10x13 - The Road to the Live Shows

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Hey, everybody.
I'm carson daly.

Welcome to "the voice,"

The road to the live shows.

As we head into next week's
live playoffs,

We're giving you one more look

At this season's
talented artists

So you can pick your favorites.

Blake: This is the 10th season
that i've been a coach

Here on "the voice,"

And the talent level

Just keeps reaching
new heights.

Adam: I did win last season.

I feel like every team has
an equal amount of potential.

It's whether they can see t.

Pharrell: My only strategy was
to just keep the absolute best.

On my team, i have loads
and loads of talent.

Girl power.

Christina: I have the team
to beat this year.

And i'm really ready
to win this.

Daly: Tonight...

Yes!

True greatness.

Yes!

Daly:
...You'll get new insight

Into the strategies our coaches
used to build their teams

Heading into next week's
live playoffs.

Oh, my god.

[ whoosh ]
that is the sound of a steal!
Whoa!

Plus...

[ laughs ]

Daly:
...Never-before-seen footage

Of our coaches and advisers.

Ooooooooooh!

Ooooooooooh!

[ laughs ]
see ya, felicia.

Yeah. [ laughs ]
bye, felicia.

Bye, felicia.
[ laughs ]

First up is four-time winning
coach blake shelton.

Yes!

My team this season
is absolutely phenomenal.

Congratulations.

I've got pop, i've got rock,

I've got r&b,
and obviously country.

I'm most excited to see
which one of -- of my artists

Can handle the pressure
of live television.

Team blake is a force as usual.

Let's rock!

Daly:
Blake shocked everyone with
the first artist of the season,

♪i keep dancing on my own ♪

Blake: I don't know
that i've ever recognized

True greatness so quickly.

I'm-a go with blake.

Yes! Wha--

[ cheers and applause ]

What?

Daly:
In the battle rehearsals,

Paxton impressed his coach
and adviser gwen stefani...

♪i know what
you did last summer ♪

♪tell me where you've been ♪

Whoa!

Paxton, what's so great
about what you do

Is that even when
you're not singing,

You're performing in a way
that's so natural.

Paxton, congratulations.
You're gonna move on.

...Advancing him
to the knockouts,

Where he received
valuable coaching

From key adviser miley cyrus.

Miley: I even think
you can go bigger, like...

♪shows that we ain't
gonna stand it ♪

♪shows that we are united ♪

♪shows that we ain't gonna
stand it ♪

♪shows that we are united ♪

[ cheers and applause ]

Man. So much talent
in that little guy.

I mean, he's electrifying

When he has that microphone
in his hand.

[ laughs ]

Going to the live playoffs!
I'm excited!

Daly: Although blake's team
was already full

When 23-year-old katie basden
hit "the voice" stage,

He kept his eye on her.

♪not gonna let them catch ♪

♪the midnight rider ♪

My team is full, so this is
as good as a four-chair turn.

You sound amazing,
by the way.
Thank you so much.

When somebody's country
and they're that great,

To helplessly watch that artist
go to another team, it's tough.

♪maybe i'm a man ♪

♪maybe you're
the only one ♪
daly: And blake got his chance
in the battles.

♪who could ever help me ♪

The winner of this battle
is ryan.

Ryan's gonna move on.

Luckily, adam was slow enough
to let her go.

[ screaming ]

We've got that steal!

Don't do it.

[ screams ]
oh!

[ laughs ]

I choose blake.

Yes!

[ groans ] ugh!

Daly:
In the knockout rehearsals,

Katie proved to her coach,
blake,

And miley
that she is here to stay.

I like this, like, version
that you're doing of your own.

Your voice...

...Is so great.
Oh, my gosh.

Thank you.
There's so much
trisha yearwood.

Thank you.
It takes me back to

The '90s and --
and country music,

When -- when your dad
was having the hits.

[ laughs ]

Katie has an open lane
in front of her

At country radio
and definitely on this show.

Katie definitely
has the potential to go deep.

♪you see your gypsy ♪

[ cheers and applause ]

Daly:
Also joining team blake

Is 33-year-old country singer
adam wakefield.

♪you're as smooth ♪

♪as tennessee whiskey ♪

Oh!

Did you say
your name is adam?

-Yeah.
-[ chuckles ]

And you said
you were from where, sir?

I'm from nashville.

Yes!
[ laughter ]

Finally, there's gonna be
a studly adam on this show.
Shut up!

Daly: In the battles,
adviser gwen stefani

Gave adam some worthwhile
staging advice.

Emotionally, i want to see
more interaction between you

'cause then itl it
feel like you guys

Are doing a performance.

That's what this
has to kind of turn into,

Is just a jam session.

♪what that woman, lord ♪

♪till the train
run out of track, lord ♪
♪been doin' to me? ♪

Adam's gonna move on
and represent team blake.

Congratulations.

I think he's my favorite
outside of my team.

Yeah.

He's gonna be here
for a while.

He's a problem.

♪you know i'll always be
your sl*ve ♪

Daly: Adam continued to win over
our coaches

With a powerful performance
during the knockouts.

♪lyin' deep down in my grave ♪

Whoo!
[ laughs ]

♪baby ♪

I think i might have a little
country crush on adam over here.

Oh, no she didn't!

Ooh!
[ laughter ]

I have a different kind of,

Like, platonic crush
on you, i guess?

[ laughter ]

Blake:
He's combined country music

With this soulful
r&b/delta blues combination.

People like that are the ones
that you don't forget,

And those are the ones
who are a threat on this show.

Thanks, brother.
Congratulations, man.

Gonna be a lot of fun,
brother.

♪you're wo-o-o-o-o-rth ♪

Daly: Coming up, you'll meet
the rest of blake's team.

♪and you ain't woman enough
to take my man ♪

Daly: And later,
we'll see who pharrell, adam,

And christina are taking
to the live playoffs.

Whoo!

And stick around

For some never-before-seen
footage of our coaches.

This heart thing right here
is, like, i just can't...

It's amazing.
I, like, want to touch it,

But i don't want
to be inappropriate.

Yeah, i feel like
it's inappropriate if i do.

[ laughs ]
i'm not gonna touch it.

♪this is "the voice" ♪

Daly: Welcome back to
the road to the live shows.

Let's meet the rest
of team blake.

Next is 20-year-old mary sarah
from richmond, texas.

Mary: I'm working at boot barn
part-time.

When i think about "the voice,"

The wisdom from these coaches
can take me to that level.

♪where the boys are ♪

♪someone waits ♪

♪for me ♪

[ cheers and applause ]

You actually sound like
you came from that era.

And it's gonna be
so refreshing to hear somebody

Bring that era of music
back to a stage like this.

I pick blake shelton.

[ cheers and applause ]

Daly: During the battles,
mary sarah impressed

Both coach blake shelton
and adviser gwen stefani.

♪gotta have your loving
just one more time ♪

Mary, you have a real style to
your voice and so much dynamics.

She's vintage
but still current somehow.

-It's weird. Yeah.
-It's crazy.

There's kind of
a little bit of everything.

Mary sarah is gonna move on
to the knockout rounds,

Representing team blake.

Congratulations.

Daly: Mary sarah rolled through
the knockouts,

Earning a spot
in the live playoffs.

♪women like you,
they're a dime a dozen ♪

♪you can buy 'em anywhere ♪

Blake: Mary sarah,
she's country to the core.

She is definitely somebody who
has a shot to win this thing.

♪well, i don't know
where that leaves you ♪
and even more exciting to me,
somebody who has a shot...

♪oh, but i know
where i stand ♪
...To go on to be a big star
in country music.

♪a ain't woman enough
to take my man ♪

Daly: Blake's final artist,
joe maye,

Returned to "the voice" after
failing to get a button pushed

During his season 9
blind audition.

♪you, you, you ♪

Daly: Joe turned two chairs
this time

And inspired christina
to sing with him.

♪ly-y-y-y-ing ♪

♪no, i ain't ♪

♪i love you ♪

♪oh, yes, i love you ♪

♪i love you, too ♪

Blake:
When it comes to sales pitches,

It's hard to compete
with christina aguilera

After she gets onstage
and performs with you.

[ audience chanting
"christina" ]

Daly:
After winning his battle,

Joe laid it all on the line
in the knockouts.

♪you're wo-o-o-o-rth ♪

♪oh, yeah ♪

For me, joe,
you were the revelation.

Daly: But lost to kata hay
and became available to steal.

Give me joe.

We got a steal!
[ screams ]

Oh, my god.

Blake: Every time
he's been on that stage,

He's a little bit better.

From the first time
he auditioned

And didn't make it to now,

Having a chance to work with
christina for a little while,

You can definitely see
the improvement,

And i think you're gonna
continue to see it.

I got joe!

Daly: These are the artists
representing team blake

In the live playoffs.

Couldn't be happier
with how my team turned out.

I'm extra excited to have
all this diversity...

That's right!
...And to get into
the rehearsals

And be able to work with
all different kinds of music.

And i'm dying to see which one
of the artists i have on my team

Are gonna show themselves
to be the strong ones.

[ cheers and applause ]

Yeah!

Daly:
Next is team pharrell.

Let's look at his artists.

My only strategy was to try
and just keep the absolute best.

And that just so happened
to be women.

Girl power. Women power.
Lady power.

Tell me if there's anything
i can say,

'cause i see your eyes light up
when pharrell talks to you.

I'm a little bit sad.

Pharrell ended up with
an all-girl squad.

Each one of them have their own
different flavors and styles,

So it'll be interesting to see
where they go from here.

Daly: Let's look at the journey
these five women took

To reach the live playoffs.

First for team pharrell

Is college student
and worship leader caity peters.

♪it's hard for me to say ♪

♪but i'm jealous of the way ♪

♪you're happy without me ♪
daly: Her unique voice prompted

The first four-chair turn
of the season.

[ voice breaking ]
oh, my god.

That intensity that you have
that made us all turn around,

That is what i want
to stand behind.

I pick pharrell.

[ cheers and applause ]

♪honesty ♪

Daly: During the battles,
caity got some tough love

From adviser sean "diddy" combs.

Caity, you're better than
that performance right there.
Mm-hmm.

You have to just let yourself go
with this song

And not be afraid to be
too committed.
Yeah.

You got, like, a little --
a stevie nicks kind of thing.

Thank you.
Something special.

♪honesty
is such a lonely word ♪

Congratulations.

Caity won her battle,

And in the knockout rehearsals,

Key adviser miley cyrus
gave caity a vote of confidence.

Keeping those notes up there.
Okay.

Keeping it up, yeah.
'cause it just makes it
a little bit more epic,

'cause it's such a nice,
soft song.
Mm-hmm.

Caity: I love miley cyrus.

She was kind of my first person

That made me feel okay
about having a low voice.

♪set my midnight sorrow free ♪

♪i will give you all of me ♪

♪just leave your lover ♪

Caity, congratulations.

You're gonna move on
to the live playoffs.

Thank you, pharrell.
Great job.

Coming up...
♪in the house
of the rising sun ♪

...We'll meet the rest
of team pharrell.

♪they paved paradise
and put up a parking lot ♪

♪sha-ooh,
bop, bop, bop, bop ♪

[ high pitch ]
♪they paved paradise ♪

[ low pitch ]
♪and put up a parking lot ♪

[ laughs ]
[ cheers and applause ]

Daly: And later,
some never-before-seen footage

Of our coaches
and superstar advisers.

This is what we're gonna do.

What are we gonna do?

[ laughter ]

♪this is "the voice" ♪

Welcome back to
the road to the live shows.

Tonight we'll give you
new insight

Into which talented artists
our coaches picked

To represent their teams
in next week's live playoffs.

Oh, my goodness!
Get your life jackets on!

Daly:
Next to join pharrell's team
is 24-year-old preschool teacher

Hannah huston
from lincoln, nebraska.

Hannah:
I just started to sing in public
in the past like two years.

♪you say
that you caaaaaaaare ♪

♪yeah ♪
daly: She wowed our coaches
during the blind auditions

With her soulful sound

And got blake, christina, and
pharrell to turn their chairs.

I got to press my button

For somebody that i'm
really excited about,

And i'll tell you why.
[ squeals ]

[ laughter ]
i thought you had
a great voice.

So much
of your personality

Comes bubbling out
of your being.

I'm dying to see, like,

What that looks like
when you're performing,

Pharrell.
Ahh!

[ cheers and applause ]

Yes!

♪and i might have thought
that we were one ♪

Daly:
And in the battles,

Adviser sean "diddy" combs had
some special advice for hannah.

This is a competition.
-Okay.

Give me some of
that attitude.

♪well, i've got thick skin
and an elastic heart ♪

Your control is another level.
Hannah.

Hannah's gonna move on
to the knockouts.

During the knockout rehearsals,

Hannah received
some treasured advice

From key adviser miley cyrus.

You're the coolest teacher
ever.
[ laughs ]

Would you ever want to start
with a mike stand?

I love that idea.
'cause you're so sweet

That i might give it,
like, a little bit of,
like, a rock thing.

Hannah right now
is a preschool teacher,

So she's used to holding back,
i think,

And not being, like, this
rock-star version of herself.

♪tell your children ♪

♪not to do what i have done ♪

Pharrell:
Hannah is a ball of energy

That is led by
this amazing voice that she has.

And she's something special.

I'm so glad i get to stay
on team pharrell.

There's nothing like
singing on that stage.

[ sighs ] so fun.

Daly: Next is 22-year-old
indie-pop singer moushumi,

Who put medical school on hold
to pursue her music dream.

♪no, i don't want
to fall in love ♪

♪with you ♪

Got it!
Wow!

This is something new
and different.

And it actually feels
super fresh.

I'm excited
by the prospects.

Daly:
After winning her battle,

Moushumi received
one-on-one coaching...
♪we are the new americana ♪

...From key adviser miley cyrus
in the knockout round.

♪americana ♪

Let it be, like...

♪americana ♪

You're like,
"we're the new!"

It's like if you were
saying this as a speech.

-Like an anthem.
-Yeah.

♪we are the new americana ♪

♪ahh ahh ahh ♪

♪high on legal marijuana ♪
pharrell:
I really feel like moushumi

Has a rare opportunity with
who she is and what she does.

♪raised on biggie
and nirvana ♪
there's no one else like her
on the show

And there's definitely no one
like her on the charts.

♪we are the new americana ♪

[ cheers and applause ]

Daly: Lacy mandigo,
a recent high-school graduate

And the daughter
of a heavy-metal singer...

♪oh, yes, he was ♪

Daly: ...Originally started
on team christina.

[ screams ]

I had a dream last night
that you turned around for me,

And it was on the last note!

And now it happened!

Yes!

I hear a lot of soul
in your voice.

I get to work
with one of my idols!

-Whoo!
-Whoo!

♪california dreamin' ♪

Daly: During the battles,

Lacy delivered
a powerful performance...

♪on such
a winter's da-a-a-a-a-y ♪

Daly:
...But lost to alisan porter,

Making her available to steal.

We got a steal!
Blake shelton!

[ chuckles ]

I dreamed the other night
blake saved me.

-I swear to god!
-And she's psychic!

And she's psychic!
[ cheers and applause ]

Adam: Try to do that.
And then you wake up
from that dream,

And you go back to sleep,
and you end up on my team.

[ laughter ]

♪what's in your head? ♪

♪in your head ♪
daly: And pharrell's premonition
came true

When lacy fell short
in the knockouts...

...Move on to the live playoffs.

Whoa!
We got a steal!

...And both pharrell and adam
hit their buttons to steal.

Whoa!

I'm going to have to choose
pharrell.

[ cheers and applause ]
daly: Pharrell!

[ chuckles ]

Thank you,
thank you, thank you.

Lacy shows you
that she's not afraid,

Like she's been against
really good singers.

There's some work to do there,

But there's way more promise
than there is work.

I thought for sure just now
you were gonna go with adam...

Really?
...And i would have been like,
"all right, cool."

You've had my heart
since the beginning.

Daly:
Pharrell's final artist

Is high-school student
emily keener.

♪you know you can't
hold me forever ♪

Daly:
During the blind auditions,

Emily got four chairs to turn

With her version
of an elton john standard.
Yeah!

Your voice -- it's like nothing
i've ever heard before.

You are the voice that could
speak to a new generation.

It's just super fresh,
effervescent,

Approach to singing.

I pick pharrell.
[ cheers and applause ]

Ohh!

Emily was magical.

She was just so different,
you know,

And that's what i really loved

And i really wanted her
to be on my team,

Because i feel like i know
how to nurture different.

Daly:
After winning her battle,

Emily went back to
her singer/songwriter roots

In the knockouts
with a joni mitchell classic.

♪don't it always seem to go ♪

♪that you don't know what
you've got till it's gone ♪

Emily is super unique
and gifted.

She's made a wise choice
with this song.

It really shows you
that she's a singer/songwriter.

[ high pitch ]
♪they paved paradise ♪

[ low pitch ]
♪and put up a parking lot ♪

Yes!
That's the best part.
[ laughs ]

Miley:
I think it'll be good for emily

If she can really
focus on this song

And if someone can see
a little bit of joni in her.

We need someone like that
in the music industry right now.

Maybe for, like,
a first verse,

It's just her and the guitar
in the beginning.

Just so it seems like --
a little bit more dramatic.

Miley:
Yeah, just dramatic.
Okay.

♪don't it always seem to go ♪

♪that you don't know what
you've got till it's gone ♪

♪they paved paradise
and put up a parking lot ♪

She keeps getting better and
better. And you guessed it --

You haven't seen
the best of her yet.

[ low pitch ]
♪and put up a parking lot ♪

[ laughs ]
[ cheers and applause ]

Daly: These are the artists
representing team pharrell.

Pharrell: On my team, i have
loads and loads of talent.

It's the first time
that i've ever had a team

That was comprised of all women.

Blake:
Team pharrell is definitely

An interesting one this year.

But you never know
with that guy.

He's super smart and --
and he definitely
knows what he's doing.

Pharrell: I think that this is
the year of the woman, 2016.

I'm gonna go on record and say

That our team
is the team to beat.

Daly: When we come back...

We'll see how adam and christina

Built their teams
for the live playoffs.

♪come what may to blue bayou ♪

♪this is "the voice" ♪

Welcome back
to the road to the live shows.

Last season's winning coach,
adam levine, is back,

And make no mistake --
he wants another win.

Let's see how adam's team
made it to the live playoffs.

Celebrate me!

My team this season is
a crazy cross-section of people.

Everyone's different.
Yes!

Adam: I got guys that are really
tried-and-true musicians...

Yeah!
...And some great raw talent

That just needs to be
fully realized.

Yeah!
[ cheers and applause ]

Blake:
You know, at this point,

I'm getting a little bit worried
about adam's team.

He's picking up
some good artists.

He does this to me every year.

He has me sweating it out.

Daly: Let's look at the journey
these five artists

Took to the live playoffs.

The first member of team adam
is brian nhira,

Who has a strong connection
to his african heritage.

My parents are from zimbabwe,

And i've been to africa
on 10 mission trips.

Whoo!

I want to inspire
these young people

And let them know
that your dreams do matter.

In this country,
people are encouraged

To pursue their dream.

And now to know that my son
is going to be on that stage,

Sometimes i pinch myself
and say, "is that really true?"

♪ohhh, because i'm ♪

Daly: In the blind auditions,
he took a risk,

Singing pharrell's song...

♪like a room without a roof ♪

...And got two chairs to turn.

Pharrell:
I felt like you went up there

And you had yourself
a good time.

I mean, clearly,

You sing the song
much better than i do.

-[ scoffs ]
-no.

I pick pharrell.

Ah!

♪no makeup on ya,
that's my ♪

♪sugar ♪
daly: In the battles,

Brian gave an intense
performance of a maroon 5 song

That led both adam and christina
to try and steal him.

Whoa!
We got another steal!

Yes!

Adam,
i want to be on your team.

I pick adam.

Christina: Fair enough.

Adam steals brian.
Congratulations.

We'll see you in the knockouts.

Adam:
I got an amazing steal today.

Brian is a major game-changer
for team adam.

I'm extremely happy.
Yeah!

♪gave you all i had and you
tossed it in the trash ♪
daly: During the knockouts,

Miley cyrus and adam encouraged
brian to open up.

Brian's special. I think that
he is a wonderful singer.

♪'cause i'd catch
a grenade for ya ♪

♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪but you won't do the same ♪

Yeah!
Wow!

Oh, my god.

I feel like there was times

That you, like,
wanted to go there,

And maybe it's, like,
weird to let your body

Do what you would do
if these seats were filled,

But do it and imagine
these people are here...

Yeah. Yeah.
...So you can really go,
like, full-out.

♪you never ♪

♪ever ♪

♪darling, i'd still
catch a grenade for you ♪

I can't wait for pharrell to cry
because he gave me brian.

♪but you won't do the same ♪

[ cheers and applause ]
wow.

Yep.

Daly: Brian, congratulations,
you are moving on.

Adam: Brian is probably
my strongest overall person

On my team.

I think brian can win
the whole thing.

-Great job.
-Thank you.

-Yo, you m*rder*d that.
-Thank you.

-Do you understand?
-Yes, sir.

-Slayed.
-Yes, sir.

Daly:
The next member of team adam

Is season 9 returning artist
15-year-old caroline burns.

Caroline:
A lot's changed since season 9.

I finally reached five feet.

Can't you tell?
Like...One inch.

I don't know.

♪so far away ♪

Daly: Caroline quickly impressed
both blake and adam,

Getting them to turn
their chairs.

♪anymore ♪
no!

The leaps and bounds
that you've improved,

Honestly,
you are tremendous.

I pick adam.

Yes!
[ cheers and applause ]

Get over here!

Daly: During the battles,
caroline received great coaching

From adam and his adviser,
tori kelly.

Caroline: I was watching
her videos yesterday.

So that was crazy, because
i walked in, and there she was.

♪so i'm gonna love you ♪

♪like i'm gonna lose you ♪

Caroline, i want you
to feel confident

About the higher notes.

I'm hearing, like,
"can i do it?"

You 100% can do that.

Okay.

♪i'm gonna love you ♪

♪like i'm gonna lose you ♪

Adam: There's just so much about
her that i want to know more of,

And i think that the rest
of the country's gonna agree.

Caroline's gonna move on.
Congratulations.

[ cheers and applause ]

Congratulations!

Thank you.

I-i couldn't not go with her.
She's too interesting.

It could be like
a sawyer thing.

When she did them runs,
i was like,

"oh, i did not know that
that was in you."

Daly: Caroline delivered
a strong performance

In the knockouts and advanced
to the live playoffs.

♪but i'm only human ♪

Daly:
Caroline, congratulations.

You're gonna move on
to the live playoff.

I'm proud of you.
I'm proud of you.

You did great.

Next for team adam
is laith al-saadi,

Who came to "the voice"
after making major sacrifices

To make it
in the music business.

Laith: I have never been
married, never had kids.

I've been playing
music professionally

Over 300 dates a year
for the last 20 years.

♪my baby,
she wrote me a letter ♪

Daly: His blind audition

Got the attention
of both blake and adam.
No!

Your voice
is so enormous.

Adam:
You are unbelievable.

I think that you should be
on my team.

We make the most sense.

I pick adam.
Yeah!

That hurt.
That hurts you.

♪well, the lady, she done
covered me all up in roses ♪

Daly: In the battles,
laith continued to impress

With both his voice
and guitar skills.

♪she blew my nose
and then she blew my mind ♪

Adam: As talented as they are
as guitar players,

Laith is just such
a badass, incredible singer

That i had to reward him, man.

That dude is just
really talented.

Laith, congratulations.

You're gonna move on
to represent team adam

In the knockouts.

It feels so good to be
recognized for my voice.

I can't wait to dig in

And -- and start to show
some of my artistry.

Laith!
Look out.

How are you guys?
God, i wish i could have
a beard like that.

It'd be amazing if you did have
a beard like that.

How are you, brother?
How are you doing?

♪love ♪

Daly: During the knockouts,

Laith tried to play it safe

By lowering the key
of his knockout song.

♪i get so lost sometimes ♪

It's too easy for you
in this key.

Peter gabriel
is struggling through it,

In a way, 'cause he's --
he's pushing so hard.

The emotion of what he's singing
is coming out.

I was just more nervous
'cause i'm straining

On the -- on the higher stuff
a little bit more.
Strain.

When you strain,
it sounds amazing.

♪ohh, in your eyes ♪

♪the light, the heat ♪

Daly: Taking adam's advice,
laith delivered

Another winning performance and
moved on to the live playoffs.

♪i can see the doorway
to a thousand churches ♪

[ cheers and applause ]

Laith: You know, this is all
a big learning process,

And i hope to continue to grow

And have the opportunity
to work with him.

Daly: Coming up, we'll meet
the rest of team adam.

♪and she never gives out ♪

[ screaming ]

♪with a broken wing ♪

Daly: And later,
never-before-seen footage

Of our coaches.

You kind of have that,
like, super-babe thing
going on right now.

Whoa. Really?

Yeah.

♪this is "the voice" ♪

Daly: Welcome back
to the road to the live shows.

The next member of team adam

Is 25-year-old folk rocker
owen danoff.

♪when your rooster crows
at the break of dawn ♪

All four coaches turned around.

I think i blacked out.
I didn't know what was going on.

It was too cool.
It was amazing.

What's your story?

I grew up in a musical family.

My dad's a musician.

So he had a band in the '70s

That won a couple grammys
and stuff.

What were they called?

Starland vocal band.

"afternoon delight"?

-Yeah.
-Whoa!

Whoa!

You, owen,
have a very strong identity,

Very heartbreaking
and crushing and sensitive,

And that is a very difficult
combination of things

To exist in one person.

I pick adam.

Yes!

Thank the lord.
[ cheers and applause ]

Owen's awesome.

You've made
the right choice.

He's a very captivating
personality

And a very talented singer,
and i am very excited for him.

I'm so happy you did.
You're amazing.
Thanks for turning around, man.

Daly:
After winning his battle,

Adam and miley cyrus
challenged owen

To find his confidence
during the knockouts.

I'm begging you
to really dig deep

To understand the fact
that you're really good.

Owen's got a voice that's
not afraid to be vulnerable

When he's not afraid
to show that.

To me, as, like,
the girl listening to this song,

There's something more soulful
and, like, sexier

About bringing it
back down smaller.

It might make it
feel more real.

Owen is someone that
the music industry could use.

I think we always need
real artists

That can play instruments.

It's important to know music
from the past

To be able to make good music
in the future.

♪oh ♪

♪and she never gives out ♪

I'm gonna go with my heart
on this one.

The winner of this knockout
is owen.

[ cheers and applause ]
owen, congratulations.

You're moving on
to the live playoffs,

Representing team adam.

Are you gonna start to get
a little more confident?

-Yeah. For sure.
-All right.

-Thank you.
-Congrats, buddy.

Daly:
The final member of team adam

Is 15-year-old pop r&b singer
shalyah fearing,

Whose family has struggled
to get her to this point.

Shalyah:
Last year, my mom lost her job,

And my dad works
as a bus driver.

I'm gonna go out there

And i'm gonna get
a button pushed

And i'm gonna be
the happiest person alive.

[ laughs ]

♪what is love? ♪

Daly:
And it was all worth it when she
earned a spot on team christina.

You have the voice
of someone...
Wow.

...That is most definitely
not 15.

[ chuckling ]
thank you.

The "voice" gods are shining
down on my chair today.

[ laughs ]

You're all mine!

♪more, more, more ♪

♪yeah ♪

♪giuchie, giuchie, ya ya,
dada-da-da ♪

♪oh, yeah ♪
daly:
After losing an intense battle,

Shalyah was stolen by pharrell.

We got a steal!

Yes!

You did such an amazing job,
and we all saw that.

And i just felt like you
deserve to be on the show.

[ voice breaking ]
i'm so grateful to pharrell.

Hello.

[ laughing ] what is this?!
What's going on?

Daly: Shalyah received
valuable advice

From miley cyrus
during the knockouts.

Think more about the lyrics.

It's a song that isn't
supposed to be a spiritual song,

But it is.

Like, "i am giving you
everything right now."
yeah.

♪with a broken wing ♪

Whoo!

Daly: She delivered

The most shocking performance
of the knockouts

And got adam's attention.

♪man, you oughta see her fly ♪

That was dope!

Shalyah, whoa.

-That was crazy.
-Thank you.

I dare pharrell to make you
available to me.

The winner of this knockout
is emily.

Daly: We've got a steal!

Adam levine!

Whoo!

Thank you for stealing me!
That means so much!

I stole shalyah 'cause i was
shocked that she was available.

I mean, she gave the performance
of the night.

[ cheers and applause ]

I am honored to still
be here right now,

That adam wanted to steal me.

I'm so happy!

Daly: These are the artists

Representing team adam
in the live playoffs.

Adam: My team going to the live
playoffs is in very good shape.

It's awesome to see these guys
improve.

They surprise you every season.

Just when you think you can't
be impressed any more,

They get better
as the season progresses.

Next, the original queen
of "the voice,"

Christina aguilera, shows us how
she built her diverse team.

[ cheers and applause ]

Going into the live playoffs,
i am pumped.

I am excited.

I think there's definitely
some stars on my team.

Just keep bringing it.

Pharrell: Christina's team is
very soulful, and it's loaded.

All k*ller, no filler.

Let's look at the journey
christina's five artists took

To make it to the live playoffs.

First up,
23-year-old bryan bautista

From brooklyn, new york.

He returned to "the voice" after
not making a team in season 9.

Bryan: As soon as i got back
home, i resigned from my job.

Right now,
i'm just living off savings,

Getting gigs where i can.

♪i only call you
when it's half past 5:00 ♪

♪the only time
that i'll be by your side ♪

Daly:
His soulful blind audition

Impressed both christina
and blake.

No!

He's got his hat on.
That's country.

[ laughter ]

Just come home.

Blake.

[ cheers and applause ]
oh, wait, wait, wait.

-No!
-I pick christina.

[ cheers and applause ]

Greatest moment of the show's
history right there.

[ laughs ]

♪this is a man's ♪

Daly:
During the battle rehearsal,

Bryan received helpful advice
from christina.

If you want to add a little
falsetto at the end,

Like, whenever you guys are
going back and forth --

♪this is a man's, man's ♪

♪whoooo ♪

And then bring it back
at the end again.

It's really refreshing,
i think.

Okay.

♪this is a ♪

♪man's ♪

♪man's ♪

♪wo-o-o-o-o-o-o-rld ♪

Yes!

Daly: Bryan's momentum led
to a win during the knockouts,

Advancing him
to the live playoffs.

♪is it too late
to say sorry no-o-o-o-o-w? ♪

♪girl ♪

When that song started,

The girls in here
started freaking out,

And so you have that
little confidence boost.

You are so versatile,
and i love that about you,

'cause there's -- there's
surprises around every corner

With your voice.

Bryan,
he's just a smooth operator.

He's got the whole package.

I'm so excited to see
where bryan's gonna take

What he does into the lives
and how the audience

Is gonna respond to him.

Daly: Christina's next artist,
kata hay,

Left her job in nashville
as a karaoke hostess

To audition for "the voice."

♪'cause i'm a redneck woman ♪

♪i ain't no high-class broad ♪

Daly:
Kata's energetic blind audition

Caused three coaches
to push their buttons

When she burst onto
"the voice" stage.

-Did you turn?!
-Yes.

Oh, my god!

Christina:
Kata has amazing energy.

Oh, my god.

She's spunky, she's sassy,

And she has
an incredible voice.

I cannot wait to see
what we cook up together.

You were my official
first girl crush.

Should we just make out now?

Daly:
And one kiss sealed the deal.

I pick christina!

Yeah!

[ laughter ]

[ laughs ]

I'm like, "what?!"

Daly: During the battles,

Kata again impressed
coach christina.

♪who'll drown in my desire
for you ♪

Kata, you come out
and you're just, wow!

Like, you can't help but just
feel things in the moment.

And it's passion
and it's fire.

That's what i love about you.
You're genuine.

Kata: ♪tell me why ♪

♪haven't i heard from you? ♪
daly: In the knockouts,

Kata showed why she deserved
a spot in the live playoffs.

♪tell me why ♪

♪haven't i heard from you ♪

Christina:
She's just a firecracker.

I'm not sure i've gotten
this far

With a country artist before,
so this is exciting for me.

Mwah!
Congratulations.

Daly: Coming up, the final
members of team christina.

♪fly-y-y-y-y-y-y ♪

Daly: And later,

Never-before-seen footage
of our coaches.
Pfft!

I'm terrified of flying,

And i'm, like,
the worst person to fly with.

And i always scream,

"we're not getting enough
speed!" as we're taking off

And everyone that's sitting by
me is, like, really mis--

That's nice. That must make
everybody really comfortable.

It's really comforting,
yeah.
Yeah.

♪this is "the voice" ♪

[ cheers and applause ]

Welcome back to
the road to the live shows.

Tonight, we're catching you up
on our biggest season yet

And getting you ready for next
week's incredible live playoffs.

Ne on team christina

Is 35-year-old tamar davis
from houston, texas.

So you were in
the first incarnation...
The first.

...Of what became
destiny's child.

Yes.
Wow.

Tamar: I felt like maybe
i blew my chance

At becoming a recording artist.

To be at this moment,
i'm gonna give it all i have.

♪you told me
to leave you alone ♪

Daly:
Her expl*sive blind audition
on an aretha franklin classic

Earned her the attention
she's always wanted.

It is time for you
to step out of the background.

You deserve your moment
to shine.

I pick christina.

Whoo!

Let's make it a family.

-Oh, my gosh.
-Oh, my gosh!

♪he met marmalade
down in old moulin rouge ♪

Daly:
And in the battle rehearsals,

Tamar sang with
the legendary patti labelle

And coach christina.
Sing it to me now.

♪giuchie, giuchie,
ya ya, dada ♪

Whoo!

♪creole lady marmalaaaaaaade,
whoa! ♪

♪voulez-vous coucher avec moi
ce soir? ♪

Daly:
After winning her battle...

♪can i lay by your side? ♪

Daly: ...Tamar stepped up
with help from christina

During her knockout rehearsal.

You're putting
a little vibrato

On the --
on the ends of every line.

-Mm-hmm.
-I think you were doing...

-♪yes, i do ♪
-okay.

-Just throw certain
things away, like...

♪yes, i do, i believe ♪

-Like, just choose your moments.
-Okay.

At 35, things that i thought
i mastered, no.

Christina has showed me
there's still more growth.

♪i lay by yo-o-o-ur side ♪

Daly: And that growth was on
display when tamar sang her way

Into next week's live playoffs.
♪make sure you're ♪

♪yo-o-o-o-u're ♪

Christina:
For the first time,

I felt like the other coaches
got to see exactly what i saw

In tamar since
those blind auditions.

I'm going to the live playoffs!

Daly: Christina's next artist
is 25-year-old ryan quinn,

Who started on team adam.

Ryan:
I'm lucky enough to co-teach
music classes for children

That have suffered
varying degrees of trauma

In their lives.

♪near the end ♪

Daly: He landed the attention
of all four of our coaches

During the blind auditions.

I've been around some of the
greatest singers in the world

And, man, you are
one of those voices

That needs to be heard
worldwide.

Adam: My music teacher
kept telling me,

"you've got a good voice.
You can sing."

And he brought it
out of my slowly,

And he was such
an inspirational guy.

So, hearing that you do that
is -- is really special.

I pick adam.
[ cheers and applause ]

Ohh!

Did you come here
to break my heart, ryan?

♪maybe i'm a man,
maybe you're the only woman ♪

♪who could ever help me ♪

Daly: During the battles,
ryan again impressed adam.

The winner of this battle
is ryan.

Daly:
Ryan's gonna move on.

And in the knockouts,
when ryan lost...

[ cheers and applause ]

Whoa, we got a steal!
Christina aguilera!

...Christina seized
her opportunity to steal him.

Adam dropped the ball!
I'm so excited!

Yes!
He's mine now.

All mine.

The final artist
on team christina

Is former child star
alisan porter.

Alisan: The role i'm probably
most known for is curly sue.

Daly:
Now with a family of her own,

She came to "the voice" in hopes
of getting a second chance.

♪i'm going back someday ♪

♪come what may to blue bayou ♪

Daly: Her powerful
blind audition of "blue bayou"

Caught the attention
of all four coaches.

With a voice like that,

How did you guys ignore
the signs that this is what

You're supposed to have been
doing all your life?

I fell in love
and i had children,

And i really feel like
the universe just had a plan,

Because you guys
turned for me today.

I really am moved
by your story.

Nobody works harder
than a mom.

I pick christina.

[ cheers and applause ]
oh!

♪i went for a walk ♪

♪on a winter's
da-a-a-a-a-y ♪

Your talent
is undeniably great.

Daly:
And after winning her battle...

♪it's coming on christmas ♪

♪they're cutting down trees ♪
daly:
...Alisan entered the knockouts

And christina and miley
coached her through her nerves.

It's scary --
just me and a piano.

Yeah.
So i'm feeling
a little bit, like...

Vulnerable? Naked?
Yeah.

Yeah.
All of those things.
I would be scared, too,

But you can do it
justice.

I think, a lot of the times,

Even when i'm doing, like,
one of my shows,

My fans, the thing that
they love the most

Is when it's just
me and a piano.
Yeah.

Just make
some eye contact.
Yeah.

I'm in your corner.
You can look at me.

'cause that tenderness
is what sells it.

Alisan --
she's just such a rarity.

She's putting a ton of heart
into her work.

♪i wish i had a river so long ♪

♪i would teach my feet
to fly-y-y-y ♪

Christina: I chose alisan
because she just is amazing.

Her range is endless.

I-i just connect with alisan
so much.

Daly: These are the artists
representing team christina

In the live playoffs.

Blake: Team christina this year
is definitely,

Besides mine, the team to beat.

The boys, i don't think,
have ever been up against me

Where i have such a solid
and strong team,

And even they're admitting it,
so i'm very excited about this.

Now let's look at some exclusive
behind-the-scenes moments

You've never seen before.

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Ooooooooooh!

Ooooooooooh!

Ha-ha!

Team pharrell is sh--

[ speaks indistinctly ]

Is shaping up to be...

Really awesome...

Thank you.

...Ly pathetic.

[ laughs ]

It's just cool to see things
like this.

You know, mel--
blblblblblblbl.

Good night.

[ laughs ]
pfft!

[ laughs ]

Doo-be doo-be doo doo doo.

Talky talky talky talks.

What?

You look like you
freezed your face, too.

-You know what i'm saying?
-[ chuckles ]

-It just looks so radiant.
-Aw, man. Okay.

-Like dalai lama.
-[ laughs ]

You kind of have that
"i dream of jeannie" hair.

Thank you.

I guess i kind of was
going for that.

-Were you?
-Yeah.

You kind of have that,
like, super-babe thing
going on right now.

Whoa. Really?
Yeah.

'cause i was just going
for dennis the menace.

[ laughs ]

Did you get that?

[ laughter ]

Well, we finished.
We're done. Lunch.

See ya, felicia.
[ laughs ]
yeah, bye, felicia.

-Bye, felicia.
-[ laughs ]
all right, all right.

All right, all right,
all right, all right,
all right, all right.

-[ chuckles ]
-okay. So...

This is what we're gonna do.

What are we gonna do?

[ laughter ]

-I like it.
-Bop! Bop! Bop!

-Follow the pink.
-[ chuckles ]

You never know what
is gonna happen

When miley cyrus
shows up to "the voice."

This heart thing
right here is like --

-I just keep --
-it's amazing.

I, like, want to touch it,

But i don't want to be
inappropriate.

Yeah, i feel like
it's inappropriate if i do.

[ laughs ]
i'm not gonna touch it.

But it does draw --
but it does draw you in.

It's like a pillow.

Then again, you never know
what's gonna happen

When miley cyrus shows up,
period.

I used to be, like,
the bean girl.

Do you know how embarrassing
that is at school?

Wait, what bean girl?

So, my job for like
eight hours one day

Was to go eat beans
on a set.

It's like,
"country home baked beans,"

And then it cuts to
a little girl going like...

-...And that's me.
-Oh, my gosh.

But i'd go to school,
and i was the bean girl.

That's the worst thing
you can be in school.

I love your outfit.

-Thank you.
-That's awesome.

We almost wore the same thing,
but i made him change.

-Oh.
-Mm-hmm.

Pink looks better on me.
Fuzzy.

I like my shrimps a bit fried.
I like 'em fried.

She's like my little sister,
my annoying little sister.

I'm terrified of flying,

And i'm, like,
the worst person to fly with.

I always scream, "we're not
getting enough speed!"

As we're taking f.

And everyone that's sitting by
me is, like, really mis--

That's nice. That must make
everybody really comfortable.

It's really comforting,
yeah.
Yeah.