Daly: Last week on "The Voice"...
♪ Treated me kind ♪
♪ Sweet destiny ♪
...the battle rounds began.
- Whoa! - And the steals changed everything.
We've got a steal! Lightning-fast!
And Blake Shelton's in now!
Blake: I'm liking the stealing.
Because when you have two talented singers,
it's not fair for somebody to have to go home.
- Collin, you're back in the game! - Yes!
- Hold everything! - Thank you.
Daly: Tonight, the battles continue as our four superstar coaches
pair their artists to face off in vocal battles.
It's go time. ♪ You turned out to be the ♪
♪ best thing I never ♪ oh, you ♪
Daly: To help prepare them,
- our coaches have recruited their friends... - Green Day.
...some of the biggest names in music.
If you can't hit that note, hit it with an emotion.
And with the battle lines drawn...
I would love to know why you paired us together.
- Why do you think? - To get rid of me.
Blake: Instead of worrying about why,
she needs to worry about how to win this thing.
Daly: ...Our coaches won't hesitate
to use one of their remaining steals.
Adam: There are incredibly talented people
on all the teams, so if I can steal them,
it makes my team that much better.
Daly: And they'll have
high expectations for their artists.
- My bad. I missed my line. - Yeah, you did miss that.
Christina: With the option to steal other artists,
it definitely ups the stakes.
♪ Shot through the heart ♪ Daly: And the artists must deliver.
♪ And you're to blame ♪
♪ darling, you give love a bad name ♪
Daly: Because in the end, only one will win it all...
a recording contract with Universal Music Group
and be named "The Voice."
The battle rounds continue right now.
Let's see how
the first two artists from team Blake match up.
21-year-old mariachi singer Julio Cesar Castillo
versus 42-year-old soul singer Terisa Griffin.
Julio came to the blind auditions
with dreams of supporting his family.
Julio: My dad was diagnosed with epilepsy,
so it's not very easy for him to get a job.
But singing mariachi...
it's helped me support my family.
[ Singing Spanish ]
I'm gonna go out there,
and I'm gonna show America what I got.
♪ Para bailar la bamba ♪
♪ se necesita una poca de gracia ♪
Daly: Two chairs turned,
forcing him to pick Cee Lo or Blake.
- I think I'm gonna go with Blake. - Yes!
Daly: Terisa Griffin came packing experience.
Terisa: I am 42 years old.
Damn!
Aren't y'all gonna say nothing?! [ Laughs ]
During the blind auditions, she proved
it's never too late to fulfill your dreams.
♪ Never mind, I'll find someone like you ♪
Christina turned around first.
I feel like I'm in trouble.
I feel like you're in trouble, too.
- Whew! - Why don't you just come down here
and punch me in the face and get it over with?
[ Laughter, applause ] I love you. I think you're awesome.
- What else do you want to hear? - I'm gonna take you.
[ Cheers and applause ] You're gonna take me?
Whoo!
Cee Lo: Now you see what I've had to deal with all my life.
That's my mama, my sister, my ex-wife, everybody.
[ Laughter ]
Daly: Julio and Terisa meet with their coach, Blake,
and Michael Bublé for their first rehearsal.
Well, I'm sure you two are wondering,
"why are we singing against each other?"
It was actually more about the song,
and I thought, you know, "Conga,"
because "Conga" is performed by a female diva
like Gloria Estefan.
Blake: Terisa's a powerful vocalist,
but it has a little bit of a Latin-type feel to it.
And so I thought,
"man, that'd be cool for Julio, also."
I think you meet together in the middle
because of this song.
This tune is a great tune.
And rhythmically, percussively,
you got to be, like, right on, or it's gonna sound dirty.
♪ Feel the rhythm of the meter getting stronger ♪
[ Stammers ] ♪ conga beat ♪
Wait. How does that part go?
Julio: The song definitely has Latin feeling to it,
so hopefully that'll work to my advantage.
But the speed of the song is just... you know, it's fast.
I get a little tongue-tied sometimes.
[ Chuckles ]
♪ Feel the rhythm of the meter getting stronger ♪
♪ don't you fight it till... ♪ [ Stammers ]
Yeah, that's hard.
This is all about breath control.
Yeah.
And you just got to look at this phrasing
and really think about... [ Inhales sharply ]
...where you're gonna take that breath.
Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga.
No one in the history of the world
ever really knew the words.
Yeah, I know.
[ Laughter ] They know "Conga," but it's...
[ Singing gibberish ] ♪ conga ♪
[ Singing gibberish ] ♪ any longer ♪
I can't sing that fast. [ Laughs ]
I think you can, man. I really do.
Both: ♪ come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga ♪
♪ I know you can't control yourself any longer ♪
Terisa: I love ballads, so Julio...
in my opinion, he has the upper hand
because Julio loves mariachi.
I don't know how I'm gonna outshine him,
but I do know that I'm gonna go in
with the mentality of kicking butt.
Daly: Terisa sits down with her coach and adviser
to discuss her concerns with the pairing.
I would love to know why you paired us together,
you know, because it's more in his, you know...
- Wheelhouse. - Yeah, definitely.
Can I ask you, why do you think?
To get rid of me.
- Really? You really think that? - Yes.
[ Voice breaking ] Yes.
Of course not, Terisa.
I begged and pleaded my case to you to pick me as a coach.
For some reason, Terisa had this serious issue
with the fact that I paired her with Julio.
She needs to... instead of worrying about why,
she needs to worry about how to win this thing.
I'll find somebody that creates a good battle
because I don't want it to be easy.
I know you're pushing me out of my box.
You know, once I said that to her,
I think she kind of snapped out of it
and started going, "okay, you're right."
"I got some work to do here."
Daly: With the battle looming, Julio and Terisa meet with Blake
and continue to struggle with the song.
♪ Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga ♪
♪ I know you can't [Stammers] yourself any longer ♪
Okay, that's you.
Yeah, there's one word
that you're hanging on for a second.
Yeah, the... and by the time you try to get to the other one,
it's already gone by,
and that's where it starts to fall apart a little bit.
If Julio doesn't figure out
how to roll through those choruses with ease
and with great timing,
he's gonna end up throwing Terisa off.
If he throws Terisa off,
it throws the entire performance off,
and it just turns into a train wreck, you know?
And that could cost him this battle.
♪ There's no way you're gonna stop, oh! ♪
Julio: I think Terisa's voice is strong,
and it's very intimidating.
You know, she got pipes. [ Laughs ]
♪ There's no way we're gonna sto-o-o-o-p ♪
Blake: Julio... he's intimidated by Terisa.
♪ Come on ♪ And he should be.
♪ Shake your body, baby ♪ ohh ♪
But he also needs to know that he's just as talented.
♪ Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga ♪
Daly: It's the night of the battle,
and Julio and Terisa are ready to face off.
Terisa: I have been in this industry for a really long time.
It has been a grind, definitely a struggle.
But nothing beats a failure but a try, and I won't give up.
Thank you.
[ Voice breaking ] My dad has been the person that supported me the most.
So I know that if I make it, he'll be so proud of me.
Entering now from team Blake,
it's the singer stepping out from his mariachi band,
Julio Cesar Castillo...
[ Cheers and applause ]
...battling the fiery soul singer Terisa Griffin!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Let the battle begin.
♪ Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga ♪
♪ I know you can't control yourself any longer ♪
♪ come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga ♪
♪ I know you can't control yourself any longer ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ]
♪ Everybody, gather 'round now ♪
♪ let your body feel the heat, whoa, oh ♪
♪ don't you worry if you can't dance ♪
♪ let the music move your feet, yeah ♪
♪ it's the rhythm of the island ♪
♪ and like sugar cane so sweet, ohh ♪
♪ if you want to do the conga ♪
♪ you've got to listen to the beat ♪
♪ oh, come on ♪
♪ shake your body, baby, do the conga ♪
♪ I know you can't control yourself any longer ♪
♪ feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger ♪
♪ don't you fight it till you tried it, do that conga beat ♪
Whoo!
[ Laughs ]
♪ Feel the fire of desire ♪
♪ as you dance the night away, yeah ♪
♪ 'cause tonight we're gonna party ♪
♪ till we see the break of day, yeah ♪
♪ once the music hits your system ♪
♪ there's no way you're gonna stop ♪
♪ ohh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah ♪
♪ oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ oh, oh ♪
♪ shake your body, baby ♪ [ Trills ] ♪ ow! ♪
♪ come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga ♪
♪ I know you can't control yourself any longer ♪
♪ come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ]
Blake, a tough decision.
- No! - We'll get your decision,
but let's hear it from your fellow coaches first. Christina?
Christina: Wow.
For the first time on this show, I'm kind of speechless.
Come on. Say something, please.
[ Laughter ] I'm trying.
I'm still processing. Cee Lo, why don't you say something?
What's on your mind, Cee Lo?
Yeah, I mean, it was cool. Actually, I enjoyed it.
I mean, Terisa, you always got so much personality.
Anything with soul I think is good for me,
and it's good for the soul,
so it really feels good to see you so enthusiastic
and really in the moment and really having fun.
I like your voice. I really do. Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you, Cee Lo. Adam?
[ Chuckles ] Come on, Adam.
I am speechless.
Blake, you've really outdone yourself on this one,
because just as far as the style of what you guys do
are just so different.
But it was odd, and it worked, you know?
And, Julio, we've never had a contestant
that has the style that you have,
so I thought that was really cool that Blake saw that.
Thank you.
And, Terisa, I mean, Julio was, like, scared at a certain point.
- 'Cause you were... - She can do that to you.
- Yeah. He was like... - She's really intimidating.
You know, you're so fierce, and you're an amazing singer.
But, for my own selfish reasons,
wanting to have something just completely different,
I would choose Julio.
- Cool. Thank you, Adam. - Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ] Blake, tough decision.
I don't know if you got a whole lot of help.
But what do you think?
It was a hard, hard song to sing.
I know it was, and I'll be damned
if both of you didn't do awesome.
Oh, my gosh, man. I mean, it...
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
Well, I know it's not easy, Blake, but who...
Okay. Stop it.
[ Laughs ] Uh, and...
And even as I talk right now, I don't really know who won.
After Blake's decision...
♪ Shot through the heart, and you're to blame ♪
♪ darling, you give love a bad name ♪
Daly: ...An unforgettable night of battles continues...
♪ The dog days are over ♪
Daly: ...including an exciting twist...
Oh! We got a steal!
...that leaves our coaches fighting to steal new artists
for their teams.
Adam steals!
Oh, it's the end of her career!
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
♪ Oh, come on ♪
♪ shake your body, baby, do the conga ♪
Daly: Before the break, Julio and Terisa took the stage,
and their tongue-twisting performance of "Conga"
gave a Latin flavor to the competition.
[ Laughs ]
Daly: And now the fate of these two artists
all rests in Blake's hands.
Well, I know it's not easy, Blake, but who...
Stop it. [ Laughs ]
And even as I talk right now, I don't really know who won.
I think the way
that I'm gonna have to make this decision
is to think back to when we were in rehearsals.
And...
to me, Julio was having the hardest time in rehearsals.
And because of that and what I just saw here today...
...I think he probably put the most work into it.
I'm gonna have to go with Julio.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Julio, congratulations.
We'll see you at the knockout round, my friend.
- Thank you. - You got it.
Oh, my God, I feel great.
I...I don't think I've ever felt like this before.
It's such a great opportunity, you know?
[ Sniffles, sobs ]
[ Squeals ]
We love you.
All right. Terisa, here we go.
- Coaches, let me remind you Terisa is available to steal. - Somebody! Come on!
[ Audience chanting "steal!" ]
Do it.
[ Cheers and applause ] Oh, my God!
We've got a steal!
- Cee Lo Green steals Terisa Griffin from team Blake. - Yes!
You are back in the game.
The crowd goes nuts.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You are shaking like a leaf.
What's going on? Talk to me.
Thank you, Cee Lo!
Cee Lo, talk to me.
Cee Lo: You know what?
Whoo!
That connection with people, man, you can't pretend that.
You can't pretend it. You know what I'm saying?
So, like, you know, stay on. Help me win the show.
- I'm in it! I'm in it! I'm back! Whoo! - You're back!
Go give your new coach a hug.
Oh, cool!
Cee Lo Green steals Terisa Griffin.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you, Jesus, thank you.
This is gonna be fun to see how it plays out.
We'll see Terisa in the knockout round.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo-hoo!
Christina: Yes!
It does not matter what everybody else thinks.
If you get up and try, you have already won the battle.
Yes!
- And so it's the voice. - Yes.
Not the age, ladies. It's your voice!
You've got some killer singers on your team, Cee Lo.
You think so?
Uh, yeah.
Blake: Me not choosing Terisa
and her still being in this competition,
she's gonna want to shove that in my face
as much as she can and go on and win this thing,
and that's the great thing about season three
is now they don't always have to go home.
You did it, buddy.
[ Chuckles ]
Daly: As Cee Lo celebrates his new team member,
let's take a look at the next battle matchup...
22-year-old former Yale football player
Dez Duron from Shreveport, Louisiana,
versus 16-year-old Paulina from Sugar Land, Texas.
After failing to make a team
last season during his blind audition,
Dez took the stage for a second time.
I'm definitely back here with something to prove.
♪ It's you and me forever ♪
Daly: He blew the coaches away with his comeback.
Last year, I definitely did miss an opportunity with you,
so I'm so happy that you came back
and showcased a different side of yourself
because, I mean, to me, your voice...
the sky is the limit.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Paulina: I don't think I've heard anyone with a voice identical to mine.
It's sweet, but it still has some kind of sass to it.
♪ I'm gonna run to, ohh ♪
Daly: Paulina started singing onstage at the age of 12...
Paulina: I have the best parents in the entire world.
They're super supportive,
and I've always wanted to just kind of pay them back
and be what I've always hoped to be,
which is a superstar.
♪ You make me feel that ♪
♪ La-la-la-la-la ♪
...and took her next step towards stardom
when she landed a spot on team Christina.
You had good voice control, and you came out really strong.
You just belong on my team.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hi.
Hi. How's it going? [ Laughs ]
Paulina: Our adviser is Billie Joe Armstrong.
I grew up listening to Green Day.
Oh, my gosh, I was so excited.
♪ Girl, you're amazing ♪
♪ just the way you are ♪
Dez and Paulina... they have these faces
that sort of just light up and exude charisma,
so I gave them "Just The Way You Are"
because it is such a sweet song.
And I think that that's gonna be
really easy for them to tap in to.
♪ Her eyes, her eyes ♪
♪ make the stars look like they're not shining ♪
I'm a big fan of the song.
I would never choose it for myself, though, to sing.
The song is really high.
♪ Just the way you are ♪
It's way up there,
and so it's definitely gonna be a challenge for me.
I feel like there's a little bit
- over-pronouncing happening there. - Okay.
The way you were singing it was like,
"her ey-es, her ey-es," you know?
Like, I really want you to relax on it,
like... ♪ her eyes, her eyes ♪
You know, just kind of throw it away a little bit.
- I mean, don't lose your pitch. - Right.
- I'm really nervous. - That's natural.
Be nervous. It's your friend.
Christina: There's probably a little bit more weight
on Dez's shoulders,
just because he wants to prove the fact that,
you know, he did make it past the blind auditions
this second time around for a reason.
♪ 'Cause you're amazing ♪
♪ just the way you are, are, are ♪
I don't think you in particular need to create
ad-lib situations that don't need to be there.
You know... ♪ 'cause you're amazing ♪
It just can be more powerful than...
♪ amazi-i-i-ng ♪
The song already has its pace to it,
so if you're trying to throw in vocal acrobats and stuff,
you're gonna end up kind of getting off of,
- like, the melody of the song, I think. - Right.
Paulina: Billie Joe and Christina have been giving me
very valuable advice.
I just need to remember everything
and store it back here
so that whenever I go on that stage,
I can just bring it out
and give the best I possibly can.
♪ Just the way you are ♪
That's nice. Love it, love it, yeah.
That's your character, you know?
Definitely incorporate moments like that.
Dez: Paulina picks interesting vocal choices,
and the melodies that she's coming up with are really cool.
Once she gets it down,
it's gonna be a force to be reckoned with.
It's like just sing together and complement each other.
Enjoy each other, and then the audience will enjoy it, too.
- Just don't overthink it. - And don't blow it.
[ Laughter ] And don't mess up.
Don't make me look bad.
[ Laughter ]
She's got to win. [ Laughs ]
Daly: The next day, Dez and Paulina
head into their last rehearsal with Christina.
♪ The way you a-a-a-re ♪
♪ the way you a-a-a-re ♪
♪ girl, you're amazing ♪
♪ just the way you are ♪
Paulina, you're doing your own thing with it.
You kind of pronounce things in your own style,
but just make sure I can hear the lyrics and everything
and you're not, you know, inching off of your pitch.
Just sing the song just so everybody's not going,
"wait, what happened?"
You know what I mean? Just so they don't think
- it's like a lyric flub or a mistake. - Okay.
Staying on pitch, being really aware of my tone...
I think those are all really important factors
that could either make me go onto the next round
or, you know, make me go home.
Christina: Dez, I wouldn't really go higher.
♪ The way you a-a-a-re ♪
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, like a tiny, like, dip on it.
And go down.
It makes me nervous because I will lose this battle
if I don't hit these notes right on.
♪ Stay for a while ♪ 'cause you're amazing ♪
My bad. I missed my line. "You're amazing."
Christina: Dez seems like a very rehearsed vocalist.
I just hope that nerves don't take over
and he's able to relax.
Like, it'd be nice
to see you guys lock eyes at the end.
[ Laughs ] Definitely.
Paulina's positive is that her voice is quite unique.
I just hope that she doesn't experiment onstage
and it falls flat.
Daly: Dez and Paulina are about to battle.
Only one will win and remain on Christina's team.
Dez: I know what it's like to go home really soon in the competition.
It doesn't feel good.
It's not something I want to feel again.
Paulina: To be working with Christina Aguilera
and learning from her, it's like my dream come true.
I just wouldn't want to lose that.
I want this really badly.
[ Applause ]
This is my night, and I'm gonna shine.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Coming up...
The coaches face tough decisions.
Who is the winner of this battle?
Oh, my God. I'm so torn.
The winner of this battle...
While hoping to strengthen their teams...
- Whoa! We got a steal! - Whoo!
...they end up in a battle of their own.
It makes a lot more sense for you to be on my team than his.
Damn!
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Only one of these competitors from team Christina
will win this battle
and be one step closer to winning it all.
Singing "Just The Way You Are,"
the ex-Yale football player from Louisiana, Dez Duron.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Going up against the focused 16-year-old pop hopeful
from Texas, Paulina!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Let the battle begin.
♪ Oh, her eyes, her eyes ♪
♪ make the stars look like they're not shining ♪
♪ her hair, her hair ♪
♪ falls perfectly without her trying ♪
♪ she's so beautiful ♪
♪ and I tell her every day, mm-hmm ♪
♪ well, I know, I know ♪
♪ when I compliment him, he won't believe me ♪
♪ and it's so, it's so ♪
♪ sad to think that he don't see what I see ♪
♪ but every time he asks me, "do I look okay?" ♪
♪ I'll say, unh ♪
♪ and when I see your face, oh, girl ♪
♪ there's not a thing that I would change ♪
♪ 'cause you're amazing just the way you a-a-a-a-re ♪
♪ and when you smile ♪
♪ the whole world stops and stares for a while ♪
♪ 'cause you're amazing just the way you are ♪
♪ oh ♪ yeah ♪
♪ when I see your face ♪
♪ there's not a thing that I would change ♪
♪ 'cause you're amazing ♪
♪ just the way you a-a-a-re ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Give it up.
From team Christina, Paulina and Dez.
Very good. Christina, tough decision coming up on this battle momentarily.
First, some thoughts from the other coaches. Cee Lo?
Paulina, you have such a charm and such a personality
that I really enjoy.
I love the quirk in your voice. I think you did a great job.
But I just think as far as total package,
I got to give it to my man Dez.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Adam?
I think that there were great things
about both of your voices.
But both performances on their own,
to me, were a little bit inconsistent.
So, probably because it seems like more kind of seasoned,
probably I'd go with Dez.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Blake Shelton?
Well, first, let me say something to Dez.
Man, you've come a long way in a year.
I mean, it's amazing to see you now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I think as far as character and that person
that would jump out on the radio between the two of you,
it would be you, Paulina.
I mean, you have
such different qualities and character.
[ Cheers and applause ]
But I want you to remember what I just said to Dez.
It's amazing how much difference a year can make,
and I think Dez's experience is the reason that,
in my opinion, he won this battle.
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you, Blake.
Christina, give me some thoughts on the battle first
and then your decision.
Christina: Yes, first of all,
so incredibly proud of both of you.
I knew that both of you would put
your own unique twist on it.
Paulina, you have
this specific quality to your voice,
this tone, this texture, this interesting falsetto.
And you showcased that. You're a real performer.
You're a real artist when you're able to do that.
- Thank you. - Dez, I thought you were very consistent throughout.
You went for that high note.
♪ The way you are ♪
It was really, really pretty and right on point.
Christina, who's the winner of this battle?
Whew!
Um...
I just feel like, Paulina,
it had its moments where it just wasn't followed through
as far as consistency, so I got to give it to Dez.
[ Cheers and applause ] Dez, congratulations.
Dez Duron moves on to the knockout rounds.
All right, coaches, let me remind you,
Paulina is available to steal.
Paulina, anything you want to say to coach Christina?
I just wanted to say you are a wonderful coach,
and I've already learned so much from you.
- Thank you. Thank you. - Ladies and gentlemen, Paulina.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, Paulina.
Thank you.
I wish I could have brought it a bit more.
I do feel like I was a bit shaky.
- I'm so proud of you. - It would have been amazing
to have been stolen and continue this opportunity,
but I know that it's not the end, and I'll keep going.
Oh, my God! [ Laughs ]
Dez: All the hard work just paying off right here.
Moments like these is what you live for.
Unbelievable job.
I want to be the one to give Christina her first win,
so this is the season right here.
[ Laughs ] Whoo!
Daly: Coming up...
♪ You give love a bad name ♪
Blake: I looked down, and everybody was going,
"oh, my gosh."
Those are the type of moments that win a battle round.
...the battle rounds heat up.
♪ Whoo, I will always be the ♪
How do you, like, sing that many notes?
Yeah, I can't even think that many notes.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
Next, let's check in with Adam
and his nine-time Grammy award-winning adviser,
Mary J. Blige, as they prepare for his next battle pairing.
[ British accent ] It's a music-industry master class
starring Mary J. Blige and Adam Levine.
Adam: [ normal voice ] I've known Mary J. for years,
and she's a wonderful woman that I love so dearly,
so it's really great that she's here for the battle rounds
because she offers a perspective that I don't have.
Daly: Let's see how the next two artists match up...
24-year-old former racecar driver Benji
versus 26-year-old bar manager Sam James.
During the blind auditions,
Sam James came to "The Voice" looking for a career change.
I earn a living as a bartender, and it's an awesome place,
but I want to be playing music full time.
♪ Imagine all the people ♪
Daly: His efforts paid off.
Adam: You have a fantastic voice.
You definitely deserve to be here,
and I'm happy you're on my team, man.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Daly: And Benji wowed two coaches
with his rock-'n'-roll scream.
♪ Ye-e-e-ah! ♪
Christina: Wow!
What's your name?! [ Cheers and applause ]
This whole experience is really important to me
because I kind of don't want it to end like racing did.
I don't want it to end with
that 100-mile-an-hour collision into a wall.
Daly: Now both artists face off against each other.
- What?! - What's going on? Adam: - Gentlemen!
Sam: It's totally hard to put this into perspective right now.
I'm gonna get to work with two of the biggest names in music.
- I'm Sam. - Mary.
Nice to meet you, Mary. [ Laughs ]
I've been a fan of Mary's for a long time.
Her trophy room is probably bigger than my house.
People are gonna love it.
- It's gonna be a crowd-pleaser kind of song. - Yeah.
Adam: I chose Bon Jovi
'cause I wanted them to be out of their comfort zone.
I like that sometimes.
This is the time when you're doing the battle rounds,
and people are gonna start to get to know you.
People kind of fall in love with what you do,
who you are, all this kind of stuff.
And this is a really great way to do that.
It's not what they would have chosen,
which I think it's good, you know?
If it all fits perfectly and all makes perfect sense,
it doesn't always engage or entertain.
So this was one of those wild cards I threw out.
♪ Shot through the heart, and you're to blame ♪
♪ darling, you give love a bad name ♪
Sam is just this powerhouse.
There's this density to his voice.
♪ Oh, I play my part, and you play your game ♪
Benji's an amazing screamer, but he can also have
this really clean, pristine-sounding voice.
♪ Darling, you give love a bad name ♪
Adam: And I think that the both of them together,
it's gonna be a really powerful duet.
♪ A bad name ♪
♪ bad name ♪ [ Laughs ]
Adam: Check it out, check it out, check it out.
Sam, I think sometimes the upper ones,
you're straining a bit.
If you can't hit that note with the note,
hit it with an emotion, and it's gonna go "ding!"
Sam has a great voice.
I think he just needs other techniques
and ways of hitting that note and he'll be great.
♪ You give love a bad name ♪
There's always one or two notes in a big song like this
I strain to hit.
- It's an intimidating song. - It is. That's true.
- It's a big song. - Yeah.
I'm not really a Bon Jovi guy,
but I want to make it all the way.
♪ You give love a bad name ♪
I'm learning so much about myself
from being on "The Voice."
So I definitely, definitely have a lot of work to do.
Daly: As the battle approaches, Benji and Sam head in
for one final rehearsal with Adam.
♪ Shot through the heart, and you're to blame ♪
♪ darling, you give love a bad name ♪
Benji: I've always been kind of the front man of a band,
and that makes me think that I have a shot to win this battle.
♪ Oh, you're a loaded gun ♪
♪ yeah, yeah! ♪
Adam: Sam, the way you just sang that was really great.
But, Benji, one of the reasons why I chose this song
was because I knew that you could have that moment
where you're like, "yeah!"
But you really only need to roar at certain moments in the song,
but you can sing it the rest of the time,
'cause it's not gonna be good if you scream it all.
Benji: I really just want to scream it out
and yell it out, but you've got to stay
kind of within those constraints of the song
while also being yourself.
That's hard.
Bon Jovi is a deceptively great singer
who isn't just up there, growling.
He's, you know...
♪ Shot through the heart, and you're to blame ♪
♪ darling, you give love ♪
I mean, he's singing. It's not just... rawr!
What I need to do is sit down, put the headphones on,
and lock it down,
'cause this is what I want to do.
And I'm not banking on me getting saved.
I'm banking on me winning.
Adam: It's almost like you have the opposite problem,
because your thing is gonna be getting out of your comfort range.
And with you, it's like you have
these two very dramatically different ranges,
and I think that's gonna be, for you,
balancing those two things out.
Benji and Sam both had some issues,
but I'm trying to challenge people,
and I'm trying to make people comfortable.
So, you know, that's my goal, and that's my plan.
I think that the both of them should be
able to thrive for the song.
Daly: The pressure mounts
while Benji and Sam make their way to the stage.
Sam: I don't want to sling drinks anymore.
You know, it's a fun job,
and it definitely pays the bills, but I'm done with it.
I want to have every day I wake up, it's music.
Benji: If I don't win tonight, then this might be it
as far as music for me as a career, you know?
I've given it a long time... 11 years.
So, I really like Sam. He's an awesome guy.
But it's battle royale.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Coming up, an epic battle rocks the stage.
♪ Yea-a-a-a-h! ♪
You screamed like a bat flying straight out of hell.
Daly: And later, which coach will score
the second steal of the night?
Push. Somebody push.
Push.
Whoa! We got a steal!
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Stepping into the ring now,
the 24-year-old ex-racecar driver from Orlando!
Here he is! Benji!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Going voice to voice with the 26-year-old bar manager
from Massachusetts, Sam James.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Let the battle begin.
♪ Shot through the heart, and you're to blame ♪
♪ darling, you give love a bad name ♪
♪ an angel's smile is what you sell ♪
♪ you promised me heaven, then put me through hell ♪
♪ chains of love got a hold on me ♪
♪ when passion's your prison, you can't break free ♪
♪ oh, you're a loaded gun, yea-a-a-h ♪
♪ whoa, there's nowhere to run ♪
♪ no one can save me, the damage is done ♪
♪ shot through the heart, and you're to blame ♪
♪ darling, you give love a bad name ♪
♪ I play my part, and you play your game ♪
♪ darling, you give love a bad name ♪
♪ you give lo-o-o-o-o-ve a bad name ♪
♪ whoo! Paint your smile on your lips ♪
♪ blood-red nails on your fingertips ♪
♪ a schoolboy's dream, you act so shy ♪
♪ your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye ♪
♪ whoa ♪
♪ you're a loaded gun ♪
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah! ♪
♪ oh, there's nowhere to run ♪
♪ no one can save me, the damage is done ♪
♪ yea-a-a-a-h! ♪
♪ shot through the heart, and you're to blame ♪
♪ darling, you give love a bad name ♪
♪ I play my part, and you play your game ♪
♪ darling, you give love a bad name ♪
♪ darling, you give lo-o-o-o-ve a bad name! ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Team Adam battling.
Sam, Benji, great job.
Damn!
[ Laughs ] Great job, fellas.
[ Cheers and applause ]
There's your coach. His name's Adam.
We'll give him a minute to take all that in,
and we'll get some of the thoughts from his fellow coaches.
We'll start with Mr. Blake Shelton. Blake?
Hey, guys. How you doing?
- What's up, Blake? - You calm down?
You were pissed off a second ago, both of you.
Let me just tell you how I feel about it.
Sam, you kind of have your thing you do, and you stay there.
You know what I mean?
Benji, either you have a bigger range
or you're more willing to explore that stuff.
[ Applause ]
You did something over here in the corner that was just...
I looked down, and everybody was going,
"oh, my gosh."
Those are the type of moments
that win a battle round to me, so I would give this to Benji.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Thank you, Blake.
Christina, your thoughts?
Sam, you kind of have an Adam Levine thing going on
in your voice, though, right?
Well, I don't know. [ Laughs ]
I was so entertained. You guys were battling it out.
That's what the battle rounds is all about.
Sam, you came out here,
and you immediately caught my attention.
You have this great smile and this great look in your eye,
and you had a lot of confidence.
And I liked how even though Benji
was definitely doing his [screams].
You know, you stayed consistent in your comfort zone,
and you followed through, and it was great.
But I'm down for, you know, some yelling and screaming,
and so for me, it's Benji.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Cee Lo, what did you think of that?
Initially, I thought that it was pretty even-matched.
And then, Benji,
I want to comment on something that Blake said.
He said either it was you were willing to explore
or you just had a greater range.
I think it was both, which doubled the distance.
You know what I'm saying?
Because you just took the lead.
So I just think Benji was the clear lead on this one.
[ Applause ] All right, some thoughts from the other coaches there.
The only opinion that matters is coach Adam Levine.
Adam, some thoughts?
So, guys, listen.
Benji, you have one of the best screams I've ever heard.
- Yeah! - You do. He does.
You scream like a bat flying straight out of hell.
- I appreciate that. - That is very hard to do.
And, you know, it hearkens back
to the real rock singers, you know, of the day.
Now, the one problem, though, that I have is the fact
that in between your lower register and your scream,
there's a little bit of lack of control.
Sam, you know, I saw you when you went
for those high ones that you were struggling with.
Even if you didn't nail them perfectly,
you got damn close.
And you have your own style,
and I really felt it coming through.
You weren't doing an impression of anybody.
You were Sam, and I really respect that.
Adam, who is the winner of this battle?
Okay, so, here we go.
The winner of this battle...
the winner of this battle...
...Sam.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Sam James, congratulations.
- We'll see you at the knockout round. - Awesome.
- Thank you. - You're welcome, man.
Sam: It means so much to me that Adam saw something in me
that the other coaches didn't.
I live another day.
You know, I'm here. I'm ready to stay.
And he believes in me, and it makes me feel...
I'm overwhelmed.
Man, that was a close one, huh?
You nailed it. You nailed it, though.
Daly: Coaches, let me remind you Benji is available to steal.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Anything you want to say to Adam?
Dude, I appreciate kind of the feedback you gave me
and the conversations we've had.
I'll take it to heart, man. Thank you.
Christina: You're a classy guy. I like you, Benji.
Thank you. You are a classy guy. Thank you, Benji.
All right. Give it up for Benji, everybody.
Thank you, Adam.
All right, bro. You did great.
You did great. Take care.
Adam: With Benji and Sam, that was just a matter
of Sam has a little more control over his voice.
Benji is like an unpolished diamond.
'Cause he's got that scream that I really love,
but I just thought Sam was a little more solid as a singer.
They're both great, but Sam was so far
out of what he's used to that it's like...
I commend that.
If it were my choice,
I definitely probably would have gone with Benji,
just because he had a crazy range
that I didn't even know he was capable of.
But it just wasn't right for my team, so I had to pass.
If you put him back into his comfort zone,
I think he's gonna be a lot better.
Yeah.
Benji: I've never counted on second chances,
so I wasn't really looking for a steal.
I mean, would I have taken one? Yes. [ Laughs ]
But it's tough, man, and... it's tough.
Daly: Coming up, more incredible battles.
♪ I'd pay the devil to replace her ♪
♪ she's gone ♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I, what went wrong? ♪
♪ dog days are over ♪
You've got the music in you.
Blake, this is a tough decision,
because they really go toe-to-toe.
Daly: And later, one artist's life
is changed forever after a steal.
[ Cheers and applause ] Whoa!
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
As the battles continue, Cee Lo awaits his next pairing
alongside his trusted friend,
Grammy award-winning rock star Rob Thomas.
As soon as you come on and you meet these artists,
you're immediately kind of transported back to the idea
of when you were first starting out.
I've been in that place. I've wanted it so bad.
So I felt like I even had more to maybe offer the artist
because of that.
Daly: Next up for team Cee Lo,
31-year-old family man Nicholas David
versus 30-year-old music teacher Todd Kessler.
Father-to-be Todd came to "The Voice" on a mission.
Todd: This whole journey... this is bigger than me.
I want it to provide
that better life for my future family.
♪ Oh, Maggie, I wish I'd ♪
Daly: He impressed Cee Lo with his pure, crisp voice.
♪ Never seen your fa-a-a-ce ♪
Cee Lo: You sounded so smooth.
And I think that you will work perfectly for me.
Daly: Minnesota native Nicholas David overcame a rocky past
before making it to the "Voice" stage.
Nicholas: I just was lost
and just kind of self-medicated with booze.
Due to the drinking, I started gaining weight.
Before I even knew it, I was 300 pounds.
So I shed the weight. I shed the booze.
Now I feel my message of healing and hope
can reach a larger audience.
♪ Whenever you're in trouble, won't you stand by me? ♪
Daly: One button push landed him a spot on Cee Lo's team.
Unique voice, unique style. Now unique coach.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Holy buckets.
Daly: Ready to battle,
Nicholas and Todd meet with Cee Lo and Rob.
Rob: Couple midwest kids. Doing well?
- Yeah, man. - Yeah.
We were kind of joking, too,
saying you picked us 'cause we got beards.
- The beard guys, the beard crew. - Yeah.
Nicholas: I'm very happy with the pairing
because Todd and I have a lot of similarities.
We're both from the midwest.
We both got long-term relationships.
We both have babies on the way.
We're not looking at this like we're competing each other.
- It's just us against ourselves. - But you are.
Well, yeah. Of course we know that.
[ Laughing ] Of course.
Cee Lo: Nicholas and Todd will be singing
"She's Gone" by Hall & Oates.
Daryl's voice, man, is just all about,
you know, real soulful stuff.
Daryl hall is one of the forefathers of blue-eyed soul,
and I chose this song because of both of their blue-eyed souls.
♪ Everybody's trying to tell me what's right for me ♪
- What is up, Bill Withers? - Yeah.
[ Both laugh ]
I'm just gonna walk out right now. [ Laughs ]
Todd: Nick sounded so good that it was just,
"what am I doing here?" You know?
♪ I'd pay the devil to replace her ♪
♪ she's gone, oh, I, what went wrong? ♪
Or something like that. I don't know. [ Laughs ]
That last "she's gone" after "I'd pay the devil to replace her"?
- Uh-huh? - It jumps right in.
♪ Oh, I, I better learn how to face it ♪
♪ she's gone ♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I ♪
♪ I'd pay the devil to replace her ♪
♪ she's gone ♪
[ Piano plays ] [ Laughs ]
- He ain't doing that. - You got to make that face, too, right?
You got to be like...
♪ Oh! ♪ She's gone! ♪
[ Laughs ]
It's not just about giving you guys a task
or just singing some random song.
It's just I would love for it to connect, you know,
to each one of you in a personal way
to where you can truly sing it with that conviction.
That's been a constant struggle for me.
Rob: Todd has a strong voice
that's more soulful than I think he realizes,
and I think Todd needs to find that connection with the song.
Is there an experience in your life
that you probably could maybe hold onto?
Yeah, I mean, my wife and I,
the first five years of our relationship
- were long-distance. - Mm-hmm.
So, I mean, that's kind of the only thing I can think of.
I get asked all the time like, "what makes a really good song?"
And the only answer is, "if it takes you somewhere."
You know what I mean? Like, and it can be a great pop song.
It could be a dance song. It could be a ballad.
But if it takes you somewhere, that's a good song.
Yeah.
Todd: I really need to make this song my own
to connect with it on that deeper level,
and I really need to find a place
that that makes sense to me and convey that to the audience.
Daly: The next day, Nicholas gets some guidance
from his coach, Cee Lo, and adviser, Rob Thomas.
Rob: You seem like an old soul.
- You know what I mean? Nicholas: - Yeah.
But at the same time, this forces that issue of, like,
- this is a competition... do you know what I mean? - Yeah.
Do you have that? Do you have a competitive spirit?
Do you have a want to win?
Yeah, and that's the hard part,
'cause it's like part of me says,
- "I just want to do this with Todd." - Sure.
Nicholas: I think the biggest difficulty I've encountered
as we approach the battle is
I'm really growing to be close with Todd.
It's maybe more difficult
to look at it like a competition
'cause I just look at it like this wonderful experience.
Wanting to win doesn't make you a lesser person.
I think your challenges
you're gonna have through this whole process is...
Coming to terms with those mixed emotions.
Cee Lo: Nick is finding it hard to compete.
It's a friendly competition but a competition.
Like, this is still a war. You know what I'm saying?
So he needs to really, really get serious
about this battle if he plans on winning,
so he can't take Todd for granted.
Daly: It's the night of the battle,
and Nicholas and Todd are ready to face off.
Todd: I need to find my place in the song
where I'm gonna shine brighter than Nick,
but I need to really find that place inside
to get past him to win this battle.
Nicholas: Cee Lo told me to get rid of my indecisiveness
because I've become
actually really good friends with my partner,
and I've prayed on it and thought about it
and meditated on it, and I'm ready to do it.
Go get them.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Daly: Coming up...
♪ She's gone ♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I ♪
...Nicholas and Todd go head-to-head in a performance
that leaves Cee Lo with his toughest decision yet.
[ Cheers and applause ]
It was awesome!
You gave me the head roll!
You look like Jesus, and people like that.
[ Laughter ] You both moved me in different ways.
- Who is the winner of this battle round? - I'm going to go with...
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
From team Cee Lo, two will enter the battle ring,
but only one will be declared the winner.
Will it be the family man from Minnesota,
Nicholas David...
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo-hoo! Look who it is!
Daly: ...Or the music teacher from Chicago,
looking for a new start, Todd Kessler?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah!
- Whoo! - Whoo!
Let the battle begin.
♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ everybody's high on consolation ♪
♪ everybody's trying to tell me what's right for me ♪
♪ mm-mm-mm, yeah ♪
♪ my daddy tried to bore me with a sermon ♪
♪ but it's plain to see that they can't comfort me ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ sorry, Charlie, for the imposition ♪
♪ I think I got it, got it, got the strength to carry on ♪
♪ I need a drink and a quick decision ♪
♪ now it's up to me, oh, what will be ♪
♪ she's gone ♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I ♪
♪ I better learn how to face it ♪
♪ she's gone ♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I ♪ oh, I ♪
♪ I'd pay the devil to replace her ♪
♪ she's gone ♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I, what went wrong? ♪
That's good. ♪ Get up in the morning ♪
♪ look in the mirror ♪
♪ I'm worn as her toothbrush hanging in the stand ♪
♪ my face ain't looking any younger ♪
♪ but they, they can never be what she was to me, yeah ♪
♪ she's gone ♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I ♪
♪ I better learn how to face it ♪
She's gone ♪ ♪ she' oh, I ♪
♪ oh, oh, I ♪
♪ pay the devil to replace her ♪
♪ she's gone ♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I, what went wrong? ♪
♪ she's go-o-o-o-ne, oh, I ♪
♪ I better learn how to face it ♪
♪ she's gone, oh, what went wrong? ♪
♪ I, I'd pay the devil to replace her ♪
♪ she's gone ♪ she's gone ♪
♪ oh, I, what went wrong? ♪
♪ ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ yeah ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ]
We'll get the tough decision from Cee Lo in a few minutes.
First, Adam, what'd you think?
It was awesome!
[ Cheers and applause ] And especially,
once you guys shook off the cobwebs
and it got comfortable,
your voices sounded amazing together.
Nicholas, what is that that comes out of your mouth?
That's like a unique...
there's only one of those, you know,
and that's really cool
just 'cause it's so profoundly different.
[ Cheers and applause ] Thanks, Adam.
Blake Shelton, what did you think?
Blake: I'll start with Todd.
You're a guy who's got such a great voice,
and you're in the upper, upper, upper percentile
of just great vocalists.
Thank you.
[ Applause ] You are.
I agree.
Nicholas is that... there is.
There's nobody else in this world like you.
I mean, it's just you've got that Barry White thing
if you want it. [ Christina laughs ]
You've got the upper Hall & Oates sound
if you want it.
You look like Jesus, and people like that.
[ Laughter ]
Christina: You know, I had a lot of fun watching that.
I really enjoyed
the two of your voices coming together,
and it was solid.
Todd, you were solid.
But I got to talk about Nicholas for a second.
Nicholas, you got some style and some swag,
and you gave me the head rolls,
and you were doing this at the end.
You have this unique quality that is all your own.
Daly: Tough decision, Cee Lo. It was such a great battle.
- What are you thinking? Cee Lo: - Very tough.
First of all, let me just say, Nicholas,
they're right about you... you are fantastic.
You move me in a very special way,
and I really, really enjoy hearing you do your thing, man.
Todd, you are equally incomparable.
I appreciate you equally. I appreciate you both equally.
You both did a great job today,
and it's a very tough decision for me.
Who is the winner of this battle?
All right, I'm going to go with...
...Saint Nick.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Nicholas David, congratulations. You are moving on.
We'll see you at the knockout round,
representing team Cee Lo.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Indistinct conversation ]
Coaches, let me remind you Todd is available to steal.
Todd, tough, tough battle.
Yeah, yeah.
Some nice things said about you.
Anything you want to say to your coach, Cee Lo Green?
Thank you for this opportunity.
You turned around in the blinds, and it meant so much to me.
And you know what?
I'm not going home broken-hearted.
I got stuff to go home to.
I got my wife, my baby on the way, so...
[ Cheers and applause ]
...I really, really, really appreciate it.
You've got the music in you.
- You know, please continue, man. - Thank you.
- Don't let this break your heart in any kind of way. - Thank you.
- A big hand, everybody, for Todd Kessler. - Thank you.
- Thank you, Todd. - Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ] Cee Lo: Yo.
Great job, bro.
Come here.
I'm sorry. You know what?
You got to do what you got to do.
- Okay? - I will, yeah.
Adam: Great job, man.
Christina: Todd went up, and he gave it his best shot,
but Nicholas is so multidimensional.
The guy has soul. He has character.
And I think that Cee Lo made the right decision.
Aah!
Hey, ma. [ Smooches ]
I'm so proud of you.
So awesome.
I'm full, man. I'm full.
I'm full of joy. So full of happiness, man.
- Pizza party tonight, guys. - Pizza party.
♪ Pizza party ♪
♪ Shot through the heart, and you're to blame ♪
Daly: You can download the winners' full versions
of tonight's battle performances at iTunes.
♪ I'd pay the devil to replace her ♪
♪ she's gone ♪
Coming up...
I love both of them, but one has to move on,
and one of them won't.
It's go time.
♪ The dog days are over ♪
And later, the power to choose shifts to one artist.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Who is your new coach?
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
Let's check in with Blake and his adviser, Michael Bublé,
as they prepare for their next battle pairing.
I feel like I came here to mentor with you,
and now I feel like I'm a part of it.
Mm-hmm. You are.
Michael Bublé is just an artist that can do anything.
♪ Michael Bublé ♪
So many people will walk out of this room today
better performers
based on 15 minutes with Michael Bublé.
I mean, that's...
that's unbelievable. That's amazing.
Daly: Next, 23-year-old indie artist Lelia Broussard,
from Lafayette, Louisiana,
faces 32-year-old music teacher Suzanna Choffel,
from Austin, Texas.
Lelia has gone to great lengths to pursue a career in music.
Lelia: When I was 17, I moved to New York
to make it in music, and it's a difficult path.
I've been playing shows for nobody,
so when people show up to my shows,
I'm always like, "yes! I'm doing it."
♪ I have always thought that it's a crime ♪
Daly: Her take on a classic landed her on team Blake.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Lelia: Being on "The Voice" is an incredible opportunity
to make it into a living.
Daly: Music teacher Suzanna
is stepping out from the classroom
for a shot at a career in music.
♪ I've built my life around you ♪
Daly: After impressing Adam and Blake...
- I did turn around before you? - You bastard.
...she had a tough decision.
[ Audience shouting ]
I think I'm gonna have to go with Blake.
Yes!
I'm so mad. She's so good, it's crazy.
Daly: Ready for battle, the singers meet
with Blake and Michael for their first rehearsals.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to see you. How are you?
Lelia: It was wonderful to meet Michael Bublé.
He's a gentleman.
Blake and Michael...
they're super pros, so it's great to have them on our side.
Y'all had to have known I was gonna pair y'all together.
- Absolutely. We called it. - Yeah, we knew. Outside, we were like...
"We're gonna get paired."
[ Laughter ] We knew it. We knew it.
Blake: Lelia and Suzanna...
it's just the most obvious pairing of a battle
I've ever seen.
I'm so excited.
Here's two chicks,
kind of indie artists, who play guitar,
that kind of have gypsy souls,
so I picked "Dog Days Are Over" by Florence And The Machine
because they are so huge right now,
and it's a mad rock/indie sound.
I mean, there's definitely some of that
that can come out of them, I think, and I want to hear it.
♪ Except everything ♪
♪ you had ♪
♪ and what was left after that, too ♪
When you go to your falsetto, it's so pretty.
- Oh, thanks. Thank you. - It's so pretty, and you look like
you're really feeling it.
Oh, my God, I love to watch her sing.
That's the first time I ever got to sit here and watch you sing.
You know what I mean?
Thank you.
Suzanna: Lelia is a great performer.
She really puts her whole into the song.
And as a teacher, I often get in my head a lot about technique.
♪ Can you hear the horses? ♪
♪ 'cause here they come ♪
Blah! There I go flat.
I'm a little nervous about letting go
of some of those little, minute, technical details
and actually, you know, putting myself into the performance.
That's, like, my one concern.
Daly: The next day, after feeling insecure in rehearsal,
Suzanna sits down with Blake and Michael for advice.
I do teach a lot, and the past few years,
I haven't been performing as much as I should be.
But I would say leave the teacher thing behind.
- You know what I mean? - Right. Yeah.
- Instead of thinking about the breathing... - Sure, sure.
...or what other things that you've been beating
- into other people's minds... - Yeah.
...don't let that accidentally start becoming, you know,
things that are happening in your mind
- in this situation, you know? - Yeah, sure. Absolutely.
I could see Suzanna becoming that person
that's like, you know, stand up there, breathe right.
I know that's good singing, that's good form,
but screw that.
I want to see how she just cuts loose
and loses herself onstage.
I don't care if you've done one gig or you've done a thousand.
No one needs to know.
Yeah.
Daly: The following day,
Lelia and Suzanna meet with Blake for one final rehearsal.
♪ 'Cause here they come ♪
♪ the horses are coming ♪
♪ so you better run ♪
♪ run fast for your mother, run fast for your father ♪
Blake: Give me one second. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Lelia, the pitch can get really haywire there.
- You know what I mean? - Right. Right, right.
And there's absolutely no forgiveness on television.
Pay special attention to those,
because those will be the things that make you who you are on down the road.
Lelia: As a singer/songwriter,
I think the whole process has been super-intense,
and I've been feeling it today.
I'm still kind of, like, getting my bearings around the song.
I don't think anybody likes that pitch I just used.
- You know what else, Suzanna? Suzanna: - Yeah.
There's different things
that make you sound like different people.
- Sometimes it's the phrasing. Sometimes it's the rasp. - Okay.
But there was a time or two where you opened up
- and it was a clear voice, you know? - Okay. Right.
Suzanna: I change my voice a lot.
It probably comes from, you know,
a multitude of influences that I have.
I guess I would just say, you know, pick one.
To win this battle, I need to embody the artist within.
I will say that just go into this and have fun with it,
- but leave nothing out there. Lelia: - Yeah.
This is gonna be a really tough decision for me.
Because I love both of them. I really do.
One has to move on, and one of them won't,
and that's just "The Voice."
It's go time.
Daly: It's the night of the battle,
and Lelia and Suzanna will put it all on the line
to win and remain on team Blake.
Lelia: I've been on my own for so long, sometimes it's hard.
But being a couple steps away from the live show,
there's definitely no room for error.
Suzanna, girl, you better look out.
It's on.
Suzanna: I absolutely think
that this is kind of my crossover moment
from "teaching, behind the scenes,"
"sort of subdued" Suzanna, into more of the star Suzanna,
showing the world, showing America I'm not just a teacher.
I can rock it.
Daly: Coming up, Blake's artists impress him with their battle...
♪ You can't carry it with you if you want to survive ♪
...making it hard for him to pick a winner.
Oh, no. Not these two. I don't want to see anybody go.
- Who is the winner? - Damn it. That sucks.
Daly: Will one go home, or will there be a steal?
[ Audience chanting "steal!" ]
Hey, it's Christina Milian.
Do you want to know how the battle pairings
really feel about each other?
The relationship between us
is a lot better than a lot of the contestants.
I get the juicy gossip back here.
Hit us up on nbc.com/the-voice,
because I'll be chatting with all of the artists
right after they step off the battle stage.
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you and me into one person...
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Battles continue right after this.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
One of these artists will represent team Blake
in the knockout round.
In the ring tonight, the independent singer/songwriter
from Louisiana, Lelia Broussard...
[ Cheers and applause ]
- Yeah! - Whoo!
...up against the Austin music teacher,
Suzanna Choffel!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo, whoo!
This battle begins right now.
♪ Happiness hit her ♪
♪ like a train on a ♪
♪ track ♪
♪ coming towards her ♪
♪ stuck, still no turning ♪
♪ back ♪
♪ the dog days are over ♪
♪ the dog days are done ♪
♪ the horses are coming ♪
♪ so you better run ♪
♪ run fast for your mother, run fast for your father ♪
♪ run for your children, for your sisters and brothers ♪
♪ leave all your love and your longing behind ♪
♪ you can't carry it with you if you want to survive ♪
♪ the dog days are over ♪
♪ the dog days are done ♪
♪ can you hear the horses? ♪
♪ 'cause here they come ♪
[ Cheers a applause ]
♪ And I ♪
♪ I never wanted ♪
♪ anything from you ♪
♪ except everything ♪
♪ you had ♪
♪ and what was left after that, too ♪
♪ run fast for your mother, run fast for your father ♪
♪ run for your children, for your sisters and brothers ♪
♪ leave all your love and ur longing behind ♪
♪ you can't carry it with you if you want to survive ♪
♪ the dog days are over ♪
♪ the dog days are done ♪
♪ can you hear the horses? ♪
♪ 'cause here they come ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Give it up for Suzanna and Lelia.
[ Cheers a applause ]
Blake, wow.
That is not gonna be easy for you.
Christina, some thoughts?
That was great, you guys.
- That was really beautiful. Cee Lo: - Really good.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Suzanna, that was kind of like... zing!
Okay, you have a really special, unique thing about your voice.
And, Lelia, whenever you brought in that beautiful falsetto,
I was really taken by that, too.
You know, this was a great pairing, a great match.
Blake, this is a tough decision,
because they really go toe-to-toe.
Cee Lo: Yeah, um... Lelia, that was wonderful...
that walk across and that second verse...
but I don't think you took the opportunity
to really take off from there, you know.
But you both deserve to be here,
and you both have talent... talent overflowing.
You know, Suzanna, I've kind of been mad at myself
'cause I remember turning around for you.
And I wanted to make sure
it wasn't a Stevie Nicks impression.
But clearly, after seeing this, it's not,
and, you know, I screwed up,
and I should have beaten his ass into the ground
and taken you away from him.
Lelia, you were also really powerful.
I was discovering you for the first time tonight.
So, because I'm wishing that I had fought harder for you,
Suzanna, I would have to go with you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: All right, Blake, tough decision.
Damn it. That sucks.
Every time a battle comes across this stage from my team,
it's like, "oh, no. Not these two."
"I don't want to see anybody go." But they had some good points.
Lelia, when you did start in on your verse,
it was like you became the Lelia
that I just, like, am obsessed with.
I mean, when she sings, she almost becomes the song.
I love to watch it.
And, Suzanna... it's interesting
that you talked about the Stevie Nicks thing,
because she kind of has the ability
to kind of be a chameleon
and turn into Stevie Nicks when she's doing Stevie Nicks
and then Florence And The Machine
when she's doing Florence And The Machine,
but I also think Suzanna sounds like Suzanna when she wants to.
Blake, who is the winner of this battle?
Uh...
I think Suzanna won this battle. I'm gonna go with Suzanna.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Suzanna, congratulations.
We'll see you in the knockout round.
Congratulations to you.
- Good job. - Thank you.
Coaches, let me remind you Lelia is available to steal.
Lelia: I just want to say thank you.
It was such an amazing experience
to be on the show and to be on your team.
- So thank you so much. - Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, give her a round of applause.
Lelia Broussard. Thank you so much.
- Good luck, sweetie. - Thank you.
- I'll see you down the road. - All right.
Adam: Lelia's really amazing,
but I've done one steal, I got one left.
I'm saving it for a special occasion,
an instinctual moment of some epiphany of some kind.
It's crazy though, man. People surprise you, like...
I felt bad, though.
- They're both great. - They were so great.
Oh, my God! [ Laughing ]
Suzanna: I was kind of nervous
about the song initially when I got it,
and I feel like I worked hard on it,
and I was pretty blown away by just what all the coaches said.
I'm very excited. I'm not gonna lie.
I'm pretty excited! [ Laughs ]
- Come here. Mwah! Man: - So cool.
Daly: Coming up...
A two-button steal has the coaches fighting
to pick up a valuable voice.
He didn't believe in you
during the blind auditions like I did.
You know a lot about bull crap, Oklahoma.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
Let's check in with Christina before her next battle pairing.
Christina: In my next life, I'm gonna come back
in an all-male rock band.
[ Laughs ]
[ Guitar tuning ]
I'm like, "can we switch places for a day?"
Billie Joe: I can mentor that.
[ Laughs ]
Daly: While Christina and Billie Joe Armstrong
await their next battle pairing, let's see how they match up.
17-year-old Joselyn Rivera from Florida
versus 19-year-old pop powerhouse Sylvia Yacoub.
During the blind auditions, Sylvia impressed
three of our coaches with her powerful performance...
♪ Like I'm the only one that you'll ever love ♪
Daly: ...Giving her a shot at fulfilling
both her and her mother's dreams.
Sylvia: My mom grew up in Egypt, and she wasn't able to
follow her dreams, just 'cause she was a woman,
and I just want to make these dreams come true for me and my mom.
Daly: 17-year-old Joselyn broke out of her shell...
♪ Stro-o-o-nger ♪
Daly: ...Fueling a heated debate between Christina and Blake.
Do you notice the long light going out
in front of my chair right now?
- Wait. Did you push your button? - You're damn right I did.
Oh! [ Laughter ]
Joselyn is very young, so it's an exciting place to be,
in the beginning of her journey.
Song choice... "Best Thing I Never Had."
I chose it because I feel like the two of you
are capable of a song like this.
I love this song so much.
But Sylvia and Joselyn are really good singers.
I knew I had to give them both
a song that required some pretty powerful vocals.
♪ Well, I bet it sucks to be you right now ♪
Sylvia's voice is very powerful.
♪ Another place, another time ♪
It sounds like she's got
a lot of years behind her, and it shows.
You're hitting so hard, and it's all power.
- The only thing I worry about is if you overpower it. - Mm-hmm.
I think, for Sylvia,
having a powerful voice is her strength,
but with having great power comes great responsibility,
so she has to be able to kind of stay mature within the song.
Definitely pick out
where you're gonna do the ad-libs and the runs.
I want to make sure it doesn't come off
as overdone, trying too hard, or even sloppy.
When I started out so strong in all those runs
it was 'cause I was kind of nervous to sing in front of Christina,
but I got what she was saying... that I need to pick my moments.
♪ I know you want me back ♪
Christina: Joselyn has a great voice,
and I think she has a problem finding her own volume.
But she's very young. She's still finding who she is.
You, I think, need to find out where your comfort zone is,
having a higher tone, because you can use that
- to your advantage. - Right.
I was shy my whole entire life,
and I wanted to know how to prepare
to get onstage and really be strong.
I think it's about delivering those lyrics and that message
and then, like, choosing your moments.
Billie Joe: I think the one thing about Joselyn...
if there's one thing that can cause her to lose the battle
is that she tries to overcompensate
for having a softer voice.
And if she does that, she can wind up in trouble.
Daly: With little time left before their battle,
Joselyn and Sylvia head in
for one final rehearsal with Christina.
♪ Best thing I never ♪
♪ ooh ♪
♪ and I will never be the ♪
Joselyn: I think sometimes
Sylvia could be a little bit overpowering.
Sometimes it can be impressive,
and sometimes it can be a little annoying.
♪ Turned out to be the... ♪
Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Hang on.
Sylvia, some of the more pretty things I think you were doing
was whenever you were doing
a little bit more tender and vulnerable,
'cause you already have this intensity about it
that it would even end up being better and more in pitch
if it was just eased up on.
Sylvia: Going into this battle round, I'm a little nervous,
'cause I think if I try too hard to show my power the whole time,
I won't show those vulnerable moments,
so I just got to make sure
that it's not a constant 10 the whole time.
♪ Ahh ♪
♪ what goes around comes back around ♪
♪ it sucks to be you right now ♪ right now ♪
♪ ooh-ooh ♪
I like the solidness of that, Joselyn.
You guys sound really, really, really good.
Let's just do it from the top, all right?
- Yeah, sure. - Okay?
Joselyn has a crazy great range.
Then, you have Sylvia, who has a really powerful voice.
Man, it's gonna make a great battle.
Whoo!
Daly: It's the night of the battle,
and Joselyn and Sylvia head to the stage.
Joselyn: It would be super-heartbreaking
for me to go home,
because this show has really helped me open up.
♪ Goes around comes back around ♪
I no longer have to sit in a corner
and hide myself from the world.
I can be who I am,
and I want to continue on on this amazing journey.
Sylvia: This seems to be the last chance, really,
for not only my myself, but for my mom, as well.
If I win this battle, the second I see my mom,
I know there's just gonna be
just a whole lot of crying on her part,
'cause she's gonna be so excited.
And that's what I want to see.
I want to see her smiling at me because I won.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Entering now, the quiet Florida teen
Joselyn Rivera...
[ Cheers and applause ]
...versus the Egyptian-born pop singer Sylvia Yacoub!
[ Cheers and applause ]
This battle starts right now.
♪ What goes around comes back around ♪
♪ hey, my baby ♪
♪ what goes around ♪ ♪ comes back around ♪
♪ there was a time ♪
♪ I thought that you did everything right ♪
♪ no lies, no wrong ♪
♪ boy, I must have been out of my mind ♪
♪ so when I think of the time that I almost loved you ♪
♪ you showed your ass, and I, I saw the real you ♪
♪ thank God you blew it ♪ ha!
♪ Thank God I dodged the bullet ♪
♪ I'm so over you, so, baby, good looking out ♪
♪ I wanted you bad ♪
♪ I'm so through with that ♪
♪ 'cause honestly you turned out to be the ♪
♪ best thing I never ♪
♪ you turned out to be the ♪
♪ best thing I never had ♪
♪ and I'm gonna always be the ♪
♪ best thing you never h-a-a-ad ♪
♪ oh, yeah, but I bet it sucks to be you ♪ right n-o-o-ow ♪
♪ I know ♪ It's time to face the facts ♪
♪ that I'm the one that's got away ♪
♪ lord knows that it would take ♪
♪ another place, another time ♪
♪ another world, another life ♪
♪ thank God I found the ♪
♪ good in goodbye ♪ good in goodbye ♪
♪ I used to want you so bad ♪
♪ I'm so through with that ♪
♪ 'cause honestly you turned out to be the ♪
♪ best thing I never had ♪
♪ ooh, and I will always be the ♪ you turned out to be the ♪
♪ best thing you never h-a-a-ad ♪
♪ it sucks to be you right now ♪
♪ what goes around comes back around ♪
♪ hey, what goes around ♪ whoa, ooh ♪
♪ I bet it sucks to be you right ♪
♪ now ♪
♪ ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ ooh ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: First, some thoughts from the other coaches.
We'll start with you, Cee Lo.
Cee Lo: Joselyn, you sounded so wonderful opening up this song.
It's like I had never heard you before,
and you really impressed me.
I was like, "okay, this little thing"
"with the big voice," you know?
- Thank you so much. - So I really enjoyed you.
Sylvia, you have a very strong voice, a very commanding voice.
Maybe I just won't pick anyone, because you both were great.
Adam, what'd you think?
Man, it was so great.
Like, obviously, you guys are just gnarly-good singers.
I mean, I don't even know how...
and I'm sure, Blake, you can understand
where I'm coming from...
like, how do you, like, sing that many notes?
Sometimes, it was a little too much.
Joselyn, your performance was amazing.
You know, I loved the movement, and it was cool.
And, Sylvia, you know, you have a very powerful voice.
Maybe Joselyn had you a little bit on performance.
If I had to choose, I would choose Joselyn.
She seemed like she was the one that was...
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Daly: All right. Blake?
Yeah, I can't even think that many notes.
Sylvia, when you sing,
it's like you sing a little bit with like, "I'll kick your ass."
You know what I mean?
And you probably could kick his ass.
And Joselyn sings with that smile that she has right there.
It's just two different approaches as artists.
For my personal tastes, I guess the smile melted me.
I think I would have picked Joselyn.
Thank you so much, Blake. Thank you.
All right, a few for Joselyn, but now what matters most...
from your own coach, Christina Aguilera.
- Wait, babe. - Oh!
Let me set the record straight that I would have picked Sylvia.
- Okay. - Thank you. - Thank you, Cee Lo.
All right. Sorry.
This is one of the tougher choices for me,
'cause I have a special spot for both of you guys in my heart.
Joselyn, there were moments
where you were a little bit "deer in headlights."
You know, and you did your homework, you found your spots,
and you found your comfort zone,
and you came back, and you really shined tonight.
And, then, Sylvia, I mean, you come out here,
and you're like fire.
You just come out here, and you do me proud.
You know, this really hard for me, you guys.
I really, seriously want to keep both of you.
I'm a little upset that I paired the two of you together.
Who is the winner of this battle?
I don't know, guys. Uh...
Oh, God. I know, I know.
It's killing me right now. Killing me.
Whew! I don't know, man.
Sucks, doesn't it?
It does. This one sucks. I don't...
[ Groans ]
Um, you know, you know, I...
[ Laughs ] I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
You know, oh, my God. I'm so torn.
[ Audience shouting ]
I loved both of it.
But you know what? I'm gonna go with...
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
Before the break, Joselyn and Sylvia took the stage
with a powerful performance of a Beyoncé hit...
♪ Thank God I found the ♪
♪ good in goodbye ♪ good in goodbye ♪
♪ I used to want you so bad ♪
...leaving Christina with the impossible decision
of which pop artist will represent her team
in the knockout rounds.
Who is the winner of this battle?
I don't know, guys. Uh...
Oh, God. I know. I know.
It's killing me right now. Killing me.
[ Audience shouting ]
Oh, my God. I'm so torn.
I loved both of it.
But you know what? I'm gonna go with fire.
I loved it, Sylvia. So, you know, I'm gonna go with Sylvia.
Daly: Sylvia Yacoub, congratulations.
Whew, after a tough decision from Christina,
we'll see you at the knockout round.
I believe in your passion and, you know,
the fire in you,
and I just connect with that very much.
- Thank you so much. - Congratulations.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Coaches, let me remind you, Joselyn is available to steal.
[ Audience chanting "steal!" ] Push.
Whoa! We got a steal!
Adam Levine steals Joselyn!
And Blake Shelton's in now!
Two coaches!
You are back in this competition, Joselyn.
Whoo!
[ Cheers and applause ] Daly: Congratulations.
- Thank you so much, Carson. - Oh, my gosh.
Let's start with Adam.
You went in first and furious to steal Joselyn. Why?
Uh, you know what?
Joselyn, you came out, and you impressed all of us, no doubt.
Like, a lot of the people
that do what I think you could do, you do better.
You could be one of those singers
that has a song on the radio, and then you go see them live,
and you say, "wow, and she can actually really sing."
- Thanks, Adam. - Let's go over to Blake.
Blake, why do you want to steal Joselyn?
I was listening to some of the bull crap
that Adam was throwing at you...
You know a lot about bull crap, Oklahoma.
...and all these things that he could see in you
and that how much he believes in you.
But it's just odd to me that he didn't believe in you
during the blind auditions like I did,
when I hit my button for you the very first time around, Joselyn.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I find that odd and insulting a little bit.
Must we harp on the past?
Joselyn: If I could ask you both a question...
what was something that you saw in my performance tonight
that stood out the most?
You know, what I saw special today
was what I didn't necessarily pick up on earlier.
I can't pretend like he's not right. He is.
Yep! [ Laughter ]
But the good news is that it makes a lot more sense
for you to be on my team than it does for you to be on his.
[ Laughter ]
I can't remember what your question was,
but here's my answer.
[ Laughter ]
Joselyn, I love you.
[ Audience awws ]
[ Applause ]
Minutes ago, you were walking off the set to go home.
Now two of our coaches want to steal you.
And a tough decision. Who is your new coach, Joselyn?
Well... [ Laughs ]
Will it be Adam, or will it be Blake?
Okay.
[ Audience shouting ]
Um, you know, you both, I honestly...
you both are my inspiration,
and I look up to you both so much.
And I guess...
that it's gonna be...
...Adam.
Daly: Adam steals Joselyn!
No! It's the end of her career!
You're wonderful. I'm really, really excited.
You're amazing.
Christina: I'm so proud of you, honey.
- Thank you so much, Christina. - You did everything...
I mean... love you. I love you.
Good luck with everything.
Christina: Joselyn... such a sweetheart,
and she definitely did her homework.
That's a good one. I'm glad you got her.
I just felt a kinship with Sylvia
as far as understanding the kind of passionate performer
that she's rooted from.
Joselyn: Adam's my new coach, and I just feel so great.
I've had Christina, and she's given me great advice,
and now I have Adam.
It's like "the best of both worlds" kind of thing.
- Boo-yah! - Why don't you destroy
that young girl's career like you're going to?
Blake: It was a clear, obvious person to try to steal,
and I can't believe that little bastard took her from me.
Joselyn's a sweetheart.
- So, she's in good hands. - I got a lot of girls.
I got like a hundred girls on my team now.
Isn't that how you like it?
♪ I love the ladies ♪
Daly: As night three of the battle rounds ends,
here's where the teams stand.
Adam picked smooth rocker Sam James
and used his second and final steal
to take 17-year-old pop singer Joselyn Rivera from Christina.
Blake kept mariachi singer Julio Cesar Castillo
and music teacher Suzanna Choffel.
Cee Lo used his last steal
to score vocal powerhouse Terisa Griffin from Blake
and chose family man Nicholas David.
And Christina picked the returning Dez Duron
and pop powerhouse Sylvia Yacoub.
Critics are raving... "Push your button if you love the steal".
...and the steal steals our hearts.
You are back in this competition!
- Tomorrow... - Oh, my God, is she gonna push her button?
...the most surprising steal yet.
- Whoa! - Did not see that coming!
Then... y'all get ready for an epic country showdown...
...that leaves Blake with an impossible choice.
- Who is the winner? - I don't know, Carson.
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