The Voice (U.S. TV series)

The Voice
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	John de Mol
Directed by	Alan Carter[1]
Presented by	Carson Daly Alison Haislip (2011) Christina Milian (2012–13)
Judges	Christina Aguilera Adam Levine Blake Shelton CeeLo Green (2011–13) Shakira (2013–14) Usher (2013–14) Gwen Stefani (2014) Pharrell Williams (2014–)
Composer(s)	Martijn Schimmer
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	195 (as of April 28, 2015)
Production
Executive producer(s)	John de Mol Mark Burnett Audrey Morrissey Stijn Bakkers Lee Metzger[1]
Producer(s)	Ashley Baumann Carson Daly Keith Dinielli May Johnson Bart Kimball Michael Matsumoto David Offenheiser Teddy Valenti[1]
Location(s)	Los Angeles, California[1]
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	44–104 minutes
Production company(s)	Warner Horizon Television Mark Burnett Productions (2011–12) One Three Media (2012–14) United Artists Media Group (2014–present)
Distributor	Endemol Talpa Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original run	April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26) – present
Chronology
Related shows	The Voice (franchise)
External links
Official website

The Voice is an American reality television singing competition broadcast on NBC. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, the concept of the series is to find new singing talent (solo or duets) contested by aspiring singers, age 15 or over,^[2] 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. There have been seven winners of the show to date: Javier Colon, Jermaine Paul, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery, Tessanne Chin, Josh Kaufman and Craig Wayne Boyd.

The Voice began airing on April 26, 2011, as a spring TV season program. The show proved to be a hit for NBC and was subsequently expanded into the fall cycle when season three premiered on September 10, 2012. The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances. Each coach guides 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 coaching panel consisted of Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green. Shakira and Usher took the places of Aguilera and Green in seasons four and six. Similarly, Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani replaced Shakira and Usher in season seven.^[3][4]

Conception

An adaption of The Voice of Holland, NBC announced the show under the name The Voice of America in December 2010;^[5] its name was soon shortened to The Voice.^[6] In each season, the winner receives $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Republic Records (seasons 1 & 2), Universal Music Group (season 3–).

Selection process and format

Each season begins with the "Blind Auditions", where coaches form their team of artists (8 in season one, 12 in seasons two, four, five, six, seven and eight and 16 in season three) 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.^[7]

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 mentors that are different each season. 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.^[7] Just like in the battle rounds, the coaches can steal one eliminated artist from another coach starting with season five.

The "Battles, Round 2" were introduced to replace the Knockout Rounds in season six.^[7] Similar to the Knockout Rounds, each singer will be paired randomly within their team. One celebrity key adviser will also assist 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.^[8] Each coach would still decide which of their singers in each pair will advance to the next round. The coaches will also be allowed one steal as well.^[9]

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.^[7] 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 50/50. 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.^[10]

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, text messaging (provided by Sprint), 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.^[11]

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 onwards, 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.

Coaches and hosts

CeeLo Green of Gnarls Barkley and Adam Levine of Maroon 5 became the first confirmed coaches in February 2011,^[12] followed by Christina Aguilera^[13] and Blake Shelton in March.^[14] Aguilera and Green did not return for season four and were replaced by Shakira and Usher as substitute coaches.^[15] Aguilera and Green then returned for season five, while Shakira and Usher returned for season six respectively.^[16][17] In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres in February 2014, Green revealed that he will not be returning to The Voice.^[18] On March 31, 2014, it was announced that Pharrell Williams would become Green's replacement.^[3] On April 19, 2014, it was announced that No Doubt's Gwen Stefani will replace Aguilera in season seven due to her pregnancy.^[4] On May 20, 2014, Shakira and Usher confirmed that after season six, they would focus on their music. However, they did not eliminate the possibility of returning.^[19] NBC announced on October 14, 2014 that Aguilera would return to the judging panel, following her maternity leave, for the series' eighth season in 2015.^[20]

Carson Daly has hosted the series since the inaugural season.^[21] Alison Haislip served as the original "backstage, online and social media correspondent"^[22] and was replaced by Christina Milian. Milian did not return for season five, due to her commitments as a contestant on season 17 of Dancing with the Stars, at which point Daly assumed her duties as the social media correspondent.

Timeline of coaches

Coach	Seasons
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Adam Levine
Blake Shelton
Christina Aguilera
CeeLo Green
Shakira
Usher
Gwen Stefani
Pharrell Williams

Coaches' advisors

Battle round advisers are first listed.

Season	Adam Levine	Cee Lo Green	Christina Aguilera	Blake Shelton	Ref.
1	Adam Blackstone	Monica	Sia Furler	Reba McEntire	[23]
2	Alanis Morissette Robin Thicke	Babyface Ne-Yo	Jewel Lionel Richie	Kelly Clarkson Miranda Lambert	[24]
3	Mary J. Blige	Rob Thomas Jennifer Hudson1 Bill Withers2 Pat Monahan3	Billie Joe Armstrong Ron Fair1	Michael Bublé Scott Hendricks1	[25] [26] [27]
4	Hillary Scott4	Shakira	Usher	Sheryl Crow4	[28] [29] [30] [31]
		Joel Madden Cee Lo Green4	Pharrell Williams4 Aakomon Jones5 Taylor Swift6
5	Ryan Tedder	Cee Lo Green	Christina Aguilera	Cher	[32] [33]
		Miguel	Ed Sheeran
6	Aloe Blacc Chris Martin7 Graham Nash8 James Valentine9	Shakira	Usher	The Band Perry Chris Martin7 Scott Hendricks8 Gwen Sebastian9	[34] [35] [36] [37] [38]
		Miranda Lambert Chris Martin8 busbee9	Jill Scott Chris Martin8 Natural9
7	Stevie Nicks Taylor Swift10 Patrick Stump11	Gwen Stefani	Pharrell Williams	Little Big Town Taylor Swift10 Colbie Caillat11	[39] [40] [41] [42] [43]
		Gavin Rossdale Taylor Swift10 Christina Aguilera11	Alicia Keys Taylor Swift10 Diana Ross11
8	Ellie Goulding Nate Ruess Reba McEntire12 Dave Stewart13 Usher	Pharrell Williams	Christina Aguilera	Meghan Trainor Nate Ruess Reba McEntire Scott Hendricks13 CeeLo Green	[44] [45] [46] [47] [48]
		Lionel Richie Nate Ruess Reba McEntire Ryan Tedder13 Gwen Stefani	Nick Jonas Nate Ruess Reba McEntire Mark Ronson13 Gwen Stefani

Notes
	^1 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.
^2 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".
^3 Due to being sick during the rehearsals of the Top 6, 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.
^4 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.
^5 During the week of the Top 12 performances, Usher brought in his choreographer Aakomon Jones to help coach his team.
^6 During the week of the Top 6 performances, Taylor Swift attended Michelle Chamuel's rehearsal of "I Knew You Were Trouble".
^7 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.
^8 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.
^9 During the week of the Top 8 performances, Adam Levine brought in fellow band member James Valentine and Blake Shelton brought in former season two contestant Gwen Sebastian to help coach their teams.
^10 With the return of the Knockout Rounds in season seven, Taylor Swift served as the sole advisor for every team.[49]
^11 During the week of the Top 10 performances, all four coaches brought advisors to help coach their teams.
^12 During the week of the Top 12 performances, Reba McEntire help all four coaches coaching the teams.
^13 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.

Series overview

Team Adam      Team Shakira

Team Blake      Team Usher

Team CeeLo      Team Pharrell

Team Christina      Team Gwen

Season	Premiere	Finale	Winner	Runner-up	Other finalist(s)	Winning coach	Host(s)
1	April 26, 2011	June 29, 2011	Javier Colon	Dia Frampton	Vicci Martinez	Adam Levine	Carson Daly (main) Alison Haislip (backstage)
					Beverly McClellan
2	February 5, 2012	May 8, 2012	Jermaine Paul	Juliet Simms	Tony Lucca	Blake Shelton	Carson Daly (main) Christina Milian (backstage)
					Chris Mann
3	September 10, 2012	December 18, 2012	Cassadee Pope	Terry McDermott	Nicholas David
4	March 25, 2013	June 18, 2013	Danielle Bradbery	Michelle Chamuel	The Swon Brothers
5	September 23, 2013	December 17, 2013	Tessanne Chin	Jacquie Lee	Will Champlin	Adam Levine	Carson Daly
6	February 24, 2014	May 20, 2014	Josh Kaufman	Jake Worthington	Christina Grimmie	Usher
7	September 22, 2014	December 16, 2014	Craig Wayne Boyd	Matt McAndrew	Chris Jamison	Blake Shelton
					Damien
8	February 23, 2015	TBA

Season synopses

Names in bold type indicate the winner of the season.

Season 1

The first season of The Voice premiered on April 26, 2011, and concluded on June 29. The coaching panel consisted of Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton. Carson Daly and Alison Haislip respectively appeared as the host and social media correspondent. Contestant auditions were held in Chicago, New York, Miami, Nashville, Minneapolis, Austin, Los Angeles, and Seattle during January and February.^[50]

It delivered the highest 18–49 rating for a series premiere on a major broadcast network since Undercover Boss debuted after the Super Bowl in February 2010. It became the first new primetime series of the season (from ABC, CBS, NBC, or Fox) to increase in adults 18–49 and total viewers from its first week to its second. Owing to the strong performance of the show, NBC offered expanded two-hour live episodes beginning June 7, following America's Got Talent, with an additional results show.

Each coach was allowed to advance four contestants to the live shows:

Team Adam Javier Colon Casey Weston Jeff Jenkins Devon Barley

Team Blake Dia Frampton Xenia Jared Blake Patrick Thomas

Team Cee Lo Vicci Martinez Nakia Curtis Grimes The Thompson Sisters

Team Christina Beverly McClellan Frenchie Davis Lily Elise Raquel Castro

Four contestants were advanced to the final round. Colon was announced as the winner of the season, while Frampton was declared the runner-up. Third and fourth places were a draw between McClellan and Martinez.

Season 2

The second season of The Voice premiered on February 5, 2012 as the lead-out program after Super Bowl XLVI; it concluded on May 8. The original coaching panel remained intact, while Haislip was replaced by Christina Milian as the social media correspondent. Its regular time slot held a 6.7 rating, 17 share in adults 18–49, 17.8 million viewers overall and winning every half-hour in adults 18–49, adults 18–34, adults 25–54 and total viewers versus first-run competition on ABC, CBS, Fox and CW. The shows' continued premiere on Monday delivered NBC's highest 18–49 rating in this time period, excluding Olympics, in nearly eight years (since February 16, 2004) and the network's biggest overall non-Olympic viewership in the slot since January 15, 2007. That season, Kia Motors, Sprint and Starbucks became the official sponsors of The Voice.

Each coach was allowed to advance six contestants to the live shows:

Team Adam Tony Lucca Katrina Parker Mathai Pip Karla Davis Kim Yarbrough

Team Blake Jermaine Paul Erin Willett RaeLynn Jordis Unga Charlotte Sometimes Naia Kete

Team Cee Lo Juliet Simms Jamar Rogers Cheesa James Massone Erin Martin Tony Vincent

Team Christina Chris Mann Lindsey Pavao Ashley De La Rosa Jesse Campbell Moses Stone Sera Hill

Four contestants were advanced to the final round. Paul was announced as the winner of the season, while Simms, Lucca, and Mann placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

Season 3

The third season of The Voice premiered on September 10, 2012, and concluded on December 18. All personnel returned from the previous season.

Each coach was allowed to advance five contestants to the live shows:

Team Adam Amanda Brown Melanie Martinez Bryan Keith Loren Allred Joselyn Rivera

Team Blake Cassadee Pope Terry McDermott Michaela Paige Julio Cesar Castillo Liz Davis

Team Cee Lo Nicholas David Trevin Hunte Cody Belew MacKenzie Bourg Diego Val

Team Christina Dez Duron Sylvia Yacoub Adriana Louise De'Borah Devyn DeLoera

Three contestants were advanced to the final round. Pope was announced as the winner of the season, while McDermott and David placed second and third, respectively.

Season 4

The fourth season of The Voice premiered on March 25, 2013, and concluded on June 18. The coaching panel was modified for the first time in the series' history, with Shakira and Usher replacing Aguilera and Green during their hiatuses from the program. Daly and Milian continued appearing for their respective positions. 13.64 million viewers tuned in, up from last season by 1.36 million viewers.

Each coach was allowed to advance four contestants to the live shows:

Team Adam Amber Carrington Judith Hill Sarah Simmons Caroline Glaser

Team Blake Danielle Bradbery The Swon Brothers Holly Tucker Justin Rivers

Team Shakira Sasha Allen Kris Thomas Garrett Gardner Karina Iglesias

Team Usher Michelle Chamuel Josiah Hawley VEDO Cáthia

Three contestants were advanced to the final round. Bradbery was announced as the winner of the season, while Chamuel and The Swon Brothers placed second and third, respectively.

Season 5

The fifth season of The Voice premiered on September 23, 2013, and concluded on December 18. The original coaching panel was reinstated with the returns of Green and Aguilera which was promoted with an advertisement featuring the coaches' cover version of "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb.^[51] However, Milian left her position as the social media correspondent before production began, at which point Daly assumed her former duties.

Each coach was allowed to advance five contestants to the live shows:

Team Adam Tessanne Chin Will Champlin James Wolpert Grey Preston Pohl

Team Blake Cole Vosbury Ray Boudreaux Austin Jenckes Nic Hawk Shelbie Z

Team Cee Lo Caroline Pennell Kat Robichaud Jonny Gray Amber Nicole Tamara Chauniece

Team Christina Jacquie Lee Matthew Schuler Josh Logan Olivia Henken Stephanie Anne Johnson

Three contestants were advanced to the final round. Chin was announced as the winner of the season, while Lee and Champlin placed second and third, respectively.

Season 6

The sixth season of The Voice premiered on February 24, 2014, and concluded on May 20, 2014.^[52] After four seasons, Green departed the show and Aguilera took a hiatus. Shakira and Usher then returned to join Levine and Shelton as coaches, and Daly returned as host.

Each coach was allowed to advance three contestants to the live shows:

Team Adam Christina Grimmie Kat Perkins Delvin Choice

Team Blake Jake Worthington Audra McLaughlin Sisaundra Lewis

Team Shakira Kristen Merlin Tess Boyer Dani Moz

Team Usher Josh Kaufman Bria Kelly T.J. Wilkins

Three contestants were advanced to the final round. Kaufman was announced as the winner of the season, while Worthington and Grimmie placed second and third, respectively.

Season 7

The seventh season of The Voice premiered on September 22, 2014, and concluded on December 16, 2014.^[53] Levine and Shelton returned as coaches, with Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani completing the panel.^[3][4] Later that season Nissan became the official sponsor of The Voice, replacing Kia Motors.

Each coach was allowed to advance five contestants to the live shows:

Team Adam Matt McAndrew Chris Jamison Damien Mia Pfirrman Taylor Phelan

Team Blake Craig Wayne Boyd Reagan James Jessie Pitts James David Carter Taylor Brashears

Team Gwen Taylor John Williams Ryan Sill Anita Antoinette Bryana Salaz Ricky Manning

Team Pharrell Luke Wade DaNica Shirey Sugar Joans Elyjuh René Jean Kelley

Four contestants were advanced to the final round. Boyd was announced as the winner of the season, while McAndrew, Jamison, and Damien placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

Season 8

The eighth season of The Voice premiered on February 23, 2015 and will conclude in May 2015. Levine and Shelton return as coaches for their eighth season, along with Williams and Aguilera who returns after a two season break.

Each coach was allowed to advance five contestants to the live shows:

Team Adam Joshua Davis Deanna Johnson Brian Johnson Nathan Hermida Tonya Boyd-Cannon

Team Blake Meghan Linsey Corey Kent White Hannah Kirby Brooke Adee Sarah Potenza

Team Christina India Carney Kimberly Nichole Rob Taylor Lexi Dávila Sonic

Team Pharrell Koryn Hawthorne Sawyer Fredericks Mia Z Caitlin Caporale Lowell Oakley

Reception

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Source
2011	TCA Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming	The Voice	Nominated	[54]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Breakout Show		Won	[55]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Reality Competition		Nominated	[56]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Male Personality	Adam Levine	Nominated	[56]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Female Personality	Christina Aguilera	Nominated	[56]
	ALMA Award	Favorite TV Reality, Variety, or Comedy Personality or Act		Nominated	[57]
2012	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding Reality Program	The Voice	Nominated	[58]
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Competition Show		Nominated	[59]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Reality Competition		Nominated	[60]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Male Personality	Cee Lo Green	Nominated	[60]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Female Personality	Christina Aguilera	Nominated	[60]
	ALMA Award	Favorite TV Reality, Variety, or Comedy Personality or Act		Won	[61]
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Reality Series – Competition	The Voice	Won	[62]
	TCA Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming		Nominated	[63]
	Billboard Mid-Year Music Awards	Best Music Reality Show		Won	[64]
	Tubey Awards	Best Competitive Reality Show		Nominated	[65]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Reality-Competition Program		Nominated	[66]
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Art Direction for Variety or Nonfiction Programming		Nominated	[67]
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special		Nominated	[68]
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series		Nominated	[69]
2013	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Competition Show		Nominated	[70]
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Celebrity Judge	Adam Levine	Nominated	[70]
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Celebrity Judge	Christina Aguilera	Nominated	[70]
	Producers Guild of America	Outstanding Production in Reality Television Programming	The Voice	Nominated	[71]
	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Reality Show		Nominated	[72]
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Reality Series – Competition		Won	[73]
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Reality-Competition Program		Won	[74]
	Billboard Mid-Year Music Awards	Best Music Reality Show		Won	[75]
2014	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Competition Show		Won	[76]
	Producers Guild of America	Outstanding Producer of Competition Television	Stijn Bakkers, Burnett, De Mol, Chad Hines, Lee Metzger, Audrey Morrissey, Jim Roush, Kyra Thompson, Nicolle Yaron, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker	Won	[77]
	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Reality Show	The Voice	Nominated	[78]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Reality Competition Show		Won	[79]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Male Personality	Adam Levine	Won	[80]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Female Personality	Shakira	Won
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Reality-Competition Program	The Voice	Nominated	[81]
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special		Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series		Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Make-up for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)		Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming		Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special		Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series		Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Program		Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography For Reality Programming		Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Interactive Program		Nominated
2015	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Competition Show		Won	[82]
	Producers Guild of America	Outstanding Producer of Competition Television	Stijn Bakkers, Burnett, De Mol, Chad Hines, Lee Metzger, Audrey Morrissey, Jim Roush, Kyra Thompson, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker	Won	[83]
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Talent Competition Show	The Voice	Won	[84]

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.^[85] 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.

Season	Time slot (ET)	# Ep.	Premiered		Ended		TV season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
			Date	Premiere viewers (in millions)	Date	Finale viewers (in millions)
1	Tuesday 9:00 pm (episodes 1–2, 7–9, 11) Tuesday 10:00 pm (episodes 3–6) Wednesday 8:15 pm (episode 10) Wednesday 8:00 pm (finale)	12	April 26, 2011	11.78[86]	June 29, 2011	11.05[87]	2010–11	No. 20	12.33[88]
2	Sunday 10:21 pm Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 9:00 pm	21	February 5, 2012	37.61[89]	May 8, 2012	11.90[90]	2011–12	No. 9	15.76[†][91]
3	Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 pm Wednesday 8:00 pm (episodes 3, 19) Thursday 8:00 pm (episode 20)	32	September 10, 2012	12.28[92]	December 18, 2012[93]	14.13[94]	2012–13	No. 10	14.24[95]
4	Monday and Tuesday 8:00 pm	28	March 25, 2013	13.64[96]	June 18, 2013	15.59[97]
5	Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00 pm (episodes 2, 4, 6) Tuesday 9:00 pm Thursday 8:00 pm (episode 15)	27	September 23, 2013	14.98[98]	December 17, 2013	14.01[99]	2013–14	No. 7	14.57[100]
6	Monday and Tuesday 8:00 pm	26	February 24, 2014	15.86[101]	May 20, 2014	11.69[102]
7		27	September 22, 2014	12.95[103]	December 16, 2014	12.88[104]	2014–15
8			February 23, 2015[105]	13.97[106]

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 contestants, ages 7 to 15. 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.

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 based on 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.^[108] 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.^[109]

References

External links

• Official website
• Official website on Telemundo (Children's version)
• The Voice at the Internet Movie Database
• The Voice at TV.com

Preceded by Glee 2011

Super Bowl lead-out program The Voice 2012

Succeeded by Elementary 2013

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