It laid the groundwork for the season making it a more or less even playing field Shelton who may be dialing back last season's all country all the time approach and seeking a more varied team is riding high after a string of three wins. Levine with only one win (in Season 1) under his belt is pecking at his pal's heels noting that in the NBA no team has won more than three championships in a row in decades. Aguilera says she's returned refreshed and hungry for a win she wants to claim the first victory for a female coach on The Voice.
And Green Well he's still Cee Lo. Cool as ever and as crazily costumed dressed for the blind auditions in a dramatic red leather jacket and matching pants. At one point Levine accused him of stealing Michael Jackson's clothes. Cute.
Then there were the singers.
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Kat Robichaud from Raleigh N.C. stepped out in sweet striped slacks and energetically kicked up her platform shoes in an audition she said was inspired by her dad a Voice fan who'd raised her on musicals and died in February. Her I've Got the Music in Me prompted Shelton Aguilera and Green to push their buttons. But it was Levine who admiringly dubbed her Raspy McRasperson. And even though Shelton and Aguilera did what they could to persuade her to pick them Green made the most impassioned appeal telling the singer her voice engulfed him and set him on fire and that he loved and wanted her. Robichaud a fan of Queen and David Bowie apparently loved and wanted him right back. She joined Team Cee Lo.
Green also snapped up cutesy voiced 17 year old Caroline Pennell who cut her teeth and overcame shyness singing at camp. Her Anything Could Happen spun Shelton as well. He complimented her tone called her singing badass and told her he wanted her to believe in herself as a vocalist first and foremost. But she had eyes for the show's resident king of quirk choosing Green she explained because he looked like he'd take good care of me as a person. Green later said her voice sounded like sunshine so yeah a good match.
Fifty four year old Donna Allen a veteran singer from Key West Fla. who had toured with Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine back in the day said she wanted to be the first person over 40 to win 'The Voice ' noting that she's an experienced trailblazer having been the first black homecoming queen in her high school and the first black cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. She overcame the first hurdle toward her goal spinning Aguilera and Levine with her soulful You Are So Beautiful. Aguilera made a hard sell telling Allen she was so beautiful to me and that her voice was like the heavens opening up. But Allen picked Levine who showed his gratitude by later comparing her to Whitney Houston and Tina Turner.
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Matthew Schuler a West Chester University rugby player and straight A student from Yardley Penn. who is the son of two pastors had his pick of all four coaches after his smooth version of Cough Syrup. Everyone begged but Aguilera's pleas proved most effective. My heart is telling me that I gotta go with Christina he said. She admitted she was surprised he'd picked her but seemed more excited to have beaten Levine for him than anything else.
Levine did better with 26 year old Nic Hawk a musical theater guy who returned home to help his mom and kid brother who has epilepsy after his stepfather left them. The tough times he supported the family by bartending and teaching hip hop (krumping twerking What are you gonna do he said) seem to have done little to diminish his effervescence. He unabashedly flirted with Levine who flirted right back. What's going on handsome Hawk said after spinning Levine and Green with Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops ). What's your name handsome Levine responded almost reflexively. Overcoming some reluctance I don't know if I'll be able to focus because you're so good looking Hawk picked Levine as his coach prompting concern from bromantic rival Shelton. That's going to be a conflict Shelton warned Levine. You can't have a relationship with someone on your team.
The next singer to make it through was Shelbie Z a stylist and pageant consultant from Jasper Ala. Shelbie had won a string of pageants in her youth but stopped competing when she was 10 because she noted I am a bigger girl. She also had a big passion for music burning inside her like a fire. Her powerhouse performance of Here for the Party turned all the judges except Levine. Everyone knew who she was going to choose. Those boots are made for Shelton Green said. Yep Team Blake for Shelbie Z.
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Shelton's man crush (his words) on the next contestant Josh Logan however went unrequited. Logan who'd put his dreams of music stardom on hold to provide for the son he fathered at age 16 caught the attention of Shelton Aguilera and Levine with his Too Close. But he seemed frankly turned off by Shelton and Levine's closeness and clowning. This is awkward Logan said as the two coaches left their chairs for a hug. Honestly I think I gotta go with Christina Logan said later noting with approval that she was very serious in her demeanor.
Last to make it through was 22 year old James Wolpert who may be this year's geeky cute male answer to last season's Michelle Chamuel. From Lancaster County Penn. Wolpert dropped out of the esteemed Carnegie Mellon University where he was studying computer illustration to make it in music. He'd taken a job at the Apple store in Pittsburgh and taken to busking on the streets but hadn't made great inroads in his musical career. That may have changed with his blind audition his Love Interruption spun all four chairs Green Levine Shelton and then finally Aguilera. Dude you can win. You can win this for sure Levine told him nabbing Wolpert for his team and earning a spanking from Aguilera.
On Tuesday night the blinds continue with more triumphs and heartbreak. On Monday's show several talented singers didn't make it through. But even then the show's kindness was on full display Green went backstage to encourage 15 year old hopeful Matthew Brea. Don't give up the experienced coach told the teary teen.
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