May 13, 2021
Normally, the hay would be in the barn for NFL’s broadcast brain trust by the time the draft rolled around and there was some comfort in knowing that they’d done the best they could, regardless of what that April weekend might bring. Then, last year, thanks in large part to the pandemic, the timeline got pushed back into May. It worked out for everyone, and now looks like the change will be permanent.
That really is the full background on what was a brief nightmare for Howard Katz, Onnie Bose, Mike North, Charlotte Carey, Blake Jones and Nick Cooney just a couple weeks ago.
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The Voice’s Season 20 Live Playoffs teed up a night of
straaange song selections, it looked like the eight singers who’d be headed home would be: Team Nick’s Four-Way Knockout winner Devan Blake Jones, Team Nick’s Andrew Marshall, Team Nick’s Jose Figeuroa Jr.…
Uh… yeah, it was not a great night for Team Nick.
Or Team Legend, for that matter. As I was typing, the likeliest eliminees included Team Legend’s Zania Alaké, Ryleigh Modig and Victor Solomon (even though he gave arguably his most spirited performance to date), Team Blake’s Pete Mroz and onetime frontrunner Zae Romeo from Team Kelly.
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The Voice s live shows kicked off on Monday with performances from the Top 17 singers but first, it was time to crown the winner of season 20 s first fan vote: the 4-Way Knockout!
One singer from each team, saved by their coach during the Battle Rounds earlier this season, took the stage during the final night of the Knockouts, in the hopes of earning the most votes and moving on to next week s live shows.
For the first time this season, the power was out of the hands of coaches Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Nick Jonas. (Fans can cast their votes for their favorite performers all season long on NBC.com/VoiceVote, or on
Here s what happened in the first live show of the season:
Team Clarkson
Clarkson entered the live shows with one of the most unique teams I’ve ever had. She said her team is composed of people I not only want to listen to, but I want to hang with.
Corey Ward kicked off the performances with an emotional rendition of Lewis Capaldi’s Bruises, which literally brought him to his knees in the middle of the stage.
Jonas said his passion is both a blessing and a curse: Sometimes that passion sacrifices some of that technique but I will take that over technicality.