Battles 2 The Voice UK

Last week, the teams charged into battle.

It's so beautiful.

'Some marched forward...'

'..while others were left behind.'

We're so sorry.

'But six were stolen...'

'..to sing again on new teams.'

-That wasn't stressful.

-LAUGHTER

MARVIN: Tonight...

This is Round Two.

-MARVIN:

-'Let the battle commence.'

-CHEERING

EMMA: Two coaches each have one steal left.

All the eyes are on me and Will.

Head-to-head.

I've got my eye on somebody.

HE GASPS, LAUGHTER

You're going to be the evil warlord.

LAUGHTER

-MARVIN:

-But i.am will not be swayed.

Come on, Will!

I'm sure he's got something up his sleeve.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

-ALL:

-Steal, steal, steal!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hello and welcome to The Voice,

where the battle rounds continue.

Now, if the coaches thought last week was tough,

then they better think again.

Indeed, only Ricky and Will

are left with a steal tonight, so every decision

is more important than ever.

-Shall we do it?

-Oh, yes, please.

Come on. Let's go. Here are our coaches!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Permission to scream...

it's Ricky Wilson!

Along with our vintage vixen...

Paloma Faith!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

King of culture...

it's Boy George!

And the man with a plan...

will.i.am.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Fancy seeing you here!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Please, put your hands together one more time for our coaches!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

MUSIC: Good Times by Ella Eyre

-Beautiful.

-Hi!

-Ricky, you've got one steal left.

-Yep.

-Got your eye on anyone you can tell us about?

-Yep.

-One person in particular.

-Really?

-Who?

But there may not be an opportunity for him

to steal that person he's got his eye on.

Oh, yeah, but Will might. LAUGHTER

Will might? I'm definitely not giving it away...

Will, have you got your eye on anyone tonight?

I've got my ear, my eye...

my nose...

That's it. Nothing else.

LAUGHTER Are you all ready?

Yeah!

-CHEERING

-Shall we do it?

Are you all ready? Let's get the battle rounds started.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

PALOMA LAUGHS

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Hello, Elvis.

Nice that you came back.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

First up to battle tonight,

it's Team Paloma.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

My first pairing will be...

Kevin...

APPLAUSE

I think, obviously, coming from a band...

MUSIC: Just a Little by Liberty X

'..I felt a major pressure on me.'

My blind audition was a big sort of gamble.

# I'm gonna swing... #

I had this worrying thing

that, if I didn't get any turns,

that may as well be the end of my singing career.

# Won't look down, won't open my eyes

# Keep my glass full until the morning light

# Cos I'm just holding on... #

So getting the four was amazing.

You're so incredible. I promise I'm not going to let you down.

And Kevin will be singing with...

..Faith.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

'I'm used to singing at church,'

so singing at the blinds was just crazy.'

I was so nervous.

# You're always worth it

# And you deserve it... #

'I didn't know what to do with myself,

I didn't know where to look.'

I was just like, too many people.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Paloma gave us Spotlight by Jennifer Hudson.

For me, it's comfortable, because it's in my vocal range.

# Am I doing time? #

The rehearsal, for me, was probably not one of my proudest vocals.

# Then I'm staying, no doubt

# Is that you? Is that you? #

Lost it there.

'Kevin was quite ill.'

And, if you're ill, you can't sing as well as you normally do.

-Shall we have a go?

-Is it all right to get some water?

-Yeah.

-I am struggling a bit today.

What, with your voice?

Yeah.

It is, like, literally pushing me to my limit.

I put a lot of pressure on myself in these sort of situations,

because, when you're...

out there, trying to prove yourself

all over again,

you know, it's just tough.

PIANO PLAYS

# I don't like... #

Kevin wasn't able to give 100%.

I hope that's not something that he does

in the performance, because,

as they say in the business,

the show must go on.

I'm pretty confident that Faith will not slip up,

so I think I do have to be sort of on my game

and, if I did sort of screw something up,

then there's a good chance that it will be the end of it for me.

BELL RINGS

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

He's hoping for a second chance.

She's hoping for first place.

It's Kevin Simm...

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

..and Faith Nelson.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

FAITH LAUGHS

-AUDIENCE:

-Woo!

-Woo!

Let the battle commence.

DRUMSTICKS TAP

INSTRUMENTAL

# Are you a man who loves

# And cherishes

# And cares for me?

# Is that you? Is that you?

-# Is that you?

-(Yeah)

# Are you a guard in prison maximum security?

# Is that you? Is that you? Is that you?

# Do we stay home all the time

# Cos you want me to yourself?

# Is that you?

# Is that you? Is that you?

# Or am I locked away

# Out of fear that I'll find someone else?

# (Is that you? Is that you? Is that you?)

# Well, I don't like

# Living under your spotlight

# (Yeah, hee-hee)

# Maybe if you treat me right

# (Yeah, hee-hee)

# You won't have to worry

# (Worry)

# Is this a relationship

# Fulfilling your needs as well as mine?

# Is that you? Is that you? Is that you?

# Or is this just my sentence?

# Am I doing time?

# (Is that you? Is that you?)

-# (Is that you?)

-Oh!

# If this is love

# Real, real love

# Then I'm staying, no doubt

# Is that you? Is that you? Yeah!

# But if I'm just love's prisoner

# Then I'm bustin' out

# (Is that you? Is that you?)

# Oh, all I do is try

# (Try)

# To show you that you're my

# (My)

-# One and only guy

-(Only guy)

# No matter who may come along

# Open your eyes

# Cos, baby, I don't like

# (Ooh, ooh)

# Living under your spotlight

# Just because you think I might

# (Hee, hee)

# Find somebody worthy

# Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa!

# Well, I don't like

# Living under your spotlight

# Maybe if you treat me right

# (Yeah, hee-hee)

# You don't have to worry

# (Worry)

# I don't like... #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Wow, wow, wow.

Let's hear it for Kevin and Faith!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Kev, You performed at the O2

with Liberty X, so...

this show's surely a doddle for you, right?

-No, definitely not.

-MARVIN LAUGHS

It's the scariest, hardest thing I've ever done in my life, so no.

And, for someone like Faith,

who's, like, 17 to...

It's just...she's awesome.

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

Kev, well done, man.

How you feeling now about putting these two together tonight?

I feel sick...

LAUGHTER

..because I think that

they both...

..could win the competition.

So I'm in a mess, really.

Kevin, you have this incredible gift.

You're a little bit kind of...

overwhelmed by it, in some respects, which is endearing, but...

I think you need to really work on your confidence,

because you've got this incredible voice.

APPLAUSE

Faith, you know, you're 17,

the whole world is in front of you.

I'm amazed how confident you are at your age.

CHEERING Thanks, George.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Will?

The performance was great.

Kevin, your voice is, like, amazing.

And, Faith, being so young, 17 years old,

it seems like you've been singing for 17 years.

You probably, like, came out crying, singing...

LAUGHTER

It's true, it's true.

You were probably hitting runs like...

HE HUMS RUN

LAUGHTER

-WILL LAUGHS

-But it was...

it was a great...it was a great battle.

-Thank you guys so much.

-Thank you.

-Thanks, Will.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Now, Ricky, you turned for both of these guys

-in the blind auditions.

-I did.

I did, cos I'm a very clever man.

LAUGHTER You are indeed.

Who would you say edged it tonight though, Rick?

Oh, I'm just going to have to go with

on the night, when I first turned during the blinds.

I felt like I really

fought for Kevin. And...

-so I'm going to go with Kevin.

-APPLAUSE

Nice one, Rick.

OK. Well, Paloma...

I need to know,

who's the winner of this battle tonight?

Well, there's no winner and there's no loser,

first of all, because I'd really like to hope

that you will take whoever doesn't get through.

Will and Ricky have got two spaces.

My fingers and toes are crossed

that they'll hear what I've said.

Erm...

This is, like, a travesty.

I feel that I can give so much more...

..to Faith.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING Faith!

Wow.

Congratulations!

You are through to the knockouts, hun.

Thank you so much.

Give it up one more time for Faith on Team Paloma!

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

ALL TALK

Well done.

Thank you.

OK, Kevin. You're no longer on Team Paloma.

But can you tell us

why another coach should snap you up.

It's pretty obvious, but in your words...

Erm...

..I guess, er...

I guess if you're after someone

that's going to give it absolutely everything

and leave everything on the stage,

then I can do that.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

OK. There could still be a chance for you, Kevin,

as your future now lies with the coaches.

Kevin, you are now available for a steal.

AUDIENCE SHOUT

Yeah! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

One steal from Ricky!

Well done, mate.

You're still in the competition.

You're going through to the knockouts.

You are now on Team Ricky. Well done.

Thanks, mate. Cheers, Ricky. Appreciate that.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Hey, can I ask you a question?

-Mm.

Why are you so shy?

Er...

I think, like, coming onto this, I just felt really...

like I could really sort of end up with egg on my face.

-No, never.

-And I think, like...

It's the scariest thing in the world,

putting yourself out there, cos you're opening yourself up to

a lot of kind of...

You're putting your emotions on the line.

That's what successful people do.

I really thought Kevin deserved...

this shot.

Woo!

'I mean, I've never taken a steal through to the finals before,

'but he has got a shot at that.'

So, I've used all my steals up.

I'm pretty happy.

And who's left, but Will?

I love that!

Rawr!

-Will's the only one left with a steal.

-EVIL LAUGH

Yet again, all eyes are on will.i.am.

Mr Random.

Will's always waiting till the very end. I wouldn't do it.

It could be a tricky position for Will.

Let's see how this pans out.

You're going to like this!

Pow!

Ready to do it, it's Team Boy George!

APPLAUSE

Oh, my God, this is...

I think it'll be equally difficult, like the last one.

This is the hot one, isn't it?

I want everyone to get up and dance. It's one of those!

So my next battle pairing is going to be...

J.

J Sealy is, for me, a kind of classic soul voice.

# The first cut is the deepest

# Whoa-whoa. #

He's got emotion. He's my kind of singer.

J's going to be singing against...

Chase.

Let's face it, George wants to see a good battle,

and me and Chase are very similar.

So it's a great pairing.

Are you ready? You going to bring it?

# I want to see you again

# I hope that you... #

He's not just a singer, he's also a cage fighter.

So he's probably the most confident of all the people I chose.

Johnny Nash, I Can See Clearly Now is one of my favourite songs.

One of the nation's favourite songs from the '70s.

# I can see clearly now the rain has gone... #

This song definitely suits me better.

It's almost like this song was written for me.

J, he's got a bigger voice, and he was comfortable where he was.

Chase, I could hear was really at the edge of his range.

# Blue skies... #

-I am going to suggest that we come down.

-A semitone, yeah.

You're OK, because you've got quite a long way to go.

Don't let us changing the key knock your confidence.

In the session, J seemed like he had a lot more confidence.

I got something to bring for you, bruv!

I'm not going to lie, man!

Some of it you could say was a bit of a front.

It's a front.

It's a front.

But, hey, it's working, right?

Who do you think is the most competitive?

-You think it's you!

-I don't like losing at anything.

I think they're really scared of each other.

This could be an awesome battle, who's going to have the edge?

Chase has definitely got some moves up his sleeve.

You're going to see some skills, some dipping...

I've got some stuff happening there as well.

Some bat moves and punches.

Chase, you better bring it, because I got some - hoo-hoo-hoo! -

I got some stuff for you, man! So you better bring it on!

Bring it on!

Two super-competitive singers

make for one super-exciting battle.

Give it up for Chase Morton!

APPLAUSE

Versus J Sealey!

APPLAUSE

Let the battle commence.

Orange and red, the shoes. The battle of the coloured shoes.

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# I can see clearly now the rain has gone

# I can see all obstacles in my way

# Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

# It's going to be a bright, bright, sunshiny day

# I think I can make it now the rain has gone

# All of the bad feelings have disappeared

# Here is the rainbow I've been praying for

# It's going to be a bright, bright, sunshiny day

# Whoa

# Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies

# But look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies

# I can see clearly now the rain has gone

-# It's going to be a bright

-Bright, sunshiny day

# Yeah, yeah

# I said it's going to be a bright

# Going to be a bright

# Sunshiny day. #

APPLAUSE

Ladies and gentlemen, Chase and J! CHEERING

-Very respectful.

-I think that...

How was that?

Compared to cage fighting, I feel this is an amazing energy.

Everyone in here vibing off the song.

George, as I said, that was so feel-good, everybody was swaying

and dancing and clapping and up on their feet, including yourself?

It was a very respectful performance.

You could see the friendship,

and it was very close in so many ways.

In a way, this battle pairing was slightly unfair,

because they are so similar,

they've both got similar qualities, so it's going to be really...

I wish I could see clearly now!

We'll give you a minute to try and see clearly.

We'll go to Paloma first.

Who caught your eye out the two, Paloma?

Who caught my eye is Chase, but we're listening, so it's my ear.

LAUGHTER

Too much!

RICKY WHISTLES

CHASE: Wow, I don't know what to say.

Thank God she's got no steals left, or you'd be in real trouble.

In all honesty, I think J sounded like the more experienced singer,

but then when Chase came and brought this crazy ad lib

that sounded very personal to him,

I'm attracted to that, so I would go home...

I would definitely go home with Chase.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Oh, Paloma!

Although it wasn't one of the most bombastic battles,

or it wasn't the most... You know, those moments

where we all end up crying, it wasn't one of them.

This is the truth - it was my favourite one so far,

cos I enjoyed it the most.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Um, Will.

-Chase had J in a singing headlock

and J was like, "Oh, no, homie, you ain't going to put me

"in no singing headlock," so he sing-kicked him...

then he body-slammed him with the high note, "Flam!"

-It was cool.

-Thanks, Will. High five!

-"Pew-pew!"

-"Pew!"

-George, one of your favourite reggae songs.

-Yeah, beautiful song.

Did they deliver what you wanted?

They did, they really delivered

and they really connected to the spirit of the song.

I think based on that performance...

..I'm going to go with Chase.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you so much. Thank you, man, honestly,

and thank you, J, man.

Chase, thank you. Go see George.

Chase, everyone.

CHEERING

Well done, well done.

That was a tough call.

It is so close!

I was thinking that as well.

Thank you.

So you are no longer on Team Boy George,

but that doesn't mean it's the end.

As you can probably see, Will is the only one with a steal left.

-AUDIENCE CALLS OUT:

-Steal!

CHEERING

Steal, steal, Will!

Will, there's only a short amount of time left to steal J.

AUDIENCE GROANS I'm so sorry.

-Have you enjoyed it here?

-I've absolutely enjoyed it.

I've met some great people, I've learned a lot of lessons

and, yeah, I don't regret anything.

Put your hands together for J, everyone.

The most horrible feeling in the world.

In the moment, I felt that Chase kind of stole it a bit.

-PALOMA:

-I think you can teach Chase more.

I think Chase can kind of model,

he's got a lot of stuff going for him.

He could be a real...

Bring on the knockouts, cos someone's getting knocked out.

So no-one can be stolen on this,

-cos it's your one.

-I know, it sucks.

So you're going to be the evil warlord.

I think we just followed our instincts.

It's, like, in the moment...

I'm still following my instincts too,

it's just my instincts take a little longer to bake.

I've got my oven not on 250, but, like, at 100, so it cooks longer.

LAUGHTER

Next into battle, it's Team Will.

CHEERING

This one is Vivica. You're going to be singing against Lauren.

'How amazing is it to say, "I am on Team Will"?'

He's like the king of the coaches.

# Happened so naturally

# I did not know it was love... #

My blind audition, it was a crazy feeling.

# Oh...! #

Being on the stage was so much better

than working in any bagel shop.

A large latte, please.

Yeah!

'It's so hard keeping a job when I'm this ditzy.'

-Hi!

-'Lauren is, like, young,'

-adorable.

-I can't believe it, I felt like I was in a dream!

She could use a bit of...

fire. That's the reason why I put up against Vivica Jade.

# Hearts break as long as they should... #

Vivica Jade is a powerhouse.

# Cos I'm the only one who gets you... #

I was going for it, literally singing for my life.

# Even gravity can't hold us down... #

That was dope. That was super-dope.

The song that you're going to be singing - Love Shack by the B52s.

THEY WHOOP

I was like, "Oh, my God, I know this song!" And it's so fun.

Then when I was thinking about it, I was like,

"What are we going to do with this song?"

Because it's like,

"If you see a faded sign at the back of the road..."

THEY LAUGH

And the reason why I picked Love Shack -

I wanted them both to be uncomfortable.

# I'm on the wrong page, I think I am... #

If I said, "Hey, Vivica Jade, you're going to sing Whitney Houston,"

she'd be like, "All right, yeah, I love that.

"I've sung it 1,000 times!"

I'm like, "Girl, you're singing Love Shack, B52s.

"Now make it interesting."

That little last bit?

-I'm, like, bored.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-That's when you put your DNA on it!

Come out the bushes with a surprise!

Right now, we got lost in the bushes.

I was like, "OK, I've got to put my own twist on it,"

so I went away and I wrote a little rap really, really quickly.

-SHE RAPS:

-# A little love shack, I've got plenty of that

# It goes - boom-boom, pow! - in the love love shack. #

-That is so good.

-That's dope. What's yours?

SHE RAPS: # Me and my homies are just chillin' in the club. #

-They had some raps...

-SHE RAPS RAPIDLY

..and, um...

it was like Love Whack.

I don't think Will will want me to rap, to be honest.

BELL RINGS

OK, let's do it. It's the rapping mama versus the talkative teen.

It's Vivica Jade...

CHEERING

..against Lauren Lapsley-Browne.

WHOOPING

Let the battle commence.

# If you see a faded sign at the side of the road

# That says, "15 miles to the Love Shack"

# The Love Shack, yeah, yeah

# L-L-L-Love Shack

# We're headin' down the Atlanta highway, yeah

BOTH: # Lookin' for the love getaway

# Heading for the love getaway

# Well, I've got me a car and it's as big as a whale

# And we're heading on down to the Love Shack

# I said I got me a Chrysler, well, it seats about 20

# So hurry up and bring your jukebox money

BOTH: # The Love Shack is a little old place where

# We can get together

# Love Shack, baby, oh

# The Love Shack, baby, Love Shack

# Love Shack, baby, Love Shack

# Sign says - woo! - "Stay away, fools"

# Cos love rules at the Love Shack

# Well, it's set way back in the middle of a field

# Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back

# Whoa, glitter on the mattress

# Glitter on the highway, yeah!

BOTH: # The Love Shack is a little old place where

# We can get together

# Love Shack, baby, yeah

# Love Sha-ack

# That's where it's at

# Love Sha-ack

# That is where it's at

# I said a boom-boom, pow with the Love-Love Shack

# This is the little Love Shack

# Wearing next to nothing cos it's like an oven

# Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin', baby

# Folks linin' up outside just to get down

# Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin'

# Funky old shack, I said funky old shack

BOTH: # The Love Shack is a little old place where

# We can get together! #

CHEERING

Lauren, what was the highlight of that performance for you?

Oh, my God!

I need to work it out!

The highlight of that performance was just jumping off the stage,

telling Ricky I was hot as an oven

and... LAUGHTER

..running up and down the coaches and dancing. It was just brilliant.

-Rick, did you enjoy that?

-Yeah!

-Yeah? Good!

Good, good, we loved it.

George, a high-energy battle - what did you make of that?

Yeah, listen, I can't fault the energy of the performance,

it was really fun, but I feel like when you came on,

you did soulful stuff, you did, Ain't Nobody, I think, right?

Then you did something that's a bit soul-y.

That's a fun song.

It's kind of a silly song, the B52s are not singers

and I feel like you two are real singers,

so I think it was difficult,

but what you couldn't do with the song, you made up for in performing

and it was so entertaining, one of the best shows that we've had.

Yeah, it was, wasn't it? It was good!

CHEERING

OK, Ricky, first of all, did you enjoy that?

Yeah, the thing is,

the reason I kept coming back to this show is cos it's celebratory

and it's warm and everyone makes each other better

and we're having a good time and also,

sorry, but I don't think it's a throwaway song,

cos it's a pop song, it's a perfect pop song and pop is an art form.

I loved it, it was joyful. Well done.

-CHEERING

-Good stuff.

Now, Will, you're the only coach with a steal left and of course,

you cannot steal from your own team,

so this is more important than ever right now.

It's time to make that decision, Will.

OK, so...

AUDIENCE SHOUTS OUT

I got it, got it, got it, I got it.

SHOUTING CONTINUES

OK, OK, OK.

All right, OK.

Who I felt...shined

and...

-You guys both shined, so that's not fair.

-"Shone."

Um, huh?

-"Shone."

-Shone?

"You both shone."

Shone?

-Yeah.

-I have a friend named Shaun.

LAUGHTER

Not Shaun the Sheep?

"Shined" sounds better.

But it's...not right.

-LAUGHTER

-This show's educational.

Hold on one second.

Listen, there's a lot of things that just don't make any sense

of what the world is like today, so "shined" is great.

You can make up your own words in music, right?

-MARVIN:

-It's all good, Will, it's all good.

-WILL:

-I know it's wrong.

I failed English.

And now I'm on English telly - go figure.

So, um...

sometimes you need a little bit more time in the cocoon

before you turn into a butterfly.

LAUGHTER

OK, Will, tell us, please.

The person that's going to go through...

is...

-..and don't hate me, please, either of you.

-I might hate you.

-Yeah, we hate you.

-It's going to be, um...

It's going to be...

and don't hate me, please, don't,

it's going to be Lauren.

CHEERING

-MARVIN:

-Congratulations, Lauren, you are through to the knockouts.

How are you feeling?

-MARVIN:

-Are you OK?

Please, make some noise one more time for Lauren, everyone.

-CHEERING

-Wow, that was tension-building.

Thank you!

SPEECH DROWNED OUT BY CHEERING

-WILL:

-Wow.

OK, Vivica, unfortunately, the other three coaches have used up

all of their steals, so unfortunately,

we have to say goodbye. Have you enjoyed your time on The Voice?

I've loved every single minute, I'm so proud of myself.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you to all the team

and, Will, I really appreciate the opportunity you've given me.

-Thank you.

-A lovely girl. Listen, congratulations, OK?

You did so well. One more time for Vivica, everybody.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

-PALOMA:

-You're a star, don't stop.

SHE WHOOPS

Well done, babe.

- I was surprised at that. - Were you?

It's what I would have done.

- She had me when she ran on. - I would love her.

Would you? Vivica?

Yeah, if I could have stolen her, I would.

But...

this thing is out of order!

Right, ready for another round?

CHEERING This time we're in the capable hands of Team Ricky.

CHEERING

# When a man loves a woman... #

David Barnes has got a great voice.

He's a great singer. He needs to let go a bit more, though.

He needs to learn how to sing from the heart.

# But you put on quite a show... #

Kagan's all from the heart.

His brilliance lies in the fact that there's a vulnerability to it.

A battle of heart versus the head out there in seeing who's the best.

I think this is a great song choice for both of you.

It's a pop song, but I want to hear your kind of soul take on it.

It's not something I'd ever think about singing myself, ever.

That's why I think we can make it something special.

OK.

# They say it's easy to leave you behind... #

It's a really good song. I get the hooks and the lyrics.

It's going to be good.

Kagan's tone of voice is definitely more suited to that type of music.

I've even forgotten the beginning bit.

There's a lot of nerves.

This song is something I'm not comfortable with,

but it's good to be pushed out your comfort zone.

I want to be pushed a little bit harder.

David says he would never choose anything like this,

but that's why it's good,

cos he can't get away with just belting it out,

he's better than that, he's a great singer.

He just needs to believe he can do it.

I can't believe you hit the ground running that well

and I can hear already you figuring it out.

Stick to what you know you'll do brilliantly, don't get intimidated

by his tricks and don't get intimidated by his full voice.

You either win or you lose, there's only one winner

and I'm going to fight to the end to get that.

Hand on heart, I don't know which way it's going to go.

BELL RINGS

# I caught you watching me under the light

# Can I realign?

# Oh, yeah

# They say it's easy to leave you behind

# I don't want to try

# Cut cover, take that test

# Hold courage to your chest

# Don't wanna wait for you

# Don't wanna have to lose

# All that I've compromised

# To feel another high

# I've got to keep it down tonight

# And oh, oh, oh

# I was a king under your control

# Whoa

# I want to feel like you've let me go

# I had to break myself to carry on

# No love and no admission, take this from me tonight

# Oh, oh, let's fight

# Oh, oh

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Let go, let go, let go of everything

# Let go, let go, let go of everything

# Let go, let go, let go of everything

# Let go, let go, let go of everything. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Ladies and gentlemen, Kagan and David!

Right, how was that?

-Enjoy it?

-Yeah, it was amazing.

It was amazing, great experience.

David, you're an army man - this must have been a doddle for you.

No, completely the opposite, actually,

cos it's more personal to me now,

so I haven't got so much of a team around me.

And out your comfort zone?

Yeah, massively out my comfort zone with that song.

You had everyone up on their feet.

Fantastic. George, who do you think was the king of the battle?

I don't think it's that simple.

David, you sang parts of the song beautifully,

but you just said yourself you were out of your comfort zone

and you let that show in your performance.

-You've actually got a great voice.

-Thank you.

Kagan, it just felt like you were a little bit more confident,

but for both of you, there were really good moments in that,

so it's hard to call and I don't have to!

But what if I asked you who you would pick?

I think probably I would go with David.

Thank you very much, thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you, George. Paloma, what did you think of the performance?

I was erring on that side before,

but the thing with David that sold it for me is that I feel like

he's not taking himself way too seriously

and it makes the audience relax,

it makes me feel relaxed and enjoy it,

so I would take David, but I don't think you should stop.

Thank you very much, thank you.

OK, Ricky, are you ready? You boys ready?

Ricky, who's the winner of the battle?

The winner of the battle today...

AUDIENCE SHOUTS OUT

The winner of the battle today is Kagan.

CHEERING

Congratulations, go see Ricky. Kagan, everyone.

CHEERING

OK, so, you could join another team.

Your future now lies solely with Will.

David, you are now available for a steal.

AUDIENCE SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

I'm just coming to de-stress you...

AUDIENCE CHANT AND CLAP

David, I'm so sorry. So, so sorry.

Please, put your hands together one more time, for David!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I'm really gutted. I put everything I had into that.

I tried to show off every single tone of the voice that I had.

But it's been a really, really good experience.

A good learning curve for me.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, the next the next battle of the night comes from Team Boy George.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Look at the T-shirts they've all got on.

Oh, honey.

Does Vangelis have representation?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

OK, battling for The Boy, bring on Vangelis.

Taking on Melissa!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-How do you feel about being paired together?

-Petrified.

-Nervous.

I saw his audition.

And he was one of the two people, where I was like,

"please don't let me be paired with him.

"Please let me be paired with him!"

I mostly sing in my room.

I could probably count on two hands how many gigs I've done.

I think it's a confidence thing.

# Do you really want to hurt me? #

Vangelis blew me away with his version of Do You Really Want To Hurt Me.

I was dreading somebody coming on and doing

a version of one of my songs and doing it badly.

# Precious kisses Words that burn me... #

I mean it was, it was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

# Don't blame it on me-e-e-e! #

My blind audition was single-handedly,

like, the most petrifying thing I've ever done in my whole entire life.

# Just blame it on the ni-i-ight. #

It's great knowing that things are finally going the right way for us.

-Well, it's me and you, babe.

-Yay!

# All cried out... #

The song I gave them was All Cried Out by Alison Moyet.

-# A handful of nothing...

-All cried out... #

I'm not happy with it at all.

I just think it's not, it's not working. As a song.

You're two of the best singers in the show.

And I have to make sure that you are amazing

and I'm just not blown away by that. Sorry.

They needed something that challenged them.

So, we swapped the song.

We're going to go for One, by U2.

-Are you happier?

-I think so.

-I think, yeah, yeah.

It's just one of those songs what's really, like, heart-driven

and it's like, for the soul and I was really happy that it changed.

# One love... # I'm very happy about it.

-I think it's a much better choice for us.

-You both have to rock out.

You have to rock out, you have to, more power.

More, more power.

It's passionate. Look at those lyrics, you know?

I need to believe THAT.

-# Love is the higher law. #

-Don't hold back!

-# But then you made me crawl. #

-Take it to church!

Ah!

I have no idea how well they've learned this song.

But they have to bring something very powerful to the performance.

BELL RINGS

Let the battle commence.

WOLF WHISTLES

# Ooh... #

# Is it getting better?

# Or do you feel the same?

# Will it make it easier on you now?

# You got someone to blame

# You say

-# One love

-Ooh, ooh

-# One life

-One life

# It's one need In the night

-# One love

-One love

-# We get to share it

-Ooh, ooh

# Leaves you, darling If you don't care for it

-# Aah, aah

-Yeah...

# Have you come here for forgiveness?

# Have you come to raise the dead?

# Have you come here to play Jesus?

# To the lepers in your head

# Well, did I ask too much?

# More than a lot

# You gave me nothing Now it's all I've got

# We're one But we're not the same

-# Well, we hurt each other

-Then we do it again

-# You say

-Love is a temple Love's a higher law

# Love is a temple # Love's a higher law

# You ask me to enter But then you make me crawl

# And I can't be holding on To what we got

-# When all you've got is hurt

-One love

# One blood One life

# You got to do what you should

-# One life

-With each other

# One lo-o-o-o-ove... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Ah, how good was that? Let's hear it for Vangelis and Melissa!

George, before you make a decision,

let's find out what your other coaches thought.

Paloma, what do you think?

I feel like you are both, you are both fantastic singers

and I feel like Melissa definitely had a definite

understanding of the words she was saying, like, I believed her,

because you were, like, saying the words,

and I was, like, she knows the words what she's singing.

She's feeling it?

I feel like Vangelis, you did a bit less of that.

And you were focusing more on your singing.

I feel like you could learn from that, from her.

You know, I disagree totally with what Paloma said.

I think, for me, you know, Vangelis, You're so good at what you do.

It's just, you do it with ease, because it's kind of...

It's what you do. You're a naturally beautiful singer,

and you have this great tone in your voice, and, of course, when you did

your audition, you sang one of my songs and you sang it beautifully.

-Yeah.

-And one of the things that I asked Melissa to do was to bring

her inner Janis Joplin and I think she really did, you know?

She listened to me, and it was great,

and she expressed the song brilliantly.

So, based on this performance, I have to go with my

kind of emotions and my emotions say I'm going to take Vangelis through.

Vangelis! Congratulations.

You're through to the knockout.

-Congratulations. Go and see George. Well done.

-Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-Very well done.

That was beautiful.

-Oh, I love you!

-Well done!

So, Melissa, this may not be the end just yet

as your future now lies with Will.

OK, Melissa, you're now available for a steal.

OK, Will, you've only got a short amount of time left

to steal Melissa.

Ah, Melissa, you haven't been stolen but to be here

and achieve what you've achieved is remarkable.

You must be so happy with yourself tonight.

I'm going out on a high. Like, I've had the best time ever.

I'm so grateful to Boy George for turning around in the first place.

Thank you so much. I've had the best time,

so thanks very much for having us.

Congratulations. Let's hear it one more time for Melissa!

Thank you.

CHEERING

Well done, baby. Absolutely. I hope I see you again, yeah?

Keep in touch, yeah?

Console us, eh?

Well done. Ohh!

Thank you.

Melissa really stepped up her game and I loved her,

I really loved her, and I wish I could have taken her through,

but Vangelis, you know, I think he's a potential winner.

Just has an amazing voice

and there's just no way I could have...not chosen him.

THEY CHEER

Felt so amazing performing on stage.

I literally was so nervous, I was shaking.

Probably the worst I've actually sang it, but I mean,

the emotion was there and I was really trying to go for it.

I just can't believe I got through. I'm so glad, so glad.

He was out of his comfort zone as a balladeer,

so I think, in that respect, you were probably right.

No, I didn't say he wasn't good,

-I just said that he hadn't really listened to the words.

-Yeah, yeah.

Love the trousers!

Thank you!

Paloma sewed these on.

He had me up all night. I haven't had any sleep.

I was just stitching sequins.

"Please, George, forgive me!"

Get ready for Team Ricky!

WHOOPING

I always... I...

The musical mum faces the comeback kid. It's Janine Dyer...

CHEERING

..against Mia Sylvester!

CHEERING

Wahoo!

# Don't know just how it happened... #

I came last year and obviously didn't get the chair turn.

It does knock your confidence a bit.

Coming back this year,

I wasn't expecting anything. I just went there and gave it my best shot.

# Oh, but it ain't no way

# For me to give you... #

Super proud and super happy that I managed to get a chair turn.

# ..call on me... #

Mia can sing the socks off anyone.

She's brilliant. But then Janine's got this massive soul.

# Like a bridge over troubled water... #

I've been at home raising my family.

I decided to put my singing on the back burner for a little while.

And so doing blind auditions on The Voice is the first time

I've been able to just do something for me again.

It just felt really good to be there.

# ..lay me down. #

It comes complete from the heart with Janine.

-How you doing?

-Good, how are you?

-Cool.

I couldn't not turn for Janine. Or Mia.

They were too good. And they're up there with the best

I've ever had on my team, and that's why I put them together.

# Ain't no other... #

Janine and Mia both have a lightness of touch about their big

voices which make it special.

# Oh, oh, oh, oh. #

It's really important that you focus on the battle

and making it the best it can be. That's why I put you together,

because I know you'll really push each other.

# And no other man but...

# Ain't no other man... #

Out of all the battles, I think this is the most competitive.

# ..you. #

This could be an amazing battle, this one.

-Yeah!

-It's exciting.

That's exciting stuff.

Let the battle commence.

# Hey

# Do your thing, honey!

# I could feel it from the start

# Couldn't stand to be apart now

# Something 'bout you caught my eye

Whoo!

# Something moved me deep inside

# Don't know what you did, boy, but you had it

# And I've been hooked ever since, yeah

# I told my mother, my brother, my sister and my friend

# I told others, my lover, both past and present tense

# Every time I see you, everything starts making sense, yeah

# No, oh

# Ain't no other man can stand up next to you now

# Ain't no other man on the planet does what you do

# You're the kind of guy that a girl finds in a blue moon

# You got soul, you got class, you got style with your bad ass

# Ain't no other man, it's true

# Ain't no other man but you

BOY GEORGE MIMICS JANINE

# Ain't no other, hey, there ain't no other

# No other, ain't, ain't no other lover

# Ain't no other, I, I, I need no other

# Ain't no other man but you

# You are there when I'm a mess

# Talk me down from every ledge

# Give me strength, boy, you're the best

# You're the only one who's passed every test, yeah, yeah!

# Ain't no other man can stand up next to you

# Ain't no other man on the planet does what you do

# You're the kinda guy a girl finds in a blue moon

# You got soul, you got class, you got style, your bad ass

# Ain't no other man, it's true

# Ain't no other man

# Ain't no other man, it's true

# Ain't no other man but you. #

CHEERING

Janine and Mia!

Go, girl!

Well, well, well, ladies!

-Ricky, they were great, weren't they?

-Incredible.

You know that that's my kind of thing, and I loved it,

and you did yourselves proud, you did your friends

and family proud and thanks, you did me proud, as well. Thank you.

-You were having a right little boogie, as well.

-Yeah!

How can you help yourself?

A hard decision again, for you, Ricky,

we'll come to you in a minute. Firstly, will, what did you think?

That was really amazing. A lot of power.

Your low notes were awesome.

Your high tricks up there on your falsetto were great.

I was thoroughly entertained, and great song choice, Rick.

-Thanks, Will.

-OK.

It was powerful.

And it's really going to be hard to call it, and I don't have to!

George, George, George, I do need help on this one.

You need help, but not with this!

LAUGHTER

A bit like...usually, I've kind of half made my mind up,

but this is the one battle that I... It, you know, still ticking.

It's hard, because there were moments when Janine kind of owned it

and then there were moments when Mia took it like,

"Oh, Concorde, there we go." High in the sky!

So, for me, you were equally matched but, you know,

I'm just being a coward, like! Not a great look.

-Sit on that fence, George. It's not like you.

-I would go with Mia.

Mia. Thank you, George.

Er, Paloma?

I'll just come and stand here. Get some, like, some female vibe.

APPLAUSE

Emma? Can you sing, Emma?

-Can I sing?

-Yeah.

-Hell, no!

That's a real shame, because that's, like,

a good-looking supergroup up there. I mean, that's like...

-I can mime really well!

-Awesome.

So, Paloma, what did you think?

You're both very equally matched. I'm going to sit down over here.

I'm just not...

Erm, yeah, it's really hard. They're both brilliant singers.

You felt, like, empowered, watching you guys. Oh, I don't envy you.

So, you know, because they're equally matched and he said Mia,

-I'm going to say Janine.

-Yeah, I knew you would!

Thank you, Paloma.

There's no point in putting people against each other that

aren't going to raise their games and become better together.

You both became better together.

And it makes my decision really, really tough.

I thought you did amazingly well.

It's something to celebrate, like George said before.

That was a real moment. Thank you.

OK, Ricky.

Whoohoo!

Ricky, who is the winner of the battle?

The first one I'm going to take through to the knockout is...

..Mia.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Oh, my God! It's OK! Don't cry!

Go and see Ricky. Congratulations.

We'll see you in the knockout. Mia, everyone.

Hello!

Well done, Mia.

Absolutely amazing. Love you loads. So proud of you.

OK, Janine, your future now lies with Will.

-CROWD CHANT:

-Steal her! Steal her! Steal her!

Will, there's only a short amount of time left to steal Janine.

It's all right, Will. Thank you.

-Have you had a good time?

-Fantastic.

Janine, thank you so much for taking part.

Thank you. A pleasure. Thank you.

Janine, everyone!

You all right there? You really have been. Sorry.

I don't know what Will's waiting for.

I mean, he's in the worst position because he's right by the families.

And that's a lot of pressure.

Coming soon to a screen near you. It's Team Will.

WHOOPING

# When you ca-ca-catch me like you do... #

Tom, he's a really good singer. Like, really good.

And he's comfortable.

# The smile on your face lets me know that you need me... #

Colleen is a sweetheart, who sings amazing.

She, too, is comfortable.

So how you guys feeling?

Pumped, pumped.

I wanted to throw this song to you guys

and see how you guys get on with it.

-You wanna hear a bit of craic?

-Yeah, let's do it.

I had them singing Everything She Wants by Wham!

Almost to break them out of their comfort zone

so I could see how they shine when it's dark.

# Somebody, yeah... #

Oh, no!

In the rehearsal, Tom had the upper hand

but don't count Colleen out just yet.

-I got to work on that. Sorry.

-Yeah.

What did Michael Jackson say once? "That's why they call it 'rehearse'

"because if you don't rehearse, you'll end up in a hearse."

Yeah!

I THINK he said that!

Right now there's a predator and a prey.

The cheetah obviously runs faster than the gazelle.

But there's been plenty of gazelles that got away.

CHEERING

Two mates are about to become vocal enemies.

From Team Will, it's Colleen Gormley...

..against Tom Rickels.

Let the battle commence.

Oh, She Wants!

You want that, Will. Ah!

# Somebody told me

# "Boy, everything she wants is everything she sees", yeah

# I guess I must have loved you

# Because I said you were the perfect girl for me, baby

# But now we're six months older

# And everything you want and everything you see

# Is out of reach, not good enough

# I don't know what the hell you want from me, oh

-# Oh, I

-# Oh, I

# La, la, la, la

# Ooh

# Somebody tell me

# Won't you tell me

# Why I work so hard for you

# Give you money, all to g-g-give you, money, yeah

# My situation never changes

# Walking in and out of that door

# Like a stranger, I got the wages

# I give you all, you say you want more, yeah, yeah, yeah

# And all I can see at the end of the week

# All the things we sign and the things we buy

# C-C-Cant keep us together, girl

# It's just a matter of time, ooh

# All to give you money. #

Please give it up for Colleen and Tom!

Well done, guys! Well done!

-How was that?

-That was really good!

It's just been the most amazing experience.

A little girl from Northern Ireland standing here tonight is like,

"Wow! Experience."

Look how happy she is.

Look at that face - so happy!

Tom, this is kind of miles away from gutting fish, isn't it?

Yeah, I mean, my usual audience is dead fish.

LAUGHTER

-Definitely no dead fish in here tonight.

-This is the plaice to be!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

What did he say?

-This is the plaice to be.

-Plaice.

-Plaice.

-It is a fish.

-Meaning fish.

He is reeling you in! Let's go that way.

Oh, Will, barracud-ya gonna choose?

GROANS

Will, we'll come to you in a minute,

let's see what your fellow coaches thought, first.

George, did it take you back to the '80s?

It did, I actually love that song, it's one of my favourite Wham! songs.

I am a secret Wham! fan. I don't tell people about it much.

APPLAUSE Nobody will find out.

It was kind of a little chaotic,

I did not sure what was going to happen next,

there was a lot of sort of falsetto, different ranges going on, you know.

I am not entirely sure whether you understood the text of the song,

what it is about, because it is kind of like a sultry thing,

but it was a really fun performance to watch.

You seem to have a great relationship with each other,

-which was nice to feel, as well.

-Who would you take to the knockouts?

Uh, I would probably take the fishmonger.

APPLAUSE

He claims Tom!

-I think that is what you should call your album.

-What?

Fishmonger.

Off with their heads!

I thought it was really entertaining, because,

because it is quite important, this bit,

a lot of people forget to inject their personality back into it,

and they just concentrate on singing it well.

You both added humour to it, and I thought you were both great,

you both in the pants off it.

APPLAUSE

Will, so, did you push them out of their comfort zone with the song?

Yeah, I totally pushed them out of their comfort zone,

and I apologise for putting you guys in that uncomfortable situation,

but, that being said, you guys did perform it wonderfully,

and you guys did it with smiles,

and you guys did it with your own styles,

and everybody else was, like, "Oh, I like their profiles."

And they were dancing in the aisles!

I wish I could send both of you through, but I can't,

so the winner of this battle, to keep it real, boom,

real simple, without getting into any, like,

I don't want to analyse it,

I don't want to, like, give you theories on why I've...

I'm just kidding, it's Tom.

APPLAUSE

I have decided you are like a pop sage.

You know, because, it's kind of wise, what you say.

It's like...