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It is the live rounds and a lot of rule changes taking place this season. From hereon in, the power shifts completely to the public. The coaches lost the power to save their favored artists. After the votes are casts, two artist will be eliminated irregardless of any team whatsoever. So it is a possibility of a coach or two having no artist represent him or her in the final four. That would surely be a bummer for any of the coaches if none in the their team reach the finals. Let's wait and see how they would take this ego crushing scenario. So with this, I am choosing my top 4 artist each week. Here is my take on the performances and results of this round.
The best from all the rest...
Trevin Hunte #TeamCeeLo
Trevin Hunte: "When a Man Loves a Woman" - The Voice
Cee Lo's top dogg is back! Trevin Hunte is just spectacular. He took everyone to church from beginning to end. Way to go, Trevin!
Melanie Martinez #TeamAdam
Melanie haunts us with Young the Giant's "Cough Syrup."
This is the Melanie Martinez that I like. I love Melanie when she takes on weird and poetic songs. Her voice and her take on songs like this makes her unique. That makes her interesting to listen and I would listen to her singing this song all day long.
Sylvia Yacoub #TeamChristina
Sylvia does a stellar rendition of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On."
Sylvia is showing she is the top female vocalist on Christina's team. A stellar performance on a very difficult to sing Celine Dion song. She did really really well. She even sounded a bit like her mentor. Christina must be so proud of her apprentice.
Terry McDermott #TeamBlake
Terry rocks on Boston's "More Than a Feeling."
This is a perfect song choice for Terry. I like Terry's voice when its way up there. However, there are some bullets that missed the mark. His voice seem to struggled to hit some of the high notes. Nevertheless, he was so amazing to watch. Yes to more rock and to more Terry in the coming rounds.
It's alright, it's okay; they made it anyway...
Cassadee Pope #TeamBlake
Cassadee sings her heart out with Kelly Clarkson's "Behind These Hazel Eyes."
I like Cassadee when she is rocking with a guitar. It makes you feel you are on a concert. Well, she's been there before. Her rock influence shines through. She has a natural shakiness in her voice that I like. And that high note near the end, sensational! I wish she did hold it, though, all through out. Nevertheless, a very good performance from her.
Nicholas David #TeamCeeLo
St Nick grooves to Huey Lewis' "The Power of Love."
Nicholas is giving us a lesson in old school music. He performs like a man possessed with music and that makes him contagious. His moves are a bit in a quirky side but very entertaining. However, I wish St. Nick could open his eyes when he sings and interact more with the audience.
Cody Belew #TeamCeeLo
Cody slows things down with a Tina Turner classic, "The Best."
This is a very subdued performance from Cody. He sings good his voice inaudible or drown in the lower parts of the song. It was not a perfect fit, however, his enigmatic stage presence does shines through for him all the time. I think he delivers more 'bam bam' when he sings up tempo songs.
Amanda Brown #TeamAdam
Amanda takes on Florence + the Machine's "Spectrum."
Oh Amanda what went wrong. I was a bit of a disaster. First, she started very low. Then her voice sounds strained and she couldn't reach the higher notes. She did a lot of arm swaying as well, kinda like a jellyfish swimming in the deep blue sea. But she looked great and sexy in her dress. I hope we get a more stellar Amanda next week.
Bryan Keith #TeamAdam
Bryan puts a soulful touch to Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black."
Way to go Keith! I like his soulful rendition of this song. He makes singing look so easy. However, no matter how pleasing it was to the ears, I can't help myself from inhaling some air and stretching my eardrums. Boredom starts creeping in. I wish he could do more than sing slow rock or ballad songs. He needs to do something different next time.
Dez Duron #TeamChristina
Dez on stage with "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You."
Dez is becoming quite the consummate balladeer . He never fails to make the ladies in the audience scream. He did his own thing with this song so it was kinda alright for me.
The one that got away...
Michaela Page #TeamBlake
Michaela's take on Pink's "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)."
Michaela started low and shaky, however, she brought out that sassy punk rock chick and delivered a solid performance at the end. This girl is a trooper. Too bad she didn't get the votes she needed to cross over to the next round. I would have liked to see more of her. I am gonna miss her Mohawk and all.
A definitely bye bye...
Adriana Louise #TeamChristina
Adriana sings her twist to Carrie Underwood's "Good Girl."
Adriana was one of my favorites at the blinds. However, she seem to have lost her magic moving forward in the competition. I think she can sing any song she likes and make good run with it. The problem, however, is that she doesn't seem to make us stand up in awe. Yeah, it is time to say goodbye.
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