56 contestants earned a place on a team but after this round, only 32 will go through to the Showdown Rounds were Australia will start to decide who'll be The Voice. Each team will be supposedly composed of .... The coaches will be assisted by music industry mentors. One Republic front man Ryan Tedder joins Delta, Ben Lee teams up with Joel, Australian Idol winner Jessica Mauboy will aid Ricky and Sneaky Sound System's lead singer Connie Mitchell will help Seal.The steal also comes into play this season, being named the "Save". Each coach will get to save one artist from an unsuccessful team leaving each team with 8 members. Who'll crumble under the pressure? Who'll emerge victorious? Who'll get a second chance? ... This is The Voice!

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Mitchelle Martinez vs Simone Stacey - "Battlefield" - Team Seal - Ryan wrote this song. "So that's gonna be really interesting to see his reaction" Seal says. "It's like fighting someone you connect with in a ridiculous level. And then all of a sudden you've got to be responsible for taking away their dream" Mitchelle says. Seal doesn't want them to be too polite with each other. Simone was one of my favorite voices during the auditions and she's still today. The song wasn't the best pick for her but she managed well enough with it. Mitchelle was more at ease with the song, it was a lot more fitting and her huge notes and powerful pipes triumphed over Simone's sweeter take. I hate to say this but she won this battle, which was a great one by the way. "First of all I want to say that it was a real pleasure coaching both of you, there wasn't a whole lot of coaching because you are both very accomplished singers. That said, I think that Mitchelle kinda put her money were her mouth is tonight and that's what everyone responded too. I'm gonna have to go with you Mitchelle" their coach says. Delta opts not to save Simone. - VIDEO

Chris Sheehy vs Danny Ross - "Are You Gonna Go My Way" - Team Joel - Joel informs them they'll be singing with their guitars. Chris is excited about it. Danny, not so much. "I've been looking forward to not singing with my guitar, I've been looking forward to swimming naked, you know" he says. "Were Chris beats Danny is in his near perfect musicianship, were Danny beats Chris, delivery" their coach says. Joel feels they've got more swagger without their guitars. Chris really wants to play it. Joel ultimately decides, Chris will play guitar, Danny won't. Chris isn't happy about this for some reason. "I think that was a bit of a rush decision. I want me and Danny to be equally paired" he says. The guy has a big attitude, Joel doesn't look to pleased by it. He tells Chris it's his decision. Chris ultimately went with the guitar. Good decision, he looks really comfortable with it. His voice is phenomenal and even if he's stage presence is non existent, he sold that performance. Danny's unique tone isn't working on this song but he's a fantastic performer, his energy is remarkable, I couldn't stop looking at him. But this is The Voice and ultimately, Chris has the better one. He's my pick. "It's a tough call. I thought you both did your best performance. I was really impressed with you tonight Chris. We had a rough time at rehearsals but you came right at it with the right attitude and you came to work. I really respect that. Danny, I love your attitude. You just want to be here, you just want to sing songs and I love that about you", Joel says, "The person I'm going to take through is Danny". Wow. That's surprising. I liked Danny's audition but Chris is a star, Joel made a bad move here. Delta doesn't save him. "I'm sorry but I've to think about what my team already is and I know there's a couple people in your way in my team and that's purely the only reason" she says.  - VIDEO

Karen Andrews vs Sione Felila - "People Get Ready" - Team Ricky - Interesting pairing. It's the battle of the soul singers. Ricky picked this song because of their spiritual quest and their spiritual journey. "I'm very familiar with gospel music because I grew up in church. It's about heart and it's about soul but in that there's a lot of preparation as well" Karen says. Sione is scared about Karen's alter ego. Karen about his tone. I don't see this worry. She's got a terrific tone as well. Even better than Sione's if you ask me. Goosebumps from start to end, that's what she made me feel. I gave him some credit cause he did phenomenal too but Karen's hypnotizing. It'll be a mistake to let her go. She was in the zone tonight, she's the potential winner if you ask me. Awesome battle, mind blowing. "You are very talented. Sione, you took us to places, you made us feel, you were in touch with each and every one of us. Miss Murphy, your power, your honesty, your serenity yet your strength every time you open your mouth, when you look at us, it's simply visceral and because of that, I wanna follow this path with you" Ricky says. Sione isn't saved.  - VIDEO

Ben Goldstein vs Mitchell Steele - "Give Me Love" - Team Delta - Ben's never heard this song before. Seriously dude? "The two of you have big hearts so I just think this song will be a great song for the two of you" she says. Mitchell feels that the difference between the two of them is that he's got a country voice whereas he's got a middle eastern vibe. Ben feels his voice's got more flaws than Mitchell's. "When I sing this song I think of love itself and I always give a lot of love. Hopefully that's gonna pull me over line in this battle" Ben says. Mitchell's got a cold. Delta says he can still sing through it, he just got to learn how to do it. Poor guy, his delivery is a mess. It's obvious he's sick because he sounds dreadful. Unfortunately, you can't afford getting sick on a battle. Ben nailed all his parts with his pitch perfect sweet tone. The performance was barely decent but Ben was the clear winner. "You are both so even" Delta says before taking a time out. Ryan thinks Ben is more ready. "Mitchell you grabbed the last moment with both your hands, that was fantastic. Ben, you have this energy on stage which is so in control and so hard to look away from. The winner of this battle is Ben". - VIDEO

Oscar Chavez vs Tim Morrison - "Lanterns" - Team Delta - Short battle treatment. The two of them sound pretty similar but I felt I was siding with Tim more. I think his voice could be a lot more commercial than Oscar's and his range is crazy good. I'm not sure who'll Delta pick. That was very even but Tim stole it to me. "I love watching you Tim. You really work hard at the song and I command you for that. Oscar your voice is so amazing. I adore you Oscar to pieces but I'm gonna be taking you Tim" (Delta)  - VIDEO

Lauren Dawes vs Jac Stone  - "You Don't Know Me" - Team Ricky - "The song is a perfect song for them. It allows both of them to most importantly tell the story" Seal says. He feels Jac tells the story a bit more with her eyes, there's a sadness in them. "I feel that is something that I have, being able to just connect with the song and connect to the song through that" Jac says. "Hearing Seal comment on Jac, I was kinda like 'hey!'. That's great but it just rises me to that challenge as well, finding my thing that he's gonna love about me" Seal says. He wants Lauren to be a goddess. "I wanna be able not to take my eyes off of you" he says. While both ladies looked stunning, that dress that Jac was wearing was breathtaking. Why wasn't Lauren given such a dress? That aside, beautiful vocals from both of them and perfect song. Their tone was lovely, Seal made a wrong move pairing this two, he should have taken both of them through. That was heart melting. I've no idea how he's going to decide between these two. "This is the one that I was least looking forward to because you are both such great talents and you both need to go through to as far as you can take it for different reasons. I make a big mistake each year and my mistake this year was putting you two together" Seal says before taking a time out. Connie feels Lauren really stepped it up but at the same time, Jac's tone gets her every time. "You both need to go through. However, it's called The Voice and it's about the ability to tell a story for that reason it really pains me but I have to go with you Jac".  He urges Delta to save her. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen. "I felt on that performance that it was your song choice, I don't feel as an artist at the moment I want to move forward but I think you are absolutely beautiful and I wish you nothing but the best" Delta says. She should have saved her. Poor Delta, she's got a lot of pressure right now. Let's see if she actually saves someone worthy or wastes her save like Joel did. - VIDEO

Juliane Di Sisto vs Simon Meli - "Hard To Handle" - Team Ricky - "Simon and Juliane are very powerful in the wrong way and I believe that they both could be explosive on stage" Ricky says. Simon loves the song. Juliane is worried because he knows it better than she does but at the same time she thinks it could be his undoing. Before their battle, we see a preview of tomorrow's ep, previewing Delta's save. So guess she won't be using it on any of these two. Fun performance, very entertaining. I wasn't feeling Simon's rocker feel on it though. He brought it but his voice lacked grit sometimes and while he really gave it his all towards the end, Juliane gave it her all from the get go. Her powerful voice really shone on it. I'd give the win to her. "Entertaining, he's got it down.Juliane, it's like a man song but you made it so sexy. I'm so lucky to work with the two of you. Bro, you defend what you represent with such power and integrity, I can see the miles in the road in every sentence that you throw at us and in every movement and because of that, I'm gonna have to go with you Simon" (Ricky) Oh well, he's a fine pick. Juliane brought a lot of sass to me, I would've liked to see her again.  - VIDEO


Ryan Sanders vs Nicholas Roy - "You Found  Me" - Team Seal - "I thought they had a similar thing. Ryan has a confidence issue and that affects his belief system. Nick has another confidence issue and it bothers me" Seal says of his acts. During rehearsals, Nick gets some alone time with Seal. "This is not the time to be small, you gotta let go. What is it that holds you back?" Seal asks him. "This is a song that doesn't really favour either of them unfairly, it's right in their wheelhouse, equal opportunities to shine, let's just hope that they do that" their coach says. I had high hopes for this two but honestly, the battle was disappointing. None seemed to really want it and the results were only decent. Nick did good enough, he's a great singer but has serious confidence issues on stage. Ryan does as well but he's a lot younger than Nick and can have time to overcome them. I'd go with Ryan, his audition was amazing and there's a lot of raw potential in his raspy tone. If Seal is smart, he'll pick him. "It's really tough because with you Nick, you are a producer, you understand the industry but I'm concerned. But then I'm concerned with you Ryan, it's really tough and I know there's a save left but I've gotta go with my gut and my gut tells me Nick, there's something that you've got so I'm gonna have to go with you tonight" (Seal) Disappointed, Seal would've been a great coach for him. Delta doesn't save Ryan. I agree he's not ready yet but he could've been coached, hopefully we'll see him again. - VIDEO

Sophie Phillis vs Nathan Allgood - "Stay" - Team Delta - "I paired them together because I felt like I wanted to see a strong male vocal and a strong female vocal with sensibility still battle it out" Delta says "Ryan and I spoke about that if there was any song that we'd give them that we would wanna sing it would be this song. It's got pain in it but it's got love in it. It gives you the opportunity to show your vocal chops". Delta asks Sophie what she's thinking about while singing, she says it brings out a past relationship. "What you are feeling now is something you need to bring into your songs, if you can break through that, that's when magic happens" Delta tells her. This is an awesome battle. It's a shame there are no more saves cause the loser of this battle definitely deserved to get one. Sophie's got a very professional sound, she's a perfectionist and her crystal clear tone is lovely to listen to. Nathan's got an incredibly refined sound as well. He reminds me to Stan Walker at times, his soulful tone is amazing. That said, he made a few mistakes while Sophie was absolutely perfect. I'd go with her. "Nathan, I know you can do more than that even though I'm so proud, you still gave me goosebumps. Sophie, I wasn't even expecting how hard you'd worked and what you just did out there, you just gave it so much, you just showed everybody how amazing you are. But in this competition, I need to go with Nathan" Delta says. Eh? I don't really get this. Poor Sophie, she should've made it. - VIDEO

Jessika Smarges vs Kathy Hinch - "Titanium" - Team Joel - They expected to be paired together. "I want to see in this battle some strength, some fierceness, cause that's what it takes to make it" Joel says. Both struggled with the high notes during the mentoring session. Bad song choice if you ask me. They're both struggling to do this song justice. Kathy sounds ok but she was pitchy a few times. Jessika would've been better with a more soulful song but she did hit all the right notes though she also struggled with the melody. I found Jessika's voice more pleasant, so she's my pick. "You both worked really hard and I'm really proud of you. I was completely surprised by you Jessika, you brought it tonight. Kathy, you came out and it was two different performances and that's what I wanted. There wasn't one second you broke. I'm completely divided, I'm gonna make a decision based on what I think for my team going forward to the future. The person I'm taking through is Kathy" (Joel) Joel intimidates Delta to save Jessika, she doesn't, which was the right call. - VIDEO

Luke Mansini vs Josh Kyle - "Hearts a Mess" - Team Delta - "I chose Gotye because the lyric in that song is saying I'm desperate to connect. The two of them what they need to do is solely walk out there and connect with the audience" Delta says. Josh is worried that it's really easy for Luke to connect. "When he is singing (Luke), I've goosebumps. When you are singing, I've no goosebumps" Ryan tells Josh during rehearsals. Josh might be a very accomplished singer but Ryan was right, he lacks that honesty Luke so effortlessly has. A voice so pure and amazing as Luke's is hard to find and despite Josh is a great singer, I just felt Luke the better. Josh's scat was cool tough. "I feel like there's so much more work to do with you Luke. I really wanna push you further and further Josh and I wanna take you to the next level" (Delta). Oh, I'm sad for Luke. Josh isn't bad though. - VIDEO

Nick Stenmark vs Adam Garret  - "Don't You Worry Child" - Team Joel - "Being a bloke, it's not very common to get emotion and talk about feelings, especially when it comes to you and your dad" Adam says. Ben thinks that the one who nails being both masculine and vulnerable will win the battle. I love Nick's tone, I thought he schooled Adam the whole battle. I don't really like Adam's sound. It seemed Nick forgot his lyrics once but I'm not sure that's what happened. He won the battle if you ask me. "I've gotta say guys, you did everything that you could've done. Adam, I think you are a really hard worker and you made a statement tonight. Nick I think you are a true artist, I think you are special. I believe tonight that Adam you won the battle and it's for that reason that I'm gonna take you" Joel says. Eh, that was a mistake. - VIDEO
 
Mitchell Anderson vs Steve Clisby - "Walking in Memphis" - Team Seal - "Very little to tell them. Whatever you tell them is kind of redundant" Seal says. He wants them both to play piano to embellish the performance. We get a few seconds of Seal's awesome singing. Steve says he usually memorizes things, "that's the way I like to do things, the hard way" he says. I love Mitchell's raspy voice, he's a throwback soul singer. Steve is also a pro but he lacks the grit Mitchell has. Both of them are awesome performers though, Delta may very well use her save on one of these two. "It's so hard, I respect you both so much and I'm so humbled by both of you. Then I have to think about what's gonna be the deciding factor. It's ultimately what can I do as a coach for you. I'm so humbled by you Steve but I think as a coach with Mitchell I can get in there so I'll have to go with you Mitchell" Seal says. With all the pressure on her, Delta uses her save on Steve! Good move, I still think she should have used it on Lauren. - VIDEO

Imogen Brough vs Katie Carr - "She Wolf" - Team Ricky - "Two different kind of voices. Katie, music teacher, technical to perfection. Imogen, primal, raw yet fearless and she's not afraid of making mistakes" Ricky says. Katie wasn't expecting this song. Ricky feels Imogen needs to work on her technique cause she can be very weak, while Katie needs to open up. I don't get what Ricky was saying during the rehearsals cause the Imogen I heard tonight sounded amazing. Her voice might be raw but to me, she sounded way better than Katie did. There was depth in her voice. Katie sang perfectly but I wasn't feeling it as much as I felt Imogen. That's my pick. "I'm a very lucky coach. Imogen, you are primal, your voice is coming from so deep within and yes you were pitchy. I've so much respect for you Katie, you never miss a spot. You were at all moments there with us, with perfection, your dynamic it was just beautiful. I'm very proud of what you did Katie but I've to make a decision based on what kicked me in the chest, what gave me goosebumps, I'm gonna go with Imogen" their coach says. Katie probably feels awful. Why tell her she was way better only to send her home? I agree with the decision though. - VIDEO