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"With the blind auditions halfway over, last night&amp;apos;s episode of The Voice raised an interesting question: What happens when the coaches hit their buzzers too soon?\r\nBecause that&amp;apos;s exactly what happened in the case of recycled Season Four reject James Irwin, who went from turning no chairs to four chairs.\r\nRolling Stone&amp;apos;s Complete Coverage of &amp;apos;The Voice&amp;apos;\r\nLast season the 31-year-old father of twins who died right after birth failed to entice any of the judges and left empty-handed. This time around, though, his initial rendition of R.E.M.&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Losing My Religion,&amp;quot; which started out as a slow jam, had them all hitting their buttons within seconds of each other &amp;#x2013; only to see his performance fall apart once he started rocking out. Their stony-faced expressions said it all: They had buyers&amp;apos; remorse.\r\nIt even seemed like Adam Levine was trying to make the guy run the other way with his critique, saying James &amp;quot;started super strong&amp;quot; but that there were still &amp;quot;some things that need work.&amp;quot; When Adam pointed out that James &amp;quot;lost it emotionally,&amp;quot; the returning contestant admitted he &amp;quot;got distracted&amp;quot; by all four coaches turning around at the same time. Fair enough, and possibly the reason why his performance went downhill so quickly. But we can&amp;apos;t help but think that since he didn&amp;apos;t make it last time, he shouldn&amp;apos;t have made it this time.\r\nIn the end, he surprisingly picked Adam, despite the harsh critique, calling him &amp;quot;honest&amp;quot; and hoping he could help him work out the kinks. Now we&amp;apos;ll see if he has what it takes to make it through the next few rounds.\r\nAnd so the night went, with more mediocre contestants making it through. Begging another question: In its fifth season, has The Voice reached its talent saturation point?\r\nThe best of the night came in the form of 25-year-old Olivia Henken, mainly because she&amp;apos;s a stereotypically pretty blonde country girl who sang a Carrie Underwood song (&amp;quot;Two Black Cadillacs&amp;quot;). Hate to boil it down to that, but let&amp;apos;s be honest: that&amp;apos;s who usually makes it far in these competitions. While they couldn&amp;apos;t see her at first, both Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green turned their chairs &amp;#x2013; and once he saw her, Blake Shelton wished he had. When she picked Christina, Blake admitted he was &amp;quot;scared&amp;quot; because he&amp;apos;d hate to let a winning country artist slip through his fingers. And Christina twisted the knife just a little bit, saying, &amp;quot;Those dimples are going to win over America.&amp;quot;\r\nOther artists who made the cut included 30-year-old Will Champlin, the hipster son of Chicago guitarist Bill Champlin, who landed on Team Adam; 29-year-old cruise ship lounge singer Stephanie Anne Johnson, who went with Christina; 25-year-old Michael Bubl&amp;#xE9; wannabe Sam Cerniglia, who wound up with Blake; and 23-year-old Ashley Dubose, a single mom who impressed all the coaches with her rendition of Rihanna&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Diamonds&amp;quot; and who gave Adam one of many &amp;quot;four-chair finalists.&amp;quot;\r\nHowever, not everyone was so lucky, and we kind of wonder if when the judges turned around they regretted overlooking Jason Kertson, who at 16 is such a guitar virtuoso that he can play two instruments at a time, and who caught the attention of Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine with a YouTube clip of the feat. With his Bieber-esque good looks and deep, deep voice, the kid could make a killing in the viewer-voted live rounds. But his mature voice may have hurt him, since the judges thought he was older and, as Blake put it, &amp;quot;a big, burly bearded guy.&amp;quot;\r\nThen there was Robyn look alike Jennifer Newberry, who didn&amp;apos;t have the vocal chops to make it through, and who brought the whole show back to reality again when she burst into tears after no one turned around. &amp;quot;I hate seeing people cry,&amp;quot; Christina said as the defeated 32-year-old Swede walked away.\r\nNow the question is: Did the coaches make the right calls?&amp;#xA0;\r\nPrevious recap: Sister of &amp;apos;Big Bang Theory&amp;apos; Star Auditions"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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