The Voice Season 17 went live Monday with the top 20 semifinalists, seven of whom will go home on Tuesday’s live results show. But if Kelly Clarkson was correct in her bold prediction, quirky folk singer Will Breman won’t be going anywhere. Will isn’t on Kelly’s team — he’s John Legend’s contestant — but after Will’s gender-flipped standout performance of Taylor Swift’s “Style,” she was “stunned,” according to host Carson Daly, and she told Will, “You just won The Voice… like, you won it all. That was crazy.” I sincerely hope that Kelly was right. Will is quickly shaping up to be my favorite contestant of the season — one of the few singers in the top 20 who takes creative chances and is never predictable or old-fashioned. Many singers on Monday disappointingly stuck with safe moldy-oldies and pandering karaoke balladry, but the adorakble Will, as always, threw himself into a fun, fearless performance – scatty, jazzy, and wacky, but never gimmicky. There’s truly never been anyone like Will Breman on The Voice.
John, who won last season his first time out, just might have a chance for a repeat victory with this likable guy. “I am so lucky to get to work with you,” he told Will. You are so musical. You are so inventive. You have such charisma, such personality. And you are a true artist. It's a joy to watch you perform.”
Not all of the contestants’ performances were so joy-inducing. Many of them were plagued by the sound and pitch problems that have unfortunately become all too common at the start of every Voice season’s Live Playoffs. Others went with odd song choices that did them no favors. But a few of them did have… wait for it… great style. Let’s run down the rest of the top 20 performances, and then predict which 13 hopefuls will advance to the next round.
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