BWW Recap: THE VOICE, Second Night of Live Performances Bring Out the Best in CeeLo and Christina's Teams

Alright everyone! Today is part two of the live performances, with Team CeeLo and Team Christina performing. Once again, each coach has five people currently, and will end up with three by the end of this week: Two that America chooses, and one that a coach chooses.

Christina and A Great Big World sing a world premiere performance. Is she trying to dominate the music world? If so, she's doing a fantastic job. This performance offered a completely different atmosphere than last night's performance with Flo Rida. This song is stripped down, with one of them at piano and Christina at a stationary microphone. We got to see a completely different side of her, a quieter, more indie side of her, which she completely rocked. Can we get more of this please?

CeeLo's team performed first, with Amber Nicole. She sang "Wasting All These Tears" by, ironically, Cassadee Pope. This was especially risky, since The Voice coaches watched Cassadee grow. Adam started off the judging, said that it was refreshing to see a different side of her. Christina loved the song choice, and what Amber Nicole was able to do with the song and made it her own rendition. CeeLo said it could have been nerves that made the note sharp that the coaches mentioned, and said that all and all she did a good job.

Next up, we have Jonny Gray, who sang "Bittersweet Symphony" by the Verve. Personally I don't know the song, and I found the song to be a bit boring. Adam started off the judging again, saying that he loved Jonny's rendition of the song. He said the song was hard to sing, but Jonny did a great job, especially with accuracy. Christina also acknowledged his accuracy, calling out that it may have been too perfect, but said that he did better and made it more his own towards the end. CeeLo complimented the sincerity of his voice, and that it was a great song choice for him.

Tamara Chauniece went next, singing "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor. This is an especially tough song, since it's so iconic. My personal opinion is that she has the best stage presence of anyone so far, and despite the song Being iconic, she's added certain parts that made it hers. Adam said that this was a strong performance, and her best performance so far. Blake recognized that the song was a hard song to sing since it was such a classic, but she did a great job. CeeLo said that he loved that Tamara picked a song that would allow the audience to hear classic songs.

Kat Robichaud sang "She Keeps Me Warm" by Mary Lambert. Where the last time we saw Kat sing rocker songs for her previous rounds, this song shows off her voice in a different way, with an amazing message about love. She got into the audience, and even went into the audience to sing to a random person with so much love that the coaches thought it was her husband, which all of the coaches raved about. Adam said he wanted to see her in 'seventh gear' and missed her singing powerful songs. Christina agreed that she wanted to see more in Kat, but appreciated the nice performance, despite that she could have done more. CeeLo agreed with them, but explained that it was important that the audience saw both sides of a rocker.

The last performance from CeeLo's team is Caroline Pennell, singing "We're Going to Be Friends" by the White Stripes. While everyone else took the stage, she stayed stationary. It's obvious that her voice has matured greatly since the prerecorded part of the show. Adam said for the first time he saw only her in her rendition, not any influences he saw before. Blake compared her to cotton candy, saying that her voice is pure and wonderful. CeeLo said that he likes the ability to show the audience lesser-known songs, and that she did that, and sang incredibly well.

Josh Logan started off Christina's team's performances by singing "Crazy" by CeeLo himself. He put a rocker edge on a soulful song, but kept the song incredibly chill by singing it with an acoustic guitar. CeeLo complimented Josh on his music taste, and that he was happy that the song meant something to CeeLo, and that even though it wasn't written for a rocker that he owned it. Adam agreed saying he liked the rendition, but it possibly had too many runs. Christina said it was possible he sang a bit too many runs, but she loved it.

Next up is Olivia Henken, singing "Roar" by Katy Perry. Olivia delivered a solid performance, adding her country twist to the popular song. Blake said it was a good performance, and that it feels weird to have a country artist he's not working with. Christina said she wanted people to see Olivia give the song her own twist, which she did, and left Christina happy with the performance.

Stephanie Anne Johnson went next, coming back to Christina after a brief time with Team CeeLo. Stephanie sang "Georgia On My Mind" by Ray Charles. This is another song by a classic artist, which can be difficult to live up to. Stephanie more than owned the song, as well as the stage. CeeLo said he was "amazed, entertained, and jealous", and said he may have messed up by not choosing her in the Knockouts. Adam said, on paper, the song scares him because it's such a classic, but she did a wonderful job. Christina said that Stephanie Anne can do it all, and even got her to show off her opera abilities. Something tells me CeeLo is definitely regretting his choice!

Matthew Schuler was up next, singing "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus. Matthew sang the song with a bit more of an edge to it; giving the song some heaviness to it the original does not. CeeLo lamented that Matthew didn't pick him, and says that he did a great job. Adam says that three hearts broke, tall he judges that he didn't pick. All of the judges basically say to their teams that he's the guy to beat. Christina says again that she chose this song for Matthew because he came into the competition like a wrecking ball, and she's right!

Jacquie Lee is the final performance of the night, with Nina Simone's rendition "I Put A Spell On You. "CeeLo said it was "the absolute best". Adam said that she was so good that he pissed CeeLo off, and that the age doesn't matter, she was just so emotionally connected to the song. Christina said that she's honored to be Jacquie's coach and she can't wait to see her grow even more.

Results show is on Thursday, and you have until 11 AM tomorrow to vote ten times per way of voting: calling, texting, online, and by buying their performance on iTunes. For more information on how to vote, visit NBC's The Voice site.

To post a comment, you must register and login.