♪ No, no, no, no
♪ I'm a rocket man
♪ Rocket man
Four‐chair turn. Four chairs.
Ah!
Thank you, guys.
I have been waiting a very long time
to use my Block.
My daughter's watching, and she's, like,
the biggest fan of you. Her name's Violet.
No. Oh, my God, Violet. Oh, my God.
Love you.
Violet!
I'm really cool, too.
I've won this show a few times.
I've won a show on my own.
In reference to your daughter that loves Ariana,
I'll just remind you, some kids may like playing with fire.
You know, it's not necessarily the best thing.
What?
That's a great argument, honestly.
Holly, you have to make a decision.
Who do you pick as your coach?
Kelly! Ooh!
Um...
I...
I grew up listening
to Kelly Clarkson.
What does that mean?
So I'm gonna go with her.
♪ Used to pray for a moment just like this ♪ What?!
♪ There's a fire in your eyes I can't resist ♪ Oh, my God! What?!
♪ Baby, we're gonna wanna remember this ♪ Oh, my God!
♪ Baby, we're gonna wanna remember this ♪ I'm so happy!
The cool thing about Holly is she has
a little edge to her vocal, and I love that.
Thank you! Oh!
I love you! I love you!
I feel like we're gonna be a really good team together.
I used my Block on John because he provoked me.
But in hindsight, I really wish
I'd have used it on Kelly Clarkson.
Mama's still got it!
♪ Baby, we're gonna wanna remember this ♪
Did you compare her daughter enjoying my music
to playing with fire?
I left out some kids eat poison ivy.
You know, they shouldn't do that.
That was fun. Coaches are rotating.
I love this show. Oh, me too.
I thought we were supposed to gang up on Ariana,
and then everyone ganged up on me instead.
Really sorry, John.
It's alright.
My name is Bella DeNapoli.
I am from a huge Italian family.
If we had to describe our family,
what would you say? Our family is...
We're... Loud.
Let's eat! Yes!
Man #Wow. Mangia.
We have Sunday dinners, you know, the sauce.
Grandma's homemade meatballs. Delish.
Grate the cheese. Do it.
It's "great" cheese.
Oh, my goodness.
Bad joke. That was terrible.
If I have an empty stomach, it's a sin.
My family owns a electrical contracting company,
and actually, the cool part is it's a woman‐based enterprise.
My mom and my aunt
are actually the president and vice president
of the company.
It's also family‐owned.
So my sister, brother, dad ‐‐
you name the family member,
chances are that they worked and helped out there.
My parents are business owners during the week,
but when the weekends hit,
they are rock stars.
Nanci‐Once you give me that wireless mic, I just go.
You will me the on the bar singing.
I get in trouble all the time.
Me and my siblings get up there. We sing with them.
My favorite moments is when my kids are on stage with me.
I would gladly hand over my microphone
and just sit in the audience and watch them.
I've seen you fight over the microphone a few times.
Yes.
I was first introduced to music
by my dad when I was 13.
My dad called me up to sing backup vocals,
and that's where I got that bug.
Currently, I perform with my parents weekend to weekend.
I go gig to gig to gig all over Long Island ‐‐
outdoor venues, bars.
You know, Bella's whole journey is our journey.
That's how close we are, I feel. Aww.
I am so excited to go and perform
in front of the most legendary artists in history.
Ariana, I can learn so much from her,
especially the runs that she does.
But I love Kelly, and then John ‐‐
ooh, he's so smooth.
He would be a great coach, too. All of them.
For my blind audition, I am singing "Damaged"
by Danity Kane.
It is a pop anthem,
but this rendition, me my dad came up with.
It's more of an acoustic feel.
It's slowed down.
You feel each lyric.
Holy cannoli.
Come on, John!
Let's go, Kelly Clarkson!
It's on, Blake. It's on. Bring it on.
This is the first time I'm singing without my dad
next to me, but I am here to prove to myself
this is where I'm meant to be, and I'm here to give it my all.
♪ Do you got a first‐aid kit handy? ♪
♪ Do you know how to patch up a wound? ♪
♪ Tell me
♪ Are you patient, understanding? ♪
♪ 'Cause I might need some time to clear the hole in my heart ♪
♪ And I've tried every remedy
♪ And nothing seems to work for me ♪
♪ Baby
♪ This situation's driving me crazy ♪
♪ I really wanna be your lady
♪ But the one before you left me so damaged ♪
♪ Damaged
♪ I thought that I should let you know ♪
♪ Woah
♪ Can you fix my h‐e‐a‐r‐t?
♪ 'Cause it's d‐a‐m‐a‐g‐e‐d
♪ Can you fix my h‐e‐a‐r‐t?
♪ Tell me, are you up for Come on, guys. Come on, come on.
♪ The challenge?
♪ I thought that I should let you know ♪
♪ That my heart is damaged
♪ So damaged
♪ And you can blame the one before ♪
♪ So how you gonna fix it?
♪ How you gonna ooo
Yes! Hello!
Aah!
Oh, my goodness! Wow, wow!
Holy ‐‐ Hi, guys.
Tell me your name. Tell me where you're from.
I'm Bella DeNapoli. I'm from Long Island, New York.
Oh, yeah, you are.
Oh, yeah! Bella DeNapoli?
Bella DeNapoli. What's goin' on?
Oh, yeah, my girl.
I love it, yeah, but I'm so glad to be here.
Thank you guys so much. I ‐‐ Congratulations!
Bella, that was such an interesting song choice.
What a fun arrangement. Oh, my God.
I was like, "I recognize this melody,"
but you created this whole new version of the song.
You were doing really light, folky, singer‐songwritery,
and then you were giving us
the notes that these ladies are known for.
You can do anything. Yeah.
And I would love to coach you, Bella.
Thank you so much.
Hi, Bella! Hi! Hi!
I'm in love with your hair, and if those aren't extensions,
I'm super jealous.
I felt like I could have been at your show
'cause I didn't know that song,
and the stuff you did in the beginning
was so intricate, but fluid and emotional.
It had a lot of heart to it.
On this show, I think, strategically speaking,
it's really a good thing to be able to navigate
in all those little colors of your voice
'cause each week, you have to show them
something different, and it'd be fun as hell
to pick songs with you. Thank you.
Thank you very much.
You are so good. You're such a great singer. What?!
It's great to have the ability
to do a lot of different things with your voice,
and your tone started off a little bit more folky almost,
and then all of a sudden, your tone switched into this goddess.
Your control is great.
Your biggest moments or your loudest moments
were, like, super mixing and healthy and ‐‐ and yummy,
and I look for that.
I love the different tools you have in your kit
so that you can look for different places
to implement them.
I hope you choose me,
and...your outfit matches my gift.
Wait. Oh, and you can actually put your extra tools in her kit.
Thank you. Blake, what do you have to say for yourself?
Why don't you turn around, Blake? There's two reasons.
The first ‐‐ it was challenging for me.
I was trying just to
read the words you were spelling,
and at one point, I thought you were spelling
the word "damn," and then all of a sudden,
I realize it's, like, "damaged," "heart,"
and then by then, the song is ending. Oh!
He's slow, is what he's saying. He is a grandpa.
The other reason is ‐‐ You should get that looked at.
Listening to your voice, you're singing in Ariana's lane.
For now, I'm staying out of this and still trying to figure out
why you spelled "damn" on national television.
Bella, who do you pick as your coach?
Holy cannoli. This is crazy.
Everyone's expecting you to pick
one of our insanely gifted pop divas,
two of the most incredible pop singers we have on the Earth.
Keep going. Keep talking. Like, yes, they really are.
Let it out. Let it out. Pick someone that they might not expect you to pick
and go on to win "The Voice" with John Legend.
You're Italian, right? I'm Italian. Of course.
I got oregano in here, too.
Okay, now we're talking. Now we're talking.
This is a hard, hard decision.
Shake it up!
Shock the world!
Aah! Come on!
Block them out!
Okay. I just ‐‐
I have to go with my gut.
Ariana.
Bella DeNapoli, my fierce pop diva.
She's one of my favorites so far.
I think she's so technically impressive.
She is super diverse.
I just want to hear where she wants to go
and help her get there, really.
See how Italian my hand got?
I'm talking about my fellow Italian.
Whoo!
You got her.
Whoo!
Get it, Ariana!
Oh, my God, she's good.
She was perfect for you.
Coming up... ♪ You showed me love
...more incredible performances... ♪ I've cried many rivers
♪ I've walked through some pain ♪
Whoo! Yes!
...that stun our coaches.
Whoo!
Wow!
What?!
Oh, look. She's shocked. She's shocked.
I am shooketh.
♪ This is "The Voice" Welcome back to the blind auditions.
I heard the word "navigate" today.
I know.
Ariana and I have picked up that
Kelly uses the word "navigate" a lot.
She knows how to navigate this competition,
and she's been on a show like this
and she knows how to navigate it.
I love my new job.
I've never done anything remotely close
to the blind auditions.
This is definitely the highest you can go,
so there's a lot of pressure,
but I'm ready to just sing my heart out.
Our next artist ‐‐ entering now.
I know that we can't see them,
but I still want to close my eyes
'cause I feel like I can almost see them.
I'll be singing "breathin" by Ariana Grande.
I'm taking a really different approach,
kind of just flipping it,
making a little more, like, rock influence.
It's definitely intimidating to be singing her song.
She is my dream coach.
♪ Some days
♪ Things just take Oh!
♪ Way too much of my energy Uh‐oh! He's doing Ariana's song.
♪ I look up and the whole room's spinning ♪
♪ You take
♪ My cares away
♪ I can so over complicate
♪ People tell me to medicate
♪ Feel my blood runnin'
♪ Swear the sky's fallin'
♪ How do I know this is fabricated? ♪
♪ No
♪ Time goes by and I
♪ Can't control my mind
♪ Don't know what else to try
♪ But you tell me every tiiime
♪ To just keep breathin' and breathin' ♪
♪ And breathin' and breathin'
♪ I know I gotta keep
♪ Keep on breathin'
♪ Just keep breathin' and breathin' ♪
Come on, Ari! ♪ And breathin' and breathin'
♪ I know I gotta keep
♪ Keep on breathin'
♪ Ooo woah
♪ Feel my blood runnin'
♪ Swear the sky's fallin'
♪ Ohhh
♪ Oh
♪ Time goes by and I
♪ Can't control my mind
♪ I keep on breathin' Her hand's on the button.
♪ I keep on breathin'
Whoa! She did it!
Ah!
Whoo!
Yes, sir.
What is your name? My name's David Vogel.
I am 23 years old, and I'm from Valhalla, New York.
Oh, my God.
That was so beautiful.
I thought it was a really unique take.
I love that you play an instrument, too, and...
Absolutely. Yeah.
I play a couple instruments.
I started on drums when I was around 9 years old.
Then, when I was around 14, I saved a bunch of money
working one summer and bought an acoustic guitar,
mainly to impress girls.
I went to school for audio engineering.
I love all aspects of music ‐‐ recording and production
and knowing how it all works, to then performing live.
Right now, I'm in a band.
We play indie pop, alternative rock.
This is an incredible experience.
Ariana Grande is amazing.
She is involved heavily with her production
and her vocal arrangements.
That's inspiring for me also as a producer,
and the fact that she's a female doing that
in a male‐dominated industry, as well, is just super cool.
It's a really smart thing to be able to take songs
and make them your own like that... Yeah.
...'cause I know that song, and literally,
it took me a minute, and I was like, "Oh!"
Yeah, Kelly, that's an Ariana song.
That's an Ariana song. No, I know "breathin."
I just ‐‐ I was 100%
not going to turn around when she turned around
'cause I was like, "Well, no chance in hell," so...
I'm just excited for you.
I think it's gonna be really cool.
Thank you so much, Kelly.
I loved your take on it.
I love your tone. I love your style.
I'm selfishly very happy that I waited till the last second
because now you are mine and mine only.
I'm very happy about this.
I am so excited to hopefully go all the way to the end.
Thank you so much.
Welcome to Team Ari!
Today is off to a really great start.
I love my two so far.
This is your vocal care kit.
David did the scariest thing imaginable,
which is singing the artist's song
right in front of them.
I think that having a fresh take on a song,
especially that I've spent so much time with, was great.
I'm happy he's on my team.
It's an honor. It's an honor. Thank you. I'm so happy.
Ariana is on a roll. I got to give it to her.
Good job, man.
I just want that artist that's gonna round out my team,
and I'm looking for someone
to make me believe in every word they're saying.
Alright.
I tricked you. You did.
It worked.
♪ This is "The Voice" Welcome back to the blind auditions.
This is an incredible experience.
Wow. I'm on "The Voice."
That's insane. I can't even ‐‐
just saying it is crazy.
I'm actually here.
My name is Janora Brown.
I'm 22 years old,
and I'm from Wingate, North Carolina.
I got my love of singing from my mom.
We sing at home. We sing in church.
I can hear her singing in the shower,
and sometimes I just join in.
Like, not ‐‐ not in the shower, but, like,
I sing with her.
I have three older sisters, so growing up,
I was singing a lot to get attention.
It was a fun time. My childhood was amazing.
But seeing my big sister struggle was heartbreaking.
She was diagnosed with lupus when she was 10 years old,
and to watch my big sister...
Sorry.
To watch my big sister
go through such a hard time with her kidney,
it was tough.
When I was in eighth grade,
my mom gave her her kidney.
Yeah.
I just remembered thinking that
I could lose my mom and my sister
from the kidney transplant.
The transplant was ultimately unsuccessful,
and my sister still needs a kidney.
She's been on dialysis for six years now.
She's the epitome role model of a fighter.
And she believes in me.
Alright!
So that gives me so much courage to be here.
Alright.
♪ When I first saw you, I already knew ♪
A little Monica. Yeah.
♪ There was something inside of you ♪
Whoo! ♪ Something I thought that
♪ I would never find
♪ Angel of mine
♪ How you changed my world
♪ You'll never know
♪ I'm different now
♪ You helped me groooow
♪ You came into my life
♪ Sent from above
♪ When I lost all hope
♪ You shooowed me love
♪ I'm checkin' for ya, boy
♪ You're right on time
♪ Angel of miiiine
Yes!
♪ Angel of mine
Yes!
Whoo!
Wow!
That was so beautiful.
What's your name? Where are you from?
I'm Janora. I'm 22 years old,
and I'm from Wingate, North Carolina.
Alright. Yeah!
I love your voice. Perfect, beautiful performance.
You're phenomenal. Welcome to "The Voice."
Thank you. Oh.
Oh, my goodness. I love that song.
You did such a really cool version of it.
Both Kelly and I turned around the same time,
right when you hit that little tight run,
and I was like, "Okay."
Thank you. And then you started hitting those high notes.
It was so cool because your voice
really cuts through so nicely.
Oh, thank you. It sounds so confident...
Thank you. ...and I would love for Janora to be on Team Legend.
Oh.
Alright. I'm gonna try something
that's gonna be risky, but I'm gonna for it.
This is what I would already do as a coach for you.
It's a lot of control to do the runs you did,
especially, like, where you did them, placed in your voice.
I feel like I'm really good at knowing when to, like,
round out notes to make it sound more full,
and I think that I'm a good coach for that.
I think it's all about setting up a blueprint
and just impress in every moment.
So I would love to do that with you, Janora.
Hi, Janora. Hey.
If your voice came on the radio,
it would instantly stand out... Yeah. Oh.
...and we would all know that it's you, you know?
Thank you. I'm not in the mix, but I am dying to know,
who do you choose as your coach?
Come on.
Come on, Janora.
Come on.
I pick John.
Yay!
I'm so happy to meet you, Janora.
Thank you so much! Welcome.
I love how Janora's voice really sounds like it could be
on the radio right away.
I made little boxing robes for my team.
We're ready to win the championship. Yeah.
I love Janora, I thought she had a really good voice,
but there's so many hurdles when you're up against John.
Yeah! I thought I'd take a tactic that maybe coaching her
right now would work. It backfired.
Alright!
The crowd was chanting, "John, John,"
and he was just drawing me in, and I was just like, "John."
John. Mm‐hmm.
I know your trick. What do I do?
How you get 'em.
Last word. And then steals the advice you just gave.
♪ This is "The Voice" Welcome back to the blind auditions
at Universal Studios Hollywood.
I love having female energy back in the mix.
I know. It's so nice. Yeah.
The crowd is going bananas for you
every time.
One thing I love
is how much you talk to the audience.
Nice to see you guys. Are you having fun so far?
Yeah! Yes. Good.
‐Yeah. ‐You're worth it.
Nice. Oh, thank you.
I call it sucking up to the audience. Oh, excuse me.
I think you interact more than anybody.
You have "Ariana" on your hand?
Why would you do that?
No, I'm kidding.
They're just sitting there, and it's irresistible
to just talk to them. And...yeah.
Thank you.
I grew up watching this show
with my family and my friends.
To be here, it's just, like, so crazy,
like, such an out‐of‐body experience.
Like, oh, my God.
My name's Kaitlyn Velez. I'm 21 years old,
and I'm from Long Island, New York.
I started writing songs at 14.
I just thought it was so cool that my favorite artists
were able to take me somewhere else
in, like, less than three minutes.
I'm Hispanic, and I grew up in a very predominantly white area,
so I kind of felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb.
And I was super insecure because, you know,
my differences were pointed out.
But music and songwriting was really, like, my place
where I felt so secure and I felt so safe
and I really had started to find my identity.
Now I take so much pride
in being a Latina girl in the United States.
In the last year, I have put out about seven songs.
One of my songs that I put out ‐‐
it's called "FOMO," the fear of missing out.
In a month, it had hit 100,000 streams.
The pandemic altered everyone's life,
so "FOMO" really resonated with a lot of people
because it was just such a big theme in the past year,
so I'm super grateful for that.
I'm singing "Please Don't Go" by Mike Posner
for my blind audition.
The song is a very upbeat song.
I really changed it up by making it
a very, like, moody, acoustic type of feel.
And I really wanted to make this
as authentic and as me as I could.
Hopefully, that authenticity really shines through.
♪ Let's run away
♪ From these lies
♪ Back to yesterday
Pretty.
♪ Save tonight
♪ I feel the sun creeping up
♪ Like tick tock
♪ I'm trying to keep you in my head ♪ Wow.
♪ But if not
♪ We'll just keep running from tomorrow ♪
♪ With our lips locked
♪ Yeah, you got me begging, begging ♪
♪ Baby, please don't go
♪ If I wake up tomorrow
♪ Will you still be here?
♪ I don't know
♪ If you feel the way I do
♪ If you leave, I'm gonna find you ♪
♪ I stay running
♪ From tomorrow
Ooh.
♪ I stay running
♪ From tomorrow
♪ Baby, please don't go
♪ If I wake up tomorrow
♪ Will you still be here?
♪ I don't know
♪ If you feel the way I do
♪ If you leave, I'm gonna find you ♪
♪ Baby, please don't go
Alright!
Way to go, Kaitlyn!
Hello! What is your name and where are you from?
Hi. My name is Kaitlyn Velez.
I am 21 years old, and I'm from Long Island, New York.
Alright, Kaitlyn.
Well, I turned for you pretty early.
I‐I really love the way your vibrato worked.
It was like really interesting and distinct.
And I feel like you kind of need to open up a little bit more,
but, you know, that's what coaching is for.
I would love to coach you.
Cool!
Hi, Kaitlyn. Hi!
Literally, you started singing, and I was going,
"Ooh, I like her tone," but I just was a little hesitant
because I was like, "Hmm, I wonder if she can open up." Mm‐hmm.
So I guess you're going to show me on the show.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Kaitlyn, I think you've got a really unique
and personality‐filled voice.
Do you write?
I have been playing my ukulele since I was probably 14,
and that's what I started writing songs with.
That's amazing. That's so cool.
See, I would love to listen to that.
I just was thinking about this context
and that's why I didn't hit, but I love your voice.
You're super talented. Thank you. Thank you.
Instantly, when I turned around,
I was watching this like, "Oh, she's a songwriter,"
and I only learned that from Meghan Trainor,
who's ‐‐ has written all those cool, funky songs
that she has on ukulele.
And I understand what they're saying about opening up,
but I also think it's important to recognize
what somebody feels comfortable doing
in order to express whatever their art is,
and you may have a different way of expressing that
than a singer that can come out here
and just blow the roof off the place.
There's nobody like you on my team,
and I'd be proud to protect that spot for you,
and I'd love to be your coach.
Thank you. Thank you.
I feel like you have an interesting perspective,
and nobody sounds like you
probably on the show this season.
Feeling a bit regretful. You can ‐‐ You can carve your ‐‐
You can carve your own niche.
You just got to decide who you want to do it with.
Okay.
Okay, uh...
So...
I'm very shocked that this person turned for me,
but I'm very happy and very grateful.
So I...
am going to go with Team Blake.
Alright!
Kaitlyn!
Whoo!
Wow! ♪ But I'm way less sad
That's great...
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Thank you so much.
So happy right now that Kaitlyn chose me.
♪ But I'm way less sad I just think there's something really cool about her.
Whoo! I think America's gonna fall in love with her more
as this thing moves forward.
♪ Shut up and just enjoy this feelin' ♪ Say hi to Kaitlyn, everybody!
Say hi to Kaitlyn!
♪ Don't you love it? I told my best friend,
"I feel like if Blake turns for me,
it'll be such a shock for me that I'm going to
have to pick him"... ♪ But I'm way less sad
...and then it happened, so it's kind of crazy.
Whoo!
But we've kind of run into a problem.
♪ But I'm way less sad You see, I'm this tall...
♪ Don't you love it, don't you love it? ♪ ...and he's this tall.
♪ No, I ain't happy yet So I'm going to need these...
♪ But I'm way less sad ...to help us, you know, be at the same level.
That was shocking.
She's really cool.
I am shooketh.
I want to build a team this season
that's a little bit of everything.
And Team Blake is the GOAT.
♪ If you're gonna break my heart ♪
♪ Just break it
I heard your voice, and I just think
you're a damn good singer.
It's a dream come true to be here.
I was granted a Make‐A‐Wish... Wow.
...and my wish was to come and see you guys.
Oh. Oh, my gosh.
What?!
My wish to come and watch "The Voice,"
and because of COVID,
that wish was not able to be granted,
but my mom sent in a video of me singing
to audition for "The Voice."
Not only do I get to meet them now,
I get to sing for them, as well, and that's a dream come true.
When I was 8 years old, I was diagnosed
with a heart disease called "hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."
It's often called the sudden death disease.
I was 14 years old
when I had an internal defibrillator placed.
I'm truly grateful to be alive and well and be here.
I'm damn proud to be your coach, man.
Thank you so much. Yeah.
I'm really excited to have Berritt on my team.
That's Berritt! He's got a cool voice.
He's got a cool vibrato.
♪ Do you remember when
♪ We used to sing?
♪ Sha‐la‐la, la‐la, la‐la
♪ La‐la, la la tee‐da
I have covered that song a million times in my show.
That song is pretty sweet
because I just recently got engaged
to a beautiful brown‐eyed girl. Oh! Ah!
Congratulations, man. Welcome to Team Blake.
Thank you, Blake. Thanks so much.
Clint has got a great vibe. He's got a cool voice.
Yeah! Team Blake!
Whoo!
I am on fire right now.
Don't touch me.
♪ This is "The Voice"Welcome back to the blind auditions.
I can't believe I'm finally here.
I feel like my whole life has been leading up
to this one moment.
My mom says, when I was in her stomach,
she used to sing Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston to me,
and she says that's how I got my singing ability.
I don't know if I believe that, but that's what she says.
My name is Kayla Lilly. I'm 22 years old.
I'm from Quarryville, Pennsylvania,
and I'm currently living in Philadelphia.
My mom was a single mother with four kids.
We didn't have much growing up,
so I went to a boarding school for low‐income families.
Actually, my sister was the one who was supposed to be going,
but when I saw all the music activities on the screen,
I was like, "I want to go."
It was honestly a huge blessing.
I took advantage of all the music activities they had.
Show choir, gospel choir. I did the talent shows.
We had musicals.
I'm a senior at Temple University,
and I'm gonna be the first in my family to graduate.
That's a huge accomplishment.
This is definitely Kayla's time to shine.
She has worked hard to get where she's at,
and she deserves it.
Thank you. I love you.
I love you, too.
I want this so bad. It's such an amazing opportunity,
and I know my family really wants it for me.
Getting a chair turn would show them
that all the sacrifices ‐‐ it was all worth it.
♪ All the shine of a thousand spotlights ♪
♪ All the stars we steal from the night sky ♪
♪ Will never be enough
♪ Never be enough
♪ Towers of gold are still too little ♪
♪ These hands could hold the world ♪
♪ But it'll never be enough
♪ Never be enough
♪ For me
♪ Never enough
♪ For me
Wow.
♪ For me
I was almost there.
What is your name? My name's Kayla Lilly.
I'm 22 years old.
You have a beautiful voice. I think it just needs to be
the tiniest bit more consistent,
and the storytelling in the beginning
has to be as moving as the climax at the end,
and finding that balance is gonna be the key.
You clearly have a beautiful voice.
It just felt like you weren't on sure footing.
But then when you started to soar
on those higher notes, it was like,
"Oh, that's the place where she feels really comfortable."
Those high notes were, like, thrilling. So impressive, so good.
They were, like, thrilling high notes.
Thank you. You picked a hell of a song,
which I love because that means you're powerful.
You're confident. You believe in yourself.
I want to hear what you sound like abandoning all of the
"I must hit this note, I must be perfect,"
because then I think you kind of lose the believability factor,
but I'm begging you to come back.
I definitely will. Thank you guys so much.
Thank you, Kayla. Thank you, Kayla.
Thank you. Thank you.
Kayla can really sing, but I felt like
she was in her head a little too much.
I'm listening for energy, passion, and chills.
The light whisperies that we got
for like one second at the end really almost had me.
She's just thinking too much.
Alright, girls, you're about to walk out. Yay!
How you feeling right now? I'm excited.
I just keep thinking the big red door ‐‐ like, I'm...
There it is. Can't wait for it to open.
Oh, Macie. Look! The "V"!
I've only ever seen that "V" on TV.
I literally am obsessed with the show,
and it's crazy that, like, I'm behind the scenes. Yeah.
Oh, my ‐‐
No, this is not a giggle moment.
Get it together.
My name is Marie, and I'm 14.
I'm Macie and I'm 15.
We're The Cunningham Sisters.
And we're from Hamilton, Ohio.
Oh! John Legend!
Our brother. He's from Ohio, too!
Me and her are literally like best friends.
We just were born with that bond,
so we think the same.
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
What in the world?
We see ourselves as pop gospel artists
and our main experience
has been singing together in the church.
Music has just always been a part of our lives.
We actually are biracial. My mom is a white redhead,
and my dad is an albino black man.
And so my father doesn't look black,
but he is.
The way I explained it to them ‐‐
I said, "Okay, honey, you got this glass of milk.
If you put some Hershey's syrup in it,
that's like your pigment, so you see this,
this only has a little bit of Hershey's syrup,
so it's a little lighter than this other one."
♪ I felt alone, still feel afraid ♪
It was pretty hard growing up.
People were noticing that we didn't look white,
but we also didn't look black.
And so throughout middle school,
we went through a lot of bullying.
♪ I stumble through it anyway
It's like I wasn't Black enough for my Black friends,
but I wasn't white enough for my white friends.
They'd be like, "Why are you trying to act Black?"
And so I tried to explain to them
what my father is, but they'd say rude things.
It's kind of a trend to be mean nowadays,
and I just ‐‐ I don't get that.
I'm sorry.
I'm gonna cry.
I don't want you guys to see me.
When I found out that this stuff was happening,
it took me back to when I was a kid.
It was like, "Wow, here we go again."
♪ You throw your head back and spit in the wind ♪
I felt like a failure, like I didn't protect them.
♪ Let the walls crack
♪ 'Cause it lets the light in Um, so it was really hard.
♪ Let 'em drag you through hell ♪ But I just began to encourage them...
♪ They can't tell you ...and remind them of who they are...
♪ To change who you are ...and to own that.
Whatever you want, go get it
and don't let anybody stop you.
For our blind audition, we're singing "Never Alone"
by Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin.
Looking back through all the hard times,
we were never alone. Finally, we realized
that we don't need anybody else to be happy. I love you.
We have each other. Let the haters hate.
One minute, one minute, one minute.
These people have been good today. I'm ‐‐ I'm into them.
Yeah. Yeah. I think it's a beautiful thing
to be on this show and not be judged
by our skin color or by the way that we look
or are shaped. If we turn a chair,
I definitely think it would communicate
that what you've been through, where you come from,
that doesn't have to dictate where you go in the future.
Sing your heart out, baby girl.
♪ This is "The Voice"
Welcome back to "The Voice."
♪ In my time, I've traveled some roads ♪
Ooh.
♪ A rolling stone
♪ Nowhere feels like home
♪ Tell me, do you believe in miracles? ♪
♪ I'm standing here before your eyes ♪
♪ I've cried many rivers
♪ I've walked through some pain ♪
♪ I've seen my world crumble ♪
♪ And I've carried the shame ♪
♪ But I know somebody
♪ He calls me his own
♪ I can hear heaven singing out ♪
♪ Oh‐oh‐oh, you're never alone
Hey!
♪ Oh‐oh‐oh, you're never alone ♪
♪ Alone
♪ Ooh
♪ I've cried many rivers
♪ I've walked through some pain ♪
♪ I've seen my world crumble
♪ And I've carried the shame
♪ But I know somebody
♪ He calls me his own
♪ Can you hear heaven singing out? ♪
Hey!
♪ Oh‐oh‐oh, you're never alone ♪
♪ You're never alone
♪ Oh, yeah
♪ Oh‐oh‐oh, you're never alone ♪
♪ You're never alone
♪ Oh, yeah
♪ Oh‐oh‐oh
♪ You're never alone
♪ Ooohhh
Yes! Let's go!
Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God!
Can you introduce yourself to everybody?
Hi. I'm Macie, and I'm 15.
I'm Marie, and I'm 14.
Oh, my goodness. And we are The Cunningham Sisters.
And we're a duo from Hamilton, Ohio.
Hamilton!
Oh, my gosh.
Sorry, Kelly. Oh, my gosh.
Yeah, okay.
I mean, my heart hurts.
I'm so mad right now.
It took me a second,
but I realized that there were two of you singing
before you started singing together
because your tones are very distinct.
What a privilege to hear you today,
and welcome to "The Voice."
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Hello, Cunningham Sisters from Hamilton, Ohio. Hi.
We get it. They're from Ohio. You're from Ohio.
Oh, my goodness.
I've been to Ohio. My mom was from Ohio.
Really? See how much we have in common?
Been there. That was a gospel song, right?
Yes. We love country music, too.
Come on, come on.
And pop. We love all the genres,
but our main one is gospel.
You all sing in church at home?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
We've been singing in church for a really long time.
Amazing. Me, too. That's where I started.
That's crazy. That's absolutely where I started.
I grew up singing in the church.
Who's here with you?
Our dad.
Hi, Dad.
By the way... He's beaming.
...your dad was dancing like the entire time.
He was your biggest fan ‐‐ the entire time.
He was so excited for you. Does he sing, too?
Yes. I love that.
My family's just like that, and...
Ugh.
And I don't have a group on my team.
All the other coaches have either a duo or a trio.
My group does not sound anything like you.
They all have a duo or a trio on their team.
Like nothing. And the lane is wide open on Team Legend.
We would have so much fun. I would love to be your coach.
Thank you.
Okay, you have so much in common, right, with John, right,
but you're here to learn new stuff. Okay.
And I know how to...
navigate a competition. Ah.
And I'm gonna do something right now,
which I'm probably already gonna lose anyway,
so I'm just going to go all in. I'm gonna start coaching you.
Y'all both have amazing voices.
On your own, you could have careers.
I didn't know there were two people until I turned around
because I turned around so early, you know? Mm‐hmm.
But one thing I did notice is it wasn't perfectly in sync.
You have to learn how to blend
and to let the other shine in moments.
And I am really good at that.
Honestly, I love working on harmonies with a group
and helping you figure out the best way to arrange a song
to take advantage of the best parts of your voices.
I would love for you to be on Team Legend.
Macie and Marie, who do you pick as your coach?
Uh...
Come on.
Whew, ooh!
We pick...
Kelly! Whoa!
She's shocked.
What?! Yes!
Kelly!
Oh, my ‐‐ Oh, my God! What?!
I was shocked
that The Cunningham Sisters picked me.
I'm so excited.
What just happened?!
Oh, my gosh!
Usually in groups, one kind of outshines the other...
Yeah! ...not the case here, and I'm just really excited
about going through songs with them.
Oh, my God, Dad!
Whoo!
Dad, what happened?
I thought I had an in with them.
Maybe I never had a chance.
This is Blake's camera.
They're going to the lives!
All the way to the finale, y'all.
Blake's Win Cam... Whoo!
...it didn't say nobody else could use it,
so I walked right on up there.
I used it.
Use it up.