Matthew Schuler performs "Hallelujah" on Top 12 night of "The...

Matthew Schuler performs "Hallelujah" on Top 12 night of "The Voice" Season Five. (Nov. 11, 2013) Credit: NBC / Tyler Golden

As “The Voice” finally reached the point where the audience decides who stays and goes, the coaches began their strategizing of how to get votes for their team.

Basically, they used the two strategies all pop music artists use: Do something great or do something you think a lot of people will like. Doing something great doesn’t always guarantee success. But trying to do something because you think people will like it and then coming up short? You're in a whole lot of trouble..

Toward the end of the show, Carson Daly revealed another twist -- “The Instant Save” -- that will apparently be in play Tuesday night and involves voting somehow. Not sure how anything can be “instant” when the whole country doesn’t watch the show at the same time, but we’ll find out. Theoretically, two singers will be cut tonight.

This is how last night shook out:

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