Watch the First ‘The Voice’ Season 23 Battle Round Featuring Adele Hit
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Chance the Rapper pits solo artist Manasseh Samone against sister trio Sorelle in a Battle of Adele’s “Someone Like You.”
Monday is the first night of Battle Rounds on Season 23 of The Voice in which each of the coaches – Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Niall Horan, and Chance the Rapper – have paired up two artists on their teams to face off in a singing battle.
In an early preview released by NBC, Chance the Rapper has pitted solo artist Manasseh Samone against sister trio Sorelle on a performance of Adele’s “Someone Like You” and the ladies are giving it their all! It may be three against one, but Manasseh’s powerful vocals stand out over the sweet harmonies of Sorelle.
When the ladies were done, Kelly asked, “Chance, is that your arrangement? No one’s heard that song like that. That was really cool!”
Then she turned to the performers and says, “Sorelle, that was some intricate harmonies. You never strayed. That was well done. Manessah, you are the reason the show exists. You are incredible as far as tone and you have runs for days. Even when y’all were over here singing (to Sorelle), she was over here living and breathing the song. You can’t go wrong either way, Chance, but Manessah, you are so good.”
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Blake says, “When the singing started separately, I wondered, 'How is this ever going to blend?' Now, I never want you guys to not sing together, all of you. Incredible arrangement. Manessah is everything that Kelly just said, but I want to talk about Sorelle for a minute. I don’t know if I’ve ever heard on this show a group sing with such attack, that were so tight with each other. It’s almost hard to believe that was live. And for that reason, I would go with Sorelle because I’ve never heard anything like that.”
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Niall agrees with Blake, saying, “Ladies, that was phenomenal. I can’t believe what I just heard. Manessah, where you started that song and where you ended it are two different planets. Like goosebump stuff. Really incredible. And Sorelle, the block harmony sounds like a record that you would struggle to get to mix that well. You come in and it’s like a wall of harmonies. I think I would lean to Sorelle for just that reason.”
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Then Chance weighs in, who has the final say on who stays and who goes. He says, “I’m so proud of you guys. That was a masterful performance on both parts. Manessah, you are a one on one and your ability to take notes, it all came together and I don’t want that to be lost at all. Sorelle, it’s incredibly difficult working with harmonics to make sure the pitch is correct with your sisters and [the fact that] you guys are so poised and young is something this competition needs. It’s a really tough decision.”
Who will Chance pick as the winner of this Battle?
The Voice airs Monday nights at 8 p.m. and Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
