I.... What? How did this happen? How is one of our new, awesome coaches going into next week's finale with no contestant left in the competition? Tonight's The Voice elimination hour boggles my mind and leads me back to WHY THE HELL DOES TWITTER DECIDE FINALE SPOTS?!? Sigh. Here's a summary of the episode.
There were some guest performances but let's just get to the results...The first person to make it through to the finale was Billy and he was quickly followed by Sundance. Okay. So far so good. Wé took the third spot and I was thrilled for her. The way hear family freaked out in the audience was awesome. At this point 3 of the 4 coaches had artists in the finale and Miley sat waiting patiently to learn the fate of her contestants. Ali, Josh, and Christian were the 3 contestants in the middle tier who had the opportunity to sing for the Stupid Twitter Save, sending Aaron and Brendan home. At this point I was thinking: "It's okay. It's going to come down to Christian and Ali and Ali is going to kill this performance."
Christian performed a very raw, emotional version of "I Can't Make You Love Me" in his efforts to take that 4th finale spot, and if I wasn't such an Ali fan I would have rooted for this guy. It's impossible not to love Christian. Ali took the stage immediately after Christian and SLAYED "Sledgehammer." Killed it. I was throwing pillows around on the couch this was so damn good. Josh rounded out the performances with "I Drive Your Truck" and he did well. He really did. But this was not a "put me in the finale" performance.
In the end though....JOSH won the Stupid Twitter Save and two far stronger and more deserving contestants were sent home. Granted, maybe Josh did have more votes (last night) than Christian and Ali, but we'll never know because a five minute social media window determined who will join the top vote getters in the final week of the competition. Oh, and this whole 8 contestants become 4 contestants thing is ridiculous. Why not take away some of the many hours of blind auditions, battles, knockouts, and playoffs and give the Top 12 a elimination format that makes sense?
Next week you'll find me rooting for Wé as the season comes to an end. Here's hoping Alicia's ringer can pull off a victory and sing and cry in a confetti shower at the end of the results show. But is Billy's big voice destined to win the title? Will Sundance continue his upward path of strong performances and beat the competition? Can Josh really take home this trophy? One thing is for sure....Miley's finale outfits are going to be epic! We'll see how it all goes down in the two part showdown. Til then!
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