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Hailey Mia performs on Top 11 night on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

Hailey Mia, the youngest contestant on The Voice Season 21 at age 14, delivered a fabulous show-ending performance Monday night.

It was a fitting end to a night of strong efforts from The Voice Top 11.

Fortunately, only one act or singer goes home this week as The Voice cuts to a Top 10.

Results will be announced Tuesday beginning at 8 p.m., with the lowest vote-getters competing for an instant save.

Here are song by song grades from Monday’s show.

Wendy Moten (Team Blake), “Freeway of Love” by Aretha Franklin: Maybe Wendy makes it look too easy. Because I still keep thinking, at the end of each of her performances, that she needs to do much more if she’s going to win this competition. She served up more personality tonight and a nice little song-ending wrinkle. But her vocal wasn’t as on-point as it has been. Grade: B

Girl Named Tom (Team Kelly), “More Hearts Than Mine” by Ingrid Andress: The sibling trio of Bekah, Caleb and Joshua Liechty took on a more current song this week. Little else changed. Which means they were superb. Bekah, my favorite female voice on Season 21, was in great form. The song-closing harmonies were sensational. Barring some Voice chicanery, they will win Season 21.Grade: A

Holly Forbes (Team Ariana), “Alone” by Heart: Pick this song, and you’d better be able to slay that huge chorus. Holly sounded fine on the verses. She did not slay the chorus. Not once. Grade: B–

Jershika Maple (Team Legend), “How Can I Ease the Pain” by Lisa Fischer: I wasn’t fond of this song choice, and Jershika still won me over because she delivered it with so much passion, so much emotion. Not to mention an occasional growl. I’m not a fan of duets on The Voice. But I want to see Jershika and Paris sing together before Season 21 ends. Grade: A–

Lana Scott (Team Blake), “I Hope” by Gabby Barrett: Love this song. Love Gabby’s version. I did not love Lana’s cover. Too many of the big notes sounded like Lana was shouting at us. With the twang in her voice, I far perfer when she sticks to classic country rather than singing country-pop. Grade: C

Joshua Vacanti (Team Legend), “The Show Must Go On” by Queen: Given his love for theatrics, you just knew Joshua would cover Queen at some point. And Joshua delivered theatrics. He just didn’t deliver the vocals, at least not on the chorus, at least not as well as he did in the first two weeks of the lives. Grade: C+

Jeremy Rosado (Team Kelly), “Reckless Love” by Cory Asbury: Jeremy sounded a little shaky — or nervous — on the first verse. But he found his footing on the chorus and turned in an excellent vocal from that point on. With the heartfelt emotion we’ve come to expect from Jeremy. Grade: B+

Gymani (Team Kelly): “Diamonds” by Rihanna: The wonderful ab libs near the end saved this performance because, to that point, I wasn’t thrilled with the arrangement or Gymani’s vocal. Still, I’ll be surprised if she isn’t singing for the save again Tuesday night. Grade: B–

Jim and Sasha Allen (Team Ariana), “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” by Creedence Clearwater Revival: This was their best performance since the lives started. But The Voice is so loaded with great singers this season that they should still be singing for a save Tuesday if the voting goes by the strength of Monday’s performances. Grade: C+

Paris Winningham (Team Blake), “Use Me” by Bill Withers: That cool look. That growl. That run at the 2-minute mark. That stage presence. I wasn’t a big fan of Paris’s performance last week. But he has me once again thinking he belongs in the finals after Monday’s show. Grade: A–

Hailey Mia (Team Kelly), “Elastic Heart” by Sia: Now that’s the way you take advantage of getting to perform in the pimp spot. Hailey sounded fabulous but, most of all, delivered with tons of emotion. I’ve said before she’s, at times, impressed me every bit as much as Brynn Cartelli and Chevel Sheperd, teens who won the show. My only pointer: Open those eyes, Hailey. Grade: A–