The Voice: Season 16's 10 Best Blind Auditions
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions Cecily Hennigan
3. Cecily Hennigan (Team Blake)
This 16-year-old established herself as a gem of a singer with a nearly flawless rendition of Jewel's "Foolish Games" — a performance so polished that it surely would've inspired more than one chair turn had her audition not come near the tail end of the Blinds.
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions Matthew Johnson
9. Matthew Johnson (Team John)
The contestant nicknamed Mr. Personality probably could've made this list on the strength of his sunny disposition alone. But ultimately, it was his rich vocals on Kirk Franklin's "I Smile" that left me — and all four coaches — grinning from ear to ear.
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions Mikaela Astel
10. Mikaela Astel (Team Kelly)
In what might be the understatement of the season, John said after hearing this 14-year-old's stripped-bare cover of Børns' "Electric Love," "You sound like someone who would stand out from the crowd." With a voice that unique, did she ever!
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions Rizzi Myers
8. Rizzi Myers (Team Kelly)
"Breathin'" might have been the name of the Ariana Grande hit that this pro songwriter tackled, but it was awfully hard to keep doing so while gasping at how seamlessly she took her voice from fragile to forceful and back.
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions Shawn Sounds
2. Shawn Sounds (Team John)
Covering K-Ci & JoJo's "All My Life" with a vocal as rich as caramel, this self-described teacher by day, rock star by night ended his performance with four chairs pointing in his direction and a run that his coach likened to a sonic triple axel.
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions Celia Babini
7. Celia Babini (Team Adam)
Blessed with one of the season's more distinctive voices, this 17-year-old earned a four-chair turn and became the Fiona Apple of her coach's eye by adding a bracing dose of heft to Billie Eilish's previously airy "idontwannabeyouanymore."
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions
6. Dexter Roberts (Team Blake)
The way this American Idol alum's voice soared on the chorus of Randy Houser's "Like a Cowboy," it was no wonder he got a four-chair turn — and got Adam, John and Kelly working desperately to keep him from being recruited by "Uncle Blake."
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions Jej Vinson
5. Jej Vinson (Team Kelly)
After this 22-year-old made a pitch-perfect showstopper of Drake's "Passionfruit," the only advice Adam could think to offer was to try not to be too perfect. Blake even went so far as to predict that Jej would be Season 16's winner.
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions Carter Lloyd Horne
4. Carter Lloyd Horne (Team Blake)
So spectacularly lived-in and weathered were this 19-year-old's vocals on Midland's "Drinkin' Problem" that Kelly Clarkson exclaimed, "Oh my God, you're little!" after getting a gander at his baby face and braces.
The Voice Season 16 Blind Auditions Maelyn Jarmon
1. Maelyn Jarmon (Team John)
Though she's deaf in one ear, this 25-year-old New Yorker turned out a pitch-perfect cover of Sting's "Fields of Gold" that was so out-of-this-world divine, it not only got all four coaches' chairs swiveling, it knocked me off the couch!