‘The Voice’ Season 9 Contestants: What Does Mark Hood Think Of His Battle Round Partner Celeste Betton? [VIDEOS]
The Voice battle rounds begin on Monday for the latest season!
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All the contestants especially those paired together for the battle rounds have really gotten to know each other so well through rehearsals, which The Voice YouTube channel has given viewers an insider look into.
Each team has a video that can be viewed below, in which the respective team's contestants share more about their personalities and the coaches talk with their mentors for the battles about the contestants.
In the Team Adam video that's below, Adam Levine and John Fogerty discuss how the contestants will make it hard for decisions to be made about who continues and who goes home.
The pairs for the battles are: Cassandra Robertson and Viktor Kiraly; Amanda Ayala and Shelby Brown; Jordan Smith and Regina Love; Dustin Monk and James Dupre; Manny Cabo and Keith Semple; Andi & Alex and Chance Pena.
Smith shared on camera what happened the first time he met Love.
"The first time I met her she said, 'I don't know you, but there's something special about you,'" and he imitated her, which had her cracking up alongside him.
While this is a competition the contestants are meant to have fun.
In another part of the video, Cabo takes on a British accent alongside his Northern Ireland battle partner.
After their rehearsal with their coach and Fogerty, they were lost for words. Semple even asked Cabo if they should refer to Fogerty as "Mr. Fogerty".
Contestant Monk showed off a fortune he got in a fortune cookie "about a week before" his blind audition, which he thinks reflects upon The Voice experience.
The fortune says: "Make those special talents you have work like a charm."
In the Team Blake video, which is below, Blake Shelton's pairings are as follows: Tyler Dickerson and Zach Seabaugh; Barrett Baber and Dustin Christensen; Krista Hughes and Chris Crump; Blind Joe and Blaine Mitchell; Emily Ann Roberts and Morgan Frazier; Cole Criske and Nadja Nicole.
Roberts and Frazier actually met the day of their blind auditions. While their teammates Baber and Christensen are roomies at the hotel. Baber was hoping he'd get a "cool" roommate and he sure did.
Nadjah Nicole opened up about missing her daughter in the video, which she herself called "so cheesy," but we imagine being apart from loved ones for extended periods of time can be quite trying.
In the Team Gwen video that's below, Gwen Stefani is seen talking to her team's mentor Selena Gomez about the great diversity her contestants are showcasing.
The pairings for Team Gwen's battles are: Alex Kandel and Kota Wade; Ellie Lawrence and Tim Atlas; Korin Bukowski and Chase Kerby; Braiden Sunshine and Lyndsey Elm; Jeffery Austin and Noah Jackson; Hanna Ashbrook and Summer Schappell.
Kandel and Wade have similar backgrounds since they both have been in rock bands since they were young teens.
Lawrence revealed she's hoping to master harmonies through this competition.
When Elm was with her partner during rehearsals with Stefani and Gomez, she brought up Gomez's Disney Channel show Wizards of Waverly Place and showed the 23-year-old a video her brother took at a taping.
Finally in the Team Pharrell video that's below, Pharrell Williams and Missy Elliott talks bout how great his team is.
"I mean they're great listeners," Elliott pointed out.
The pairings for these battles are: Evan McKeel and Riley Biederer; Ivonne Acero and Siahna Im; Celeste Betton and Mark Hood; Daria Jazmin and Darius Scott; Amy Vachal and duo Jubal and Amanda; Madi Davis and Sydney Rhame.
Daria Jazmin and Darius Scott are going by "D Squared" since they're dressing alike and getting along so well despite being each other's competition.
"It's a thing. It's sweeping the nation," Scott declared.
Another pairing that's getting along really well is Betton and Hood.
"Mark is a party in a box," Betton gushed over her battle partner, while he said she's "motherly," explaining, "I kind of knew she was motherly, but she's really motherly. Like Celeste takes care of me."
The Voice airs on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
