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00:00:13¡Gracias!
00:00:30Hey boys fans, Benji Madden.
00:00:33My surprise little mentor situation.
00:00:35Adam is oftentimes my advisor.
00:00:38What is he talking about?
00:00:38There they are.
00:00:39We carpooled here.
00:00:40I know it's cute.
00:00:41Make sure you make a peepee before we leave Benji.
00:00:44Oh, nice.
00:00:45It's battle time and that means it's time for me to bring in the big guns.
00:00:49Money long.
00:00:50Money long is here y'all.
00:00:52You always wonder like what people are looking for when they say that it factor.
00:00:56Like what is it?
00:00:57You know, you feel it when certain people just have it.
00:00:59It's like that thing.
00:01:02Man, hi boys family.
00:01:04It is me Jay Hudge, Kelly.
00:01:06I got your back.
00:01:07I've been a coach, a mega mentor.
00:01:10You got the double trouble now.
00:01:12Y'all better look out.
00:01:13Y'all know I brought a shoe just in case.
00:01:16The last shoe I threw, the person who I threw the shoe at, guess what?
00:01:20Day one.
00:01:21Will it take a lot for you to throw a shoe today?
00:01:23I can't tell you.
00:01:24It hits my spirit and I don't even know I threw it.
00:01:26There it go.
00:01:29I found another question.
00:01:31I lost that feeling.
00:01:32Our friendship is kind of like me and Blake Sheldon if I liked Blake Sheldon.
00:01:36Does your wife ever like, cause sometimes when we're texting.
00:01:40No, she'll be like, who are you talking to?
00:01:42Sometimes when we're texting.
00:01:42Why are you giggling?
00:01:43I'm like, I'm just talking to Benji.
00:01:45So, I put these people together, Drew and Jared, and they're both so good.
00:01:49Like, what have I done?
00:01:50You got to let them fight it out.
00:01:52Drew has a cool tone.
00:01:54He's got a great sound.
00:01:55Just a cool vibe in general.
00:01:56Jared, I mean, I can tell their soul and there's a story.
00:02:00I think that there's a country element that connects them.
00:02:05It's really awesome Benji Madden's here.
00:02:07I mean, I grew up on his music.
00:02:09Good Charlotte, that's where I listened to in high school.
00:02:11All the alternative rock.
00:02:13Nice to meet you.
00:02:13Jared, Benji.
00:02:15Jared.
00:02:15Good to meet you there.
00:02:16So, to get his guidance and to meet him is awesome.
00:02:20We're excited about this pairing.
00:02:21I feel like you did a great job.
00:02:22Well, I'm gonna cry though, because you guys are both gonna be so good.
00:02:26You guys look cool as hell.
00:02:27Thank you.
00:02:28Thank you.
00:02:28You really do.
00:02:29You guys look pretty badass together.
00:02:31It's already, you look the part.
00:02:32We look good.
00:02:33We're ready.
00:02:33So, this song, um, makes me cry.
00:02:38I've heard you sing it, by the way.
00:02:39You have?
00:02:40I've sang, I've heard.
00:02:40A couple times.
00:02:41Have you ever heard him sing it on a voicemail, though?
00:02:43Because I have.
00:02:43I sing it to Benji on a voicemail.
00:02:45I gave Drew and Jared Leather and Lace by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley.
00:02:49It's folky, it's country, it's rock and roll.
00:02:51It's a lot of things you love, you know?
00:02:53Of all the songs in the world, this might be a song that I have the most experience with.
00:02:57I sang the song with Stevie Nicks to my wife at our wedding.
00:03:01If you don't like this song, then I don't like you.
00:03:06I 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.
00:03:14But this is the kind of music that I love as an artist, so I'm just really happy we got
00:03:18it.
00:03:19Let's do it.
00:03:19All right.
00:03:21Lovers forever, face to face.
00:03:26The song is kind of what helped me put them together.
00:03:29Country, rock and roll, I feel like they both are cut from that same cloth.
00:03:33I need you to love me, I need you today.
00:03:38Drew 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.
00:03:47I need you to love me, I need you.
00:03:49Jared's got such a cool sort of like country, sort of rocky voice.
00:03:55And he has range that I didn't know he had, you know, because he didn't sing that high in a
00:04:00blind audition.
00:04:01It's good to push yourself, and I think he sounds really cool in his upper register, too.
00:04:07That was beautiful, guys.
00:04:09A couple stars.
00:04:10You guys both have your own swagger.
00:04:12I'm such a fan of you guys.
00:04:13I think that for me, you never want to be copying, right?
00:04:16But at the same time, you have to be reverent to the record, too, because it's such a special record
00:04:21that, like, holds a place in so many people's hearts.
00:04:23The power of the song is in the simplicity.
00:04:26So all of that emotion and power is there without trying to do too much.
00:04:29This is a big choice.
00:04:31It's exciting, but it's also maybe a little bit nerve-wracking.
00:04:34You want to keep the respect on it, yeah.
00:04:35Yeah, because it's such a classic and such an all-time great song.
00:04:39I feel like it's going to stand out if you can tap into where that song in your soul sits
00:04:44and what it means to you.
00:04:45To win this battle, I need to completely let go and relate to that feeling of that vulnerability and that
00:04:53rawness that comes with falling in love with someone.
00:04:56My husband and I got married in 2022, and we are very opposite in a lot of ways.
00:05:01Leather and lace.
00:05:02I don't know.
00:05:03Sometimes I'm leather.
00:05:03Sometimes I'm lace.
00:05:04Ben, as a father, is amazing.
00:05:06He is crazy supportive of me, especially my musicianship.
00:05:10I can take the space and the time that I need to pursue what's important to me.
00:05:13And as a mom and a wife or just a partner in general, that's not something that a lot of
00:05:17people get, and I'm really grateful for that.
00:05:19This is obviously an epic love song, and I love Jared, but we're not in love.
00:05:23Yeah.
00:05:23So where do you go to really sell that story?
00:05:28I don't see it like you're playing a part because then it can be fake.
00:05:31It's the love of music.
00:05:32Like I said, I've sung this song with all the people.
00:05:33Mm-hmm.
00:05:34And our love of the song is kind of the romantic part of it.
00:05:39Yeah.
00:05:39Right?
00:05:39It's not targeted at each other.
00:05:41Like if Benji and I were singing it, it would definitely be a love song.
00:05:44We would be, yeah.
00:05:44For each other.
00:05:45Hold up, Adam.
00:05:46I was gonna say, when we sing it together, you both do make each other feel even more special, you
00:05:53know, singing together, because your voices are so different.
00:05:56It's also not bad if it scares you a little bit.
00:05:58Those nerves can be really good.
00:05:59It's just raw.
00:06:01It's real.
00:06:0190% of this game is comfort.
00:06:03You know, if you can feel good about yourself and then helps you propel what you're trying to sing.
00:06:08I need you to love me.
00:06:11And Benji's good at helping me unlock that in some of these singers.
00:06:16That was infinitely better.
00:06:18It just immediately jumped the level.
00:06:19You guys are already starting to feel that chemistry.
00:06:22Just get lost in the lyrics.
00:06:24The more kind of intimate it can feel, the better people will react to it.
00:06:27Yeah.
00:06:27I got to really focus on pouring more of that soul and that feeling into the song.
00:06:33For me, this song is about a complicated relationship that's had its ups and downs.
00:06:38My girlfriend's name is Chapin.
00:06:39Most of the challenges in our relationship center around my life as a musician.
00:06:45Every weekend, I'm in a different town.
00:06:47So being gone a lot, it's very difficult, but she's here to back me all the way.
00:06:52She's the one that pushed me to sign up.
00:06:53So if it wasn't for her, I would not be here.
00:06:56You know, we just gave you the note.
00:06:58And while you're singing it, you're thinking, all right, how am I applying that?
00:07:01But the more you do it, you're going to get locked in.
00:07:03Just keep running this repetition.
00:07:05Ten more times and we'll be ready.
00:07:06You know what I'm saying?
00:07:07We're very excited.
00:07:08Thank you guys so much.
00:07:10The stakes are high for this battle.
00:07:12We're performing on this massive stage for millions of people watching at home.
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.
00:07:37I always want to make my dad proud whenever I'm doing anything musical.
00:07:40He knows I've been working hard at this and for him to hear that all come together on stage for
00:07:45the battles is going to be really cool.
00:07:49I definitely don't think the coaches have seen what I can do yet.
00:07:52We're just going to go out there and we're going to crush it.
00:07:58We're like a good looking couple.
00:08:00Yeah.
00:08:02This battle begins right now.
00:08:16Is love so fragile and a heart so hollow?
00:08:22A shadow of the world, impossible to follow.
00:08:28Yeah.
00:08:29You're saying I'm fragile, try not to be.
00:08:34I search only for something I can't see.
00:08:39Nice.
00:08:40Nice.
00:08:41Still I carry this feeling when you walked into my house.
00:08:48That I won't be walking out the door.
00:08:53Lovers forever, face to face.
00:08:59My city on mountains, stay with me, stay.
00:09:06I need you to love me, I need you today.
00:09:12Give to me your leather, take from me my place.
00:09:19You in the moonlight, with your sleepy eyes.
00:09:26Did you ever love a man like me?
00:09:29Woo!
00:09:30Woo!
00:09:32And you were right.
00:09:34When I walked into your house, I knew I was never gonna leave.
00:09:43But that time I saw you, I knew with you to light my night.
00:09:51Oh, somehow I get by.
00:09:54Nice.
00:09:56Yeah.
00:09:56Lovers forever, face to face.
00:10:02Yeah.
00:10:03My city on mountains, stay with me, stay.
00:10:09I need you to love me, I need you today.
00:10:14I love his voice.
00:10:15Give to me your leather, take from me my lace.
00:10:20Take from me my lace.
00:10:27Sing, boy.
00:10:28Take from me my lace.
00:10:35I love that was damn good.
00:10:37So good.
00:10:39Yeah!
00:10:41Yeah!
00:10:42That was so cool!
00:10:44First of all, not to be superficial though, you guys would make a hot couple.
00:10:48I don't know what your dating status is.
00:10:50Honestly, after hearing you, I think you should be a duo.
00:10:52You sound great together, you look good together.
00:10:54Let's think about it.
00:10:55Drew's married.
00:10:56Drew's married.
00:10:57Never mind, never mind.
00:10:58You can still have a group though.
00:11:00It was really beautiful.
00:11:01Your harmony sounded so great.
00:11:03That was such a great song choice, I thought, for both of you.
00:11:05Drew, I really loved at the top of your range, that little shred that was in your voice.
00:11:11It sounded so cool.
00:11:12Jared, I just decided that you're one of my favorite male vocalists this season.
00:11:16Thank you.
00:11:17I just love the tone of your voice, like the rasp in it.
00:11:21You just sound like a star to me.
00:11:23You're like the real deal.
00:11:25It was the perfect song, so well done, Adam, for that.
00:11:29It was the perfect song for both of you.
00:11:32How John was talking about your ache that was breaking your voice through, but also the vibrato.
00:11:37It was perfect, and Jared, you open your mouth, and it's like, I feel like I'm at your concert.
00:11:44I actually think the both of you compliment each other, and you actually make each other better.
00:11:49That's why I said the group thing, and it's unexpected, which makes it more exciting as a fan.
00:11:54Thank you, coaches.
00:11:56Adam, tough decision coming up.
00:11:58Give us some thoughts first.
00:11:59This 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?
00:12:07What?
00:12:08Like, I did.
00:12:09That happened.
00:12:09It really happened.
00:12:10I think it really happened.
00:12:11I pinch myself sometimes.
00:12:13So, it made it even harder, I think, for you guys, because I was going to go and be uber
00:12:17critical of it.
00:12:17And in the rehearsals, to be completely honest, the promise was there, and the vibe was there, but it just
00:12:23wasn't where it needed to be yet.
00:12:25And I was hoping that it would really come to fruition in time for this thing, and it really did.
00:12:30It was so beautiful.
00:12:31Thank you guys for really doing it, doing it right.
00:12:34Beautiful.
00:12:35Drew, like, there were moments where it was so Stevie-esque, and she is obviously one of the greatest ever
00:12:42to do it.
00:12:43And Jared, Dawn Henley's a beast.
00:12:45It's really, really rangy for a male vocalist, and you crushed it.
00:12:49You guys really stepped up, and you're both just incredible.
00:12:52Great job.
00:12:53Great job.
00:12:53Thank you.
00:12:55Adam, congrats on a great battle, but the time has come.
00:12:58Who 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.
00:13:08The winner of this battle is Jared.
00:13:13Jared, moving on to the knockouts for Team Adam.
00:13:15Congratulations.
00:13:16I got a zero in mind for you.
00:13:18Thank you.
00:13:19Excellent job, buddy.
00:13:20Thank you, man.
00:13:21Amazing, dude.
00:13:22Jared could win this thing.
00:13:23Like, there's something about him.
00:13:25Like, he's special.
00:13:26I can't wait to get into it with Jared.
00:13:28I think we're going to have a lot of taste in common, believe it or not.
00:13:30And I think that's going to be really, really fun.
00:13:32Drew, anything you want to say to your coach?
00:13:33I am just so incredibly grateful for this opportunity.
00:13:37And honestly, your taste, the song choice, Jared as a partner was also incredible.
00:13:41And I couldn't be more thankful.
00:13:43So thank you for everything.
00:13:44You were awesome.
00:13:44Give it up one more time for Drew Russell, everybody.
00:13:48I wish I could have taken you both.
00:13:50You guys were both so great.
00:13:51It was really, really special.
00:13:52Thank you.
00:13:53That was so good, Drew.
00:13:54It was beautiful.
00:13:55Just think about it.
00:13:56Russell and Shoemaker.
00:13:58I'm just saying.
00:13:59I wish I not only had a steal, but I don't know if it's ever been done on this show.
00:14:02I wish you could just be like pairing and you could like pair people together.
00:14:08They really sounded great together.
00:14:10They would brush it together in country.
00:14:12I know.
00:14:13They would.
00:14:14Man, Team Adam is stronger than I remember in the blinds.
00:14:17I just was like, that was amazing.
00:14:19They looked and sounded great together.
00:14:20Yeah.
00:14:21Yeah.
00:14:21We have people that keep surprising us.
00:14:23So that's fun.
00:14:24Coming up, incredible performances.
00:14:35Difficult decisions.
00:14:37You are so screwed.
00:14:39Yeah, I know.
00:14:40Adam, the time has come.
00:14:42Just give me a second.
00:14:43Let's go to commercial.
00:14:44Yeah.
00:14:44We'll be back.
00:14:45I wish I could steal.
00:14:47And the final steal of the battles.
00:14:55Just have gifts of that.
00:15:05Welcome back to The Voice, Battle of Champions.
00:15:11Hi, Carson.
00:15:14Carson Daly.
00:15:19Carson Daly.
00:15:21Carson Daly.
00:15:24Carson Daly.
00:15:26Carson Daly.
00:15:27All decisions are final.
00:15:28Not excited.
00:15:30Oh, no, you can't steal somebody now.
00:15:31No.
00:15:32It's just you.
00:15:33Thanks for the pressure.
00:15:36Oh, my people are going next.
00:15:38It's Houston and Tia.
00:15:39And they're both so good, but they're both very different.
00:15:41I really don't know which one I'm gonna pick.
00:15:47It's The Voice, Battle of Champions, and it feels like a battle of champions right now.
00:15:51Father Hilton.
00:15:52Anxiety before I go out, it's just starting to get to me a little.
00:15:54Um, could I have a moment?
00:15:56I just need to...
00:15:58I wanna take a minute, please.
00:15:59Yeah, cuz I don't wanna cry.
00:16:05Thank you.
00:16:06Breathe.
00:16:07Breathe in.
00:16:07This song's very challenging for me, and I just wanna be able to perform it the way I know that
00:16:12I can.
00:16:12I'm ready to go sing my tush off, that's for sure.
00:16:14This is a different genre than what I normally sing.
00:16:18I want to show Kelly my versatility.
00:16:21Entry now from Team Kelly, Houston Kelly!
00:16:28Versus Zia Durant!
00:16:30Versus Zia Durant!
00:16:31To win this battle, I'm gonna put everything I've got out on the line, and I'm gonna hope that's enough.
00:16:35You ready, girl?
00:16:36Opportunities like this don't come very often. Losing is not an option.
00:16:40Show them what they miss it out on.
00:16:49When it was announced that we were gonna be battling each other, I was initially thinking like, what are they
00:16:53thinking?
00:16:54Me too!
00:16:55And I know...
00:16:55I wonder if something like that would work.
00:17:00Clyde, is he soulful?
00:17:03He said he'd sing gospel, did he not?
00:17:08Oh! Oh!
00:17:10There you go.
00:17:10Listen, she can sing anything.
00:17:12Yeah.
00:17:13This is meant to be then.
00:17:14Okay, I'm gonna put Houston and Tia together.
00:17:16I think this mix between country and soul, I never heard it until we started singing, but it works.
00:17:23We have to come up with a name for it.
00:17:25Ah, yeah.
00:17:26Sun tree or something.
00:17:27So, something will come up with it.
00:17:29I think I am ready.
00:17:33It's me, Jennifer.
00:17:35I came to see about you.
00:17:37Can I give you a hug first, Tia?
00:17:39Oh, my God, please.
00:17:39Nice to meet you.
00:17:40Oh, wow. It's a pleasure.
00:17:41Today, seeing Jennifer Hudson, it was definitely a surreal moment.
00:17:45Not only is she an incredible singer, she is an incredible actress.
00:17:49She is doing things that I am inspired to do.
00:17:54Unfortunately, Kelly couldn't be here today, so she asked me to step in.
00:17:58I hear y'all got a gospel background, both of you.
00:18:01Yes, ma'am.
00:18:01So, my dad, he was a gospel singer, and when he was in college, he toured with a little group,
00:18:06and they would go to local churches and sing around.
00:18:08And then he was in a quartet when I was a kid.
00:18:10I love to write, and I love to be creative in that way.
00:18:12And I think that came from my dad.
00:18:14He put it in you.
00:18:14I love that.
00:18:15Absolutely.
00:18:16Now, tell me about you, Tia.
00:18:17What's your roots?
00:18:17My upbringing is in church.
00:18:19I'm from a small town.
00:18:20Mm-hmm.
00:18:20So, faith, faith, faith.
00:18:22Yes.
00:18:23My grandfather used to sing, and of course, he pushed me up there to do it.
00:18:26So, definitely, I got a lot of my confidence in church and my, yeah, go ahead, baby, you got it.
00:18:32Yes.
00:18:32That type of thing.
00:18:32That's all right, baby.
00:18:33Go head on.
00:18:34Definitely.
00:18:35I love that.
00:18:35I see Miss Kelly put y'all together for that reason, and she also picked a Chris Stapleton song for
00:18:41you guys because it has a blend of country, blues, soul, gospel.
00:18:46Now we know.
00:18:46So, put your faith in that.
00:18:48All right.
00:18:49Now, take it away, Houston.
00:18:51The only time we ever talk is when the monthly bills are due.
00:18:58We go to work, we go to church.
00:19:02They're singing Either Way by Chris Stapleton.
00:19:05Kelly knew exactly what she was doing when she made this pairing.
00:19:09The world will come.
00:19:12Tia has a pop soul vibe with a touch of gospel.
00:19:15Baby, you can go or you can stay.
00:19:22Houston has this huge country gritty voice.
00:19:26But I won't love you either way.
00:19:30It's just, hmm, it works.
00:19:34I won't love you either way.
00:19:39Holy smokes.
00:19:42Thank you.
00:19:43Don't y'all come up in here with all of this.
00:19:45Yeah.
00:19:46I was very honored to have a shoe thrown at me by Miss Hudson.
00:19:50I need my collection play now, okay?
00:19:54Listen, this is what I'm talking about.
00:19:56Tell the story.
00:19:58Thank you so much.
00:19:59Because it's so powerful.
00:20:01I would love to hear your testimony and what you're singing.
00:20:05And then hearing your testimony and what you're singing.
00:20:08Where you're going through what you're going through,
00:20:09but you're going through it in your own tracks.
00:20:11Does that make sense?
00:20:12Yeah.
00:20:13The song is so emotional.
00:20:16Not only is it about love and storytelling, which is what soul is about.
00:20:20It's about a deep vulnerability that I haven't always been open to.
00:20:24And there is power in vulnerability.
00:20:27What's the very end?
00:20:28On stage, we definitely want to give it some dramatic.
00:20:31So I suggested the turn away.
00:20:34Right.
00:20:34Like the, I won't love you either way.
00:20:37So how you physically did that?
00:20:39Okay, now put it in the vocal.
00:20:41You're contemplating.
00:20:42So let it be a thought.
00:20:43You see what I'm saying?
00:20:44You over here, when you do separate, that's what I mean by...
00:20:47I see what you're saying now.
00:20:47Put it in the lyrics.
00:20:48So it's like, what do I want either way that's taking them on that journey?
00:20:51Where you're figuring it out like...
00:20:54Either way.
00:20:55So it doesn't have to be collective.
00:20:56No.
00:20:57It doesn't have to be that at the end.
00:20:58Because that's you contemplating your journey.
00:21:00I don't want to go either way.
00:21:05Either way.
00:21:08It's like a conversational, emotional ending.
00:21:10Either way.
00:21:11Yeah, I like it.
00:21:12Whatever you feel, put it out there.
00:21:15Your granddaddy, your daddy taught y'all well.
00:21:18Yeah.
00:21:19Okay?
00:21:19They gonna be proud.
00:21:20Thank you.
00:21:21I'm proud, so Kelly gonna be real proud.
00:21:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:21:23Did I throw enough shoes?
00:21:24Yeah, you did.
00:21:25Y'all got some more?
00:21:27Ah!
00:21:27Tia and Houston?
00:21:29How is Kelly gonna pick between the two of them?
00:21:32I'm so glad I'm not Kelly.
00:21:34This is gonna be tough.
00:21:36Just keep in mind, it's a competition.
00:21:39Sound wonderful together.
00:21:40But this is called The Voice.
00:21:43Not voices.
00:21:44The voice.
00:21:45Now my heart's beating fast.
00:21:46You won't talk about nervous.
00:21:48I got put up against the referee.
00:21:50Come on now.
00:21:50What I do know is the coaches better get they shoes and their tissues ready.
00:21:56That's what I know.
00:21:57Thank you so much.
00:21:58Yay!
00:21:58Yes.
00:21:59Yes.
00:21:59That went pretty solid.
00:22:02Who would you pick as the winner of this battle?
00:22:05Get The Voice app now and play along.
00:22:16Welcome back to night two of The Battles.
00:22:21Oh, yes.
00:22:24Bang, y'all.
00:22:26This battle starts now.
00:22:28Alright.
00:22:36We pass in the hall, on our way to every race.
00:22:43The only time we ever talk, is when the monthly bills are due.
00:22:50We go to work, we go to church, we fade the perfect line.
00:22:57Sing, girl.
00:23:03I'm past the point of give a damn.
00:23:07Sing.
00:23:09And all my tears are crying.
00:23:15Hey.
00:23:17We can just go home like this.
00:23:24Say the word will come.
00:23:27Sing.
00:23:27Oh, liquid.
00:23:31Baby, you can go or you can stay.
00:23:37Wow.
00:23:40But I won't love you either way.
00:23:46Beautiful.
00:23:47Yeah.
00:23:49I used to cry and stay up nights, and wonder what went wrong.
00:24:03Hey, Thea.
00:24:07It's been hard, but hard to know, lead through death for so long.
00:24:15For so long.
00:24:17We can just go home like this.
00:24:25Say the word will call it quits.
00:24:33Baby, you can go or you can stay.
00:24:42I won't love you either way.
00:24:46I won't love you either way.
00:24:47Oh, no, no.
00:24:49No, no, no.
00:24:52Either way.
00:24:58We're doing good performances today.
00:25:00It's a good day.
00:25:02It's a good day.
00:25:04Oh, man.
00:25:06We're amazing.
00:25:07We're amazing.
00:25:08Phenomenal.
00:25:09Oh, my God.
00:25:11Yeah.
00:25:13Man, that was crazy.
00:25:14You guys did great.
00:25:15Thank you.
00:25:16Tia, I turned for you.
00:25:18I lost.
00:25:20Houston, I didn't turn for you.
00:25:22But I got to tell you, I was really, really blown away.
00:25:24You were a major revelation, Houston, for me today.
00:25:26That rasp in your voice, in your upper register,
00:25:28especially when you're singing Chris Stapleton,
00:25:29who is like the master of that, right?
00:25:31You really fulfilled a tall order in being able to stay with that
00:25:35and do those big, gutty, high notes with rasp.
00:25:38But I'm jealous of that.
00:25:40Tia, I love you.
00:25:40But I think if I was choosing, I might actually go with Houston
00:25:43today.
00:25:44Thank you so much.
00:25:45You're both great.
00:25:46I'm not trying to choose favorites.
00:25:47Oh, no.
00:25:47I need help.
00:25:48Well, y'all made it hard for her.
00:25:50So congratulations for making it hard for her.
00:25:52Houston, I was very impressed with you.
00:25:54That higher part of your voice just really crackled
00:25:57in a really beautiful way.
00:25:58But I will say I would choose Tia in this battle,
00:26:01not to contradict my friend over there.
00:26:04But I just feel like the tone was perfect.
00:26:07Oh, my God.
00:26:07I loved your runs.
00:26:08They were just so tastefully done.
00:26:11Interesting and subtle.
00:26:12Your tone was just liquid gold.
00:26:15I just wanted to listen to you sing all day.
00:26:17Like, I couldn't see her going home after that.
00:26:19Oh, thank you so much.
00:26:21Thank you.
00:26:21Thank you, coaches.
00:26:22Thank you.
00:26:23Wow, Kelly, I can see the anguish on your face already.
00:26:27Battle of the Champions, they've all been really good,
00:26:29and they make for difficult decisions.
00:26:30What did you think about the whole battle first?
00:26:32This has been the hardest battles for me
00:26:34because I wasn't able to be there at rehearsals.
00:26:38You know, Jennifer, I do remember her time,
00:26:39she threw her shoe in y'all's rehearsal.
00:26:41She was like...
00:26:42The shoe was thrown.
00:26:44She doesn't do that for everyone.
00:26:45That's how you know you did it right.
00:26:46She just said it was such a great pairing,
00:26:48and so I knew that you could both handle this song.
00:26:51Handled it.
00:26:51You both did such a great job.
00:26:53Like, Tia, once again,
00:26:54you did some really interesting stuff that was really cool.
00:26:56I think that's what's special about you,
00:26:58is where your brain takes you melodically,
00:27:00I think is very interesting and not many singers do.
00:27:03Thank you.
00:27:03And, Houston, your subtle vibrato
00:27:06and the emotion behind that was something unexpected.
00:27:09I knew you would be able to do the big stuff,
00:27:11but that really intimate stuff was really special
00:27:14and I think just as powerful.
00:27:16Oh, man.
00:27:17Mm.
00:27:18I am, like, shaking.
00:27:20Okay.
00:27:20Kelly, tough one for you.
00:27:22I honestly don't know which one.
00:27:24I hate this right now.
00:27:27Oh, my God.
00:27:28Somebody's stalling.
00:27:29And you both, I know,
00:27:31you both chose different people.
00:27:32Yeah, we didn't help.
00:27:33Kelly, who is the winner of this battle?
00:27:37Um, just give me a second.
00:27:38Let's go to commercial.
00:27:39Yeah.
00:27:40We'll be back.
00:27:41Wait a second.
00:27:42I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.
00:27:43This is so hard.
00:27:44This is so hard.
00:27:53Welcome back to the battles.
00:27:55Oh.
00:27:56Okay.
00:28:00The winner of this battle is Houston.
00:28:06Houston, shocked, is moving on to the knockouts with Team Kelly.
00:28:11This was by far my hardest decision.
00:28:14Both are incredible singers.
00:28:16But Houston showed me in the battles that he's got even more in his arsenal that I did not know
00:28:20about.
00:28:21Thank you.
00:28:21I'm excited to work with you, too.
00:28:22I'm sweating.
00:28:23Houston may have some more shoes thrown at him, y'all.
00:28:25Thank you so much.
00:28:27Thank y'all, guys.
00:28:28Great job, brother.
00:28:28It makes me feel really good that she wants to take me to the knockouts.
00:28:31And I'm very hopeful that I can deliver what she's hoping for.
00:28:34Oh, that was very hard.
00:28:36I just was so surprised by him.
00:28:38I just loved how he sounded in the very beginning.
00:28:40I feel like he won that.
00:28:41I'm really looking forward to work under Kelly.
00:28:43I know I didn't get to work with her this first time.
00:28:45So I'm really excited to get her expertise and her insight.
00:28:48Got Team Kelly going to the knockouts.
00:28:50Thank y'all so much.
00:28:52I love the song.
00:28:53You have a Spanish song coming up.
00:28:55Oh, my Sharia more.
00:28:57Oh, yeah.
00:28:58My Sharia more.
00:29:00My querido amor.
00:29:04Having fun?
00:29:05I'm having a great time, man.
00:29:06It's like we've just been doing this together for years.
00:29:09Feels right.
00:29:10Like, almost like we're brothers.
00:29:12Like we're bros.
00:29:13Yeah.
00:29:15Buenas, buenas.
00:29:15This is Aziz Guerra.
00:29:17And I'm about to find out who I'm going to be paired with for battles.
00:29:20I got the best singing partner y'all give me.
00:29:22Oh, my God.
00:29:23I got Jeremy.
00:29:25Jeremy's voice, I love how smooth it is.
00:29:27He's always on pitch.
00:29:28That is something that I got to focus a little bit more on.
00:29:31It's just getting super competitive.
00:29:33I just want to make it to knockouts.
00:29:35Aziz, his baritone voice is so rich.
00:29:38He's very delicate at the same time.
00:29:40He does everything well.
00:29:41You know, he just makes me want to step my game up even more.
00:29:43It's going to be amazing, amazing, amazing.
00:29:45Yes.
00:29:46This was my hardest pairing because Aziz, he sang entirely in Spanish.
00:29:50And he's so singularly his own thing.
00:29:52But I felt like Jeremy would be maybe a good person.
00:29:55And the song helps me decide.
00:29:57Oh, my God.
00:29:59It's Benji.
00:30:00Benji Madden, ladies and gentlemen.
00:30:02Benji Madden.
00:30:03Legend.
00:30:03Benji.
00:30:05This is Benji Madden right here.
00:30:06Like, I was not expecting that.
00:30:08Huge fan.
00:30:08Huge fan.
00:30:09Seeing Benji was my childhood all over again.
00:30:14MTV, there was no way you could avoid Good Charlotte.
00:30:16I love this song.
00:30:17It's beautiful.
00:30:18And the fact that we can sing it in English and Spanish.
00:30:20I know, I love that.
00:30:20It's just you in Spanish or you can do Spanish too?
00:30:22He's going to sing in Spanish too.
00:30:23Oh!
00:30:24Yes.
00:30:24I gave Aziz and Jeremy my Sharia Amor by Stevie Wonder.
00:30:27Big shoes to fill as Stevie is literally like the baddest singer of all time.
00:30:31It's nice when a song comes around and like makes sense for two people on my team.
00:30:35It also is great because it's a challenge for you, Jeremy.
00:30:38I love that you're singing in Spanish.
00:30:40I've been wanting to sing a song in Spanish for a minute, so.
00:30:43All right.
00:30:44Jeremy, do you speak Spanish?
00:30:45A little bit.
00:30:46I'm not like fluent, but I do.
00:30:48Proquito, yeah.
00:30:49Okay.
00:30:50I love it.
00:30:51Let's sing.
00:30:59Jeremy, you can just tell that he's put the hours and hours and hours and hours in.
00:31:04It's a really rich tone.
00:31:06Yeah.
00:31:06Sweet, soulful, but deep.
00:31:08That's a big voice to take on.
00:31:19Aziz's voice, I kind of felt like there was like a little bit of like old school crooner
00:31:23kind of vibe.
00:31:25Aziz is like the Latin Josh Groban.
00:31:27Yeah.
00:31:27That's a great comp, right?
00:31:29Yeah.
00:31:29If he leans into that, then he'll shine.
00:31:34Sounded good in Spanish.
00:31:35Thank you.
00:31:36Okay.
00:31:37Started off great.
00:31:39Towards the end, it started to get too over harmonized.
00:31:44Okay.
00:31:44I don't want to sacrifice energy for harmony.
00:31:47Jeremy, being a background singer, every once in a while, I hear you go into a very safe
00:31:52place.
00:31:52Yes.
00:31:53Because that's what you're used to doing.
00:31:54But I would say like try your best to break out of that.
00:31:57You have the license to be freer and not be restricted by what you've had to do in the
00:32:02past to be a support system.
00:32:03Being a backup singer is a really tough gig.
00:32:07Definitely.
00:32:07You're there, you know, in service of a different record.
00:32:11And, you know, to get to go out behind your own music.
00:32:13Yeah.
00:32:14I think like make sure you don't hold yourself back either.
00:32:18Right.
00:32:18And yeah, don't let it be a weakness.
00:32:19Make it a strength.
00:32:20Outside of The Voice, I worked on a cruise ship.
00:32:23Three shows a night, six nights a week.
00:32:26I don't think you work harder anywhere else.
00:32:29I've also been a background vocalist pretty much my whole career.
00:32:33And this time it's about me.
00:32:35It's about preparing Jeremy.
00:32:37The lights are on me.
00:32:38The pressure is on me.
00:32:40I want to show Adam that I am an artist and I take risks.
00:32:45Aziz, I just don't want it to be too chill.
00:32:49You know what I'm saying?
00:32:49Okay.
00:32:50A little bit more urgency.
00:32:51Everybody's different.
00:32:52You'll have something that's unique to you.
00:32:54Get to know yourself as you go.
00:32:56Right.
00:32:56Definitely.
00:32:57Gotcha.
00:32:58I'm currently studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
00:33:01Being here is just so much different.
00:33:04Right now I'm just singing casually in front of Adam Levine.
00:33:08I would love to win the battle.
00:33:10Just being here is literally a dream come true.
00:33:12Right on.
00:33:13Yeah, guys.
00:33:13Awesome.
00:33:14Thank you, guys.
00:33:14My guys.
00:33:15Let's go.
00:33:16I think if Jeremy can really step up and be the lead singer, you know,
00:33:21he's got the voice for it.
00:33:22I don't like to pick sides so early, but yes, I don't disagree with you.
00:33:26Jeremy is definitely in the lead, but there's been so many times
00:33:30that someone's been in the lead.
00:33:31Yeah.
00:33:31And all of a sudden, you just don't know.
00:33:46Welcome back.
00:33:50This battle starts now.
00:33:58My sharia more lovely as a summer day.
00:34:06All right.
00:34:07My sharia more distant as the milky way.
00:34:18My sharia more pretty little one that I adore.
00:34:25You're the only girl my heart beats for.
00:34:31How I wish that you were mine.
00:34:55My sharia more.
00:34:59Won't you tell me how good you know.
00:35:03Not behind a little smile I want.
00:35:08Not behind a little smile I want.
00:35:09How I wish that you were mine.
00:35:13Okay.
00:35:13Okay, okay.
00:35:14La la la la la la ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra.
00:35:23Mi querido amor, no sabes cuánto pienso en ti
00:35:33Mi querido amor, podría hacerte tan feliz
00:35:42Mi querido amor, eres tú la flor que yo soñé
00:35:50You're the only girl my heart beats for
00:35:55How I wish that you were mine
00:36:01La, la, la, la, la, la, la
00:36:06La, la, la, la, la, la
00:36:10La, la, la, la, la, la, la
00:36:15La, la, la, la, la, la, la
00:36:26Give it up, bro.
00:36:32Yeah!
00:36:34Woo!
00:36:37I'd like to have a talk with Adam briefly before we get into this. Jeremy and I sang Ordinary People
00:36:45together. And my heart was broken after that when he chose Team Adam. Oh yeah, remember that?
00:36:52I get it. Well, that was beautiful, guys. Both of you sounded magnificent. If I were to choose, I would
00:36:59pick Jeremy. As much as it breaks my heart that he's even on your team.
00:37:09Just have GIFs of that. All of my GIFs online are from The Voice. Same. Same.
00:37:17I think that you both did a really great job. I loved your runs equally. I thought they were very
00:37:22different. Obviously, you have very different voices. Adi, your voice, especially when you hold it out on those big soaring
00:37:27notes, that vibrato that comes into play, it's beautiful.
00:37:31Thank you so much, Kelly.
00:37:32And then, Jeremy, every time you just started a phrase, it was like, oh! I thought it was an equal
00:37:37playing field. I thought both of you did a great job.
00:37:41It's a tough one. I don't like it.
00:37:42Thank you, coaches. Appreciate it. Adam, you got a tough one here.
00:37:45Both of you guys did everything that was asked of you and more. And that is always, you know, like,
00:37:52what makes this whole thing brutal to have to make a decision.
00:37:54I want you both to know I'm really, really, really happy and proud of both of you guys. You're doing
00:37:59a great job.
00:38:01Adam, the time has come.
00:38:04Yeah.
00:38:05Who is the winner of this battle?
00:38:07I think that this person is ready now.
00:38:11And so that's why the winner of this battle is Jeremy.
00:38:17Jeremy, removed out of the back house with Team Adam. Congratulations.
00:38:21Jeremy is no longer a background singer.
00:38:23He's coming into the foreground, and I'm really proud of him because he's doing all the things.
00:38:26Thank you, man. Thank you very much.
00:38:27Jeremy's voice has presence.
00:38:29And Jeremy was just so good and so right on the money, and just he deserved to advance.
00:38:34Nuna's on Duolingo.
00:38:35Oh, you're on Duolingo? What do you learn in Spanish?
00:38:37Yeah.
00:38:38Do you know, like, colors yet? Or, like, azul?
00:38:42Yeah.
00:38:42What's verde, Lou?
00:38:43What's verde?
00:38:44Blanco.
00:38:46I like the Spanish. I thought he was sweet.
00:38:55Welcome back to the Battles.
00:38:58Drewski, these battles, they've been so intense.
00:39:01It kind of reminds me of the 95 Eastern Conference semifinals.
00:39:05That's the year I was born.
00:39:07What?
00:39:08It reminds me of my family get-togethers. A lot of yelling, fighting, and stealing.
00:39:12Speaking of stealing, Adam is the only coach with a steal left.
00:39:16Adam has attempted a steal before, but it hasn't worked out yet, you know?
00:39:19What do you mean?
00:39:20I know what he's going through mentally, but he needs to use that pressure.
00:39:24Dig deep. Hit that button at the right time.
00:39:27Well, let's see what happens.
00:39:28I'm next.
00:39:29Oh, my God, they're doing Walk On By?
00:39:30They sound really good on it.
00:39:32I love that song.
00:39:33The country girl sounds amazing on it.
00:39:35Our team is so lucky to have Money Long.
00:39:38I'm so grateful to be here.
00:39:40I'm super excited to share my knowledge with this next generation of artists
00:39:44and be a trailblazer and chop down the trees and make the path
00:39:47so that it's not as tough for people that come behind me.
00:39:51So, let's talk about these artists.
00:39:53We've got Kendra versus Natasha.
00:39:56We are partnering together for battle.
00:40:00She can moonwalk?
00:40:01She's got to do this in the performance.
00:40:03How do you do this?
00:40:04It's all in the ankles.
00:40:05Natasha and I couldn't be different on so many levels
00:40:07to where I'm always hot and I need a fan.
00:40:10I'm freezing, so I put it on a rope.
00:40:13They are so different.
00:40:15And I was like, how do I find a song for the both of them?
00:40:18And I went to Dionne Warwick, Walk On By.
00:40:21Yeah, Dionne's got smooth and she's got grit.
00:40:23Exactly.
00:40:24Let's do it.
00:40:26Hello, ladies.
00:40:28So, there's John Legend and there's Money Long.
00:40:31This is sick.
00:40:32She's written amazing songs like California King Bed by Rihanna.
00:40:38I'm a songwriter back in Nashville for movies and TV shows.
00:40:43I am so excited to hear input from such an accomplished writer.
00:40:49Both of you got your boots on today.
00:40:51We ready to walk on by.
00:40:52Walk on by.
00:40:53I know what she did there.
00:40:54When we got this song, I was like, let's go.
00:40:57This is so in my wheelhouse.
00:40:58I was like, let me look it up.
00:41:01Well, this is a classic.
00:41:02And the thing about great songwriting is you can translate it to different genres.
00:41:08Yeah.
00:41:08Let's do it.
00:41:09If you see me walking down the street.
00:41:12I love Natasha because she's got such style in her voice.
00:41:14It has like a grace to it.
00:41:17It's just silky, slinky.
00:41:19And I really love that she owns it.
00:41:21She doesn't try to do anything that doesn't feel like it's her.
00:41:25Walk on by.
00:41:28Kendra is so raspy and, like, gritty.
00:41:30She kind of gives me a little Amy Winehouse vibe.
00:41:32It just kind of sounds like vinyl, cracky.
00:41:35Smokey.
00:41:35She just sings the melody in a way that is so full.
00:41:41Kendra, I like how you broke up the walk on by.
00:41:45When the call and response, don't stop, you're not stepping on each other.
00:41:51So sing it.
00:41:52Can we address the harmonics in the bridge?
00:41:55Something was rubbing to me.
00:41:57We just arranged it to what we thought.
00:41:59I'll help you, like, compose something together.
00:42:03Oh, don't stop.
00:42:07Won't you walk on by?
00:42:12Won't you walk on by?
00:42:16That's it.
00:42:17That's the vibe.
00:42:18I love that.
00:42:18It's just simpler, you know?
00:42:20Yeah.
00:42:20John Legend truly is a master at his craft.
00:42:24And how lucky am I to have a person like that as my coach?
00:42:30Back home, I was a dental hygienist in Nashville.
00:42:34I'll see you next time, girl.
00:42:36I lost my job coming out here to follow my dreams.
00:42:40If I'm going to win this battle, I'm going to need to show John everything that I'm made of.
00:42:45Thank you both so much.
00:42:46Thank you.
00:42:47Both of them are really great at what they do.
00:42:50On the day of battles, it's going to be about who shows up being their best self.
00:42:55Let's go!
00:42:58Great, Jack.
00:42:59Let the battle begin.
00:43:07If you see me walking down the street
00:43:10And I start to cry
00:43:13Each time we meet
00:43:15Walk on back
00:43:20Walk on back
00:43:23Okay
00:43:23And I believe
00:43:25That you don't see the tears
00:43:29Just let me breathe
00:43:31And probably cause each time I sing
00:43:34I break down and cry
00:43:39Walk on back
00:43:41Don't you stop
00:43:43Walk on back
00:43:45Walk on back
00:43:46Don't you stop
00:43:48Walk on back
00:43:49Baby, walk on back
00:43:51Bye, yeah
00:43:54I just can't get over losing you
00:43:58And so if I seem broken, humble
00:44:03Walk on back
00:44:06Walk on back
00:44:06Oh, walk on back
00:44:10Oh, walk on back
00:44:12Oh, walk on back
00:44:13Foolish pride is all that I've loved
00:44:16So let me hide this feeling inside
00:44:21And I tell you when you say goodbye
00:44:27Walk on back
00:44:29Walk on back
00:44:33Walk on back
00:44:34Walk on back
00:44:34Walk on back
00:44:34Don't you stop
00:44:39Don't you stop
00:44:41Walk on back
00:44:42Oh, don't you walk on by
00:44:45Oh, don't you walk on by
00:44:46Oh, don't you walk on by
00:44:46Oh, why don't you walk on by
00:44:49Hey, walk on by
00:44:55Oh, walk on by
00:44:59The cold is crying
00:45:02That's all that I am at
00:45:05So let me hide
00:45:07This feeling inside me
00:45:10I can't help but tell you
00:45:12Goodbye
00:45:15Walk on by
00:45:20Walk on by
00:45:26Walk on by
00:45:34Beautiful
00:45:35Well done
00:45:37Great job, I love that song
00:45:39It was so cool
00:45:40I feel like you guys
00:45:41Couldn't possibly be more different
00:45:44Natasha, this song may be a little more in your zone
00:45:47Kendra, it still showed me things about your voice
00:45:50I would want to hear
00:45:51It's gonna be a tough one
00:45:52And it really just boils down to preference
00:45:54I don't know what to tell you, Jon
00:45:55I'm sorry, man
00:45:56Useless
00:45:57I know
00:45:58I'm useless
00:46:00Kendra, you are ready to release the firecrackers
00:46:03Like that little rasp in your voice
00:46:05There is a level of feistiness
00:46:07Thank you so much
00:46:08And Natasha like
00:46:09You just have more of a smoothness to your voice
00:46:11And an ease to it
00:46:12I would lean towards Kendra a little bit more
00:46:16Thank you coaches
00:46:18Alright Jon, give us some thoughts on the battle please
00:46:21Kendra came to us singing Little Big Town
00:46:24But I told her she's a very soulful singer
00:46:26Like I hear that edge in her voice
00:46:28And then Natasha, you're very smooth, very sultry
00:46:33Well done both of you
00:46:35Jon, who is the winner of this battle?
00:46:40The winner of this battle is Natasha
00:46:45Natasha, congratulations
00:46:47Kendra and Natasha
00:46:49They both sounded great
00:46:50And I just slightly preferred Natasha's approach
00:46:53Well done
00:46:54I love the subtleties in their voice
00:46:58It has this smoothness that I really appreciate
00:47:00Thank you so much
00:47:01Well done
00:47:01I'm so excited for the knockouts
00:47:03Because that's when they choose their own song again
00:47:06We really get to start to round out our image of these artists
00:47:10And what their taste is and what style they want to sing
00:47:13So I'm really excited to see Natasha
00:47:23Welcome back to the battles
00:47:25Hi
00:47:26Hi
00:47:27Hi
00:47:27I'm Jennifer
00:47:28Oh my god, the one and only
00:47:29And she told me
00:47:30And she said, can you come see about my fabulous team?
00:47:33Woo
00:47:33You are in great hands
00:47:35Yes
00:47:35Because I was once a coach
00:47:38Oh yeah
00:47:38On The Voice
00:47:39She's beautiful
00:47:40Am I cute?
00:47:41Oh my god, you're great
00:47:41And I'm doing okay?
00:47:42Yeah, yeah, yeah
00:47:43Kelly told me you can really sing
00:47:44We gotta make her proud
00:47:46Yeah
00:47:46All right?
00:47:47Oh, go take away Chacha
00:47:49A kiss
00:47:50A touch
00:47:51Aaron and Jonah
00:47:53They're singing the first time from Damiano Davis
00:47:55Kelly picked this song because it's relatively new
00:47:58And she thought this song would be a big challenge for them
00:48:01And I think she's right
00:48:02Their powerhouse voice is from two completely different genres
00:48:06You have rock in the stage world
00:48:09We better cry
00:48:12Which is an interesting mashup
00:48:13But they both have range that does not end
00:48:16Which makes it, oof, a competition
00:48:19I ain't got no shoes so I had to throw the paper
00:48:25I love that
00:48:26Jonah
00:48:27Yeah
00:48:27You're so captivating to watch
00:48:30Thank you
00:48:30You see the story as you're singing it
00:48:32And you're creating that picture
00:48:34Thank you
00:48:34I know Kelly wanted to hear you venture off into like rock
00:48:37Yeah
00:48:38You know, outside of classical or opera
00:48:40Would you say that is a challenge for you?
00:48:42Oh, one thousand percent, yeah
00:48:43Because my first song was more like a Italian popper
00:48:46Andrea Bertelli style song
00:48:48Just sing
00:48:49Okay
00:48:49Don't think about it
00:48:50As my grandmama would say, stand flat foot and sing
00:48:53Because you have the gift naturally
00:48:55I miss Kelly, but
00:48:56Oh my God, J-Hud is my happy place
00:48:59She was saying to me, I'm okay, I can trust myself
00:49:02I had three to four jobs
00:49:04I've been singing at weddings, funerals
00:49:06Sounds a little grim, but everything that I've been doing
00:49:09Hearing has been leading up to this moment
00:49:10And as beautiful as a voice as Aaron's is
00:49:14That's not my voice
00:49:15And I am happy to show them what I can do with my voice in this song
00:49:18And then for you, Aaron, all you gotta do is know the song
00:49:20Let it just be the wind beneath your wings, okay?
00:49:23Yeah
00:49:23Because you wanna perform it, become it
00:49:26And you want the people to feel like, I could do anything
00:49:28Yeah
00:49:29Yeah
00:49:29Oh my God, you know
00:49:31But somewhere in there, Aaron
00:49:32You need to find a way to get yourself a good little note
00:49:35It's gonna take you to another level
00:49:37This is a competition
00:49:38You gotta let him know, baby, I am still here
00:49:40There is a magnetism about Jennifer Hudson
00:49:42And she reminded me, this is a competition
00:49:45I've performed in all 50 states and all throughout the world
00:49:48If I lose the battle, I'll definitely be disappointed
00:49:51Jonah's an amazing performer, he has a great voice
00:49:53And there really isn't anyone else like him in this competition
00:49:56Time to step it up a little bit
00:49:57Be you
00:49:58Both of you
00:49:59To the fullest
00:50:00Cause what?
00:50:01That's what got you here
00:50:02Amen
00:50:02Aaron and Jonah
00:50:04It is going to be a true battle for Kelly
00:50:07And I'm glad I'm not Kelly
00:50:09Okay?
00:50:10Let the competition begin
00:50:14Battling now from Team Kelly
00:50:15Aaron Levinier
00:50:18Versus Jonah Mayer
00:50:25This battle starts now
00:50:34I thought my heart had felt it all
00:50:42I swam for miles across the ocean
00:50:47I'm never really sure
00:50:50My eyes were closed
00:50:54My eyes were low
00:50:57I was just getting drunk
00:51:00On pills and fosters
00:51:02Craving something more
00:51:04Traveled the world but it got me nowhere
00:51:09Nothing could ever compare
00:51:12A kiss
00:51:13A touch
00:51:14A summoning
00:51:16And crying
00:51:16All the trumps
00:51:17I've done
00:51:18That couldn't get me higher
00:51:20Than the first time we met
00:51:23There's nothing like the first time we met
00:51:27Yeah
00:51:28I crashed my car
00:51:29Oh baby I was flying
00:51:31And I talked to God
00:51:33He couldn't get me higher
00:51:35Than the first time we met
00:51:38There's nothing like the third time we met
00:51:41There's nothing like the third time we met
00:51:43There's nothing like the third time we met
00:51:43There's nothing like the third time we met
00:51:47There's nothing like the third time we met
00:51:51There's nothing like the third time we met
00:51:58There's nothing like the third time we met
00:52:36¡Gracias!
00:52:38The first time we met
00:52:44The first time we met
00:52:47The first time we met
00:53:00Yah!
00:53:02Good job everybody.
00:53:03All right fellas Diono!
00:53:05It was great. The energy was amazing.
00:53:07Honestly, a lot of this game of singing is performance.
00:53:10If you can't kind of go for it,
00:53:12then you won't be able to succeed in this business.
00:53:14But I also think that there's this weird balance
00:53:16you have to strike between having that energy
00:53:19that I know you guys had
00:53:20and also containing it enough
00:53:23to maintain control of your instrument.
00:53:25And that sounds so lame,
00:53:27but what I was thinking the whole time was like,
00:53:29I wish we could get our breathing under control right now
00:53:32so I could hear some more that you guys have to offer
00:53:34because you guys are both really powerful singers.
00:53:35Yeah, I think both of you,
00:53:37when you hit those big, glorious high notes,
00:53:39that's what I love.
00:53:40I just feel like Jonah's opera angle,
00:53:44we could explore his strengths in the competition.
00:53:49Thank you, coaches.
00:53:50All right, Kelly, got a tough decision here in a minute.
00:53:53Give us some thoughts on the battle first, please.
00:53:55You're both like firecrackers.
00:53:57And I think both of you equally had some pitch issues,
00:54:01but Aaron, man, I mean, we all heard it,
00:54:04that note that you went up for there.
00:54:06That's incredible.
00:54:07Your range is incredible.
00:54:08And then even Jonah,
00:54:09whenever you went for your big notes,
00:54:11you have this roundness that just fills the space.
00:54:15You got a tough decision here.
00:54:16Who is the winner of this battle?
00:54:18I'm going to have to go on what I think
00:54:20will stand out a little more in the end.
00:54:23So the winner of this battle is Jonah.
00:54:27Jonah, congratulations!
00:54:28You both are very talented,
00:54:30but there is something very special to me about Jonah.
00:54:32I feel like he had a little bit more edge than Aaron.
00:54:35Jonah's special.
00:54:36I like his energy.
00:54:37I'm so excited!
00:54:39Woo!
00:54:41That's Jonah.
00:54:42I think that's Jonah, yeah.
00:54:43That's Jonah.
00:54:45Told you, he's a firecracker.
00:54:55Welcome back.
00:54:57I don't know about you,
00:54:57I'm feeling kind of nervous.
00:54:58Like, just with these doors right now,
00:55:00I'm like, okay, so it's real, got it?
00:55:01Yeah, I wasn't really feeling nervous.
00:55:03Now, I'm like, it's keeping in a little bit.
00:55:06Yeah.
00:55:07So, I want to introduce you to Ashley and Syd.
00:55:10Ashley did a kind of country pop, country rock vibe.
00:55:13There's pictures of you and I
00:55:16on the walls around me.
00:55:19We heard your tone,
00:55:21the way you jump between different parts of your voice,
00:55:23and the fact that you're doing all that at the age of 18
00:55:25is just so impressive.
00:55:27And then Syd is like a whaler.
00:55:30She sang, uh, Jessie J, which is not easy.
00:55:34Well, there is something going down
00:55:38like the storm in the sky.
00:55:41Did you just win the voice?
00:55:42Is the voice over?
00:55:44My team is full.
00:55:46I'm so angry.
00:55:47I literally have one spot left on my team.
00:55:49You were sent from heaven, Syd,
00:55:51to fill that final spot,
00:55:53and you can win this competition.
00:55:58So, we'll see.
00:55:59I'm excited.
00:56:00Yeah, it's good to be here.
00:56:02Ashley and Syd, you know,
00:56:03I felt like they would both give me
00:56:05a powerful, big pop diva performance,
00:56:08and I gave them the mother of all pop diva performances
00:56:12with a really classic Mariah Carey song called Love Takes Time.
00:56:16This song is so doozy.
00:56:19I can't wait to hear what you do with it.
00:56:21Definitely.
00:56:22This is the voice.
00:56:23I want y'all to come out here and flex on them.
00:56:26I don't want to be here.
00:56:29Mariah has that belty chest voice.
00:56:32She's got a deep lower register as well,
00:56:34and I think both Syd and Ashley have those things.
00:56:38I love when Ashley's doing the attitude,
00:56:41and Syd, it's like her tone just hits you in the face.
00:56:46I mean, every time they sang together,
00:56:48I kept getting chills.
00:56:50All right.
00:56:51This is amazing.
00:56:52It's really good.
00:56:53You're super passionate.
00:56:54You have attitude.
00:56:56I got love when you, like, do it.
00:56:59Yeah.
00:57:00When you do that super long high note,
00:57:01just take it back a little,
00:57:02just to let the lead,
00:57:04because she's really doing the lead at that point,
00:57:06so it's not too clashing, you know?
00:57:08Yeah.
00:57:08It feels very humbling to learn
00:57:12from people with such out-of-this-world talent.
00:57:16I'm, like, pinching myself by, like,
00:57:17going home and sobbing.
00:57:19I've been a wedding singer now for about three years.
00:57:23It's so fun.
00:57:24It's like I don't even go to work,
00:57:26which is so cool.
00:57:27The voice is a really big step for me,
00:57:29just so people can see me as an artist.
00:57:33Running this battle would prove to myself
00:57:35that you're here for a reason,
00:57:37and you just got to keep going.
00:57:39Ashley, my main advice would be
00:57:42just thinking about how you transition
00:57:43between your head voice and your chest voice,
00:57:45because it felt a little bit disjointed,
00:57:47and maybe just decide,
00:57:48stay in my chest voice,
00:57:49because it'll be easier to keep it smooth.
00:57:51Sure.
00:57:51Thank you.
00:57:52Can we do?
00:57:53I don't want to be there.
00:57:55I don't want to be there.
00:57:57You want to sing with the harmony at the end.
00:57:58So, sit first.
00:58:00I don't want to be there.
00:58:02I don't want to be there.
00:58:04And then together.
00:58:05I don't want to be there.
00:58:09Oh, yes.
00:58:10That'd be tasty.
00:58:11Taking Love Takes Time
00:58:12and really trying to make it my own
00:58:14is kind of hard.
00:58:16It's a riot carry.
00:58:17You can't get any harder than that.
00:58:18But I want to show John with this performance.
00:58:21I am very versatile,
00:58:23and I can go into a different genre,
00:58:25but still be myself.
00:58:27Now it's just all about
00:58:28getting it into your body
00:58:29and feeling it.
00:58:31Like, you practice it so much,
00:58:32it's second nature, you know?
00:58:33Y'all got some pipes, honey.
00:58:36I love it.
00:58:37I'm having a hard time
00:58:38thinking who you going to pick.
00:58:41Ashley!
00:58:42I just want to see who goes out there
00:58:44and shows the world
00:58:45that they need to be
00:58:46in the next round.
00:58:48This song is demanding.
00:58:51It requires a lot of
00:58:52natural ability and skill.
00:58:55And you just want to see somebody
00:58:56that isn't afraid
00:58:57of this kind of challenge
00:58:58and goes out there
00:58:59and just nails it.
00:59:00Love takes time
00:59:03to hear when you heard it so much.
00:59:07Couldn't see that I was blind
00:59:11to let you go.
00:59:14I can't escape this pain inside.
00:59:19Cause love takes time.
00:59:24I don't wanna be here.
00:59:27I don't wanna be here
00:59:30alone.
00:59:36You might say
00:59:37that it's over.
00:59:43And you might say
00:59:45that you don't care,
00:59:47that you don't care, baby.
00:59:51And you might say
00:59:52you don't miss me.
00:59:55You know you need me.
00:59:57But I know that you do
00:59:59and I feel that you do.
01:00:01And so
01:00:05it takes time
01:00:08to hear when you heard it so much.
01:00:12I couldn't say that I
01:00:13I was so blind
01:00:16to let you go.
01:00:19I don't wanna be there.
01:00:32I don't wanna be there.
01:00:36I don't wanna be there
01:00:58I saw this song before I walked out and I was like, that is a tall order.
01:01:02I love this song so much. I'm gonna start with you, Ashley. I did feel like there were some pitchy
01:01:07parts here and there.
01:01:08There were also some really beautiful moments. Girl, your voice, when it gets really big and you open up that
01:01:12roundness, it's beautiful.
01:01:14Thank you. It is a really beautiful, big ol' sound.
01:01:18And Syd, I'm still angry for not even being able to possibly turn for you.
01:01:23I like to think she would have chosen me anyway.
01:01:25At least you have an excuse. I was in it and I still lost.
01:01:29Thank you, coaches.
01:01:30All right, John, give us some thoughts on that battle before he tells who won.
01:01:34Both of you are such wonderful singers.
01:01:36And Ashley, you really do have an amazing voice.
01:01:40When you have this powerful instrument, part of what you're doing is learning how to harness it and controlling this
01:01:45gift that you have.
01:01:46It just takes time, as Mariah said.
01:01:49Oh, like love. It takes time.
01:01:51And Syd, it is that interesting combination of going to the heights of what you're able to do with your
01:01:58voice, but not sounding shrill.
01:02:00It's a remarkable, like, rare thing that you have.
01:02:03Thank you so much.
01:02:04John, who is the winner of this battle?
01:02:08The winner of this battle is Syd.
01:02:13Say, Syd, congratulations!
01:02:16You are moving on to the knockouts for Team Legend.
01:02:19Ashley and Syd.
01:02:20Both of these girls are really talented.
01:02:22But Syd is just such a phenomenal performer.
01:02:25She hit some of the highest notes you will ever hear an artist sing.
01:02:29As she does it effortlessly, it's really remarkable.
01:02:31She belongs in the finale of this show.
01:02:34She's really special.
01:02:43Welcome back to the battles at Universal Studios Hollywood.
01:02:49All right, Abigail.
01:02:50Thank you.
01:02:51All right, thank you.
01:02:52All right, thank you.
01:02:52All right, thank you.
01:02:54All right.
01:02:54It's only about a minute, and we'll go.
01:02:55Yes, ma'am.
01:02:56All right, here we go, everybody.
01:02:58Last time I was in this room was the blind audition, and I got a three-chair turn.
01:03:03But there's still a lot that I want to show.
01:03:06I want to work with Kelly, and I hope to stay around for some more rounds and learn all that
01:03:11I can from her.
01:03:13The Voice is such a huge opportunity for me.
01:03:16I'm from a really small town, and getting on a stage that can be seen all across America is something
01:03:20that I am so blessed to experience.
01:03:23When I walk on stage, I'm going to be thinking about doing my best, being myself, and making my family
01:03:29proud.
01:03:29I am so excited for this.
01:03:31Who will win this team's Cali battle?
01:03:33Will it be Abigail Oakley or Julia Goldman?
01:03:44Abigail.
01:03:45Julia.
01:03:46Hi, ladies.
01:03:48Hello.
01:03:48Abigail versus Julia.
01:03:50The voices are similar in some ways, but still different.
01:03:54Abigail is more folk.
01:03:56Julia is more country.
01:03:58They're singing Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac.
01:04:01I think this is the perfect song because it kind of bridges them.
01:04:04Can you tell me a little bit about yourselves?
01:04:06Who wants to start?
01:04:08I can go.
01:04:09Abigail, you go first, because she said you're a little shy.
01:04:11I'm a little shy.
01:04:12She told me.
01:04:13Yes.
01:04:14I'm a songwriter.
01:04:15I live in Nashville.
01:04:16I've done music all my life.
01:04:18Tell me a little bit about you, Julia.
01:04:20I'm 19.
01:04:20I'm from North Carolina.
01:04:22I sing country music, but I love everything.
01:04:24I sing rock Americana.
01:04:25Stevie Nicks is like my idol, so I'm really excited to be singing this song.
01:04:28Speaking of the song, I want to hear you ladies sing it.
01:04:31Oh, you love.
01:04:32You've never seen a woman.
01:04:35Yeah.
01:04:36You know what's interesting?
01:04:37Abigail naturally has a yodel in her voice, which normally comes from more country style
01:04:43of singing that Julia does.
01:04:46She is like a cat in the dark and then she is.
01:04:49Which maybe is why they work so well together.
01:04:53Would you stay if she promised you.
01:04:55Julia, her vibrato is special.
01:04:58And then the energy that she exudes when she's singing, it's infectious.
01:05:03It takes the womb.
01:05:05Two completely different personalities.
01:05:09They're both captivating in their own way.
01:05:13Yes, y'all.
01:05:16Yes.
01:05:17You are so interesting and captivating.
01:05:20Aw.
01:05:21Wow.
01:05:21I tend to be one with a big personality, right?
01:05:24But it's the people who are so quiet are the most interesting.
01:05:27As an artist, take us into that world.
01:05:29Cool.
01:05:29I'm big on like owning who you are.
01:05:32And the energy you bring.
01:05:34I saw this bubbleness, like you were like, you want to just twirl around, twirl around.
01:05:37Yes, ma'am.
01:05:38If that's what you feel, this is your moment.
01:05:40Make sure you're the focal point.
01:05:42Allow yourself to be every bit of you.
01:05:44Cause you're the stars.
01:05:46It's y'alls for the taking.
01:05:48Both of them have the star power.
01:05:50So what this comes down to is who shines the brightest on the day.
01:05:54All your life, you've never seen a woman taken by the wind.
01:06:02Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
01:06:05Will you ever win?
01:06:08Will you ever win?
01:06:20Will you ever win?
01:06:38Chose your life like a bird in a flight
01:06:42And who will be her lover
01:06:45All your life you've never seen
01:06:49A woman taken by the wind
01:06:53Would you say if she promised you heaven
01:06:57Will you ever win
01:07:00Will you ever win
01:07:10Oh, no
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01:15:35Oh my god, Mario?
01:15:36I haven't heard this song in a long time.
01:15:38It's such a great song.
01:15:38K.J. Willis, Mike Steele.
01:15:42The guys look clean.
01:15:44The fits are nice.
01:15:46Let the battle begin.
01:15:50Mmm, yeah.
01:15:54Ooh, yeah.
01:15:56Mmm, mmm, mmm.
01:15:59Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:16:02Baby, I just don't get it.
01:16:04Do you enjoy being hurt?
01:16:07I know you smell the perfume, the makeup on dessert.
01:16:12You don't believe your stories.
01:16:14You know that there are lies.
01:16:17As bad as you are, stick around.
01:16:20And I just don't know why.
01:16:21Cause if I was your man, baby, you'd never worry about what I do.
01:16:26And I'd be coming home back to you every night.
01:16:30Doing your right.
01:16:31You're the type of one.
01:16:32You deserve good things.
01:16:34This full of diamonds.
01:16:35Hand full of rings.
01:16:37Baby, you're the star.
01:16:38And I just wanna show you who you are.
01:16:40You said let me love you.
01:16:43Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need.
01:16:49Oh, baby, good love.
01:16:51Oh, baby, good love.
01:16:51Oh, baby, good protection.
01:16:52Oh, make me your selection.
01:16:55Show you the way love's supposed to be.
01:17:00Baby, you deserve better, girl.
01:17:05You know you deserve better.
01:17:08Couldn't be together, girl.
01:17:11Baby, with me and you is whatever, girl.
01:17:17Hey, can we make this thing go?
01:17:20Oh, you should let me love you.
01:17:26Oh, you should let me love you.
01:17:27I'm gonna be the one to give you everything you want and need.
01:17:33Baby, good love and protection.
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