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Adam Levine with his playoff team of Britton Moore, Conor James, Lucia Flores-Wiseman, Kolby Cordell and Ethan Eckenroad on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

The Voice playoffs begin Monday night with each coach taking five artists into this round.

Monday’s show will feature Team Kelsea Ballerini and Team Adam Levine.

Performances by Team Michael and Team Legend will air next week.

At the end of Monday’s show, Kelsea and Adam will each select two singers from their teams to advance to the semifinals.

That’s right, folks, no voting yet. Not Top 12 performance show either. The coaches will hand pick a Top 8 for us.

Here’s a look at Team Adam and who should advance based on the three performances we’ve seen from each artist so far.

Britton Moore, 21, San Antonio Texas

The blinds: Turned 4 chairs singing “Yellow”
The battles: Performed “Creep” and won his battle with Darius J.
The knockouts: Performed “Free” by the Zac Brown Band and won his match against Ari Camille.

Conor James, 28, of Bridgewater, Mass.

The blinds: Turned 4 chairs with “I Say a Little Prayer”
The battles: Performed “How Deep Is Your Love” and won his battle with Tinika Wyatt.
The knockout: Performed “Forever Young” by Alphaville to win his match against Darius J.

Ethan Eckenroad, 27, of Roaring Spring, Pa.

The blinds: Performed “Northern Attitude by Noah Kahan and turned 4 chairs
The battles: Performed “July” by Noah Cyrus and won his match with Fran Posla.
The knockouts: Perfomred “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty and won his match with Trevon Dawson.

Kolby Cordell, 32, of Ontario, Calif.

The blinds: Performed “Never Too Much” by Luther Vandross and turned 2 chairs.
The battles: Performed “Tacones Rojos” and won his battle with Pablo Herrera.
The knockout: Performed “Lately” by Stevie Wonder. Lost his Team Legend battle with BDii, but was stolen by Adam Levine.

Lucia Flores-Wiseman, 22, of Maple Valley, Wash.

The blinds: Performed “La Liorona” and turned 4 chairs.
The battles: Performed “My Funny Valentine” and won her match with Hayden Grove.
The knockouts: Performed “Slow it Down” by Benson Boone and won her match with Grace Miller-Moody.

WHO SHOULD ADVANCE ON TEAM ADAM

Talk about a stacked team. All four Team Adam originals turned four chairs. Lucia has a wonderfully unique tone. I’d advance her unless she stumbles. I’d give the other spot to Conor, Britton or Ethan based on whoever delivers the best playoff performance.