The Tuesday, April 25 episode of season 12 of NBC's singing competition show saw Mark Isaiah and Troy Ramey being on the edge from getting eliminated as they became the bottom two artists.
- Apr 26, 2017
AceShowbiz - "The Voice" featured the Live Top 12 first elimination on Tuesday, April 25, after the 12 singers performed their best in the previous episode. In Tuesday episode, 10 artists would be revealed as safe by America's votes, while the bottom two artists would compete for the Instant Save with one being eliminated.
When the top 12 singers gathered on the stage, host Carson Daly revealed the first three artists who were safe, advancing to the top 11. The three singers whom America saved were Brennley Brown (Team Gwen Stefani), Jesse Larson (Team Adam Levine) and Lauren Duski (Team Blake Shelton).
Adam later gave a speech honoring Christina Grimmie, followed by the announcement of the creation of a foundation to address gun violence and cancer. In honor of Christina, Adam and his entire team, consisting of Jesse, Mark Isaiah and Lilli Passero, performed "Hey Jude" by The Beatles.
Vanessa Ferguson (Team Alicia Keys) and Aliyah Moulden (Team Blake) were later announced as the next two safe artists. They joined Brennley, Jesse and Lauren in the top 11. It was also announced that 22-year-old Ignatius Carmouche won "The Voice on Snapchat". The Tennessee native was on Team Adam and Adam was so excited to see him in the blind auditions next season.
The remaining seven singers returned to the stage to learn that Lilli Passero (Team Adam) and Chris Blue (Team Alicia) joined the previously announced advancing singers. After Carson announced that Hunter Plake (Team Gwen) and TSoul (Team Blake) were saved by America, Blake and his team (Aliyah, Lauren and TSoul) took the stage to perform "Crippled Inside" by John Lennon.
Stephanie Rice (Team Alicia) was read as the last singer advancing to the top 11, which meant that all of Team Alicia singers survived the first elimination. Carson's announcement indicated that Mark Isaiah (Team Adam) and Troy Ramey (Team Gwen) received the fewest votes and fought against each other for America's Instant Save vote.
Troy opted for Dobie Gray's "Drift Away" for his Instant Save performance. Meanwhile, Mark performed "When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars. Carson encouraged America to tweet in the next five minutes to save one of the remaining two singers, before announcing that Troy had to go home while Mark would move on.
