The Voice

The battle starts right now.

Last week on "the voice"...

The heated battle rounds began.

our coaches had ever seen...

Wow.

That may be one of the most perfect vocals

I have ever heard.

Both of you guys should have record deals.

Making their decisions of who to keep...

I wish I could put you guys in a blender

and make one person.

The winner of this battle is...

I don't know.

The most agonizing...

They have ever faced.

The winner of this battle... is...

Chris.

James.

Sugar.

Luke.

With incredible artists available to steal...

Oh, no, you didn't!

Our coaches fought hard for the ones they wanted.

I'm the coach for you.

Please don't say no to me twice.

Whoa! Yes!

Pharrell gave two deserving artists

a second chance using both of his steals.

I'm totally impressed by the artists this season.

I didn't expect it to be as dramatic as it is.

Blake and Gwen each used a steal... Unbelievable.

Thank you... while Adam has yet to add anyone new to his team.

I got two steals,

so I'm waiting to be inspired and then grab them up.

Whoa!

I knew he would do that to me, but you did it to me?!

Oh, it's on now.

We got two new coaches with two different styles,

and it changes this game altogether.

Tonight, 12 more artists take the stage

with a spot on their coaches' teams at stake.

It's go time.

To help prepare them, our coaches enlisted

some of the biggest names in music.

Gwen invited her husband,

lead singer of the multi-platinum band bush,

Gavin rossdale.

Pharrell brought in

grammy award-winning superstar Alicia keys.

Y'all are standing there like background singers.

And y'all are stars.

It is overwhelming.

Blake enlisted

the help of the chart-topping country band little big town.

And Adam recruited music legend Stevie nicks.

I think it'd be more fun for you

if you turn and look at each other.

And our coaches will do whatever it takes

to steal the artists they want.

I don't know how I can't have you on my team now.

That could make it not happen.

The battle rounds continue...

Whoo! That's not fair.

Right now.

Let's check in with our coaches

backstage at universal studios Hollywood.

Okay, listen, guys.

To win this show, you got to upset Adam.

I mean, that's really what drives me.

He's, like, so competitive.

Sometimes I get a little bit worried

about upsetting him. No, no, no, no, no.

Keep that going. That's very important.

And you're already doing a great job of it, by the way.

You try to act like you're a nice guy.

But you have slipped in there many times

and yanked the rug out from under him

with the blinds and now stealing artists from him.

I mean, it kills his soul,

and killing his soul is what gives me life.

What's the motivational force behind him being hurt?

I can't relate to you not understanding...

Not wanting to hurt his feelings.

You just keep doing what you're doing.

I love you for it, okay?

Okay. Okay.

Perfect. Perfect. Thank you, Blake. Thank you.

All right, I'm getting a special latte.

Y'all got the stuff that I like in there?

Of course. Okay.

While our coaches head to their chairs,

let's look at Adam's first battle pairing of the night.

35-year-old Damien from Los Angeles, California,

versus 31-year-old Kelli Douglas from Dallas, Texas.

Damien, a tsa officer, came to "the voice"

after surviving a life-threatening ordeal.

Guy just decided he wanted to come and shoot tsa employees.

One of my co-workers was killed.

After the shooting, it made me want to pursue

my music career even more.

His heartfelt performance during the blind auditions

moved all four coaches.

The possibilities with your voice are endless.

In the way that we said yes to you,

I'm asking for a yes...

Oh, my God... from you.

Adam. Yes!

Single mother Kelli Douglas came to "the voice"

after leaving a teaching career to pursue music.

I want my son to know

he can go for whatever it is he wants to go for.

Her soulful performance of "Danny's song"

turned three chairs.

You were ner-vous. Oh, my gosh.

And we'll work on that, Kelli Douglas.

Adam.

Hey.

Hi. Hey.

Kelli Douglas.

Thank you for turning around for me. Are you kidding me?

You turned around first, and I was so nervous,

and I really, really appreciate that.

It's just the beginning.

Good to see you, man. Come here.

Thank you so much. Hey, man. I'm super excited.

This is my dear friend Stevie nicks.

Right now, I work for tsa,

so when I walked into the room and you see Stevie nicks

sitting alongside Adam...

Nice to meet you.

To me, it's an indescribable honor.

It's really nice to meet you. My dad's not gonna believe it.

Thank you. I can't wait to tell him.

Well, hello to your dad. Thank you.

These pairings that I made this season

were impossible.

For this, I need to see some chops.

I need to see how you guys handle some adversity.

This is gonna be a real test.

Yeah. This is one of my closest friends.

Yeah.

Oh, man.

Great. Now I feel even worse.

Gave them "knock on wood," Carla Thomas, Otis Redding.

Never been done on the show. It's a great old classic.

Kelli and Damien are both very soulful singers.

It could be a showstopping moment.

Damien's passionate.

He can kind of wear his heart on his sleeve.

And Kelli's a little more mysterious.

I like both of those things, so we'll see what prevails.

Mnh. I don't know if that's right.

The fun part is figuring it out.

It's the people who enjoy themselves

the most up there that have the most success on the show.

Okay. To me, the biggest challenge in this song

is the performance area,

because I think this is going to make me step out of my box.

Uh...

I forgot... I forgot where to come in right there.

That "knock, knock, knock" thing is really important.

That is what brings you in at the right place.

The great r&B stars, they all had that really good timing.

Kelli has that, but she needs to stop worrying

about everything else and just concentrate on her singing.

You guys can bring the house down.

All I will say is, by tomorrow, you know,

you got to eat this for dinner tonight,

you got to wake up and have it for breakfast.

Damien and Kelli are both naturals.

They both have the same kind of raw ability.

There's more work to be done,

but it's gonna be a really great performance,

so it's gonna be hard on me.

As their battle nears,

Damien and Kelli meet with Adam and Stevie nicks

for a final rehearsal.

Got to have a plan.

This song is tough to me because

everything's so quick, and I'm just trying...

I'm probably thinking too hard.

I am a little nervous.

Doing a duet is not something that I'm used to doing.