All right, John
01:01:42Give us some thoughts
01:01:43On that battle
01:01:43Before he tells who won
01:01:44Both of you are such
01:01:45Wonderful singers
01:01:47And Ashley
01:01:48You really do have
01:01:49An amazing voice
01:01:50When you have
01:01:51This powerful instrument
01:01:52Part of what you're doing
01:01:53Is learning how to harness it
01:01:55And controlling
01:01:55This gift that you have
01:01:57It just takes time
01:01:58As Mariah said
01:01:59It takes time
01:02:02And Sid
01:02:03It is that
01:02:04Interesting combination
01:02:05Of going to the heights
01:02:07Of what you're able
01:02:08To do
01:02:08With your voice
01:02:09But not sounding shrill
01:02:11It's a remarkable
01:02:12Like rare thing
01:02:13That you have
01:02:13Thank you so much
01:02:14Thank you
01:02:15John, who is the winner
01:02:16Of this battle
01:02:19The winner of this battle
01:02:22Is Sid
01:02:23Say Sid
01:02:24Congratulations
01:02:27You are moving on to the knockouts
01:02:28For Team Legend
01:02:29Ashley and Sid
01:02:30Both of these girls
01:02:31Are really talented
01:02:33But Sid is just such a phenomenal performer
01:02:36She hit some of the highest notes
01:02:37You will ever hear an artist sing
01:02:39And she does it effortlessly
01:02:40It's really remarkable
01:02:42She belongs in the finale of this show
01:02:44She's really special
01:02:56Welcome back to the battles
01:02:57At Universal Studios Hollywood
01:03:01All right, Abigail
01:03:02All right, thank you
01:03:03All right
01:03:03Have fun
01:03:04All right
01:03:05All right, stand by folks
01:03:06Probably about a minute
01:03:06And we'll go
01:03:07Yes, ma'am
01:03:08All right, here we go, everybody
01:03:10Last time I was in this room
01:03:12Was the blind audition
01:03:13And I got a three-chair turn
01:03:15But there's still a lot
01:03:17That I want to show
01:03:18I want to work with Kelly
01:03:19And I hope to stay around
01:03:21For some more rounds
01:03:22And learn all that I can from her
01:03:25The voice is such a huge opportunity for me
01:03:28I'm from a really small town
01:03:29And getting on a stage
01:03:30That can be seen all across America
01:03:32Is something that I am so blessed to experience
01:03:35When I walk on stage
01:03:36I'm going to be thinking about
01:03:38Doing my best
01:03:39Being myself
01:03:39And making my family proud
01:03:41I am so excited for this
01:03:43Who will win this team's Kelly battle?
01:03:45Will it be Abigail Oakley
01:03:47Or Julia Golden?
01:03:56Abigail!
01:03:59Hi, ladies
01:04:00Hello
01:04:00Abigail versus Julia
01:04:02The voices are similar in some ways
01:04:04But still different
01:04:06Abigail is more folk
01:04:08Julia is more country
01:04:10They're singing Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac
01:04:13I think this is the perfect song
01:04:15Because it kind of bridges them
01:04:16Can you tell me a little bit about yourselves?
01:04:18Who wants to start?
01:04:20I can go
01:04:21Abigail, you go first
01:04:22Because she said you're a little shy
01:04:23I'm a little shy
01:04:24She told me
01:04:25Yes, I'm a songwriter
01:04:27I live in Nashville
01:04:28I've done music all my life
01:04:30Tell me a little bit about you, Julia
01:04:31I'm 19
01:04:33I'm from North Carolina
01:04:34I sing country music
01:04:35But I love everything
01:04:36Rock Americana
01:04:37Stevie Nicks is like my idol
01:04:38So I'm really excited to be singing this song
01:04:40Speaking of the song
01:04:41I want to hear you ladies sing it
01:04:43All your life
01:04:44You've never seen a woman
01:04:47Taken back
01:04:48You know what's interesting?
01:04:49Abigail naturally has a yodel in her voice
01:04:52Which normally comes from more of a country style of singing that Julia does
01:04:57She is like a cat in the dark
01:05:01Which maybe is why they work so well together
01:05:07Julia, her vibrato is special
01:05:09And then the energy that she exudes when she's singing
01:05:14It's infectious
01:05:15It takes the room
01:05:16Two completely different personalities
01:05:21They're both captivating in their own way
01:05:26Yes, y'all
01:05:30You are so interesting and captivating
01:05:32Aw, wow
01:05:33I tend to be one with a big personality, right?
01:05:36But it's the people who are so quiet are the most interesting
01:05:39As an artist, take us into that world
01:05:41I'm big on like owning who you are
01:05:44And the energy you bring
01:05:46I saw this bubbleness
01:05:47Like you were like
01:05:48You're like you want to just twirl around
01:05:49Twirl around
01:05:49Yes, ma'am
01:05:50If that's what you feel
01:05:51This is your moment
01:05:52Make sure you're the focal point
01:05:54Allow yourself to be every bit of you
01:05:56Because you're the stars
01:05:58It's y'alls for the taking
01:06:00Both of them have the star power
01:06:02So what this comes down to
01:06:04Is who shines the brightest on the day
01:06:06All your life you've never seen
01:06:09A woman taken by a win
01:06:13Would you stay if she promised you heaven
01:06:17Will you ever win
01:06:21Will you ever win
01:06:43She rings like a bell through the night
01:06:47And wouldn't you love to love her?
01:06:50She holds her life like a bird in a flight
01:06:54And who will be her lover?
01:06:58All your life you've never seen
01:07:01A woman taken by the wind
01:07:05Would you stay if she promised you heaven
01:07:09Will you ever win
01:07:12Will you ever win
01:07:20Will you ever win
01:07:23Will you ever win
01:07:43Rihanna
01:07:53All right!
01:07:55Abigail, there's this beautiful quality to your voice when you get up there in your upper register.
01:08:00Beautiful transition to falsehood. I just want to hear more, you know?
01:08:02So I would go with Abigail, but Julia, you did a great job.
01:08:05Thank you so much.
01:08:06Thank you. Thank you.
01:08:07Abigail, I loved the verse a lot with you.
01:08:10Like, you had, like, a really nice round tone.
01:08:14It just felt really solid and, like, comfortable.
01:08:16And then I felt like that part of the song was weaker for you, Julia.
01:08:20But then when you came in on the higher parts, it felt really good.
01:08:23And the energy you were giving on stage felt right.
01:08:26I'm gonna say Julia.
01:08:27Okay.
01:08:28Thank you, coaches!
01:08:31All right, Kelly, give us a few thoughts before you pick a winner.
01:08:33There were moments that both of you were the reason why you're here.
01:08:36You both have something really magical with your tone.
01:08:39You both have something really magical about your voices that are very different.
01:08:42I thought that you did a good job with the song.
01:08:45I do like both of your blinds better.
01:08:47I think that you're both artists that really benefit from space.
01:08:50Like, in a song of it, not all the things kind of happening at once and fighting against it,
01:08:55especially having to battle someone you've never sung with before, you know?
01:08:59Kelly, who is the winner of this battle?
01:09:04Oh, man.
01:09:07The winner of this battle is Abigail.
01:09:13It's Abigail!
01:09:15Congratulations!
01:09:16You're on the knockout for Team Kelly!
01:09:19Abigail and Joy are both very talented, but Abigail is a true storyteller.
01:09:24That's the thing that wins me over about her.
01:09:25She has this intensity that is purposeful, but it's intimate.
01:09:29And she has this way of, like, being soft, but also very pointed.
01:09:33I have six incredible artists coming into the knockouts.
01:09:36My team crushed it, so I'm pretty stoked about today.
01:09:39We love you so much, Kelly.
01:09:41Oh, thank you.
01:09:52Welcome back.
01:09:54KJ and Mike, our last pairing.
01:09:57Gentlemen, y'all, how lucky are we to have Money Long here?
01:10:00Oh, we're blessed to have Money Long here.
01:10:02I'm so excited she is going to be giving you guys advice on your battle.
01:10:06We're having a good time today.
01:10:08All right, absolutely.
01:10:09Yeah, last but not least.
01:10:11KJ and Mike, they're both R&B singers.
01:10:14It just felt naturally they would sound great together.
01:10:17What you guys been up to?
01:10:18Man, I've been at home with my babies, with my kids.
01:10:21Yeah, how many babies you got?
01:10:22Just two, just two.
01:10:24Two?
01:10:24How old are they?
01:10:25I have a five-year-old daughter, and my son is seven months.
01:10:27So deny the truth, or stay behind.
01:10:34My daughter was really stoked when I got a triple chair turn.
01:10:38Triple turn, baby!
01:10:40And that was validating that I can make it in this industry.
01:10:44But you know, it's been kind of hard trying to balance school and being on the show because it's non
01:10:48-stop.
01:10:49But it's so worth it because it will mean more than the world to me to bring home that degree
01:10:54and that trophy for my baby girl and her little brother.
01:10:58I love you.
01:11:03I love you.
01:11:04Mwah!
01:11:05When I'm at home and I'm in my downtime, we're doing shows and we gigging and making it happen.
01:11:11I love it.
01:11:12I try to sing every day, all day, a gig as much as I can.
01:11:16I'm real structured.
01:11:18I'm really just adamant about taking this opportunity and putting my best foot forward.
01:11:25Making my parents proud is the thing that I live for.
01:11:29They've sacrificed so much.
01:11:30My dad was in the military.
01:11:32It was a choice made to provide for a family.
01:11:35My dad's background taught me a strong work ethic.
01:11:39I've been the kid, you know, who was super creative but didn't like school.
01:11:45Now that I've found something that I'm focused on, I'm really harnessing it to let it push me to work
01:11:50more.
01:11:51Well, I'm so excited to hear y'all sing Let Me Love You, written by the great Neo, performed by
01:11:56the great Mario.
01:11:57This is one of the great classic R&B songs, truly, of this last 25 years.
01:12:03Both of y'all are really good R&B singers but with really different tones.
01:12:07I felt like this song would be a great song for both of you to sing, so I'm excited to
01:12:12hear you.
01:12:17Mike has all this air around his voice.
01:12:19His tone is so distinctive.
01:12:21A lot of guys with that kind of tone don't have the range that Mike has.
01:12:26So the combination of his tone and the range he has is really exceptional.
01:12:30So can we make this thing go?
01:12:33And he also has power.
01:12:35He was hitting the high notes nicely.
01:12:36Yeah, no, he can belt a little bit.
01:12:37Yeah.
01:12:37It was good.
01:12:42KJ has all of the runs.
01:12:44The scales are crazy.
01:12:48And his ability to pick where to do it and how he could fit so many notes in one little
01:12:54tiny part.
01:12:56And it doesn't sound cluttered.
01:12:58That is very, very skillful ability.
01:13:00Oh, let me love you.
01:13:08Yeah.
01:13:10Man, this is going to be really good.
01:13:12Both of y'all really sound good together and I like the back and forth and I like that you
01:13:17guys were more answering each other than trying to harmonize most of the time.
01:13:21That's my new favorite of the day.
01:13:24Neither of you need to try to worry about being better than the other at what you do because your
01:13:29styles are so different from each other.
01:13:31Like just be the best you.
01:13:33Be mindful of what you do on stage because part of how you convince the audience to fall in love
01:13:37with you is just your demeanor, your swag, the way you physically carry yourselves.
01:13:41The tiebreaker will be charisma, stage presence, all that good stuff.
01:13:46Don't they call that dirty mackin?
01:13:48That's what they call that.
01:13:49Dirty mackin.
01:13:50I'm happy.
01:13:50It's really good.
01:13:52Yeah, so I'm going to give you a little secret.
01:13:54When you freestyle singing like the way that we do, the rule is eight notes.
01:13:58Mmm.
01:13:59Right?
01:14:02Don't do more than that.
01:14:03If you're going to do a run, finish it at eight.
01:14:06Just count it.
01:14:08You know what I'm saying?
01:14:09Okay.
01:14:09That's interesting.
01:14:10I've never heard that.
01:14:11Yeah.
01:14:11I just gave you something.
01:14:13Now I'm going to go back and listen to my records and count, start counting.
01:14:16No, seriously.
01:14:17All of the hit songs in the main melody will not have more than eight notes.
01:14:23Yeah.
01:14:23Mani's coaching is good because Mani understands all of the ingredients that go into hits.
01:14:28She kept us electrifying.
01:14:30I'm excited, y'all.
01:14:31This is going to be a great performance.
01:14:33Yeah, this is really good.
01:14:33Somebody's getting stolen, so.
01:14:34Oh, Lord.
01:14:35So don't think of it like you're competing with each other.
01:14:37Right.
01:14:37Just be your best self and somebody will get stolen.
01:14:41I guarantee it.
01:14:41It's going to be dope, y'all.
01:14:43KJ, Mike.
01:14:44Oh, yeah.
01:14:45I got legend jackets for you, your team legend for life.
01:14:48Oh, yeah.
01:14:49That's what's up, man.
01:14:50After rehearsing, I feel like I picked the best coach.
01:14:55His advice, his energy, it was everything.
01:15:00Everything.
01:15:01So nice to meet you.
01:15:02Best of luck to you all.
01:15:03We wanted to make it hard for our coach to send any one of us home.
01:15:07You think you're going to be able to pick?
01:15:08I don't know.
01:15:09I don't know.
01:15:09I always wait till the day and see how it goes that day.
01:15:12Because some people just step up when it's time.
01:15:14When the light's on, the pressure's on.
01:15:16And that's when I decide.
01:15:18Because based on rehearsal, I could go either way.
01:15:28Welcome back to The Voice Battle of Champions.
01:15:34It's the last battle.
01:15:35It's been such a fun battle round.
01:15:37I'm excited for the knockouts now.
01:15:40It's my team coming.
01:15:43This is the guy that wore the suit that you liked.
01:15:47Wait, KJ's going to be good, too.
01:15:48They were both really good.
01:15:50Oh my god, Mario?
01:15:52I haven't heard this song in a long time.
01:15:53It's such a great song.
01:15:54KJ Willis!
01:15:55Mike Steele!
01:15:57The guys look clean!
01:15:59The fits are nice.
01:16:01Let the battle begin.
01:16:06Mmm, yeah.
01:16:09Ooh, yeah.
01:16:11Mmm, mmm, mmm.
01:16:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:16:17Baby, I just don't get it.
01:16:19Do you enjoy being hurt?
01:16:22I know you smell the perfume.
01:16:25The makeup on your shirt.
01:16:27You don't believe your stories.
01:16:30You know that there are lies.
01:16:32As bad as you are, stick around.
01:16:35And I just don't know why.
01:16:36Cause if I was your man.
01:16:38Baby, you.
01:16:39You're never worrying about.
01:16:41What I do.
01:16:42And I be coming home.
01:16:43Back to you.
01:16:44Every night.
01:16:46Doing your right.
01:16:47You're the type of one.
01:16:48You deserve the things.
01:16:49This full of diamonds.
01:16:51Handful of rings.
01:16:52Baby, you're the star.
01:16:53And I just wanna show you you are.
01:16:56You said let me love you.
01:16:58Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need, yeah.
01:17:05Oh, baby, good love and protection.
01:17:08No, make me your selection.
01:17:11Show you the way love's supposed to be.
01:17:15Baby, you deserve better, girl.
01:17:21You know you deserve better.
01:17:23Couldn't be together, girl.
01:17:26Baby, with me and you it's whatever, girl.
01:17:32Hey, can we make this thing go?
01:17:38You said let me love you.
01:17:41I'm gonna be the one to give you everything you want and need, yeah.
01:17:48Baby, good love and protection.
01:17:51Make me your selection.
01:17:54Show you the way love's supposed to be, yeah.
01:17:59Oh, love you.
01:18:01Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need, yeah.
01:18:09Baby, good love and protection.
01:18:12Make me your selection.
01:18:13Show you the way love's supposed to be.
01:18:18Baby, you should let me love you.
01:18:22Love you, yeah.
01:18:25Love you, yeah.
01:18:29Love you.
01:18:30Yeah.
01:18:32Well done, girl.
01:18:34Well done, girl.
01:18:37Well done, girl.
01:18:39Well done, yeah.
01:18:39Yeah.
01:18:40Yeah.
01:18:41Yeah.
01:18:42Wow.
01:18:44That was really good.
01:18:46Yeah.
01:18:46You are so screwed.
01:18:49Yeah, I know, I know, I know, I know.
01:18:50I mean, that was incredible.
01:18:51That was so, so good and tasteful.
01:18:54The whole time I was like, tennis.
01:18:56I was like, oh, damn.
01:18:57And then I'd be like, oh, damn.
01:18:58Going back and forth and especially, oh, my God, Mike, this one run you just did towards the end that
01:19:03went all the way down.
01:19:05Yeah.
01:19:06It was so good.
01:19:07I loved it.
01:19:08I thought, KJ, you're a little more, like, higher.
01:19:11Even when you're doing the high stuff, there's just such a body to it.
01:19:14Honestly, guys, you're both incredible.
01:19:16I mean, great job.
01:19:18Yeah.
01:19:19I don't know which way I'd leave.
01:19:20Thank you so much, Kelly.
01:19:22I know.
01:19:23Thank you so much.
01:19:24Yes.
01:19:24I'm just mad at myself for pairing them now.
01:19:27First of all, the swag that's going on right now with these fits.
01:19:30The fellas look good.
01:19:31They look good.
01:19:32You guys were great.
01:19:33KJ, you were a big surprise to me.
01:19:35I didn't turn for you in the blinds, but you've since then made me a believer.
01:19:39But, Mike, when you create a moment that makes us all go, oh, my God, which was that big rundown
01:19:44that you did, it was the most memorable for me moment of the entire thing.
01:19:48So I think maybe I would lean towards Mike, but it will be a very, very tough choice for you.
01:19:52Okay, I will lean towards KJ to even it out because I like both.
01:19:54Oh, my God.
01:19:55Thank you, coaches.
01:19:57Oh, my goodness.
01:19:58All right, Johnny, got the final decision.
01:20:00Give us some thoughts on it first.
01:20:01This is hard because you guys both are just phenomenal singers.
01:20:07Your tones are so different from each other.
01:20:10Mike, your tone has so much air around it, and it's so, like, round and beautiful.
01:20:15And then I love that vibe of your tone, KJ.
01:20:18Like, it's really dope.
01:20:19Like, some of the best R&B and soul singers have that and grew up on Stevie Wonder and tried
01:20:24to sound like him.
01:20:25And, like, that's the kind of tone you have, and I love it.
01:20:28Both of you are just phenomenally talented, and it was just a really great performance.
01:20:32And I'm really proud of both of you.
01:20:34And I'm excited for both of you.
01:20:37Johnny got a difficult decision, but the time has come.
01:20:41Who is the winner of this battle?
01:20:43The winner of this battle is KJ.
01:20:52KJ!
01:20:53Congratulations!
01:20:53You're moving on to the Rockettes!
01:20:55KJ and Mike make me so proud.
01:20:57You know, I chose KJ as the winner.
01:20:59KJ's such a real singer.
01:21:00Like, he has so much range and flexibility in his voice.
01:21:03Killed it.
01:21:04Well done.
01:21:04I really do enjoy his tone.
01:21:06It reminds me of some of the singers I grew up listening to.
01:21:08I'm excited to see what KJ will do next.
01:21:11I wish I could see him!
01:21:13I wish I could see him!
01:21:13I wish I could see him!
01:21:13I wish I could see you!
01:21:14Mike, anything you want to say to John?
01:21:17Man, I'm Joe.
01:21:17I'm so grateful to be here.
01:21:19I thank you for turning your chair around for me.
01:21:21I can truly say, you know, it's a dream come true, for sure.
01:21:24Whoa!
01:21:25Hold everything!
01:21:26We got a steal!
01:21:29It's a steal for Mike Steele!
01:21:32Adam uses his one and only steal for Mike.
01:21:35Adam, talk to us.
01:21:36Man, I really did think he was going to pick you.
01:21:39And when he didn't, I was so shook.
01:21:41I was like, that means, like, I could have him on my team?
01:21:43Like, I was so surprised.
01:21:46There's a tone in your voice that I love.
01:21:48So, man, welcome to my team.
01:21:50Yeah.
01:21:51Go meet your new coach, Mike!
01:21:53Congratulations!
01:21:55Adam Levine steals Mike from John!
01:21:58I'm a Mike fan.
01:21:59I turned for Mike in the Blind.
01:22:00I thought Mike won that one,
01:22:01so it was really kind of easy to try and steal him.
01:22:03Mike adds definitely a facet that I do not have,
01:22:06which is a really strong male vocalist
01:22:08in the kind of R&B vein,
01:22:12and I'm just really happy he's on my team.
01:22:13Man, that was a good one!
01:22:15I was surprised.
01:22:16What do you want with Mike?
01:22:17What I want to learn from you, Adam.
01:22:18Everything.
01:22:18He wants to learn everything.
01:22:22Yo, we're gonna have fun, man.
01:22:24Missed you the first time,
01:22:25but I got you the second time.
01:22:26Most definitely.
01:22:26Yeah, man.
01:22:27Yes, sir, let's go.
01:22:28All right, man.
01:22:29See you soon.
01:22:33Oh, man, this crazy.
01:22:34This crazy.
01:22:36That's it.
01:22:37Friends, that's the last battle.
01:22:39Did y'all enjoy yourselves?
01:22:41Good music.
01:22:44Oh!
01:22:44Whoa!
01:22:45Whoa!
01:22:47Who needs score?
01:22:53Get ready for this, y'all.
01:22:55I'm super excited for knockouts.
01:22:57Let's go!
01:22:58I think the knockouts are gonna be so competitive.
01:23:00Oh, my God!
01:23:03Look, I'm excited to work with my whole team
01:23:05because I didn't get to work with them in the battles.
01:23:07Dude!
01:23:07I love my Mega Mentor.
01:23:10And we have some twists and turns coming our way.
01:23:13CeeLo Green!
01:23:17CeeLo's a wizard.
01:23:18A wizard.
01:23:19He's a wild man.
01:23:20I was born to win.
01:23:44He's a nowhere for us.
01:23:56The вышlet could walk before you end hitting the rear.
01:23:57Oh, my love.
01:23:57Thank you very much.
01:23:58Very much joy.
01:24:00But I'll do it to the company of the other...
01:24:00Walk, you ready?
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