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00:00:15Gracias por ver el video.
00:00:30I 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 gosh!
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, suspenseful.
00:01:02Not only is CeeLo the mega mentor,
00:01:04but he's going to decide who the winner of our All-Star Showdown is.
00:01:09The lowdown on the showdown is...
00:01:13Yeah!
00:01:15The knockouts start right now.
00:01:17I'm ready.
00:01:17Knockout.
00:01:18Get it?
00:01:19Knockout.
00:01:24Welcome back.
00:01:25Thank you.
00:01:25It's so good to have you here.
00:01:26Thanks for having me.
00:01:27Good to be here.
00:01:28Mr. CeeLo Green.
00:01:29I've been a fan of him for decades now,
00:01:31and 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.
00:01:50It feels really good.
00:01:51It feels strange and wonderful.
00:01:52Strange and wonderful.
00:01:53I 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.
00:02:02I 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!
00:02:10Yeah!
00:02:11Moses, certain people just have a light.
00:02:13So 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.
00:02:20Hello and me, though.
00:02:21Let's do it.
00:02:23Hello, gentlemen.
00:02:24Oh!
00:02:25Oh!
00:02:26You see that?
00:02:27You see that reaction?
00:02:29Stop it!
00:02:30We got a mega mentor.
00:02:31One of our OGs.
00:02:32What's up, y'all?
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
00:02:55for the song Glory 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, dream come true.
00:03:02I'm glad you got to sing with me then.
00:03:05And then Lucas, I'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 want you both, man.
00:03:10So, what have you chosen?
00:03:12I'm singing Let's Get It On by one of the cameras of Soul.
00:03:16Marvin Gaye.
00:03:17Marvin meant a lot to me.
00:03:19I'm excited to hear you cover this song.
00:03:21Thank you.
00:03:22Growing 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
00:03:42Try to hold back...
00:03:43Moses has gotten better each time I've heard him.
00:03:45So 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, sang that song.
00:03:58So, brother, it sounded like you were inspired by a couple of the live renditions of Let's Get It On.
00:04:05Yeah.
00:04:05That'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.
00:04:17Right now, it feels like you're a little frenetic.
00:04:19Okay.
00:04:20You 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, run and get it on.
00:04:41Yeah.
00:04:42Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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.
00:04:48Because 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, no more saves.
00:04:59It's win or go home.
00:05:00Lucas, I love that the keyboard is back out.
00:05:02What 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.
00:05:22I actually took a gap semester from college to be here.
00:05:26So I feel like that really dials up the pressure.
00:05:28I want to prove to John that I'm the guy you want for the top nine.
00:05:33All right.
00:05:33Let's hear it.
00:05:35Some folks like to get away.
00:05:38Take a holiday from the neighborhood.
00:05:41Come on.
00:05:42Lucas had beautiful choices, beautiful runs.
00:05:46Yeah.
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 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!
00:06:06Woo!
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 have to think about playing
00:06:22the 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.
00:06:31So 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
00:06:42line.
00:06:42I got to bring it out.
00:06:43Yeah.
00:06:44Yeah, 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, CeeLo?
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 like level of like quality and beauty and skill.
00:07:13Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
00:07:17All right, now.
00:07:18What 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 with 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.
00:07:51Come on, Moses.
00:07:52Now singing, let's get it on.
00:07:54Here's Moses G.
00:08:02I've been really trying, baby
00:08:06Trying to hold back this feeling for so long
00:08:13And if you feel like I feel, baby
00:08:18Then come on
00:08:19Oh, come on
00:08:23Let's get it on
00:08:25Oh, baby
00:08:28Let's get it on
00:08:30Let's love, baby
00:08:33Oh, there's nothing wrong with me loving you
00:08:42Na-na-na-na-na
00:08:46Yeah, giving yourself to me could never be wrong
00:08:50If the love is true
00:08:53Oh, baby
00:08:55Hey
00:08:57Yeah
00:08:58Don't you know
00:09:01How sweet and wonderful
00:09:03Your life can be
00:09:06Oh-oh-oh-oh
00:09:10I'm asking you, baby
00:09:13To get it on
00:09:44Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
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00:15:13y 100% es la locura, ¿sabes?
00:15:16Quiero llamar mi mamá.
00:15:18Yo, Lucas, es la verdad.
00:15:20He might win.
00:15:21Let's go now, uh, uh, to the flow now.
00:15:25This is my first time in this position, you know that.
00:15:28Oh, yeah?
00:15:28Yeah.
00:15:29Do you need a cape?
00:15:30Mega Mentor.
00:15:31I feel very powerful right now.
00:15:33Mega Mentor.
00:15:33I mean, Michael Bublé's a nice name,
00:15:35but doesn't quite have the same ring as Mega Mentor.
00:15:43Mega Mentor.
00:15:44You're so special.
00:15:45Mm-hmm.
00:15:46So it's Battle of Champions,
00:15:48so what I thought I'd do is I would bring in
00:15:51the greatest Mega Mentor I could think of.
00:15:54I love my Bublé.
00:15:56You're so good at this show.
00:15:57You win a lot.
00:15:58I love it, just like you.
00:15:59Yeah.
00:16:00I was built for doing this.
00:16:01It is fun.
00:16:02If I could be a small part of helping these artists to grow,
00:16:06there's a lot of goodness that comes on it.
00:16:08All right, so up first are my country dudes,
00:16:10who I love.
00:16:11Oh, yeah.
00:16:11This was my first time to really get to work with them.
00:16:13Okay.
00:16:13And they're both very different.
00:16:14All right.
00:16:16I put the country boys together.
00:16:18She didn't know what she was getting into.
00:16:19Kelly paired me with J.W. Griffin,
00:16:22and J.W. is one of my best buddies.
00:16:24And I was like, crud.
00:16:25We should do like Scooby-Doo when we walk.
00:16:30Let's bring him in.
00:16:32Dude, you guys are so handsome.
00:16:34What's up?
00:16:34What's up?
00:16:35I'm Michael Bublé, and it's nice to meet you.
00:16:37I love Michael Bublé.
00:16:38He's got five Grammys.
00:16:39That's a huge deal at any level of artistry.
00:16:42I was kind of starstruck.
00:16:44J.W., he's won two times.
00:16:47He's a champion.
00:16:48It's cool to see another coach that has a history of winning
00:16:51and to get to work with them.
00:16:53I'm really, like, sorry once again.
00:16:56This is our first time to technically get to work together.
00:16:58Be gentle with us, please.
00:17:00Just so you know, there's no steal and save.
00:17:02Oh, that's hard.
00:17:03That's really hard.
00:17:04Yes.
00:17:05And this is Y'all Pick the Song.
00:17:06We really want to push you to make this song competitive
00:17:09because it's really cutthroat.
00:17:10It goes from six to three.
00:17:12It's like Hunger Games.
00:17:13All right, who's starting?
00:17:14Okay, who's starting?
00:17:15Which one?
00:17:15I'll go first.
00:17:16Okay.
00:17:17This round, there's no saves and there's no steals.
00:17:20So it's like we're in a big old pressure cooker,
00:17:22and that stinks, but that's the way competition goes.
00:17:25Why'd you pick this song?
00:17:27I look up to Luke Combs a lot.
00:17:29A great voice.
00:17:30For the knockout round, I picked Love You Anyway by Luke Combs.
00:17:34I guess it was 2025, and he was like,
00:17:36hey, listen, I got two young boys at home.
00:17:37I'm not going to be on tour all the time.
00:17:39I want to be there to watch them grow up.
00:17:41A lot of how Luke tends to be with his family,
00:17:44I see that in how my dad was with me growing up,
00:17:46and that means a lot.
00:17:47I guess the first intro to country music for me
00:17:49was listening to the Alabama's Greatest Hits CD
00:17:52in my dad's truck.
00:17:53That was where I started realizing that singing could be fun.
00:17:55I'm at school right now because eventually I want to be a husband
00:17:59and I want to be a dad,
00:18:00and I know that if music doesn't have the ability to pay the bills,
00:18:04getting my degree is my ultimate backup plan.
00:18:06This ag building that I'm right next to has taught me so much.
00:18:10I'm currently studying agricultural business.
00:18:12It's a little bit looser than a regular strict business degree
00:18:16because every once in a while I'll wear my overalls to class.
00:18:18I love it.
00:18:20It's been really cool, but if I could perform and do music
00:18:23for the rest of my life as a job,
00:18:25I don't think I'd work a day in my life,
00:18:27and that sounds good to me.
00:18:28I'm looking forward to this.
00:18:29Let's do it.
00:18:30All right.
00:18:31At least I'd have the stars that sparkled in your eyes.
00:18:36Houston is this big, beautiful voice country singer.
00:18:40I think you can sing other stuff.
00:18:41Oh, yeah.
00:18:42I think you can sing rhythm and blues.
00:18:43You can sing rock.
00:18:43He likes soulful.
00:18:44And so young, 20.
00:18:46Yes, 20 years old.
00:18:47I love you anyway.
00:18:51Oh, I love this song.
00:18:53What a beautiful mess.
00:18:55Sad, but beautiful.
00:18:56Lyrically, it's deep and rich,
00:18:59but don't forget to give me what the words are.
00:19:03Like enunciate a little bit?
00:19:04Enunciate for us.
00:19:05Tell the story to them.
00:19:07Millions and millions of people watching you,
00:19:09and that is an intimate relationship that you're allowed now.
00:19:12Yeah.
00:19:13Message-wise, this is kind of a beautiful turn for you.
00:19:17Be tender, man.
00:19:18Even if I knew.
00:19:20That might be a really cool time
00:19:21for your really beautiful falsetto.
00:19:23Do it.
00:19:24Right now.
00:19:25Even if I knew.
00:19:26The day we met you'd be.
00:19:29The reason this heart breaks.
00:19:33Dude.
00:19:33Dude.
00:19:34Come on.
00:19:36Okay.
00:19:37God.
00:19:37That is stronger than the biggest note you could do.
00:19:41Okay.
00:19:41The audience is gonna yell, you know, when you do that.
00:19:43All right.
00:19:44Come on, J-Dubs.
00:19:45All right.
00:19:45I feel like it's nerve-wracking going against Houston.
00:19:48He's got a classic country voice,
00:19:50and it's really easy to connect with.
00:19:52Tear it up, man.
00:19:53For the knockouts I picked If It Hadn't Been For Love by the Steel Drivers.
00:19:57This kind of song can let me show out a little more of my soulfulness that I haven't really been
00:20:03able to do yet.
00:20:04I love it.
00:20:07I just love the sounds and the song has a bluegrass flair.
00:20:11It's in the country genre.
00:20:12I think there's always gonna be country roots behind everything I do, just because my accent and the way I
00:20:18talk.
00:20:19I like country music the most because it represents kind of what it feels like to be from South Georgia.
00:20:27And now it's just like I'm thousands of miles away.
00:20:30I've given up a lot of time to be here at work.
00:20:33I've missed a while now.
00:20:36I miss the bread a lot, but I've been eating a lot of bread out here, too.
00:20:41The feeling of being able to perform and people enjoying it, that's what I'm here for.
00:20:47I'm not ready for it to end.
00:20:49Well, let's hear it.
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.
00:21:12For love.
00:21:13Nice.
00:21:16Man, your voice is so cool.
00:21:19Thank you.
00:21:19Like, it's so effortless.
00:21:21My thing I would suggest, just because of the competition, if you're singing this at a show, do it exactly
00:21:26how you did it.
00:21:26But if you're doing it on a competition stage, it can get a little monotonous, right? That's the only thing
00:21:30I'm thinking.
00:21:31That's what I've been trying to think of something to do.
00:21:33Lift the tempo. Turn it into a little more kind of rocking thing.
00:21:37Yeah, yeah. Instead of it just kind of chilling.
00:21:38Yeah.
00:21:39We gotta make this a competition song.
00:21:41Yeah.
00:21:41I think Kelly's the perfect coach for me because she just has a great presence. She's really warm.
00:21:46But she also, like, knows what she wants.
00:21:49I like it musically, not to stay the same.
00:21:52Yeah, yeah.
00:21:52She's a good leader.
00:21:53Just have some kind of like, eh.
00:21:55Yeah, rock it up a little bit.
00:21:56Yeah.
00:21:56Experiment with that.
00:21:59JW, the dude's tone is insane.
00:22:03I could listen to him sing a phone book and I'd be happy.
00:22:06Yeah!
00:22:07We took it to church.
00:22:09It's so good.
00:22:09I think Kelly's team has true country threats.
00:22:13That is a nice place to be.
00:22:14Yeah.
00:22:14I love both songs.
00:22:16You couldn't be more different representing different lanes in country music right now.
00:22:19But yet, you both have this soulful grit to you that is so classic.
00:22:23Thank you, Jess.
00:22:23I love both of them.
00:22:24They're both very different singers.
00:22:26What are you gonna do?
00:22:27I don't know.
00:22:27How are you gonna make decisions?
00:22:28You think we talk about this.
00:22:29We think we know.
00:22:31And then we get there the day of and you choose someone else.
00:22:33It is for me in the moment.
00:22:34Like, whoever does best in the moment, that's what I'm going with.
00:22:37Come on, JW!
00:22:38Come on, JW!
00:22:39Oh, JW!
00:22:40Woo!
00:22:41Let's go, baby!
00:22:42Now with If It Hadn't Been For Love, here is JW Griffin.
00:22:54Never would've hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
00:22:58I love him.
00:22:59Woo!
00:22:59Woo!
00:23:00Never would've took the train to Louisiana if it hadn't been for love.
00:23:06Never would've run through the blinding rain without one dollar to my name if it hadn't been, if it hadn't
00:23:15been for love.
00:23:16Yes!
00:23:18Never would've seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been for love.
00:23:24Would've been called like a wayward wind if it hadn't been for love.
00:23:31Well, nobody knows it better than me.
00:23:34I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.
00:23:41Yeah!
00:23:43Yeah!
00:23:44Four cold walls against my will, at least I know she's alive and still.
00:23:55Four cold walls without the road.
00:24:01Four cold walls without the road.
00:24:01Four cold walls without the road.
00:24:04Lord, have mercy on my soul.
00:24:11Well, never would've been to that side of town if it hadn't been.
00:24:16Better be, J.W.
00:24:18Never would've took him out the track cut down if it hadn't been for love.
00:24:23Never would've loaded up my forty-four, put myself behind the jailhouse door if it hadn't been, if it hadn't
00:24:33been for love.
00:24:36If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.
00:24:53Yeah!
00:25:07Welcome back to The Knockouts at Universal Studios Hollywood.
00:25:13Singing, love you anyway, here's Houston Kelly.
00:25:15Come on, here's Houston!
00:25:26If your kiss turned me to stone.
00:25:32Okay.
00:25:33I'd be a statue standing tall in ancient Rome.
00:25:39God.
00:25:39And 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 no choice.
00:26:15Like a compass need or need, and it's true, no.
00:26:21Baby, if I knew the day we met you, babe, the reason this heart breaks, oh, I'd love you anyway.
00:26:38It's just some things that leave a man no choice.
00:26:44It's just some things that leave a man no choice.
00:26:45And there's just some things that leave a man no choice.
00:27:02Oh, I'd love you anyway
00:27:07Oh, I'd love you anyway
00:27:14Yeah!
00:27:17Beautiful!
00:27:18Beautiful!
00:27:20Nice!
00:27:24Good job, you!
00:27:28¡Gracias!
00:27:28¡So good, man!
00:27:30¡Oh, my God!
00:27:32¡Gracias!
00:27:34¡Gracias!
00:27:37¡Houston, you had so much character
00:27:39and warmth in your delivery.
00:27:41I loved when you gave that little smile.
00:27:43¡You have the best smile!
00:27:44You were like, I got there.
00:27:46I got to that end of that spot,
00:27:47and he gave a little smile like...
00:27:51Yeah.
00:27:52J-Dub.
00:27:54You 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
00:28:02that 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-Dub.
00:28:11Thank you.
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,
00:28:16and it's almost like you're like, man, I'm here.
00:28:18I'm doing this.
00:28:19I just want to say thank you for reminding us about the fact
00:28:22that this all has to do with the joy of singing,
00:28:25and just excellent job.
00:28:27Thank you so much.
00:28:28Yeah. J-Dub.
00:28:30It's still sad.
00:28:32I thought maybe you were going to 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.
00:28:38I 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.
00:28:47Thank you.
00:28:49Kelly, what a difficult decision.
00:28:50Give us some thoughts first, please.
00:28:52From rehearsals, you both did things that you did not want to do.
00:28:56All of a sudden, Houston did like this falsetto thing,
00:28:59and I was like, where the hell did that come from?
00:29:01I was like, wait, what?
00:29:02And he was like, oh, I don't do that on stage.
00:29:03I was like, get the hell ready.
00:29:07That was nice.
00:29:08And the same thing.
00:29:09Like, 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.
00:29:16And what that lets me know is that you're fearless.
00:29:19And 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!
00:29:36Thank you.
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.
00:29:53It's the name of the game.
00:29:53It's a competition.
00:29:54I get it.
00:29:55But at that point, you know, you've worked with them a couple times to where you really get to know
00:29:58them,
00:29:58and it's even harder to see them go home.
00:30:01JW is, like, he's just so good.
00:30:03I want to listen to him sing.
00:30:04Yeah.
00:30:05It's that simple all day long.
00:30:08Love you.
00:30:09Where are the people I saw on the street today?
00:30:11Who 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.
00:30:22I was walking home, and these women stopped me, and they were like, I'm coming to your show tomorrow.
00:30:26I was like, well, I'll see you again.
00:30:27That's right.
00:30:36Welcome back to The Voice, Battle of Champions.
00:30:42John, I'm signed this morning.
00:30:44Oh, my God.
00:30:45You're taking me back.
00:30:46Guys, you want to see my actual debut album?
00:30:49What do you mean you're 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.
00:31:02I 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, Cee Lo Green.
00:31:21Hello, sir.
00:31:22How you doing?
00:31:22I'm great.
00:31:23It's good to see you.
00:31:24Good 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.
00:31:39You know I love you.
00:31:39I live to entertain people for, you know, fabulosity.
00:31:43So, wow.
00:31:44Yeah.
00:31:45You get 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!
00:31:54Hello!
00:31:55What's up?
00:31:57It was amazing to walk in and see Cee Lo as the mega mentor.
00:32:01Cee Lo, man.
00:32:02Great to meet you, bro.
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 about why you chose the song.
00:32:22Because her songs was some of the songs that my mom made me sing as a kid.
00:32:27It's like a full circle moment.
00:32:28I believe my mom did see potential in me very early.
00:32:32When 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.
00:33:00Yeah, I know she will.
00:33:02Baby, you give good love.
00:33:10Normally it's a bold move to do Whitney, but there is no singer that Whitney has been better hands with.
00:33:15Alexia is special.
00:33:19I 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, a hundred percent.
00:33:31All right.
00:33:35All right.
00:33:37That was pretty good.
00:33:38Thank you.
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.
00:34:11Yeah.
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, an anthem, a song everybody wants to sing when
00:34:34it 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, but it's also rock and roll.
00:34:41Hell yeah.
00:34:41This song is about figuring out life's toughest moments while trying to hold on.
00:34:46I do know what it feels like to hold on tight to my dreams through hard times.
00:34:50Nothing could have prepared me for how difficult and 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, you 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, no more steals, no more saves.
00:35:15It's definitely getting real.
00:35:17You got 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, Bay'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 understanding of rock and roll music.
00:35:44Do you have a quintessential cool about you?
00:35:46I think the hardest part for me was when you get to that high point in the song, to not
00:35:51overdo 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 CeeLo was a fortune teller.
00:36:13That came as a surprise.
00:36:14For you, sir?
00:36:18And...
00:36:20I love that.
00:36:21Got one.
00:36:22Yes.
00:36:23Wait, what 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, when I think about it.
00:36:34I hate these decisions, but this one's going to be especially tough.
00:36:37Amazing, you guys.
00:36:38Dude, you got it aced.
00:36:40I want to give it to you early.
00:36:41How you feel about that other team?
00:36:43Let's see.
00:36:44Legend.
00:36:44I love the guy.
00:36:45I'm biased to the guy.
00:36:46He's my dude, man.
00:36:47Come on.
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.
00:37:00Yeah.
00:37:02Yeah.
00:37:03Yeah.
00:37:03With You Give Good Love, here's Alexia Jay.
00:37:13I found out what I've been missing.
00:37:20Oh, my God.
00:37:20I'm always on the run.
00:37:25Stop it.
00:37:26I've been looking for someone.
00:37:33Yes.
00:37:34Yeah.
00:37:35Ooh, that you give good love to me, baby.
00:37:42So good.
00:37:43Take this heart of mine into your hand.
00:37:47You give good love to me, never too much.
00:37:59Baby, you give good love.
00:38:12You give good love to me,
00:38:21And our love is still here to stay.
00:38:34¡Gracias!
00:39:16¡Gracias!
00:39:24¡Gracias!
00:39:25You're so cool.
00:39:26Yeah.
00:39:36Welcome back to The Knockouts.
00:39:42Now with one headlight, here's Bay Simpson.
00:39:50Let's go, Bay.
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 said she died easier from broken heart disease
00:40:05Cause I listened to the cemetery trees
00:40:12Oh, yeah
00:40:16Hey, come on, child
00:40:21Nothing is forever
00:40:23There's got to be something better than in the middle
00:40:27Leave us in the room
00:40:29And put it all together
00:40:31We can drive her home
00:40:36With one headlight
00:40:46I'm so long
00:40:47And I feel just like somebody else
00:40:50Man, I hate change
00:40:52But I know I hate the same
00:40:54Well, somewhere here in between these city walls
00:40:58Of dying trains
00:41:00Cause I think her death must be killing me
00:41:07Oh, hey
00:41:09Hey, hey
00:41:11Hey, hey, hey
00:41:13Come on, child
00:41:15Nothing is forever
00:41:17Nothing is forever
00:41:18There's got to be something better than in the middle
00:41:22Be a cigarette
00:41:23We'll put it all together
00:41:26We can drive it home
00:41:28So we'll wake up
00:41:37We'll wake up
00:41:40We'll wake up
00:41:42We'll wake up
00:41:45We'll wake up
00:41:45We'll wake up
00:41:46Yeah!
00:41:50You did it!
00:41:52You did it!
00:41:53Oh, man!
00:41:54Oh!
00:41:55Congratulations, both of you.
00:41:56Bae, I'm gonna start with you.
00:41:57Love that song so much took me back. I love that music does that music and smells have so much
00:42:03nostalgia tied to them
00:42:04You're so understated like you're so cool cuz you don't try to be cool
00:42:10Alexia you are literally
00:42:14So good it is like if Whitney Houston and Lauren Hills voices had a baby
00:42:22I want to say that I knew you before
00:42:29I
00:42:30Just want to remember this moment for when you're at the Grammys one day and I'm like I know her
00:42:36I'm like, oh my god
00:42:44It's a mystery
00:42:50Bae there is this cool factor. I talked about you being weird in the last round
00:42:55Good weird and a good weird
00:42:57Music is really in you and it's super cool and weird in all the right ways
00:43:03Thank you so much. Yes, and Alexia the Lauren Hill comment really works for me. There's something about that vibe
00:43:11It's got grit, you know
00:43:13Soulfulness and I love this style to you given a little Shaka Khan energy today
00:43:18The choices you're making. It's just all working. Thank you coaches
00:43:24All right Adam what you think about the knockout you're both so comfortable in your own skin as far as
00:43:28who you are
00:43:29Bae there's been something special about you from the first moment
00:43:31I heard you sing and you don't have to have a voice like Alexia's to be someone who is equally
00:43:36viable as an artist
00:43:37I don't have a voice like Alexia's you were incredible today. So thank you
00:43:42And Alexia it's a shame that these two coaches didn't like what you did up there. Yeah
00:43:47I got to go see Lauren. I think like 98, you know miseducation to her. I played on that album,
00:43:54you know
00:43:54No way
00:43:57She is magic and you are so unique in that way where you can make us feel you're both fantastic
00:44:06All right, Adam, who is the winner of this knockout?
00:44:12I love you both
00:44:15The winner this knockout is Alexia
00:44:21There are no saves no steals and I don't like that
00:44:24I had to go with Alexa because she has one of the best voices I've ever heard in my life
00:44:30Amazing Alexia has that a rare ability to sing anything. I think she could win this entire competition very easy
00:44:37I heard that CeeLo came with a lot of zippers too. Did y'all talk to each other?
00:44:40Maybe he influenced me and now I'm zipped up
00:44:42You're inspired
00:44:43Zippers galore. Yeah, but not even close to as many
00:44:45He had pockets everywhere. What is he hiding in his pockets?
00:44:48CeeLo was like people's fortunes. He had the fortune cookie messages
00:44:51Would he open different pockets? Yes. He opened different pockets. CeeLo's a wizard
00:44:56He's a wild man. You're a wizard, Harry
00:45:06Welcome back to the knockouts premiere
00:45:10When did I see you last? Well, I hosted your show. Yep. Yeah, we're back. All right. Okay. So next
00:45:17up is Abigail and Liv
00:45:19Okay, Abigail has this really cool singer-songwriter special kind of thing with her voice
00:45:24Liv kind of reminds me of young Mariah
00:45:26This whole journey has been insane the battle. It was the most crazy moment of my life
00:45:39When Kelly pressed her super steel, it was such a crazy moment and one thing I'm gonna make sure is
00:45:44to not let Kelly down
00:45:46What's up? Oh my gosh
00:45:48Walking in to see Michael Buble as the mega mentor was absolutely insane
00:45:53Michael's won Grammys two seasons of the voice
00:45:56He's an amazing recording artist like he puts his own spin on things. All right. Who's gonna start?
00:46:02Abigail, okay. I'm singing feather by Sabrina Carpenter
00:46:05I love a song about letting go as someone who's in their head a lot to sing about I feel
00:46:10light as a feather
00:46:10Let's hear it. Life is so much lighter like a feather with you off my mind
00:46:17I love Abigail for us. I think she has such a sweet lovely tone. It's really angelic
00:46:22Like a kid you fit every stereotype send a pic
00:46:27She was great really great dance. She's good at flipping songs
00:46:29The song is about letting go of someone who doesn't serve you anymore
00:46:35I've had my fair share of breakups, but ultimately you get to exactly who you want to be with when
00:46:41I met Tom
00:46:42We were both still in college. He's the best. He's a musician as well. Tom is my biggest supporter
00:46:48It was really effortless like 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 and I'm like, oh, you're a little punk rock
00:47:02Like you got a little sass in there and I love that you're like a cross between Joni Mitchell and
00:47:07Melanie Martinez
00:47:07Oh, yeah, you're very unique
00:47:10If I'm you I lean into the quirkiness. This is your song now
00:47:14You have this really cool spark about you that I really want to pull out. Can you play that chorus?
00:47:22You're on the voice singing with Kelly Clarkson right now. You just want to pinch yourself
00:47:27This is the best show I've ever seen
00:47:29mix you act like a kid you fit every stereotype
00:47:36Yeah, since they're going quiet you can make that little sexy sounds that you're making like
00:47:41Send a pic to have that little pause right there because your little sass on it is such great sauce
00:47:47I love it as an artist abigail is so unique the control is insane
00:47:53She's just so amazing and I'm so glad I get to hear her and work with her. Hey, Liv
00:47:58Can I ask you something stupid of course we didn't work together we didn't work together
00:48:04But I did audition last season and I didn't get a chair turn
00:48:07I was the one who had the connection with like the suckers
00:48:10Of course, and I ate the sucker. Was it good?
00:48:13Yeah, a gift and everything you're such an ass
00:48:16For a competition this is an interesting song to pick obviously i'm a fan of it
00:48:22I will be singing breakaway by kelly clarkson. I will say this was not one of my favorites to
00:48:27Record but it's one of my favorites to perform live because it touches so many people
00:48:32Are we going to shake it up a little bit?
00:48:34Yeah, so okay, obviously I have so much respect for the original arrangement. It's amazing. Oh, throw the og out.
00:48:39Let's do something
00:48:41Grew up in a small town and when the wind would fall down
00:48:45Liv has a beautiful voice. She has great control. It seems pretty effortless for her
00:48:54And if she's this good at 16
00:48:56I can't even imagine what this girl's gonna sound like when she's 18 19 20. I mean yeah already great
00:49:04You have such a good voice this song can be yours now
00:49:08I just want you to tell me that you're really gonna be as genuine and honest as you can be
00:49:13present
00:49:13Yeah, it's a gorgeous song and if this message really does mean something to you. Yeah, it'll serve you well
00:49:19Knowing that this run we get to pick our songs
00:49:21It's kind of a breath of relief because this is the song that I feel represents me the most this
00:49:26song is about stepping out of your comfort zone
00:49:28pursuing your dreams
00:49:29I grew up in an average household with you know friends and family
00:49:33We would always talk about homework and school just casual teenager things
00:49:37But now I have this incredible opportunity and I kind of want to break away
00:49:40And you know pursue my dream but always keep the people that you know brought me up in my heart
00:49:45I could go on a rant of why I love the song so much
00:49:48I just wanted to slow the very beginning down a tiny bit. I can break away
00:49:56It can be intimate you don't have to push that's what's gonna separate you
00:50:00She's gonna choose one of you. There's no save. There's no steals. If I'm you. I want to make it
00:50:05impossible. Thank you
00:50:06Thank you ladies so much
00:50:08Abigail and Liv that's who's gonna come to the table who really wants it who's not gonna show nerves great
00:50:14job
00:50:15I will be singing Kelly song in front of Kelly
00:50:19I have to use the nerves and turn them into excitement because in this round there are no second chances
00:50:24I really want to make it to this next round so this needs to be the best I've ever performed
00:50:32this song
00:50:33This is really hard
00:50:39Now with breakaway here'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
00:51:13I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
00:51:18I'll do what it takes
00:51:20Till I touch the sky and I'll
00:51:23Make a wish and take a chance and make a change
00:51:27And break away
00:51:32Buildings with a hundred floors
00:51:34Swinging round revolving us
00:51:37Maybe I don't know
00:51:38Where they take me
00:51:40You gotta keep moving on
00:51:43Moving on
00:51:45Fly away
00:51:46Break away
00:51:50I'll spread my wings and I'll fly
00:51:57Tell you goodbye
00:52:00Make a change
00:52:04Make a change
00:52:07Break away
00:52:07Break away
00:52:09I know the darkness
00:52:10And into the sun
00:52:13I won't forget
00:52:15I won't forget
00:52:15The place I come from
00:52:18I won't forget
00:52:25The place I come from
00:52:26Take a race
00:52:26Take a chance
00:52:28Make a change
00:52:33And break away
00:52:38And break away
00:52:39And break away
00:52:43And break away
00:52:45Yeah!
00:52:47So beautiful!
00:52:58Welcome back to The Knockouts
00:53:07With Feather here's Abigail Oakley
00:53:15It feels so good
00:53:19Not caring where you are tonight
00:53:22And it feels so good
00:53:27Not pretending to like the wine that you like
00:53:32I slam the door
00:53:35I hate it nor
00:53:37I say yeah
00:53:39No, no, no more
00:53:41I got you blocked
00:53:44Excited to never talk
00:53:46I feel like a rock guy
00:53:47I'm so sorry for your loss
00:53:50I feel so much line
00:53:51Like a feather
00:53:53With you off my mind
00:53:56Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
00:53:58Floating through the memories
00:54:00Of whatever you're a waste of time
00:54:05Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
00:54:07Me dan la gente
00:54:08La gente fights
00:54:08You act like
00:54:10You fit every
00:54:12Stereotype
00:54:13Send a pic
00:54:14I act for so much light
00:54:16Like a feather
00:54:17With you out my life
00:54:20With you out my life
00:54:29Alright
00:54:30You want me
00:54:32I'm done
00:54:33You miss me
00:54:34No doubt
00:54:35I'm up, I'm up, I'm up on stage at the voice right now
00:55:05Oh, I feel so much lighter like a feather with you out of my mind
00:55:22So cool!
00:55:23Oh my gosh!
00:55:28Wow!
00:55:30Abigail, I don't know that song very well, so some of the melodies, they were like, oh, wow.
00:55:34It's really difficult to sing that way.
00:55:37I loved hearing that cool part in the song where you had to do those little turns up in your
00:55:41head 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, especially at the end with those big chest voice notes that we were
00:55:55hitting.
00:55:56It felt urgent enough to convince me that Liv should go to the next round if I were to do
00:56:00this.
00:56:01Thank you.
00:56:03Liv, you know, you're 16.
00:56:04I think about when I was 16 and, like, I was so lame.
00:56:08Like, 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, that means that you are doing what is necessary
00:56:27to connect us to the music.
00:56:29You 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 did you think?
00:56:35Well, I want to lead with Abigail because Sabrina on any song is hard.
00:56:41And the fact, Abigail, that you're doing it in your head voice, it was perfectly executed.
00:56:47That's a very hard thing to do and live.
00:56:50I was like, girl, why are you doing this song?
00:56:53And it's my song.
00:56:54It's not usually a showstopper.
00:56:57What's exciting to me is that you made it a showstopper.
00:57:02Thank you.
00:57:03This is very hard.
00:57:05Kelly, who is the winner of this knockout?
00:57:10Regardless of who I pick, I do think that you're both special in very different ways.
00:57:17Um...
00:57:19The winner of this knockout is Liv.
00:57:23Liv, Sierra, congratulations.
00:57:26You're moving on to the top nine for Team Kelly.
00:57:29It's very hard.
00:57:30Liv is exciting for me because she's 16th, and she really impressed me with what she did with my song,
00:57:34Breakaway.
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 semifinals, so I'll ride all ride.
00:57:42That song's like Piano Man.
00:57:44Yeah, it was so fun.
00:57:45It's like the waltzy.
00:57:47That'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 Syd is like powerhouse.
00:58:15I'm looking forward to it as well.
00:58:16All right, let's do it.
00:58:18Hello!
00:58:19Hi!
00:58:19Look who's here.
00:58:20We got the OG.
00:58:21I was so excited to see CeeLo Green.
00:58:25What's up?
00:58:25Crazy 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 Toni Braxton.
00:58:37Good one.
00:58:38All right.
00:58:39So let's try it.
00:58:44Natasha is super cool.
00:58:46Like a really pronounced lounge singer.
00:58:50Extraordinaris.
00:58:52A lounge may be a smaller stage,
00:58:54but the crowd that's gathered around,
00:58:57it's just as significant.
00:58:58You've got a smooth, sultry voice,
00:59:01but I wanted to see you go even further.
00:59:03Okay.
00:59:04It 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 baby-faced land,
00:59:13made it feel like, when can I see you again?
00:59:15Ah.
00:59:16There you go.
00:59:16Let's start with that with the guitar, okay?
00:59:19Same tempo.
00:59:20Ooh-hoo!
00:59:21Yeah, I already feel it.
00:59:22So be sultrier.
00:59:24Think about who you are as a character in this song.
00:59:27Think about that pain.
00:59:29It's just another sad love song wrecking my brain.
00:59:33Ooh!
00:59:34Feels way better.
00:59:34Much better, yeah.
00:59:36Hey!
00:59:37Natasha has so many strings.
00:59:39It's completely different from my vibe.
00:59:42I love it.
00:59:42Thanks 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 Demi Lovato.
00:59:50My college experience, I 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.
00:59:59So now, when I say Tell Me You Love Me,
01:00:01I'm literally screaming at myself.
01:00:03Yes!
01:00:03I love that.
01:00:04Tell yourself you love you, you know?
01:00:05I love you too.
01:00:06Can't wait to hear it.
01:00:07Oh, tell me you love me.
01:00:11I need someone on days like this I do.
01:00:16Oh, I'm crazy.
01:00:17Sid, crazy range, crazy power, crazy ability.
01:00:20No doubt.
01:00:20She has just a remarkable gift.
01:00:24Oh, tell me you love me.
01:00:29The 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.
01:00:42You.
01:00:42You.
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.
01:00:55Yeah.
01:00:56But other than that, it sounds incredible.
01:00:58Tosh, come back over.
01:01:00Thanks, Tosh.
01:01:01I have keepsakes for the both of you.
01:01:03Oh, my gosh.
01:01:04Sid and Natasha, very stylistically different.
01:01:08But each of them can be amazing in their own space.
01:01:11Got wisdom.
01:01:13Pearls of wisdom.
01:01:13To be great is to be misunderstood.
01:01:15I paint flowers so they will not die.
01:01:18Ooh.
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 and 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 Milivoie.
01:01:44Ooh.
01:01:48Yeah.
01:01:51Oh, no, here we go again.
01:01:54If I didn't know about what I said, I'm sorry.
01:01:59Yeah, I'm sorry.
01:02:02And 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.
01:02:11Got it bad.
01:02:13Don't tell me you love me.
01:02:16I need someone.
01:02:20On days like this I do.
01:02:22On days like this.
01:02:25Oh, tell me you love me.
01:02:27I need someone.
01:02:31I need someone.
01:02:32On days like this I do.
01:02:34On days like this.
01:02:36Oh, can you hear my heart say yeah?
01:02:41Yeah.
01:02:43Yeah.
01:02:44Yeah.
01:02:44Oh, you ain't nobody until you're not somebody.
01:02:48Oh, tell me you love me.
01:02:52Well, I need someone.
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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
01:09:13Everyone in the world knows what the voice is
01:09:16We built this city
01:09:18Without this city
01:09:21I'm running down
01:09:23You ready? I'm ready, you ready?
01:09:25We got this
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
01:09:34Oh wow
01:09:36Walking in and seeing CeeLo
01:09:37That was crazy
01:09:39The one and only
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
01:09:57Being 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
01:10:18I 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
01:10:44It'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
01:11:13I heard modulation moments
01:11:15And you're a little bit hesitant
01:11:17Wherever you're at now
01:11:19Just be there
01:11:19Don't get too heady about it
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
01:11:30You'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
01:11:38And those runs
01:11:39Those are your moments
01:11:40And so you want to carry that run over
01:11:42Then it overshoots the mark
01:11:45Of where the hook should come back in
01:11:46Because that's the satisfaction
01:11:48Adam, touch it again
01:11:49We're good with the BGVs too
01:11:50Okay, great
01:11:51Let's listen to it with the BGVs
01:11:52Okay, great
01:11:55It was a little bit sketched 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
01:12:08To a quality in his voice
01:12:09Because it's sincere
01:12:11Much, much better, yeah
01:12:13The confidence started to shine
01:12:14Marvin Gaye's one of my all-time favorites
01:12:17Ooh, crisis averted
01:12:20Mike
01:12:21Hey, Mikey
01:12:22Mike, steal the steal
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
01:12:29How You Gonna Act Like That by Tyrese
01:12:31Growing up in Mississippi
01:12:32The entire family used to meet up in 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
01:12:45That'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
01:12:59Ooh
01:13:02Ooh
01:13:04Ooh
01:13:05That's what I'm hoping that he realizes in himself
01:13:08That quality
01:13:09To be the king of the jungle
01:13:10Yeah
01:13:13All right, so look
01:13:14We know you got a great voice
01:13:16This will 150% come down to the performance
01:13:20Right
01:13:20It's a sexy song
01:13:22And you need to perform it
01:13:23And you need to make everyone fall in love with you
01:13:24It's like an audio chick flick
01:13:26It's like
01:13:27When you do this
01:13:28You gotta unleash
01:13:28You cannot just stand there and sing the song, right?
01:13:30Okay
01:13:31Move your mic stand to the side
01:13:32Hold the mic
01:13:33Yeah, yeah, yeah
01:13:33You know what I'm saying?
01:13:34Give yourself a little bit more space
01:13:35You have to look to the right
01:13:37To your left
01:13:37To the center
01:13:38Exactly
01:13:38This audience is your friend
01:13:40Sing it to them
01:13:41I got you
01:13:42Have fun
01:13:42I got you
01:13:43So, before you guys go
01:13:45There is a message
01:13:47In each pocket
01:13:48On my morning jacket
01:13:49It's deep down there
01:13:50I need some help
01:13:52Yeah
01:13:53Where did it go?
01:13:54Man, come on
01:13:56This is for you
01:13:58Come, my child
01:14:00Take that
01:14:01Be well
01:14:04Come to me
01:14:06Thank you so much
01:14:08Mmm
01:14:12Mmm
01:14:16Ceele gave me a fortune
01:14:17And it said
01:14:18Talent borrows
01:14:19Genius steals
01:14:20Let's go
01:14:21Just meant
01:14:22Don't be afraid
01:14:23To use things
01:14:23That inspire you
01:14:25Because nobody else
01:14:26Can be you
01:14:26But you
01:14:27I'll never forget it
01:14:29Ceele gave me the fortune
01:14:30Art is what you can get away with
01:14:32Mike Steele
01:14:33I'm going to implement
01:14:34This fortune
01:14:35Into this knockout
01:14:36Because I get to
01:14:37Show them something different
01:14:38Let's go
01:14:41He has good fashion taste
01:14:43Yeah
01:14:43It was with the fit
01:14:45Now singing
01:14:46How are you going to act like that
01:14:47This is Mike Steele
01:14:54It seems like just the other day
01:14:57That we hooked up
01:14:59I was driving
01:15:00You were walking
01:15:01Then I shook you up
01:15:03From that moment on
01:15:05I knew you were the one
01:15:07I just said
01:15:09You were walking
01:15:10And we fell in love
01:15:11We would sit and talk
01:15:14For hours
01:15:14About anything
01:15:16Baby
01:15:17You hang up
01:15:19On free
01:15:19Wake up
01:15:20I bought you
01:15:21With my pager
01:15:22And I gave you everything
01:15:27How you gonna
01:15:29Up and leave me down
01:15:33How you gonna
01:15:34Act like that
01:15:37How you gonna
01:15:38Change it all
01:15:39We just need to
01:15:40Make love
01:15:41How you gonna
01:15:42Act like that
01:15:45You know
01:15:47I'm willing to
01:15:49Do anything
01:15:50Just to keep you
01:15:52In my heart
01:15:54I messed around
01:15:56And gave up everything
01:15:58I thought we'd
01:16:01Never born
01:16:03I was a player
01:16:04And I made the
01:16:05Choice to give
01:16:07My heart
01:16:07To you
01:16:17How you gonna
01:16:18Act like that
01:16:19Baby
01:16:21How you gonna
01:16:22Treat me so wrong
01:16:25Can somebody
01:16:27Tell me why
01:16:29Bye, baby
01:16:31Yeah, yeah, yeah
01:16:35How you gonna
01:16:38Tip
01:16:38How he's looking
01:16:40How you gonna
01:16:42Act like that
01:16:49Yeah, yeah, yeah
01:16:59Yeah
01:17:01Welcome back
01:17:09With Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing, here's Jeremy Keith
01:17:40I've got your picture
01:17:42How you gonna
01:17:43Hanging on the wall
01:17:44But you can't see
01:17:45Or come to me
01:17:46When I call
01:17:47Your name
01:17:49I realize
01:17:50You're just a picture
01:17:52In a frame
01:17:53And I need your letters
01:17:55When you're not here
01:17:57But they don't move me
01:17:58And they don't prove me
01:18:00Like when I hear
01:18:01Your sweet voice
01:18:03Whispering
01:18:04In my ear
01:18:06Yeah
01:18:06Yeah
01:18:09Ooh
01:18:12Yeah
01:18:13Ain't nothing like
01:18:15Yeah
01:18:16I play my game
01:18:18Of fantasy
01:18:20But I pretend
01:18:21That I'm not in reality
01:18:24I need the shelter
01:18:26Of your arms
01:18:28To come for me
01:18:29No other
01:18:30Yeah
01:18:31Your name
01:18:34No touch
01:18:35Can you have this much
01:18:37To make me feel better
01:18:39So let's stay together
01:18:47Baby
01:18:49Nothing like
01:18:51The real thing
01:18:52No
01:18:55So
01:18:59Nothing like
01:19:01The real, real, real
01:19:05Real
01:19:11Go, Jimmy!
01:19:14Good singer
01:19:15Good, good, good
01:19:19That was very close
01:19:20Oh my gosh
01:19:25How are you going to choose?
01:19:28I don't know
01:19:29How are you going to choose from that?
01:19:32Sing to me
01:19:34You're both so phenomenal
01:19:36Jeremy, like
01:19:37You're such a rock steady singer
01:19:39Your voice opens up
01:19:40It's so beautiful
01:19:41It fills the room
01:19:43Mike, you have
01:19:44One of the coolest tones
01:19:46Your runs were really cool
01:19:49Like you got a little lost in it
01:19:50And like in a good way
01:19:51I don't mean like lost
01:19:52As in like
01:19:53Oh man, you couldn't find your way back
01:19:54Or land the plane
01:19:55That's how I am with talking
01:19:56Like I'll find my point
01:19:58At some point
01:19:58And 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
01:20:05Man, you're screwed
01:20:06If it's this hard for you
01:20:07Just think about how hard it is for me
01:20:08This is horrible
01:20:09John, help me
01:20:10First of all
01:20:11Jeremy, in my mind
01:20:13You're the better like pure singer
01:20:15And then Mike
01:20:17You've got like
01:20:18Kind of the je ne sais quoi
01:20:19Kind of vibe
01:20:20I think your style is great
01:20:22Swag
01:20:22You're like
01:20:23It's just swaggy
01:20:24And so there's a lot of like
01:20:25Kind 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
01:20:35Tough decision
01:20:36What did you think about the knockout?
01:20:37I thought they were great
01:20:38And they should both stay
01:20:40It's really tough
01:20:41Because Jeremy
01:20:42You are ready now
01:20:44You have a fantastic voice
01:20:45We haven't even really seen
01:20:46The full range of what is possible
01:20:48And in Mike
01:20:49There's a quality to what you do
01:20:50That's really different
01:20:51I haven't heard many singers
01:20:52With that tone like yours
01:20:54That's what was making this all
01:20:55Very close
01:20:55Because you're both great singers
01:20:57Tough decision, Adam
01:20:58Yeah, it sure is, isn't it?
01:21:00Who's the winner of this knockout?
01:21:01I don't know
01:21:06This sucks
01:21:07Because I really do love you both
01:21:08And I really think that you both
01:21:10Should 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
01:21:21Jeremy, congratulations
01:21:24You're moving on to the top nine
01:21:25For Team Adam
01:21:26The performances in the knockouts
01:21:28Have been really good
01:21:28Jeremy and Mike were really tough
01:21:30Because they're both great singers
01:21:31But going into the top nine
01:21:32I just need to have the strongest team possible
01:21:34Man, thank you so much
01:21:35Jeremy's got an amazing voice
01:21:37That I still feel hasn't
01:21:38Reached this full potential
01:21:39On the show yet
01:21:40So Jeremy was just ready right now
01:21:42That was the hardest
01:21:43That was so close
01:21:45That was so close
01:21:45That was so close
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