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'The Voice': Did Blake Shelton hear what we heard?
Well, we can admit when we're wrong and we were wrong with a capital WRONG about the battle rounds on "The Voice."
After the last episode, we thought the idea was good, but the execution as we heard it in the preview for this week's episode sounded like a hot mess. After watching the episode, we're pretty thrilled by how the battle rounds went down. Sure, the whole boxing ring and announcer gimmick was over the top (but what's spinning chairs? And we were fine with that!). But, eh, once the performances started that all faded away.
The producers of "The Voice" have a good grasp on how to keep our attention. In the premiere episode, they showcased their strongest singers only to be followed by a lackluster crop in the second round of blind auditions. We're a bit on to them now as many viewers didn't know what to expect after the novelty of blind auditions were over, but once again this episode featured some really strong competitors that can carry us through if Round 2 isn't as spectacular.
Here are the Round 1 battle results:
Team Christina Aguilera: Frenchie Davis beats Tarralyn Ramsey
Team Blake Shelton: Patrick Thomas beats Tyler Robinson
Team Adam Levine: Casey Weston beats Tim Mahoney
Team Cee Lo Green: Vicci Martinez beats Niki Dawson
We agreed with all the coaches' picks except for Blake. And we're going to go ahead and put it out there. We think he made the match between Patrick and Tyler already knowing he'd pick Patrick, who seems to be more his style.
It was clear to us that Tyler out-performed Patrick. It was also clear to Cee Lo and Adam who named Tyler their winner if they had to choose. The deck was stacked against Tyler with Blake and Patrick having the country music thing in common and the song, "Burnin' Love" by Elvis Presley, also seemed more apt for Patrick's style. Tyler, you were robbed!
Do you think Blake made the wrong decision, too?
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yup. and of course there is the gay issue.
clearly Blake do not feels comfortable with Tyler been gay if he did he would had pick him Tyler was the better singer hands down this show is call the voice so sad that a talented kid like Tyler had to be judge by a homophobic guy really sad he had no chance even the other judges were with Tyler
clearly Blake do not feels comfortable with Tyler been gay if he did he would had pick him Tyler was the better singer hands down this show is call the voice so sad that a talented kid like Tyler had to be judge by a homophobic guy really sad he had no chance even the other judges were with Tyler
The gay card really give me a fing break!
The gay card really give me a fing break!
The gay card really give me a fing break!
Wow, "yael," you managed to both slaughter the English language and kill punctuation at the same time! That's a pretty incredible feat. Even people who managed to make it through second grade learned how to use periods.
What do you expect from the guy who is well known for his homophobe point-of-view? Even if Tyler sounds like the second Elvis, Blake still picks Patrick, just because he is not comfortable having a gay guy near him. Look! the chit chat between Tyler, Blake and Reba was cut out. Maybe at that time, Tyler revealed that he was gay to them and got an awful reaction from Blake (and perhaps from Reba too, who enjoyed in the past making some homophobic jokes). Going into the battle, Tyler sure knew that his chance would go from 1 to none. Poor him!
Tyler was clearly the better singer, so Blake lost some credibility to judge talent, in my eyes.
Agree 100 Percent!!!!!!! Tyler was definitely robbed!! Everything was against him, even the pairing was awkward for me! Why would anybody think of pairing a soul/r&b singer with a country dude like patrick...their voices didn't match, and there were no harmonies between them...it was just awful!! and Blake calls himself a coach and mentor~ You are kidding me right???!! All my respect for that guy is gone now, I feel sorry for the other guys on his team!! = =