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Page Mackenzie and Robert Hunter perform during their montaged battle round match on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

When her battle round match with Robert Hunter was montaged on The Voice, Page Mackenzie wondered why on her Instagram page.

Her Instagram post praised Robert for being an “incredible artist and human.”

It thanked Kelsea Ballerini and guest mentors Little Big Town for helping create “one of the most incredible moments of my life.”

Page also wrote: “Heartbroken to have this performance montaged on The Voice — it’s hard to understand why, especially when so much heart and hard work went into it.”

Yep, Page, it’s hard to understand why.

Because there’s simply no good reason for The Voice to montage anyone.

Why did The Voice montage a handful of artists who turned chairs during the blinds?

It wasn’t because of a lack of airtime. The Voice showcased more artists who failed to turn a chair than it montaged.

And here’s the sad truth about the battle rounds. The Voice is supposed to be a singing show, right?

Yet the two-hour battle round episodes feature just 15 minutes of performance footage, plus lots and lots of fillers. And lots and lots of talking by the coaches and mentors.

Cut the filler, and there would be plenty of time for all the performances.

And here comes the real kick in the pants.

Monday night, The Voice will air a recap show from 8 to 9 p.m. That’s a full hour of airtime that could have been juggled around to air some of those montaged performances.

Wait, it gets better.

New knockouts will air from 9 to 10 p.m. Judging from publicity photos the show has already released, four matches are scheduled.

The Voice typically uses 20 minutes of airtime per knockout.

Do the math, folks. One knockout is likely to be montaged. Right after The Voice wastes an hour of airtime showing fans a recap of what happened last week.

And guess who’s scheduled to appear on Monday’s show?

That’s right, Page Mackenzie.

Here’s hoping she doesn’t get montaged twice. That shouldn’t happen to any contestant on The Voice. Yet it happened to Aaron Rizzo already this season. He was eliminated without a single performance airing.

Regardless, when Monday’s show ends, two artists are likely to be wondering why their performance was reduced to just a few seconds.

The only reason I can come up with: Voice producers simply don’t care that much about the “hard work and heart” contestants pour into these performances.