Lewis Capaldi Joins Team Niall Horan, Snoop Dogg’s Team Crush ‘Natural Woman’ During ‘The Voice’ Battle Round Kick-Off

Monday night’s (Oct. 13) footwear disconnected of the Battle rounds connected play 28 of The Voice featured the expected high-energy vocal gymnastic showdowns fans person travel to expect of the head-to-head competition, positive the uncover of immoderate A-list mentors who volition assistance usher the budding euphony stars.

And, successful a caller twist this clip around, alternatively than the coaches dividing up their teams into pairs for the Battle rounds, this clip the singers were the ones choosing their partners, though the coaches retained the powerfulness to take what opus they volition sing.

That made for immoderate absorbing watching for the mentors who joined the fray past night, including Lizzo lending her expertise to Team Snoop Dogg, Lewis Capaldi joining Team Niall Horan, erstwhile manager Kelsea Ballerini returning to work with Team Michael Bublé and different seasoned coach, Nick Jonas, throwing successful with Team Reba McEntire.

The caller format instantly paid of erstwhile Team Snoop’s Natalia Albertini and YOSHIHANNA squared disconnected for a sing-off of Carole King’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman,” made celebrated successful 1967 via what would go Aretha Franklin’s signature version, which deed No. 8 connected the Billboard Hot 100.

Atlanta’s YOSHIHANNA came retired of the gross hot, eerily mimicking Franklin’s rich, buttery tone, with New Jersey autochthonal Albertini besides doing her happening by adding a spot of a yearning state twang arsenic the 2 women traded disconnected lines and circled each different warily, joining up connected the soaring chorus to the workplace audience’s delight. Albertini decidedly leaned into the fireworks, ripping disconnected a bid of precocious notes arsenic YOSHIHANAA matched her powerfulness with arsenic hard-hitting tones that had Snoop jumping successful his reddish chair.

“Man, I’m successful tears close now,” Snoop said arsenic Horan gave the women props for doing a “proper” Battle and specifically shouted retired Albertini for having the gumption to spell toe-to-toe with her “powerhouse” rival arsenic Snoop dabbed astatine his eyes. “YOSHIHANNA wholly flawless, truthful natural. It comes retired of you without adjacent you trying,” Horan said, gladsome that helium didn’t person to prime and blessed to defer to Snoop.

McEntire praised Albertini’s “incredible” scope and husky dependable and said she thought she was really watching Franklin erstwhile YOSHIHANNA sang. Bublé said he’s ever wanted to screen the song, but knows it volition “never happen,” giving YOSHIHANNA props for making it her ain and singing successful an “effortless” manner, portion besides noting that Albertini was “very disciplined” portion lasting successful the mediate of a boxing ringing and not trying to plaything for a knock-out.

“Y’all made maine shed a tear,” Snoop said, confessing that it was breaking his bosom to prime conscionable 1 of them. In the end, though, aft looking to the skies for help, helium had to spell with YOSHIHANNA. Spoiler alert: with the prevention backmost successful action, Snoop didn’t person to marque an agonizing determination aft all, arsenic helium gave Albertini 1 much shot.

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