While Adam Levine has been with the “The Voice” since it began in 2011, he has won only three of the previous 13 seasons (his long-time rival, Blake Shelton has six victories). According to our readers, that elusive fourth win is likely to elude Levine in the current season 14. They think that he and Shelton have far weaker teams than returning coach Alicia Keys and rookie Kelly Clarkson heading into the knockout round, which kicks off on April 2.
Levine’s eight artists earned a combined 13 chair turns during the blind auditions. He chose six of these during the blind auditions while the other two were steals from coaches who went with the competing artists in the battle round.
Levine paired up his original dozen artists against each other in six battles. The winners of these match-ups — Mia Boostrom, Drew Cole, Gary Edwards, Rayshun LaMarr, Reid Umstattd and Jackie Verna — move on to the knockout round. He used one steal to throw Jackie Foster a lifeline after Kelly Clarkson opted to keep D.R. King following their duet on “Sign of the Times.” And he picked up Team Alicia Keys artist Jordyn Simone after she lost to Kelsea Johnson when they did battle on “Don’t Let Go (Love).
We have compiled a power ranking of the contestants now on Team Adam Levine. These would-be winners are listed from best to worst based on their reception in the blind auditions and battles, the resulting sales of their tracks on iTunes and the votes of viewers like you.
Take a look at detailed bios of each of them in the photo gallery above and then read a the recap of each of the songs that got them to this stage of the competition below. If you haven’t voted in our poll yet, be sure to do so at the bottom of this post and then sound off in the comments section about both Levine and his team. (Vote in the polls on Team Kelly Clarkson, Team Alicia Keys and Team Blake Shelton.
Reid Umstattd
Age: 34
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Battle 2 (won against Davison)
Song: “Love on the Brain” by Rihanna
Blind Audition 3
Song: “Take Me to the Pilot” by Elton John
Chair Turns: 2 – Alicia, Adam
Jackie Foster (steal from Kelly Clarkson after losing battle to D.R. King)
Age: 21
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Battle 1
Song: “Sign of the Times” by Harry Styles
Blind Audition 3
Song: “What About Us” by Pink
Chair Turns: 2 – Alicia, Kelly
Drew Cole
Age: 25
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Battle 3 (won against Miya Bass; she was stolen by Alicia Keys)
Song: “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” by Bob Dylan
Blind Audition 1
Song: “Sex and Candy” by Marcy Playground
Chair Turns: 2 – Adam, Blake
Rayshun LaMarr
Age: 33
Hometown: Fort Washington, Maryland
Battle 1 (won against Tish Haynes Keys; she was stolen by Kelly Clarkson)
Song: “Sweet Thing” by Rufus with Chaka Khan)
Blind Audition 1
Song: “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey
Chair Turns: 2 – Alicia, Adam
SEE ‘The Voice’ season 14 schedule: Knockouts begin April 2, live shows April 16, finale May 22
Mia Boostrom
Age: 22
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Battle 3 (won against Genesis Diaz)
Song: “Because of You” by Kelly Clarkson
Blind Audition 3
Song: “Pillowtalk” by Zayn Malik
Chair Turns: 1 – Adam
Jordyn Simone (steal from Alicia Keys after losing battle to Kelsea Johnson)
Age: 17
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Battle 2
Song: “Don’t Let Go (Love)” by En Vogue
Blind Audition 4
Song: “Tennessee Whiskey” by George Jones
Chair Turns: 1 – Alicia
Gary Edwards
Age: 26
Hometown: Carson City, Nevada
Battle 4 (won against Angel Bonilla)
Song: “When You Believe” by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston
Blind Audition 5
Song: “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye
Chair Turns: 2 – Adam, Blake
Jackie Verna
Age: 22
Hometown: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Battle 4 (won against Stephanie Skipper)
Song: “These Dreams” by Heart
Blind Audition 6
Song: “Peter Pan” by Kelsea Ballerini
Chair Turns: 1 – Adam
SEE ‘The Voice’ winners: Where are they now (Season 1 – 13)?
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