The Battle Rounds begin, as singers from each team take turns going head-to-head against a fellow team member in a duet-to-the-death.

I‘ve got to hand it to The Voice: That was one efficient hour of television! That may not sound like a selling point they‘ll want to pitch in their commercials, but it‘s not unnoticed or unappreciated by those of us who are used to multi-night, multi-hour reality shows. Especially viewers who are used to the three hours a week of mostly non-song airtime on that other televised singing competition. Tonight, in just one hour, we watched as eight performers got paired up, sang duets, received their critiques, and half were sent home. Not a dull moment! Unless you count some of Carson Daly‘s voiceovers.
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