See which two teams of Gwen contestants were chosen to go to the live shows

Team Gwen is ready for the live shows!

Tuesday, November 19 marked the start of the playoffs on The voice with Team Gwen’s top five. Unfortunately, Stefani could only choose two to take to the live shows.

In the episode, Stefani, 55, brought in mgk (aka Machine Gun Kelly) as her playoff advisor. Together they rehearsed with each remaining contestant.

The first performance was by Jose Luis, who sang a rendition of Mary J. Blige’s “No More Drama”.

Then Jake Tankersley took the stage for a performance of Cody Johnson’s “The Painter.” After his performance, he began to think about his wife.

Following Tankersley was Gabrielle Zabosky, who performed an emotional performance of Roxette’s “Listen to Your Heart.”

Jan Dan then sang “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas, bringing Stefani to tears with the performance

The final performance was by Sydney Sterlace, who chose to sing Taylor Swift’s “Betty”. Afterwards, coach Michael Bublé called her a “superstar”.

When it was time for Stefani to make her decision, all five contestants were called up to the stage.

“I feel proud and I feel honored that each and every one of you lets me hang out with you and help you. It’s really, really hard. One thing that saves me all the time is that we all take home and this is just a moment in your life,” the “Just a Girl” singer said.

She added: “Whatever you do with this moment will be the next part of your life. It gives me comfort. I go after who I think I can coach and help grow into the identity that they already show me that they have.”

Stefani became emotional and expressed feeling “so proud” to be their coach – and she learned “something from every single” member of her team. Then she revealed her decision.

“The first person from Team Gwen that I choose is Jan Dan,” she said.

In a one-on-one, Stefani opened up about the decision.

“This decision was super hard for me. I had to choose Jan Dan. He’s just, he’s too unique. He has so much flavor and he has such a perspective that I just wanted to give him the opportunity to share that of America alive,” she said.

For her second choice, Stefani went with “whoever really moves me and who I think I can coach.”

It was Sterlace. “I had to go with Sydney. It was just a gut feeling. She moves me. She gets on that stage and I want to see more… I just can’t let her go home,” Stefani concluded. “These playoffs are just so emotional.”