Welcome to the playoffs.
The top 17 contestants on “The Voice” laid it all on the line Monday during the first live show of the season, but not without some drama.
It started even before the first live performances of the evening, when host Carson Daly revealed the winner of the four-way knockout that between Team Blake Shelton’s Emma Caroline, Team John Legend’s Carolina Rial, Team Nick Jonas’ Devan Blake Jones and Team Kelly Clarkson’s Savanna Woods.
After the votes were tallied, Daly revealed America voted to save Blake Jones, who was overcome with emotion. “You can hear a thousand ‘no’s’ but that one ‘yes’ can change everything,” he said to Jonas, the only coach to turn for him in the Blind Auditions.
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With Blake Jones’ win, Jonas had an immediate leg up in the competition. He entered the playoffs with five artists compared with the other coaches’ teams of four.
Here’s what happened in the first live show of the season:
Team Clarkson
Clarkson entered the live shows with “one of the most unique teams I’ve ever had.” She said her team is composed of “people I not only want to listen to, but I want to hang with.”
Corey Ward kicked off the performances with an emotional rendition of Lewis Capaldi’s “Bruises,” which literally brought him to his knees in the middle of the stage.
Jonas said his passion is both a blessing and a curse: “Sometimes that passion sacrifices…
