It's hard to believe that we're only into the second episode of season two of The Four: Battle For Stardom, because the competition is SO INTENSE already!

Last week, we saw the four finalists, UK singer/songwriter James Graham, rapper Sharaya J, R&B singer Carvena Jones, and emerging Latin artist Stephanie Zelaya each try to defend their seats from potential challengers who were eager to replace them (one of them being Rebecca Black!) And all but one of the four contestants were able to keep their chairs, as Carvena lost hers to 21-year-old Tulsa native Majeste Pearson.

Kicking off week two (of season two) of The Four, James, Sharaya, Stephanie, and Majeste gave the crowd a group performance of Kendrick Lamar & SZA's "All The Stars." Then, the group revealed what it was like going backstage at this year's iHeartRadio Wango Tango, where they got to meet the Backstreet Boys, and see Meghan Trainor perform live. They revealed that watching each artist take the stage in front of thousands of fans was inspiring to them.

However, one person was missing from this experience — Sharaya, who was receiving her cancer treatment back at home. At the beginning of the show, she told Fergie, "I'm doing good today. It was intense, because I had to fly back to Atlanta and then turn right back around and come back here and be ready for rehearsal the next day. But, my boo's right here called me on FaceTime to show me some love while I was in the room recovering, so that was just all love. I really appreciate that."

Then, the competition began. The first challenger of the night was 25-year-old R&B singer Whitney Reign from Chicago, who has previously opened for artists like Rick Ross and Jazmine Sullivan. She revealed she was once signed to Dej Jam, but it never got to the next level. Whitney sang Julia Michaels's hit single "Issues," and afterwards Meghan told her she was a great entertainer. DJ Khaled said he "definitely wasn't mad at the performance," but told her that if she got the chance to take on one of the Four, she needed to go harder. Meanwhile, Diddy thought that, vocally, the performance was "average." And with three blue rings, Whitney won the first challenge of the night and chose to go after Stephanie's seat.

First up, was Stephanie who performed Jennifer Lopez's "On The Floor," followed by Whitney with James Brown's "It's Man's Man's Man's World." Meghan was ecstatic over Whitney's performance, and told Stephanie that even though she's great and did her thing, she had to give it to Whitney. DJ Khaled said that Reign "touched [his] soul" and Diddy said that he "felt it to [his] core on that second song." And after the audience voted, Whitney was in, and took Stephanie's seat as an official member of The Four.

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