This past episode, we had Charlotte Sometimes up against Lex Land. Team Blake’s awesome mentors (I’m pretty jealous, to be honest), Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert, were back. Kelly worked with Charlotte (read more about their mentor session), while Miranda helped out Lex.

Blake chose Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” for the girls’ battle. Charlotte and Lex gave it their all on performance night, and Blake ended up choosing Charlotte to advance in the competition.

Charlotte vs. Lex Battle:

Charlotte gave a great performance, and we are happy to see her continue with Team Blake. And we didn’t know beforehand, but Charlotte is also pretty funny and has a great sense of humor.

Congratulations to Charlotte! We are looking forward to seeing her again next round.

We also want to wish good luck to Lex. We are sure more good things will come her way.

To check out behind the scenes videos, interviews, blogs, photos, and all things The Voice… visit http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/.  Also, you can purchase full length recordings of the audition and battle round songs on iTunes!

Catch The Voice on Monday nights at 8/7c on NBC.

Did you miss last week’s recap? Check it out here.

The mentors:

Blake: @blakeshelton
Miranda: @miranda_lambert
Kelly: @kelly_clarkson

Kelly & Blake:

Miranda & Blake:

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1. The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 5
2. The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 4
3. The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 3

The 24-year-old member of Team Blake works full-time as a singer/songwriter.  She’s already released albums and some of her original songs have appeared on TV shows such as “Private Practice,” “One Tree Hill” and “Castle.”   The native of Austin, Texas believes in using her time and talents to give back to others as she also works as a counselor/teacher at a rock camp for girls.

The sultry singer’s redition of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” got three of the judges to turn their chairs during the blind audition.  Cee Lo Green turned first, followed a split-second later by Adam Levine.  It took quite a while longer, but Blake Shelton finally turned his chair.  Blake may have been the last to turn, but as Land said in a conference call, he was always Lex’s first choice because of his coaching on the show — and potentially beyond it.

“Well, I did actually want to be on Blake Shelton’s team.  I thought that he was a really great coach last year and I felt that, regardless of the outcome of the show, if any coach was going to continue to support me and to mentor me with whatever happened that it would probably be him.  So I was thrilled when he turned around.  And in the heat of the moment, I wasn’t really sure who I was going to choose, but I ended up sticking with my initial feeling and I’m really glad that I did.”

Blake noted several styles in Land’s singing, while the other judges compared her sound to Sade and even Adele.  When asked who she thinks she sounds like, the singer is hard-pressed to answer.

 ”It’s the question that I get frequently and I just am always just kind of at a loss. I listen to so much different music that I think it amalgamates and comes out as me. I definitely like take a lot of cues from Judy Garland as one of my all-time favorite singers, and Jeff Buckley is another one of my all-time favorite singers.”

Of course, being on the big stage of a smash show like “The Voice” instantly introduces you to millions of new fans.  Some of those fans, like Allison Sweeney from “The Biggest Loser” are now following her on Twitter and Facebook and the like.  The sudden frenzy of new fans (including the famous ones) is a top-notch treat.

“I would say that that’s probably the most exciting thing about this process thus far.  That’s not to say that singing in front of the coaches and getting their well-wishing and fighting over you and all that stuff isn’t exciting.  But to be able to build so much a career that I work so, so hard at all the time and have for a long time…to get a little bit of this boost, and you know, a new following, pointed towards, I guess, the career that I’ve already established is really, really rewarding and really validating and very, very exciting.”

Find out if that boost will continue to build through the Battle Rounds, which start Monday.   As part of Team Blake, Land will be mentored by both Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert.

Related posts:

1. The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 4
2. The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 3
3. “Voice” Assist: Miranda Lambert & Kelly Clarkson Added As Advisors

The Voice Season 2 blind auditions wrapped up Monday night with Blake Shelton adding two more members to his team: Lex Land and Adley Stump.

Let’s meet them…

Lex is a singer songwriter who has had her songs featured on One Tree Hill, Private Practice, and Castle, among others. She auditioned with Bonnie Raitt’s ”I Can’t Make You Love Me.” Blake, Adam Levine, and Cee Lo Green all turned their chairs around, but Lex chose Team Blake!

Lex shared via Twitter:

I am so pumped to finally be able to say that I’m a member of #TEAMBLAKE !!!!

Follow Lex on Twitter: @LexLand

Lex’s Audition:

Continue reading for the rest of the recap…

Adley Stump

Adley (what a great name, right?) is a recent Oklahoma State University grad. She discovered her singing talent during a sorority event, and moved to Nashville to pursue her passion for music. She performed Carrie Underwood’s “Last Name” for the blind audition rounds. It was battle between Blake and Christina Aguilera, but Blake won out!

Adley tweeted:

Huge hugs and gratitude to @blakeshelton for trusting God knows what in his heart to press his button! Love to you! FINALLY!

Follow Adley on Twitter: @AdleyStump

Adley’s Audition:

To recap, here are the 12 members of Team Blake:

• RaeLynn: @raelynnofficial
• Gwen Sebastian: @gwensebastian
• Jermaine Paul: @jermainepaul
• Erin Willett: @erin_willett
• Jordis Unga: @jordismusic
• Brian Fuente: @bfuente
• Naia Kete: @naiakete
• Charlotte Sometimes: @4eversometimes
• ALyX: @followalyx
• Jordan Rager: @jordan__rager
• Lex Land: @lexland
• Adley Stump: @adleystump

*Don’t forget to “like” their Facebook pages too!

Erin Willett tweeted a picture of the whole gang:

Things start to heat up next week with the beginning of the battle rounds, and the coaches will get a little help from their friends. Team Blake’s mentors will include Blake’s better half and country superstar, Miranda Lambert, as well as good friend and music superstar, Kelly Clarkson. The battle rounds will air throughout the month of March, and only 6 members from each team will move on to the next phase of the competition.

Congratulations to everyone on Team Blake! We are excited to tune-in and support you all.

The contestants are keeping blog and vlogs on The Voice official website. To check out these blogs, behind the scenes videos, interviews, photos, and all things The Voice… visit http://www.nbc.com/the-voice/. Also, full length recordings of the team members’ audition songs are available now on iTunes!

Catch The Voice on Monday nights at 8/7c on NBC.

Follow some of my favorite tweeters:

Blake: @blakeshelton
Miranda: @miranda_lambert
Kelly: @kelly_clarkson

If you missed our previous Team Blake recaps, check out Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3.

Related posts:

1. The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 3
2. The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 2
3. The Voice: Team Blake Recap – Week 1