Amy Vachal sings sweetly on "The Voice" semifinals; did you feel her love?

Amy Vachal went for honest emotion in her semifinal number on The Voice.

AMY VACHAL and her coach Adam Levine chose Bob Dylan's "To Make You Feel My Love" for her semi-final performance. 

While singing, she seemed to really get caught up in the emotion to the point of almost losing control. I hope the audience saw it the same way and didn't interpret that slight blip as a mistake.

All the other artists' performances were over the top, trying to hit a home run to impress the voters. In contrast, Amy opted for a quiet, sweet, emotional moment of honesty. It was like she was back in the coffee shops and bistros in Brooklyn. All that was missing was the proverbial brick wall in the background. Just a girl and her guitar (and two accompanying guitars.) So simple, so refreshing, the strategy just might work.

“That was nice. you’re voice seems like were what beautiful clouds are made of ... It was beautiful, it was light. And honestly, with all the crazy things going on all over the world, we need those crazy people to hear that voice,” said Pharrell Williams, "to see some clarity, to see some good. That's what your voice ignites, you know, like, somebody wants to do the right thing."

“The room just froze and stopped. All the energy in this room was focused on you. What’s special about you is, you do it in a way that is completely different and refreshingly raw,” said Adam Levine.

Once again, Jordan Smith seems to have knocked it out of the park with his interpretation of  "Somebody to Love." He hit the big notes, had a full gospel choir as backup, hands-up in the air ending, standing ovation plus the production and song choice was a big nod to his voting base - the Christian vote. Do you think the producers' biases are showing?

As the judges made their comments, Amy looked resigned to whatever outcome the voters choose. It looks like Amy will have to duke it out for 2nd, 3rd or 4th with the other seven contestants to move into the finals.

Is her emotional performance enough to put her into the finals next week? "My goal is to touch hearts," she said before her performance. "I want to be real. I want to be me." 

We'll find out Tuesday night how many hearts Amy touched.

The Eastern Seaboard has had a three-hour head start in the voting. Only a few more hours left to vote. All you Asian/American social networkers, its time to cast your votes.

How to vote on "The Voice"

There is a strict 14-hour voting window from the end of the show (between 9:55 p.m. ET on Monday to 12 p.m. ET Tuesday). That seems unfair for the voters on the West Coast because their voting period is done at 9 a.m. PST Tuesday. Voters from Hawaii, where Vachal is popular have an even shorter period to vote. Each person can vote up to 40 times total (10 votes per each of the four ways).

1. iTunes: downloading a song counts as 10 votes. (Bonus: if it reaches the top ten on the charts it gets multiplied by 10.) (1 download per person = 10 votes)

2. Facebook: vote on The Voice Facebook page via this link. (up to 10 times per person total)

3. The App : Download The Voice App on your phone (up to 10 times total)

4. NBC.com : (up to 10 times total) #TheVoice