'The Voice': Dan + Shay Teammates Deliver 'Steamy' Battle

The Voice 2024 has entered the fighting phase. And, for two Team Dan + Shay hopefuls, race to the finish with a twist.

Karen Waldrup, a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana, in full turbo power, and Ryan Argast, a Plainfield, Illinois man with range and gravel in his voice, were sent to the ring with a cover of Dan + Shay's 2023 number ” Save Me The Trouble”. .

The contestants impressed the coaches with their obvious talent, and earned a few shoutouts with an incredible conclusion. “That was just lackluster at the end,” Chance the Rapper remarked.

“This is better than the original version,” insisted Dan Smyers.

“It was so good. The energy, the passion, the power that comes out of you two,” John Legend said. The rap in Argast's voice is his “superpower,” he enthused. Although he's “mad he didn't come back” for Waldrup, whose tone and vibrato worked magic. Legend would choose the latter, if given the choice.

Reba McEntire turned for Waldrup. “I think you're fantastic,” she remarked. And there's a lot of love for the “snarl” in Argast's voice.

That performance was “amazing,” Chance said, though the pair had mismatched “energy levels.” Karen, he continued, has a “real talent. It was like there was a storm around you and you just shone through it.” The Chicago rapper was quietly kicking himself for not turning on her when he had the chance. The final moments of the Battle were “steamy,” he repeated, and just what the cameras love.

Dan + Shay had the last word. Argast's “stage presence is incredible”, claimed Smyers, while Waldrup “rose to the occasion”, singing a “man's song”.

It's a voice that reminds Mooney of the old country, classic stuff he grew up listening to. “I love that sound, it's very unique.” Argast's voice, he continued, is an “electronic powerhouse.”

With the nice words out of the way, a decision had to be made. They chose Waldrup.

Dan + Shay are the newbies in this 25th season of NBC The voice, along with returning coaches Reba McEntire, John Legend and Chance the Rapper.

Watch the battle below.