The Voice 'The Knockouts Premiere' Rihanna Stops By To Advise Contestants

Riri On The Voice

As the first episode of season 9’s Knockouts began, The Voice lost no time making one thing abundantly clear: Music already has a reigning champion, and she is not a reality-show contestant. She is Rihanna.

Besides gracing us with advisor RiRi’s distinctive appearance, the Knockouts also delivered some of the overall greatest performances of the season and sent more than one former frontrunner packing. (A quick run-down of how this works: Each coach chooses two team members to square off — but unlike the Battles, each singer gets to perform solo and to choose his or her own song. Their coach then chooses who will continue. Each coach gets just one steal.)