Just realized season 8 has the most coaches participated in the history of the show.
Main coach was Adam, Pharrell, Christina and Blake. One live shows they brought in Usher, Gwen and CeeLo as advisors. Even Shakira showed up in a video.
Nick and Reba were part-time advisors, and many years later they both became full-time coaches.
Among the advisors that season are Meghan Trainor and Ryan Tedder, so you guys might come back to this post in the future, who knows?
Live Semifinal (Top 8): Performances
Josh Sanders - White Horse - 6.5
Madison Curbelo - Time After Time - 8.75
Bryan, Maddi, and Nathan - Just Like Heaven - 2
Serenity Arce - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) - 8.25
Josh, Karen, and Tae - Forever Young - 4
Maddi Jane - Greedy - 6
Nathan Chester - Try A Little Tenderness - 10
Asher, Madison, and Serenity - Fix You - 6.5
Bryan Olesen - Against All Odds - 5
Karen Waldrup - Stay - 10
Asher Havon - Irreplaceable - 7.5
Tae Lewis - Amazed - 5.5
Thoughts:
- Nathan killed it once again. This man is devouring the competition everytime he steps on that stage. Probably the biggest upward trajectory I´ve ever seen on the show. He deserves the win.
- Karen killed that as well. If there was any doubt about her spot in the finale, this sealed it. Fantastic vocal. She could very well win too.
- On another season, Josh would be the absolute frontrunner with almost 0 chance to be beaten. Dude can sing live and is likable. But this is a strong, competitive season, and at this point, I think Nathan and Karen are a bit ahead of him right now, but we´ll see.
- I think Madison and Asher will fight for that last PV. The numbers apparently are vying for Asher but I´m not fully convinced explicitly based on last night. I think Madison still has an edge, but we´ll see. I think both would deserve it, and even if he misses PV, Asher is getting to the finale through the save.
- Team Chance? I wouldn´t 100% count them out, especially Serenity. We´ve had weird shit happen before.
- The only contestant that I don´t feel has much of a shot is Bryan, sadly. I think he´s done.