It’s results time, Voice fans! Last night we saw Christina send Jesse Campbell home while Blake eliminated Jordis Unga. On Tuesday night one more person from each team was eliminated, so click through for a recap of the results!
Team Christina
There was some talk about how controversial Christina’s decision was last night, and it was clear that even though the other coaches respected her right to make her own decision, they didn’t necessarily understand it. I was surprised to see Jesse sent home, but I think Christina is trying to end up with people who will win and perhaps she thought Jesse wasn’t current or marketable enough.
The person on Christina’s team saved by America was Chris Mann. Interesting! He’s handsome and talented, so I’m not that surprised. That meant Lindsey and Ashley would sing, and I was really hoping Christina would save Ashley. Lindsey’s performance last night really wasn’t good.
Ashley de la Rosa – “You and I”
This was bad timing, since someone sang this Lady Gaga song on American Idol last week, and someone sang it very well on Idol last season. It wasn’t Ashley’s strongest performance, but I still really like her and I thought she got better as she went along.
Lindsey Pavao – “Please Don’t Go”
I didn’t know this song, and Lindsey’s performance just wasn’t really for me. I know some people like her a lot, and it’s very sweet that she was moved to tears, but I wasn’t drawn in by her performance. She’s an emotional singer, but I don’t think she’s as good as Ashley.
I was hoping Christina would save Ashley again, but I had a feeling she would choose Lindsey. Ashley already had to be saved once, and Lindsey has had iTunes sales, and her performance moved Christina to tears. Christina was obviously distraught over the decision, but in the end she did what I expected and saved Lindsey Pavao.
Team Blake
Over on Team Blake, the artist saved by America’s votes was Jermaine Paul. I wasn’t a huge fan of Jermaine’s performance on Monday night, but I think he’s talented so I’m glad to see he’s still in the competition. Knowing Erin and RaeLynn would sing, I was really hoping Blake would choose to keep Erin around. I can’t stand RaeLynn anymore.
Erin Willett – “Proud Mary”
Hmm. This is kind of an old-school choice, and I was worried it would make Erin seem too old-fashioned or hard to market. She had a lot of energy and sass on stage and I liked the performance, but to be honest it felt a little bit cruise shippy for me. A lot of that could be the song, but I thought Erin could have been better.
RaeLynn – “If I Die Young”
Contrasting that, I love the song RaeLynn performed but I still can’t stand her voice. It might be the least annoying she’s ever sounded, and it still made me cringe. The whole cutesy-accent-twang-drawl-nasal thing is just TOO MUCH. I can’t stand this kid.
My issues with RaeLynn aren’t anything new, and her voice obviously doesn’t bother Blake, so I was pretty sure he’d choose to save her. Blake had a really hard time choosing – I was worried they were going to run out of time before he gave an answer, actually – but in the end he chose to save Erin. Yay!
So what did you guys think? I feel OK about the results – I wish Ashley had gone through instead of Lindsey, but I suppose you can’t have it all.
I was honestly shocked that Jermaine got voted through. I think Erin has a better voice, and I thought RaeLynn had a huge amount of fans being the only country singer, so I expected her to go through. I was really glad he saved Erin, but I honestly thought she was done for as soon as Jermaine was saved. Is this where we bring up the whole Tony Lucca debate again and blame Alicia Keys?
I wasn’t as surprised by Chris getting through first, but I definitely wasn’t expecting it. I would’ve preferred Ashely to go through over Chris, because she has been improving so much (what’s with these songs being done a week apart on idol and the voice by the way, first Gotye and now Gaga?), but Lindsey’s performance was so amazing. I’ve been a Lindsey fan since the start (l’m pretending Part of Me never happened), and I was crying by the end of her performance too, so I’m so glad Christina saved her.
It could be the Alicia Keys thing, or it could be that he’s an attractive dude.
Minor frustration: can we have less Justin Bieber and more ACTUAL SHOW? This sort of shenanigans is why I kind of hate these shows… don’t make me hate you, too, The Voice.
Also, I’ll admit I didn’t really watch the first half because New Girl’s on at the same time and 3 hours of The Voice a week, while I love it, is a looot. So I haven’t seen Lindsey and Ashley’s performances yet, and I missed the majority of Raelynn’s too. Will have to look them up later.
Anyway. I was shocked to see Blake didn’t save mini Miranada Lambert! But also pleased because I find her terribly annoying too.
I really like Lindsey, so I was really glad Christina put her through. Ashley was starting to grow on me – her stage presence is like WOW – but she’s not really my style, so from that stand point, I’m glad Lindsey stuck around despite her flub last night.
Right? They had two crappy performances that I had to fast-forward through. Luckily I was watching on DVR and could do that.
Krissy, I am with you regarding Bieber. I didn’t finish watching the show that night because I figured I could check out what happened online the next day and bypass having to listen to him. Lol.