mercfan3 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) With 18 seasons, and it being off season..I thought it might be fun to take a look back at some of the best Voice performances..and in a March Madness format (since we didn't get that tournament either..) Hopefully there is a lot of participation. Couple of notes Instead of "North" "South" "East" and "West" regions, The coaches with the most performances will be the bracket side. They are: Adam, Blake, Xtina, Usher I put a limit of 3 performances per contestant for a few reasons. Biggest one is I'm hoping to get performances that represented the show..not just a few contestants. These are all LIVE performances. This type of thing might be fun to do with Blinds as well - but it's not fair to compare blinds to live. One original made the cut It took a little time for me to come up with this - and I tried my best to include the best performances based on sales/reviews/viewer response (IE..what did this performance lead to on the show). And since I've been watching the show since season 3 (regularly since season 4)..I've got a lot of knowledge of the performances. But like March Madness - I'm sure people will disagree. I probably left out performances I shouldn't have..and I'm sure there will be disagreement over seed placement too. (That being said, there were a few performances I intended to put in, but were no longer available anywhere online. So..if one of your favorite performances is missing - that might be the reason) On this...it was hard. There were so many amazing performances, once I started thinking of them all I was way over 64..so..don't take offense if your favorite is a lower seed. It was very difficult to place all of these performances. Like what is supposed to happen in the March Madness tournament, I created the seeds by first ranking all of the performances. So, the four #1s were the top 4 performances. And like the tournament, I placed seeds like an S curve. So in the same bracket, of what I ranked as the best #1, will have the worst #2 (and best #3, and worst #4 etc..) Adam had the most performances, so his bracket will have the overall #1, Usher had the least amount of the four, so he got the weakest #1. Interestingly, my #1 seeds were easy. I'll post the seeds before creating the bracket to begin. My plan is to post "verses" videos (#1 faces #16..etc) and have people vote, so we have a group decision over the best performance of all time. Hopefully this is fun for everyone. In my next post, I'll reveal the Performances and seeds. Edited July 19, 2020 by mercfan3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercfan3 Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 And The Brackets.. #TeamAdam Matthew Schuler - Hallelujah Kimberly Nichole - What’s Up Chloe Kohanski - Total Eclipse of the Heart Danielle Bradbery - Please Remember Me Chris Jamison - When I was your man Addison Agen - A Case of You Christina Grimmie - Hold On, We’re Going Home Tessanne Chin - Redemption Song Maelyn Jarmon - Hallelujah Laith Al Saadi - The Thrill Is Gone Sawyer Fredericks - Old Man Katie Kadan - I’m Going Down Jacquie Lee - Angel Brynn Cartellli - What The World Needs Now Chris Blue - Rhythm Nation Kristen Merlin - Foolish Games #TeamBlake Tessanne Chin - I Have Nothing Maelyn Jarmon - The Scientist Amanda Brown - Dream On Alisan Porter - Let Him Fly Swon Brothers - Danny’s Song Amber Carrington - Stay Matt McAndrew - Blower’s Daughter Sasha Allen- Ain’t No Way Kyla Jade - Let It Be Craig Wayne Boyd - Old Rugged Cross Alisan Porter - Stone Cold Maelyn Jarmon - Mad World Emily Ann Roberts - Burning House Chris Jamison - Cry Me A River Sawyer Fredericks - Simple Man Javier Colon - Fix You #TeamChristina Jordan Smith - Somebody To Love Jacquie Lee - I Put A Spell On You Josh Kaufman - All of Me Amber Carrington - Sad Will Champlin- At Last Michelle Chamuel - Just Give Me A Reason James Wolpert - A Case of you Kimberly Nichole - Creep Kennedy Holmes - Confident Danielle Bradbery - Maybe It Was Memphis Kennedy Holmes - Greatest Love of All Brooke Simpson - Amazing Grace Hannah Huston - Every Breath You Take Danielle Bradbery. - Grandpa, Tell Me About The Good Old Days Rose Short - God’s Country Addison Agen - Humble and Kind #TeamUsher Cassadee Pope - Over You Koryn Hawthorne - Make It Rain Michelle Chamuel - I Knew You Were Trouble Tessanne Chin - Bridge Over Troubled Water Thunderstorm - Summertime Juliet Simms - Roxanne Josh Kaufman - I Can’t Make You Love Me Michelle Chamuel - Why Jeffery Austin - Jealous Hannah Huston -Say You Love Me Josh Kaufman - Stay With Me Laith Al-Saadi - All Along The Watchtower Taylor John Williams - Royals Lauren Duski - Deja Vu Meghan Linsey - Girl Crush Jordan Smith - Mary Did You Know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATX29 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Great idea! This should be interesting to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David68 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercfan3 Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Round 1, #TeamAdam Bracket #1 Seed - Matthew Schuler "Hallelujah" vs #16 Seed - Kristen Merlin "Foolish Games" ____________ #2 Seed - Kimberly Nichole "What's Up" vs #15 Seed - Chris Blue "Rhythm Nation" ---------- #3 Seed - Chloe Kohanski "Total Eclipse of the Heart" https://www.metatube.com/es/videos/365558/The-Voice-2017-Chloe-Kohanski-Top-11-Total-Eclipse-of-the-Heart/ vs # 14 Seed - Brynn Cartelli "What the World Needs Now" ---------- #4 Seed - Danielle Bradbery "Please Remember Me" vs # 13 Seed - Jacquie Lee "Angel" ------ #5 Seed - Chris Jamison "When I Was Your Man" vs #12 Seed - Katie Kadan "I'm Going Down" ------ #6 Seed - Addison Agen "A Case of You" https://www.metatube.com/en/videos/365580/The-Voice-2017-Addison-Agen-Top-11-A-Case-of-You/ vs #11 Seed - Sawyer Fredericks "Old Man" ------ #7 Seed - Christina Grimmie "Hold On, We're Going Home" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRfmVUA3bXQ vs #10 Seed - Laith Al Saadi "The Thrill Is Gone" https://www.metatube.com/en/videos/304628/The-Voice-USA-2016-Laith-Al-Saadi-The-Thrill-Is-Gone-Top-10/ --------- #8 Seed - Tessanne Chin "Redemption Song" vs #9 Seed - Maelyn Jarmon "Hallelujah" Vote here Remember..like March Madness, it's only one video verses another. Also..please take the time to watch performances. That's the point of the thread. Because there are a lot of videos in the first round, I'm going to let voting go until Friday. Edited July 20, 2020 by mercfan3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewPalermo Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 This feels like Cross Battles but 99% of the performances aren't hot garbage, lmao. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teraginn Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Voted. The only iconic performances for me in this group are Matthew's Hallelujah, Kimberly's What's Up and Chris B's Rhythm Nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAN27TAY Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 done voting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageVoice Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Christina vs. Laith is the only one I really struggled with, but I did manage to eventually make up my mind and vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATX29 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Voted. Some really good performances here. Wasn't as easy to decide as I thought it might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David68 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewPalermo Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Tessanne vs Maelyn and Chris vs Katie are the only ones I didn't really NEED to watch again to decide who to vote for, but I rewatched all of them again to be 100% sure since all pairs had at least one performances I haven't seen in a REALLY long time. Even still some were really hard to decide. I'm looking froward to seeing what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageVoice Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I just looked over the next three "teams" and I already see multiple matches that are going to hurt to choose between performers, but I think I know how I'm going to handle most of the remaining top 64. but putting Amber vs. Alisan, Jacquie vs. Rose, and Juliet vs.Josh should all qualify as "cruel and unusual punishment" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) . Edited December 17, 2022 by Hamza Tufail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercfan3 Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 18 hours ago, MatthewPalermo said: Tessanne vs Maelyn and Chris vs Katie are the only ones I didn't really NEED to watch again to decide who to vote for, but I rewatched all of them again to be 100% sure since all pairs had at least one performances I haven't seen in a REALLY long time. Even still some were really hard to decide. I'm looking froward to seeing what happens. the way the snake seeding works actually ends up with Maelyn and Tessanne being the closest two performances in the ranking. imo, they’re hard to rank anyway. Two vocalists that are essentially flawless..and if I didn’t put a limit on performances it’s likely all of their live performances would have made it on the list..but these two performances are Marley “great, but not their best...” I’m not voting (because I did the ranking), but it’s super close for me. was literally the difference of one note for me that put Tessanne above Maelyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) . Edited December 17, 2022 by Hamza Tufail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercfan3 Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 All right guys there’s been some really great participation. voting will stop 9AM (New York time) tomorrow. So get in any last second votes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spurrious Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I wanna play! Also, everyone take note of my signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercfan3 Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, Spurrious said: I wanna play! Also, everyone take note of my signature. Then vote! I'm excited for this album drop. I’ve wanted Taylor to give folk a try since “Safe and Sound.” (Plus Bon Iver...) she’s a great writer, hoping for a more adult sound with this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Spurrious Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 7 hours ago, mercfan3 said: Then vote! I'm excited for this album drop. I’ve wanted Taylor to give folk a try since “Safe and Sound.” (Plus Bon Iver...) she’s a great writer, hoping for a more adult sound with this. Of course I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercfan3 Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 Voting for this round is closed. I'll post results and the next round today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercfan3 Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) Results: First of all, participation was amazing. We had 37 votes! We almost had two major upsets, but overnight votes changed things. Funny enough for any college basketball fans - our one major upset was the 5/12 seed. Katie Kadan defeated Chris Jamison..which is where you often see the upset during March Madness. Winners..... #1 Seed: Matthew Schuler - Hallelujah #2 Seed: Kimberly Nichole - What’s Up #3 Seed: Chloe Kohanski - Total Eclipse of the Heart #4 Seed: Danielle Bradbery - Please Remember Me #12 Seed: Katie Kadan - I’m Going Down #6 Seed: Addison Agen - A Case of You #7 Seed: Christina Grimmie - Hold On, We’re Going Home #9 Seed: Maelyn Jarmon - Hallelujah Which means, when #TeamAdam bracket faces off again , it will be... #1 Seed: Matthew Schuler - Hallelujah vs. #9 Seed: Maelyn Jarmon - Hallelujah #2 Seed Kimerbly Nichole - What's Up vs. #7 Seed: Christina Grimmie - Hold On, We're Going Home #3 Seed Chloe Kohanski - Total Eclipse of the Heart vs. #6 Seed: Addison Agen - A Case of You #4 Seed: Danielle Bradbery - Please Remember Me vs. #12 Seed: Katie Kadan A lot of interesting matchups there.. We have a battle of the same song and #1 vs. #2 from the same season I'll be posting the #TeamChristina Bracket soon.. Edited July 24, 2020 by mercfan3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) On 7/24/2020 at 10:04 PM, mercfan3 said: Results: First of all, participation was amazing. We had 37 votes! We almost had two major upsets, but overnight votes changed things. Funny enough for any college basketball fans - our one major upset was the 5/12 seed. Katie Kadan defeated Chris Jamison..which is where you often see the upset during March Madness. Winners..... #1 Seed: Matthew Schuler - Hallelujah #2 Seed: Kimberly Nichole - What’s Up #3 Seed: Chloe Kohanski - Total Eclipse of the Heart #4 Seed: Danielle Bradbery - Please Remember Me #12 Seed: Katie Kadan - I’m Going Down #6 Seed: Addison Agen - A Case of You #7 Seed: Christina Grimmie - Hold On, We’re Going Home #9 Seed: Maelyn Jarmon - Hallelujah Which means, when #TeamAdam bracket faces off again , it will be... #1 Seed: Matthew Schuler - Hallelujah vs. #9 Seed: Maelyn Jarmon - Hallelujah #2 Seed Kimerbly Nichole - What's Up vs. #7 Seed: Christina Grimmie - Hold On, We're Going Home #3 Seed Chloe Kohanski - Total Eclipse of the Heart vs. #6 Seed: Addison Agen - A Case of You #4 Seed: Danielle Bradbery - Please Remember Me vs. #12 Seed: Katie Kadan A lot of interesting matchups there.. We have a battle of the same song and #1 vs. #2 from the same season I'll be posting the #TeamChristina Bracket soon.. . Edited December 17, 2022 by Hamza Tufail 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercfan3 Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) #Team Christina's Bracket #1 Seed: Jordan Smith - Somebody To Love vs... #16 Seed: Addison Agen - Humble and Kind https://www.metatube.com/en/videos/379634/The-Voice-USA-2017-Addison-Agen-Finale-Humble-and-Kind/ ----------------- #2 Seed: Jacquie Lee - I Put A Spell On You vs.. #15 Seed: Rose Short - God’s Country ------------------ #3 Seed: Josh Kaufman - All of Me vs #14 Seed: Danielle Bradbery - Grandpa, Tell Me About The Good Old Days ---------- #4 Seed: Amber Carrington - Sad Vs #13 Seed: Hannah Huston - Every Breath You Take _________ #5 Seed: Will Champlin- At Last vs.. #12 Seed: Brooke Simpson - Amazing Grace --------- #6 Seed: Michelle Chamuel - Just Give Me A Reason vs.. #11 Seed: Kennedy Holmes - Greatest Love of All -------- #7 Seed: James Wolpert - A Case of you vs.. #10 Seed: Danielle Bradbery - Maybe It Was Memphis ----- #8 Seed: Kimberly Nichole - Creep vs.. #9 Seed: Kennedy Holmes - Confident Whew..just noticed how tough this bracket is. There are so...so..so many great performances in this bracket. Please make sure to watch them. And of course..VOTE HERE Voting will close Wednesday at 5pm Edited July 25, 2020 by mercfan3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamza Tufail Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) . Edited December 17, 2022 by Hamza Tufail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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