[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
-♪ I look for trouble and I found it, son ♪
♪ Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun ♪
♪ I tried to run, but I don't think I can ♪
♪ You make one move and you're a dead man, friend ♪
♪ Ain't living long like this ♪
-♪ Ain't living long ♪
-♪ Can't live at all like this ♪
♪ Can I, baby? ♪
-♪ Slapped the handcuffs on behind my back ♪
♪ Then left me reeling on a steel reel rack ♪
-♪ They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby, yeah ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-♪ Ain't living long like this ♪
♪♪
♪ Can't live at all like this ♪
♪ Can I, baby? ♪
-Come on!
-♪ I live with Angel, she's a roadhouse queen ♪
-♪ Uh-huh ♪
-♪ Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee ♪
♪ I want to love her, but I don't know how ♪
♪ I'm underneath the jailhouse now ♪
♪ Ain't living long like this ♪
-♪ Ain't living long like this ♪
-♪ Can't live at all like this ♪
♪ Can I, baby? ♪
-♪ Yeah ♪
-♪ You hear the story about the jailhouse rock ♪
-Uh-huh! -♪ Don't want to do it ♪
♪ But just don't get caught ♪
-♪ They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby ♪
Come on!
-♪ Ain't living long like this ♪
-Yeah!
[ Rhythmic clapping ]
-♪ Can't live at all like this ♪
♪ Can I, baby? ♪
♪ Can't live at all like this ♪
♪ Can I, baby-y-y-y-y? ♪
-Whoo!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Wow.
-All right. -That was fun!
-Whew!
Well, that was a barn burner for sure.
I think it was good coaching to put you guys against each other.
So, Blake, well done. -Thank you.
-Connor, your rasp's kind of an identifier for you.
It's something that I think will set you apart.
-Thank you. And you clearly have fun
performing. -I do.
-Aaron, there was real professional quality to the way
that you approached the vocal on this song.
And I really appreciated
that you were swinging for the fences.
Made me feel like it was fairly even.
Both you guys, great job. [ Applause ]
-I really just had a fun time listening to the whole thing.
Aaron's voice was a little more electric to me,
and it felt like it was more suited to this particular song.
But there's something cool about your voice, Connor.
Yeah.
-I was thinking about what it would feel like
for you to just sing a stripped-down ballad
with just you and the guitar. -Yeah.
-I'm more intrigued by the possibility
of hearing what else you could do.
It's a tough decision.
-Only John Legend could hear that performance
and also be imagining an acoustic, broken-down version.
[ Laughter ]
-I can't believe I'm gonna say it,
but I really think that song was perfect, Blake.
-It was an accident. -You did a good job, Blake.
-He stumbled upon greatness. -That's right.
-Aaron, you were able to kind of bring this,
like, rough, smoky tone with your acoustic and jam out.
Connor, when you were singing, you were still acting
like you were onstage solo by yourself at your concert.
I just thought it was really strong that you were
still kind of claiming your space in your moment.
-Thank you, Coaches.
Buddy, give us some thoughts on that battle.
-Aaron, it says here that, you know, he's a jack-of-all-trades,
from teaching martial arts
to creating essential oils for men's beards.
[ Laughter ] -That's a bio, my friend.
-Yeah, it really is. -That's a bio.
-I don't know how you manage to do anything else
when you're so good at that. -Thank you.
-And then Connor, who works full time as a tennis coach.
[ Chuckles ]
They call me Backhand Blake back in Oklahoma.
Tennis is just a... -Natural sport for you?
-Yes. Yes. And so we have that connection
that I didn't even realize. -You are an athlete.
-Yeah. Yes, I am. -An athlete through and through.
-♪ Backstreet Blake, alright ♪
-Oh, my gosh. That is good.
-[ Laughs ]
But by the same token, it's like,
how does Connor do anything else other than this?
And Kelsea's right -- once you're in the zone,
somebody could walk up and just be like, "Hey, Connor, listen,
hey, there's a tornado coming! Stop, stop!"
And you couldn't get him out of the zone.
You just couldn't.
That's your tennis coach coming out in you.
-That's right. -Backhand Blake,
the time has come. [ Laughter ]
Who is the winner of this battle?
-I know I got to make a decision here, uh...
♪♪
If I'm being honest with myself,
it's a little bit more in Aaron's wheelhouse.
But, Connor, I-I know how much work you put into this.
I got to give it up to Connor.
-Connor Christian is moving on to the knockouts.
-Connor had a bigger challenge to face with that song,
and I thought he stepped up to the plate.
He just can't hold himself back when he's onstage.
We got to find songs, moving forward,
that he can just let loose and be Connor.
-Good job, bud. -Thank you, guys, so much.
Getting to continue on Blake's team is an absolute blessing.
Time to crank it up and keep the rock 'n' roll coming.
-Aaron, anything you'd like to say to Blake?
-This whole experience has been amazing to me.
It's gonna let me go home and keep doing music every morning
before I brush my teeth with a lot more to think about.
-Thank you, man. Thank you. Great job.
-Give it up for Aaron Konzelman one more time,
ladies and gentlemen. -Yes, Aaron.