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Blake Shelton and Jessie Pitts perform during a group number Tuesday on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

Sugar Joans and Jessie Pitts were eliminated from The Voice Tuesday night.

Well, sort of.

Apparently, we’ll see them perform again on the show, and not just as part of a group number at the finale.

They’ll have a shot at competing in the finale.

Carson Daly introduced a new twist to The Voice during Tuesday night’s results show.

On heels of other gimmicks like the instant save, The Voice will introduce a wild card phase of the competition.

All of the singers eliminated during the finals will get one more chance to sing.

They’ll compete for a wild card spot in the finals and a chance to compete against the Season 7 top three.

Interesting concept, though you have to wonder whether the outcome will wind up being predictable.

I mean, since the instant save was introduced, the contestant saved has gone home the very next week in nearly every instance.

And I’m eager to know how the voting for the wild card will work.

Hopefully not like the instant save, which clearly favors contestants with East Coast fan bases since West Coast viewers haven’t even tuned into the show when the instant save window begins.

The unfairness of the instant save was apparent again Monday night. Sugar Joans turned in what I thought was clearly the best save-me performance. Before Carson removed the results from the screen, she was in third place in save-me votes.

Guess where Sugar is from? Los Angeles.

And she lost the instant save to Ryan Sill. Of Sterling, Va.

Let me know what you think of this latest Voice twist by commenting below.