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[Basch]

Upon rewatching the show, I have to say I was way too hard on Team Adam, mostly because of the disappointment that was Team Cee-Lo (The Thompson sisters and Grimes). Casey Weston was so much better than what I gave her credit for, same for Devon, to an obvious lesser extent (which was a disappointment when compared to the battle rounds). But Javier's performance was just mesmerizing. Dia better not slip up, because Javier might steal this one. It was a great night for sure.

It sucks that Lily nor Patrick will be with us next week, but at least Dia, Xenia, and Frenchie will be there.

As of now, Javier is at the top on iTunes, the official breakdown for this week is:

Javier Colon with Angel at #33
Casey Weston with Black Horse and the Cherry Tree at #50
Vicci Martinez with Jolene at #51

And of course, Dia and Xenia are still in the Top 100. They actually received a big boost back up the charts again because of tonight's highlight reel. lol

Dia Frampton with Heartless at #26 (still killing the competition)
Xenia Martinez with Price Tag at #76

FYI, Javier Colon's blind audition Time After Time is currently sitting at #135

I'm surprised Nakia hasn't ranked yet, but then again the aforementioned three were clearly the best of the night. My hopes is that Team Adam will come down to Javier and Casey, and Team Cee-Lo Vicci and Nakia.

 

[Basch]

For those that missed tonight's show or just otherwise want to hear the songs again:

Team Cee-Lo
Tori and Taylor Thompson performing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”: 1-855-VOICE-01 or 1-855-864-2301
Vicci Martinez performing “Jolene”: 1-855-VOICE-03 or 1-855-864-2303
Nakia Reynoso performing “Sex on Fire”: 1-855-VOICE-05 or 1-855-864-2305
Curtis Grimes performing “Addicted to Love”: 1-855-VOICE-07 or 1-855-864-2307
Group performing "Everyday People"

Team Adam Levine
Casey Weston performing “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree”: 1-855-VOICE-02 or 1-855-864-2302
Devon Barley performing “Stop and Stare”: 1-855-VOICE-04 or 1-855-864-2304
Jeff Jenkins performing “Jesus Take the Wheel”: 1-855-VOICE-06 or 1-855-864-2306
Javier Colon performing “Angel”: 1-855-VOICE-08 or 1-855-864-2308
Group performing "With a Little Help from My Friends"

Lines are toll free. You can vote up to 10 times for each artist regardless of team.

And/Or you can vote up to 10 times for each artist regardless of team online at the following address: http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/vote/

And/Or you can vote by purchasing an artist's single over at iTunes.

 

[CoolTrick]

Was I the only one that thought that two-hour bloc of television was EXCELLENT? Really; it had music, drama, competition, humorous moments. It was great.


Great show.

 

[Prologue]

Was I the only one that thought that two-hour bloc of television was EXCELLENT? Really; it had music, drama, competition, humorous moments. It was great.


Great show.

And boobies!

But seriously, good show.

 

[mollipen]

Knew Dia was going to win the fan vote - like there was ever a question there. Was kind of surprised about Beverly, though. I really, really like Xenia, but I won't blame anybody who feels like she shouldn't have survived.

I have this kind of sinking feeling about the later days of this show, because I think Javier is just going to bulldoze anybody he goes against. I hope that doesn't happen - nothing against the guy, he just isn't who I'm pulling for.

Vicci is definitely my favorite, and I feel pretty good about her making it through next week. Biggest surprise for me tonight was Casey - she was absolutely not on my radar before today, but man she won me over. She could have a really hard time sneaking through next week, though.

Kind of crazy how brutal this show feels compared to stuff like Idol. In one show, FOUR people gone. It's so heartbreaking!

Also, Dia is currently sitting at #16 on iTunes!

 

[LocoMrPollock]

That was awesome. Great show, great performances.

 

[Tron 2.0]

So glad Patrick is gone. Fucking hated that smug bastard.

I was shocked, though, when Blake chose Xenia. She's talented and sweet, but she has zero charisma on stage. She's like a black hole of personality.

But I would watch The Voice just to see Cee Lo's T-Rex arms in action.

 

[MilesWebber]

Ugh the thompson girls were awful LOL

 

[Tron 2.0]

Ugh the thompson girls were awful LOL

I'm not a fan either, but Cee Lo really fucked them with the song choice.

When *every* other artist is doing something contemporary and iTunes downloads are counted as votes, they're just totally fucked.

 

[Hours Left]

I have this kind of sinking feeling about the later days of this show, because I think Javier is just going to bulldoze anybody he goes against. I hope that doesn't happen - nothing against the guy, he just isn't who I'm pulling for.

I know, I'm worried about this too. Javier is exactly the type of singer that usually wins reality singing competitions, safe and unoffensive.

I've got nothing against the guy, but I find him really boring.

Also, Dia is currently sitting at #16 on iTunes!

I'd love to see her break the top 10.

 

[ivysaur12]

Currently iTunes rankings (asterisk if they didn't perform this past week):

#11 - Javier (Angel)
#13 - Dia*
#22 - Vicci
#33 - Casey Weston
#46 - Xenia* (Price Tag)
#86 - Javier* (Time After Time)
#123 - Jeff
#180 - Xenia* (Breakeven)
#186 - Beverly*

Interesting that Javier and Xenia both have 2 songs in the top 200. I forget what Time After Time peaked at, but I think that Angel could break the top 10 easily.

Casey will probably get the save. She deserves it.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I hope Jeff gets saved but I'm affraid the 2 people that go to the semi finals for Adam will be Casey and Javier

 

[LocoMrPollock]

I hope Jeff gets saved but I'm affraid the 2 people that go to the semi finals for Adam will be Casey and Javier

I kind of think Adam would take Jeff over Javier. But, I would also be a little surprised if Casey gets saved by America.

Ugh the thompson girls were awful LOL

My penis says otherwise.

 

[jiggle]

wow 2 of them broke into top 10s

can't believe there are like only 2 episodes left
didn't hear enough from any of the singers
really thought they were gonna do idol style elim with the top 8

hard to predict who adam will choose between casey and jeff, after javier wins fan votes
ceelo will probably pick nakia, with vicci getting fan votes

 

[Hours Left]

Sweet, Dia made the top 10. Even more impressive considering she didn't even sing this week.

 

[Tim the Wiz]

I know GAF is stuck on Dia but Vicci Martinez? <3 And Javier, Casey and Takia are great, too.

So, provided the latter four go through, it's basically: Cee Lo = Adam > Blake > Christina.

I really like the contempt in Carson's voice for everyone involved in the show.

The irony being that it's probably the best career-move of... his career.

 

[valeo]

Love that everyone's into Dia - been a fan of Meg & Dia for ages. They keep getting better and I hope she sticks with that even if she wins.

She used to reply to _every_ facebook message she got - she's pretty fuckin funny, honestly.

 

[Xamdou]

<3 Dia

What time does the show start tonight in Pacific time?

 

[BJK]

Weird to look on iTunes and see all the songs the performers will / might be singing tonight.

They have 12 songs listed, so no spoilers as to who survives elimination.

 

[JCX]

Best people from Cee-Lo's team went through.

 

[Basch]

America saved Vicci Martinez and Cee-Lo saved Nakia. Team Cee-Lo is pretty strong with these two, but Team Adam and Team Blake will be better.

 

[JCX]

Please pick Casey!

YES!

This is a very strong top 8. Stronger than any Idol top 8 ever.

 

[jwluther]

Was not expecting that, but I am extraordinarily happy.

 

[Basch]

Please pick Casey!

I'm so happy the four I was going for has all gone through. The Voice gone and pulled an awesome. Love this show! It's going to be interesting how they do the voting tonight. I don't know if I could vote for just one with all this talent.

 

[BJK]

No arguments with any of the 4 surviving from last week.

 

[JCX]

Frenchie still has the same issue she had on Idol. Her verses are kind of weak, but chorus' are strong.

Nakia should have stuck with the piano the whole time.

 

[Wilsongt]

So, it's essentially going to be Dia, Frenchie, Vicki, and Javier in the final four. Frenchie deserves it, because I think she will do well in the dance group, but I really want Vicki to win...

 

[JCX]

Dia is amazing.

Christina is like the obnoxious drunk girl who tricks herself into believing that she is witty in order to hide being insecure.

I think he was just saying that her takes REM and Kanye were not expected choices.

 

[Basch]

Holy shit fuck, that was amazing. I thought REM did Losing My Religion, not Kanye West. Did he do a cover or something? Because this came across as wholly original to me, and such a nice take. So good!

 

[Raistlin]

Just catching up now and watched the selections for Adam and Cee Lo. Worked out the way I had hoped. I probably would have been okay with Jenkins alternately as well, but either way I'm happy.

Basically my top 8 are all in.

 

[Zoe]

What's with the mixing on this show? It's always so hard to hear them singing.

 

[JCX]

What's with the mixing on this show? It's always so hard to hear them singing.

eh, bandzilla often takes over on Idol too. Don't know why these music shows' mixing producers don't fix it.

 

[Wilsongt]

Holy shit fuck, that was amazing. I thought REM did Losing My Religion, not Kanye West. Did he do a cover or something? Because this came across as wholly original to me, and such a nice take. So good!

REM -did- do Losing my Religion. Kanye just did his own mix...

 

[JCX]

Javier is aggressively boring.

Wow, I didn't like Beverly before, but that was great.

 

[Hours Left]

Dia is flawless.

Christina is so tepid in her praise of people not on her team. I know it's a competition, but your not competing head to head (yet), it's a bit disappointing.

It's like she had to fight back the urge to say something nice about Dia.

 

[BJK]

Team Dia.

Good show from all 8 this week, honestly.

 

[jwluther]

My picks:

Spoiler

the only picks

Team Christina: Frenchie
Team Cee Lo: Vicci
Team Adam: Casey
Team Blake: Dia

 

[ErasureAcer]

Stupid that this is being sped up...results and perfomances should be next week with the finals 2 weeks from now. Nevertheless...best episode so far.

Anyways...how I'd rank them.

8. Frenchie
7. Xenia
6. Beverly McClellan
5. Nakia
4. Dia Frampton
3. Casey Weston
2. Javier Colon
1. Vicci Martinez

I'd buy albums by all of them except Frenchie(she really sux) and maybe not Beverly(she's good though just not my thing) or Nakia(he doesn't really have a sound). Xenia's voice live just doesn't cut it. Her studio sessions seem to be better...I'd buy an album by her though just out of curiousities sake. The Top 4 though I would buy their album though.

It's a shame since my top 4 should be THE top 4...but this one contestant per a judge thing gets in the way of that....with two from Team Adam. One of those 4 will win...really one of those 3 since Casey is going to be cut tomorrow. =(

 

[Hours Left]

I thought maybe I'd like Javier rendition in the beginning, but then he starting doing tricks. :/

I didn't like the break down either. He could of done a real haunting version of the song, but it just kind of was there. Obviously talented, but still incredibly safe. People will eat it up though.

I didn't really care for Casey's song either.

Shame my favorite coach has my two least favorite finalists.

Sooooooooooooo... My picks for the night:

Dia > Xenia
(Xenia just isn't ready for this level of competition, despite her great voice. And Dia is just amazing.)

Vicci > Nakia
(This one is hard for me because I like both of them, but Vicci really nailed it tonight.)

Beverly > Frenchie
(I could have gone either way, but Beverly held my interest more.)

Casey > Javier
(Even though Javier will sail through, Casey would be far more interesting IMO despite her less than stellar performance tonight.)

It doesn't really matter though, because Dia FTW.

 

[offtopic]

Did Levine just say that he didn't know the song Nakia did but was sure Nakia's version was better than the original performer's?

...

...

FAIL.

 

[Ashhong]

omg i cant believe i didnt realize that it is Dia from Meg & Dia this entire time. Isnt that a bit unfair that she is a professional musician signed to a label and competing on the show?

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

I think Beverly is head and shoulders above the rest.

 

[Hours Left]

omg i cant believe i didnt realize that it is Dia from Meg & Dia this entire time. Isnt that a bit unfair that she is a professional musician signed to a label and competing on the show?

A lot of the contestants on this show have had record deals. Javier even mentioned it during his "reality reel".

And Meg & Dia are unsigned at the moment.

 

[Zzoram]

I don't like this show but Christina Aguilera wears dresses that make her boobs look epic. Why are they so big now?

 

[Raistlin]

I don't like this show but Christina Aguilera wears dresses that make her boobs look epic. Why are they so big now?

Implants ... why else?

Spoiler

I'm sure putting on some weight didn't hurt either

 

[Hours Left]

She recently had a kid.

 

[jiggle]

1) vicci 2) beverly 3) javier 4) xenia
too bad there's no way xenia will make it through :<

 

[Tron 2.0]

Xenia has zero charisma.

 

[Hours Left]

too bad there's no way xenia will make it through :<

Did you see her face when they were reading her phone number? She looked scared out of her mind.

The girl can sing great, but she needs more experience and confidence before being put on such a public stage like this.

 

[Tim the Wiz]

Vicci, Beverly, Javier and Dia will go through.

I'd prefer Nakia or Casey over Beverly, but that's the format of the show. And, honestly, I think this season will go down as something special. At least two or three decent careers are in this group.