The live shows begin with some great performances.

Well, weve hit the homestretchVoicefolks, meaning were into the live play-off rounds.

But it was a night of hard choices ahead, so lets get right down to it.

THE VOICE Recap

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For the entire night perhaps.

Im going to, however, tie him with Reagan James.

James take on Colbie Caillats Try, showed off the range of what she can do.

She opened the song playing guitar, and then got up and started to groove.

Carter is an all-around impressive performer, but I cant help but compare him to Boyd.

(Perhaps because Blake paired them duringthe Battle Rounds.)

Whereas Boyd got the entire audience going, Carters performance was steady but not magnificent.

Team Adam

High Performance:Matt McAndrews God Only Knows was simply gorgeous.

Middle of the Pack:Theres a strong middle of the pack here.

At times Pfirrman risked over-singing for my taste, but her conclusion was quite remarkable.

Taylor Phelans Cool Kids was solid and familiar, given his previous work on the show.

Gwen even said that its like watching a peer.

Thats obviously high praise, but Phelan needs to amaze, too.

Perhaps it was the wrong choice of song.

I think Im going to be on the wrong side of history on this one.

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