The Voice US (2011) s08e10 Episode Script

1 I AM A MAN Daly: THE ARTISTS IMPRESSED OUR COACHES DURING THE BLIND AUDITIONS.
THAT'S WHAT "THE VOICE" IS ALL ABOUT, GUYS.
THEN BLEW THEM AWAY IN THE BATTLES.
Pharrell: CAME OUT HERE SWINGING HER PURSE LIKE A SOUTHERN CHURCH LADY.
[ LAUGHTER .]
Daly: NOW IT'S THE TOUGHEST ROUND YET.
THE BEST OF THE BES MUST SURVIVE THE KNOCKOUTS.
OUR COACHES WILL CUT THEIR TEAMS IN HALF BY PAIRING TEAMMATES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER IN SOLO PERFORMANCES WITH A SPOT AT STAKE IN THE LIVE PLAYOFFS.
KNOCKOUTS ARE CRAZY.
SO MUCH TALENT NOW.
AND THE IDEA THAT WE'RE CUTTING OUR TEAMS IN HALF AGAIN IS A DAUNTING TASK.
Daly: THE PAIRINGS WILL BE A SHOCK.
[ CHUCKLES .]
OH.
COME ON, MAN! AH! THE SONG WILL BE THE ARTIST'S CHOICE.
YEAH! I PICKED "WARRIOR" BY DEMI LOVATO.
"LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING" BY TIM McGRAW.
THAT'S A BIG ONE.
STING'S "IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE.
" WHY DID YOU PICK THAT SONG? Christina: IF THEY DON'T PICK THE RIGHT SONG, THAT COULD BE THE START OF THEIR DEMISE.
LET'S DO IT.
Daly: AND IT'S THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY AT ONE-ON-ONE COACHING.
HAVE SOMETHING BIG UP YOUR SLEEVE FOR THAT ENDING.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
YOU CANNOT CAMOUFLAGE INTO THE STAGE.
ROUGH IT UP.
LIKE HEARTBREAKER SINK YOUR TEETH INTO IT.
YOU GOT TO MEET MY FRIEND.
YO.
Daly: ADVISING THEM ALL WE ARE YOUNG THE DYNAMIC FRONT MAN OF THE BAND FUN.
, FRESH OFF HIS SOLO SINGLE "NOTHING WITHOUT LOVE" SO I SET THE WORLD ON FIRE GRAMMY WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER NATE RUESS.
"THE VOICE," IT'S WONDERFUL.
I-IT'S ALL POSITIVE.
I BELIEVE IN WHAT THE SHOW IS ABOUT.
AND THESE KIDS, THEY'RE GETTING THE BEST ADVICE THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET.
THAT'S AN AMAZING THING.
I'D RATHER BE MOVED BY SOMETHING THAN BE IMPRESSED BY SOMETHING.
YOU'RE DEFINITELY DOING I IN THAT KEY.
THAT WAS A BRILLIANT IDEA.
I WISH IT WAS MINE.
THERE'S AN ARC TO A SONG LIKE THERE'S AN ARC TO A MOVIE, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY AS EARLY ON.
THAT'S 100% RIGHT.
YEAH.
NATE IS A MASTERFUL SONGWRITER AND BRILLIANT PERFORMER.
THE SHOW IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM.
YOU DID GIVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST TAKE, BUT LET'S SEE IF YOU GOT ONE MORE.
TRY, TRY, TRY TRY, TRY, TRY GOT TO GET UP WHOO! Blake: BEST PART ABOU THE KNOCKOUTS IS WE ARE SEEING SOME STARS WALK ACROSS THIS STAGE.
GRACIOUS! FELT LIKE WE JUST FAST-FORWARDED TO, LIKE, THE END OF THE SEASON.
IT REALLY WAS THE BES OF THE KNOCKOUTS.
I HATE THIS PART OF THE SHOW.
OH, NO! Daly: IT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS OUR COACHES HAVE EVER FACED.
Christina: IT'S HIGH STAKES BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE A GREAT SINGER GO HOME.
Daly: EACH COACH WILL HAVE ONE FINAL STEAL CHRISTINA AGUILERA! SHE'S MINE! [ LAUGHS .]
Daly: TO MAKE THEIR TEAMS AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE.
YES! I'M LOOKING TO BRING TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS YES! A TEAM THAT IS LIKE NONE OTHER.
Daly: IN THE KNOCKOUTS, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THIS SHOW.
COME ON OUT.
Daly: THE FIGHT TO ADVANCE TO LIVE PLAYOFFS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
THIS SEASON, OUR COACHES HAVE BROUGHT IN SPECIAL ADVISER NATE RUESS TO HELP THEIR TEAMS IN THE KNOCKOUTS.
[ CHAIR SQUEAKS .]
OH, MY GOD.
DO YOU LIKE MY FARTING CHAIR? [ CHAIR SQUEAKING .]
I -- [ LAUGHS .]
FARTS AND WHISTLES.
GO.
Christina: NATE RUESS CAME IN LIKE A BALL OF FUN, NO PUN INTENDED.
YES! [ LAUGHS .]
NATE HAS AN INCREDIBLE VOCAL RANGE.
I KNEW THAT HE COULD RELATE AND GIVE GREAT ADVICE.
THAT WAS, LIKE, GENIUS MUSIC MAKING RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S A GREAT SONG.
WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE NITTY-GRITTY.
TO WIN THIS THING, YOU GOT TO KNOW HOW TO OWN THAT STAGE.
MY TEAM'S BURSTING AT THE SEAMS WITH FUTURE SUPERSTARS.
Daly: LET'S MEET CHRISTINA'S FIRST PAIRING OF THE NIGHT.
Christina: ASHLEY VERSUS SONIC I KNOW WILL BE AN INTERESTING PAIRING.
ASHLEY HAS AN AMAZING VOCAL, BUT SONIC OWNS HER STAGE PRESENCE.
IT'S REALLY ANYBODY'S GAME.
ME BEING DEAF IN MY RIGHT EAR, I STRUGGLE ON STAGE HEARING PITCH SOMETIMES AND KNOWING IF I'M IN THE RIGHT KEY.
BUT I GOT THROUGH AND I KEPT SINGING.
MONEY ON MY MIND MONEY ON MY MIND I DO IT FOR, I DO IT FOR Christina: I IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED WITH IT.
YOU REALLY TOOK ON A HUGE CHALLENGE.
CHRISTINA.
YES! CHRISTINA IS AWESOME.
SHE'S HELPED TREMENDOUSLY WITH ME HAVING, LIKE, A DISABILITY, BUT ALSO PUSHING THROUGH.
PUT THE TV UP LOUD AND SING THAT HOOK OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO BE LIKE, "NO, I GOT THIS.
" RIGHT.
Sonic: I WANT MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO BOND WITH CHRISTINA AND GROW AS AN ARTIST.
I'M DEFINITELY NOT READY FOR THAT TIME TO BE UP.
SUPER SONIC.
HEY! THIS IS NATE RUESS.
ALSO KNOWN AS PITBULL.
[ BOTH LAUGH .]
SEEING CHRISTINA AND NATE WAS SUPER AMAZING.
HI.
HOW ARE YOU? HE HAS WON GRAMMYS.
HE'S WORKED WITH, LIKE, PINK.
HE'S, LIKE, A LEAD SINGER OF AN AWESOME BAND.
AND A REAL WOMAN KNOWS A REAL MAN ALWAYS COMES FIRST I CHOSE "A WOMAN'S WORTH" BY ALICIA KEYS BECAUSE IT'S SUPER SULTRY.
PLE-E-E-E-E-ASE ME I REALLY LIKE TO SING R&B.
THIS SONG ALLOWS ME TO SHOWCASE WHO I AM AS AN ARTIST.
YOU CHOOSE SONGS, ACTUALLY, AND AD LIBS THAT ARE TRICKY.
[ VOCALIZES .]
COMING OFF OF IT, THOUGH, IT HIT, LIKE, A SOUR NOTE.
MM-HMM.
PRACTICE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AFTER THAT.
OKAY.
FOR ME, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO SEE YOU LOSE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT MORE WITHIN IT.
YOU'RE A NATURAL MOVER, AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO GREA ABOUT YOU.
BUT SOMETIMES, YOU GET INTO, LIKE, THE SASS OF THE SONG, AND YOU KEPT CLOSING YOUR MOUTH A LITTLE WITH YOUR SASS FACE.
[ LAUGHS .]
YEAH.
SASS FACE IS SOMETHING THAT I'M GONNA TRY AND ACCOMPLISH NOW.
[ BOTH LAUGH .]
SONIC NAILED IT.
HER STAGE PRESENCE, SHE'S GONNA EMBODY THE SONG PERFECTLY.
BUT I WONDER IF IT'S ENOUGH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, TO HOLD UP AGAINST ASHLEY'S BELTING VOICE.
BEFORE THE BLIND AUDITIONS, I WAS DOING DEMO SESSIONS FOR SONGWRITERS.
NOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE REALLY WORKING THE STAGE.
[ CHUCKLES .]
YOU WERE HITTING SOME NOTES, LET ME TELL YOU.
YES.
THAT WAS NO JOKE, ASHLEY.
IT JUST KEPT GETTING BETTER.
PHARRELL.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
ASHLEY, I WANT MORE PERSONABLE AND LESS PERFECTION.
ADELINE, HAVE MERCY YOU DON'T WANNA BREAK MY HEART Ashley: I LOST A BATTLE, BUT I GOT THREE STEALS.
Christina: YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE VOCALISTS THAT CAN TAKE THIS WHOLE COMPETITION.
CHRISTINA.
[ SCREAMS .]
Daly: CHRISTINA AGUILERA! YOU ARE PHENOMENAL.
SO NOW I NEED TO SHOW HER THAT SHE WAS RIGH IN WANTING TO STEAL ME.
YOUR LOVE IS LIKE TIDAL WAVE FOR MY KNOCKOUT, THE SONG I CHOSE IS "HEARTBREAKER" BY PAT BENATAR.
AND THIS IS, LIKE, A ROCK SONG.
IT'S A HUGE RANGE AND REALLY UPBEAT.
YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER DREAM MAKER ASHLEY -- SHE'S GOT SOMETHING INCREDIBLE.
DON'T YOU MESS AROUND WITH ME SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S BEEN ON TOUR FOR FOREVER.
YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER PERFORMANCE, I THINK SHE'S STILL LEARNING.
DREAM MAKER SHE'S GOT SOME COVER-BAND MOVES.
HEARTBREAKER I THINK NATE'S SPEECHLESS.
TOTES.
[ LAUGHS .]
Christina: PART OF WHAT SHE NEEDS TO WORK ON IS EMBRACING AN INDIVIDUAL STYLE OF HER OWN.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND ALSO AGGRESSIVE, WHICH IS TOUGH TO -- TO MIX THOSE TWO THINGS.
BUT TO -- TO ALSO PUT EMOTION INTO IT IS ANOTHER THING.
IT'S THE TIME TO DO THAT.
ROUGH IT UP.
LIKE HEARTBREAKER LIKE, PUT LIKE A -- MAYBE A RASP IN IT OR WHATEVER.
YOU'RE KIND OF JUST LIKE NO, NO, NO, NO LIKE, AND IT'S LIKE, I WANT TO HEAR MORE.
NO, NO, NO, NO NO, NO, NO, NO GO DOWN TO THE KNEE.
JUST MAKE -- LIKE, SINK YOUR TEETH INTO IT, YOU KNOW? VOCALLY, SHE'S HITTING IT.
PERSONALITY-WISE, I WANT TO SEE THE ANIMAL SIDE OF ASHLEY COME OUT.
YOU NEED TO, LIKE, REALLY, LIKE, PUT YOUR BODY INTO IT.
I MEAN, DON'T A FLORAL SKIRT, I DON'T THINK.
[ LAUGHS .]
NOW'S YOUR TIME TO, LIKE, BRING IT.
ASHLEY VERSUS SONIC, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE TWO OF THEM GO TOE-TO-TOE.
Ashley: NATE, PHARRELL, AND CHRISTINA TOLD ME TO BRING MORE EMOTION TO MY PERFORMANCES.
IF I DON'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REALLY BRING IN THAT RAW EMOTION, I COULD LOSE.
Sonic: I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT, AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO BRING MY OWN EXPERIENCE INTO MY PERFORMANCE.
THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME.
SINGING "HEARTBREAKER," HERE IS ASHLEY MORGAN.
YEAH.
YOUR LOVE IS LIKE A TIDAL WAVE SPINNING OVER MY HEAD DROWNIN' ME IN YOUR PROMISES BETTER LEFT UNSAID YOU'RE THE RIGH KIND OF SINNER TO RELEASE MY INNER FANTASY THE INVINCIBLE WINNER AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE BORN TO BE YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER, DREAM MAKER LOVE TAKER, DON'T YOU MESS AROUND WITH ME YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER, DREAM MAKER LOVE TAKER DON'T YOU MESS AROUND, NO, NO, NO YOUR LOVE HAS SET MY SOUL ON FIRE BURNIN' OUT OF CONTROL YOU TAUGHT ME THE WAYS OF DESIRE NOW IT'S TAKIN' ITS TOLL YOU'RE THE RIGH KIND OF SINNER TO RELEASE MY INNER FANTASY THE INVINCIBLE WINNER AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE BORN TO BE YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER, DREAM MAKER LOVE TAKER, DON'T YOU MESS AROUND WITH ME YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER, DREAM MAKER LOVE TAKER HEARTBREAKER [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
WITH "A WOMAN'S WORTH," HERE IS SONIC.
YOU CAN BUY ME DIAMONDS YOU CAN BUY ME PEARLS TAKE ME ON A CRUISE AROUND THE WORLD BABY, YOU KNOW I'M WORTH IT YEAH, DINNER LIT BY CANDLES RUN MY BUBBLE BATH MAKE LOVE TENDERLY TO LAST AND LAST BABY, YOU KNOW I'M WORTH IT OH GONNA LOSE IF YOU CHOOSE TO REFUSE TO PUT HER FIRST SHE WILL AND SHE CAN FIND A MAN WHO KNOWS HER WORTH OHH 'CAUSE A REAL MAN KNOWS A REAL WOMAN WHEN HE SEES HER AND A REAL WOMAN KNOWS A REAL MAN AIN'T AFRAID TO PLEASE HER JUST HEAR THIS SONG 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WHEN YOU VALUE, VALUE SEE OHH 'CAUSE A REAL MAN KNOWS A REAL WOMAN WHEN HE SEES HER YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' LIKE A WOMAN SHE KNOWS A REAL MAN AIN'T AFRAID TO PLEASE AND A REAL WOMAN KNOWS A REAL MAN ALWAYS COMES FIRST AND A REAL MAN CAN'T DENY A WOMAN'S WORTH OHH, OOH, OH [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
Daly: GIVE IT UP FOR SONIC AND ASHLEY IN A KNOCKOUT ROUND.
TRYING TO MOVE ON FOR TEAM CHRISTINA.
PHARRELL, ASHLEY'S FORMER COACH, WHAT'D YOU THINK? MAN, ASHLEY, YOU RAN THROUGH THAT SONG LIKE IT WAS A RACETRACK.
IT WAS JUST SO CLEAN.
SONIC, YOURS WAS GREAT, TOO.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE CREATIVE LIBERTIES THAT YOU TOOK IN THE SONG, LIKE THAT ONE "CAN'T DENY," THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING NOTE.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
ALL RIGHT.
ADAM? ASHLEY, YOU BARELY USE ANY VIBRATO IN YOUR VOICE.
BUT IT'S SO POWERFUL AND SO ON-KEY.
SONIC, I-IT WAS A GREAT CHOICE FOR YOU BECAUSE, HONESTLY, YOU CHOSE KIND OF THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
THIS WILL BOIL DOWN TO CHRISTINA AND WHAT SHE WANTS.
WHAT A GIRL WANTS [ LAUGHTER .]
YOU TOOK IT THERE.
Christina: JUST THREW IT IN THERE.
Adam: YOU TOOK IT -- YOU TOOK IT THERE, YEAH.
I DID.
THANKS, ADAM.
BLAKE? Blake: ASHLEY, THAT WAS REALLY POWERFUL.
I MEAN, THE FAC THAT YOU HIT THOSE NOTES AND YOU LET THEM SAIL, IT TAKES A LO OF CONFIDENCE TO DO THA AND A LOT OF TALENT.
FOR SOME REASON, SONIC SEEMS MORE IN CHRISTINA'S WHEELHOUSE TO ME.
WHY IS THAT? I GUESS I'M COMPARING IT, THE WAY SHE APPROACHES SINGING, MORE TO YOUR STYLE.
I MEAN, SHE THROWS IN SOME RUNS HMM.
WHAT STYLE IS THAT? AND SOME -- [ LAUGHTER .]
THE STYLE OF AWESOME.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY? OH.
THE STYLE OF AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S A GOOD STYLE.
THAT'S A GOOD STYLE.
[ LAUGHS .]
Daly: THANK YOU, COACH.
CHRISTINA, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO YOU.
ASHLEY, YOUR ABILITY IS SO GREAT.
I MEAN, YOU REALLY CAN -- YOU'RE JUST LIKE, "HIT THAT NOTE.
BAM.
" AND YOU -- YOU GO FOR I AND YOU HIT IT, ASHLEY.
I STILL THINK YOU CAN JUST REALLY LET IT LOOSE AND GO WILD.
AND I KNEW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SONIC DOES VERY WELL.
SONIC, YOU TAKE CHANCES, AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT YOU.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU RUN THE RISK OF, LIKE, "LET'S TRY SOMETHING" AND GO FOR A NOTE, BUT THEN IT COULD FALL SHORT, WHERE ASHLEY HAS THA AS HER STRENGTH.
REALLY GREAT PERFORMANCE TODAY FROM BOTH OF YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
Daly: TOUGH ONE, CHRISTINA.
WHO IS THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT? AY-YI-YI.
[ AUDIENCE SHOUTING .]
MY TRUE HEART OF HEARTS IS TELLING ME I HAVE TO GO WITH SONIC.
SONIC'S GONNA TAKE IT.
WINNER OF THE KNOCKOUT ROUND, MOVING ON TO THE LIVE PLAYOFF REPRESENTING CHRISTINA AGUILERA.
THAT WAS AWESOME.
SONIC IS FEARLESS.
AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S OKAY WITH TAKING RISKS, AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT HER.
[ LAUGHS .]
I REALLY STRUGGLE UP THERE TO HEAR MYSELF AND TO BE ON PITCH.
AND TO HEAR CHRISTINA SAY THAT I WAS SPOT-ON WAS LIKE -- IT MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME.
I MEAN, I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE HERE, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO LIVES.
LIKE, IT'S NOT REAL.
ALL RIGHT, COACHES, LET ME REMIND YOU, ASHLEY IS AVAILABLE TO STEAL.
ASHLEY, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO YOUR COACH? I AM COMPLETELY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND EVEN MORE GRATEFUL THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH PHARRELL AND CHRISTINA.
I'M GONNA TAKE THAT WITH ME AND KEEP DOING MUSIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Daly: A BIG THANK YOU.
ASHLEY MORGAN, EVERYBODY.
Christina: I THINK THAT ASHLEY HAS SOME GROWING TO DO.
SHE COULD HAVE HAD A SHOWSTOPPER PERFORMANCE, AND SHE JUST FELL A LITTLE BIT SHORT.
Pharrell: EVERY TIME YOU SING, WE SEE MORE AND MORE AND MORE OF WHO YOU ARE.
THAT'S ALL ANYONE IS WAITING FOR, OKAY? BYE, SWEETIE.
GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU.
Adam: I HAVEN'T USED MY STEAL.
THERE'S A LOT OF SINGERS THAT ARE REALLY TALENTED.
IT'S A TOUGH COMPETITION.
YOU'VE GOT A SOLID TEAM.
I'M VERY EXCITED.
YEAH.
AWESOME JOB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OH, MY GOD.
LIKE, SERIOUSLY, I'VE SEEN YOU GROW SO MUCH IN THIS COMPETITION SO FAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MAN, YOU'RE GONNA KILL THE LIVES.
DO IT! Daly: COMING UP MATT, WHAT DO YOU THINK? "VOICE" ALUM MATT McANDREW MAKES A SURPRISE VISIT.
[ GASPS .]
AAH! AND LATER, OUR SUPERSTAR COACHES HAVE SOMETHING BIG UP YOUR SLEEVE.
Daly: AND ADVISER I'D RATHER BE MOVED BY SOMETHING THAN BE IMPRESSED.
Daly: PREPARE THE ARTISTS TO GIVE THE BES KNOCKOUT PERFORMANCES IN "VOICE" HISTORY.
YOU MAKE ME FEEL CRUSHED IT.
Daly: AND IT HAS OUR COACHES RUNNING WILD.
COME ON, BLAKE! STEAL! THIS IS "THE VOICE" Daly: WELCOME BACK TO NIGHT ONE OF THE KNOCKOUTS.
Blake: MY STRATEGY AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT THE BEST TEAM I CAN POSSIBLY HAVE, NO MATTER WHAT GENRE.
THESE ARTISTS KNOW THAT THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES.
THIS IS THE LAST STEP BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
Daly: LET'S MEET THE FIRS PAIRING OF THE KNOCKOUTS FROM TEAM BLAKE.
Blake: COME ON OUT HERE, PEOPLE! SARAH.
OH, COME ON, MAN! Sarah: BRIAN IS GOING TO BE HARD TO BEAT.
HIS VOICE IS JUST SO SMOOTH, AND HE CAN DO ANYTHING.
I'M REALLY SURPRISED.
I AM, TOO.
SARAH IS A ROCKER, AND SHE DOES MUSIC FOR A LIVING.
SO I'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF ME.
Blake: I PAIRED BRIAN VERSUS SARAH BECAUSE THESE TWO SINGERS ARE SO POWERFUL THAT, HONESTLY, IT JUST WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO PAIR THEM AGAINST ANY OTHER VOCALIST.
Daly: LET'S CHECK IN WITH BLAKE AND ADVISER NATE RUESS AS THEY AWAI BLAKE'S FIRST ARTIST.
DID YOU BORROW THAT T-SHIR FROM ADAM? NO.
WHY? DOES THIS -- DOES THIS HAVE, LIKE, AN ADAM VIBE? DID YOU STRETCH IT OUT OR -- THIS WAS MADE THAT WAY.
IT DOES LOOK GOOD ON YOU.
I JUST NOTICED A SIMILARITY.
Nate: I'M LIKE A MASSIVE BLAKE SHELTON FAN.
HE'S A GREAT COACH.
I THINK IT COMES FROM BEING A GREAT DUDE.
WHAT'S UP? THIS IS MY BUDDY NATE RUESS.
IT'S SO GOOD TO MEET YOU, MAN.
YEAH, YOU TOO, MAN.
I PUT MUSIC ON HOLD BECAUSE OF MY DAD.
HE HAS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
SO, TRYING OUT FOR "THE VOICE" JUST GAVE ME THIS HUGE OPPORTUNITY.
Adam: WATCHING HOW YOU PERFORMED IN A REALLY ENGAGING, EMOTIONAL WAY WOW, BRIAN.
I LOOK FOR UNIQUE PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAN ON MY TEAM.
BLAKE.
YES! IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE WORKING WITH BLAKE.
FEELS LIKE I'M KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR WHEN YOU ENTER INTO A PERFORMANCE VOCALLY, IT GRABS YOU.
Blake: BRIAN IS INCREDIBLE.
I WANT TO JUST KEEP PUSHING HIM UNTIL AMERICA STARTS TO REALIZE, "MAN, THIS GUY'S UNBELIEVABLE.
" WHAT SONG YOU GONNA BE DOING FOR US? "NOTHING EVER HURT LIKE YOU" BY JAMES MORRISON.
WHY EXACTLY DID YOU CHOOSE THAT SONG? IF I WERE TO GO TO THE STUDIO TOMORROW TO SEE, LIKE, WHAT TYPE OF ALBUM I CAN DO, I WOULD SAY JAMES MORRISON.
I'VE DONE TWO SLOWER SONGS.
THIS SONG IS UPBEAT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN MOVE AROUND STAGE WITH.
WALK A THOUSAND MILES ON BROKEN GLASS IT WON'T STOP ME Blake: BRIAN NEEDS TO BE SHOWING ALL OF US JUST HOW DYNAMIC AND RANGY HE CAN BE.
THAT'S WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE.
NOTHING EVER HURT LIKE YOU WHEW.
KILLER.
I THOUGH YOU WERE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
YOU GOT A LITTLE BI OF THIS HUSKINESS, AND IT -- IT'S VERY NATURAL.
YOU COULD STAND TO JUST PUSH OU A LITTLE BIT MORE SOLID AIR AND SOLID NOTES RIGHT THERE.
Brian: YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOUR PITCH WAS JUST A LITTLE OFF.
I'D RATHER HEAR SOMEONE WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO GO FROM HUSKY TO DIREC THAN SOMEONE WHO CAN GO YOU KNOW [WARBLES.]
LIKE, ALL OVER THE PLACE.
YEAH.
I CAN'T DO THAT, SO CAN YOU? I CAN'T EVEN DO WHAT YOU JUST DID.
[ LAUGHTER .]
DUDE, I THINK IT'S REFRESHING TO HEAR YOU DO SOMETHING FUN AND UP-TEMPO.
YEAH, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SINGING IN THIS KNOCKOUT ROUND AGAINST SARAH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S CAPABLE OF.
I THINK IT'S A SOLID CHOICE, BUT HE'S DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE TO TAKE I AND ADD SOME THINGS TO I TO COMPETE WITH SOMEBODY LIKE SARAH.
I CAN'T STRESS TO YOU ENOUGH TO INTERJECT SOME DYNAMICS INTO IT.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE SAFE.
ABSOLUTELY.
TO BE GIVEN THIS CHANCE TO BE HERE IS LIFE-CHANGING.
I WAS ALWAYS JUST A STRUGGLING ARTIST.
I SLEPT IN THE VAN.
I PLAYED 300 SHOWS A YEAR.
TONIGH YOU BETTER STAY WITH ME AND THEN TO GO OUT ON THE STAGE AND TURN FOUR CHAIRS WAS JUST BEYOND VALIDATING.
I REALLY THINK WE HAVE A CONNECTION HERE.
I PICK BLAKE.
YEAH! I'VE NEVER GOTTEN A CHANCE IN EIGHT SEASONS OF DOING THIS SHOW TO WORK WITH AN ARTIS LIKE SARAH.
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO LOVE YOU I PICKED "WASTED LOVE" BY MATT McANDREW.
HAS ANYBODY SEEN ALL MY WASTED LOVE? I CHOSE THIS SONG BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I WERE HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS AND THEN WE HAD THIS BREAKUP FOR LIKE SIX YEARS.
WHEN WE GOT BACK TOGETHER, IT WAS MAGICAL.
THAT WAS MY WASTED LOVE.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PERFORMED IN THE FINALE OF THE SHOW LAST YEAR, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO MAKE THIS 100% YOUR OWN.
YEAH, HIS WAS A LITTLE MORE ROOTSY.
I KIND OF WANTED TO BE A LITTLE MORE LIKE A ROCK BALLAD.
VAN MORRISON IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE ARTIST OF ALL TIME, AND HE CLOSES HIS EYES AND HE JUST -- HE KIND OF SINKS INTO IT.
AND THERE'S A CONVICTION THERE.
WE JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU BELIEVE I AS MUCH AS WE THINK THAT YOU DO.
SHE COULD REALLY SET HERSELF UP TO BE A LEADER OF THE PACK IF SHE DOES A GREAT JOB OF THIS THING.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT MATT THINKS.
WHO? MATT, WHAT DO YOU THINK? [ GASPS .]
AAH! IT'S MATT! IT'S THE SEXY NERD! OH, MY GOD.
GET OUT! SOUNDS GREAT.
YOU SOUND AWESOME.
MATT McANDREW IS MY FAVORITE "VOICE" CONTESTANT OF ALL TIME.
THERE'S SUCH A NICE BUILD THAT SHE HAS GOING INTO THE END.
I WOULD -- I-I WOULD SAY MAYBE JUST STAR A LITTLE BIT MORE DELICATELY.
JUST HAVE FUN WITH IT.
IT SOUNDS REALLY GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAN.
SOUNDS AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT.
HEY, YOU ARE A SEXY NERD.
HE'S AMERICA'S SEXIEST NERD.
[ LAUGHS .]
Blake: FOR SARAH AND BRIAN, THIS KNOCKOUT'S GONNA COME DOWN TO WHOEVER CAN SHOW THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR POWER.
IT WAS SO GREA TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PART OF ME REGRETS HAVING TO PAIR THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER.
BUT I KNOW IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
Daly: IT'S THE NIGH OF THEIR KNOCKOUT, AND BRIAN AND SARAH ARRIVE AT THE STAGE.
Sarah: TO BE ONE PERFORMANCE AWAY FROM THE TOP 20, IT'S VERY CRITICAL FOR ME TO SHOW MY SENSITIVE SIDE AND NOT JUST TO BE THE TOUGH ROCKER.
Brian: I'M DOING AN UPBEAT SONG.
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SIDE OF ME.
IT'S TAKING A RISK, FOR SURE.
I'M GONNA GET OUT THERE AND I'M GONNA SHOW BLAKE WHY HE SHOULD PICK ME.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
SINGING "NOTHING EVER HURT LIKE YOU," HERE IS BRIAN JOHNSON.
OOH LOVING YOU IS EASY PLAYING BY THE RULES BUT YOU SAID LOVE TASTES SO MUCH BETTER WHEN IT'S CRUEL OH, YEAH.
YEAH.
TO YOU EVERYTHING WAS JUST A GAME AND, OOH, YEAH, YOU PLAYED ME GOOD BUT I WANT YOU, I WANT YOU I WANT YOU SO MUCH MORE THAN I SHOULD YES, I DO, OH I'VE GOT MY HANDS UP, SO TAKE YOUR AIM YES, I'M READY OH, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T GET THROUGH OH, IT HIT ME LIKE A STEEL FREIGHT TRAIN WHEN YOU LEFT ME AND NOTHING EVER HUR LIKE YOU NOTHING EVER HURT LIKE YOU OH, WHOA, YEAH I'VE GOT MY HANDS UP, SO TAKE YOUR AIM YES, I'M READY OH, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T GET THROUGH OH, IT HIT ME LIKE A HURRICANE WHEN YOU LEFT ME BUT I'LL DO IT ALL AGAIN FOR YOU WALK A THOUSAND MILES ON BROKEN GLASS IT WON'T STOP ME OH, AND NOTHING EVER HUR LIKE YOU AND NOTHING EVER HUR LIKE YOU [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
OH, YEAH.
CRUSHED IT.
I'LL TAKE THA ALL DAY LONG.
COME ON, SARAH! WHOO! Daly: COMING UP SAVE ME Daly: SARAH TAKES THE STAGE TO FIGH FOR A SPOT ON BLAKE'S TEAM.
DAMN.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY EVEN.
YOU BOTH BLEW PEOPLE AWAY.
AND STILL TO COME, THE COMPETITION IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND OUR COACHES ARE PULLING OUT THE STEALS.
YES! WE GOT A STEAL! RIGHT THERE! THIS IS "THE VOICE" WITH "WASTED LOVE," HERE IS SARAH POTENZA.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, WASTED LOVE SO I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO LOVE YOU NO MORE I GUESS I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO CARE I HELD YOU SO CLOSE, NOW I'M HOLDING A GHOST HOW CAN LOVE JUST DISAPPEAR? AND WHERE DOES IT GO WHEN IT'S OVER? I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMEWHERE OUT HERE HAS ANYBODY SEEN ALL MY WASTED LOVE? I'VE BEEN DOWN EVERY STREET NO, I WON'T GIVE UP KNOCKING DOWN DOORS, I'M POUNDING THE PAVEMENT LIE AT YOUR MERCY, SOMEBODY SAVE ME SAVE ME, OH HAS ANYBODY SEEN ALL MY WASTED LOVE? I'VE BEEN DOWN EVERY STREET AND YOU KNOW I WON'T, I WON'T GIVE UP IF I HAVE TO DIE, LET ME TESTIFY THAT'S HOW IT'S GONNA BE HAS ANYBODY SEEN ALL MY WASTED LOVE? BRING IT BACK TO ME ALL MY WASTED LOVE [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
Daly: THAT IS BRIAN AND SARAH IN A KNOCKOUT FOR TEAM BLAKE.
YEAH! CHRISTINA? YOU GUYS BOTH DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
BRIAN, I THOUGHT YOU PUT FORTH A GREAT PERFORMANCE.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE SUCH GREAT ENERGY.
SARAH, I ACTUALLY ENJOYED YOUR VERSES MORE THAN I DID EVEN WHEN YOU WENT UP TO YOUR HIGH NOTES TODAY.
IT HAD JUST THIS REALLY COOL, AIRY TONE.
YOU'RE LIVING WHEN YOU SING.
GREAT JOB, BOTH OF YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHRISTINA.
PHARRELL? BRIAN, I THINK YOU REALLY SURPRISED ME.
AND THERE WAS THIS ONE AD LIB THAT HE DID THAT I JUST THOUGHT, "WOW, HE'S HITTING THA SO MASTERFULLY.
" THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WHICH TAKES ME TO SARAH.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE EXPECTS FOR YOU TO BELT THE WAY YOU DO UNLESS THEY'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU CLOSED THE SONG, IT WAS SUPER SOF AND IT WAS SUPER GRACEFUL.
THIS IS A TOUGH KNOCKOU FOR BLAKE.
ADAM.
FIRST OF ALL, SARAH SINGING "WASTED LOVE," MATT McANDREW, THAT'S MY MAN OVER THERE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
AMAZING JOB.
IT'S SUCH A GREAT SONG, AND YOU DO IT SO MUCH JUSTICE, AND YOU'RE INCREDIBLY SOULFUL.
AND, UH, DAMN, BRIAN.
HONESTLY, LIKE, THE APPROACH WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I WOULD SAY THIS UNBELIEVABLY EVEN.
I REFUSE TO GIVE BLAKE ANY HELP 'CAUSE THAT'S JUS WHO I AM.
BLAKE, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? YOU BOTH BLEW PEOPLE AWAY.
BRIAN, YOU TOLD ME THAT JAMES MORRISON WOULD BE THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO, AND IT WAS EVIDEN SINGING THAT SONG.
YEAH.
AND SARAH WAS TELLING ME THAT WHENEVER YOU HEARD MAT SING THIS SONG AND -- AND IT JUST BROUGHT HER BACK TO A PLACE IN HER LIFE THAT SHE FELT THAT WAY ABOUT HER HUSBAND, AND THAT WAS EVIDENT, TOO, SARAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S ARTISTRY.
WHEN YOU TAKE THESE THINGS THAT MOVE YOU AND YOU PUT THEM INTO MOTION YOURSELF, THAT'S A BIG DEAL, YOU TWO.
BLAKE, WHO IS THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT? [ AUDIENCE SHOUTING .]
THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT IS SARAH.
SARAH, WINNER OF THE KNOCKOUT ROUND, MOVING ON TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS.
CONGRATULATIONS, SARAH.
Blake: I CHOSE SARAH JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOBODY ELSE LIKE HER IN THIS COMPETITION.
THERE'S NOBODY LIKE SARAH IN THE WORLD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GREAT JOB, BUDDY.
AAH! SARAH, YOU DID IT.
I DID IT, DAD.
I DID IT.
YOU DID IT.
I DID IT.
[ LAUGHS .]
Daly: ALL RIGHT, COACHES.
LET ME REMIND YOU, BRIAN IS AVAILABLE TO STEAL.
BRIAN, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO YOUR COACH? OH, THERE IT IS! ADAM LEVINE STEALS BRIAN FROM TEAM BLAKE.
YES! WELCOME BACK.
Adam: YOU'RE RIDICULOUS.
YOU SHOULD BE IN THIS COMPETITION 100%.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
100%.
GO SAY HI TO YOUR NEW COACH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
Adam: BRIAN'S VOICE IS AMAZING.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE KIND OF GUY WHO CAN REALLY SURPRISE PEOPLE IN THE LIVE SHOWS.
I AM SO HAPPY.
THIS DUDE IS -- TIP OF THE ICEBERG, MAN.
WE'RE GONNA GET INTO IT.
YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY, BRO.
Daly: COMING UP USE THE PROFICIENCY THAT YOU HAVE TO BE POWERFUL YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
RATHER THAN DO MORE NOTES.
Daly: ADAM AND NATE PUSH TWO ARTISTS IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE I TO THIS SPACE, THEY'RE GONNA TURN ON YOU.
Daly: TO GIVE STANDOUT PERFORMANCES.
I WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER AND ONCE YOU CALL THIS NAME Daly: AND LATER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THIS SHOW.
Daly: A KNOCKOU LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN.
COME ON OUT.
THIS IS "THE VOICE" Daly: WELCOME BACK.
NO, YOU USE YOUR WHOLE BODY.
I'M NOT LETTING THESE ARMPITS GO.
Adam: IT'S SO COOL THAT NATE'S DOING IT.
HE'S A FRIEND, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT IN COMMON, BOTH BEING IN BANDS.
AND IT'S THE PERFECT MATCH BECAUSE I JUST HAVE A BLAS WITH THE GUY.
DUDE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
TEAM ADAM'S GOOD.
YOU KNOW, SO KNOCKOUTS, TO ME, IT'S THE MOST CRUCIAL TIME IN THE SHOW 'CAUSE THEY'RE CHOOSING THE SONG THAT THEY WANT TO SING.
AND TO SEE THAT FROM THEM NOW IS A VERY TELLING AND EDUCATIONAL THING FOR ME.
I GET TO SEE, "OH, THIS IS WHERE YOUR HEAD'S AT.
" I PAIRED CLINTON AND NATHAN 'CAUSE CLINTON'S GO A VERY POWERFUL VOICE AND NATHAN IS VERY SMOOTH AND PRECISE.
AND THEY CAN BOTH BE PUSHED TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.
I'M NATHAN.
I'M NATE.
WHAT A GREAT NAME.
[ Laughing .]
OH, YEAH, THAT'S AN AWESOME NAME.
YEAH, YOU SE-- YOU SEEM LIKE A GREAT PERSON ALREADY.
YOU'RE PROBABLY AMAZING.
I REALLY LOOK UP TO NATE AND HIS BAND, FUN.
IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH SUCH A TALENTED ARTIST.
I'M ONLY 17, SO I FEEL REALLY BLESSED TO BE HERE.
RIGHT NOW, I'M A HIGH-SCHOOL SENIOR, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ME TO GO TO COLLEGE.
HE'S A GEEKY BOY.
OH, IT'S SUCH A SURE THI-I-I-NG AND "THE VOICE" HAS GIVEN ME A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF MUSIC.
Adam: THE SMOOTHEST RUN THAT I'VE HEARD.
YOU'RE UNBELIEVABLE.
I PICK ADAM.
YES.
NATHAN'S GONNA MOVE ON TO THE KNOCKOUTS.
Adam: NATHAN'S BETTER THAN HE REALIZES.
BUT HE NEEDS TO EMERGE EVEN MORE FOR THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS.
Nathan: ADAM GIVES ME HIGHER EXPECTATIONS OF MYSELF, AND I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW FAR I CAN GO.
WE SIT IN BARS AND RAISE OUR DRINKS TO GROWING OLD FOR THE KNOCKOUTS, I CHOSE "LEAVE YOUR LOVER" BECAUSE SAM SMITH IS VERY EMOTIONAL WITH HIS SINGING, AND ADAM ALWAYS STRESSED THAT I NEED TO OPEN UP MORE.
JUST LEAVE YOUR LOVER LEAVE HIM FOR ME Nathan: I'VE BEEN IN LOVE.
I MEAN, I'M 17, SO I DON' REALLY KNOW IF IT'S LOVE.
LEAVE HIM FOR ME BUT I THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THIS SONG.
I THINK IT'S A GREA SONG CHOICE, FIRST OF ALL.
THERE'S ONE THING I WOULD SAY TECHNICALLY.
REALLY GET DOWN WITH THE FALSETTO.
GET THE PITCH OF THOSE NICE AND RAZOR-SHARP.
AND YOU GOT TO OPEN IT UP A LITTLE MORE.
Adam: I GOT TO BUST NATHAN OUT OF HIS SHELL.
HE STILL SINGS AFRAID.
I WOULD ALSO SAY, LIKE, IF I'M PERFORMING A CONCERT, IF YOU'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE I TO THIS SPACE LIKE, THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST, LIKE, SAD.
THEY'RE GONNA TURN ON YOU AND THEY'RE GONNA HATE YOU.
[ BOTH LAUGH .]
Nathan: THE BIGGEST THING I NEED TO WORK ON IS JUST GIVING IT MY ALL ON STAGE AND BECOMING A PERFORMER.
CLINTON'S VERY EXPERIENCED, SO I JUST HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET THERE.
Clinton: BEFORE "THE VOICE," I WAS WORKING A 9:00-TO-5:00 IN NEW YORK CITY AND THEN DOING MUSIC ON THE SIDE.
FOR THE BLINDS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA TURNED FOR ME.
YOU HAVE A MAGICAL TONE.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING.
MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU TO HAVE THE BATTLES PLAY OU THE WAY THAT IT DID Daly: INDIA MOVES ON Clinton: INDIA AND I BOTH WON.
Daly: ADAM LEVINE! PHARRELL'S IN ON THE STEAL! Adam: YOU ARE EXTREMELY CONFIDENT, AND THAT'S WHY I PRESSED MY BUTTON.
IT FELT REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
I PICK ADAM.
YEAH! I WILL ABSOLUTELY BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOT FROM ADAM.
YOU KNOW I'D FALL APART FOR THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS, I'M SINGING "WANTED" BY HUNTER HAYES.
'CAUSE I JUST WANNA WRAP YOU UP WE'RE VERY R&B HEAVY ON ADAM'S TEAM, SO ME BEING FROM ARKANSAS, I FELT LIKE IF I WERE PICKING SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE BI MORE COUNTRY, I WOULD STAND OUT.
I WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON MY TEAM.
YOUR ABILITY IS OFF THE CHARTS.
BUT USE THE PROFICIENCY THAT YOU HAVE TO BE POWERFUL Nate: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
RATHER THAN DO MORE NOTES.
Adam: I THINK CLINTON'S BADASS.
PRETTY AMAZING TO GO FROM "STAY" BY RIHANNA TO COUNTRY MUSIC.
IT SHOWS THE DIVERSE RANGE THAT HE'S GOT.
WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL WANTED THAT WAS BETTER.
I'LL MAKE YOU FEEL WANTED LIKE, YOU GOT TO SING THA AND WORRY LESS ABOUT THE SAUCE.
THE POWER IS SO MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL THAN FLUTTER.
I-I'D RATHER BE MOVED BY SOMETHING THAN BE IMPRESSED BY SOMETHING.
OKAY.
Adam: TO WIN THIS KNOCKOUT, CLINTON NEEDS TO REIN IT IN, NATHAN NEEDS TO LET IT OUT.
THIS IS A REALLY GOOD INSIGH INTO WHAT THEY WAN TO ACCOMPLISH MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S A HUGE THING.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, CRUCIAL TIME OF THE COMPETITION.
WITH "WANTED," HERE IS CLINTON WASHINGTON.
YOU KNOW I'D FALL APAR WITHOUT YOU I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO WHAT YOU DO 'CAUSE EVERYTHING THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE ABOUT ME MAKES SENSE WHEN I'M WITH YOU 'CAUSE I WANNA WRAP YOU UP, WANNA KISS YOUR LIPS AND I WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL WANTED AS GOOD AS YOU MAKE ME FEEL I WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER BETTER THAN YOUR FAIRY TALES BETTER THAN YOUR BEST DREAMS YOU'RE MORE THAN EVERYTHING I NEED YOU'RE ALL I EVER WANTED ALL I EVER WANTED 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA WRAP YOU UP WANNA KISS YOUR LIPS I WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL WANTED AND, BABY, I WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL WANTED [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
WHOO! NICE.
Daly: COMING UP LEAVE YOUR LOVER Daly: NATHAN GIVES IT HIS ALL TO MOVE ON TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS, LEAVING ADAM WITH A GUT-WRENCHING DECISION.
Adam: I GOT TO GO WITH MY HEART.
THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT IS AND LATER, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, PHARRELL PUTS THREE OF HIS BEST TOGETHER FOR AN EPIC KNOCKOUT.
Pharrell: NONE OF YOU GUYS SHOULD BE GOING HOME.
IT MAKES THIS DECISION VERY, VERY, VERY TOUGH.
THIS IS "THE VOICE" Daly: WELCOME BACK TO THE KNOCKOUTS.
WITH "LEAVE YOUR LOVER," HERE IS NATHAN HERMIDA.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO GIVE BUT I DON'T CARE FOR GOLD WHAT USE IS MONEY WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD? PACK UP AND LEAVE EVERYTHING DON'T YOU SEE WHAT I CAN BRING LEAVE YOUR LOVER LEAVE HIM FOR ME WE SIT IN BARS AND RAISE OUR DRINKS TO GROWING OLD OH, I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU BUT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE ENDLESS NIGHTS THE RHYMING OF THE RAIN OR HOW IT FEELS TO FALL BEHIND AND WATCH YOU CALL HIS NAME PACK UP AND LEAVE EVERYTHING DON'T YOU SEE WHAT I CAN BRING? I CAN'T KEEP THIS BEATING HEART AT BAY SET MY MIDNIGHT SORROW FREE I WILL GIVE YOU ALL OF ME LEAVE YOUR LOVER LEAVE HIM FOR ME [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
Daly: NATHAN AND CLINTON.
THERE IT IS.
WOW.
BLAKE SHELTON, LET'S START WITH YOU.
ADAM, YOUR TEAM DOESN'T SUCK, MAN.
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
THANK YOU? [ LAUGHTER .]
CLINTON, YOU JUST HAVE THIS STRENGTH IN YOUR VOICE.
YOU ATTACK THE VOCAL.
I LOVED EVERY BIT OF IT.
AND NATHAN JUST SANG A DUE WITH HIMSELF.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH INTO THAT FALSETTO IS -- IT WAS COOL.
AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG.
BOTH OF THESE GUYS ARE REALLY GOOD, MAN.
LET'S GO TO CLINTON'S FORMER COACH, CHRISTINA.
CLINTON, ADAM WAS A GREAT COACH FOR YOU TO SORT OF REIN IN SOME OF THE AD LIBS.
AND I CAN SEE YOUR GROWTH.
NATHAN, REALLY GREAT EFFOR BECAUSE THAT WAS A REALLY CHALLENGING SONG TO SING.
AND THERE WERE SOME PITCH THINGS.
EVEN IF CLINTON WASN'T ON MY TEAM, I WOULD HAVE GONE WITH HIM, BUT, UM, I LIKED YOUR COURAGEOUSNESS.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, CHRISTINA.
PHARRELL.
Pharrell: I AGREE.
THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SONG TO SONG.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE PROVEN YOUR WORTHINESS TO REMAIN HERE.
CLINTON, I THINK YOUR PERFORMANCE IS JUST SO ACCURATE.
THERE'S TWO SINGERS ON THAT STAGE THAT HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
THANKS, GUYS.
IT'S THAT GOOD.
CLINTON, I JUST MET YOU.
YOU'RE DOING A HUNTER HAYES SONG, AND IT'S JUS VERY DIFFERENT.
SO, I LOVED SEEING THAT VERSATILITY.
THERE WAS SOME -- A COUPLE LITTLE POCKET THINGS.
BUT REALLY, REALLY GOOD PERFORMANCE.
AND THEN THERE'S NATHAN.
YOU FINALLY OPENED UP TO THIS AUDIENCE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
ADAM, WHO'S THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT? [ AUDIENCE SHOUTING .]
I GOT TO GO WITH MY HEART.
THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOU IS NATHAN.
NATHAN MOVES ON.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE LIVE PLAYOFFS REPRESENTING TEAM ADAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Adam: I AM SO PROUD THA HE WAS ABLE TO COME OUT HERE AND GIVE A REALLY ENGAGING PERFORMANCE.
IT WASN'T AS TECHNICALLY IMPRESSIVE AS CLINTON, BUT IT SPOKE TO A DIFFERENT PAR OF MYSOUL, REALLY.
I REALLY, REALLY WANTED THIS GOING INTO THIS, AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF.
WHOO-HOO! ALL RIGHT, COACHES, LET ME REMIND YOU, CLINTON IS AVAILABLE TO STEAL.
CLINTON, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO ADAM? Clinton: THIS HAS HONESTLY BEEN A WONDERFUL JOURNEY.
THANK YOU BOTH, ADAM AND CHRISTINA.
GIVE IT UP FOR CLINTON WASHINGTON, EVERYBODY! Christina: I WAS SO SHOCKED BY THE MOMEN THAT STEALING CLINTON PASSED ME BY BEFORE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
CLINTON, WHAT'S HAPPENING? BUT I REALLY HOPE HE MOVES FORWARD, TAKING ON THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE'S GAINED FROM BOTH ADAM AND I.
MY NATHAN! WE MADE IT! HE'S MY BOY! [ LAUGHTER .]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU KNOW WHY YOU WON THAT KNOCKOUT ROUND? 'CAUSE YOU SHOWED YOUR HEAR TO EVERYBODY.
VERY PROUD OF YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
HEY, NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS.
AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT.
GET READY FOR MORE WORK.
I KNOW.
YOU READY? ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
YEAH.
OH, MY GOD! THAT'S ADAM.
HE'S SO HANDSOME! 'CAUSE I SHAKE -- I'M NOT GONNA WASH MY HANDS.
[ LAUGHTER .]
Daly: COMING UP I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR Daly: A "VOICE" FIRST THREE TEAMMATES WILL ALL GO HEAD-TO-HEAD YOU AND I COLLIDE Daly: BUT ONLY TWO WILL MOVE ON TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS.
THIS IS A VERY RARE CIRCUMSTANCE, AND IT MAKES THIS DECISION VERY, VERY, VERY TOUGH.
THIS IS "THE VOICE" Daly: WELCOME BACK TO THE KNOCKOUTS.
IT'S COOL, RIGHT? YEAH, FANTASTIC.
IT'S AWESOME.
NATE IS A MASTERFUL SONGWRITER, AND HE'S A BRILLIANT PERFORMER.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
I'M -- I'M ALREADY JUST GONNA JUMP ON TEAM PHARRELL.
JUST GONNA BANDWAGON I TO THE TOP.
GENRE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HE'S CONSTRICTED BY.
AND THE SHOW IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM.
WITH THIS GUY ON MY TEAM? [ CHUCKLES .]
YOU KNOW, I-I'LL FILL IN IF I HAVE TO.
MAN.
WE'D LOVE THAT.
I'M LOOKING TO BRING TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS A TEAM THAT IS LIKE NONE OTHER, PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFEREN AND PROUD OF WHAT THEY ARE.
HEY, GUYS.
OH, MAN.
Mia: SAWYER IS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE.
HAVING THAT BIG, BIG VOICE.
YEAH, THERE'S SOME NERVES.
[ SIGHS .]
Pharrell: SO, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I PAIRED YOU TOGETHER.
IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE MINORS? N-- THAT WOULD BE COOL.
[ CHUCKLES .]
BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING BETTER.
COME ON OUT.
PAUL! WHAT?! OH.
ANTHONY RILEY WILL NOT BE COMING BACK TO THE SHOW FOR PERSONAL REASONS.
SO, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THIS SHOW, IT'S A THREE-WAY KNOCKOUT.
[ CHUCKLES .]
TWO PEOPLE WILL ADVANCE FORWARD AND OBVIOUSLY, SOMEBODY WILL GO HOME.
Sawyer: SEEING PAUL OUT THERE WAS A BIG SURPRISE 'CAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA ONLY HAVE TO BATTLE ONE PERSON.
BUT TWO IS JUST GONNA BE A REAL CHALLENGE FOR ME.
Pharrell: I WANT YOU TO PICK A SONG BECAUSE IT WILL HELP US SEE WHO YOU ARE.
Paul: THIS IS GONNA BE, LIKE, THE MOST EPIC KNOCKOU OF ALL TIME, I THINK.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE DEFINITELY ONE TO -- ONE TO REMEMBER.
Pharrell: MIA VERSUS PAUL VERSUS SAWYER.
THEY'RE ALL UNIQUE.
THEY'RE VERY CONNECTED TO WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO.
I GOT THREE OF THOSE, AND ONLY TWO CAN ADVANCE FORWARD.
MY GRANDMA WAS IN MUSIC AND MY PAP AND, LIKE, MY UNCLE AND MY MOM.
THAT'S WHAT I CAME FROM, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT I WANT TO STICK WITH.
IT'S GONE AWAY FROM ME LET'S TAKE BLUES TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
HEY, YOU CAN WIN WITH HER.
YOU HAVE THIS NATURAL, BEAUTIFUL VIBRATO.
AND YOU MAKE A PERSON FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR PERSONALITY.
IT'S WHAT MAKES YOU A STAR.
Mia: IT WAS AMAZING KNOWING THA I WAS GOING TO THE KNOCKOUTS.
BEING SO YOUNG, I DEFINITELY WANT TO STAY HERE TO LEARN AND GET GUIDANCE ON THE WAY.
HOLD ON I'M COMING FOR MY KNOCKOUT, I'M PERFORMING "HOLD ON, I'M COMING" BY B.
B.
KING AND ERIC CLAPTON.
I CAME HERE AS A BLUES MUSICIAN, AND I'M GONNA STICK WITH IT.
SATISFACTION Pharrell: MIA LITERALLY JUST TAKES A SONG AND TURNS I INTO HER EXPRESSION.
16 AND SO CONNECTED TO THAT THING ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATIONAL.
OKAY.
'CAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY -- SHOULD I, LIKE, PRETEND THE CROWD'S THERE? EXACTLY.
OKAY.
JUST LOSE YOURSELF IN -- IN WHAT YOU'RE SINGING, AS WELL, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
GOT IT.
MIA WAS A LITTLE RIGID AT FIRST.
IF SHE CAN JUST FIND A WAY TO KIND OF LET THE SONGS THAT SHE CLEARLY IS INSPIRED BY OVERTAKE HER, I THINK THE SKY IS ABSOLUTELY THE LIMIT.
IS IT CLEAN, THOUGH? IS IT TOO, LIKE, MES-- LIKE, MESSY? I THINK IF YOU WERE OVER-DELIVERING YEAH.
AS MUCH AS THE DYNAMIC OF WHAT YOUR VOICE IS DOING MM-HMM.
IT WOULD BE A LOT, BUT WE JUST KEEP SEEING THIS SUPER COOL, CALM, COLLECTED GIRL, AND IT'S -- IT'S ALL JUST RIGHT.
Mia: THE PRESSURE'S DEFINITELY ON TO DO MY BEST PERFORMANCE SINCE IT'S AGAINST TWO PEOPLE THIS TIME.
SO, I'M GONNA TAKE SOME RISKS, AND I HOPE THAT IT PAYS OFF.
YEAH, GREAT JOB.
THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT.
BEFORE COMING TO "THE VOICE," I PLAYED IN A LOT OF SMOKY BARS, PLAYED A LOT OF COLLEGES.
SO, BEING HERE IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME.
FLY ME TO THE MOON LET ME PLAY AND THEN PHARRELL SAID THE COOLEST THING TO ME THAT ANYONE HAS EVER SAID IN MY MUSICAL CAREER.
YOU COULD DO THAT, ROCK AND POP, AS WELL.
THAT'S SCARY, AND I LIKE SCARY.
I PICK PHARRELL.
I DECIDED TO GO WITH "I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR.
" ORIGINALLY A RAY CHARLES SONG, BUT I'M DOING THE JOHN MAYER VERSION.
I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR I VIEW MYSELF AS A SINGER-SONGWRITER MIXED WITH, LIKE, BLUES ROCK.
ALL I NEED IS MY BABY Pharrell: LOVE THE SONG THAT HE CHOSE.
I JUST LOVE HOW THOSE CHORDS JUMP OUT.
IT WAS SUCH A GREAT DISPLAY FOR HIM.
FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS GREAT.
THANK YOU.
AND IT SHOWCASES WHAT YOU DO VERY WELL.
BUT IF YOU THINK LESS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU ACTUALLY FEEL WHY YOU'RE DOING IT MM-HMM.
THEN IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BALLPARK WHEN YOU'RE PERFORMING.
I'M USUALLY A CLOSE-EYED GUITAR PLAYER, YOU KNOW? BUT THERE'S A HUGE IMPORTANCE TO BEING ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THAT MOMENT, TOO.
INSTEAD OF DOING RUNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I DO A LOT MORE GUITAR WORK, I DO A LOT MORE SOLOING TO KIND OF MAKE UP FOR THAT, TO SPEAK FOR THAT.
Nate: FOR PAUL, HE USED THE GUITAR AS THE CRUTCH.
BUT AS A VOCALIST, I THINK HE STILL HAD TO LOSE IT EVEN MORE.
YOU KNOW, I-I COULD -- I COULD HEAR IT GE A LITTLE MORE GRITTY.
I WANT TO SEE A LITTLE -- JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ENERGY, BUT NOT CONTRIVED.
REALLY JUST GET -- GET INTO IT EVEN MORE SO.
AND I THINK THAT THE POTENTIAL IS -- IS RIDICULOUS.
THAT'S 100% RIGHT.
Paul: IF I LOSE THE KNOCKOUT, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE GRIND, PLAYING COLLEGE GIGS.
AND I'VE REALLY BEEN SURPRISING MYSELF WITH WHA I'VE BEEN LEARNING HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO KEEP ON GOING, MAKE I TO THE LIVE SHOWS.
Sawyer: COMING TO "THE VOICE" IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ON A PLANE.
WALKING OUT ON "THE VOICE" STAGE WAS VERY NERVE-RACKING FOR ME.
IN CONSTANT SORROW ALL THROUGH MY DAYS I NEVER EXPECTED TO GET FOUR CHAIRS.
THIS IS YOUR DESTINY, AND IT'S REALLY, HONESTLY, ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
I PICKPHARRELL.
OH! I PICKED PHARRELL JUST BECAUSE HE TALKS A LO ABOUT ORIGINALITY, AND I THINK THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO ME AS AN ARTIST.
WHAT SONG ARE YOU GONNA DO? I'M SINGING "COLLIDE" BY HOWIE DAY.
OKAY.
IT'S A LITTLE MELANCHOLY, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE SONGS I KIND OF SING.
GOING INTO THIS, I DECIDED THA I'M GOING TO NOT USE MY GUITAR.
'CAUSE EVEN THE BES FALL DOWN SOMETIMES Pharrell: HE KNOWS HOW TO CHANNEL THAT BLUES THING THAT HE HAS.
'CAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, THAT KID IS SPECIAL.
I MEAN, TALK ABOUT JUST GIVING EVERYONE YOUR EMOTION.
LIKE, YOU TOTALLY DID THAT.
Nate: WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO HI THOSE HIGH NOTES, JUST BRING IT BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I WAS UP IN THE MIKE THE WHOLE TIME, JUST, LIKE, SCREAMING IN A PUNK BAND.
LIKE, NO ONE COULD EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS SAYING.
SO, YOU CAN LEARN A LITTLE MORE OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN TO PULL THE MIKE AWAY.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHEN YOU'RE PERFORMING AT HOME AND IT'S JUST YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I-I'D BE WALKING AROUND.
YEAH? RUN IT ONE MORE TIME AND WALK AROUND JUST TO SEE WHAT THAT DOES TO YOUR SYSTEM.
I MIGHT LOOK RIDICULOUS, BUT [ LAUGHS .]
WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BY YOU DOING THIS.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE AUDIENCE, THEY'RE GONNA MELT.
THE MORE YOU DO IT, THE MORE COMFORTABLE YOU'LL BECOME.
IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
[ LAUGHS .]
YEAH.
PHARRELL REALLY BELIEVES IN ME.
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LET HIM DOWN.
'CAUSE EVEN THE BES FALL DOWN SOMETIMES IF I DON'T WIN THIS KNOCKOUT, I'M GONNA BE GOING HOME, BASICALLY DOING MY FARMERS' MARKETS.
AND THIS IS THE BIGGEST MOMEN OF MY LIFE.
COLLIDE GOOD TEAM.
THANK YOU, SIR.
Pharrell: THE WINNERS OF THE TRIO KNOCKOUT ROUND WILL BE CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY WERE WILLING TO BARE THEMSELVES AND THEIR FEELINGS AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMEN IN A WAY THAT WAS UNDENIABLE.
THEY'RE VERY, VERY, VERY PASSIONATE SINGERS, AND IT PUTS ME IN A TOUGH PLACE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THE STAKES ARE HIGH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
WITH "HOLD ON, I'M COMING," HERE IS MIA Z.
OOH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH DON'T YOU EVER BE SAD LEAN ON ME WHEN TIMES ARE BAD WHEN THE DAY COMES AND YOU'RE IN DOUBT IN A RIVER OF TROUBLE ABOUT TO DROWN SO, HOLD ON HOLD ON I'M COMING I'M COMING SO, HOLD ON HOLD ON I'M COMING DA-DO-DA DA-DA-DA COME ON HOLD ON, BABY BREAK IT DOWN.
DON'T YOU EVER FEEL SAD LEAN ON ME WHEN TIMES ARE BAD WHEN THE DAY, IT COMES, BABY AND YOU'RE IN DOUBT IN A RIVER OF TROUBLE ABOUT TO DROWN SO, HOLD ON HOLD ON I'M COMING I'M COMING HOLD ON I'M COMING, BABY, YEAH HOLD ON HOLD ON OOH HOLD ON, BABY, YEAH [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
THANK YOU.
YEAH.
SHE'S SPECIAL.
Daly: COMING UP WON'T YOU PLEASE JUST Daly: PAUL AND SAWYER SING FOR THEIR LIVES.
YOU AND I COLLIDE Daly: AND LATER AND YOU MAKE ME FEEL WHOO! Daly: OUR COACHES CREATE THE MOST COMPETITIVE KNOCKOUTS YET SOMEONE SET THEM FREE YOU WERE REALLY GOING FOR IT, BRO.
IT'S A TOUGH ONE.
IT REALLY IS.
Daly: LEADING TO SOME OF THE MOS AGONIZING DECISIONS EVER.
STEAL! STEAL! STEAL! STEAL! COME ON, BLAKE! STEAL! THIS IS "THE VOICE" Daly: WELCOME BACK TO THE KNOCKOUTS.
SINGING "I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR," HERE IS PAUL PFAU.
I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT'S AILING ME I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR, YEAH 'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT'S AILING ME, YEAH WELL, THE DOCTOR SAID I NEED A REST FOR I NEED HER TENDERNESS HE PUT ME ON THE CRITICAL LIST WHEN ALL I NEED IS HER SWEET KISS HE GAVE ME A MEDICATED LOTION BUT IT DIDN'T CURE MY EMOTION, YEAH I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR FOR MY HOPE TO LIVE IS GONE, YEAH NO, NO, NO, I DON'T NEED, I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR FOR MY HOPE TO LIVE IS GONE, YEAH ALL I NEED IS MY BABY, PLEASE WON'T YOU PLEASE JUST COME ON HOME? COME ON HOME, YEAH [ VOCALIZING .]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
YEAH.
AND NOW WITH "COLLIDE," HERE IS SAWYER FREDERICKS.
THE DAWN IS BREAKING A LIGHT IS SHINING THROUGH YOU'RE BARELY WAKING AND I'M TANGLED UP IN YOU 'CAUSE EVEN THE BES FALL DOWN SOMETIMES EVEN THE WRONG WORDS SEEM TO RHYME AND OUT OF THE DOUB THAT FILLS MY MIND I SOMEHOW FIND YOU AND I COLLIDE DON'T STOP HERE I LOST MY PLACE I'M CLOSE BEHIND DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO 'CAUSE EVEN THE BES FALL DOWN SOMETIMES EVEN THE WRONG WORDS SEEM TO RHYME AND OUT OF THE DOUB THAT FILLS MY MIND I SOMEHOW FIND YOU AND I COLLIDE DO DO DO DO I SOMEHOW FIND YOU AND I COLLIDE [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
Daly: THAT'S A BIG KNOCKOUT ROUND RIGHT THERE.
SAWYER, PAUL, AND MIA, EVERYBODY.
TWO OF THESE ARTISTS WILL BE DECLARED THE WINNER AND ADVANCE TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS.
ONE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STEAL.
LET'S START WITH ADAM TO GE SOME COMMENTS FOR PHARRELL.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU GUYS WOULD BE A REALLY BADASS BAND IF YOU WANTED TO START ONE, JUST THE THREE OF YOU GUYS.
LET'S START WITH YOU, MIA.
HUMAN BEINGS REALLY DON' USUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SING AS HIGH AS YOU CAN.
ESPECIALLY WITH -- DOLPHIN.
YEAH, IT'S DOLPHIN LANGUAGE.
[ LAUGHS .]
PAUL, THE GUITAR PLAYING IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN' GET LOST EVER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S REALLY GOOD.
IT'S NO JUST A RHYTHM GUITAR, IT'S A LEAD THAT YOU'RE PLAYING WHILE YOU'RE ALSO SINGING, WHICH IS ALSO SUPER COURAGEOUS.
AND THEN, SAWYER, THE WAY THAT YOUR VOICE FILLS A ROOM, IT'S KIND OF BEYOND COMPARE.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS THREE REALLY GREAT SINGERS, MAN.
BLAKE? THERE IS THREE REALITIES IN LIFE THAT MAKE ME REALLY SAD RIGHT NOW.
DEATH AND TAXES AND THE FACT THAT I WILL NOT GE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE MY STEAL ON MIA Z, BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
I HATE IT FOR MYSELF.
I HAVE NOT MISSED A SEASON OF THIS SHOW YET.
I'VE HAD REALLY GOOD SEATS FOR ALL OF THEM.
[ LAUGHTER .]
AND I'VE JUST NEVER HEARD SOMEBODY JUST EFFORTLESSLY NAVIGATE A MELODY LIKE YOU DID, MIA.
I'M BLOWN AWAY.
CHRISTINA.
MIA, I THINK YOU PAINTED THE RAINBOW RIGHT THERE.
BUT I AGREE WITH BLAKE, IT WAS, LIKE, IN A WAY WHERE I KEPT ENJOYING THE SONG, SO KUDOS TO THAT.
PAUL, YOU WERE TEARING IT UP ON THE GUITAR, BUT THEN I FEEL LIKE YOU LEFT I A LITTLE BIT WIDE OPEN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME IN VOCALLY AND TAKE IT FROM YOU.
MM-HMM.
AND THEN THERE'S SAWYER, WHO'S JUST A GENETIC GENIUS WITH HIS VOCAL ABILITY.
Daly: THANK YOU, CHRISTINA.
PHARRELL, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO YOU.
WHO'S THE FIRST WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT? [ SIGHS .]
[ AUDIENCE SHOUTING .]
WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A VERY RARE CIRCUMSTANCE, AND THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE ON THIS SHOW, SO IT'S TOUGH.
IT MAKES THIS DECISION VERY, VERY, VERY TOUGH.
THE FIRST WINNER IS SAWYER.
SAWYER FREDERICKS MOVES ON TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO STAY ON TEAM PHARRELL JUST BECAUSE I LOVE HOW HE ALLOWS ME TO BE MYSELF ON THE TEAM, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO KEEP GOING WITH IT.
THAT LEAVES PAUL AND MIA.
PHARRELL, WHO IS THE SECOND WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT? [ AUDIENCE SHOUTING .]
THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU BOTH.
SO, I'M GONNA GO WITH MY GUT.
THE SECOND WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT ROUND THIS IS "THE VOICE" Daly: WELCOME BACK.
BEFORE THE BREAK SAWYER.
Daly: PHARRELL CHOSE SAWYER FREDERICKS AS ONE OF THE WINNERS OF THE FIRST-EVER THREE-PERSON KNOCKOUT.
NOW HE MUST PICK THE SECOND.
THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU BOTH.
THE SECOND WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT ROUND IS MIA.
MIA! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
THE KNOCKOUT ROUND TODAY WAS CRAZY.
I CHOSE MIA BECAUSE SHE'S JUST VERY CLEAR ON WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S MORE FOR ME TO WORK WITH THERE.
AND I CHOSE SAWYER BECAUSE HE'S A NATURAL.
SHE WAS AMAZING.
SO WERE YOU.
I WAS, LIKE, BACK THERE SINGING ALONG.
COACHES, LET ME REMIND YOU, PAUL IS AVAILABLE TO STEAL.
PAUL, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO PHARRELL? MAN, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A BIG HAND TO PAUL PFAU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
THANKS, BROTHER.
Pharrell: PAUL BASICALLY CAN DO ANYTHING.
AND THAT'S WHAT MADE IT TOUGH FOR ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I WOULD END UP TRYING TO HELP HIM TAKE IT.
LIVE PLAYOFFS.
[ Laughing .]
HI.
HI, PHARRELL.
[ LAUGHS .]
IT'S PRETTY CRAZY.
JUST DIVE DEEPER INTO SAWYER.
DIVE DEEPER INTO MIA.
THAT'S WHAT MATTERS THE MOST.
YOU GUYS ARE ANOMALIES.
SO, ANYWAYS, THANK YOU.
Daly: WHILE PHARRELL RETURNS TO HIS CHAIR, LET'S MEET BLAKE'S NEXT KNOCKOUT PAIRING.
[ CHUCKLES .]
I PAIRED MEGHAN AND TRAVIS TOGETHER FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON.
THEY WERE MY STEALS.
EVEN THOUGH I'VE KNOWN MEGHAN, SHE'S REALLY TAKEN A NEW APPROACH TO HER ARTISTRY.
TRAVIS REALLY STEPPED UP IN HIS BATTLE ROUND.
IT WAS AN OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR ME.
Nate: YOU KNOW WHAT A SHARP FIFTH IS? I KNOWN WHAT A SHARP KNIFE IS.
I KNOW WHAT SHARP CHEDDAR IS.
OOH, SHARP CHEDDAR'S DOPE.
YEAH.
BUT A SHARP FIFTH I KNOW WHAT A FIFTH IS.
SO MUCH FUN WORKING WITH NATE.
I MAY HAVE MET MY MATCH WHEN IT COMES TO A DRY, SMART-ALECK SENSE OF HUMOR.
HI.
YOU GOT TO MEET MY FRIEND NATE RUESS.
HI.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
SO, YOU GUYS GO BACK.
YEAH, PRETTY FAR BACK.
THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
YEAH.
Meghan: 10 YEARS AGO, I OPENED FOR BLAKE SHELTON.
AND THEN MY BAND BROKE UP.
IT WAS PRETTY DEVASTATING.
OOH, OHH, LOVE HURTS DURING THE BLIND AUDITION, ADAM, PHARRELL, AND CHRISTINA ALL TURNED THEIR CHAIRS.
OH, MY GOSH! REALLY, BLAKE? I'VE KNOWN HER FOR YEARS.
WHAT?! NOW I BET YOU FEEL EXTRA BAD, HUH? ACTUALLY, NO, I DON'T, 'CAUSE IF SHE HADN' PICKED ME, I'D HAVE BEEN REALLY PISSED OFF.
I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH THAT KIND OF AMBITION.
I PICKED PHARRELL.
I JUST FELT A CONNECTION WITH HIM.
I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO LOSE THE BATTLE, BUT THEN CHRISTINA AND ADAM AND BLAKE ALL CAME IN TO STEAL ME.
I HAVE TO CHOOSE BLAKE.
WE'RE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
I KNOW.
LOOKIN' OU ON THE MORNING RAIN FOR THE KNOCKOUT ROUND, I CHOSE "NATURAL WOMAN" BY ARETHA FRANKLIN.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE A SOULFUL POP ARTIST, AND SO I FEEL LIKE THIS SONG IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN Blake: I THINK MEGHAN CHOSE THE PERFECT SONG BECAUSE IT SHOWS HER DEDICATION TO SINGING SOUL MUSIC.
SHE'S BEEN A COUNTRY ARTIS IN THE PAST, BUT SHE'S ALSO GO THE KIND OF VOICE THAT LENDS ITSELF TO SOME BLUES AND SOME ROCK.
THIS IS HER CHANCE TO REINVENT HERSELF.
Nate: THAT WAS AWESOME.
BUT THAT SONG IS THE TYPE OF SONG WHERE YOU CAN GO TO KARAOKE LAND.
RIGHT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE COMPARED TO ARETHA WHEN YOU SING THIS SONG, SO YOU BETTER HAVE REHEARSED.
DO YOU HAVE THAT ROAD MAPPED OUT? THE BEGINNING HALF IS PRETTY CONSISTENT.
AND THEN I GET, LIKE, TOWARDS THE END, AND I'M LIKE, "WHAT DO I DO?" WHEN THE KNOCKOUTS HAPPEN, HAVE SOMETHING BIG UP YOUR SLEEVE FOR THAT ENDING.
HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
Nate: IN LIVE SITUATIONS, IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOU JUST, LIKE, WINGING SOMETHING, ADRENALINE CAN TOTALLY TAKE OVER.
AND YOU MAKE ME FEEL AND IT COULD END UP DISASTROUS.
Meghan: I THINK TRAVIS IS AN AMAZING SINGER.
HE HAS A REALLY UNIQUE VOICE.
I CAN'T RELAX.
I HAVE TO JUST BRING IT.
Travis: BEFORE "THE VOICE," I WAS PLAYING GIGS AROUND BATON ROUGE AS A ONE-MAN BAND.
FOR THE BLIND AUDITIONS, I WAS AT A POINT WHERE I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OU IF MUSIC IS GONNA BE MY CAREER.
I GOT THREE CHAIR TURNS.
WAS THAT YOUR ARRANGEMENT? OH, YEAH.
I'M RELENTLESS ABOUT MIXING THINGS UP.
I WOULD REALLY LOVE A SHO AT ASSISTING YOU IN YOUR VISION.
I PICK PHARRELL.
YEAH.
FOR BATTLES, IT WAS TOUGH TO LOSE, BUT I GOT STOLEN BY BLAKE.
Blake: I THINK YOU'RE A GREAT SINGER.
YOU'RE HOME NOW.
COME HOME.
I DON'T WANT TO BE I CHOSE "I DON'T WANT TO BE" BY GAVIN DeGRAW.
THE SONG'S ABOUT A CROSSROADS.
IT'S ABOUT LOOKING AROUND AND SEEING HIS FRIENDS ALL GET NORMAL JOBS AND HE JUST WANTS TO BE A MUSICIAN.
THIS SONG IS VERY APPLICABLE TO ME.
YOU'RE JUST, LIKE, PUSHING THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH THAT SONG.
Travis: YEAH.
I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NOTES ARE RIGHT AND YOU'RE JUST HITTING THEM STRONG ENOUGH.
YEAH, YEAH.
AND YOU'RE HAVING A TOUGH TIME WITH YOUR BREATH.
IT GETS A LITTLE SLOPPY JUST 'CAUSE IT'S A MOUTHFUL.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SQUIRRELLY.
YEAH.
SO YOU DEFINITELY ARE GONNA HAVE TO PICK YOUR MOMENTS TO GET A BREATH.
TRAVIS, HE IS FEARLESS WHEN IT COMES TO TACKLING ANY KIND OF A SONG.
AND THIS IS A TOUGH SONG TO SING.
IT'S RANGY.
THERE ARE SO MANY NOTES.
IF HE CAN PULL IT OFF, IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING.
IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE A TOUGH DECISION BETWEEN TRAVIS AND MEGHAN.
WITH "(YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN," HERE IS MEGHAN LINSEY.
LOOKIN' OU ON THE MORNING RAIN AH-OOO I USED TO FEEL SO UNINSPIRED WHOO! AH-OOO AND WHEN I KNEW I HAD TO FACE ANOTHER DAY AH-OOO LORD, IT MADE ME FEEL SO TIRED BEFORE THE DAY I MET YOU LIFE WAS SO UNKIND BUT YOU'RE THE KEY TO MY PEACE OF MIND AND YOU MAKE ME FEEL YOU MAKE ME FEEL YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN WHOO! WOMAN WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME OH, BABY, WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME GOOD INSIDE YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD INSIDE WANNA BE AND I JUST WANNA BE CLOSE TO YOU, YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO ALIVE AND YOU MAKE ME FEEL WHOA! YOU MAKE ME FEEL YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN YOU MAKE ME FEEL YOU MAKE ME FEEL YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN WOMAN, YEAH OOOOH, WHOA, YEAH [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
THANK YOU.
[ Laughing .]
WOW.
I AM SO PROUD OF HER.
Daly: COMING UP, TRAVIS EWING LEAVES EVERYTHING ON THE STAGE TO STAY ON TEAM BLAKE.
OTHER THAN Daly: AND LATER SOMEONE SET THEM FREE Daly: CHRISTINA PUTS TWO MORE ARTISTS IN THE RING, AND THEY DELIVER THE PERFORMANCES OF THE NIGHT TRY, TRY, TRY GOTTA GET UP Daly: AND A POSSIBLE STEAL.
STEAL! THIS IS "THE VOICE" Daly: WELCOME BACK TO THE KNOCKOUTS.
SINGING "I DON'T WANT TO BE," HERE IS TRAVIS EWING.
I DON'T NEED TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN A PRISON GUARD'S SON I DON'T NEED TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN A SPECIALIST'S SON I DON'T HAVE TO BE ANYONE OTHER THAN THE BIRTH OF TWO SOULS IN ONE PART OF WHERE I'M GOING, YEAH IS KNOWING WHERE I'M COMING FROM I DON'T WANT TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE LATELY ALL I HAVE TO DO IS THINK OF ME AND I HAVE PEACE OF MIND I CAME FROM THE MOUNTAIN THE CRUST OF CREATION MY WHOLE SITUATION, MADE FROM CLAY TO STONE AND NOW I'M TELLING EVERYBODY I DON'T WANT TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE LATELY ALL I HAVE TO DO IS THINK OF ME AND I HAVE PEACE OF MIND I'M TIRED OF LOOKING 'ROUND ROOMS WONDERING WHAT I GOTTA DO OR WHO I'M SUPPOSED TO BE I DON'T WANT TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN ME, YEAH I DON'T WANT TO BE NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE, YEAH ANYTHING OTHER THA-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-N ME Daly: GIVE IT UP FOR TRAVIS AND MEGHAN IN A KNOCKOUT FOR TEAM BLAKE.
GO, TRAVIS! Daly: CHRISTINA, WE'LL START WITH YOU.
YOU GUYS DID A REALLY NICE JOB.
I LOVE THE EXTENDED NOTE, TRAVIS.
YOU WERE REALLY GIVING I YOUR ALL.
THANK YOU.
AND, MEGHAN, YOU SEEMED TO JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AS THE SONG CONTINUED.
Daly: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, CHRISTINA.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
I THINK I JUST MET TRAVIS 'CAUSE YOU WERE REALLY GOING FOR IT, BRO.
I MEAN, THAT NOTE THAT YOU HELD FOR 100 BARS [ LAUGHS .]
WAS AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
AND, MEGHAN [ WHISTLES .]
YOU SANG THAT SONG IN A WAY THAT PROVES YOUR WORTHINESS TO SING THAT KIND OF MUSIC.
THANK YOU.
YOU WANTED PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND SEE WHAT YOUR HEART REALLY WANTED.
AND I REALLY THINK YOU DID THAT.
THANK YOU.
Daly: ADAM.
Adam: TRAVIS, YOU WERE LIKE, "OKAY, I GOT TO DO SOMETHING AMAZING RIGHT NOW.
" AND YOU WENT FOR IT.
PROBLEM IS MEGHAN IS THE PROBLEM.
I AGREE.
YOU HAD THAT GRAININESS AND THE GRITTINESS THAT WE ALL LOVE IN A VOICE, BUT YOU MANAGE TO PULL IT OFF WITH A LOT OF GRACE AND ELEGANCE AND FEMININITY, TOO.
IT'S A TOUGH ONE.
IT REALLY IS.
COACHES, THANKS FOR YOUR THOUGHTS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
BLAKE, THE FINAL DECISION IS YOURS.
TRAVIS IS A GUY THAT WHATEVER THE HAND IS HE'S DEALT, HE FIGURES OUT A WAY TO COMPETE WITH IT, YOU KNOW? I WATCHED HIM SIT OVER IN THAT CORNER GOING, "OH, HOLY CRAP.
LOOK AT ALL THAT STUFF SHE'S DOING.
" AND HE COMES OU AND HE -- AND HE DELIVERS AN EQUALLY POWERFUL PERFORMANCE.
THANK YOU, BLAKE.
MEGHAN, A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN YOU OPENED FOR MY TOUR, YOU WERE KNEE-DEEP IN COUNTRY MUSIC THEN.
BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS THIS MEGHAN DEEP DOWN INSIDE THERE, TOO, YOU KNOW? I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR YOU MAYBE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
BLAKE, WHO IS THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT? [ AUDIENCE SHOUTING .]
THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT IS MEGHAN.
MEGHAN'S GONNA MOVE ON TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
WAY TO GO, SIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
MEGHAN SANG FOR HER LIFE.
AND, MAN, DID IT COME ACROSS WITH ME AND THE OTHER COACHES AND THE AUDIENCE.
Daly: ALL RIGHT, COACHES.
LET ME REMIND YOU, TRAVIS IS AVAILABLE TO STEAL.
[ AUDIENCE SHOUTING .]
TRAVIS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO YOUR COACH? Travis: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL OF YOU, FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.
IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR THAT FROM -- FROM THE LIKES OF YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU.
A BIG THANK YOU TO TRAVIS EWING, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, TRAVIS.
Travis: I KNOW THAT I'M NOT DONE WITH MUSIC, AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK I'M GONNA DO FOR -- FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
STELLAR PERFORMANCE.
THANKS, MAN.
Pharrell: IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO SEE TALENTED PEOPLE GO HOME, BUT I ONLY HAVE ONE STEAL, SO I'M JUST BEING PATIENT.
SHE HAS THAT THING THAT CRAIG HAS.
YEAH.
THEY'RE THEIR OWN THING.
AND IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD KEEP HER DOING THESE, BUT I WOULD PU A COUNTRY TWIST ON IT.
I THINK HE HANDED YOU A TROPHY, MAN.
HOLD ON HOLD ON I'M COMING LEAVE YOUR LOVER Daly: YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE WINNERS' FULL VERSIONS OF TONIGHT'S KNOCKOUT PERFORMANCES ALL MY WASTED LOVE Daly: AND NATE RUESS' NEW SOLO SINGLE "NOTHING WITHOUT LOVE" NOW ON iTUNES.
I'M NOTHING WITHOUT LOVE Daly: COMING UP SET THEM FREE Daly: CHRISTINA PAIRS TWO OF HER BEST SINGERS BUT JUST BECAUSE IT BURNS DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA DIE Daly: SETTING HERSELF UP FOR HER TOUGHEST DECISION YET.
OH, NO, NO, NO! DON'T MAKE ME! THIS IS "THE VOICE" Daly: WELCOME BACK TO THE KNOCKOUTS.
LET'S LOOK AT WHICH ARTISTS HAVE ADVANCED TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS SO FAR.
CHRISTINA PICKED R&B ARTIST SONIC.
BLAKE KEPT ROCKER SARAH POTENZA AND SOUL SINGER MEGHAN LINSEY.
ADAM STOLE SOULFUL BRIAN JOHNSON FROM BLAKE AND PICKED POP ARTIS NATHAN HERMIDA.
AND PHARRELL ADVANCED INDIE ARTIST SAWYER FREDERICKS AND BLUES SINGER MIA Z.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE FINAL KNOCKOUT OF THE NIGHT.
COME ON IN, GUYS.
AH.
[ CHUCKLES .]
WHEN I SAW KORYN, I'M LIKE, "NO! COME ON! NOT KORYN!" OH, BABY.
I REMEMBER BEING 16 AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SING LIKE SHE DOES.
WHEN SHE GETS ON STAGE, SHE GOES FOR BLOOD.
HAVE GUYS GUYS BEEN GETTING ALONG? WE HAVE.
I WAS JUST TELLING HER TODAY HOW MUCH I LOVE HER VOICE.
AND NOW YOU GOT TO KNOCK SOMEBODY OUT.
[ LAUGHTER .]
Christina: KIMBERLY AND KORYN HAVE THAT NATURAL SASS AND ATTITUDE.
THEY HAVE VERY SIMILAR VOICES.
I NEED JUST ONE OF THA REPRESENTING MY TEAM.
HEY, THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE COULD INSERT IN OUR [ CHAIR SQUEAKING RHYTHMICALLY .]
GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE PUSHIN' IN THE CUSHION.
Daly: WHILE NATE AND CHRISTINA DEVELOP THEIR NEW SOUND, LET'S MEET HER NEXT ARTIST.
Koryn: BEFORE THIS, I WAS JUST WORKING AT A PIZZA SHOP.
I'M PEPPIN' THIS PIZZA GOING TO SCHOOL AND SINGING ALL OVER AT NURSING HOMES.
WHEN NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO IT'S NEVER GOOD ENOUGH NOW I'M HERE ON "THE VOICE.
" TO BE 16 YEARS OLD AND TO KNOW WHEN TO DOWNSHIFT, AND THEN WHEN TO GO UP, THAT'S A SUPER-RARE THING.
THERE'S NO VOCAL COACH IN THE WORLD THAT CAN TEACH WHAT YOU JUST DID.
CHRISTINA.
IT IS VERY EXCITING WORKING WITH CHRISTINA.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO SHOW YOUR SOFTER SIDE.
WE'RE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.
YOU HAVE AN AMAZING SPIRI IN THERE THAT LIVES IN YOUR VOCAL CHORDS.
Daly: KORYN'S GONNA TAKE IT.
OH, MY GOD.
HI.
HI.
NATE'S HERE TO HELP US OU WITH YOUR SONG.
WHAT DID YOU PICK? "TRY"? "TRY," YES, BY PINK.
THAT'S COOL.
I KNOW WHO SHE IS.
YEAH, I KNOW.
NOT THE ONE I WROTE, BUT WHATEVER, YOU KNOW.
OKAY.
OH, LORD.
I CHOSE THIS SONG BECAUSE IT IS PERFEC FOR THE PLACE THAT I AM IN THE COMPETITION RIGHT NOW.
I GOT TO KEEP TRYING AND I GOT TO KEEP PUSHING TO GET TO THE LIVES.
WHERE THERE IS DESIRE, THERE IS GONNA BE A FLAME Christina: KORYN HAS SO MUCH NATURAL PASSION THAT SOMETIMES YOU'RE JUST LIKE, "OH, MY GOSH, I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S SO YOUNG.
" I WAS BLOWN AWAY JUST BY THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE.
YEAH, SHE'S GOT JUS THIS SUCH, LIKE, RICH, SILKY I WANT TO STEAL YOU FOR MY TEAM.
[ LAUGHTER .]
KORYN BROUGH A DIFFERENT ELEMENT TO THE SONG.
THERE'S SOMETHING LESS MANUFACTURED ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS, AND SHE'S GOT A VOICE THAT STANDS APART.
I HEARD YOU DO A LOT OF YOUR OWN INFLECTIONS AND THINGS.
THE ONLY THING IS BE CAREFUL OF RUNNING OUT OF BREATH 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, HOLDING OUT SOME CRAZY NOTES.
RIGHT.
HAVE THE ASSERTIVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WANT TO MOTIVATE AND NOT JUST COME FROM A PLACE OF STRUGGLE, BUT RATHER EMPOWERED.
IN ORDER FOR KORYN TO BEAT KIMBERLY, SHE NEEDS TO REALLY SHOW HER HEAR THROUGH HER OUTWARD PERFORMANCE AND NOT JUST WHAT SHE HAS IN HER VOCAL CHORDS.
Kimberly: IN NEW YORK, I PERFORM FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK AT THE SHOW THE BOX.
IT'S LIKE A MODERN-DAY STUDIO 54.
IN THE BLIND AUDITIONS, I CHOSE PHARRELL BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I REALLY WANTED HIS PERSPECTIVE FROM THE PRODUCER'S LENS.
YOU AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUND DOG BEEN SNOOPIN' AROUND MY DOOR I'M GONNA GO ON A LEAP OF FAITH THAT YOU GUYS WILL BOTH END UP BACK ON MY TEAM.
Kimberly: PHARRELL SELECTED LOWELL AS THE WINNER.
BUT THANK GOD CHRISTINA AGUILERA STOLE ME.
I'VE WANTED YOU SINCE THE BLINDS! Kimberly: I WAS OVER THE MOON ABOUT IT BECAUSE I KNOW VOCALLY SHE CAN SEE THINGS IN ME THAT SHE CAN PULL OUT EVEN MORE.
IF YOU WANT SOMEONE YOU CAN DO THE SAME I CHOSE STING'S "IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE.
" IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY BECAUSE I LEAN MORE TOWARDS BLUES AND ROCK MUSIC, THIS SONG IN PARTICULAR IS UP-TEMPO.
I CAN MOVE AND I CAN JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME.
SET THEM FREE AM I ACTUALLY SAYING THIS TO YOU? BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE RESTRICTING YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT.
SOMETIMES I'M FEARFUL OF THE HIGH NOTES.
OKAY.
KIMBERLY, SHE'S NEW TO MY TEAM, BUT I STILL KNOW HER TO BE QUITE A DYNAMIC PERFORMER.
SO, WHEN SHE FELT A LITTLE HESITANT IN HER VOCAL DELIVERY, I WAS SHOCKED.
IT'S HARDER FOR MOST VOCALISTS TO NOT SWITCH OVER INTO THEIR FALSETTO.
SO, IF YOU WENT INTO YOUR CHEST VOICE AND STAYED THERE, MM-HMM.
I MEAN, LIKE, THAT'S, LIKE, MORE IMPRESSIVE TO ME, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MEAN, ALWAYS, YEAH.
WHY FIGHT A GOOD THING, KIMBERLY? NEVER, NEVER DENY YOUR FULL VOICE.
YOU CLEARLY HAVE AN AMAZING ENERGY.
MM-HMM.
BUT LET'S GET THAT OUT OF YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.
OKAY.
I WAS HOLDING BACK A BI IN REHEARSAL, JUST BEING REALLY MUCH IN MY HEAD.
BUT I NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST REALLY SING LIKE IT'S MY LAST TIME ON STAGE.
SHE ALMOST SHOWED LESS CONFIDENCE THAN KORYN.
SHE DID.
SHE DEFINITELY DID.
SO, THAT WAS SO WEIRD.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT KORYN WAS GONNA BE THE ONE I HAD TO BE, LIKE -- PUSH TO GET MORE OUT.
BUT HOPEFULLY SHE'LL COME OUT OF HER SHELL.
YEAH.
WITH "IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE," HERE IS KIMBERLY NICHOLE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE CALL MY NAME FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE IF YOU WANT SOMEONE FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE YOU CAN DO THE SAME FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE IF YOU WANT TO KEEP SOMETHING PRECIOUS YOU GOT TO LOCK IT UP, THROW AWAY THE KEY IF YOU WANT TO HOLD ON TO YOUR POSSESSIONS DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ME SET THEM FREE IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE, SET THEM FREE FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE SET THEM FREE, YEAH FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE YOU CAN'T CONTROL AN INDEPENDENT HEART CAN'T KEEP CAN'T TEAR THE ONE YOU LOVE APART CAN'T KEEP FOREVER CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN'T LIVE WE CAN'T LIVE HERE AND BE HAPPY WITH LESS SO MANY REASONS, SO MANY SOULS AND EVERYTHING YOU SEE THAT YOU WANT TO POSSESS IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE SET THEM FREE FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE HEY, HEY, HEY SET THEM FREE, YEAH SET THEM FREE FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE OH, OH, OH FREE, FREE, SET THEM FREE SET THEM FREE [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
DAMN! [ LAUGHS .]
Daly: COMING UP JUST BECAUSE IT BURNS DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA DIE Daly: KORYN STEPS UP IN AN EFFORT TO KNOCK OUT KIMBERLY.
GOTTA GET UP AND TRY, TRY, TRY Daly: THE COACHES ARE BLOWN AWAY WOW! GOOD GRACIOUS! YOU SING WITH A RAZOR BLADE.
FELT LIKE WE JUST FAST-FORWARDED TO, LIKE, THE END OF THE SEASON.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? Daly: AND ITCHING FOR A STEAL.
WE GOT A STEAL! WHOO! THIS IS "THE VOICE" Daly: WELCOME BACK TO KNOCKOUT ROUNDS.
SINGING "TRY," HERE IS KORYN HAWTHORNE.
EVER WONDER ABOU WHAT HE'S DOING HOW IT ALL TURNS TO LIES? SOMETIMES I THINK THAT IT'S BETTER TO NEVER ASK WHY WHERE THERE IS DESIRE, THERE IS GONNA BE A FLAME WHERE THERE IS A FLAME, SOMEONE'S BOUND TO GET BURNED BUT JUST BECAUSE IT BURNS DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA DIE YOU'VE GOTTA GET UP AND TRY, TRY, TRY YOU'VE GOTTA GET UP AND TRY, TRY, TRY YOU'VE GOTTA GET UP AND TRY, TRY, TRY EVER WORRY THAT IT MIGHT BE RUINED? AND DOES IT MAKE YOU WANNA CRY? OH, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING OH, TELL ME, ARE YOU JUST GETTING BY? OH, TELL ME, ARE YOU JUST GETTING BY? WHERE THERE IS DESIRE, THERE IS GONNA BE A FLAME WHERE THERE IS A FLAME, SOMEONE'S BOUND TO GET BURNED BUT JUST BECAUSE IT BURNS DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA DIE YOU'VE GOTTA GET UP AND TRY, TRY, TRY TRY, TRY, TRY YOU'VE GOTTA GET UP GOT TO GET UP OH, YOU'VE GOTTA TRY, GOTTA TRY [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
Daly: WELL, THERE YOU GO! KIMBERLY AND KORYN IN THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS, TRYING TO MOVE ON.
TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS.
WOW! SING, GIRL! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
Blake: WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? I KNOW, I KNOW.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? Daly: COACH CHRISTINA IS IN A PICKLE.
LET'S SEE IF OUR COACHES CAN'T HELP OUT.
PHARRELL? Pharrell: KIMBERLY PHARRELL.
GOOD GRACIOUS! [ LAUGHTER .]
YOU SING WITH A RAZOR BLADE.
IT'S, LIKE, SO SHARP AND SO ON POINT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
KORYN, WHEN YOU'RE WALKING AROUND, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SO GROUNDED.
MM-HMM.
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE PULLING ENERGY FROM THE EARTH.
AND SO WHEN WE HEAR YOUR VOICE, WE FEEL LIKE THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SPIRIT COMING THROUGH.
LIKE, THAT'S AMAZING.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
THANK YOU.
CHRISTINA, THIS IS THE TOUGHEST KNOCKOUT.
RIGHT? I THINK BOTH OF YOU GUYS ARE THE WINNER.
THAT'S WHAT I FEEL.
ALL RIGHT.
ADAM.
Adam: THAT WAS INSANE.
I FELT LIKE WE JUS FAST-FORWARDED TO, LIKE, THE END OF THE SEASON WHEW! AND WATCHED TWO PEOPLE -- THE LAST TWO, RIGHT? PRETTY MUCH.
I MEAN, LIKE -- KORYN, THAT WAS, LIKE, THE BEST PERFORMANCE YOU'VE GIVEN THE ENTIRE TIME SO FAR.
THANK YOU.
KIMBERLY, WE KNEW YOU WERE GONNA BE AMAZING.
IT WAS REALLY A MATTER OF WHETHER KORYN WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH YOU, AND SHE DID.
SO, UGH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, BLAKE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I'M GLAD TO SEE SOMEBODY ELSE SUFFER AS MUCH I DO THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
KIMBERLY, YOU HAD SO MUCH FUN, AND IT WAS INFECTIOUS.
IT WAS LIKE, "OH, MY GOSH, I WANT TO GET UP THERE WITH YOU," AND I CAN'T EVEN DANCE.
[ LAUGHS .]
MISS HAWTHORNE, YOUR PERFORMANCE, IT WAS INTENSE, AND IT WAS JUST, "LISTEN TO WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU.
I'M TRYING TO CONVEY A SERIOUS MESSAGE TO YOU," AND IT WAS LIKE A COMMANDER UP THERE.
I GUESS IT'S JUS A MATTER OF [ LAUGHS .]
I DON'T KNOW.
CHRISTINA, THE DECISION IS IN YOUR HANDS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? NO! TRULY, IT REALLY WAS THE BES OF THE KNOCKOUTS THAT I'VE SEEN THUS FAR.
AGREED.
YEAH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
KIMBERLY, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A FIRECRACKER.
YOU JUST HAVE SUCH A NATURAL, AMAZING ABILITY TO OWN THE STAGE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S SO HARD TO TEACH.
AND YOU JUST GO FOR WHATEVER NOTE YOU WANT TO HIT, AND YOU OWN IT.
THANK YOU.
AND THEN THERE'S KORYN, WHO I HAVE SUCH A DEEP CONNECTION, I FEEL, WITH YOU, GIVEN THAT YOU'RE A YOUNGER STAR AND SUCH A NATURAL AT WHAT YOU DO.
THAT CAN'T BE TAUGHT, EITHER.
THIS IS A REALLY TOUGH ONE FOR ME, GUYS.
CHRISTINA, WHO IS THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT? [ AUDIENCE SHOUTING .]
OH, NO, NO, NO! DON'T MAKE ME! MM! THE WINNER OF THIS KNOCKOUT IS KIMBERLY.
AAH! KIMBERLY, IN AN AGONIZING DECISION FOR COACH CHRISTINA, WILL MOVE ON TO THE LIVE PLAYOFFS! Christina: I HAD TO GO WITH KIMBERLY BECAUSE SHE IS SUCH A FIRECRACKER.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WITH HER.
[ SOBBING .]
I'M JUST GRATEFUL CHRISTINA SEES SOMETHING SPECIAL IN ME AND WANTS ME TO BE ON HER TEAM.
COACHES, LET ME REMIND YOU, KORYN IS AVAILABLE TO STEAL.
[ AUDIENCE SHOUTING .]
STEAL! ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO YOUR COACH? STEAL! Koryn: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM COME ON, BLAKE! STEAL! SHE'S TALKING TO YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM SO -- WE'VE GOT A STEAL! RIGHT THERE! PHARRELL WILLIAMS STEALS 17-YEAR-OLD KORYN FROM TEAM CHRISTINA! WHOO! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE .]
IT'S A WIN-WIN! IT'S A WIN-WIN! PHARRELL GOT HIMSELF A REALLY GOOD ARTIS WHEN HE USED HIS STEAL.
HIS TEAM IS DEFINITELY A THREAT.
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT PUSHING MY BUTTON, BUT I KNOW THAT KORYN IS AT HOME WITH SOMEBODY LIKE PHARRELL.
WHOO! I HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH ONE OF THE GREATS -- CHRISTINA AGUILERA -- AND NOW I'M GONNA WORK WITH ONE OF THE OTHER GREATEST GREATS -- PHARRELL WILLIAMS.
I'M OVERJOYED TO HAVE YOU ON MY TEAM.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE YOU.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH WE CAN DO.
YOU'RE SPECIAL.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
YES, SHE IS.
I LOVE HER.
SHE'S AWESOME.
SHE'S A THREAT.
Tomorrow on 8/7 central 6 more artists give their performances of their lifes And the competittions heating up Potential winners are beginning to emerge And don't miss the unexpected steal yet Don't miss the next episode.