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Joshua Davis performs last week on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

But he watched a couple of episodes and quickly realized the show is about building up musicians rather than “knocking anyone down.”

Flash forward a couple of months and the singer from Traverse City, Mich., with three solo albums to his credit, will be performing in The Voice finals Monday night.

Of course, Joshua needed a couple of rescues along the way. He lost to Brian Johnson in a Team Blake battle round match; Adam Levine snatched Joshua up for his team. Then he needed an instant save on Top 10 night. But he hasn’t revisited the bottom of the voting in the three weeks since.

Here’s a look back at Joshua’s journey to The Voice finals, followed by video of all his performances on the show.

Blind audition: He auditioned with Bob Dylan’s “I Shall be Released.” He’d barely started when Adam Levine and Blake Shelton turned around. Joshua decided to join Team Blake.

Battle round: Joshua was pitted against Brian Johnson in the battle round. They sang “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” Blake declared Brian the winner; Joshua was stolen by Adam Levine.

Knockout round: He went up against Lexi Davila. He sang “In the Arms of the Woman” and was declared the winner. Lexi wound up being stolen. Meanwhile, Joshua’s cover of the Amos Lee tune wound up being the only single from the third night of the knockout round to crack the Top 200 on iTunes’ singles chart.

Live playoffs: He performed “Budapest” and was voted into the finals by Voice viewers. The song landed at number 20 on the iTunes’ singles chart, making it the second most successful from the live playoff round.

Top 12: He performed “America.” The song landed at number 24 on the iTunes singles chart, fourth best from the show. It was number three on the rock chart.

Top 10: He landed in the bottom three with DeAnna Johnson and Rob Taylor, but received the instant save. On performance night, his cover of “Hold Back the River” hit number 82 on iTunes, eight best of the night’s 10 songs.

Top 8: He advanced to the Top 6 on fan voting. His cover of “Fields of Gold” hit number 6 on iTunes, second best of the week.

Top 6; He advanced to the Top 5 on fan voting. “In My Life” hit number 14 on iTunes; “Desire” hit number 51. They ranked 4th and 9th among 12 songs on iTunes.

Top 5: He hit number 11 on iTunes with “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and number 34 on iTunes with “When I Paint My Masterpiece.” They wre the fourth and eighth most popular songs on iTunes from the 10 performed on Top 5 night.

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