Spoiler alert! This story contains the results of The Voice Season 23 Playoffs, which concluded on May 8.
Blake Shelton essentially got the night off on the May 8 episode of The Voice, after his and Chance the Rapper’s teams competed in the first round of the Playoffs last week, brutally cutting their teams from five apiece to just two. Rather than stress about it being his final taped episode ever as a coach on The Voice, Shelton got to sit back and enjoy the show, as Kelly Clarkson and Niall Horan’s teams took the stage ahead of next week’s live Semifinals. Lots of tears were shed, but Clarkson hoped her eliminated team members could find comfort in the “incredible thing” she learned from her longtime-rival Shelton.
