NBC’s ‘The Voice’ review: Meet Savannah Berry, Brandon Roush, and Patrick Dodd

Did “The Voice” have a show-stopper on Tuesday night’s new episode? We are at the point in the season now where the blind auditions tend to start to peter off a little bit, mostly because the producers want to showcase some great singers to get people hooked early on.

Luckily, we were very entertained throughout the entire hour. While we don’t know if we can say that the winner of season 4 was on this week’s show, there are some great talents this time around. Of course, the coaches’ banner was entertaining as always, led by Blake Shelton name-dropping like a mad man for the final singer on the night.

Audrey Karrasch – Here’s what we learned from Audrey’s pre-show package: modeling is superficial, and it’s not an easy business. Take away that back story for a second, though: you got a cool, free-flowing singer that actually rocked Jessie J’s “Price Tag,” which would make the judge on the British version of the show happy. She needs to work a little on trailing off her notes, but she’s going to have plenty of help with that courtesy of new coach Usher. On a separate note, we actually dig that she’s a little bit arrogant; it helps her to stand out amidst all the other “aw, shucks” personalities.

Brandon Roush – Aww, he’s a rocker with a heart! He helps out children in need, and at the same time, he has a killer voice that is classic rock with a little bit of blues thrown in there. We honestly don’t know why only Shakira turned around for him. This is a guy that, with the right songs, we could see being someone that the other coaches regret not supporting earlier on in the competition.

Betsy Barta – First of all, hats off to this person to being willing to perform on the streets in Minnesota. Doesn’t that have to be cold for a good half of the year? As for the audition, she violated the #1 rule of AVOID ADELE AT ALL COSTS. No one can compare. She actually sounded a little bit of a more soulful Elise Testone from “American Idol,” but was under on a few more notes than she needed to be in order to get a chair to turn around.

Patrick Dodd – We don’t really think that the guy’s dreadlocks match his voice at all, but he’s also from the city where all kinds of music can exist in Memphis, Tennessee. (Usher’s home state!) Okay, we almost laughed out loud when he actually started to sing “Walking in Memphis,” mostly because it was an “aw, how cute” sort of song choice. He actually sounds like Mark Cohn with a little bit of Taylor Hicks, and the most important thing is that we believed every word of this, which we can’t say very much on this show. He was ready to go with Adam Levine from pretty much the moment he turned around.

Trevor Davis, C. Perkins, and Agina Alvarez – We didn’t see to much of them, but they picked Blake Shelton, Shakira, and Adam, respectively. Agina is a returning singer from last season.

Orlando Dixon – This guy was hyped throughout the show as being one of the big stars, but we’re actually thinking that his screaming family backstage was even more entertaining than him. Usher was the only person to turn around, and this is probably the right person for him given that they’re similar singers, and he is going to really work on getting some of that vocal shakiness down a little.

Savannah Berry – This performance was great, but there is a part of us that wonders if Adam turns his chair around quickly for every country singer now in hopes to beat Blake to the punch. The good news for the other coaches? Even though she was a Texas and a little bit country, she also has a touch of folk in her tone. The bad news? Things changed the moment she said that Miranda Lambert was one of her favorite singers. Yep. She picked Blake. Shocker!

What did you think about episode 4: were there still some good singers, or are you starting to get a little tired of this stage of the competition already? In case you missed our review of Monday’s episode, you can check it out here.

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