Jan Dan Performs "Open Arms" By Journey | The Voice Lives | NBC

[@scarletflame229]

It’s been awhile since a contestant really impacted me. Jan Dan, you have consistently touched my heart. That’s so very rare. We need you. Your voice is healing.

[@KayDee1961]

His tone is so clear, all the while maintaining strength, precision, and an awesome range. Jan Dan is amazing!❤🎉

[@MiladoPani]

Everytime he makes a sound, it always touches the heart

[@jeffocampo9611]

Its not good im not impressed

[@lidwinayumin7780]

Agreed ❤

[@theneification]

Bit off more he could chew here

[@LauraJeanz]

That was a great performance, and I hope Jan Dan goes far. I grew up listening to Journey, and it is a tall order for contemporary artists to take them on. Gene Taylor did it last season with Lights; I don't expect to experience that again. Worthy attempt, and way more guts than I could ever muster. Respect.

[@McKelT]

His voice makes me wanna cry it’s so beautiful 🥹

[@ThyWorldofWill]

He has an artistic approach to lowering the key, bringing a fresh and deeper meaning to the song. To me, he’s always unique in how he infuses a song with his own emotions, painting it with feeling and authenticity. While hitting high notes is impressive, it’s not the only thing this song requires. What truly matters are the emotions and new perspective, and that’s exactly what Jan Dan delivered tonight.

[@Malaika323]

Now this is what am talking about something that moves you ❤❤❤.

[@NonkaShangase]

He really is a painter with his voice wow so heart touching 🥺❤️

[@mabelpinesisthequeen]

MAKE THIS MAN WIN HE HAS A GIFT ❤❤❤

[@shanarahbratt]

I’m traveling for work. I turned on the TV and landed on The Voice. I’ve never watched this show, but Jan Dan’s beautiful rendition of “Gravity” was so gorgeous 🥺 now I’m on a Jan deep dive. I even made an NBC profile to vote for him. Either way, Jan, keep this light shining and share your gift.

[@robertantonnyc]

There's still something so interesting about his sound, it intrigues me every time. The 1st chorus sounded really good in his voice. This was pushing him in the best way. Let me down a bit in the 2nd chorus but pretty good.

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[@dylansousa5571]

Jan Dan has an amazing voice

[@ellybean7354]

I was always haunted by his voice when I worked with him this summer, hope he can win!

[@soodabehheydari787]

We definitely have a winner here.♥️

[@canelita5519]

Pronunciation 🙌🏽❤️🙌🏽🙏🏽 an talent

[@joellenelson14]

If he doesn’t win I’ll be so mad. He has such a great tone and is always on pitch and soulful

[@RoseDarrenBuenaventura]

Sofronio and Jan Dan on Finals! whoever wins truly deserved!❤

[@jinthehouse3210]

He's a Star!

[@barbaraclark5742]

Of all the singers, I would buy Jan Dans music!!! Want more please!!!!

[@LopitoBugarin]

He takes me to his journey with open arms, loved the voice, so gentle and sweet!

[@takadeawilliams3280]

Voice Team: PLEASE TURN THE MICS UP and tell the band to lower theirs. The whole night we BARELY heard anything.

[@bakpaoo9654]

Fr and sometimes there is some weird sounds and make me uncomfortable

[@POObumpoopo]

Couldn't t hey have fixed it in post? Just terrible for such a big network show that's literally called "the voice". We can't hear the voice!

[@juliafrymoyer3444]

Completely agree! I stopped watching because the vocals were not there. So disappointed! Big fail on the tech team here.

[@catwhisperer9489]

Yeah, I agree---I was so bummed, not being able to hear people's voices!!! People have been complaining about this, for ages; it really ticks me off, that The Voice doesn't fix this!!!!

[@timeforanap4268]

Tone down the over production? What?!

[@chiomaubani4680]

He is a good painter and a wonderful story teller

[@krabtraks]

Vocal tone 👌

[@lidwinayumin7780]

He has his own distinct sounds makes its unique. Rooting for u Jan Dan.

[@lynby2108]

Wow amazing❤

[@mateusgomes1970]

Jan Dan is a beast. Jan Dan, Jeremy and Sofronio in the final!

[@ConcertgoerJ.R.]

I love what he did to the Kansas song a little more than what he did to that Journey song!

[@suzannebrown9359]

What a clear beautiful voice. ❤

[@springwolfertz8100]

Great job. This is the first song I sang to my husband. 💕

[@shannontlane9338]

Great performance! Definitely my 2nd favorite of the night

[@keekeemyfirstcat8410]

Solid Voice.

[@starz6449]

Yesss Jan Dan🙌🏾🙌🏾👍🏾👍🏾🥰🥰

[@rebeccapendleton2079]

Wow talent ❤❤

[@alihsan6540]

His song choice never fail!!

[@renatalfaia]

Jan Dan merece tanto ir pra final ❤

[@lasrose3168]

Beautiful song and amazing voice ❤

[@margimattfeld6422]

Jan Dan deserved to make the finals. Gravity song awesome..his vocals outstanding

[@saskialegrand7847]

🎉 BRAVO 🎉

[@kengrand5445]

He's my Pic to win...his voice is so sincere

[@zeddzik_4153]

wowww. I got chill with the ending. Just wow! He proves everyone that Gwen make a good decision to bring him to the semifinal. 💯

[@BeverlyRay-fw7jk]

The Voice is on fire this season we will b voting this season

[@hashbalas4973]

Best performance of the night 〽️✨

[@chesterhaduca7029]

This song is hard for him.

[@catwhisperer9489]

Yeah, he was so unbelievably pitchy/off-key!!

[@justinm.1]

From @<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="133">2:13</a> to the end, I’m not sure why he dropped off in vocal range in some parts…I thought he was either going to do the same range as the first chorus or go even higher 🤔

[@ThyWorldofWill]

He has an artistic approach to lowering the key, bringing a fresh and deeper meaning to the song. To me, he’s always unique in how he infuses a song with his own emotions, painting it with feeling and authenticity. While hitting high notes is impressive, it’s not the only thing this song requires. What truly matters are the emotions and new perspective, and that’s exactly what Jan Dan delivered tonight.

[@theneification]

Bit off more than he could chew and so bailed on some of the moments.

[@Jessosborne7]

Oh my Jan Dan this was the best one you have done not saying u are bad but u did a good job last night 👍

[@singspirations021]

He gives the song a new genre and his own. Like a pop rnb

[@erictaylor465]

I agree 100% he makes them Pop RNB

[@ZeeVee-t8g]

Goosebumps Everytime, he's magical, comes thru sincere, would buy his music, wowwww❤❤❤

[@ninal3658]

I agree with the comments about changing tones and maybe a wrong song choice, but thinking about your blind auditions, you really have come so far! You were so nervous then and now you're in the top 8! Continue to pursue your dreams, experiment with songs choices - maybe rnb or soul? Anyway, congrats on your the voice journey!

[@felipeanacleto1667]

I still can't believe that Gwen eliminated Jose Luis and left him

[@FrancesAndrianeAgustin]

how about sofornio? he got eliminated too?

[@jamesAGarfield608]

​@@FrancesAndrianeAgustinnah sofronio is on bubles team he is still there

[@seunajayinigerian1279]

How do you know it was between him and José Luis and not between Sydney and José Luis?

[@jamesAGarfield608]

@@seunajayinigerian1279 he still made it threw over jose which is bs

[@catwhisperer9489]

​@@jamesAGarfield608🎯

[@davidpereira1928]

👏👏👏

[@johnnysua2568]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@indelauruguaya3960]

De los que quedaron me gusta éste.

[@kelamram]

I love steve perry ❤

[@keyondavis7241]

Some of her melody choices I didn’t understand but he is definitely versatile

[@piolo_P]

all the voice contestants should sing belted and soft songs to know their worth of winning

[@abubakartafida463]

Jan Dan all the way!

[@luithymuller8827]

Bom cantor, nas não p ganhar o The Voice

[@semugenyiallan7277]

Sing jandan 🥳

[@SoldiersNRprayers]

BRAVO 👏👏👏 you the Man in it to Win It❤❤❤

[@tanyamorse1599]

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@jz5100]

I didn't think anyone could touxh Journey on this one. Well done. Nicely played.

[@buzzlightheroes2543]

No disrespect here but Gabrielle and Jose definitely would have been a better choice for the top8

[@Eddy6159]

He’s a really good singer and I believe he showcased that with this song. My only thing is that he isn’t experimenting with his song selection so this performance, although good, wasn’t exciting at all. Which is a shame because his “Dust in the wind” performance is spectacular.

[@JordanTroyer]

I totally agree. His Dust in the Wind performance was one of the best I've heard of that song. But this was a little underwhelming

[@ThyWorldofWill]

He has an artistic approach to lowering the key, bringing a fresh and deeper meaning to the song. To me, he’s always unique in how he infuses a song with his own emotions, painting it with feeling and authenticity. While hitting high notes is impressive, it’s not the only thing this song requires. What truly matters are the emotions and new perspective, and that’s exactly what Jan Dan delivered tonight.

[@Lightskin-i1k]

Ok I'm just going to say it let me cook Why nobody's not talking about this imagine if the judges was Michael Jackson Diana Ross Prince And George Strait

[@juancano6765]

Should’ve been JUAN LUIS 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 #latinogang

[@theneification]

Latino gang ❤

[@joannaaguilar4961]

Open arms is what we give you Jan Dan is because you became a papa <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="188">3:08</a>

[@POObumpoopo]

The song choices for him never really lived up to Almost Doesn't Count. But his actual voice and tone is my favourite of the season.

[@frankng000]

He sounds like he's struggling with the song, especially with the high notes.

[@alaniganajr]

wrong choice of song i guess.

[@jaydelacruz2008]

He lowered down some notes and used falsetto in some high parts that requires full chest voice.

[@catwhisperer9489]

Yeah, he was unbelievably pitchy, and out-and-out off-key, too!!!

[@theneification]

Because he bit off more than he could chew, and bailed out on some moments when he felt like he couldn’t get there. Imo of course.

[@ginawagner6956]

Sweet song, but there is thick competition!

[@padsrocha]

So creative... Same song Ryan Sill (also Team Gwen) did TEN YEARS AGO! Please... 🥱🙄

[@cocacorla]

This song sounds easy but actually a really hard song. Nick Carter did the best cover for my subjective taste

[@KASKI91]

B+ performance when it needs to be an "A" at this point. Time to start practicing the instant save song, lol.

[@sheckz5]

Him being in the finals instead of Austyns or Aliyah is criminal... 🙄

[@bigbof6527]

Mariah Carey’s version of this song is HEAVEN!

[@Markiii_79]

Great voice and good song too, but it doesn't feel like this is the best song choice fit for his voice.

[@delix912]

That's what I thought too

[@replay_kill7991]

idk how i feel about his song choice ......good voice just not Cameron Wrigth special for example .

[@joebagodonuts8119]

He made a big mistake trying to tackle Steve Perry’s soaring vocals in my opinion.

[@catwhisperer9489]

Yeah, he was unbelievably pitchy, and out-and-out off-key, in alotta places---and then for Gwen to say so many wonderful things, about his performance, I wondered if we were listening to the same singer!!!!

[@skilleddog2968]

Great song choice but i cannot the hear the power on the most special notes the higher key he's hitting them but it's not quite it. I think if you're gonna do a cover of this song you gotta really hit those notes with power and emotion.

[@catwhisperer9489]

It's a great song, not a good song CHOICE, for him.

[@skilleddog2968]

@catwhisperer9489 it's good for me nonetheless. He added his own things to the song i was just sad because he lacked the power to sing the chorus. But yea you're right the song not for him.

[@georgesunnywilliams9731]

He tried but not better than jose

[@sayhi2kojo1]

Dude is a Male version of Brandy

[@Grindday22]

Nothing especial to this performance Open Arms is so hard to sing But this dude doing a RNB So many flatt notes there 😂

[@EGMT08]

they are all good but sofronio is really the best of all💯💯💯

[@catwhisperer9489]

This is not a Sofronio video!!! You people need to stop being so dïsrëspectful of other contestants!!!!!!

[@theneification]

I kinda cringed at his high notes hearing him struggle, he even bailed on some of the moments. He’s still good tho, just bad song choice IMO.

[@tennajones1251]

Believe he chose wrong song choice and he has a nice voice

[@SagebrushRambles]

He was great in the first half but seemed to have some difficulty after that.

[@jay70599]

hmm it sounds like by the second chorus that he changed the melody because he couldn't hit the notes anymore, even if the key was dropped by a whole step. sorry but i can't help thinking that if Jose Luis was to do this same song, this would turn out a lot more differently 😢

[@ThyWorldofWill]

He has an artistic approach to lowering the key, bringing a fresh and deeper meaning to the song. To me, he’s always unique in how he infuses a song with his own emotions, painting it with feeling and authenticity. While hitting high notes is impressive, it’s not the only thing this song requires. What truly matters are the emotions and new perspective, and that’s exactly what Jan Dan delivered tonight.

[@theneification]

Agreed 100% I thought the same thing

[@jay70599]

@@ThyWorldofWill as much as i want to think that way, that's not always the case for vocalists and what approach they actually choose. you can paint a beautiful picture in ways that fit your vision but sometimes that's a stretch, or even an excuse to deny someone's vocal limitations by trying to reframe, which would be fine if they have the vocal range, and have just chosen not to use it to highlight the emotional aspects of a song. but when someone doesn't have the range, and tries to do these big songs, that's a different story. that's when these beautiful pictures that you're painting are no longer genuine reflections of what's happening in reality. also, vocalists determine the key to a song to fit their comfort vocal range rather than artistic approach. that's just a known fact, especially in a singing competition, unless they rearrange the song like Will Champlin (Season 5) and Taylor John Williams (Season 7) did with their vision as musicians rather than just vocalists. plus, what is this "fresh and deeper meaning to the song" for you about singing this song in C major instead of D major? it's really just to fit his comfort vocal range and that's it. you can't use these mellifluous words like how they're used in a ChatGPT-generated essay to try to justify his vocal limitations.

[@ThyWorldofWill]

@@jay70599 I see where you're coming from in terms of technicalities. I'm not a music major, so my comments are based purely on how I interpreted his take on the song. At the end of the day, it boils down to personal taste-whether you like it or not. Sure, he may have stretched his vocals and struggled to hit the key, but for me, what really matters is how the performance makes me feel and the emotions it evokes. Like any form of art-be it essays, music, or painting-we can critique it both objectively and subjectively. I’m not defending him for lowering the key, nor am I trying to justify my feelings when I said there was a “fresh and deeper meaning.” It’s simply a matter of personal taste as a listener. When you say, “ have just chosen not to use it to highlight the emotional aspects of a song, but when someone doesn't have the range and tries to do these big songs, that's a different story,” I see where you’re coming from. But I don’t think there’s only one way to highlight the emotional aspect of a song. It’s not just about singing in the original key or trying to match the range of the original artist. Sure, some songs-like Mariah Carey’s-are notoriously tough to pull off. But most singers aren’t trying to outshine or surpass the original; they’re bringing their own voice and emotion to the song. It’s not about mimicking; it’s about making it your own, whether it’s as high or low as the original. Singing should be technical, yes, but it’s also about connection and expression. Since this is a competition, I imagine he’ll be judged on both-the technical execution and how well he brings the song to life.

[@jay70599]

@@ThyWorldofWill here's what i think: Jan had an amazing round when he did "Dust in the Wind", which he lowered by half a step but very much stayed within flexible melodic arrangement, which allowed him to exude emotions in ways that didn't interfere with how he was able to simultaneously showcase vocal skills. his emotions and tone have always been his strengths, so the best option for him is to change a song's key to where he's vocally comfortable, and then arrange the melody to ONLY allow people to connect, and to not allow people to think that he's changing the arrangement due to vocal limitations. as a result, for "Open Arms", he could've easily lowered the key even more, maybe by another whole step, B-flat major, so he can sing it comfortably and arrange the second chorus melodically to ONLY allow listeners to interpret it in a positive manner. i am confident that it would've worked for him a lot more than this, sticking to a higher key, C major, and then struggling during the second chorus. it overshadowed the way he was able to make certain listeners feel, and prevented a lot of listeners, myself included, from simply feeling his performance because his vocal limitations just became too obvious. so basically, he unfortunately revealed his weaknesses by doing all of this, and as a result contributed to his elimination. i'm glad that you are still able to feel the emotions that his performance had evoked. my paragraph above was just to rationalize why it didn't do it for me, and most likely why it didn't do it for many others. and i agree that it's about making songs your own. i would just argue that Jan Dan in this performance didn't manage to successfully make it his own during the second chorus because his vocal range prevented him from making it the way he wanted to (he probably wanted to stick to the original melody or even more), which, once again, could've been prevented by him choosing a key that he was more comfortable with. i'm sure that if he had chosen an even lower key, like i said, B-flat major, he would've been just fine. Jermaine Paul, the winner of Season 2, did the song in B major, half a step lower than this version, and still got through to the final round. the original was done by Steve Perry, who had a ferocious vocal range, so i'm sure listeners wouldn't judge him if he was to choose a key that he was more vocally comfortable with so he had more room to only demonstrate his strengths - his emotions and tone, since not a lot of male vocalists can do Journey songs in the original key, and "Open Arms" is actually one of their easier songs to sing. with all that said, though, i do have to say i struggle a bit to understand how he was vocally struggling with the second chorus, because i think he did well on "Roxanne" with Adam Bohanan, and that song is DIFFICULT, and he was hitting Bb4 or even C5 from time to time (sure Adam took most of the high notes, though). if he was doing that, he should've had no problem singing "Open Arms" hmm part of me don't get it.

[@chionggoh]

Multiplex era

[@Alexander-it3hy]

And Gwen chose this over Jose ?

[@jamesAGarfield608]

What about Jake as well this dude isn't even top 3 on Gwen's team smh

[@catwhisperer9489]

​@@jamesAGarfield608 EXACTLY!!! I keep adding Jake, in my comments, too, because he was a MILLION times better, than this guy---even Gabrielle was better, too!!! It just blows my mind what three Gwen sent home!!! I was still so angry at her, that I had to mute her rehearsal scenes, last night, cuz I didn't wanna hear a word she had to say!!!!

[@jamesAGarfield608]

@catwhisperer9489 jake was my overall favorite on team gwen i'm so salty she kept Jan Dan and Sydney

[@jamesAGarfield608]

@catwhisperer9489 hell want a example of someone even before the playoffs better then Jan Dan mark Shiba from team buble was by far better

[@catwhisperer9489]

@@jamesAGarfield608 Oh, yeah---when he sang Bob Dylan: VERY unique-sounding!!!

[@ryanbenjamin105]

Jose Luis

[@dcebdane]

Again, a very karaoke performance! Wrong song choice! Glen Perry’s version a very tough act to follow.

[@catwhisperer9489]

EXACTLY!!! Did you mean "Steve Perry"?

[@shinko-shi7383]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="129">2:09</a> 😅 What is this? I don't like that <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="138">2:18</a> nope you made it worse

[@catwhisperer9489]

He just blew my mind how pitchy and just downright off-key, he was!!!

[@debrajackson5393]

He's no Steve Perry.

[@catwhisperer9489]

Fr!!

[@budipanjaitan9042]

the music arrangement can not support his RNB tone.. But he is so talented.. dunno why Gwen let this happened

[@r2tufffr]

Good But Over Jose Luis?

[@maryshulman2438]

Nah... not good enuff

[@catwhisperer9489]

​@@maryshulman2438 Do you mean Jan Dan's not good enough---or José's not good enough??

[@maryshulman2438]

@@catwhisperer9489 Jan Dan is not good enuff. Jose is incredible!

[@catwhisperer9489]

@@maryshulman2438 Okay---phew!!! LOL

[@DrOptics12080]

Oh nohhhhhnohhhh

[@LarryfromPH]

I missed how the black male Americans sing with the likes of Brian McKnight, R Kelly, etc.

[@jelfwelkygumaru2915]

How I wish that he used Celine Dion’s version..

[@HeroShades]

This was honestly my least favorite from Jan Dan. I can't figure out what kind of artist he wants to be. His song choices have been weird. He seems to be more suited with R&B songs than other genres. He should pick a lane he is most comfortable with and stick with it rather than confusing voters. If he goes home, it's because voters aren't connecting and are too confused. He has a great voice, but the song didn't go anywhere. There is a pattern with Jan Dan. His blind was decent, his battle was great, his knockout was decent, his playoff was great, and now his semis was decent. Hope he has a great song in the IS.