Monday night’s (Oct. 13) kick off of the Battle rounds on season 28 of The Voice featured the expected high-energy vocal gymnastic showdowns fans have come to expect of the head-to-head competition, plus the reveal of some A-list mentors who will help guide the budding music stars.

And, in a new twist this time around, rather than the coaches dividing up their teams into pairs for the Battle rounds, this time the singers were the ones choosing their partners, though the coaches retained the power to choose what song they will sing.

That made for some interesting watching for the mentors who joined the fray last night, including Lizzo lending her expertise to Team Snoop Dogg, Lewis Capaldi joining Team Niall Horan, former coach Kelsea Ballerini returning to work with Team Michael Bublé an

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