The Voice: One FilAm singer continues; another's journey comes to an end

ANATALIA goes on, Gaby narrowly misses out. That pretty much sums up the results for the two FilAm contestants on this season's The Voice during the show's Knockout Round.

After the Blind Auditions, the next round is the Battle Round where members of the same team mentored by the four judges go head-to-head which began last night (March 21).

Sixteen-year old Anatalia Villaranda used her high-energy performance to best more Missy Robertson vocal acrobatics as they both sang Janelle Monae's "Tightrope."

“This was really exciting. Absolutely, you’re different. There was almost a pocket that Anatalia has and Missy, there was a real beautiful, powerful voice that came out of you. You’re both really incredible. I love how this ended up,” said mentor/coach Alicia Keys, who made the final choice to keep Anatalia from Temecula, Calif.

The results were not as rosy for Gaby Borromeo from New York. She was pitted against Mark Isaiah with both singing Zayn's "Pillowtalk."

All the judges praised both their performances noting their contrasting styles: Gaby's big voice vs. Mark's smoother (but, dull) delivery. In the end, their coach, Adam Levine, front man for Maroon, chose Isaiah to continue. None of the other judges chose to pick up Gaby to join their team.

The battle round continues on NBC tonight, Tuesday at 8 pm EST, 7 Central.

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The Voice 2017: Another Filipina/American shines during the Blind Auditions

Gaby Borromeo on The Voice. Yes, her hair is purple.

ANOTHER FILIPINA/AMERICAN will be competing in The Voice's 12th season. Gaby Borromeo will be joining Anatalia Villaranda, who had her Blind Audition last week, in the next stage of the singing competition.

This week, Borromeo, 22 joined Adam Levine's team after performing Leona Lewis' "Happy," causing coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton to turn their chairs towards her.

"I'm very surprised that this was not a 4-chair turn," said Adam. "I think you can win The Voice, like no problem. Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you started singing, you seemed a little nervous... and then as the song progressed you came through in a way that just blew my mind."
Here is her official NBC bio: “Gaby began singing karaoke at eight years old. After a family party, her relatives encouraged her parents to enroll her in lessons, and with classical training, she started to record demos with a local Seattle producer. She obtained her GED and moved to New York at 15, where she worked with numerous production companies, including a brief stint with John Legend. Gaby has been working at the Boom Boom Room in New York ever since the production company she worked for shut down.”

Sixteen-year old Anatalia, the other Filipino/American contestant, picked Alicia Keyes to be her mentor after all four coaches turned their chairs in the show's premiere last week.

RELATED: Watch Anatolia Villaranda's Blind Audition

The Voice moves into the Battle Rounds, where contestants are paired up to compete against each other, one-on-one. 

The Voice airs on NBC on Mondays, 8 p.m., EST.

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