The Voice coach Blake Shelton won two of the three four-chair turnarounds during Monday night's sixth-season broadcast on NBC.

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In the initial "blind auditions" phase of the competition, Ryan Whyte Maloney from Las Vegas, NV; Clarissa Serna from Corpus Christi, TX; and Sisaundra Lewis from Orlando, FL, peaked the interest of The Voice coaches Blake, Shakira, Usher, and Adam Levine to the point where they all turned around in their big red chairs and fought for the artists to be on their individual teams.

Blake came out on top, snagging both Ryan Whyte and Sisaundra for his team. Shakira managed to convince Clarissa to join her team.

Ryan Whyte performed Journey's "Lights" and impressed the coaches with his high voice.

"He could potentially win this thing!" Blake said.

"I'm not from Vegas, but I'm willing to gamble," Usher joked.

"First of all, you have a high voice and I have a high voice, so we're already best friends," Adam joked.

"I think you sound like a very original, different sounding artist than anybody else I've ever heard before," Blake explained. "Let me just tell you this about your voice, I freaking love it. I can picture you backstage [sucking] a helium balloon... I don't know how you get that high but then look that studly up there. I think you're a stud."

"You got me from the beginning... I felt so much emotion in your delivery and that's what got me. We're a match made in heaven and I think we should be together!" Shakira noted.

Ryan Whyte, wearing cowboy boots, seemed to select the obvious choice in Blake, the country coach.


Clarissa rocked the stage with a rendition of "Zombie" by The Cranberries.

"I wanted to stay out of it but you kept beating me down with your voice. It kept getting stronger and stronger and I'm getting excited and more excited just talking about it," Blake explained.

"I love that song. What an intelligence choice of song. I want to be your coach!" Shakira said.

Adam argued he was the first coach to turn his chair around because he recognized her talent right off that bat.

"I just thoroughly enjoyed myself throughout the entire thing and that's why I pressed the button," Adam noted.

"Listen, in history, tactics never won a war. Only strategy won a war... There was Hannibal, who was a great tactician, but he didn't win. The winner in history was Alexander the Great, because he was a strategist. So are you going to end up with a bunch of Hannibals or you're going to end up with [me], Alexander the Great," Shakira explained.

Clarissa picked Shakira for being her "Latina soul sister."


Sisaundra really showed off her pipes by performing "Ain't No Way" by Aretha Franklin.

"I realize right now that I'm completely in over my head. I'm so glad I turned around so I could see you perform... I would buy your record if it came out tomorrow. That's how I feel about you. Please pick me," Blake said.

"Your performance was so electric and the way you performed was so powerful that it really helped me love you even more," Adam explained.

"I want to help you be [the best]," Blake added.

"I was reluctant to hit my button because this is like one of my favorite songs ever, so this is a golden song and moment for you as a performer... You gave it your all," Usher explained.

"You have a ravishing voice," Shakira said. "These guys are not going to know how to take care of you. It's a girl thing. I'm good with girls."

"So am I baby," Adam joked.

"[Adam] has a Chinese tattoo here on his arm that says, 'Wrong coach for you,'" Shakira fired back.

Sisaundra said her heart led her to select Blake as her coach.

In addition to Ryan Whyte, Clarissa and Sisaundra, the eight other acts shown advancing from the "blind auditions" phase during last night's broadcast were: Brothers Walker from Bernie, MO; Melissa Jimenez from Fort Lee, NJ; Tanner James from Provo, UT; DeShawn Washington from Natchitoches, LA; Lindsay Pagano from Philadelphia, PA; Joshua Howard from Philadelphia, PA; Patrick Thomson from Festus, MO; and Sam Behymer from Morgan Mill, TX.

Brothers Walker, Melissa and Tanner joined "Team Usher." DeShawn and Lindsay became members of "Team Shakira." Joshua, Patrick, and Sam will be on "Team Adam" going forward.


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