The Voice: Gwen Stefani and Reba McEntire bawl after emotional performance by teenager Ruby Leigh as top 12 perform live on NBC show

Gwen Stefani and Reba McEntire both cried after teenager Ruby Leigh performed one of Reba’s hits on Monday’s live episode of The Voice on NBC.

‘You blew it out of the water, it was absolutely spectacular,’ Reba, 68, said with tears in her eyes. ‘The way you can hold a note out and be so powerful it just absolutely slays me.’

Reba pointed out that both she and Gwen, 54, were ‘bawling’ after 16-year-old Ruby, from Foley, Missouri, performed Reba’s hit song You Lie.

‘I’m singing a Reba song for Reba herself,’ Ruby said in rehearsals

Chance the Rapper, 30, who came on the show as the Mega Mentor was equally impressed by how good Ruby was for her age.

Reba McEntire cried after teenager Ruby Leigh performed one of Reba’s hits on Monday’s live episode of The Voice on NBC

Reba gave her pointers in rehearsals and told her to remember that it was a very sad song and to put her emotion in it. Reba after rehearsal said she thought that Ruby did the song better than her.

‘There hasn’t been a time on the show where you performed where I haven’t gotten goosebumps,’ Niall Horan, 30, said. ‘That was special. They way you sold that story and did it in Ruby’s way. I love that you were looking over at Reba for approval.’

Jacquie Roar, 28, of North Plains, Oregon, was the first of the 12 contestants who performed during the two-hour episode.

Her microphone pack fell out in rehearsal and Reba helped her put it back in.

‘Let me plug you back in,’ Reba said.

‘The most expensive tech in the history of the world,’ a producer quipped.

‘I’ll send you my bill,’ Reba joked.

Jacquie sang Lainey Wilson’s song ‘Wildflowers and Wild Horses’. Chance the Rapper gave her pointers during rehearsals and Reba encouraged her to enunciate the words.

Reba and the other coaches gave her a standing ovation when she finished.

‘You are incredible,’ Gwen said. ‘You look beautiful tonight. I love that you are so tasteful in the way that you are dynamic. You can do anything. You are so cool about it.’

Team Niall Horan’s New York dark pop rocker Nini Iris, 27, from Brooklyn, went next. She told Chance that she recently got her American citizenship. Nini picked Lovesong by The Cure to perform. Niall encouraged her to tell the story of the song.

Nini performed along with a group of violinists in a long black strapless dress.

‘You never disappoint,’ John Legend, 44, said. ‘Your voice is so powerful. You just have so much magnetism on stage.’

‘That was absolutely spectacular,’ Niall said. ‘Your ability to flip a song on its head and turn it into its own is unlike anyone that I know.’

Gwen’s R&B singer Kara Tenae, 34, from Riverside, California, was excited to meet Chance during rehearsals. She picked Love by Keyshia Cole to perform and Chance assured her that she deserved to be on the show. Kara wowed the coaches wearing a two-piece silver sequined outfit for her performance.

‘You nailed it Kara,’ John said. ‘I loved it!’

‘You are so unbelievably poised and just so confident, just you,’ Gwen, 54, said. ‘You are so pure.’

Team Niall Horan’s New York dark pop rocker Nini Iris, 27, from Brooklyn, picked Lovesong by The Cure to perform

‘You never disappoint,’ John Legend, 44, said. ‘Your voice is so powerful. You just have so much magnetism on stage’

Gwen’s R&B singer Kara Tenae, 34, from Riverside, California, picked Love by Keyshia Cole to perform

‘That was absolutely spectacular,’ Niall said. ‘Your ability to flip a song on its head and turn it into its own is unlike anyone that I know’

Gwen’s 19-year-old pop singer Tanner Massey from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma went next. Tanner was excited he was going to get feedback from Chance. He picked Thnks fr th Mmrs by Fall Out Boy. Gwen advised him to learn the original and then slowly add in his style.

‘You did so good,’ Gwen said. ‘I’m so proud of you.’

Team Legend’s classic singer/songwriter Lila Forde , 24, from Seattle, picked ‘Closer to Fine’ by the Indigo Girls to sing. Lila played the piano while she sang but then got up from the piano mid-song. Chance encouraged her to try to make him feel the lyrics. The coaches gave her a standing ovation.

‘You are so special, Lila,’ John said. ‘ I really believe in you. You’re incredible.’

Team Niall’s Huntley, 33, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, sang With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker. Huntley found a note from his mother in his guitar case during rehearsals that brought him to tears.

‘It’s been me and my mom since I was eight years old,’ Huntley said. ‘She has literally had my back through thick and thin.’

‘Huntley just blew me away,’ Chance said in a confessional. ‘What Huntley has in addition to talent is that he is just really likable.’

Chance and Niall both encouraged him to sing with his eyes open to connect with the audience.

‘You crushed that,’ host Carson Daly, 50, said.

Gwen’s 19-year-old pop singer Tanner Massey from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, picked Thnks fr th Mmrs by Fall Out Boy to perform

Team Legend’s classic singer/songwriter Lila Forde , 24, from Seattle, picked ‘Closer to Fine’ by the Indigo Girls to sing

Team Niall’s Huntley, 33, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, sang With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker

‘Joe Cocker was known for his live performances,’ Niall said. ‘He’d be proud of that one.’

Team Legend’s Super Save artist Azan, 29, from Dallas, went next. John told Chance how he used this season’s new save to bring Azan back on the show after she had been eliminated.

‘I’m so happy she is back on my team,’ John said.

John told her that his father was very upset with him when she left the show.

‘I was like ”Dad, stay tuned”,’ John said.

‘I’ll make him proud,’ Azan said.

Azan sang Lauryn Hill’s song Ex-Factor. John was excited Lauryn cleared the song for the show. Chance told her she was an amazing vocalist.

The coaches gave her a standing ovation when she finished.

Team Legend’s Super Save artist Azan, 29, from Dallas, sang Lauryn Hill’s song Ex-Factor

‘I’m so happy she is back on my team,’ John said of Azan

‘I’m blown away right now,’ Gwen said. ‘It sounded so good.’

Team Reba’s Oklahoma country singer Jordan Rainer, 33, performed ‘Stranger in My House’ by Ronnie Milsap while playing guitar. Jordan told her that she got a puppy and named him ‘Tater’ in honor of Reba’s tater tots.

‘Yet again another fantastic performance,’ Niall said.

‘You demand attention and you get it,’ Reba said. ‘Way to go, so proud of you!’

Mara Justine, 21, from Galloway, New Jersey, on Team Niall picked Lose Control by Teddy Swims. Chance and Niall were both impressed with her during rehearsals. She thanked Niall for caring about her.

‘Mara that was insane,’ Niall said after she took the stage. ‘By far the best you have done all week without a shadow of a doubt. That was by far your best performance of the season.’

Team Legend’s soul singer Mac Royals, 31, from Wrightsville, Arkansas, was excited to work with Chance. Mac sang Bonnie Raitt’s I Can’t Make You Love Me and the coaches gave him a standing ovation.

‘He’s elite talent,’ John said. ‘You’re watching somebody who is so special.’

John told him that he believed in him and already needed a record deal.

Team Gwen’s country soul artist Bias, 23, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, closed out the show. Bias picked the Johnny Cash song God’s Gonna Cut You Down and said he felt a special connection because Cash was born less than 45 minutes from his hometown.

‘We are going to win The Voice,’ Gwen said after his rehearsal.

The crowd clapped along as Bias sang and cheered for him when he finished.

‘My gosh you are good,’ Reba said.

‘Honestly, it’s like a dream that you are on my team,’ Gwen said. ‘You just keep on being you. You are the purest person I have ever met. Just keep going.’

The Voice will return on Tuesday for the results show on NBC.