Carson Daly Reveals a Major 'Plot Twist' for 'The Voice' Live Shows: 'How Did You Keep This Secret?'
The live shows will kick off on Monday, May 12
The stakes are higher than ever before on The Voice.
At the end of the Monday, May 5 episode of The Voice, host Carson Daly delivered jaw-dropping news to this year's coaches: Kelsea Ballerini, Adam Levine, Michael Bublé and John Legend.
"Coaches, lend me your ears. I come with great news," Daly, 51, said as the coaches waited with bated breath.
"We've always intended to keep the best artists on this show for the longest amount of time," the host said, before revealing the big news: "We're going to allow each of you to bring back one more artist for the Top 8 live shows."
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He added, "The super-save is on."
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All in complete shock, Legend, 46, shared, "Have you realize the stress you unnecessarily put on us? They didn't tell me I was going to be able to pick three all along."
"How did you keep this secret?" said Bublé, 49, before Ballerini, 31, added: "I'm overstimulated."
Then, Daly instructed the coaches to deliver the good news to their contestants.
"We love a good plot twist," said the "Blindsided" singer.
Tyler Golden/NBC via Getty Kelsea Ballerini, Michael Bublé, Adam Levine and John Legend on 'The Voice'.
Then, Bublé — who chose his two live show contestants on Monday — was filmed walking to a dressing room to deliver the news.
Meanwhile, Levine, 46 said it was "pretty awesome that we get to do this" before he was shown FaceTiming an anonymous contestant.
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"I'm really happy to tell you that you're coming back," the Maroon 5 frontman said to his phone, where the excited contestant was blurred out.
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Then, a message appeared on the screen reading "Meet our super save artists in next week's lives."
On Monday night, Bublé chose Adam David and Jadyn Cree to move on to the live shows. Meanwhile, Legend chose RENZO and Bryson Battle.
Last week, Ballerini chose Iris Herrera and Alanna Lynise, while Levine chose Lucia Flores-Wiseman and Kolby Cordell.
On Tuesday, May 6, NBC will air a one-hour recap episode of Monday night's part two of the playoffs.
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