The Voice Season 26 aired Knockout Part 2 on November 12. All four judges, Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire, and Gwen Stefani, along with the Megamentors Jennifer Hudson and STING, decided the fate of the artists who went solo to steal a spot in the Playoffs. A total of 36 artists made it to the Knockout round, which is further organized into three rounds. The first round of Knockouts aired on November 11.
For the second Knockout round, each team presented 3 artists from their team, and all four judges had the privilege to steal and save the artist of their choice. At the end of three Knockout rounds, only 20 artists will advance to the Playoffs. As episode 13 started, Michael sent Shye, Edward Preble, and J. Paul in the solo battle, telling Jennifer they had different styles.
Team Gwen pitted Felsmere, Gabrielle Zabosky, and Kay Sibal against each other. From Team Reba, Katie O, Frankie Torres, and Tate Renner battled it out to gain a spot in the final 20. However, Frankie Torres and Tate Renner's performance was not aired in episode 13, and the audience only witnessed Katie O's winning performance.
The Voice Season 26 Episode 13: New steals, saves, and more
As all 9 artists gave their best performances to find a spot in the coaches' team, only 4 could make it to the Playoffs. The rest five were eliminated from the show as they were neither stolen nor saved by any other coaches. The contestants to face elimination were: Kay Sibal and Felsmere from Team Gwen, Frankie Torres, Kendall Eugene from Team Reba, and lastly J. Paul from Team Michael.
The official synopsis of The Voice Season 26, Knockout Part 2 reads:
"Sting and Jennifer Hudson serve as mega mentors to help prepare the artists for the knockouts; the coaches pair three artists to perform solo against each other, then select a winner to move on; each coach has one steal and a save."
As the second Knockout round began, Team Gwen took the stage by fire with their string vocals and variety. Felsmere performed Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield. Kay Sibal impressed the coaches with her "heartwarming and relaxed" performance on One Last Time by The Voice's former coach Ariana Grande.
However, Gabrielle won the battle with her range and vocals by performing Mylie Cyrus's Used To Be Young.
From Team Reba, Katie performed the rendition of Turn On the Radio and defeated Frankie Torres and Kendall Eugene, whose performances did not make it to the final cut during episode 13 of The Voice.
From Team Michael, Shye performed The One That Got Away by Katy Perry and was praised by Michael and Jennifer for connecting effortlessly with the emotions of the song. Edward Preble sang Send in the Clowns by Frank Sinatra and was advised by Michael during rehearsals to focus "hard on those vowels”.
J. Paul sang Kiss From a Rose by Seal who asked for Jennifer's help to hit the right emotion while performing. As all three artists put their best foot forward, Michael decided to choose Shye as he claimed that:
" You are my one of the favourite voices, not just of the season, but of all time."
While J. Paul was eliminated from The Voice, Edward was stolen by Reba as she mentioned her likeness for him since the beginning because of "his sense of humor".
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The Voice Season 26 airs fresh episodes on Mondays and Tuesdays on NBC at 9/8c.
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