NBC’s ‘The Voice’ review: Joshua Davis, Brian Johnson, Ashley Morgan, and Mia Z. among first battles

Tonight, “The Voice” had a bit of a Frankenstein episode. The first hour wrapped up the Blind Auditions, but then the second prioritized something a little different: Kicking off the Battle Rounds, which are to us the most boring part of the entire show. Here’s a comparison for you: The British version of the show recently put around 5-6 battles into an hour of programming. Even with commercials, they still would’ve managed at least four. Meanwhile, this show only managed to “cram” three into the span of an hour.

Before we get too far into this part of the episode, head over here to read our full take on the blind auditions. Now, let’s get to what were at least some good vocal performances!

Mia Z. d. Ashley Morgan, Team Pharrell – This did not take long for there to be drama! Both of these women had killer voices, and Adam Levine called this a pancakes-or-waffles situation almost. Pharrell picked Mia, which was apparently such a shock that all three coaches went in for the steal. Adam made a hard push to steal her, but in the end she ended up going with Christina.

Tonya Boyd-Cannon d. James McNeice, Team Adam – Not a whole lot of drama here, even if the coaches tried to make it look closer than it was. We didn’t really love the song choice of “PYT,” but Tonya has SOUL for days. She won this pretty easily for us, and there was no steal.

Brian Johnson d. Joshua Davis, Team Blake – Another big steal, and another great battle! Blake seems to have a real connection to Brian, so you better watch out for these two and what they do. Also, Joshua should be a perfect addition to Team Adam. No reason to worry here.

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