See I considered that being the reason but also he literally lost every other vote in both seasons. In season 18-20 they did the thing where the IS considered of 1 artist on every team and in the 4 instant saves Nick participated in, his artist lost every single one of them, even when his artist got the pimp spot in one of them. Michael winning the 4 way KO in S18 was not super shocking because Michael/Samantha were the only ones that didn't bomb. On the contrary, Devan was one of if not the only person to perform badly in his 4 way KO pairing and yet by some miracle he won
That was literally it. Remember that in two of the three seasons in which the Four-Way Knockout existed, Nick was there, and both seasons Nick was in, his artist won the Four-Way Knockout.
So knowing that, I am surprised that didn't beat the Blakers in every other vote.
No offense to the artists, but getting a bit tired of the "low profile" coaches even if they end up doing a decent/good job like Dan & Shay, like seriously, Kelsea Ballerini as coach is really trying to scrap the bottom of the barrell of "famous artists", just how hard is for NBC to reach out a big name or legend status artist that wouldn't cost them a kidney to sign? there are sooo many out there so why they keep signing these minor artists while paying around 13 million for John just so he can finish in 5th or 4th place every season? i don't need any "trendy" new artist, bring me some veteran names from the 2000's or early 2010's, or some 90's/80's legends.
Not to mention the list of former coaches we all want to see back, i would love to see Pharrell or Jhud back, and i know people here have a hate-boner but i would gladly bring back Adam specially to see how he would perform without Blake ruining his chances everytime.