‘The Voice’ judge Blake Shelton tried to bribe Utah contestant with a puppy

Blake Shelton uses a puppy in ‘The Voice’ season 18 premiere. | Trae Patton, NBC

Blake Shelton used the puppy ploy to combat Nick Jonas

Blake Shelton isn’t messing around on “The Voice” season 18, as he tried to use a puppy to sway a Utah singer into joining his team over Team Nick Jonas.

What happened?

• Shelton tried to trick 16-year-old singer Tate Brusa (who is from Salt Lake City) into joining his team after Jonas tried to snag Brusa first.
• Brusa earned the judges attention after singing Ed Sheeran’s song “Perfect.” Jonas and Shelton both turned their seats.
• Jonas tried to persuade Brusa to join his team by playing a guitar and letting Brusa sing again.
• Shelton did something else — he brought up a puppy named Snowflake out to persuade Brusa to join him.
• Shelton said: “Tate, I want you to know that if you don’t choose me as your coach, this puppy is gonna go straight back to the animal shelter.”
• Tate still chose Team Jonas.

Ok @BlakeShelton definitely makes a convincing argument for #TeamBlake… #VoicePremiere pic.twitter.com/j82Eaf39yY

— The Voice #1 Nick Jonas Stan Account (@NBCTheVoice) February 25, 2020

More about Brusa

• As Deseret News’ Lottie Johnson wrote, Brusa has been a lifelong singer and got his raspy voice when he was young. He received his own guitar at 7 years old and started writing his own songs. He performed at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019, too.

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