Daly: This week on "The Voice"...
The blind auditions began with our strongest talent ever.
♪ Listen ♪
♪ listen ♪
Blake: The blind auditions are just so exciting,
hearing all these great singers.
You have no idea what they look like.
That's my favorite part of "The Voice."
♪ I hope you don't mind ♪ Daly: Their voices wowed our coaches.
♪ That I put down the words ♪
- Wow! - God.
- Damn. - Yes!
- I loved it! I loved it! - She's like a superstar.
- You got a great voice. - Whoo!
Daly: And the teams of 16 started filling up.
Here's where our coaches stand.
Adam failed to score a single artist last night,
leaving his team total at 2.
Blake picked up two artists, bringing his total to 4.
Cee Lo scored one singer, giving him a total of 3.
And Christina added two artists, bringing her total to 4.
Christina: It's so amazing to be able to
accumulate such talent on my team
without being able to judge them
for anything other than their actual voice.
Daly: Tonight, "The Voice" premiere week continues.
♪ Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone ♪
Daly: It will be a night of big surprises...
- You want some of this? - I do.
Whoo!
Daly: ...And incredible stories.
I left Nigeria because our lives were in danger.
In China, I am, like, Lady Gaga.
That is awesome. That's a first.
Daly: And our coaches will do whatever they can
- to win the artists. - I want you.
I turned around first. I want you more.
Pick me!
Daly: But only one will go on to win it all...
a recording contract with Universal Music Group
and be named The Voice.
The blind auditions continue right now.
As our coaches head for their chairs,
our first artist arrives for his blind audition.
Samuel: My name is Samuel Mouton.
I'm 19 years old, from Fort Collins, Colorado.
I've been singing my whole life, since young toddler.
My dad and his brother
had a band together when I was younger,
and it was kind of like reggae.
I grew up watching them, and I wanted to be a lot like my dad.
And my uncle even signed me up for this.
I'm really proud of him, you know?
I mean, he's been a loser forever,
and so this is, like, a major step.
My parents own two family restaurants.
And I'm a cook there. I cook pizzas and wash dishes.
As much as I love to cook,
I don't want to do it for the rest of my life.
Get ready, man.
- I'm ready. - We're with you, baby.
- I'm ready. - Good luck.
Samuel: My parents did play a lot of Bob Marley growing up.
That was huge to me,
and that's kind of the style that I want to go for.
It's all about the love.
And I think that this show, it's the perfect show for me
because I sound different than I look.
I just need to go kill it out there,
get one of them coaches to turn around for me.
- This is my one shot. - Thank you.
I like the idea of blind auditions,
because I kind of like that surprise factor.
♪ Old pirates, yes, they rob I ♪
♪ sold I to the merchant ships ♪
♪ minutes after they took I ♪
♪ from the bottomless pit ♪
♪ but my hand was made strong ♪
♪ by the hand of the almighty ♪
♪ we forward in this generation ♪
♪ triumphantly ♪
♪ won't you help to sing ♪
♪ these songs of freedom? ♪
♪ 'cause all I ever have ♪
♪ redemption songs ♪
♪ how long shall they kill our prophets ♪
♪ while we stand aside and look? ♪
♪ some say it's just a part of it ♪
♪ but we've got to fulfill the book ♪
♪ won't you help to sing? ♪
Come on, Blake! Whoo!
♪ Redemption songs ♪
♪ redemption songs ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hey, brother. What's your name, man?
I'm Samuel Mouton.
Samuel, where you from?
I'm from Fort Collins, Colorado.
First of all, I'm the moron that didn't push my button,
but I just wanted to get all the facts out of the way.
That was really cool,
but it's not gonna be nearly as cool
as listening to the bickering
that's about to ensue right here.
- Oh, shut up. - Thanks, Blake.
No, that made me feel so good.
That just relaxed me and gave me good energy.
And you just had great follow-through.
I would love to be able to get to know you a little bit better,
see what your turn-ons are, what... what...
[ cheers and applause ]
No, no, but I'd love to spend some time with you,
get to know you.
You seem like a real artist with something to say.
Adam: I did turn around first.
Just want to throw that out there.
- Oh! - Bro, let me tell you something, man.
I can tell that you have "intentfully" listened to Bob Marley, man.
I can hear just some of the signature inflections of his,
how he ends things... ♪ eh ♪
I love that. You know what I mean?
But it didn't sound like an imitation or an emulation.
It just sounded like you adopted it as your own.
Colorado is so far away from Jamaica, man,
so, like, you did a great job, man,
like, you know, identifying with that.
And I could just tell that it moved you, man,
- and it's become you. Adam: - Yeah.
You can tell you're, like, a scholar of reggae music.
But what you did today in front of us was very different,
which is you impacted us
and you made us feel something really special
by doing very little.
And that's the hardest thing, in my opinion,
to be able to accomplish.
So congratulations on that, and I want you!
- I want you, as well. - Please.
- I want you! - I want you more!
And... and... and... and I turned around first. Pick me!
[ Audience shouting ]
I'd love to just hang out with you.
It would be so cool.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
I'm gonna have to...
[ Shouting continues ]
Me, dude.
I'm gonna have to go with Adam on this one.
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Tell me how you feel ♪
♪ what's your fantasy? Anything you want is yours ♪
I actually thought he was gonna pick you.
I thought you had that connection.
♪ LA, LA-LA, LA-LA, LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪
♪ you never had it so good ♪
♪ LA, LA-LA, LA-LA, LA-LA, LA, LA-LA ♪
Adam turned around right at the first, like, minute,
and I was just, like, blown away right then.
♪ LA, LA-LA ♪
That was a good, uh, pitch, though.
- Yeah, thank you. - Good one.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You had three! All right!
Yay!
I definitely expected some dreads on Samuel.
I wasn't expecting, you know,
white kid with a baseball cap on.
You want to do this seriously?
Are you done cooking or whatever the hell you were doing?
[ Chuckling ] Yeah, I think I'm done.
I'm done washing dishes.
Daly: Coming up...
- You want some of this? - I do.
Daly: ...Blake shows one of our artists how it's done.
- What? - And later, our coaches are forced
to put up a fight over one very special artist.
Cee Lo had to wait for the obvious high note.
Pick me, for the love of God.
She's got talent. She's dynamic.
I turned around first.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions,
where our coaches are picking singers
based strictly on their voices.
Meet our next artist, a former boy-band member
who's hoping for a second shot at stardom.
Hey, what's up. I'm Chris Trousdale.
I'm 26, and I'm from Big Rapids, Michigan.
I was always drawn to the arts, even as a little kid.
Always, you know, hanging out, just dancing,
and just watching Michael Jackson
and watching all these artists on TV.
I kind of bugged my mom, you know, and dad,
just, "I want to do what they're doing."
When I was 13,
there was an audition for a boy band called Dream Street
with Jesse McCartney.
After a while, we started really, you know,
getting a following, and we sold a million records
and toured, you know, around the country.
It changed my life.
After Dream Street broke up,
it's kind of hard to go from all of that success
and doing what you love to do every day
to doing absolutely nothing.
Currently, I'm working at a sushi restaurant,
and there will be a girl that'll be like,
"yo, I remember you from Dream Street."
And that's... that's really... that's tough, you know?
It's hard to be serving somebody,
and she's like, "what are you doing here?"
"You were my idol. I had you on my bedroom wall."
[ Voice breaking ] Feeling this whole thing again over
just brings back so many memories
that I kind of thought I would never find again
or have the opportunity to do again, you know?
It's overwhelming.
Love you. Good luck.
I am just so in awe of my son, you know,
and how hard he's worked all these years,
being turned down sometimes five and six times in one day,
so I'm very proud of him.
[ Sighs ]
When I go out onstage today,
it's gonna be so different than my past stage experiences,
because this is make it or break it.
This is crazy.
This is an opportunity of a lifetime.
I'm going to change my life and my destiny.
Please let somebody turn around, anybody turn around.
I hope. [ chuckles ] We'll see.
Good luck.
There he is. He's gonna rock this.
♪ The sun goes down, the stars come out ♪
♪ and all that counts is here and now ♪
♪ my universe will never be the same ♪
♪ I'm glad you came ♪
♪ you cast a spell on me, spell on me ♪
♪ you hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me ♪
♪ and I decided you look well on me, well on me ♪ come on, Blake.
♪ So let's go somewhere no one else can see you and me ♪
♪ make you glad you came ♪
♪ the sun goes down, the stars come out ♪
♪ and all that counts is here and now ♪
♪ my universe will never be the same ♪
♪ I'm glad you came ♪
♪ the sun goes down, the stars come out ♪
♪ and all that counts is here and now ♪
Oh, no.
♪ My universe will never be the same ♪
♪ I'm glad you came ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Chuckles ]
Aww. What is your name?
My name's Chris Trousdale.
- Hi, Chris. - Hey, guys.
I think that I heard
that you were performing that song very well, you know?
Oh, oh, hey.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I just... [ Blake laughs ]
Chris: Blake's laughing.
Blake loves it.
You should see Blake try to do that... it's hysterical.
- Come on, Blake, let's go. - Blake, Blake, do it.
- Come on, Blake. - Come on. Go try it.
- You want some of this? - Come on.
You want some of this?
Who wants to see Blake dance? Come on, now!
[ Cheers and applause ] You want some of this?
[ Laughs ]
What have you got, Blake?
Whoo! Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ]
- Amazing. - Come on.
What?
[ Chuckles ]
Blake is amazing.
[ As Elvis ] Thank you. Thank you very much.
Christina: Are you a dancer or a singer?
I'm a singer. I really am a singer.
It seems like right now you're a dancer that sings.
The singing thing, if you can really nail that
and focus on it hard-core,
'cause you're gonna naturally be a great performer, always.
- That comes really naturally to you, obviously. - Thank you.
So, the hyper focus thing is just the singing...
got to nail those notes.
- Yeah. - I love you guys so much.
Thank you so much!
Thank you!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Adam: Great job. Great job.
Daly: With season 3 under way, our coaches have specific ideas
about the teams they're building.
Unfortunately, some artists didn't fit the mold.
♪ It started with a whisper ♪
♪ and that was when I kissed her ♪
I'm not gonna allow myself to just like something.
I got to love it or nothing. You know what I'm saying?
♪ I'm begging you for mercy ♪
♪ say, why won't you release me? ♪
♪ hey ♪
I do have a specific team that's happening right now,
and it just didn't happen right now for me.
Thank you.
♪ But I'm stuck in colder weather ♪
♪ maybe tomorrow will be better ♪
There's got to be that... that magic.
Whatever that magic is,
it's never been more important than it is right now.
Daly: Coming up, an artist with an incredible journey...
I left Nigeria because our lives were in danger.
♪ Ain't no sunshine when she rolls out of town ♪
Daly: ...Hopes to land a spot on one of our coaches' teams.
♪ Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone ♪
Daly: And later, an artist aims to turn on more than a light.
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me? ♪
Cee Lo is currently in heat. I would run.
[ Laughs ]
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
Let's meet a young man from the east coast
whose roots stretch across the Atlantic ocean.
Nelly's Echo: I am Nelly's Echo.
I'm 32 years old, and I am based in Baltimore, Maryland.
I was born in Lagos, Nigeria. I lived there until I was 16.
I left Nigeria because of some political unrest,
which forced my family and I to flee the country
because our lives were in danger.
We had to leave our father behind
because he was incarcerated for something he did not do.
Yes, it was very scary.
When we arrived here in America, we only had two suitcases
for my mother, myself, and my three brothers.
But it seemed like as we walked into the land of America,
I heard this distant voice saying,
"land of opportunities and dreams."
Music was definitely a big part of the coping mechanism for us.
I remember my younger brothers and I
just singing positive music, uplifting music
to help take the stresses off
that we were going through as kids.
It's amazing to see our journey since then
to where we are right now.
Our father, he's been exonerated, and he's with us.
So, we're one big, happy family again.
- Hey, Carson Daly. - Nelly's Echo, huh?
- Yes. - Tell me about that name?
It's based off the premise that music is a two-way street.
So, Nelly is me, the performer,
and Echo is the audience's appreciation of the performance.
Oh, what a profoundly beautiful answer.
I want my music to inspire people
to becoming what they want to be in life.
We got four people out there
- that you need to touch with your voice. - Yes.
Hopefully, you'll hear the echo.
[ Laughs ] - Yeah. - Right?
Yes.
There's only certain things you can control in life,
and I didn't want to be one of those people
who would look back on their lives and say, "I wish I had."
This next 90 seconds is going to impact my life significantly.
We shall see.
Ready, dad?
[ Guitar plays ]
♪ Ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ It's not warm when she's away ♪
♪ ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪
♪ and she's always gone too long ♪
♪ anytime she goes away-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay ♪
♪ wonder this time where she's gone ♪
- Nice! - All right. - He made it. - Yes! [ Laughs ]
♪ Wonder if she's gone to stay ♪
♪ ain't no sunshine when she rolls out of town ♪
♪ and she's always gone too long ♪
♪ anytime she goes away ♪
♪ I know, I know, I know, I know, I know ♪
♪ I know, I know, I know ♪
♪ hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone ♪
♪ ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪
- There's Adam! - Yeah!
♪ Only darkness every day ♪
♪ ain't no sunshine when she rolls out of town ♪
♪ and she's always gone too long ♪
♪ anytime she goes away ♪
♪ awa-a-a-a-y ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Good job, bro.
Adam: Yeah.
Hey, buddy. What's your name, man?
My name is Nelson, but I go by Nelly's Echo.
- Where you from? - I'm originally from Nigeria.
But I've lived in Baltimore, Maryland, for the past 16 years.
Well...
[ Cheers and applause ]
Let me be the first to congratulate you
for making it onto "The Voice," man.
Thank you.
- How you doing, brother? - I'm good. How you doing?
I want to know about life in Nigeria.
You got to tell me about that.
I had a beautiful life
that was taken away from my family and I,
and we had to flee to come down to this country as refugees.
But I thank God we are now living the American dream
and here I am on "The Voice."
[ Cheers and applause ]
Adam: Yeah!
Wow.
I had so much fun listening to you right off the bat,
and I was the first one to push my button
and believe in you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I find you so interesting and compelling
and your story so meaningful,
and I would love to be able to collaborate ideas.
And it seems like with you, the sky's the limit.
Thank you.
Gosh, you know, the thing that we're sitting here,
that we're looking for more than anything is something different.
Especially that song, what you want to hear is that payoff
after... ♪ I know, I know, I know ♪
♪ yeah, you know... ♪ and you just poof!
Like, in a weird way, I needed to hear that
before I could turn around.
- I know. - I'm a fan of what you do already.
I want to go to the concert. Where's the concert?
- Yeah. - Already.
I want to see the whole show.
It'd be an honor, man. It'd be an honor to have you.
Pick a coach, bro.
[ Audience shouting ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
You turned your chair first for me.
- Whoo! - I'm going with you.
I love you, man.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you so much.
- What a great performance. - Thank you very much.
Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
- Thank you so much. - That was so entertaining.
And the crowd just, like, was mesmerized.
- Thank you so much. Thank you. - We're gonna have a good time.
Amazing, man. Amazing. Amazing, brother.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo!
- Yes, sir! Yeah! - My brother.
This is amazing. Dreams do come true.
This is the greatest moment of my musical career so far.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Christina: I'm so excited about Nelly.
I feel like he's a true artist
and he's coming from a very creative place.
And I can think of so many different song choices
off the top of my head that would be right for him,
so I'm very excited to see where he's gonna go from here.
Adam: - You got a good one. Christina: - Yeah.
Adam: I don't know what happened there.
It seemed like that was my guy.
I don't get it. I don't know why he didn't choose my team.
Damn it.
Daly: You can download full versions
of tonight's blind audition performances at iTunes.
♪ Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone ♪
Daly: Coming up,
our coaches are in for a double dose of talent...
Both: ♪ Oh, that I dug my key into the side ♪
Daly: ...As "The Voice's" first mother-daughter duo
takes the stage.
♪ Of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive ♪
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the blind auditions.
Meet our next artists, whose talent runs in the family.
Allison: I'm Allison Steel, and I'm 44.
Krystal: I'm Krystal Steel. I'm 23.
- And we are 2Steel Girls. - 2Steel Girls.
We live in Nashville, and we're a mother-daughter duo.
But we're actually part of a family band.
- Is that your first note? - ♪ Well ♪ - It's 'cause you're evil.
Allison: My son plays guitar,
and my husband also plays some drums.
[ Both laugh ] We just love laughing
and cutting up onstage and singing together.
And we've got to play at some great places,
but you play for free.
And so it's been a huge struggle to make money.
A family band?
- Definitely, yes. - Yeah.
One struggling musician in a family is hard enough.
- Definitely. - But four, how difficult has it been?
Allison: It's been rough.
We have been through a lot of stuff
to do what we love to do.
Krystal: My mom, she makes so many sacrifices
to make all of our dreams come true...
my dream, you know, my brother's dream, my father's dream.
- It's go time. I love you. Good luck. - I love you, too.
Allison: We put our house up for sale. We've sold our truck.
I had to quit my job so we could come to "The Voice."
- All right. - Bye.
All right. Do it.
Krystal: It's making sacrifices,
but when it's for something you love, it makes it worth it.
I'm sorry. [ Chuckles ] [ Clears throat ]
Oh, my gosh.
[ Chuckles ]
- Are you ready? - Yeah.
This is the biggest opportunity that we've ever had.
We'll do our best.
- I love you. - I love you.
I feel so much pressure because I want my children to see
that no matter where you come from,
huge things can happen for you
if you just keep trying and keep going and don't give up.
Thank you.
This is it. Sometimes you just get one chance.
I'm getting this one. I'm getting this one.
Uh-oh! We got a country singer!
♪ Right now, he's probably slow-dancing ♪
♪ with a bleached-blond tramp ♪
♪ and she's probably getting frisky ♪
♪ right now, he's probably buying her ♪
♪ some fruity little drink 'cause she can't shoot whiskey ♪
Both: ♪ right now ♪
♪ he's probably up behind her ♪
♪ with a pool stick, showing her how to shoot a combo ♪
♪ oh, and he don't know ♪
♪ that I dug my key into the side ♪
♪ of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive ♪
♪ carved my name into his leather ♪ hit it! Hit it! Hit it!
♪ Seats ♪
♪ I took a louisville slugger to both headlights ♪
Krystal: ♪ slashed a hole in all four tires ♪
♪ maybe next time he'll think before he cheats ♪
[ Cheering ]
♪ Oh, I might have saved a little trouble ♪
♪ for the next girl ♪
♪ oh, the next time that he cheats ♪
♪ you know it won't be on me ♪
♪ oh, maybe next time he'll think before he cheats ♪
♪ no, no, no-no-no-no, no, no, no-no ♪
♪ whoa, whoa ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Hello, ladies. Allison: - Hi. - Hi.
What are your names?
Both: 2Steel Girls.
We're a mother-daughter duo.
Oh, got it.
That's cute.
That is awesome. That's a first.
Christina: Wow. [ Chuckles ]
You guys were great... just power.
Thank you.
Like a freight train of angry, jilted women.
[ Cheers and applause ]
The only reason why I didn't push my button
was just because duos confuse me.
I don't know how to handle them.
I do.
- I'm sure you do. - I do.
You better pray you don't like a future duo on the show.
Cee Lo: It sounded so good,
so I was just totally moved by it and inspired.
I just thought that that was exceptionally good.
There's some powerful voices up there.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Cee Lo: I mean, the both of you, equally,
sounded really, really good,
and then the union of you two was just even more impressive.
So, like, I'm totally up to be your coach if you would have me.
- Thank you. - Thank you so much. Thank you.
Man, I got to get ready to pour it out here,
'cause I really want y'all badly.
Are you guys... you consider yourself what genre?
We used to sing a lot of gospel music.
- Me too. - And now we sing a lot of country.
Blake: Well, you know, that happens to be what I do.
You know, I could help in that area.
But the most important thing is to protect you two
and your relationship and how close you are
and how much you love each other.
This business can pull people apart.
It can make you bitter, and I want to be the guy
that protects your mother-and-daughter relationship
in a savage, angry world of entertainment!
Adam: You're playing dirty now.
No, that's a really good point.
[ Laughs ]
I got a really good feeling about y'all.
For the love of God, pick me.
[ Laughter ]
So, what's the decision?
[ Audience shouting ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
We're gonna go with Blake.
Yes!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Come here!
Congratulations. You guys are amazing.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you so much.
I'm really excited about the duo on my team this year.
There hasn't been one that was able to make it to the end,
and I think these two could do it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Krystal: You know, if you can't believe in yourself
knowing that two people
who have done extremely well in the music business,
if they think enough of you to push a button
and turn around for you, that means a heck of a lot.
Adam: You know he really wants someone
when he starts playing that family card.
- That was good, though. - Yeah, that was good.
That last part? Man. You Jerry Maguire'd them.
[ Blake laughs ]
You didn't sell it at all, Cee Lo.
Daly: After losing 2Steel Girls to Blake,
Cee Lo continues missing out on pop-star potential.
♪ You think I'm pretty without any makeup on ♪
♪ you think I'm funny ♪
Daly: First, Lisa Scinta's rendition of "Teenage Dream"
caught Christina and Cee Lo's attention.
You have just such a beautiful, angelic tone to your voice.
I have to go with you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ This is the part of me that you're... ♪
Daly: Next, Christina trumps Cee Lo again,
winning over 15-year-old Marissaann.
Cee Lo had to wait for the big, obvious high note
to push his button, but I heard it earlier.
Christina!
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Over, when love takes over ♪
Daly: Finally, Cee Lo battled it out with Adam for Loren Allred.
I really, really think you're a wonderful singer.
[ Chuckling ] Oh, thank you.
I love tall women.
You were just too strong a singer
for me not to push my button.
I think that I'm gonna have to go with Adam on this.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Cee Lo: You know, I think I just kind of missed out on some people
I really thought would have been a good fit for me.
But I love you, Cee Lo. I do.
I'm looking for love in all the wrong places.
I'm just trying to get involved in the games, man.
[ Laughter ]
Damn.
Daly: - Coming up... - What's your name?
My name is Domo... "D" to the "O" to the "M" to the "O."
Daly: ...Will Cee Lo be left empty-handed once again?
And later...
♪ Hallelujah ♪
Daly: ...A moving performance inspires the audience,
but will it be enough to impress the coaches?
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to "The Voice."
Our next artist holds nothing back
as she tries to impress our coaches.
My name is Domo. I'm 26. And I am from the Bronx, New York.
I'm a professional hip-hop dancer.
I've been dancing for about seven years.
And that's how I make my money! [ Laughs ]
- Hi. - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.
Nice to meet you.
And this is my mama, Myra.
- Hello, mama. - Hi. I'm Myra.
So, is singing your main passion?
Singing and dancing.
What kind of dancing do you do?
Hip-hop, the cool kind.
Okay, so, you're, like, a real dancer?
- Yeah, I've... - You've toured around dancing?
Yeah, I've traveled about 30 cities in China.
You're looking at your next superstar.
I was in the Nair commercial.
I was one of Missy Elliot's models.
In China, I am, like, Lady Gaga.
I was in the Cervarix commercial for cervical cancer.
I was on B.E.T. Republic.
I was on a Lucille Roberts commercial.
There's, like, billboards of me everywhere.
It's so awesome.
I'm Domo. I'm The Voice.
- Can I see some dance moves, though, before? - Sure.
Uh-oh.
[ Dance music plays ] Whoa.
Very nice, Domo.
People are used to me as a dancer,
but what people don't know is that I have actually
been singing and dancing since the age of 3.
I can dance like Janet. I can dance like Michael.
And I can sing like Mariah, Whitney, Christina, Celine.
So, to merge those two together is, like, a powerful force.
And I feel like that hasn't been really done yet.
Showtime!
♪ Don't cha, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ wish your girlfriend was ♪
♪ hot like me? ♪
There goes Cee Lo! ♪ Oh ♪
♪ I know you do ♪
I do.
♪ That's why whenever I come around ♪
♪ she's all over you ♪
♪ and I know you want it ♪
♪ it's easy to see ♪
Let's go, baby! Let's go! One more! One more!
♪ And in the back of my mind ♪
♪ I know you should be on with me ♪
Yeah! Go for it!
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me? ♪
♪ don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me? ♪
♪ don't cha? ♪
♪ don't cha wish your girlfriend was raw like me? ♪
♪ don't cha wish your girlfriend was fun like me? ♪
♪ don't cha? ♪
♪ ooh ♪
Go ahead, work it! Ow!
♪ Don't cha wish your girlfriend was ♪
♪ don't cha wish your girlfriend was ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Whoo!
Blake: - Hello. - Hi.
What's your name?
My name is Domo... "D" to the "O" to the "M" to the "O."
Christina: Oh, oh, hey.
[ Snapping fingers ]
- She told you, Blake. - That's your last name?
[ Laughs ]
Wait, can I do a little exercise?
- Yeah. - When I say "Do," y'all say "mo!"
- Do! All: - Mo!
- Do! - Mo!
When I say "Do," y'all say "mo!"
- Do! - Mo!
Christina: Oh, you got a handful there, Cee Lo.
When I say "Do," everybody say "mo!"
- Do! - Mo!
- Say "Do!" - Mo!
Yes!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah, baby!
She doesn't lack confidence, does she?
Domo: - Thank you. - No.
Blake: I am going to go ahead
and let Cee Lo talk to you for a while.
Christina: Well, I'm up next, so...
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
I mean, you got the guy that wrote the song,
so I kind of figured even if I did push my button,
it's a Cee Lo kind of song.
I could tell by his raunchy facial expressions
and body language
- that he was looking at something he really liked. Blake: - Raunch.
So, Cee Lo, you're gonna have some fun with this one.
Adam: Cee Lo is currently in heat.
[ Laughter ]
- It's all right. - I would run.
Run to me. Don't run away from me.
[ Laughter ]
But check it out. Check it out.
But see, y'all are just looking at the surface, man.
She's got talent. She's dynamic.
Y'all didn't see the choreography.
I mean, like, you're like your own little industry.
Like you... and you know what?
Even though I wrote "Don't cha"... yeah, I did...
the song still didn't do your voice any justice.
I believe that you are a better singer
than that song would ever allow anyone, basically.
But I did notice that you were a great vocalist
and you've got dancing skills.
So, like, since nobody picked you but me, welcome home.
Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ]
Go get her, Cee Lo. Go get her.
Come here.
[ "Sexy and I know it" plays ]
♪ I'm sexy and I know it ♪
♪ girl, look at that body ♪
- Domo. - Yes!
♪ Girl, look at that body ♪
♪ girl, look at that body ♪
That's a handful right there.
Good luck, bro.
[ Laughs ]
If you would have given her five more words,
she would have made a song about it.
[ Laughter ]
♪ Thank you for picking me ♪
[ Laughter ]
Y'all jealous.
That was a perfect fit for you, though... for real.
♪ I'm sexy and I know it ♪
Daly: Coming up, an artist all four coaches can agree on.
That was gorgeous. Thank you for waking me up!
I turned around first.
Hey, it's Christina Milian outside "The Voice" stage
here in Los Angeles.
I'm talking to your favorite artists
right after their nerve-racking auditions.
I was... terrified.
I mean, the exterior is, like, confident and cocky.
I was frontin'.
You can get to see all the exclusives with them
by checking out nbc.com/the-voice
and our Facebook page and tweet us using #thevoice.
More blind auditions when we return.
Don't miss a moment.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to "The Voice."
As the day comes to an end,
our last artist makes her way into the blind auditions.
Nicole: My name is Nicole Nelson. I'm 34 years old.
And I live in what used to be a shoe factory
in Burlington, Vermont.
I am a bit of a hippie.
I live with sort of a beautiful blend
of eclectic and talented artists.
And as a musician, I love it.
[ Laughs ]
I've been singing since I've been talking.
I didn't think I could do it as a profession,
and then I went to an open-mike jam, and people freaked out.
My father always said, "either you're Whitney Houston"
"or you're a street peddler."
He was wrong, 'cause I've been doing the in-between
for about 10 years now, and it's amazing.
I felt validated, 'cause I always knew that I had a way
of communicating my feelings through music.
It's just difficult to make a lot of money.
I don't really sing very much in Vermont
because the music scene is not as big,
so I think "The Voice" is my chance to get my voice heard
on the largest platform that I could have ever imagined.
I feel, like, overwhelmed,
and I definitely feel all of my emotions coming to the surface.
I've never had an opportunity like this in my entire life,
and I don't think I ever will again.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
- There she is. There she is. - There she is.
♪ I heard there was a secret chord ♪
♪ that David played and it pleased the lord ♪
♪ but you don't really care for music, do you? ♪
♪ it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth ♪
♪ the minor fall and the major lift ♪
♪ the baffled king composing hallelujah ♪
He's listening so carefully.
♪ Hallelujah ♪ I know. He is so serious.
He's in the zone.
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ your faith was strong, but you needed proof ♪
♪ you saw her bathing on the roof ♪
♪ her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you ♪
- Come on, Blake. - I know. I know.
Turn around. Please! Please!
♪ She tied you to her kitchen chair ♪
♪ she broke your throne, and she cut your hair ♪
♪ but from your lips she drew the hallelujah ♪
There he is! Nice!
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ hallelujah ♪
♪ hallelu-u-u-u-u-u-u-jah ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
What is your name?
I'm Nicole Nelson.
Nicole, that was gorgeous.
- Thank you. - I mean, sometimes good voices come along,
but there are great voices that come along,
and you were one of them.
So, thank you for waking me up!
Thank you.
And exciting me.
I mean, that's what this competition is about,
is voices that excite.
I mean, you got four, you know, button pushes... that's huge.
But you have something so magical,
and I would love to have you on my team if you would choose me.
I'd like to be your coach, as well.
- I, uh... Nicole: - Thank you. - Just saying.
I'd just like to say
that's one of my favorite renditions of that song,
and the reason why all four of us turned around
is because as you were singing it,
it just kept getting better.
I am so proud that I turned around first.
[ Laughs ] You did. You did turn around first.
Cee Lo: Beautiful performance.
I mean, you cannot pretend
that kind of connection with people, and I saw it.
That's a lot of motivation for me to just see how people are moved.
And, you know, I want to just give praise and thanks just for your voice.
I mean, I can say hallelujah to that.
Nicole: Thank you.
I'm thankful for it all the time.
I take good care of it. I like organic food.
I make my own medicinal tinctures.
I, too, am an organic kind of guy.
[ Laughter ]
Adam: Like organic bull that comes out of your mouth.
[ Laughter ]
Which is organic.
- It is. It is. - Compost.
It is.
Let me... let me just say
that I'm probably in over my head here
as far as stylistically goes,
but there can't be a half-second difference
between Cee Lo and Christina and myself when we hit our button.
The only sizeable difference was when I turned around first.
[ Laughter ]
Sizeable difference.
Oh, my goodness.
[ Cheers and applause ]
So, who you gonna pick?
[ Audience shouting ]
I have no idea what I'm gonna do.
I...
I do. [ Laughs ]
I came out here. I was like, "oh, Blake."
"Blake. Blake. Blake. Blake. Blake. Blake. Blake."
That's it. And now I don't know.
I honestly don't know.
Blake: Never abandon your team!
Hey! Try new things. Try new things.
I want to learn more about you.
This is impossible!
How do people make this decision?!
[ Audience shouting ]
Oh.
I'm gonna go with Adam.
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ I'm bulletproof ♪
♪ nothing to lose ♪
♪ fire away, fire away ♪
♪ you shoot me down, but I won't fall ♪
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You're amazing.
- Thank you. - You're amazing. Amazing.
- Thank you. - I love you!
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ I am titanium ♪
Adam: Nicole was magic.
She really opened up and got comfortable
and delivered the most incredible ending
with that song, which is very near and dear to my heart.
And the fact that Nicole chose me out of these four,
it's exciting and very, very flattering.
Daly: - Well, hello. - Aah!
Hello, four chairs!
Oh, my gosh. I can't believe I just chose Adam.
I was so team Blake,
but Adam turned around first, and I just felt the connection.
I was like, "okay, Adam."
- Whoo! - What's up with you?
You sell it!
Adam: I love when I win a four-chair turnaround,
especially when it's the only one of the day.
Daly: As night three of the blind auditions comes to an end,
here's where the teams stand.
Tonight, Adam picked up reggae artist Samuel Mouton,
wedding singer Loren Allred,
and Vermont Bohemian Nicole Nelson.
Blake lands the mother-daughter duo 2Steel Girls
to add to his team.
Cee Lo picks up feisty dancer from the Bronx Domo.
And Christina lands Nigerian artist Nelly's Echo,
ex-gymnast Lisa Scinta,
and the youngest artist so far, 15-year-old Marissaann.
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