"What a joke": The Voice fans react to Dan Kiernan's elimination after the Knockouts

The Voice Season 27 aired its latest episode on March 31, 2025. Viewers witnessed the first night of the Knockouts round. There were a total of 10 participants who competed against their competing artists. The latest episode saw four eliminations: Dan Kiernan, Trevon Dawson, Grace-Miller Moody, and Simone Marijic.

Team Kelsea's Dan Kiernan and Tinika Wyatt competed in the Knockouts round, where he performed Impossible by Shontelle. On the other hand, Tinika performed on The Emotions' Best of My Love. For her "solid" performance, Tinika was chosen by Kelsea, while Dan Kiernan was eliminated.

Witnessing Dan's elimination from The Voice Season 27, fans took to social media platform X, to share their thoughts.

A fan wrote on X:

"Ain't no motherf*cking way they let Dan walk out like that. He could have won the whole thing. Then, the judges try to steal people that aren't even close to the best. What a joke #TheVoice."

Another person reacted to Dan's performance and his elimination:

"Dan Kiernan tapped into this emotion in the beginning, was begging thru the verse with that little cry. He was just a little stiff and got emotional which was nice. He was fighting thru to the ending. Very dramatic. Enjoyed it! #TheVoice #VoiceKnockouts."

One more The Voice fan shared a comment about Dan's performance:

"I think #thevoice wants to keep Tinika because of her age. Dan was much better than her tonight but somehow she gets to go to the live playoffs. Doesn't make sense."

A netizen stated:

"After dan and tinika's knockout performances, i know i feel like leaning towards tinika's performance, but i think my gut is telling me to go towards dan's... even though they both deserve to go through if one of them gets stolen [#thevoice #voiceknockouts]"

An X user wrote:

"I wanna say Dan is delivering a incredible knockout performance and did a great job with his knockout song #TheVoice."

One more person wrote about how Dan's performance was a "real song" and how he "poured his heart out":

"Dan actually got up there and sang a real song, poured his heart out, and still went home. Can't please these h*es man. #TheVoice."

Another The Voice fan wrote on X:

"The word "unicorn" has been thrown around a lot this season and somehow no one has used it to describe dan yet which is crazy. His audition and knockout performances were night and day and both solid. he's a mf unicorn. #TheVoice."

A netizen reacted to Dan's elimination:

"I really like Tinika but Dan deserved to also move on #thevoice."

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The Voice Season 27 Knockouts Round 1: Team Kelsea's Dan Kiernan gets eliminated

The Voice Season 27's latest episode aired on March 31, 2025, featuring the first night of the Knockout round. The performing artists from Team Kelsea were Dan Kiernan and Tinika Wyatt. Fans might not remember that he didn't get a chair turn during the Blind Audition. He was chosen by Kelsea Ballerini after she used Coach Replay later on.

As for Tinika, they also didn't get any chair turns but got a reply from Coach Adam Levine. Later, Coach Kelsea stole Tinika, who also won the Knockout round, sending Dan home. However, fans witnessed Dan getting Kelsea Ballerini's phone number.

Referring to how artists were eliminated after their Knockout performances, The Voice Coach Michael Buble shared his thoughts with NBC Insider:

"My favorite part about it, was when I had to let people go for the first time, I was upset about it. Until I realized that their lives had changed. Until I realized that their careers had started. They started to create a business that could go on."

Dan's elimination after his Knockout performance sparked a debate among fans. They took to social media platform X to share their thoughts on Dan's performance.

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To witness Dan Kiernan's performance on The Voice Season 27, fans can stream the latest episode of the singing competition on NBC.