The Voice determined 10 of its 20 Knockout Round winners, who will advance as finalists to the live shows, during Monday night's broadcast of the NBC reality singing competition's third season.
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The Voice musician coaches Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green have each whittled down their third-season teams from 10 to five artists with half of the season's Knockout Round now over. Tonight's The Voice broadcast will pick up where last night's episode left off, with fellow coaches Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton also reducing their teams via five separate faceoffs per team in the conclusion of the Knockout Round.
For the Knockout Round, each artist on every team performs individually against one of his or her own teammates one at a time. The contestants, who are able to select their own songs to perform, are surprised at the last minute by whom their coach chooses to put them up against.
Adam chose to pit Joselyn Rivera, a 17-year-old singer from Pembroke Pines, FL -- whom he stole from Christina's team during a previous "battle" round -- against Kayla Nevarez, a 17-year-old singer from Mission Viejo, CA, and Joselyn came out ontop. The coach put Joe Kirkland, a 25-year-old singer from Fort Worth, TX, against Bryan Keith, a 22-year-old singer from Bronx, NY, and Bryan won.
Also for "Team Adam," Amanda Brown, a 27-year-old singer from Bronx, NY -- whom Adam stole from Cee Lo during a prior "battle" round -- sang against Michelle Brooks-Thompson, a 27-year-old singer from Sunderland, MA. Adam decided to advance Amanda in the competition. Adam also had Loren Allred, a 22-year-old singer from Salt Lake City, UT, perform against Nicole Nelson, a 34-year-old singer from Burlington, VT, and the coach picked Loren.
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Lastly, Adam pit Melanie Martinez, a 17-year-old singer from Baldwin, NY, against Sam James, a 26-year-old singer from Worcester, MA, and dubbed Melanie the winner.
Cee Lo chose to pit Avery Wilson, a 16-year-old singer from Hamden, CT, against Cody Belew, a 27-year-old singer from Nashville, TN, and Cody came out ontop. The coach put Mackenzie Bourg, a 19-year-old singer from Lafayette, LA, against Daniel Rosa, a 21-year-old singer from Riverside, CA, and Mackenzie won.
Also for "Team Cee Lo," Terisa Griffin, a 42-year-old singer from Chicago, IL -- whom Cee Lo stole from Blake during a previous "battle" round -- sang against Trevin Hunte, an 18-year-old singer from Queens, NY. Cee Lo decided to advance Trevin in the competition. Cee Lo also had Michael Wastman, a 40-year-old singer from Seattle, WA, perform against Nicholas David, a 31-year-old singer from Egan, MN, and the coach picked Nicholas.
In addition, Cee Lo pit Caitlin Michelle, a 20-year-old singer from Scituate, MA -- whom he stole from Adam during a prior "battle" round -- against Diego Val, a 25-year-old singer from Miami, FL, and dubbed Diego the winner.
Once the Knockout Round ends tonight, next week will begin the live "Playoffs" in which the Top 20 artists will perform live for home viewer votes on Monday, November 5 and Wednesday, November 7 from 8-10PM ET/PT.
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The Top 12 will get determined on a special Thursday night one-hour results show at 8PM ET/PT in which the Top 2 vote-getters on each team will automatically advance and then each The Voice coach will have the opportunity to select his or her third team member.
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