After their performance, Ellen surprises them with some exciting news — no, she didn’t bring out Keri Hilson to meet the two girls like she brought out Nicki Minaj and Rihanna during previous appearances. She’s sending them to the Grammys! Sophia Grace and Rosie will reprise their red carpet reporting duties from the 2011 AMAs and will be interviewing all the music artists on the Grammy red carpet. (With brand-new swag-tastic princess dresses and crowns and everything!) Yet another reason to tune into the show on Sunday.

After her throat surgery, Adele was ordered not to sing — or even talk. “I had a notepad and I also had an application on my phone,” she said, explaining how she communicated all those weeks of silence. “You type the words into it and then it speaks it. The great thing is I love to swear — most of them you can’t swear — but I found this one app where you can swear, so I’m still really getting my point across.”

Adele’s 60 Minutes interview airs Sunday, February 12 at 7 p.m. on CBS. The singer will perform live once again following her interview when she takes the stage during the 54th Grammy Awards, which air at 8 p.m., also on CBS.

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Ever the sly fox, Chelsea asked if they penned “Glad You Came” themselves. (They didn’t.) She then quipped, “Oh, I can’t believe you guys didn’t write it all together.” Nathan, in his best mock-dejected tone, said, “We’re a boy band.”

This week “Glad You Came” climbed to #30 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.

After posting gangbusters ratings following the Super Bowl last night, The Voice returned for part two of the blind auditions. The show kicked off with the judges taking on a few of Prince’s greatest hits in a pyrotechnic crowd-pleaser. Christina Aguilera, sporting a leather sort of Statue of Liberty crown, led on “Party Like it’s 1999″; Cee Lo Green drove through “Little Red Corvette” in red sequined footie pajamas — appropriately; Adam Levine put his falsetto to good use on “I Wanna Be Your Lover”; and Blake Shelton wrapped country twang around “Kiss” for the finale. Then, it was on to the contestants!

Duo Hailey and Leland from Nashville, who perform as The Line, strummed a fire into Tom Petty’s “American Girl.” Blake was the first to push the button, but all four judges eventually turned. Cee Lo assumed they were a couple, even though the pair explained the relationship was platonic (but, who are they kidding, they should just get a room already). After a dig at Blake’s history with twosomes (he sent a couple home last season), Christina convinced The Line to walk her way.

HIV-positive, crystal meth addict-turned-volunteer Jamar Rogers from Bronx, NY., hit the stage next. The self-described “Comback Kid” funked up The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” enough to make his idol, Cee Lo, swivel his way. A love fest ensued, and the two lived happily ever after — with Cee Lo’s evil white cat.

Jamar Rogers – “Seven Nation Army”

Family man (and ginger Slash impersonator) Neal Middleton from Salt Lake City brought his wife and infant child along for his gravelly hard rock rendition of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” as made famous by the California Raisins. But the sour notes kept the judges stationary, and Neal was sent packing.

Gwen Sebastian told host Carson Daly she’d put starting a family on hold to pursue her career (clearly she’s not a student of Beyonce’s school of Having It All). She sounded sort of like if Robyn decided to go country in a cover of Sugarland’s “Stay”. Maybe it was just her haircut? Anyway, it was lovely and heartfelt, and got each of the boys turned in their chairs. She followed her country heart to Blake in the end.

Gwen Sebastian – “Stay”

The cameras loved beautiful Pamela Rose, whose pitchy “Already Gone” didn’t win her any points with the judges. Cee Lo shook his head in regret when he saw her tight pants.

Kim Yarbrough, 50 — but who doesn’t look a day over 35 — and who, WHAT, used to do security for Dave Matthews Band (?!), felt this was her last shot at making it. Though Cee Lo literally gyrated in his seat, Adam and Christina were the first and only to turn around for the Chaka Khan lookalike’s throaty, not to mention apt, riff on “Tell Me Something Good.” Car salesman Adam landed her a deal — his first of the night.

St. Louis soldier Angie Johnson, who henceforth must be known as Air Force Angie, got internet famous singing Adele, but went with Pat Benatar’s “Heartbreaker” for her blind audition. Cee Lo liked it, no one else did.

Dez Duron, who just might be the lost Jonas or one of those werewolves from the Twilight movies, got his warble on for Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way”. It wasn’t much of a touchdown for the high school football star; he got to look at the back of the judge’s chairs for the whole thing.

Up next was Lindsey Pavao of California. You could tell she was into “different” things because she name-checked Nirvana and wore a skirt with triangles and had Skrillex hair. Christina liked her reinvented version of Trey Songz’s “Say Aah”, then Cee Lo did too, and then Blake hit the button! It was exciting for her, and a little surprising. More importantly, Blake wasn’t sure who Fiona Apple was and used her as a comparison in his compliments after her performance (we heard more Lana Del Rey than Fiona in Pavao’s voice, to be honest), but Christina won her over because they had the same hair, probably.

Lindsey Pavao – “Say Aah”

As the show began to wind down, we met Jermaine Paul, one of Alicia Keys backup singers. Dude got a video shout-out from Mrs. Swizz Beatz, so you know, pressure’s on. But before he took the stage, we got to see the adorable 25-year-old Hoja Lopez really sing the crap out of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” just in the wrong key. She went home. After the break, we were back with Jermaine taking on (our personal karaoke favorite) Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated”. He poured swagu all over that jam. It was smooth with some really nice high-low moments. Cee Lo jumped first, then Blake. Jermaine fished for compliments while the judges had words. And then in a weird twist of fate, he picked…Blake?

Jermaine Paul – “Complicated”

L.A. girl Angel Taylor, 23, closed out the night singing Adele’s “Someone Like You” faithfully and beautifully, as much with her hands as her mouth. Adam liked what he heard — and saw, as soon as he swiveled right ’round. Blake popped around the chorus, then Cee Lo followed suit. As the judges squared off, Angel revealed she has a big crush on Blake, while Adam bragged about last season’s win. It was a valid point to make, as Angel jumped on the Adam train. (S’for the best, Blake is married, after all.)

Angel Taylor – “Someone Like You”

And that’s a wrap! Do you think any of episode 2’s performers have what it takes to make it to the finale? Sound off in the comments, or on Twitter and Facebook.

Though we would have loved to have seen Jimmy’s impersonation of Adele (wouldn’t he look just smashing in a set of fake eyelashes and a bouffant?), the late night talk show host still paid tribute to the singer by changing the lyrics to “Rolling In The Deep” to reflect partying in Indianapolis. We’re sure when Adele was originally writing this breakup song, she hoped that one day it would be used to capitalize on the Super Bowl.

The season got off to a tawngy start with RaeLynn, a plucky Texan farm girl who made the bold choice of performing Miranda Lambert’s “Hell On Heels” — in front of her husband. Naturally, it was Blake who turned his chair around first, and RaeLynn pretended to think for a long moment before making the obvious choice of going with her country idol’s hubby as her coach. Score one for Team Blake!

Next up was Jesse Campbell — ushering in the first of many sappy music cues as he told the requisite sob story about living in his car and how he hopes to find musical success in order to provide for his daughter. (Yes, he got a little misty.) Fortunately, Jesse had strong pipes to counteract the water works, belting Leon Russell’s “A Song For You” so expertly that every judge but Blake turned around after only a handful of notes. After a very lengthy deliberation, Jesse went with the coach who promised to “fight” for him — the “Fighter” herself, of course.

Jesse Campbell — “A Song For You”

Tears flowed again with camera-shy Southern California native Daniel Rosa, who got emotionally overwhelmed just by being on TV. The heavy-set singer seemed poised to be Season 2’s underdog story — until he opened his mouth, letting loose a rendition of Neon Trees’ “Animal” that had nobody’s chair spinning. You could see how bad the judges felt at dismissing Daniel, assuring him that he was still a great singer despite a performance they all agreed was pitchy. “I feel bad,” Xtina said as he left the stage — and so did we. But the judges were right — he was by far the weakest of the vocalists we heard tonight.

After that downer segment, it was up to The Voice to turn our frowns upside-down. Enter Floridian Juliet Sims, whose rocker-chick look caught our attention even before her gravelly, Janis Joplin-esque wailing of “Oh! Darling” became music to our ears. Cee Lo and Adam took an immediate liking to Juliet’s vocal stylings, while it took picky Christina until the very last second to decide that Juliet was her cup of tea.

Juliet Sims — “Oh! Darling”

In the end, the fight over Juliet led to the night’s most entertaining interplay between the judges, pitting Xtina and Adam against each other as she likened his bid for Juliet to a used car salesman and said he was “trying to be Justin Timberlake.” Rowr! Cee Lo helped them retract their claws by joking about their “sexual tension,” which was enough to get Juliet to make the wise choice of going with neither — opting for Cee Lo instead.

Next in line was Chris Mann and even more tugging at our heart strings (we hope you had the Kleenex handy!), as we met Chris’ mother and learned of her battle with pancreatic cancer. The mama’s boy unleashed a huge operatic voice with Andrea Bocelli’s “Because We Believe,” earning unanimous raves from the panel. Could a guy who can belt like that possibly not pick Christina Aguilera? Impossible! The two are so obviously cut from the same cloth, it was meant to be.

Chris Mann — “Because We Believe”

And finally, The Voice had a little treat for for us as the next contender, Tony Lucca, was actually one of Christina’s old Mickey Mouse Club buddies! His flawless take on Ray LaMontagne’s “Trouble” had all the judges floored — but diva that she is, no recognition was apparent on Aguilera’s face (which might be why he went with Adam — awkward!).

Later (probably after being tipped off by the producers), Xtina did hunt Tony down like they were the very best of friends, sharing one juicy tidbit from back in the day: “Britney had the biggest crush on you!” (Wow — we’re sure that wasn’t at all intimidating for his wife to hear.)

Tony Lucca — “Trouble”

Our two cents on Season 2’s talent so far? The most exciting performers were Chris Mann and Juliet Sims, each of whom have distinct styles of singing that may or may not lend themselves to other genres of music. We’re looking forward to seeing what else they can do. Tony Lucca and Jesse Campbell, on the other hand, have powerful, more traditional pop-flavored voices we expect to carry them far in the competition, while we’re not sure RaeLynn has what it takes to stick around for long.

What do you think of Season 2 so far? Who are you rooting for? Voice your opinion (get it?) on Facebook, Twitter or in the comments, and make sure to tune in tomorrow (Monday) night to catch more blind auditions and the coaches performing tunes by Prince!