Early on in The Voice Season 25, I'd declared Chance the Rapper the coach to beat. I literally wrote that no one stood a chance against Chance. Whoops. That article didn't age well — because after Tuesday's live results show, when the top nine were suddenly and brutally cut down to the top five, Team Chance's last two contestants, Serenity Arce and Maddi Jane, were eliminated. This means that Chance will be the only coach sitting out next week, with no singers representing him in the finals.

Perhaps that’s why NBC gave Chance his own performance slot Tuesday, knowing this would the last we’d see of him before he exits The Voice to make way for Season 26 coaches Snoop Dogg and the returning Gwen Stefani this fall.

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