‘The Voice’ Week Four Recap: Coaches Send More Teammates Into Tough Battles

Each coach on tonight's episode of 'The Voice' took very different strategic tactics when working with their team members. Each coach worked to instill specific qualities in their team members' performances.

Cee Lo Green had the butter-smooth Tje Austin sing with the room-filler Nakia. Cee Lo's specific focus was getting his crew to make him (and the crowd and viewing audience) really and truly feel it when they performed. He cautioned against dipping into pre-packaged emotions or manufactured feelings. He wanted their voices to come from a genuine place. Neither man was false or forced with their feeling when they sang Ne-Yo's 'Closer,' but Nakia took it home, unanimously, from note one. He opens his mouth and instantly moves people.

Blake Shelton wanted his team to learn to make it work no matter what the circumstances, and to engage the crowd. He almost stuck it to poor Jared Blake, putting him at a distinct disadvantage by making him sing with (or against) Elenowen, the married duo, for Marvin Gaye's 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough.' Blake wasn't thrown off his game by having to sing against a pair of voices, and he made love the crowd with his eyes and his movements -- and that's why he was able to move forward and remain active and on Blake Shelton's team.

Adam Levine chose a simple song in the form of 'Stand by Me,' and he pitted Javier Colon, arguably one of the show's standout stars, against Angela Wolff. Levine encouraged them to have discipline when singing and to not sing over one another. At the end of the performance, while their voices blended beautifully, Colon was just too good to deny. Even fellow coach Shelton piped in about Colon's dominance, saying that a pretty girl was standing on stage and he didn't even focus on her because he was too entranced by Colon's singing.

Christina Aguilera selected Justin Grennan (whom Shelton said looks like he works at his bank -- but he was impressed by his rock side) and Beverly McLellan to sing 'Baba O'Riley' by the Who, which was a surprising choice. She wanted Grennan's tenor to match up against the bold and bald McLellan's gritty rawness. She advised Grennan to make the song his own by putting his own flourish on it, kinda like she did with the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Okay, maybe we didn't need to go there, but it's true. Aguilera encouraged her charges to employ artistic license where applicable or necessary.

It was an epic battle and the perfect song for these two powerhouses to show off those room-shaking voices. Cee Lo said Bev stole it, owned and sold it. Aguilera knew her co-coaches were jealous that her people brought the house down. Ultimately, McLellan brought it down harder and moved on. Stay tuned to PopCrush next week for another full episode recap of 'The Voice.'

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