Overview
- Team Reba singer Aubrey Nicole performed Martina McBride’s “I’m Gonna Love You Through It,” dedicating it to her father, a cancer survivor now in remission.
- McEntire told the contestant, “I lost my oldest son because he did not win with cancer,” describing music as a way to remember loved ones and lean on others.
- Snoop Dogg handed McEntire tissues during the moment, a gesture that briefly lightened the mood on the coaches’ panel.
- Brandon Blackstock died on Aug. 7 at 48; the Silver Bow County Coroner confirmed melanoma as the cause, and the family said he fought cancer for more than three years and died peacefully surrounded by family.
- McEntire, who helped raise Brandon during her marriage to his father Narvel Blackstock, previously honored him in an Instagram tribute and has spoken about their close parental bond; Blackstock shared two children with Kelly Clarkson and two from a prior marriage.