The Voice Eliminations

No unnecessary text message banter required for this one....

Simply put, I think the judges (and the voters at home) got it exactly right.  The only real "surprise" for me was on Team Adam, with his Mouseketeer securing a spot in the finals as opposed to Katrina, who has a much more powerful voice.  Lacking stage presence, sure, but definitely a better voice than Tony.  He is holding down some serious Mickey Mouse Club love, I guess?!

In an odd coupling, Dia Frampton teamed up with Kid Cudi and it was.....well, it just was.  That is all I can make of it at this point.  I am just happy to see Kid keeping himself out there now that How To Make It In America has been cancelled, and Dia seems to be making a name for herself as well.

CeeLo teamed up with his protege from last season, but it was not as lively as I was hoping it would be.  Vicci Martinez actually sounded better than CeeLo, but it was just a rather boring performance all around.  That being said, it did not even hold a candle to the level of bad that was witnessed when Beverly McClellan and Cyndi Lauper took the stage.  It was...HORRIFIC.  Poor Beverly.  She actually has a great voice, but the screeching that was coming from Lauper's mouth as she tried to outshine McClellan made for a terrible pairing.

Then there was Javier Colon.  There to debut his latest single, he reassured us of what we all already knew - he truly was the best of the best last season.  The performance was a little boring for me (in general, I feel like slow songs are boring on live TV unless it is The Grammy's or something), but he sounded great.

All in all, a good beginning to the end for this season.  I am looking forward to next week's final performances show when the remaining four will give us a solo performance, a duet with their coach and another with to be determined special guests.  C'mon Juliet Simms!