Lip Sync Battle Royale: Our Definitive Celebrity Ranking

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani:

Blake Shelton walks out with a glass of champagne and his famous handsome smirk. He then uses both to his advantage in his performance of “Puttin’ On The Ritz” by Taco. This would’ve been a truly unimpressive lip sync, had it not been for Shelton’s “foot sync” to the tap dance portion of the song. For Shelton’s second song, he pulls a Jimmy and presents the flavor of the 80s to the audience through Jefferson Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now.” For those not familiar, this is the best song of all time. Watching Shelton deliver this classic, amazing song, is mostly fun because even when he lip syncs, you can see his thick Southern drawl.

Jimmy updates himself by bringing a little Ellie Goulding to the table. Besides using the ceiling camera and a tiny flashlight, his rendition of “Burn” makes no impressions. Then comes a strange turn—Jimmy pulls out “Cocktails for Two” by Spike Jones, a musical comedian. What makes this performance interesting is the fact that there aren’t many words—mostly just noises. Memorable for that reason, and not many more.

Gwen Stefani starts out the right way, by dissing Jimmy and calling him “Jimmy Kimmel.” However, choosing “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen displays that opposites don’t always attract—Gwen brings her well-known energy, but it just feels wrong. Luckily, Gwen decides to share her final song with Mr. Shelton, as they tenderly sing “Endless Love” together, with Stefani as Lionel Richie and Shelton as Diana Ross.

Rating: 3 expensive microphones/10.

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