With the parameters set in place for The Voice Season 18, it feels like the show is trying to mitigate the randomness that could come from an audience vote, and ensure certain contestants see the finale above others.
Maybe it wasn’t always the best lineup in terms of variety, but it was what the people wanted.
The initial reversal of the “one contestant per coach” in the finale has resulted in completely eliminating coaches from the competition in the past, and finales that leaned much harder on a certain genre (country) than others.