Team Blake’s Charlotte Sometimes and Naia Kete and Team Christina’s Sera Hill and Moses Stone are all eliminated after first live show. By John Mitchell Sera Hill, Christina Aguilera and Moses Stone on “The Voice” Photo: NBC On Monday night, the 12 members of Teams Christina and Blake took the stage for the first “Voice” live show of the season, and on Tuesday night (April 3), four contestants were sent packing after being voted off by the public and not saved by their team coach. The public’s top three vote-getters were announced in no particular order following a performance by Gym Class Heroes that featured Team Adam, which will hit the ring with Team Cee Lo next week for its first shot on the live stage. The bottom three on each team were given one last shot at moving forward to the live quarter finals; they could earn their coach’s lone “save” if they beat their other two teammates in a sing-off. First, though, both coaches took their teams on insider-y trips to a country radio station (Blake) and “The Tonight Show” (Christina) so they could get a feel for what it’s really like to promote themselves in the music industry. Proving that they are actually invested in their teams (one of the many virtues “The Voice” has over its reality singing-competition rivals), Shelton and Aguilera both offered their teams a nice foot in the door: Blake announced that he was putting together an acoustic concert for his team, while Team Christina got them face time with Leno before letting them hit the stage at the “Tonight Show” to perform as a team. But then it was right down to business. From Team Blake, host Carson Daly announced that belter Erin Willett, former Alicia Keys backup singer/dancer Jermaine Paul and teenage country singer RaeLynn attracted the most votes, leaving Charlotte Sometimes, Jordis Unga and Naia Kete on the chopping block. All three delivered solid-if-unspectacular performances. Street performer Naia whisper-sang her way through Beyonc
