22x22 - Live Semi-Final Top 8 Performances

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This is it, the live

Semifinals.
Say hi to your coaches... Frs

John legend,
gwen stefani,

Camila cabello,
and blake shelton.

Hi, everybody.
I'm carson daly.

We've got a good one for you.
Only one more week until we find

Out the winner of "the voice."
So much great music to get to

Tonight.
In addition to new solo

Performances, our semifinalists
are also teaming up for duets.

In celebration of the upcoming
film "I wanna dance with

Somebody," in movie theaters
december 23rd.

They're going to put their own
spin on hits by the legendary

Music icon and voice of a
generation, whitney houston.

It is going to be an awesome

Night of music.
It's a very important night.

That's because tomorrow eight
become five.

Those five move on to the
finale.

You alone will determine who
advances.

Every vote counts.
Remember voting is open now on

Information you need.
Let's kick off the semifinals

With team gwen's r&b singer from
kansas.

He's more from justin aaron.
What the fact that we got to

Hit the stage together.
It was so fun.

It just felt like... It felt
normal.

I think you're going to go
all the way.

I'm hoping so.
Everyone is so unbelievably

Good right now.
I think we have to just keep

Showing people that we're
growing, right?

My wife loves this song.
And I don't even think I've told

Her yet.
Oh, that's cute.

She loves the message.
♪ That's when I'm going to stand

Up ♪
♪ take my people with me ♪

This song is an anthem.
It's like, things are possible

If you really roll up your
sleeves and you do the work.

It really encompasses everything
that I've been through in this

Journey of "the voice."
Hello, I miss you.

I miss you too so much.
So guess what song I'm doing.

What?
I'm doing "stand up" by

Cynthia erivo.
It's going to do some things.

That's so powerful!
Now that I know it's for your

Wife, that's going to be even
more special.

And she's one of the reasons
I was here.

If I make it to the finale, it
definitely means that my wife is

Right, she is going to hold this
over my head for the rest of my

Life.

It's quite theatrical.
That's what we've been working

On.
But I just think that this one's

Going to have to take even more
drama to, like, really get the

Point across.
And I think this time of year to

Deliver a serious message like
that and just remind people of

The hope that we all have in us,
that's going to be super

Important.
♪ Stand up, take my people ♪

The craziest thing for me is
that justin, here we are in the

Semifinals.
And there's something so pure

And honest about him.
And I think people can see that.

I feel like every song's been
preparing me for this one.

I believe that.
I'm not doing this for tv.

I swear that moved me when you
said that.

I just think being true to
himself and digging deep down

Into his soul and singing from
that pure place I know he can.

America won't be able to help
themselves.

They're going to have to vote
for justin.

You're the last man standing!
I know.

Thank you for being on my
team.

You're so inspiring.

♪♪ I been walkin'

With my face turned
to the sun ♪

♪ Weight on my shoulders
a b*llet in my g*n ♪

♪ I do what I can when I can
while I can for my people ♪

♪ While the clouds
roll back ♪

♪ And the stars
fill the night ♪

♪ That's when I'm gonna
stand up

Take my people with me ♪
♪ together we are going

To a brand-new home
far across the river ♪

♪ I hear freedom calling ♪
♪ calling me to answer

Gonna keep on keepin' on ♪

♪ And I know
what's around the bend

Might be hard to face ♪
♪ 'cause I'm alone

And I just might fail ♪
♪ but lord knows I tried

Sure as stars
fill up the sky ♪

♪ Stand up
take my people with me ♪

♪ Together we are going
to a brand-new home

Far across the river ♪
♪ I hear freedom calling ♪

Calling me to answer ♪
♪ gotta keep on keepin' on ♪

♪ I'm gonna stand up ♪
take my people with me ♪

♪ Together we are going
to a brand-new home

Far across the river ♪
♪ I hear freedom calling ♪

♪ Calling me to answer
♪ keep on keepin' on ♪

♪ Yeah
I'm gonna stand up

Take my people with me ♪
♪ together we are going

To a brand-new home
far across the river ♪

♪ I hear freedom calling ♪
♪ calling me to answer

Gonna keep on keepin' on ♪
♪ I can feel it in my bones

♪ And I go to prepare a place

For you ♪
♪ I go to

♪ I go to
prepare a place for you ♪

Oh, we are not messing around
tonight in the semifinals.

What a way to get it started.
The former high school teacher

Kicked off the night with an
epic performance.

Thank you, justin.
Great job, man.

Thank you so much.
Oh, my goodness.

That's the way you start a
semifinals, live music show.

We are not messing around.
Well, it doesn't escape me

That you started the competition
with "glory," my song.

And then this is like "glory" on
steroids.

The song is so rousing, it's so
inspirational.

And I just see you showing
different sides of your voice

And showing your passion and
just your power to inspire

People every week.
And it's so impressive.

I love watching you grow on this
show, justin.

Thank you so much.

Blake?
Justin what, I love about

Your performances is they always
start out like big.

But then you know it's going
somewhere from there also.

And it did again, man.
It's like where can you take

This from here?
And then the song modulated.

Wow, great job.
Thank you so much.

Like every time you perform,
you deliver excellence.

Like you've set this impossible
bar for yourself.

But you leave it all out there
every time.

Like, I really feel like you're
such a born performer.

Because you can just tell that
you just put your heart onto

Every single performance.
And it's really a gift to watch.

So thank you.

Thank you.
And, justin, let's hear from

Your coach, gwen.
Wow, justin, first of all,

You look so handsome.
I think what's crazy is listen

To john and camila and blake
talk about your growth on the

Show.
And I think the one thing that

America is totally invested in
is watching you grow.

I mean, it's unbelievable to see
the confidence come through and

Just you're just shining up
there, and it's so powerful to

See.
I'm so impressed.

So impressed.
Thank you so much.

If you want justin in

App.
Team gwen, give it up for justin

Aaron.
When we come back, we are off to

A great start.
Morgan and bryce put their

Country spin on a passionate hit
by the one and only whitney

All right.

We're back from universal
studios hollywood with the live

Top eight semifinals.
Our night of duets kicks off

With two big country voices
coming together for a massive

Grammy-winning whitney song.
Take a look.

This week we are doing songs
by miss whitney houston.

And the song we're going to
be singing for y'all is "saving

All my love for you."
We had the opportunity to

Watch "I wanna dance with
somebody."

What makes whitney so
incredible is the message she

Speaks on and how it resonates
with people.

I'm so glad we're together!
Whitney was so great about

Making every song her own.
And bryce and I definitely come

From the southern country lane.
Doing a country blueys twist

While paying respect to whitney
houston.

If I had to express this, it
would be spontaneous.

Voice or personality?

Old, old soul stuck in a
22-year-old's body.

Let's go do this.

Let's go do this.
Let's have some fun.

Let's have some fun.

Is all that we share ♪
♪ you've got your family

And they need you there ♪
♪ though I've tried

To resist
being last on your list ♪

♪ But no other man's
gonna do both ♪

♪ So I'm saving
all my love for you ♪

Yet again, also a

Great start here on the
semifinals.

That's morgan and bryce.
Ladies and gentlemen, nice work

You two.
Thank you.

Straight ahead,
brayden tackles a hit by

Welcome back to our
live semifinals.

We're going to continue with the
youngest artist in the

Competition who brought a very
special guest to rehearsal this

Week.
Here's more from team blake's

Brayden lape.
♪ One of the things that I've

Been feeling ♪

♪ In case you didn't...

♪Get this party started!

Coming with reinforces.
Being 16, I get my mom to come

See you.
She gets to meet with blake.

She's here to make sure that I
can put the mic stand on right.

Who's singing, shaquille
o'neal?

You've got to get this right,
man.

America's never going to vote
you through.

I'm sorry.
What was he like as a little

Kid?
Whatever he touched, he was

Really good at.
There's nothing even to pick

On him about?
You should see me dance.

That is something you can
pick on.

It's hard to put your finger on

What it is about brayden that
makes him so special.

He just has that thing.
What about this song you're

Doing this week?
Talk to me.

Brent young is an artist that
I would like to be like.

♪ I would be lying if I said
that I could live this life

Without you ♪
you got to think about this

Like you do your sports, man.
You're in the semifinals of "the

Voice," you know.
You have to lean into this

Vocally like you've never leaned
into something before on this

Show.
You know who you're singing up

Against.
You can't ease into this one.

We have to have full brayden on
this one.

For sure.
I think if you can just stay

In it... Because you're doing,
like.

♪ In case you didn't know ♪
I think

♪ In case you didn't know ♪
yeah.

Making the finale would be so
special.

A select few in this country
have made it that far.

If you do the math, I'm not
going to do that right now

Because 22 times 5...

Is something.
In the semifinals, you got to go

Big or go home. ♪

Dude, that sounded really
good, seriously.

Thank you.
I truly believe brayden can

Win this show.
I need brayden to believe that.

And if he does, there's no doubt
about it he's going to be in the

Finale.
Love you, buddy.

Thank you so much.

♪ Even though I don't
tell you all the time

You had my heart ♪
♪ a long long time ago

♪ A long long time ago
in case you didn't know ♪

That second glass of wine
that did it ♪

♪ There was something
‘bout that kiss

Girl it did me in ♪
♪ got me thinking

I'm thinking ♪
♪ all of the things

That I've been feeling ♪
♪ mmm it's time you hear em

In case you didn't know ♪
♪ you've got all of me

I belong to you
yeah you're my everything ♪

♪ In case you didn't know
baby I'm crazy bout you

And I would be lying ♪
♪ if I said that

I could live this life
without you ♪

♪ Even though I don't
tell you all the time

You had my heart ♪
♪ a long long time ago

Yeah you had my heart ♪
♪ a long long time ago

♪ A long long time ago
in case you didn't know ♪

The pride and joy of
grass lake, michigan.

That is the youngest in this
competition, brayden lape,

Everybody.

Great job, brayden.
Thank you.

Coaches, we'll start with
camila.

Brayden!
I'm so excited about your career

And where you're going.
I mean, it's so easy for us to

Think, you know, at this stage
of the competition, like, oh,

There's people that, you know,
can really belt and pull out

These olympic, dynamic tricks.
But you have such a gorgeous

Sounding voice.
And it might be more subtle, but

It doesn't make it less
impactful.

And you have so much more room
to grow and you have grown so

Much in this competition.
And I thank you so much.

Thank you.
She said it so right.

But there's just something so
understated about your

Performance.
It's almost like you're unaware

Of how cute and, like, talented
you are.

And it's very subtle, and
there's something just so

Loveable about that.
And I think that's what america

Loves, and that's what I love.
I was the first to love you!

Thank you.
Gwen's been a fan since day

One.
Let's talk to your coach, blake.

Well, I'm aware of how cute
he is.

You know, I want to speak to

That particular performance
because especially the end, you

Know, you saw in the package
there they were rolling our

Rehearsal.
And this playoff time.

We're going to the finale from
here.

And, dude, you stepped up.
That note you hit at the end, I

Haven't heard you sing like that
up until this point.

Thank you for all your help,
sir.

If you want brayden
in the finale, you can vote on

Give it up one more time for
brayden lape.

Coming up, it just keeps getting

Better.
Parijita sings a powerful pop

Parijita sings a powerful pop
anthem by the one and only sia.

Sfums.
Dispums.

We're back live with
the top eight.

Only five artists will advance
to next monday's big finale.

Your votes clearly very crucial.
Continuing now with the young

Maryland pop singer who's
getting the chance to show the

World just how strong she really
is.

Here's more from team legend's
parijita bastola.

Parijita here in the
semifinals.

Yeah!
I'm so excited.

For my top performance, I

Sang "scars too befl" by
alessia cara.

I saw a little note you
posted to alessia!

She said she's so proud to
see me grown since we have met

At her concert.
That's so cool.

Now we're singing a song by one
of the great pop songwriters

Sia.
And this song is an anthem.

Oh, yeah.
♪ I'm unstoppable ♪

This song, it's empowering,
especially as a teenage girl in

The semifinals trying to get to
the finale.

She's saying, I can do this, I'm
unstoppable.

It's just so cool that I get
to have my mom here with me.

My parents emigrated here from
nepal.

I saw them work hard and
struggle, but I also saw them

Succeed and live their own dream
after all that hard work.

So it has really taught me to be
unstoppable and not let anything

Come into my path of having the
future that I want.

♪ I put my arm around and I'll
show you how strong I am ♪

It goes to show when I go into
that stage, I am putting on the

Metaphorical armor.
♪ I'm unstoppable ♪

It's because my parents made me
feel loved and supported and

Allow me to go on the stage and
feel secure in myself.

To be able to sing for all of
america.

With those ending things that
you're doing, you don't have to

Do many runs.
Because if you let that note

Ring "unstoppable today" and not
rub

Run out of it, it sounds more
unstoppable.

Only eight of you are performing
this week, and only five of you

Are going to be in our finale
show.

So the stakes...
They're high.

It's going to be powerful.
I can just see it with staging,

It's going to, like, rouse the
crowd.

Parijita's been gorgeous every
week, beautiful performances.

But I think this performance is
going to rachet the energy up a

Notch.
And I think that's just what she

Needs to get her into the
finale.

So let's go!
"Unstoppable" to the finale!

"Unstoppable" to the finale!

I know what it takes
to fool this town ♪

♪ I'll do it
'til the sun goes down

All through the night time ♪
♪ oh yeah I'll tell you what you

Wanna hear ♪
leave my sunglasses on ♪

♪ While I shed a tear
it's never the right time ♪

♪ I put my armor on
show you how strong

I am ♪
♪ I put my armor on

I'll show you that I am ♪
♪ I'm unstoppable

I'm a porsche
with no brakes ♪

♪ I'm invincible
yeah I win

Every single game ♪
♪ I'm so powerful

I don't need
batteries to play ♪

♪ I'm so confident
yeah I'm unstoppable today ♪

♪ Unstoppable today
unstoppable today ♪

♪ Break down
only alone

I will cry out now ♪
♪ you'll never see

What's hiding out
hiding out deep down ♪

♪ I know I've heard
that to let

Your feelings show ♪
♪ is the only way

To let friendships grow ♪
♪ but I'm too afraid now ♪

♪ I put my armor on
show you how strong

I am ♪
♪ I put my armor on

I'll show you that I am ♪
♪ I'm unstoppable

I'm a porsche
with no brakes ♪

♪ I'm invincible
yeah I win

Every single game ♪
♪ I'm so powerful

I don't need
batteries to play ♪

♪ I'm so confident
I'm unstoppable today ♪

♪ I put my armor on
show you how strong I am ♪

♪ I put my armor on ♪
♪ I'll show you that I am ♪

♪ I'm unstoppable
I'm a porsche

With no brakes ♪
♪ I'm invincible

Yeah I win
every single game ♪

♪ I'm so powerful
I don't need

Batteries to play ♪
♪ I'm so confident

I'm unstoppable today ♪
♪ unstoppable today

Unstoppable today
unstoppable today ♪

♪ Unstoppable today
oh

Unstoppable today ♪
♪ unstoppable today

Yeah
unstoppable today ♪

Unstoppable today ♪
♪ I'm unstoppable today ♪

For being a high
school senior and in the top

Eight of the world's biggest
singing competition, you've goth

Parijita bastola.
Ladies and gentlemen here in the

Semis.

Never easy to take on sia.
Camila, how did she do?

Parijita, I think that it's
just crazy to me.

Like, you're 17 years old and
the guts and the courage it

Takes for you to come up here,
and you just own your self, it's

Just... Uh, god, I'm losing the
words.

I think that you're... I can't
even think.

You're just...

Gwen?
I think, again, not to harp

On your age, but it is shocking
the way that you are able to

Connect with your body and your
voice at the same time and your

Heart.
I mean, those three things come

Through.
It's very real.

Like, you're very convincing.
And I think that's very powerful

At such a young age.
John?

And I think that the belief

That you have in yourself is
very infectious.

It makes other people believe in
you, too.

It makes other people inspired
by you.

It makes other people want to
know what you are thinking, what

The next song you're going to do
is.

People are so excited about
parijita.

They ask me about you all the
time.

- I'm so proud of you.
- If you want parijita

App.
Let's hear it for

Parijita bastola.

After the break, a version of "I
wanna dace with somebody" you

Didn't know you needed in your
life.

Welcome back to the

Semifinals.
Back-to-back performances right

Now.
Let's start with two unique team

Blake vocalists and one big
whitney song.

Take a look.
The whitney houston song

We're singing is "I wanna dance
with somebody."

Brayden, if you could pick
anyone in the world to dance

With right now, who would it be?
If I could dance, that is the

Problem.
Seeing the movie "I wanna dance

With somebody" really inspired
me just seeing someone who had a

Talent at an early age and
seeing her story told so

Beautifully in the film.
Whitney's such an iconic artist.

I think being able to sing one
of her songs would be fun.

If I could describe brayden as
one word, heart/throb,

Heartthrob.
If I had to describe him in one

Word, I would say amazing
singer, and hilarious.

That's all one word.
Dance with some bodie.

Oh!
I wanna dance with some-bodie.

♪ I've been in love
and lost my senses

Spinning through the town ♪
♪ sooner or later

The fever ends
and I wind up feeling down ♪

♪ I need someone
who'll take a chance ♪

♪ On a love that burns
hot enough to last ♪

♪ And when the night falls
the loneliness calls ♪

♪ Oh I wanna dance
with somebody ♪

♪ I wanna feel the heat
with somebody ♪

♪ Yeah I wanna dance with
somebody ♪

♪ With somebody
who loves me ♪

♪ Oh I wanna dance
with somebody ♪

♪ I wanna feel the heat
with somebody ♪

♪ Yeah I wanna dance with
somebody ♪

♪ With somebody
who loves me ♪

♪ Oh I wanna dance
with somebody ♪

♪ I wanna feel the heat
with somebody ♪

♪ Yeah I wanna dance with
somebody ♪

♪ With somebody
who loves me ♪

♪ Don't you wanna dance
I just wanna dance ♪

♪ With somebody
who loves me ♪

That is bodie and

Brayden, ladies and gentlemen.
We're going to continue right

Away with team legend's
powerhouse who was instantly

Saved last week.
Tonight a performance to show

America exactly who she is as an
artist.

Here's more from kim cruse.
Yeah, we're back together

Again!
America instantly saves kim

Cruise!

They scared me for a minute.
But you had an instant-save

Performance.
It made it emphatically clear

Your voice, you could k*ll
things and then bring them back

To life.

Blair, I have to concur.
I am so grateful.

I could hug each and every one
of you for voting for me.

If I could sing like kim, I'd
be strutting around in here with

The utmost confidence.
But, as we were waiting for

America to vote, you talked
about how you're not always

Confident in your gift.
A few years ago I developed

Vocal problems which completely
just changed my voice.

I was classically trained.
I was a first soprano.

And the high notes, the
beautiful falsetto, I was

Stripped of all of that.
For three weeks I couldn't even

Talk.
I went through speech therapy,

And it felt very scary.
That rasp in your voice, it

Gives you that unique sound that
very few people have.

Maybe this thing you thought was
a hindrance was actually your

Super power.
This whole experience, john

Has pushed me.
And it makes you say, you know

What, if john legend believes in
me, what in the heck am I scared

Of?
♪ Summertime ♪

In the semifinals, I think it's
very important to show america

Who I am.
So I am going to do something

Super jazzy.
Yeah.

If you were to come to a kim
cruise show, these are the types

Of songs that you would see.
It can be kind of mellow.

We need more drops and breaks.
Give it some dynamic and make it

Finale-ish.
Oh, yeah.

Now you're talking.
Add some sauce, some spice, a

Little bit of texas to it.
Throw your shoes off.

♪ Summertime ♪
kim is and has always been

One of the best vocalists on
this show.

She is powerful.
And I know that she's going to

Fight her way into the finale
this week.

It's going to be crazy!
I am one performance away

From the finale.
It's so close I can almost taste

It.

♪ Summertime
and the living is easy ♪

♪ Fish are jumping
and the cotton is high ♪

♪ Your daddy's rich
yes he is ♪

♪ And your ma is really, really,
really good-looking ♪

♪ So hush little baby
don't you

Don't you cry ♪
♪ oh, summertime ♪

♪ The living is easy ♪
♪ hoping one of these days

You're going to spread your
little bitty little bitty

Wings ♪
♪ and take to the sky ♪

But till that morning ♪
♪ there's nothing

That can harm you ♪
♪ no, no, no, no, no ♪

♪ Mommy and daddy standing ♪
♪ standing by ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Summertime
summertime

♪ Oh, it's really easy ♪
♪ oh all of fish are jumping

Jumping jumping ♪
♪ and the cotton is high ♪

♪ Oh, your daddy's rich ♪
♪ and your ma is really, really,

Really good-looking ♪
♪ oh so hush

Little baby
don't you ♪

♪ Don't you cry
don't you cry

Don't you cry ♪

That is kim cruise,
everybody, from team legend.

All of our coaches are on their
feet.

- Yes!
- In the semifinals,

Kim's trying to sing to make it
to the final five.

Great job.
Wow.

- Oh, my god.
- Thank you to our

Clubgoers back there.
Boy, that had the room just

Electrified.
Looked like something right out

Of a movie.
Let's get some comments from

Everybody.
We'll start with blake.

Two things.
I don't know that I've ever

Heard you switch over into your
head voice like that.

And it sounded so incredible.
I love it when you do the sultry

Steamy thing.
And the other thing is for the

First time in over a decade, I
finally saw some choreography on

The stage that I can actually
do.

Finally!

I could have been the dancers
tonight.

Camila?
That really was... I felt

Like I was just entranced in a
film.

I mean, I definitely want to go
to a kim cruise concert.

If that's what that was, oh, my

God, not only does john legend
believe in you, but you are in

The top eight of this show.
We all have stood up for, like,

So many of your performances.
The nation loves you.

Like, you are magical.

- Thank you, camila.
- Gwen?

Well, I'm going to have to
say that that was perfect.

Like, I don't know what else to
say except for everything from

Your body language to how you
built the song, your outfit,

Just your whole spirit coming
through.

I mean, you're incredible.
I can't believe it.

Thanks, gwen.

Coach john?
I feel like I don't use this

Word a lot.
But divine was the word that

Came to my head.
And your presence there was just

Regal and beautiful.
And every note you sang felt so

Intentional and musical and well
placed and well chosen.

It was just a master class in
how you perform a song that's

Been performed a gillion times.
And it was so perfect.

I want to go to a kim cruise
concert.

- Too.
- If you want kim in

App.
Coming up, omar takes on

Celine dion.
And bodie does everything he can

To get to the final five.
And during the commercial break,

Check out a special
behind-the-scenes look at

"Barmageddon," the new show I
have with blake and nikki bella.

It premieres tonight with new
episodes mondays at 11:00 on

Welcome back.

Tonight you are picking this
season's finalists.

We're going to continue our
performances with team legend's

Powerful orlando vocalist that's
putting a modern rock twist on a

Surprising song.
Here's more from

Omar jose cardona.
I just got to make sure this

Is okay to use on the "voice."
Hello?

Just a few months ago, I was

The background singer.
I was a studio singer.

I sang in theme parks.
And now look at me.

Omar jose cardona,
congratulations.

I can't even talk right now.

It feels so great to be in
the top eight.

We're in the semifinals,
baby.

It's just a dream come true,
as simple as that.

What is the name of this
song?

"My heart will go on."
A classic.

♪ Every night in my dreams, I
see you, I feel you ♪

Beautiful.
I was not expecting omar to

Suggest this song.
But he showed me a few different

Versions that he liked online,
and I was, like, okay, I see the

Vision.
♪ Wherever you are ♪

I picked this song because I
spent a lot of time away from my

Girlfriend this year.
Your last performance was my

Favorite performance so far.
For playing piano, you looked

Like a natural.
You were amazing.

Thank you.
♪ Go on and on ♪

We met at a bar in orlando.
Our friend was playing in a band

And he invited me to go see
them.

Right when she walked in, I was
like, who's that girl?

This one's for you, baby.
You spend a lot of time in

The lower part of your voice.
Make it a little rock and roll.

Is there any room to step it up
a little more?

I'm trying to give you
fireworks.

Yeah, we're good.
Omar can do it.

Repeat after me.
Omar can do it!

It's really difficult to turn
a female song into a male song

Because of that tonal flavor
that the female voice adds.

But I'm up for the challenge.
You should be a little more

Free with the melody.
Put just a little more gospel

And soul on that second verse.
♪ Lasts for a lifetime ♪

Singing a celine dion song
takes a lot of chutzpah.

Takes a lot of chutzpah.
But he can do it.

I see you I feel you ♪
♪ that is how I know you

Go on ♪
♪ far across the distance

And spaces between us
you have come to show you ♪

You have come to show you ♪
♪ go on

Wherever you are ♪
♪ I believe that

The heart does go on ♪
♪ once more

You open the door
and you're here ♪

♪ In my heart
and my heart will

And my heart will
go on and on ♪

That is omar jose cardona,
ladies and gentlemen here in the

Semifinals trying to sing his
way into the finale next week.

- Oh!
- The orlando native

Has this room electrified after
doing one of the best-selling

Singles of all time.
Hard to believe that song's 25

Years old.
What a great job.

Thank you for that accompaniment
as well.

- What a note.
- My goodness.

That seemed like a finale
performance right there.

I swear, all across america
right now, old men are getting

Up out of their easy chairs and
picking up their toupet off the

Floor and putting them back on.
Old ladies, just curlers flew

Out of their hair.

The stage levitated.
What else do I have to say?

Oh, my gosh.

I'm pretty sure he was
lip-syncing on that one.

There's no way that that was

Real.
We're moved to laughter because

We can't take it serious that
you can sing that good.

That was unbelievable.
Thank you so much.

John?
Omar can do it!

I feel like as a coach I just

Sit and try to dream up what
challenge I can issue to omar

Because omar can do it.
Whatever note you need him to

Hit, whatever note you need him
to hold, at the end of the song,

Omar can do it!
Oh, my goodness.

If you want omar in
the finale, you can vote on

One last time, give it up for
omar jose cardona.

Omar jose cardona.

Continuing our live semifinals
with blake's unique california

Vocalist who has developed an
undeniable connection with his

Team.
He'll tell you more.

This is bodie.
Being in a live show is a

Whole 'nother monster.
And the anxiety of it all can

Really take a toll.
So it's really special that I

Have this bond with my team.
The back street bs?

The bees knees?

Now we're inches away from
the finale.

It's really cool to know that I
have them and they have me.

Blake, bodie, let's rehearse.
Bodie raised the bar last

Week.
You walked in here and I

Felt, like, star struck by you.
He's one of the most unique

Artists we've had on this show.
I have no doubt that you will at

Least make it to this far in the
competition.

After your battles, it was like,
all right, I don't have to worry

About this guy anymore.
But now we're in the semifinals.

And now you're doing halsey.
First time I'm doing a girl

Song.
Thought I would challenge myself

A little bit.
I'm sure whatever you're

About to do right now is going
to be my favorite thing I've

Heard.
♪ Thinking you could live

Without me ♪
the most important thing is

To be unique in how I approach
the song.

From a very early age, my
parents encouraged me to be who

I wanted to be as an artist.
And I remember being young and

Watching my parents performing,
singing, acting, and now

Flipping the script and seeing
my kids watching me on tv and

Chasing after my dreams.
My little goldie who's just

Learning to talk goes "daddy,
daddy."

And he always tells people he's
famous now.

I hope that they're inspired by
me.

I wish there was a way that
you could sing out.

Tell me how it feels and hold it
and blow it out.

That's the only thing I'm
missing from you, especially

Going into the finale.
I want you to have, like, the

Biggest moment you can have.
It could be cool.

On that second verse, could we
do something, like, pocketed

Hits.
Bodie actually is teaching me

At this point.
That's cool.

He knows exactly what he wants
to do.

The guy has just so much talent
and so much knowledge.

It would be a disaster if this
guy doesn't make it to the

Finale.
I just think you need to go

Bodie it now.
I need to bodie-ize it.

Sort of like a bodie show.

So tell me how's it feel ♪
♪ tell me how's it feel

Sittin' up there
feeling so high ♪

♪ But too far away
to hold me ♪

♪ You know I'm the one who
put you up there

Name in the sky ♪
♪ does it ever get lonely

Thinking you could live
without me ♪

♪ Thinking you could live
without me ♪

♪ Baby I'm the one
who put you up there

I don't know why ♪

♪ Baby I'm the one
who put you up there

Who put you up there
I don't know why ♪

The bodie chant has

Begun.
Nice work.

Camila?
Well, first of all... Bodie!

I'm with them.
Me and gwen want to be one of

Your sia girls.
I just love that you make every

Song your own.
You're so dang creative.

And you're just such a true
artist.

John?

I just really believe in you
as an artist, bodie.

You're one of my favorite
performers this season.

And I just see a path for you as
an artist, like making records,

Out touring and doing all the
things you're supposed to do as

An artist.
And some people are really great

Singers, but I don't see that
path for them.

But I really see it for you.
Thank you so much.

Blake?
Dude, I think you're going to

The finale.
And I think, you know, we all

Know that you have this absurd
amount of talent, and this

Knowledge of music and what you
want to do and how to put it

Together.
But I want america to know

What's in this guy's heart.
And this is a good dude standing

Up here.

I'm glad your kids are here
to look up to you.

- You're a good man.
- If you want bodie in

App.
Let's hear it for bodie.

Coming up, omar and

Justin join forces on an epic
number-one whitney houston mega

Hit.
Then bryce returns to sing his

- Heart out for your votes.
- Welcome back.

Tonight our semifinalists are
teaming up for big songs

Inspired by the only and only
whitney houston.

And right now two powerful
voices coming together for one

Of her most iconic songs.
Take a look.

What's up, brother?
How you doing?

We are singing "greatest love
of all" by whitney.

We have to sing our faces
off.

I think we have to do it.
It's going to be a great

Duet.
I'm a little nervous too,

Though, because you like to live
up there in that place.

And whitney does too.
But I don't.

We got to see "I wanna dance

With somebody."
It was so moving.

I had a couple moments where I
was full on just, like, crying

My eyes out.
I think I stood up for like the

Last two minutes.
The whole thing I'm just

Standing and I'm waving my hands
like I'm in church.

We're going to make whitney
proud.

Let's do it.
Voice out.

See you later.

♪ I believe the children
are our future

Teach them well ♪
♪ and let them lead the way

Show them all the beauty
♪ they possess inside

Give them
a sense of pride ♪

♪ To make it easier
let the

Children's laughter ♪
♪ remind us how

We used to be ♪
♪ everybody searching

For a hero ♪
♪ people need someone

To look up to ♪
♪ I never found anyone

Who fulfilled my needs
a lonely place to be ♪

♪ And so I learned
to depend on me ♪

♪ I decided long ago
never to walk

In anyone's shadows ♪
♪ if I fail

If I succeed ♪
♪ at least I live

As I believe ♪
♪ no matter what

They take from me ♪
♪ they can't take away

My dignity ♪
♪ because the greatest

Love of all
is happening to me ♪

♪ I found the greatest
love of all

Inside of me ♪
♪ the greatest love of all

Is easy to achieve
learning to love yourself ♪

♪ It is the greatest
love of all ♪

♪ And if by chance
that special place

That you've been ♪
♪ dreaming of

Leads you to a
lonely place ♪

♪ Find your
strength in love ♪

"I wanna dance with somebody"
and hear that incredible voice

On the big screen.
So congratulations to all of

Them.
Just a reminder, voting is open

Now on all methods for all
artists.

Continuing now with team blake's
georgia country singer who's

Dedicating his emotional
performance tonight to the

People who mean the most to him.
Hefrpz tell you more.

Here's bryce leatherwood.
To be in the top eight, it's

Like you're living this dream
and it keeps happening every

Week.
The whole ride, it's been

Nothing but the best experience
of my life.

What are you doing, cowboy?
I want to come out there with

A fire in my chest and take the
semifinals by storm.

Wait a minute, you got the
hat on again.

Yes, I do.
You're bringing it back out,

Huh?
Going back to the old ways.

Why not?
A little bit of inside

Information for you.
You sang last week, you walked

Off the stage.
Camila goes...

Bring back the hat.
I missed it too.

Bryce, he's one of the
countriest people that I've

Worked with on this show ever.
I'm super excited about this

Song, man.
I just couldn't be more happy.

This is probably the most
emotional song I've sung to

Date.
♪ Every day I drive to work

Across the river bridge ♪
♪ a hundred yards from the spot

Where me and grandpa fished ♪
this song is about remembering

Those we've lost and also
cherishing the great moments of

The people that we have that are
still here.

Hey, granddaddy and nanna.
How y'all doing?

I miss you all.
Doing great, baby.

How are you?
I'm excited about the song

This week.
Just makes me think about

Family, and I'm missing y'all.
Oh, baby, we missed you too.

I'm here because of my
family.

I'm here in support of my
family.

And I'm here to sing this song
this week for the semifinals for

My family.
That's what it's all for, to

Make your family proud.
Oooh!

Yeah.
Watch your pitch on

♪ In the rearview mirror ♪
you're getting a little flat

Right there.
I'd like to go hard at the

End too.
♪ So far away ♪

♪ So far away ♪
♪ so far away ♪

It's a great song to send you
into the finale.

He could be on the radio as
soon as this season's over.

I love this song, man.
You're k*lling it, dude.

You're k*lling it, dude.

She's a doctor ♪
♪ and he'd be proud

Then tell him we'd be back
in a couple of days ♪

♪ In the rear view mirror
we'd all watch 'em wave

And losing them wouldn't ♪
♪ be so hard to take

If heaven wasn't so far
if heaven wasn't so far ♪

♪ If heaven wasn't
so far away

So far away
so far away ♪

To see blake get up and get so
excited.

And I think the reason why,
you're so authentic and so kind

Of classical and old school.
And everything that you want to

See in a country artist.
And you're really effortless at

The same time.
But yet you have this crazy sort

Of star quality stage presence.
So there's just a whole thing

Happening.
And I think america can see

That.
And I'm happy for you.

John?

I've always thought you had a
beautiful tone.

I've always thought you sounded
like you could be on the radio

Instantly, like right now.
But I really think this was your

Best performance so far.

Thank you, john.
It was pitch perfect.

Your tone was just glorious and
bold and soulful.

And I really, really loved it.

Bryce, your coach
blake.

I'm like babe ruth.
I'm pointing to the finale for

You.
And here's why.

Dude, listen, you just engaged
the army of country music fans

That watch this show.
Here's why.

I'm not just saying that.
Because that is the kind of

Performance, and you're the kind
of guy that they want to

Represent them in this genre.
Dude, that was k*ller.

- Thank you, blake.
- If you want bryce in

App.
Give it up again for bryce

Leatherwood.

Coming up, parijita

Semifinals.
Give it up for paul mirkovich

And the incredible "the voice"
band.

And to our crew, had a bunch of
big looks tonight.

All sorts of stuff.
We appreciate their effort.

And now it's a duet by two

Soulful singers from team legend
who know how to light up the

Stage.
We are so excited because

We're singing whitney houston!
And our whitney houston song

Is...
Drum roll, please.

♪ I'm every woman!
After watching the movie "I

Wanna dance with somebody," I
feel like we feel more connected

To whitney houston, to this
song.

Not only are we going to be
singing this to all women out

There.
But it will be a nice memorial

For whitney too.
In my household, whitney

Houston was the voice.
To be taking on these songs

After everything we saw in the
movie, whitney was just that

Girl.
There will never be another.

I'm every woman.
I mean, we are every woman.

It's a wrap.

Bye!

Put your hands together! ♪

♪ I can cast a spell
secrets you can't tell

Mix a special brew ♪
♪ put fire inside of you

Any time you feel
danger or fear ♪

♪ Then instantly
I will appear 'cause ♪

♪ I'm every woman
it's all in me ♪

♪ Anything you
want done baby

I'll do it naturally ♪
♪ 'cause I'm every woman

Every woman
it's all in me ♪

♪ I can read your thoughts
right now

Every one from a to z ♪
♪ whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa
I ain't braggin' ♪

♪ 'Cause I am the one
you just ask me

Ooh it shall be done ♪
♪ and don't bother

To compare
I've got it ♪

♪ Whoa whoa whoa
whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa ♪
♪ you got to know, baby,

Whatever you own up ♪
♪ I'm every woman

I'm every woman
I'm every woman ♪

♪ You better believe baby ♪
♪ I am you are we are every

Woman ♪
♪ I'm every woman

♪ I'm every woman ♪
♪ every woman ♪

All right.

That is parijita and kim, ladies
and gentlemen.

Nice work, ladies.
Coming up, morgan closes out the

Welcome back.
We're going to close out our

Live semifinals with team
camila's nashville country

Singer and a tribute to a very
special person hshe's rememberin

Tonight.
Here's morge from morgan myles.

I literally cannot believe
that we are one performance away

From the finale.
Oh, my heart.

My mom is here.
And at last week's performance,

She was blowing up the family
chat like, morgan, oh, my god,

That was an award show
performance.

She's constantly, like morgan
can win this whole thing, and I

Believe it too.
♪ Arizona sky burning in your

Eyes ♪
for the semifinals, I will be

Performing "always remember us
this way" by lady gaga.

Tell me why this song was so
important.

I was extremely close to my
cousin max.

We lost him to glioblastoma,
which is what we lost our

Grandfather to.
They both died from brain cancer

Around this time of year.
Max was 33 years old.

I'm just so happy we have such
amazing memories.

♪ Every time we say good-bye,
baby, it hurts ♪

We had so many family trips
and holidays.

This song is about choosing to
remember the good times.

♪ I'll always remember us this
way ♪

Because it's a tribute, bring
your soulfulness into this.

There are things about your
voice that are different than

Gaga's, which I feel like are
important to shigt a line on

This, like your grit.
♪ When I'm all choked up and I

Can't find the words ♪
in a competition like this,

It's important to peak at the
right moments.

And I love that she's choosing
to perform something from the

Deeper well of, like, meaning in
her life.

I'm so happy you're going to
have your parents for the

Moa
emotional support.

They are driving 2,000 miles
from nashville.

We are so excited and so proud
of you.

It just means so much.
And I miss them.

See you in a few days, kiddo.
Who's excited!

And it's just been such a wild
journey I'm not ready to have it

End.
Morgan to the finale.

Morn
morgan to the finale!

Morgan to the finale!

Like california gold ♪
♪ you found the light in me

That I couldn't find ♪
♪ so when I'm all choked up

But I can't find the words ♪
♪ every time we say good-bye

Baby it hurts ♪
♪ when the sun goes down

And the band won't play ♪
♪ I'll always remember

Us this way ♪
♪ lovers in the night

Poets trying to write ♪
♪ we don't know

How to rhyme
but damn we try ♪

♪ But all I really know
you're where I wanna go ♪

♪ The part of me that's you
will never die ♪

♪ So when I'm all choked up
and I can't find the words ♪

♪ Every time we say good-bye
baby it hurts ♪

♪ When the sun goes down
and the band won't play ♪

♪ I'll always remember
us this way ♪

♪ I don't wanna be
just a memory baby yeah ♪

♪ Oooh oooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ oh yeah ♪

♪ So when I'm all choked up
and I can't find the words ♪

♪ Every time we say good-bye
baby it hurts ♪

♪ When the sun goes down
and the band won't play ♪

♪ I'll always remember
us this way oh yeah ♪

♪ When you look at me
and the whole world fades ♪

♪ I'll always remember us
this way ♪

Nice work, you got rid of that
big train.

- Give it up for wardrobe.
- Gwen, give us some

Thoughts.
That was so beautiful.

Your tone of voice, and just
everything about your voice is

So unbelievably pretty.
I just love how you build the

Songs, and it's just very
gorgeous.

It's hard to find words because
it's kind of shocking kind of

Weirdly how far you've come, for
me personally, as a performer.

I think you're already so great.
But there's just something that

Has been honed in a way that I
think I'm just really proud of

You.

Morgan, your coach
camila.

I think gwen said it so well.
You have grown so much.

I really think that you could be
the next country/pop/soul

Whatever super star.
When you were up there just now,

There was something so magical
about it.

The show is called "the voice."
And I feel like you are that in

A way.
Like your voice has truth and

Grit.

And your tone is so beautiful.
It was amazing.

- I love you.
- If you want morgan in

App.
Let's hear it for morgan myles.

There you have it.

Voting is open for all artists
on all methods.

Get those votes in.
Tomorrow night at 8:00,

7:00 Central, 8 becomes 5.
Blake and john take the stage.