The twelfth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 27, 2017 on NBC with Gwen Stefani and Alicia Keys returning as coaches alongside Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. Chris Blue was announced the winner on May 23, 2017 marking Alicia Keys' first win as a coach and the second female coach to win in the show's history, following Christina Aguilera.
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Coaches and hosts
There was a change in the coaching panel for the twelfth season. Gwen Stefani returned to the panel after a two-season hiatus, replacing Miley Cyrus along with returning coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Alicia Keys while Carson Daly returned for his 12th season as host.
This season's Battle advisors were: John Legend for Team Adam; Celine Dion for Team Gwen; DJ Khaled for Team Alicia; Luke Bryan for Team Blake.
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Blind auditions
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Episode 1 (Feb. 27)
The coaches performed "Waterfalls" at the start of the show.
Episode 2 (Feb. 28)
Episode 3 (March 2)
Episode 4 (March 6)
Episode 5 (March 7)
Episode 6 (March 13)
Episode 7 (March 14)
Episode 8 (March 15)
This episode covered "The Best of the Blind Auditions", which included a recap and a sneak peek for the battles.
The Battles
The Battles round started with episode 9 and ended with episode 12 (broadcast on March 20, 21, 27, 28, 2017). Season twelve's advisors include: John Legend for Team Adam, Celine Dion for Team Gwen, DJ Khaled for Team Alicia and Luke Bryan for Team Blake. The coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds.
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The Knockouts
The Knockouts round started with episode 13 and ended with episode 15 (broadcast on April 3, 4, 10, 2017). The coaches can each steal one losing artist. The top 20 contestants will then move on to the "Live Shows."
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Week 1: Live Playoffs (April 17 and 18)
Playoff results was voted on in real time, exclusively through Twitter and The Voice app. Twelve artists sang live and six were eliminated by the end of each night. As with Seasons 9 & 10, each coach brought back one eliminated artist of their choice to join the top 20 and compete in the Live Playoffs.
Week 2: Top 12 (April 24 and 25)
The Top 12 performed on Monday, April 24, 2017, with the results following on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Each artist attempted to reach the top 10 on iTunes in order to receive a vote multiplier. The two contestants with the fewest votes got a second chance to perform again for the Instant Save, with the loser leaving the competition. For the first time on The Voice, Shania Twain - who advised all the members of the Top 12 - sat in with the other coaches on a fifth chair. Brennley Brown (#7) received the iTunes bonus for this week.
Week 3: Top 11 (May 1 and 2)
The Top 11 performed on Monday, May 1, 2017, with the results following on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Each artist attempted to reach the top 10 on iTunes in order to receive a vote multiplier. The two contestants with the fewest votes got a second chance to perform again for the Instant Save, with the loser leaving the competition. Lauren Duski (#3) and Hunter Plake (#10) received the iTunes bonus for this week.
Week 4: Top 10 (May 8 and 9)
The Top 10 performed Monday, May 8, 2017, with the results following on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Each artist attempted to reach the top 10 on iTunes in order to receive a vote multiplier. The three contestants with the fewest votes got a second chance to perform again for the Instant Save, with the two with the least amount Instant Save votes leaving the competition. Hunter Plake (#9) and Lauren Duski (#10) received the iTunes bonus for this week.
Week 5: Semifinals (May 15 and 16)
The Top 8 performed on Monday, May 15, 2017, with the results following on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. For the first time, the duets between contestants were part of the competition and public voting. In the semifinals, three artists would automatically move to next week's finale, the two artists with the least votes would be immediately eliminated and the middle three would contend for the remaining spot in the next week's finals via the Instant Save. iTunes bonuses this week went to Lauren Duski (#1), Chris Blue (#2), Vanessa Ferguson and Chris Blue (Duet) (#6), Aliyah Moulden (#7) and Hunter Plake (#10).
With the eliminations of Brennley Brown and Hunter Plake, Gwen Stefani no longer has artists on her team.
Week 6: Finale (May 22 and 23)
The Top 4 performed on Monday, May 22, 2017, with the final results following on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. This week, the four finalists performed a solo cover song, a duet with their coach, and an original song. iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Lauren Duski (#1 and #2), Chris Blue (#3 and #9), Jesse Larson (#5) and Aliyah Moulden (#7). All iTunes votes received for the five weeks leading up to the finale were cumulatively added to online and app finale votes for each finalist.
Elimination chart
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Team
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Contestants who appeared on previous shows or seasons
- Anatalia Villaranda was a Top 51 auditionee from the final season of American Idol.
- Johnny Hayes was on the eleventh season of The Voice but received no chair turns.
- Brennley Brown was on the eleventh season of America's Got Talent but was eliminated in the Judge Cuts round.
- Micah Tryba appeared on the Sing it On YouTube / docu-series in 2015. The show featured collegiate acapella groups competing for the International Championship of Collegiate a Cappella.
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References
External links
- Official website
- iTunes Store
- Google Play App Store
- App Official website
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