"The Voice"

“The Voice” Season 2 started off with a bang last night when 17-year-old Rae Lynn stepped onto the stage singing Miranda Lambert’s song “ Hell on Heels.” Blake and Adam battled it out to be her coach, but as Rae Lynn had said prior to her additions, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are her favorite singers. “I can’t wait for Miranda to hear that version,” said Blake. Rae Lynn picked her favorite Blake Shelton to be her coach.

Next up was Jesse Campbell singing a soulful version of “A song for you.” After his wife left him, Campbell had been a single father and was homeless for a while. Making his living singing at churches and weddings has been his lot in life until last night.
Immediately after hearing him sing only a few notes, Christina, Cee Lo, and Adam turned around. Blake turned around as well, giving Campbell four choices to pick from to be his coach.

“The competition is on,” said Christina. “From the moment you opened up your mouth I said that’s my man that’s my brother,” said Cee Lo. “You blew me away,” was Adam’s comment. Ultimately Christina won him over as Campbell said “You said you would fight for me and I’m ready to fight.”

24-year-old Floridian Juliet Simms had been playing at coffee houses before entering “The Voice” competition. After singing her rendition of “Oh! Darling” the feud, to put it mildly, was on between Christina and Adam for her to be on their teams. Christina snidely remarked, “Hi my name is Adam I’m gonna sell you a car right now.” Which Adam barked back, “If selling a car means winning the voice then I sell cars.”

To calm the tension that Cee Lo who was also vying for her as a team member, and was sitting in the middle of the two judges, said there was “sexual tension” between Christina and Adam as the audience proceeded to laugh. Looks like it may be another great year of feuding between the fair-haired beauty and the rock star.




Ultimately Simms choose Cee Lo, perhaps the fighting scared her away from Adam and Christina. However Christina proceeded to get up and immediately run over to hug it out with Adam. Which appeared to be a bit fake, because these two just don’t seem to like each other at all.







Chris Mann surprised all of us including the judges with his opera rendition of “Because we Believe.” His mom having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Mann stated, “I would love to win "The Voice" for my mom.”

Obviously the opera song caught us all off guard audience and judges included. Ce Lo and Christina turned around however. Mann stated, “I decided for this show I was gonna just sing like myself.” He felt the understanding of Christina as she expressed in the industry the problems of following into a niche and with the success she’s had by being herself, Mann choose Christina.

The last chance for Levine to grab a team member for the night had landed. All the other three judges had teams of at least one contestant, so he needed the last person to pick him. Oddly enough, the last man of the day was Tony Lucca, former “Mickey Mouse Club” member who had performed with Christina in the past.

Lucca wondered if she would recognize him. As he began to play “Trouble” Levine immediately turned around. Christina turned around as well with a certain quirky smile and laugh to add to it. All four judges turned around eventually. Luckily for Levine he was able to get a member on his team. “Please, please, for the love of God pick me,” said Levine prior to Lucca’s decision.


Lucca realized that Christina possibly didn’t even recognize who he was. However Christina got out of her chair and went backstage because she did in fact recognize him. Reunited with a hug as she met his family, she teased him about Brittaney Spears having such a big crush on him back in the “Mickey Mouse Club” days.

Tonight the pandemonium continues as the coaches battle it out for contestants to join their teams once again. A special performance by all of the coaches will also be tonight. Tune into NBC tonight's episode of "The Voice" at 8/7 central to see who makes the cut.