Recap The Voice: Season 15, Episode 11

Mariah Carey said goodbye American idol roots and hello to The voice while she plays the role of Senior Advisor for the four teams of season 15. And as soon as everyone can take charge after seeing, the competitors are all able to gather words of wisdom drawn from the living legend, who knows a thing or two about breaking all the socks with his choices of senseless notes and is not afraid to inform (kindly) a person of his weak points.

Contrary to battles, KOs allow each of these artists to have a little more say on their song choices, as they manage on their own instead of trying to share space with a competitor and that results are mixed. For some, a little room for maneuver is essential to allow them to present their style, and for others … not so much.

Let's take a look at who's leading in the round of 16 tonight.

Team Adam: Keith Paluso vs. Tyke James

How is this for a good start? Keith Paluso and Tyke James both have a gravel-like voice and share a love and connection with nature and their own spirit. Better yet, they all came on the scene to open the round of 16 tonight.

Keith's version of Ray LaMontagne's "You Are the Best Thing" makes it clear that he still belongs to this thing. His soul trap is sprinkled with lighter tracks and a toned-down voice, and all put together, this gives a very beautiful song delivered tonight. Adam Levine and Mariah Carey asked him to immediately reach the maximum, and he actually followed the instructions very well; Adam compliments those "delicate" moments that he wanted to hear.

Then comes Tyke James with all his natural star power, proving that he's also a good student of Coach Levine. After receiving many notes from Adam and Mariah during rehearsals, he goes on stage with Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and owns it. He was told to bring emotion and personality to the room. The end result is a lullaby of children-flowers and it's great. His soft gravel voice is not intoxicating, so Adam can not let him go, even if Keith is good. As he puts it so well: "Tyke is only a force. He has it. Whatever it is, he has it.

Adam, however, tries to recover his own rejection, and Keith surprisingly does not. When he has the opportunity to join a new team with Kelly Clarkson, he accepts it. Hey, team jumps have worked pretty well for him so far, have not they?

Winner: Tyke James
Flight: Keith Paluso to the Kelly team.

Team Kelly: Kymberli Joye vs. Zaxai vs. Natasia Greycloud

Well, it's different. For Kelly 's first qualifying round, three competitors face each other and only two of them will qualify for the next round without someone slamming the flight button. The three elected are Kymberli James, Natasia Greycloud and Zaxai, who all have another opinion of the pop-R & B scene.

Kymberli Joye starts and does what Kymberli Joye does. Her rendition of Zedd, Maren Morris and Gray's "The Middle" is a kind of tornado in the first verse, but once she gets to the chorus, it's an easy street for her. From there, she sails with her upper register beating the roof and her half-massive voice. In a way, she looks even more like Whitney Houston tonight that she made one of the last hymns of the great diva in a previous round. Its place in the next round of this thing is assured from the first note of the choir.

Natasia Greycloud then moves on to her version of the song "Tennessee Whiskey" by Chris Stapleton, an overly exaggerated voice. Although Kelly is sure to make Jennifer Hudson jealous of the recruitment of this candidate, this is not the case once on the scene. Although Natasia has a lot of reach and power, her layout has a few extra races to feel as natural as Kymberli did. Still, her gift with grunts and high notes might be enough for W if Zaxai did not come and did not blow everyone up behind her.

Zaxai's rehearsals may have been slow, but he brings an undeniable sweetness and groove to the big stage where he counts with his version of "Cruisin" Smokey Robinson. "Adam must even compliment his" fake "falsetto after having penetrated in some high notes that seem far more authentic and untrammeled than Natasia's efforts.Kelly seems to have competed with the intention of advancing the two ladies, but she must change her mind after having Zaxai has learned what Zaxai does with his number, but Blake Shelton is ready to add a little more feminine power to his team, so he is happy to steal Natasia, even after teasing the fact that he kept it for someone. 39, one of them.

Winner # 1: Kymberli Joye
Winner # 2: Zaxai
Fly: Natasia Greycloud to the Blake team.

Team Jennifer: MacKenzie Thomas vs. Mike Parker

It is never a very good sign to interpret a song in abbreviated form, while the other plays in this stage of the competition. So, when Mike Parker's interpretation of The Script is meticulously handled, you have to ask yourself what escaped us. What we hear, however, is that he lets the nerves prevail in repetition, then a little breath in the showcase. He's still a good singer, but this song just avoided him.

Meanwhile, MacKenzie Thomas has the kind of sound that cries tears in her eyes during rehearsals, and even if she looks a little awkward, she smoothed everything before going on the big stage with her interpretation of movie "The BeeGees". Deep Is Your Love. She lingers cleverly with her softer voice with more elaborate note ranges for the first half of the number and produces a beautiful and sweet melody that leaves plenty of room for her little percussions towards the end. The performance is so sweet that she even gives Kelly Clarkson a leg cramp. JHud really has an easy decision to make.

Winner: MacKenzie Thomas
Flight: N / A