'The Voice' determines Top 9 artists and eliminates eight hopefuls heading into the semifinals
By Elizabeth Kwiatkowski, 05/12/2021
The Voice drastically cut its Season 20 competition from 17 contestants to only nine artists during Tuesday night's results show on NBC.
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The Voice's live semifinals show next week on NBC.
Of the Top 17 artists that performed on Monday night, the top votegetter on each team automatically advanced to the next round during Tuesday night's results show.
The four artists who received the most home viewer votes and won automatic spots in the Top 9 were Cam Anthony, a 19-year-old singer from Pennsylvania who currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, from Blake Shelton's team; Rachel Mack, a 15-year-old high school student from Romeo, MI, from Nick Jonas' team; Victor Solomon, a 22-year-old college student from Illinois who currently resides in Greensboro, NC, from John Legend's team; and Kenzie Wheeler, a 22-year-old grocery-store employee from Dover, FL, from Kelly Clarkson's team.
'The Voice' Season 20 finally revs up… just two weeks before it ends Lyndsey Parker
The Voice Season 20 took place Tuesday… and while I
never thought I’d be typing this after such an overall lackluster season, somehow, against all odds, the show ended up with one of its strongest top nine in all of its 10 years on the air.
My only real gripe about Tuesday’s result is that
just as Season 20 is actually getting good, after weeks of excruciatingly dragged-out Blinds, Battles, Knockouts, and totally unnecessary “Road to the Lives” clip shows, it will all be over in just two weeks. This week, the top 17 slimmed down to a top nine, next week the top nine will become the top five, and then it’ll be finale time. If there was ever a season that made a case for more Live Playoffs episodes, like back in the series’ glory days, it’s this one.
Tonight on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning musical competition The Voice airs with an all-new Tuesday, May 11, 2021, season 20 episode 14
“Live Top 17 Results,” and we have your The Voice recap right below. On tonight’s The Voice season 20 episode 14
“Live Top 17 Performances” as per the NBC synopsis
, “Four artists, one from each team, are revealed as safe by America’s votes; each coach selects an artist to move forward; the artist with the next highest votes from each team will compete in the wildcard instant save for the top nine’s last spot.
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So make sure to bookmark this spot and come back for our The Voice recap between 8 PM – 9 PM ET! While you wait for the recap make sure to check out all our The Voice spoilers, news, videos, recaps & more, right here!
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Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" is one of the biggest songs of the year -- and thanks to Ryleigh Modig, it's now one of the biggest songs of season 20 of
The 18-year-old singer gave a show-stopping performance of the massively-popular Top 40 hit during Monday's Top 17 live shows, wowing all four of the coaches with her rendition, which her coach, John Legend, called "so special."
"You put so much heart and soul and sadness and beauty and emotion into that song," he added, as fellow coach Kelly Clarkson agreed. "I was just sitting here feeling so lucky that you're on my team now."
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 some of that technique but I will take that over technicality."
Blake Shelton predicted that Cam Anthony would be the 'first superstar' to emerge from the NBC show as the final 17 performed during a two-hour live episode.
The 44-year-old country star made the bold statement after Cam, 19, delivered a soaring rendition of the 2013 song Take Me To Church by Irish singer-songwriter Hozier.
Blake reminded Cam that he promised to keep a lane open for him to reach this point in the competition, but the rest was up to him.
Bold prediction: Blake Shelton predicted that Cam Anthony would be the 'first superstar' to emerge from the NBC show as the final 17 performed during a two-hour live show
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The Voice 2021 entered the live round, Ryleigh Modig bucked up with a performance of Olivia Rodrigo's hit "drivers license".
Modig, the teenage Spencer, Massachusetts native, didnât miss a note with her stunning performance, which got a lot of love online following the broadcast.
If Modig had any nerves during
The Voice Live Top 17 Performances, she didnât show it.
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Devan Blake Jones performs on "The Voice" on May 10, 2021. (Trae Patton/NBC)Trae Patton/NBC
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Fans also learned that Devan Blake Jones was the winner of the four-way knockout.
Tonight we will learn the artists with the most votes from each team that will advance in the competition. Each coach also will get a save.
Tonight’s show airs 8-9 p.m. Coaches are Nick Jonas, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson. Carson Daly is the host.
The field will be narrowed to nine contestants. Here is where the teams stand: