The Voice Singer Lillie Kolich Leaves After Slowed-Down Britney Spears Cover
New Mexico singer Lillie Kolich was eliminated from NBC's The Voice on Monday, Nov. 9, after performing a slowed-down take on Britney Spears' "(You Drive Me) Crazy."
The 25-year-old competes on Team Queen, the group coached by Queen Latifah. The show's first live round of season 30 was Y2K-themed, and each singer chose a song from that era. Kolich picked Spears' 2000 hit and reworked it as a sultry ballad, with sparse backing and two electric guitar players. Billboard reported the performance and the coaches' reactions.
Coach Riley Green called the rendition "awesome." Latifah said Kolich "nailed it." Neither comment changed the outcome, because the public vote and coaching decisions that follow each live show determine who moves on, and Kolich was not among those advancing.
The night's advancing singers were Mia Knight and BigCountry from Team Queen, and Dakota Cohen, Connor Closs and Lexi Stephens from Team Adam.
Kolich had already survived an earlier round. During Cut Week, the stage where coaches decide who keeps going, Latifah saved her and sent her through to the Top 13, the group of singers left in the competition at that stage.
The Voice airs on NBC on Mondays at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. Episodes stream the next day on Peacock, the streaming service that carries the show, so viewers who miss a live broadcast can catch up on their own schedule.
For a singer, a loss on a national broadcast is also a public exit. Kolich's run ends here, and the next season's contestants will take the same stage in the coming weeks.
