The Voice Season 26 Playoffs: Team Reba Artist Lauren-Michael Sellers

Night two of the playoffs is underway The voice Season 26 brought Team Snoop and Team Reba to the stage in a high-stakes one-night performance for a spot in the live quarterfinals. For each team’s Playoff mentors, Team Snoop was supported by Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, while Team Reba was supported by Grammy Award-winning country singer Lainey Wilson.

Each artist chose a song to best highlight their musical talents, and they had to choose wisely. In the playoffs, each coach must narrow down their team from the five Knockout survivors to just two. After making it through the Knockout round, country singer Lauren-Michael Sellers battled to become one of those artists.

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Sellers chose “I’m Not Okay” by Jelly Roll for her Playoff performance, in large part because she identifies with the song and the artist’s experiences. By her own account, Sellers came from a tough background and struggles with mental health. Growing up in a broken home, she was “hungry for music,” and even now it’s “like therapy,” Sellers said. The emotional connection came through during rehearsals. “I’ll have to borrow your Kleenex, Reba,” Wilson said. “She’s very dynamic, her story, you can feel it seeping out of her body.”

Lauren-Michael Sellers sings “I’m Not Okay” by Jelly Roll below The voice Season 26 finale

Sellers was lit softly from behind as the song began, her hair glowing in the fringes like an auburn halo. Her version of “I’m Not Okay” was full, rich and commanding; Sellers connected with the audience from the very first notes and maintained that connection throughout, simultaneously selling the pain and hope in the song’s lyrics. You believed her when she sang, “I’m not okay,” but you believed her even more when she sang, “We’re all gonna be okay.”

“Lauren-Michael you sound amazing and it just seems like you keep growing. You stepped up to the mic stand you looked at Reba and you told her, ‘You better pick me,'” said Snoop Dogg in his characteristic relaxed mood, “You’ve become a real superstar.”

Fashion conscious as always, Gwen Stefani started her feedback with a compliment on Sellers’ look. “Lauren-Michael, you look beautiful tonight. I’ll tell you the dress, the hair,” Stefani said before moving on to comment on the song. “Your nuances in your voice, I feel like you wrote this song, and you tell your story. Incredible work.”

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“You did it so well. I’m proud of you. You have chosen songs that touch my heart because you can deliver a message so well, not only with your beautiful voice, but with your eyes and your expressions,” said coach Reba McEntire. “These songs help you tell the story that I believe God put you on this earth to tell. You are a treasure.”

Not content to leave it at that, McEntire went on to say: “Lauren-Michael is someone I could see in live shows, she’s just so good. She’s always consistent and she puts her heart and soul into the song .I was very proud of her.”

Of course, Sellers was up against a slate of four other artists, all equally talented, and Queen Reba could only pick two. When it came time for a decision, McEntire teamed up with gritty rockers Adam Bohanan and Danny Joseph, furthering Lauren-Michael Sellers’ journey The voice to an end. It’s probably not the result she was hoping for, but at least she got to go out on a powerful note.