As implied, here is the edited transcript of our comments and observations during last night’s episode of NBC’s “The Voice.”

8:06 PM Nina: hereeee

8:07 PM Emily: woo!

  you watching live yet?

  i’m almost done with a preliminary blog

8:08 PM Nina: yeah i am, i don’t want to be on video though i look gross!

 Emily: nooo

  just chat like this

 Nina: oh okay

  first battle almost on

 Emily: k, i’m turning on tonight’s episode. will finish last night’s after

(Contestants Cody Belew and Domo sing Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” for their battle round.)

8:09 PM i love how dramatic it is with them getting out of the cars

 Nina: i know lol

8:10 PM Emily: i like this gaga song

 Nina: i love her pink shoooes

 Emily: ew, weird shoulder dance moves from the guy!

8:11 PM Nina: this is more of a dance competition right now, she’s flat

 Emily: she certainly looks more the part for this song

 Nina: yuck, i’d ditch both of them

 Emily: ha! his shoulder dancing now makes me laugh

8:13 PM ew! christina’s eyes!

 Nina: wowww

8:14 PM i like that christina’s boobs aren’t out this episode

 Emily: she looks like old (aka young) christina tonight

8:15 PM Nina: yeah like come on ovaaa

  with those colors

 Emily: yesss…

  and she’s lost weight

 Nina: ugh i miss my childhood

  yes she has

8:18 PM is parenthood really that depressing? every single commercial i see

  oh oh cute guy

8:19 PM Emily: ha! i’ve never watched it

(Contestants Aquile and Nathalie Hernandez sing James Morrison’s “You Give Me Something.”)

Nina: billie joe come back

 Emily: yay!

8:21 PM Nina: ohh this may be a good one

8:24 PM they’re both so young!

  aww thats cute

8:27 PM Nina: they didnt battle right? i didnt realize commercial was on

8:28 PM okay here we go

8:29 PM oh whoa i love her voice

 Emily: i think i’m biased though

 Nina: why

8:30 PM Emily: i just melt when a guy can sing, and sing so well

8:31 PM Nina: ohhh

  i’m a sucker for that (irish? scottish?) singer from last night

  LOOL

 Emily: me, too! terry

 Nina: adam

8:32 PM i’m still a zit sometimes, even at 24

 Emily: i love how nice the judges are

  i sense a steal…

 Nina: hmmm

8:33 PM oh my

 Emily: silly carson and his “victory arms”

 Nina: carson is a punk lol

8:34 PM Emily: he’s handsome though

 Nina: he doesn’t age

 Emily: i know!

 Nina: im getting cheetos brb

 Emily: ha! okay.

8:35 PM i’m drinking a hot toddy.

 Nina: go on with your bad self

8:36 PM Emily: my roommate and i have discussed how i can drink one at work

 Nina: uhhh yeah ya can

8:37 PM i looooove catherine ohara

 Emily: she’s hysterical

8:38 PM Nina: i wish i was crazy enough to be her

 Emily: you could be, someday

 Nina: lol thanks

8:39 PM Emily: 😀

 Nina: lol

(Contestants Caitlin Michele and Melanie Martinez sing Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” for their battle round.)

 if that little girl doesnt win shes gonna get a steal

8:40 PM Emily: i feel like they’re stretching out the season. more on a team this year, steals allowed… it’s gonna take forever to get to the live shows

  we HAVE to go, and take Jaimie with us

 Nina: that’s true

  okay!

  if 1iota is still doing it i can prob get us in

  since i used to work for them

8:41 PM Emily: yay!

8:42 PM i’d love to go to the penultimate live show. i wanna see all the final performances. i don’t need to see the results show.

 Nina: yeah same

  i wanna see michael buble in person!!!!!

 Emily: aaahhh! yes!

  would he be there?

8:43 PM Nina: last year the coaches were

  i mean the asst coach

8:44 PM Emily: really? i was there, and I don’t remember seeing them. wait, last year like this past spring? or last year as in first season?

 Nina: oops i meant the first season

 Emily: ah

8:46 PM ew, creepy layaway lady

8:47 PM Nina: tax breaks

8:49 PM can i just interrupt and say how much i love my lannister cover photo

  okay resume

 Emily: haha

  yes, it’s fab

 Nina: she’s the gothic adele

 Emily: i was just thinking that!

8:50 PM Nina: hahaha

 Emily: they’re both good, but Two-Tone is just a bit too young for this show, I think

 Nina: yeah she’s giving too much airy

8:51 PM Emily: i hate that they set up these often-amazing duets, and then have to choose

 Nina: omg you need to tell me as soon as you watch visions of love [from Monday night’s episode]

8:52 PM adam is hot, but i would date blake in a heatbeat bc i love his attitude

 Emily: me, too

  i’d date either of them

  prolly marry blake

  and i want to redo christina’s mascara

  it’s scaring me

 Nina: lol

8:53 PM hmm blake’s a gemini…never dated a gemini

  my zodiac side is curious

 Emily: i’m a capricorn

 Nina: ugh, i’ve dated you before

 Emily: i don’t know much at all about that stuff

  ha!

 Nina: it’s not my religion, like some people, but i have a sincere interest/passion in it

8:55 PM Emily: i’m sorry, but volvos will never look sexy

8:58 PM Nina: ohhh snap

 Emily: well, you were right about a steal

 Nina: lol

8:59 PM Emily: good choice, GA

9:00 PM Nina: hmmm interesting

  i like this second chance thing

 Emily: me, too

  ooh, but they only get two steals

  nice

 Nina: wait its done!? lame

 Emily: lame!

  i thought it was two hours

 Nina: hahahaha me too

 Emily: well, now i can finish last night’s ep

(With the hour-long episode over, I returned to watching Monday night’s two-hour episode).

9:01 PM Nina: omg you need to let me know at the end

 Emily: i will

(Contestants Amanda Brown and Trevin Hunte sing Mariah Carey’s “Visions of Love” for their battle round and totally kill it.)

9:22 PM Emily: okay, they’re rehearsing [Visions of Love] right now

 Nina: ahhh

9:23 PM im excited for you

 Emily: steals for sure, i’m guessing

  i hope the dude wins the show though

9:24 PM Nina: 🙂

9:26 PM Emily: aaahhh! it’s too good! i’m definitely buying the song on itunes

9:27 PM i love that Adam stood up in his chair

  Oh em gee.

 Nina: ughhh its so lovely, i listened to it again

9:28 PM Emily: yeah, i like adam scruffier

  and i love that blake hits on everybody

 Nina: lol me too

9:30 PM Emily: i love that all the other judges are just so ready to steal whomever cee-lo doesn’t take

 Nina: i know lol

9:31 PM i couldn’t have picked, they were phenomenal

 Emily: amanda’s more polished

  but the other guy’s got such amazing pipes

9:32 PM Nina: that’s true, they both gave me chills

  i want them to sing together all the time

 Emily: i know!

  i just told my roommate that they’re ready to do shows in vegas or do a tour, the two of them together

 Nina: absolutely.

9:33 PM Emily: oh be honest, amanda, you chose adam because he’s hot

9:34 PM Nina: omg that was her biggest mistake

  im like, wtf you doing girl

 Emily: who do you think she should’ve chosen?

9:35 PM Nina: christina!!!!

  duh

 Emily: aww, cee-lo’s sulking

 Nina: what can adam show her? she’s already great

 Emily: yeah, i would’ve picked christina

 Nina: christina would give her control

  now im on a mariah kick

9:36 PM Emily: always be my baby is the first music video i’d ever seen

 Emily: one sweet day is my fav

  shes so young

9:37 PM Emily: all right, friend, i gotta shower and then hit the hay

  this was so much fun though

 Nina: okie doke 🙂

  nice talking with you

  enjoy work tomorrow

 Emily: bye!