It’s down to the Top 13 artists on Season 16 of The Voice. Only five of the Top 13 are women. On Team Adam is Mari; Team Legend includes Maelyn Jarmon and Celia Babini, and Team Blake has two — Oliv Blu and Kim Cherry. After nailing the TLC song “Waterfalls,” Kim Cherry is singing the sexy Salt n’ Pepa song “Whatta Man” featuring En Vogue. According to her Instagram account, Kim says she’ll be singing the song to a man named Adam Melcher. She tagged him on her most recent post promoting her version of “Whatta Man” on iTunes. [Kim’s version of “Whatta Man”] [Salt n Pepa’s Very Necessary album] Adam Melcher is keeping his identity a mystery. There is only one photo on the account that’s seven months old. It’s a photo presumably of him, holding a pint of beer and smiling although you can’t see his face. The caption reads: “I just noticed I have big knuckles.” He’s like Norm Peterson’s wife Vera on Cheers who we never got to see on camera. Or will he make his appearance during the finals?! The Voice airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 pm on NBC. https://www.instagram.com/kimcherrysings/?hl=en<doc-sep>'The Voice' Results Live Blog! Who's In and Who's Out? NBC We're live-blogging the Season 16 results episode of “The Voice” tonight! At the start of the show, the Top 13 remaining contestants include: Team Kelly Clarkson: Jej Vinson and Rod Stokes Team John Legend: Celia Babini, Maelyn Jarmon and Shawn Sounds Team Adam Levine: LB Crew and Mari Team Blake Shelton: Andrew Sevener, Carter Lloyd Horne, Dexter Roberts, Gyth Rigdon, Kim Cherry and Oliv Blu Read on to find out who needs your vote! 9:59 p.m. The #VoiceSave window has closed! America instantly saved Kim Cherry from Team Blake! Sadly, that means LB and Mari are going home. 9:56 p.m. So far, Kim is in the lead, followed by Mari and then LB! 9:51 p.m. The #VoiceSave is open! Use #VoiceSaveLB, #VoiceSaveKim or #VoiceSaveMari to vote for your favorite singer on Twitter! 9:48 p.m. LB Crew is getting the whole room clapping along to Khalid's "Better." 9:44 p.m. Now, Mari is bringing so much emotion to Disclosure and Sam Smith's "Latch." 9:41 p.m. Kim Cherry is owning the stage singing En Vogue's "My Lovin." 9:34 p.m. These are the three contestants singing for the instant save: LB Crew and Mari from Team Adam and Kim Cherry from Team Blake! That means Oliv, Jej and Celia are going home. 9:31 p.m. Team Blake is rocking the stage with George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set on You"! 9:21 p.m. The next safe contestants? Carter Lloyd Horne and Andrew Sevener from Team Blake! 9:14 p.m. Shawn Sounds from Team Legend is also safe! 9:12 p.m. Who else is safe? Guy Rigdon from Team Blake! Fans also saved Rod Stokes from Team Kelly! 9:06 p.m. Team Legend is paying homage to Aretha Franklin with "Say a Little Prayer"! 9:03 p.m. Carson gets right to it! America saved Maelyn Jarmon from Team Legend and Dexter Roberts from Team Blake!<doc-sep>It’s down to the Top 13 artists on Season 16 of The Voice. Only five of them are women. On Team Adam is Mari (he only has two left); Team Legend is Maelyn Jarmon and Celia Babini, and on Team Blake — there’s Kim Cherry and Oliv Blu. Season 15 champion coach Kelly Clarkson does not have a female singer in the finals. Her remaining two are Jej Vinson and Rod Stokes. [Listen to Jej’s version of “Close”] Jej is the Philippines-born 22-year-old college student (USC) who killed the Khalid and Normani song “Love Lies” last week. For his Live Top 13 performance, Jej is singing the Nick Jonas song “Close”. The 2016 love song was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Music: Love Song, among others. The Nick Jonas version features the voice of Swedish singer Tove Lo. Jonas said the song is “about how I literally can’t open up and be vulnerable with someone.” Clearly, that was before Jonas met his wife, actress Priyanka Chopra. The Voice airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 pm on NBC.<doc-sep>All week long “The Voice” fans have been making their Gold Derby predictions for who they think will win Season 16 and who’ll advance to the next round, and things are looking good for Jej Vinson of Team Kelly Clarkson. Following his fan-chosen performance of Nick Jonas & Tove Lo‘s “Close” during Monday’s Top 13 episode, this 22-year-old from Davao City, Philippines has 27/100 odds of being one of the eight artists to advance to next week. Do you agree or disagree with our readers’ racetrack odds? There’s still time to make or update your picks before Tuesday’s results show. Rival coach Adam Levine raved, “Man, you know, I’ve always loved your voice. You were a huge favorite of mine from the beginning. I love your tone. It’s a really different-sounding voice. You’re very identifiable, like if I heard it on the radio I’d know it was you. You’re just one of those people who I always thought would be a ‘Voice’ winner. When [Kelly] said that about you being in the finale, I’ve always envisioned you in the finale as well, which is definitely a testament to your talent. You did a great job.” Kelly proclaimed, “I think my favorite thing about you Jej is, yes you were a four-chair turn and it wasn’t just because you can hold down sustained notes and be a really big vocalist, but at the same time you have such style and grace with your runs. They’re not like too much, it’s so effortless. It just sounds angelic but like sexy as well. It’s so cool. I just think you have a such a great voice. I would be shocked if you weren’t in the finale.” Team Kelly entered the Top 13 with only two artists remaining: Rod Stokes thanks to America’s vote and Jej thanks to Kelly’s save in the Top 24 round. Ironically, Kelly began Season 16 complaining that she had no male artists on her team and now she only has men remaining. Kelly’s four eliminated contestants last week were Rebecca Howell, Matthew Johnson, Abby Kasch and Presley Tennant. In his “The Voice” live blog, our recapper John Benutty had this to say about the performance: “One bit of advice that Kelly gave him in rehearsals was to stick notes for longer periods than always falling back on the runs that he loves. For the performance Jej started out at the keyboard and then transitioned to a platform in the center of the stage which kept him apart from the crowd, but allowed him to make the ballad more intimate and really drive his deep vocal. I’m not sure he really connected properly with that song, but he did sound good!” Be sure to make your predictions to influence our reality TV racetrack odds. You can keep changing your predictions until just before the next episode airs on NBC. 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On Tuesday’s edition of “The Voice,” the middle three vote getters among the Top 13 were Kim Cherry from Team Blake Shelton and the last two artists on Adam Levine‘s team: LB Crew and Mari. Each had to sing one more song to try and win votes cast by viewers via Twitter. While Kim won with the social media crowd, other fans of the show were less enamored and said she didn’t deserve to move forward in the competition. By a margin of 47% to 43% they preferred the performance by Mari and wanted to see her win the Instant Save; only 10% of “Voice” viewers wanted to see LB make it into the Top 8. Perhaps the fact that Kim sang first helped her in the public vote. Those watching the show live in the Eastern and Central time zones knew when to weigh in via Twitter. Fans of the three artists in the rest of the country had to rely on social media if they wanted to back their favorite, albeit without having seen the performances. A plurality of viewers thought Kim really connected with the lyrics of her save song: the 1992 song “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” which was a big hit for En Vogue. But more thought that Mari managed to make “Latch,” the 2012 top 10 hit for English electronic music duo Disclosure and singer Sam Smith, her own. It was less so for LB who covered the Khalid song “Better,” which was his first top 10 single in the US. SEE ‘The Voice’ winners: Where are they now (Season 1 – 15)? Do you think that Kim deserved to win the Instant Save more than Mari or LB? Vote in our poll below and sound off in the comments section. DISCUSS ‘The Voice” with other fans in our notorious forums Be sure to make your predictions as to who will come out on top and who will be eliminated this week on “The Voice.” You can keep changing your predictions until just before the live result shows air. You’ll compete to win bragging rights and a $100 Amazon gift certificate on any shows with live episodes. See our contest rules and sound off with other fans in our reality TV forum. SIGN UP for Gold Derby’s newsletter with experts’ latest predictions