What To Know
- The Voice Season 30 Live Shows began with the final artist in the Top 13 revealed.
- The first half of the group from Adam Levine and Queen Latifah’s teams took the stage for Week 1 of Y2K night on November 9.
- One artist was eliminated at the end of the night.
The Live Shows are officially here on Season 30 ofThe Voice. The first of six Live Shows kicked off on November 9. Before the performances could begin, the final artist in the Top 13 was revealed after America’s vote.
During Cut Week, each coach brought three of their seven artists to the next round, but one of them gained a fourth member after viewers voted for their favorites of the 16 who did not make it through. The final artist to take a spot in the Top 13 is: Kyle Davis from Kelly Clarkson‘s team.
The Top 13’s performances will be split over the November 9 (Queen Latifah and Adam Levine‘s teams) and November 16 (Clarkson and Riley Green‘s teams) episodes, both of which have a Y2K Night theme. The artists will be singing songs from the late 1990s and early 2000s, and the one with the least amount of viewer votes from November 9, along with the two with the least amount of viewer votes from November 16, will be sent home at the end of each night.
Scroll down for a recap of the first night of performances and to find out who was sent home.
Mia Knight (Team Queen)
The night began with a performance from Mia Knight, representing Latifah’s team. She sang Clarkson’s hit “Miss Independent” for the first Live Show.
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“I love it! You almost sing it closer to the way I do it live, which I love. It was so good. Awesome!” Clarkson raved. Latifah told her artist, “You killed that. I loved that. You just ate that up. You ate those vocals up. You ate that sweet little bridge into that big, big note. And you look amazing.”
Dakota Cohen (Team Adam)
Dakota Cohen was Levine’s first team member to hit the stage. As one of the artists who had to perform for her spot during Cut Week, Dakota had a lot on the line with her performance of Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”
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The performance earned Cohen a standing ovation from the judges. “That was amazing, and you know what, you are carrying the torch. You are a tried and true rock ‘n roll singer,” Levine promised. “You really have something that no one else in this competition has. I don’t have it. You have this rasp. Just be so proud of yourself.”
Lillie Kolich (Team Queen)
Latifah saved Lillie Kolich after her Cut Week performance, and for the Top 13, she performed Britney Spears’ “(You Drive Me) Crazy,” with her own unique spin on the classic song.
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“You nailed it. You are vibes. You are swag. You are everything that song needed to just be Lillie,” Latifah raved. Green also applauded Lillie for her style and the way she took such a well-known song and made it her own.
Connor Closs (Team Adam)
Connor Closs took the stage with a rendition of *NSYNC’s “This Is Promise You.” He dedicated it to his fiancée after their recent engagement.
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“You’re a superstar,” Levine said. “I’ve been saying this about you from the beginning. You are sneakily one of the best singers in this competition, without yelling it and screaming it. Your tone is wonderful and rich and buttery, in every register you sing.”
He reiterated to the viewers that Connor is “one of the best in the competition,” urging them to vote for him.
BigCountry (Team Queen)
The final artist from Team Queen to perform was BigCountry. He sang “It’s My Life” by Bon Jovi for the Live Shows.
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Host Carson Daly called the performance “fun to watch,” while Green praised the country artist for taking on such a “big song” in the first round of Live Shows.
“I love to see you up there with all of that, all of those effects,” Latifah added. “Everything around you is more matching your personality and that big voice you have and the big song you sang.”
Lexi Stephens (Team Adam)
The final performance of the night was from Levine’s last team member, Lexi Stephens. She performed “I’m With You” by Avril Lavigne.
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Clarkson was on her feet for the performance and pointed out how Lexi’s low notes were “just as insane” as her high notes. Levine added, “That song is one of the most demanding songs you can sing. It has your absolute high, a lot of low stuff, you have to have so much control in both places. But forget about all that, and I said this from the beginning, but you are unbelievable. You really stand out in this crowd and you could really win this thing.”
Who was eliminated?
Unfortunately, the night ended with one person being sent home. First, Daly revealed the top two artists from each team. For Team Adam, it was Connor Closs and Lexi Stephens, along with Mia Knight and BigCountry from Team Queen.
That left Lillie Kolich and Dakota Cohen vying for the final spot, and the artist eliminated was … Lillie Kolich. That means all of Levine’s artists are in the Top 10, along with two from Team Queen.
We’ll find out who’s joining them from Clarkson and Green’s teams after next week’s performances.
TheVoice, Season 30, Mondays, 9/8c, NBC