♪♪
-♪ We both lie silently still in the dead of the night ♪
♪ Although we both lie close together ♪
♪ We feel miles apart inside ♪
♪ Was it something I said or something I did? ♪
♪ Did my words not come out right?
♪ Though I tried not to hurt you ♪
♪ Though I tried ♪
♪ But I guess that's why they say ♪
-♪ Every rose has its thorn ♪
-Wow.
-♪ Just like every night has its dawn ♪
♪ Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song ♪
♪ Every rose has its thorn ♪
-Yeah, it does.
-Yeah!
-♪ Though it's been a while now ♪
♪ I can still feel so much pain ♪
-♪ Like a knife that cuts you, the wound heals ♪
-♪ But that scar ♪
-♪ That scar remains ♪
-♪ Yeah ♪
-♪ Every rose ♪
-♪ Every rose has its thorn ♪
[ Audience cheering ]
-♪ I know I could've saved a love that night ♪
♪ If I'd known what to say ♪
♪ Instead of makin' love ♪
♪ We both made our separate ways ♪
-♪ And to hear that tears me up inside ♪
♪ And to see you cuts me like a knife ♪
-♪ Every rose has its thorn ♪
-♪ Every rose, every rose, every rose, yeah ♪
-♪ Just like every night has its dawn ♪
-♪ Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song ♪
♪ Every rose has its thorn ♪
-Whoo!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh, my gosh. Good job.
Great job. Great job.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Whoo!
-You remember me, Kate?
-I definitely remember you. Yeah.
-You hear the sound of my voice? -Yes.
-You can't mute me anymore.
-Does that still work actually, now that I think about it?
-I broke it.
Kate, you have one of my favorite voices
on this show right now. -Thank you so much.
-Whoa! -Right now, yeah.
-Wow. -I fought for you really hard
in the blinds.
And clearly, I still am.
I think that you were so excellent.
With this song, I feel like you leveled up.
You did some really high notes,
but you did it in a tasteful way that's so pleasant.
Oh, it's just like butter.
Like, your voice is just butter.
And, Madison, your tone is also really, really gorgeous.
I love your personality.
I love when you went, "Yeah, it does."
I was like, "Yeah!" -Yeah. Yeah, it does.
"Yeah, it does." It does, it does.
"Every rose does have thorns."
-Camila is having a nervous breakdown right now
on the -- on the show. [ Laughter ]
-I think I am, but at least you guys are laughing.
[ Laughter ]
-Madison, my favorite thing about you
is your ability to sing those verses
so, like, soft and emotional.
Vocally, your sweet spot is --
is the -- that tenderness that you have.
And I thought it was really pretty.
Your tone's incredible.
Kate, when you're singing,
it's not just about the voice and the tone and the lyric --
It's how you interpret that with your body.
You seem really effortless with that.
It's very believable and honest.
Really great. -Thank you so much.
-Kate, you started to just emerge as a superstar
when you opened up and got big at the end.
Wow. Like, when you're hitting those notes,
there's, like, this openness and roundness to your voice.
And it's just so, so good.
Madison, they're right about your tone.
I really loved the tender alto that you were singing with,
particularly at the beginning of the song.
I really thought you did that really well.
-Thank you, Coaches. -Thank you.
-All right, Blake, you got the final decision.
Give us some thoughts on the battle.
-It might just be me,
but when we're talking about Madison's tone,
I-I swear there's a little Elvis in your voice somehow.
-Yeah. -I thought overall,
your performance was good.
There was a few moments where I heard
some -- some pitchy things there towards the end.
Kate, your performance, when you started singing,
like, I could hear them one by one go,
"Oh." "W-Whoa." "Hey." You know?
And that's kind of how I felt, too,
when you started singing, was, like, "I knew she was good,"
but then we had the whole goat distraction, and maybe I --
Maybe I kind of forgot a little bit.
And then we got in rehearsals, and, like,
"Oh, no, she's really good."
-I actually brought my goat today.
-Did you? -Bring them out!
[ Gwen laughs ]
Just kidding.
-[ Laughs ]
-This crowd hates me.
-She's on fire, folks.
-Will you guys please laugh at one of her jokes?
Just one of them. [ Laughter ]
And then -- And then... Thank you.
-Blake, it's time.
Who is the winner of this battle?
[ Dramatic music plays ]
-The way I always judge these battles is, I try to judge
based on what happened right here, right now.
And so that's what I'm gonna do.
The winner of this battle is Kate.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Let's go! Whoo!
-Kate, congratulations. -You got it. Good job.
-You're moving on to the knockouts for Team Blake.
[ Cheers and applause continue ]
-Thank you so much. -Way to go, buddy.
Kate's voice is just -- I don't know.
There's something really sweet about her voice
and how connected she is with herself when she's singing.
You can see it in her body language onstage.
And she's just so much fun to work with.
I can't wait to see what Kate does
in these three-way knockouts.
-Madison, anything you want to say to your coach?
-This whole experience has been amazing.
Like, I've just improved mentally,
physically, spiritually, so I'm just so honored
to be on the stage and have this opportunity.
Thank you, everyone.
-Give it up for Madison Hughes.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Great job, Madison.
-Great job. -Great job.