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Texas goes to battle on ‘The Voice’

By on October 10, 2016 at 7:30 PM

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THE VOICE -- "Knockout Rounds" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Knockout Rounds" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Knockout Rounds" -- Pictured: Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Knockout Rounds" -- Pictured: Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Knockout Rounds" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Knockout Rounds" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
Photo: Tyler Golden/NBC
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THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: (l-r) Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: (l-r) Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: (l-r) Gabriel Violett, Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: (l-r) Gabriel Violett, Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
Photo: Tyler Golden/NBC
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THE VOICE -- "Team Alicia Battle Reality" -- Pictured: (l-r) Gabriel Violett, Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Team Alicia Battle Reality" -- Pictured: (l-r) Gabriel Violett, Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: (l-r) Dan Shafer, Carson Daly, Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: (l-r) Dan Shafer, Carson Daly, Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: (l-r) Ali Caldwell, Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Battle Rounds" -- Pictured: (l-r) Ali Caldwell, Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Whitney & Shannon -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: (l-r) Shannon, Whitney -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: (l-r) Shannon, Whitney -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
THE VOICE -- "Blind Auditions" -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: Courtnie Ramirez -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
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THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
THE VOICE -- Season: 11 -- Pictured: Sundance Head -- (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
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Courtnie Ramirez and Sundance Head, singers with local ties, proved victorious on Monday’s episode of “The Voice.”

Courtnie Ramirez, 17, lost her battle and a slot on Miley Cyrus’ team. But Ramirez was snapped up by Blake Shelton, who compared her to a “banty rooster.”

Cyrus called the young singer from Bryan an “amazing rocker energy that’s so classic” after a performance of Odetta’s “Hit or Miss.”

Sundance Head, 38, from Porter proved a winner on Bad Company’s “Feel Like Makin’ Love.” He bested 57-year-old Dan Shafer.

“You are just your own beautiful being,” Alicia Keys told Head.

Shelton chose Head “because it’s just undeniable. His vocal ability is just shocking.”

Ramirez and Head both move on to the knockout rounds.

Still to compete in the battle rounds is Houston-raised sister duo Whitney & Shannon.

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