Pharrell: It starts with Blind Auditions,
where a person's tone needs to cut through.
Blake: Listening to those footsteps climb the stage,
I can't wait to hear what they sound like.
Adam: Just one of us turning around
gives them this opportunity to have success,
and that's an amazing thing.
Gwen: You're just listening,
and then someone comes along that can be an actual star,
and it's just a whole nother level.
♪ I got one less, one less problem ♪
Whoo! Daly: "The Voice"...
You got it! Daly: Is back.
Yes! So happy!
Daly: Veteran coaches Adam levine and Blake Shelton
have been joined by superstars
Gwen Stefani and pharrell Williams.
I love this show, man.
Yay! Daly: And the newcomers came to play.
[ Laughing ]
♪ I'm just a girl ♪
I'm, like, totally screwed now.
I know what to do with that voice.
Daly: All four coaches were more heartfelt...
That was amazing.
And more enthusiastic than ever.
I'm gonna write you a love poem.
Is that what we're doing now? Yeah.
I think I might have the longest career.
When I was your age is when I started listening to her records,
and they were fantastic. [ Laughter ]
That's how bananas I am.
B-a-n-a-n-a-s.
Oh, my gosh!
They're ganging up on us, Blake.
Hey ♪ don't speak ♪
Whoo-hoo!
Daly: Here's where their teams stand
after night one of the Blind Auditions.
Yes!
Daly: Adam scored two passionate artists.
Damien and Clara were both really, really smooth,
but also there was a lot of feeling there.
I have the best team. Yes!
Daly: Blake added two country vocalists.
Blake: I have two solid country singers on my team,
and I'm gonna start getting some different types of artists.
Daly: Gwen landed her first two eclectic singers.
Both have their own distinct sound already.
Those are the kind of people I really want on my team.
Ooh!
Daly: And pharrell picked up two soulful artists.
Pharrell: I have people singing from their hearts and connecting,
so it's not just technique that I'm looking for.
I'm also looking for connection.
Aah!
Daly: Tonight, the Blind Auditions continue.
♪ Stay with me ♪
You just made my day.
I want you on my team. Yeah!
Daly: And our coaches pull out all the stops
to build the strongest teams.
I want you.
You can't cross that line.
You have no chance.
This has zero to do with you.
Let's not focus on Blake. I like your whole vibe.
Feel like you're, like, my little brother.
I don't know anything about baseball,
but I know he just stole a base.
He just shut you down bad, Adam.
[ Laughs ]
Daly: Night two of the Blind Auditions starts right now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Let's check in with our coaches backstage
at universal studios, Hollywood.
I know all of your strategies.
He comes as a super nice guy, but then all of a sudden,
he turns it around and his talons come out.
And then you're, like, Mr. charming.
You hit them with the accent,
and then he has this quick twist
where he, like, digs into you real quick. Oh, yeah.
The person gets distracted, and then they buy into it... [ laughs ]
And then she always has the secret credit card
called queen of awesome. [ Laughs ]
So the only thing that's left for me as a personality,
just be nice.
Don't give me that crap about "all I have left is this." [ Both laugh ]
That is bull crap and you know it. You guys do. You guys do.
So, Blake, should we try today? Ooh.
Okay. We were just trying to be nice.
[ Laughter ]
Daly: As our coaches make their way to their chairs,
let's meet our first artist...
An aspiring singer and mother
who hopes "The Voice" will jump start her career.
I'm danica shirey.
I'm 25 years old, from York, Pennsylvania.
I grew up listening to a lot
of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey,
and I like to sing r&B, soul, just anything with soul.
[ Chuckles ]
Have you had, like, a breakout moment so far?
Actually, I got the opportunity to sing for the Apollo...
Wow.
When I was 15. That's amazing.
When I stepped out onto the Apollo stage,
my heart was in my throat.
A lot of people were like, "oh, wow,
it's a little short white girl. What is this?" [ Chuckles ]
They actually put me in the adult category, and I won.
What did you do after that? I came out to California.
I recorded a five-song demo.
Wow. And these are all the sorts of things
that could make one believe
they're really making it in music.
Right.
How difficult has it been since then?
It's been hard for a long time.
I was a daddy's girl growing up,
and I was never nervous singing my entire life,
and I feel like it was because I had my dad there.
He was diagnosed with cancer three years ago.
He ended up passing away.
My dad was pushing so hard for me my whole life to do music,
but since then, I haven't been performing.
He's here, and I can feel him, but it's harder without him.
[ Chuckles lightly, sniffles ]
Hug.
I have a 4-year-old daughter,
and right now, I am just a stay-at-home mom.
[ Smooches ]
I love "The Voice."
I have watched it from season one,
and I'm like, "you know what? I can do this, too."
I can take that time and be away from my daughter
and know that it's all gonna turn out awesome.
I want this for danica very badly,
and I know it would make her so happy,
which would make me very happy.
So... [ both chuckle ]
Danica: I just really want to provide a better life
for my daughter, aslin.
I want her to look back at this day and say,
"hey, my mom did this for me and I'm proud of her."
I need a coach to believe in me
because I haven't stepped on a stage in 3 years,
and I'm just gonna take a deep breath
and just go out there and give it my best.
Christopher: There she is. There's mommy.
Oh, my gosh! Whoo!
All right.
♪ Sitting in a big white room alone ♪
♪ Tilt my head back ♪
♪ Feel the tears fall do-o-o-own ♪
♪ Close my eyes to see in the dark ♪
♪ I feel young, broken ♪
♪ So, so scared ♪ oh, my gosh!
♪ Ooh ♪ aah! She got it.
♪ Ohhhh ♪
♪ I don't want to be here anymore ♪
♪ I want to be somewhere else ♪
♪ Normal and free ♪
♪ Like I used to be ♪
♪ Ohh ♪
♪ But I have to stay in this big white room ♪
♪ With little old me-e-e-e-e ♪
♪ I'm going crazy ♪
Oh, my gosh!
♪ I'm going crazy in this big white room of mine ♪
♪ I'm going crazy, yeah ♪
♪ I'm losing my mind ♪
♪ I'm going crazy ♪
♪ In this big white room of ♪
♪ Mi-i-i-i-i-ne ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
That is gorgeous!
Thank you.
Wow!
Oh, my gosh!
She did it.
Congratulations.
Thank you. Thank you. Whoo!
Wow.
[ Cheering continues ]
Woman: Whoo!
Adam: Wow!
What is your name?
Danica Shirey.
Danica. Danica. Danica. Danica.
[ Laughs ]
Adam: The audience didn't even clap as much as they wanted to
because they were kind of all in shock
and their jaws were on the floor like ours were.
Gwen: [ Laughs ] Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Blake, I'm literally really angry at him for not turning around.
But I'm also happy 'cause that makes it
easier for us to talk to you.
Yeah, you have a chance now, so you should be real happy. Yes.
[ Laughter ]
Yeah, anyway, these two that I love so dearly,
I'm a huge fan of what they do.
However [Chuckles]
I'm like, "where are you going with this?"
I believe... I'll tell you where.
I've been doing this a long time.
I've won the show multiple times,
and I think that you have one of the best voices
I've heard in a long time, so...
Thank you so much.
Thank you. That means a lot to me.
Just remember that Adam didn't win last season,
just in case you were... Ohh. I'm not...
Wait, when was the last season you won?
Okay, what do you want? [ Laughs ]
Let's just talk about what do you want out of this, okay?
Because you already have an incredible voice.
Thank you. Like, your vibrato really gave me chills.
But, like, once these chairs turn around,
it's not just about The Voice anymore.
There's all the look,
there's everything that goes with it,
and I think that's something that I could bring to the table.
Right.
I just want to turn back around and listen again,
'cause it was so beautiful.
You could sing the dictionary,
and it would sound amazing. [ Laughter ]
You have such incredible technique
that I would compare you to, like, a snake charmer,
because you hit this note
and you kept going back and forth
between those two notes
for, like, almost a bar,
and I was so lured that that's when I hit the button.
Thank you.
With Gwen, you'll get female rapport.
With Adam, you'll get incredible technique.
I'm just asking you to be on my team.
Will you please be on my team?
[ Laughs ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you so much. Aw.
Do you have any idea how competitive I am?
Yes. Yes, I do. I watch you.
I'm... to a fault. Like, it's bad.
I mean, like, he's, like... he's, like, all fit, and I'm so scrawny,
but I know what to do with that voice.
[ Laughs ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughter ]
That was good. That was real good.
[ Audience shouting ]
Okay, so who do you pick as your coach?
[ Audience shouting ]
You know.
I know this show!
You see I've not looked away.
Listen, we'll do... hey!
Whatever kind of music you want to do.
It doesn't have to be r&B.
You'll do the music that makes you win.
Pick me. Um...
Come on. Pharrell. Pharrell. Pharrell. Hey, hey, hey!
Pharrell. Pharrell. Okay, I'm...
Please pick me. Pharrell.
Oh, my goodness. Pharrell.
This is the hardest decision I've ever had to make ever.
Make him ♪ happy ♪
Stop it! Come on, come on.
[ Laughter ]
Okay, I'm just gonna have to go with my gut right now,
and I... pick pharrell.
♪ Come get it bae ♪
♪ Come get it bae ♪ oh, man!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. [ Smooches ]
Pharrell: I love danica's tone,
and I love her way of expressing herself.
That's what attracted me to her,
so I was super excited when she picked me.
Danica: I am a huge fan of pharrell.
He is a producer, a singer, a songwriter.
Yes! ♪ 'cause girl, I like you ♪
[ Crying ] I've just been trying for so long.
Good luck. It's like it just finally all paid off.
It's freaking incredible.
I expect more from you. Don't do that.
I'd never do that to you.
That's not true.
I was trying to get Danica to pick pharrell for two reasons.
I do think that pharrell would be a great coach,
and the other reason, honestly,
is because I didn't want Adam to get her, just out of spite.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, baby girl!
Whoo!
Baby girl! Oh.
First of all, thank you, guys.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You're dead to me, Blake.
[ Laughter ]
This friendship is over!
Sorry, Adam.
Aww.
Adam: Blake's playing dirty today.
I'm not gonna let him get away with that again.
You can have all your friendship bracelets back!
[ Laughs ]
Daly: Coming up... ♪ chain, chain, chain ♪
Epic performances...
♪ She knows what I think about ♪
♪ What I think about ♪
♪ Stay with me, yeah ♪
And Blake has a few more tricks up his sleeve.
How seriously are you gonna be able to take this guy?
You're not helping yourself right now.
Daly: Welcome back to the Blind Auditions.
Our next singer hopes to prove he is ready for his big shot.
Joe: My name is Joe kirk.
I'm 17 years old,
and I'm from Nashville, Tennessee.
My parents got divorced when I was 1,
but they stayed close.
When I was about 10 years old,
my mom got a job offer
to be a professional singer at a resort,
and so my whole family,
including my dad, moved to myrtle beach.
They called us the modern-day partridge family
because all my children
ended up coming up onstage at different times,
singing different songs together.
Joe: Almost every day, I would get up and sing with her.
I loved it, and so I've just been singing ever since.
I couldn't have done this without you guys.
Like, thank you.
It means so much for you guys to be here.
Joe: We lived in myrtle beach, South Carolina,
for about six months,
and then after that, my brothers said,
"hey, we're gonna take music a little bit more seriously
and we're gonna move to Nashville."
I was like, "wow,
they're actually, like, chasing a dream."
And so they packed up and went,
and about a month later,
we packed up our stuff and moved with them.
At first, it was a hard adjustment,
but I didn't want to live without my brothers.
They're really my inspiration.
We played in several bands together, Justin and I,
and he would come to the shows and just watch,
and I'm really, really proud to see him where he's at.
Ever since he saw "The Voice," he's wanted to be on it,
and we get to switch roles sort of, you know?
We get to come across country to be with him,
so this is really cool.
I want to make my entire family proud, especially my mom.
She quit her job as a professional singer
for us to go and pursue our dreams.
Stephanie: I am very proud of Joe.
For him to be realizing this dream at such a young age,
[ voice breaking ] There's no greater moment for me.
[ Chuckles ]
Joe: I'm going to be a senior in high school this year,
and so far, I've only sang with my family
at school events and fairs.
So being on "The Voice" would be a huge opportunity.
If a coach were to turn around,
it would mean my biggest dream come true.
The claws are out now.
I see how you are.
[ Intro plays ]
♪ I'm gonna pick up the pieces ♪
♪ And build a lego house ♪
♪ If things go wrong, we can knock it down ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ My three words have two meanings ♪
♪ There's one thing on my mind ♪
Whoo-hoo! Yeah!
Yes! Yes, Joe!
♪ And it's dark in a cold December ♪
♪ But I've got you to keep me warm ♪
♪ Ohh ♪
♪ If you're broken, I will mend ya ♪
♪ And keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on ♪
Yeah!
This is so great, y'all! Yes!
♪ I'll pick you up when you're getting down ♪
♪ And out of all these things I've done ♪
♪ I think I love you better now ♪
♪ I'm out of sight and I'm out of mind ♪
♪ I'll do it all for you in time ♪
♪ And out of all these things I've done ♪
♪ I will love you better now ♪
♪ And I will love you better now ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah!
[ Laughing ] Yes!
Blake: Hell yes.
Nice!
Wow, that was good.
What's your name? Joe: Joe kirk.
I'm from Nashville, Tennessee,
and I'm 17 years old.
Pharrell: Wow. [ Cheers and applause ]
What part of Nashville you live in?
On 219. Yeah.
You probably know where that is. Yeah.
He's the Nashville whisperer, just so you know. [ Laughs ]
Yeah, here we go.
Blake, I know I'm new to the show... mm-hmm.
But do you really get to use
this credit card like this every time?
What do you mean?
This Nashville "I know you," like...
[ Laughter ]
I call this "voice jedi."
[ Laughs ]
"Look into my eyes.
Nashville, Tennessee!"
All right, that's it.
Gwen: Oh, no.
Adam: Oh, God! Do you really want to...
[ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
Gwen: I love Blake.
[ Laughs ] That is so good.
Look at me right now, Joe.
Adam: You're not helping yourself right now.
How seriously are you gonna be able to take this guy
when he's gmng you some heartfelt speech
and you're waiting for him
to make you an arby's roast beef sandwich at that... at that moment?
[ Laughter ]
Adam: Listen, let's not focus on Blake.
First of all, I like your whole vibe.
I feel like you're, like, my little brother a little bit.
[ Laughter ] Thank you.
I turned around quickly,
and first, just so you remember that.
Dude, it was just like you were having the time of your life,
and to be that confident at that age,
I was just, like, "whoa." I'm blown away by you.
Wow. Thank you so much.
Wow!
[ Cheers and applause ]
I thought you were really, really amazing, too.
What I loved was the tone of your voice.
I was like, "wow, that guy's got crazy rhythm."
I think things that I would probably work on
is just the stage presence was already so good,
but I think there's ways that it gets even more loose.
Do you have an idol or someone that you wish you were,
like, "oh, I love that person"? Joe: My brothers.
I just strive to be as great as them one day,
and they just made me into the artist I am today.
Wow. That's an awesome answer, man.
That's cool.
Love you, Joe!
I love you, Joe!
Gwen: I can relate to that
because I was in a band with my brother for nine years
and we wrote a lot of songs together,
so I could totally help you. I promise.
I, too, have siblings. [ Laughter ]
Anyways, I would love for you to be on my team.
I don't have anyone like you.
Thank you. Pharrell: Wow.
So, technically, you're a beast.
I can hear the strength in every last bit of your vibrato.
You knew how to get the girls to scream.
[ Chuckles ]
What I would want to do is just sort of find out who you are.
I just want to hear your melodic story and personality.
Thank you so much.
Joe, I hope you know where the passion is.
It's time for you to pick a coach.
[ Audience shouting ]
I pick...
Adam.
Yes!
[ Laughs ]
Adam: Joe has got a great voice.
Dude, we're gonna do this. We're gonna do it.
I really think you can win.
Most of the people on my team for the past six seasons
haven't been very young,
so I do feel, like, a brotherly responsibility,
and I'm super happy that I got him.
I wanted him.
Good luck, man. Good to meet you. Thank you so much.
I've been waiting to use that hat.
I'll see you later. Yes, dude.
It was a perfect opportunity,
but it didn't drive him towards me.
It drove him on down the line there to Adam.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Four chairs, baby! Four chairs, Joe!
Joe: I couldn't have asked for anything more
than what just happened.
It's more than a dream now.
It's so amazing.
Nice. Team Adam. Way to go, Joe.
Team Adam, guys.
Hearing Adam say that I was like his little brother,
it was probably the most exciting moment of my life.
I'm not sure I'm ready to relinquish the big-brother title yet, but...
[ All cheering ]
Yay, Joe!
Daly: When we return... do you like fashion?
Gwen shows the guys she can beat them at their own game.
Gwen's never even won one of these things, by the way, ever.
I can get you shoes, handbags.
Are you bribing her?
Hey, you can't cross that line.
I want you on my team.
Please.
Damn it, Gwen.
Carson: Welcome back!
Our next artist hopes to live up to his parent expactation.
My name is Menlik Zergabachew
and I'm 19 years old.
And I'm from Silver Spring, Maryland.
My parents were both born in Utopia.
And they came to America looking for better life.
My dad work as a janitor,
and my mom work at McDonald's.
They save up and bought their first business
which was a restaurant.
My parents alway have me and my little brother and sister
sweeping, washing dishes and stuff like that.
They make sure that we knew not to just work for ourselves
to work for others too.
There a lots of people suffering around the world.
Learning about the suffering,
is pobably one of the biggest reasons why I sing raggae music
because it gives a voice to those people.
Carson: What got you into singing?
Menlik: I was hanging out with a friend in a band practise,
and I grab the mic.
I was just joking around, you know.
But my friends just like, "Do it, seriously!"
And I did it. They like it.
We decided we should just start a raggae band.
So I decided to drop-out of high school.
And starting giging.
That's not news parents like to hear, typically.
No. We were not happy at all. All right.
We wanted him to finish and go to college.
That was our ambition. Right.
But sometimes, you know, you let your child make a choice.
We believe he will make it tonight.
He has a good voice.
It was really hard not having my parents' support
at the start of my career.
But to have them here really means a lot to me.
One of the things that I love about this show
is the opportunity to be coached by superstars,
and when I heard Tessane Chin's reggae rendition of "Let It Be,"
I was like, "maybe I should come here."
Thanks, man.
I do not have any type of backup plan,
so this has to happen for me today.
Here we go, right?
Yeah.
[ Groans ]
[ Intro plays ]
♪ I don't practice santeria ♪
♪ I ain't got no crystal ball ♪
♪ Well, I had a million dollars, but I, I spent it all ♪
♪ If I could find that heina ♪
♪ And that Sancho that she's found ♪
♪ I'd pop, pop in Sancho and I'd slap her down ♪
♪ What I really want to know, my baby ♪
♪ What I really want to say ♪
♪ I can't define ♪
♪ Well, it's love that I need, oh, oh ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[ Both cheering ] ♪ my soul will have to ♪
♪ Wait till I get back to find a heina of my own ♪
♪ Daddy's gonna love one and all ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ I feel the break, feel the break, feel the break ♪
♪ And I got to live it up ♪
♪ Oh, well, I swear ♪
♪ Well, I swear that I ♪
♪ What I really want to know, my baby ♪
♪ What I really want to say is there's just one way back ♪
♪ And I'll make it, yeah ♪
♪ My soul will have to wa-a-a-a-it ♪
Oh!
What is wrong with you?!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Gwen: Oh, my God!
You're so cute!
Thank you, God. Oh.
Thank God almighty.
Sorry.
Oh, my God, this is over!
You have no chance.
You have no... no, well, let's see.
Hey, dude, be honest.
Since she turned around, I'm screwed, aren't I?
Can I turn my light back off?
I mean, I'm... I'm not gonna say that to you, man. Can I save some pride here?
What's your name?
Menlik.
Menlik? Menlik? Yeah, menlik.
You got it, yeah.
Pretty nice. Okay.
Men lick.
[ Laughter ]
It was hard for me because I love sublime,
I love that song.
No doubt used to tour with those guys,
and Bradley's voice, for me, is... oh, the best ever.
The best ever, so you were competing against that.
But at the end of the day, I was like, "you know what?
I like this guy. I like his style."
And then when I turned around and I saw that,
I was like, "I like this guy.
He's cute!"
Thank you. Thank you.
[ Chuckles ] [ Cheers and applause ]
Do you do reggae? Oh, okay.
Yeah. 100%. Wow.
Well, we know where this is going. Cool.
Oh, Gwen all the way!
I mean, obviously, we're already in a band together.
I mean, I've been... Can I at least talk?
When I say no chance, like, I don't mean, like,
"maybe a small chance."
I mean, like, no... zero chance, Blake.
Blake's actually really good at this.
I can't wait to hear what he has to say.
Watch him.
That is the most perfect, technically, performance
that I've heard all day, and me being a little bit...
That means a lot to me, man, for real. Thank you.
Over my head,
I started to doubt myself because I'm going,
"Why am I the only one that's about to hit my button?
I don't care. I'm gonna hit my button."
And I thought, I was like, "oh, my gosh.
I got him. Damn it, Gwen!"
[ Laughter ]
Anyway, dude, your hair is badass.
Thanks, man.
I wish things could've been different.
[ Laughter ]
And I just want to conclude in saying congratulations.
You should celebrate,
because you've accomplished everything
that you wanted to accomplish today.
[ Cheers and applause ]
What size t-shirt do you wear?
'Cause she has a team Gwen shirt waiting for you.
I know. I'm, like, waiting right here. See? Look at that. Look at that.
This would look so good on you.
Ooh. So good.
You got a t-shirt, bro?
I can make you a drink.
Hey.
[ Laughter ] Hey.
Adam: Do you mind if I do the honors here?
I would take great pleasure in doing it. Yeah?
Who do you pick as your coach?
[ Audience shouting ]
Please!
Can I... can I ask you one question?
Sure. [ Chuckles ]
You gonna let me do reggae?
Of course!
She's not gonna let you not do reggae.
I love reggae. Wait a minute.
Are you gonna let me do reggae?
I'll let you... I'll let you do some damn reggae, too.
What do you think? [ Laughter ]
[ Audience cheering ]
Uh...
I pick Gwen.
♪ Hey, baby, hey, baby, hey ♪
♪ Girls say, girls say ♪
Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!
♪ Hey, baby, hey, baby, hey ♪ thank you.
Oh, my God, you're so rad!
Menlik really has a unique voice,
and he loves reggae, which I love.
I was like, "yes."
Whoo!
I'm so excited.
This feels like a dream.
This just does not feel real.
♪ Boys say, boys say ♪
I'm on team Gwen.
Team Gwen, man.
I feel like I have three really good people now.
Pharrell: You do. You're gonna kill it with that guy.
He was so rad.
Man: Ah!
Menlik: It's crazy having my parents here.
They haven't even been to one of my shows,
and this is the first one, you know?
[ Chuckling ] This is crazy.
Yeah, and the best one.
This is crazy.
The only thing that's better than winning
is watching you lose.
[ Laughter ]
Hey, man, listen, we're even now. Now we're even.
[ Audience awws ]
See? Now he feels bad. I can't...
[ Southern accent ] I can't stay mad at you.
[ Laughs ] Daly: Coming up...
♪ To take my man... ♪
More impressive talent.
♪ ...rule the world ♪
And later, Pharrell means business.
I just can't wait to work on the album.
Oh, that was good.
You were so melodically articulate.
You belong on my team.
Daly: Welcome back to the Blind Auditions.
Next, a singer who's living out a family dream.
Jimi: My name is Jimi Milligan.
I'm from Philadelphia, and I'm 35 years old.
I've been a musician since I was 13.
Here, there's Adam.
My father was a singer in an oldies genre.
We would go to family parties,
and him and his brothers would sit and sing doo-wop,
so I was always influenced by my dad and his brothers.
I was very close to my dad.
He died when I was 19,
but to be here and living his dream,
I want to make my father proud.
Say high five, daddy.
I been with my wife for just about eight years now.
We have two children together,
and I have two children with my ex-wife.
Being a father is everything to me.
He's the best father.
Nobody loves his kids more than he does.
I wake up at 6:30 with the babies,
have them till about 2:00 in the afternoon.
I drop them off at my mom's house.
I drive an hour out to my older son's to do homework.
I get home about 7:00. I go to my gig.
So, my band I've been in for 18 years
is called the Big House Band.
We play about 250 dates a year.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard people go,
"You're a big guy. I didn't think you could sing like that."
I'm like, "What, fat people don't sing?
Come on, man. Of course we do."
This is the show for somebody like me.
They don't see you, they hear your voice,
and hopefully, you know, I'm gonna sing to a point
where they're gonna say, "hey, man,
let's see what this guy's about."
[ Sighs ] This is the moment.
If a chair turns for me,
I'll know that all the hard work that I put in
over the years was worth it.
It's not like I'm some young kid.
The future's now for me.
This is like everything I've ever done
for my whole life boiled down into 90 seconds.
Daddy!
Daddy. [ Chuckles ]
[ Intro plays ]
♪ I never met a girl that makes me feel the way that you do ♪
♪ You're all right ♪
♪ Whenever I'm asked what makes my dreams real ♪
♪ I say that you do ♪
♪ You're outta sight, yeah ♪
♪ So fee-fi-fo-fo-fum ♪
♪ Look out, baby, here I come ♪
♪ And I'm bringing you a love that's true, so get ready ♪
♪ Baby, yeah ♪
♪ Now I'm gonna make you love me, too, so get ready ♪
♪ Ready, 'cause here I come ♪
♪ Get ready, 'cause here I come ♪
♪ I'm on my way, whoo ♪
♪ If all my friends really want you to ♪
♪ They'll understand me, all right ♪
♪ And I'm bringing you a love that's true, so get ready ♪
♪ Get ready ♪
♪ I'm gonna make you love me, too ♪
♪ So get ready ♪
♪ Ready, 'cause here I come ♪
♪ Get ready, 'cause here I, whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo ♪
♪ Here I-i-i-i-i ♪
♪ Come ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Ohh.
How you doing, man?
I'm excellent, man.
I just had the greatest time up here.
Well... aww. Beautiful time.
Aww, that's good to hear, man.
[ Cheers and applause ]
What's your name, by the way? My name is jimi milligan.
Man, I think you're a really good singer.
This doesn't come down to not being ready.
I just think it was that one particular performance
wasn't quite solid enough for me.
Appreciate it, Blake.
It wasn't a matter of whether you're a good singer or not.
That's obvious. You're here on the show.
It was more about watching you
take a couple more chances
with a song like that,
and nailing it when you do.
Sure.
And you'll do it next time.
Thank you so much, Pharrell. Thank you.
There was a point where you went into this little high run,
and everybody was like... and we all did it.
We were all like, "wow, well, that was really..."
You know what I mean?
So, there's moments that got us really excited,
but the problem is, is that the standard is so high.
Adam: The best note, I think,
for you to take away from this is do the song,
be comfortable with it,
but throw in a couple of things
that are going to make us go, "wow."
And thank you for coming, man.
Thank you, guys, so much, honestly.
That's awesome. You did a great job. Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
My man. Thank you, Adam.
Really nice to meet you, bro. Thank you, brother.
Some great singing. Thank you.
Thank you, guys.
Adam: I think that with jimi,
he just didn't quite push it over the edge.
Dang, that was close.
Very close.
Yeah, you have 90 seconds to show your entire range
and scope of who you are. It's really a difficult task.
It's so hard, 'cause there...
He's obviously a great singer.
Yay, daddy!
[ Laughs ]
I mean, it's a bummer that I didn't get a chair to turn,
but proud of what I did.
This whole experience has been so amazing.
Just thankful to be here.
Daly: Still to come... ♪ love me ♪
More outstanding performances.
♪ Ohhh ♪
♪ One love, two mouths ♪
♪ One love, one house ♪
And later, Adam gets in the country spirit.
Hold on. You hold your horses, okay?
You have never said that phrase in your life.
All of a sudden, I got to hold my horses.
Daly: Welcome back.
Let's meet an artist
who's following in the footsteps of a great vocalist.
Reagan: I'm Reagan James.
I'm 15 years old, and I'm from Burleson, Texas.
Burleson is known for being the home of Kelly clarkson.
I went to her concert in 2006
and went backstage and got to see her.
She's phenomenal.
One, two, three, Reagan!
[ Laughter ]
Reagan: My parents have always been divorced
ever since I could remember,
but I've always had a great relationship
with both of them.
My stepdad came into my life when I was about 2.
He's a guitar player,
and he's been my biggest influence musically.
What kind of music did you guys listen to growing up?
I listened to a lot of, like, Michael Jackson.
Cool. And Amy winehouse.
How old are you?
I'm 15.
15, Reagan? Yes, sir.
Wow. I never would've guessed that.
You're so poised.
Well, thank you.
My first live performance
was a festival in my home town when I was about 8 or 9.
There was, like, this feeling of joy,
and I knew I'm on the track
for where I want to go when I'm older.
What about school, may I ask?
I love school.
I used to play sports,
and I actually had to, you know,
let the sports thing go to focus mainly on music.
Not seeing her on the volleyball court anymore,
that was hard,
but it's worth it because I know that this is her path.
Well, high-school volleyball's one thing.
"The Voice" is something else.
Right. [ Laughter ]
Yes, yes, indeed. Just a little.
Reagan: The ability to work
with one of the coaches would be life changing.
You know, they're all so talented
and good at what they do.
If I get a chair turned,
I'm leaning towards pharrell
because I would classify myself as an r&B singer
with pop influences.
For my blind audition,
I'll be singing "give me love" by ed sheeran.
I put a little feminine twist on it.
I'm proud to be from burleson,
and I think that being the next big thing from burleson
would be awesome.
I need a chair to turn for me
so I can accomplish what I want to accomplish.
Let's go, Reagan.
Oh.
[ Intro plays ]
♪ Give me love like her ♪
♪ 'Cause lately, I've been waking up alone ♪
♪ And you know I'll fight my corner ♪
♪ Maybe tonight I'll call you ♪
♪ After my blood ♪
[ Cheering ]
♪ Is drowning in alcohol ♪ congratulations.
♪ Oh, I just wanna hold ya ♪
♪ Give a little time to me ♪
♪ We'll burn this out ♪
♪ We'll play hide and seek ♪
♪ To turn this around ♪
♪ All I want ♪
♪ Is the taste that your lips allow ♪
♪ My, my, my, my ♪
♪ Give me love ♪
♪ Love me ♪
♪ Love me, oh, you love me, oohhhh ♪
♪ My, my, my, my ♪
Wow.
♪ Give me love, my, my, my, my ♪
♪ Give me lo-o-o-ve ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] Whoo!
Adam: Wow.
Gwen: I want you on my team.
Please.
Blake: Hey, you can't cross that line.
Oh.
No more crossing that line right there.
Nobody told me that. I'm sorry.
That was, like, a record amount of time
in which someone lost someone.
Blake just lost her right away. I mean...
[ Laughter ]
I want to at least meet her. What's your name?
I'm Reagan James.
Where you from, Reagan?
Burleson, Texas.
Uh-oh. Wow, that's... oh, no.
That's where Kelly Clarkson's from.
You guys didn't didn't even get to see her actual performance,
and she...
Pharrell: Oh, I'm seeing her stand there
and say, "oh, my name's Reagan James."
I'm like, "okay, all right. I get it."
[ Laughter ]
How old are you?
I'm 15.
Wow.
Gwen: Oh, my God. Whoa!
Shut up right now.
I was 17 when I started my band, No Doubt, and...
[ Cheers and applause ]
I was you.
I was so you,
except for your voice is way better.
It is amazing to have that much control over your voice at 15.
That means you were born with a God-given gift.
Thank you.
I want you on my team.
Can I talk?
I want to hear what Blake says.
Me too. Yeah. Let's see.
Gwen's never even won one of these things,
by the way, ever.
After all this time... you know what?
She's never done it before.
Well, that's... that's technical.
You're being a little... that's technical.
[ Laughter ]
I know what it takes
to just shine the right light on an artist.
That's my job as their coach,
and sometimes that means they end up standing up there
in the winner's circle at the end of this thing.
I love your voice,
and I love how sometimes you can take your voice
and turn it into, like, a mix of a falsetto and full voice,
and it's kind of a floaty thing.
It's so unique and different. I noticed it, too.
I just think that we haven't ever heard
anybody like you on this show.
Thanks.
And I just think that you're very special.
I do.
Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
So, what's your favorite genre of music?
R&B.
Gwen: Wow. Hmm.
Whoops.
[ Laughter ] Wow.
That's, like, the last thing
you wanted to hear, at that point.
[ Laughter ]
I can do R&B with you.
I've worked with Pharrell.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I-I feel an enormous connection to you.
I've... I've had a lot of luck...
I'm sick to my stomach right now... working with...
Working with young people from Texas
has been a specialty of mine on this show.
I mean, R&B?
This has zero to do with you at this point.
[ Laughter ]
Turn back around.
I love this so... i honestly...
I honestly do not want this to ever end.
[ Laughter ] I'm enjoying myself way too much.
I honestly want to turn back the hands of time
and push that red button.
Aww. But let me just say... Mm-hmm.
Speaking from a missed opportunity,
you are such a threat to the game.
[ Laughter ]
It's time to decide. Who do you pick as your coach?
[ Audience shouting ]
I pick Blake.
Yes!
♪ It's not easy to tell you goodbye ♪
Reagan!
Yes! ♪ make a wish ♪
♪ Take a chance, make a change ♪
You were awesome. This is gonna be so much fun, sweetie.
We're gonna win this thing. Yeah?
We're gonna win this thing.
[ Laughs ]
Oh!
That was awesome!
I'm stealing you later.
The first second I get, you're stolen.
Reagan is the one that got away.
That would've been very interesting to see her sing R&B,
so I missed out on that.
Why don't you go back to your seat?
I'm gonna cry right now. Go back to your seat.
You better come give me a hug.
She's new. Stop laughing at her.
She didn't want me. I'm so sad.
Come here. Come here.
[ Chuckles ]
♪ I'm goin' keep on dancin' ♪
[ Laughter ]
Daly: Still to come, our coaches like what they hear.
The performance that you just gave,
how crazy was that, guys?
We were so lost in what you were doing.
Damn it, man, you're a great singer.
Your voice is like a perfect voice.
That's what makes a star.
Daly: Welcome back to the Blind Auditions.
So far tonight, Adam, Blake, Gwen,
and Pharrell have each added one artist to their teams.
Yes!
And now a singer hopes "The Voice"
will be his second chance.
Taylor: My name's Taylor Phelan.
I'm 25, I'm from Sherman, Texas.
I was 16 when I started playing music
in my youth group at church.
In 2011, I started a band named The Canes.
We're an indie rock band.
We had a bunch of success in a really short amount of time,
and then in march of 2013, my daughter was born.
[ Babbles ]
And I decided that I couldn't be in a band
and be the kind of father that I wanted to be.
So, you know, we had to hang it up.
So, this would go at the top of the page.
Yeah, I think that looks really good.
I'm a graphic designer,
and so my wife, Nikki, and I
started an event-design company,
and our business is doing really well.
Good job, Addison. Perfect.
Yay! You did it.
Taylor loves music,
and for him not to be able to do that all the time
was kind of sad to watch.
Here.
I think it's time for Taylor to get back into music.
[ Both laugh ]
You're gonna do so good.
I know. I have confidence you're gonna do good.
Taylor: Growing up, we moved around quite a bit.
We were pretty poor,
and so we would move where my mom could work.
My mom was a single mom.
The best job she could find were manual-labor jobs.
She would start the day when we would go to school,
and she'd finish the day when we'd go to bed.
She's the hardest-working lady I know.
Say hi, dad.
I don't really know my dad.
He was in and out of jail.
We didn't really have the... the best relationship.
Debra: Taylor is an amazing father.
'Cause he didn't have an example of that,
so it's a natural ability, just like his music.
My number-one priority in life
is taking care of my wife and my daughter,
and "The Voice" really provides me the opportunity
to make music my career.
Debra: "Bye. Bye, daddy."
If I had my pick of coaches, I'd probably pick Adam.
I think he'd probably best understand my musical style,
'cause this is the thing that I've been waiting for,
and I'm here for the long haul.
See him?
There he is. See him up there?
[ Intro plays ]
♪ All I am is a man ♪
♪ I want the world in my hands ♪
♪ I hate the beach ♪
♪ But I stand ♪
♪ In California with my toes in the sand ♪
♪ Use the sleeves of my sweater ♪
♪ Let's have an adventure ♪
♪ Head in the clouds but my gravity's centered ♪
♪ Touch my neck and I'll touch yours ♪
♪ You in those little high-waisted shorts ♪
[ All cheering ]
♪ She knows what I think about and what I think about ♪
♪ One love, two mouths ♪
♪ One love, one house ♪
♪ No shirt, no blouse ♪
♪ Just us, you'll find out ♪
♪ Nothing that I wouldn't want to tell you about, no ♪
♪ Well, it's too co-o-o-o-ID ♪
♪ She knows what I think about ♪
♪ What I think about ♪
♪ One love, two mouths ♪
Whoo! ♪ one love, one house ♪
♪ No shirt, no blouse ♪
♪ Just us, you'll find out ♪
♪ Nothing that I wouldn't want to tell you about ♪
♪ Oh, well, it's too co-o-o-ID ♪
♪ For you here ♪
♪ And now, so let me ho-o-o-ID ♪
♪ Both of your hands in the holes of my sweater ♪
♪ It's too cold for you here ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah!
Yes! Standing!
Standing ovation! Awesome! Oh, my God!
Thank you.
Wow. Man. What's your... what's your name, man?
Taylor phelan.
Dude, I was early. I-i pressed early.
I saw that. I saw that.
But you didn't even notice
because you were so lost in what you were doing,
which is one of the best qualities
that a performer can possibly have.
Well, thank you.
And... and you have awesome happy feet.
Like... [ laughter ]
You were elvising out with the feet,
and then that's when I started being like,
"dude, this guy's different and really knows about music."
Thank you.
And I turned around first,
just to keep that in your head, and you're awesome.
Thank you so much.
I forgot I was on "The Voice" for a minute.
I felt like I could be at a festival
and just seeing, like, a regular band.
It felt so natural,
and that's the first time I actually felt that
since I've been sitting in this red chair, and that's...
Great... pretty powerful.
Thank you. Are you in a band?
I was the lead songwriter for a band for several years,
but it didn't work out.
I've been in a band for half my life,
and it would be really fun to work together.
Thank you. Thank you.
Well, I'm gonna stand up
for the performance that you just gave.
How crazy was that, guys?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you. Amazing.
The guitar was a part of your body,
and... and it's crazy because half of your performance,
you weren't even using it.
That's the coolest thing to do with a guitar is absolutely nothing,
'cause you're just like, you're like, "I don't need it right now."
Like, "it's gonna go back here" kind of thing.
That's... that's huge. Sorry.
I don't know anything about baseball,
but I know he just stole a base.
[ Laughter ]
Hey, no, I wasn't trying to... i wasn't trying to hurt you.
[ Laughs ]
Dude, man, you are, like, so melodically articulate.
You belong on my team.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Thanks, man.
Hey, man, I've never seen an artist
be so completely locked in.
The only person I've ever seen that even has that style
of stage presence is Ryan tedder.
You're one of those all-around kind of guys like that
that can pretty much do anything.
You know, the big word behind you, "The Voice,"
that's why we all hit our button.
Damn it, man, you're a great singer.
Thanks.
[ Cheers and applause ]
So, who do you pick as your coach, man?
[ Audience shouting ]
I really have to go with my gut.
I pick...
Daly: Welcome back to "The Voice."
♪ Co-o-o-o-ID ♪
All four coaches pushed their buttons
for alternative rocker Taylor Phelan.
Yeah!
♪ It's too cold ♪
Daly: Now Taylor has the difficult decision
of picking his coach.
But I really have to go with my gut.
And...
I pick Pharrell.
Yes!
Yeah!
Taylor was super entertaining.
The way that he played and the way he sang,
and he's an indie rock guy.
Can't wait to work with him.
I cannot believe you picked me.
This right here?
[ Laughs ]
That's amazing, bro.
Adam: Pharrell has no shortage of superstars on his team.
I got to step up my game right now.
He's killing me.
Congrats, man. Good job.
I originally thought I'd go with Adam.
And it was so close,
but Pharrell had the most to say about my performance
that really connected to me as an artist.
Whoo!
That's one of the best ones we've seen.
I mean... i mean, for real.
Carson: Team Pharrell, everybody!
[ Screams ]
So crazy!
Oh, my God. Was that awesome or what?
Hey.
Oh, I love you.
Hey!
There he is! Hey!
Nice!
Hi. Nice to meet you.
Very nice to meet you.
This is Addison. Addison.
Addison? Yes. Addison.
Very nice to meet you, Addison.
There he is!
There you go. [ Laughs ]
Dude, I'm the luckiest guy on this show right now.
Thank you.
Thanks so much. Let's get 'em.
Thank you. Thank you. This is so cool.
Daly: As Pharrell heads back to his chair,
let's meet our next artist...
18-year-old Caitlin Lucia
from huntington beach, California.
Caitlin: I would describe myself as kind of an awkward person.
I'm not really, like, the flirtatious
and, like, "oh, hey," type.
I'm, like, a musician in the corner,
just writing her music.
Some of my hobbies are,
of course, singing, songwriting.
But I also collect Pez dispensers.
A Pez dispenser is a type of...
It's... it's like a...
I don't know how to describe it.
It's like... this is a Pez dispenser.
You open it up,
you put the candy right inside here,
you close it back up,
and then you tilt the head back,
and then the candy pops out.
I have almost 1,000 Pez dispensers.
People don't know that one Pez dispenser
could be worth a couple hundred dollars,
so I wouldn't throw them away if I were you. [ Laughs ]
Tell me a little bit about how you got into singing.
When I was in elementary school,
I joined the choir at my catholic school.
I knew I wanted to be a singer,
but to be in a choir, it was not something I enjoyed.
I wanted to stand out.
My teachers would tell me that I'm too different.
I really took that personally,
but I really enjoyed singing and I didn't want to stop.
At 15 years old, I started gigging at the local mall.
I had to be able to draw in people while they were shopping.
It really opened my eyes to what performing is.
I will be singing "you're the one that I want"
by olma Newton-John and John Travolta
from the movie "grease."
I'm putting a twist on this song.
I'm gonna be doing it with just my guitar.
I'm really hoping that catches the coaches' attention.
I think a coach would help guide the path
that I want to be as an artist
and really prepare me for the music industry.
Okay.
Come on, Caitlin. Come on, do it.
[ Guitar plays ]
♪ I've got chills ♪
♪ They're multiplyin' ♪
Oh, my God. [ Laughs ]
♪ And I'm losing control ♪
♪ 'Cause the power you're supplyin' ♪
♪ It's electrifyin' ♪
[ Laughs ] Come on.
♪ You better shape up ♪
♪ 'Cause I need a man ♪
♪ And my heart is set on you ♪
♪ 'Cause you're the one that I want ♪
♪ Ooh, ahh ♪
♪ You're the one that I want ♪
♪ Ooh, ahh, ooh ♪
♪ You're the one that I want ♪
♪ Ooh, ahh, ooh ♪
♪ The one I need ♪
♪ Oh, yes, inde-e-e-e-e-d ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's okay. Whoo!
Hi. What's your... what's your name?
My name is Caitlin Lucia.
Hi. I'm Gwen.
Hi. I know who you are.
[ Laughs ] I love you.
Aww. Thank you so much.
I really loved your voice. Oh, thank you.
I thought it was very, very pretty.
I'm just happy to be here. [ Laughs ]
Aww. Sweet.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I thought you had a beautiful tone.
I usually go crazy for people
who really give you their personality when they sing,
but within the first 30 seconds,
I kind of knew everything about you,
and I wanted to see you be able to do more with it.
Okay. Thank you so much.
I thought that I kind of heard your own identity
as a singer
battling with the identities of singers that you love.
[ Chuckles ]
Win the battle with the influences
and try to dominate the song.
Okay. You know what I mean?
Because those moments where I really heard you,
it was really pure and... and different and amazing.
Thank you.
So, I can't wait to hear that version,
and I think that if you came back,
it would be even more individual and even stronger.
I like your voice a lot.
I might've been the closest to pushing my button there,
but there was a thing that you were doing
in the middle of your vowel sound.
"Wa-ant."
And I know it's probably a style thing,
but what it made me do is think, "can she not hold out a note?"
Okay.
So that's why I didn't hit my button, if that helps you.
This advice is gonna better me as an artist.
Thank you.
Blake: Good luck to you, sweetie.
Thank you so much.
Caitlin: I think the nerves really got to me,
but just being there was amazing.
The coaches' advice was really positive.
I'm just gonna go back home and work my butt off.
Daly: When "The Voice" returns, an artist mesmerizes Blake.
You have one of my favorite voices I've ever heard, period.
Whoo!
So, I was just having visions of our duet already.
[ Laughs ]
Oh, my gosh!
I'm sorry, I was already daydreaming.
You do that to me, sugar.
Daly: Welcome back to the Blind Auditions.
Our next artist came to "The Voice"
hoping to make a name for herself.
Sugar: My name is Sugar Joans.
I'm 24 years old,
and I'm from Los Angeles, California.
My dad is Joe Pizzulo.
He was a singer in the '80s.
He sang backgrounds with Alice Cooper
and toured with him.
He sang on albums with Janet Jackson,
Patti LaBelle,
but the bulk of his career was done with Sergio Mendes.
♪ Never gonna let you go ♪
♪ I'm gonna hold you in my arms forever ♪ I admire and look up to my father
because he had a successful music career
and he's still doing it.
He's still playing shows.
What song are you gonna do for us?
I'm doing "Chain of Fools" by Aretha Franklin. Of course.
What made you want to do one of the classics?
I listen to a lot of old soul and R&B.
That's this guy's influence coming in. Yeah, exactly.
Sugar: My dad is an inspiration to me,
but I wanted to just pave my own way.
I just want it to be my journey.
There's no way they're not gonna notice you,
'cause I know how incredible you are as a singer.
I know how good you are.
Thanks, dad.
For my day job,
I am a manager at a shoe store,
and I play shows with my wedding band,
but what I really want to pursue is music,
and I would love to be able to do that full time.
This is one of those moments
where I feel like it could be
the beginning of something great.
If I was able to have a chair turn and do it on my own,
it would mean so much more to me in the end.
Let's go! Let's go, sugar! Come on, sugar!
♪ Ye-e-e-ah! ♪
♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪
♪ Chain, chain, chain, huh ♪
♪ Chain, chain, cha-a-a-a-in ♪
♪ Chain of fools ♪
♪ Oh, for five long years ♪
♪ I thought that you were my man ♪
♪ Oh, but I found out, yeah ♪
♪ I'm just a link in your chain ♪
♪ Oh, you got me where you want me ♪
♪ I ain't nothin' but your fool ♪ pharrell.
♪ Oh, you treated me mean, yeah ♪
♪ Said you treated me cruel ♪
Come on.
♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪
♪ Chain of fools ♪
♪ You told me to leave you alone ♪
Come on, pharrell! Pharrell.
Come on.
♪ My doctor said take it easy ♪
♪ Oh, but your lovin' is much too strong ♪
♪ I'm added to your chain, chain, chain ♪
♪ Chain of fools, yeah ♪
♪ Ohhh ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
Yes! Daly: There it is!
Last minute! Yes!
Wow.
Saved by the bell, man. Yeah.
I love her voice!
Your voice is, like, a perfect voice.
Are you a professional singer?
I'm trying to be, yeah.
What is your name?
Sugar Joans.
Sugar Joans. Damn!
Sugar: Yeah. [ Laughter ]
Everybody likes sugar.
[ Laughter ]
Yes.
Pharrell: Sugar Joans?
Were you born with that name?
Mm, maybe.
[ Laughter ]
But you know what?
The fact that you knew to even rename yourself that...
[ Laughs ]
Now I'm upset.
Why didn't you push your button?
You kept telling me to, too!
Hey, listen, Sugar. Sugar: Yes.
I... [ laughter ]
It just has to be that way, I guess.
You have the most unique
and one of my favorite voices I've ever heard, period.
Ever. Like, ever. Wow.
Yes. Thank you so much. Wow.
You have a very slow vibrato, and it's so awesome.
Pharrell: Yes, man. I mean, it's so incredible.
You vomit, and it's, like, in key.
[ Laughter ]
I'm so mad. You know my button just jammed.
[ Laughter ]
Does that happen on this show?
It's never happened before,
and it didn't happen just then, either.
[ Laughter ]
My brain jammed.
Can I just be really honest with you about... oh, man.
No, I'm not... it's not...
I got to be honest.
Like, the soul-singer thing, right?
It's so impressive,
especially for someone like me
that can't sing like that at all.
Like, that whole vibrato... i have no control over mine.
Mine is just, like, wild,
but what I think we could do together
is find your perfection of your vocal,
but also find the personality of who you are,
because that's what makes a star.
I'm sorry, I was just having visions of our duet already.
[ Laughs ]
Oh, my gosh!
I want us to do "Me and Mrs. Jones" so bad.
Oh, that'd be awesome. That'd be so cool.
That would be so cool. I'm sorry, I was already daydreaming.
You do that to me, Sugar.
Gwen: Oh, my gosh.
[ Laughter ]
Pharrell: Well, you know what?
You definitely deserve to be on this show.
Thank you.
It's time to decide. Who do you pick as your coach?
[ Audience shouting ]
Okay, this is the hardest thing in the whole entire world.
[ Shouting continues ]
I have to pick Gwen.
♪ Pour some sugar on me ♪ oh!
♪ Ooh, in the name of love ♪
Adam: Wow. I was not expecting that.
♪ Pour some sugar on me ♪
Wow, really? Yes!
Are you sure? Yes!
♪ Come on and fire me up ♪ she's awesome.
Gwen is... she's definitely starting to irritate me,
because I've lost some great singers at this point.
Sugar, I'm really a fan of her voice.
My heart is broken.
♪ To my feet, yeah ♪ [ Cheers and applause ]
Aah! Team Gwen!
Gwen: I feel really lucky to have someone
that's that good of a singer on my team.
She wants to find her own unique sound,
and that's exciting.
[ All cheering ]
Sugar: [ Crying ] I can't even believe it's real.
I'm so happy to be on team Gwen.
What did Gwen say that made you want to be on her team?
Gwen just told me that she wanted to take my personality
and my voice and find where I really shine,
and that just really spoke to me.
♪ I'm going crazy in this big white room of mine ♪
Daly: You can download full versions
of tonight's blind-audition songs on iTunes.
♪ I love you better now ♪
♪ Both of your hands in the holes of my sweater ♪
Still to come,
Adam and Blake show the new coaches how it's done.
I do have two trophies from winning "The Voice."
I have three trophies from "The Voice."
No, no, no.
Daly: And Gwen and Pharrell prove to be a force.
Welcome to team Gwen.
I think you can get your own trophy.
Whoo! You guys are coming out swinging.
Daly: Welcome back to The Voice.
Let's meet our next artist...
A country singer who is always on the move.
My name is Taylor brashears.
I'm 21 years old,
and I am from Nashville, Tennessee.
I'm a cashier on a food truck on riffs fine street food,
and it is probably one of the coolest jobs
a person could ever have.
I would like to order some Korean barbecue tacos.
Okay.
My brother is in charge of the food truck.
He does everything.
I'm mainly the cashier. I deal with people.
I got a prettier face than my brother does.
Thank you guys so much for coming out.
While I do love working on the food truck during the day,
my real passion is music.
When did you start getting into music?
When I was 8 years old.
I saw Sara Watkins play the fiddle,
and I was like, "Whoa, this is amazing.
It's a girl. She's singing her heart out."
I was like, "I have to do this."
The next day, I got fiddle lessons.
You're kidding me. Really?
Yeah.
Lots of fiddle lessons. Wow.
Taylor: I started playing violin when I was little,
and my mom said that she started to hear a transition
from strumming on the fiddle to singing along with songs,
and she knew right then that the fiddle
was gonna take the back burner
and that my voice was what I was gonna focus on.
I started my own band right out of high school.
I've got three guys backing me up.
I would describe my music as retro country.
Everyone in my band has a job.
We only have very limited time in the week
to practice and play shows,
so right now I have the opportunity
to put everything into my music and make it something big.
Food truck business has been very good,
but I don't want to work on a 90-degree food truck every day.
I'd like to play music and write songs.
There's a lot of stuff on the line for me right now.
Working in Nashville,
seeing so many people around you becoming huge
is a heartbreaking thing.
"The Voice" is definitely gonna get me out of the crowd,
and I'm so excited.
Man: Ooh-whee.
Here she comes.
[ Intro plays ]
Blake: [ Laughs ]
♪ You've come to tell me something ♪
♪ You say I ought to know ♪
♪ That he don't love me anymore and I'll have to let him go ♪
♪ You say you're gonna take him ♪
♪ Oh, but I don't think you can ♪
♪ 'Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man ♪
♪ Sometimes a man's caught lookin' ♪
♪ At things that he don't need ♪
♪ He took a second look at you, but he's in love with me ♪
♪ Well, I don't know where that leaves you ♪
♪ Oh, but I know where I stand ♪
♪ And you ain't woman enough to take my man ♪
♪ Well, women like you, they're a dime a dozen ♪
♪ You can buy 'em anywhere ♪
Wow! ♪ for you to get to him ♪
♪ I'd have to move over ♪
♪ But I'm gonna stand right here ♪
♪ It'll be over my dead body ♪
♪ So get out while you can ♪
♪ 'Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man ♪
♪ No, you ain't woman enough ♪
♪ To take my ma-a-a-a-a-n ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
No!
Yes! Yes!
No, no, no!
No! No! No!
[ Laughter ]
I feel weird that I didn't press my button.
You saved yourself a whole world of pain, trust me.
[ Laughter ]
Well, what's your name?
I'm Taylor Brashears,
born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee.
Oh, wow.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Well, we already know where she's going.
That's not true. That's not true. That is not true.
Break the mold.
[ Laughs ]
Some of the best things in this world that take place,
the best collaborations,
usually, there's a juxtaposition,
there's an odd couple.
Let me give you a great example.
Blake's one of my best friends, okay?
We couldn't be more different.
But it works, okay? Yeah.
Much like this could work, you know what I'm saying?
Right. Okay.
Listen, I know all of my references are older,
like, you know, Barbara Mandrell and Kenny Rogers,
but I'll listen and I'll learn,
because your tone is so amazing and you have so much swagger.
It's like you're standing there with one hand on your hip.
Like, you're so confident. [ Laughs ]
You're a star.
Taylor: Thank you. Thank you so much. [ Cheers and applause ]
Wait, and before... wait, no, hold on.
You hold on a sec. You hold your horses, okay?
Oh, my God. Before he says...
You have never said that phrase in your life. Before... before...
All of a sudden, she's standing up there,
and I got to hold my horses.
[ Laughter ] We had to beg him.
We had to say, "Hey, man, what's your problem?
Press your button." [ Laughs ]
So, when he gives you all of his stuff,
it's gonna be real charming, it's gonna be adorable,
it's gonna be freaking irresistible. Taylor: Yeah.
But don't forget the fact
that he almost didn't even push his button.
Just... enough said. I'm not gonna... okay.
I just can't wait to work on the album.
[ Laughter ]
The reason it took me so long to turn around,
after six seasons,
I see Adam and I've seen Christina and Usher,
and when an artist comes up and sings a Whitney Houston song,
it's like this automatic, like,
"Ooh, I don't know about this.
She should never touch Whitney."
And even though none of y'all know who sang that song...
Right... just then,
it's somebody who's equally as iconic
in country music named Loretta Lynn.
So, of course I'm gonna sit here and take it all in.
Once I heard it all,
you're damn right I hit my button.
[ Laughs ]
Good save. But... Having said that,
if you're going to go down the road,
which is straight ahead country,
go with somebody who knows where your heart is.
I know how to get you there.
It's not that hard if it's in your heart.
It's in my heart.
[ Applause ]
Time to pick a coach.
[ Audience shouting ]
Oh, this is crazy.
Um...
I pick Blake.
Yes! ♪ working 9 to 5 ♪
♪ What a way to make a lmn' ♪ thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.
You deserve that. You deserve that. ♪ barely gettin' by ♪
It was amazing to have the coaches fighting for me.
Hearing pharrell say that I have this amazing tone
was just like... i wanted to melt.
I chose Blake just because he's got that country background,
and I'm really thinking that he's gonna help me get there.
She's so good.
She's good. She's good.
Blake: Taylor has a quality about her voice
that just doesn't exist much anymore in country music.
She is definitely
a vintage-sounding throwback artist,
and I love it so much.
Yay! Congratulations!
Thank you.
Are you gonna have to find somebody else? Is that okay?
I probably am gonna have to find a new cashier now.
'Cause we're taking this one with us.
All: Team Blake!
Daly: Coming up, our coaches step up their game.
Whoo!
I only see one person standing up for you.
You like fashion?
I have access to goods. Shameless.
What is this, a slumber party?
I'll get you a spa day.
[ Chuckling ] You guys are hilarious.
Daly: Welcome back to the Blind Auditions.
This next artist has faith
that now is his time to make it in music.
Andy: I'm Andy cherry. I'm 28 years old.
I'm from Charlotte, north Carolina,
and now I live outside Washington, D.C.
I started singing at church,
and for the first time, I got to spread my wings musically.
I've been a worship leader at church,
but I also had to work at a coffee shop
to help pay the bills, and one day, I was there,
and in walks what would be my wife,
and I turned to my co-worker and I said,
"that's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life."
I never in a million years
would've thought that that Friday morning,
I would've met the love of my life
and would've become his wife.
About two or three months before we got married,
I got signed to a Christian record deal.
Immediately, we started working on my album,
and I wanted to please everyone
rather than being true to the vision
that I'd had all along for what I wanted to create.
At the end of it,
record sales were disappointing to the label,
and to me, too.
And it was at that time
that the relationship with my label kind of dissolved.
When I got let go from my record deal,
it was one of the lowest days of my life.
I got a job at a retail store, and we were really scraping by.
I told him, "you can't quit.
"We've got to just work through this,
"and, you know, we'll come out... we'll come out smiling
on the other side eventually."
My wife is the one who said,
"you've got to go audition for 'The Voice.'"
it's inspiring because she believes in me so much.
The Blind Auditions now are my second chance
to have a career in music.
If I get a chair to turn today,
it would mean that not giving up was the right decision.
Come on, Andy.
Oh, here we go.
[ Intro to "Everybody Wants To Rule the World" plays ]
Oh, yeah! Yes!
That's tears for fears, isn't it?
Yeah.
♪ Welcome to your life ♪
Pharrell: All right.
♪ There's no turning back ♪
♪ Even while we sleep ♪
♪ We will find you acting on your best behavior ♪
♪ Nothing ever lasts forever ♪
♪ Everybody wants to rule the world ♪
♪ There's a room where the light won't find you ♪
♪ Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down ♪
♪ When they do, I'll be right behind you ♪
♪ Everybody wants to rule the ♪
♪ Wo-o-o-o-o-rld ♪
♪ Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it ♪
♪ One headline, why believe it? ♪
♪ Everybody wants to rule the wo-o-o-o-rld ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Aww.
Blake: Hey, man. Hey, y'all.
What's your name, buddy?
My name is Andy Cherry. I think for me,
there was a little bit of a lack of control in some areas,
and it was a little bit dramatic for me.
Maybe because I'm so married
to the original version of that song.
What do y'all think?
Gwen: I totally agree.
I think every time you would play with the melody at all,
the melody police would come and be like,
"no, no, no, you can't do that to the song," you know,
'cause you were doing a little bit of vocal Olympics
on parts where I thought should be more straight.
But you have a really good voice.
It's like a little twang and a little twist,
like a little yodel.
I like all that. Adam: Gwen is right.
When it gets played with to the point
where it starts to become too different,
it can kind of lose you,
so I was a little thrown by that, too.
But million points to you for coming out here... amazing.
And being who you are and saying what you have to say
in your own sense of melody and what you wanted to do.
Thank you very much.
Thanks a lot. Good luck, man.
Thank you.
One of my goals was to let
my personality shine through what I was doing,
and I guess tipped the scale a little bit
and was not as faithful to the original as I could've been.
When a song is written to sing to that capacity
[vocalizes] You got to do it.
Pharrell: I didn't push for Andy because that song
can't be the melding of many different things.
You have to nail it in the way that tears for fears did,
but I thought he had a great voice.
Hey, everybody.
Hi, babe.
Love you, buddy.
♪ Won't you ♪Daly: Coming up...
♪ Sta-a-a-y ♪
The final performance of the night blows our coaches away.
Yeah! Whoo! Whoo!
Oh!
You need someone that's gonna bring out
your unique indmdual style.
I'm gonna make sure that we push you.
I'm only going to push your ambitions, not mine.
Oh, that was good. He just shut you down bad, Adam.
Daly: Welcome back to the Blind Auditions.
So far tonight... yes!
Daly: Pharrell landed soul singer Danica Shirey
and alternative rocker Taylor Phelan.
Yes!
Blake won over R&B vocalist Reagan James
and country singer Taylor Brashears.
Whoo!
Daly: Gwen added reggae artist Menlik Zergabachew
and R&B singer Sugar Joans.
Yes!
And Adam scored pop vocalist Joe kirk.
For Maiya Sykes, the night's last artist,
music runs in the family.
My mom backup sang for "Earth, Wind & Fire",
Meat Loaf, and Neil Diamond.
My dad's a saxophone player and a singer,
and also a percussionist.
So, I've come from a very performance-based family.
Education was important to my mother especially.
She wanted me to go to one of these Ivy league schools,
but I didn't know how we were gonna pay for it.
So she worked three jobs pretty much all throughout high school
and college to help me.
I went to Yale and I triple majored in music composition,
political science, and African-American studies.
She gets into Yale and she wants to make a life of music?
[ Laughs ]
And that's okay.
Doesn't that make you want to pull your hair out?
No. No.
I initially went
because I wanted to be a lawyer,
and my mother said,
"You know, do you really want to go to law school?
Maybe you want to see how this music thing works out."
How long you been singing?
Let's just say a long time.
Really?
I do a lot of session work.
I do vocal-technique coaching.
I backup sing.
I've sung at a lot of Armenian weddings.
If you've gotten married in the last five years
in California and you're Armenian,
I probably sang at your wedding.
I am so proud of the work that she does.
Her musicianship is just fantastic.
She is a wonderful human being.
There's no one who can tell you different.
Thanks, mommy.
It's true.
I live with my mom 'cause she lost her job,
so I've kind of been doing the heavy financial lifting,
and it's so hard for her
because my mom sometimes thinks that she's my burden,
and she's not, she's my mom.
So, there's that, and now I'm gonna cry.
[ Laughs ]
I've been working for the better part of two decades
as a professional singer,
but a part of me just said
there's got to be something else.
There are lots of heartbreaking experiences
that you will encounter as you go on this musical journey,
and this is my one really big shot to launch myself
in a way that I've never had the opportunity to do.
This moment is my time.
You got this, honey.
Oh, mama's baby. She's so beautiful!
[ Intro plays ]
♪ Guess it's true I'm no good at a one-night stand ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ But I still need love, I'm just a woman ♪
♪ But these nights never seem to go to plan ♪
Four like that!
♪ I don't want you to leave, will you hold my hand? ♪
♪ Oh, won't you stay with me? ♪
♪ Because you're all that I need ♪
♪ Well, this ain't love, it's clear to see ♪
♪ But darling, stay, stay with me, yeah ♪
♪ Why am I so emotional? ♪
♪ No, it's not a good look ♪
♪ Gain some self control ♪
♪ Well, deep down I know this never works ♪
♪ But you can lay with me till it doesn't hurt ♪
Hey.
♪ Ohh, won't you stay with me, yeah ♪
♪ Because you're... you're all I need, yeah ♪
♪ This ain't love, that's clear to see ♪
♪ So, my darling, just stay, stay with me ♪
♪ Ohhh, won't you stay, stay with me? ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
Maiya's Family: Yes! Yeah! Making it, baby. Make it, baby.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Blake: Hello! Maiya: Hi.
Blake: What's your name?
Maiya: My name is Maiya Sykes.
I'm from Los Angeles.
Adam: Whoo!
Whoo!
Maiya: Sorry, I'm a little nervous. [ Laughs ]
Blake: You know what, maiya? You just made my day.
Maiya: Oh! Blake: Listen.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Blake: I know I'm probably in a little bit over my head here
when you can see these other three
that you may think
could possibly be more qualified
than an old country singer, but that's where you're wrong.
[ Laughter ]
I think you can win this show. I really do.
I believe in you that much.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Pharrell: I'm gonna stand up.
When you sing, there's a conviction,
and what excites me the most
is when people have their own story.
It's about amplifying who you are
and you telling the world your story.
So, while... do I get a little bit of Aretha? Yes.
Do I get a little bit of Gladys Knight? Yes.
But I am so interested in who you personally are,
and that's the story that I want to amplify.
Thank you so much.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Gwen: I just want to say welcome to team Gwen.
And, um... [ laughter ]
The thing is about you is wherever you go,
you're gonna do great in the show.
Your... your voice is ridiculous.
But what we could do together
is we could talk about clothes, fashion.
You know what I'm saying? Like...
Blake: What is this, a slumber party?
Gwen: No, I'm just saying... Blake: What is wrong with you?
Gwen: But I'm serious. That is a huge part of it.
I have been doing this for a long time.
And I can... Blake: I'll get you a spa day.
Gwen: I can hook you up.
You need someone that's gonna bring out
your unique individual style,
'cause if you're that perfect and your voice is that amazing,
you need to bring out some kind of uniqueness, as well,
so that you stand out.
Adam: Gwen is right. No matter where you go,
you will have success on this show.
The difference between having success on the show
and winning the show is gonna have to do with
making sure you can evolve,
so by the end of the show,
you're a completely different Maiya 2.0 version of yourself,
because that's what happens for the winners... they grow.
I want you to know that even though you are that good,
I'm gonna make sure
that we don't take your talent for granted
and that we push you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Pharrell: So... so, my last little word.
And again, gonna rise to my feet for it.
Okay.
As far as what Adam is saying about pushing you,
well, I'm only going to push your ambitions, not mine.
Yours.
Blake: Oh, that was good. He just shut you down bad, Adam.
Yes!
Gwen:I just want to know... Pharrell: But...
Gwen: Do you like... do you like fashion?
Maiya: I do. I love your shoes. Those are amazing.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Gwen: I can get you shoes, handbags.
Adam: Are you bribing her? Gwen: I'm not.
I'm just saying I have a lot of... I have access to goods.
Adam: Shameless.
Pharrell: I've not talked about any of my brands at all.
[ Laughter ]
Pharrell: Okay?
But it's only because you are your own brand.
Blake: Wow, I'm so glad I'm not Gwen right now.
He just shut Gwen down.
Gwen: You know what? Blake: Bad.
[ Chuckling ] Maiya: You guys are hilarious.
Pharell: I only see one person standing up for you.
Adam: But I do have two trophies from winning "The Voice."
Blake: I have three trophies from "The Voice" and a credit card.
We'll go buy you some damn clothes
if that's important to you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Pharrell: Well, I don't... I don't think you need clothes,
and I think you can get your own trophy.
Maiya: Whoo!
You guys are coming out swinging.
Gwen: Whoo!
Whoo! Whoo!
Adam: It's time to pick a coach.
Maiya: All right.
Wow, this is...
I-I was hoping that just one chair would turn,
[ voice breaking ] And the fact that all of you turned around,
I'm just... [ cheers and applause ]
The fact that you guys believe in me so much
is just the most humbling and validating experience.
I'd be honored to work with any of you.
However,
Pharrell stood up for me,
so I choose Pharrell.
♪ This girl is on fire ♪
Gwen: Gosh! I thought I had it.
Maiya, her voice was flawless. She's dangerous.
I think there was things I could've done,
but she went with Pharrell.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Pharrell: Maiya, I didn't need to see her. I just knew.
Her personality just sang through the notes.
Thank you. Your voice is amazing.
Thank you so much.
I was honored that she picked me.
♪ Ohhh ♪
[ Laughs ]
Maiya: To see all these people saying my name and fighting over me,
I don't even know what to say. I feel like cinderella.
Carson Daly: Yeah!
There she is, baby!
You did this.
You did it, baby.
Get it in. [ Laughs ] [ Screaming ]
All: Team Pharrell!
Adam: She's good.
Pharrell: She's good.
""SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON THE VOICE""