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Queen Latifah wants to keep both voices after "As"

Brandon Diaz and Bryan Jaymes' Stevie Wonder duet draws about 315,000 views in The Voice's busy Battles week.

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Coaches STUNNED by Brandon and Bryan’s Electric Stevie Wonder Performance | The Voice Battles | NBC

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0:00Carson Daly introduces Team Queen's Brandon Diaz and Bryan Jaymes.
0:09Bryan opens "As," with Brandon joining to trade verses and vocal runs.
1:03The pair move through harmonies, the chorus and bridge.
3:08Kelly Clarkson praises both singers and says she cannot choose between them.
5:49Queen Latifah asks whether she can steal her own players; the clip ends before her verdict.

Kelly Clarkson has a suggestion for Brandon Diaz and Bryan Jaymes: "Y'all should be a duo. That was crazy!" It is a slightly inconvenient compliment on a show asking their coach to choose between them.

Their performance of Stevie Wonder's "As" is the most watched of The Voice's thirteen uploads this week. Bryan opens, Brandon joins him in trading verses and vocal runs, and the two build toward sustained final notes that bring Queen Latifah out of her chair. By the end of the clip, she is asking, "Can I steal my own players?" The video cuts before her decision.

The comments pick up on that same tension between a contest and a partnership. Viewers discuss how their contrasting vocal tones fit together, suggest they become a duo and point to the way they encourage each other. Queen Latifah's song choices and pairings are another recurring subject.

Elsewhere, the Battles make a broad songbook feel like the week's organizing principle. Kyle Davis and Matthew Chiu take on Phil Collins' "Take Me Home"; Allie Rae and Harmony McKee sing Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine"; Brianna Cameron and Saade get Duffy's "Mercy." Owen Uffens and Wade Turner's Ed Sheeran cover, "Dive," currently has the strongest daily momentum, just above the Week 4 compilation.

The channel added roughly 10,000 subscribers over the week, and its current daily viewing is well above its usual level. Among neighboring talent-show channels, Wild 'N Out is also drawing more daily views than usual, while American Idol is running a little quieter. For The Voice, the freshest activity centers on those new pairings, even when the coaches would rather not separate them.

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What viewers say

I loved seeing them hype each other up through that song!
@RMCMichiganSee it on YouTube
Such an iconic song! Bryan was more comfortable in the lower range then Brandon hit his stride in mid-high range. Bryan has a warmer, silkier tone while Brandon has more ring and bite. Good performance.
@robertantonnycSee it on YouTube
They are so good together! They should form as duo band like Daryl Hall & John Oates
@4BlueLagoonSee it on YouTube

5 more comments

This wasn't a battle, this was a duet on a high level.
@mynameismistereSee it on YouTube
Brandon and Bryan sound amazing together
@dylansousa5571See it on YouTube
Contestants aside, what I really love is how Kelly and Queen are truly inspired by music, and it’s palpable!
@DJMeCaSee it on YouTube
Queen is nailing these song choices and pairings. I wouldn’t be surprised of a third steal from her team
@keyondavis7241See it on YouTube
I love Brandon, I still think he's underrated.
@JacariousRobertsSee it on YouTube