The Bachelorette 2020 Week 6 Recap and Live Blog

The Voice season 19 Knockouts begin tonight with coaches Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson John Legend and Gwen Stefani. Carson Daly hosts. We'll be live blogging all the Knockout performances and Results right here.

Former The Voice coach Usher will serve as Mega Mentor. He WON The Voice season 6 with team member Josh Kaufman. 

Team Gwen Stefani – Payge Turner vs Ryan Berg

Payge grew up feeling like an outsider which is why she connects to the song. As an outsider herself, Gwen feels a special kinship with Payge. She can imagine playing in a band together. Gwen pushes Payge to act out the song's meaning even more. Usher suggests she make it even more awkward. Payge is so into it, she's moved to tears. Ryan dedicates his song to his girlfriend. They've been together 7 years. Gwen warns that it takes away from the emotion if he pushes too hard on the gas. Usher encourages his falsetto.  We previewed this performance HERE.

Payge Turner – Creep by Radiohead – This song has been covered over and over again on singing shows. But Payge's rendition is truly unique. She's pouring emotion into performance. It's naked vulnerability. It's probably one of my favorite covers of this song, and that's saying a lot. 

Ryan Berg – Making Me Look Good Again by Drake White – It's too bad Ryan is up against a talent like Payge. He's your standard issue blue eyed soul singer, but he's solid. Great tone, creative phrasing–I wonder if he's a songwriter? I'm not sure why Gwen would pit these two very different artists up against each other. 

Kelly thinks they are both incredible, but completely different storytellers. Blake says Ryan sounds like a beast. Blake compares Payge's performance to an out of body experience. John was utterly stunned by Payge. He'd chose her. Gwen is proud that Payge took all her notes. She thinks Ryan wakes up on stage in the moment. Gwen picks Payge, Ryan is eliminated. Aw. I hate to see Ryan go. 

Team Blake Shelton – Ben Allen vs Worth the Wait

Ben's Battle was montaged. He's two years into a marriage with a city gal. Blake suggests that Ben add a little more finesse. He's overdoing the dips. Worth The Wait, a family trio, harmonize on country songs. Usher suggests the lead singer step step forward and not hold back. The group was told the same thing during the Battles. Oh. The mom's 80 year old parents just tested positive for Covid.. 

Ben Allen – She Got the Best of Me by Luke Combs – He does that Scotty McCreery deep voice thing, but not as well. His tone is rich, though. He's a little too twangy, but he is toning down the dips and country affectations, which is a good thing. 

Worth the Wait – Delta Dawn by Tanya Tucker – The group is at their best when harmonizing. It's true, there's nothing like family harmonies. When individual singers step out for solos, they aren't as impressive. There are many solo singers in this competition who are better. 

An aspiring chef, Ben used to cook and man the front counter at Big Ben's Bodacious BBQ and Delicatessen in Gary, Indiana. with his late parents, who died 3 years ago in a murder-suicide. Ben's grandma and uncle remembered him as "the strongest person we've ever known."

Ben competed in season 6 of the Gordon Ramsay-hosted cooking competition show, "MasterChef Junior," when he was only 11 years old and quickly became a fan-favorite.