'The Voice' Recap: Adam Quips, Anita Comes Back, And The Blind Guy Wins

After the first week of blind auditions, the next wave of The Voice is rolling on with two more hours of singers hoping to impress Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams. If you need a reminder, Team Adam has three of twelve artists, Team Blake and Team Gwen each have four, and Team Pharrell is ahead in the count with five. How many more people will get added to the lineup in this round? There's only one way to find out.
Batting leadoff on Monday night is Chicago native John Martin. John's rendition of "Sweet Pea" attracts three of our four coaches: Gwen, Pharrell and Blake. Blake thought he had this one uncontested, so he's not happy. His argument consists of the fact that Gwen and Pharrell are "too short" to coach John, who's over six feet. Adam has no horse in this fight, but helpfully calls out Gwen for using the words "delicious," "creamy" and "package," much to her chagrin.

Gwen: My parents are watching this! Sorry, Mom and Dad.
@gwenstefani: BRB while I go call my parents and apologize for @adamlevine.

Not done yet, Adam then offers a reluctant endorsement of Blake as the best coach. John joins Team Blake, which means he can take a break from driving that forklift for a while.
18-year-old Jessie Pitts from Montgomery, Alabama wins over Gwen and Blake with her version of "The Story." Gwen hits her button before Jessie can finish a sentence, and Blake isn't far behind. Gwen pulls the "I pushed my button first" card, then Blake reveals that "The Story" was his wedding song, and we all melt a little. Unfortunately, that's not enough to beat girl power. Jessie joins Team Gwen and picks up her ready-made T-shirt. Speaking of clothes, apparently the folks from Kohl's are dressing The Voice auditioners now.

After our oldest contestant in the competition, 62-year-old Michael Stein, strikes out with his cover of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" (despite giving it everything he's got and then some), 19-year-old Ricky Manning - who's learned the hard way that the music business isn't easy to break into - comes in with his take on "Love Me Again." It's nowhere near how Will Champlin absolutely owned this song on his way to becoming a finalist in season five, but it's good enough for Pharrell and Blake. Ricky opts to join Team Pharrell. Blake was expecting worse.

Blake (to Pharrell): You can't be that nice all the time...I guess I'm used to Adam.

Now it's time for one of the less pleasant fixtures of The Voice: the montage of people who didn't turn a chair. We get brief clips of three unlikely artists, before moving on to 31-year-old Dallas native Kelli Douglas. Kelli performs "Danny's Song," for your nightly dose of Kenny Loggins, and gets three coaches: Adam, Gwen and Blake. Blake starts singing the theme song from Dallas. Adam turns on his considerable charm. Gwen opts to just give straightforward feedback. You can see this coming a mile away, but Kelli joins Team Adam. Finally, Adam gets going.

@adamlevine: Well, that was a no-brainer... @blakeshelton is also a no-brainer.

Up next is 25-year-old Blessing Offor, who becomes the only four-chair scoring artist of the night (although apparently everyone decided to wait until the last second) with his cover of the soul classic "Just The Two Of Us." And oh yeah, he also happens to be blind. Talk about awesome. The uniquely named artist joins Team Pharrell, and Blake reluctantly admits the two are probably "the perfect match" together. You also have to love the show playing Gym Class Heroes' "The Fighter" as Blessing's walk-off music.
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