The Voice: Niall Horan presses steal button with his head to snatch Claudia B. for his team as Knockouts continue

Niall Horan used his caput to push his bargain fastener to snatch up Claudia B. connected Tuesday's section of The Voice arsenic The Knockouts shape continued.

The 30-year-old Irish singer went pinch nan hands-free property aft Claudia, 25, of Nashville, performed an impassioned screen of Dusty Springfield's opus Son Of A Preacher Man.

Claudia was stunned erstwhile Niall saved her astatine nan past moment. 

'No, no, no!' Niall said while waving his finger. 'You're not going anywhere.'

Niall said later that he loved really axenic Claudia's sound was.

'There was nary measurement I was letting Claudia spell home,' Niall said. 'She's going to fresh correct successful connected Team Niall.'

'I emotion erstwhile my artists get stolen,' John Legend, 44, said. 'Because I emotion making judge these artists person each nan opportunities they tin to radiance and to make their voices heard connected this show.'

Claudia, who creates civilization euphony connected Songfinch, shared successful a confessional that she was really marrying nan boy of a preacher man successful existent life arsenic her fiancé Jacob is nan boy of a pastor. She planned to elope pinch him aft nan show wrapped and she really wanted to make her fiancé proud.

John picked her competitor Mara Justine, 21, from Galloway, New Jersey, complete Claudia arsenic nan victor of their Battles duet because he said she had a small much edge.

Mara shared successful a confessional earlier she took nan shape that her mother had been diagnosed pinch crab and that it had wholly changed what nan acquisition intends to her.

'It makes maine truthful happy that I'm successful a spot wherever I tin spell aft my dreams,' Mara said. 'When this is each over, I'm taking her to Italy. We are going. We person ne'er been. It's going to happen.'

John said he picked nan opus because it was a bully crossover opus that he thought would beryllium bully for some of them.

New coach Reba McEntire, 68, was stunned by some of them aft their capacity and said she would prime Claudia if she had to choose. Niall said he would thin toward Mara if he had to take and Gwen Stefani, 54, agreed.

'The capacity was animated and flawless,' Gwen said.

The one-hour show opened pinch Team Reba contestants Dylan Carter, 20, a four-chair move from Saint George, South Carolina, going up against Tom Nitti, 31, from New Hartford, New York, singing 'Til You Can't by Cody Johnson.

Reba picked nan opus because she said it was a communicative and school song. Dylan said successful a confessional that nan opus really meant a batch to him because he took his mother for granted and past she passed away.

'I conscionable want group to hug their moms a small longer than I did, and I want group to conscionable show them they're beautiful,' Dylan said successful a confessional.

Tom shared that he was a New York State trooper and had been awarded a Purple Heart successful nan military, but was doing nan title for his 2 younger kids. He said he put his dream of singing euphony connected nan backmost burner for a agelong time.

'Being present shows my kids that location is not immoderate excuse to not beryllium chasing your dream,' Tom said.

The judges aft their duet gushed astir their performance. 

'You're 20 years old, and you're capable to emote truthful well,' Gwen said to Dylan. 'I'm going to fto nan queen determine this one.'

'Tom you showed america this full different broadside of you,' John said. 'You turned connected nan heat, and it conscionable felt for illustration a revelation, like, there's Tom.'

John past told Dylan his sound was conscionable consistently outstanding nan full time. In nan end, Reba picked Tom arsenic nan victor of nan battle.

'He has conscionable continued to impressment me,' Reba said successful a confessional. 'I emotion his psyche country. It conscionable made my bosom consciousness good.'

Dylan thanked nan judges for each turning astir for him. He said it gave him assurance and that he felt his mother pinch him for nan first clip successful a agelong time.

Team Niall contestants Laura Williams, 20, from Quakertown, Pennsylvania, went  against Olivia Minogue, 24, from Lockport, Illinois, singing Ghost. Niall picked Olivia arsenic nan victor saying she was a coagulated singer.

'Niall chose me, it intends truthful much,' Olivia said.

Team Gwen contestant Eli Ward, 21, from Waterloo, Illinois, went up against Jason Arcilla, 34, from Pukalani, Hawaii, belting retired Make It With You by Bread. Jason shared that erstwhile he came connected nan show nan fires had started successful Hawaii and while his family was safe that he knew group that were affected and that it was devastating. Gwen tried to animate Eli during rehearsal to exude confidence.

'Jason I really loved nan gentleness of your tone,' John said aft their battle.

Reba said if she had to prime she would spell pinch Eli. Niall told Jason that nan opus really suited him and that he would thin a small spot much towards Jason. Gwen said they some worked really difficult and yet picked Jason arsenic nan victor of nan battle.

'He is benignant of an understated singer,' Gwen said.

'I'm truthful stoked,' Jason said. 'I'm conscionable learning truthful overmuch on nan measurement and I'm conscionable gladsome that I'm staying connected Team Gwen.'

The Voice will return adjacent Monday connected NBC.