Last night, the greatest season of "The Voice" yet kicked off
- with the return of Season 12 - Whoo!
champion coach Alicia Keys...
- I want to be on her team. - Yes, Kelly!
...and the debut of new coach,
Grammy-winning superstar Kelly Clarkson...
♪ I can win with you ♪
...who proved to be more than a match for our veteran coaches.
I'm smart as well as hot.
And changing "The Voice" forever
was the arrival of The Block,
giving each coach just one opportunity
to block another coach from getting an artist they want.
- Ooh! - Oh, snap!
Blake was the first to strike...
- I got so blocked. - I did block Adam.
That was good!
...followed by Alicia, who used her block
to give Blake a taste of his own medicine...
I know that's you!
I did use my only block for you.
Did you make a snow angel in my "blocked"?
...leaving Adam and Kelly
the only coaches still able to block.
Boop! Boop-boop-boop-boop!
- Tonight... - ♪ I don't see no emotion, and I... ♪
...the fight to get the best artist on their team
has our coaches going crazy...
I am country, and I'm proud of it!
- Oh, gosh. - And I'm serious about it!
Okay. Okay, Blake!
...and doing things they've never done.
For the first time in my life,
I pictured myself riding a unicorn.
Obviously, he should be your coach.
Come on.
I've literally been waiting to do "The Voice"
for a few years now, and I'm just so pumped
by the talent we're seeing this season.
The soulfulness separates you
from what's happening in music right now.
You are outrageous.
You see what you do to us?
Season 14 premiere week continues...
Did that feel good? 'Cause it felt good here.
...right now.
Synced & corrected by kinglouisxx www.addic7ed.com
Second day, I figured y'all out, your strategy.
You're like, "I'm Oklahoman. I'm a cowboy. Pick me."
What is? Is that your impersonation?
He's like "Country music is my life."
And then Alicia, once she says,
"I feel connected to you," you have no chance.
What Adam does is, "I know you're not gonna pick me."
I know, and it's the reverse psychology.
But they're agreeing with you is what's sad.
- You do that all the time. - Do you guys not remember yesterday
when I beat you
- with a very, very good singer? - Uh...
So, wait a minute. What do you think Kelly's tactic is?
Here's what I think it is.
"Blblblblblblblblblblblbl."
Oh, my gosh!
- "You're a great singer." - Oh, my gosh.
- Let's go do some blinds. - Okay!
- Okay. - Okay.
Let's meet the first artist...
Thank you.
...23-year-old Davison from Little Rock, Arkansas.
They make me feel so like a star.
I was always the kid that couldn't wait
to sing the Pledge of Allegiance.
Is that it? No. The National Anthem.
Uhhhhhhhh. Ah!
Let me stop.
I am super excited to be on this show.
This is lights and camera and action.
It's really big. In my hometown,
there's not many opportunities to become an artist.
So, I'm a worship leader at my church,
and as a hobby, I'm a local stylist.
I love clothes.
As a child, my mom would always put me in the latest fashion,
and from there, you know, I just developed my own Davison style.
Like, right now, I have on red-and-white-striped pants.
I mean, it looks good. You would never think,
- but he looks good with it. - "You would never think"?
- Mnh-mnh. - Never think.
Musically, I'm kind of gospel
with a little bit of soul, with a little bit of R&B, with a little bit of grit.
I would love to work with Adam.
I'm a fan of Blake.
I would also like to work with Alicia Keys.
Kelly Clarkson... she's phenomenal.
I like Blake.
If Davison turn a chair, this lady here gonna do a dance.
I perform at local church events and around town.
My mom... she's at every performance,
and I'm so grateful that she's here to experience this with me.
I'm feeling good, y'all.
Even just to stand on that stage is gonna be monumental.
It's the opportunity of a lifetime.
There he go.
♪ There's a light ♪
♪ A certain kind of light ♪
♪ That's never shone on me ♪
♪ And I want my life to be ♪
♪ To live with you ♪
Yay!
♪ And, baby, you don't know what it's like ♪
♪ Baby, you don't know what it's like ♪
♪ To love somebody ♪
♪ The way I love you ♪
♪ Whoa, ooooooh ♪
♪ You don't know what it's like ♪
♪ Baby, you don't ♪
♪ You don't know what it's like ♪
♪ To love somebody ♪
♪ You don't know ♪
♪ No, no, no, no ♪
♪ To love somebody ♪
♪ The way I love you ♪
Oh. Oh!
We can't. It's done. Aw.
I was so close.
Whoo! Whoo!
Yeah!
Wow.
- Whoo! - I'm going to kill you.
Wow.
- What's your name? - My name is Davison,
and I'm from Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Ah! - Yeah.
- I'm out of my mind. - Me too.
- We were talking. - Yes.
Because, Davison, you are outrageous.
Your voice is so beautiful,
and it has this storyteller energy to it.
It just draws you in... boom... right from the minute.
You did a beautiful job.
First of all, I love that song.
- It's an old Bee Gees record. - No, it's not.
Bee Gees recorded it first, and then Michael Bolton.
- N... Oh. - Oh, that's who I'm thinking. Yeah.
- Hey, hey, hey. - Yes.
Look, it shocks me to say this.
The first time he's known something about music that I haven't.
There's something so vintage about your voice, man,
that I just think it's magical.
It sounds, like, classic, like vinyl.
- Mm. - Thank you.
And then find out that you're from Little Rock, Arkansas, man.
- I have eaten at many... - Hey, hey!
...many a Taco Bell in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Oh, well, obviously he should be your coach
'cause he's been to a Taco Bell.
I would be honored...
"honor" is the word I'm using...
to be your coach, man. I'm not kidding.
Thank you so much.
As would I. This is shocking.
I'm still letting that sink in.
Like, I still can't believe that you know
about any music outside of your sphere.
Well, you clearly know about Jimmy Buffett
because you're wearing his shirt in here today.
You're so funny. You got so many funny jokes, don't you?
You kind of embody the whole point of what this show is
because I believe that your voice speaks to all of us.
It just instantly makes you feel.
And I want you to know something about me.
Right before we made our first album, I was listening to
"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,"
to soul records and R&B records.
If that's the record you want to make, I know who you are.
And I think you could win "The Voice."
All of the things and dreams and aspirations that you want,
I want to help bring those things to life.
- Thank you. - I'm telling you right now,
you will be the centerpiece of Team Blake.
That is my word to you.
All right, you've heard both of them.
Who are you gonna pick as your coach?
Come on, man.
Blake.
Come on!
You know you got to go with me, man.
I love you both.
But I pick...
Come home.
- ...Adam. - Yeah!
Davison, I think, is gonna be a finalist.
- Yes. - He's got this soulful, church voice,
and it's also old-school, new-school.
He's got it all.
- This show's rigged! - Sorry.
Nice job.
Ahh!
- You crushed her dreams. - I wanted Adam so bad, like...
- Yeah. - But Blake was my man, you know.
I had to choose Adam.
The way he was describing me to myself, he knows me.
That should have been four chairs, no problem.
- We should have turned around. - We... I messed up.
I made a mistake.
I don't know what's the matter with me,
but I know another one is coming for me.
That's where I benefit... from huge mistakes.
I'll give you that one.
- Coming up... - ♪ Heavenly, heavenly ♪
...as our best season ever continues...
Yes!
...the artists light up the stage...
- ♪ I don't need no doctor ♪ - Ah!
♪ All my hope to live is gone, baby ♪
- Yeah! - ...and have our coaches
pulling out all the stops.
- Whoo! - I'm so happy I turned first.
I see exactly what we could do together.
No one on this show sounds like you.
You got to pick me as your coach.
- And I'm serious about it! - Okay, Blake!
- Okay. Hold on. - I'm serious!
What just happened?
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Welcome back to "The Voice."
If you think I talk a lot,
y'all banter back and forth for like an hour.
- I can't even get a word in right now. - You're a liar.
I looked at her one moment, and I was like, "They're still going."
- It's all about efficiency. - Ain't nothing efficient
- about what happens between you two! - Look, can we get started?
It's the joke to make fun of Kelly
'cause I talk so much and I talk fast.
All right, I'll see y'all out here.
No, wait. No, wait. I want the last word.
- Going to work. - God!
Let's meet the next artist.
A couple years ago, I was at a convention center,
and there was this booth that had a big "Voice" chair.
I got in. It was like a joke.
I just thought I would never be on "The Voice."
Like, I'm not good enough.
And then... here I am.
My name is Jaclyn Lovey.
I am 16 years, and I'm from Placerville, California.
When I was 11, I started to write songs.
And there are so many people that inspired me,
from Billie Holiday and Hank Williams, Johnny Cash.
And I think that's one of the reasons
that my music is more unique.
Placerville is a little town in Northern California.
Everyone kind of knows everyone,
and they've been so supportive of me.
They've donated a piano, helped get my voice lessons.
And when I wanted to make an E.P.,
everyone I knew around me was so generous.
Through a crowdfunding platform,
we were able to get all the money we needed.
I hope I make my community proud
in return for everything they've done for me.
I need "The Voice" because I'm very young
and I want that next level of training.
I've always gravitated towards the more classical sound.
A lot of people tell me I'm an old soul.
So, for my blind audition, I am singing
"Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley.
Mm, I'm waiting for the magic. The magic's on its way.
When I see the real red chairs,
it's just gonna come full circle.
There's my princess.
- She looks so pretty. - She does.
♪ Wise men say ♪
♪ Only fools rush in ♪
That's pretty.
- ♪ But I can't help ♪ - That's pretty.
♪ Falling in love with you ♪
♪ Like a river flows ♪
♪ Surely to the sea ♪
♪ Darling, so it goes ♪
♪ Some things are meant to be ♪
♪ Take my hand ♪
♪ Take my whole life, too ♪
Oh, dadgumit!
- What's the matter with you?! - ♪ For I can't help ♪
♪ Falling in love with you ♪
♪ For I can't help ♪
♪ Falling in love ♪
♪ With you ♪
- Oh, my gosh! - Whoo!
Yes!
Whoo!
- Hello. - What's your name?
My name is Jaclyn Lovey.
I'm 16, and I am from Placerville, California.
All right!
I was not singing like that when I was 16, so...
I'm gonna tell you right now...
no one on this show sounds like you.
- No one has that vibe. - I loved it.
- No one in the world sounds like her. - Thank you.
I think sometimes in this world, we feel like
we have to over-perform everything,
and it's really special that you just showed everybody
that you can be simple and pure.
I loved listening to you sing.
Thank you.
Your voice makes you feel every word.
And this is me talking.
- You gave the Scarecrow a heart. - A calloused country guy here.
- The Tin Man. - For the first time in my life...
Or Tin Man.
Or I'm the Scarecrow, and I don't have a brain.
You gave the Tin Man a heart. I'm sorry. Continue.
- You see what you do to us? - I'm sorry.
- We're... We're falling over ourselves. - What just happened?
Literally, for the first time in my life,
I pictured myself, while you were singing,
me riding a unicorn, the kind that has, like, wings.
That's the vibe I was trying to get.
- And I was holding a Care Bear, - Wow.
had a Care Bear right here.
It was like... Your voice is like, "What is happening to me?
- Blake. - Where am I?"
- Like, you did that to me, Jaclyn. - You made a grown man do that.
It's amazing how one man's dream is another man's nightmare.
And even though there's vocalists in this competition
that literally blow the roof off this place,
I think what you do is more powerful than that.
- Thank you. - I've got to have you on my team.
- Please, Jaclyn. I love you. - Let me take over...
...before you say any other strange things.
I'm pretty sure that unicorn comment
- disqualified him immediately. - Just being honest. I'm just being honest.
Jaclyn, you know, I'm also a huge lover of the classic songs.
I really get it, and I see exactly what we could do together.
We'd be able to find songs that suit your voice,
just like this one did,
and we'll keep it pure. We'll keep it honest.
We'll keep it genuine, and it'll be all about you.
So, I really would love to do that with you.
All right, I think it's time for you to pick a coach.
It's either Alicia Keys, goddess of all things wonderful,
or it's, uh, you know, the unicorn whisperer over there.
I would love to work with either one of you, honestly.
Um, but I pick...
- ...Alicia. - All right!
Come on!
I'm having a rough start right now,
but I'm gonna make a comeback.
- Congratulations to you. - I'm sorry.
Now I know that sharing what goes on in my mind all the time
probably isn't the thing to do.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Welcome back to night two of the blind auditions.
Like, all of a sudden, I found myself sitting at the helm of,
like, the "Star Trek" Enterprise.
- Like, I'm sitting like this. - It's like a spaceship, right?
- Yeah, it's like... - Like "Beam up, Scotty."
Not "Beam me up." What does he say?
- I don't know. - "Beam me up, Scotty."
No. "Beam me up" is when they're, like, on a planet.
"Beam me... Beam me down, Scotty."
- Was "Reading Rainbow" guy in... - Geordi La Forge.
Remember, like, the banana clips?
You know, the girls used to... But I'd put it across my face.
I was like, "Captain..."
"...to the board." I'm such a nerd.
- Yes. Yeah, I agree. - I think that might be the big reason
why no one married me 'til I was like 30.
Oh...
Let's see if the next artist, 17-year-old Sophia Dion,
has what it takes to make a team.
♪ Ooooh, yeah ♪
♪ I get lovin' ♪
♪ By the hundreds ♪
♪ And I get lovin' ♪
♪ By the pint ♪
♪ Got me doin' the camel walk ♪
♪ In my sleep ♪
♪ Yeah, make me do the James Brown ♪
♪ Every time I get on my feet ♪
♪ Listen to me ♪
♪ What a man, what a man, what a man ♪
♪ What a mighty good man ♪
♪ Say it again now ♪
♪ What a man, what a man, what a man ♪
♪ What a mighty good man ♪
♪ Maaaaaan ♪
♪ Ohhhhhh ♪
♪ I said, what a ma-a-a-n ♪
♪ He's a good man ♪
♪ A good, good ma-a-a-n ♪
♪ What a man, what a man, what a man ♪
♪ What a mighty good, good, gooood man ♪
Wow.
- Aw! Aw! - So close!
- What is your name? - My name's Sophia Dion.
I'm 17 years old, and I'm from Park City, Utah.
Cool. And then are you... Do you write music, as well?
I do. I write a lot of music.
I like the soul/country kind of stuff.
- Yes! - Yeah.
I was so close.
I didn't even recognize the song at first, did you?
- No. Right, right. - And then I was like, "Oh,
♪ Yes, he is ♪
Yeah, that was such a cool, like, different arrangement.
- Thank you. - I was just waiting for a little extra,
and that was the only reason why didn't pick you.
Thank you.
If I can't understand what people are saying when they're singing,
it drives me nuts.
And for the most part, I could understand you,
but there was a little bit of trying
to decipher what the words were,
and maybe it was this new arrangement.
It could have been cleaned up just a little bit.
- That's why I didn't hit my button. - Thank you.
- Do not take it too much to heart. - Thank you.
I'm so grateful to be able to sing for you.
Oh, no, and, baby girl. You're 17. That's young.
As the auditions continued,
Blake and Kelly both had something specific in mind
in their search for their first artists of the night,
and these singers just missed the mark.
♪ If you trust your rebel heart ♪
♪ Ride it into battle ♪
♪ Don't be afraid ♪
♪ Take the road less traveled ♪
- Were you nervous at all? - Yeah, just a little bit.
It just showed a little bit in the pitch.
We can't see you, so all we're doing
is just closing our eyes and listening.
So, that was the only reason why I didn't turn my chair.
♪ Blue-ue-ue-ue ♪
♪ Looks good on the sky ♪
There was one moment where the song got away from you.
You went for something big. It didn't land correctly.
♪ We were legends ♪
I just don't know that that was the best song
to showcase what you are capable of.
If you could have put together
a more start-to-finish, solid audition,
we'd be sitting here fighting over you right now, you know,
because I think you have the talent to be on this show.
- Thank you so much. - That was tricky. I was close.
It is so hard watching good people go home,
but I'm looking for something that really moves me.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Welcome back to the blind auditions
at Universal Studios Hollywood.
T-e-a-m K-e-l-l-y.
Winner!
I hope it's country, and I hope I get her.
- "Her"? - I don't know.
I'm just putting it out there.
Let's see if this next artist,
34-year-old Molly Stevens,
is the one Kelly has been waiting for.
The genre that I think I'd put myself in
is probably country,
but I've gotten more into the Americana realm.
I think they both share beautiful storytelling.
I grew up in Macon, Georgia.
My grandfather was a Baptist preacher.
He had a TV show that aired every single Christmas
through the middle Georgia area.
That's where I probably got my first start singing.
I knew that I was gay when I was a very young kid.
Being a Southern Baptist, I thought that was a big sin
and I was gonna go to hell for it.
Coming out to my parents was tough.
I don't think they knew how to take it.
Even though my parents haven't always seen eye to eye,
we've come a really long way,
and I'm so happy they're here with me today.
I moved to Nashville in 2010,
and I started making music and playing shows
all around the Southeast.
- How's it going? It's a grind, right? - It is a grind, yes.
I'm trying to get my break, honestly, Carson.
You're here. You got your break.
I met Ashlee, my fiancée,
about three years ago in Raleigh, North Carolina.
We both come from
Southern Baptist family and background, and we connected.
It's so great to be here today, and I'm so proud of Molly.
I think she's worked really hard.
And she's my best friend,
and I am incredibly grateful to have her by my side.
Ashlee is a wonderful woman.
We love her like another daughter.
And I am so proud of Molly.
She's finally getting some recognition
that she very much deserves.
My entire life, every adversity that I've gone through,
I've always come out stronger for it.
And I believe that, today,
I'm gonna come out stronger because I'm a fighter.
♪ Heavenly day ♪
♪ Oh, heavenly day ♪
- ♪ All the clouds blew away ♪ - You are not blocking me!
- ♪ Got no trouble today ♪ - Ah! No block.
No block!
- Yeah! - That was awesome!
- ♪ Oh, heavenly day ♪ - Go, Molly!
♪ Heavenly day, heavenly day ♪
♪ Tomorrow may rain with sorrow ♪
♪ Here's a little time we can borrow ♪
♪ I got nothing to tell you ♪
♪ I got nothing much to say ♪
♪ Only I'm glad to be here with you ♪
♪ On this heavenly, heavenly, heavenly, heavenly ♪
♪ Heeaaavenly day ♪
♪ Oh, heavenly day ♪
♪ Heavenly day ♪
♪ Heavenly day, ohhh ♪
♪ Heeeaavenly daa-a-a-y ♪
Whoo!
- Yes! - Yeah! Yeah!
- Way to go! - Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Yeah!
- Yeah! - Oh, gosh, whatever.
Whew! What's your name?
Molly Stevens from Macon, Georgia,
and I live in Raleigh, North Carolina, now.
- Yeah! - Yeah.
You know anything about North Carolina?
My family's here. They're from North Carolina.
All right! Way to go.
- Do you know who sang that song? - Molly. Molly just sang it.
- No, you don't! - Yes!
I know who sang that song.
That's one of my favorite singer/songwriters.
- Sweet. Me too. Yes! - Patty Griffin, girl.
- Do you want to do soulful country/rock? - Yeah, country, Americana.
- Come on. - Yeah.
Oh, gosh.
Okay, well, I've won country awards,
and I, you know... Patty Griffin...
Why are you selling yourself to me? Talk to her.
People only believe, if you're country on this show,
that Blake can help you, but that is not true.
I have had no help from Blake,
and I have been successful in country music.
I'm just saying. Thank you. Thank you.
My life is country music.
I don't go from one genre to the next.
- I stay in one lane. - You know what?
I am country and I'm proud of it, and that's all I do!
- I can't help it. I can't help it. - That's all I do!
- All right, wait. - And I'm serious about it!
- Okay, Blake. Okay, hold on. - I'm serious!
I cannot help that I love all genres of music.
Who here has one genre of music on your iPhone that you listen to?
- No one. - I do.
You are a damn liar. I've seen your iPhone.
- I'm country. I'm damn country. - You love Duran Duran.
I have the "Ghostbusters II" soundtrack,
- and that's the only other... - You are a liar!
- ...music that I have. - He is a liar.
Do you want a liar for a coach? I'm truthful.
Molly, I'm not gonna lie. I think Kelly is a good fit for you.
- Yeah? Yeah? Yeah? - Thank you, Adam.
I bet that's shocking to hear.
- I will say, strategically on the show... - Yeah?
...your chances are higher with Kelly.
But I like Blake, as well.
No matter what they say, it's fun to watch you perform
because it just looks like you're just
- sinking your teeth into this song. - Absolutely.
And I don't know if that was you playing the arpeggio part on the...
- Oh, Lord. - ...on the acoustic, but I...
He's so smart with his musical terms.
He Googled that term like five minutes ago.
- You see what's happening here, Molly? - I see that.
It doesn't matter what I say.
You're not confined to one thing.
You don't sound like every other country artist.
I think that's why Chris Stapleton
- sounds so great in this genre. - Yeah.
Kacey Musgraves is stepping out,
doing something different, and that is captivating.
- Yes, Kelly. - And that is why, ma'am,
- you should be on my team. - Yes!
Hey, Molly, who do you pick as your coach?
Oh, man.
- Who's she gonna pick? - I say Blake.
- Kelly. - I think Blake.
Come on, Molly!
- I pick Kelly! - Yeah!
Yes!
Yeah!
Sorry, Blake.
Yes! Oh, my gosh.
I'm so excited about Molly.
I think that we connect on the soulful,
like, rock, like, country. Like, I love all those things.
- Yes! - I can't help you now, Molly.
I can't help you now.
It's easy to see that the other three coaches gang up on me.
I mean, it takes three of them to go against one of me.
Hey! Hey!
I have no one on my team yet today,
and I'm starting to feel a little bit left out.
That was a team effort.
Did that feel good? 'Cause it felt good here.
- I got a joke. I got a joke. - Okay, go.
Knock, knock.
- Who's there? - Who's there?
You suck at "The Voice."
Boom!
Good job.
I think I got her on the last... That was the last thing.
- This is rigged. This is rigged. - You are good.
- This is rigged. - It takes a village.
- "It takes a village." - It takes a village to take that home.
Big tree fall hard.
♪ Baby, you don't know ♪
Stream tonight's blind-audition songs
only on Apple Music.
♪ Heavenly, heavenly, heavenly ♪
- Or buy them on iTunes. - ♪ Heavenly day ♪
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Welcome back to the blind auditions.
- Hello, everybody. - Hey.
- Hey, man. Dylan. - I'm Carson.
- Dylan, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- How long you been singing? - I've been singing since I was 14,
but I acted from when I was 3.
I booked to the "Stepford Wives" remake
- when I was six. - Oh, nice.
I was in a couple of national commercials.
- In "The Black Donnellys." - Oh, I loved that show.
Joey "Ice Cream."
- You were Joey "Ice Cream"? - As a youth.
You will be Joey "Ice Cream" to me around "The Voice" now.
Dude, that's great, man. I loved being Joey "Ice Cream."
I never really learned how to sing until I hit puberty.
So, when I turned 16, my mom found this boy band.
I auditioned for it, and I got picked.
The name of the group was NY5. Super bubblegum pop.
Put out a couple of songs on YouTube,
played a couple of shows,
but we ultimately broke up.
At 19, I started my solo career.
I spent two years in the city
with the manager of the boy band.
And it was funk/pop music, which is really fun stuff to play,
but it wasn't my stuff, so I decided to move back home.
Since I came home, I've been able to root myself,
going back to the things that I love,
going to college, playing acoustic guitar.
My dad was like, "Let's just, like,
build a studio in the basement."
It took us three months
building this place and rebuilding myself.
This studio is like my heart right now.
It was very important for me to shift
the genres that I was singing.
My parents were so supportive.
We sat down and listened to
a lot of vinyl of a lot folk rock.
So, the kind of music I do now
is more about the lyrics and the stories.
I think if I had a coach that is in the industry,
they can help me better everything that I do
and become a folk-rock musician.
This is my shot.
♪ People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one ♪
♪ And we've just begun ♪
♪ Think I'm gonna have a son ♪
♪ And he will be like she and me, as free as a dove ♪
♪ Conceived in love ♪
♪ The sun is gonna shine above ♪
♪ Even though we ain't got money ♪
♪ I'm so in love with ya, honey ♪
♪ And everything will bring a chain of love ♪
♪ And in the morning when I rise ♪
♪ You bring a tear of joy to my eyes ♪
♪ And tell me everything ♪
♪ Is gonna be all right ♪
♪ Love the girl who holds the world in a paper cup ♪
♪ Drink it up, yeah ♪
♪ Love her and she'll bring you luck ♪
♪ And even though we ain't got money ♪
♪ I'm so in love with ya, honey ♪
♪ And everything will bring a chain of love ♪
- ♪ Love, yeah ♪ - Come on! Come on, Blake!
- Come on, Adam! - Whoo!
♪ ...in the morning when I rise ♪
♪ You bring a tear of joy to my eyes ♪
♪ And tell me everything ♪
♪ Is gonna be all right ♪
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
- Kelly! - Whoo!
Yes!
I love this.
I don't even have to fight for you.
You are so good. You got a solid voice.
- Yeah. - Thank you, Kelly.
That was beautiful,
but I cannot wait to see
what you have in your arsenal.
- What's your name? - My name is Dylan.
I'm 21, and I'm from Wyckoff, New Jersey.
Yeah! Thataboy!
Oh, my gosh.
Like, what's your style of music?
- Is there something specific? - Folk rock.
- Yeah. That's cool. - Yeah. Like, Loggins and Messina...
- Yeah. Yeah, nice. - ...Bob Dylan.
I love it. I love it.
- So, how did you start singing? - I was an actor at first...
- Oh. - ...and then I picked it up
when I hit puberty.
That's a good time to pick it up.
I hate puberty, man.
- That's the worst, huh? - Mm-hmm.
You think you'll ever get past it?
But, yo, man, you're great.
I love that song. It's a classic.
And that nostalgia can kind of cause me some trouble with this button.
But it doesn't matter 'cause you got Kelly Clarkson.
- Yeah, baby. - And she's awesome.
- Yes! - Congratulations, man.
I don't know if you wanted me, but you got me.
I wanted you, Kelly!
- Come on! - You're mine! Yes!
I'm excited about Dylan in the sense
that he is like a dark horse.
- I can't wait, man. This is yours. - I can't wait.
It's probably not gonna fit,
- but it's Team Clarkson. - Yeah!
I love the texture of his voice.
I love that he loves folk rock.
I think that he has a lot more in his arsenal.
He's handsome. That's...
So "gorge."
He can sing, and he's cute. I'm winning this show.
Kelly Clarkson... totally "gorge."
Blake Shelton... not "gorge."
Coming up, an epic four-chair turn
- gets our coaches fired up. - Whoo!
Look at you up there with that guitar.
- I need you on my team! - This is home right here.
I'm the only one that can sing in the vicinity
- that you just sang. - Wow!
- You look like a sexy man. - I want you!
- This is gonna take a minute. - I'll sit down, already.
♪ This is "The Voice" ♪
Welcome back.
About to get me a good one. I can tell.
I can feel it.
I own this show, so whatever I say, happens.
Let's meet the final artist of the night,
35-year-old Pryor Baird.
I grew up in a little town called Old Orcutt, California,
and my family loves music,
a lot of funk and soul, jazz and blues.
And there's a saying that you don't choose the blues,
the blues chooses you.
And that's something I firmly believe
because you don't make any money playing the blues whatsoever.
♪ I said tell me, baby ♪
I was touring from 15 years old to 26.
I've traveled all over the country, and we did it
four or five days a week all year round.
In March 2010, I packed up 10 guitars,
one suitcase, put it in my truck,
put a tarp over it, and I drove to Nashville...
Good afternoon. Tri-State.
...but everybody has to work.
My day-to-day job is a project manager
for a home-restoration company.
All right, the refrigerator's gonna go there.
I go into homes that have been affected by any sort of disaster
and put it all back together for you.
And I think that should just about do it.
I've been in Nashville for seven years,
but I played more music when I was California.
I'm working all day long,
and if I could make my living by playing music,
sign me up.
I've paid my dues. I've traveled the road.
I've slept in hotel rooms with no sheets and no Bibles,
and I'm ready for something a lot better.
"The Voice" is the opportunity of a lifetime.
I'm 35 now.
This is what I've been working towards my entire life.
Oh, there he is.
♪ I don't need no doctor ♪
♪ Yes, I know what's ailing me ♪
♪ Yeah, I don't need ♪
♪ I don't need no doctor ♪
♪ Yes, I know what's ailing me ♪
♪ Well, I've been too long away from my baby, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, I'm coming down with a misery ♪
♪ Well, the doctor said I need rest ♪
♪ All I need is her tenderness ♪
♪ Put me on the critical list ♪
- ♪ When all I need is her sweet kiss ♪ - Yeah.
♪ I'm putting on my medicated lotion ♪
♪ But I don't see no emotion ♪
♪ And I don't need ♪
♪ I don't need no doctor ♪
♪ For my hope to live is go-o-o-o-ne ♪
♪ No, I don't need ♪
- ♪ I don't need no doctor ♪ - Yeah!
♪ All my hope to live is gone, baby ♪
♪ All I need for my baby's to please ♪
♪ Oh, won't you please just come on home? ♪
♪ Won't you please just ♪
♪ Won't you please just come on ♪
♪ Ho-o-o-ome? ♪
All four of them turned around!
- Oh, my God! - Standing ovation!
- Yeah! - Whoo!
- Hey! - Unh!
Look at you up there with that guitar and that unbuttoned shirt.
Come on!
- That was great. - What's your name?
My name's Pryor Baird. I'm 35 years old.
I'm from a little, bitty town called Old Orcutt, California.
Seven years ago, I sold everything I had
- and moved to Nashville. - Yes! That's where I live!
- Right. All right. - You look like a man,
- like a sexy man. - Man!
- Well, thank you. - I love all of it.
Just the soulfulness... it's innate,
but you're rocking out to it, as well.
It separates you from
- what's happening in music right now. - Right.
- So I would love to have you on my team. - Thank you.
I'm so happy I turned first.
The way that you make that guitar sound
is absolutely singular and unique and amazing.
That's a big compliment coming from you. Likewise.
Thank you very much.
I don't usually hear someone sing the way you do
and play the way you do. That is a rarity.
And I know that instrument. That's my heart and soul.
So, I believe that this is home, right here on my team.
All right. All right.
Hey, Pryor, speaking of your guitar playing,
I instantly thought,
"That sounds like Pete Anderson back there."
He made all of Dwight Yoakam's
- early records. - Yes.
'Cause it's a little bit wild, it's a little bit loose,
- it's in the moment, so... - Whoo! Whoo!
I can hear my dad yelling in the background.
Is that right?
Dude, you are an incredible vocalist.
It sounds like you smoked a pack of cigarettes
and drank a bottle of whiskey
- right before you got onstage, man. - It's not true, Mom. It's not true.
It's not true.
Those days are long gone, long gone.
Thanks a lot.
I did that stuff for years in order to try to sound like you,
and I still didn't get there.
- You just have that... - Why would you want to be led down
the path of addiction right now?
You were born with that weathered sound.
That's what makes you rare.
That's what separates you from the rest of the pack.
That's why you got to pick me as your coach, man.
I need you on my team! I want you on my team, Pryor!
- I want you! - This is gonna take a minute.
I'll sit down, already.
You know, 'cause... It takes...
- That's way better. - Yeah. See?
- It's nice, isn't it? - It's nice.
It takes a lot to just sit here
and take all this fighting over you.
Listening to you, I felt like there's such a power,
and you have such a range. It felt so good.
And that's what I'd love to help you to continue to explore.
I'd love to bring you to that next space,
and I definitely feel I'm the only one that can sing
somewhere in the vicinity that you just sang,
so that we can actually have...
- Oh, Kelly. - similar spaces...
...to create from.
I got a high voice for a dude, you know.
You got a high voice for a dude,
but not all that gravel.
Look, I have to be your coach.
The fact that that thing that you're holding onto still
is a part of you and an extension of who you are...
I understand that.
Okay, so, Pryor, you've heard us all talk.
Who do you pick as your coach?
- Come on, man. - Come on!
Whoo!
I promise you I'm gonna do the best I can for you.
I promise.
- Who you gonna pick? - Boy, this is tough.
- No, please, it's not... - Please, Pryor!
- It shouldn't be tough. - You should go for the girls.
- I'm gonna pick Blake. - Yes! Yes!
- Yeah! - Wow!
Yeah!
♪ Playin' in a travelin' band ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
That was pretty good.
Pryor is an amazing talent.
I think I just had enough kinship with him,
he just felt some sort of a bond with me, and thank God.
Pryor's a threat to everybody in this competition.
- All good, man. It's all good, man. - Sorry.
No, you're in good hands with him.
Ugh. That one hurt.
Pryor hurt. I should have had him.
At least you got somebody.
Ohh!
You want that guy? ou want that guy to coach you?
Working with Blake is gonna be a lot of fun.
- Look! Look at this! - He and I have kindred spirits.
He's a simple, down-home, regular guy,
and I think he'll really focus on
what I want my music to sound like.
Whoo!
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