'The Voice' Season 7 Knockout Rounds Part 2 Recap: Pharrell Williams' Surprising Choice
Tuesday night, six more vocalists went up the stage to face against their own teammates to battle for Knockouts. "Shake It Off" singer, Taylor Swift, also returned as celebrity advisor for the contestants during the Rounds. Here are the highlights of Part 2 of the Knockout Rounds.
Starting off with coach Gwen Stefani's team – Troy Ritchie versus Taylor John Williams:
Ritchie opted to sing Outkast's "Hey Ya." The "22" singer advised the hopeful to start the song off acoustically before going into his own style.
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"Once he ditched the guitar, shifted into weirdo mode, and started shaking it like a Polaroid picture, his performance quickly derailed," as what Yahoo! Music has put it.
Williams, on the other hand, sung Tears for Fears single, "Mad World."
"He's different, I ain't ever seen nothing like that before," Pharrell Williams told the coach.
Taylor John Williams was chosen to advance.
Team Adam's Alessandra Castronovo and Mia Pfirrman came up next.
Castronovo chose to sing Emeli Sande's "Next To Me." T-Swift told her to change the tone of her delivery a bit as she sounded too similar to the original artist.
Meanwhile, Pfirrman performed Cristina Perry's "Human" and serenaded the crowd with her high notes and soulful rendition.
"Mia, that was a great song selection to showcase just how powerful your voice is," Shelton said. "I commend you on that."
Mia Pfirrman was chosen to advance.
Wrapping the night was Team Pharrell's Elyjuh Rene and Ricky Manning.
Elyjuh, despite his "sumptuous and supple" voice range, chose to go for Chris Brown's classic "With You." Coach Pharrell spoke about how "disconnected" was his lyrics to his emotions.
Then Ricky Manning took the canvass and sung Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" which left Stefani feeling emotional and teary eyed.
"You're voice is beautiful," Stefani said.
Levine and Shelton chimed in as well.
And then out of the blue, the "Happy" singer shocked everyone in the room as he opted to call on Rene's name to advance for the next round.
Stefani didn't waste any moment and stole Manning for her team.
"I feel like I just won 'The Voice,'" she told him.
