The Voice contestants may be benefitting from the lack of a live studio audience

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"It's definitely one of our better singing vocal seasons, and a lot of us are wondering if that has something to do (with the fact that) there was no audience and maybe the singers could actually hear themselves better without the crowd," says executive producer Audrey Morrissey. "I'll tell you that the coaches commented that they felt they could hear the singing better, which makes sense because they didn't have the audience." ALSO: The Voice's return offers comfort food amid COVID uncertainty.