Daly: Three weeks ago,
the world's most exciting singing competition returned...
Whoo!
Aah!
[ Screams ]
Welcome to "The Voice."
♪ Yea-a-a-a-h ♪
Daly: ...And the blind auditions began...
♪ Oh ♪
♪ oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh ♪
Adam: You are the best singer
we have ever heard on this show... by far.
Daly: ...As four of the biggest names in music...
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...began building their teams of 16
with the most talented singers in the country.
♪ My o-o-o-o-o-o-wn ♪
♪ my o-o-o-o-o-o-wn ♪
Daly: Tonight, the blind auditions come to an end
as our four superstar coaches fight for the best artists
to complete their teams of 16.
This year, I'm completely confident
that the winner will be on team Cee Lo.
Daly: The stakes couldn't be higher,
as each coach only has two spots left to fill.
Adam: I need to focus on making my team bulletproof.
If I'm moved by it, I'm gonna act on it.
Daly: Every artist must give it their all...
I have prepared for this moment my entire life.
Nicole: I have 90 seconds to change my life,
and I'm gonna sing my heart out
and just hope that they hear something in my voice
that makes them want to turn around.
Kameron: It's not even do or die. It's all do.
There's no other option. This is it.
Daly: ...Because every push of the button
gets the coaches one step closer to fulfilling their teams.
Let me put it to you pure and simple.
I'm your coach.
I can't help but get emotionally involved,
sharing the e-mails, day-to-day conversations.
It's a journey and a bond.
Adam: I have one spot left on my team.
Without a doubt in my mind,
I know that you're the one for that.
We wouldn't be here for three seasons
if we didn't want to make you the best singer you can be.
Daly: But only one coach
will deliver the artist who wins it all...
a recording contract with Universal Music Group
and be named "The Voice".
The blind auditions conclude tonight.
As the final night of the blind auditions begins...
Our first artist heads to "The Voice" stage,
hoping her small-town success takes her to the next level.
Nathalie: My name is Nathalie Hernandez,
I'm 15 years old, and I'm from Dunedin, Florida.
I really love to sing.
When I was young, I did recitals for kids.
And I just love being onstage
and letting people, like, relate to me,
and I feel like people can really connect with me.
Where does Nathalie get to do
most of her singing right now?
Most is local competitions and talent shows and stuff.
What kind of competitions?
Well, I've been in my hometown, Dunedin, Teen Idol,
and then I also did Largo Teen Idol,
which I won recently.
Then I just try to get my music out there.
You're at the biggest competition in the world now.
How do you think you're gonna do?
I'm just gonna do my best and just give it all I got.
I missed my prom for this.
I missed, actually, my brother's graduation.
For a teenager, those are pretty big sacrifices,
but I'm definitely willing to give it up for this.
If I made it onto a team,
I think it would be life-changing for me.
I mean, I know I'm young
and I still have my whole life to do this,
but I want to do this now.
[ Breathes deeply ]
Being on "The Voice" is just so amazing.
This is definitely the biggest opportunity I've ever had,
to get a coach that will be able to help me be who I want to be
and do my own style.
Being one of the youngest people in this competition
against people who have more experience,
I definitely, like, get nervous thinking about it.
So, I hope I really give it my all and the nerves don't come.
This one's gonna be good... I know it.
♪ Say you're sorry that face of an angel ♪
♪ comes out just when you need it to ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ All cheering ]
I knew it. ♪ holding on, the days drag on ♪
♪ stupid girl, I should have known, I should have known ♪
♪ that I'm not a princess ♪
♪ this ain't a fairy tale ♪
♪ I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet ♪
♪ lead her up the stairwell ♪
♪ now it's too late for you ♪
♪ and your white horse to come around ♪
♪ and there you are on your knees ♪
♪ begging for forgiveness ♪
♪ begging for me ♪
♪ just like I always wanted, but I'm so sorry ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] No!
♪ No ♪
What's wrong with you?! ♪ 'cause I'm not your princess ♪
♪ this ain't a fairy tale ♪
♪ I'm gonna find someone someday ♪
♪ who might actually treat me well ♪
♪ this is a big world ♪
[ Laughs ] ♪ that was a small town ♪
♪ there in my rear-view mirror, disappearing now ♪
♪ and it's too late for you and your white horse ♪
♪ yeah, it's too late for you and your white horse ♪
♪ to catch me now ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
What is your name?
My name is Nathalie Hernandez.
Nathalie!
That was so good.
Obviously, me and Blake had the same idea at the same time.
[ Laughs ]
Ha ha. How old are you, Nathalie?
I'm 15 years old.
- Oh, my God. - Whoa!
Whoo!
I thought that it was a great song, and, like, to turn around,
I mean, it's like a pleasant surprise
because you look as young and innocent and sincere
as that song sounded, so you did a great job.
And now you got a difficult decision
to pick between who's gonna coach you.
- Thank you. - Not really.
[ Laughter ]
Is country music your...
It's actually not.
[ Laughs ] I mean, I like Taylor Swift,
- but I'm actually not really country. - Yes!
I'm more like contemporary music.
That's what I do. [ Laughter ]
No, that's what I do.
[ Laughs ] Thank you.
For me, what I listen for
is the ability to sing a lyric
in a way that you can actually hear
and believe what the person is saying.
And you sold the story.
I mean, you have a unique ability
to make people believe what you're singing up there,
and I'm impressed by that,
- I mean, especially for being a 15-year-old girl. - Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much.
Also, you know, I think all of the right things
are in place for you.
I think that, obviously, a little bit of guidance,
which I'm sure you're open to because you are 15...
and I think that that's gonna really take you really far.
I mean, you have what a lot of people don't have,
which is that ability to connect, which is great. It's true.
What I initially really loved
when I first turned my chair around
is the emotion that I got from your face,
and I felt like we had a connection
and we had a little story going.
And you seem like a storyteller,
so I'd love to have you on my team.
I've actually already put her down here for... for mine.
[ Laughter ]
So, you have a decision to make.
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Well...
First of all,
I just want to say this moment is just so big for me.
You all are just incredible.
But...I think...
...I want to go with Christina.
♪ 'Cause, baby, you're a firework ♪
♪ come on, show 'em what you're worth ♪
♪ make 'em go, "oh, oh, oh" ♪ Hi, honey.
It was so lovely. I really, really enjoyed that.
- Thank you so much. - We're gonna have fun together.
- Okay. - Thank you.
♪ Baby, you're a firework ♪
♪ come on, let your colors burst ♪
Adam: - Awesome. Blake: - That's it.
That's it.
Whoo!
♪ You're gonna leave 'em falling down ♪
You have pissed me off for the last time.
[ Laughs ]
[ All cheering ]
Daly: Congratulations.
Were you shocked at how fast that happened?
[ Laughs ] I was. [ Laughs ]
- Oh, you were great. Daly: - What did it feel like?
You had three out of four chairs turn around,
including Christina Aguilera,
one of the greatest vocalists of all time.
I just felt like what she said was, like, really sincere.
I feel like I connected with her.
Well, the blind auditions are over.
Now you can start thinking about the battle rounds.
[ Laughs ] Yeah.
- Congratulations. - Thank you so much.
- Welcome to the show. - Thank you.
Nathalie becomes Christina's 15th team member...
[ Laughs ] That was hilarious. I enjoyed that, Blake.
Thank you.
...leaving one final spot on her team.
[ Laughs ]
Coming up, a former boy-band member
sings for a second chance at stardom.
Rod: I want to get picked on a team.
Like, that's all I think about every day.
♪ 'Cause I stay... ♪ Clearly, the audience was all hot and bothered.
It was like "Fifty shades of grey" in here.
[ Cheers and applause ] Daly: And later...
♪ Mr. know it all, well, you ♪
Daly: ...The final night of the blind auditions
brings out the best in the artists.
♪ Liking this American boy ♪
Daly: And the coaches fight to the finish.
Just come give me a hug now!
Is it my turn?
Do you see what's going on over there?
Do you see how normal it is on this end?
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the final night of the blind auditions.
With our coaches filling the remaining spots on their teams,
this next artist hopes one spot is his.
Hey, my name's Rod Michael.
I'm 31 years old and I'm from Allentown, Pennsylvania.
♪ What? ♪
So, you've had some success, huh?
Yeah, back in the "TRL" days, when you were doing that stuff,
- I was over in Europe. - Sure.
When I was 19, I got a call from this casting agent,
and she had this audition for this boy band
that was signed over in Europe.
The name of the group was B3, and it was amazing.
It was just a whirlwind.
We had, like, a bunch of success...
a gold single, gold record... and it was just crazy.
And then I came back to America, and no one knew me.
I went pretty much from famous to being nobody overnight.
I even played on the street, and it was crazy.
That's got to be hard. One minute, you're on top of the world.
- You're in Germany. - Man...
Cut to, you know, you're performing for people just walking by you.
It's humbling, hard times. It shaped who I am now.
And I think it made me 100 times of a better person.
I'm so proud,
- and I just want him to be able to live his dream. - Hmm.
- He comes alive onstage. - It's good to have your family, right?
Man, moms are the best, man. They make you feel so great.
I got really lucky when I was younger,
but I haven't had any of the success
even close to what I've had in Europe.
And I'm ready to take another shot.
[ Sighs ]
Oh, man. I'm feeling a little crazy right now.
It's like all of this time going into this one moment.
I want to make it through. I want to get picked on a team.
Like, that's all I think about every day.
Come on, pick me, please.
Pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, please.
I want to get back what I had, you know?
And I think I can do it better, so, I'm ready.
Shake it off, boy.
Come on, Rod. You got this.
All right, Rod.
♪ Let's run away ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ From these lies ♪
♪ back to yesterday ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Save tonight ♪
♪ I feel the sun creeping up, like tick-tock ♪
♪ I'm trying to keep you in my head, but if not ♪
♪ we'll just keep running from tomorrow with our lips locked ♪
♪ yeah, you got me begging, begging ♪
♪ baby, please don't go ♪
♪ if I wake up tomorrow, will you still be here? ♪
♪ I don't know ♪
♪ if you feel the way I do ♪
♪ if you feel, I'm gonna find you ♪
♪ baby, please don't go, go, go, go ♪
♪ baby, please don't ♪
♪ 'cause I stay running ♪
♪ ho, from tomorrow ♪
♪ 'cause I stay running, running, yeah ♪
♪ from tomorro-o-w, ooh ♪
♪ baby, please don't go, please don't go ♪
Come on! ♪ Baby, please don't go ♪
♪ baby, please don't ♪
♪ baby, please don't run away ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Are you kidding me?
Hey, hey!
Thank you.
[ Laughs ]
Hey, guys.
I knew it, from all the girls making all of that noise.
I knew you were gonna be hot and all of that.
- What's your name, man? - My name's Rod Michael.
I'm from Allentown, P.A.
You know, I think it was just maybe the song.
The actual structure of it
does not allow for a big, grand moment,
which is your opportunity to really take charge.
- Yeah. - You know, I wish you had just took a chance
because that would have been the type of thing
that would have made me push my button.
Clearly, the audience was all hot and bothered.
It was like "Fifty shades of grey" in here.
Hey, I want to say thank you to you guys.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Not like you, though. They all love you more.
Oh, stop it. [ Cheers and applause ]
Stop.
You know, I love feel-good energy,
and you were conveying that through the song.
And you definitely know how to move and perform,
so I wish I could have actually seen it.
I almost pushed my button
just 'cause I wanted to see the performance.
Hey, thank you, guys, so much for this opportunity, seriously.
Thank you, thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I knew he was hot.
Daly: Nice job, bro.
Woman: - Hey. - Hey, guys.
[ Applause ]
Rod: I wanted it so bad that I was shaking.
I mean, I wanted it so... ugh!
I wanted it so bad that, like, it just overwhelmed me,
like, so much, you know?
Would you have picked him?
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's "The Voice," not "The Abs."
[ Laughter ] Daly: Coming up...
♪ So darkness ♪
Daly: ...An artist delivers a powerful performance...
♪ I beca-a-a-a-a-me ♪
Daly: ...That causes our coaches to turn on each other.
I was resisting a little bit.
- Like an idiot. - Shut up!
And later, Christina takes sides.
Christina: But if you want to be a risk-taker,
I would say maybe head over to Adam's team.
Wow!
Did she just take your side?
♪ Glory, glory, hallelu... ♪
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the final night of the blind auditions.
Our four superstar coaches
must each complete their teams of 16 artists tonight,
but they have to do it with their backs to the stage.
Up next, an artist looking to turn a troubled past
into a bright future.
I'm Caitlin Michelle, I'm 20 years old,
and I'm from Boston, Massachusetts.
I discovered that I could sing when I was 5.
So then I started singing in little talent shows
and little musicals.
Man: Singing has always been her passion,
and music's really helped her
get through some difficult times,
especially in high school.
I suffer from extreme panic disorder.
And when I have a panic attack,
I stop breathing, my heart starts beating really fast,
and I usually pass out.
The worst part about them
is literally feeling like you are going to die.
I never turned to drugs, I never turned to alcohol,
but I needed some sort of vice.
That's when I really discovered my love of music,
and it kind of saved me.
At an open-mike night, she sang an Alicia Keys song,
and my jaw just hit the floor.
That's when it really hit me that,
"wow, she can really sing."
Finding the ability to write music
just got me out of that funk,
and that's when I found a real connection with being onstage
because that was my medicine.
That was the only time I felt okay.
[ Voice breaking ] I just kind of choke up...
when I hear her sing 'cause I'm so proud.
I'm sorry.
Walking around backstage, I can hear everyone,
and I'm just so excited and nervous.
Basically, everything I've ever worked for
is coming together right at this moment.
I will be singing "Cosmic Love" by Florence And The Machine.
I feel like I've been prepared very well for this,
and it's going to be the performance of my lifetime.
Okay, here we go.
[ Sighs ]
♪ A fallen star ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Fell from your heart and landed in my eyes ♪
♪ I screamed aloud as it tore through them ♪
♪ and now it's left me blind ♪
♪ the stars, the moon ♪
♪ they have all been blown out ♪
♪ you've left me in the dark ♪
♪ and in the dark ♪
♪ I can hear your heartbeat ♪
♪ so darkness I beca-a-a-a-a-me ♪
Oh! ♪ The stars, the moon ♪
♪ they have all been blown out, you've left me ♪
- Yes! - Nice!
♪ In the da-a-a-a-a-rk ♪
♪ no dawn, no day ♪
♪ I'm always in this twilight ♪
♪ in the shadow of your hea-a-a-a-rt ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ What the... You mother[bleep]!
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ ooh, ooh ♪
♪ ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ]
Was that a Florence And The Machine song?
- Yes. - I knew it.
Oh, my gosh, but that was powerful.
Thank you.
Wow!
- Hi. - Hi.
My name's Adam. What is your name?
- I'm Caitlin. - Hi, Caitlin.
I'm sure Blake wants to punch me in the stomach right now.
I was resisting a little bit.
Like an idiot, you were resisting.
- Here's why I was resisting, cowboy, all right? - Okay.
Why don't you cool your spurs or whatever the hell you do.
Get on out, hear?
[ Laughter ] What was that?
- I don't know what that means. - What the hell was that?
[ Laughter ] Sorry, sorry.
I was resisting
'cause there were some pitch things, you know?
- But I kind of... - Oh, bull.
Shut up!
[ Laughter ]
There were some pitch things,
and that usually would kind of hold me back for good,
but the potential that I saw and the power
with which you finished your performance was epic.
And you're awesome, and I want you.
Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ]
I was impressed very early on in your performance
by how accurate you are with your notes.
And it's interesting to hear somebody hit a note,
hold it with no vibrato, and just hang there.
And I wish you would just hang there with me as your coach.
I mean, I just... I do. [ Cheers and applause ]
Cee Lo: I think whosever team you go to,
you should be with someone that understands you.
Do you see what's going on over there?
Do you see how normal it is on this end?
[ Laughter ]
If you want normal, go over there.
Christina: But if you want to be a risk-taker
and someone that understands Florence And The Machine,
then I would say maybe head over to Adam's team.
Wow!
Did she just take your side?
She did.
♪ Glory, glory, hallelu... ♪
[ Laughs ] Okay, can I say this?
We've been talking ourselves to death
about pitch and dynamic and technique and all that stuff.
I don't care about that. I really just care about different.
And you were different.
And I love that, and that's why I want you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Okay, well...
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Seeing as this is the normal side...
I'm sorry. I'm really thankful for everything you said.
Oh, there's a "sorry" already.
[ Laughter ]
But I am the furthest thing from normal.
So I think I'm gonna have to go with Adam.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ]
- Great job. - Thank you so much.
Great job.
Blake: Man, I loved Caitlin.
Adam got one on me there. I'll admit it.
I didn't sell myself enough to her, to be honest.
I don't know why. I guess I was feeling cocky.
I just thought, "I have this girl," and that drives me crazy.
I think she's gonna be a player in this thing.
I hate you!
[ Cheers and applause ]
What are you doing helping him?
What is wrong with you?
You didn't even know who Florence And The Machine was.
That's all I'm gonna say.
Yay!
I just really feel like I can just do anything
and overcome anything.
I've come so far, and I'm just so proud of myself.
[ Laughs ]
Daly: Caitlin Michelle finds a coach in Adam,
leaving him with one spot left to fill.
Yeah!
Coming up, with the blind auditions nearing the end,
everybody is feeling the pressure.
[ Cheers and applause ] Shut your...
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
Next, a young artist
who never lost focus on what she wanted to do.
Nicole: I'm Nicole Johnson. I'm 18 years old.
I'm from Denham Springs, Louisiana,
and I live in Nashville now.
Woman: We realized that Nicole had talent when she was 3 or 4.
She would like to go around singing.
We got her a little guitar.
And by the time she was 7, she wrote her first song.
After that, I just knew that I wanted to go for it
and be a singer.
My mom was wonderful enough to take me to Nashville
whenever I was playing shows or writing with people.
So, we made 40 trips within a year-and-a-half time period.
It was absolutely crazy.
We eventually just decided we needed to move to Nashville.
I decided to homeschool my sophomore year.
It was really difficult at first
to do music and write songs every day
but yet still have a normal life.
But I truly believe that I made the right choice
in going with my music career and following my heart
and following my dreams.
I want this for my parents
because they've done so much for me.
I mean, they left everything they had back in Louisiana
and moved for me.
To be able to sing for Blake, Christina, Cee Lo, and Adam...
they're huge stars in music,
and the knowledge that they could share is just incredible.
Pbht!
I have 90 seconds to change my life
with this one performance,
and I'm just gonna go out there and I'm gonna sing my heart out
and just hope that they hear something in my voice
that makes them want to turn around and work with me.
Don't make me cry.
Okay, here she goes.
♪ Mr. know it all, well, you ♪
♪ you think you know it all ♪
♪ but you don't know a thing at all ♪
♪ and ain't it something, y'all? ♪
♪ when somebody tells you something about you ♪
♪ think that they know you more than you do ♪
♪ take it down, another pill to swallow ♪
♪ oh, you think that you know me, know me ♪
♪ that's why I'm leaving you lonely, lonely ♪
Yeah, one down, baby!
♪ 'Cause, baby, you don't know a thing about me ♪
♪ no, you don't know a thing about me ♪
♪ so what? ♪
♪ you've got the world at your feet ♪
♪ and you know everything about everything ♪
♪ but you don't ♪
♪ you still think I'm coming back ♪
♪ but, baby, you'll see ♪
Yeah!
♪ You ain't got the right to tell me ♪
♪ when and where to go, no right to tell me ♪
♪ acting like you own me lately ♪
♪ baby, you don't know a thing about me ♪
♪ no, you don't know a thing about me ♪
♪ Mr. know it all, well, you ♪
♪ you think you know it all ♪
♪ but you don't know a thing at all ♪
♪ you don't know a thing about me ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Was... was that a country song?
That is the country version
of "Mr. Know It All" by Kelly Clarkson.
You're damn right it is!
[ Laughter, cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ] Cee Lo: 'Cause I couldn't tell.
All I thought that I was hearing was somebody with a perfect voice, so...
[ Laughter ]
- Oh, my goodness. Blake: - That's good.
- I couldn't tell. - I'm, like, freaking out right now.
I'm, like, so excited right now.
- Who sings that song? - Kelly Clarkson.
- Damn. - Yeah.
All right.
Blake's gonna tell you how he's friends with her and stuff.
Nicole: [ Laughs ] Oh, yeah, that's weird.
- What's your name? - My name's Nicole Johnson.
Hey, Nicole Johnson. How old are you?
- I'm 18 years old. - Hey.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And where you representing from?
Well, I'm from Denham Springs, Louisiana,
but I live in Nashville now.
My parents are so supportive. 'Cause I wanted to do music.
We got up and moved to Nashville a couple years ago,
so we live there now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I love those kind of stories
when an entire family relocates to really support their kids.
I turned my chair around
because I just want the best people on my team.
You just sounded like one of the best.
You know, I mean, like, nothing else mattered.
I just said like,
"damn, she's got a great technical ability to sing."
Am I right, y'all? Come on, now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Come on, y'all.
- Thank you. Blake: - Cee Lo's right.
Technically, I mean, you're a great singer,
and I took note of that early on.
And I kept thinking,
"man, is this the country version of this song"
"or is this Kelly's regular pop version of this song?"
Then you said the word "thang."
[ Laughter ]
You had me at "thang."
[ Laughter ] That's what did it.
I'm a believer. You know what, Nicole?
I'm 100%... 200% a believer in you,
and I would be honored... honored...
to be your country music coach.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ]
She loves Cee Lo, too, though.
So, what are you thinking?
[ Indistinct shouting ]
So [Laughs] I do have to say...
...I am a country girl, and I'm gonna have to go with Blake.
- Yes! - Thank you so much, though, Cee Lo.
♪ If you'll be my Louisiana, I'll be your Mississippi ♪
Come here, Nicole!
♪ You'll be my little Loretta, I'll be your Conway Twitty ♪
- You are incredible. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you, sweetie. - Thank you so much.
It's gonna be awesome. It's gonna be a lot of fun.
He don't know a thang about country.
[ Laughs ]
Cee Lo and Blake both turned around for me,
and I just cannot believe it right now.
I'm so excited.
[ Laughter ]
- Good job. Way to go. - I'm so excited.
You did it, baby. You did it.
Daly: With Nicole joining Blake's team,
he only needs one more artist.
Coming up, a middle-school French teacher
does everything he can to win over our coaches.
Say something in French.
Bonjour. Je m'appelle Kameron Corvet.
- Ooh! Blake: - Ha ha!
I can't believe he called you that.
[ Laughter ]
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
Our coaches are hard at work completing their teams of 16.
So far tonight,
Adam, Blake, and Christina have each picked up one artist...
He don't know a thang about country.
[ Laughs ]
...while Cee Lo is empty-handed.
Our next artist, Kameron Corvet,
is hoping to leave the classroom behind for a future in music.
I am 32 years old, and I am a middle-school French teacher.
Being a full-time middle-school teacher is not easy.
If you have a bad day, you can't just phone it in
because they will chew you up and spit you out.
So you've got to give 100%.
Giving 100% to music at the same time
is very, very, very stressful.
So being able to move forward in this competition
will be a statement to my students,
a statement to my family, a statement to myself
that this is my dream.
This is something I want to do for a living.
I'm nervous. [ Laughter ]
Thinking about my students,
you don't do such a good job at something,
they will definitely remind you of it.
But you have never been nervous.
- You're a closer. - Yeah, yeah.
- He's a finisher, for sure. - You're gonna do it now.
You know, I've given teaching its time,
and now it's time to go ahead and do the music full time.
Right now, it's not even do or die. It's all do.
There's no other option. This is it.
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ A man decides, after 70 years ♪
♪ that what he goes there for is to unlock the door ♪
♪ while those around him criticize and sleep ♪
♪ ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ and through a fracture on that breaking wall ♪
♪ I see you, my friend ♪
♪ I touch your face again ♪
Come on. ♪ miracles will happen as we trip, as we trip, as we trip ♪
♪ oh, no, we're never gonna survive ♪
♪ unless we get a little bit, a little bit, a little bit ♪
♪ a little bit ♪
♪ in a heaven full of people ♪
♪ there's only some that want to fly ♪
♪ isn't that crazy? ♪
♪ ain't that crazy, babe? ♪
♪ in a world full of people ♪
♪ there's only some that want to fly ♪
♪ isn't that crazy? ♪
♪ ain't that crazy? ♪
♪ crazy ♪
♪ oh, no, we're never gonna survive ♪
♪ unless we get a little bit, a little bit, a little bit ♪
♪ a little bit crazy ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
- How you doing? Adam: - What's up?
Christina: What's your name?
Kameron. Kameron Corvet.
Kameron, you know, I actually loved the song choice itself.
I thought it was different and kind of original.
It had a good consistency,
but it was almost why I didn't push the button.
It was like I was waiting for it to kind of build somewhere else,
and it just never got to that moment for me.
But, I mean, you have a great voice, you know?
- Thank you. - Great job.
Do you sing for a living?
I'm a French teacher, actually, middle school.
Wow!
Say something in French.
Bonjour. Je m'appelle Kameron Corvet.
Ooh!
[ Speaking French ]
Ha ha! I can't believe he called you that.
[ Laughter ]
Cee Lo: I agree with Christina.
I mean, this is a very critical time of the competition.
I really, really want to compliment you
on the way that you performed down in those lower registers.
You really did well.
But I was looking for it to become something else,
as opposed to just a really solid rendition
of someone else's song.
I really wanted to hear you shine through.
Gotcha.
An underestimated thing with this show is dynamic.
We want to make sure you can blast past those lower registers
and get somewhere else that's really exciting,
and we just didn't get it.
It's almost like it dipped down in the choruses a little bit.
- Gotcha. - If you were to do that, we all would have pressed it.
Christina: Yeah. Thank you so much.
- Cool, thank you. Thank you. - All right, man.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Good job, man. Good job, bro.
- What up? What up? Man: - What up? What up?
You did good.
Thanks, man.
- I'm proud of you, son. - Thank you. I appreciate it.
I'm proud.
Hey, man, appreciate it.
I felt great about it, you know?
What I brought did interest them,
but, you know, to get the button pressed,
you have to overwhelm them, so...
I remember when you just got a guitar in the 11th grade,
and you couldn't play anything.
Yeah.
So I'm just so impressed.
I'm proud of myself.
[ Laughter ] Yeah. Great, man.
Daly: Coming up...
Chevonne: I've been on two pop tours,
the most recent one being Lady Gaga's Monster Ball.
Daly: A background singer finally gets her opportunity
in the spotlight.
Chevonne: I'm here, and now I cannot look back.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
With only a few spots left,
our coaches talk about what they're looking for
on this final night.
Any of you ever get so immediately affected,
you just hit your button that quick?
Christina: We're a little more cautious, I feel like.
We're like, "okay, when are they gonna hit that high note"
- "and are they gonna make it?" - Right.
So we've been a little bit more choosy,
but I think it's good in the end.
There's still an awful lot of talent left.
It's definitely an exciting energy to be a part of.
Daly: Our next artist, who sings with a music superstar,
is hoping to step out on her own.
Chevonne: My name is Chevonne, I'm 26 years old,
and I live in Little Falls, New Jersey.
I'm a background singer.
I've been on two pop tours,
the most recent one being Lady Gaga's Monster Ball.
We know the scope and scale of a Lady Gaga tour
is about as big as it gets.
It was larger than life.
What was that like to even be a part of?
I really felt like I was part of a rock band.
- Right. - It was amazing.
♪ I'm on the right track, baby ♪
♪ I was born this way ♪
I think that being on tour with Lady Gaga
did inspire me to pursue my own artistry.
I would watch her and just be in awe
of the way she moved and how powerful she was.
And I want to be able to tell stories
and be fearless like her.
♪ I was born to be brave ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
I think every background singer has it in them
to one day be their own star,
and I think I'm finally at a place in my life
where I have the strength to take that on.
I'm here, and now I cannot look back.
To be on a platform like this is incredible.
You've got artists themselves in the chairs.
There's so much artistry exploding here.
It would mean the world if a chair turned around.
I know it's in me.
I just need this to let it out.
Daly: - She looks great. Woman: - Chevonne!
- Come on, girly. - Come on.
♪ Got brass ♪
♪ in pocket ♪
♪ got bottle ♪
♪ I'm gonna use it ♪
♪ intentions ♪
♪ I feel inventive ♪
♪ gonna make you, make you, make you notice ♪
♪ got motion ♪
That's up your alley, Cee Lo! ♪ restrained emotion ♪
That's you! ♪ Been driving ♪
♪ Detroit leaning ♪
♪ no reason ♪
- Yeah, girl. Yeah, girl! - Come on!
♪ Just seems so pleasing ♪ We love you.
♪ Gonna make you, make you, make you notice ♪
- Come on, Cee Lo! - Come on!
- Come on, Cee Lo! - You know you want her!
♪ Gonna use my style ♪
♪ I'm gonna use my sidestep ♪
♪ gonna use my fingers ♪
♪ gonna use my, my, my imagination ♪
♪ oh, 'cause I'm gonna make you see ♪
♪ nobody else here ♪
♪ no one like me, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ I'm special ♪
♪ so special ♪
♪ I got to have some of your attention ♪
♪ give it to me, yeah ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ oh, baby, when you watch ♪
♪ ooh, baby, when you watch ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah! Yes!
[ All cheering ]
Thank you.
- Hi, hi, hi! Cee Lo: - How you doing?
- What's your name? - My name is Chevonne.
Tell me some of your story.
I'm from New Jersey.
I just got off tour... I've been off tour for a while...
singing backgrounds with Lady Gaga.
Whoa!
[ Cheers and applause ] Christina: Oh, nice job.
- That's awesome. - Thank you. Thank you.
How does it feel to be in the forefront?
It's crazy. I've always been in the background.
Hey, you know, I've had pretty good luck
with background singers as a coach here on "The Voice."
Are you bragging?
Yes, I am, because I think she's awesome.
[ Laughs ] You are amazing.
I'm trying to sell myself to this girl.
How much?
[ Laughter ]
Okay.
Cee Lo: Man, that was a perfect vocal...
your pitch, your control.
I could not let that go unnoticed
and, you know, unrecognized.
- Thank you. - I got to say, man...
it was, like, something painful in your voice.
What's that about?
Like, why do I hear that in your voice?
Growing up, I had major eating issues.
I had eating-disorder issues.
I've been very insecure and been way too hard on myself.
So all of the pain and the pressure
that comes from my own battles with myself and my own darkness.
But I've grown up, and I've made a lot of progress
and I want to tell the story now that I've lived it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
That's what I heard your voice,
and it's not always obvious to everyone, but, you know,
yours was obvious to me.
And it hit a sweet spot, you know, in me.
I could definitely relate to you
because I've written, on many occasions,
from a very painful place.
And there is a way to overcome it.
You know what I'm saying?
Beat that, Shelton. [ Laughs ]
I want to be the guy that helps you use your voice
to be an artist and to be that thing
that everybody else is supporting behind you
and understanding that you do have a voice
and you have something to say as an artist.
Well, you have two very amazing people
that turned their chairs around for you, and it's all up to you.
It's time to pick a coach.
Oh, this is so, so, so hard for me.
[ Indistinct shouting ]
I love you.
I'm having such a hard time choosing.
Cee Lo, I pick you.
Oh! ♪ I'm on the edge of glory ♪
Come on. ♪ and I'm hanging on a moment of truth ♪
♪ out on the edge of glory ♪
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much. ♪ and I'm hanging on a moment with you ♪
♪ I'm on the edge, the edge, the edge ♪
Oh, my God. I've thought about this moment my whole life.
And I'm ready for it. I'm so ready I cannot wait.
♪ I'm on the edge with you ♪
[ Laughs ]
[ All cheering ]
Woman: Oh, my God!
Oh, my God! Like, I really thought that it was over.
Then, at the last second, it seemed like they just went bam, bam.
And then you just lit up.
I can't wait. I'm so excited.
I'm gonna show everybody
that this is totally something I'm gonna blow out of the park.
- It's unbelievable. - Oh, my God.
Congratulations.
Thank you so much! Aah! Thank you so much!
Good job.
♪ Well, now it's too late for you ♪
Daly: You can download
full versions of tonight's blind-audition songs at iTunes.
♪ You don't know a thing about me ♪
Daly: Coming up...
God as my witness, you need to be on radio, like, now.
Daly: ...The competition heats up as each coach searches
for the final artist to fill their teams.
Just come give me a hug now!
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to "The Voice."
Each coach has only one remaining spot on their team.
And our next artist, Kayla Nevarez,
hopes one of those belongs to her.
I'm 17 years old, and I'm from Mission Viejo, California.
I've always been singing since I was like 2 years old.
My dad got me into soul music and R&B and blues
and doo-wops and stuff,
so he had a pretty big impact on my music choices.
My dad can't make it here today because he's really sick.
He got diagnosed with liver disease,
and so he's kind of going through that right now.
And so that's really hard.
I wish he could be here.
I know.
Yeah.
He used to be so strong.
[ Voice breaking ] And now he's, like,
the weakest person in the world.
[ Crying ]
My dad had to stop working, and so now my mom
is the only one who's supporting the household.
And so, it got too hard for her to afford a house,
so that's why all of us had to move to a two-bedroom apartment
with seven people.
I sleep on the couch. My brothers sleep on the floor.
But, I mean, I'm sure a lot of people
have it a lot worse than me,
so I am thankful I have somewhere to live.
I get through it all by singing and music.
I really want to win "The Voice"
'cause I really want to help provide for my family.
I want to make them proud.
My dad's one of my biggest fans.
He'll definitely be watching from home.
I love you so much, dad, and I'm gonna make you proud,
so I'm gonna get some chairs to turn around for you.
- There's auntie. - There's auntie.
♪ Take me on a trip, I'd like to go someday ♪
♪ take me to New York, I'd love to see L.A. ♪
♪ I really want to ♪
♪ come kick it with you ♪
♪ you'll be my American boy ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo! ♪ He said, "hey, sister ♪"
♪ it's really, really nice to meet you" ♪
"♪ I just met this 5'7" guy who's just my type ♪
♪ I like the way he's speaking ♪
♪ his confidence is peaking ♪
♪ don't like his baggy jeans ♪
♪ but I'm a-like what's underneath them ♪
♪ and, no, I ain't been to m-I-a ♪ Whoo!
♪ I heard that cali never rains, and New York's heart awaits ♪
♪ first, let's see the west end ♪
♪ I'll show you to my brethren ♪
♪ liking this American boy ♪
♪ take me on a trip, I'd like to go someday ♪
♪ take me to New York, I'd love to see L.A. ♪
♪ I really want to ♪
♪ come kick it with you ♪
♪ you'll be my American boy ♪
♪ American boy ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hello.
- What's your name? - Kayla Nevarez.
And how old are you?
- 17. - Okay.
Christina: Let me put it to you pure and simple.
I'm your coach.
I'm the one you need to be with.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Our teams are down to this much room,
and, you know, you have to be choosy in our chairs,
but you got me immediately and made my ears perk up.
You have a smooth quality,
that effortless quality about your voice.
I feel like your voice has the possibility of doing everything,
- and it's just a matter of us... - My gosh.
...to lock eyes, lock minds, lock e-mails...
She really likes you a lot.
Yes! I want you on my team!
- Wow. - I have to have you on my team. Come on.
- You've got to pick me. I got you. Cee Lo: - Dang.
I was really impressed. I mean, your movement...
it kind of matched the way that your vocal portion was.
It was very confident and swaggery.
And it sounds very seasoned for a young lady, so, yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
Who did you listen to, like, growing up?
Christina Aguilera.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Just come give me a hug now!
I give up.
Come on. I got you. I got you.
I got you.
Is it my turn?
- Yeah. - Well, I... I liked it.
[ Both laugh ]
- Hi. - Hi.
Just want to refresh you on the facts.
[ Laughter ]
Turned my chair around very early.
I was immediately hooked on what you had to do.
And here's the deal... I have one spot left on my team.
- Okay. - Without a doubt in my mind,
I know that you're the one for that.
[ Cheers and applause ] And... and...
and I'm not trying to play dirty,
but I just wanted to also present you
with yet another fact...
Oh, come on. We know what's coming.
...which is the fact that of the three choices you have,
my team did win "The Voice" once.
[ Cheers and applause ]
But let me tell you some facts, Kayla.
Okay.
I, too, know what it's like to start very young.
And I, as a vocalist, understand you,
and I understand where you're coming from.
I understand you better. [ Laughter ]
My tenacity and my psychotic competitive drive
should probably be enough for you to choose me.
You don't want any psychos. You don't want psychotic.
So, who's it gonna be? [ Indistinct shouting ]
Um...
Come home.
I love you so much.
Uh, don't do it to me. Don't do it to me.
Don't do it to me.
Like, I love you to death.
I think I'm gonna go team Adam.
Oh! [ Cheers and applause ]
♪ California girls, we're undeniable ♪
♪ fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock ♪
Whoo!
♪ West coast, represent ♪
♪ now put your hands up ♪
We better win now.
Oh, we got this. We got this.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Christina: That was a good battle, though.
- That was good one. - That was our best one.
That was good, that was good.
- Oh, my God! Woman: - Whoo!
Oh, my God. ♪ Now put your hands up ♪
Adam: Ugh!
Whoo! Did you see that?
You know what she said to me, Christina?
She goes, "now we better win this."
[ Laughs ] Christina: Did she really?
Oh, you've got a diva. [ Laughs ]
Now I'm like, "gosh."
I'm gonna get my ass whupped.
Daly: Adam is the first coach to fill his team.
Back on night one of the blind auditions...
♪ If you ever leave me, baby ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: ...Adam beat the other three coaches,
picking up soulful singer Bryan Keith...
I got a special place in here for my man Adam.
...and began building his team.
The team is the biggest I've ever had, at 16 people.
[ Laughs ]
Adam: I'm really excited.
They're all just stellar singers.
♪ And the Proud Mary ♪
Whoo!
Adam: Once you are chosen...
♪ Whoo! ♪
...it's all about what you do with that massive opportunity
that winds up determining how much success you're gonna have.
Whoo! Thank you!
I'm really excited. Thank you.
Adam: Having determination and having drive
is really important ♪ Ohh ♪
Adam: That kind of also shows you what people are made of.
Every single person on my team can win.
♪ Ooh ♪
Adam: I'm really proud
that the show has attracted that much talent.
Daly: Coming up, who will Christina, Blake, and Cee Lo
fill their teams with?
And who will go home broken-hearted?
♪ And all you're ever gonna be is mean ♪
Daly: The final blind auditions continue after the break.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
With only three spots left, our next artist,
16-year-old Celica Westbrook, hopes she has what it takes
to get Blake, Cee Lo, or Christina to push their buttons.
Celica: I'm a third-generation singer.
My grandparents were singers, my parents were singers,
and now I'm a singer.
Even though I'm fairly young for this business,
I've gotten very close to making it.
At 14, I was offered a record deal,
and they said, "we're gonna put you on the Bieber tour."
We were really close to being signed, but it all fell apart.
That's a great arrangement. That's cool.
It was very heart-breaking,
but I've definitely grown as a person,
and I'm thankful I went through that experience.
It's a really good feeling to know that she's here.
Man: Even though she's young, she sings with a lot of emotion.
So we're very proud when she sings.
It's very moving to us.
Waiting to take the stage,
and I'm feeling very excited, very anxious.
I have worked my entire short life to get to this point,
and I think that this will just prove
how much work these three generations
have put into music,
and I think this will prove to people
that I'm here to win it.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
This is one of the biggest opportunities in my career,
so I'm gonna just leave my heart out on the stage.
♪ Mm, mm ♪
♪ heart beats fast ♪
♪ colors and promises ♪
♪ how to be brave ♪
♪ how can I love when I'm afraid to fall? ♪
♪ but watching you stand alone ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow ♪
♪ one step closer ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ And I have died every day waiting for you ♪
♪ darling, don't be afraid ♪
♪ I have loved you for a thousand years ♪
♪ I'll love you for a thousand more ♪
♪ and all along, I believed I would find you ♪ Hey! Three for three!
♪ Time has brought your heart to me ♪
♪ I have loved you for a thousand years ♪
♪ I'll love you for a thousand more ♪
♪ ahh, ahh, ahh ♪
♪ I've loved you for a thousand years ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] Whoo!
Thank you.
Adam: - What is your name? - My name is Celica.
- Celica. You did a great job. - Yes. Thank you.
Cee Lo: Where you from, honey?
I'm originally from Pennsylvania,
but I live in Franklin, Tennessee, now.
Cool. [ Cheers and applause ]
- Whoo! - How old are you?
I'm 16.
You've got to be kidding me.
- That's amazing. - What are they giving these kids?
[ Laughter ]
That's amazing. I never would have guessed 16.
Thank you.
Out of my peripheral vision, I was kind of watching Christina,
and I saw that she hit her button at the very moment...
- First, mind you. First. - Yeah, she hit her button first.
I heard it.
And it did hit a soft spot, you know?
And so me and Christina have some soft spots in common.
You know what I'm saying?
But I would love to have you on my team
and all of that, all of that.
Alright, it's my turn to talk.
You know, we go through a lot of vocalists on this show,
and, you know, we don't get to see anything,
so all we have to do is to rely on our ears.
And God as my witness, you need to be on radio, like, now.
[ Laughs ] Thank you.
So, honestly, I'm all about supporting the artist in you.
If you pick me as your coach,
I would love to have you on my team.
- Well, thank you so much. - You're welcome.
- Hi, Celica. - Hi. How are you?
I'm doing really good.
Just a side note.
Have you ever been to see a concert over at The Factory?
Yeah.
- Have you? - Yep.
You do a lot of your shopping over at, like, the Coolsprings Mall area?
- Yep, Coolsprings Galleria. - Oh, I'm sorry.
- I'm getting sidetracked. - He's pulling out the country card.
That's weird that we already have so much in common, though.
I know. [ Laughs ]
That is crazy. [ Cheers and applause ]
I didn't even... here, we already have this chemistry.
I know.
And I haven't even talked to you
about what a phenomenal, incredible...
But that's why you need to be brought out
of the environment that you a in now
and be brought out to the world.
...singer that you are
that needs to be in their natural environment.
I don't know what's more fun...
fighting with you guys or watching you guys fight.
It's fun, right? Either way, it's all good.
I'm really into this. Go on, please.
You know, here's the difference.
We saw a 16-year-old earlier in these blind auditions,
and they had four or five years to go.
You have four or five days to go.
- I mean, you do. - Thank you.
- Thank you so much. - Whoo!
And, also, just, you know...
Oh, stop with the finger.
That's all I'm saying.
[ Cheers and applause ]
So, who do you want as your coach?
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Yo.
[ Crowd chanting "Blake!" ]
Christina! Christina!
Okay.
Okay...
Well, based off of what I heard...
...I'm gonna have to go with Christina.
- Whoo! Blake: - Oh-ho-ho!
Ha ha!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you so much, sweetie.
- You're gorgeous. - Thank you.
Oh! Oh!
- You have a beautiful voice. - Thank you.
- Really, really, it's a gift. - Thank you.
- We're gonna do great things. - Thanks.
Oh!
Blake: No, I'm not happy for her.
This is a competition, and she just became the enemy.
You thought you had it.
Daly: Christina's team is now full.
Whoo-ooh-ooh!
♪ Hey, soul sister ♪
Daly: On night one of the blind auditions,
Christina scored her first artist
with church singer De'borah...
I'm gonna trust the voice within and go with Christina.
Oh! [ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: ...And continued to build her youthful team of 16.
We belong together. It's just a match made in heaven.
I think that this season, pop kind of came in very strong.
♪ What doesn't kill you makes you stronger ♪
Christina: And I snatched them up.
You just probably changed my life forever.
Christina: It was kind of mind-blowing
how much young talent there really is out there.
Oh, my God. Ha!
- You just belong on my team. - Thank you.
Christina: It's really, really fun
to have people from so many different walks of life
experiencing and growing
and learning things they never even knew before.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I got you.
My team is so great.
They have looks. They have presence.
They have charisma. They have what it takes.
And I'm ready to take them to the next level.
Yeah!
You want to know what it's really like
to audition in front of four of the biggest music stars
on the planet?
All of a sudden, "pfoom!" And it looked like that, too.
I was like, "what?!" I couldn't believe it.
Well, find out by hitting us up
on nbc.com/the-voice and tweet us using #thevoice.
More blind auditions in a few. Don't move.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
Blake and Cee Lo just lost out to Christina.
- Whoo! Ohh! - Ha ha!
Each have one spot left, and they have been very picky
with the singers who have performed tonight.
♪ Country girl, shake it for me, girl ♪
♪ shake it for me, girl ♪
♪ shake it for me ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
The sucky thing about it is is my team's filling up.
It wasn't as well-rounded of a vocal
that I would be looking for.
♪ Ain't nobody ♪
♪ oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
♪ you make me feel this way ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
I did hear the nerves and do think that you can be better.
And maybe I should have pushed due to that potential alone,
but I did not. I did hesitate.
Blake: You have a big voice,
but this is the point in the show, you know,
where we're really being hard on people.
Thank you so much.
♪ And all you're ever gonna be is mean ♪
♪ why you got to be so mean? ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Here's the thing that you need to watch.
When you say "mayne."
And that's just... that's how we talk,
and sometimes, we need to reel that in.
Thank you, guys, so much.
Daly: With singers struggling to fill Blake's or Cee Lo's team,
our next artist hopes she will have better luck.
Jessica: My name is Jessica Cayne.
I am from Grayson, Georgia.
I'm 26 years old,
and, currently, I am a full-time musician.
I've been singing my whole life.
I've just grown up in a house that was always,
always filled with music.
And it was like breathing for me.
I just know a chair will turn around. I do. I just...
Mama, don't jinx it.
[ Laughs ]
Hands down, my biggest weakness is insecurity.
It's something I've always struggled with
and it's something I will struggle with
for the rest of my life.
For over a decade, because of serious bullying
and being overweight when I was younger,
I battled an eating disorder.
[ Voice breaking ] And it took me
literally until the decade mark to go to my parents
and say that I needed to go in treatment
because I couldn't fix myself and I couldn't do it on my own.
And when I was in treatment, I would wake up in the morning
and dream of being well enough to play shows.
Honestly, music has been just a life raft for me.
And I think that I was given the gift and the love of music
so that I can see a little girl who was like me...
And tell her that things get better.
I had to work my butt off to become who I am as a singer,
as a songwriter, as a performer.
God.
I love Blake. I love Cee Lo.
If a chair got turned,
I think I'd drop to my knees right on that stage.
God, it would be the biggest blessing.
"The Voice" is providing me
with an extremely unique opportunity...
To show people no one can hold you back
if you decide to be a fighter and to fight.
♪ Hey, hey ♪
Come on, y'all!
♪ Hey, good girl ♪
♪ with your head in the clouds ♪
♪ I bet you I can tell you what you're thinking about ♪
♪ you'll see a good boy ♪
♪ gonna give you the world ♪
♪ but he's gonna leave you crying ♪
♪ with your heart in the dirt ♪
♪ his lips are dripping honey, but he'll sting you like a bee ♪
♪ so lock up all your love and go and throw away the key ♪
♪ hey, good girl ♪
♪ so good for him ♪
♪ better back away, honey, you don't know where he's been ♪
♪ why, why you got to be so blind? ♪
♪ won't you open up your eyes? ♪
♪ it's just a matter of time till you find ♪
Come on, please turn around. ♪ no good, girl ♪
♪ no good for you ♪
♪ you better get to getting on your goodbye shoes ♪
♪ and go, go ♪
♪ go ♪
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ he's no good, girl ♪
♪ why can't you see? ♪
♪ he'll take your heart and break it, listen to me, yeah ♪
Oh, no! Turn around, please!
♪ Why, why you got to be so blind? ♪
♪ won't you open up your eyes? ♪
♪ it's just a matter of time till you find ♪
♪ he's no good, girl ♪
♪ no good for you ♪
♪ you better get to getting on your goodbye shoes ♪
- Oh. - Nope.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hi, guys.
- Hi. - How are we doing?
We're good. [ Laughs ]
Looked like you were entertaining the crowd.
You have your shoes off here.
[ Cheers and applause ]
But that's what it's all about.
If you came up here and you had fun,
that's the most important thing.
You have a great voice, you know?
Christina Aguilera just said I had a great voice.
- You do! - Thank you.
And, you know, I mean, man,
everybody got to see what a talent you are, so...
Thank you.
I have one more. I have one more slot to fill.
But you did make a connection with the people.
I mean, so that does count for something here,
like, you know...
Thank you.
I do respect that you even attempted that song.
Even when Carrie sings that on her record,
she's at the top of her range.
You know, she's pushing it.
So I was pretty amazed at how well you did it.
- A-plus for effort, right? - Yeah.
Yeah. [ Laughs ]
Christina: Of course.
This is just... the coolest thing in the whole wide world.
I was a little girl that was bullied,
and to be here on this stage...
Cee Lo: Who bullied you? Are they were tonight?
Point them out. I'll kick their ass.
Me and Cee Lo will beat the [bleep]
- Out of whoever was messing with you. - Yay!
- Yay! - I would have never guessed that you were bullied,
'cause you come out here... you're shining.
- So confident. - You're so, like, confident.
Thank you.
You know, even though no one pushed their button,
you're just beaming and full of life.
And you're a fighter, and I can see that.
Absolutely. I said it in my video.
And I sing a little part of your song
- because that got me through so much. - Aww.
♪ Fighter ♪
Man, you got me through breakups.
You made me dance.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You made me feel better.
Christina: Thank you so much.
- Thank you, guys. - Thank you, sweetie.
Adam: Thank you so much.
Oh!
Adam: Great job.
What a gift. [ Voice breaking ] What a gift.
I'm never gonna forget this in my whole entire life.
Well, how cool was that?
I hate bullies.
Yeah.
I mean, I just need somebody to blow my mind at this point.
I don't care what they do, as long as it drives them crazy.
Crazy like a fox.
Daly: Coming up...
♪ Hey, little thing, let me light your candle ♪
♪ 'cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle, now ♪
Daly: ...With Adam and Christina's teams full,
Blake and Cee Lo compete for the remaining artist
to fill their teams of 16.
Damn, you look cool, man.
You damn sure don't look country,
you know, at all, but country's still in there, man.
Obviously, you got a great voice.
All right, Cee Lo. Cee Lo's going for it.
- Y'all agree? - Yeah.
Y'all agree? I agree.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to "The Voice."
With the final night of the blind auditions
coming to an end,
Blake and Cee Lo are each still searching
for their final team member.
And our next artist, 46-year-old Rudy Parris,
is hoping he is the one.
Rudy: I started playing music in 1976
because I liked the rock group Kiss.
I've always had this burning desire to be involved in music.
And I had aspirations of going on the road,
being on tour,
but when I turned about 25, I got married and I had a child.
My mom and dad divorced when I was like 4 years old.
I know what it's like to not have a father.
So I just said, "you know what?"
"I'm just gonna raise my daughter"
"and do what I think is best for her."
So I stayed local, did local gigs,
and I took care of my daughter.
My daughter's now 22 years old.
She just recently had my first and only grandson.
[ Voice breaking ] She's just... she's just everything to me.
She really means a lot to me, so I want to, you know,
always keep a watchful eye over her.
I just only want the best in her life.
Sounds like your dad sort of put his dream on hold for you.
Yes. And I appreciate it very much.
And now you've got a little one.
So I told him he can go.
Now he can go. [ Laughs ]
Now that she's older, she said, "dad, go for it."
"I think it's time for you to do your music."
And it's kind of touched my heart.
She believes in me whole-heartedly,
and I want to go out there and do it not only for myself
but for her and my grandson.
Good luck. It's gonna be a piece of cake for you.
Yes, ma'am.
I've been doing this a long time.
This is definitely the biggest audition of my life,
playing to the biggest audience I've ever played to
my 28 years of doing music.
I put my dreams on hold and I took care of my daughter
and I did a eat job doing it.
I really feel like this is my good thing coming back to me.
Daddy's done his work,
and it's time for daddy to go play a little.
- Okay, good luck. - Thank you.
The past 28 years, I've been playing locally,
and I think it's my time to go national.
It's country. It's country. It's gonna be country.
It is, isn't it? I can feel it, too.
I know it. It's country. It's coming up.
I felt the wind. I can smell rain. Yep, that's country.
Country singing is about to start happening in 5, 4, 3...
♪ Every breath you take ♪
♪ every move you make ♪
I told you. I knew it.
♪ Every bond you break ♪
♪ every breath you take ♪
♪ I'll be watching you ♪
♪ oh, can't you see ♪
♪ you belong to me? ♪
That's nice.
♪ How my poor heart aches ♪
♪ with every breath you take ♪
♪ every move you make ♪
Come on, Blake. I know you're thinking about it.
- Look at him. - Yes! Come on.
♪ Every vow you break ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪ every smile you fake ♪
Not too shabby. ♪ Every claim you stake ♪
♪ I'll be watching you ♪
♪ since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace ♪
♪ dream at night, and I only see your face ♪
♪ I keep begging, "baby, baby, please" ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪ I'll be watching you ♪
Yeah!
♪ Every move you make ♪
♪ every claim you stake ♪
♪ I'll be watching you ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
- Yeah! - Whoo!
Very cool.
What's up, brother?
- How are you? - What's your name?
My name is Rudy Parris.
Damn, you look cool, man.
- Thank you, man. So do you. - You look so cool.
Adam: I'll tell you right now, man ... he wants your hair so bad.
I want your hair. I want your hair. I want your hair.
- You can have it. - No, no, that's cool.
How long you been singing, dude?
I've been singing about 28 years, man.
- Whoo! - Damn!
[ Cheers and applause ]
No wonder it's so damn good.
[ Laughter ]
Adam: I love... I love...
I personally love the fact that you chose that song, too,
'cause I feel like...
I haven't heard very many country singers
sing something that was so different like that.
You know, you wouldn't have expected that.
It's a really cool artistic choice. I really appreciate that.
What brought you here? You playing to win?
Or you just want to have a little fun
or what's going on with you?
Well, you know, I toured with Hank Williams III.
I was a guitar player for him.
And I got offers to do other stuff,
and my little girl... she came up to me one time
and she knew I was maybe gonna move
to Nashville or L.A. or something
and she said, "dad, knowing that you're in the same town"
"really makes me feel secure."
And I ain't never gonna do anything
to make my daughter feel bad about anything in life,
so I just gave up everything and raised her.
Word.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Go ahead, Blakey.
- Can I say something? - Yeah.
Here it comes.
[ Southern accent ] "I know country."
You know what Hank Williams III's
first name really is?
Shelton.
You're damn right it is.
He's my buddy. [ Laughter ]
- Isn't that ironic? - Yes, sir.
Yeah. Man, let me honest with you.
You damn sure don't look country,
you know, at all, but country's still in there, man.
I mean, it's still in there.
- Yes, sir. - And I don't know what you're gonna do about that,
other than pick me for your coach.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Look, dude, we all acknowledge
Blake is the authority on country music
here at "The Voice."
But I was just like, "yo, it's a Police record,"
"so, you know, you're doing a fusion."
You know, it's kind of like my kind of thing, too.
All right, Cee Lo. Cee Lo's going for it.
Yeah, I didn't know
if that's what you were kind of going for, man, you know.
Just so you know, this is aggressive Cee Lo right now.
[ Laughter ]
He still sounds calm, but he's really being aggressive.
- Yeah. - So, now it's time for you to pick a coach, man.
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Well, you know...
...Cee Lo, you are awesome.
You have an amazing voice. You're an amazing artist.
I think because my roots are so deep in country music,
I think I'm gonna go with Blake Shelton.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ] I love you, brother.
I love you.
Come here! Come here!
[ Cheers and applause ]
No, give me a hug, man.
Congratulations.
Thank you, Blake.
It's about time, man. It's about time.
Thank you.
[ Indistinct conversation ]
Congrats, bro.
Oh. God bless you, brother.
[ Laughs ]
Great job, man.
Great job. Nice to meet you.
I had a feeling Blake was gonna turn around,
and I knew that my country roots
would be found in there somewhere,
and I knew it would hit him in the soul.
[ All cheering ]
I love you, baby.
I love you, too, dad.
I'm finished.
I have 16 great, incredible, phenomenal, history-making,
potentially "voice"-winning artists.
I am happy.
♪ Teenage wasteland ♪ Daly: Kicking off the blind auditions...
♪ Oh, yeah, only teenage wasteland ♪
Daly: ...Blake won the first artist of the night,
Scottish rocker Terry Mcdermott...
Terry is a phenomenal, stupidly good singer.
Daly: ...And began assembling a diverse team.
Yeah!
Blake: I have so many artists on my team this year
that are the complete package
that it seems a little bit unfair.
♪ Bamba, bamb-a-a-a-a ♪
Blake: I have Latino artists, R&B soul singer.
I've got a bunch of country artists...
I am a country girl.
I'm going with Blake.
Winner right there, buddy.
Blake: ...lndie singer, pop singer.
Most importantly, I've got some stars.
I think team Blake has it again this year.
♪ Every move you make ♪
♪ every claim you stake ♪
♪ I'll be watching you ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: - Coming up... - Did you hit it?
You hit it?! Shut your [bleep]!
You hit it?!
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the final night of the blind auditions.
With the rest of the coaches' teams full,
Cee Lo is still searching for his final team member.
On night one of the blind auditions...
♪ You used to know ♪
Daly: ...Cee Lo faced off against Blake
for returning singer Daniel Rosa...
I'm gonna have to go with Cee Lo.
Daly: ...And began his search for 16 distinct voices.
Yes.
Cee Lo: It'll be some fierce competition.
We are gonna be good together.
Cee Lo: And it'll be fun.
I don't have to have, you know, 16 versions of the same person.
♪ Times are good or bad, happy or sad ♪
Cee Lo: Different strokes for different folks.
You know what I'm saying? [ Bird squawks ]
You know, there are many avenues to get there. Oh, you like that?
This year, I'm completely confident
that the winner will be on team Cee Lo.
♪ But now I've got to find ♪
♪ my own ♪
Y'all are jealous.
[ Laughter ]
Daly: This next singer from the South
hopes his is the voice that lands that final spot.
Cody: My name's Cody Belew, I'm 27,
and I am from Beebe, Arkansas.
I grew up on a farm.
My family was in the rodeo, and my dad was a bull rider.
And I discovered I could sing whenever I was mowing the yard.
[ Laughs ]
He'd be working on a fence
or building a barn or something
and he'd be playing and singing at the same time.
And I put my tools down and said, "oh, whoa."
"That's pretty good." [ Laughs ]
You've gone from small-town rodeo to this.
I think they'll spin them chairs around so fast,
it'll just be a blur. [ Both laugh ]
I had one foot in country music.
But then, completely by accident,
I discovered soul music.
♪ Nothing but 10-cent loving ♪
I really truly believe
that in a past life, I was an elderly black lady.
♪ Baby, oh, oh, yeah ♪
I could win this with Cee Lo.
Cee Lo green is a showman, and I am a showman.
The difference is Cee Lo Green has gotten to say to someone,
"I want to come out wearing a red latex winged suit"
"with studs all over it"
"and I want to be shot out of a cannon."
I've never gotten to say that to somebody.
I just have to dream about it. [ Laughs ]
- I'm mowing 'em down, okay? - All right. All right.
- Love you. - Bye. I love you, too.
Bye.
I have prepared for this moment my entire life.
[ Breathes deeply ]
This is it.
This is the moment that it all comes together...
everything that I've done, every show that I've played,
every crowd I've drawn up to hear me sing.
Thank you.
I'm doing it for them. I'm doing it for me.
Woman: 3, 2, 1. Good luck.
This is my time.
Here we go. There he is.
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Baby, here I am ♪
♪ I'm the man on the scene ♪
♪ hey, I can give you what you want ♪
♪ but you got to come home with me ♪
♪ I've got some good old loving ♪
♪ and I got some more in store ♪
♪ when I get through throwing it on you ♪
♪ you got to come back for more ♪
♪ boys and things that come by the dozen ♪
♪ that ain't nothing but a drugstore loving ♪
♪ hey, little thing, let me light your candle ♪
♪ 'cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now ♪
♪ gets around ♪
- Come on, come on. Turn it around. - Come on, come on, Cee Lo.
♪ Actions speak louder than words ♪
♪ and I'm a man of great experience ♪
♪ I know you've got another man ♪
♪ but I can love you better than him ♪
♪ now, now, now, take my hand ♪
♪ don't be afraid ♪
♪ I'm gonna prove every word I say ♪
♪ I'm advertising love for free ♪
♪ so you can place your ad with me, now ♪
♪ boys, they come along a dime by the dozen ♪
♪ that ain't nothing but a 10-cent loving ♪
♪ hey, little thing, let me light your candle ♪ Come on. Come on.
♪ 'Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle, now ♪
♪ gets around ♪
♪ hey ♪
♪ hard to handle now ♪
♪ oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ hey ♪
Thank you so much! All right!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you very much.
Does that count?
Did you hit it?
- I did. - You hit it?!
Shut your [bleep]!
You hit it?! You hit it?!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God! Oh [bleep]!
Shut the [bleep] up!
- You hit it? - Yeah.
Holy [bleep]!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Adam: That's... no... okay.
Oh! Hey!
That's the best reaction I think we've ever heard ever
of any contestant on the show ever.
Christina: Amazing. That was amazing.
- Yes, Cee Lo. Yes. - Yo.
You curse more than I do.
Cody: Hold on. I just need one second.
[ Laughter ]
Y'all, I thought that was it. I thought it was it.
Blake: - Wow. - Oh!
That... [ Cheers and applause ]
I just wanted to do good enough.
What's your name?
My name's Cody Belew.
So, I tell you what... which version are you most moved by?
The Black Crowes or Otis Redding?
Well, Otis Redding has always spoken to me,
but The Black Crowes allows me
to move my hips a little bit more,
which you didn't get to see,
but that's my favorite thing to do
is to entertain the crowd with a little bit of bam-bam.
[ Cheers and applause, laughter ]
Hey!
Christina: - He's great. - Yeah, man, you know.
Bam-bam!
Cee Lo: - Hey. - Love it.
- Oh! - That's his new name... "bam-bam."
- Bam-bam. - Bam-bam.
I ain't so bad at bam-bam myself, you know?
[ Christina laughs ]
Yeah, you know how to do it.
[ Laughs ]
For months, I have said, "I want Cee Lo Green."
- Oh! - Oh!
For months, I've said it!
Whoo!
That's all I said.
I didn't want to be a fool and rush in,
but I'm just like, "yo, like, obviously,"
- "you got a great voice." - Thank you.
Y'all agree?
- Yeah. - Y'all agree? I agree.
- Thank you. - You know what I'm saying?
So, like, yo, I went with my gut, man,
and I hit that button.
And now, thanks to you, my team is full.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I'm glad I got you on my team, dude.
Yes. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Everybody, thank you very much.
♪ I guess you're just what I needed ♪
♪ just what I needed ♪
- And I'm the last one. - Great job.
♪ I needed someone to feed ♪
Congrats, man. That's awesome.
♪ I guess you're just what I needed ♪
♪ just what I needed ♪
♪ I needed someone to bleed ♪
Adam: - That was awesome. - That was great.
[ Screams ]
Yay! Whoo! Oh, my God.
My parents are [bleep] their pants.
[ All cheering ]
Oh, my God!
I'm on a team!
Daly: And Cody joins team Cee Lo,
bringing our blind auditions to a close.
Cody was a great moment,
just because he had no idea that it was down to the wire,
and Cee Lo made it happen.
So, what an exciting moment.
That's what this show is all about.
Do you approve of my team?
[ Bird squawks ]
I think she said, "hell, yeah."
Daly: Tomorrow night... ♪ it's all right here ♪
Daly: ...Don't miss a special look
at the best of the blind auditions.
You guys have a little diva in you.
I am a damn diva.
Next week on "The Voice,"
the world's most exciting singing competition heats up
with the battle round.
♪ Don't you cry no more ♪
♪ well, don't you cry no more ♪
Two artists singing the same song...
♪ Free your mind, and the rest will follow ♪
Daly: ...Fighting for one spot on their coach's teams...
♪ Be strong ♪
♪ have to be strong ♪
When you guys are together... ♪ don't let go ♪
I mean, that's cool.
That note's so great, don't even worry about harmony there.
♪ When I see your face ♪
You know what I mean? Like, it can be more powerful.
Gracia, don't be nervous. Stop being nervous.
I'm trying.
...with the help of some of the biggest names in music
as their advisers...
nine-time Grammy Award-winning diva Mary J. Blige...
If you can't hit that note, hit it with an emotion.
...Grammy Award-winning
lead singer of Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas...
What you have is the goods to bring it
that you were born with.
...three-time Grammy Award winner,
with 30 million albums sold, Michael Bublé...
Don't take it lightly. You're fighting for your life.
...lead singer of Green Day,
with over 65 million records sold
and five Grammy awards, Billie Joe Armstrong.
I think this could be the best performance of the whole show.
For the artist, everything's at stake.
Casey: This is just like a wrestling match.
You better be ready to handle some punishment
'cause I'm gonna take your ass down to the mat.
I just feel like there's nothing that can stop me.
This battle starts right now.
♪ I had a vision of love ♪ of love ♪
Only one artist can win their battle.
[ Both vocalizing ]
♪ Turned out to be ♪
Daly: But this season, there's a new twist.
Blake: - Whoa! - The steal.
And in this round, the button changes everything.
Steal, steal, steal, steal!
We got a steal! Did not see that coming! No!
Christina Aguilera.
And the competition will never be the same.
Bring on the battles.
Tomorrow...
Think you've seen all of the blind auditions?
Think again.
♪ Glory, glory, hallelu... ♪
Tomorrow night, the blind auditions come to a close...
- Wow! - Oh, my gosh!
With the best of the best.
There's nothing that can stop me.
The coaches, the strategies, the talent.
Plus, go behind the scenes of the boys
with never before seen footage.
Christina actually does have a fan. [ Laughs ]
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