♪♪
-♪ Every day I wake and everything is broken ♪
♪ Turnin' off my phone just to get out of bed ♪
-♪ Get home every evening ♪
♪ History's repeating ♪
♪ Turning off my phone ♪
♪ 'Cause it's hurting my chest, ayy ♪
-♪ And heaven knows I'm not helpless ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
-♪ But what can I do? ♪
-♪ I can't see the use in me crying ♪
♪ If I'm not even tryin' to make the change I wanna seeeeeee ♪
-♪ I can't sit and hope, I ♪
♪ Can't just sit and pray that ♪
♪ I can find a love, when ♪
♪ All I see is pain ♪
-♪ Falling to my knees ♪
♪ And though I do believe ♪
-♪ I can't just preach, baby, preach ♪
♪ Whoa, ohhh ♪
♪ I can't just preach, baby, preach ♪
♪♪
-♪ And heaven knows ♪
♪ I'm not helpless, yeah ♪
♪ But what can I do? ♪
-♪ I can't see the use in me crying ♪
♪ If I'm not even tryin' to make the change I wanna see ♪
-♪ I can't sit and hope ♪
-Yes! -♪ I can't just sit and pray ♪
♪ That I can find a love ♪
♪ When all I see is pain ♪
-♪ Falling to my knees ♪
♪ And though I do believe ♪
-♪ I can't just preach, baby, preach ♪
-Yeah! -♪ Whoa, ohhh ♪
♪ Whoa, ohhh ♪
♪ I can't just preach, baby, preach ♪
♪ Fallin' to my knees ♪
♪ And though I do believe ♪
♪ I can't just preach ♪
♪ Baby, preach ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah!
-Yes!
♪♪
-I love you.
-Whoa!
Standing ovation from John!
-Wow!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I loved it!
Thank you for singing my song.
I felt your passion. I felt your love.
It was really beautifully executed.
Hillary, you're a wonderful singer,
and it felt like you really dug into the spirit of the song.
Kevin, hearing you sing reminded me
of how upset I was with Gwen when she blocked me.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
-Your voice makes John mad at Gwen.
[ Laughter ]
-Honestly, you're just a really great singer.
-Thank you. -And I love how you can be
really soft and heartfelt,
and then you can get big and soulful.
If I were to pick, I would pick Kevin,
but I thought both of you did a fantastic job.
-Thanks, John. -Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Wow. That was amazing.
You look gorgeous, both of you guys.
I -- I'm dying over your outfit.
-Thanks. [ Laughs ] -It's ridiculous.
And I need your boots, but I kinda already have them,
but they're different. -Same.
-Twinning! [ Laughter ]
-Hillary, you have such a beautiful tone.
It wasn't until you went to your kind of solo moment
that I was like, "Whoa."
Kind of took my breath away.
It was very, very beautiful.
-Thank you. -And, Kevin,
your personality and your stage presence,
even when she was singing, I was wanting to watch
what you were doing with your body language.
So, that's incredible. -[ Chuckles ]
-If I had to choose somebody right now,
I would probably go with Kevin.
-Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Hey, guys!
-Hey. -Hi.
-First of all, Blake, thank you so much
for picking my song for them to sing.
-Oh, you're welcome. You're welcome.
It's funny 'cause it's a John Legend song.
-Ahh. -Tough crowd.
Um, anyway... [ Laughter ]
-We don't laugh here at "The Voice."
This is very serious. This audience doesn't laugh.
They just cheer! [ Audience cheering ]
There we go!
-[ Chuckles ]
-That was really fun to watch.
You both have incredible voices.
And it's interesting because, in the blinds,
all we have is the voice.
But then, in the battles, it's like you have
that visual element, which is such a big part of it.
Hillary, I could tell you were wanting to go for it
and trying to push yourself kind of out of that comfort zone,
'cause, obviously, it's a performance.
There's a crowd.
Kevin, you maybe, like, just have more confidence --
you have a little bit more, like, developed
that sense of performance presence.
And I want to wear your outfit, also.
-Thank you. Appreciate it. -Thank you, Coaches.
Alright, buddy, the decision's all yours.
Give us some thoughts, first, on the battle.
-Well, my first thought is these guys did
an incredible job... -That's so true.
-...of sticking to the plan and representing the song
and giving it what it needed, yeah.
-I agree. -Hillary, you knew you had
a tall task to go up against Kevin.
I mean, he's unbelievable.
But so are you.
And, you know, I'm completely shocked
at the way you stepped up to the plate.
-Thank you. -You took all my notes,
and you walked up here, and you gave it, I feel like,
100% of what you had to give it.
-Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ]
And, Kevin, you also gave 100%
of what you had to give for this performance.
Even though that was 100%,
I still don't think we've seen your full potential.
And, man, that's -- that's saying a lot,
because that was an incredible performance.
-Blake, obviously, a very tough choice,
but the time has come.
Who is the winner of this battle?
[ Dramatic music plays ]
♪♪
-Uh...
♪♪
The winner of this battle is Kevin.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Kevin Hawkins --
moving on to the knockouts for Team Blake.
-I knew that Hillary was gonna have
her work cut out for her going up against Kevin.
I just think that, at the end of the day,
we still haven't seen everything this guy's even capable of.
And for that, he won the battle for me.
Congratulations. -Thank you.
-Incredible job.
-I'm so happy to be moving forward to the knockouts.
Whew.
Y'all, I'm going to the three-way knockouts.
Aha! [ Laughs ]
-Coaches, I'm gonna remind you
that Hillary is available to steal or save.
Hillary, what would you like to say to your coach?
-All four of you have had a little moment of my life,
so it's been such an honor
to be in front of you and sing for you.
Thank you so much. -Give it up one more time
for Hillary Torchiana, ladies and gentlemen!
[ Cheers and applause ] -Yes, Hillary!