Where The Voice teams stand as the battle round begins

The Voice

Where The Voice teams stand as the battle round begins

March 8, 2015 By Mark Franklin 0

Adam Levine is typically king of the four-chair turn on The Voice, but has just one four-chair turn singer heading into the battle round, where his guest mentor will be singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding. (NBC Photo)

The Voice will introduce us to its final five artists; then transition into the battle round mid-episode on Monday, the first time that’s ever happened.

And entering the battle round, the teams look about as even as they could possibly be.

Adam Levine, former king of the four-chair turn, has landed just one artist — DeAnna Johnson — who enticed all four coaches to turn around during her blind audition.

Each of the other three coaches has a pair of four-chair turns on their teams: Cody Wickline and Sarah Potenza for Team Blake, Jeremy Gaynor and India Carney for Team Christina; and Sawyer Fredericks and Anthony Riley for Team Pharrell.

But, folks, keep chair turns in perspective by remembering this. The Season 7 champ, Craig Wayne Boyd, turned just two chairs in his blind audition.

And en route to taking the crown, he lost in both the battle round and the knockout round, but was stolen both times.

Follow the links below and you’ll find a bio, complete with info the show didn’t show, for each contestant. The number in parenthesis indicates how many chairs they turned with their blind auditions.

TEAM ADAM

Barry Minniefield (1)
Blaze Johnson (2)
Bren’nae DeBarge (1)
DeAnna Johnson (4)
Jack Gregori (1)
James McNeiece (1)
Josh Batstone (2)
Lexi Davila (2)
Michael Leier (2)
Nicholette Mare (1)
Tonya Boyd-Cannon (3)