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Rayshun LaMarr performs Monday night on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

The votes are in. So are the iTunes results.

So who’s in danger tonight as The Voice cuts from a Top 11 to a Top 10.

Well, every single artist cracked the Top 200 this week on iTunes, but Team Adam’s Sharane Calister barely made it.

And that might not be a good omen for the talented young lady from Des Moines, Iowa.

Ten of this week’s Top 11 landed in the Top 100 on iTunes. Sharane landed at #187, a full 89 spots behind the singer in 10th place.

That’s a huge gap and if voting followed downloading trends, Sharane’s an obvious candidate for the bottom two tonight.

The big question is what about Rayshun LaMarr. Can he avoid the bottom two after needing an instant save to survive last week.

Rayshun bounced back in a big way on iTunes this week. At one point after Monday’s show, his cover of “Show a Little Tenderness” was fourth among The Voice contestants on iTunes. It wound up in the number six spot. It also wound up number one — that’s right, number one — on the R&B singles chart.

This is important to remember: Since the instant save was created, no singer who finished in the bottom two on Top 12 week of The Voice has managed to avoid the bottom two the following week.

Check back when tonight’s show begins. I’ll be live blogging as the results come in.

See also
Song by song grades for the Top 11
iTunes rankings for the Top 11
Top 11 photo gallery
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And Carson’s getting right down to business. He announces that Brynn was the most streamed Voice artist on Apple Music overnight.

Advancing to the Top 10 are:
1. Pryor Baird (Team Blake) — He was the top charting artist from last night, so that’s no surprise
2. Britton Buchanan (Team Alicia) — And he was the other artist to crack the Top 10 on iTunes.
3. Rayshun LaMarr (Team Adam) — Rayshun just became the first Top 12 bottom two artist ever on The Voice to escape the bottom two the next week.
4. Brynn Cartelli (Team Kelly) — Still think we’ll see her in the finals at age 15.
5. Spensha Baker (Team Blake) — She’s catching fire with country fans at the right time. Number three overall on the charts this week.
6. Jackie Verna (Team Adam) — There’s that The Voice country contingent again.
7. Jackie Foster (Team Alicia) — She turned in her best performance yet last night, so that’s well deserved.
8. Kyla Jade (Team Blake) — Team Blake once again advances in whole.
9. Kaleb Lee (Team Kelly) — There’s that country vote again. Four country songs last night and all four artists are safe.

That leaves Sharane Calister and Christiana Danielle to battle for the save. Honestly, they had two of the shakiest performances Monday on a night of very good performances.

Sharane Calister: She’ll sing “If I Were a Boy.” She’s struggling a bit to outsing the backing music as the song opens. But her voice blossoms on the chorus. Pretty good performance, but that did not scream “I must be saved.” Grade: B–

Christiana Danielle: She’s sing “A Thousand Years.” Well, someone needs to tell the audience to shut up so we can appreciate Christiana vocals. She did a very nice version of that song. She has a distinct tone as a vocalist that sets her apart. Grade: B

I’d give Christiana a slight edge on the save song though I’ve found Sharane stronger to this point in the competition.

And the instant save goes to Christiana Danielle.

Which means Sharane Calister goes home on The Voice. Again, the iTunes results were an accurate forecast.