The Knockout rounds of The Voice, with one performance, in particular, leaving the coaches, especially John Legend, in floods of tears.
Lennon VanderDoes from Team Niall took to the stage to deliver an emotional performance of Jason Mraz‘s “I Won’t Give Up,” which not only received high praise from the coaches but reduced Legend and Gwen Stefani to tears.
“Ever since I became a dad, I definitely cry a lot more than I used to. It’s hitting me more,” said Legend, who shares four children with his wife, Chrissy Teigen.
“I just felt you being fully yourself, and it felt so moving to me. I don’t know why I keep crying. I can’t stop,” the “Ordinary People” singer continued, telling VanderDoes that he sees him as his team’s “underdog.”
Stefani was also in tears, and fellow coach Reba McEntire had to rush over with tissues (see pic below). “Lennon, I hope you realize that that’s the biggest compliment another artist could give you is just to sit there and cry because you touched John to his core,” McEntire said.
“These two crying says it all,” Niall Horan agreed.
Despite the powerful performance and high praise from the coaches, Horan ultimately chose Alexa Wildish as the winner of the Knockouts, sending VanderDoes and fellow contestant Julia Roomes home.
However, the journey might not be entirely over for VanderDoes and other eliminated contestants. At the end of the episode, host Carson Daly gathered the four coaches backstage, telling them, “Something happened this particular season. The artists are getting better and better. In the Blinds, we had more four-chair turns that we’d ever had. The Knockouts… we’ve never seen anything like it.”
He continued, “So, we’ve changed the rules. We’ve had to do something rather drastic — something that’s never been done in all seasons on The Voice.”
The show then cut to a grid of FaceTime calls with Legend, Stefani, Horan, and McEntire speaking to four previously eliminated contestants and inviting them back to the competition. The identities of the returning artists were kept hidden, and viewers will have to wait until next week to find out who will receive a second chance.
Could VanderDoes end up on Team Legend? Let us know your thoughts on this surprising twist in the comments below.
News
The Voice Blind Auditions: A Night of Shocking Chair Turns—See What Happened on October 15!
Here’s every Voice Artist who got a chair turn during the final night of the Season 26 Blind Auditions. The Voice Season 26 Blind Auditions officially came to an end Tuesday (October 15) with the four Coaches — Reba McEntire, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg, and Michael Bublé —…
Four-Chair Frenzy: The Voice Season 26 Episode 6 Delivers a Record 17 Turnarounds!
Tonight on “The Voice,” coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani sat for Part 6 of the Blind Auditions round of season 26. Michael began the night with three open spots on his team while the other three teams each had two spots…
The Voice Blind Auditions Finale: Full Lineup Revealed for Reba, Snoop, Gwen, and Bublé!
That’s a wrap on Blind Auditions for season 26 of The Voice. Coaches Michael Bublé, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani are heading into the fray next week with their newly filled teams. Thanks to this year’s Coach Replay twist, four…
When Talent Meets Greatness: Why Bublé Wishes He Could Sing Like Aliyah Khaylyn!
And with that, Team Bublé is complete. Sometimes even Coaches on The Voice get jealous. That’s what happened to Michael Bublé when Aliyah Khaylyn took to the stage for her Blind Audition on Season 26 of the show. Khaylyn, a 23-year-old from Philadelphia, explained…
What It’s Like to Work with Your Girlfriend: Rex Linn Reveals His Experience with Reba McEntire!
The two will share the screen again in Happy’s Place. Reba McEntire and Rex Linn are Hollywood’s power couple! The duo, who began dating in 2020, are once again sharing the screen together for Happy’s Place, the new NBC comedy premiering on October 18. Fans of the…
Texas Pride or Oklahoma Betrayal? Reba McEntire Faces Backlash Over Football Allegiance!
Some Oklahomans were less than thrilled to see their fellow Okie Reba McEntire holding up the symbol for Texas Longhorns after Oklahoma’s brutal loss to Texas on Saturday. McEntire, who was born in McAlester and raised on an 8,000-acre cattle ranch in Chockie, posted…
End of content
No more pages to load