Legends only: Final ‘The Voice’ Season 25 Knockout contestants earn comparisons to Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Celine Dion
The Voice Season 25 Knockout Rounds concluded Monday, which meant that by the end of the evening, we knew the 20 contestants, five per team, who'll be moving on to the Playoffs. Starting next week, America will finally get to determine the contestants' fates. But this week, even though the contestants got to choose their own songs, the ultimate decision-making power still lay in the red-button-pushing hands of their coaches: Reba McEntire, John Legend, Chance the Rapper, and Dan + Shay.
Well, if the coaches' fawning praise was actually sincere this week, then Season 25 is a season of potential superstars. Team Dan + Shay's Karen Waldrup was described as a country-pop Celine Dion. Team Chance's Rletto was called a female Rihanna and a "legend." And in the night's final performance, songbird Zoe Levert was even told by Shay Mooney, "You remind me so much of Taylor Swift. You are unapologetically yourself, just like she is."
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