The coaches finished building their teams, with the blind auditions coming to an end.
“I have the greatest team I’ve ever had in the history of ‘The Voice,’ ” said Adam Levine, the first to complete his team.
Blake Shelton was quick to point out that he’d assembled a collection of singers in a variety of genres —country, pop, rock, which is a departure for the typically heavy-on-country country singer.
Pharrell Williams scored in the final stretch, landing a much-coveted singer Levine that was described by the judges as “the greatest singer in the show’s history and the most beautiful.”
And then there's Or Gwen Stefani, who is hoping (against hope?) her team might just be strong enough to make her the first female coach ever to win the show.
Here are the singers who made it through:
Dustin Christensen:A 35-year-old from Orem, Utah who holds an MBA from Northeastern University. He hypnotized the coaches with his take on the much-covered “Downtown Train,” spinning all four chairs. Williams heard John Cougar Mellencamp, Shelton Neil Diamond, the latter of who took to wooing Christensen. “For me to set that up just for you, it’s almost like when a guy asks a girl to marry him and he has an airplane write in the sky,” Shelton told him. “That’s how much I want to impress you. That’s how badly, Dustin, I want you on my freaking team. Please pick me.” He did.
Dustin Monk:Making it a double-Dustin evening, this heavily inked (and I don't mean record contracts) 27-year-old from Jacksonville, Fla., was raised in a double-wide trailer in rural Georgia by a single mom who struggled with addiction. He turned Levine and Shelton around with his bluesy “Bright Lights” (the very song that many say earned Nick Fradiani his recent win on "American idol"). Levine said he picked up both shades of himself and a “kernel of brilliance” in Monk’s voice. That was enough for Monk to go with him.
Chase Kerby:A 30-year-old whose family owns a candy store in Oklahoma City, he turned Stefani alone with his tender take on “The Scientist” —and before she could even hand him his Team Gwen T-shirt, he gave her a present of his own: a box of candy. Slick.
Shelby Brown:After spinning all four chairs and earning a standing ovation, this 16-year-old from Alabama shocked everyone by picking Levine, thereby completing his team. Shelton seemed like the obvious choice, so it showed she has some guts.
Amy Vachal:A 26-year-old artist-turned-singer and Swarthmore graduate from Brooklyn, N.Y., she got Shelton, Stefani and Williams' attention out of the gate. After Vachal picked Williams, Shelton told him he had “just won the show again.” Levine griped, “Adam’s team is full. Bring out the greatest singer in the show’s history and the most beautiful. Yeah, cue her.”
Blaine Mitchell:After a knee injury benched his major league baseball dreams, this 24-year-old from Fort Worth put his energy into the alternative-rock band he formed with his brother. His “Drops of Jupiter” spun around both Stefani and Shelton, and Mitchell picked Shelton, completing his team.
Summer Schappell:With Shelton out of the picture, Stefani and Williams had a clear shot at this 21-year-old country singer, raised in Redding, Calif. The No Doubt star nabbed the country singer, completing her team.
Sydney Rhame:After passing up a slew of singers, Williams finally found the onewho had that special something to complete his team in this Atlanta 16-year-old. The singers who came out before her were “good,” he said, but he was “waiting for great.”
Next week, it will be on to the battle round, when the coaches and their teams will be aided by guest mentors Brad Paisley, John Fogerty, Missy Elliott and Selena Gomez.
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