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Everybody is still abuzz about last night’s instant elimination. It was the gasp heard ‘round the world, and I was stunned myself! Of course, it was at the very end of the show, and in my ear I’m hearing, “You have 30 seconds left!” so in my mind, I have a very formatted job to do: stand with the four, eliminate one, send the three remaining artists off, bring the person getting eliminated to me for their final words, etc. But that decision threw me for such a loop. People were freaking out!

The last time I had this experience was when The Sopranos ended, when they’re in the diner and then it just cuts to black. That’s what it felt like. When Christina said the words “Jesse Campbell,” my brain cut to black, and it was so quiet in the room. If you wonder how I work while in shock, that was it! I don’t even remember the last 30 seconds of the show.

The one thing I do remember is that the whole room was just quiet for a minute. And then as soon as the shock wore off, everybody grouped up and started talking about it. There were mini discussions being had by every single person in that room. Once the emotional part went by, they were just trying to understand it. It instantly sparked dialogue, which is always a good thing. Whether or not Christina made the right move is up for discussion, and by the looks of everybody I’ve seen, people were shocked by it.

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SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen tonight’s second elimination episode of The Voice, then stop reading! I implore you! Stop reading this now! Really, stop reading or you’ll ruin it! I’m about to tell you which four artists got the boot in tonight’s results show… READ FULL STORY »

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Week 2 had its all-around advantages for everybody, including myself. There was so much going on last week, and most of it was new for all of us, so I felt a lot more at ease this week. Team Adam and Team Cee Lo had a bit of an advantage to be able to sit back last week and watch Christina and Blake’s teams perform, but with that comes a little bit more pressure. You’ve had a week on the bench, you know what to expect, so now you’ve got to go out and deliver! But I think they hit the stage knowing what the vibe was going to be like, and they took full advantage of that.

We lost four people on Tuesday, and the mood the next day was very… real, I’d say. I think it became very apparent to our contestants when they realized that four of them had just lost their roommates. When your bags are packed and you’re headed home, it all becomes very surreal. We’ve spent months on this fun, creative, collaborative television show, and once people start leaving, it starts to feel like the end of summer. READ FULL STORY »

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And we’re live! The atmosphere last night was electrifying. To me, there’s nothing more exciting than live television, and we unveiled this new set that was big and bright and enormous. It felt like the Starship Enterprise, it was so huge. And the crowd was gigantic, filled with anticipation for these live shows, which are just so much fun to do. It’s just like one big party. Backstage, we have this trailer village, we call it, where all of the coaches and myself and Christina Milian hang out together. It’s just like camp! The whole atmosphere at the beginning of the live shows was just electrifying. You walk backstage and you see Sera Hill’s dancers rubbing oil on their bodies, or you hear Chris Mann’s warm-up (which is so loud, of course, and echoes throughout the whole room), or you find Moses Stone stretching. There’s a lot of last minute prep, and it’s all really fun. It’s such a circus… in a good way! READ FULL STORY »