10x09 - The Battles, Part 4

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Daly: That is how you battle!

The season 10 battles have been
bigger and better than ever.

Blake: I'm blown away
by the level of talent

That are in these battle rounds.

It really is a lot like
watching the grammys.

Yes!
Yeah!

Daly: Tonight,
the battles come to an end

As our coaches must pick
their final artists

To advance to the knockouts.

Joe: I've fought hard just to be
where i'm standing right now,

But the battle's not over yet.

Caity:
When i go out on that stage,
i'm going to sing

Like it's my last song
i'm ever gonna be singing.

♪you would
never break the chain ♪

[ cheers and applause ]
yeah!

Daly:
Christina is the only coach
with a steal remaining.

I'm just gonna wait for
something that blows me away.

Daly:
So, it's go big or go home.

Ohhhh!
That is the sound of a steal!

Then stay tuned for a sneak pee.

Our coaches have invited
superstar adviser miley cyrus

To help prepare their teams...

[ laughing ] what?

Hello!
Hi!

Oh, this is gonna
be fun!
Yes!

Daly:
...To compete for a coveted spot
in the live playoffs.

As the girl listening
to the song,

There's something more soulful
and, like, sexier

About bringing it
back down smaller.

Feel more real.

Miley: What i love
about "the voice"

Is just that it gives people
everywhere a fair shot

At being
what they want to be.

You know what you have
that isn't like anyone else.

Having miley as a key adviser
is amazing this season.

Whoo!
Take them to church!

She is special, unique.

She's so versatile.

Ah!

Maybe the best fun i've had

Out of any season
i've ever done "the voice."

You're allowed
to change melody.

♪leave the ground ♪

Yeah.
Okay. That's --
that's creative.

I even think
you can go bigger, like --

♪that we are uniteeed ♪

I'm gonna try it like that.
You're so dope.
Okay, cool.

This is why we have
miley cyrus here.

Daly: The final night of battles
starts right now.

Let's head over to adam
and his adviser,

Grammy-nominated artist
tori kelly.

Welcome to our world.
Thank you so much.

Tori kelly --
she's an incredible singer.

Nominated for best new artist.
She's the real deal.

It's crazy
how good you are.

Well, thanks.
You're pretty good yourself.

I just remember
what it felt like being 16

And having gone through
a competition show.

And what i love about
"the voice"

Is it focuses
on vocal ability.

I've been a fan
since the first season.

It's gonna be fun.
Yeah.

Daly: Let's look at adam's
first matchup of the night --

38-year-old laith al-saadi
from ann arbor, michigan,

Versus 20-year-old matt tedder
from weatherford, texas.

Laith came to "the voice"
after many sacrifices

To make it
in the music business.

I have never been married,
never had kids.

I've been playing music
professionally

Over 300 dates a year
for the last 20 years.

♪my baby,
she wrote me a letter ♪

Daly: His blind audition
got the attention

Of both blake and adam.

Your voice
is so enormous.

It was boisterous and big
and fun and loud and aggressive

And just awesome.

Adam:
You are unbelievable.

I think that you should be
on my team.

We make the most sense.

I pick adam.
Yeah!

Daly:
Pursuing his love of music,

Matt finished high school early

And moved away from his family
in texas to nashville.

Matt: There's no plan b.

I'm gonna make music
my full-time gig.

♪well, i'm that
hoochie coochie man ♪

Daly: He furthered his journey
on the "voice" stage

When he impressed adam.

[ guitar lick playing ]

[ cheers and applause ]
wow, man.

On top of the fact

That you're a tremendous
slide guitar player,

You're singing beautifully
at the same time.

[ guitar lick playing ]

Matt: Laith and i are singing
"h*nky tonk women,"

And i am the biggest
rolling stones fan in the world.

Adam, thank you, man.

Matt and i both got together
to kind of feel out

What kind of arrange --
what we wanted.

Yeah.
Yeah.

It made it a lot of fun
to collaborate,

And i think we complement each
other, musically, really well.

[ guitar strumming ]
[ laughs ]

You guys know
my friend tori.

Hello.
Hello, tori.
I'm matt.

Matt: Walking into the room
with tori and adam,

The thought that goes through
my mind is just,

"compose yourself," you know?

I don't feel like
there's a lot of singers

That accompany themselves
on the guitar

As well as she does.

I'm sure you're not
totally shocked...

No. No.
...That you guys are being
paired together.

It did make
a lot of sense.

You guys are both
such awesome players.

I couldn't imagine
either one of you
with anyone else.

Tori:
Matt and laith really connect
with their instrument,

And i thought that was cool,

To see how that played into
their actual vocal styles, too.

♪it's the hooonky-tonk women ♪

Adam:
Laith is a little further along

In the development
of his tone and his voice.

He's a more confident singer.

♪gimme the h*nky-tonk blues ♪

Matt's got a really smooth tone,
and it's actually really unique,

But i think that he's
a little bit more reserved.

You guys start off
the harmony really well,

And then i think,
towards the end of it,

You guys kind of end
on the same note.

That's something
you guys could work out.

Matt: Laith's really good,

So i definitely need to work
on my harmonies a lot.

♪gimme the h*nky-tonk blues ♪

[ guitar lick playing ]

Come on, man!
[ laughter ]

Come on!

Hey, i mean,
t is a battle round, you know?

It's kind of like the battle
of the bluesy guitar dudes.

I honestly think they're
two guitar players that sing

Right now.

Whoever's gonna break through

Is gonna have to be a singer
who plays guitar.

Laith:
Thank you so much.

♪

Daly: As their battle nears,

Laith and matt meet
to rehearse with the band.

♪gimme, gimme,
gimme the h*nky-tonk bluuues ♪

Tori: Matt, it was a presence
in your voice.

It wasn't like you were forcing
all this energy.

It was just, like,
turned up a notch.

That's exactly
what i was gonna say.

Laith:
I think working with matt

Is forcing us to up our game
a little bit

Because i think
we both respect each other

As players and singers.

When you're both performing,
it would be really cool,

Especially before
the band comes in,

Like, facing each other,
smiling, really interact.

And at the end,
i want to make sure

That you guys
fill the space.

So, when it kind of,
you know --

♪h*nky-tonk bluuues ♪

...Make sure we fill that
with a lot of stuff.

♪it's the hooonky-tonk women ♪

Tori:
Laith definitely has experience,

And he's been doing this
for a while.

♪gimme... ♪

Matt -- he's definitely young,

So i just think he's really
gonna sit with the song

And surprise people the most.

You both have
incredible voices,

But i think that you're gonna
have to probably dig

A little more here
vocally.

Kick it up a notch,
'cause you do want to leave

On the note of, like,
"we are singers."

Right.

You know, it's a really cool
version of the song,

And i think this battle
could be really fun.

And it's just important
for their vocals

To not be overshadowed
by their guitar playing.

It's the battle rounds, bro.
You got to go big.

Thank you.

Daly: Coming up...

Impressive performances...

♪i know ♪

...Have christina ready
to steal.

Yeah!

Ohhhh!
That is the sound of a steal!

And later...

♪she carries her dreams ♪

...A special preview
of this season's knockouts...

♪i came in
like a wrecking ball ♪

...Featuring our key adviser,

International superstar
miley cyrus.

-I like that arrangement.
-Yeah.

We want to know what
you're gonna do to this song.

You ♪this is "the voice" ♪way.

Daly: Welcome back.

It's the night of their battle,
and laith and matt

Make their way to the stage
at universal studios hollywood.

Matt:
You know, i moved to nashville
to be an artist,

And winning today would take me
one step further,

Saying, "yeah,
you're meant to do this."

Laith: I really would love
for life to take the turn

From me playing bars
to being able to play concerts

And perform my own music.

In the words of muddy waters,
i'm ready as i'll ever be.

Entering the stage
from team adam,

It's the veteran soul rocker
from michigan, laith al-saadi...

[ cheers and applause ]

Yeah! Whoo!

...Versus the guitar teacher
and blues busker from texas,

Matt tedder!

[ cheers and applause ]

The battle starts right now.

♪i met a gin-soaked
barroom queen in memphis ♪

♪she tried to take me upstairs
for a ride ♪

♪she had to heave me
right across her shoulders ♪

♪'cause i just can't seem
to drink you off my mind ♪

♪it's the hooonky-tonk women ♪

♪gimme, gimme,
gimme the h*nky-tonk blues ♪

♪well, i laid a divorcee
down in new york city ♪

♪well, i had to put up
some kind of a fight ♪

♪well, the lady, she done
covered me all up in roses ♪

♪she blew my nose
and then she blew my mind ♪

♪ooh, yeah,
she's a ♪

♪hooonky-tonk woman ♪

♪gimme, gimme,
gimme the h*nky-tonk blues ♪

♪i said gimme, gimme,
gimme the h*nky-tonk bluuues ♪

♪whoooa,
oh-oh, oh, oh-oh ♪

♪oh, yeaaah,
yeah, yeah ♪

[ song ends,
cheers and applause ]
yeah!

Daly: That is laith and matt
in a battle for team adam.

Yeah!

Owww!

Owww!

Let's talk to some
of the coaches. Blake shelton.

That was so different
than anything

We've probably ever seen.

So much respect for both of you
with the guitar playing.

I'll start with matt.

I instantly identified
with your voice.

I was like, "wow,
that's -- that's crazy.

It sounds like i'm hearing
somebody from home there."

And then, laith,
your voice takes over the room.

It's like, "whoa! That guy
just sang my face off.

My face fell off
on the floor,

And i got to pick it up and put
it back on my head now, like."

[ laughter ]
geez.

I think --

You're so stupid, man.

You are the dumbest --
my dumbest friend.

For that reason, just talking
about purely singing,

Laith took that
as a singer for me.

Thank you so much.
All right, blake, thank you.
Christina.

Christina:
I thought that was great.

I was very entertained.

If i were to choose, laith, your
soul and just your growls --

You would definitely be
my choice.
Thank you so much.

Daly: Thanks, coach christina.
Let's slide over to pharrell.

Laith, you growl with no strain.
There's no nothing.

You just -- it's like you're
floating when you're playing.

It's pretty magical to watch.

Matt, you're for sure,
like, a star, bro.

You're ready for this.

Thank you.

That being said,
i would go with laith, but, man,

It must have hurt to put those
two guys together just now,

'cause they're really talented.

Thank you.

And if i had a steal,
i'd be stealing.

Adam:
Yeah, this was a tough one

'cause it was one of
the best-matched battles.

Matt, you're a tremendous
slide guitar player.

That is not easy.

Vocally, i told you i wanted you
to open up, and you did.

You're projecting more,
and it's coming out.

Laith comes in here
and just, like,

Rattles the room
with his voice.

When we were
working together,

Matt was so eager and willing
to learn, and he's younger.

And, laith,
you're more established

And have more opinions,
and i like to be challenged.

At the same time, i like
to teach things that i learned

To somebody who's younger
and up-and-coming.

So, this is a tough decision
for me, honest to god.

I want to just applaud you guys
for bringing something

Distinctively different
to this show.

So thank you guys
so much.
Yeah.

[ cheers and applause ]

Daly:
Tough one, adam.

Who is the winner
of this battle?

I think
that it's really important

To reward the person

Who genuinely deserves it
in this moment.

The winner of this battle
is laith.

Laith, congratulations.

You're gonna move on
to represent team adam

In the knockouts.

Adam: As talented as they are
as guitar players,

Laith is just such a badass,
incredible singer

That i had to reward him, man.

That dude is just
really talented.

Laith is gonna surprise us
a lot.

He's gonna be around
for a while.

Laith:
I'm a singer and guitarist.
I was a singer first, though.

It feels so good
to be recognized for my voice.

I'm on cloud nine.

I can't wait to dig in

And start to show
some of my artistry.

Let me remind you that matt,
coaches, is available to steal.

Matt, anything you want to say
to coach adam? Please feel free.

I had so much fun
during this entire experience,

And thank you
for giving me that chance.

You're awesome, man.
Thank you.

Big thank you to matt tedder,
everybody!

[ cheers and applause ]

Matt was talented,
but i felt he was

More of a guitarist
than a vocalist for my team.

That's not an easy thing
to do, bro.

When you leave here,
go make a record.

Thank you.
You have what it takes.

I'll be seeing you out there
for sure.

It's been
such an amazing journey.

And when i walked off, pharrell
said, "go make a record."

That's what i'm doing.

Daly:
Coming up, pharrell's artists
receive a priceless gift

From sean "diddy" combs.

Sean:
You were blessed to be here
for a reason.

Now you have a job to do.

Unh! I just gave you
a bunch of swag.

Daly: And later, blake and gwen
bring out the best in his team.

Wow.
That was so good!

[ singsong voice ]
your girlfriend.

Adam and christina: Ooooh!

♪this is "the voice" ♪

Daly:
Welcome back to the battles.

As pharrell and his adviser,
sean "diddy" combs, settle in...

Every day, you progress
as an artist.
Yeah.

That's one of the greatest
powers of this show,

To show that people can
get better through practice...
True.

...Through
believing in theirselves,

Through taking risks.
Yeah.

That's what it's about.
It's true.

Let's meet pharrell's first
battle pairing of the night --

21-year-old caity peters
from long beach, california,

Versus 27-year-old joe vivona
from verona, new jersey.

After high school,
caity traveled the world,

Teaching kids
and sharing her love of music.

Caity: My dad is a lawyer.
My brother is a lawyer.

My sister is a nurse.

My little sister is leaning
towards the medical field.

And then there's me,
the black sheep of the family.

Daly: At the crossroads
of teaching and music...

♪but i'm jealous of the way ♪

...Caity got
the reinforcement she needed

During her blind audition

When all four coaches
turned their chairs.

Oh, my god!

Pharrell:
That intensity that you have

That made us all
turn around,

That is what i want
to stand behind.

I pick pharrell.

[ cheers and applause ]

Joe left his family
amusement-park business...

Joe: My great-grandfather
started it with my grandfather.

Daly:
...To pursue music full time.

Joe: Without having
a ton of experience,

I get anxious and nervous
onstage.

If i make a team,
any of the coaches

Would definitely be able
to help me conquer those nerves.

Daly: His performance
of a john mayer song...

♪roses in my hands? ♪

...Got the attention
of adam, blake, and pharrell.

Pharrell: I think
you'd be great on my team

Because
we can talk about, like,

The nervous thing
and get to the center of it.

Pharrell.

[ cheers and applause ]

Matt: When i walked in
and saw diddy sitting there

Next to pharrell...
Hey, guys.

[ laughs ]
[ laughing ] hey.

...I was trying
to keep it together...

Diddy, man, what's up?

...And be cool

Because he's one of
the coolest guys on the planet.

It's nice
to meet you, man.
How you doing?

So, i shook his hand.

How you doing?
Caity.

And my hands got all sweaty.
I hope he didn't notice.

It was just the coolest thing,
man, meeting him.

Pharrell:
I paired you guys together

Because you guys are both
emotional singers.

♪honesty ♪

Pharrell:
They're gonna be singing
"honesty" by billy joel.

Billy joel is, like,
an emotional lyricist.

♪but if you look
for truthfulness ♪

Caity has a beautiful voice.

♪you might just as well
be blind ♪

I like her rasp,
and she does know

That she has
something really interesting.

♪oh, honesty
is such a lonely word ♪

Joe has a voice,
but right now,

His voice is being eclipsed
by his nerves.

Joe, i think
the biggest issue is,

You got to feel
and sound confident.

Are you scared
of this song?

Everyone keeps acting like
it's not crazy

That we're sitting here
talking to you guys,

And for me, i'm just trying
to cope with that fact

And then
get through this.

I love your honesty.
You know what i'm saying?

You were blessed to be here
for a reason.

Now you have a job to do.

So let that thing flow
and let it go.

And you have to
enjoy singing.

Pharrell: You know,
it's like swimming.

You can't take that attitude
in swimming, or you drown.

Right.

Joe:
If i want to win this battle,

I need to find
a place in myself

That's full of confidence
and sing from there.

Sean:
One of the things i wanted
to get with you, caity, is that

You have to watch for falling
for the way billy joel sings it.

You're gonna have to
make this song your own.

I just need to become so
familiar with the original song

That i'm able to sing it
from my heart.

Embrace your moment
and let everything else go.

I will, man.
Thank you.
Thank you.

Sean:
I think we all believe in joe.

We just got to get joe
to believe in hisself.

♪

Daly: As their battle nears,

Caity and joe meet with pharrell
and sean "diddy" combs

To rehearse with the band.

Joe, give me a hug.
Let's get in there, man.

You give me a hug for real.
Let's get in there.

Come on in.
[ laughs ]

Feel this energy.

Thank you.
Thank you, man.
I believe in you.

I believe that.
Thank you, man.

Let's go. Let's go.
That really happened.

[ chuckling ]
wow! Yeah!
Let's go.

Sean combs
just gave you energy.
Let's go.
Let's turn up!

♪honesty
is hardly ever heard ♪

Pharrell:
Caity's first go-around
was good,

But she's gonna have to
continue to work.

♪oh, oh, oh, oh,
honesty is hardly ever heard ♪

Joe made improvements.

♪and mostly
what i need from you ♪

I felt like today was
the first time we got a chance

To hear his voice
and see what was actually there

So we could actually coach him.

That one note --
♪is su-- ♪

I would love for you to, like,
work on that note.

Full voice?
Some false...

Okay.
...And some full.

But do it
over and over again.

Yeah.
You got to do
some repetition.

I'm gonna turn it over
to the master.

Caity: All right.
Yeah.

Sean: First of all,
i want to say, caity,

You're better than
that performance right there.

You have to just let yourself go
with this song

And not be afraid to be
too committed,
yeah.

Like you're being
too into the song.

Okay.

Joe, the whole time,
you were in your brain,

Thinking about
what you were gonna do.
Yeah.

So when you got to the end,
all of a sudden, you didn't care

And you were feeling it,

And it just sounded it like,
"this guy could do it."

Lookit.

[ chuckles ]

They're gone now.
I just took them away, okay?

Appreciate that.
Thank you.

Unh! I just gave you
a bunch of swag.

So now just feel --
there you go.

I got it.
Thanks, man.

Feel good. Feel good.
You know what i'm saying?
Yes.

Y'all can definitely do it.
We're gonna do it now.

♪oh, honesty ♪

Sean: I didn't believe them
during their first run-through.

We made some adjustment.

The second time they did it,

That's when
they tapped into the confidence.

♪mostly what i need
from you ♪

Hundred times better.
Thank you.

Joe,
that "hardly ever heard,"

Where it cracked,
it was that feeling.

Yes.
It didn't even matter.

Like, you know
what i'm saying?
Yeah.

It was just like -- i felt
like -- like you was hurt.

Joe: Being on "the voice"
has given me

A great deal of confidence
in my abilities.

I hadn't really been a singer
up until i came to "the voice,"

And now
i consider myself a singer.

Pharrell: Miss caity,
i love how you changed

The phrasing
on the chorus.

And you made it comfortable
for you.
Mm-hmm.

You made it your own.

You got, like, a little --
a stevie nicks kind of thing.

Thank you.
Something special.

I think that if i don't
put 100% of myself in this song,

I could be going home.

♪

Daly:
It's the night of their battle,

And caity and joe
head to the stage.

How's it feel?
It feels good.

We're getting into, like,
a zen place about it.

I'm particularly proud
of you, man.

You are conquering
something

That's super-tough
for a lot of people.

I don't think you could have had
a better person

To talk to you about that
as puff.

He transferred his powers
to me.

Yeah.
[ laughs ]

Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.

Daly: Coming up next,
pharrell's artists

Rise to the challenge
with a classic song...

♪i knooow ♪

...Leaving him
with a tough decision.

I'm gonna go with my heart
on this one.

But will it be enough
for a steal?

And later...
[ vocalizing ]

...A sneak peek
at the upcoming knockouts...

♪i came in
like a wrecking ball ♪

...Where the artists
get the opportunity

To work with
the one and only miley cyrus.
♪this is "the voice" ♪

To work with
the one and only miley cyrus.
Daly: Welcome back.

Battling from team pharrell,

It's the california
teaching student

And indie pop artist
caity peters...

[ cheers and applause ]

...Versus the new jersey
amusement-park manager

With the soulful voice,
joe vivona!

[ cheers and applause ]

We got it.

This battle begins right now.

♪if you search
for tenderness ♪

♪it isn't hard to find ♪

♪you can have the love
you need to live ♪

♪ooooh ♪

♪but if you look
for truthfulness ♪

♪you might
just as well be blind ♪

♪it always seems to be
so hard to giiive ♪

♪oh, honesty
is such a lonely word ♪

♪everyone is so untrue ♪

♪oh, honesty
is hardly ever heard ♪

♪and mostly what i need ♪

♪from you ♪

♪i can find a lover ♪

♪oh,
i can find a friend ♪

♪i can have security
until the bitter end ♪

♪ohhhh ♪

♪anyone can comfort me ♪

♪with promises again ♪

♪i know ♪

♪i know ♪

♪i knooow ♪

♪honesty
is such a lonely word ♪

♪everyone is so untrue ♪

♪oh, oh, oh, honesty
is hardly ever heard ♪

♪and mostly ♪

♪what i need from you ♪

♪from you ♪

♪from you ♪

♪from yooou ♪

[ cheers and applause ]

Daly:
That's a team pharrell battle.
Give it up.

Caity!

Caity and joe, nice work.

Let's start with adam.

You guys have really distinct
tones to your voice.

You have an original sound,

Which, to me,
is the most important thing.

But it seemed like

There was a little bit
of a lack of control.

Regardless of that,
i love the rough quality

Of what's there
for the both of you guys,

And i would say
the choice comes down

To who you feel like you can
get the furthest with

In the shortest amount
of time.

But i think they both
have something truly
special in there.

Thanks, adam.

Thank you.
Let's go over to blake.

At first, i thought caity has
the more unique voice,

But the more joe went on,
it was like, "man, he's got

Things in there that i haven't
heard before also,

Little cracks and squeaks
that i'm a fan of."

Thanks, blake.
Christina.

It's a sweet song,
and maybe i got too sucked into

The fact that i could tell
that it was a struggle,

Whereas i was less drawn into
the emotion of it.

But probably caity seemed
a little less strained.

And i'm curious
to see pharrell's thoughts.

Thank you.

Thank you, christina. Pharrell,
you have the final decision.

Caity, it was
a little bit of a struggle

Just because of
where your tone is

And where the song is
naturally.

But you know what?

There was a moment
where you, like, really dug in.

It was like a fire-breathing
dragon coming out.

I plaud you for that
because i know it was tough.

Thank you.

Joe, what's interesting
about you

Is that you are battling
one of the most severe cases

Of, like, nerves
i've ever seen.

And to go from that to what
everyone in here saw tonight --

And you belted out
with no fear.

Thank you.

[ cheers and applause ]

So, i am proud of you both,
but i've got to make a decision.

I've got to go with somebody
that i feel like i can...

Lend my guidance to.

But i'm gonna go with my heart
on this one.

The winner of this battle
is caity.

Caity, congratulations.

You are moving on
to the knockout rounds...

Great job.

...Representing
team pharrell.

Thank you, pharrell.
Thank you.

Pharrell:
It was a tough one

'cause joe really stepped up
with his nerves.

But at the end of the day,
it's like,

I know what caity has,
and i can't give up on that.

Yay!
[ chuckles ]

Caity:
I am so excited that i get to
continue on the journey,

Number one, and that i'm still
on team pharrell.

To joe vivona, everybody!
It's overwhelming, and i'm just
so, so, so thankful. Dald

Christina: I think joe has come
a long way since the blinds,

But i only have one steal left,

And i'm being super-picky
right now.

Really great job.

Joe: I wish it hadn't ended
so quickly,

But i feel very validated.

And it's been
one of the coolest things

I've ever gotten to do
in my life.

Daly: As the night went on,
more artists went head-to-head.

♪borderliiine ♪

Blake paired 18-year-old
indie artist gina castanzo

With country singer
peyton parker

♪you just keep on
pushing my love ♪

The winner of this battle
is peyton.

[ cheers and applause ]

Daly:
Christina had music student
ayanna jahneé face off against

Passionate second-chance artist
joe maye.

You have
so much charisma,

And your energy was
just up here.

I think the winner
of this battle...Is joe.

Joe, you're gonna move on
to the knockouts

And represent
team christina.

And adam paired
rockabilly artist john gilman

With folk singer
owen danoff.

Adam: I wanted to see

How you were gonna navigate
through those really high parts.

You really did the job.

The winner is owen.

Daly: Owen's gonna move on
to the knockouts.

♪she's a hooonky-tonk woman ♪

You can buy full versions
of tonight's battle performances

On itunes...

♪...I need from you ♪

...Or listen to them
on apple music.

Coming up, gwen helps blake
with his artists.

You need to get there with
your rhythm, with intention,

'cause you're
a little bit too happy.

Stop being so happy
all the time!

Daly: And later,

An epic performance
that blows our coaches away.

I don't know
what blake is gonna do.

Ohhhh!
That is the sound of a steal!

♪this is "the voice" ♪

Ohhhh!
Daly:
Twelcome back to the battles,

Where our coaches are making
their way back to the stage.

This is going really well.
I'm excited.

Blake: Well, we're getting
to the end, though.

Christina,
you got a steal left.

I know. I feel excitement
in the air. It's brewing.

Yeah. There's, like,
a moment coming.

Something's happening.
It's gonna be good.

[ cheers and applause ]

Daly: Before our final battle,
let's see where the teams stand.

Yeah!
Adam advanced
blues rocker laith al-saadi

And folk artist owen danoff.

Pharrell kept
indie pop singer caity peters,

Christina held on
to pop artist joe maye,

And blake picked
country artist peyton parker.

Let's take a look
at blake's next pairing --

27-year-old brittany kennell
from montreal, quebec, canada,

Versus 20-year-old trey o'dell
from harrison, arkansas.

Canadian-born brittany
came to america

For more opportunities in music.

Brittany: I always dreamt of
going to school in the states.

It just seems like
the land of opportunity.

So i ended up at berklee college
of music in boston,

And i knew
by the end of college,

"i'm gonna move to nashville."

Right now,
i play at country clubs.

The tough part about nashville
is being heard.

During her blind audition,

She got the attention
of blake and pharrell

And landed a spot
on team blake.
I like that.

Your voice is magical.

It kind of sounds like gwen.

Two girls i really like.

I pick blake.

Yes!
[ cheers and applause ]

Daly: Trey has had
a lifelong love of music...

Trey: I started performing
at a really young age.

And after high school,

I decided to go
to the university of arkansas,

And i'm a business major.

But i got to sing in choir
and continue my love of music.

Being here at "the voice" --
it's the shot of a lifetime.

Daly: ...And finally
had his dreams fulfilled

When blake
pushed his button.

Christina:
You are totally on point,

And that's hard
to consistently do.

Blake's got a good one.

Welcome to my team,
buddy.

I know.
You took
craig wayne boyd

And did all of your stuff
that you do,

And then you threw him
back out there to me,

And i won --
because of you.

I know.
Good for you.

And i didn't even
share that with you.

If i win this season
with you as my mentor,

I will share the victory
with you.
Okay.

What's up?

What is up, y'all?
How y'all doing?

Come on in
and meet gwen stefani.

Brittany: Oh, my god!
Hi. How you doing?
Nice to meet you.

Brittany: My first reaction
to seeing gwen was just shock.

Oh, my god!

She's one of those
stronger female artists,

So i totally aspire
to be somebody like her.

This is
an interesting pairing.

I bet y'all were going,
"what?"

Yeah. Yeah.
What were you thinking,
though?

It was
just about finding a song

That makes sense
for the two of you,

Kind of blends
country, rock, pop.

So quit asking me stuff.
It makes me nervous.

[ laughs ]

I gave brittany and trey
"the chain" by fleetwood mac

Because they come from
different worlds, musically,

But fleetwood mac kind of lands
right in the middle.

♪listen
to the wind blow ♪

♪watch the sun rise ♪

This song is about a struggle
to stay together.

♪run in the shadow ♪

♪damn your love,
damn your lies ♪

The thing that i'm looking for
is who gets out there

And has the most entertaining
but still heartfelt performance.

[ chuckles ]
whew!
Wow.

You've got a challenge

Because she's born
sounding like nobody else.

But she sings it
with a smile on her face.

I know.
I noticed that.

Like smiles the whole time.
How's she do that?

At some point,
got to get into character

And trying to figure out
what this means to you.

You need to get there with
your rhythm, with intention,

'cause you're
a little bit too happy.

Stop being so happy
all the time!

It pisses us off!

Gwen:
Brittany is so cute,

But she needs
to really investigate

What that lyric means to her
and then deliver that more.

♪run in the shadow ♪

♪damn your love,
damn your liiies ♪

Trey,
when you're singing it,

It looks like
you really, like, are in it,

And that's
really important.

And i got to say, trey,
you're singing so much better

Right now than you did
in the blind audition.

So this is refreshing
to see this side of you.

Hearing blake say, you know,
how much i've improved

Since my blind was
such a weight lifted off me.

But brittany definitely has
her strengths,

And those keep, you know,
coming out as we rehearse more.

Daly: Brittany and trey
continue to practice

For their final rehearsal
with the band.

♪you would never
break the chain ♪

There's definitely a lot of
pressure to pull this song off.

I want it to show
that i do honor fleetwood mac --

All the while still giving
my own artistry to it.

Brittany, trey sings
with such strength,

And just the nature
of your voice --

You like to throw
some phrases away

And do funky, fun things
with them, you know?
Yeah.

You need to figure out a way
to stay as present as he feels.

The next time we do it,
we should do it

Where you guys maybe
get off the microphone stands

And then deliver the song
in an emotional way.

Take them off of there.

♪and if you
don't love me now ♪

♪if you don't
love me now ♪

Once we said, "get rid
of the microphone stands,"

They pretty much sang
right to each other's faces,

And the mood of the lyrics
started to really come through.

♪chain ♪

Wow!
Whoo!

That was so good!

That was exciting.

All the emotion falls into line
if you're just feeling it.

Get out.

Brittany: Yeah, i definitely
have to channel the anger.

I think that is what i really
took away from this rehearsal,

Is just getting into
the feeling of the song.

Good job!
You did so good.

Aww. Look.

Blake:
Whoever can connect with this
song is gonna win this thing.

This is gonna be
a tough decision for me.

Daly:
Coming up, the final battle
leaves blake struggling

Over who to bring
to the live playoffs.

You guys
both did incredible.

Daly: And one artist finds
a new home.

Ohhhh!
That is the sound of a steal!

♪this is "the voice" ♪

Ohhhh!
Daly:
Twelcome back to the battles. .

Who will win
this team blake battle?

Will it be
the canadian folk rocker,

Brittany kennell...

[ cheers and applause ]

Go, brittany! Whoo!

Daly: ...Or the arkansas
business major and pop singer,

Trey o'dell?

[ cheers and applause ]

The battle starts now.

♪listen
to the wind blow ♪

♪watch the sun rise ♪

♪run in the shadow ♪

♪damn your love,
damn your lies ♪

♪and if you don't
love me now ♪

♪you will never
love me again ♪

♪i can still
hear you saying ♪

♪you would never
break the chaaain ♪

♪and if you don't
love me now ♪

♪you will never
love me again ♪

♪i can still
hear you saying ♪

♪you would never
break the ♪

♪never break
the chaaain ♪

♪listen
to the wind blow ♪

♪down comes
the niiiight ♪

♪run in the shadow ♪

♪damn your love,
damn your liiiiiies, oh ♪

♪and if you don't
love me now ♪

♪if you don't
love me now ♪

♪you will never
love me again ♪

♪you'll never
love me again ♪
♪i can ♪

♪still hear you saying ♪

♪you would never break the ♪

♪chaaaaain ♪

[ cheers and applause ]

Daly: That is brittany and trey
in a battle for team blake.

Good battle, guys.

Christina, what did you think?

Trey, i loved your falsetto.
They were very accurate.

Brittany, you have
that really fast vibrato,

There's some of gwen stefani
about her vibrato.
Ahhh.

[ singsong voice ]
your girlfriend.

Ooooh!

Ooooh!

Ooooh!
Okay, okay, okay. Okay.

But then she had a lot of power
and a lot of range,

And i was like, "if gwen stefani
and christina had a baby,

It would be like you."
it would be like --

In my, like --
physically, i don't think
that's possible.

In my, like --
oh, a vocal baby.

A vocal baby.
Got it. Got it.

Look at trey --
i made him feel like,

"well, where's my vocal baby?"

[ laughter ]

Maybe if adam and blake had
a baby, it'd be you, trey.

But you guys both did
a great job.

Pharrell,
what'd you think?

Pharrell: Brittany, you have
that really strong vibrato.

I wish i had that.

I'd talk to my wife like that
all the time.

♪ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha ♪

[ christina laughs ]
you'd sound like a goat.

[ chuckling ] yeah.
Baaah!

And, trey,
you had so much range.

Thank you.
Appreciate it.

While her voice was doing
something completely different,

You shined just as hard.

I don't know
what blake is gonna do,

But that's a compliment
to both of you.

Thank you.
Thanks, pharrell. Adam?

Brittany, your voice is
weird and wonderful,

And i really like that.

I think that, trey,
my note to you is that

It seemed like you were tight,
you know what i mean?

And brittany was a little more
fluid with what she was doing.

Sometimes that draws you in more
to another person,

And i think for that reason,
i'd probably choose brittany.

Blake, you have
the final decision.

Give us
some thoughts first.

You guys
both did incredible.

Trey,
you in the blind auditions --

I watched it again
just the other day,

And you came out swinging
in your blind audition,

And when i hit my button,

You were just so excited
you were on,

It was like your performance
kind of derailed.

It's cool to see you sound great
all the way through.

Thank you.

And, brittany, i loved hearing
talk about your vibrato

Because that was the thing

That attracted me to your voice
in the blinds

And the way
that you hold out your notes

That much longer
than anybody else would do.

And it was cool.
I loved it.

Thank you.

Blake, who's the winner
of this battle?

This is one of the tougher ones
for me,

So i just have to
go with my gut.

The winner of this battle
is brittany.

Daly:
Brittany, congratus.

You're gonna move on
to the knockout rounds

To represent team blake.

[ cheers and applause ]

Blake: Brittany versus trey
was a tough decision,

But brittany's voice is gonna
sneak up on everyone.

I would like to see her stay
in that sheryl crow type of lane

That she auditioned with.

And i know she's excited.
I am, too.

Oh, my god!

I can't even put it into words.

[ voice breaking ]
it's, uh -- it means a lot.

Coaches, let me remind you --
trey is available to steal.

Ohhhh!
That is the sound of a steal!

Coach christina swoops in
to steal trey from blake!

[ cheers and applause ]

Congratulations.

Let's go to coach first.

You weren't gonna let trey
walk out of here.

I totally love the energy, and
i think that you really deserve

To stand on your own
and have a second shot.

Thank you.

Go and say hi
to your new coach.

Trey o'dell, everybody!

Christina: Trey held his own
really, really well.

Yeah!

His falsetto
really had me interested,

And there's nobody like trey
on my team,

So i had to have him.

Yay!
Oh!

Aah!
You did it!

I'm so thankful and happy
that christina stole me today.

Welcome
to team christina!

[ all cheering ]

I'm joining the family,
guys.

Thank you, christina.

Thanks for joining
team christina. Let's do it!

Oh, it's gonna
be awesome!

He's got something about him
that's like...
Yeah.

If i had a steal,
i would, like, go.

I know.
'cause he's got it.

Daly:
Next week, the knockouts begin,

And season 10
will never be the same...

♪i came in
like a wrecking ball ♪

...As international
music and television
superstar miley cyrus

Joins "the voice"
to advise the artists

And help them compete
for a spot in the live playoffs.

Yeah!

I think it'd be good for you
to freestyle, like, creatively,

Just kind of, like, sexy
and kind of, like, swagged-out.

Miley relates
to every genre of music.

You can always do it your way.
I'm the prime example.

She came from country roots, but
she's also performed pop music.

If it was me,
i would go --

♪shows that
we are uniteeed ♪

If there's anybody
who can pass on some knowledge

That is valuable to young people
right now, it's miley cyrus.

I like that arrangement.

Yeah.
Thank you.

Daly:
It's the most strategic round
of the show,

As the artists
will pick their own songs.

I'm gonna do "lost without you"
by robin thicke.

We want to know what
you're gonna do to this song

'cause i know this song.

Pharrell:
Song choices are huge.

This is the moment
to either go big or go home.

[ vocalizing ]

[ cheers and applause ]

♪she carries her dreams ♪

♪man, you oughta
see her fly ♪

You slayed that.
You're ready for the lives.

I really thought
this was the finale show

And you just won
"the voice."

Daly: And our coaches
must choose carefully...

I do have to
make a decision.

Ugh!

...As they will only have one
steal to fortify their teams.

Ay-yi-yi.

I hate this.

We got a steal!

The epic season 10 knockouts
start next monday.

I love it!