The Season 9 coronation is still a good two months away, which means narrowing this down to a top three - heck, even five - finalists is a ways off. How about I simply point out some of the more promising rounds from the past week for now?
Blaine Mitchell vs. Blind Joe (Team Blake):Shelton matched 24-year-old Mitchell, a former high school star athlete from Texas, with the 33-year-old Blind Joe, assigning them Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock & Roll."
Shelton deemed it a “dead tie,” but he picked Blind Joe to stay on his team, saying he was “something really special.” Mitchell survived all the same, as Levine immediately moved in for the steal.
Cassandra Robertson vs. Viktor Kiraly (Team Adam):Levine paired Kiraly, a 31-year-old Hungarian pop star, who had spun all four chairs during the blind auditions, and Robertson, a 48-year-old caterer and mother for whom he had been the only coach to turn, on the Tony Rich Project’s “Nobody Knows.”
Even though Levine said neither singer “could have possibly done better,” he gave the win to Kiraly, which we all expected.
Chase Kerby vs. Korin Bukowski (Team Gwen):Stefani - whose latest single, "Used to Love You," dropped this week - paired 30-year-old Chase Kirby against 20-year-old Miami pre-med student Korin Bukowski. Each had turned only Stefani’s chair during blind auditions. The No Doubt singer picked Bukowski to move forward.
Evan McKeel vs. Riley Biederer (Team Pharrell):Williams pitted four-chair turner McKeel, a 20-year-old from Richmond, Va., against Riley Biederer, a 19-year-old YouTube star for whom he had been the only one to turn, giving them Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground.”
McKeel handily won the battle,but Biederer won Stefani’s heart; Stefani hit her button —with her hip! —to steal.
Braiden Sunshine vs. Lyndsey Elm (Team Gwen):Stefani teamed Lyme, Conn., 15-year-old Sunshine, a two-chair turn and the youngest singer in the competition, against 23-year-old pest-control worker Elm, who had spun four, giving them Howard Jones’ timeless “No One Is to Blame.”
Shelton advised Stefani to “flip a coin.” Stefani picked Sunshine, later calling him a “diamond in the rough,” whom she was looking forward to taking further.
By night two:
Amy Vachal Vs. Jubal & Amanda (Team Pharrell) Vachal took this.
Emily Ann Roberts Vs. Morgan Frazier (Team Blake) Some believe Morgan should have been declared the winner of this Battle, but Shelton gave it to Roberts. No worries, though; Pharrell moved in on free agent Frazier.
Shelby Brown Vs. Amanda Ayala (Team Adam) Brown eked out a victory on Stevie Nicks's "Edge of Seventeen."
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