Belle Jewel; Tyler Golden/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — The knockout rounds continued on Tuesday’s edition of The Voice, a night in which artists from Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Alicia Keys’ teams duked it out to see which ones would make it to the live rounds.
Miley Cyrus‘ team wasn’t featured, but she pulled of one of the fastest steals in knockout history, snatching an artist from Keys.
The coaches again got some help during the rehearsals from country music power couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
The one-hour show began with Team Blake’s Courtney Harrell, singing Ike & Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High,” facing Bindi Liebowitz, who tackled Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man.” Faith’s advice for Courtney was to hold back and “not give it all away” at once. Bindi’s challenge, on the other hand, was to be more dynamic. “Start out strong and get stronger,” urged Faith and Tim.
Alicia, Miley and Adam gave the round to Courtney. Blake noted that Bindi had a personality drew people in, while Courtney’s performance appeared as though there was “ a volcano underneath the ground… and there was an explosion on the stage.” He declared Courtney the winner.
Team Adam’s Ponciano Seoane, singing Ed Sheeran’s I See Fire” took on Billy Gilman singing Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song,” Adam’s biggest concern for Billy was whether or not he could connect with the song on an emotional level. Ponciano’s task was to capture the audience’s attention right from the start.
The other three coaches had praise for both artists. While Adam believed Ponciano had the best performance of the two, he gave the round to Billy based on his perseverance and his ability to emote.
Team Alicia’s Belle Jewel, tackling Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” faced Christian Cuevas, singing Luther Vandross’ version of “Superstar.” It was hard for Alicia, Faith and Tim to come up with anything to critique in Belle’s performance, but Faith thought Christian needed to figure out how he wanted to interpret his song. Alicia warned Christian that he would have “a lot of work to do” to win her approval.
Miley, Adam and Blake were torn, but gave the edge to Christian. Alicia felt both artists delivered the goods, but chose Christian. However, in one of the “fastest steals in knockout history,” Miley snatched up Belle, citing her blend of talent and style.
The Voice will air more knockout rounds next Monday night on NBC.
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