The Voice (American TV series)

For other versions of the series, see The Voice (franchise). For the current season, see The Voice (U.S. season 15).

The Voice
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	John de Mol
Directed by	Alan Carter
Presented by	Carson Daly Alison Haislip Christina Milian
Judges	Christina Aguilera CeeLo Green Adam Levine Blake Shelton Shakira Usher Gwen Stefani Pharrell Williams Miley Cyrus Alicia Keys Jennifer Hudson Kelly Clarkson Kelsea Ballerini
Composer	Martijn Schimmer
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	380
Production
Executive producers	John de Mol Mark Burnett Audrey Morrissey Stijn Bakkers Marc Jansen Jay Bienstock Lee Metzger
Producers	Ashley Baumann Amanda Borden Carson Daly Keith Dinielli May Johnson Bart Kimball Michael Matsumoto David Offenheiser Dan Paschen Kyley Tucker Teddy Valenti
Production locations	Universal Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	44–104 minutes
Production companies	Mark Burnett Productions (2011–12) One Three Media (2012–14) United Artists Media Group (2014–15) MGM Television (2016–) Talpa Media Warner Horizon Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26) – present
Related
The Voice (franchise)

The Voice is an American singing competition television series broadcast on NBC. It premiered during the spring television cycle on April 26, 2011, and expanded into the fall cycle with the premiere of the third season on September 10, 2012. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, it has aired fifteen seasons and aims to find currently unsigned singing talent (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers, age 15 or over (age 13 or over since season 12), drawn from public auditions.

The winner is determined by television viewers voting by telephone, internet, SMS text, and iTunes Store purchases of the audio-recorded artists' vocal performances. They receive US$100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group for winning the competition. The winners of the fourteen seasons have been: Javier Colon, Jermaine Paul, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery, Tessanne Chin, Josh Kaufman, Craig Wayne Boyd, Sawyer Fredericks, Jordan Smith, Alisan Porter, Sundance Head, Chris Blue, Chloe Kohanski, and Brynn Cartelli.

The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances and guide their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. The original panel featured Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton; the panel for the currently airing fifteenth season features Levine, Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson, with Kelsea Ballerini as an off-screen fifth coach for "Comeback Stage" contestants. Other coaches from previous seasons include Shakira, Usher, Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, and Alicia Keys, while John Legend is slated to replace Hudson for the upcoming sixteenth season.

Conception

An adaptation of the Dutch show The Voice of Holland, NBC announced the show under the name The Voice of America in December 2010; its name was soon shortened to The Voice. (The name "Voice of America" was already in use by the U.S. government for its overseas radio service.) In each season, the winner receives $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Republic Records (seasons 1 & 2) or later Universal Music Group (season 3–present).

Selection process and format

Each season begins with the "Blind Auditions," where coaches form their team of artists (8 in season 1, 12 in seasons 2,4-14, 13 in season 15, and 16 in season 3) whom they mentor through the remainder of the season. The coaches' chairs are faced towards the audience during artists' performances; those interested in an artist press their button, which turns their chair towards the artist and illuminates the bottom of the chair to read "I want you." At the conclusion of the performance, an artist either defaults to the only coach who turned around, or selects his or her coach if more than one coach expresses interest. In the 14th season, a new twist called "Block" is featured, which allows one coach to block another coach from getting a contestant.

In the "Battle Rounds," each coach pairs two of his or her team members to perform together, then chooses one to advance in the competition. In each season, coaches are assisted by celebrity advisors that are different each season. In the first season, coaches sit alongside their respective advisors in the battle stage. However, starting with the second season, the advisors no longer join the coaches in the battle stage. A new element was added in season three; coaches were given two "steals", allowing each coach to select two individuals who were eliminated during a battle round by another coach.

The Knockout Rounds were also introduced in season three. A pair of artists within a team are selected to sing individual performances in succession. They are not told until a few minutes prior to their performances who their partner is. The artists get to choose their own songs in this round, although they continue to get help and advice from their respective coaches. At the conclusion of the performances, coaches would decide which one of each pair gets to advance to the next round. Just like in the battle rounds, the coaches can steal one eliminated artist from another coach starting with season five. Starting in the season 14, coaches can save one eliminated artist from his (or her) own team.

The "Battles, Round 2" were introduced to replace the Knockout Rounds in season six. Similar to the Knockout Rounds, each singer is paired randomly within their team. One celebrity key adviser also assists all four of the coaches and their teams in preparation of these rounds. Coaches give each Battle pairing a list of songs and each pair must agree on which song to sing. Each coach can still decide which of their singers in each pair will advance to the next round. The coaches are also allowed one steal. However, the Knockouts were brought back in season seven.

In the final live performance phase of the competition, artists perform in weekly shows, where public voting narrows to a final group of artists and eventually declares a winner. The coaches have the power to save one artist that had not received the public's vote that week. As of season two, these artists would give a last chance performance to win their coach's save. However, in deciding who moves on to the final four phase, the television audience and the coaches have equal say. With one team member remaining for each coach, the contestants compete against each other in the finale, where the outcome is decided solely by public vote. In the first two seasons, one contestant from each team would advance to the final four. Due to the possibility of having multiple potential winners on the same team, eliminations were adjusted in season three to eliminate contestants who earned the lowest number of votes, thus not guaranteeing a coach and a contestant in the (reduced) final three (having reverted to four since season seven).

Voting system

See also: The Voice (U.S. TV series) discography

In a first for a music competition series, NBC and Universal Republic Records offered fans of the show the ability to vote for their favorite artists by purchasing the studio versions of the songs that they perform on the live show each week via the iTunes Store. Alternative methods of voting can be done through toll-free phone calls (until season 8), text messaging, the show's app, and through online votes via NBC.com and Facebook. Each method is limited to ten votes per user. Voting lasts until noon EST the next day.

As of the top 12 results show of season three, producers made changes in the voting system with regards to iTunes singles purchases. Previous voting via iTunes purchases of contestant performances had previously only counted singly during the official voting window and only accredited to the live show in concern. If a competitor's performance charts within the Top 10 of the iTunes "Top 200 Singles Chart" during this window, it will be given an iTunes bonus that multiplies iTunes votes made by ten. Starting in season five, the iTunes bonus multiplier is now five for the studio versions of the songs performed by the competitors. The finale's vote count will include a 'Cumulative iTunes Vote Total' of all singles (from top 12 onwards) purchased during and outside of the various voting windows, with iTunes bonuses previously earned.

Only the studio recording of the contestants' performances, not the live performance, are available on iTunes. In the first season, the battle rounds were recorded in the studio with both artists in the pairing. However, from season two on, only the winner's version of the song from the battle round is released. Season seven reverted to the old style of both artists. With the introduction of the Knockout Rounds in season three, where each contestant sang a separate song, only the winner's single is released.

The "Instant Save" was introduced in season five. During the live elimination episodes, viewers are given a five-minute window to vote for the contestants in danger of elimination by using their Twitter account to decide which contestant will move on to the next show, starting with the Top 12. Home viewers can only vote once per account for one contestant of their choice.

Coaches and hosts

Coaches

Coaches and host of the current season 15 of The Voice

Adam Levine

Kelly Clarkson

Jennifer Hudson

Blake Shelton

Kelsea Ballerini

Carson Daly

CeeLo Green of Gnarls Barkley and Adam Levine of Maroon 5 became the first confirmed coaches in February 2011, followed by Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton in March. Aguilera and Green did not return for season four and were replaced by Shakira and Usher as substitute coaches. Aguilera and Green then returned for season five, while Shakira and Usher returned for season six. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres in February 2014, Green revealed that he would not be returning to The Voice. On March 31, 2014, it was announced that Pharrell Williams would become Green's replacement. On April 19, 2014, it was announced that No Doubt's Gwen Stefani would replace Aguilera in season seven due to her pregnancy. On May 20, 2014, Shakira and Usher confirmed that after season six, they would focus on their music. On March 25, 2016, Miley Cyrus confirmed that following her role as key advisor during the tenth season that she would be joining the series once again in its eleventh season as a coach, replacing Christina Aguilera. That same day, Alicia Keys was also announced to be joining the series as a coach for the eleventh season. On October 18, 2016, it was announced that Stefani would re-join the coaches' panel for the series' twelfth season, alongside returning coaches Keys, Levine and Shelton; it was also confirmed that Cyrus would return for the thirteenth season.

On April 27, 2017, in an interview published by TV Insider, Keys confirmed that the twelfth season would be her last. She stated, "Who knows what the future holds, but I know this one is my final season." On May 10, 2017, NBC announced that Jennifer Hudson would join the coaches lineup for the series' thirteenth season. On May 11, 2017, it was announced that Kelly Clarkson would be a coach in season fourteen in 2018. On October 18, 2017, NBC announced that Alicia Keys would return to the series for the 14th season. On May 10, 2018, it was announced that Clarkson and Hudson would return for the series' fifteenth season, with Kelsea Ballerini joining the season as a fifth coach for the Comeback Stage of the competition. On September 13, 2018, John Legend was announced as a coach for the show's sixteenth season, alongside returning coaches Clarkson, Levine and Shelton.

Timeline of coaches
Coach	Seasons
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Adam Levine
Blake Shelton
Christina Aguilera
CeeLo Green
Shakira
Usher
Gwen Stefani
Pharrell Williams
Miley Cyrus
Alicia Keys
Jennifer Hudson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelsea Ballerini

Legend

  Featured as a full-time coach.

  Featured as a part-time coach.

  Featured as a part-time advisor.

Hosts

Carson Daly has hosted the series since the inaugural season. Alison Haislip served as the original "backstage, online and social media correspondent" and was replaced by Christina Milian. Milian did not return for season five, at which point Daly assumed her duties as the social media correspondent.

Coaches' advisors

Battle round advisors are listed first; additional advisors and their roles are denoted by superscripts.

Season	Team Adam	Team CeeLo	Team Christina	Team Blake	All Coaches
1	Adam Blackstone	Monica	Sia	Reba McEntire	—
2	Alanis Morissette Robin Thicke	Babyface Ne-Yo	Jewel Lionel Richie	Kelly Clarkson Miranda Lambert
3	Mary J. Blige	Rob Thomas Jennifer Hudsona Bill Withersb Pat Monahanc	Billie Joe Armstrong Ron Faira	Michael Bublé Scott Hendricksa
4	Team Adam	Team Shakira	Team Usher	Team Blake
	Hillary Scottd	Joel Madden CeeLo Greend	Pharrell Williamsd Aakomon Jonese Taylor Swiftf	Sheryl Crowd
5	Team Adam	Team CeeLo	Team Christina	Team Blake
	Ryan Tedder	Miguel	Ed Sheeran	Cher
6	Team Adam	Team Shakira	Team Usher	Team Blake	All Coaches
	Aloe Blacc Graham Nashh James Valentinei	Miranda Lambert busbeeh	Jill Scott Naturalh	The Band Perry Scott Hendricksh Gwen Sebastiani	Chris Marting
7	Team Adam	Team Gwen	Team Pharrell	Team Blake	All Coaches
	Stevie Nicks Patrick Stumpk	Gavin Rossdale Christina Aguilerak	Alicia Keys Diana Rossk	Little Big Town Colbie Caillatk	Taylor Swiftj
8	Team Adam	Team Pharrell	Team Christina	Team Blake	All Coaches
	Ellie Goulding Dave Stewartm Ushern	Lionel Richie Ryan Tedderm Gwen Stefanin	Nick Jonas Mark Ronsonm Gwen Stefanin	Meghan Trainor Scott Hendricksm CeeLo Greenn	Nate Ruess Reba McEntirel
9	Team Adam	Team Gwen	Team Pharrell	Team Blake	All Coaches
	John Fogerty	Selena Gomez	Missy Elliott	Brad Paisley	Rihanna Dolly Partono
10	Team Adam	Team Pharrell	Team Christina	Team Blake	All Coaches
	Tori Kelly	Diddy	Patti LaBelle	Gwen Stefani	Miley Cyrus Pink
11	Team Adam	Team Miley	Team Alicia	Team Blake	All Coaches
	Sammy Hagar	Joan Jett	Charlie Puth	Bette Midler	Tim McGraw Faith Hill Garth Brooks
12	Team Adam	Team Gwen	Team Alicia	Team Blake	All Coaches
	John Legend	Celine Dion	DJ Khaled	Luke Bryan	Shania Twain
13	Team Adam	Team Miley	Team Jennifer	Team Blake	All Coaches
	Joe Jonas	Billy Ray Cyrus	Kelly Rowland	Rascal Flatts	Kelly Clarkson
14	Team Adam	Team Alicia	Team Kelly	Team Blake	All Coaches
	Julia Michaels Jordan Smith	Shawn Mendes Chris Blue	Hailee Steinfeld Cassadee Pope	Trace Adkins Chloe Kohanski	—
15	Team Adam	Team Kelly	Team Jennifer	Team Blake	All Coaches
	CeeLo Green	Thomas Rhett	Halsey	Keith Urban	Mariah Carey

Notes
^a During the week of the Top 10 performances, Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton brought in Jennifer Hudson, Ron Fair and Scott Hendricks respectively to help them coach their teams.
^b During the week of the Top 8 performances, Cee Lo Green brought in Bill Withers to help coach his contestant Nicholas David on his performance of "Lean on Me".
^c Due to being sick during the rehearsals of the Top 6 performances, Cee Lo Green brought in Pat Monahan to coach his team for the week. Green did however pick the songs which his team members would sing that week and kept in touch with them by phone.
^d The mentors of the Battle Rounds reprised their roles during the week of the Top 10 performances except Joel Madden who was working on The Voice in Australia. Shakira instead brought in Cee Lo Green to help coach her team that week.
^e During the week of the Top 12 performances, Usher brought in his choreographer Aakomon Jones to help coach his team.
^f During the week of the Top 6 performances, Taylor Swift attended Michelle Chamuel's rehearsal of "I Knew You Were Trouble".
^g With the replacement of the Knockout Rounds with the "Battles, Round 2" in season 6, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin served as the sole advisor for every team.
^h During the week of the Top 10 performances, all four coaches brought advisors to help coach their teams. Graham Nash helped Team Adam, busbee helped Team Shakira, Natural helped Team Usher, and Scott Hendricks helped Team Blake.
^i During the week of the Top 8 performances, Adam Levine brought in fellow band member James Valentine, and Blake Shelton brought in season two contestant Gwen Sebastian to help coach their teams.
^j With the return of the Knockout Rounds in season seven, Taylor Swift served as the sole advisor for every team.
^k During the week of the Top 10 performances, all four coaches brought advisors to help coach their teams. Patrick Stump helped Team Adam, Christina Aguilera helped Team Gwen, Diana Ross helped Team Pharrell, and Colbie Caillat helped Team Blake.
^l During the week of the Top 12 performances, Reba McEntire helped all four coaches coaching the teams.
^m During the week of the Top 10 performances, all four coaches brought advisors to help coach their teams. Dave Stewart helped Team Adam, Ryan Tedder helped Team Pharrell, Mark Ronson helped Team Christina, and Scott Hendricks helped Team Blake.
^n During the week of the Top 8 performances, all four coaches brought advisors to help coach their teams. Usher helped Team Adam, Gwen Stefani helped Teams Pharrell and Christina, and CeeLo Green helped Team Blake.
^o During the week of the semi-final performances, Dolly Parton helped all four coaches coaching the teams.

Coaches' teams

  Winning coach; winners are denoted by boldface.

Season	Team Adam	Team CeeLo	Team Christina	Team Blake
1	Javier Colon Casey Weston Jeff Jenkins Devon Barley	Vicci Martinez Nakia Curtis Grimes The Thompson Sisters	Beverly McClellan † Frenchie Davis Lily Elise Raquel Castro	Dia Frampton Xenia Jared Blake Patrick Thomas
2	Tony Lucca Katrina Parker Mathai Pip Karla Davis Kim Yarbrough	Juliet Simms Jamar Rogers Cheesa James Massone Erin Martin Tony Vincent	Chris Mann Lindsey Pavao Ashley de La Rosa Jesse Campbell Moses Stone Sera Hill	Jermaine Paul Erin Willett RaeLynn Jordis Unga Charlotte Sometimes Naia Kete
3	Amanda Brown Melanie Martinez Bryan Keith Loren Allred Joselyn Rivera	Nicholas David Trevin Hunte Cody Belew MacKenzie Bourg Diego Val	Dez Duron Sylvia Yacoub Adriana Louise De'Borah Devyn DeLoera	Cassadee Pope Terry McDermott Michaela Paige Julio Cesar Castillo Liz Davis
4	Team Adam	Team Shakira	Team Usher	Team Blake
	Amber Carrington Judith Hill Sarah Simmons Caroline Glaser	Sasha Allen Kris Thomas Garrett Gardner Karina Iglesias	Michelle Chamuel Josiah Hawley VEDO Cáthia	Danielle Bradbery The Swon Brothers Holly Tucker Justin Rivers
5	Team Adam	Team CeeLo	Team Christina	Team Blake
	Tessanne Chin Will Champlin James Wolpert Grey Preston Pohl	Caroline Pennell Kat Robichaud Jonny Gray Tamara Chauniece Amber Nicole	Jacquie Lee Matthew Schuler Josh Logan Olivia Henken Stephanie Anne Johnson	Cole Vosbury Ray Boundreaux Austin Jenckes Nic Hawk Shelbie Z
6	Team Adam	Team Shakira	Team Usher	Team Blake
	Christina Grimmie † Kat Perkins Delvin Choice	Kristen Merlin Tess Boyer Dani Moz	Josh Kaufman Bria Kelly T.J. Wilkins	Jake Worthington Sisaundra Lewis Audra McLaughlin
7	Team Adam	Team Gwen	Team Pharrell	Team Blake
	Matt McAndrew Chris Jamison Damien Mia Pfirrman Taylor Phelan	Taylor John Williams Ryan Sill Anita Antoinette Ricky Manning Bryana Salaz	DaNica Shirey Luke Wade Sugar Joans Jean Kelley Elyjuh René	Craig Wayne Boyd Reagan James Jessie Pitts Taylor Brashears James David Carter
8	Team Adam	Team Pharrell	Team Christina	Team Blake
	Joshua Davis Deanna Johnson Brian Johnson Tonya Boyd-Cannon Nathan Hermida	Sawyer Fredericks Koryn Hawthorne Mia Z Caitlin Caporale Lowell Oakley	India Carney Kimberly Nichole Rob Taylor Lexi Dávila Sonic	Meghan Linsey Hannah Kirby Corey Kent White Brooke Adee Sarah Potenza
9	Team Adam	Team Gwen	Team Pharrell	Team Blake
	Jordan Smith Shelby Brown Amy Vachal Blaine Mitchell Chance Peña Keith Semple	Jeffery Austin Braiden Sunshine Korin Bukowski Viktor Király Ellie Lawrence Regina Love	Madi Davis Evan McKeel Mark Hood Celeste Betton Riley Biederer Darius Scott	Emily Ann Roberts Barrett Baber Zach Seabaugh Ivonne Acero Morgan Frazier Nadjah Nicole
10	Team Adam	Team Pharrell	Team Christina	Team Blake
	Laith Al-Saadi Shalyah Fearing Owen Danoff Caroline Burns Nate Butler Brian Nhira	Hannah Huston Daniel Passino Emily Keener Lacy Mandigo Moushumi Caity Peters	Alisan Porter Bryan Bautista Nick Hagelin Ryan Quinn Kata Hay Tamar Davis	Adam Wakefield Mary Sarah Paxton Ingram Katie Basden Joe Maye Justin Whisnant
11	Team Adam	Team Miley	Team Alicia	Team Blake
	Billy Gilman Josh Gallagher Brendan Fletcher Riley Elmore Simone Gundy	Ali Caldwell Aaron Gibson Darby Walker Sophia Urista Belle Jewel	Wé McDonald Christian Cuevas Sa'Rayah Kylie Rothfield Josh Halverson	Sundance Head Austin Allsup Courtney Harrell Dana Harper Jason Warrior
12	Team Adam	Team Gwen	Team Alicia	Team Blake
	Jesse Larson Mark Isaiah Lilli Passero Hanna Eyre Johnny Hayes Josh West	Brennley Brown Hunter Plake Troy Ramey Johnny Gates JChosen Quizz Swanigan	Chris Blue Vanessa Ferguson Stephanie Rice Jack Cassidy Ashley Levin Anatalia Villaranda	Lauren Duski Aliyah Moulden TSoul Casi Joy Aaliyah Rose Felicia Temple
13	Team Adam	Team Miley	Team Jennifer	Team Blake
	Addison Agen Adam Cunningham Jon Mero	Brooke Simpson Ashland Craft Janice Freeman	Noah Mac Davon Fleming Shi'Ann Jones	Chloe Kohanski Red Marlow Keisha Renee
14	Team Adam	Team Alicia	Team Kelly	Team Blake
	Rayshun LaMarr Jackie Verna Sharane Calister Mia Boostrom Drew Cole Reid Umstattd	Britton Buchanan Jackie Foster Christiana Danielle Johnny Bliss Terrence Cunningham Kelsea Johnson	Brynn Cartelli Kaleb Lee D.R. King Tish Haynes Keys Dylan Hartigan Alexa Cappelli	Kyla Jade Spensha Baker Pryor Baird Austin Giorgio Gary Edwards WILKES
15	Team Adam	Team Kelly	Team Jennifer	Team Blake
	Reagan Strange DeAndre Nico Tyke James RADHA Kameron Marlowe Steve Memmolo	Kymberli Joye Sarah Grace Chevel Shepherd Lynnea Moorer Zaxai Abby Cates Keith Paluso	MaKenzie Thomas Kennedy Holmes SandyRedd Patrique Fortson Franc West Colton Smith	Dave Fenley Kirk Jay Chris Kroeze Funsho Natasia GreyCloud Michael Lee

Series overview

•   Team Adam
•   Team Blake
•   Team Christina

•   Team CeeLo
•   Team Shakira
•   Team Usher

•   Team Pharrell
•   Team Gwen
•   Team Alicia

•   Team Miley
•   Team Jennifer
•   Team Kelly

Season	First aired	Last aired	Winner	Runner-up	Other finalists		Winning coach	Host(s)		Coaches (chair order)
										1	2	3	4
1	April 26, 2011	June 29, 2011	Javier Colon	Dia Frampton	Beverly McClellan	Vicci Martinez	Adam Levine	Carson Daly	Alison Haislip (backstage)	Adam	CeeLo	Christina	Blake
2	February 5, 2012	May 8, 2012	Jermaine Paul	Juliet Simms	Tony Lucca	Chris Mann	Blake Shelton		Christina Milian (backstage)
3	September 10, 2012	December 18, 2012	Cassadee Pope	Terry McDermott	Nicholas David	From season 3 to 6, there was only three finalists
4	March 25, 2013	June 18, 2013	Danielle Bradbery	Michelle Chamuel	The Swon Brothers						Shakira	Usher
5	September 23, 2013	December 17, 2013	Tessanne Chin	Jacquie Lee	Will Champlin		Adam Levine	Carson Daly			CeeLo	Christina
6	February 24, 2014	May 20, 2014	Josh Kaufman	Jake Worthington	Christina Grimmie		Usher				Shakira	Usher
7	September 22, 2014	December 16, 2014	Craig Wayne Boyd	Matt McAndrew	Chris Jamison	Damien	Blake Shelton				Gwen	Pharrell
8	February 23, 2015	May 19, 2015	Sawyer Fredericks	Meghan Linsey	Joshua Davis	Koryn Hawthorne	Pharrell Williams				Pharrell	Christina
9	September 21, 2015	December 15, 2015	Jordan Smith	Emily Ann Roberts	Barrett Baber	Jeffery Austin	Adam Levine				Gwen	Pharrell
10	February 29, 2016	May 24, 2016	Alisan Porter	Adam Wakefield	Hannah Huston	Laith Al-Saadi	Christina Aguilera				Pharrell	Christina
11	September 19, 2016	December 13, 2016	Sundance Head	Billy Gilman	Wé McDonald	Josh Gallagher	Blake Shelton				Miley	Alicia
12	February 27, 2017	May 23, 2017	Chris Blue	Lauren Duski	Aliyah Moulden	Jesse Larson	Alicia Keys				Gwen
13	September 25, 2017	December 19, 2017	Chloe Kohanski	Addison Agen	Brooke Simpson	Red Marlow	Blake Shelton				Miley	Jennifer
14	February 26, 2018	May 22, 2018	Brynn Cartelli	Britton Buchanan	Kyla Jade	Spensha Baker	Kelly Clarkson				Alicia	Kelly
15	September 24, 2018	December 2018	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA				Kelly	Jennifer

La Voz Kids

In 2013, American Spanish-language network Telemundo (a subsidiary of NBCUniversal Television Group) introduced a children's version of The Voice in Spanish called La Voz Kids. It featured Spanish-speaking American children from 7 to 15 years of age. Prizes include $50,000 cash for their education and a recording contract with Universal Music Group. The show debuted on May 5, 2013, and is hosted by Jorge Bernal (from ¡Suelta La Sopa!) and Daisy Fuentes. The coaches in season one were Prince Royce, Paulina Rubio, and Roberto Tapia. The first season aired 13 episodes with the season finale airing on July 28, 2013.

Season two saw Natalia Jiménez replace Paulina Rubio as one of the coaches. The other coaches and hosts remained the same.

For the show's third season, Daddy Yankee and Pedro Fernandez took Tapia and Royce's place as the new coaches along with season two veteran Natalia Jiménez.

At their 2015 Upfronts, Telemundo announced that La Voz Kids would return for a fourth season, with all three Season 3 coaches returning.

Series overview

•   Team Royce
•   Team Paulina
•   Team Tapia

•   Team Natalia
•   Team Yankee
•   Team Pedro

Series	First aired	Last aired	Winner	Runners-up		Winning coach	Hosts		Coaches (chair's order)
									1	2	3
1	May 5, 2013	July 28, 2013	Paola Guanche	Alan Ponce	Alanis Gonzáles	Prince Royce	Jorge Bernal	Daisy Fuentes	Royce	Paulina	Roberto
2	March 16, 2014	June 8, 2014	Amanda Mena	Leslie Mendoza	Natalia Loya					Natalia
3	March 15, 2015	June 7, 2015	Jonael Santiago	Franser Pazos	Shanty Zumaya	Natalia Jiménez			Yankee		Pedro
4	April 17, 2016	July 10, 2016	Christopher Rivera	Alejandra Gallardo	Axel Cabrera

Reception

In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that The Voice "is most popular in North Dakota and least popular in New York. It was behind only Duck Dynasty and Fast N' Loud in its correlation with Trump voters".

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by The Voice (U.S. TV series)

Ratings

The first season premiered strong at 11.78 million viewers, and actually grew upon that audience through its first season. In the 18–49 demographic, the show constantly found itself in the top 5. For its average season rating, the show landed itself as No. 20 with total viewers at nearly 12 million viewers. In the 18–49 rankings, the show was No. 4 at a 5.4 ranking.

The second season premiered on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, 2012, and for a while managed to keep a 6.0 in the adults 18–49 demographic and 17 million viewers. Partnering The Voice with Smash (NBC's musical drama) helped NBC win the Monday night ratings. However, by Monday, April 9, the ratings had fallen to a 4.0 rating in the adult 18–49 demographic.

The third season premiered on Monday, September 10, 2012 to 12.28 million viewers and a 4.2 rating in the 18–49 demographic and has since then grown to a season high 4.8 rating in the 18–49 demographic on October 8, October 15 and 29, 2012 and a 4.9 rating in the finale. The Voice, along with NBC's new drama, Revolution has once again led NBC to win every Monday night of the season so far, just like it did last season. On Tuesdays, comedies Go On and The New Normal have been successful thanks to The Voice, leading NBC to be the only network of the Big 5 to grow in ratings from last season.

The fourth season premiered on Monday, March 25, 2013 to a 13.64 million viewer audience, scoring a 4.8 in the 18–49 demographic but fell back to a 12.41 million viewer audience. In the 18–49 demographic, this first episode had a 4.1 score.

The fifth season premiered on Monday, September 23, 2013 scoring 14.98 million viewers and a 5.1 in the 18–49 demographic.

The sixth season premiered on February 24, 2014 and was watched by 15.74 million viewers with a 4.7 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .76 million viewers.

The seventh season premiered on September 22, 2014 and was watched by 12.95 million viewers with a 3.9 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by 2.91 million viewers.

The eighth season premiered on February 23, 2015, and was watched by 13.97 million viewers with a 4.1 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by 1.02 million viewers.

The ninth season premiered on September 21, 2015, and was watched by 12.37 million viewers with a 3.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was down from last falls premiere by .48 million viewers.

The tenth season premiered on February 29, 2016, and was watched by 13.33 million viewers with a 3.4 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .96 million viewers.

The eleventh season premiered on September 19, 2016, and was watched by 12.10 million viewers with a 3.3 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It is down from last season's premiere by 1.23 million viewers.

The twelfth season premiered on February 27, 2017, and was watched by 13.03 million viewers with a 3.1 in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .93 million viewers.

The thirteenth season premiered on September 25, 2017, and was watched by 10.57 million viewers with a 2.6 in the 18-49 demographic. It is down from last season's premiere by 2.46 million viewers.

The fourteenth season premiered on February 26, 2018, and was watched by 12.31 million viewers with a 2.8 in the 18-49 demographic. It is up from last season's premiere by 1.74 million viewers.

The fifteenth season premiered on September 24, 2018, and was watched by 9.66 million viewers with a 2.0 in the 18-49 demographic. This is the lowest rated season premiere to date.

Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

Season	Timeslot (ET)	# Ep.	Premiered		Ended		TV season	Season ranking	Viewers (in millions)
			Date	Premiere viewers (in millions)	Date	Finale viewers (in millions)
1	Tuesday 9:00 pm (eps. 1–2, 7–9, 11) Tuesday 10:00 pm (eps. 3–6) Wednesday 8:15 pm (ep. 10) Wednesday 8:00 pm (finale)	12	April 26, 2011	11.78	June 29, 2011	11.05	2010–11	20	12.33
2	Sunday 10:21 pm Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 9:00 pm	21	February 5, 2012	37.61	May 8, 2012	11.90	2011–12	9	15.76[†]
3	Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 pm Wednesday 8:00 pm Thursday 8:00 pm (ep. 20)	32	September 10, 2012	12.28	December 18, 2012	14.13	2012–13	10	14.24
4	Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 pm	28	March 25, 2013	13.64	June 18, 2013	15.59
5	Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 pm Tuesday 9:00 pm Thursday 8:00 pm (ep. 15)	27	September 23, 2013	14.98	December 17, 2013	14.01	2013–14	7	14.57
6	Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 pm	26	February 24, 2014	15.86	May 20, 2014	11.69
7		27	September 22, 2014	12.95	December 16, 2014	12.88	2014–15	12	13.80
8		28	February 23, 2015	13.97	May 19, 2015	11.56
9	Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 pm (eps. 2, 4, 6, 16–27) Tuesday 9:00 pm (eps. 8, 10, 12, 14)	27	September 21, 2015	12.37	December 15, 2015	12.69	2015–16	9	13.33
10	Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 pm	28	February 29, 2016	13.33	May 24, 2016	10.59
11		26	September 19, 2016	12.10	December 13, 2016	12.14	2016–17	13	12.40
12		28	February 27, 2017	13.03	May 23, 2017	9.35
13		27	September 25, 2017	10.57	December 19, 2017	10.91	2017–18	14	11.85
14		28	February 26, 2018	12.31	May 22, 2018	8.77
15		TBA	September 24, 2018	9.66	December, 2018	TBA	2018–19	TBA	TBA

†^{^} Including an episode that aired after a live broadcast of the Super Bowl:

• 10:19–10:30 = 46.786 million viewers (retention: 76.68% – football game itself reached a peak of 118.355 million viewers)
• 10:30–10:45 = 39.494 million viewers
• 10:45–11:00 = 36.310 million viewers
• 11:00–11:15 = 32.630 million viewers
• 11:15–11:21 = 31.792 million viewers

The Voice Live on Tour

In the final episode of the first season, Carson Daly announced a summer concert tour. This tour had six stops across the United States, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston, Wallingford, and New York. The tour featured the top two finalists from each team, including Javier Colon, Dia Frampton, Vicci Martinez, Beverly McClellan, Xenia, Frenchie Davis, Nakia, and Casey Weston. Out of the six dates, the New York show was a sell-out. However, as overall ticket sales were lackluster, the tour was canceled in subsequent seasons. In 2014, the tour was resumed from June 21, 2014 to August 2, 2014, including the contestants of seasons five and six, and season one contestant Dia Frampton.

Video game

The Voice: I Want You is a video game based on the television show releasing on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Wii U on October 21, 2014 published by Activision. The game includes a microphone and it has songs from the show including songs performed by the coaches.

Broadcast

The show premiered in Canada on April 26, 2011 on CTV. In Asia, the series aired on August 21, 2011 on AXN, but later transferred to Star World (now Fox Life) starting Season 11. It premiered in New Zealand on July 16, 2011 on TV2, in Australia on August 9, 2011 on Go!, in South Africa on October 5, 2011 on SABC 3, and on March 31, 2012 in the Philippines on Studio 23 (now S+A).

External links

• Official website
• Official website on Telemundo (Children's version)
• The Voice at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com show
• The Voice at epguides.com

Preceded by Glee 2011

Super Bowl lead-out program The Voice 2012

Succeeded by Elementary 2013