‘The Voice’: Lucas Holliday returns for playoffs

Lansing's singing cashier Lucas Holliday made his comeback on "The Voice" Monday night during the playoffs.

But he was eliminated – again.

The 26-year-old Lansing native performed Prince's "The Beautiful Ones."

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After getting eliminated from "The Voice" last month, Holliday announced last week that he would be returning to the competition.

"Losing the knockout was kind of crushing but 'The Voice' has been a huge, invigorating experience for me, and I can't just be a regular ole cashier anymore," Holliday said on the show ahead of his performance.

"I know what it feels like to go home," he continued, "and, at this point, it's critical that I do everything in my power to just let it rip."

During the playoffs, each judge has a team of six, comprised of the four contestants who survived the knockouts, one contestant they stole from another judge and another contestant they're bringing back for a second chance.

"I brought (Lucas) back because he's a pure raw talent," said coach Jennifer Hudson. "He's so unique vocally, the way he looks, the way he speaks. He doesn't even know how he got soul. He just has soul."

Team Jennifer featured six comeback artists, but Hudson was only able to select three contestants to move on to the live shows.

Holliday wasn't one of them.

"I thought I was just gonna be in the middle of Michigan for the rest of my life," Holliday said in the moments leading up to his elimination. "But now because of you, Jennifer, I'm gonna do everything I can to show the world what kind of artist I really am."

Holliday secured a spot on Team Jennifer after making it through the first round of blind auditions on Sept. 25. He survived the battle rounds before getting eliminated during the knockouts during an episode that aired Oct. 30.

Davon Fleming, Noah Mac and Shi’Ann Jones will represent Team Jennifer during the live shows.

After the playoffs, the voting switches over to the viewers' control.

Contact Princess Gabbara at pgabbara@lsj.com or (517) 377-1006. Follow her on Twitter at @PrincessGabbara.

Watch

"The Voice" playoffs air at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday on WILX.