The Voice 10 Playoffs Part 2 weren’t nearly as strong as Part 1. Maybe it’s the strength of Team Xtina that resulted in a front loaded first night, plus Team Pharrell, outside of Hannah Huston, being kind of a disaster.
Shalyah Fearing has the highest scoring song on iTunes, which doesn’t surprise me. Still, so much over-the-top praise for a performance that basically amounted to an uncontrolled scream-fest. I’m glad Laith Al-Saadi isn’t the victim of some weird backlash against Muslim sounding names, although tonight’s performance was not one of his best. It goes to prove the power of the classics. Daniel Passino is really charting higher than Hannah Huston? Sigh. I also expected Caroline Burns to chart a little higher, but she was montaged at the knockouts and really had to come out with a super-memorable performance.
My favorite performances of the night were from Owen Danoff, Hannah Huston and Caroline Burns. To me they not only sang well, but showed me who they were as artists, in terms of interpreting the song in a unique way. Other than those three singers? A night full of meh.
Tomorrow, watch for a massive Playoff round prediction poll!
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iTunes Chart numbers at 1 am
21. Shalyah Fearing – Team Adam – Listen
32. Owen Danoff – Team Adam – Hero
39. Laith Al-Saadi – Team Adam – With a Little Help
50. Daniel Passino – Team Pharrell – When I Was Your Man
60. Hannah Huston – Team Pharrell – Ain’t No Way
66. Emily Keener – Team Pharrell – Still Crazy After All These Years
93. Caroline Burns – Team Adam – All I Want
112. Brian Nhira – Team Adam – Alive
Outside of the Top 200
Moushumi – Team Pharrell – Love Yourself
Lacy Mandigo – Team Pharrell – Love is a Battlefield
Nate Butler – Team Adam – Sara Smile
Caity Peters – Team Pharrell – I’ll Be Waiting
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