

With all that being said, here’s a look at how last night’s matchups shaped up:įrom their first rehearsal it seemed as if Grey, 25, a wedding singer from Jacksonville, Fla, would be the clear-cut favorite to win this battle even before she revealed that she often sang this song with her wedding band.

Helping the coaches shape their potential superstars were a slew of guest coaches: One Republic’s Ryan Tedder (Team Adam), Ed Sheeran (Team Christina), Grammy award-winning r&b singer Miguel (Team CeeLo) and Cher (Team Blake). Sure, each of the nine artists that made it through are all extremely talented, but none of them had materialized into a clear-cut favourite to win it all and most of them will likely be in the mix for the foreseeable future. Oftentimes coaches will pair a weaker artist against one that they want to keep, but other times they are forced to pit two strong artists against one another in the hopes that one of them will get saved (after all The Voice is one of the more positive reality shows).ĭespite having been wowed by each of the six performances, the most exciting part of last night’s Battle Rounds was that no clear winner had emerged from the ranks. Along the way, opposing coaches can steal up to two performers that had been dropped from a team, putting them on their team and automatically ushering them into the coveted Knockout Rounds.

Whether or not you admit to having enjoyed Anthony Paul and Caroline Pennell’s take on Justin Bieber’s “As Long as You Love Me” or were wowed by Donna Allen and Tessanne Chin’s powerhouse rendition of Emeli Sande’s “Next to Me,” it was clear that no performer was going down without a fight.Īs in past seasons, the much-revered Battle Rounds see each coach pit two of their singers against one another in a live-performance duet, after which they will have to eliminate one from the competition. After spending the past three weeks watching Adam Levine, CeeLo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton handpick their diverse 12-singer teams during the Blind Auditions, the Battle Rounds couldn’t have come soon enough, with each team eager to prove that they had compiled some serious talent.
