captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. it's winesday, wednesday. april 25th, 2012. kathie lee is taking time off. my cohost for the week is the one, the only willie geist. >> good morning, hoda. >> hey. >> may i point out something? >> please. >> this dress. >> yes? >> this red dress? >> you're into it? >> i'm into it. i feel like you might be sending me a signal. why do i say this? >> why do you say that? >> there's a new french study. it says women who wear red are more likely to give the green light to sex. i'm reading a study. not me. it's scientists. wearing red signals greater sexual intent to men. even if it's outfits that weren't necessarily sexy, women in red also judged by men as being more attractive. >> is that true? do you like women in red? ladies in red? >> i do. not every day. but on a special occasion perhaps. let's just put it out on the table. >> no, no. >> i think it's totally inappropriate. you've seen pictures of my wife and m

as usual, judge kathie lee gifford, you are going to be the judge today to see if you'd vote the wayhat these judges did. first, singers from team blake. ♪ she's country ♪ little bit stronger ♪ getting along without you baby ♪ ♪ better off without you baby ♪ ♪ so take a look at me now ♪ there's just an empty space ♪ and you comin' back to me is against all odds and it's what i've got to face ♪ >> lots of talent there but i would let the second person go. >> you voted the way that blake voted. >> really? >> she actually kind of got voted back. >> she's not untalented. just what i saw was not as good at the other three people. that particular part of the song. sorry. from now america's going to vote on three. you're 1 for 1. team christina. see who she eliminated. ♪ i can see a halo ♪ i can see a halo, halo, halo ♪ i think i been mistaking you for somebody else ♪ ♪ somebody who gave a damn ♪ throw your stick s and stones♪ that was when i ruled the world ♪ >> i think blake's team is much stronger. because each time i heard one i thought well that's the person i would let go. but i would

captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it's winesday, wednesday, everybody. it's april 4th. no, this is not hoda woman. this is hoda ray. >> hoda ray. >> billy ray cyrus. very handsome and talented. he's back with me for the second day. thank you for yesterday. >> it was so much fun. >> there will be a big difference today. he's having red bull today. red bull and cranberry, right? that's your drink now. >> that is red bull and cranberry. >> uh-huh. and our facebook fans yesterday loved our panty hose polo. >> i didn't get to see it. what happened? >> i think we have it up. this is fun. >> that is so wrong. >> on so many levels. oh, gosh. >> that is -- oh, my gosh. >> talk about a case of the droopy ball. oh, my gosh. >> you know what? >> i could have done that all day long, though. it was so much fun. you didn't go over the line, though. watch. watch. we're very competitive around here. boom! >> if i don't get that viagra endorsement now, i never will. >> there y

billy ray cyrus, kathie lee gifford. lots of others.figured out that there are some other people too with three names like jack "the ripper." who are some of the other ones? john wilkes booth. who were you named after? >> how about some more positive ones. >> jamie lee curtis. >>> all right, so where did you get the ray? who's that? >> you know, when i was born -- >> no, i don't know. >> papaw and mamaw came to see me, cyrus, at the hospital. my papaw's eyesight was fading. i had a wrist band on that said baby boy cyrus and he misread it to be billy ray cyrus. my mamaw heard that and said billy ray cyrus and they thought perfect. >> he's so doggone cute, you believe him. did that really happen? >> no. i just made it up for the book. >> you didn't have to take her to the prom, our miss miley, but many parents are facing that right now. they're going to have some strict dress codes coming up. we have some powerful visuals to demonstrate what is acceptable and what is not. whoa! it's a hooker convention. oh, it looks like that adult entert

captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody! it is winesday, wednesday. april 11th on this chilly kind of overcast kind of drizzly day here in new york. >> saw 45 on the temperature gauge. i was like, what? >> i know. we had our spring in january. >> we're not complaining. >> good to see you, hodie. >> good to see you, too. as you guys know if you watched our show yesterday, we had our kids "voice" edition. it was a thriller! >> not without its tension. >> we had our controversy. we're going to begin with, there was one guy. his name is christian. when he started singing, we both hit our buzzers very quickly. >> one of us hit ours firs bt,ut you'll see. >> hold on. we have to see that. >> yeah. tell them what happened, hoda. >> what happened was we both turned around. and this kid is looking at us. and he has no earthly idea who we are at all. >> he thought you were ricki lake. >> let's watch. ♪ don't you remember you told me you loved me baby ♪ ♪ you

nbc-universal television >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.day. >> so much fun. >>> a big difference today because he's having red bull and cranberry, right? that's your drink now. our facebook fans yesterday loved our pantyhose polo. >> i didn't get to see it. i heard a lot about it. >> this is fun. >> that is called wrong. >> on so many levels. >> talk about the case of the droop by ball. oh, my god. i could have done that all day long though, it was so much fun. we didn't go over the line though, watch. we're very competitive around here. >> if i don't get the viagra endorsement, i never will. >> like you need more money. you know what we want to do? >> i do actually that red bull works, doesn't it? we started writing a song. we didn't have time to finish it. i said to billy ray, you know what? we both love to write. let's see if our facebook fans can help us finnish the lyric. because i was going to -- you'll see. let's start it. >> okay, okay, you ready? ♪ you wear the leather ♪ you wear the lace >> hit a cord. ♪ we'll get together ♪ and

be captions paid for byes nbc-universal television >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee giffordife away, hoda. you'll get to my age and say why did i wish for friday when i hadn't been through winesday, wednesday yet. >> is that true? >> take it from the old broad. >> you know who's having a great wednesday? >> tammy! our producer had her second child yesterday. there's her husband dan. >> alana victoria. >> alana. >> alana. that's what i said. >> she was born at 10:21. right in the middle of her favorite television show. >> i think we were doing the kids' "voice." >> everybody's great. 6 pounds, 15 ounces, i think. >> a special shout out to a special doctor. his name? >> dr. kukuchara. >> we're just having fun with it. >> his name is dr. kuchara. >> we were trying to make a song out of it. >> we thought that was fun. apparently not everybody thinks so. they shall remain nameless. joane lamarca. >> last night was "the voice" again. >> i love giving it blow by blow with you, hoda. >> you're like one of the judges. last night team blake and team christina, they each had a couple o