Spoiler alert! This story incorporates spoilers for the ultimate night time of Battles on Season 23 of The Voice, which aired April 4.
The Battles got here to an finish on The Voice’s twenty third season, and we’re one spherical nearer to dropping OG coach Blake Shelton. His last night time of this portion of the competitors was an eventful one, because the cowboy unexpectedly misplaced a member of his staff earlier than stealing an artist from Likelihood the Rapper who he’d needed all alongside. And after Kelly Clarkson seemed to be taking the reins as resident troll of The Voice, Shelton might have reclaimed his place and reignited an outdated rivalry, lobbing an insult at former coach Adam Levine.
Blake Shelton solely had one matchup deliberate for the ultimate night time of the Battle Spherical; nevertheless, Carson Daly knowledgeable viewers that Alex Whalen had eliminated himself from the competitors for private causes. Whalen’s battle companion, Neil Salsich, as a substitute took the stage alone to sing “I Heard It By the Grapevine,” and he superior to the Knockouts by default. That made for a reasonably simple night time for the outgoing coach, however he took benefit of the chance to ship an A+ slam in opposition to his former rival on the present. After Salsich’s efficiency, Shelton stated:
I advised Neil earlier than he got here out right here, I stated, ‘Man, in case you lose this battle, will probably be the worst fail in historical past.’ I imply, this could be some Adam Levine-level failure stuff.
Wow, I’ll inform you it’s been some time since Blake Shelton or any of The Voice household threw shade on the Maroon 5 singer, who appeared on the unique teaching panel with Shelton again in 2011 and stayed for 16 seasons. It’s definitely the primary time anybody’s talked about Adam Levine since his dishonest scandal final fall. There have been even rumors that Shelton’s spouse Gwen Stefani might need suggested her husband to distance himself from his former colleague. Possibly Shelton caught wind of Levine’s flippant response to his impending retirement?
I personally thought it was hilarious and completely becoming for Blake Shelton as he prepares for the tip of his 23-season run on the present. Is there an opportunity we would see the F-bomb-dropping artist reply for old-time’s sake?
In the meantime, Blake Shelton closed out the Battles with an enormous win for his staff, stealing NOIVAS from rookie coach Likelihood the Rapper. Likelihood had used his Block in opposition to the cowboy within the Blind Auditions, with NOIVAS incomes a 4-Chair Flip, and Shelton appeared greater than happy with the way in which his Battle journey ended, saying:
I like the truth that I used to be Blocked from NOIVAS within the Blind Auditions, and I used to be ready, for as soon as, to get anyone again on my staff that I believed wanted to be on my staff from the very starting. I believed this man did an amazing job within the Blinds. I believed he did a killer job within the Battles. I imply, the person has a cowboy hat. He belongs on my staff.
It feels like Blake Shelton is blissful about the place his staff stands going into the Knockouts, that are set to premiere in two weeks. Subsequent Monday at 8 p.m. ET, tune into NBC to see the “Better of the Blinds, Battles and Blake,” which can embrace a efficiency from The Voice coaches.
