The knockout rounds begin with each artists paired against a teammate once more, but this time they each select their own song to perform individually, while their direct competitor watches and waits. Kelly Clarkson serves as a key adviser and is on ... (more)hand to work with all of the coaches and their teams as they prepare. The coaches alone choose the winner from their team to move on to the Playoff shows and the artist not selected is available to be stolen by another coach.