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And, then there were 11... The Voice season 9 is now in the real thrust of its live playoffs, with this week marking the first time the finalists truly got to show who they were. And, while the performances were wide ranging in their quality on Monday night, the show's new elimination schedule made the stakes pretty low... only one person would be going home. But, who was it? -
'The Voice' Season 9 Spoilers: NBC Schedule Reveals Massive Semi-Final Cuts
The Voice is used to massive eliminations once it gets to the live shows, but it looks like season 9 is going to be particularly brutal. On Monday (Nov. 16), NBC released its schedule through Dec. 13, and in doing so, revealed the number of Voice contestants to go home each week. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Live Playoffs Continue, Gwake Gets Moment on Screen
The Voice brought out its established top 12 on Monday night (Nov. 15) after a total massacre elimination last week, these 12 performances should have been turned up a notch, but what we got instead was the same sort of uneven crop we had with last week's performances. Guess we'll have to wait another few weeks for more fat to be trimmed. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Teams Cut in Half in Brutal Elimination Results
There was a major bloodbath on The Voice on Wednesday night (Nov. 11). This week, 24 singers performed, but for week two of the live playoffs, there are only 12 performance slots. Yes, the show cut its field properly in half. Previously, letting two of five singers go was painful but not a punch to the gut. This season, with the new comeback artist twist, this is just brutal. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Teams Blake and Pharrell Go Big in Live Shows 2
You know what's a very unfair setup for The Voice? The team element. On Monday night (Nov. 9), the first episode of the live shows rolled out 10 terrible performances and two good ones. This episode, which featured Blake Shelton and Pharrell's teams, had the opposite problem. Everyone showed up to the occasion. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Live Shows Start with Underwhelming Turns and a Twist
So, this is the live shows on The Voice, huh? On Monday night (Nov. 9), season 9 kicked off its longest portion with Adam Levine's and Gwen Stefani's teams. And while there were little glimpses into the potential of this year's pack, overall, this was a very underwhelming evening. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Knockout Rounds End with Big Pharrell Steal
The knockout rounds of The Voice came to a close on Monday night (Nov. 2) after just three (long) episodes. For the final episode of this installment, you would think that the show would really pull out the big guns with some of the best performances of the year. And, while everyone was solid, there was nothing that like blew my socks off. And for a year that has a decent amount of talent, that's a little odd. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap and Review: Knockouts Round 2 Continue to Bring Out the Best
The Voice season 9 is halfway through its knockout rounds, with shockingly amazing guest mentor Rihanna, and the contestants keep pushing themselves to new highs. On Tuesday night (Oct. 27), we got three more battles courtesy of Team Gwen Stefani, Team Adam Levine and Team Pharrell, and unlike Monday night's episode, the second installment of the knockout didn't quite include so many shocking eliminations. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Rihanna Mentors Knockout Rounds and Frontrunners Go Home
The Voice season 9 is now in knockout rounds, and the show ushered in its latest segment with some, well, knockout performances and a knockout guest mentor. Rihanna is on episode one of her four-stint residency on the show, and while some may have doubted whether or not the ANTI singer would be able to pull off actual singing advice, she proved to be one of the more effective mentors this show has had in some time. -
The Voice Season 9 Recap, Review: Final Battle Round Prove Puzzling for Blake, Adam & Pharrell
The Voice's battle rounds for season 9 have come to a close. After four episodes, on Tuesday (Oct. 20), the show's final three battles were aired. And though the choices the coaches have to make are typically easy or obvious ones, these three were a little more puzzling. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Beautiful Battle Rounds Make Hard Coaching Choices
The Voice's season 9 battle rounds continued with its third episode on Monday night (Oct. 19) and just because we're 75 percent of the way through this round, don't think that the momentum was going to slow down. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Spoilers: Watch Rihanna Mentor the Knockout Round Contestants
Rihanna's time on The Voice is coming up, and this year's contestants aren't quite prepared. Ahead of the ANTI singer's stint as a mentor for season 9's knockout round, NBC teased her time on the show. And, in typical Rihanna style, she does not hold back. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Battle Round 2 Features Shocking Cast-Offs, Gwen Flubs
The battle rounds of The Voice season 9 continued on Tuesday night (Oct. 13), and a shortened one-hour broadcast only resulted in three performances broadcasted in full, so the producers decided to go for some juicy ones, and they certainly delivered. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Battle Rounds Begin with Big Performances
The battle rounds of The Voice can always be a little bit hard to swallow. Good singers on good teams go home for seemingly no reason other than order of performance and song choice. -
'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Blind Auditions Close with Big Talents, Annoying Coaches
On the fifth (and final) blind audition episode of The Voice, it should always be expected that singers will get placed on odd teams, good singers will be sent home and that the sometimes grating coaches will still be grating. And, here on the final audition episode for season 9, that's exactly what we got on Monday night (Oct. 5).
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