'The Voice' Season 3, Episode 5 Recap - Blind Auditions #5

The fifth installment of the blind auditions begins!

Trevanne Howell, single mother, starts off the night. Her musical career never took off because she got pregnant at 17. Use condoms, kids. Her choice is "I Have Nothing," which is a risky choice. Whitney is always tough. Unfortunately Trevanne learns that the hard way: it's not the most interesting performance. As Cee Lo puts it, it was "strong all the way through" instead of picking and choosing when to really hit it hard. Overconfidence, Trevanne. Don't sing Whitney until you can really sing Whitney.

Collin McLoughlin went to NYU for a degree in music business, but dropped out so that he could pursue music. Apparently he only had one more year left. What gives, dude? Finish school first. "The Voice" isn't going anywhere. Then again, a degree in music business might not be the best choice right now considering the current state of the music industry.

Collin does a nice job with "Wild World," and while it's not exactly a mind blowing performance, it's solid. Cee Lo and Blake turn pretty early, and Adam joins. Christina says it was "too mellow" for her. Adam lauds his "laser sharp" pitch, which is true... Collin was spot on. Collin chooses Adam, which is probably a good spot for him, though he could use some personality in his music, which Cee Lo could have helped with.

17-year-old Joselyn Rivera was born with neurological deficiencies and didn't speak for a long time, but music helped her develop. In particular, it was her Barbie Karaoke set. Thanks, Mattel!

Joselyn sings "Stronger" and has a slow, shaky start with it, but all it takes is one big note (that Jocelyn totally nails) to turn Christina, and Blake follows shortly afterward. Blake plays dirty and says that Christina abuses her singers, but it doesn't work: Joselyn goes with Christina.

Benji is a former racecar driver who couldn't keep up with that passion because he ran out of money. He's not doing so well with the empathy thing here. Luckily he's pretty good at singing, and he does an interesting cover of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door." Adam turns early, but Cee Lo waits for the big gritty screaming note and then presses his button with a look of "well, now I have to."

The coaches state their cases, and Christina even notes that she heard a bit of Adam in Benji's voice. Apparently that's enough, and Benji goes with Adam. He's having a good day so far.

Cee Lo has a nice run after that, though, as the next three contestants go to him.

Lorraine Ferro, 52, is like way excited to be here. She's really playing up the Italian New Yorker thing. I'm annoyed already. As histrionic as her personality is, her performance of "Skyscraper" is even more so. I guess it's not bad, but it's a bit too musical theatery for the judges, as none of them turn. She proceeds to yak it up with the judges for five minutes anyway.

Mycle Wastman, 40, spells his name weird. Both of his parents died pretty young due to illness, and his grandfather, who raised him, died about two weeks ago. Dang. Mycle comes out and ever so smoothly launces into "Let's Stay Together." He's not Al Green, but he's close.

Adam and Cee Lo turn almost immediately, and Blake follows soon after. It's clearly not Christina's style, as she refuses to turn. Cee Lo tries to convince Mycle that he was named after Al Green. "That is in no way the truth," responds Adam. Still, Cee Lo pitches himself as the soul guy, which is a good pitch. Sure enough, Mycle goes for it, and Cee Lo has his fourth contestant of the night.

Poor Blake, meanwhile, is feeling "losery" because of his failure to net people today.

Tune in next week as the blind auditions continue!