Daly: Last night,
the intense battle rounds began
on an evening of epic performances...
♪ And it was all ♪ and it was all ♪
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...agonizing decisions...
Oh, Cee Lo Green.
My goodness.
I'm at a loss of words.
...and one game-changing twist
- for the artists who lost their battles. Daly: - Ohh!
[ Audience shouting ]
We got a steal! [ Cheers and applause ]
The option to steal other artists
definitely ups the stakes.
Collin, anything you want to say to your coach, Adam?
Adam, I mean, first of all, you know,
- my relationship with you is... - Blah, blah, blah, blah.
Daly: - Ohh! - Yes!
Two steals!
I'm loving these steals,
and I think it's got all the coaches
paying more attention than we ever have before,
because we do still have something at stake.
Daly: With only 18 spots available and 2 possible steals,
our coaches must pair their artists together
to go head-to-head and pick who moves on and who goes home.
Adam: Now it's just a matter of staying focused,
and I got to have the strongest team.
And in order to do that, I have to have the best people.
Christina: I'm ready to give my team all the tools they need
to win this thing this year.
Daly: Tonight, 10 more incredible artists
fight to stay in this competition.
It's a matter of life or death. I got to save myself.
How do I get your attention?
Everyone in this competition is out for blood.
Daly: With the help of our coaches' friends,
some of the biggest names in music...
Michael: I know what it's like to have that dream,
so to be able to come here and help give advice,
♪ You show the lights that stop me turn to stone ♪
Who is the winner of this battle?
Our coaches will give some artists
a second chance at winning it all...
Coaches, let me remind you,
the artist is available to steal.
And Cee Lo is in with the steal!
Blake also in with a steal!
...a recording contract with Universal Music Group,
and be named "The Voice."
At the end of the day,
only one person can win "The Voice,"
and you got to be the best.
Daly: The battle rounds continue right now.
Give it up for your coaches!
[ Cheers and applause ]
As our coaches take the stage and settle into their seats,
let's take a look at our first battle of the night.
Cee Lo pairs country soul singer from Arkansas, Cody Belew,
versus the feisty dancer from the Bronx, Domo.
During the blind auditions, we met Domo.
Domo: I've been dancing for about seven years.
What kind of dancing do you do?
Hip-hop, the cool kind.
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend was ♪
Daly: Domo won over Cee Lo and the crowd
with her confident performance of "Don't cha."
What's your name?
My name is Domo...
"D" to the "O" to the "M" to the "O."
Christina: Oh, oh, hey. [ Snapping fingers ]
When I say "Do," y'all say "mo!" Do!
Audience: - Mo! Christina: - Oh, you got a handful there.
Cee Lo: Mo!
Daly: Cody came from the ranch to the stage
with hopes of fulfilling his dreams.
Cody: I grew up on a farm.
My family was in the rodeo.
♪ Hey, little thing, let me light your candle ♪
♪ 'cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around ♪
Daly: Cody's soulful performance of "Hard To Handle"
earned a last-second button push from Cee Lo
and completed his team.
Did you hit it?
- I did. - You hit it?!
[Bleep] [bleep] [bleep]!
Oh, my God! Oh [bleep]!
Shut the [bleep] up!
My favorite thing to do
is to entertain the crowd with a little bit of bam-bam.
[ Cheers and applause, laughter ]
I ain't so bad at bam-bam myself.
To break down the song, Cody and Domo meet with Cee Lo
and Grammy-winning singer/songwriter
and Matchbox Twenty front man, Rob Thomas.
Rob: What's up, guys?
- Hey. - Hi!
I walk into the room, and Cee Lo's there
and to the left of him is Rob Thomas.
So I was like, "oh, my God!"
I've been feeling really excited and encouraged.
It's like I've been rediscovering everyone.
We are doing "Telephone" by Lady Gaga.
This song is gonna give you another opportunity
to sing and do choreography at the same time.
Cody: Sometimes, I think when I'm performing
that I'm that type of person who is a seasoned dancer.
I think putting us together made sense.
It's gonna be a good show.
Cee Lo: I paired Cody and Domo
because it's a battle between a singer that can dance
and a dancer that can sing.
The challenge is if either one of them
will step up to the plate and be the total package.
No matter how well the stage or the choreography
or how tight it is or nothing, you got to sing this song
and convey the actual, tangible talent
that you both have as vocalists.
♪ Hello, hello, baby, you called? ♪
♪ I can't hear a thing ♪
♪ I have got no service in the club, you say, say? ♪
Like, if it was me, like, I wouldn't even...
you know, I would be like...
Would you make it breathy up there?
♪ Hello, hello, baby, you called? ♪
♪ I can't hear a thing ♪
♪ I ain't got no service in the club, you say, say? ♪
Rob had some really good pointers
on how to hit certain notes.
♪ Sorry, I can't hear you, 'cause I'm kinda busy ♪
♪ k-kinda busy ♪
Domo: I was already envisioning the performance in my head.
I know that song inside and out.
I know every beat, every lyric, every everything.
♪ Hello, hello, baby, you called? ♪
♪ I can't hear a thing ♪
♪ I have got no service in the club, you say, say? ♪
I know you was doing that sultry thing at the top,
- but, like, I want to make sure that you remember to project. - Okay.
♪ Hello, hello, baby, you called? ♪
♪ I can't hear a thing ♪
♪ I have got no service in the club, you say, say? ♪
Cody: This song is in Domo's wheelhouse.
She has everything she needs to make that song successful,
but, um, I'm gonna bring it.
She can't whip that ponytail in my face.
[ Laughs ]
- It is a show, and we want to perform it... - Well, now, but, like...
...and not seem, like, tacky, where it's like...
I'm hoping for Domo to deliver a strong vocal performance.
Of course, she really wants to perform the song.
I mean, her conversation was more about the choreography.
My problem is that I look like a rock pop star,
but I can sing like Mariah Carey,
Aretha Franklin.
They're like, "uh, you need to dumb one down,"
'cause it's just... You need to relax."
[ Chuckles ] You know what I mean?
Domo can dance, but I want to see what else she's got.
Cody definitely does his thing vocally,
but I want to see Cody move, you know?
The catch is, they have to work as a team
while they're competing with each other.
Daly: The next day, Cee Lo and Rob meet with Cody
to discuss his concerns about the upcoming battle.
What are you the most nervous about?
Cody: It's not necessarily my genre,
and I also know that I'm at a disadvantage
because she is female with curves for days
and she wears barely anything.
And those are all things
that you go to sleep at night thinking about.
Mm-hmm.
How do I get your attention?
I want to see you go out, you know,
from beginning to end with that kind of confidence.
So, I've yet to see that complete thought,
- in terms of Cody's. - Right.
- I haven't seen the whole tornado out there. - Right.
- You know what I'm saying? - Right.
And I can only select a song that makes you feel like that.
She almost will have to work even harder,
because she's fitting into a pair of shoes
that people have seen worn before.
Right.
You... they want to see the guy
that got that excited at the blind challenge.
All Cody really has to do is surprise people,
and that alone could have him take it from her.
Daly: As the battle nears,
Cody and Domo join Cee Lo for a final rehearsal.
How's everything been going with the song and everything?
- Awesome. - We've been practicing it, choreo... how do say that?
- Choreographing. [ Chuckles ] - Choreographing.
Okay, cool, 'cause I wanted to see y'all move with the record.
- No! You can't see it yet. - We've decided we don't want you to see it until...
Yes. It has to be a surprise.
I have some really cool ideas. I'm so excited to perform.
I want to go, like, right now. [ Chuckles ]
♪ Stop callin', stop callin', I don't wanna think anymore ♪
♪ I left my head and my heart on the dance floor ♪
On that last chorus, I feel like we're trying to outsing each other there.
Should I back out of singing that harmony?
I feel you,
but I think the reason why it kind of sticks out
- because her harmony isn't in the other hooks. - Okay.
Cody was more concerned with singing the record,
as opposed to performing it.
♪ I'll be dancin' ♪
♪ dancin' ♪ I'll be dancin' ♪
But I think their arrangement
should be interwoven with each other.
♪ Tonight I'm not takin' no calls ♪
♪ 'cause I'll be dancin' ♪ talk to me ♪
On those "I'll be dancin',"
you know, you can kind of variate those
instead of repeating the same one.
♪ I'll be dancin' ♪
Just kind of getting closer
- to just becoming a solid performance. - Mm-hmm.
Because I think that's what you both want, you know?
Solid competition... a fierce competition, too.
Daly: It's the night of the battle,
and Cody and Domo are ready to go head-to-head.
Domo: I think I have an advantage going into this
because I'm so comfortable on the stage,
but Cody could totally turn around
and blow everyone away.
Cody: This is as big as it gets.
You know, I don't come from a whole lot of money,
and it really is life or death for a singer like me.
- Good luck. - Thank you so much.
Entering now from team Cee Lo,
the outgoing country boy from Arkansas, Cody Belew...
[ Cheers and applause ]
...taking on the energetic dancer from the Bronx, Domo!
[ Cheers and applause ]
This battle starts right now.
[ "Telephone" plays ]
♪ Mm, ohh, yeah ♪
♪ hello, hello, baby, you called? ♪
♪ I can't hear a thing ♪
♪ I have got no service in the club, you say, say? ♪
♪ wha-wha-what did you say, huh? ♪
♪ you're breakin' up on me ♪
♪ sorry I cannot hear you ♪
♪ I'm kinda busy ♪
♪ k-kinda busy ♪
♪ k-kinda busy ♪ k-kinda busy ♪
♪ sorry I cannot hear you ♪
♪ I'm kinda busy ♪
♪ just a second, it's my favorite song ♪
♪ they're gonna play ♪
♪ and I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh? ♪
♪ you should've made some plans with me ♪
♪ you knew that I was free ♪
♪ and now you won't stop calling me ♪
♪ I'm kinda busy ♪
♪ stop callin', stop callin' ♪
♪ I don't wanna talk anymore ♪
♪ I left my head and my heart on the dance floor ♪
♪ stop callin', stop callin' ♪
♪ I don't wanna talk anymore ♪
♪ I left my head and my heart on the dance floor ♪
♪ can call all you want, but there's no one home ♪
♪ and you're not gonna reach my telephone ♪
♪ 'cause I'm out in the club, and I'm sipping that bubb ♪
♪ and you're not gonna reach my telephone ♪
[ Laughs ]
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ boy, the way you blowing up my phone ♪
♪ won't make me leave no faster ♪
♪ put my coat on faster ♪
♪ leave my girls no faster ♪
♪ I should've left my phone at home ♪
♪ 'cause this is a disaster ♪
♪ calling like a collector ♪
♪ baby, I cannot answer ♪
♪ not that I don't like you, I'm just at a party ♪
♪ hey, yeah ♪ and I am sick and tired of my phone r-ringing ♪
♪ sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Station ♪
♪ station ♪ tonight I'm not takin' no calls ♪
♪ 'cause I'll be dancin' ♪ talk to me!
♪ Stop callin', stop callin' ♪
♪ I don't wanna think anymore ♪
♪ I left my head and my heart on the dance floor ♪
♪ can call all you want, but there's no one home ♪
♪ and you're not gonna reach my telephone ♪
♪ 'cause I'm out in the club, and I'm sipping that bubb ♪
♪ and you're not gonna reach my ♪
♪ telephone ♪ telephone ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Give it up!
Domo and Cody!
What a classic team Cee Lo battle.
Excellent battle, guys. Great job.
We'll give Cee Lo a minute to take that in.
There's damn sure not a stage-presence problem
with either one of these two,
- Yeah! - uh, which is cool.
And, Domo, dang, you are so beautiful.
I mean, you are just a beautiful girl. Oh, my gosh.
And, Cody, you're a damn good-looking man, too,
by the way.
[ Cheers and applause ]
That was a really cool thing.
We don't see that here on "The Voice."
And I guess who outsang the other one, I guess,
is where I'm left wondering.
I feel that this particular song
was a little bit more in Domo's comfort zone,
but you were not gonna get up there
and let it go down without a good battle and a good fight.
And, you know, Domo, I remember in the blinds,
you had a great voice,
but then, when it came to, like, speaking and whatnot,
I felt an overabundance of confidence
kind of coming from you.
And I thought you were
gonna just overdo it onstage, and you didn't.
- You really came on... - That's a good point. That's a really good point.
- Yeah, you... - Yeah, 'cause you came out here and kind of, like,
freaked us out a little bit, 'cause you were rapping,
and it was kind of, like, a lot.
And you totally wrangled all that in,
and very, very big points for that.
- Thank you. - Yeah, and for that reason,
I would go with Domo.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Cee Lo, tough decision.
You guys make me laugh. You guys make me smile.
But I think you guys were concentrating
more on the choreography and things of that nature
than trying to really rewrite the script of this song
and write yourself into it in a way
that you can stretch out
and separate yourself from the pack
and win this battle round.
And since neither one of you
were able to just kind of do that,
it makes it boil down to just a personal preference.
I'm gonna go with who I just get a kick out of
and makes me really feel really good.
Cee Lo, who's the winner of this battle?
I'm gonna go with Cody.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Cody, congratulations!
We'll see you at the knockout round.
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
[ Chuckles ] I know, man.
Thank you so much.
Cody: I feel so bad for her.
We both sang that together, and she did really good.
But I'm so excited to move forward.
Daly: Cody moves on to the knockout round.
Domo is available to steal.
Um, just thank you for just seeing something in me
and... just turning around.
I appreciate everything.
Give a round of applause, everybody.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Christina: It was just a matter of personal preference.
I mean, I kind of have my own game plan
as far as what I want to do
and Domo just wasn't the right artist
for me to steal from my team.
Domo has got a future. She can dance. She can sing.
She can write. She got style.
She can do whatever she want to do, but Cody, man.
Like, you know, he's got a really good spirit.
Lady, what you think of Cody? Do you like him?
That means "yes."
That means "a lot!"
Daly: Coming up...
I think it sounded better than the original.
...music's best help coach the artists to a win.
Mary: I saw a little girl,
and then you just did that grown-woman thing.
I couldn't believe it.
And later,
the coaches push their buttons to steal...
Cee Lo and Blake with the steal!
...and the power to choose shifts to the artist.
The control is now in your hands.
Come to me, my dark princess.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
Look, team Christina. Right there.
[ Laughs ]
Let's take a look at how the next battle pairing
from team Christina matches up.
24-year-old Aquile from California
will battle 15-year-old Nathalie Hernandez
from Florida.
Aquile used music to overcome adversity.
When I was 19, I was punched in the jaw.
I played a couple of gigs with my mouth wired shut.
- You are a fighter, Aquile. - Yes.
♪ My gift is my song ♪
Daly: During the blind auditions, his smooth vocals...
♪ ...for you ♪
Daly: ...Convinced three coaches to push their buttons.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I was drawn to your voice from the second I heard it.
The coach that I pick... Christina.
- I got you. I got you. - All right. All right.
Daly: Nathalie got her start in small-town talent shows.
Nathalie: I'm like a big fish in a small pond in my hometown,
but being one of the youngest people in this competition,
I definitely, like, get nervous thinking about it.
♪ That I'm not a princess ♪
Daly: Her confidence soared
when three chairs turned for her blind audition.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And you seem like a storyteller,
so I'd love to have you on my team.
I want to go with Christina.
Blake: Aw!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo!
Hey, guys.
- Mr. Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day. - Hi. How are you?
- Doing fine. Aquile: - It's such an honor
not only to have Christina, but to have Billie there, too.
It's like... it blows me away, really.
I still can't believe it. [ Chuckles ]
Have you guys been listening to the song
- and getting familiar with it? - Yeah.
Christina: I chose the James Morrison song
"You Give Me Something,"
because they already both have this energy
that sort of relaxes you in a room.
You guys do come from two different worlds,
as far as vocal styles.
Sometimes, in this business, you're given a chance
to collaborate with another artist,
and the Grammy's are infamous for doing it.
They'll pair up, like, really unlikely people
that have to come together.
But it's up to you, as the artist, to make it work.
♪ I was meant to tread the water ♪
♪ but now I've gotten in too deep ♪
You just killed it.
- I think it sounded better than the original, what you did. - Really? - Yeah.
Nathalie: Aquile is an amazing singer,
and he is more familiar with this song, to start off with,
but I'm gonna give it all I got.
Christina: - How old are you? - 15.
Okay, you haven't had the heartbreaks
that this song was originally written about,
but try to interpret what this song means to you.
♪ You only stay with me in the morning ♪
Do... just do what you do.
♪ You only hold me when I sleep ♪
There's, like, a sweetness to it that's somewhere between,
like, Norah Jones and, like, Natalie Merchant
or something that I'm hearing.
I do hear, you know, the confidence come in.
Just open up a little bit more, you know?
Even when you're talking to me, like, it's very like...
be fearless, you know?
♪ You only stay with me in the morning ♪
Do you have that vibrato, or...
Well, I don't really do it, yeah, that much, really.
If you're gonna end them without vibrato,
make it all... pour that emotion into it.
Don't try to hold the notes out,
'cause I think your strength would be, um...
♪ 'Cause you... give me... something ♪
You're one of those secret weapons later on.
Like, we didn't see it coming, but then, like,
after some rehearsal time and whatnot,
you know, I can see it turning around.
Nathalie: It is really nerve-racking
being one of the youngest people,
but despite how young I am, I'm gonna bring it.
It's not a performance right now.
You're just getting to know the song,
getting to know each other, and making it come together.
The original comes in on a softer tip,
and, like, I'm pretty powerful when I come in.
Like, do you think I should maybe tone it down?
It's gonna be about
how much you can make this connection happen with her,
'cause if you guys are awkward and feel weird onstage with each other,
it's gonna show, and it's not gonna be received well.
Christina: I want them to mesh well and allow the audience
to experience the two of them together on that stage,
and it's gonna be interesting
to see who brings what to the table.
Daly: As the day of the battle approaches,
Aquile and Nathalie rehearse
with the band and their coach, Christina.
♪ I was meant to tread the waters ♪
Nice.
♪ But now I've gotten in too deep ♪
Nice, Nathalie. Nice.
Christina: Nathalie... she's got that look in her eye of determination.
She's already, I feel, grown
from the first time I heard her sing around the piano.
♪ 'Cause you ♪
♪ 'cause you ♪
♪ give me ♪
♪ something ♪
♪ please give me... ♪
What happened there?
Sorry. Sorry. Hold up.
What happens there? Is that just an empty space?
I was concentrating on echoing her,
and then I forgot to come in.
Aquile's got a problem
being able to tune things out and focus.
I just need Aquile to really step up to the plate.
You know, Nathalie, you've improved a lot.
Nathalie: I don't know about Aquile,
but I really, really want to win this...
- Thanks, guys. - Thank you.
Sounds awesome. Thanks.
...and I definitely think this battle is evenly matched,
at this point.
Daly: Coming up,
Aquile and Nathalie take the stage
and sing their hearts out...
♪ Someday I might ♪
♪ know my heart ♪ know my heart ♪
...leaving Christina with a tough decision.
Oh, you guys.
And later, a hard-fought battle
means two artists are victorious.
We got a steal!
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
A fight to stay in this competition starts right now.
Taking the stage, from team Christina,
here he is... Aquile...
[ Cheers and applause ]
...versus Nathalie Hernandez!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Let the battle begin.
[ "You Give Me Something" plays ]
♪ You only stay with me in the morning ♪
♪ you only hold me when I sleep ♪
♪ I was meant to tread the waters ♪
♪ ooh, ooh ♪
♪ but now I've gotten in too deep ♪
♪ for every piece of me that wants you ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ another piece backs away ♪
♪ backs away ♪
♪ 'cause you ♪ you ♪
♪ give me ♪ give me ♪
♪ something ♪ something ♪
♪ that makes me scared, all right ♪
♪ this could be ♪ could be ♪
♪ nothing ♪ nothing ♪
♪ willing to give it a try ♪
♪ please give me ♪ give me ♪
♪ something ♪ something ♪
♪ 'cause someday I might ♪
♪ know my heart ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ You only waited up for hours ♪
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ just to spend a little time alone with me ♪
♪ and I can say I've never bought you flowers ♪
♪ eh, yeah ♪
♪ I can't work out what they mean ♪
♪ I-I-I-I-I-I-I ♪
♪ I never thought that I'd love someone ♪
♪ someone ♪
♪ that was someone else's dream ♪
♪ ohhhh ♪
♪ 'cause you give me ♪ give me ♪
♪ something ♪ something ♪
♪ that makes me scared, all right ♪
♪ this could be ♪ could be ♪
♪ something ♪
♪ but I'm willing to give it a try ♪
♪ please give me ♪
♪ something ♪
♪ 'cause someday I might know my heart ♪
♪ know my heart, know my heart, know my heart ♪
♪ ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ know my heart, know my heart ♪
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
- That's my dude! Daly: - Give it up for Nathalie and Aquile
from team Christina.
Wow. That was great, Christina.
We'll get to you in just a second
for your final decision as to who will move on.
But first, Cee Lo?
That was a great rendition of the record. I loved it.
I loved it. [ Cheers and applause ]
Nathalie, I think something's very precious about you.
Like, your voice is very sweet.
Aquile, your voice is so... commanding.
It's very clear and very present.
I thought you did a perfect performance all the way through.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Cee Lo. Adam?
It was just such a pleasure to watch you both sing.
I mean, you both have incredible talent.
Nathalie, I mean, you're 15 years old.
You've barely even been alive.
When I was 15, I was a zit, you know?
[ Laughter ]
I could not be out of the house, let alone on the stage.
To me, it's a classic case of just... Aquile, you're ready,
uh, and, Nathalie, you will be soon.
All right. Thank you, Adam.
Blake Shelton, some thoughts on that battle?
Aquile, um, I mean, it was... you're just awesome.
[ Applause ]
Thank you so much.
I want to spend more time
talking about Nathalie, though,
because imagine being 15 years old
and being on that stage
singing in a battle round against Aquile
with cameras and lights and us four sitting here.
- It's huge. - I just... it's amazing.
You're so good already.
- I mean, it's just... I can't say enough. - Thank you so much.
[ Cheers and applause ] I'm happy you said that.
I can't say it enough.
Daly: Okay, Christina, the time has come.
Who's the winner of this battle?
Christina: I really have a soft spot for both you guys.
I brought you two together
because I felt that you would complement each other
in the fact that you just both have such a sweet tenderness.
And seeing that come together
and vibing off each other, that's what this song is about.
Aquile, I'm a big fan.
You just complemented this song so naturally.
Nathalie, there's something just so beautiful
about just your raw voice.
Oh, you guys.
The winner is Aquile.
There you go.
Thank you.
Aquile, congratulations.
We'll see you in the knockout round.
Thank you.
- Oh, congratulations! - Thank you so much.
I'm so happy for you!
Christina: Aquile has such a smooth tone to his voice,
and he has great charisma,
so he should feel so proud of the job that he did.
Coaches, let me remind you, Nathalie is available to steal.
Nathalie, so much fun to watch you.
Anything you'd like to say to your coach, Christina?
I just want to say, I've done things with my voice
that I never thought that I would do,
and I've learned so much.
And it's just been amazing.
I love you so much. Come give me a hug, please?
Nathalie Hernandez.
Thank you so much.
Christina: I think Natalie would have been great on Blake's team.
I would have loved to see her go there,
because I know it's not the end of the road for her.
She did a great job.
Next round, baby!
I made it, y'all!
I made it. I made it. I made it.
♪ 'Cause you... ♪
Daly: You can download the winners' full versions
of tonight's battle performances at iTunes.
♪ But there's no one home, and you not gonna reach my ♪
♪ telephone ♪
Daly: Coming up, a beautiful and haunting team Adam battle...
♪ Calling, calling, calling ♪ ...That you won't want to miss.
♪ You show the lights that stop me turn to stone ♪
It was probably the most moving performance in the whole day.
And later,
a steal that gets all the coaches worked up.
It just seems like a natural fit.
It does not seem like a natural fit.
[ Laughter ]
Come to me, my dark princess.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
♪ Ohhhh ♪
♪ 'cause you ♪
♪ give me ♪ give me ♪
♪ something ♪ something ♪
Before the break, Christina had a difficult decision...
The winner is Aquile.
Daly: ...Picking smooth soul singer Aquile as the winner
over 15-year-old Nathalie Hernandez.
But it wouldn't be her only struggle of the night.
She paired Tennessee high-school student Celica Westbrook
against ex-gymnast Lisa Scinta from Las Vegas.
Both: ♪ My life would suck ♪
♪ without you ♪
Christina: You stepped up to the challenge, both of you.
But I do have to say the winner is Celica.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: As the battles continued,
smog technician Charlie Rey faced off against his teammate,
dedicated grandfather Rudy Parris.
♪ You had a bad day ♪
♪ the camera don't lie ♪
♪ you're coming back down and you really don't mind ♪
♪ you've had a bad day ♪
Blake: Charlie, you're still struggling with nerves.
I think you beat yourself.
I got to give it to Rudy.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Now our next battle pairing...
20-year-old musical-theater student Caitlin Michelle
versus 17-year-old photographer Melanie Martinez.
I've always been drawn to the arts.
Music is a form of storytelling,
which is what I do in my photographs.
♪ You're toxic, I'm slipping under ♪
Daly: Her artistic approach to Britney Spears' song "Toxic"
turned three chairs.
It was unique and it was cool,
and you're amazing-looking.
Melanie picked Adam.
Ohh!
You're amazing.
Dang it!
For Caitlin Michelle, music has been therapy.
I suffer from extreme panic disorder.
When I have a panic attack, I stop breathing,
my heart starts beating really fast.
My love of music... it kind of saved me.
♪ Beca-a-a-a-a-me ♪
♪ the stars, the moon ♪
Daly: Her haunting performance
of a Florence And The Machine song
forced Blake and Adam to fight for her.
Do you see how normal it is on this end?
[ Laughter ]
If you want normal, go over there.
I am the furthest thing from normal.
So I think I'm gonna have to go with Adam.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Adam: - Hello, ladies. Both: - Hi.
You know my friend, Mary. [ Squeals ]
- Hi. Mary: - Hello.
Melanie: It's awesome to have Adam and Mary J.
mentoring us and everything.
Like, I would never in a million years think that,
you know, I would even meet them. [ Laughs ]
You both represent something
that just felt right, pairing you together.
You guys are genuinely unique.
I really do believe that this is the best collaboration.
Adam: They're doing the song "Lights,"
and I'm really excited about that.
I think it's the perfect marriage of pop
and edgier, grittier things going on.
So, I think it's a good choice for them.
One of my reasons behind it
was you both do really interesting, unique things,
but in a pop context.
'Cause we have to make it cool and weird and different
and it can't be like, "let's just dance."
Even though me and Caitlin have really different voices,
we also have, like, a very similar style.
♪ I had a way then, losing it all on my own ♪
The very first couple of notes are a little rough.
- It's a pitch thing. - Yeah, it is.
So, should we just start it out, like, a...
Yeah. ♪ I had a way then ♪
- Yeah. - Okay, yeah.
♪ I had a way then, losing it all on my own ♪
♪ I had a heart then ♪
♪ but the queen has been overthrown ♪
[ Humming ] Do it up, instead of down.
[ Humming ]
- Okay. Adam: - Yeah.
Gotcha.
Don't be afraid to do that.
♪ And I'm not keeping now ♪
♪ the strength I need to push me ♪
- Oh, my gosh. - So good.
Wow. Melanie Martinez.
I was completely shocked,
'cause she looks like a little girl,
but she has so much depth to her.
[ Chuckles ] I wasn't expecting that.
Then you just did that grown-woman thing so nicely.
Melanie is so raw and pure and unique. I'm scared.
I have a lot of mixed feelings about it all.
Harmonies. Homework.
Yes. What we will do.
- Yep. - Bye.
- Bye, guys. - Bye.
Daly: Caitlin and Melanie only have one day left
to prepare for their battle.
♪ And I'm not keeping now ♪
♪ the strength I need to push me ♪
Melanie, it seems like the word "I'm not keeping now,"
it just feels a little bit flat.
You don't sound the way that you did the other day.
Um, but let's just do it again,
just to get more familiar with it.
♪ Calling, calling, calling ♪
♪ you show the lights that stop me turn to stone ♪
[ Chuckles ]
I keep messing up words.
Um, that's no good.
Like, you guys should be, like,
always coming in here and singing your asses off.
Never catch yourself phoning it in.
Okay.
Let's do it again.
Have a little... have a little more command of it.
♪ Calling, calling, calling ♪
I think for you, Caitlin,
calling is a hard, like...
"calling, calling, calling."
That can be pitchy.
It can waver a little bit if you don't be careful,
- so just a little more precision in those moments. - Okay.
Melanie and Caitlin had an off day.
We all have off days,
but I want them to start to be artists now.
This might act as some sort of greater lesson for them.
The best way to excel in this business is to give it 200%.
When you guys are singing together,
this needs to be really locked, executed with, like, certainty.
It can't be too loosey-goosey.
I'm upset because I should have been more prepared,
and I'm just having a, you know...
a rough start right now, so...
You'll have to get up there, both of you, knowing
that you're gonna blow everybody's mind with this.
You're not gonna have bells and whistles for this.
It's really subtle, it's really simple,
so you have even more pressure on you.
Melanie and Caitlin are equally capable of winning this battle.
It just has to do with who wants it more.
Daly: Coming up...
♪ Touch my own skin ♪
♪ and hope that I'm still breathing ♪
...an emotional matchup and a shocking outcome.
Cee Lo and Blake in with a steal!
I just have a soft spot for unique artists like you.
My full name is "Unique Cee Lo Green."
[ Laughter ]
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
From Massachusetts,
it's a 20-year-old theater student turned indie artist,
Caitlin Michelle.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And from New York,
it's the 17-year-old high schooler and photographer,
Melanie Martinez!
[ Cheers and applause ]
This battle starts right now.
[ "Lights" plays ]
♪ I had a way then ♪
♪ losing it all on my own ♪
♪ I had a heart then ♪
♪ but the queen has been overthrown ♪
♪ and I'm not sleeping now ♪
♪ the dark is too hard to beat ♪
♪ and I'm not keeping now ♪
♪ the strength I need to push me ♪
[ Audience cheering ]
♪ You show the lights that stop me turn to stone ♪
♪ you shine it when I'm alone ♪
♪ so I tell myself that I'll be strong ♪
♪ and dreaming when they're gone ♪
♪ 'cause they're calling, calling, calling me home ♪
♪ calling, calling, calling home ♪
♪ you show the lights that stop me turn to stone ♪
♪ noises, I play within my head ♪
♪ touch my own skin ♪
♪ and hope that I'm still breathing ♪
[ Audience cheering ]
♪ You show the lights that stop me turn to stone ♪
♪ you shine it when I'm alone ♪
♪ and so I tell myself that I'll be strong ♪
♪ and dreaming when they're gone ♪
♪ 'cause they're calling, calling, calling me home ♪
♪ calling, calling, calling home ♪
♪ you show the lights that stop me turn to stone ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: Melanie, Caitlin, team Adam.
You had your head buried in your lap, Adam.
Tough decision coming up. Let's talk to the other coaches.
Blake Shelton.
Blake: I have the hardest time deciding
when you have these "indie" artists up here, because, uh...
Stop saying that!
Well, I... gosh dang it, I mean...
"Country" artists.
Well, I mean, because...
okay, here's what I mean by that.
You guys don't fit under any category.
I mean, each of you are your own thing,
and I can't think of anybody else in any other genre
that either one of you are like.
Is that better?
- Yeah, finally. - Okay. Okay.
In other words, you're not country,
so I don't understand. Now...
[ Laughs ] Uh...
It's hard for me to know who did better.
I... I guess...
Oh, gosh dang.
You know what? I'm not gonna say.
How do you like that, Adam?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Christina?
It was probably the prettiest and most moving performance,
I think, in the whole day because it wasn't overdone,
and you both were pretty consistent.
And I'll second Blake in saying
there is no right or wrong choice.
[ Chuckling ] Come on.
[ Laughter ]
It was a beautiful song...
And it was enchanted.
Like, it's something about
the way that you end things, Melanie.
That breath is so sweet, and it's sad,
and it's just like...
I don't know what's personally happened
in either one of your lives that brought you to that place
where you could sing that song with so much conviction,
and then Caitlin, so much, you know, drama and theatrics.
You know what I mean? I like both of you, equally.
I think both of you deserve to stay here.
All three of you can't say that!
But I... I... I love Melanie.
I love Melanie.
There you go.
[ Cheers and applause ]
With little to no help from your fellow coaches,
Adam, a tough decision.
But what did you think about the battle there?
The good news is, is that none of these guys
are showing their hands 'cause they all want one of you.
So, that's probably what they're doing,
is just being strategic.
Now, I wanted to also say, the last day of rehearsal,
it felt like as though you weren't really there,
that, like, you were kind of phoning it in a little bit,
but everything we talked about, you guys did.
You couldn't have impressed me more.
I'm so over the moon.
In fact, so over the moon
that this is gonna suck even more.
Who is the winner of this battle?
[ Groans ]
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
♪ You show the lights that stop me turn to stone ♪
Before the break,
Caitlin Michelle and Melanie Martinez
delivered an unforgettable performance...
♪ And so I tell myself that I'll be strong ♪
...thoroughly impressing our coaches.
It was probably the prettiest
and most moving performance, I think, in the whole day.
Now their coach, Adam, faces his toughest decision yet.
Adam: I mean, you couldn't have impressed me more.
I'm so over the moon.
In fact, so over the moon
that this is gonna suck even more.
Well, maybe there'll be a steal,
taking a little less pressure off of you.
I know, but I want them both on my team. [ Chuckles ]
[ Laughter ]
I don't want anyone stolen from this particular duo.
- Uh... - Who is the winner of this battle?
Who is the winner of this battle?
[ Laughter ]
[ Chuckles ] That's a fantastic question.
Um...
My initial gut,
and the person that moved me the most from the beginning...
...was Melanie.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Melanie Martinez, congratulations.
We'll see you at the knockout round.
Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
I am so excited! Oh, my God! [ Laughs ]
Coaches, let me remind you, Caitlin is available to steal.
[ Cheers and applause ] And Cee Lo is in with the steal!
Blake also in with a steal!
Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green...
will fight to keep Caitlin in this competition
on one of their teams.
- The control is now in your hands. - Ahh!
Blake: You know what, Caitlin?
I don't know. I just think it just seems like a natural fit,
and, you know...
It does not seem like a natural fit.
[ Laughter ]
Seems like a highly unnatural fit.
I just have a soft spot for unique artists like you.
Unique is my first name.
My real name, my full name, is "Unique Cee Lo Green."
[ Laughter ]
[ Applause ]
Yes, but who turned around back in the day
when we were doing the blind auditions?
- Oh, I think that was me. - I believe it was you.
Yeah, I think it was me.
And I believe it wasn't Cee Lo.
I'm just stating the facts. I'm just stating the facts.
[ Laughter ]
Cee Lo: I think you should be on team Cee Lo.
[ Audience shouting ]
Come to me, my dark princess.
I'm gonna have to go with Cee Lo.
Daly: Cee Lo Green.
- Damn it! - There you go. Give your coach, there, a hug.
Caitlin is back in this competition
with her new coach,
who stole her from team Adam... Cee Lo Green.
You got denied twice. [ Laughs ]
She must really hate me.
Blake: I can tell you what.
Caitlin has shut me down two times now.
Maybe I've met her in the past,
and I was a jackass to her or something.
I don't know what it is,
but either way, she deserves to be in the competition.
[ Laughs ]
Caitlin: Honestly, this is really what I wanted to happen.
Like, I was hoping Cee Lo would pick me,
because I'm all about the crazy costumes and the blah,
like, all of it... sorry, I can't make words right now,
'cause I'm really happy. [ Chuckles ]
Daly: As night two of the battle rounds comes to a close,
here's where the teams stand.
Adam picked indie artist Melanie Martinez.
Blake kept dedicated grandfather Rudy Parris.
Cee Lo picked country soul singer Cody Belew
and used one steal for former music student Caitlin Michelle.
Christina chose smooth vocalist Aquile
and pop singer Celica Westbrook.
Monday...
Steal! Steal! Steal!
...America's number one singing competition has been hit...
...by the steal.
♪
The option to steal other artists definitely ups the stakes.
Wow! [ Laughs ]
Now, will a game-changer this big...
We got a steal!
...this intense...
I could have beaten his ass into the ground.
Stop it!
...bring an end to the bromance?
Adam steals!
It's the end of her career!
[ Laughs ]
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