‘The Voice’ Season 9 Top 12: Who Listens To Nicki Minaj & Beyoncé Before Hitting The Stage? [VIDEOS]
The Voice Top 12 for this season will perform live tonight, Nov. 16 with hopes of continuing on in the competition.
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Adam Levine's contestants, Amy Vachal, Jordan Smith and Shelby Brown, are competing against each other as well as the other teams' contestants. In case you missed it, Team Pharrell consists of Mark Hood, Madi Davis and Evan McKeel. Team Gwen is made up of Korin Bukowski, Braiden Sunshine and Jeffery Austin. Lastly, Team Blake consists of Emily Ann Roberts, Zach Seabaugh and Barrett Baber.
It is clear the Top 12 is full of incredible vocal talent, but The Voice YouTube channel pulled even more information on them.
Team Adam revealed what they do prior to taking the stage; certain contestants just might surprise you in the video below.
"My favorite pre-show ritual," Brown said, "I jam out to Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé.
"Nicki and Beyoncé, they're like super confident and it makes me super confident," Brown dished about her choice of artists to listen to ahead of performing.
Vachal, meanwhile, considers most of what she does pre-show to be "weird" since a lot of her usual pre-show rituals aren't common.
"I like to lay down on the floor and breathe really deep 10 times," Vachal explained of one of her pre-show rituals.
Another of her rituals involves drinking tea, which seems pretty normal.
Smith gets "giddy" before taking the stage, by which he means he gets super talkative, which he blames on nerves.
Team Pharrell shared what a typical day is like for them while competing on The Voice, and it turns out they have pretty hectic schedules, but like to decompress at the end of the day in very specific ways.
In the video below, McKeel explains how he decompresses.
"After the end of a day, I go straight back to my room," he shared, "And I just flop on my bed."
McKeel likes to watch sports highlights for an hour and a half while lying on his bed.
Hood's form of decompressing means no TV, no laptop and being surrounded by darkness so he can "mellow out."
Team Gwen talked about their physical appearances and stage fright and how Gwen Stefani has really helped them as performers in the video below.
Austin actually admitted that when he holds a mic stand tightly, that's his fear taking over.
"Most of my movement is driven by complete fear," he said, explaining, "You know, holding onto the mic stand for dear life, which comes across as me being vulnerable and you know, emotional, but it's just pure terror."
Lastly, Team Blake is made up of all southern contenders: Roberts comes from Knoxville, Tenn., Baber comes from Fayetteville, Ark. and Seabaugh hails from Marietta, Ga. They compared living in southern towns to Los Angeles since The Voice brought them to the busy city.
The Voice will air on NBC Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
