794,500– but I am beginning to hear footsteps…
Merit, you gained 202,000 points in one week. Nice. I have never gained 200 thou in a week. I only gained 151,500. Wonder how mom did?
Edit: I also missed 2 of the trivia questions. We get points for getting them right?
547,500. I usually get the trivia questions wrong, if I even answer them in time (sometimes I get distracted.) Didn’t lose anyone yet.
I have 7 at 23 days,
2 at 22 days
2 at 16 days, and
1 at 15 days
So that helps with the points.
I do some of the questions and choose the battle winners but also get distracted often so miss some.
This was the only season ever that I filled my team in Blinds 1 and 2 during week 1 and did not make any changes EXCEPT for changing out Tyshawn Colquitt (Blind 1) with DeAndre Nico (Blind 2). No new additions/changes during weeks 2, 3, or 4. Hanging onto all my other team members until they are eliminated.
Where are you seeing trivia questions? I have a few from each coach but I believe Kennedy will win the show. Katrina is my other favorite.
Eyemamom, the trivia q’s are on the Voice App that runs during the show. I watch the show on my phone, using ear buds or headphones, then “participate” on the App using my iPad.
I ALSO LOVE KATRINA! (As well as Kennedy)
I lost OneUp.
Consolation, who did you replace them with?
Chris
^I like him and Dave Fenley, both on Blake’s team. Blake has a very strong team this season, deeper than last season imo, and look how well he did with Kyla and Spensha.
Dave is on my team. Actually, I now have 5 from Blake’s team, which is unusual for me: Chris, Dave, Katrina, Kirk, and Michael. From Adam’s team I have Tyke, Steve, and Emily. Jhud: Kennedy and Sandyredd. Kelly: Chevel and Claire.
I’ve dropped some people I had earlier in order to make room for new ones, and there are other people I liked but couldn’t figure out what to do. At this point, I’m waiting for the battles to clarify things.
I’m always torn between the people I personally would like to listen to and the people I think have more of a chance, and of course the duplication of people in the same lane.
I could listen to OneUp forever, Kimberli not so much. Oh well.
I am opposite. One from Blake - Kameron. Adam - Tyke and Deandre. JHud - Kennedy, Patrique, SandyRedd and Tyshawn. Kelly - Chevel, Claire, Kymberli, Mikele, and Sarah Grace. I also am torn between who I like and who I think can win. But obviously I am not a country fan.
I had Patrique, Tyshawn, and Mikele on my team earlier, but removed them in order to add some of the later auditioners. I did the same thing with Sandyredd, but then I restored her after her battle performance, in which I heard more subtlety in her voice than I remembered. (I am not big on screamers and belters.)
I still don’t know whether I made the right choices, because I still like them. 
Who knows, maybe they’ll be back after the battles.
I play as if I’m a music producer. It doesn’t matter my personal preferences it matters who I think has the it factor.
The young and the country contestants win. The screamer belters never make it long. Sandy redd will never win no matter how talented she may be. I figure anyone who has had a contract, gigs for a living, is over 30 or has a famous connection hasn’t made it for a reason and I don’t put them on my team. It’s brutal, but it seems to hold true.
A pseudo screamer/belter was runner up last season: Kyla Jade. Before her, agreed, not much success.
Here is my current team:
Adam
DeAndre (Sleeper. Want to see him on the piano.)
Radha (her run probably ends next week against Foushee)
Tyke (he was weak this week, IMO, but there is always 1 artist who undeservedly goes far)
Blake
Kameron (top-seeded Country guy)
Keith (His run ends as he’s up against Dave Fenley in the Battles)
Michael (Combination of vocal and guitar ability in a Rock genre)
JHud
Kennedy (The no-weaknesses front runner)
Patrick (Much better now than when he was Patrick on AI)
Kelly
Claire (Always have to have an Indie artist on my team)
Kymberli (Kyla Jade, the sequel?)
Mikele (Hoping he’s a more talented Caleb Lee)
Sarah (Young, good upside, and she opened the season for a reason?)
Waiting to get subbed in (and likely 5 of my current artists will get eliminated):
Katrina
Dave
Chris
Chevel
Foushee
I personally like Country, Indie, Blues, and R&B/Soul artists. Not a big fan of Pop. Like Rock but it does not usually work when the backup band is “borrowed”. Older, “fully developed” artists seem to fall short of making it into the top-4 every season. The coaches seem to want to mold someone who hasn’t shown their full potential yet.
Here is the full TV schedule, including past and future shows, if anyone is interested:
Mon Sept 24 – Blind Auditions Season Premiere (8 PM ET/PT 2 HRS)
Tue Sept 25 – Blind Auditions Part 2 (8 PM ET/PT 1 HRS)
Mon Oct 1 – Blind Auditions Part 3 (8 PM ET/PT 2 HRS)
Tue Oct 2 – Blind Auditions Part 4 (8 PM ET/PT 1 HRS)
Mon Oct 8 – Blind Auditions Part 5 (8 PM ET/PT 2 HRS)
Tue Oct 9 – Blind Auditions Part 6 (8 PM ET/PT 1 HRS)
Mon Oct 15 – Blind Auditions 7/Battles Premiere (8 PM ET/PT 2 HRS)
Tue Oct 16 – The Battles Part 2 (8 PM ET/PT 1 HRS)
Mon Oct 22 – The Battles Part 3 (8 PM ET/PT 2 HRS)
Tue Oct 23 – The Battles Part 4 (8 PM ET/PT 1 HRS)
Mon Oct 29 – The Knockouts Premiere (8 PM ET/PT 2 HRS)
Tue Oct 30 – The Knockouts Part 2 (8 PM ET/PT 1 HRS)
Mon Nov 5 – The Knockouts Part 3 (8 PM ET/PT 2 HRS)
Tue Nov 6 – Road to the Lives (Clip Show) (8 PM ET/PT 1 HRS)
Mon Nov 12 – Live Show
Tue Nov 13 – Live Show
Mon Nov 19 – Live Show
Tue Nov 20 – Live Show
Mon Nov 26 – Live Show
Tue Nov 27 – Live Show
Mon Dec 3 – Live Show
Tue Dec 4 – Live Show
Mon Dec 10 – Live Show
Tue Dec 11 – Live Show
Mon Dec 17 – Live Show
Tue Dec 18 – Live Show
I still haven’t lost anyone. I guess that’s a good thing.
I lost Mikele but missed it. Either when I took a phone call or one of the short clips they did.
This is my first season playing along, but I’ve watched the show for years, mostly on Hulu next day. I lost Mikele tonight, first loss (plus had to add a member, but it’s likely I accidentally deleted one from the ‘up for removal’ section, resulting in an empty spot where none was before - no idea who that may have been). Current avg days on team is 19.75. my points aren’t great - I don’t tweet, don’t open app every day, and miss answering most of the trivia. If I’m going to be strategic I should look at how my team is split among the coaches, it’s possible I’m lopsided enough to hurt during knockouts Still have 3 that haven’t aired battles yet (all in the up-for-removal section).