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Four-chair turners Thunderstorm Artis (age 23) from Hawaii performs Coach John Legend’s “Preach” against Mandi Castillo (age 23) from Texas singing Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” during The Knockouts round on The Voice 2020 (Season 18)
Nick Jonas said Thunderstorm and Mandi have been two of his favorite artists to watch, but based on their performance on the round, Nick chose Thunderstorm as the winner of the Knockout. Kelly Clarkson said she was excited about Mandi’s because it was a little more competitive while Thunderstorm has the coolest tone. Kelly picked Mandi as the winner of the Knockout. Blake Shelton also gave the win to Mandi because “she really swung for the fence a little bit more” and because she learned more about her singing in that performance.
Coach John Legend said it’s tough because he admires both as vocalists and both are so good. Thunderstorm has “one of the coolest tones” he ever heard and he loved Thunderstorm’s version of his song because it sounded so right for Thunderstorm’s voice. As to Mandi, John describe her performance as “flawless” and that the coolest thing about her voice is the vibrato.
John Legend picked Mandi Castillo as the winner of the knockout because she keeps impressing and surprising him.
Artists: Thunderstorm Artis, Mandi Castillo
Songs: “Preach” by John Legend, “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King
Coach: John Legend
Knockouts winner: Mandi Castillo
Steal/Save result: Nick Jonas stole Thunderstorm Artis
Auditions: Thunderstorm Artis audition, Mandi Castillo audition
Previous performances: The Voice Thunderstorm Artis “Stay”, The Voice Mandi Castillo “Señorita”
“Preach” by John Legend was released as a single by John Legend Music and Sony Music Entertainment on February 15, 2019. It peaked at number twelve on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart.
“Stand by Me” is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller. The song topped the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) in 1961 and reached number 4 of US Billboard Hot 100. There have been over 400 recorded versions of the song, performed by many artists including John Lennon, Tracy Chapman, Florence and the Machine, The Kingdom Choir.
Season 18 of The Voice premiered at 8PM on February 24, 2020 on NBC and will air Mondays at 8 PM. John Legend, Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton returned as coaches for their third, fifth and eighteenth seasons, respectively. Nick Jonas joined the panel as a new coach, replacing Gwen Stefani. Meanwhile, Carson Daly returned for his eighteenth season as host.
On the question of whether or not The Voice Season 18 will continue airing amid the coronavirus pandemic, John Legend said that the program have pre-taped shows until the end of April. Whether the three weeks of planned live shows will push through in May is still unknown at this point. John said in his interview with Billboard that everybody’s playing things by ear because no one knows “where the world’s going to be in May.”
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