Toia Jones sings 'One and Only' (VIDEO)

Toia Jones sang 'One and Only' on The Voice 2014 Season 7 Blind Auditions on Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

Toia grew up singing in the church, and her family never missed a Sunday. Whenever she would try to get out of it by claiming sickness, her mother would claim that Jesus would heal her. However, she’s dealt with hardship following the loss of her father. She moved back with her mother and formed a band with her boyfriend, looking to pursue music full-time. “Everything is riding on this audition,” she says, before heading out to face the music.

Toia sings Adele’s “One and Only”, and it’s a really good audition, although not necessarily anything unique or new. Every singer should be judged on his or her own merits, but seriously, this is the kind of voice we’ve heard half a million times on this show before. That said, it’s usually a successful style of voice because it’s the kind of voice that translates across eras and genres. And Toia is a damn good singer in her genre. So I can see why she gets two chairs turning.

The coaches gave her a two chair turn.

Watch the full performance video of Toia Jones singing 'One and Only' here:

Download MP3: One and Only

Adam likes Toia’s lipstick, and she admits to wearing it for him. Pharrell tries to cut him off by rushing Toia’s decision. Adam wants Pharrell to back it up for a minute, prompting Pharrell to admit to what he was trying to do. That said, he tells Toia that although Adam is a great artist, he’ll be able to uplift her in ways Adam can’t. He wants to help build her up, and see to it that she has every opportunity she deserves. Both coaches fight pretty hard for her, but I can’t see how Pharrell loses this one. Adam has won too many turnarounds this episode. And, sure enough, although Toia’s lips seem to form the word “Adam,” she does a fake-out…

Blind Auditions

Coach	Push	Results
	YES
	NO
	YES	WINNER
	NO

Results

Toia Jones is on TEAM PHARRELL WILLIAMS

Download MP3: One and Only

Note: Text written by Nick Roman

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