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00:00:05All right, ready?
00:00:06I'm rolling, baby.
00:00:07In action.
00:00:07In action.
00:00:10Where is he?
00:00:11I love you, CeeLo Green.
00:00:16Welcome home, honey.
00:00:17The mega mentor in the knockouts for Team Adam and Team Legend is the OG original coach
00:00:21of The Voice, CeeLo Green.
00:00:23Come to me.
00:00:23He's got wisdom.
00:00:24Pearls of wisdom.
00:00:25I got to work with Michael Bublé, whom I love.
00:00:28Do you need a cape?
00:00:30Mega mentor?
00:00:31I feel very powerful right now.
00:00:33I am so excited for the knockouts.
00:00:35Let's go!
00:00:36You're really seeing artists blossom.
00:00:38Oh my god!
00:00:40A trip to the semifinals is on the line.
00:00:43There's no steal and save.
00:00:44It's like Hunger Games.
00:00:46I actually love nothing about knockouts.
00:00:47I hate seeing people go home, man.
00:00:49If it's this hard for you, just think about how hard it is for me.
00:00:51No, that's horrible.
00:00:52This is horrible.
00:00:55This season, we're doing something we've never done before.
00:00:57Our first all-star showdown.
00:01:00Oh, wow.
00:01:01Suspenseful.
00:01:02Not only is CeeLo the mega mentor, but he's going to decide who the winner of our all-star
00:01:07showdown is.
00:01:09The lowdown on the showdown is...
00:01:14The knockouts start right now.
00:01:17I'm ready.
00:01:17Knockout.
00:01:18Get it?
00:01:19Knockout.
00:01:24Welcome back.
00:01:25It's so good to have you here.
00:01:26Thanks for having me.
00:01:27Great to be here.
00:01:28Mr. CeeLo Green.
00:01:29I've been a fan of him for decades now, and I'm just so happy he's here.
00:01:33I think our relationship hits back about 20-plus years.
00:01:37Yeah.
00:01:38Remembering how you used to do it.
00:01:39He knows how coaching is supposed to be done on this show.
00:01:41So good to have you, sir.
00:01:43Thanks for having me.
00:01:43You know, you guys started something that's been around now for 29 seasons.
00:01:48Some great time that comes through here.
00:01:49Absolutely.
00:01:50Feels really good.
00:01:51It feels strange and wonderful.
00:01:52Strange and wonderful.
00:01:54I love that.
00:01:55And we're going to have some fun with these artists.
00:01:57I'm killing it right now.
00:01:58Nah, I have more finesse when I do it.
00:02:00Lucas and Moses, I feel like they both kind of have a similar thread of, like, soulfulness.
00:02:06I got one steal from Team Adam.
00:02:08Oh!
00:02:09We got a steal!
00:02:11Moses, certain people just have a light.
00:02:12So I was like, I can't let him go home.
00:02:14And then Lucas, his specialty is doing those great pop, piano, singer, songwriters.
00:02:20I love him either.
00:02:21Let's do it.
00:02:23Hello, gentlemen.
00:02:24Oh!
00:02:25Oh!
00:02:26You see that?
00:02:27Stop playing with him!
00:02:27You see that reaction?
00:02:29Stop it!
00:02:30We got a mega mentor!
00:02:31One of our OGs!
00:02:33When I walked in and saw CeeLo Green, I lost it!
00:02:37I'm so lucky to have even shared space in orbit with this guy.
00:02:40I have to tell you, this is a full-circle moment where you did Selma Glory.
00:02:45Uh-huh.
00:02:45You did a tri-state area run, and I was contracted as one of the singers.
00:02:49Oh, amazing!
00:02:50About 10 years ago, I had the opportunity to sing Backbone for John Legend for his promo for the song
00:02:56Glory from the movie Selma.
00:02:57I always wondered what that would be like to work more closely with him.
00:03:00This opportunity to work with him is like a dream come true.
00:03:02I'm glad you got to sing with me then, and then Lucas.
00:03:06I'm so glad you're here in the knockouts.
00:03:07We're going to have a lot of fun.
00:03:08My pleasure to be here.
00:03:09I'm going to meet you both, man.
00:03:10So, what have you chosen?
00:03:12I'm singing Let's Get It On by one of the kings of Soul, Marvin Gaye.
00:03:17Marvin meant a lot to me.
00:03:19I'm excited to hear you cover this song.
00:03:21Growing up in my household, the only music that was allowed was gospel music.
00:03:26I have vivid memories of hearing this song outside of my window in Harlem.
00:03:31This song is one of the most iconic songs from that first...
00:03:35Everybody knows what comes next.
00:03:37I've been really trying, baby.
00:03:40I'm like, see the whole way.
00:03:42Trying to hold back...
00:03:43Moses has gotten better each time I've heard him.
00:03:46So long.
00:03:48And if you feel...
00:03:50He's delivering it with passion and electricity, all the things you want.
00:03:56Yeah!
00:03:57Hey, he sang that song.
00:03:59So, brother, it sounded like you were inspired by a couple of the live renditions of Let's Get It On.
00:04:05Yeah.
00:04:06That's my wheelhouse.
00:04:07He was singing along the whole time.
00:04:08Yeah, yeah.
00:04:09Now, think about how to command the stage with your physical energy.
00:04:16Right now, it feels like you're a little frenetic.
00:04:19Okay.
00:04:19You got to be that bridge between both versions of Marvin.
00:04:22Yeah.
00:04:23Even that recording, it sounded like it was live and in the moment.
00:04:25But you can compose yourself because it may be a bit much when it's the only song that you're going
00:04:30to sing.
00:04:31But then, by the end, you're begging.
00:04:33So, it's like, let it build to that.
00:04:35That last, come on, get on your knees.
00:04:37Ah, come on, come on.
00:04:39I don't want to get it on.
00:04:41Yeah.
00:04:42Yeah.
00:04:42Yeah.
00:04:42Yeah.
00:04:43Go for it.
00:04:43That's the first rule, man.
00:04:44Don't show no shine.
00:04:47Give us a journey physically because you're, I think, vocally giving us a great journey.
00:04:51Awesome.
00:04:52That means so much.
00:04:53Thank you, John.
00:04:53Being here in the Knockouts really feels like I've made it far.
00:04:57No more steals.
00:04:58No more saves.
00:04:59It's winter go home.
00:05:00Lucas, I love that the keyboard is back out.
00:05:03What are you doing?
00:05:03I'm doing New York State of Mind by Billy Joel.
00:05:06Come on.
00:05:08The song's about how Billy was super nostalgic about New York because he lived in L.A. for three years
00:05:13and he was really homesick singing New York State of Mind.
00:05:16It really kind of helps me cure that homesickness I'm feeling right now.
00:05:20I miss my buddies.
00:05:21I miss my dog and my sister.
00:05:23I actually took a gap semester from college to be here, so I feel like that really dials up the
00:05:27pressure.
00:05:28I want to prove to John that I'm the guy you want for the top nine.
00:05:33All right, let's hear it.
00:05:35Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood.
00:05:41Come on.
00:05:42Lucas had beautiful choices, beautiful runs.
00:05:46Yeah.
00:05:47He's really soulful.
00:05:48And that piano playing.
00:05:49See?
00:05:50Oh.
00:05:50I love the unassuminess.
00:05:52That's the charm of the voice.
00:05:54You just have to be open, optimistic, and ready for your miracle.
00:05:57And that's the way I've received him today.
00:05:58I was like, okay, this is a good one.
00:06:03Playing that thing.
00:06:04All right.
00:06:04Woo!
00:06:06Wow.
00:06:07That's so much fun.
00:06:08He's doing all this work on the keys because you have so much style as a vocalist.
00:06:11I want you to be able to have that same intentionality vocally while you're playing.
00:06:16But maybe some moments have a little more tenderness.
00:06:18I agree with you because the virtuosity, it's almost like you don't even have to think about
00:06:22playing the piano.
00:06:23That's your strong suit.
00:06:24Billy Joel is one of my all-time favorites.
00:06:27But I noticed when he performs, he's not really playing to the crowd.
00:06:30So I don't know if you could maybe lose yourself in that sum.
00:06:34You can really close your eyes and just sing that record like, oh, take that.
00:06:38Give me some of that rough around there, that New York under the street like doo-wop type.
00:06:42I got to bring it out.
00:06:43Yeah, man.
00:06:45Come on up, Moses.
00:06:46Lucas has incredible skills.
00:06:48I'm shook.
00:06:49And I feel even more urgency to bring my A game.
00:06:52I have messages for you guys.
00:06:54Yo.
00:06:55I'm looking at CeeLo's jacket.
00:06:56I'm like, what's in all those pockets, man?
00:06:58How many pockets you got on that thing?
00:07:00Pockets for everybody.
00:07:03It's going to be really hard to decide between them because they're both like right in that
00:07:07same level of quality and beauty and skill.
00:07:13Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
00:07:17All right, now.
00:07:17What do we got, Lucas?
00:07:19Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
00:07:21All right.
00:07:22Moses, since you're new to Team Legend, you also get another gift.
00:07:24Oh, like my jacket?
00:07:25Yeah.
00:07:26I'm happy I don't have to do it.
00:07:27Oh, man.
00:07:28I'm happy I'm helping you be able to do it a little bit better.
00:07:32Yes.
00:07:32But yeah, I know that it's difficult.
00:07:34This is the hardest part.
00:07:35Yeah.
00:07:36And you can't fake it.
00:07:37Yeah.
00:07:38They're going to make it hard for me.
00:07:41Let's go!
00:07:43Lucas!
00:07:44I love him.
00:07:45He's great.
00:07:46I love Moses, too.
00:07:46This is going to be very close.
00:07:48I don't know what I'm going to do yet.
00:07:50Oh, no.
00:07:51Go, Moses!
00:07:52Now singing Let's Get It On, here's Moses G.
00:08:02I've been really trying, baby.
00:08:07Trying to hold back this feeling for so long.
00:08:13And if you feel like I feel, baby, then come on.
00:08:20Oh, come on.
00:08:22Yeah!
00:08:23Let's get it on.
00:08:26Oh, baby.
00:08:28Let's get it on.
00:08:30Oh, baby.
00:08:33Oh, there's nothing wrong with me loving you.
00:08:42Na-na-na-na-na-na.
00:08:45Hey!
00:08:47Giving yourself to me could never be wrong.
00:08:51If the love is true.
00:08:54Oh, baby.
00:08:57Hey!
00:08:58Yeah!
00:08:58Don't you know how sweet and wonderful your life can be?
00:09:07Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:09:10I know that you, baby, to get it on with me.
00:09:16Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:09:20Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, darling.
00:09:25Stop being around the bush.
00:09:30Oh, oh, oh.
00:09:32Get it on
00:09:33Back in you, baby
00:09:36I want to get it on
00:09:39So you don't have to worry
00:09:41That it's wrong
00:09:44If the spirit moves you
00:09:46Let me groove you
00:09:47Let your love come down
00:09:50If you believe in love
00:09:56Let's get it on
00:10:09That's right
00:10:13Yeah, Moses
00:10:14Go, Moses
00:10:16It's Piano Man time
00:10:22With New York State of Miami
00:10:23Here's Lucas West
00:10:25Lucas
00:10:38Some folks like to get away
00:10:41Take a holiday from the neighborhood
00:10:46Have a ride to Miami Beach or to Hollywood
00:10:53But I'm taking a greyhound on a Hudson River line
00:11:01I'm in a New York state of mind
00:11:06It was so easy living day by day
00:11:21Out of touch with the rhythm and the blues
00:11:29But now I need a little gift in the New York Times
00:11:39The Daily News
00:11:44It comes down to reality
00:11:46And it's fine with me
00:11:49Cause I've let it slide
00:11:51I don't care if it's trying to jump up on the side
00:11:59But I don't have any reasons
00:12:02I've left them all behind
00:12:07Okay
00:12:09And he can play
00:12:11Cause I'm in a New York state of time
00:12:19And it's finezięki
00:12:19I
00:12:20don't care if this works I
00:12:21this is fine But
00:12:36she's fine Yeah!
00:12:43And we
00:12:43goteks And so
00:12:44she knows And I've
00:12:47fine But she's fine
00:12:47And so she wants
00:12:48to bedrive And so she is
00:12:49comedy
00:12:49unless you do exactly what you just did you committed sir that's right I heard
00:12:54your words in my mind when I did it I cannot move the way you were moving on
00:12:58that Lucas you were not on my team and I'm still mad about it stay mad kids yeah
00:13:11you just keep getting better and better dude I mean this dude really plays that
00:13:15keyboard is not a prop and I love that about you too thank you so much man
00:13:18thank you Moses you make me so happy I found myself smiling my face hurt I love
00:13:26it your arms open and you're dancing you're lost in it you just love it Lucas
00:13:30Billy Joel if he says this like you just made him proud that was insane you have
00:13:36to be able to say I'm gonna challenge myself because I feel like I am worthy
00:13:40of it and I think you need that kind of confidence and attitude to move forward
00:13:43I would lean a bit more towards Lucas thank you so much Kevin thank you coaches all right John tough
00:13:50decision what'd you think of it oh I was so impressed with both of your performances Moses
00:13:55you really have such a beautiful energy you just radiate light and positive energy and that's what
00:14:03people want to feel and want to see Lucas I feel like we saw new things from you vocally today
00:14:09it was really like revelatory and to be able to play the piano and then sing as well as you
00:14:16did today
00:14:16is just incredibly impressive thank you so much John tough knockout who is the winner this was very close
00:14:25I think both of you are phenomenal and it's been a joy working with both of you the winner of
00:14:31this knockout
00:14:44the winner of this knockout is Lucas at this point everybody's so good so only talented artists are
00:14:56going to go home it's the conundrum of making decisions when the competition is so good Lucas
00:15:03just had just enough of that extra that I needed to know that he belonged in the semi-final it's
00:15:09really nice to hear from John hearing your hero tell you that they believe in you and a hundred percent
00:15:14is
00:15:14like the craziest thing you know I want to call my mom yeah Lucas he's the truth he might win
00:15:25this is my first time in this position you know that oh yeah yeah do you need a cape
00:15:29mega mentor I feel very powerful right now I mean Michael Buble is a nice name but it doesn't quite
00:15:37have the same ring as mega mentor mega mentor you're so special so it's battle of champions so what I
00:15:49thought I'd do is I would bring in the greatest mega mentor I could think of I love my buble
00:15:55you're
00:15:56so good at the show you win a lot I love it just like you yeah I was built for
00:16:00doing this it is fun
00:16:02if I could be a small part of helping these artists to grow there's a lot of goodness that comes
00:16:07on it
00:16:07all right so up first are my country dudes who I love yeah this was my first time to really
00:16:12get to
00:16:12work with them and they're both very different all right I put the country boys together she didn't
00:16:18know what she was getting into Kelly paired me with JW Griffin and JW's one of my best buddies and
00:16:24I was like
00:16:24crud we should do like Scooby Doo when we walk let's bring him in dude you guys are so handsome
00:16:33oh what's up I'm Michael Buble and it's nice to meet you Houston I love Michael Buble he's got five
00:16:39Grammys that's a huge deal at any level of artistry I was kind of starstruck JW he's won two times
00:16:47he's a
00:16:47champion it's cool to see another coach that has a history of winning and to get to work with them
00:16:52I'm really like sorry once again this is our first time to technically we get to work together
00:16:58be gentle with us please just so you know there's no steal and save oh that's hard that's really hard
00:17:04yes and this is y'all pick the song we really want to push you to make this song competitive
00:17:09because it's really cut through it goes from six to three it's like hunger games all right who's
00:17:14starting okay who's starting which one I'll go first okay this round there's no saves and there's
00:17:19no steals so it's like we're in a big old pressure cooker and that stinks but that's the way
00:17:25competition goes why'd you pick this song I look up to Luke Combs a lot of great voice for the
00:17:30knockout
00:17:31round I pick love you anyway by Luke Combs I guess it was 2025 and he was like hey listen
00:17:36I got two
00:17:36young boys at home I'm not going to be on tour all the time I want to be there to
00:17:40watch them grow up a
00:17:41lot of how Luke tends to be with his family I see that and how my dad was with me
00:17:45growing up and that
00:17:46means a lot I guess the first intro to country music for me was listening to the Alabama's greatest
00:17:51hit CD in my dad's truck that was where I started realizing that singing could be fun I'm at school
00:17:56right now because eventually I want to be a husband and I want to be a dad and I know
00:18:01that if music
00:18:01doesn't have the ability to pay the bills getting my degree is my ultimate backup plan this ag building
00:18:07that I'm right next to has taught me so much I'm currently studying agricultural business it's a
00:18:13little bit looser than a regular strict business degree because every once in a while I'll wear my
00:18:17overalls to class I love it it's been really cool but if I could perform and do music for the
00:18:24rest of my
00:18:24life as a job I don't think I'd work a day in my life and that sounds good to me
00:18:28I'm looking forward to
00:18:29this let's do it all right Houston is this big beautiful voice country singer I think he could
00:18:40sing other stuff I think oh yeah to rhythm and blues you can rock he likes soulful and so young
00:18:4520 20 years
00:18:46I love you anyway I love this song what a beautiful mess sad but beautiful lyrically it's deep and rich
00:18:58but don't forget to give me what the words are like an enunciate for us tell the story of them
00:19:06millions and millions of people watching you and that is an intimate relationship that you're letting
00:19:12them in yeah message wise this is kind of a beautiful turn for you be tender man even if I
00:19:19knew that might be a really cool time for your really beautiful falsetto do it right now
00:19:24even if I knew the day we met you'd be the reason this heart breaks
00:19:32dude dude come on okay please god that is stronger than the biggest note you could do
00:19:40okay the audience is gonna yell you know when you do that all right come on J-dubs I feel
00:19:46like
00:19:46it's nerve-wracking going against Houston he's got a classic country voice and it's really easy to
00:19:51connect with tear it up man for the knockouts I picked if it hadn't been for love by the steel
00:19:56drivers this kind of song can let me show out a little more of my soulfulness that I haven't really
00:20:02been able to do yet I love it I just love the sounds and the song has a bluegrass flair
00:20:11it's in
00:20:11the country genre I think there's always going to be country roots behind everything I do just because
00:20:17my accent and the way I talk I like country music the most because it represents kind of what it
00:20:24feels
00:20:24like to be from South Georgia and now it's just like I'm thousands of miles away I've given up a
00:20:31lot
00:20:31of time to be here at work I've missed a while now I missed the bread a lot but I've
00:20:38been eating a lot
00:20:39of bread out here too the feeling of being able to perform and people enjoying it that's what I'm here
00:20:46for I'm not ready for it to end well let's hear it never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it
00:20:55hadn't been for love
00:20:57for me JW is a country star I love his quick vibrato his tone just stylistically I just dug what
00:21:03he was doing
00:21:07he just has this undeniable voice he's one of those classic storytellers
00:21:16man your voice is so cool like it's so effortless my thing I would suggest just because of the
00:21:23competition if you're singing this at a show do it exactly how you did it but if you're doing it
00:21:27on
00:21:27a competition stage it can get a little monotonous right that's the only thing I'm thinking I've been
00:21:31trying to think of something to do lift the tempo turn it into a little more kind of rocking thing
00:21:36instead of it just kind of chilling yeah we got to make this a competition song yeah I think Kelly's
00:21:42the perfect coach for me because she just has a great presence she's really warm but she also like
00:21:47knows what she wants I like it musically not just say the same yeah she's a good leader just have
00:21:53some
00:21:54kind of like yeah yeah rock it up experiment with that JW the dude's tone is insane I could listen
00:22:03to
00:22:03him sing a phone book and I'd be happy oh yeah we took it to church it's so good I
00:22:09think Kelly's team
00:22:10has true country threats and uh that is a nice place to be yeah I love both songs you couldn't
00:22:16be more different representing different lanes in country music right now but yet you both have
00:22:20this soulful grit to you that is so classic I love both of them they're both very different singers
00:22:26what are you gonna do how are you gonna make decisions you think we talk about this we think we
00:22:30know and then we get there the day of and you choose someone else it is for me in the
00:22:34moment
00:22:34like whoever does best in the moment that's what I'm going with
00:22:37oh dear God
00:22:42now with if it hadn't been for love here is JW Griffin
00:22:53never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love
00:22:59I love him
00:22:59never would have took the train to Louisiana if it hadn't been for love
00:23:05never would have run through the blinding rain without one dollar to my name if it hadn't been if it
00:23:14hadn't been
00:23:15for love
00:23:16yes
00:23:18never would have seen the trouble that I've been if it hadn't been for love
00:23:25never would have seen the trouble that I've been if it hadn't been for love
00:23:25would have been called like a wayward wind if it hadn't been for love
00:23:30well nobody knows it better than me I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't been if it
00:23:39hadn't been for love
00:23:41yeah
00:23:43four cold walls against my will
00:23:49at least I know she's alive and sweet
00:23:55four cold walls without parole
00:24:02Lord have mercy on my soul
00:24:11never would have been to that side of town if it hadn't been for love
00:24:16better see JW
00:24:18never would have took him out the track her down if it hadn't been for love
00:24:23never would have loaded up my 44 put myself behind the jailhouse door
00:24:30if it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love
00:24:36if it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love
00:24:47no
00:24:53yeah
00:24:53Yeah.
00:25:07Welcome back to the Knockouts at Universal Studios Hollywood.
00:25:13Singing Love You Anyway, here's Houston Kelly.
00:25:17Come on, Houston.
00:25:26If your kiss turned me to stone, I'd be a statue standing tall in ancient rome.
00:25:39Good.
00:25:40And if your touch shed me like glass, I'd be in pieces trying to make the breaking last.
00:25:53And if it took one look to turn my days to nights, at least I'd have the stars to sparkle
00:26:04in your eyes.
00:26:08There's just some things that leave a man of no choice.
00:26:15Like a compass need or need and need it's true, no.
00:26:21Baby, if I knew the day we met you, babe, the reason this heart breaks.
00:26:29Baby, if I knew the day we met you, babe.
00:26:30Oh, I'd love you anyway.
00:26:33Yes.
00:26:35Woo!
00:26:37Woo!
00:26:38And there's just some things that leave a man of no choice.
00:26:44Like a compass needle
00:26:48Needin' it's true, no
00:26:51Even if bad news
00:26:54The day we met you
00:26:56Is the reason this heart breaks
00:27:00Nice
00:27:01Oh, I'd love you
00:27:06Anyway
00:27:07Oh, I'd love you
00:27:15Oh, I'd love you
00:27:16Beautiful!
00:27:17Great job!
00:27:19Beautiful job!
00:27:20All right!
00:27:24Both of you!
00:27:27That was awesome, man.
00:27:29So good, man.
00:27:30Oh, my gosh!
00:27:32You suck!
00:27:33Gentlemen, that was so well done by both of you.
00:27:37Houston, you had so much character and warmth in your delivery.
00:27:41I loved when you gave that little smile.
00:27:43You have the best smile.
00:27:44Something about it, you were like, I got there.
00:27:46I got to that end of that spot.
00:27:48And he gave a little smile like...
00:27:51Yeah.
00:27:51Yeah.
00:27:52J-Dub, you don't mind if I call you J-Dub?
00:27:56You can call me J-Dub, too.
00:27:58Your tone is so cool to me.
00:28:00I just really love that it's a little nasal in, like, the perfect way.
00:28:05It has a nice crackle to it.
00:28:07I could hear it on the radio.
00:28:08I would go with J-W.
00:28:11I want to start with you, Houston, because I think there's a sense of joy.
00:28:14You look, you know, to the left and look to the right, and it's almost like you're like, man, I'm
00:28:17here.
00:28:18I'm doing this.
00:28:19I just want to say thank you for reminding us about the fact that this all has to do with
00:28:23the joy of singing, and just excellent job.
00:28:27Thank you so much.
00:28:28Yeah.
00:28:28J-Dub.
00:28:31Still sad.
00:28:32I thought maybe you were gonna go with me in the beginning.
00:28:33I thought the same, Adam.
00:28:35I really felt like we had a connection.
00:28:36And yet.
00:28:36I was wrong.
00:28:37And yet.
00:28:37I am your fan.
00:28:39I am coming to your concert.
00:28:40I'm buying your t-shirt.
00:28:41I'll be in the front row.
00:28:43But you both did a great job.
00:28:44I'm proud of both of you guys.
00:28:46Thank you, coaches.
00:28:49Kelly, what a difficult decision.
00:28:50Give us some thoughts first, please.
00:28:53From rehearsals, you both did things that you did not want to do.
00:28:56All of a sudden, Houston did, like, this falsetto thing, and I was like, where the hell did that come
00:29:01from?
00:29:01I was like, wait a minute.
00:29:02And he was like, oh, I don't do that on stage.
00:29:04I was like, get the hell ready.
00:29:07That was nice.
00:29:08And the same thing, like, JW, we changed your song.
00:29:12We were trying to make it competition worthy.
00:29:13You weren't afraid to do that, which I really love.
00:29:15And what that lets me know is that you're fearless.
00:29:18And that's the exciting thing about working with artists like you.
00:29:22Kelly, two great artists, but the time has come.
00:29:25Who is the winner of this knockout?
00:29:26You're both equally as gifted, but I thought one of you might be a little bit more ready for competition
00:29:31right now.
00:29:32The winner of this knockout is JW.
00:29:35JW!
00:29:37Houston versus JW was really hard.
00:29:40Thank you so much.
00:29:42JW was a little bit more comfortable even in the in-between moments when he wasn't performing.
00:29:47It's pretty tough this season because in the knockouts, usually there's a save, maybe a steal or something like that.
00:29:51There's nothing like that this season. It's the name of the game. It's a competition. I get it.
00:29:54But at that point, you know, you've worked with them a couple of times to where you really get to
00:29:58know them.
00:29:58And it's even harder to see them go home.
00:30:01JW, he's just so good. I want to listen to him sing. It's that simple all day long.
00:30:08Love you.
00:30:09Where are the people I saw on the street today? Who said they were coming to The Voice?
00:30:13There you are.
00:30:15I was walking from school to my office, and they were like, we're going to see you at The Voice
00:30:19today.
00:30:20That happened to me one time in New York. I was walking home, and these women stopped me, and they
00:30:25were like, I'm coming to your show tomorrow.
00:30:26I was like, well, I'll see you again.
00:30:36Welcome back to The Voice Battle of Champions.
00:30:43Oh, my God. You're taking me back.
00:30:46Guys, you want to see my actual debut album?
00:30:49What do you mean your actual?
00:30:50This was before I had a record deal.
00:30:53Is this for real?
00:30:53This is before I was John Legend.
00:30:55Look at your baby face.
00:30:57I was still in college.
00:30:59And then after that, I was like, I'm changing my style up.
00:31:01And your name.
00:31:03I used to sell it at my little shows in Philly and New York.
00:31:06I've grown up since then.
00:31:08Hey, John Stevens is cool.
00:31:10Bro, my name's Adam Levine. There's like 4,000 Adam Levines out there.
00:31:19It's my mega mentor, CeeLo Green.
00:31:21Hello, sir.
00:31:22How you doing? I'm great.
00:31:23It's good to see you.
00:31:23Good to see you.
00:31:25Welcome home, honey.
00:31:28Two OG voice coaches.
00:31:30So needed. So necessary.
00:31:31Yep.
00:31:32If I get a call from Adam, I make myself available.
00:31:35Man, thanks for having me back, bro.
00:31:37You know what I'm saying?
00:31:38I love you, man. You know I love you.
00:31:39I live to entertain people for, you know, fabulosity.
00:31:43So, wow.
00:31:44Good work.
00:31:44Yeah.
00:31:45Get it?
00:31:46That's what I'm here to do.
00:31:47You ready for this?
00:31:48I am not.
00:31:50Me neither.
00:31:51We're gonna do it!
00:31:52Hey!
00:31:53Hey!
00:31:54Hello!
00:31:55What's up?
00:31:56What's up?
00:31:57It was amazing to walk in and see CeeLo as the mega mentor.
00:32:01CeeLo, man.
00:32:02Great to meet you, bro.
00:32:03Oh, you look great today.
00:32:03He's won Grammys.
00:32:05He was an OG voice coach with Adam.
00:32:08And he is cool as a cucumber.
00:32:11Let's do it ladies first in the grand tradition.
00:32:13No big deal.
00:32:14It's a little Whitney.
00:32:15Oh, yeah.
00:32:15No big deal at all.
00:32:16No.
00:32:17I am singing You Give Good Love by Whitney Houston.
00:32:21Tell me why I chose a song.
00:32:22Because her songs was some of the songs that my mom made me sing as a kid.
00:32:27Just like a full circle moment.
00:32:28I believe my mom did see potential in me very early.
00:32:31When I was little, she used to put me in like different talent shows.
00:32:36She was like, hey, if you win, we could go get a burger.
00:32:41I was like, okay.
00:32:42That was what I was excited about.
00:32:46She paved the way for me musically.
00:32:48But you did not give up.
00:32:50I am so proud of you.
00:32:51And so now I get to sing Whitney on a huge stage.
00:32:55I'm excited.
00:32:57Sing to us.
00:32:58Make Whitney proud.
00:32:59Come on, slow.
00:33:00All right.
00:33:00I know she will.
00:33:10Normally it's a bold move to do Whitney.
00:33:12But there is no singer that Whitney has been better hands with.
00:33:16Alexia is special.
00:33:18I think people are going to be blown away.
00:33:23I want to support it.
00:33:24It's a brave and bold move.
00:33:27And we need more of that type of energy.
00:33:29Yeah.
00:33:30A hundred percent.
00:33:30All right.
00:33:35All right.
00:33:36All right.
00:33:37That was pretty good.
00:33:39Let me just begin by saying what a blessing to be able to hear true talent.
00:33:44It sounded unique.
00:33:45It sounded fresh.
00:33:46We don't hear this song often enough.
00:33:48This was her humble beginning.
00:33:50This one song introduced her to the whole world.
00:33:52Was this first?
00:33:53And she did it in one take.
00:33:55Of course she did.
00:33:57Yeah.
00:33:57There's only one little thing I can tell you.
00:33:59Okay.
00:33:59When it first comes in.
00:34:01Uh-huh.
00:34:02Settle.
00:34:02Yeah.
00:34:03The edit doesn't give you the opportunity to slip down into it.
00:34:06Because, you know, how she opens up the record.
00:34:10Yeah.
00:34:11I wish you could do that because I love that part.
00:34:12I know.
00:34:13That's the thing.
00:34:14It does kind of, it throws you in it.
00:34:16So just use all the space so you can really settle in.
00:34:21I can do that.
00:34:22You're done.
00:34:22Alexia, she's just a powerhouse vocalist.
00:34:25That's definitely the most nerve-wracking thing.
00:34:27All right.
00:34:28I love the song choice.
00:34:29I love that he chose Wallflowers, One Headlight,
00:34:32an anthem song everybody wants to sing when it comes on.
00:34:34I love Jacob Dillon.
00:34:35I love the Wallflowers.
00:34:37I like the fact that he was very singer-songwriter,
00:34:40but it's also rock and roll.
00:34:41Hell yeah.
00:34:41This song is about figuring out life's toughest moments
00:34:44while trying to hold on.
00:34:46I do know what it feels like to hold on tight to my dreams
00:34:49through hard times.
00:34:50Nothing could have prepared me for how difficult
00:34:53and competitive Nashville is.
00:34:55There it is.
00:34:56It's tough.
00:34:57When you're first there, you don't know a lot of people.
00:34:59You don't have a lot of work.
00:35:01Six months after I moved to Nashville,
00:35:03you know, I was broke.
00:35:04But, you know, I just kept at it.
00:35:07I got my first cut as a songwriter.
00:35:09It proved that I can hang.
00:35:11Now to be here in the knockouts,
00:35:13no more steals, no more saves.
00:35:15It's definitely getting real.
00:35:17Got to win or go home.
00:35:18I love the choice.
00:35:19Let's do it.
00:35:20I feel just like somebody else.
00:35:23Man, I hate change, but I know I ain't the same.
00:35:27Man, Bae's been the big surprise coming late in the game.
00:35:29I love his voice.
00:35:32He looks good, sounds good, pulls it all off.
00:35:36It's a complete and total cool.
00:35:39I can tell in the way you sing that you have a really great
00:35:42understanding of rock and roll music.
00:35:44Do you have a quintessential cool about you?
00:35:47I think the hardest part for me was
00:35:49when you get to that high point in the song,
00:35:51to not overdo it.
00:35:52I mean, sit right in the pocket just a bit.
00:35:55You know what I mean?
00:35:55Yeah.
00:35:57Wait, I'm starting to get a...
00:35:59Oh.
00:36:01I'm starting to get a...
00:36:03Oh, I think he's got...
00:36:05I've got fortunes.
00:36:06I've got messages.
00:36:08Let me give you something.
00:36:10I did not know Cee-Lo was a fortune teller.
00:36:13That came as a surprise.
00:36:14For you, sir.
00:36:18And...
00:36:19I love that.
00:36:21That one.
00:36:21Yeah.
00:36:23What did they say?
00:36:24Art is what you can get away with.
00:36:26I love that.
00:36:26That's good.
00:36:27I invent nothing.
00:36:28I rediscover.
00:36:29That's right.
00:36:30That's cool.
00:36:31That's pretty perfect, actually,
00:36:32when I think about it.
00:36:34I hate these decisions,
00:36:35but this one's going to be especially tough.
00:36:37Amazing, you guys.
00:36:38Dude, you got it aced.
00:36:39I want to give it to you early.
00:36:41How you feel about that other team?
00:36:42Let's see.
00:36:44Legend.
00:36:44I'm biased to the guy.
00:36:46He's my dude, man.
00:36:47Of course he's biased.
00:36:48We started this.
00:36:50Yeah.
00:36:55Look at you too.
00:36:57Get ready for this, y'all.
00:36:59Yeah.
00:37:02With You Give Good Love, here's Alexia J.
00:37:13I found out what I've been missing.
00:37:19Oh my God.
00:37:21Always on the run.
00:37:25Stop.
00:37:25I've been looking for someone.
00:37:33Yes.
00:37:35Ooh, that you give good love to me.
00:37:39Baby, so good.
00:37:44Take this heart of mine.
00:37:46If you can help, you give good love to me.
00:37:53Never too much.
00:37:56Never too much.
00:37:59Oh.
00:38:00Oh.
00:38:00Baby, you give good love.
00:38:05Oh.
00:38:07Oh.
00:38:08Oh.
00:38:09Oh.
00:38:35Baby, so good.
00:38:38Take this heart and função.
00:38:39You give good love to me
00:38:45I give good love to my heart
00:38:52Baby, you give good love
00:38:59Baby, you give good love
00:39:07Baby, you give good love
00:39:16Yeah!
00:39:18She's going to win.
00:39:20Yes, beautiful.
00:39:22Jeez.
00:39:23Sing, Lexi.
00:39:24Sing, girl.
00:39:25She's so cool.
00:39:26Yeah.
00:39:36Welcome back to The Knockouts.
00:39:43Now with one headlight, here's Bay Simpson.
00:39:50Let's go, Bay!
00:39:51Hey!
00:39:52So long ago, I don't remember when
00:39:56That's when they say I lost my only friend
00:40:00They say she died easy of a broken heart disease
00:40:05Cause I listened to the cemetery trees
00:40:18Come on child, nothing is forever
00:40:23There's got to be something better than in the middle
00:40:27It's me and stand around
00:40:29And put it all together
00:40:31We can drive it home
00:40:36In one headlight
00:40:40In one headlight
00:40:45I'm so old
00:40:47And I feel just like somebody else
00:40:50Man, I ain't changed
00:40:52But I know I ain't the same
00:40:55Somewhere here in between these city walls
00:40:58The dying dreams
00:41:00I think her death must be killing me
00:41:07Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
00:41:14Come on child, nothing is forever
00:41:17It's got to be something better than in the middle
00:41:22Be a sinner, we'll put it all together
00:41:26We can drive it home
00:41:28We're one of the lives
00:41:37We're one of the lives
00:41:46Yeah!
00:41:55Congratulations both of you
00:41:56Bae, I'm gonna start with you
00:41:57I love that song so much
00:41:58Took me back
00:41:59I love that music does that
00:42:00Music and smells have so much nostalgia tied to them
00:42:04You're so understated
00:42:06Like you're so cool
00:42:07Because you don't try to be cool
00:42:11Alexia, you are literally so good
00:42:15It is like if Whitney Houston and Lauryn Hill's voices had a baby
00:42:22I want to say that I hugged you
00:42:24I want to say that I knew you before
00:42:26Like, you're so good
00:42:30I just want to remember this moment
00:42:33For when you were at the Grammys one day
00:42:34And I'm like, I know her
00:42:36I'm like, oh my gosh
00:42:38It's so good
00:42:39Oh, I love it
00:42:40Wait, look, at this point
00:42:42I obviously would go with Alexia
00:42:44Who would you pick?
00:42:47It's a mystery
00:42:50Bae, there is this cool factor
00:42:52I talked about you being weird in the last round
00:42:55A good weird
00:42:55And a good weird
00:42:57Music is really in you
00:43:00And it's super cool
00:43:01And weird in all the right ways
00:43:03Thank you so much
00:43:04Yes
00:43:04And Alexia
00:43:06The Lauryn Hill comment really works for me
00:43:08There's something about that vibe
00:43:11It's got grit
00:43:12You know, soulfulness
00:43:14And I love the style too
00:43:16You're giving a little Chaka Khan energy today
00:43:18The choices you're making
00:43:20It's just all working
00:43:22Thank you coaches
00:43:23All right, Adam
00:43:24What'd you think about the knockout?
00:43:26You're both so comfortable in your own skin
00:43:28As far as who you are
00:43:29Bae, there's been something special about you
00:43:31From the first moment I heard you sing
00:43:32And you don't have to have a voice like Alexia's
00:43:35To be someone who is equally viable as an artist
00:43:37I don't have a voice like Alexia's
00:43:39You were incredible today
00:43:40Thank you
00:43:42And Alexia
00:43:43It's a shame that these two coaches didn't like what she did up there
00:43:45I got to go see Lauryn
00:43:49I think like 98, you know, Miss Education Tour
00:43:52I played on that album, you know
00:43:54Shut up, both of you
00:43:55I feel like I knew that
00:43:56Oh my god, that's amazing
00:43:58She is magic
00:43:59And you are so unique in that way
00:44:03Where you can make us feel
00:44:04You're both fantastic
00:44:06All right, Adam
00:44:07Who is the winner of this knockout?
00:44:12I love you both
00:44:15The winner of this knockout
00:44:17Is Alexia
00:44:20Alexia!
00:44:21There are no saves, no steals
00:44:22And I don't like that
00:44:24She's crazy
00:44:26I had to go with Alexia
00:44:28Because she has one of the best voices I've ever heard in my life
00:44:30Amazing
00:44:30Alexia has had a rare ability to sing anything
00:44:34I think she could win this entire competition very easily
00:44:36I heard that CeeLo came with a lot of zippers too
00:44:39Did y'all talk to each other?
00:44:40Maybe he influenced me
00:44:41And now I'm zipped up
00:44:42You're inspired
00:44:43Zippers galore
00:44:44Yeah, but not even close to as many
00:44:45He had pockets everywhere
00:44:46What is he hiding in his pockets?
00:44:48He didn't want to know
00:44:49People's fortunes
00:44:49He had the fortune cookie messages in each pocket
00:44:51Would he open different pockets?
00:44:52Yes, he opened different pockets
00:44:54Oh
00:44:54CeeLo's a wizard
00:44:56He's a wild man
00:44:58You're a wizard, Harry
00:45:06Welcome back to the Knockouts premiere
00:45:10When did I see you last?
00:45:12He was on my show
00:45:13I hosted your show
00:45:14Yep
00:45:14Oh, good, we're back
00:45:16All right
00:45:16Okay, so next up is Abigail and Liv
00:45:19Okay
00:45:19Abigail has this really cool singer-songwriter
00:45:22Special kind of thing with her voice
00:45:24Liv kind of reminds me of young Mariah
00:45:26This whole journey has been insane
00:45:28The battle, it was the most crazy moment of my life
00:45:31Coach, I'm reminded that Liv's available to steal
00:45:33Whoa, immediately
00:45:35We got a steal
00:45:36What do you mean?
00:45:38Oh, no
00:45:39When Kelly pressed her super steal
00:45:41It was such a crazy moment
00:45:42And one thing I'm going to make sure
00:45:44Is to not let Kelly down
00:45:46What's up?
00:45:47Oh, my God
00:45:48Walking in to see Michael Buble as the mega mentor
00:45:51Was absolutely insane
00:45:53Michael's won Grammys
00:45:54Two seasons of The Voice
00:45:56He's an amazing recording artist
00:45:58Like, he puts his own spin on things
00:46:00All right, who's going to start?
00:46:02Abigail? Okay
00:46:03I'm singing Feather by Sabrina Carpenter
00:46:05I love a song about letting go
00:46:06As someone who's in their head a lot
00:46:08To sing about
00:46:09I feel light as a feather
00:46:10Let's hear it
00:46:11Life is so much lighter
00:46:13Like a feather
00:46:14With you off my mind
00:46:16I love Abigail Forrest
00:46:18I think she has such a sweet, lovely tone
00:46:20It's really angelic
00:46:22Like a kid
00:46:23You fit every stereotype
00:46:25She was great
00:46:28Really great dance
00:46:29She's good at flipping songs
00:46:29This song is about letting go of someone
00:46:34Who doesn't serve you anymore
00:46:35I've had my fair share of breakups
00:46:37But ultimately you get to exactly who you want to be with
00:46:41When I met Tom
00:46:42We were both still in college
00:46:43He's the best
00:46:45He's a musician as well
00:46:46Tom is my biggest supporter
00:46:48It was really effortless
00:46:50Like two feathers floating together
00:46:56It's like so angelic
00:46:58Thank you
00:46:58You seemed shy at first in the blinds
00:47:00And I'm like
00:47:01Oh, you're a little punk rock
00:47:02Like you got a little sass in there
00:47:03And I love that
00:47:04You're like a cross between
00:47:05Joni Mitchell and
00:47:07Melanie Martinez
00:47:07Oh, yeah
00:47:08You're very unique
00:47:10If I'm you
00:47:11I lean into the quirkiness
00:47:13This is your song now
00:47:14You have this really cool spark about you
00:47:16That I really want to pull out
00:47:18Can you play that chorus?
00:47:19I feel so much lighter
00:47:21Like a feather with you off my
00:47:23You're on the voice
00:47:23You're singing with Kelly Clarkson right now
00:47:25You just want to pinch yourself
00:47:27This is the best show I've ever seen
00:47:29You act like a kid
00:47:32You fit every stereotype
00:47:34It's in the pic
00:47:37Yeah, since they're going quiet
00:47:39You can make that little sexy sound
00:47:40That you're making
00:47:41Like send a pic
00:47:42To have that little pause right there
00:47:44Because your little sass on it
00:47:46Is such great sauce
00:47:48I love it
00:47:48As an artist, Abigail is so unique
00:47:50The control is insane
00:47:53She's just so amazing
00:47:54And I'm so glad I get to hear her
00:47:55And work with her
00:47:56Hey, Liv
00:47:57Hi
00:47:57Hey
00:47:58Can I ask you something stupid?
00:48:01Of course
00:48:01We didn't work together
00:48:02We didn't work together
00:48:04But I did audition last season
00:48:06And I didn't get a chair turn
00:48:07I was the one who had the connection
00:48:09With like the suckers
00:48:10Of course
00:48:11And I ate the sucker
00:48:12Was it good?
00:48:13You brought a gift and everything
00:48:14You're such an ass
00:48:15I'm an idiot
00:48:16For a competition
00:48:17This is an interesting song to pick
00:48:20Obviously I'm a fan of it
00:48:22I will be singing
00:48:22Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson
00:48:24I will say
00:48:25This was not one of my favorites to record
00:48:27But it's one of my favorites to perform live
00:48:30Because it touches so many people
00:48:32Are we going to shake it up a little bit?
00:48:34Yeah
00:48:34So obviously I have so much respect
00:48:36For the original arrangement
00:48:37It's amazing
00:48:38Oh, throw the OG out
00:48:39Let's do something
00:48:41Grew up in a small town
00:48:43And when the rain would fall down
00:48:45Liv has a beautiful voice
00:48:47She has great control
00:48:48It seems pretty effortless for her
00:48:49I spread my wings
00:48:51And I learn how to fly
00:48:54And if she's this good at 16
00:48:56I can't even imagine
00:48:57What this girl is going to sound like
00:48:59When she's 18, 19, 20
00:49:00I mean
00:49:00Yeah
00:49:01Already great
00:49:04You have such a good voice
00:49:07This song can be yours now
00:49:08I just want you to tell me
00:49:10That you're really going to be
00:49:11As genuine and honest as you can be
00:49:13Present, yeah
00:49:14It's a gorgeous song
00:49:15And if this message really does mean something to you
00:49:17It'll serve you well
00:49:19Knowing that this rhyme
00:49:20We get to pick our songs
00:49:21It's kind of a breath of relief
00:49:22Because this is the song that I feel represents me the most
00:49:25This song is about
00:49:27Stepping out of your comfort zone
00:49:28Pursuing your dreams
00:49:29I grew up in an average household
00:49:31With, you know, friends and family
00:49:33We would always talk about homework
00:49:34And school
00:49:35Just casual teenager things
00:49:37But now I have this incredible opportunity
00:49:39And I kind of want to break away
00:49:41And, you know, pursue my dream
00:49:42But always keep the people that, you know
00:49:44Brought me up in my heart
00:49:45I could go on a rant
00:49:47Of why I love the song so much
00:49:48I just wanted to slow the very beginning down a tiny bit
00:49:51I could break away
00:49:55It can be intimate
00:49:57You don't have to push
00:49:58That's what's going to separate you
00:50:00She's going to choose
00:50:01One of you
00:50:02There's no save
00:50:02There's no steal
00:50:03If I'm you
00:50:04I want to make it impossible
00:50:05Thank you
00:50:06Thank you ladies so much
00:50:08Abigail and Liv
00:50:09It's who's going to come to the table
00:50:11Who really wants it
00:50:12Who's not going to show nerves
00:50:14Great job
00:50:15I will be singing Kelly's song
00:50:16In front of Kelly
00:50:18Kelly's super steal artist
00:50:19I have to use the nerves
00:50:20And turn them into excitement
00:50:21Because in this round
00:50:23There are no second chances
00:50:24Versus Abigail Oakley
00:50:26I really want to make it
00:50:27To this next round
00:50:29So this seems to be
00:50:30The best I've ever
00:50:32Performed this song
00:50:33They look so cool
00:50:34This is really hard
00:50:39Now with Breakaway
00:50:40Here's Liv Sierra
00:50:49Grew up in a small town
00:50:51And when the rain would fall down
00:50:53I'd just stare out my window
00:50:58Dreaming of what could be
00:51:00And if I'd end up happy
00:51:02I would pray
00:51:05I could break away
00:51:13I'll spread my wings
00:51:16And I'll learn how to fly
00:51:18I'll do what it takes
00:51:20Till I touch the sky
00:51:22And I'll make a wish
00:51:24And take a chance
00:51:26And make a change
00:51:27And break away
00:51:32Buildings with a hundred floors
00:51:34Swinging round revolving dust
00:51:37Maybe I don't know
00:51:38Where they take me
00:51:40Gotta keep moving on
00:51:43Moving on
00:51:45And fly away
00:51:46Break away
00:51:49Break away
00:51:54No, it's not easy
00:51:57Tell you goodbye
00:52:00Make a change
00:52:04Break away
00:52:07Break away
00:52:08I know the darkness
00:52:10And into the dark
00:52:13And I won't forget
00:52:15The place I'd come from
00:52:24Take a risk
00:52:26Take a chance
00:52:28Make a change
00:52:32And break away
00:52:38Break away
00:52:39Break away
00:52:39Break away
00:52:41Break away
00:52:42Break away
00:52:46Yeah
00:52:46How beautiful
00:52:47Yeah
00:52:49How beautiful
00:52:57Welcome back to the knockouts
00:53:01Yeah
00:53:02Let's go
00:53:03Let's go
00:53:04Let's go
00:53:05Woo
00:53:07With Feather
00:53:09Here's Abigail Oakley
00:53:10With Feather
00:53:10Here's Abigail Oakley
00:53:15It feels so good
00:53:19Not caring where you are tonight
00:53:22Oh
00:53:24And it feels so good
00:53:27Not pretending to like the wine
00:53:30That you like
00:53:32I
00:53:34Slam the door
00:53:35I
00:53:36Hit ignore
00:53:37I
00:53:38Say
00:53:39Yeah
00:53:39No, no, no more
00:53:41I
00:53:42Got you blocked
00:53:44Excited
00:53:44To never talk
00:53:46I
00:53:46I
00:53:47I'm so sorry
00:53:48For your loss
00:53:50I feel so much lighter
00:53:52Like a feather
00:53:53With you off my mind
00:53:55Oh
00:53:58Floating through the memories
00:54:00Of whatever you're wasting
00:54:02To turn
00:54:03I
00:54:06Shaking all that makes you act like
00:54:09You fit every stereotypes
00:54:13And a pic
00:54:14I walk his so much lighter
00:54:16Like a feather
00:54:17With you out my life
00:54:20With you out my life
00:54:26Ooh
00:54:30You're on me, I'm done
00:54:33You miss me, no, no
00:54:35Where I'm at, I'm up, I'm up
00:54:37I'm up on stage at The Voice right now
00:54:49I just wanna try to like a set of you off my mind
00:54:55Oh, I feel so much lighter
00:55:00Like a feather with you off my mind
00:55:03Oh, I feel so much lighter
00:55:08Like a feather with you off my mind
00:55:11Oh, my God
00:55:28Wow, Abigail, I don't know that song very well
00:55:32So some of the melodies, they were like, oh, wow
00:55:34It's really difficult to sing that way
00:55:36I loved hearing that cool part in the song
00:55:38Where you had to do those little turns up in your head voice
00:55:41You executed it very well
00:55:43Thank you so much
00:55:44Liv, it's always tough to pick the song of your coach
00:55:49Seriously
00:55:50But I think it was really effective
00:55:52Especially at the end with those big chest voice notes that we were hitting
00:55:55It felt urgent enough to convince me that Liv should go to the next round if I were choosing
00:56:01Thank you
00:56:02Liv, you know, you're 16
00:56:04I think about when I was 16 and like I was so lame
00:56:07Like I was just not even close to where you are
00:56:11So I'm blown away
00:56:12You chose Kelly's song to sing in a moment where you had the power to choose
00:56:16And that's a big statement
00:56:17Awesome job
00:56:18Thank you
00:56:19Abigail, you really have me feeling and understanding the lyrics
00:56:22Whenever you can like plug someone into a song like that
00:56:25And that means that you are doing what is necessary to connect us to the music
00:56:28You both did really great
00:56:30So I give you no help, really
00:56:32All right, Kelly, before you tell us who won, what'd you think?
00:56:35Well, I want to lead with Abigail
00:56:37Because Sabrina on any song is hard
00:56:40And the fact, Abigail, that you're doing it in your head voice
00:56:44It was perfectly executed
00:56:47That's a very hard thing to do
00:56:49And Liv, I was like, girl, why are you doing this song?
00:56:53And it's my song
00:56:54It's not usually a showstopper
00:56:56What's exciting to me is that you made it a showstopper
00:57:01Thank you
00:57:03This is very hard
00:57:05Kelly, who is the winner of this knockout?
00:57:09Regardless of who I pick
00:57:11I do think that you're both special in very different ways
00:57:18The winner of this knockout is Liv
00:57:23Liv, Sierra, congratulations
00:57:25You're moving on to the top nine for Drew Kelly
00:57:28It's very hard
00:57:30Liv is exciting for me because she's 16th
00:57:32And she really impressed me with what she did with my song, Breakaway
00:57:35She made it a competition song
00:57:36It's so nerve-wracking up there
00:57:38She's so good
00:57:39Now, Liv is in the semifinal, so I'll ride all right
00:57:42That song's like Piano Man
00:57:44Yeah, it was so powerful
00:57:45It's like the waltzy
00:57:46That's what I mean
00:57:47She made it a competitive song
00:57:49It was impressive
00:57:50You know, it definitely was cool
00:57:51It worked
00:57:52It really worked
00:58:00Welcome back to the knockout's premiere
00:58:06So we got two amazing young ladies coming out now
00:58:09Natasha's got that soulful, smooth vibe
00:58:12And then Sid is like powerhouse
00:58:15I'm looking forward to it
00:58:16All right, let's do it
00:58:17Hello
00:58:19Look who's here
00:58:20We got the OG
00:58:21I was so excited to see CeeLo Green
00:58:24What's up?
00:58:25Crazy
00:58:26It was one of the first songs I ever covered
00:58:28He's just such an icon
00:58:30Natasha, talk to us
00:58:32What song have you chosen?
00:58:34I'm singing another sad love song by Tony Braxton
00:58:37Good one?
00:58:38All right, so let's try it
00:58:39It's just another sad love song
00:58:43Ripped in my brain
00:58:44Natasha is super cool
00:58:46Like a really pronounced lounge singer
00:58:49Extraordinarist
00:58:52A lounge may be a smaller stage
00:58:54But the crowd that's gathered around
00:58:57So like it's just as significant
00:58:58You got a smooth, sultry voice
00:59:01But I wanted to see you go even further
00:59:03Okay
00:59:03It doesn't have the smoothness and sultriness
00:59:06That I know you can deliver
00:59:08It feels too happy
00:59:10What if we, just to stay in babyface land
00:59:13Made it feel like when can I see you again
00:59:15Ah, there you go
00:59:16Let's start with that with the guitar, okay
00:59:19Same tempo
00:59:20Ooh, yeah, I already feel it
00:59:22So be sultrier
00:59:23Think about who you are as a character in this song
00:59:27Think about that pain
00:59:28It's just another sad love song
00:59:32Wrecking my brain
00:59:33Ooh, feels way better
00:59:34Yeah, hey
00:59:36Natasha has so many strengths
00:59:39It's completely different from my vibe
00:59:41I love it
00:59:42Thank you so much, y'all
00:59:43Thank you
00:59:43All right
00:59:44So that in itself, like, very much intimidates me
00:59:47I chose Tell Me You Love Me by Jemmy Lovato
00:59:50My college experience
00:59:52I was really big in musical theater
00:59:53And I was told no a lot
00:59:56I started to believe a lot of those people
00:59:58So now when I say Tell Me You Love Me
01:00:01I'm literally screaming at myself
01:00:03Tell yourself you love you, you know
01:00:05Can't wait to hear it
01:00:07Oh, tell me you love me
01:00:10I need someone
01:00:13On days like this I do
01:00:16Sid, crazy range, crazy power, crazy ability
01:00:20She has just a remarkable gift
01:00:23Oh, tell me you love me
01:00:27The range, the skill level, the style
01:00:32It just shows the level of Sid's confidence as an artist
01:00:35That she's taking on these big challenges
01:00:37No doubt
01:00:38You
01:00:39You
01:00:41You
01:00:41You
01:00:44I'm so impressed
01:00:46Effective immediately
01:00:47So good
01:00:48Thank you
01:00:49Your challenge is how to channel your own story
01:00:52Into how you deliver this song
01:00:55But other than that, it sounds incredible
01:00:58Ash, come back over
01:01:00I have keepsakes for the both of you
01:01:03Oh my gosh
01:01:04Sid and Natasha
01:01:06Very stylistically different
01:01:08But each of them can be amazing in their own space
01:01:11You got wisdom, pearls of wisdom
01:01:13To be great is to be misunderstood
01:01:15I paint flowers so they will not die
01:01:19I'm really watching the stage to see who feels like they belong there
01:01:23And make me get out of my head
01:01:25And just listen with my heart
01:01:27Yes
01:01:28Let's go, Sid
01:01:32All right, Sid
01:01:34Now with Tell Me You Love Me, here's Sid Milavoy
01:01:51Oh no, here we go again
01:01:54Fighting over what I said
01:01:57I'm sorry
01:01:59Yeah, I'm sorry
01:02:01Yeah, I'm sorry
01:02:03And all my friends, they know when it's true
01:02:05I don't know who I am without you
01:02:08I got it bad, baby
01:02:11I got it bad
01:02:13Oh, tell me you love me
01:02:16I need someone
01:02:19On days like this, I do
01:02:22On days like this
01:02:25Oh, tell me you love me
01:02:28I need someone
01:02:31On days like this, I do
01:02:34On days like this
01:02:36Oh, can you hear my heart say yeah
01:02:47Oh, tell me you love me
01:02:51Oh, tell me you love me
01:03:08Just like this
01:03:11Oh
01:03:12Can you hear my heart say yeah?
01:03:19Yeah
01:03:19Yeah
01:03:25Helpful with fear that I need
01:03:28Stand to run in front of me
01:03:30I know that we will be all right, all right, yeah.
01:03:37Woo!
01:03:41Yeah.
01:03:44Let's go, Natasha.
01:04:01With another sad love song, here is Natasha Blaine.
01:04:11Since you've been born, I've been hanging around me lately
01:04:18With my mind to stay
01:04:22Jumped in my car, tried to clean my mind, didn't help me
01:04:28Guess I'm all messed up, baby
01:04:32Soon as I jumped into my rhyme
01:04:37Memories start to play
01:04:42A song comes on, on the radio
01:04:47There you are, baby
01:04:51Once again, it's just another sad love song
01:04:56Wrecking my brain like crazy
01:05:00Guess I'm all torn
01:05:03Be fast or slow
01:05:06It doesn't let go or shake me
01:05:12Mmm, yeah
01:05:14Here come the strings
01:05:17And somebody sings
01:05:19Only takes a beat
01:05:21And then it starts killing me, darling
01:05:25Only takes one note
01:05:27From our radio
01:05:29It's just another one
01:05:36You熊
01:05:37Please
01:05:37A song's
01:05:50Oh
01:05:50It doesn't let go of shape you
01:05:56It's all because of you
01:06:08Very nice!
01:06:11Yeah!
01:06:13Yay!
01:06:16Whoo!
01:06:19Fantastic!
01:06:20All right!
01:06:21Excellent job by the way, both you guys
01:06:23So different, I mean so
01:06:26Different
01:06:27Natasha I heard something in your range I hadn't heard yet
01:06:30And it got more comfortable I think as the performance
01:06:32Continued I think with you just so much
01:06:34Improvement just amazing where you wound up
01:06:36On this one so great job
01:06:37Thank you
01:06:39Sid you know
01:06:41It's amazing what you do, you can sing any
01:06:43Note there is to sing and you do it with power
01:06:46It just keeps on soaring like a freaking eagle
01:06:48If you were to move forward
01:06:50I almost want to get tapped into the emotion
01:06:52Of it even more because we know you can sing to the moon
01:06:55Great job
01:06:56I would lean towards Sid on this one
01:06:57Thank you
01:07:00Natasha?
01:07:01I love that vibe that you do
01:07:03That lounge kind of singer
01:07:05Especially like in your 20s with that sound
01:07:07Like I don't know many people that do that
01:07:09Sid you have this voice that is meant for an arena like this
01:07:13No matter what the song is you can turn it into something
01:07:15That sounds like a finale song
01:07:17But if you don't have that part that captivates you
01:07:20That makes me want to cry
01:07:21Which you are capable of
01:07:22That's the only connection I'm missing from you at this point
01:07:25If you tap into that girl
01:07:26You will be unstoppable
01:07:29Thank you coaches
01:07:31All right John you got a tough decision coming up
01:07:33Give us some thoughts first
01:07:34Natasha I really liked a lot of the stylistic choices that you made
01:07:38Thanks
01:07:39You understand who you are as a vocalist
01:07:41You just got to lean into that and continue to work on being the best in that lane
01:07:46Thanks
01:07:48Sid I completely agree with what they've been saying about the next level for you
01:07:53It's so obvious you're one of the most gifted singers we'll ever come across period
01:07:57So the next thing is making the audience believe you as an artist
01:08:02Tough choice for you John, but the time has come
01:08:05Who is the winner of this knockout?
01:08:12The winner of this knockout
01:08:16Is Sid
01:08:17All right Sid, congratulations
01:08:19I am really loving the knockouts
01:08:21Fantastic
01:08:22Thank you
01:08:23These ladies did such a wonderful job
01:08:25But Sid is just so good
01:08:26Watching someone that has that much skill
01:08:28It's a marvel
01:08:29Only a few human beings in the world can actually do it
01:08:32We should honor that
01:08:34Especially on a show called The Voice
01:08:38That was a close one
01:08:40Top nine feels so crazy to me
01:08:43And I can't even believe that I'm saying it
01:08:44I'm going to the top nine
01:08:46Team legend
01:08:57Welcome back to The Voice Battle of Champions
01:09:01Do you remember the first day we shot the show?
01:09:05They put us in these big red goofy chairs
01:09:08And then they just basically said go
01:09:10It was definitely on the job training for sure
01:09:12And then look at all this
01:09:13Like everyone in the world knows what The Voice is
01:09:16We built this city
01:09:20Without this city
01:09:21I'm running again
01:09:23You ready?
01:09:24I'm ready, you ready?
01:09:25We got this
01:09:26What's up guys?
01:09:26Am I putting Mike and Jeremy together?
01:09:28Because I know that for them to get far in this competition
01:09:31They're going to have to get through each other
01:09:33I bought you all a present
01:09:34Yo
01:09:35Oh wow
01:09:36Walking in and seeing CeeLo
01:09:37That was crazy
01:09:39The one and only
01:09:41How you doing?
01:09:41What an honor
01:09:42He is my childhood inspiration
01:09:44Goody mob all day
01:09:45My pleasure, my pleasure, my pleasure
01:09:47CeeLo knows what it takes to win
01:09:49Mike's brand new here
01:09:50Yes I am
01:09:51He's on a new Team Adam
01:09:52John Legend was foolish
01:09:54I heard about his debacle
01:09:56We got a steal!
01:09:58Being Adam's only steal
01:10:00Like I feel really, really special
01:10:02He's so good, bro
01:10:03I want to show Adam
01:10:05That he did not make a mistake
01:10:07I'm going to give him my all
01:10:08Mike, have a seat over there
01:10:10All right
01:10:11Taking down a classic
01:10:12Yes
01:10:13My guy
01:10:14I will be singing
01:10:15Ain't nothing like the real thing
01:10:16By Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell
01:10:19I spent a decade singing with Soulful Symphony
01:10:21It's a 75 piece orchestra
01:10:24Of African-American musicians
01:10:26We've done a lot of different tributes
01:10:29And one of them included a tribute to Marvin Gaye
01:10:33I currently live in Los Angeles
01:10:35I've been here for about nine years now
01:10:38I do music full time
01:10:39I've been working at this since I was 16
01:10:42And being on the voice stage
01:10:45It's nothing like it
01:10:46Let's hear some music
01:10:47Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
01:10:51I think it's a good choice
01:10:52I think it's smart
01:10:53It's doing a song that everybody wants to hear
01:10:55It's just about how he's going to deliver it
01:10:56Oh, nothing like the real thing
01:11:00Jeremy has so much more experience than I do
01:11:03But me and Jeremy both receive a triple chair turn
01:11:07So it's going to be a really tough knockout
01:11:10Yeah, yeah, yeah
01:11:13I heard modulation moments and you're a little bit hesitant
01:11:17Wherever you're at now, just be there
01:11:19Don't get too heady about it
01:11:22Right
01:11:22I see how you're struggling with dealing with the beginning
01:11:26First of all, you're saying the crap out of it
01:11:27But you miss Tammy
01:11:29You're reading my mind
01:11:31It's like peanut butter, no jelly
01:11:32Without that support
01:11:33It does leave too much of a gaping hold
01:11:37Yeah
01:11:37And those runs, those are your moments
01:11:40And so like you want to carry that run over
01:11:42Right
01:11:43Then it overshoots the mark of where the hook should come back in
01:11:46Because that's the satisfaction
01:11:48Adam, show you again
01:11:49We're good with the BGVs too
01:11:50Okay, great, let's listen to it with the BGVs
01:11:52Okay, great
01:11:55It was a little bit sketch in the beginning
01:11:57Because I didn't hear background vocals in there
01:11:58But then we figured that out
01:12:00I need him to be confident and happy with it
01:12:02That's the most important thing
01:12:03Jeremy, doing this duet song
01:12:06But I think it still lends itself to a quality in his voice
01:12:09Because it's sincere
01:12:11Much, much better, yeah
01:12:12The confidence started to shine
01:12:15Marvin Gaye is one of my all-time favorites
01:12:17Ooh, crisis averted
01:12:19Ooh
01:12:20Mike
01:12:21Hey, Mikey
01:12:22What's good, man?
01:12:23Mike Steel the Steel
01:12:24Let me know why you chose this song
01:12:25This is the type of music I grew up on
01:12:27I am singing How You Gonna Act Like That by Tyrese
01:12:31Growing up in Mississippi
01:12:32The entire family used to meet up at my grandma's house
01:12:35And have everything there from barbecues to fish fries
01:12:39Hosting car games
01:12:40And Tyrese's music will always be playing in the background
01:12:43His songs is just, that's how I always saw myself as an artist
01:12:48How You Gonna Act Like That
01:12:52Mike sounds great
01:12:53There's a quality in his voice unique
01:12:56Yeah, it's very unique
01:12:57It's this beast of a vocal tone
01:12:59Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!
01:13:06but I'm hoping that he realizes in himself
01:13:08that quality to be the king of the jungle.
01:13:11Yeah.
01:13:14All right, so look, we know you got a great voice.
01:13:16This will 150% come down to the performance.
01:13:20Right.
01:13:21It's a sexy song and you need to perform it
01:13:23and you need to make everyone fall in love with you.
01:13:25It's like an audio chick flick.
01:13:26It's like, when you do this, you gotta unleash.
01:13:29You cannot just stand there and sing the song, right?
01:13:30Okay.
01:13:31Move your mic stand to the side.
01:13:33Hold the mic, you know what I'm saying?
01:13:34Give yourself a little bit more space.
01:13:35You have to look to the right, to your left.
01:13:37Exactly.
01:13:38This audience is your friend.
01:13:40Sing it to them.
01:13:41I got you.
01:13:42Have fun.
01:13:43I got you.
01:13:43So before you guys go, there is a message
01:13:47in each pocket on my morning jacket.
01:13:50Steve Brown, I need some help.
01:13:52Yeah.
01:13:53Where did it go?
01:13:54Man, come on.
01:13:57This is for you.
01:13:58Come, my child.
01:14:00Take that.
01:14:02Be well.
01:14:03Come to me.
01:14:06Thank you so much.
01:14:08Mmm.
01:14:12Mmm.
01:14:16C-Lo gave me a fortune and it said, talent borrows, genius steals.
01:14:21Let's go!
01:14:21Just meant, don't be afraid to use things that inspire you.
01:14:25Because nobody else can be you but you.
01:14:27I'll never forget it.
01:14:29C-Lo gave me the fortune.
01:14:31Art is what you can get away with.
01:14:32My steal!
01:14:33I'm going to implement this fortune into this knockout
01:14:36because I get the soul to something different.
01:14:39Let's go!
01:14:41He has good fashion taste.
01:14:43Yeah.
01:14:44Those are the fit.
01:14:45Now singing, how are you going to act like that?
01:14:47This is Mike Steele.
01:14:54It seems like just the other day that we hooked up.
01:14:59I was driving you, walking, and I shook you up.
01:15:04From that moment on I knew you were the one.
01:15:08I just heard I was lucky and we fell in love.
01:15:11We would sit and talk for hours about anything
01:15:17Baby, you hang up on me, hang up
01:15:20I bought you with my pager and I gave you everything
01:15:27How you gonna love and leave me now?
01:15:33How you gonna act like that?
01:15:37How you gonna change it all?
01:15:39How we just need to speak, love
01:15:41How you gonna act like that?
01:15:46You know I'm willing to do anything
01:15:50Just to keep you in my heart
01:15:55I messed around and gave up everything
01:15:58I thought we'd give up on
01:16:02I was a player and I made the choice
01:16:06To give my heart to you
01:16:17How you gonna act like that, baby?
01:16:21How you gonna treat me so wrong?
01:16:24Can somebody tell me why, why, baby?
01:16:36How you gonna trip?
01:16:39How can you forget?
01:16:40How you gonna act like that?
01:16:47How you gonna act like that?
01:17:10Ain't nothing like the real thing.
01:17:11Here's Jeremy Keith.
01:17:19Whoo, hey.
01:17:22Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.
01:17:27Ain't nothing like the real thing.
01:17:31No, no.
01:17:32Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.
01:17:36Yeah.
01:17:38Yeah, yeah.
01:17:41I've got your picture hanging on the wall.
01:17:44But you can't see or come to me when I call your name.
01:17:49I realize you're just a picture in a frame.
01:17:54And I read your letters when you're not here.
01:17:57But they don't move me.
01:17:58And they don't move me like when I hear your sweet voice
01:18:03whispering in my ear.
01:18:07Yeah.
01:18:07Ooh, ooh, ooh.
01:18:11Ooh, ooh, ooh.
01:18:13Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah.
01:18:14Ain't nothing like, yeah.
01:18:16I'll play my game of fantasy, but I'll pretend that I'm not in reality
01:18:24I need the shelter of your arms to come for me, no other
01:18:32Your name, no touch, can you have this much to make me feel better?
01:18:39So let's stay together
01:18:47Baby, nothing like the real thing, no
01:18:58So, nothing like the real, real, real, real thing
01:19:07Baby, nothing like the real thing, no touch, can you have this much to make me feel better?
01:19:36Jeremy, like you're such a rock steady singer, your voice opens up, it's so beautiful, it fills the room
01:19:43Mike, you have one of the coolest tones, your runs were really cool
01:19:49Like you got a little lost in it, and like in a good way
01:19:51I don't mean like lost as in like, oh man, you couldn't find your way back or land the plane
01:19:55That's how I am with talking
01:19:56Like I'll find my point at some point and land
01:19:59She'll land the plane
01:20:00But I will land the plane
01:20:02You guys, you're both so good
01:20:04Man, I don't know, man, you're screwed
01:20:06If it's this hard for you, just think about how hard it is for me
01:20:08This is horrible
01:20:09John, help me
01:20:10First of all, Jeremy, in my mind, you're the better like pure singer
01:20:15And then Mike, you've got like kind of the je ne sais quoi kind of vibe
01:20:20I think your style is great
01:20:22Swag
01:20:22You're like, it's just swaggy
01:20:24And so there's a lot of like kind of the intangibles
01:20:26So that's why it makes it really hard
01:20:28You're screwed
01:20:30I know, okay
01:20:31Thank you, coaches
01:20:33That's hard
01:20:34All right, Adam, tough decision
01:20:36What did you think about the knockout?
01:20:37I thought they were great and they should both stay
01:20:40It's really tough because, Jeremy, you are ready now
01:20:44You have a fantastic voice
01:20:45We haven't even really seen the full range of what is possible
01:20:48And in Mike, there's a quality to what you do that's really different
01:20:51I haven't heard many singers with that tone like yours
01:20:54That's what was making this all very close
01:20:55Because you're both great singers
01:20:57Tough decision, Adam
01:20:58Yeah, it sure is, isn't it
01:20:59Who's the winner of this knockout?
01:21:01I don't know
01:21:06This sucks because I really do love you both
01:21:08And I really think that you both should be on the show
01:21:10And I think you should both be on my team
01:21:12And I don't like this
01:21:17The winner of this knockout
01:21:20Is Jeremy
01:21:26The performances and the knockouts have been really good
01:21:28Jeremy and Mike were really tough because they're both great singers
01:21:31But going into the top nine, I just need to have the strongest team possible
01:21:34Thank you so much
01:21:35Jeremy's got an amazing voice that I still feel hasn't reached this full potential on the show yet
01:21:40So Jeremy was just ready right now
01:21:42That was the hardest
01:21:43That was the hardest
01:21:44That was so close
01:21:45That was so close
01:22:14Thank you so much for coming to mind
01:22:17And now it's really good for you to see that game
01:22:17Thank you so much for seeing you in the show
01:22:17You know how you'll miss your time
01:22:17I know you should be on the show
01:22:18Yeah, it's really good for you to see that game
01:22:19Anyway, you will see you on the show
01:22:21You can see the game
01:22:22And I'm gonna be the first time
01:22:22You can see the game
01:22:23This is a game
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