The Voice S29E05

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The Voice S29E05

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00:00:07It's the battles of the battle of the champions.

00:00:11Yes.

00:00:11Battle time.

00:00:12Let's go battle.

00:00:13Let's go.

00:00:14Y'all are on one today.

00:00:15I love it.

00:00:19I was waiting for the beat to drop.

00:00:21That's the beat drop.

00:00:22I think these battles are more competitive than ever because it's just a very powerful,

00:00:26artistic season.

00:00:27Give it up for our coaches.

00:00:28But we also want to win the market.

00:00:31Hey, Blues fans.

00:00:32Benji 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 pee pee 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.

00:00:50Money long.

00:00:51Money long is here, y'all.

00:00:52You always wonder what people are looking for when they say that it factor.

00:00:56Like, what is that?

00:00:56What 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, how you boys family?

00:01:04It is me, Jay Hudge.

00:01:06Kelly.

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 goes.

00:01:29I found another crush and I stayed again.

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 gotta let them find 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.

00:01:57Jared, I mean, I can tell there's 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.

00:02:12Nice to meet you, man.

00:02:13Jared, it's Benji.

00:02:15Jared.

00:02:15Good to meet you, man.

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.

00:02:23Well, I'm gonna cry, though, because you guys are both gonna be so good.

00:02:26You guys look cool as hell.

00:02:28You really do.

00:02:29You guys look pretty badass together.

00:02:31You looked 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 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.

00:02:50It's country.

00:02:50It's rock and roll.

00:02:51It's a lot of little 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,

00:03:12to perform a song 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.

00:03:21Love is forever, face to face.

00:03:25The 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 hear 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.

00:03:50Jared'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?

00:03:58Because he didn't sing that high in a blind audition.

00:04:02It'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.

00:04:09You 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,

00:04:20because it's such a special record that, 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.

00:04:38I feel like it's gonna stand out if you can tap into where that song in your soul sits

00:04:44and what it means to you.

00:04:46To win this battle, I need to completely let go and relate to that feeling of that vulnerability

00:04:52and that rawness 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.

00:05:01I'm leather 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,

00:05:18and 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.

00:05:24So, like, 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.

00:05:34Mm-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.

00:05:44I was gonna say.

00:05:45For each other.

00:05:45Wait, hold up, Adam.

00:05:46I was gonna say, when we sing it together.

00:05:48Yeah.

00:05:49You both do make each other feel even more special, you know, singing together,

00:05:54because 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 it helps you propel what you're trying

00:06:07to 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.

00:06:28I 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.

00:06:49But she's here to back me all the way.

00:06:52She's the one that pushed me to sign up.

00:06:54So 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 gonna 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.

00:07:09Thank 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.

00:07:18All right.

00:07:19Ready?

00:07:19Here 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.

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.

00:07:42And for him to hear that all come together on stage for the battles is gonna be really cool.

00:07:49I definitely don't think the coaches have seen what I can do yet.

00:07:52We're just gonna go out there and we're gonna crush it.

00:07:58They're like a good looking couple.

00:08:00Yeah.

00:08:02This battle begins right now.

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00:08:33I try not to be, I search on me for something I can't see

00:08:39Nice!

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

00:09:05I need you to love me, I need you today

00:09:11Give to me your leather, take from me my lace

00:09:19You in the moonlight, with your sleepy eyes

00:09:26Could you ever love a man like me?

00:09:32And you were right

00:09:35When I walked into your house

00:09:38I knew I was never gonna leave

00:09:43But that time I saw you

00:09:46I knew with you the light of my life

00:09:50Oh somehow I get by

00:09:54Nice, yeah

00:09:56Lovers forever, face to face

00:10:02My city on mountains, stay with me, stay

00:10:07I need you to love me, I need you today

00:10:13I love his voice

00:10:15Give to me your leather, take from me my lace

00:10:21Take from me my lace

00:10:26Sing, boy!

00:10:28Take from me my lace

00:10:36I love that was damn good

00:10:37So good!

00:10:40Yeah!

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

00:10:47I don't know what your dating status is

00:10:49Honestly, 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, Drew's married

00:10:57Never mind, never mind

00:10:58You can still have a group though

00:11:00It was really beautiful, your 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

00:11:08That 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 will break in your voice, Drew

00:11:36But also the vibrato

00:11:38It was perfect

00:11:39And Jared, you open your mouth

00:11:41And it's like, I feel like I'm at your concert

00:11:43I actually think the both of you compliment each other

00:11:46And you actually make each other better

00:11:49That's why I said the group thing

00:11:51And 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

00:11:58This 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

00:12:06You know what I mean?

00:12:07What?

00:12:08Like, I did, that happened

00:12:09It really happened

00:12:10I think it really happened

00:12:11I pinched myself sometimes

00:12:12So it made it even harder, I think, for you guys

00:12:15Because I was gonna go and be uber critical of it

00:12:17And in the rehearsals, to be completely honest

00:12:20The promise was there

00:12:21And the vibe was there

00:12:23But it just wasn'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

00:12:29And it really did

00:12:29It was so beautiful

00:12:31Thank you guys for really doing it, doing it right

00:12:33Beautiful

00:12:35Drew, like, there were moments where it was so Stevie-esque

00:12:38And she is obviously one of the greatest ever to do it

00:12:43And Jared, Don Henley's a beast

00:12:45It's really, really rangy for a male vocalist

00:12:47And you crushed it

00:12:49You guys really stepped up and you're both just incredible

00:12:52Great job, great job

00:12:54Thank 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, congratulations

00:13:16I got a hero in mind for you

00:13:17Thank you

00:13:19Nice job, buddy

00:13:20Thank you

00:13:21Amazing, dude

00:13:22Jared could win this thing

00:13:23Like, there's something about him, like, he's special

00:13:26I can't wait to get into it with Jared

00:13:28I think we're gonna have a lot of taste in common, believe it or not

00:13:30And I think that's gonna be really, really fun

00:13:31Drew, anything you wanna say to your coach?

00:13:34I 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, so thank you for everything

00:13:44You were awesome

00:13:45Give it up one more time for Drew Russell, everybody

00:13:48I wish I could've taken you both

00:13:50You guys were both so great

00:13:51Thank you

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 speak about it, Russell 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

00:14:06And you could, like, pair people together

00:14:08They really sounded great together

00:14:09They would brush it together in comfort

00:14:12I know, they would

00:14:13Man, 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

00:14:21We have people that keep surprising us, so that's fun

00:14:24Coming up

00:14:25Just go high

00:14:27Incredible performances

00:14:34Wow

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

00:15:14Carson Daly

00:15:19Carson Daly

00:15:24Carson Daly

00:15:26Carson Daly

00:15:27All decisions are final

00:15:28Not excited

00:15:29Oh, no, you can't steal somebody now

00:15:31No

00:15:32It's just you

00:15:33Thanks for the pressure

00:15:34Oh, my people are going next

00:15:38It's Houston and Tia

00:15:39It's Houston and Tia

00:15:40And they're both so good

00:15:40But they're both very different

00:15:41I really don't know which one I'm going to pick

00:15:47It's The Voice, Battle of Champions

00:15:48And it feels like a battle of champions right now

00:15:51Father help me

00:15:52Anxiety before I go out

00:15:53It's just starting to get to me a little

00:15:54Um, could I have a moment?

00:15:56I just need to

00:15:57I want to take a minute, please

00:15:59Yeah, cause I don't want to cry

00:16:06Breathe

00:16:07This song's very challenging for me

00:16:09And I just want to be able to perform it the way I know that I can

00:16:12I'm ready to go sing my tush off, that's for sure

00:16:15This is a different genre than what I normally sing

00:16:18I want to show Kelly my versatility

00:16:22Entry now from Team Kelly

00:16:24Houston Kelly

00:16:28Versus Tia Durant

00:16:30To win this battle, I'm going to put everything I've got out on the line

00:16:33And I'm going to hope that's enough

00:16:35You ready, girl?

00:16:36Opportunities like this don't come very often

00:16:38Losing is not an option

00:16:40I don't want to miss it out

00:16:49When it was announced that we were going to be battling each other

00:16:51I was initially thinking like, what are they thinking?

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?

00:17:05So Houston leans heavily towards Chris Stapleton

00:17:08Oh, oh

00:17:09There you go

00:17:10Listen, she can sing anything

00:17:12Yeah

00:17:12This is meant to be then

00:17:14Okay, I'm going to put Houston and Tia together

00:17:16I think this mix between country and soul

00:17:20I 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

00:17:26Sontry or something

00:17:27Soul and country

00:17:28Something 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?

00:17:39Nice to meet you

00:17:40Oh wow, it's a pleasure

00:17:41Today seeing Jennifer Hudson

00:17:43It 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

00:17:53Unfortunately, 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 and then he was in a quartet when I was

00:18:09a kid

00:18:10I love to write and I love to be creative in that way and I think that came from my

00:18:13dad

00:18:13He put it in you, I love that

00:18:15Absolutely

00:18:16Now tell me about you, Tia, what's your roots?

00:18:17My upbringing is in church, I'm from a small town

00:18:20So, faith, faith, faith

00:18:22Yes

00:18:22My 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

00:18:31That type of thing

00:18:32That's alright baby, go head on

00:18:34Definitely

00:18:34I love it

00:18:35I see Miss Kelly put y'all together for that reason

00:18:38And she also picked a Chris Stapleton song for you guys because it has a blend of country, blues, soul,

00:18:45gospel

00:18:46Now we know

00:18:46So, put your faith in that

00:18:48Alright, now take it away, Houston

00:18:51The only time we ever talk

00:18:53Is 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 word will come

00:19:11Tia has a pop soul vibe with a touch of gospel

00:19:15Baby you can go or you can stay

00:19:21Houston has this huge country gritty voice

00:19:26But I won't love you either way

00:19:30It's just, hmm, it works

00:19:33I won't love you either way

00:19:39Holy smokes

00:19:42Thank you

00:19:42Don'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

00:19:49By 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

00:20:04And then hearing your testimony and what you're singing

00:20:07Where 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

00:20:15Not only is it about love and storytelling

00:20:18Which is what soul is about

00:20:19It's about a deep vulnerability that I haven't always been open to

00:20:24And there is power in vulnerability

00:20:26What's the very end?

00:20:28On stage, we definitely want to give it some dramatic

00:20:31So I suggested the turn away

00:20:33Right

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

00:20:46That's what I mean by putting in the lyrics

00:20:48So it's like, what do I want either way?

00:20:50That's taking them on that journey

00:20:51Where you're figuring it out like

00:20:54Either way

00:20:54So 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

00:20:59Yeah

00:20:59Contemplating your journey

00:21:00I don't want to go

00:21:03Either 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, whatever you feel

00:21:13Put it out there

00:21:15Your granddaddy, your daddy taught y'all well

00:21:18Yeah

00:21:19Okay, they 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!

00:21:28Tia 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

00:21:37It's a competition

00:21:39Sound wonderful together

00:21:40But this is called The Voice

00:21:43Not voices, The Voice

00:21:44Now my heart's beating fast

00:21:46You don't wanna talk about nervous

00:21:48I got put up against the riffle

00:21:49Come on now

00:21:50What I do know

00:21:51Is the coaches better get they shoes

00:21:53And their tissues ready

00:21:56That's what I know

00:21:57Thank you so much

00:21:58Yay!

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!

00:22:24Bing, y'all!

00:22:25This battle starts now

00:22:27All right

00:22:36We pass in the hall

00:22:39On our way to separate rooms

00:22:42The only time we ever talk

00:22:46Mmm

00:22:46Is when the monthly bills are due

00:22:50We go to work

00:22:52We go to church

00:22:54We fade the perfect line

00:22:57Sing, girl!

00:23:03I'm past the point of giving a dance

00:23:07Dang!

00:23:09And all my tears are crying

00:23:14Hey!

00:23:17We can just go home like this

00:23:23Say the word we'll call liquid

00:23:31Baby you can go or you can stay

00:23:38Wow

00:23:40I won't love you either way

00:23:45I won't love you either way

00:23:47Yeah

00:23:48Yeah

00:23:50I used to cry and stay up nights

00:23:55Wonder what went wrong

00:24:03Thank Thea

00:24:07It's been hard

00:24:09It's been hard but hard to lonely do that for so long

00:24:14For so long

00:24:17For so long

00:24:19We can't just go home like this

00:24:25Say the word we'll call liquid

00:24:31Quix

00:24:33Baby you can go or you can stay

00:24:42I won't love you either way

00:24:46Oh, 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.

00:25:06You're amazing. You're amazing.

00:25:08Phenomenal.

00:25:09Thank God.

00:25:11Yeah.

00:25:12Man, that was crazy. You guys did great.

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

00:25:33in 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, but I think if I was choosing,

00:25:42I might actually go with Houston today.

00:25:44Thank you so much.

00:25:45You were both great.

00:25:46I'm not trying to choose favorites.

00:25:47Oh, no, I 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, coaches.

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 telling me

00:26:39she threw her shoe in y'alls rehearsal.

00:26:41She was like...

00:26:43The 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, you did some really interesting stuff

00:26:55that 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.

00:27:04And, Houston, your subtle vibrato

00:27:06and the emotion behind that

00:27:07was 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.

00:27:17Mmm.

00:27:18I am, like, shaking. Okay.

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.

00:27:30I 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.

00:27:41This is almost.

00:27:42I 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.

00:27:54Oh.

00:27:56Oh.

00:27:57Okay.

00:28:00The winner of this battle...

00:28:04is Houston.

00:28:06Houston, shocked, is moving on to the knockouts

00:28:10with Team Kelly.

00:28:11This was by far my hardest decision.

00:28:14Both are incredible singers,

00:28:15but Houston showed me in the battles

00:28:18that he's got even more in his arsenal

00:28:20that I did not know about.

00:28:21I'm excited to work with you, team.

00:28:22I'm sweating.

00:28:23Houston may have some more shoes

00:28:24thrown 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

00:28:30that she wants to take me to the knockouts,

00:28:31and I'm very hopeful that I can deliver

00:28:33what 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

00:28:39in 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

00:28:44this first time,

00:28:45so I'm really excited to get her expertise

00:28:47and her insight.

00:28:48Got Team Kelly going to the knockouts.

00:28:50Thank y'all so much.

00:28:52I love this song.

00:28:53You have a Spanish song coming up.

00:28:55Oh, my sharia more. Oh, yeah.

00:28:58My sharia more.

00:29:00Mi 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

00:29:08for 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.

00:29:16This is Aziz Guerra,

00:29:17and I'm about to find out

00:29:18who I'm going to be paired with

00:29:19for battles.

00:29:20I got the best singing partner

00:29:22y'all give me.

00:29:23Oh, my God.

00:29:23I got Jeremy.

00:29:25Jeremy's voice,

00:29:26I love how smooth it is.

00:29:27He's always on pitch.

00:29:28That is something that I got to focus

00:29:30a little bit more on.

00:29:31It's just getting super competitive.

00:29:32I 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

00:29:42to 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,

00:29:48because 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.

00:29:58Oh, my God.

00:29:58What up?

00:29:59It's Benji.

00:30:00Benji Madden, ladies and gentlemen.

00:30:02Benji Madden.

00:30:03Legend.

00:30:04Benji.

00:30:05This is Benji Madden right here.

00:30:06Like, I was not expecting that.

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.

00:30:21It's just you in Spanish,

00:30:21or you can do Spanish, too?

00:30:22He's going to sing in Spanish, too.

00:30:23Oh, yes.

00:30:24I gave Aziz and Jeremy my shorty amor by Stevie Wonder.

00:30:27Big shoes to fill,

00:30:28as Stevie is literally, like,

00:30:30the baddest singer of all time.

00:30:31It's nice when a song comes around

00:30:32and, like, makes sense for two people on my team.

00:30:35It also is great,

00:30:36because 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...

00:30:48Un poquito.

00:30:48Un poquito, yeah.

00:30:49Okay.

00:30:50I love it.

00:30:51Let's sing.

00:30:52My sherry amor

00:30:56Pretty little one that I adore

00:30:59Jeremy, you can just tell

00:31:01that 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.

00:31:11Mi querido amor

00:31:14Eres tu la flor que yo soñé

00:31:19Aziz's voice, I kind of felt like

00:31:21there was, like, a little bit of, like, old-school crooner kind of vibe.

00:31:25Aziz's like the Latin Josh Groban.

00:31:27Yeah, that's a great comp.

00:31:28Right?

00:31:29Yeah.

00:31:29If he leans into that, then he'll shine.

00:31:34Sounded good in Spanish.

00:31:36Okay.

00:31:37Started off great.

00:31:39Towards the end, it started to get too overharmonized.

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 place.

00:31:52Yes.

00:31:53Because that's what you're used to doing, but 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 past

00:32:02to 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.

00:32:10And, you know, to get to go out behind your own music, I think, like, make sure you don't hold

00:32:17yourself 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.

00:32:39I 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.

00:33:15My guys.

00:33:15Let's go.

00:33:16I think if Jeremy can really step up and be the lead singer, you know, he's got the voice for

00:33:22it.

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 someone's been in the lead.

00:33:31Yeah.

00:33:31And all of a sudden, you just don't know.

00:33:45Welcome back.

00:33:50This battle starts now.

00:33:58My sherry amor, lovely as a summer day.

00:34:06All right.

00:34:08My sherry amor, distant as the Milky Way.

00:34:17My sherry amor, pretty little one that I adore.

00:34:26You're the only girl my heart beats for.

00:34:30How I wish that you were mine.

00:34:36Por la calle voy, pregunto a todos al pasar.

00:34:46Yo te busco, y no te puedo encontrar.

00:34:55My sherry amor, won't you tell me how good you ignore.

00:35:04Not behind that little smile I wore.

00:35:09How I wish that you were mine.

00:35:13Okay, okay.

00:35:14La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

00:35:24Mi querido amor, no sabes cuánto pienso en ti.

00:35:33Mi querido amor, podría hacerte tan feliz.

00:35:43Mi querido amor, eres tú la flor que yo soñé.

00:35:51You're the only girl my heart beats for.

00:35:56How I wish that you were mine.

00:36:01La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,

00:36:20la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,

00:36:27la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,

00:36:27la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

00:36:37I'd like to have a talk with Adam briefly before we get into this.

00:36:42Jeremy and I sang Ordinary People together, and my heart was broken after that when he

00:36:49chose Team Adam.

00:36:51Oh yeah, remember that?

00:36:53I get it.

00:36:54Well, that was beautiful, guys.

00:36:55Both of you sounded magnificent.

00:36:57I said, if I were to choose, I would pick Jeremy, as much as it breaks my heart that he's

00:37:02even

00:37:03on your team.

00:37:09Just have GIFs of that.

00:37:12All of my GIFs online are from The Voice.

00:37:15Same.

00:37:16Same.

00:37:17I think that you both did a really great job.

00:37:20I loved your runs equally.

00:37:21I thought they were very different.

00:37:23Obviously, you have very different voices.

00:37:24Azeed, your voice, especially when you hold it out on those big, soaring notes, that

00:37:28vibrato that comes into play.

00:37:30It'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!

00:37:36I thought it was an equal playing field.

00:37:38I thought both of you did a great job.

00:37:41It's a tough one.

00:37:41I don't like it.

00:37:42Thank you, coaches.

00:37:43Appreciate it.

00:37:44Adam, you got a tough one here.

00:37:45Both of you guys did everything that was asked of you and more.

00:37:50And that is always, you know, like what 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.

00:37:59You're doing a great job.

00:38:00Yeah.

00:38:02Adam, 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, you're moving on to the back out for 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.

00:38:27Thank you very much.

00:38:28Jeremy's voice has presence, and Jeremy was just so good and so right on the money,

00:38:32and just he deserved to advance.

00:38:34Luna's on Duolingo.

00:38:35Oh, you're on Duolingo?

00:38:36Nice.

00:38:36What 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.

00:38:47I 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.

00:39:10A 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 to 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.

00:39:25Hit that button at the right time.

00:39:27Well, let's see what happens.

00:39:28I'm next.

00:39:28Oh my God, they're doing Walk On By?

00:39:31They 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 so that it's not as tough for

00:39:50people 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 that?

00:40:04It's all in the ankles.

00:40:05Natasha and I couldn't be different on so many levels to where I'm always hot and I need a fan.

00:40:10I'm freezing so I'm putting on a rope.

00:40:13They are so different and 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're ready to walk on by.

00:40:52Walk on by.

00:40:53I like 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.

00:41:33And it just kind of sounds like vinyl.

00:41:34Smoky.

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.

00:41:49You'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 once you walk on by.

00:42:12Once 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.

00:42:21John 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.

00:42:47Both 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!

00:42:58Hey, Jack.

00:42:59Let the battle begin.

00:43:07If you see me walking down the street, and I start to cry, each time we meet, walk on

00:43:17back.

00:43:21Walk on back.

00:43:23Okay.

00:43:23All right.

00:43:24I believe, that you don't see the tears, just let me breathe, and probably cause each time

00:43:34I see you, I'll break down and cry.

00:43:40Walk on back.

00:43:41Walk on back.

00:43:41Don't you stop.

00:43:44Walk on back.

00:43:46Walk on back.

00:43:46Don't you stop.

00:43:49Walk on back.

00:43:54I just can't get over losing you

00:43:59And so if I see you broken and blow

00:44:03Walk on by

00:44:07Oh, walk on by

00:44:12Foolish 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 by

00:44:29Don't stop

00:44:31Walk on by

00:44:33Walk on by

00:44:34Don't stop

00:44:36Oh, don't stop

00:44:41Oh, won't you walk on by

00:44:44Oh, why don't you walk on by

00:44:49Hey

00:44:50Walk on by

00:44:54Oh, walk on by

00:44:59Foolish pride

00:45:02That's all that I am, so let me hide

00:45:07This feeling inside me

00:45:10I can't help but tell you goodbye

00:45:15Walk on by

00:45:20Walk on by

00:45:25Walk on by

00:45:28Walk on by

00:45:29Walk on by

00:45:55Walk on by

00:45:57Walk on by

00:45:58Walk on by

00:46:05Walk on by

00:46:07Walk on by

00:46:08Walk on by

00:46:09Walk on by

00:46:11Walk on by

00:46:12Walk on by

00:46:15Walk on by

00:46:23Walk on by

00:46:29And then, Natasha, you're very smooth, very sultry.

00:46:34Well done, both of you.

00:46:35Josh, who is the winner of this battle?

00:46:40The winner of this battle is Natasha.

00:46:46Natasha, congratulations!

00:46:48Kendra and Natasha, they both sounded great.

00:46:50And I just slightly prefer Natasha's approach.

00:46:54Well done!

00:46:55I love the subtleties in her voice.

00:46:58It has this smoothness that I really appreciate.

00:47:00Thank you very much.

00:47:02I'm so excited for the knockouts

00:47:03because that's when they choose their own song again.

00:47:07We really get to start to round out our image of these artists

00:47:11and 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.

00:47:26Hi. Hi.

00:47:27I'm Jennifer.

00:47:28Oh, my God.

00:47:29The one and only.

00:47:29Kelly called me and she said,

00:47:31can 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 on The Voice.

00:47:39She's beautiful.

00:47:40Am I cute?

00:47:41Oh, my God.

00:47:41You're great.

00:47:41And I'm doing OK.

00:47:42Yeah, yeah.

00:47:43Kelly told me you can really sing.

00:47:45We got to make a crowd.

00:47:46Yeah.

00:47:47All right.

00:47:48I'll go take away, Chacha.

00:47:49A kiss, a touch.

00:47:51Erin and Jonah.

00:47:53They're singing the first time from Damiano Davis.

00:47:56Kelly 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.

00:48:02They're powerhouse voices from two completely different genres.

00:48:06You have rock in the stage world, which is an interesting mashup.

00:48:13But they both have range that does not end, which makes it, oof, a competition.

00:48:20First time we met.

00:48:23I ain't got no shoes, so I have to throw the paper.

00:48:26I love that.

00:48:27Jonah.

00:48:27Yeah.

00:48:28You're so captivating to watch.

00:48:30You see the story as you're singing it and you're creating that picture.

00:48:34And I know Kelly wanted to hear you venture off into, like, rock and, you know, outside

00:48:39of classical or opera.

00:48:40Would you say that is a challenge for you?

00:48:42Oh, 1,000%, yeah.

00:48:43Because my first song was more like an Italian poppera, Andrea Bertelli-style song.

00:48:49Just sing.

00:48:49Okay.

00:48:50Don't think about it.

00:48:51As my grandmama would say, stay in flat foot and sing.

00:48:53Because you have the gift naturally.

00:48:55I miss Kelly, but, oh my God, J-Hud is my happy place.

00:49:00She was saying to me, I'm okay, I can trust myself.

00:49:02I had three to four jobs, I've been singing at weddings, funerals, sounds a little grim,

00:49:07but everything that I've been doing has been leading up to this moment.

00:49:11And as beautiful as a voice as Erin's is, that'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, Erin, 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 want to perform it, become it, and you want the people to feel like,

00:49:28I could do anything, oh my God, you know?

00:49:31But somewhere in there, Erin, you need to find a way to get yourself a good little note.

00:49:35It's gonna take it to another level.

00:49:37This is a competition.

00:49:39You gotta let him know, baby, I am still here.

00:49:40There is a magnetism about Jennifer Hudson, and 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, both of you, to the fullest, because what?

00:50:01That's what got you here.

00:50:02Amen.

00:50:02Erin and Jonah.

00:50:04It is going to be a true battle for Kelly.

00:50:07And I'm glad I'm not Kelly, okay?

00:50:10Let the competition begin!

00:50:13Battling now from Team Kelly, Erin LaVigne versus Jonah Mayer!

00:50:26This battle starts now.

00:50:34I thought my heart had felt it all.

00:50:43I swam for miles across the ocean, never really sure.

00:50:49My eyes were closed, my eyes were low, just getting drunk on peels and forces, craving something more.

00:51:05Trouble, but it got me nowhere, nothing could ever compare.

00:51:12A kiss, a touch, a song that made me cry, and all the drugs, I've done it, that couldn't get

00:51:19me higher than the first time we met, there's nothing like the first time we met.

00:51:27Yeah, I crashed my car, oh baby, I was flying, and I talked to God, He couldn't get me higher

00:51:35than the first time we met.

00:51:38There's nothing like the first time, the first time we met.

00:51:47You set the room on fire, you take the angels higher.

00:51:55I heard a thousand choirs, oh baby, you ain't seen nothing yet.

00:52:02I traveled the world, I traveled the world, I got me nowhere, nothing could ever compare.

00:52:09A kiss, a touch, a song that made me cry, and the drugs, I've done it, could never get me

00:52:15higher than the first time we met.

00:52:19There's nothing like the first time we met.

00:52:23I pressed my car, oh baby, I was flying, and I talked to God, He couldn't get me higher than

00:52:31the first time we met.

00:52:34There's nothing like the first time, the first time we met.

00:52:44The first time we met

00:52:51The first time we met

00:52:54The first time we met

00:53:00Yeah!

00:53:02Good job, buddy.

00:53:03All right, fellas!

00:53:04Hello!

00:53:05It was great.

00:53:06The energy was amazing.

00:53:07Honestly, like, 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, like, 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.

00:53:36I think both of you, when 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, that's incredible.

00:54:07Your range is incredible.

00:54:08And then even Jonah, whenever 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 gonna 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!

00:54:28We 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.

00:54:58I'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 now.

00:55:04Until this moment.

00:55:05Yeah.

00:55:05It's keeping it 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 on the walls around me.

00:55:19We heard your tone, the way you jump between different parts

00:55:22of 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 waler.

00:55:30She sang, uh, Jessie J, which is not easy.

00:55:34While there is something going down, like the storm in the sky.

00:55:41Did you just win the voice?

00:55:43Is 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, to 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, let's get in here.

00:56:02Ashley and Syd, you know, I 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 a 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 wanna 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 in Syd.

00:56:43It's like her tone just hits you in the face.

00:56:46I mean, every time they sang together, I kept getting chills.

00:56:49Mm-hmm.

00:56:50All right.

00:56:51This is amazing.

00:56:52It's really good.

00:56:53It's like you're super passionate.

00:56:54You have attitude.

00:56:56Like, I love when you, like, do it.

00:56:59Yeah.

00:56:59Yes.

00:57:00When you do that super long high note, just take it back a little.

00:57:03Okay.

00:57:03Just to let the lead, uh,

00:57:04because she's really doing the lead at that point.

00:57:06Mm-hmm.

00:57:06So it's not too clashing, you know?

00:57:08Yeah.

00:57:09It feels very humbling to learn from people with such out-of-this-world talent.

00:57:16I'm, like, pinching myself by, like, going 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, which 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.

00:57:33Writing this battle would prove to myself that you're here for a reason.

00:57:37And you just gotta keep going.

00:57:39Ashley, my main advice would be just thinking about how you transition between your head voice and your chest voice.

00:57:45Because it felt a little bit disjointed.

00:57:47And maybe just decide, stay in my chest voice, because it'll be easier to keep it smooth.

00:57:51Sure. Thank you.

00:57:52Can we do?

00:57:53I don't wanna be there.

00:57:55I don't wanna be there.

00:57:57Unison with the harmony at the end.

00:57:58So, sit first.

00:58:00I don't wanna be there.

00:58:02I don't wanna be there.

00:58:04And then together.

00:58:05I don't wanna be there.

00:58:09Oh, yes. That'd be tasty.

00:58:10Taking Love Takes Time and really trying to make it my own is kind of hard.

00:58:15It's a riot carry.

00:58:17You can't get any harder than that.

00:58:18But I wanna show John with this performance.

00:58:21I am very versatile.

00:58:23And I can go into a different genre, but still be myself.

00:58:27Now it's just all about getting it into your body and feeling it.

00:58:31Like, you practice it so much, it'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 thinking who you gonna pick.

00:58:41Ashley!

00:58:43I just wanna see who goes out there and shows the world that they need to be in the next

00:58:47round.

00:58:48This song is demanding.

00:58:51It requires a lot of natural ability and skill.

00:58:55And you just wanna see somebody that isn't afraid of this kind of challenge and goes out there and just

00:58:59nails it.

00:59:00Love takes time to heal when you hurt it so much.

00:59:07Couldn't see that I was blind.

00:59:12To let you go, I can't escape this pain inside.

00:59:20Cause love takes time.

00:59:23I don't wanna be here.

00:59:27I don't wanna be here.

00:59:30I don't wanna be here alone.

00:59:35You might say that it's over.

00:59:43And you might say that you don't care, that you don't care, baby.

00:59:50You might say, you might say, you don't miss me.

00:59:55You know you need me.

00:59:57But I know that you do and I feel that you do inside.

01:00:02that you do inside.

01:00:03You're gonna move on.

01:00:08You know you might say that it's over.

01:00:11I couldn't see that I was still blind.

01:00:17You're so blind to let you go.

01:00:20I can't escape this pain inside.

01:00:24Cause love takes time.

01:00:27Cause I don't wanna be there

01:00:32I don't wanna be there

01:00:36I don't wanna be there

01:00:42Alone

01:00:58I saw the 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

01:01:05I did feel like there were some pitchy parts here and there

01:01:08There were also some really beautiful moments, girl, your voice

01:01:10When it gets really big and you open up that roundness, it's beautiful

01:01:14It 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've chosen me anyway

01:01:25At least you have an excuse, I was in it and I still lost

01:01:29Thank you, coaches

01:01:31Alright, John, give us some thoughts on that battle before he tells who won

01:01:33Both 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

01:01:41Part of what you're doing is learning how to harness it

01:01:44And controlling this gift that you have

01:01:46It just takes time, as Mariah said

01:01:49It takes time

01:01:51And Syd, it is that interesting combination of going to the heights of what you're able to do

01:01:57With your voice, 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

01:02:12Is 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'll ever hear an artist sing

01:02:28And she does it effortlessly

01:02:30It's really remarkable

01:02:31She belongs in the finale of this show

01:02:33She's really special

01:02:44Welcome back to the battles at Universal Studios Hollywood

01:02:49All right, Abigail

01:02:50All right, thank you

01:02:51All right, thank you

01:02:52All right, have fun

01:02:52All right

01:02:53It'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

01:03:01And I got a three-chair turn

01:03:03Thank you

01:03:04But there's still a lot that I want to show

01:03:06I want to work with Kelly

01:03:07And I hope to stay around for some more rounds

01:03:10And learn all that I can from her

01:03:13The voice is such a huge opportunity for me

01:03:16I'm from a really small town

01:03:17And getting on a stage that can be seen all across America

01:03:20Is something that I am so blessed to experience

01:03:22When I walk on stage, I'm going to be thinking about

01:03:26Doing my best, being myself, and making my family proud

01:03:29I am so excited for this

01:03:31Who will win this team's Kelly battle?

01:03:33Will it be Abigail Oakley or Julia Goldman?

01:03:44Abigail and Julia

01:03:46Hi, ladies

01:03:47Hello

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, I'm a songwriter

01:04:14I live in Nashville

01:04:16I've done music all my life

01:04:18Tell me a little bit about you, Julia

01:04:19I'm 19

01:04:20I'm from North Carolina

01:04:22I sing country music, but I love everything

01:04:24Rock Americana

01:04:25Stevie Nicks is like my idol

01:04:26So I'm really excited to be singing this song

01:04:28Speaking of the song

01:04:29I want to hear you ladies sing it

01:04:31All your life

01:04:32You've never seen a woman

01:04:34Taking back

01:04:36You know what's interesting?

01:04:37Abigail naturally has a yodel in her voice

01:04:40Which normally comes from more of a country style of singing that Julia does

01:04:45She is like a cat in the dark

01:04:49Which maybe is why they work so well together

01:04:52Would you stay if she promised you

01:04:55Julia, her vibrato is special

01:04:57And then the energy that she exudes when she's singing

01:05:02It's infectious, it takes the room

01:05:04Two completely different personalities

01:05:09They're both captivating in their own way

01:05:14Yes, y'all

01:05:16Yes

01:05:17You are so interesting and captivating

01:05:20Aw, wow

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

01:05:26As an artist, take us into that world

01:05:29I'm big on like owning who you are

01:05:32And the energy you bring

01:05:34I saw this bubbleness

01:05:35Like you were like

01:05:36You want to just twirl around

01:05:37Twirl around

01:05:37If that's what you feel

01:05:39This 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

01:05:47Both of them have the star power

01:05:49So what this comes down to

01:05:51Is who shines the brightest on the day

01:05:54All your life

01:05:56All your life

01:05:56You've never seen

01:05:57A woman

01:05:58Taken by the wind

01:06:01Would you stay if she promised you heaven

01:06:05Will you ever win?

01:06:09Will you ever win?

01:06:19Rihanna

01:06:26Rihanna

01:06:28Rihanna

01:06:29Rihanna

01:06:40Rihanna

01:06:41Will you ever win?

01:07:01Rihanna

01:07:05Rihanna

01:07:22Rihanna

01:07:25Rihanna

01:07:30Rihanna

01:07:31Rihanna

01:07:38Rihanna

01:07:40All right

01:07:43Abigail there's this beautiful quality

01:07:44To your voice when you get up there and your

01:07:46Upper register beautiful transition to false oil

01:07:49I just want to hear more you know so I

01:07:50Would I would go with Abigail but Julia you did a great job

01:07:53Thank you so much

01:07:54Thank you

01:07:55Abigail I loved the verse a lot with you you had like

01:07:59A really nice round tone

01:08:01It just felt really solid and like comfortable

01:08:04And then I felt like that part of the song was weaker for you, Julia

01:08:08But then when you came in on the higher parts, it felt really good and the energy you were giving

01:08:12on stage felt right

01:08:13I'm gonna say Julia

01:08:18All right Kelly give us a few thoughts before you pick a winner there were moments that both of you

01:08:22the reason why you're here

01:08:23You both have something really magical with your tone. You both have something really magical about your voices that are

01:08:29very different

01:08:30I thought that you did a good job with the song

01:08:32I do like both of your blinds better

01:08:34I think that you're both artists that really benefit from space

01:08:38Like in a song of it not all the things kind of happening at once and fighting against it, especially

01:08:43Having to battle someone you've never sung with before, you know Kelly who is the winner of this battle?

01:08:55The winner of this battle

01:09:00Is Abigail

01:09:03Congratulations, you're on the knockouts for team Kelly

01:09:07Abigail and Julia are both very talented, but Abigail is a true storyteller

01:09:12That's the thing that wins me over about her. She has this intensity that is purposeful, but it's intimate

01:09:17And it shows this way of like being soft, but also very pointed

01:09:21I have six incredible artists coming into the knockouts. My team crushed it. So I'm pretty stoked about today

01:09:26We love you so much Kelly

01:09:28Oh, thank you

01:09:38Welcome back

01:09:40KJ and Mike our last pairing gentlemen, y'all. How lucky are we to have money long here?

01:09:49I'm so excited. She's gonna be giving you guys advice on your battle. We're having a good time today. All

01:09:54right. Absolutely. Yeah, last but not least

01:09:57KJ and Mike they're both R&B singers. It just felt naturally. They could sound great together

01:10:03What you guys been up to man? I've been at home with my babies

01:10:07Yeah, how many babies you got? Just two. Just two. How old are they? I'm gonna have a five-year

01:10:12-old daughter and my son is seven months

01:10:13My daughter was really stoked when I got a triple chair turn

01:10:26And that was validating that I can make it in this industry

01:10:30But you know it's been kind of hard trying to balance school and being on the show because it's non

01:10:35-stop

01:10:36But it's so worth it because it will mean more than the world to me to bring home that degree

01:10:41in that trophy for my baby girl and her little brother

01:10:48I love you

01:10:51When I'm at home and I'm in my downtime, we're doing the shows and we gigging and making it happen.

01:10:57I love it. I

01:10:59Try to sing every day all day a gig as much as I can. I'm real structured

01:11:04I'm really just adamant about taking this opportunity and put my best foot forward

01:11:11Making my parents proud is the thing that I live for they've sacrificed so much. My daddy was in the

01:11:18military

01:11:18It was a choice made to provide for a family. My dad's background taught me a strong work ethic

01:11:25I've been the kid, you know, who was super creative

01:11:30But didn't like school now that I've found something that I'm focused on. I'm really harnessing it to let it

01:11:36push me to work more

01:11:37Well, I'm so excited to hear y'all sing. Let me love you written by the great neo

01:11:42Performed by the great mario. This is one of the great classic r&b songs truly of this last 25

01:11:48years

01:11:49Both of y'all are really good r&b singers, but with really different tones

01:11:53I felt like this song would be a great song for both of you to sing. So I'm excited to

01:11:58hear you

01:12:03Mike has all this air around his voice his tone is so distinctive a lot of guys with that kind

01:12:09of tone don't have the range that Mike has

01:12:12So the combination of his tone and the range he has is really exceptional

01:12:16So can we make this thing go?

01:12:19And he also has power he was hitting the high notes nicely. Yeah, no, he can belt a little bit.

01:12:24This is good

01:12:28KJ has all of the runs the scales are crazy

01:12:34His ability to pick where to do it and how he could fit so many notes in one little tiny

01:12:40part

01:12:42And it doesn't sound cluttered that is very very skillful ability

01:12:56Yeah, this is gonna be really good both of y'all really sound good together and I like the back

01:13:02and forth and I like that

01:13:04You guys were more answering each other than trying to harmonize most of the time. That's my new favorite of

01:13:08the day

01:13:10Neither of you need to try to worry about being better than the other at what you do because your

01:13:15styles are so different from each other

01:13:17Like just be the best you be mindful of what you do on stage because part of how you convince

01:13:22the audience to fall in love with you

01:13:24It's just your demeanor your swag the way you physically carry yourselves. The tiebreaker will be

01:13:29Charisma stage presence all that good stuff. Don't they call that dirty mackin?

01:13:34That's what they call it dirty mackin. I'm happy. It's really good

01:13:38Yeah, so I'm gonna give you a little secret when you freestyle singing like the way that we do the

01:13:43rule is eight notes

01:13:44Hmm, right?

01:13:48Don't do more than that if you're gonna do a run

01:13:52Finish it at eight. Just count it

01:13:54You know, I'm saying okay

01:13:56I've never heard that. Yeah, I just gave you something now. I'm gonna go back and listen to my records

01:14:01and count start counting

01:14:04Hit song in the main melody will not have more than eight notes

01:14:10Money's coaching is good because money understands all of the ingredients that go into hits

01:14:15She kept us electrifying. I'm excited y'all. This is gonna be a great. Somebody's getting stolen. So

01:14:21So don't think of it like you're competing with each other, right? Just be your best self and somebody will

01:14:26get stolen

01:14:27I guarantee it. It's gonna be dope y'all pay Jay Mike

01:14:30I got legend jackets for you team legend for life. Oh, yeah, that's what's up, man after rehearsing. I feel

01:14:38like I picked

01:14:39the best coach

01:14:41His advice his energy. It was everything

01:14:47Everything so nice to me. Best of luck to you all. We wanted to make it hard for our coach

01:14:51to send any one of us home

01:14:53You know you'll be able to pick I don't know I don't know I always wait till the day and

01:14:57see how it goes that day

01:14:58Because some people just step up when it's time when the lights on the pressures on and that's when I

01:15:03decide

01:15:04Because based on rehearsal I could go either way

01:15:10You

01:15:13Welcome back to the voice battle of champions

01:15:18It's the last battle it's been such a fun battle around I'm excited for the knockouts now

01:15:25It's my team coming this together were the suit that you liked

01:15:32Wait KJ is gonna be good, too. They're both really good

01:15:35Oh my god, Mario. I haven't heard this song in a long time. It's such a great song. Yeah. KJ

01:15:39Willis Mike Steele

01:15:42The guys look clean. The fits are nice. Let the battle begin

01:15:51Oh, oh man

01:15:52Oh

01:16:10Yeah

01:16:11Yeah

01:16:11Yeah, yeah, yeah

01:16:17As bad as you are, stick around, and I just don't know why

01:16:21Cause if I was your man, baby, you're never worried about what I do

01:16:26And I'd be coming home, back to you every night

01:16:30Doing your right, you're the type of one, you deserve good things

01:16:34This full of diamonds, hand full of rings, baby, you're the star

01:16:38I just wanna show you why you said let me love you

01:16:42Let me be the one to give you everything you want and need, yeah

01:16:50Oh, baby, good love and protection, no, make me your selection

01:16:55Show you the way love's supposed to be

01:16:59Baby, you deserve better, girl

01:17:06You know you deserve better

01:17:08Could be together, girl

01:17:10Baby, with me you as forever, girl

01:17:16Hey, can we make this thing go?

01:17:23You should let me love you

01:17:25I wanna be the one to

01:17:28Give you everything you want and need, yeah

01:17:33Baby, good love and protection, make me your selection

01:17:37So you the way I'm supposed to be

01:18:07I love you, yeah, I love you

01:18:15Yeah!

01:18:16Well done!

01:18:17Good job, girl.

01:18:18Well done!

01:18:22Well done!

01:18:23Yeah!

01:18:24Yeah!

01:18:25Yeah!

01:18:27Wow!

01:18:29That was really good.

01:18:31Yeah.

01:18:31You are so screwed.

01:18:33Yeah, I know, I know.

01:18:34I mean, that was incredible.

01:18:36That was so, so good and tasteful.

01:18:39The whole time, I was like, tennis.

01:18:40I was like, oh, damn.

01:18:42And then I'd be like, oh, damn.

01:18:43Going back and forth.

01:18:44And especially, oh, my God, Mike,

01:18:46this one run you just did towards the end

01:18:48that went all the way down.

01:18:49It was like...

01:18:51It was so good.

01:18:52I loved it.

01:18:53I thought, KJ, you're a little more, like, higher.

01:18:56Even when you're doing the high stuff,

01:18:57there's just such a body to it.

01:18:59Honestly, guys, you're both incredible.

01:19:01I mean, great job.

01:19:03Yeah.

01:19:04I don't know which way I'd lead.

01:19:05Thank you so much, Kelly.

01:19:07I know.

01:19:08Thank you so much.

01:19:09Yes.

01:19:09I'm just mad at myself for pairing them now.

01:19:11First of all, the swag that's going on right now

01:19:14with these fits.

01:19:15The fellas look good.

01:19:16They look good.

01:19:17You guys were great.

01:19:18KJ, you were a big surprise to me.

01:19:20I didn't turn for you in the blinds.

01:19:22But you've, since then, made me a believer.

01:19:24But, Mike, when you create a moment that makes us all go,

01:19:27oh, my God, which was that big run down that you did,

01:19:29it was the most memorable, for me, moment of the entire thing.

01:19:32So I think maybe I would lean towards Mike.

01:19:34But it will be a very, very tough choice for you.

01:19:36Okay.

01:19:36I will lean towards KJ to even it out.

01:19:39Because I like both.

01:19:39Oh, my God.

01:19:40Thank you, coaches.

01:19:42Oh, my goodness.

01:19:43All right.

01:19:43Johnny got the final decision.

01:19:44Give us some thoughts on it first.

01:19:46This is hard.

01:19:47Because you guys both are just phenomenal singers.

01:19:51Your tones are so different from each other.

01:19:55Mike, your tone has so much air around it.

01:19:57And it's so, like, round and beautiful.

01:20:00And then I love that vibe of your tone, KJ.

01:20:03Like, it's really dope.

01:20:04Like, some of the best R&B and soul singers have that.

01:20:07And grew up on Stevie Wonder and tried to sound like him.

01:20:10And, like, that's the kind of tone you have.

01:20:12And I love it.

01:20:13Both of you are just phenomenally talented.

01:20:15And it was just a really great performance.

01:20:17And I'm really proud of both of you.

01:20:19And I'm excited for both of you.

01:20:22Johnny got a difficult decision, but the time has come.

01:20:25Who is the winner of this battle?

01:20:28The winner of this battle...

01:20:34...is KJ.

01:20:37KJ, congratulations.

01:20:38You're moving on to the knockout.

01:20:40KJ and Mike make me so proud.

01:20:42You know, I chose KJ as the winner.

01:20:43KJ's such a real singer.

01:20:45Like, he has so much range and flexibility in his voice.

01:20:48You killed it.

01:20:49Well done.

01:20:49I really do enjoy his tone.

01:20:51It reminds me of some of the singers I grew up listening to.

01:20:53I'm excited to see what KJ will do next.

01:20:56I wish I could see it!

01:20:57Good to remind you that Mike's available to steal.

01:20:59Mike, anything you want to say to John?

01:21:01Man, I'm Joe. I'm so grateful to be here.

01:21:04I thank you for turning your chair around for me.

01:21:06I can truly say, you know, it's a dream come true, for sure.

01:21:09Whoa!

01:21:10Hold everything!

01:21:11We got a steal!

01:21:14It's a steal for Mike Steele!

01:21:17Adam uses his one and only steal for Mike.

01:21:20Adam, talk to us.

01:21:21Man, I really did think he was going to pick you.

01:21:23And when he didn't, I was so shook.

01:21:25I was like, that means, like, I could have him on my team?

01:21:28Like, I was so surprised.

01:21:30There's a tone in your voice that I love.

01:21:33So, man, welcome to my team.

01:21:35Yeah!

01:21:36Go meet your new coach, Mike!

01:21:38Congratulations!

01:21:39Adam Levine steals Mike from John!

01:21:42I'm a Mike fan.

01:21:44I turned for Mike in the Blinds, and I thought Mike won that one,

01:21:46so it was really kind of easy to try and steal him.

01:21:48Mike adds definitely a facet that I do not have,

01:21:51which is a really strong male vocalist in the kind of R&B vein.

01:21:56And I'm just really happy he's on my team.

01:21:58Man, that was a good one!

01:22:00I was surprised.

01:22:01What do you want with Mike?

01:22:02What I want to learn from you, Adam.

01:22:03Everything.

01:22:03He wants to learn everything.

01:22:07Yo, we're gonna have fun, man.

01:22:08I missed you the first time, but I got you the second time.

01:22:10Most definitely.

01:22:11Yeah, man.

01:22:12Yes, sir. Let's go.

01:22:13All right, man.

01:22:14See you soon.

01:22:17Oh, man, that's crazy.

01:22:19That's crazy.

01:22:21That's it.

01:22:22Friends, that's the last battle.

01:22:24Did y'all enjoy yourselves?

01:22:25Good music.

01:22:28Oh!

01:22:30Yeah!

01:22:32Who needs score?

01:22:38Get ready for this, y'all.

01:22:40I'm super excited for knockouts.

01:22:41Let's go!

01:22:42I think the knockouts are gonna be so competitive.

01:22:45Oh, my God!

01:22:48Look, I'm excited to work with my whole team

01:22:49because I didn't get to work with them in the battles.

01:22:51Dude!

01:22:52I love my Mega Mentor.

01:22:54And we have some twists and turns coming our way.

01:22:58CeeLo Green!

01:23:02CeeLo's a wizard.

01:23:03A wizard?

01:23:04He's a wild man.

01:23:05I was born a weird...

01:23:07I don't know.

01:23:13I

01:23:34was born a weird...

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