Adam Levine saved Casey Weston over his initial gut choice of Jeff Jenkins on Tuesday night’s semi-final episode of The Voice and then coached her into a very controlled rendition of I Will Always Love You – a song covered by two music legends, Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston.
Levine and Weston butted heads in rehearsals: He wanted her to stay away from the iconic versions of the song and create her own and stopped her several times to make sure she stayed on track. Weston said: “I am not trying (to be Whitney). I am just trying to be Casey and sing the way I know how to sing.”
The judges loved her. Blake Shelton gave her a back-handed compliment: “I never expect you to blow me away, but you always do!” Levine said: “This performance proves that our arguments pay off, because you were amazing, and thank you!”