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 13 or over, drawn from public auditions.^[2]

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 fifteen 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, Brynn Cartelli, and Chevel Shepherd.

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 sixteenth season features Levine, Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend. Other coaches from previous seasons include Shakira, Usher, Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Hudson. In the fifteenth season, Kelsea Ballerini was featured as an off-screen fifth coach for 'Comeback Stage' contestants. Bebe Rexha took over as the 'Comeback Stage' coach for the sixteenth season. In May 2019, it was announced that the series would continue into its seventeenth season.

• 2Selection process and format
• 3Coaches and hosts
  • 3.1Coaches
• 7La Voz Kids
• 8Reception

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;^[3] its name was soon shortened to The Voice.^[4] (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 2,4-16, 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.^[5] 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.^[5] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] However, the Knockouts were brought back in season seven.

In Season 16 the knockouts was replaced by The Live Cross Battles where the coach artist perform, and the public vote will move on to the Playoffs and the eliminated either be eliminated or get a chance to the comeback stage.

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.^[5] 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).^[8]

Voting system

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.^[9]

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

CeeLo Green of Gnarls Barkley and Adam Levine of Maroon 5 became the first confirmed coaches in February 2011,^[10] followed by Christina Aguilera^[11] and Blake Shelton in March.^[12] Aguilera and Green did not return for season four and were replaced by Shakira and Usher as substitute coaches.^[13] Aguilera and Green then returned for season five, while Shakira and Usher returned for season six.^[14][15] In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres in February 2014, Green revealed that he would not be returning to The Voice.^[16] On March 31, 2014, it was announced that Pharrell Williams would become Green's replacement.^[17] On April 19, 2014, it was announced that No Doubt's Gwen Stefani would replace Aguilera in season seven due to her pregnancy.^[18] On May 20, 2014, Shakira and Usher confirmed that after season six, they would focus on their music.^[19][20] 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.^[21] That same day, Alicia Keys was also announced to be joining the series as a coach for the eleventh season.^[22] 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.^[23]

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.'^[24] On May 10, 2017, NBC announced that Jennifer Hudson would join the coaches lineup for the series' thirteenth season.^[25] On May 11, 2017, it was announced that Kelly Clarkson would be a coach in season fourteen in 2018.^[26] On October 18, 2017, NBC announced that Alicia Keys would return to the series for the 14th season.^[27] 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.^[28] On September 13, 2018, John Legend was announced as a coach for the show's sixteenth season, alongside returning coaches Clarkson, Levine and Shelton.

On February 25, 2019 it was announced that Bebe Rexha will be the fifth coach for season 16 Comeback Stage.^[29] In May 2019, it was announced that all four coaches from the sixteenth season would return for the series' seventeenth season.^[30]

Timeline of Coaches

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.^[31] Alison Haislip served as the original 'backstage, online and social media correspondent'^[32] 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.^[33][34]

Coaches' advisors

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

Coaches' teams

• Winning coach; winners are denoted by boldface.
• † Contestant is deceased.

Series overview

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.^[36][37]

Season two saw Natalia Jiménez replace Paulina Rubio as one of the coaches. The other coaches and hosts remained the same.^[38]

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.^[39]

At their 2015 Upfronts, Telemundo announced that La Voz Kids would return for a fourth season, with all three Season 3 coaches returning.^[40]

Series overview

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'.^[41]

Awards and nominations

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.

The sixteenth season premiered on February 25, 2019, and was watched by 10.77 million viewers with a 2.1 in the 18-49 demographic. This was up from the previous season by 1.11 million viewers.

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

Text box code. †^{^} Including an episode that aired after a live broadcast of the Super Bowl:^[82]

• 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.^[83] 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).^[84] On May 22, 2019 will premiere in Germany on sixx starting Season 14.^[85]

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External links

• The Voice on IMDb
• The Voice at TV.com
• The Voice at epguides.com

The eighth season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland premiered on 20 October 2017 on RTL4. Hosts Martijn Krabbé, Wendy van Dijk, and Jamai Loman all returned, as did Sanne Hans, Waylon, and Ali B as coaches, while season 7 coach Guus Meeuwis was replaced with Anouk^[1], who served as a coach on season 6.

New this season was that in the Redroom-app the contestant with the highest percentage of turns could release its blind audition song on iTunes.

Jim van der Zee won the competition from team Anouk and Anouk became the winning mentor for the first time and Jim became the second male to win the show.

• 2Blind auditions
• 5The Live Shows
• 6Elimination Chart

Teams[edit]

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Blind auditions[edit]

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Episode 1 (October 20)[edit]

The winners of seasons 5, 6, and 7, O'G3NE, Maan de Steenwinkel, and Pleun Bierbooms respectively, performed 'Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing' at the start of the show.

Episode 2 (October 27)[edit]

Episode 3 (November 3)[edit]

Episode 4 (November 10)[edit]

Episode 5 (November 17)[edit]

Episode 6 (November 24)[edit]

Episode 7 (December 1)[edit]

The Battle Rounds[edit]

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The Knockouts[edit]

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– Contestant was eliminated, either immediately (indicated by a '—' in the 'Switched with' column) or switched with another contestant

– Contestant was not switched out and advanced to the Live Shows

The Live Shows[edit]

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– Artist had one of the six lowest scores and was eliminated

– Artist's score was among the top six, advancing them to the next Live round

– Artist was voted through by the public vote after having one of the lowest scores

Week 1: Top 12 (January 26)[edit]

Week 2: Top 9 (February 2)[edit]

Week 3: Semi-Final - Top 6 (February 9)[edit]

Just like previous seasons, this week, after all six artists have performed their first songs, one was eliminated based on the ongoing public vote. A second artist was then be eliminated after the top 5's second performances regardless of their teams, leaving four artists advanced to the finale. With the elimination of Kimberly, Waylon had no more act left on his team to compete. Also, Samantha Steenwijk was the first stolen artist to have ever made it to the finals in the show's history.

Week 4: Final (February 16)[edit]

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Elimination Chart[edit]

Overall[edit]

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Artist's info

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Team[edit]

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Artists' appearances in other media[edit]

• Nikita Pellencau turned three chairs in season 6, opting to be part of Sanne Hans' team. She won her battle against fellow Team Sanne member Chris Link, but was eliminated in the Knockouts.
• Aïcha Gill participated with the girlband Sway X Factor 2011
• Aïrto participated with the Best Singer Songwriter 2015.
• Lara Mallo also participated with season 2 and sat in Team Angela. She was in the battle against Rodney Elzer and then lost against him
• Gin Dutch participated X Factor 2013
• Katharina Wildenbeest participated Holland's Got Talent 2017.
• Samantha Steenwijk participated with Bloed, zweet en tranen 2013.
• Kira Dekker participated with the Best Singer Songwriter 2014.
• Julia van Bergen came 8th in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 representing the Netherlands.
• Gideon Luciana first auditioned in season 6, but did not turn any chairs.
• Demi van Wijngaarden participated in the third season of the Netherlands version of The Voice Kids as part of Team Marco Borsato and made it to the finals, eventually losing to fellow Team Borsato member Ayoub Maach.
• Silke van de Klundert participated in the fourth season of The Voice Kids as a member of Team Borsato, but did not make it past the Battles.
• Simon van Rooij participated in the fourth season of The Voice Kids as a member of Team Borsato, but did not make it past the Battles.
• Tjindjara participated in the annual preselection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Junior Songfestival, in 2005. She made it to the finale, but lost to Tess Gaerthé, Tjindjara participated in X Factor in 2013. .
• Jennifer Terwel competed on the second season of the Dutch version of the reality singing competition X Factor in 2009, making it to the finals and placing 11th.
• Jaclyn Bradley Palmer was a regular cast member on Vh1's Breaking Bonaduce and was also featured on MTV's Date my Mom and HGTV's House Hunters International.
• Roemillo Baumgard, with his family, is a part of the series 'A House full of Baumgard.'
• Karlyn (Karlijn Verhagen) participated in X Factor in 2013.
• Milan Velberg appeared on Holland's Got Talent and The Next Boy / Girl Band.
• Toon Mentink participated in The Next Girl / Boyband where is group: 'boyband 4U' won the competition.

Ratings[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Anouk keert terug als The Voice of Holland-coach'. AD. AD.
2. ^Coach Anouk didn't pick a winner, because she thought both girls didn't manage to listen to her instructions
3. ^Instead of giving him the last empty seat, Anouk decided to eliminate Kevin Fullinck immediately after his performance. As a result, Jim van der Zee did not switch with anybody upon winning a seat.