[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
Daly: "The Voice" is back.
Tonight...
Four of the biggest music stars in the world return...
Adam Levine, three-time Grammy winner
and lead singer of Maroon 5.
Adam and Maroon 5 are so huge right now,
I can't even turn on the radio
without hearing one of their songs.
Daly: Blake Shelton, 12 number-one singles
and country music's reigning male vocalist of the year.
Blake is a consummate professional...
♪ God gave me you for the ups and downs ♪ and one of the best vocalists in country music.
Daly: Cee Lo Green, five-time Grammy winner,
one half of Gnarls Barkley,
and founding member of the recently reunited Goodie Mob.
I can't wait to be entertained once again
by Cee Lo and his theatrics.
Daly: And Christina Aguilera...
vocal prodigy, five Grammy awards,
and over 50 million albums sold.
Christina, without a doubt,
has one of the best voices of our generation.
♪ And if I share my secret ♪
Christina: "The Voice" sets itself apart
just because we all come from different genres of music,
and we all have something really special to offer.
Daly: Each one on a mission to discover and develop
America's next great voice.
♪ Oh, oh, oh-oh, never mind ♪
Blake: My favorite thing about going into the blind auditions
in season three is that unknown,
that at any moment we could be hearing the next superstar.
♪ Oh-oh-oh, ohh, oh ♪
We aren't just judging talent. We're coaching talent.
A wise man knows his limitations, right?
Do you realize you could use help in that area?
- Oh, yeah, for sure. - Okay.
Daly: This season, the teams will be bigger...
There will be 16 artists per team.
It presents more opportunity for each coach, which is good.
Daly: ...And a new twist will change the show forever.
Christina: For season three,
we have to be ready for anything and everything.
I might be able to snatch you up later.
Daly: The talent will be better than ever.
By far, you are the best singer we've ever heard on this show.
♪ Hey ♪
Daly: And the coaches will say anything to get them.
Was the first to push my button.
Screw Christina. I'm season-two champ.
Shut your pie hole, Shelton. I, too, have won "The Voice."
Adam and Blake have both won, but season three is my season.
- Whoo! Daly: - For some, dreams will come true,
but for others...
Adam: Sometimes the magic isn't in the air,
but that doesn't mean that you're not wonderful 'cause I know you are.
Christina: We care about the talent up there on that stage.
You made me feel better.
That's what I think is so magical about this show.
"The Voice" is all about integrity.
To get a coach that will be able to help me be who I want to be and do my own style.
One song, one chair could change everything.
Daly: Only one coach will deliver the artist who wins it all...
a recording contract with Universal Music Group
and be named The Voice.
Christina: All it takes is a push of a button
for their entire lives to change.
- Did you hit it? - I did.
You hit it! You hit it!
Daly: The blind auditions start right now.
Welcome to season three of "The Voice."
I'm Carson Daly. The wait is over.
Tonight, our coaches return, more fired up than ever,
to discover America's best voice.
But first, they're gonna show us
why they are four of the biggest music stars on the planet.
Give it up for your coaches... Adam Levine, Blake Shelton,
Cee Lo Green, and Christina Aguilera!
[ "Start Me Up" plays ]
♪ If you start me up ♪
♪ if you start me up, I'll never stop ♪
♪ whoo! ♪
Cee Lo: ♪ yeah, if you start me up ♪
♪ and if you start me up, I'll never stop ♪
♪ you've got me running hot ♪
♪ you got me ticking, gonna blow my top ♪
Whoo!
Sing!
♪ Yeah, if you start me up ♪
♪ said if you start me up, I'll never stop ♪
♪ never stop, never stop, never stop ♪
Come on, sing!
♪ You make a grown man cry ♪
♪ you make a grown man cry ♪
♪ spread out that oil, that gasoline ♪
♪ I walk-a smooth, ride a mean, mean machine ♪
Whoo!
Come on, now! ♪ Start me up ♪
♪ start me up, I'll never stop ♪
♪ never stop ♪ Whoo! Sing! Come on, now!
♪ Start me up ♪
♪ start me up ♪ start me up, I'll never stop ♪
Come on, now! ♪ Never stop, never stop ♪
Let's go! ♪ You make a grown man cry ♪
♪ don't make a grown man cry ♪
♪ you make a grown man cry ♪
Whoo! Adam: ♪ ride like the wind ♪
♪ at double speed ♪
♪ and I'll take you places ♪
♪ that you never, never seen ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Come on!
♪ You make a grown man cry ♪
♪ you make a grown man cry ♪
Come on, now! ♪ Start it up ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daly: What a way to kick off season three!
Give it up for your coaches... Adam Levine, Blake Shelton,
Cee Lo Green, and Christina Aguilera!
Welcome to "The Voice."
The blind auditions start right now.
Outside "The Voice" stage, all of the artists we've invited
are eagerly awaiting their blind auditions.
First up is Scottish rocker Terry Mcdermott.
I'm 35 years old, I'm from Aberdeen, Scotland,
but I live in New Orleans.
I grew up in a village of 800 people.
And, frankly, there's not an awful lot to do,
so singing is quite entertaining.
I was in a Scottish six-piece called Driveblind,
and then we moved over to Los Angeles to live the dream.
When did you move out from Scotland?
I came here in 2003 and did the whole rock-star thing.
And I met my wife, had my lovely son,
and I've been here ever since.
What happened with the band? Where are the guys?
Well, we all got to the age where people
were getting married and kind of doing different things.
And some guys went back to Scotland,
- some guys stayed in the States. - Mm-hmm.
- Your dad got a good voice? - Yes. - You like it when he sings? - Yes.
What do you think about this shot on "The Voice"?
Woman: Oh, I think it's amazing.
It's a reintroduction into this world again
that he kind of took a little break from.
Something I want to show you. Take a look at this.
- Hi, Terry. - Hi, Terry.
[ Laughing ] Auntie Mary, uncle Joe, cousin Christopher here from Scotland.
Congratulations on your blind audition.
- That's awesome! - Well done.
We love you lots and miss you. Good luck, Terry!
- Good luck, Terry! - Good luck, Terry!
- What do you think of that? - Oh, that's pretty memorable.
They got you.
They did get me. That's amazing.
I miss Scotland.
I think it's only natural you miss your home.
But I came to America with a passion and a dream,
and it felt like it got taken away too early.
America's given me my chance. America's given me a career.
My wife's American, my son's American.
I love it here.
Okay. Gonna go do it.
- Good luck. - I love you.
And as much as I miss Scotland, I've started something here,
and I fully intend to finish it.
This is my chance to do that.
And "The Voice"... for me, it's about my son's future,
about my wife's future, about what I can give them.
And it's all about right now.
I get so nervous.
[ Laughing ] I do, too.
♪ Out here in the fields ♪
♪ I fought for my meals ♪
♪ I put my back into my living ♪
♪ I don't need to fight ♪
♪ to prove I'm right ♪
♪ I don't need to be forgiven ♪
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
Somebody! Please, turn around!
♪ Don't try ♪
♪ don't raise an eye ♪
♪ it's only teenage wasteland ♪
Come on. Come on, Adam.
♪ Sally, take my hand ♪
♪ we'll travel South 'cross land ♪
♪ put out the fire, don't look past my shoulder ♪
Blake: Adam, come on!
♪ Teenage wasteland ♪
♪ it's only teenage wasteland ♪
♪ teenage wasteland, oh, yeah ♪
♪ only teenage wasteland ♪
♪ they're all wasted! ♪
♪ they're all wasted ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
He did it!
Ha ha! Oh!
You got this clean, really pristine, beautiful voice.
- You got a great voice, dude. - Thank you.
- Thank you very much. Adam: - Yeah. What's your name?
My name's Terry... Terry Mcdermott.
I'm from Aberdeen in Scotland, but I live in New Orleans.
[ Cheers and applause ] Viva Escocia!
You have a real tried-and-true rock-'n'-roll voice.
You're from a rock-'n'-roll part of the world.
And, man, you have an amazing thing going on.
Thank you. Appreciate that.
You definitely have a great radio quality to your voice,
where you sound like the kind of voice that can actually sing anything.
- You sound like the real thing. You sound like the real thing. - Yeah.
I think you are the real thing.
That's why I hit my button for you, so...
Well, and also, so many people ruin that song by overdoing it,
but you didn't have to do that to make it work.
- You're a real rock-'n'-roll singer, man. - Thank you.
Good job tonight, man. And, Blake, you want to say anything, brother?
I'd like to, if y'all are... if y'all are...
[ Laughter ] ...Done talking over each other.
- Go for it. - I heard the note that you held out there,
and it hit us all at the same time,
but I think that you and I can win this
if you just get up there and talk.
[ Laughing ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hey, man, you pick me, I'll let you get up there,
talk for a while, whatever song you want to sing.
- You know, we'll smoke some cigars and win this thing. - The two accents together are kind of nice.
Well, I'd like you to sing on my team.
I'd like you rock on my team!
The choice is yours. Who do you pick?
[ Audience shouting ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
I think I'm gonna take Blake's idea and join Blake's team.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Congratulations, man.
Thank you very much, mate.
Good to meet you.
To get Blake, that was fantastic.
His mentoring, I think, can do a lot for me.
I'm excited. I'm really excited.
♪ Teenage wasteland ♪
Damn, he's good.
Yes!
Yeah! [ Laughing ]
Congratulations.
I love you.
Way to leave it till the last second.
- Yeah. Yeah, thanks, Terry. - Sorry.
Down to the wire.
Liam: Well, I mean, at the last minute,
Cee Lo...
Blake and Adam.
Liam, who would you have picked?
I would say I would pick Adam or Cee Lo.
Okay, everybody but who your dad picked.
Daly: The competition begins
as Blake scores his first artist of the blind auditions.
Don't be mad at me, Cee Lo.
Cee Lo: That was difficult for me,
but I know there is a new element of surprise
to season three, so I may still get the opportunity
to snatch him up if Blake doesn't do a good job.
And, quite honestly, I don't think that he will.
I love you.
Daly: Coming up...
De'borah: ♪ Oh, hey, soul sister ♪
Daly: ...An artist with an unusual style takes "The Voice" stage.
Look at your outfit, all colorful and poppy and fun!
Bam!
Daly: And later...
I really, really like you.
Let me be your cowboy sweetheart.
Daly: ...The coaches will do anything
to get an artist on their team.
I do not want Blake Shelton to say one word.
For God sakes, man.
That's the type of rendition of a recent record
that this show salivates for.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions,
the singing competition where it's not about age
or appearance.
It's about the voice.
And our next artist wants hers to finally be heard.
De'borah: I'm De'borah, 25, from Chicago, Illinois.
My parents are pastors.
They're also teachers,
so a lot of work, a lot of church, a lot of school.
Up until about three years ago, I would perform in church.
I wore the skirts, I wore the heels,
I did everything that was required of me.
But when I became 18,
I didn't have to follow the rules that my parents set.
I started by cutting my hair.
The church did not like how I looked.
It became more important than my voice.
"Oh, you don't look right."
"You can't stand in front and sing."
So it hurts. It hurts bad.
But my parents never had a problem with it.
Man: De'borah's gonna be De'borah.
I want her to use her God-given ability
to the best, let that charisma just flow through you.
Dope parents, right?
[ Laughs ] [ Chuckles ]
I'm into love. I'm not into the gender thing.
Some guys walk up to me... "what's up, sir?"
"Hi, sir. How you doing?"
I have to correct them... "I'm a woman."
My sexuality is complicated.
Boom. I am gay. How about it?
- We're here, girl. You can do this. - Yes, ma'am.
Okay, this is your dream.
I can step to the plate and represent every misfit
who thought you had to blend in to get the opportunity.
Here we go. Good luck. Let's go.
I don't want to be anything different.
All I need is that chance.
Come on. Come on. Come on, baby. You can do it.
You got this.
♪ Hey ♪
♪ hey, yeah ♪
Listen.
♪ Your lipstick stains ♪
♪ on the front lobe of my left-side brain ♪
♪ I knew I wouldn't forget you ♪
♪ and so I went and let you blow my mind ♪
♪ hey, yeah ♪
♪ whoa ♪
♪ hey, soul sister ♪
♪ ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio? ♪
♪ stereo ♪
♪ the way you move ain't fair, you know ♪
♪ hey, soul sister ♪
♪ I don't want to miss a single thing you do ♪
Come on, come on! Stop thinking about it.
There's no doubt about it they're thinking about it.
Come on, now.
♪ Tonight, the way you can cut a rug ♪
♪ watching you is the only drug I need ♪
♪ I'm so gangster, I'm so thug ♪
♪ you're the only one I'm dreaming of, you see ♪
♪ I can be myself now finally ♪
♪ in fact, there's nothing I can't be ♪
♪ I want the world to see you'll be with me ♪
♪ hey, soul sister ♪
♪ I don't want to miss ♪
♪ a single thing you do-oo-oo-oo-oo tonight ♪
Hey!
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ hey-y-y ♪
Hey!
♪ Tonight ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoa!
Cee Lo: What's up? What's up?
- What's your name? - My name is De'borah Garner.
What's up, De'borah? Where you from?
- I'm from Chi-town! Stand up! - Okay.
[ Laughter ]
Yo, I love your swag.
I love your attitude, your energy.
You did a great job. You know it, too.
- You did a great job. - Yes, sir.
I had so much fun just, like, listening to you.
Look at your outfit, all colorful and poppy and fun!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Cee Lo: You know what I'm saying?
De'borah, you got so much cool, so much quirk,
and so much confidence,
it's just kind of like a natural, like, fit
for someone like myself, you know.
Basically, you got the two best choices right here.
I don't know what Blake could have done with that. [ Laughing ]
I thought Adam may come on in, too,
'cause he's got good taste, too, but...
[ Laughter ]
- Yeah, Adam. What happened? Adam: - I'm sorry.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Christina: It almost sounds like you have the kind of voice
where you could do so many different things,
but what exactly brought you here today?
I'm originally from the church world.
- Were you a gospel singer? - Yes. - Yes.
And my appearance became more than my voice,
so I became a misfit.
And my sister heard about the show,
and she told me, "this is where you fit."
"They don't care what you look like."
"All they care about is how good you can do,"
"and they gonna coach you."
And then when I saw you guys on TV on the Super Bowl,
I was like, "whoa!"
[ Laughter ]
I got to go! I got to go!
Christina: That's great. You know what? I know about being a misfit.
Both my mother and father were ministers, as well.
- Yeah. - You know what I mean?
So I kind of went through that same evolution.
So, yeah, yeah, I'm vibing with you.
Yeah.
The good news is you're here,
and even better news is you made it,
and now the tough choice
is that you got to choose one of these guys.
All right, let's get it.
[ Laughter ]
She is funny. She is funny.
Whoo!
All right.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
I got my decision now.
I'm gonna trust the voice within and go with Christina.
Oh! Wow! ♪ Starships were meant to fly ♪
You're so good.
I thought Cee Lo had that wrapped up.
I thought you were gonna get her.
Yeah!
♪ 'Cause we're so high ♪
♪ let's do this one more time ♪
She's such a character.
I like that. Like, all sassy-pants.
She was commanding the stage. She was like, "all right."
She bad.
Aah! [ Laughing ]
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!
Christina: I really had no idea she was gonna pick me,
so I was pleasantly surprised,
but she seems like one I'm gonna have a lot of fun with.
I thought you were gonna go with Cee Lo.
Yeah. The thing is, I've been a Christina fan for a long time,
and she has a song called "The Voice Within,"
and that was the song when I realized I was different.
And it's simple... "young girl, don't cry."
[ Breathes deeply ]
"You'll soon be free to fly."
- You know what I'm saying? - Mm-hmm.
That was the first thing ran through my head
when I saw her turn around.
Do that clap one time... bam, bam, bam!
[ Laughing ] Shut up, devil.
Daly: Coming up, the coaches get personal.
I hate you! [ Laughing ]
And later, an artist from the past
puts it all on the line for a second chance.
To come back, it's a big opportunity.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
Our four superstar coaches are building teams of 16 artists,
who they will develop, hoping to find the next great voice.
Next up, 18-year-old aspiring country artist Gracia Harrison
hopes she has what it takes to get our coaches' attention.
Gracia: I'm from Virden, Illinois.
I work in a retail store, and I work at a fitness center.
I am grateful to have two jobs
'cause I know it's hard to find in this economy,
but it would definitely be nice
to work on music 'cause that's something that I love.
Hey! Gracia, I'm Carson. Welcome to "The Voice."
- Hi. Nice to meet you. - It's nice to have you. Who's this?
- I'm Derek, her boyfriend. Boyfriend. - All right. Good. Welcome.
- What kind of singing do you do? - Country.
- And you yodel, I understand? Is that right? - Yes, yeah.
Derek, do you yodel, too?
- No, no. - Are you a yodeling ... a yodeling couple?
He wishes. I've tried, but, no.
Since I was around 10,
I started doing the state fair talent show.
I placed third that year.
And then I did the county fair,
won the junior and senior division.
So I kind of ran out of places to sing, other than fairs.
Thank you, guys, for coming out.
I wanted to get back into competing,
and I thought that this would be a really good opportunity,
so I took it.
How do you think the coaches will feel
when they hear you yodeling?
I think that is gonna work for me 'cause I think that
is more of a reason for them to turn around
'cause they're gonna be like, "what is that?" You know?
Right. Interesting tactic.
- Yes. - Yeah.
I could sing a normal song,
but I think that it makes me just like everybody else.
It definitely is a big risk to yodel in my performance
because there could be a possibility
that they might not like it.
I would take any of the coaches if they turn around for me.
They're all incredibly talented and accomplished,
so I'd definitely pick any of them.
♪ I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart ♪
♪ I want to learn to rope and ride ♪
♪ I want to ride through plains and deserts ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪ out west of the great divide ♪
♪ I want to hear the coyotes sing ♪
♪ as the sun sets in the west ♪
♪ I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart ♪
♪ that's the life I love the best ♪
[ Yodeling ] Whoa!
♪ I want to ride old paint moving at a run ♪
♪ I want to feel the wind in my face ♪
♪ a thousand miles away from home ♪
♪ moving at a cowhand's pace ♪
♪ I want to pillow my head beneath the open sky ♪
♪ as the sun sets in the west ♪
♪ I want to strum my guitar and yodel-le-hee-hee ♪
♪ that's the life I love the best ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, my gosh.
[ Cheers and applause ]
- They love her. - Yeah.
Thank you. [ Laughs ]
- What is your name? - My name's Gracia Harrison.
Gracia, that was awesome!
- I loved that! - Thank you.
Blake, can you do that?
I do not want Blake Shelton to say one word.
He's already got this won right now,
so I need to say it now before he does his [bleep]
- and gets you to definitely go for him. - Okay.
- All right? - Okay.
By far, you are the best country singer
we have ever heard on this show, by far.
Oh, my God. Thank you.
You are the genuine, genuine article.
It doesn't take a country singer to be able to tell you that,
which means it has transcended the genre itself,
which is exactly what we look for.
It makes no sense for you to be on my team,
and that's exactly why you should be.
[ Laughter ]
I want you so much more...
- For God sakes, man. - And... and... and...
What is wrong with you?
I turned around first, before Country Joe over here.
[ Laughs ]
Cee Lo: You are the absolute original.
We've never had anybody yodel on the show before,
and you did such an exceptional job,
to turn around and see such a beautiful girl.
I really do agree with Adam.
It's the best country performance that we've had on this show.
Thank you so much.
[ Cheers and applause ] Blake: Gracia...
You know what the right thing to do here is, don't you?
[ Laughter ]
Oh, my goodness, this is so hard.
I mean, I actually hate the thought
of what would happen to you in the long run...
If you were influenced by one of these two.
I know, as a fellow country artist,
that you can't fake your way through that particular song,
and country radio today is full of artists
that can't do what you just did,
and I think we need to bring it back into country music,
and I think I can help you do that.
[ Cheers and applause ]
So which one of us you gonna pick for your coach?
Okay.
[ Audience shouting ]
[ Laughs ]
Oh, my goodness. I don't know what to do.
Let me be your cowboy sweetheart.
I am so flattered by everything you guys have told me.
But...
[ Dramatic music plays ]
...I think I'm gonna have to go with Blake.
Yes!
♪ When you see them pretty little country queens ♪
♪ man, you got to admit that it's in them jeans ♪
♪ ain't nothing wrong ♪
♪ just getting on ♪
♪ your hillbilly bone ♪ damn it!
♪ Ba-bone, ba-bone, bone ♪
I'm sorry. [ Laughs ]
That was a damn good fight, bro.
So awesome.
Oh, thank you.
You made the right decision.
Aah!
Your winner right there, buddy.
I'm sorry.
Get out of my sight!
[ Cheers and applause ]
I hate you!
[ Laughing ]
Adam: Deep down in my heart, I knew that I wasn't gonna get Gracia.
You know, but I had to fight as hard as I could
'cause she's so special.
- I got a good Blake Shelton sales pitch. - You do?
[ As Blake ] "When I look on that stage, I don't see a country singer."
"I see a star."
[ Laughter ]
"You know, I happen to know Kelly Clarkson."
"She is a friend of mine."
"I'm married to a country singer,"
"and I'm gonna go buy your record on iTunes right now"
"'cause I'm a fan."
[ Laughter, cheers and applause ]
♪ There'll be no clear skies ♪
Daly: When we come back, season three explodes
with more incredible performances
that blow our coaches away.
♪ Have you ever seen the rain? ♪
If there ever was a story to tell about how not to give up,
it's standing right in front of us right now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
Our next soul artist,
16-year-old soul singer Garrett Gardner,
hopes he will inspire the coaches to push their buttons.
So, where does the music influence come from, Garrett?
Definitely my dad. Growing up, he was always playing music.
I can't say he was where I got the voice from.
That's where I got it, from my mom,
but he was always playing in bands.
Growing up, it was just music, music, music.
My dad was a jazz musician.
He's played with Tom Jones, he's played with Peter Frampton.
It wouldn't be uncommon for me to say,
"oh, man, I really wish I could meet Les Paul,"
and then he would say, "oh, you met him last week."
He always told me he could have gone on tour with a famous band,
but he always wanted to have a family and stay at home.
So, obviously, I'm very thankful for that.
When I was about 10, he started to get sick.
He was diagnosed with brain cancer, lung cancer,
and lymph-node cancer at stage IV.
It was a really rough thing to watch him fighting this disease.
About two years ago, my brother and I
just told him one day when he was asleep, "it's okay."
"You don't need to fight anymore."
"You've been fighting for so long."
"You were the best father you could be."
We had to let him go. It was just that time.
Okay, this is it. Do your best.
- All right, guys. - Ah, good luck.
When my dad passed, that's pretty much when I realized
that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.
Him not being here
has a lot to do with me wanting to carry out his legacy.
[ Exhales sharply ]
[ Sighs ]
Dad, wherever you are,
thank you for giving me all you've given me.
I hope I can make you proud.
This one's for you, man.
♪ Someone told me long ago ♪
♪ there's a calm before the storm ♪
♪ I know ♪
♪ it's been coming for some time ♪
♪ when it's over, so they say ♪
♪ that it'll rain a sunny day ♪
♪ I know ♪
♪ shining down like water ♪
♪ 'cause I want to know ♪
♪ have you ever seen the rain? ♪
Daly: Come on, guys. Give us one.
♪ I want to know ♪
♪ have you ever seen the rain? ♪
♪ oh, no ♪
♪ that's coming down on a sunny day ♪
♪ yeah, yeah ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah, Garrett!
Blake: - Oh, man. Christina: - Wow.
A youngster.
- What's your name, man? - Garrett Gardner.
Garrett.
You have a really unique, cool sound and tone,
and don't ever change that.
Just work on what I'm about to say to you.
What I heard was just a lack of control.
When you're traveling from one note to another,
sometimes all the movements that's in between those two,
they don't really go anywhere.
And I know you can hear where they're supposed to go,
but, gosh dang, man, you're a baby.
I mean, that's just stuff that just happens,
and it's gonna happen for you.
Yeah. How old are you?
- I'm 16. - Wow!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Such a cutie-pie.
You know, you have an incredible rasp to your voice,
and you push off those notes really well.
I do have to second Blake in,
whenever you're about to close a phrase,
it sort of falls off just a little bit.
- Right. - But being 16 years old,
that simply comes with time and experience
and getting to know your own voice.
I wish I actually would have pushed my button
'cause that's what I'm here to do is to coach.
You're 80% there, and that's an amazing gift that you've got.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you.
Cee Lo: I agree. I agree.
I believe that being as young as you are is really a focal point.
Who did you listen to?
Like, where did you get your inspiration from?
Honestly, musically, I got my inspiration from my dad,
who couldn't be here today.
He passed away about two years ago.
Okay. I'm sorry to hear that, son.
So, I'm just... I'm just here for him.
Thank you guys so much.
Christina: Great job, man.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Come here! Come here! You did so good.
- Thank you so much. - You really did. You did so good.
- Thank you so much. - That was so, so good.
Look at you. My God, you're adorable.
Hey.
- Thank you so much. - All right, brother.
Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
He's so good.
I thought he was so much older.
Daly: Good job out there, Garrett.
Daly: Coming up, an artist takes a big risk
singing one of the coaches' songs.
It's very ballsy because it's a Christina song.
And later, this season's first four-button performance.
You might be that dude to win this thing.
I'm dying to have you on my team,
and I'll be very upset if I don't.
Well, obviously, we're all gonna be upset.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
Cee Lo and Adam are still looking for their first artist.
I hate you! [ Laughing ]
Blake has two, and Christina has one.
Maybe the coaches will see something special
in this next singer.
My name is Devyn Deloera, I'm 20 years old,
and I'm a small-town, west Texas girl.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Humming scales ]
When I was younger, a lot of the kids,
they were more into sports and things like that,
and I was really artistic.
I was considered more of, like, an oddball,
so I kind of retreated into my own little cocoon.
It was depressing, you know?
I would just lay in bed all day, and I was like 9 years old.
So, eventually, I was taken out of school,
and I was homeschooled.
My mom, she decided to be my teacher.
She did a lot for me.
Woman: Devyn was very shy.
She would just shut down in public.
I used to encourage her to sing and to use her voice,
and she did come out of her shell.
She started to let everyone see her true colors.
In 8th grade, I decided it was time for me
to sing in front of people.
The crowd was unbelievable.
They normally sit down, and they were jumping up into the air
and screaming for me and running up to the front of the stage.
If I didn't have music,
I don't think I would have come out of it.
[ Chuckles ]
I think, like, it saved me.
It made me happy again.
[ Breathes deeply ]
The pressure's on because I'm singing "Ain't no other man"
by Christina Aguilera.
Good luck.
Singing a song to Christina Aguilera
that's hers is, like, suicidal.
♪ Hey, ooh, yeah ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ I can feel it from the start ♪
♪ couldn't stand to be apart ♪
♪ something 'bout you caught my eye ♪
♪ something moved me deep inside ♪
♪ I don't know what you did, boy, but you had it ♪
♪ and I've been hooked ever since ♪
♪ told my mother, my brother, my sister, and my friends ♪
♪ told the others, my lovers, both past and present tense ♪
♪ that every time I see you ♪
♪ everything starts making sense ♪
♪ ain't no other man can stand up next to you ♪
♪ ain't no other man on the planet does what you do ♪
♪ you're the kind of guy a girl finds in a blue moon ♪
♪ you got soul, you've got class, you've got style ♪
♪ oh, yeah ♪
♪ ain't no other man, it's true ♪
♪ hey, yeah ♪
Whoo!
♪ Next to you, you, you ♪
♪ oh, all right ♪
♪ oh, yeah ♪
♪ oh, you got soul, you got class, you got style ♪
♪ ain't no other man, it's true ♪
Come on!
♪ Ain't no other man, it's true ♪
♪ ain't no other man but you ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
What is your name?
My name is Devyn Deloera.
Please don't tell me that you didn't pick my song
because you want me to be your coach,
because I really, really like you.
Thank you.
You know, that's a really hard song to sing live.
I know, because it's so quick,
and you have to really stay on top of the beat
and make sure that, you know, you don't run out of breath.
- Really, hats off to you. - Thank you.
- I truly, thoroughly enjoyed that. - Thank you so much.
And I will shed tears early on in this competition
if you choose one of these other boys,
who don't understand the vocalist that you are,
and all I want to do is nourish that.
And I loved it! I loved it!
It was funny because I was thinking,
"man, not only is that a great song choice,"
"but also it's very ballsy."
Not the... yeah, okay.
[ Laughter ]
It is. It's a very courageous choice
because, you know, that's a Christina song.
You know, you don't just do that unless you can do it.
So, clearly, I understand where your loyalties might lie.
However, I would like to say,
it would be wonderful to work with you.
Thank you.
But not as wonderful as it would be for me to work with you.
[ Laughter ]
- Hey, Devyn, can I talk? - Yes, you can.
Why did you have to push your button?
Why? I'll tell you why I had to push my button...
'cause she made me.
She is that powerful of a singer.
Look at her standing there,
and her skirt's kind of flying around.
She's like a superstar standing there.
She's a beautiful girl.
Who... who's gonna keep me and work with me?
And keep me around! Long-term, after the show?
Well, after this, you know,
it's a matter of us being able to have conversations,
and I would love to see what makes you tick
as your one and only coach.
Adam: I'd like to just say that, after last season,
we signed Tony Lucca to our record label,
so that's what I'm gonna do.
We all got record-label connections, baby. [ Laughs ]
Man: - Whoo-hoo! - But I have a record label.
- Here we go! Season three! - Ha ha!
I took Dia Frampton out on tour with me.
Oh, my God. You guys.
I haven't had a chance yet to work with Jermaine
because he's still doing all the press from winning.
But I hope to get a chance to work with him, too.
Christina: The choice is all yours.
Who do you choose?
Okay. Okay, um...
[ Audience shouting ]
I'm gonna go with...
[ Dramatic music plays ]
...Christina.
♪ Baby, you light up my world like nobody else ♪
♪ the way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed ♪
Oh, that's her dream. ♪ but when you smile at the ground ♪
♪ it ain't hard to tell ♪ Thank you so much.
- I... I thoroughly enjoyed that. - And you're gorgeous!
- Yay! - Yes!
Whoo! So excited.
- I can't believe it. - I know.
♪ That's what makes you beautiful ♪
Christina: I love me some Devyn.
You know, I was just waiting for those key moments in the song
to really hear if she had what it takes.
And she did.
It's crazy how good these kids are.
- We're getting a lot of young kids this year. - I know.
Hi!
I feel like I thought I was emerging before.
No, I'm just barely starting to come out.
Daly: Christina picks up her second artist of the night,
while Adam and Cee Lo have yet to add a single performer
- to their teams. - Damn it.
Coming up, an artist takes the biggest chance of his life.
Bryan: People are like,
"why haven't you used your dad's connections?"
And I'm here to prove that I did it on my own.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to night one of the blind auditions.
Our four superstar coaches are each on a mission
to build the strongest teams of 16 artists.
But they have to do it with their backs to the stage.
Hopefully, the voice of our next artist, Bryan Keith,
will inspire our coaches to push their buttons.
I'm 22 years old, and I'm from the Bronx, New York.
What do you think I should do onstage?
Onstage, you just got to be yourself.
Be your own man, you know?
My father's name is Ray De La Paz.
♪ Cuando toco un guaguancó ♪
Bryan: And he's a singer for a Latin jazz group
called the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.
He's won two Grammys already with the group.
Their last album was produced by Paul Simon.
I would definitely say my dad is my hero.
When I was 14, I used to watch my father play.
It's like magic to me.
I realized that music was what I wanted to do with my whole life.
Daly: How hard is that line
when you want to ask your dad for a little help,
yet you really don't want his help at all
because you want to do this on your own?
That's why I'm so proud of him.
And I know that he's responsible.
He's got a good head on his shoulders.
And I know he's gonna go for the gusto.
People are like, "why haven't you used your dad's connections"
"to get you there?" And I don't want to.
Don't be like me. I want you to be better than me.
And I know you got it, all right?
All right. I love you.
- I love you, too. - Thanks.
- I'm so excited for you. - Thank you.
I'm here to prove that I did it on my own.
It's gonna be the most gratifying thing.
I can show that I did it. And I'm gonna be my own man.
People are gonna know me for me... Bryan Keith.
Yeah, baby, come on. Come on.
♪ If you ever leave me, baby ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Leave some morphine at my door ♪
♪ 'cause it would take a whole lot of medication ♪
Oh, gosh darn it!
♪ To realize what we used to have, we don't have it anymore ♪
♪ there's no religion that can save me ♪
♪ no ♪
♪ no matter how long my knees are on the floor ♪
♪ oh ♪
♪ so keep in mind all the sacrifices I'm making ♪
♪ to keep you by my side ♪
♪ and keep you from walking out the door ♪
♪ 'cause there'll be no sunlight if I lose you, baby ♪
Yeah! Sing your heart out, baby!
♪ There'll be no clear skies if I lose you, baby ♪
♪ just like the clouds, my eyes will do the same ♪
♪ if you walk away ♪
♪ every day, it'll rain, rain, rain ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo!
Yeah! That's my boy right there!
[ Cheers and applause ]
What's your name?
My name's Bryan... Bryan Keith.
Well...
[ Cheers and applause ]
I got to say, it is so difficult
to find someone that has a voice exactly like you do.
The first note that you sang, I wanted to turn around,
and I saw... and then, of course,
they all fell like dominoes. Everyone turned around.
But, oh, my God. You are very special, my friend.
Wow. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Cee Lo: That was just, like, a wonderful job.
Your voice has all of the qualities
that I identify with.
Who inspired you to sing like that?
My father.
Oh! [ Crying ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
Cee Lo: You got the range and the rasp,
and when it's the genuine article,
it's very, very effective, man, and you have it, man.
Like, to hear you scratch to get up to the top of that mountain,
it's... it really feels good, and I love it.
I love it when it feel like that.
So that's why I pushed my button for you, big brother.
Thank you so much.
Christina: There's no doubt about it.
You have such a raw quality and a raw gift
that it's undeniable, and you have a signature voice.
And I would be honored to have you on my team,
supporting you till the end.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
Hey, Bryan.
Man, you know how I know that you're the real deal?
We've heard so many different singers come out here,
and they sound like different singers
when they go for different parts of the song.
They change their tone.
You sound like the same guy
from the time you start singing...
Signature.
Yeah, exactly, Christina.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Adam: I would like to say one more thing, which is like,
I blame myself if I don't get somebody on my team
because I feel like I wasn't passionate enough,
and so I want to let you know,
before you choose whoever you choose,
that, more than anyone I've seen today, I got to say,
I'm dying to have you on my team,
and I'll be very upset if I don't.
I'll feel like I missed a great one.
Well, obviously, we're all gonna be upset.
- Yeah. - And we're all very passionate.
One of us had passion first, by the way.
All right, so who...
Let the man choose.
Whoo! Oh, my God.
First of all, I just...
I-I still can't believe I'm here right now.
This whole thing's felt like a dream up till this point.
Now I realize how real this is.
Um...
[ Dramatic music plays ]
I got... I got a special place in here...
...for my man Adam right here.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah! Ah!
I want to rock out, dude.
We're gonna rock it.
Yes, sir.
Proud of you, boy! Proud of you!
[ Cheers and applause ]
[Bleep]
Bryan truly is special,
and I can cry about it all I want and whine about it,
but the truth is, he deserves to be on this show.
He deserved the four-chair turn.
Yes!
Bryan Keith was the win of the day.
I listened to him sing,
and it's this intangible, unnatural ability
to just sing so beautifully.
Finally.
I'd like to introduce this young man.
[ Cheers and applause ] Look who I found!
Four chairs.
- Congratulations. - Oh, my God.
Thank you so much.
- I'm so proud of you. - Thanks.
I'm so proud of you. Oh, my God!
Daly: You just turned four chairs on "The Voice."
How does that make you feel?
I'm the proudest dad in the world
because this kid did it all on his own.
He never asked me for nothing.
I felt like something like that would happen,
and I feel like I believed in it so much that it did.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
I'll see you soon.
Daly: Bryan is now one step closer to his dream.
Bryan: I can't believe it.
Daly: Up next, an artist from the past
who has never given up on his future.
Daniel: I am Daniel Rosa, I'm 21,
and I'm from Riverside, California.
Last season, I had the opportunity
to come to the blind auditions, and very strange for me.
♪ Uh-oh, I want some more ♪
♪ uh-oh, what are you waiting for? ♪
Daniel: During the blind auditions, no one turned around for me.
Obviously, I know you're hurting right now.
It's all right. It's all right.
What could I have done better?
- Your pitch. - Yeah.
I mean, just to ask, "what can I do better?"
That means that you're gonna be even greater
because you have the best attitude.
Thank you.
It was just confidence that was missing,
so that was the biggest gift that "The Voice" gave to me.
It literally changed my whole outlook on myself.
You look like a new Daniel Rosa.
Last year, I was looking for confirmation if I had talent,
and I definitely got it.
Everyone was being so nice, like, online.
My life changed from just being on the show last year.
Like, I got a lot of fans,
I was able to do a lot more gigs,
I had a lot more confidence in myself.
Dad, what's the biggest difference in Daniel today
from Daniel last time?
He didn't give up.
He kept on singing more and more, actually.
And we're like, "wow!"
I thought he was great before, but now he just blows me away.
[ Sighs ]
I am so honored to be back. It means so much to me.
But I'm gonna be devastated if none of the chairs turn around,
so I definitely want this to happen.
This would be the greatest thing ever.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
[ Dramatic music plays ]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ now and then I think of when we were together ♪
♪ like when you said you felt so happy you could die ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ when we found that we could not make sense ♪
♪ but then you said that we could still be friends ♪
♪ I'll admit that I was glad that it was over ♪
♪ but you didn't have to cut me off ♪
♪ make out like it never happened ♪
♪ that we were nothing ♪
♪ I don't even need your love ♪
♪ now you're just somebody that I used to know ♪
♪ yeah ♪
Adam, push! Push!
♪ Now and then I think of all the times ♪
♪ you screwed me over ♪
♪ had me believing it was always something that I'd done ♪
I like it.
♪ I don't want to live that way ♪
[ Both laughing ♪ reading into every word you say ♪
♪ you said that you could let it go ♪
♪ and I wouldn't catch you ♪
♪ hung up on somebody you used to know ♪
♪ don't cut me off ♪
♪ made out like it never happened ♪
♪ that we were nothing ♪
♪ I don't even need your love ♪
♪ now you're just somebody that I used to know ♪
♪ somebody that I used to, used to know ♪
♪ somebody, yeah ♪
♪ now you're just somebody that I used to know ♪
Whoo! Whoo! [ Cheers and applause ]
Christina: Oh, my gosh!
Cee Lo: Yeah!
Hey!
Oh, my gosh!
Oh, my God.
Daniel: Oh, God.
Oh! Ah!
[ Laughing ]
Okay. I'm okay.
Okay.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughs ] Okay.
I just want to say this. Before these guys fight over you,
clearly, we all know who you are.
- I have... - You do? Do you remember me?
- You guys remember me? - One of my...
[ cheers and applause ]
Let me say this to you before they go.
Oh, God.
One of my biggest regrets last season...
all I wanted to do was give you a big hug,
and I'm just happy that I got to do it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you very much.
For everyone here that doesn't know your story,
tell the world your name, man.
My name is Daniel Rosa.
[ Cheers and applause ]
What?! What?!
I was sitting there and listening to you.
I said, "damn, somebody sounds cool as a [bleep]"!
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughing ]
Cee Lo: That's the type of rendition
of a recent record that this show salivates for.
Honest to God, like, this show...
this show... I was like, "yo!"
Like, this show is so crazy
because if there ever was ever a story to tell
- about how not to give up on your dream... - Exactly.
...it's standing right in front of us right now, man.
Come on, man! [ Laughing ]
Yeah, dawg!
Blake: And maybe since last year,
u've learned some things about yourself
and you focused, and you've obviously worked hard at it.
It's not easy to get here the first time,
much less the second time.
Matter of fact, you asked, "what can I do to get better?"
- Yeah. Wow. - I remember.
I have to say, I didn't have the greatest confidence,
anthe weirdest thing is that,
the best thing for me was not to make it to last season.
- Aww. - That was... like,
just to hear what you guys had to say,
it was really the biggest blessing.
Just thank you guys so much
for making me feel so much more confident in myself, so...
And that's what it takes to be a true superstar...
always having the hunger to be better and to grow from there.
Thank you. Thank you.
Cee Lo: Here we are, man. This is the moment of truth.
This is your opportunity to say exactly, you know,
who you want to be your coach.
Oh. Okay. I was not ready for this.
Okay.
Well, um...
[ Audience shouting ]
Oh. Ah! [ Laughing ]
Uh...I am... I am totally split down the center.
I think...
Um...
[ Dramatic music plays ]
I'm gonna have to go with Cee Lo.
♪ All my life I've been waiting for ♪
♪ I've been praying for ♪
♪ for the people to say ♪
Good to see you.
Thank you. Good to have you back, baby.
♪ There'll be no more wars ♪
♪ and our children will play ♪
♪ one day, one day ♪
♪ one day, oh, oh, oh ♪
Christina: Daniel is an amazing example
of exactly what can happen when you don't give up.
Oh, my gosh. Ah.
I did not think that was gonna happen.
Where's my family? I need to say hello to my family.
[ Cheering ]
Oh, my God!
You did it!
You all right?
I'm good. I'm good. I'm great.
Congratulations. Officially, congratulations.
Thank you so much. Welcome to "The Voice."
Daly: And Daniel Rosa finally finds a home on Cee Lo's team.
You can download full version
of tonight's blind audition songs at iTunes.
♪ Hey ♪
Daly: - Coming up... - That's what I'm talking about!
...an emotional performance that captivates our coaches.
That gave me crazy chills. I was crying.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to "The Voice."
Our four coaches are each building teams of 16
with the strongest voices they can find.
♪ And keep you from walking out the door ♪
- Gonna have to go with Blake. - Yes!
Daly: Blake and Christina have each picked up two artists...
My man Adam right here.
Daly: ...While Adam and Cee Lo have one.
22-year-old Jamaican native Anita Antoinette
is hoping she, too, will find a coach.
For my blind audition,
I'll be singing "No woman, no cry" by Bob Marley.
Living in Jamaica, I mean, Bob Marley is an icon.
And the song means a lot to me.
It's about the real nitty-gritty of living in poverty
and coming out of that.
And, actually, I'm kind of dedicating
that song to my mom, as well.
My mom left when I was 2 to come to the U.S. and work.
She had like three, four jobs at a time
to raise money and get us here.
And I look at myself now,
and I just graduated from Berkeley College of Music,
which is one of the top music schools in the world.
Woman: I'm so proud of her that she made it so far.
- This is the best gift in life... - Oh, my God!
...that God has ever gave me, so I love you so much.
[ Laughs ]
If a coach would turn around, it would mean everything.
Every decision, every struggle...
...every tear, every heartache.
It would mean that this is what I was supposed to do...
That all of what has happened in my life
and happened in my family's life,
it's, like, leading up to this.
♪ No woman, no cry ♪
♪ no woman, no cry ♪
♪ eh, said, come on ♪
♪ I remember when we used to sit ♪
♪ in the government yard in Trenchtown ♪
♪ oba-observing the hypocrites, yeah ♪
♪ mingle with the good people we meet ♪
♪ and good friends we've had ♪
Come on! Oh, my gosh! Push the button, somebody!
♪ Oh, good friends we've lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-st ♪
♪ but in this great future, you can't forget your past ♪
♪ no, no, no ♪
♪ so dry your tears, I say ♪
Hey! Come on!
♪ Say, everything gonna be all right ♪
♪ everything's gonna be all right ♪
♪ everything's gonna be all right now ♪
♪ everything's gonna be all right ♪
♪ so, n-n-n-n-n-n-n-no woman, no cry ♪
♪ no woman, no cry ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
What's up?
Adam: Hello. What's your name?
Anita Antoinette.
You're a great singer. You got a great voice.
Thank you.
I felt like the spirit
of what's being said in that song,
which is very heavy and very important,
wasn't being delivered.
I needed to feel it in my bones, what you were saying.
It's like you got to be on the verge of tears, you know?
It's like... ♪ good friends we lost ♪
Like, you got to...
I want to be crying when I turn around, you know.
And I think, like, certain songs aren't meant to be "performed."
- Oh, of course. - Yeah.
It's like... it's like they are being thought out loud.
You know what I'm saying? How does Bob affect you?
Well, I was born in Jamaica,
and I listened to him, um, pretty much every day,
especially in high school.
And I know that, like, you can't turn your buttons
or do this all over again,
but if I could just do this a cappella...
and I know this... I know that I'm not gonna,
like, be on a team after this,
but I know exactly where you're coming from,
and if I could just do that...
Yeah. Go for it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ No woman, no cry ♪
♪ no woman, no cry ♪
♪ said, I remember when we used to sit ♪
♪ in the government yard in Trenchtown ♪
♪ oba-observing the hypocrites, yeah ♪
Ooh.
♪ Mingle with the good people we meet ♪
♪ yeah ♪ Yeah.
♪ And everything's gonna be all right ♪
[ Rhythmic clapping ] ♪ everything's gonna be all right ♪
♪ everything's gonna be all right, now ♪
♪ everything's gonna be all right ♪
♪ so, n-n-n-n-n-n-n-no woman, no cry ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoa.
That's what I'm talking about!
That gave me crazy chills. I was, like, crying.
Gonna promise me to come back next year?
- I will. - All right.
Come back next year. That was beautiful.
That's what I'm talking about. You did it.
You did.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You did good! No, you did good.
No, no, no. Come on.
[ Breathes deeply, sobs ]
[ Crying ] I don't know what happened, man.
I just... I didn't... and I could have done it.
I could have got them to turn, and I know that.
I know that.
Daly: Coming up...
♪ Find ♪
Daly: ...A performance that gets Blake out of his chair.
What is wrong with you, Adam?!
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to "The Voice."
This season, we hit the road and searched the country
to find the best artists for the blind auditions.
And I had the pleasure
of surprising some with a personal invitation.
Congratulations.
That's your invitation to the blind auditions.
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
- Aah! - Congratulations.
[ Women screaming ]
Oh, my God! You made it.
You just changed my life.
Our next artist has comes all the way from Fort Worth, Texas.
Joe: My name is Joe Kirkland,
and I am extremely excited to be on "The Voice"
and have my two best friends, bandmates, here supporting me.
I joined a band in college. We were called Artist vs. Poet.
I used to sing backup.
We were signed to a label. Everything was going great.
We were on the way up. We toured internationally.
We sold well over 100,000 singles.
Check. All right, try that.
But our singer at the time pretty much bailed on us.
Let's do the first verse.
All right. Cool.
I actually attempted to step up to front it.
Do that part again.
It was scary. It was scary.
I'd never done it before. I was excited, though.
Our label didn't like that I was the new front man,
and then it all just went away like that.
I'm literally here because people actually cared about me
and loved me enough to tell me that I could,
despite what everyone else thought, yeah.
[ Dramatic music plays ] Okay.
It's moments away. I, uh, feel pretty nervous.
I definitely have a lot weighing on my shoulders right now.
I came here to prove a lot to a lot of people who care about me
and a lot of people who gave up.
This is literally the 90 seconds that is my shot.
I couldn't be more ready.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
♪ I wake up every evening ♪
♪ with a big smile on my face ♪
♪ and it never feels out of place ♪
♪ and you're still probably working ♪
♪ at a 9:00-to-5:00 pace ♪
Whoo! ♪ I wonder how bad that tastes ♪
♪ 'cause truth be told, I miss you ♪
♪ and truth be told, I'm lying ♪
♪ when you see my face, hope it gives you hell ♪
♪ hope it gives you hell ♪
♪ when you way way, hope it gives you hell ♪
♪ hope it gives you hell ♪
♪ and when you find a man that's worth a damn ♪
♪ and treats you well ♪
♪ then he's a fool ♪
♪ you're just as well ♪
♪ hope it gives you hell ♪
♪ now you'll never see what you've done to me, yeah ♪
♪ you can take back your memories ♪
♪ they are no good to me ♪
♪ and here's all your lies ♪
♪ you can look me in the eyes ♪
♪ with the sad, sad look that you love so well ♪
♪ when you see my face, hope it gives you hell ♪
♪ hope it gives you hell ♪
♪ when you walk my way, hope it gives you hell ♪
♪ hope it gives you he-he ♪
♪ and when you u hear this song and you sing along ♪
♪ but you never tell ♪
♪ then you're a fool ♪
♪ I'm just as well ♪
♪ hope it gives you hell ♪
♪ when you sing along ♪
♪ I hope that it will give you hell ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Wow.
What's your name, bro?
My name is Joe Kirkland.
Where you representing from?
Originally Fort Worth, Texas.
- Oh, yeah! - Originally.
- Originally.
You have this really cool combination
of an aggressive tone,
but you also have a lot of control over it,
which is really, really rare.
And I've never actually had anybody...
'cause I will have you eventually on my team.
[ Laughter ] I've never had anybody like you
because I've really never felt like there's been anyone
that's really done it right.
You did an incredible job, and I can't wait
to definitely, 100% definitely,
definitely have you on my team.
Thank you so much.
Man, I'm seriously a believer.
I think that you have star quality.
And I also wear vests. [ Laughter ]
- We could do some matchy-matchy things together. - You played the vest card?
- Yeah. It's like we could do some matchy things together. - You really played the vest card?
I can already see us doing our little duets later on.
I don't like where this is going at all.
[ Laughing ]
And I will tell you this, too...
being from the same area that you're from,
and, you know, us being the same...
Same what?
Like a brotherhood that he and I have.
Everything is bigger in Texas.
- That's right. - Oh.
[ Laughter ]
You wished you'd hit your button now, don't you?
Hey, hey, hey. [ Laughs ]
What's your decision, man?
All right.
[ Audience shouting ]
Well, um...
Coming...
[ Audience shouting ]
Coming from a band and being a front man...
Oh, I can see where this is going!
...I, uh... I feel like...
although I'm deeply honored that you guys both turned around...
Blah, blah, blah.
- ...I got to go with Adam. - Yes!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you.
You're great, man.
Yeah, you're awesome.
[ Blake laughing ]
Christina: That was a good one for you, Adam.
- He was great. Blake: - Bastard.
How'd that feel, baby?
[ Laughing ] Oh! That guy's really good.
I mean, I don't know what kind of a jackass
wouldn't push their button for that guy.
- Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho. - It would take a complete...
oh, I didn't see you.
Ha!
Aah! We got it, baby! Boom!
[ Laughs ]
Daly: Joe is the second artist to land a spot on Adam's team.
Hey. It's Christina Milian.
I'm catching up with all your favorite artists
and finding out how they really felt
about their blind auditions.
You did it. You did it. You passed the blind rounds.
- You got to be pretty proud of daddy, huh? - Mm-hmm. Yes.
Check out nbc.com/the-voice and our Facebook page.
And we always want to know what you think,
so tweet us using #thevoice.
More blind auditions when we return.
Don't miss a moment.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions,
where our coaches are picking artists
based strictly on their voices.
Christina, Adam, and Blake have each landed two artists,
while Cee Lo has one.
Maybe our next artist will earn a spot on his team.
Jessica: My name is Jessica Sharpe,
and I'm from Greensboro, North Carolina.
This is crazy.
Yay! I'm so excited!
I have never been out of Greensboro.
I'm a down-home kind of country girl.
Coming out here to L.A., I feel like a huge fish out of water.
Oh, God, y'all. I'm so nervous.
Being from a small town,
it's really hard to get out of your comfort zone.
I'm very settled into my job as a hairdresser.
I'm actually now following my dreams,
trying to get out of there.
So, tell me about your story. How did you start singing?
- In high school, I really started singing. - Really?
I just hooked up with a cover band like two years ago, so...
- Just a couple years ago? - Yeah.
That band has given me the confidence that I needed.
I'm very worried about what other people think of me,
and I needed to learn to let go,
and they really brought that out of me.
- This is your dream. Chase it, okay? - Okay.
I'm, like, big stuff back in... in Greensboro.
Like, cutting hair, performing out.
But I would leave that place in a heartbeat
just to come out here and be a singer.
I want to be a star.
One song, one chair could change my life.
[ Cheering ]
♪ Billy-ray was a preacher's son ♪
♪ and when his daddy would visit, he'd come along ♪
♪ when they gathered around and started talking ♪
♪ that's when he'd take me walking ♪
♪ out through the backyard we'd go walking ♪
♪ then he'd look into my eye ♪
♪ lord knows, to my surprise ♪
♪ the only boy who could ever reach me ♪
♪ was the son of a preacher man ♪
♪ the only boy who could ever teach me ♪
♪ was the son of a preacher man ♪
♪ yes, he was, he was ♪
♪ ooh, yes, he was ♪
♪ how well I remember ♪
♪ the look that was in his eyes ♪
♪ stealing kisses from me on the sly ♪ come on.
♪ Taking time to make time ♪
♪ telling me that he's all mine ♪
♪ learning from each other's knowing ♪
♪ looking to see how much we're growing ♪
♪ and the only, only, only boy who could ever reach me ♪
♪ was the son of a preacher man ♪
♪ the only boy who could ever teach me ♪
♪ was the son of a preacher man ♪
♪ yes, he was, he was ♪
♪ ooh, yes ♪
♪ he was ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, wow.
Christina: What's your name?
Jessica. [ Clears throat ]
Jessica Sharpe.
Oh, Jessica, you sang your heart out on that song.
And it wasn't that it was even bad.
I don't know. I just wanted that magical moment to happen.
And it just didn't quite get to that point for me.
Adam: I tend to agree.
You know, we listen to so many amazing singers.
We're trying to find such a small fraction.
Sometimes the magic isn't in the air,
and it certainly doesn't mean that you should give up.
Blake: I feel a little bit responsible for this
because your artistry is probably more in my wheelhouse.
Promise me you'll come back for season four
and try this again.
And you and me are gonna make history together.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I'm sorry. I have to come up here.
You're an amazing singer.
You really are. Don't feel bad.
I don't want to see those tears.
You are so great.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you.
Don't cry, sweet pea. Makes me so sad.
Please don't cry.
Thank you. Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Blake: Jessica... that broke my heart.
I can't help but somehow think she was meant to be on my team.
I hope she comes back.
I want to cry.
She was good and beautiful, both.
[ Crying ]
Oh, God. Oh.
[ Sobs ]
Jessica: I did the best I could.
I'm just gonna go back to doing hair
and singing in the cover band.
Yes, I'm gonna come back. It's not the end.
Daly: Jessica Sharpe couldn't get a chair to turn,
and she wasn't the only singer who left empty-handed.
♪ Then you suffer, baby ♪
♪ superstition ain't the way ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Just kind of stayed true to the song,
which there's nothing wrong with that.
I was looking for you
to maybe show us your range a little bit.
♪ When I need you, babe, everything stops ♪
♪ finally, you put my love on top ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Christina: It's a hard song choice.
You know, just practice on the shakiness
and the consistency and your voice control,
and you can hit those notes.
You just need to be a little more developed.
♪ 'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything ♪
♪ nothing at all ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
- How old are you? - 15.
Oh. You're being let down at an extremely young age,
and how you respond to this letdown,
it's gonna contribute to your success in the future.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You'll be all right.
Daly: Coming up...
♪ Turned into your own ♪
Daly: ...A soft-spoken artist with a powerful voice.
♪ Listen ♪
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to "The Voice."
As night one of the blind auditions comes to an end,
our final artist, 18-year-old Trevin Hunte,
hopes his voice is just what our coaches are looking for.
Trevin: Never in a million years
have I thought that I would be standing here.
Well, I'm born and raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
We didn't always have the best things.
You go to sleep with gunshots ringing in the ear.
I wake up to ambulance running across your neighborhood.
It's been a long, long journey, 18 years, and I'm here now.
You know, my parents came from Guyana,
and my father's been a garbage-truck driver
ever since I could remember.
One day, when I was 7 years old,
my father brought me back a radio from his route,
and I always went downstairs to the basement
to kind of, like, listen to the radio,
and that was the time
when I knew I wanted to become a singer.
Oh, his singing voice is really powerful,
and I'm very proud because I never really got a break,
and it looks like he gonna go farther
than I even tried to go.
Music has always been that thing that I could run to.
It always completes me, no matter what.
[ Breathes deeply ]
I wasn't the most confident person in the world.
In middle school, I got a chance
to apply for a performing-arts school,
and I needed recommendations from all four of my teachers.
I got three, and it was the last one, and I went to her,
and she looked me in my face
and told me, like, "you're wasting your time."
"You're not gonna become anybody."
It was kind of a hard time for me.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
If I was to give up when those people told me
that I wasn't gonna become anything, I wouldn't be here.
So I'm standing strong as ever,
and I'm here, and I'm thankful to be here.
I feel like now is the time that I can prove my teacher wrong.
I am gonna become something, and this is my time.
♪ Listen to the song here in my heart ♪
♪ a melody I start but can't complete ♪
♪ listen to the sound from deep within ♪
♪ it's only beginning to find release ♪ Come on, Cee Lo.
♪ Oh, the time has come for my dreams to be heard ♪
Come on, baby! Aah!
♪ They will not be pushed aside or turned into your own ♪
♪ all 'cause you won't listen ♪
♪ listen ♪
♪ I am alone at a crossroads ♪
♪ I'm not at home in my own home ♪
♪ and I've tried and tried to say what's on my mind ♪
♪ and you should have known ♪
♪ oh, now I'm done believing you ♪
♪ you don't know what I'm feeling ♪
♪ I'm more than what you made of me ♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
♪ I followed the voice you gave to me ♪
♪ but now I've got to find ♪
What is wrong with you, Adam?!
♪ My own ♪
Adam!
♪ My own ♪ What are you doing?!
♪ My own ♪
Push your button! Push your button!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo!
Yo, dude.
- What is your name?! - Yo!
My name is Trevin Hunte.
What planet do you come from, dude?
[ Laughing ]
You got all three of us to stand to our feet.
I don't know. Did you press your button, Adam, or no?
I did not.
Oh, man!
What is with your ears?
Okay, well, you're obviously ridiculously good.
Thank you.
I think I'm just scared of the three of you right now.
[ Laughter ]
That was so awesome, dude. How old are you? How old are you?
I just recently turned 18.
- Whoo! - What?!
- I'm completely blown away. - Me too.
I mean, I don't even know what to say
other than please pick me.
I want you to be on my team.
Can I please throw my hat in the ring here?
Well, I did turn my chair around first.
I have to say.
I hit my button out of sheer respect
for somebody that has that much talent,
that it absolutely blows my mind, man.
Thank you so much.
You're awesome, man. Yo, I got to say...
I just got to let it be known, man.
Like, I think you could...
you might be that dude, man...
that dude to win this thing this time.
What do you think your own limitations are?
How do you think anybody else up here could help you?
Confidence has not always been the biggest thing
- in my life, you know? - Oh.
- What?! - I've been told... yeah.
I've been told that I wasn't gonna become anything
from my 8th-grade teacher.
- Screw your 8th-grade teacher. Adam: - What's your 8th-grade teacher's name?
I think we'd all like to know.
Oh, I don't want to do that.
I just want a coach that will help me,
as far as getting me to the next level with my confidence.
- Well, you can sing anything, that's for sure. Cee Lo: - Anything.
- That's for sure. - Thank you so much.
Blake: No question. So, which one of us do you pick as your coach?
[ Audience shouting ]
Come on, man! Me, dawg!
Straight up, dawg. Me, bro. Oh, man.
Me!
[ Dramatic music plays ]
Um...
Me, dude!
I mean...
Come on, brother.
Oh, man.
I mean, Blake, you took the second season.
Christina, I love you with all my heart.
Cee Lo... we got this.
God!
Oh, wow!
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ I want to see you tonight ♪
♪ yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[ Laughing ] What's up, dude?
That was absolutely beautiful.
- Thank you so much. - Oh, my gosh. Thank you.
You were awesome. You were awesome, man.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Come on, let's win this show. Let's win this show, okay?
Cee Lo: At 18 years old, he is a prodigy.
I mean, his voice is amazing.
His range is, like... it's regal.
So I'm very honored that he chose me.
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Listen! ♪
Great singer, though, man.
No doubt.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Trevin: There's not enough words to say how happy I am.
[ Voice breaking ] I came a long way.
[ Sobs ]
And now I'm here, so...
[ Breathes deeply ] How'd it feel? You all right?
Yeah. Got everybody worked up.
It's just so real, like you were saying.
Like, they were loving you.
You have a newfound confidence after that?
Yeah. I'm so happy.
So, how far do you think you can go?
- I feel like I can win this thing. - That's what I'm saying.
- Thank you so much, Carson. - That's what I'm saying.
- Welcome. Good to have you. Congratulations. Congratulations. - Thank you.
Whoo!
End of the first day.
Voilà. Magic.
Good day today. Good day today.
'Cause I got the best singers on my team, Blake.
Yeah, congratulations on getting the best singers...
which is gonna prove how good of a coach I am at the end of the season.
The first night of the blind auditions ends and here is where the teams stand.
Adam scored soulful singer Brian Keith and Texas rocker Joe Kirkland.
Blake won over Scottish rocker Teri Mcdermott and classic country singer Greisha Harrison.
Cee Lo has returning singer Daniel Rosa and 18-year old New Yorker Trevin Hunte.
Christina landed pop singer Devyn Deloera and former church singer De'borah.
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