Idol Chatter & Voice Views

We’ll get a double dose of the Top 6 on The Voice tonight.

Yep, if you were wondering how The Voice was going to fill two hours with just six singers left, that’s the answer: Each will perform twice.

They’ll sing one song of their own choosing and one selected by their coaches.

When Christina Milian interviewed the artists this week, she asked for hints about those songs, knowing, of course, that the Top 6 weren’t going to reveal the songs themselves.

Some of the singers were more forthcoming than others (yes, that would mean you, Melanie Martinez).

Here’s what they had to say:

Amanda Brown: She says both of the songs she’s going to sing are “huge staples, I think, in the history of music.” She promises a little bit of soul and a little bit of rock.  “I’m really honored to sing both of them.”

Cassadee Pope: She says she picked a song she loved the first time she heard it. It’s also by an artist she considers an inspiration. “So it’s kind of like an honor to do it on the show.” She says Blake picked a country song, but it’s a song that can easily be changed up to become a pop-rock tune. “I’m excited to show people that I can cover different spectrums and that I’m versatile.”

Melanie Martinez: Her big hint. One of them is by a guy, one of them is by a girl. Gee, Melanie, you couldn’t give us more than that? Well, she does reveal that she’s surprised to have made good friends on The Voice. And that she nearly walked on stage by mistake along with Trevin Hunte and Amanda Brown when they launched into “Marry the Night” last week.

Nicholas David:  One song tonight will be very similar to what we’ve come to expect from Nicholas, which I take to mean a classic with some soul attached to it. The other, he says, is a departure from what he’s been doing. “But it’s still on the heart path, which is what I’ve been trying to do on the show.”

Terry McDermott; He says Blake chose a song for him that he probably would have picked himself, so he considers it a good pick. He won’t talk much about his pick, but promises it will be “something special.” Oh, and he says he nearly fell face first on the stage last week when he started walking down the riser during his performance and missed the first step. He caught himself with his mic stand. “Otherwise, I was going down.”

Trevin Hunte: He says he’s tackling another huge song by a “legend” in the music business. “I’m pretty excited about that, But … I don’t know. I’m on the rocks. It’s going to be very challenging for me this week,” he says.