From their own teams
To face off against each other in a do-or-die battle round.
Patrick: ♪I'm just a hunk, a hunk of bu-u-u-u-rning love ♪
Tyler: ♪I'm just a hunk, a hunk of burning lo-o-o-o-ve ♪
Both: ♪pretty, pretty please ♪
♪if you ever, ever feel ♪
Daly: After the battle performance,
Each of our coaches began making the tough decisions
Of who to cut...
Oh, my god. You guys are so great.
...And which four artists to take to the live shows...
Oh, my gosh!
...Where the coaches themselves
Will be competing for bragging rights.
Cee lo: At the end of the day, I am planning to win.
Daly: Who's the winner of this battle?
Cee lo: It's bothering the hell out of me,
But I think I got to -- I --
I-I pick vicci.
[ cheers and applause ]
I think frenchie took it.
[ cheers and applause ]
Patrick.
[ cheers and applause ]
I have to go with casey weston.
Daly: The lineups have begun
With one artist on team blake...
Team christina...
Team cee lo...
And team adam.
And tonight four more artists advance
As the battle rounds continue...
So, are you ready to fight for your spot?
Yeah!
...As our superstar coaches
Will choose two more artists from their own teams
To sing a handpicked duet.
Jared: This is freakin' crazy, man. Nuts.
Daly: They will face off,
And the only thing standing in their way
Of making the live shows is each other.
Nakia: This is it. It's do or die.
Daly: But before they take the stage...
Adam: I want you to sing less.
I think if you just scale back a tiny bit...
...Each coach will train their artists,
Providing them with the guidance they'll need
To win their battle. That's what we're here for.
Each coach has a trusted advisor.
Adam levine has maroon 5's musical director,
Adam blackstone.
Cee lo's got grammy-winning, multiplatinum
Recording artist monica.
Christina has australian recording artist sia.
And blake has called upon one of the most successful
Female country artists of all time...
I brought my secret weapon.
...Reba.
With their hopes and dreams on the line,
The artists will leave it all in the ring.
It's a fight to the finish to impress their coach,
Win the battle, and move on to the live shows.
The battle rounds continue right now on "the voice."
Cee lo's team has assembled,
Waiting to hear the next battle pairing.
This is the battle round.
I'm gonna pair you guys up to sing a song together --
Or against each other. It depends on how you look at it.
Only one of you can leave here victoriously,
And it is me who determines
Whether or not you win or lose, okay?
So, for this battle...
I am putting...
Tje... All right.
...And nakia.
[ cheers and applause ]
Cee lo: Tje has a lot of sensitivity in his vocal approach.
That sensitivity becomes his strength.
Nakia is a very aggressive individual,
In terms of his vocal approach.
All right, the song is ne-yo's "closer."
Nakia: I immediately thought, "oh, great.
This song is tailor-made for tje's voice."
This tempo of this song, this attitude --
You know, it's a perfect opportunity
To really, really commandeer the whole thing.
It's yours.
Tje: I'm pretty nervous about battling nakia.
You know, he's got such a big voice.
He's a big white guy doing an r&b song,
And, you know, a lot of people like that
When they can come out of nowhere
And just rip through a song.
Now, get out of here. You play for me now.
[ laughs ] thanks, man. All right, bro.
Daly: During the blind auditions, austin, texas, singer nakia,
With the support of his partner,
Took a risk by singing cee lo's "forget you"...
♪and I'm like, "forget you" ♪
Daly: ...And it paid off.
Nakia: This is a huge opportunity for me to pay robert back
For so many of the things that he's done for me.
Daly: Smooth and soulful stylist tje austin
Sang "just the way you are"...
♪and when you smile ♪
Daly: ...And ended up on team cee lo.
Tje: I have five brothers and three sisters.
Most of us are adopted.
I'm doing this to show them I'm no longer little tje-tje.
I'm a singer.
Daly: With the matchup set,
Tje and nakia are ready for coaching
From cee lo and his special advisor.
Nakia: Hello!
I'd like to introduce miss monica. Nakia: Wow.
Monica: [ laughs ] how you doin'? What an honor.
Happy to be here.
Cee lo: Monica -- she's a very dear friend of mine.
She's an accomplished vocalist. She's a seasoned veteran.
She's a lady.
I respect her personal and professional opinion.
And let's see -- can we work out
A special version of "closer" for you guys?
Because, you know, you just don't cover a song.
You make it yours. You own it. Right?
I like that.
♪and I just can't pull myself away ♪
♪under her spell, I can't break ♪
♪I just can't stop ♪
Maybe that's something you could do together.
♪closer ♪
♪closer, ah, ah ♪
♪whatever you want to do ♪ nakia: Right, sure.
However you -- well, you know, however you feel it.
What if, like, one of us did the --
♪no, no, no ♪
♪no, no, no, I -- ♪ you know, like...
One thing that I don't suggest is soul by numbers.
You know, I mean, like, those type of inflections
Need to be honest. Sure.
So -- so do them as you feel them instinctively. Okay.
Tje: Nakia was going for it,
And I was kind of staying under the radar.
And, you know, that's part of my strategy --
Let him reveal all of it,
And then, in the battle, I'll take him.
Cee lo: Tje, how you feelin'?
I am pretty excited, nervous.
I want to make a good impression.
Don't even think about what somebody else sounds like
Or what they're doing or what they bring to the table.
Think about tje, who he is.
Make them feel it, remember it, and respect it.
Cee lo: 'kia. Nakia: Hey, what's up?
Can I call you that?
Yeah, absolutely.
Well, I mean, what can I say, man?
You know, you have to really get into the story line
Of this song, or any song.
It has to be yours -- it has to be your truth,
Your experience, you know what I'm saying?
I have two very talented individuals
About to go head-to-head.
And there's no way to predict that, man.
It's just "may the best man win."
Daly: It's the night of the battle,
And tje and nakia are ready to square off.
Tje: Nakia and I are going head-to-head.
We are pulling out all the stops.
It's anyone's game,
But I'm telling myself it's for me.
[ cheers and applause ]
Nakia: It only takes one note,
And if you go flat, you get pitchy,
You're done for.
Tje: I feel very nervous,
But I need to focus all of this energy
And do what I do best.
[ cheers and applause ]
Nakia: There's no second chances.
This is it. It's do or die.
[ cheers and applause ]
Daly: Tonight, a showdown from the lone star state.
Two talented artists are about to enter this ring,
But only one will move on.
Will it be the blues singer from austin, texas -- nakia?
[ cheers and applause ]
Hey!
[ laughs ]
Oh, my god.
Or will it be the smooth, soulful sounds of tje austin?
[ cheers and applause ]
Come on, tje. You got it. You got it. Come on, tje.
Daly: The battle round starts now.
[ intro to "closer" plays ]
Tje: ♪turn the lights off in this place ♪
♪and she shines just like a star ♪
♪and I swear I know her face ♪
♪I just don't know who you are ♪
Nakia: ♪turn the music up in here ♪
♪I still hear her loud and clear ♪
♪like she's right there in my ear ♪
♪telling me that she wants to own me ♪
♪to control me ♪
Tje: ♪come closer, yeah ♪
Nakia: ♪come closer ♪
Tje: ♪and I just can't pull myself away ♪
Nakia: ♪under her spell, I can't break ♪
Tje: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Nakia: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Tje: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Nakia: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Tje: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Both: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Tje: ♪I just can't stop, no, no ♪
Nakia: ♪I just can't stop, no, no ♪
Tje: ♪I just can't sto-o-o-p ♪
Nakia: ♪no, no, no, no ♪
♪no-o-o-o ♪ ♪and I just can't pull myself away ♪
Nakia: ♪under her spell, I can't break ♪
Tje: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Nakia: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Tje: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Nakia: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Both: ♪and I just can't bring myself, no way ♪
♪but I don't want to escape ♪
Nakia: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Tje: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Nakia: ♪I just can't stop ♪
Both: ♪come closer ♪
[ cheers and applause ]
Daly: Tje, good job. Nice battle.
Wow!
Standing ovation. [ laughs ]
That's a battle.
Cee lo, your decision in a few minutes.
Let's get some thoughts. Adam?
So much hair!
[ laughter ]
There's so much hair flying around.
You guys were both fantastic.
I'd be crushed to let either one of you guys go, so...
If I had to take somebody, I'd go with nakia.
[ cheers and applause ]
Daly: Thanks, adam.
Blake?
Blake: You both held on to your personalities
That I remember from the blind auditions
And you brought that in here
And you made it work together.
Who would you have selected?
I wanted nakia
For, you know, my team the first time around.
I still -- I'm still a fan, still a big fan.
Thank you. Thank you. I think you both were great, though.
Christina, some thoughts on that battle round?
Christina: Nakia, you did really sell it.
I was kind of blown away. I mean, as soon as that beat kicked in,
You were walking around.
I was like, "oh, he just took control."
And, you know, tje, I love your voice. I love your presence.
I love -- you know, your whole package is nice to --
[ clears throat ] yeah. Excuse me.
[ christina laughs ]
[ laughter ]
Cee lo, you'll give us your quick thoughts.
Ladies first.
In this particular competition, there's one voice. Yes.
And for me, overall,
Tje's voice is so pleasant and is so melodic.
There are so many artists that would die
To be able to go and transition into that place.
Cee lo, captain, your advisor has spoken,
But ultimately the decision is yours.
Who's the winner of this battle?
Cee lo: Of course, you know I love both of you guys.
You guys are both representing me.
You're extensions of my good taste.
I'm an advocate.
[ laughter and applause ]
Thank you.
I am an endorser and an advocate of exceptions to the rule --
And the both of you are --
But I have to make a final decision.
[ suspenseful music plays ]
I'm gonna go with...
♪this is "the voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
Before the break, tje and nakia sang their hearts out
And left cee lo with a tough decision --
Who will advance to the live shows,
And who will go home?
Of course, you know I love both of you guys.
I am an endorser and an advocate of exceptions to the rule --
And the both of you are --
But I have to make a final decision.
[ suspenseful music plays ]
I'm gonna go with 'kia.
[ cheers and applause ] yeah!
[ laughs ] oh, my gosh!
[ cheers and applause ]
Ohh! [ laughs ]
[ sniffles ]
Tje!
Nooooo!
Robert: Hey!
Oh, I'm so happy!
Narrator: Nakia joins vicci martinez
As the second member of team cee lo
To move on to the live shows.
And blake decides which artists go head-to-head
In the next battle.
The artists that I'm pairing up against each other
For a battle...
Are elenowen...
...And jared blake.
Come on up here. Come on up here. Ohh!
See? You already look mad at each other.
I love it! I love it.
So, you guys are gonna be singing
"ain't no mountain high enough" by marvin gaye.
You'd have never picked that song, would you?
Nicole: It's a little bit easier to sing a song about being in love
When you've got your husband singing it with you.
So that's definitely an upper hand.
Daly: During the blind auditions,
Rocker and father of six jared blake
Wouldn't go down without a fight
During the second-chance showdown,
Singing "not ready to make nice"...
♪there's nothing left for me to figure out ♪
Daly: ...And landed the last spot on team blake.
I quit drinking about three years ago.
I have four little girls.
So I decided I'd become the guy
That I wanted them to grow up and be with.
Daly: The newlyweds from nashville, tennessee,
Josh and nicole,
Who live in her parents' basement,
Sang the love song "falling slowly."
Both: ♪raise your hopeful voice ♪
Daly: They had to make a tough choice between blake and cee lo.
Obviously we're gonna get our own place
If we win "the voice."
Daly: The artists get to rehearse their song
With blake and his special advisor.
Well, hello there. Blake: Hey, guys.
Holy... Josh: Oh, my.
That's a little girl from oklahoma named reba mcentire.
Reba: How are you?
Nice to see you. Jared.
Hello. Josh. Nice to meet you. Hi.
Nice to meet you.
Hi. Nicole. Hi. Nice to meet you.
Blake: Y'all ready to get to work?
Heck, yeah. Nicole: Yeah. All right.
[ "ain't no mountain high enough" plays ]
♪listen, baby ♪
♪I'll be there in a hurry ♪
♪you don't have to worry ♪
♪ain't no mountain ♪
♪high enough ♪
So, are -- are you singing that in your falsetto, in your --
It's pretty high.
Sing the chorus for us.
♪high enough ♪
Both: ♪ain't no river wide enough ♪
Jared: Going up against elenowen,
You know, could be a disadvantage
'cause we got two voices against one.
Obviously they got here off of the beautiful harmony
That they're doing with each other.
I'm not beautiful by any means.
There's nothing about me that's beautiful.
So I'm nervous about it.
Daly: With the battle round looming,
Blake and reba advise their artists.
Reba: One thing is, when you are up there with them,
Singing that song, and it's their turn,
You've got to keep some of that attention for you, too,
From the audience.
So stay focused, stay involved.
Be looking in the audience... Right. Right.
...And keeping their eye contact a little bit.
Keep vying for that attention.
Okay.
Blake: Jared blake probably feels like this is a little bit unfair
That he's having to sing against a duo.
But the truth is, he's gonna have to step out there
And trust that I'm not gonna be listening
For anything other than who sells this song the best.
Reba: When you're rehearsing, get in front of a mirror
And look at yourself and go your most confident look.
If you're up there and uncomfortable,
It makes the audience uncomfortable.
Make sure that you've got all those notes just right,
But you're confident about it.
Daly: Jared and elenowen head to the stage to rehearse.
Jared: ♪if you're ever in trouble ♪
♪I'll be there on the double ♪
♪just send for me ♪
♪oh, baby ♪
Blake: Stop.
I'm not -- I'm not afraid to say
That this is not happening here.
Hmm.
Uh-oh. Why?
'cause you're all really good singers,
And it's not that good of a blend,
And you're all trying to out-sing each other.
Okay.
Blake: Even though, you know, artistically,
They're absolutely nothing alike,
I'm making them perform a song
That makes them both come to the middle,
And we'll see which one, vocally, has the most strength.
[ dramatic music plays ]
Josh: Blake's made it really clear
That, no matter what happened in the blind auditions,
This battle round, this one performance
Is the thing that matters, so it's a big one. Nicole: Yeah, I'm ready.
If we don't make it past this round,
It's back to the basement, for sure.
Jared: There's a lot riding on this for me.
I mean, I've been doing this for the last 15 years.
This is a big jump between now and to the live shows.
And, dude, I want to be in that live show.
[ cheers and applause ]
Geez. This is freakin' crazy, man. Nuts.
With six kids to take care of, I need something big to happen.
[ dramatic music plays ]
[ exhales sharply ]
[ cheers and applause ]
Daly: Coming up...
All: ♪ain't no mountain high enough ♪
Daly: ...Blake must choose a winner
Between jared blake and elenowen.
Go with your gut. I know. I know.
♪this is "the voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
All right, let's get to our next battle.
In the ring tonight, the newlyweds whose sweet nature
Infuses their folkie sound, elenowen...
[ cheers and applause ]
Hey! Whoo-hoo!
Daly: ...Up against the king of second chances,
Father of six jared blake!
[ cheers and applause ]
Whoo! There's my baby.
Daly: The battle round starts now.
[ intro to "ain't no mountain high enough" plays ]
Jared: ♪mmm ♪
♪listen, baby ♪
♪ain't no mountain high ♪
♪ain't no valley low ♪
♪ain't no river wide enough, baby ♪
♪if you need me, call me ♪
♪no matter where you are ♪
♪no matter how far ♪
Both: ♪don't worry, baby ♪
Jared: ♪just say my name ♪
♪I'll be there in a hurry ♪
♪you don't have to worry ♪
♪'cause, baby, there ♪
All: ♪ain't no mountain high enough ♪
♪ain't no valley low enough ♪
♪ain't no river wide enough ♪
Jared: ♪to keep me from getting to you, babe ♪
Josh: ♪remember the day ♪
♪I set you free? ♪
♪I told you you could ♪
Both: ♪always count on me, darling ♪
Josh: ♪from that day on ♪
♪I made a vow ♪
♪I'll be there when you want me ♪
Both: ♪some way, somehow ♪
Josh: ♪'cause, baby, there ♪
All: ♪ain't no mountain high enough ♪
♪ain't no valley low enough ♪
♪ain't no river wide enough ♪
Josh: ♪to keep me from getting to you, babe ♪
Jared: ♪if you're ever in trouble ♪
♪I'll be there on the double ♪
Nicole: ♪just send for me ♪
♪oh, baby ♪
All: ♪ain't no mountain high enough ♪
♪ain't no valley low enough ♪
♪ain't no river wide enough ♪
♪to keep me from getting to you, babe ♪
[ cheers and applause ]
Yeah. Ooh! Whoo!
Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!
[ cheers and applause continue ]
Daly: We'll get to papa blake here in a minute for the decision,
But first some comments from the other coaches.
Christina? Christina: Elenowen...
You guys are an amazing thing to watch.
But, jared, you were selling it, man.
You were, like, out there.
You were giving it to the crowd.
Daly: Cee lo?
Cee lo: You know you guys were one of my original picks,
And I think you guys are fabulous together.
I love that you're still in love a few days later.
[ laughter ]
Yo, jared, this is my third time seeing you,
So apparently the third time is a charm
Because you did a great job today.
Daly: Adam, some thoughts on that battle round?
Adam: You were both great, and I love it
That this was just so wrong for you, jared.
It was like -- I mean, I know -- reba: Yeah.
You could tell you were missing your guitar a little bit
'cause you were kind of just like,
"I just got these hands, and I got these legs."
I know that feeling, trust me.
You're like, "I don't know what to do. I got no guitar."
But good job. Daly: Thank you, adam.
And now we move on to blake.
I would like to take a second to ask reba.
Well, I thought josh and nicole did a wonderful job.
I didn't feel that they were as comfortable
On the stage with that song as jared was.
I thought jared really rocked it.
He felt very confident.
Nicole, I felt it was a little low for you
In the -- in your verse.
But I'm very pleased to get to meet all three of you.
Daly: Thank you, reba.
Thank you. Jared: Thank you.
Thanks.
Daly: Blake, it's really on you. Blake: Yeah.
Who is the winner of this battle round?
Aw!
[ suspenseful music plays ]
Come on. Come on.
Go with your gut. I know. I know.
Blake: When we made our selections through the blind auditions,
I remember turning around at the same time that cee lo did
To pick elenowen,
And I remember begging them to be on my team,
Because I think you guys are great.
But I'm completely shocked
At the way jared blake brought it here today.
I pick jared blake to go on.
[ cheers and applause ] thank you.
He did it. He did it. He did it.
Yeah! All right!
Daly: Elenowen, thank you.
And here you are, jared blake,
Moving on to the live shows. Yeah!
Thank you. And thank you for giving me that second chance
To come back out here, blake.
Go see your family. Congratulations.
Jared blake, we'll see you at the live shows.
[ laughs ]
Man: Yeah! Yeah!
Whoo! Hey, babe. You brought it home.
Jared: It's freakin' ridiculous.
I'm ready to take this all the way.
Daly: Jared takes the second spot on blake's team,
Alongside patrick thomas.
Coming up, adam prepares his team for battle.
One sec, one sec. It's so simple.
It's like a nursery rhyme. I want you to sing less.
♪this is "the voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to "the voice: The battle rounds,"
Where team adam anxiously awaits their next battle pairing.
Okay. Javier.
Angela.
Angela: When I found out I was being paired with javier,
I was really excited because he's amazing,
And I couldn't believe I was gonna get to sing with him.
But on the other hand,
He's probably the best singer in this entire competition.
[ laughs ]
So I'm really, really, really scared.
Okay, so... [ squeals ]
You guys are gonna sing "stand by me."
You guys like it? Are you down with it?
Yes. Javier: Yeah, it's a great song.
Yeah. Classic song. It's great.
Okay, good. I'm excited to hear it.
Adam: It's no secret that javier is just astonishing.
And angela's great.
And I think that I chose a simple song
Because it actually plays to her strengths as a singer.
That's gonna be a great pairing.
Daly: During the blind auditions,
Father of two javier colon sang time after time.
♪and you will find me ♪
♪time after time ♪
Daly: After a four-coach turnaround,
He went with team adam.
Javier: My kids and my wife are my world.
I can't do any of this without them.
Daly: Originally rejected in the blind auditions,
Angela wolff got a second chance
With the song "rolling in the deep"...
♪you had my heart inside ♪
Daly: ...Moving her on to the battle round.
Next, adam and his advisor --
Maroon 5's musical director, adam blackstone --
Provide their expertise.
♪if the sky ♪
♪that we look upon ♪
Adam and angela: ♪should tumble and fall ♪
Blackstone: Uh-huh.
♪and the mountain ♪
♪should crumble ♪
♪to the sea ♪
Javier: ♪I won't cry ♪
♪I won't cry ♪
♪no, I won't ♪
♪shed a tear ♪
♪just as long -- ♪
Adam: One sec, one sec.
I think, honestly, it's so simple.
It's like a nursery rhyme.
I want you to sing less.
If you just scale back a tiny bit...
Javier: For the blind auditions, I was fortunate enough
To have everybody turn around for me.
But it's a whole new ballgame.
I still have to come out and prove myself
And just try to secure myself a spot in the live shows.
♪won't you stand ♪ okay.
♪by me ♪
♪oh, stand ♪
♪by me ♪ that's nice.
Angela: I don't even think it's about hitting the biggest notes.
I think it's just coming from the heart at this point.
I think if adam sees someone really feeling it,
Then I think that's what's gonna get
Each person ahead to the next round.
In this particular situation, you're not doing an impression,
But you're staying true to a true classic.
To a classic.
And you got to give them javier.
You know, you got to do your thing.
And I love those little runs every once in a while.
It's all about discipline, if that makes any sense,
Vocal discipline. Absolutely.
Yeah. That's hard. Man, it's hard.
That's awesome advice.
Keeping it true to the original is the way to go.
Adam: I think that javier has been seen as a favorite,
And I think he's amazing,
But there's a lot of people that can surprise you.
When it comes down to the moment,
I tend to just stick to the program
And don't try to sing it too much.
Daly: With everything on the line,
It's time for angela and javier to battle.
Javier: I've been singing for a very long time,
And I need to take the next step in my career
If I want to keep doing this.
The only way to do that is to get through this
And make it to the next round.
It's about that time, man. Put up or shut up.
Angela: When I go onstage, I just want to think
About all the years I've spent working hard
To get to this moment right now.
I think the competitive side's coming out right now,
When I just want to get out there and be proud.
No matter what happens, I want to be proud of the performance.
[ cheers and applause ]
Daly: One of these artists will rise above the competition
And move on to the live shows.
Stepping into the ring,
The small-town girl with big-city dreams,
Angela wolff.
[ cheers and applause ]
That is -- aww, look at that.
Whoo!
Daly: And her opponent,
The humble family man at a career crossroads,
Javier colon.
[ cheers and applause ]
Come on! Let's go, jav. I love it.
Beautiful.
Daly: The battle round starts now.
[ intro to "stand by me" plays ]
Javier: ♪when the night ♪
[ cheers ] ♪has come ♪
♪and the land is dark ♪
♪and the moon ♪
♪is the only ♪
♪light we'll see ♪
♪mmm ♪
Angela: ♪no, I won't ♪
♪be afraid ♪
♪no, I won't ♪
♪be afraid ♪
♪just as long ♪
♪as you stand ♪
♪stand by me ♪ aww.
Javier: ♪so, darlin', darlin' ♪
♪stand ♪
♪by me ♪
♪oh, stand ♪
♪by me ♪
♪oh, stand, now ♪
♪stand by me ♪
She's standing by him.
♪stand by me ♪
Angela: ♪if the sky ♪
♪that we look upon ♪
♪should tumble and fall ♪
♪or the mountain ♪
♪should crumble ♪
♪to the sea ♪
Come on, baby.
Javier: ♪I won't cry ♪
♪I won't cry-y-y ♪
♪I won't ♪
♪shed a tear ♪
♪just as long ♪
♪as you stand ♪
♪stand by me ♪
♪yeah ♪
Angela: ♪and, darlin', darlin' ♪
♪stand ♪
♪by me ♪
♪oh, stand ♪
♪by me ♪
Both: ♪whoa, stand, now ♪
♪stand by me ♪
[ cheers and applause ]
Aww.
Yeah! That was beautiful! Whoo!
Aww.
That was so warm and battle-y.
[ laughter ]
Let's get some comments. We'll start with you, blake.
There is a...Extremely beautiful girl
Up on that stage right now,
But all I could sit here and do is go, "javier."
[ laughter ]
Woman: What? Oh, my...
That makes me feel strange a little bit.
Well, imagine how I feel.
Christina?
Angela, you have
A very sweet presence about you.
But, javier, you had the swagger.
You had everything, so...
[ cheers and applause ]
Whoo! Daly: Cee lo?
Cee lo: Um...
Angela, I mean...
You got some stiff competition there, darling.
But you have a great voice. Christina: Yeah.
And in our world, it's not so much about competing,
But it's also about co-existing, okay?
[ cheers and applause ]
Woman: Come on, javier.
Adam: The energy between the two of you guys when you were performing --
That's really sweet to see.
Um, and, so, you know...
[ cheers and applause ]
[ suspenseful music plays ] unh. Well...
Drum roll.
I'm gonna say this,
And I want you both to feel good and...
All right, who is the winner? Woman: Who's the winner?
[ chuckles ] it's so tough.
Daly: Who is the winner of this battle round?
I got to go with javier.
Blackstone: Yeah. Congratulations.
[ cheers and applause ]
Aww.
Thanks, angela. You were fantastic.
Javier: Hey, thank you, guys.
Javier colon moves on.
Oh, my. Hi, baby.
Daly: Javier joins casey weston
As the second member of adam's team
To move on to the live shows.
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♪this is "the voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
Team christina waits patiently
For their next battle assignment.
Christina: All right, for this one,
The next battle will be...
...Beverly mcclellan
Versus...
Justin grennan.
The song is "baba o'riley," by the who.
[ exhales sharply ] [ laughs ]
So, come on up, and I'll tell you why.
You're in trouble. All right.
Beverly: Justin is a great guy,
But at the end of the day, there can only be one.
I love the who, man. I'm gonna do it some justice.
Justin, you're a very talented, clean, high tenor,
And you have the capability of going up against...
The very gritty, raw,
Amazing, powerhouse sound to you, as well.
Thank you.
So I think the two of you really match up.
I hope. Cool.
This is gonna be a good battle.
Daly: During the blind auditions,
High-rise-window installer justin grennan
Performed "drops of jupiter."
♪tell me, did venus blow your mind? ♪
Daly: And he was chosen by christina...
I knew I could count on you.
...While the wild rocker from florida, beverly mcclellan,
Sang "piece of my heart."
♪whoo-hoo ♪
♪another little piece of my heart now, baby ♪
Daly: She had to make a tough choice between christina and adam.
I think I'm gonna do christina.
Whoo!
Daly: Christina and her advisor, australian recording artist sia,
Rehearse with beverly and justin.
This is my dear, dear friend. Her name is sia.
How are you, sia? Nice to meet you, beverly.
Right on. Justin.
Hi. Sia. Nice to meet you, justin. Nice to meet you, as well.
Who wants to go first?
I would love to just hear you guys' voice.
Oh, look. She said she wants to. That's right! All right, beverly.
Let's do it.
[ intro to "baba o'riley" plays ]
♪out here in the fields ♪
Hey, now.
♪I fought for my meals ♪
♪yeah ♪
♪I get my back into my living ♪
♪oh, yeah, yeah ♪
That got me really excited.
So, beverly, you're very comfortable with this song.
You obviously know it.
I understand that you're not as familiar.
Not at all.
I have never performed this song before.
I've never seen the lyrics until today,
So, yeah, this is definitely a challenge for me
To learn the song so that I can do that well onstage.
You can make it your own. Oh, yeah.
You don't have to necessarily do what the record does. You know, you can go --
♪I don't need to fight ♪
♪to prove I'm right ♪ right.
You know, if you want to make it more soulful,
You can do things like that. Right.
[ intro to "baba o'riley" plays ]
We got the best teacher ever. I know, right?
Christina: Nothing could destroy this song, right?
[ clears throat ] ♪out here ♪
♪out here in the fields ♪
Hey, now. Sia: Yeah.
Whoo!
♪I fought for my meals ♪
Sia: Yeah.
♪I get my back into my living ♪
That's good. Justin!
Christina: Justin -- I mean, going from not knowing the song
To then being able to get up there
And sing it the way he did,
With such grit and raw passion --
I was really impressed.
Daly: With their battle fast approaching,
Justin and beverly take to the stage
To practice their song.
Justin: ♪out here in the fields ♪
♪I fought for my meals ♪
Beverly: ♪and I don't need ♪
♪to be forgiven, yeah ♪
Justin: ♪ohh, yeah ♪
Whoo! Christina: Wow, you guys are kind of crazy.
I think that, beverly, you're obviously great
At moving around the stage.
Just make sure it's not too much
And try to, you know, feel it out and make it free-flowing.
Beverly: Confidence, you know, can sometimes be cockiness.
I don't want anyone to get those two mixed up here.
I'm confident, yes.
And he is, as well.
But we're both gonna bring it.
Justin, I love what you've done with it,
And obviously you've grown very comfortable with it.
I just want to make sure
That when you're up there and you are battling --
And I do this as a singer, too, sometimes --
The note's too low, and I know I can go up here,
I shoot for going up there right away.
But, really, let those high moments shine for yourself,
And let them fly solo so that they really do shine.
All feelings and emotions aside,
At the end of the day, I will have to pick
My very strongest and best that I feel are on my team
Because they're then gonna have to move on against the boys,
And I'll be damned if the boys beat me.
[ laughs ]
[ dramatic music plays ]
Justin: I'm under the impression that christina wants a battle,
And she's gonna have one.
Beverly: I am just about to step out onstage and bring the thunder.
Justin: Performance, singing --
The whole package has to come together.
It's do or die. Tonight is the night.
Okay, ready. Here we go.
[ dramatic music plays ]
♪this is "the voice" ♪
Daly: Welcome back to the battle rounds.
From team christina, who's gonna take this battle?
Will it be the fearless hard-rocker
Beverly mcclellan...
She looks like a punk rocker. Yeah, she does.
...Or the soulful r&b singer justin grennan?
There he is. All right, "j." come on, buddy.
Let's do it.
Daly: The battle starts right now.
[ intro to "baba o'riley" plays ]
[ audience clapping rhythmically ]
Justin: All right, everybody. Here we go!
♪out here in the fields ♪
Yeah, come on! Let's get up!
♪I fought for my meals ♪
♪I get my back into my living ♪
♪yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
Beverly: ♪and I don't need to fight ♪
♪to prove I'm right ♪
♪and I don't need ♪
♪to be forgiven ♪
♪yeah, yeah ♪
Both: ♪don't cry ♪
♪don't raise your eye ♪
♪it's only teenage wasteland ♪
Justin: ♪whoa oh-oh! ♪
♪sally, take my hand ♪
♪we'll travel south 'cross land ♪
♪just put out the fire ♪
♪and don't look past my shoulder ♪
♪no, no ♪
Beverly: ♪oh, no, no, no ♪
♪the exodus is here ♪
♪the happy ones are near ♪
♪let's get together ♪
Both: ♪before we get much older ♪
Guitar! Come on, chet!
[ instrumental break ]
Justin: All right, everybody.
Put your hands together. Come on!
Both: ♪teenage wasteland, oh, yeah ♪
♪it's only teenage wasteland ♪
♪teenage wasteland ♪
♪oh, yeah ♪
♪teenage wasteland ♪
♪they're all wasted! ♪
Justin: Whoo! Yeah, guys! Yeah! Beverly: ♪yeah-ah-ah-ah-ah ♪
♪ohhhhhh ♪ ♪ohhhhh ♪
♪yeah-ah-ah-ah ♪ ♪ohh-ohh-ohh ♪
[ cheers and applause ]
Here we go. Yep, here we go.
Man: Yeah! Yeah!
Daly: Cee lo, what'd you think?
Bev -- can I call you "bev"?
Because I love you so much? Yes.
You stole it, you owned it, and then you sold it.
You stole it and sold it right back to me.
That was so awesome. I enjoyed it.
But I enjoyed you both equally. I'm so excited.
But you know what? Bev's my girl.
Daly: All right, thank you, cee lo.
Adam, come on.
When you came out, justin, I was like --
I really thought to myself, "oh, man."
I thought they were sending the lamb to the slaughter
'cause I thought she was just gonna murderize you.
But she didn't.
You -- you really, really did an amazing job,
And I'm so happy that you killed that.
It was perfect. It was great. It was a good ending.
Thank you.
Daly: All right.
Blake, a few thoughts before we get to christina.
Blake: Justin, you came out of nowhere for me, you know what I mean?
I mean, you look like the guy that works at my bank,
But you sound like --
Justin: Well, hey, don't get it twisted. I'm a redneck just like you.
Blake: He's a good-looking guy, too. I mean, don't --
No, I mean, but you have this rock inside of you, man.
It's awesome, man, to see that come out.
Where the hell does that come from, you know?
Daly: Well, now the moment we've been waiting for --
Miss christina aguilera.
Christina: Thank you for making my co-coaches
Insanely jealous up here.
And I'm so excited. Cee lo: I was jealous.
I was jealous.
Um, I knew, by choosing that song,
You guys were gonna bring the house down with it, and you did.
Beverly, what can I say?
I'm lucky to have you on my team.
And I do have to say, justin, out of all my teammates,
I'm most proud of you because I saw your growth from day one.
You didn't even know the song.
And, you know, it's tough going up against this one over here.
It's really, really hard. Yeah, you're telling me.
So I give you a lot of credit for doing it.
Daly: Who's the winner of this battle round?
[ suspenseful music plays ]
Christina: Oh, my gosh!
[ sighs ]
I do have to say...
I have to go with beverly.
[ cheers and applause ]
Thank you. [ smooches ] thanks.
Yeah!
Daly: Beverly joins frenchie davis on team christina
And heads to the live shows.
I'm going to the live shows. llsling