"Last night, the nation watched as "The Voice" returned with a phenomenal first night of blind auditions." "♪ Died ♪" "Our four superstar coaches began their search for the 12 artists they'll develop throughout the competition, hoping to discover The Voice." "Here we go." "♪ Ye-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah ♪" "Whoo!" "Four of the biggest names in all of music are back..." "Adam Levine, lead singer of Maroon 5 and three-time grammy winner..." "Blake Shelton, 10 number-one singles and current CMA male vocalist of the year..." "Cee Lo Green, three-time grammy winner, one half of the famed group Gnarls Barkley, and The Voice behind the number-one smash "forget you"..." "And Christina Aguilera, vocal prodigy, five-time grammy winner, and widely regarded as one of the best voices of all time." "It was a night to remember." "Christina scored classically trained artist Chris Mann... ♪ Like stars across the sky ♪" "And I've tried to sort of shrink my voice down to fit." "But I decided for this show, I was gonna just sing like myself." "♪ E per avvincere ♪ ...And church singer Jesse Campbell." "♪ I've acted out my life in stages ♪" "The first person that came to my mind was Christina." "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "This year, I want a diverse team, but the most talented team." "♪ I'm hell on heels ♪" "Blake landed teen country sensation raelynn... ♪ Sugar daddy, I'm comin' for you ♪" "I can make you a country star." "I'm gonna go with Blake." " ..." "While Cee Lo stole rocker Juliet Simms." " ♪ Oh, believe me ♪" "Honestly, we would make a really great match." "Your voice just doesn't really exist very often." "I heard the story of my life in that performance." "Oh, my God." "Cee Lo." "Cee Lo." "And Adam, last season's winning coach, scored former "Mickey mouse club" member Tony Lucca." "It's kind of hard to turn down..." "Someone who pushed the button twice." "Adam." "Yes!" "Tonight, the competition continues, as the nation's best artists give it their all to land a spot on a coach's team." "I'm 33 years old, and I don't have health insurance." "And this opportunity here might give me an option to be able to provide for my family what they deserve." "Even though I have those moments of thoughts of," ""oh, gosh, I want to have a kid,"" "you know, I still know I'm doing the right thing." "I still know I'm supposed to be singing." "This is huge for me." "This could propel me into what I wanted to do my entire life." "I'm not good at anything else." "This is it." "The pressure's on the coaches to pick the best artists and convince them to join their team." "For the love of God, pick me." "I appreciate you more than any of these other people up here." "I will give you dedication!" "I will give you heart!" "I will give you time and attention!" "Bullcrap." "It's gonna be blood and guts." "Damn it!" "It's on." "Our coaches are competing against each other to find the next great voice." "But before they do, they're gonna show us how it should be done." "I'm Carson Daly." "This is "The Voice."" "And singing some of prince's greatest hits, these are your coaches." "Whoo!" "♪ I was dreamin' when I wrote this ♪" "♪ forgive me if it goes astray ♪" "♪ but when I woke up this mornin' ♪" "♪ coulda sworn it was judgment day ♪" "Come on, Adam." "♪ The sky was all purple ♪" "♪ there were people runnin' everywhere ♪" "♪ tryin' to run from the destruction ♪" "♪ you know I didn't even care ♪" "♪ no way ♪" "♪ say, say, two-thousand-zero-zero ♪" "♪ party over, oops, out of time ♪" "♪ so tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999 ♪" "♪ yeah ♪" "♪ 1999 ♪" "♪ don't you want to go?" "♪" "♪ I guess I shoulda known ♪" "♪ by the way you parked your car sideways ♪" "♪ that it wouldn't last ♪" "♪ see, you're the kinda person ♪" "♪ that believes in makin' out once ♪" "♪ love 'em and leave 'em fast ♪" "♪ I guess I must be dumb ♪" "♪ 'cause you had a pocket full of horses ♪" "♪ trojan, and some of them used ♪" "♪ but it was Saturday night ♪" "♪ I guess that makes it all right ♪" "♪ what have I got to lose?" "♪" "♪ and, honey, I say ♪" "♪ little red corvette ♪" "♪ baby, you're much too fast ♪" "♪ little red corvette ♪" "♪ you need a love ♪" "♪ you need a love that's gonna last ♪" "♪ whoa-oh ♪" "All right, let's go!" "♪ I ain't got no money ♪" "♪ I ain't like those other guys you hang around ♪" "♪ it's kinda funny ♪" "♪ but they always seem to let you down ♪" "Whoo!" "♪ I don't wanna pressure you, baby ♪" "♪ but all I ever wanted to do ♪" "♪ I wanna be your lover ♪" "♪ I wanna be the only one you come for, yeah ♪" "♪ You don't have to be beautiful ♪" "♪ to turn me on ♪" "Yes!" "♪ I just need your body, baby ♪" "♪ from dusk till dawn ♪" "♪ you don't have to be rich to be my girl ♪" "♪ you don't have to be cool to rule my world ♪" "♪ ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with ♪" "♪ I just want your extra time and your ♪" "♪ kiss ♪" "♪ ye-e-e-e-ah ♪" "Ow!" "Absolutely incredible." "That is how it's done." "Give it up for our coaches, everybody." "Adam Levine, Blake Shelton," "Cee Lo Green, and Christina Aguilera." "Thank you." "The blind auditions start right now." "I'm Hailey." "I'm Leland." "And we're a group called the line." " We've been performing together for almost two years now." " Mm-hmm." "And the chemistry was there right away." "How did you become a duo?" "He walked up to me, and he said, "hi." "I'm Leland." "You want to go do a shot of Jack?"" " Okay, great opening." "High five." " So that's how it started." "Off to the races, dude." "Yeah." "Yeah." " So you were... you were hitting on her." " Yeah." "We met with romantic interests." "And it turned into something that was more than that." "It turned into a writing relationship." "So you're not a couple?" "No." "Okay." "When people see us perform on stage, they always ask if we're together, or they're always like, "are you sure that nothing's going on?"" "Our dynamic is brother and sister." " I don't think we're brother and sister at all." "Please." "A lot of people describe us as an old married couple." "Well, that's what I was gonna say next." "Uh..." "We finish each other's sentences." "You're supposed to let me finish talking before you talk." "Sorry." "Ready?" "Love you." "Love you." "♪ She was an American girl ♪" "♪ raised on promises ♪" "♪ she couldn't help thinkin' ♪" "♪ that there was a little more to life maybe somewhere else ♪" " They don't know there's two people yet." " Come on, Blake." "♪ After all, it was a great big world ♪" "Whoa!" "♪ With lots of places to run to ♪" "Aah!" "Aah!" "♪ Yeah, and if she had to die tryin' ♪" "It's a duo." "♪ She had one little promise she was gonna keep ♪" "♪ oh, yeah ♪" "♪ all right ♪" "♪ take it easy, baby ♪" "♪ make it last all night ♪" "♪ she was an American girl ♪" "♪ and for one desperate moment there ♪" "♪ he crept into her memory ♪" "♪ God, it's so painful when something that is so close ♪" "Come on, baby!" "Let's do it!" "♪ Is still so far out of reach ♪" "♪ oh, yeah ♪" "♪ all right ♪ Oh, damn it." "♪ Take it easy, baby ♪" "What the hell?" "!" "♪ Make it last all night ♪" "Oh!" "♪ She was an American girl ♪" "♪ she was an American girl ♪ Not nice." "♪ She was an American girl ♪" "♪ she was an American girl ♪" "Yes." "Yes, yes, yes." "All right." "So, what... what are your names, lovely people?" "I'm Hailey, and he's Leland, and we're called the line." "In all of the best duos, individually, each singer has to really hold their own, and the energy changed in the room when you guys started playing." "There's no doubt about it." "I want to be part of that energy very badly, please." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Your... your chemistry and your compatibility is very lived-in, and so, like, you guys love each other obviously, right?" "You guys are a couple?" "No." "Not yet." "But there... but there's... there's definitely a musical connection between you guys, and it was a great performance, great song choice." "I enjoyed it." "I pushed my button." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Let's go." "Let's win." "Let me start by saying I know something's amazing when I hear it, and I heard that in the both of you." "And I felt the fun that you guys were having up there, and that's so important as a performer, as a musician." "And as soon as I heard the second voice kick in," "I was really, really intrigued." "And, oh, man." "And then I was thinking Blake last year... you know, the fact that he had a duet, and he ended up sending them home." "That was amazing." "Thank you." "Hailey, I've worked with a-a lot of female singers last year." "I'm married to a female vocalist." " Will you stop using your wife to sell these people on getting you..." "But that's all... yes, he does!" "He does!" "That's all I have, Adam!" "He's like, "I'm married to Miranda." "And, uh, that's why I can relate."" "Sometimes it's the less-obvious choice that you should go with." "Oh, Adam." "Oh, my gosh." "Y'all four turned around." "But I was first." "Okay." "Can you give us a second?" "Yeah, like 30 seconds?" "Sure." "You're not gonna get 'em." "You're not gonna get 'em." "Do you think they're leaning towards Blake, Adam, Christina?" "I think Cee Lo's in the conversation." "Oh, my God." "Who do you think?" "All right, guys." " Do you want me to say it?" "Say it." "We're gonna go with Christina." "Yes!" "Yes!" "I love you guys." " Thank you so much." "Mwah!" "I believe in both of you." "Mwah!" "Thank you so much." "We're gonna do great things, guys." "Yes!" "I really thought that the line... thought they were gonna pick me." "I don't know why." "And they ended up going with Christina." "And I actually feel bad for them for that." "I think they were fooled by flash and boobs." "Oh, my God!" "I know!" " You all were fabulous!" " What a great experience." "Tell me about it." "It was four of the biggest names in music..." " Fighting over us." " ...fighting to work with us." "Welcome to season two of "The Voice."" "Ah!" "Team Christina." "Coming up..." "A man who never gave up hope..." "Six years ago, I got clean off of crystal meth." "I was homeless for a little while." "...Takes a shot at his dream." "♪ "Leave it alone" ♪" "♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪" "And later..." "We meet one of the oldest singers in the competition." "When you tell people that you feel like are too old that they should not sing," "I think you're depriving the world of something." "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "Welcome back to the blind auditions." "The nation's best singers have come from across the country, all of them invited here for one reason... their voice." "These artists only have one shot to impress our coaches, but for our next young hopeful, the stakes are even higher." "I traveled to New York to hand-deliver his invitation." "I'm jamar Rogers." "I'm 29 years old." "I live in the Bronx, New York." "When I'm not writing music and recording, I actually volunteer." "We give food to 4,000 people a day that are living with life-threatening illnesses, like HIV/aids, M.S., cancer." "It's the most rewarding thing I could ever do." "Six years ago, I got clean off of crystal meth after being addicted hard-core." "I was homeless for a little while." "I also found out, six years ago, because of my drug use, I was HIV-positive." "And at that time, I had no hope." "I didn't think that I could ever get out of the hole that I was in, and here I am." "I'm in the middle of New York City, about to meet jamar." "I'm about to give him something that could change his life." "Can I give you a hand with that?" "Oh, my God." "I got something for you." "No way!" "Oh!" "This, jamar, is an invitation to our blind auditions in Los Angeles." " Congratulations." " Oh, my God, Carson." "Hi." "This is well-deserved." "Oh, man." "Thanks, man." "I'm just floored, man." "I would have never thought that this could happen for me." "Music has been a huge part of my life." "The fact that I get to be heard by my personal idol, Cee Lo... it's a validation of sorts." " How you doing, man?" " How you doing, brother?" "How are you feeling?" "You got to be so proud of jamar." "I am." "She's at a loss for words." "I am at a loss for words because this was something that we've dreamed of since he was 6." "My mom... bless her heart." "I know I caused her a lot of tears." "I know I, uh..." "I know I worried her a lot." "You are my biggest inspiration because you know I know the darkest hours." "And for you to stare it in the face and say, "it's not the end of my life,"" "gives me strength and courage." "She's just my biggest cheerleader." "I'm so grateful to have her in my life." "This is huge for me." "This could propel me into what I wanted to do my entire life, since I was a little kid." "I'm not good at anything else." "There's beauty that does come from ashes." "You can have a second chance if you want one, if you fight for it hard enough." "If you want it hard enough, you can have it." "I really do believe I'm the comeback kid." "♪ I'm gonna fight 'em off ♪" "♪ a seven-nation army couldn't hold me back ♪" "♪ they're gonna rip it off ♪" "♪ taking their time right behind my back ♪" "♪ and I'm talkin' to myself at night ♪" "♪ because I can't forget ♪" "♪ yeah ♪" "♪ back and forth through my mind behind a cigarette ♪" "♪ and the message comin' from my eyes says, "leave it alone" ♪" "♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪" "♪ whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪" "♪ don't wanna talk about it ♪" "♪ every single one's got a story to tell ♪" "♪ they all know about it ♪" "♪ from the queen of england to the hounds of hell ♪" "♪ and if I catch it comin' back my way ♪" "♪ I'm gonna serve it to you ♪" "♪ you, you, you, you ♪" "♪ you, you ♪" "♪ and that ain't what you want to hear ♪" "♪ but that's what I'll do ♪" "♪ and the message coming from my eyes says, ♪" "♪ "leave it alone" ♪" "♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪" "♪ whoa ♪" "♪ whoa-oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪" "♪ yeah ♪" "Yeah!" "Yo." "What's up, bro?" "What up, man?" "Yo." "Man, dude, I get..." "I..." "Cee Lo, I'm not on the brand-new Gnarls Barkley wave." "I've loved you since goodie mob." " I've loved you since the "perfect imperfections"..." "Yes, sir." " ...since "Cee-Lo Green..." "Is the soul machine."" "Thank you." "I saw you singing at music midtown in Atlanta." "Oh, wow." "Bro, I've been..." "I've been, like, a hard-core fan." "You're the reason I auditioned for the show." "Aw, man." "And..." "I love it." "I love it." "See, this is why I love doing this show, is because..." "I mean, it gives real, amazing voices and vocalists and talent the opportunity to shine." "And you sounded so energetic." "I was dying to see what was behind my chair, but, honestly, I looked at Cee Lo." "I go, "this is all you, man,"" "like, "push your button," and he did, so..." "I would have felt really, really stupid to push my button, knowing now there is no way in hell he would have picked anybody else except Cee Lo." "I know." "To the last second, I was just thinking," ""man, I really should turn my chair around."" "And then he turned his around, and I thought to myself, like, "this is a match made in heaven."" "He... you remind me of each other, for... for sure." "Thank you." "Yeah, yeah, you sounded great, man." "Like, I definitely had a connection with you immediately." " Yes, sir." " Where you from?" "I live in New York, the Bronx." "Okay." "But I lived in Atlanta for a little bit, so..." "No doubt." "Yes, sir." "Okay, brother, you got style, you got charisma, you got presence, and you definitely got The Voice, man." "Will you join my team?" "Yes, sir." "Yes." "All right." "What's up, man?" "To have someone give you a compliment like that... it's your love being reciprocated." "You know what I mean?" "Like, you know, to know that it has genuinely affected someone in a positive way, to be able to encourage somebody so young in their careers and encourage them to be themselves and... and live out loud, you know," "it makes it all worth it." "♪ Can't wait, can't wait to see you ♪" "Already." "Red." "♪ Can't wait to see you tonight ♪" "♪ can't wait, can't wait to see you ♪" "♪ can't wait, 'cause... ♪" "All right?" "Yeah!" "Team Cee Lo!" "My God." "Whoo!" "Oh!" "Thank you, Cee Lo!" "All right!" "Cee Lo picks up an artist as unique as he is." "Okay!" "I'm so happy I didn't push my button." "The guy was like, "I love you, Cee Lo!"" "Coming up..." "One man who has already beat the odds..." "They told me that night..." ""he's probably not gonna make it through the evening, and if he does, he's gonna be paralyzed for the rest of his life."" "...Is now betting he'll get a chair to turn." "♪ Ooh, I heard it through the grapevine ♪" "Hey, everybody." "It's Christina Milian." "Now, I am so happy to be joining this incredible show as your social-media correspondent and guide to everything online and backstage." "Now, what do you think of the coaches' picks?" "Let us know." "Hit us up on Twitter using #TheVoice, like us on "The Voice" Facebook page, where you can build your own fantasy voice team, to see exclusive videos and my interviews with our coaches." "More blind auditions when we return." "Don't go anywhere." "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "Welcome back to the blind auditions, where our four superstar coaches are building teams of 12 artists, hoping to find the next great voice." "Maybe they'll find it in rock-'n'-roll family man Neal Middleton." "Singing's my life." "I've been doing it since I was 4, and it's the one thing I know I'm..." "I'm good at." "It's my passion." "I can't imagine doing anything else." "It's becoming more and more of a reality that I'm getting older, and this opportunity here might give me the option to be able to provide for my family what they deserve." "I'm 33 years old, and I don't have health insurance." "It's the main reason I'm on this, is maybe this is my moment to..." "Become the man I've always wanted to become." "And why does this show mean so much to you?" "I mean, in my life, especially as a musician, I've been through a lot." "I didn't even know if I'd be alive." "I'd had a really bad accident about eight years ago." "Yeah." "How bad was the accident?" "I fell off, like, a 35-foot, 40-foot building, and splat on cement." "And they told me that night..." ""he's probably not gonna make it through the evening," " and if he does, he's gonna be paralyzed for the rest of his life," so..." "Oh, my God." "I'm really, really happy for him, and I'm proud of him for even considering doing this." "My wife's the most amazing girl on the planet." "She's been through everything with me, and she's the best mom and best support I could ever have." "That's the luckiest thing that's ever happened to me, was being with my wife." "It does feel like the last chance for me to..." "Complete my dream." "Very much so." "Okay, here he comes." "Look, he's walking on the stage!" "♪ Ooh ♪" "♪ I bet you're wondering how I knew ♪" "♪ 'bout your plans to make me blue ♪" "♪ with some other guy that you knew before ♪" "♪ between the two of us guys ♪" "♪ you know I love you more ♪" "♪ it took me by surprise, I must say ♪" "♪ when I found out yesterday ♪" "♪ ooh ♪" "♪ I heard it through the grapevine ♪" "♪ not much longer would you be mine ♪" "♪ yeah, I heard it through the grapevine ♪" "♪ and I'm just about to lose my mind ♪" "♪ honey, honey, yeah ♪" "♪ now, a man ain't supposed to cry ♪" "♪ but these tears I can't hold inside ♪" "♪ losing' you would end my life, you see ♪" "♪ 'cause you mean that much to me ♪" "♪ you should have told me yourself ♪" "♪ that you love someone else ♪" "Come on." "♪ Instead, I heard it through the grapevine ♪" "♪ and I'm just about to lose my mind ♪" "♪ well, honey, honey, yeah ♪" "♪ yeah ♪" "Whoa." "What's up, bro?" "How you guys doing?" " Pretty good, man." "What's your name?" " Neal Middleton." "Man, that was an interesting rendition" " of that record, man." " That was awesome, man." "I enjoyed every second of it." "Well, why didn't you turn your chair around?" "I was surprised that one of you guys didn't snatch him up." "Well, for me, that performance was like an amp that's on 10." "I mean, it's... it was just so much of that." "For me, it just felt like it was wide open and stayed wide open the entire time, so I would have liked a little more range." "But thank you." "Thank you guys." "It was good." "Thank you." "Aw, good job, dad." "Yeah!" "See you, bro." "It wasn't totally what I wanted." "I just want someone who's got a unique voice that no one else has." "You were awesome." "Aw, that was so good." "You did so good." "Ohh." "I'm so sorry." "What are you sorry for?" "Let you guys down." "We're proud of you for just taking the fork in the road." "We really are." "What do you think will happen after here?" "Where's your mind at?" "I mean, my focus is I really need to take care of my family, first and foremost." "So I probably need to maybe think about different things to do with my... my time than just singing." "I guess it just wasn't my day." "Hey, buddy." "How you doing?" "Neal Middleton couldn't get a chair to turn, and he wasn't the only one who was left empty-handed." "♪ Calling all you angels ♪" "I did get a chance to see that you do have some range." "The song didn't really do your range justice." "You know what I'm saying?" "Like, you definitely have it, man." "You did a great job otherwise." "I appreciate the opportunity." "♪ Because the night belongs to lovers ♪" "♪ because the night belongs to lust ♪" "I want an event." "I want to be excited." "And I... it just was a little lackluster for... for me, personally." "Thank you very much." "♪ I don't want to be ♪" "♪ anything other than what I've been trying to be lately ♪" "♪ I don't want to be anything other than me ♪" "You sounded exactly like Gavin Degraw, so I felt as though maybe I wanted to hear more of... of who you were." "It's no hard feelings, man." "I-I respect all of you." "I appreciate it." "Coming up..." "One woman puts starting a family on hold to follow her dreams." "Having to make a choice is difficult, but I choose music." "Will her sacrifice pay off?" "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "Welcome back to the blind auditions." "Up next, midwestern singer Gwen Sebastian is ready to lay it all on the line." "I'm 37 years old, and I'm from Hebron, north Dakota, don't you know?" "And I grew up singing with my family." "My mom and dad are musicians." "And Louis Newman, A.K.A. "Lala" -- which he's probably not excited that I just told you that... is not only my drummer." "He's my best friend and the love of my life." " You've worked really, really, really hard to get here." "Yeah." " And I'm so excited for America to get to see you." "Thanks, Louis." "It's amazing that he's sacrificing things in his life for me to be able to do what I want to do." "You don't find that a lot, and I'm very thankful for that." "We want to have kids, and we want to get married, and we want to have a family and do all the wonderful things in life, but we're focused on the music right now." "He honestly is the one that gave me the courage to say," ""it's okay to let go of having kids."" "Having to make a choice in life is... is difficult but I choose music." "And right now, I truly believe that that is the right path that I'm on." "♪ I've been sitting here ♪" "♪ staring at the clock on the wall ♪" "♪ I've been laying here ♪" "♪ Praying, praying she won't call ♪" "♪ it's just another call from home ♪" "♪ you'll get it and be gone ♪" "♪ and I'll be crying ♪" "Come on, guys." "Come on." "Turn around." "♪...to make you see ♪" "♪ she can't love you like me?" "♪" "♪ why don't you stay?" "♪" "♪ I'm down on my knees ♪" "♪ I'm so tired of being lonely ♪" "♪ don't I give you what you need?" "♪" "♪ when she calls you to go ♪" "♪ there is one thing you should know ♪" "♪ We don't have to live this way ♪" "♪ baby, why don't you... ♪" "Oh!" "Damn it, Cee Lo!" "♪...stay?" "♪" "♪ why don't you ♪" "♪ stay?" "♪" "♪ yeah, yeah ♪" "Damn it!" "Way to go, kid!" "Thank you." "What's your name, and where are you from?" "Gwen Sebastian from Hebron, north Dakota." "Yeah, sure, you betcha." "You have a really beautiful voice." "And I am so happy I'm out of this one." "You bastards." "You're just doing this to get under my skin." "That's not true." "Hey, listen, you are a great country vocalist." "You have every quality." "Thank you." "You're tender in the right places, and you're powerful in the right places, and it matches the lyrics." "And I just think you really know what you're doing." "You have a great sound, and you're developed." "Cee Lo has another meaning for the word "developed" when he talks to you." "But let me just say..." " Aw!" "But let me just say that I think, you know, if you look across this panel here, you'll see spikes, and you'll see tattoos and things like that." "I'm your country guy." "I'm your man." "Thank you." "As far as what you do and the fact that he is a country singer, it makes total sense that you would go with Blake." " Yes, it does." " Yes." "But I will tell you..." "you kept me the whole time." "And when you kind of paused before that last note," "I wanted to hear it so badly, and I was so kind of emotionally connected to it... man, it would be cool to do something that's so different from what I do and what I know." "I think that would be kind of a good thing..." " a new perspective, fresh perspective." " Right, right." "Come with me." "Let's do this." "Yay!" "Thanks, Adam." " Hey, honey." " Hi, Cee Lo." "From the very beginning, your voice projected so well." "It was still cool, and it was still considerate and kind, but very confident." "I just wanted to turn around and let you know that you are appreciated." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Singing in front of all of you is an experience that I wish every artist could have." "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I thought may have not come my way." "And I love every single one of you and respect you as artists, I swear to you." "So, it's up to you." "Whose team do you want to join?" "I c..." "I..." "Adam, some of your stuff is some of my favorite." "I listen to you constantly." "Thank you very much." "But my heart is country." "Yeah?" "And, um Blake, I would be honored to be on your team." "Yes!" "♪ 'Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs ♪" "Right move, Gwen." "Good to meet you, sweetie." "It's gonna be a lot of fun." "God bless you." "All right." "♪ And for when I think I lost my way ♪" "♪ There are no words here left to say ♪" "♪ it's true ♪" "Gwen!" "Oh!" " I'm so proud of you." " Oh, my gosh!" "I don't think I've cried like that in my whole life." "You put off a family for this moment." "You've sacrificed a lot of things." "It all makes it worth it right now." "And a kiss for north Dakota." "Yay!" "Gwen is right at home on team Blake while Adam has yet to add a single artist to his team tonight." "How many is that for you?" "Uh, don't worry about it." "Coming up... ♪ I want you to know ♪ ...a performance that gets Adam out of his chair." "It's probably the coolest thing that's happened on... on the second season so far." "And later..." "A soldier steps off the battlefield and onto the "voice" stage." "I've been in a war zone." "I'm not gonna sit here and front like I'm not gonna be nervous as all get-out." "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "Welcome back to "The Voice,"" "a competition where it's not about what you look like or your age." "But if you ask our next artist, the clock is ticking." "Hi." "My name is Kim Yarborough." "I'm 50." "I started singing when I was 18." "That's when I thought, "maybe I could really make a go at this and be successful at it."" "And that didn't happen." "So being much older, an opportunity of this magnitude may not come around again anytime soon." "Some of the things I've had to do as a struggling artist... pack shampoo in boxes, work in a potato-chip factory." "I did security for the Dave Matthews Band once." "At your stage in life, there's still room to grow and to learn." "There's always room to grow and learn." "I don't have a problem with being 50." "I think people place unconscious or subconscious limitations on you." "It's like, "oh, she shouldn't be wearing that." "She's 50."" "Pbht!" "Whatever." "When you tell people that you feel like are too old that they should not sing," "I think you're depriving the world of something." "Before Kim shows the world what it's been missing, she'll have to wait for our next artist to take the stage." "My name is Pamela rose, I'm 28 years old, and I'm from Cooper city, Florida." "My mom's a single mom." "When I was a kid, she had to work a lot." "The time that we lost when I was little... it has actually been restored now as an adult." "So I really..." "I cherish that." "One of the things that I always tell Pamela is," ""not only are you beautiful physically, but you're also a beautiful soul."" "Thank you, mama." "Having her here with me on... on what could be the biggest day of my life... it means so much, 'cause she gave her whole life for my sister and I." "And those two women are my rocks." "It makes this experience that much more amazing." "This is an opportunity that can change my life, that can change the life of my family, that can allow me to do what I love full time, so everything is on the line for me today." "♪ Remember all the things we wanted?" "♪" "♪ now all our memories, they're haunted ♪" "♪ we were always meant to say goodbye ♪" "♪ even with our fists held high, yeah ♪" "♪ it never would have worked out right, yeah ♪" "♪ we were never meant for do-or-die, no ♪" "♪ I didn't want us to burn out ♪" "♪ I ♪" "♪ I didn't come here to hurt you ♪" "♪ now I can't stop ♪" "♪ I want you to know ♪" "♪ that it doesn't matter where we take this road ♪" " ♪ someone's gotta go ♪" " Turn around!" "Turn around!" "Turn around!" "♪ I'm already gone ♪" "♪ I'm already gone ♪" "♪ there's no moving on ♪" "♪ so I'm already gone ♪" "♪ I'm already gone ♪" "♪ I'm already gone ♪" "♪ so I'm already gone ♪" "Holy..." "Oh!" "How you doing, darling?" "What's your name?" "Pamela rose." "Cee Lo's killing himself right now." " Hi." " Definitely." "I'm..." "I'm..." "I'm very disappointed." "There were little issues." "There were pitch issues, I think, which probably had to do with being nervous." " But you're beautiful, obviously, so..." " Thank you so much." "...congrats on that." "Uh..." "I looked at Adam." " I was like... you saw me thinking about it." " Yeah." "I was, and then it just fell off in pitch right when I was about to, and I just..." "I didn't do it." "It's genuinely an honor to be able to, you know, sing, even if it's the back of your heads." " I'm really so grateful to be here." " Aww!" "Thank you." "Thank you guys so much for the opportunity." "♪ Go on and try to tear me down ♪" "♪ I will be rising from the ground ♪" "♪ like a skyscraper ♪" "Pamela doesn't make a team, but she definitely leaves an impression." "I'm gonna miss you." "Oh, Cee Lo." "Oh, don't cry." "You're special to us." "I heard enough pitch things that I didn't hit my button, and the other three coaches heard the same pitch problems." "It's okay." "I'm..." "I'm okay." "I'm okay." "She has a lot of elements that make to be a star, but she doesn't have all the elements that make for a star on "The Voice."" "Oh, man." "Coming up... 50-year-old Kim Yarborough finally gets her moment." "Dress rehearsal's over, honey." "And later..." "One young hopeful tries to impress the coaches with her version of an Adele song." "♪ Never mind, I'll find someone like you ♪" "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "Welcome back to the blind auditions." "Before the break, we met struggling singer Kim Yarborough." "After more than 30 years of waiting, her time has finally arrived." "This is the most important moment of my life because it's the first time I get to sing before millions of people." "At stake for me today is the biggest dream of all... that I'll be able to live, eat, sleep, breathe my career." "This is it." "Okay." "Good luck." "Dress rehearsal's over, honey." "♪ H-e-e-e-e-ey ♪" "♪ h-e-e-e-e-ey, yeah ♪" "♪ you ain't got no kind of feeling inside ♪" "Come on, girl." "All right!" "♪ I got something that will sure 'nuff set your stuff on fire ♪" " All right!" " Come on, Christina." "Come on!" "Do it, baby!" "Do it!" "Do it!" "♪ You refuse to put anything before your pride ♪" "♪ what I got will knock your pride aside ♪" "♪ oh ♪" "♪ mm ♪" "Whoo!" "♪ Tell me something good ♪" "♪ oh, yeah, yeah ♪" "♪ tell me that you love me, yeah ♪" " All right!" " Adam's in." "♪ Tell me something good ♪" "♪ oh, baby, baby, yeah ♪" "♪ tell me that you like it, yeah ♪" "♪ you better tell me something good ♪" "All right!" "What is your name, darling?" "My name's Kim." "No, it's not." "Your name is Chaka Khan, baby." "I... it's like I turned around." "I was like, "yes, that's what I wanted to see."" "Like, I just... mm!" "This divalicious young lady over here picked you, as well, so we're gonna fight over you like children." "Soon as that song started," "I knew this was a force to be reckoned with." "And I turned around, and you are." "So you guys must just feel... ♪ Stupid ♪" "We're more than happy to help you decide..." " Oh, Blake. -...on which one of these coaches you should go with." "Hey!" "Shh!" "Shh!" "Just shh!" "I want to weigh the two for you here." "Adam won this thing last year." "Christina..." "Didn't." "I'm..." "I'm wondering how you see me." "Do you see me as an RB artist?" "Do you see me doing something else?" "I don't think that there's any real limitations, as far as what you can do, what... what we can do." "Thank you." "I mean, I think you're the kind of vocalist that can sing..." "Anything that you want to." "Thank you." "Now it's time for you to pick a coach." "I have to say I-I love all of you." "Thank you very much." "But I think I'm gonna go with Adam." "You're amazing, darling." "You're amazing." "I mean it." "Congratulations." "Yes!" "♪ I'm walking on sunshine ♪" "♪ whoa-oh ♪" "♪ I'm walking on sunshine ♪" "♪ whoa-oh ♪" "You're such a salesman." "♪ Whoa-oh ♪" "♪ and don't it feel good?" "♪" "Ahh!" "Oh, my God!" "What does this represent..." "this moment in time?" "It's a new chapter of your life." "It's never too late." "You're living proof of that tonight." " Congratulations." " Thank you." "You're welcome." "It's better late than never for Kim Yarborough, as Blake helps Adam pick up his first artist of the night." " Hey, did I affect that in some way?" " Yes, he did." "The competition is heating up." "Damn it." "Oh, thank God." "But our next artist, staff sergeant Angie Johnson, knows how to stay cool under pressure." "I'm 31 years old and from St. Louis, Missouri." "I originally enlisted in the air force as a b-2 stealth bomber mission planner, but music has always been my heart and my soul, so I auditioned for the air force band, and it is the best job in the military." "The primary mission of military bands is troop morale." "We give them a couple of hours of relaxation and time for them to remember that they're human beings, because we give them a song and they remember," ""oh, that was played at my prom,"" "or, "that was my wedding song."" "It just kind of helps them reconnect with themselves." "♪ We could have had it all ♪" "♪ rolling in the deep ♪" "I've gone on seven middle eastern deployments." "And... and one little set that we did, someone in the audience taped it on their phone, and they uploaded it to their YouTube channel." "And within 11 days, it had over a million views." "The whole thing was surreal." "The quickness that it caught on with people was hard to keep up with." "I got friend requests from people on Facebook from countries that I'd never even heard of." "And I have this e-mail saying," ""hey, you need to check out Carson Daly's Twitter page."" "This is so crazy..." "how this whole thing happened." "I saw a woman in a military outfit singing an incredible Adele song, and I was like, "look at this hot chick singing, who's defending our country."" " Carson Daly just called me hot." " I'm like..." "Well, I'm saying... and talented." "I mean, it was really remarkable." "I was like, "she's got to get a shot,"" "and here you are at "The Voice."" "What would it mean for you to walk on that stage and... and..." "and just really do well?" "What would that mean for you?" "I've been in a war zone, okay?" "Like, I've..." "I've faced mortar fire." " I've had to carry a weapon around, like..." " Right." "I'm trying to be like, "this is cake,"" "but I'm not gonna sit here and front like I'm not gonna be nervous as all get-out." "But I just hope I do a good job." "I hope I get them to turn around." "There's a lot of pressure being in this competition because the way I came to be involved was kind of in front of America's eyes." "But I'm here now, and I just feel like the people... they want to see me succeed." "And it's kind of heavy, but it's my shot." "Not everyone gets their shot." "♪ Your love is like a tidal wave ♪" "♪ spinning over my head ♪" "♪ drowning' me in your promises ♪" "♪ better left unsaid ♪" "♪ you're the right kind of sinner ♪" "Come on, somebody, turn your chair!" "♪ To release my inner fantasy ♪" "♪ the invincible winner ♪ I like that." "♪ 'Cause you know that you were born to be ♪" "All right!" "We're in the game!" "♪ Dream maker, love taker ♪" "♪ don't you mess around with me ♪" "♪ you're a heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker ♪" "♪ don't you mess around ♪" "♪ no, no, no ♪" "♪ your love has set my soul on fire ♪" "♪ burnin' out of control ♪" "♪ you taught me the ways of desire ♪" "♪ now it's taken its toll ♪" "♪ you're the right kind of sinner ♪" "♪ to release my inner fantasy ♪" "♪ the invincible winner ♪" "♪ 'cause you know that you were born to be ♪" "♪ you're a heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker ♪" "♪ don't you mess around with me ♪" "♪ you're a heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker ♪" "♪ don't you mess around with me ♪" "♪ you're a heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker ♪" "♪ heartbreaker ♪" "Yeah." "So, what's your name?" "My name is Angie Johnson." "Angie, man." "What a way to end that performance." " That... that last note..." " Yes." "That last note, I was like, "oh, my gosh, man." "I let Cee Lo get away with one there."" "Are you as beautiful as I think you are?" "Wait a minute." "Let me put on my reading glasses." "Just a minute." "All right." "I'm not sure whether Cee Lo's happy that you're hot" " or that you got a good voice." " It's both." "No, no, no." "I picked her." " I'm the only one that picked her." "She belongs to me." " I know." "And you know what?" "The whole time..." "on pitch." " Like, you were really, really good about your pitch." " Definitely, yes." " That's really good." " Thank you." "That's a tough song." "You had to really have some power to pull that off." "So, congrats, Cee Lo." "No doubt." "I turned my chair around because I love rock 'n' roll." "I love a woman with guts, with power, with confidence." "Thank you." "Come on down." "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "You did it." "Congratulations." "I'm so happy for you." "It's because of you." "No, it's not because of me.It's because of you." "I'm so happy for you." "We won tonight." "Team Cee Lo..." "you're gonna rock it." "Coming up..." "A Yale football player leaves everything behind to pursue a different field." "Singing is what I love to do." "It's what I want to do for the rest of my life." "But will any of our coaches want him on their team?" "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "The blind auditions."" "We're gonna go with Christina." "So far tonight, Christina..." "Yes!" "...Blake, and Adam have each scored one artist, while Cee Lo has picked up two." "Yale football player dez duron is hoping he, too, will find a coach, even if it means leaving his current one behind." "In High School, I set the state record in Louisiana for most touchdowns thrown in a single season." "I threw 58." "But singing is what I love to do." "It's what I want to do for the rest of my life." "It's my passion." " How you doing, dez?" " Yeah." "Good to see you." "You were at Yale?" "Yeah, on the football team." "And?" "And I just took a semester off to come try and do this thing." "You gave up Yale and football?" "Yeah." " What'd they say?" " All they know is that I moved to California to go do music, so they don't even know I'm doing this right now, but..." " They know now." " Yeah, they know now." " Your dad's not here now, right?" " He's not." " But he was a football player..." " He was." " ...and also had a music career of his own, right?" " He did." "My dad is a big influence on my life to play football and to sing." "He signed with the redskins, but he quit the team." "Then he wrote a song called "we've come to worship,"" "and it won a grammy." "He's been a hero of mine since I was really young, so I guess I'm walking in my dad's footsteps, and that's pretty cool." "Today is huge, so, obviously, I'm feeling some nerves." "To leave the team was something really hard for me." " Good luck." " Thank you." "Hopefully, I don't regret it." "♪ You are my fire ♪" "♪ my one desire ♪" "♪ believe when I say ♪" "♪ that I want it that way ♪" "♪ tell me why ♪" "♪ ain't nothin' but a heartache ♪" "♪ tell me why ♪" "♪ ain't nothin' but a mistake ♪ Sounds good." " Come on, Christina, turn." " Come on, baby." "♪ I never wanna hear you say ♪" "♪ that I want it that way ♪" "♪ now I can see that we're falling apart ♪ That's right up your alley." "♪ From the way that it used to be, yeah ♪" "♪ no matter the distance ♪" "♪ I want you to know ♪" "♪ deep down inside of me ♪" "♪ don't wanna hear you say ♪" "Come on, Adam." "Take a chance, Adam." "Take a chance, Adam." "♪ I never wanna hear you say ♪" " Come on, turn your stinking chair around." " Come on." "♪ I want it that way ♪" "♪ 'cause I want it that way ♪" "He's good." "Why didn't you push it?" "Why didn't you push it?" "Why didn't you push it?" "Oh, it's a good-looking guy, too." "Even I know that's a good-looking guy, Christina." "That's a good-looking guy." "Man, I'm pissed." "How are you, sir?" "Where you from?" " Shreveport, Louisiana." " Okay." " Southern boy, like me and Blake." " Yeah." "I think you did a great job." "And I... even though I didn't pick you myself," "I was encouraging Adam to pick you." " I said, "Adam, that's your man." I was, too." "Well..." ""that's your man."" "I don't like this, like..." "like I tried to make you do it." "You didn't do it, either, man." "I think for me it was maybe stylistically we wouldn't jam so well together." "It maybe seemed like it wasn't the perfect fit." "No." "Um..." "I disagree." "'Cause... they disagree." "You didn't hit your button." "It's your fault." "It's your fault." "Why are you blaming me?" "You guys are blaming me." "None of you turned your... now we all, like, hate each other for not pressing our buttons." "It's... you know, I-I have to take the cake for feeling the most guilt because, I mean, how adorable are you?" "But you already know that." "I can..." "I can feel it." "Honestly, I-I heard some of your runs in there, and I got this close to pressing my button at a certain point." "And for whatever reason," "I just..." "I don't know..." "I think I got nervous." "Can I please..." "can I please go back around?" "Can we start over?" "Thank you for the opportunity, and thank you for y'all's kind words." "I-I appreciate it." "Thank you so much." "Golly, man!" "It's all right." "Dez was great." "And, you know, he's a handsome dude, and that's cool, but we haven't heard a bad singer today." "So it's hard." "It's like... what makes one person better at whatever moment, you know?" "I'm so angry right now." "What kind of coaches are y'all?" "No, I'm so angry right now." "Yes, yes!" "Unbelievable." "Ah!" "You sang it." " They... they were so sad they didn't do you." " All right." "Yeah." "So close." "Oh!" " No." " Dez won't be playing for one of our teams." "Seems our coaches regret missing out on a potentially valuable player." "Damn it." "Coming up..." "More incredible performances... ♪ Why you want to go and make things so complicated?" "♪ ...Has the coaches singing their praises." "You come across as a real artist." "And they stop at nothing to get the artists they want." "I don't know what I can do for you, but I'll be damn proud to try." "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "Welcome back to "The Voice," the singing competition where artists must stand out on their voice alone." "For our next performer, standing out comes naturally." "When I was a kid, I wanted to be an inventor." "I used to draw paper toys all the time of things I would like to invent." "But when I picked up a violin," "I knew that that was what I wanted to do..." "I wanted to make music." "And I started listening to experimental things, like radiohead, nirvana, incubus, and I like Fiona apple a lot." "I see myself as a songwriter, and interpreting songs when I cover them is kind of a big thing I do." "I think people enjoy a different perspective on a song, and I think it captivates your listener a little bit more." "Have you performed in front of a lot of people before?" "Maybe 40." " 40?" " Small coffee-shop kind of thing." "I've never auditioned for anything close to this in my entire life." "Nerves have everything to do with how you perform." "In, like, High School," "I'd sing a jazz song at, like, a community center, and my voice cracked in the middle of the song." "And I just, like..." "I stopped cold." "I couldn't finish the song." "And it was just mortifying." "I'm afraid of going out on stage and choking because I've done it before." "♪ Since we in the club for now ♪" "♪ might as well get another round ♪" "♪ I notice there ain't nothing in your cup ♪" "♪ so come here ♪" "She looks good." "Oh, beautiful." "Beautiful." "♪ Go, boy ♪" "♪ it's your birthday ♪" "♪ open wide ♪" "♪ I know you're thirsty ♪" "♪ say "aah" ♪" "♪ say "aah" ♪" "♪ and we don't buy no drinks at the bar ♪" "♪ we pop champagne 'cause we got that ♪" "♪ let me hear you say "aah" ♪" "♪ let me hear you say "aah" ♪" "♪ whoa, whoa ♪" "♪ pocket full of money, and the club gonna jump ♪" "♪ till I rock inside the doorway ♪" "♪ bottles of the rosé ♪" "♪ smelling' like dolce  gabbana ♪" "♪ shawty, you the baddest ♪" "♪ and to meet you is an honor ♪" "♪ I got a table waiting, what you think about a convo?" "♪" "♪ and if you like it, baby, we could take it to the... ♪" "♪ if you like the condo ♪" "♪ I will move this party to the bedroom ♪" "♪ I'm-a beat your body like ♪" "♪ since we're in the club for now ♪" "♪ might as well get another round ♪" "Pretty good." "I like it." "♪ I notice there ain't nothing in your cup ♪" "♪ come here ♪" "♪ come here and fill it up ♪" "♪ go, boy ♪" "♪ it's your birthday ♪" "♪ open wide ♪" "♪ I know that you're thirsty ♪" "♪ say "aah" ♪" "♪ say "aah" ♪" "♪ we don't buy no drinks at the bar ♪" "♪ let me hear you say "aah" ♪" "Aah!" "♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪" "Hi, guys." "Hey." "Hi." "What's your name?" "My name's Lindsey." "Lindsey." "I love your voice." "Thank you very much." "And your hair is badass." "I was just about to say that, too." "I love that haircut on you." "Hey, swept to one side." "What?" "Right?" "Same idea." "What?" "There's elements in your voice... and I'm trying to think of the girl's name..." "Fiona apple." "Is that the right..." "Yes." "There was parts... is that an influence of yours?" "I love Fiona apple." "Yeah, so do I. Okay, because I can hear..." "I can hear... but you..." "Love." "But I'm the only one that said it." "Because I was listening so closely, and it just... the next thing I know, it's like, "oh, my gosh, this girl is so unique,"" "and I can hear some of those different influences in your voice, and I think you're beautiful." "Are you done talking?" "'Cause I'm gonna talk now." "Okay, so, I enjoyed every second of that, actually." "I thought it was such a creative choice and so original to do that song and to do it so well." "You have such a unique quality and tone to your voice." "I don't want to touch that." "I just want to play with you" " And have a great time experimenting..." " That's weird." "It's only weird if you make it." "...and have an amazing time experimenting and see what we can come up with." "Lindsey, I really, really, thoroughly enjoyed the performance." "I-I thought that it was such a unique and original approach to doing that record." "It was so cool-sounding, it took me a minute to catch what record it was." "I'm like, "oh, that's trey songz."" "It's probably the coolest thing that's happened" "On... on the second season so far." "Yeah." "And this is why I turned around, as well, and I would love to, you know, kind of help nurture that, you know." "All jokes aside, I thought you were great, and I'm a pretty good coach." "You're all so amazing, and I can't even believe that I'm..." "I'm subjected to such a decision." "Um, but, uh..." "I'm..." "I'm gonna go with, uh..." "No, no, no." "Okay." "Um..." "Gosh." "Uh..." "I'm gonna go with Christina." "♪ Oh, how good it feels to be beautiful ♪" "You were awesome." "You really spoke to me." "Such a beautiful face." "Thank you so much for coming out here and inspiring me today, 'cause that's what you did." "I really, thoroughly enjoyed that performance." "Thank you." "I'm so excited." "It'll be an interesting year." "Thank you so much." "Thank you." "I love and adore Lindsey." "And as soon as I heard The Voice, I was intrigued." "I leave uniqueness alone." "If you're unique and you're special and you grab my attention just by being you," "I'm not gonna mess with that." "Yes!" "Oh, my God!" "Unbelievable." "Hi." "I'm excited!" "You did so great, linds." "This is all very, very surreal right now." "It is." "I know." "I'm so proud of you." "It's unbelievable." "Okay, group hug." "With Lindsey pavao," "Christina scores another big victory." "I liked her a lot." "Damn it!" "Coming up..." "A backup singer for Alicia Keys steps into the spotlight." "But will the coaches let him slip away?" "Why didn't I press my button?" "!" "Damn it!" "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "Welcome back to "The Voice."" "While everyone here is hoping to work with one of the biggest names in music, singer Jermaine Paul has been sharing the stage with one for years." "I'm 33 years old, from orange county, New York." "I was blessed with the opportunity at a nightclub in New York to sing for Alicia Keys, serenaded her, and she enjoyed it, and she later made me a background vocalist." "I've been singing with Alicia Keys for a lot of years." "I've been able to open up for her all around the world, but "The Voice" is my opportunity to step out and be Jermaine Paul, solo artist, not the background singer." "Who do you have here?" "My daughter and my wife." "Hi." "How are you?" "Welcome." "How you feeling?" "Feel good, man." "Feel good, yeah." "Yeah?" "Tell me about your experience with Alicia Keys, Jermaine." "Oh, man, it's been amazing, man." "It's been amazing." "I've been able to be in the background and watch her, and... and kind of take on the things that I would want to do for myself." "I'm really looking to kind of go from that and step into my own." "This competition..." "that's what it's all about, you know..." "me stepping out." "How did your dad even know about this show?" "I told him about it." " You told him?" " Yeah." "What did you say?" "I was watching the TV show, and I..." "I told him he should be on "The Voice."" " Good advice." " Yeah." "I have a special message from somebody that you know." "Oh, wow." "Hey, Jermaine, it's Alicia Keys." "I am so excited for you." "Good luck on this audition." "You're gonna kill it." "It's your time to shine." "We're rooting for you, baby." "Go get 'em." "Oh, wow." "So, that's amazing." "Before Jermaine steps out of the background and into the spotlight, our next artist is ready to shine." "My name is hoja Lopez, and I'm 25." "My whole family... they..." "they're really, really educated, but I'm like, "hey, I want to paint stuff and make music."" "And my mom's like, "okay."" "She was singing and a very hyper kid all the time... singing, singing, singing." "We had to tell her," ""be quiet for a little while." A lot of times." "Oh." "And she was all the time singing." "I am, I guess, a little bit of a black sheep in the sense that I'm really different than my family." "I was growing up, and I didn't see a lot of role models for people who looked like me or sounded like me or were like me." "And I just hope that, like, teenagers have an opportunity to see being a good person and being talented is totally enough." "Just the idea of having Christina or Blake or Adam or Cee Lo turn around..." "I mean, I'm hoping just to get them to... to really sort of understand me, even if they can't see me." "The stakes are humongous." "♪ You think I'm pretty ♪" "♪ without any makeup on ♪" "♪ you think I'm funny ♪" "♪ when I tell the punchline wrong ♪" "♪ I know you get me ♪" "♪ so I let my walls come down, down ♪" "♪ let's go all the way tonight ♪" "♪ no regrets, just love ♪" "♪ we can dance until we die ♪" "Come on, Cee Lo." "It's good." "It's good." "You like it." "♪ You and I will be young forever ♪" "♪ you make me feel like I'm livin' a teenage dream ♪" "♪ the way you turn me on ♪" "♪ this is real ♪" "♪ so take a chance and don't ever look back ♪" "♪ don't ever look ♪" "♪ let you put your hands on me in my skintight jeans ♪" "♪ be your teenage dream ♪" "Come on, Christina!" "♪ Tonight ♪" "♪ tonight ♪" "What's your name?" "Hoja Lopez." "Hoja..." "Indeed." "...Lopez." "Mm-hmm." "It was a pretty good performance." "It wasn't exactly what I was looking for, and... and I'm actually a huge Katy Perry fan." "Maybe nerves... that seemed to happen with you today a little bit." "Yeah, for sure." "And..." "There was definitely a little bit of butterflies." "...as someone who's been nervous many times," "I can tell you, like, it sucks because you can't help it, and then it makes it worse once you start thinking about it." "It's one of those awful things." "So it seemed like that's what it was." "We're sorry, but we didn't pick you." "Thank you guys very, very much, and have a good night." "♪ That was quite a show ♪" "Thank you so much." "Nerves don't mean that you can't succeed." "Going into it with a strong voice and confidence... that's what I'm looking for." "Hey." "Sorry, hoja." " You guys are crying." "You're so sweet." " Oh, oh!" "Unfortunately, hoja heads home without scoring a spot on a coach's team." "Thank you for being here." "♪ But it's over now ♪" "Coming up..." "Alicia Keys' backup singer Jermaine Paul is ready to put his voice to the test." "I feel like this is my time, and it's time for me to go get it." "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "Welcome back to "The Voice."" "Before the break, we met Alicia Keys' backup singer Jermaine Paul." "With his wife and daughter here to cheer him on, he's ready to step onto the "voice" stage as a solo performer." "I've had tremendous success with Alicia." "It's been a great experience for me, but I feel like it's my time." "This is a complete faith leap." "This is me just walking away from a situation that most people wouldn't walk away from." "I'm here on "The Voice"" "to give myself a chance to be a solo act, and it's time for me to go get it." "♪ That's the way it is ♪" "♪ chill out, whatcha yelling' for?" "♪" "♪ laid back, it's all been done before ♪" "♪ and if you could only let it be ♪" "♪ then you will see ♪" "♪ I love you the way you are ♪" "♪ when you're drivin' in your car ♪" "♪ and you're talking to me one-on-one ♪" "♪ but you've become somebody else ♪" "♪ 'round everyone else ♪" "♪ you're watching your back like you can't relax ♪" "♪ you're tryin' to be cool ♪" "♪ but you look like a fool to me ♪" "♪ so, tell me ♪" "♪ why do you want to go and make things so complicated?" "♪" "♪ I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else ♪" "♪ getting me frustrated ♪" "♪ life's like this, and you ♪" "♪ and you fall, and you crawl, and you break ♪" "♪ and you take what you get ♪" "♪ and you turn it into honesty ♪" "♪ promise me I'm never gonna find you fakin' ♪" "♪ no, no ♪" "♪ oh, why you want to go and make things so complicated?" "♪" "♪ I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else ♪" "♪ getting me frustrated ♪" "♪ life's like this, and you ♪" "♪ and you fall, and you crawl, and you break ♪" "♪ and you take what you get ♪" "♪ you turn it into honesty ♪" "♪ promise me ♪" "♪ no, no, no ♪" "What's up, big brother?" "What's your name?" "My name is Jermaine Paul." "Okay." "You know what, man?" "With my back turned, I could hear the swag." "It sounded like swag." "Yes, sir." "Yes, sir." "Yes, sir." " You know what I'm saying?" " Yeah." "You sung it with a cool, and you sung it with a... a confidence, man." "I'm glad that I turned around for you, man." "I think you got a total package." "You definitely got The Voice." "I want you on my team." "And the people seem to love you, too, right?" " All right, can I ask y'all a couple questions?" " Sure." "I just want to know... you know, you said you want me on your team." "And "want" is a cool word." ""Need" is even a better word." "Mm-hmm." "But I want to hear that word "keep."" "You know what I'm saying?" "I want to be kept." "That's nice." "I bet you do." "No doubt." "I tell you what, man..." "I won't make it..." "I won't make it any more complicated than it already is, man." "Yo." "I need you on my team." "You're very, very strong, man, very strong." "See, "need"... "need" is better than "want."" "Man, I think the word "keep" is up to you, man." "I mean, you know what?" "You... you blew us away." "You got Cee Lo and I to hit our buttons." "You still got a lot of work to do." "I mean, I'd love to be your coach." "I think you're awesome." "You're the first time I ever hit my button that, when I turned around, you looked exactly like I thought you would, because I thought, "this guy sounds like the muscle," ""like, badass..." ""like, oh, my God." "This..." "like, oh, my God." "I better," you know?" "But you know what?" "I mean, I'm not gonna sit here and say the word "keep" to you, because that's something that Adam would say, which is a lie, and I'll never lie to you, you know?" "You son of a bitch." "But the... but the way the people responded to you... you know what I mean..." "like, I think the people are gonna help keep you around, as well." "So, Blake." "Yes, sir." "Are you looking for country singers, or are you looking for just singers?" "I'm looking for great, exceptional singers." "So, why... why did you turn around..." "Because you're special." "...turn around after Cee Lo?" "I don't give a crap at what... what time Cee Lo turned around." "I'm not looking at Cee Lo." "I'm listening to you." "You know, you command a lot of attention, too, 'cause I've never heard Blake say, "yes, sir," before." "He's like, "yes, sir."" "I can't even listen to you." "That might be strategy." "Oh!" "Smart man." " You're a smart man." " Why didn't I press my button?" "!" "Damn it!" "Who's it gonna be?" "Man, this is tough, man." "This is tough." "That's the greatest part of this show... you have the power to choose." "Oh, man." "It's all you." "All right, all right, all right." "I'm gonna go with Blake on this one." "Okay." "Oh!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Nobody's come out here yet who owns this room like Jermaine just did." "And I honestly think that Cee Lo kind of oversold himself there a little bit, and Jermaine saw right through that." "So I think Cee Lo screwed the pooch on that one." " Whoo!" " Veteran singer Jermaine Paul is finally front and center, where he belongs." "I like him." "I like him." "You got a strong one on you..." "he's strong." "Whoo!" "Coming up..." "A young artist with a painful past..." "Music was an escape, and it's brought me to that point in understanding that there's hope in the madness." "...Steps onto the "voice" stage." "This is me moving forward today." "♪ This is "The Voice" ♪" "Welcome back to "The Voice."" "♪ What do I have to do?" "♪" "With the level of talent at this season's blind auditions... ♪ Heartbreaker ♪ ...the bar has really been raised." "That's a tough song." "The whole time..." "on pitch." " Like, you were really, really good about your pitch." " Definitely, yes." "Let's see if our final artist of the night has what our coaches are looking for." " My name is angel Taylor." " I'm 23." "I am the youngest of five girls." "And having mom there was kind of the backbone to life." "She allowed my childhood to be called a childhood because my father was abusive." "When I was 12, my mom took me and my sisters, and it was madness, but we... we each got a bin." "And she said, "put all your favorite things in the bin, 'cause we don't know when we're coming back,"" "and we never went back." "Music was an escape." "When I was younger, being able to write and listen... it's therapeutic, and it's brought me to that point in understanding that there's... there's hope in madness." "This is me moving forward today." "♪ I heard that you're settled down ♪" "♪ that you've found a girl, and you're married now ♪" "♪ I heard that your dreams came true ♪" "♪ guess she gave you things ♪" "♪ I didn't give to you ♪" "♪ old friend, why are you so shy?" "♪" "♪ ain't like you to hold back ♪" "♪ or hide from the light ♪" "Whoo!" "♪...uninvited ♪" "♪ but I couldn't stay away ♪" "♪ I couldn't fight it ♪" "♪ I had hoped you'd see my face ♪" "♪ and that you'd be reminded that for me it isn't over ♪" "♪ yeah ♪" "♪ never mind, I'll find someone like you ♪" "♪ I wish nothing but the best for you, too ♪" "♪ don't forget me ♪" "♪ I begged ♪" "♪ I remember you said sometimes it lasts in love ♪" "♪ but sometimes it hurts instead ♪" "Yeah!" "Oh!" "What?" "♪ But sometimes it hurts instead ♪" "♪ yeah, yeah ♪" "♪ yeah ♪" "Oh!" "Beautiful, angel!" "What is your name, darling?" "It is angel Taylor." "First of all, that... that's a tough one, man," " and you were nervous in the beginning..." " I was." "...and it wasn't so great in the beginning." "But there was something about your voice from the get-go that was..." " I thought it was pretty good in the beginning." " ...that was " "Well, Blake, I need to be honest with the person that's gonna be on my team, because they need to know..." "Because honesty is better to help guide them." "Anyway, angel, listen." "I was gonna wait until you came into the chorus to make the final decision, but I thought, "you know what?" " "I got to get here first..." " Aww." "...because I think that this is gonna be really special."" "So I took the risk, and I was so happy when you..." "Thank you so much." "Thank you so much." "Angel, like, you look lovely tonight." " Thank you so much." " Yes." "And I enjoyed your performance." "That... that register, that low register is pretty difficult to be in and to stay in for as long as that remains for that song." "And I thought it felt good, and it felt warm, and I was touched by it." "And, I mean, Adele..." "it's such a wonderful song, and I think you did a great job." "Thank you so much." "Blake Shelton, "a," I have a massive crush on you." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Thank y'all." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "I love you." "So I'm curious to hear what you think you have to offer." "Well, let me say this..." "I don't know what I can do for you, but I'll be damn proud to try." "That's fair." "That's fair." "I will be your man." "I-I can't blame you for having a crush on Blake," " 'cause look at him... he's tall, handsome." " Right." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Thank you." "Thank you." "However, I do know what I can do for you." "I did..." "I did do well last year." "I wasn't sure..." "Cocky rock stars, man." "God almighty." "Wow." "That being said, it's anybody's game this year, but I do believe that you are incredibly unique, and I want you on my team badly." "Thank you so much." "Thank you." "Now you get to pick which one of us you want to work with." "I think I'm gonna go with Adam." "♪ You got my heartbeat running away ♪" "Oh!" "Oh!" "♪ Beating like a drum, and it's coming your way ♪" " Awesome." " I'm so excited." "I love you, too." "I love you, too." "Oh, thank you so much." " Thank you, sweetie." "Good luck." " Thank you." " I'm so happy." " I really wanted her." "I would have been bummed out if I didn't get her." "Full version of tonight's performances are available in iTunes."