You Have to See This Insane ‘The Voice’ Battle That Has the Other Coaches Saying: ‘Bublé, You’re in Big Trouble’
It’s an embarrassment of riches for Team Michael on this season of The Voice, and on Monday’s new episode, two of Bublé’s singers — Jazz McKenzie and Trinity — go head-to-head for an astonishingly impressive Battle, and you can watch it early on Billboard.
The two vocalists offered a jazzy masterclass with their performance of Jamiroquai‘s “Virtual Insanity,” trading lines and lushly harmonizing on the 1996 top 40 Pop Airplay hit and MTV staple, with its memorable moving-walkway music video. Jazz and Trinity totally reinvent the song in the Battle, imagining: What if “Virtual Insanity” were instead a duet between Jill Scott and Erykah Badu?
The Voice coach Snoop Dogg took notice of the song’s revamp, marveling, “Heavens to Murgatroyd! Lord have mercy! I went on tour with Jamiroquai – y’all put some herbs and spices on that man’s song.”
Snoop also acknowledged the difficulty of Bublé’s decision — “This is two four-chair turns. Mike, I know you’re not happy about this” — while their fellow coach Reba McEntire quipped: “I am.”
All the non-Bublé coaches were licking their lips at the chance to steal one of the singers, with Niall Horan saying, “If I’m stealing anyone, I want one of you two. … Bublé, you’re in big trouble.” Horan also poked fun at how the Battle got him moving, joking, “I dislocated a hip. I know that’s gonna be on the Internet.”
But it’s all going to come down to Bublé on Monday. “Trinity, I love the jazz thing,” he said. “You were just improvising and this is just effortless and easy for you. Jazz, you have this wonderful, powerful voice, and this is the essence of what this show is about.”
So who will he pick? You’ll have to tune in Monday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and streaming on Peacock to find out, and you can watch their full Battle and deliberation exclusively on Billboard below.
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