The Voice US: Top 9 Rankings

The worst time of year for everyone to get a 7 or above on my 1 to 10 scale is the week right before the finale where they are cutting over half of the contestants but, I'll be damned, it happened.

09. SHELBY BROWN (BLAKE)

"Even God Must Get the Blues"

There's no particular reason she's at the bottom of the list this week. This was just the week to pull out all the stops and, while she sounded amazing, her performance paled in comparison to everyone else's. (7/10)

(Last week's position: #6//-3)

08. BARRETT BABER (BLAKE)

"Ghost"

Once again, I really liked this performance, there's no specific reason he's near the bottom. I loved seeing a new side to him (kind of) because his soulful/country voice fit in with the sound surprisingly well. (7.5/10)

(Last week's position: #8//+0)

07. ZACH SEABAUGH (BLAKE)

"The Climb"

The vocal was probably the best he's ever done and it was a nice change of pace from the usually country bad boy thing they are so pressed to have him be. (7.5/10)

(Last week's position: #9//+2)

06. MADI DAVIS (PHARRELL)

"Big Girls Don't Cry"

She sounded stunning, and the set was breathtaking.  (8/10)

(Last week's position: #1//-5)

05. BRAIDEN SUNSHINE (GWEN)

"Amazing Grace"

He no doubt has amazing vocals, which is basically why he's up this far because everything else was fairly hit or miss. (8/10)

(Last week's position: #10//+5)

04. AMY VACHAL (ADAM)

"To Make You Feel My Love"

I loved the fact that they switched things up this week and allowed her to have an actually intimate performance with the audience. (8/10)

(Last week's position: #4//+0)

03. EMILY ANNE ROBERTS (BLAKE) 

"9 to 5"

Well, I'll be damned, Emily absolutely smashed it tonight. She had a little bit of attitude, her voice sounded incredible and she worked the stage like a diva does and should. (8.5/10)

(Last week's position: #3 //+4)

02. JEFFEREY AUSTIN (GWEN) 

"Believe"

Jefferey has been on a role lately. His vocals were great, he was able to add another layer of meaning with his arrangement of this classic song. (8.5/10)

(Last week's position: #2//+0)

01. JORDAN SMITH (ADAM)

"Somebody to Love"

His vocals absolutely blew me away, I just thought it was crazy how amazing he sounded. (9.5/10)

(Last week's position: #3//+2)

MY PREDICTIONS:

My Top 4: Jordan, Jeffery, Amy, Madi

America's Top 4: Jordan, Jeffery, Madi, Emily (I'm basing this purely off of iTunes and the voting patterns from the past.

Eliminated: Amy, Braiden, Zach, Barrett, Shelby (This is not exactly what I want, but this is what I THINK will happen).