♪♪
-♪ One look in your eyes ♪
♪ And there I see ♪
♪ Just what you mean to me ♪
-♪ And here in my heart ♪
♪ I, I believe ♪
♪ Your love is all I'll ever need ♪
-♪ Holdin' you close through the night ♪
-♪ I need you ♪
-Yes. -Wow.
-♪ Yeah ♪
-♪ Here and now ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ I promise to love faithfully ♪
-♪ You're all I need ♪
-♪ Whoa, oh ♪
-♪ Here and now ♪
-Wow.
-♪ I vow to be one with thee ♪
-♪ And all I need is your love ♪
-♪ Said your love is all I need ♪
-[ Speaking indistinctly ] -♪ Starting here ♪
-♪ Ooh, starting now ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I believe in your love ♪
♪ I'm starting here ♪
-♪ I'm starting right here ♪
-♪ I'm starting now ♪
-♪ Right now because I believe in your love ♪
-♪ So I'm gonna take the vow ♪
-♪ Here and now ♪
♪ Oh ♪ -[ Screams ]
-♪ I vow to be one with thee ♪
-Yeah!
-♪ Oh ♪
-♪ Said your love is all I need ♪
-♪ Whooooo, ooh, ooh ♪
-♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪
-♪ All ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ Need ♪ -Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ] Beautiful!
♪♪
Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause continue ]
-Yeah! Give it up for 'em! I love it!
-That was just beautiful singing.
Y'all are so evenly matched.
You both did some really cool stuff that was so moving.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Jonathan, you have this really cool vibrato, man.
And then, Paris, you have this texture to your voice
that is super captivating. -Thank you so much.
-There's something about you, Paris,
that I keep gravitating towards.
But honest to God, I was playing Ping-Pong the whole time.
-Mm-hmm.
-I wish -- I mean, you could go with literally either one.
-Yeah.
That literally sounded like a record.
It was incredible. I mean, I want to hear it again.
[ Laughter ] Paris, I love your voice.
You have such a clean tone.
And, Jonathan, same thing --
I love your voice.
You have more of a vibrato.
Maybe that's what made that blend work so well together
was your clean tone with his vibrato.
I don't know, but it was great.
I normally will stick my neck out and say who I would choose,
but I don't know.
I-I choose Carson.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah. Always, always choose Carson.
-Jonathan, Paris, that was so incredible.
You're both world-class singers.
Your vibratos are so unique.
But then, I felt like, when you were singing at the same time,
they were circling around at the same exact speed.
I was like, "What kind of witchcraft?"
[ Laughter ] And so this was -- It was --
It was so captivating and amazing.
This is really hard,
and I am also going to be of no help.
I don't know what you do here.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Wow.
-Thank you, coaches.
-I'm sorry.
-Not sure you got a lot of help there, John.
Give us some thoughts on the battle.
-Everyone said how thoroughly impressive
and -- and captivating both of you are.
And there's no right answer about who was better.
Jonathan, your tone is a little silkier, a little smoother.
I do love that vibrato.
And then, Paris, your voice does have a little more texture
and a little more grit to it,
but it's also rangy and smooth when it needs to be.
And you are both so evenly matched,
and I've gone back and forth about it.
You both were as great as you needed to be to keep going.
So thank you for making my job difficult,
but that just means you all were awesome.
You really were.
[ Applause ] -John, the time has come.
Who is the winner of this battle?
[ Dramatic music plays ]
-The winner of this battle...
♪♪
...is Paris.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Paris Winningham!
You are moving on to the knockouts. Congratulations!
-Picking a winner was almost like a coin toss.
My only slight preference for Paris
is something about his energy.
I like that bounce that he has.
-Thank you so much. -Thanks, John.
-That kind of energy is really infectious.
-If you'd have asked me last year if I'd be here,
I wouldn't have believed it, but to get here now
and to stand on the biggest stage I've ever been on,
I'm overwhelmed, and -- and I can't say enough.
I'm just -- I'm truly thankful.
-Coaches, I'll remind you Jonathan's available to steal.
Jonathan, anything you'd like to say to your coach?
-It's not lost on me singing a Luther song
to someone who has inspired me
since I was in middle school.
Like, the magnitude of this moment,
and being here on this stage, it's a bucket list.
So, thank you. -You're amazing, Jonathan.
-Thank you, thank you, thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Hey!
-What?! -Yeah!
-That is a steal from Blake Shelton!
-[ Shouts indistinctly ]
[ Cheers and applause continue ]
-You're not leaving.
They had such an incredible performance.
I was gonna use my steal... -Yes!
-...on either one of those guys, to be honest with you.
Jonathan's voice is unbelievable.
He's just a very tasteful and talented vocalist.
He's an incredible addition to Team Blake.
-You're not leaving. What are you talking about?
-I'm sure Blake would love
for Jonathan to go on and do well,
and then he can gloat about how he was a better coach.
But I'm rooting for Jonathan, no matter what.
I love Jonathan as a vocalist,
and I only want the best for him.
I am looking forward to the knockouts.