The Voice (2011–…): Season 22, Episode 8 - The Battle Premiere - full transcript

♪ Well, if they freed me
from this prison ♪

♪ If that old railroad train
was mine ♪

Tanner has a tendency
to go into the growl,

where Austin keeps his tone
a little cleaner.

♪ Well, far from Folsom Prison ♪

Blake, who's the winner
of this battle?

There's two ways to go here,
and they're both right.

Uh, the winner of this battle
is Austin.

Thataboy.

Austin and Tanner
did an incredible job.

At the end of the day,
I just feel like Austin



is in touch with that
classic country sound,

and I think it's important
for this show to have an artist

that represents not only
country music but that time period.

Coach, let me remind you
that Tanner's available to save.

Tanner, anything you
want to say to Coach?

I just want to say I
really appreciate y'all

putting faith in me and
letting me come out here.

I'm very thankful. I'm
just happy to be here.

Ladies and gentlemen,
give it up for Tanner Fussell

one more time!

So good!

We have these
three-way knockouts coming.

It just makes it that
much more important

to build the best team
that you possibly can.



And sadly, that also
means there's going to be

a flood of really talented
people going home.

Okay. Good to
go. One minute out.

Ah-ah-ah.

Bom-bom-bom-bom.
Bom-bom-bom-bom.

Oh, Gwen, you got a tough one.

Oh, my gosh. Ugh! I know!

This one's so hard.

They're little. He
even drew his flowers.

They're little puppy dogs. Yeah.

There's nothing different
about today than the rehearsals.

Just that other
people are here. True.

That's it. Just do you.
Alright. Have some fun.

I will.

♪ Unh, alright, do it ♪

Hi. Sean! Yes! Hey. What's up?

As my adviser this
season, I have Sean Paul.

It's just amazing to be
able to work with him

because he's collaborated

with huge artists like
Beyoncé, Rihanna.

Salud, salud. This is so crazy

'cause we just have a song
together that just came out.

♪ Baby, won't
you light my fire? ♪

♪ Bidi-bang, bang, bang ♪

♪ Lemme tell ya, what
a piece of hotness ♪

♪ When da fire touch skin ♪ Hey!

♪ When da neighbors get
vex and get up and knockin' ♪

He writes music that
gets the whole party going

and gets people
in trouble, really.

♪ Won't you light my fire? ♪

♪ I got you, I got you ♪

When Gwen
asked me to be an adviser,

I thought it was a
perfect opportunity for me

to impart some of the knowledge
I've learned over the years.

Yes! That was unexpected.

"The Voice" is definitely
about more raw talent for me.

It's one of the
reasons I like this show.

This is two of my teammates.

Jillian was the
one that came out,

and she had, like, the craziest
opening lines to the song.

And you were like, "Bang!"

Immediately I was
like, "This girl's for me."

♪ When I'm down,
I get real down ♪

♪ When I'm high, I
don't come down ♪

Just a few months ago,

I was sitting on my couch at
home watching "The Voice"

with my family,
and now I'm here.

That's crazy.

You're a really good singer.

I'm so very grateful.

Aah!

My family is very supportive.

They will do anything
for me to succeed.

Got a stepmom, a stepdad,
three new stepsisters,

a stepbrother, and
a biological sister.

One big happy family. I love it.

I pressed my button 'cause
I loved her voice so much.

She's really young.

So today will be,
like, really telling.

And then Rowan was spectacular.

I really feel like she's
something really special.

She has that star thing. Mm-hmm.

♪ You betrayed me ♪

♪ 'Cause I know that you... ♪

Ever since the age of 13,

I've been interested in
coming on "The Voice,"

but I never thought it
would, like, actually happen.

At 16 years old, to
channel that emotion,

I need to work with you.

My grandma has been
a huge inspiration for me.

She introduced me
to older '60s bands,

and she would play around
the house all the time.

That's how it started,
and then I did theater.

It's really where I found
my love for being on stage.

So to finally be
here at the Battles

is beyond what I imagined,

and it's very awesome,
very awesome.

There they are. Look
how cute. Oh, my God.

Oh, my gosh!

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Hi! Hi!

Oh, my gosh! Sean
Paul! Sean Paul!

Sean Paul is a huge star.

He knows how to get you
hyped, excited, in the zone.

His amount of hits and joy
that he's brought to people

around the world and
parties. Oh, yeah. 100%.

He's gonna be really helpful

with you to get the
audience engaged.

I'm just, like, in the
presence of a musical genius

right now, and I'm like, "Aah!"

I'm just here, like,
as a mama... Yeah.

To help you guys download
whatever I've learned.

He's gonna download
whatever he knows.

I'm the uncle.

Yes. The uncle. I love it.

I'm, like, such a huge fan.

Honestly a dream
come true for me, too,

and I'm so glad to be here.

I'm so grateful that
you're here. This is crazy.

This is unreal.

What did you think
when you guys were paired?

So excited. We were so excited.

Oh, my God.

We're best friends.
Oh, you are?!

Yes. Yeah.

♪ Introduced me to your family ♪

I gave them "Fingers Crossed"
by Lauren Spencer-Smith.

This is a contemporary song.
Perfect lyrics for young girls.

♪ Making plans to
travel around the world ♪

Rowan, she's so young but
can access her heart so easily.

♪ Now, I ♪

She can take lyrics
that she didn't write

and make you believe
that she wrote them.

She's very gifted.

♪ I want all the tears
back that I cried ♪

Jillian had a lot of
emotion when she sings.

She had a lot of confidence.
She had a lot of personality.

She really blew me away.

♪ Cr-o-o-o-ossed ♪

That sounds so pretty, you guys.

- That was awesome.
- Thank you.

You can tell you
guys are friends.

There's definitely
love in the room.

There definitely
is. So much love.

Especially when you guys looked
at each other at the end there.

So keep that up.

When you're doing
your fancy stuff,

which is incredibly amazing,

where it says, "You must
have your fingers crossed,"

she almost is saying it like
it's such a backhanded thing.

Yeah.

So if you put, like,
a fancy thing on it,

it takes away from the emotion.

Loses its purpose a
little bit. You know?

Right. Jillian, you're starting

to get a little
nasally and tight.

I think that you
could be warmer.

Open your voice up a
little bit more, round it out.

Also, we need to work
more on your body language.

Definitely. You need
to get off that mike stand

and start to get your
body to connect to the song

a little bit more.

Usually for me on stage,
if I'm having a bad day

touring or whatever,
I look at the crowd,

and there's people who
got smiles in their face

because of the
lyrics I'm saying,

and that automatically transfers
to my giving it back to them.

So bring us into,
like, your world.

This is such a visual song,

and if you don't do it right
with your facial expressions,

you're missing a
really good opportunity.

Yeah, Like, you're
not going to say...

♪ Introduce me to your
family ♪ with your eyes shut.

You're going to say...

♪ Introduce me to your family ♪

You're desperate. Yeah.

And she's recalling it,
and she's telling you,

"This is what I
thought was real,"

later to find out, at the end,

you're going to say...
♪ Now I hate you ♪

And it's gonna be
jarring for the audience

'cause they're going to say,
"She just said she hated him."

Getting into the character,
living that moment is very key.

With No Doubt, we
would film every show

and then we'd watch it back.

And that's where you
can really see the truth.

Yes. Definitely. So if you
want to send me videos

of, like, let's say you
guys are in your room

and you just want to film
each other and send it to me,

I'd love to see
what you're doing.

Yeah. Thank you.

Jillian and I, we're
really good friends.

♪ Remember when... ♪

It's been helpful when
we're working together,

but in the end,

I definitely don't want
to be going home.

This season, there will
be one steal and one save.

There could be a situation
where both of us move on,

and that's the
situation we both want.

And if we work together to
make it, like, go well together.

You have to visualize that.

You have to feel
it in your heart,

which I'm feeling right now.

Gwen has a tough job.

What am I gonna do?

I don't know. You're
in trouble, Gwen.

I know.

♪ This is "The Voice" ♪

Welcome back to the Battles

at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Look at 'em! They're so cute!

They're so cute!

The Battle starts right now.

♪ Introduced me to your family ♪

♪ Watched my favorite
shows on your TV ♪

♪ Made me breakfast
in the morning ♪

♪ When you got home from work ♪

♪ Making plans to
travel 'round the world ♪

♪ Said we'd always
put each other first ♪

Whoo!

♪ Old love songs we
used to play to ♪ Ooh!

♪ Funny, now I hate you ♪

♪ Now, I remember when
you'd call me late at night ♪

♪ And I gave you my
hours and advice ♪

♪ Just tryin' to fix you ♪

♪ And all your daddy issues ♪

♪ But now I don't even
miss you anymore ♪

♪ So I ♪

♪ I want all the tears
back that I cried ♪

♪ All the hours
spent giving advice ♪

♪ On how to write your songs ♪

♪ All you did was
prove me wrong ♪

♪ When you said you loved me ♪

♪ Well, you must've had
your fingers crossed ♪

Sing, girl!

♪ I could say I'm
sorry, but I'm not ♪

♪ You don't deserve
the one thing that you ♪

♪ Lost ♪

♪ I remember when
you'd call me late at night ♪

♪ And I gave you my
hours and advice ♪

♪ Just tryin' to fix you ♪

♪ And all your daddy issues ♪

♪ When you said you loved me ♪

♪ Well, you must've
had your fingers ♪

♪ Cr-o-o-o-ossed ♪

♪ Whoa, oh-oh-oh-ohh ♪

♪ So I ♪

♪ I want all the tears
back that I cried ♪

Yeah.

♪ All the hours
spent giving advice ♪

♪ On how to write your songs ♪

♪ All you did was
prove me wrong ♪

Whew.

♪ Wish you said you loved me ♪

♪ When you didn't
have your fingers ♪

♪ Cr-o-o-o-ossed ♪

Yeah!

Oh, my goodness!
Oh, that was so good!

So proud of my girls!

I love the pride with
which Gwen looks at...

I'm dying right now. the
young girls on her team.

I didn't know I was
gonna feel like this.

You guys should be so
proud. That was so good.

I'm so proud. I'm
so proud of you.

Rowan, just you
not having to belt

or really try hard, it's
very emotive. Thank you.

You guys are both
such great singers.

I turned for both
of you, so I'm like,

"Okay, I'm confident that
I made a good decision."

Not confident in you not
picking me. That wasn't cool.

Jillian, you're really good.

Your voice is really
cool and clear...

Thank you. And piercing.

And, Rowan, you're even
better than I remember you being.

Your tone is so interesting.

And those big notes you
were hitting were just stunning.

It was like a revelation.
It was like, "Wow."

I was, like, so moved by her.

Thank you.

Yeah. Thank you.

Jillian, you've
just got so much energy

and you're electric
when you get on the stage

and you're singing,
and you do a good job

controlling that because
sometimes it can derail people.

Thank you.

You sounded really
good. I mean, my gosh.

Rowan, whenever you
make your record someday,

you're gonna sell at
least one copy... to me.

Two! Oh, my gosh!

Thank you. Me too. I
will also be buying one.

The ending of the song,
the softer stuff... - Yes.

It's like, "Whoa.
What was that?"

Just for that reason, I'd
probably go with Rowan.

Thank you. I appreciate
that. Thank you.

Thank you, Coaches.

Gwen, give us some
thoughts on the Battle.

Jillian, I felt like
at the beginning

I could hear the
nerves in your voice.

It's hard to come
in soft like that,

especially your
style of singing.

But you did great,
and you recovered

and got better and better
through the performance. Oh, yeah.

You really did prove to
me how talented you are.

Thank you. Yes.
I love your voice.

Me too.

You know, Rowan,
it's pretty mind-blowing.

I mean, for a 16-year-old,
your ability to be tasteful

and heartfelt in
the right moments,

but on top of that,
be able to do runs

that are just coming
from your heart,

you nailed it. Thank you.

I just thought it was an
incredible performance.

I'm super emotional.
I'm super proud.

Thank you so much.

Gwen, a tough decision
for you, we know,

but the time has come.

Who is the winner
of this Battle?

Oh, my God.

Emotions! Ugh!

Emotions are real, guys!

I feel like the person that's
ready right now, Carson...

is Rowan Grace.

Congratulations, Rowan Grace!

Oh, my God.

Rowan is so already
ready to make a record

and has so much
control technically

over her voice, as well.

Oh, my God... Thank you so much.

Still can't believe she
picked me to be her coach.

I feel so grateful
for that. Thank you.

Anything you want
to say to your coach?

Jillian! I just want to say

thank you so much
for turning around.

I can't thank you enough for this
opportunity. Aw. You did so good.

Give it up for Jillian
Jordyn, everybody!

Gwen and I talk a
lot about what's going on

with each other's teams,
and I know Jillian and Rowan

ended up being just as tough
as she thought it was gonna be.

At the end of the
day, Rowan just has

that something special
that makes her stand out.

I can't believe she's 16.

Her tone is so crazy.

And she has real control,
too. Like, she's a musician.

At 16? It's crazy. Yeah.

Still to come...

This adviser is
going to be perfect

for this particular song.

Wait a minute.

Because you did
get a Grammy, right?

I got two! Yeah!

More incredible coaching

from the superstar advisers.

If you think of, like,
Catwoman, just like...

♪ My broken heart ♪

Ooh, I like that.

♪ You can't just play
with people's feelings ♪

♪ I bust the windows
out your car ♪

You two scared me a little bit.

That gave me leg chills!

It's kind of like telling a
monologue about your life story.

♪ I came in like
a wrecking ball ♪

Camila, wow.

I know!

And later, a Battle so good,

no one goes home.

We've got a save! Oh, my God!

♪ This is "The Voice" ♪

Welcome back to the Battles.

I've actually had a lot of
anxiety for the last two days

Really?

And I didn't know I was
going to. About what?

Just about this
day, like, about...

Sending people home?
Yeah, 'cause, you know,

when you pair them, you
don't really know until you know.

But it makes it even harder
for me somehow. I don't know.

Mm-hmm. To break their heart?

Yes. I have a question.

Are you guys underdressed
or overdressed?

It feels like you tried
really hard on the top half

and then you were like, "Meh,
whatever," on the bottom half.

Well, by the time you got there.

It's a wardrobe mullet.

Right. Exactly. Yes.

I like that.

I'm so excited to have you.

I can't wait for our
singers to see you.

Oh. Because they're gonna flip.

I think I'm just as
nervous as them...

So, this season's
adviser for Team Legend

is none other than the
great Jazmine Sullivan.

♪ I bust the windows
out your car ♪

Jazmine is one of the great
soul singers on the planet.

So many singers look up to her.

Love her tone, her runs.
Just love her authenticity.

And so I think she'll be able

to help them tap into
that for themselves.

I'm nervous. Ohh.

We got it, though.

You know, we practiced.

♪ Even though what you
did to me was much worse ♪

So Dia and Valarie

are going to be in
for a surprise today.

I'm so excited.
The next vocalists

that are coming are about to do
my song "Bust Your Windows."

Hello, hello. Hey.

I know they're gonna sound great

and I'm just really
excited to meet them.

Hey. Team Legend. We're here.

Team Legend. We made it.

We're gonna pop Jazmine out.

They're gonna faint.

I feel like this adviser

is going to be perfect
for this particular song.

So I think we
should bring her out.

Okay. No. Wait a minute.

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!

♪ Enh-enh-enh-enh ♪

What?!

The Jazmine Sullivan.

I'm happy I didn't faint. Okay?

She's a two-time
Grammy Award winner.

I hope when she watches this,

she thinks I did a good
job at keeping my cool.

You did get a Grammy, right?

Best R&B Album.

I got two! Yes.

Talk about it. Talk
about it. Come on. Yes.

What was that feeling like?

It was amazing.

At times in my
career, I really felt like

maybe it just wasn't
gonna happen for me.

If anything, I feel like my
story is, like, keep going.

Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Like, you just never know when
that big moment is gonna be.

Jazmine has a career
that I would love to emulate.

And with me being 41
years old, it's never too late.

Yay!

I do have two
beautiful grandbabies...

Six-month-old grandbaby
and a two-month-old.

Figured I'm a young
grandmother, you know.

I want to be able to
let them see something

that their grandmother
did later on in life.

Pretty girl. Mwah.

♪ I've given him,
I've given him ♪

My Blind Audition day,

it was a breath of fresh
air 'cause I love to sing.

You have such great
energy coming from you,

and I would love to
have you on the team.

I want to keep pushing to
show John that I can do it.

So help them get in the mood.

Talk about how
you wrote this song.

I really did it.

I bust the windows out
of an ex-boyfriend's car.

And then, like, that
morning, I wrote the song.

Wow. Wow.

So don't cross Jazmine.

If you like your car.

Well, that's the truth. Ah!

♪ I bust the windows
out your car ♪

♪ And, no, it didn't
mend my broken heart ♪

The fact that I had to sing
her song in front of her...

Almost lost my mind.

I'm very excited just to
be able to do her proud.

♪ You can't just play
with people's feelings ♪

Dia had a beautiful voice.

I wasn't expecting for her

to have, like, a
growl at some points.

And I feel like maybe
with me being there,

it kind of made her
go a little harder.

♪ I bust the windows
out your car ♪

Valarie, she had,
like, her own flow.

She, like, changed up
the rhythm sometimes.

And I was all for it.

Alright. Whew, whew!

It's a fun
song. It's just about

getting the character right,
and then people feel that.

Character. So important.

Dia, I feel like you could
give me a little more of that...

If you think of, like,
Catwoman, just like...

Ooh.

♪ Didn't mend my broken heart ♪

Ooh, I like that. Okay, okay.

Righteous indignation. Mm-hmm.

He really done messed
up. He deserves this.

That's right.

And come off the
note a little quicker.

Your notes are beautiful,

but I think if you cut
them off some more,

then it'll sound more in
the attitude of the song.

I think it should be
a little less pretty.

Okay.

I want to be able to apply
the most organic emotion

that I possibly can.

I want to prove to John

that there's a reason why
he turned around for me.

♪ Real love ♪

♪ I'm searching
for a real love ♪

I love your energy,
your confidence.

She's a star. Thank you.

Recently, since I
moved to North Carolina,

I have my own in-house
recording studio.

Kind of helps me to be able
to just formulate my own sound.

I definitely feel like
this is my time to really

show people a side to me
that they've never seen before.

Valarie, I don't think you need
to do the background melody.

♪ Dum-dum-dum, da-bum,
bum-bum-bah-nah ♪

Do, like your own,
like, lead kind of version.

♪ You broke my heart ♪

Yeah. Okay.

Because you're not a
background singer. You're the lead.

♪ And I bust the windows
out your car, yeah ♪

Performing this song together,

it's definitely
gonna be a battle.

So I know I got to give
more and push more

because she's in it to win it.

I can't stop smiling.

Me either. Honestly,
my cheekbones are like...

Y'all killed the song!

And you hear vocalists interpret
it their way, and they kill it.

Like, you made me
feel it, and I wrote it, so...

Wow. Aww.

Thank you, Jazmine.
This is gonna be tough.

Both of these ladies are singing

with their full energy

and they're coming
with different tones,

different styles, but
doing it really beautifully.

♪ This is "The Voice" ♪

Welcome back to the Battles.

Dia! Look at this outfit!

In this moment,

time to really show
people what's really inside,

what I really came here to do.

Yes, Valarie!

Coming in here at 41 years old,

I'm gonna show my kids
and my grandchildren

keep pushing, you'll be able
to make it to wherever it is

that you want to be in life.

This Battle begins right now.

♪ I bust the windows
out your car ♪

♪ And, no, it didn't
mend my broken heart ♪

♪ I'll probably always
have these ugly scars ♪

♪ But right now I don't
care about that part ♪

♪ I bust the windows
out your car ♪

♪ After I saw you
laying next to her ♪

♪ I didn't wanna,
but I took my turn ♪

♪ Glad I did it,
you had to learn ♪

♪ Ooooh, ohhh ♪

♪ I must admit it
helped a little bit ♪

Whoo!

♪ To think of how you'd
feel when you saw it ♪

♪ I didn't know I had
that much strength ♪

♪ But I'm glad you'll see
what happens when ♪

♪ You see you can't play
with people's feelings ♪

♪ Tell them you love
them and don't mean it ♪

♪ You'll probably say
that it was juvenile ♪

♪ But I think that I
deserve to smile-ile ♪

♪ I did it ♪

♪ You should know it ♪

♪ I ain't sorry ♪

♪ You deserved it ♪

♪ After what you did
to me, you deserved it ♪

♪ I ain't sorry ♪

♪ No, no, no ♪

♪ 'Cause you broke my heart ♪

♪ So I broke your car ♪

♪ You caused me pain,
so I did the same, yeah ♪

♪ Even though what you
did to me was much worse ♪

♪ I had to do something ♪

♪ So I bust the windows
out your car, yeah ♪

♪ You know I did it
'cause I left my mark ♪

♪ Wrote my initials
with a crow bar ♪

♪ Then drove off into the dark ♪

♪ I bust the windows
out your car ♪

♪ You should feel
lucky that that's all I did ♪

♪ After five whole
years of this bull ♪

♪ Gave you all of me,
and you played with it ♪

♪ I bust the windows
out your car ♪

Yes, ladies.

We did that.

Whoo! Got 'em hyped in here!

You almost wore
that outfit today.

I did. I did wear it.

And I changed it when
I saw what she had on.

You two scared me a
little bit up there singing.

That was like, "Wow."

They'll bust the
windows out your car.

I hope I never get... cross
ways with either one of these two.

You know, Dia, for
me, I think you had

the overall more
consistent performance.

But Valarie has this
explosive thing about her voice

and it's so exciting
and it's just so much fun.

- I
- didn't know that song.

That song is really sick.
That was a great choice.

Jazmine Sullivan. My
adviser this season.

It was sassy. It was explosive.

Valarie, technically, you have
more of a mastery of your voice.

Your runs were so clean.

And, Dia, your face and your
movement was conveying,

I feel like, the
emotion of the song.

Like, you're exciting to watch.

I would probably pick Dia.

I think vocally you guys
are both equally as talented,

but at the same time, Valarie,
you really know your voice.

Like, it's very
comfortable for you.

We really know who
you are as a singer.

The problem was that when
Dia came out, she had this attitude

and she was looking
at the audience like,

"I'm about ready to
show you who I am."

You're a really
budding, like, entertainer.

I would say that Dia
kind of stole my heart

Hm.

Thank you, Coaches.

John, you got the final word,

but give us some
thoughts on that Battle.

We talked a lot about being
in character for this song,

and I felt like, Dia, you really
embraced that advice so well.

Not only did you come
out with this dope outfit

looking like a superstar,

but you also carried yourself
with the demeanor of a star.

Valarie, you can just
flat-out sing. Thank you.

And your voice has so much
electricity and power to it.

So I have to figure out
what's the right way to go.

And I'm stalling.

I know.

John, who is the
winner of this Battle?

Ugh!

The winner of this Battle...

♪ This is "The Voice" ♪

Welcome back.

John, who is the
winner of this battle?

Ugh!

The winner of this Battle

is Valarie.

Valarie, congratulations!

You're moving on to the
knockouts on Team Legend!

Dia and Valarie. I
had to make a tough decision.

I do believe that Dia
was a little bit better

at being in character.

You did so good. You're such a
great singer. Thank you, thank you.

We're just gonna keep
going. Alright? Yes. Thank you.

But I feel like this
is "The Voice,"

and I still have to
honor the better vocalist

when I think about who's
gonna advance on my team.

Thank y'all! Thank y'all!

And I feel like Valarie's
consistently been

a better vocalist than Dia.

Dia, anything you want
to say to your coach?

Definitely. It's an honor.

This is not a loss. This is
only the beginning. Yeah.

And you will see more
of Dia Malai. Thank you.

You're special!

Give it up for Dia
Malai, everybody!

The Battle
round are so exciting,

but there's so many
talented people.

It's really hard to
see people go home.

You like Metallica?

I only know, like, one song,
and I don't even know what song.

"Enter Sandman"?
I don't even know.

People have given
me crap over the years

for not knowing certain
songs, but Camila is next-level.

You like Guns N' Roses?

I only know, like, a few songs.

One, I was not born in America.

Van Halen?

I know maybe like one song.

And how many songs from the
past 30 years do you know, Blake?

So, calm down. Abuelo.

Whoa! Wow. This place is shiny.

I brought Charlie Puth as
my adviser for Team Camila.

Charlie! Camila!

Thanks so much for being here.

My pleasure. I'm
right down the street.

Oh, my God. This is great.

I've known Charlie
for six years now.

He's an amazing singer,
producer, songwriter.

I'm really, really excited.
I hope I can give...

Some choreography notes?

Because I clearly am
the world's best dancer.

You have perfect
moves. Perfect moves.

♪ You turn me on
like a light switch ♪

Charlie Puth is
incredible at playing piano.

He produces most, if not, I
think, all of his own songs.

He's written songs for so
many successful artists, too.

Justin Bieber,
Maroon 5, Pitbull.

I think he can be a great
asset for Team Camila.

He's gonna give some
really helpful feedback.

I hope I don't let
myself get too technical

because I just want
them to be themselves.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's a great intention.

I wanted to be an
adviser because being able

to share things
that I've learned

and collected in
my musical brain

with artists on "The Voice"

fills my heart just as much
as having a successful song.

I feel like, in a way,

I could be imparting some
small amount of wisdom

onto the next
generation of talent.

Team Camila's all
about having fun.

Well, I'm already having fun.
It's my pleasure being here.

So, I have a save and a steal.

So I can steal, for
the Battle round,

somebody off of...

Another team. Yeah.

And let's say they
were both really great.

Right. Then I can save
them. I can save both of them.

So these next two...

Wait. I feel like this is about
to get really serious right now.

So, Steve and Morgan
and their names.

Both of them are so experienced.

They've been writing and
performing for a long time.

They're both from Nashville,

so they have common
ground in their country roots.

They're singing "Wrecking
Ball" by Miley Cyrus...

Wow. which is kind
of an oddball choice...

It is. because
they're very like...

Kind of belt... Like
she sang "Hallelujah."

♪ It's a cold and
it's a broken ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

And he sang the super belt

he sung in "The
Greatest Showman."

♪ These hands
could hold the world ♪

♪ But it will never be enough ♪

You know, it's like
super pop for them.

Right. But, anyway,
let's meet them.

Okay. Come out, friends.

Hey, guys!

Hey! What?!

Hi! Charlie Puth!

Is that Charlie Puth?

♪ Let's Marvin Gaye, get it on ♪

Oh, wow. Whoo!

Charlie Puth!

He's constantly collabing
and writing and producing.

I'm a big fan. This is amazing!

Thank you. Thank you.

Did I just talk to Charlie Puth?

How are you guys? Excited.

Yeah. How has it been?

This is the best
part... Okay, First off,

we both flew in from
Nashville together.

Did you guys know
each other before?

Mnh-mnh. No.

We're both very
singer singer-songwriter types.

It was a really cool mash-up,

so I'm just very grateful
that she put us together.

The power of a song can,
like, interrupt your world

for a second, and
I hope everybody

watching this feels
what we've been feeling.

Life is pretty surreal
out here doing this.

As a kid, I watched
my dad write songs.

He was running a studio.

And that instilled a lot of
knowledge around harmonies

and how to be
confident on the mic.

So being a successful songwriter

really made my dad
smile a lot over the years.

But I want to deliver a
performance that gets me

to the next stage as a singer,
and this is, like, a dream.

♪ So don't you ever
say I just walked away ♪

♪ I will always want you ♪

I chose "Wrecking Ball" for them

because they're both powerhouse
singers in different ways.

And "Wrecking Ball" is
a really emotional song,

and I feel like
they're great at belting

and, like, delivering
those messages.

♪ I never hit so hard in love ♪

Steven's voice, it's
almost like an alto saxophone.

It is loud and clear.

There's not one instrument
that you can put on top of it.

♪ You wreck me ♪

♪ And I can't live a
lie, running for my life ♪

I think Morgan is so special.

She's just so connected to
her humanity and her feelings,

and it just bleeds
through her voice.

That was so emotional.

Yeah. Good. Good.

That gave me leg chills!

I feel like when you guys
lean into that honest place,

like, singing it to each
other, which I feel like,

Morgan, you're really,
really leaning into that.

And I think, Steve, you
could lean into that even more.

Right. Because I think
that you don't even notice

that it subconsciously
changes how you sing.

Your body is naturally
gonna go to a place

if you're thinking about

a real-life situation
that happened to you.

You're gonna make
people feel feelings. Yeah.

And also exploring different
textures and different emotions.

Yeah. Right.

Like, you could whisper a line

and have so much energy.

That big emotion.
You know what I mean?

Like... Like an actor.

I really relate with, like,

"Don't ever say I
just walked away."

Yeah. I know how
much I've shown up.

Like, "Don't you ever say."

"Don't ever say I didn't
show up. Because I did."

♪ I just walked away ♪

This song is easy
to connect with, even though,

you know, I'm not talking
about a big breakup.

I've been married
for 18 years almost.

But we know heartbreak
because that kind of comes along

with the territory of love.

This song is saying
it raw and unfiltered.

Morgan, do you feel
like you experience

a lot of emotions in
this, too? Oh, yeah.

I have had, we'll just say,
a very, very toxic person

in my life.

The more I was succeeding,
the more that person

needed to take control and
bring me down to the point

that I really did become
a complete shell of myself.

So it's easy to go
there in this song.

♪ Our hearts in
vain, we jumped ♪

There's two different
ways of singing it, right?

Like, you could go...

♪ We clawed, we
chained our ♪ Mm-hmm.

Or you could do the...

♪ We clawed, we dah,
dah-nah, nah-dah ♪

The slide is nice.

Maybe later in it because
it's a bit more theatrical.

But when you started
off like... ♪ We clawed ♪

It's, like, actually
really nice. Yeah.

You are gonna be having
your therapy session

in front of a lot of
people, basically,

and you are living these
vulnerable human feelings.

It's kind of like telling a
monologue about your life story,

is basically what this
song should feel like.

♪ Came in like a wrecking ball ♪

I think this
Battle is gonna be about

who makes people
feel the feelings.

Like, I think it's gonna
be about who can connect

in the moment to that honesty.

♪ You wreck me ♪

Sick, guys.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

It's been a
really cool experience.

They gave really good feedback.

I'm excited that
they were excited.

Going with Camila, after today,

I knew I made
the right decision.

Y'all are awesome. This is fun!

That's gonna be a
hard one for Camila.

Pray for us. Yeah.

No, guys. It's gonna be so good.

No! You got it!
Yeah, you have got it.

Thank you! It's there!

I am super happy

I do not have to
make the decision.

They're good, right?

They have that voice that,
like, cuts through on a record.

Yeah. Totally.

♪ This is "The Voice" ♪

Welcome back to the Battles.

Yeah! Ohh!

Whoo!

Let the Battle begin.

♪ We clawed, we
chained our hearts in vain ♪

♪ We jumped ♪

♪ Never asking why ♪

♪ We kissed, I fell
under your spell ♪

♪ A love ♪

♪ No one could deny ♪

♪ So don't you ever
say I just walked away ♪

♪ I will always want you ♪

♪ I can't live a lie,
running for my life ♪

♪ I will always want you ♪

♪ I came in like
a wrecking ball ♪

♪ I never hit so hard in love ♪

♪ All I wanted was
to break your walls ♪

♪ All you ever did was ♪

♪ Wreck me ♪

♪ Yeah, you, you wreck me ♪

♪ You wreck me ♪

♪ I never meant to start a war ♪

♪ Never meant to start a war ♪

♪ Just wanted you to ♪

♪ Let me in ♪

♪ I guess instead
of using force ♪

♪ Using force ♪

♪ I could've just ♪

♪ Let you in ♪

♪ But I ♪

♪ Never meant to start a war ♪

♪ I just wanted
you to let me in ♪

♪ I guess I
should've let you in ♪

♪ I came in like
a wrecking ball ♪

♪ I never hit so hard in love ♪

♪ All I wanted was
to break your walls ♪

♪ All you ever did was ♪

♪ Wreck me ♪

♪ Like a wrecking ball ♪

♪ I just closed ♪

♪ My eyes and swung ♪

♪ Crashing like
a blaze and fall ♪

♪ All you ever did
was wreck me ♪

♪ Yeah, you, you wreck me ♪

♪ You wreck me ♪

Yeah! Yeah.

Yeah.

That was so good!

Ooh.

Camila, wow.

I know! I know.

It's crazy how good your
voices sound together.

Steve, you have a lot of
beautiful tones in your voice.

It was very
complementary to Morgan,

and it's hard to separate it

because Morgan
was working the fringe,

first of all.

Yeah, killing it.

What I loved about
your performance, I think,

was even before the chorus,

I thought that you had given
us what you were gonna give us,

and then when the chorus
came in, it was chilling.

Like, it was crazy.

And it was such a great duet.

Yeah. Thank you.

You both are just
really good singers.

You have such different tones.

Steven, yours is kind of
smooth, and it's beautiful,

and you have great
range. Thank you.

Morgan's tone is just
like fire, you know?

It's like... One of the
things I love about Miley,

I think she has one
of the coolest tones

in pop music these days.

I think, Morgan, you remind me

of that kind of singer
that has that raspiness.

You just sound like
a recording artist

that should be making records
and singing at the Grammys.

Thank
you so much. Ah.

Yeah, I really enjoyed
it. I think Steven...

Man, you sang the hell
out of that thing, dude.

I mean, you really
did. Thank you.

Nothing about that
could have been simple.

The thing about Morgan is
she's hanging in there with you,

but then she hits

that Bonnie Tyler gear
that you just go, "Whoa!"

You know, she not
only hit that note,

but it makes her voice do
that shred deal that it does.

I would probably go with Morgan.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, Coaches.

Camila, the final
decision is yours,

but first give us some
thoughts on the Battle

and then tell us the winner.

That was my first Battle
as a coach on "The Voice,"

and I had the pleasure
of welling up with pride.

And, Morgan, you have the gift

of feeling things really deeply,

and I think that just comes
out through your voice,

but it also comes out
through your whole body

when you're performing.

And at the same time,
Steven, I don't think

that we have
tapped into the song

that has, like, brought
the house down yet.

People don't know what
you can do yet. Yeah.

So I think both of you guys,

I truly believe,
are so, so special.

Tough decision, Camila.

Who is the winner
of this battle?

The winner of this battle...

Is Morgan.

Morgan moving
on to the knockouts!

Congratulations!

I was so proud
of Morgan and Steven.

They both did a great
job, but I chose Morgan

because I think that she's
irreplaceable on the show.

Nobody can emote like her.

You look so
beautiful. Thank you.

I think Morgan is somebody
that could definitely go

all the way to the finale.

Great job, Morgan. Thank you.

I feel very relieved.

Coaches, let me
remind you that Steven

is available to steal or save.

Steven, anything you
want to say to Camila?

Thank you so much. I'm so
honored to be up here singing for y'all.

This has been so fun. Thank you.

Give it up one more
time for Steven McMorran,

ladies and gentlemen!

Ohh!

Yes! Aah!

We've got a save!

Oh, my gosh! I
wasn't expecting that!

Camila not letting anybody
on her team leave today!

This is an emotional
roller coaster!

I can't sleep peacefully

knowing that we have
not cracked the code yet,

that moment for you, that song.

Thank you.

Give it up for Steven McMorran!

I only get one save, and
I see something in Steven

that I want others to see.

That was so cool! So cool.

The fact that Camila
used her one save on me

has me feeling pretty humbled.

Still in the game, baby! Whoo!

You saved me. Thank you.

Nice work, Camila.
Thanks, Blakers.

I keep wanting to be turned. I
was like, "When are we turning?"

I was just thinking. I was
like, "They're about to turn us."

I miss the turn. I
miss the danger.