♪♪
-♪ When I'm away from you ♪
♪ I'm happier than ever ♪
♪ Wish I could explain it better ♪
♪ I wish it wasn't true ♪
-♪ Give me a day or two ♪
♪ To think of something clever ♪
♪ To write myself a letter ♪
♪ To tell me what to do ♪
-Whoo!
-♪ Mm-mmm ♪
-Goody.
-Yes!
-♪ You call me again, drunk in your Benz
♪ Driving home under the influence ♪
-♪ You scared me to death, but I'm wasting my breath ♪
♪ 'Cause you only listen to your stupid friends ♪
-♪ I don't relate to you ♪
-♪ I don't relate to you, no ♪
♪ 'Cause I'd never treat me this badly ♪
-♪ You made me hate this city ♪
-Hey! Hey!
-♪ And I don't talk crap about you on the Internet ♪
♪ Never told anyone anything bad ♪
-♪ 'Cause that's just embarrassing ♪
♪ You were my everything ♪
♪ All that you did was make me frickin' sad ♪
-♪ You ruined everything good ♪
♪ Always said you were misunderstood ♪
-♪ Made all my moments your own ♪
-♪ Just can you leave me alone? ♪
-Hey! -Hey!
-♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Ahh ♪
-Yes!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Wow. -Real good.
-Whoo! Whoo-whoo-whoo!-
-Oh, my goodness.
I loved that. That was so good.
You both are so freaking cool.
-[ Laughs ] -Seriously.
When you walked out,
I was telling Gwen how I loved both of your outfit choices.
You look like stars.
And, Ian, I love that depth in your voice,
and it's just so, like, full and has such presence.
It felt like the song wasn't too big for you.
You were there to dominate the song.
Alyssa, you were pretty much flawless.
Your voice sounded amazing.
Your tone was perfect for the song.
I would pick Alyssa only
because the song was just right in her wheelhouse.
But both of you are just really good,
and I really enjoyed you both.
-Thank you very much. -Thank you.
-I felt like Alyssa stayed in her lane the entire time.
And Ian, at first I thought,
"Oh, my God, he's gonna be stuck down there in that --
-Mm-hmm. -...in that lower register
the entire time."
But then the bridge happened.
-He went, "Rah!" -And that's...
that's when you got the big reaction
out of the room. She's right.
We all felt that. I got to see two different versions
of Ian up there, you know,
And they were both really good, and the shock factor of that
is the reason that I'd be picking Ian
based on what I just heard in that moment.
-Thank you. Thank you very much.
-Guys, it's going down right now.
-Yes, it went down.
-It went down. If I had to pick, I would say Alyssa,
just because I think performance-wise,
from the beginning to the end, you just kept blowing my mind.
Like, I was just like, "I'm about to just go start
a Twitter fan account for this girl."
I'll just, like, be right back. I'll just be like,
"AlyssaStanNumber13." [ Laughter ]
-AlyssaStan13.
-But, Ian, I think that with the right song,
I could start a fan account that's like IanLover 105.
[ Laughter ]
-Thank you, Coaches. -Thank you.
-Ah, my gosh. Ahh!
-All right, Gwen. You have the final decision.
Give us some thoughts first and then tell us who won.
-Okay, Carson Daly.
Okay. This is the thing.
Ian, your kind of voice for a male
is -- is my favorite kind of voice.
And you have so much range.
When you went to your high notes,
it was as good as any alternative singer.
I'm a super-fan of what you do.
Alyssa, I think I want to be you when I grow up.
So that's -- that's the problem.
You know, I think -- -I want to be you.
-[ Laughs ] I mean, you did "Don't Speak."
It was the first time probably
in my entire career that I was like,
"Actually, that was pretty good. Like, I thought she was...
I liked that." So this is really hard for me.
I don't know what to do at this point, Carson Daly.
I really don't.
I really don't and, honestly, did not...
-You pick, Carson Daly. -I'll tell you, 100%,
where I'm leaning right now
was not what I thought I was gonna do today.
I mean, absolutely did not know this was gonna happen, but...
-Oh, my goodness. -Well, it's a tough decision.
-It is. -The suspense.
-But the time has come. Who is the winner of this battle?
-Don't be mad at me, guys. I love you both.
And I think you're both super-gifted.
You have a future. Keep loving music.
Keep being honest with your music
and do it for the right reason.
I'm going to say...