Fourteen-year-old Birmingham resident Levi Watkins has advanced to the knockout rounds of NBC’s singing competition show “The Voice.”
In the episode broadcast Monday night, Levi faced off in a “battle round” against fellow contestant Jamal Corrie.
The two alternated verses on “Counting Stars” by OneRepublic.
Watkins did so well that judges Joe Jonas and John Legend lamented not selecting the Alabamian for their teams.
“Levi, wow … I kept waiting for you to mess up,” said Legend before turning to his fellow coaches and exclaiming, “but he didn’t mess up!”
Watkins earned his place on the show one month earlier with his rendition of Train’s “Hey Soul Sister.”
Blake Shelton selected both Watkins and Corrie for his team. As such, it was up to him to select the winner of the “battle round” that the two singers took part in.
“The winner of this battle is Levi,” concluded Shelton.
“There’s a lot about what Levi does that I think we still haven’t heard yet,” added Shelton in a direct address to the camera that appended the competition footage.
“The Voice” airs Monday nights on NBC.
Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email: [email protected] or on Twitter @HenryThornton95.
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