The Voice (American TV series) season 3
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The third season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 10, 2012 on NBC.[1] NBC officially announced The Voice's renewal on May 13, 2012, during its 2012–13 upfront presentation, with the show returning as a fall series.[2] Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and CeeLo Green continued as coaches.
| The Voice | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
Promotional poster featuring coaches Levine, Green, Aguilera, Shelton, and host Daly | |
| Hosted by | Carson Daly Christina Milian (social media) |
| Coaches | Adam Levine CeeLo Green Christina Aguilera Blake Shelton |
| No. of contestants | 64 artists |
| Winner | Cassadee Pope |
| Winning coach | Blake Shelton |
| Runner-up | Terry McDermott |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 10 – December 18, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
Season three introduced Steals during the Battle rounds in which other coaches can save a losing artist to join them to their team and reinstating them in the competition. It was initially enacted during the Battle rounds, but would later extended to Knockout rounds (also introduced this season) from season 5 onwards.
This is the first season to introduce a revamp of the competition during the live shows adapting to a format similar to The X Factor, where eliminations now apply to any artists disregarding to the team's affiliation, and the iTunes bonus multiplier where it was awarded a tenfold of votes (fivefold as of season five) to certain artists if their recorded single peaked at a certain position at the close of the voting window. This is also the first time in the show's history a reduced three artists represented in the finale, thus making it the first season not all of the coaches would guarantee to represent an artist in the finale. This is one of nine seasons where the team size was not 12, but with a size of 16 (The inaugural season was the first with a size of eight members; seasons 18 through 20, season 23 and season 25 had 10 members; and seasons 22, 24, and the current 26th had 14 members instead of the traditional 12).
Cassadee Pope was named the winner of the season, making her the first female winner of The Voice. marking Blake Shelton's second win as a coach, and the first coach to win multiple (and consecutive) seasons.[3] She also the first winner who had the performance montaged (battle round).
Auditions, coaches, and hosts
Auditions for were held on July 7 to August 12, 2012 in Memphis, Minneapolis, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles.
All original coaches signed on for season three. Mary J. Blige, Michael Bublé, Rob Thomas, and Billie Joe Armstrong joined the show as advisers for Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, CeeLo Green, and Christina Aguilera's teams respectively during the Battle Rounds segment of the show.[4] Christina, Blake, and Cee Lo brought in Ron Fair, Scott Hendricks, and Jennifer Hudson respectively to help coach in the episode, Top 10 Perform Live. Cee Lo brought in Bill Withers to coach Nicholas David the following week, and was sick during rehearsals for the subsequent week, so he brought in Pat Monahan, lead singer for Train, to coach all his artists that week, while still choosing his team members' songs and keeping in touch with them on the phone.
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Teams
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| Coaches | Top 64 artists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Levine | |||||
| Amanda Brown | Melanie Martinez | Bryan Keith | Loren Allred | Joselyn Rivera | |
| Sam James | Joe Kirkland | Nicole Nelson | Kayla Nevarez | Michelle Brooks-Thompson | |
| Benji | Adanna Duru | ||||
| Brandon Mahone | Samuel Mouton | Brian Scartocci | |||
| CeeLo Green | |||||
| Nicholas David | Trevin Hunte | Cody Belew | MacKenzie Bourg | Diego Val | |
| Terisa Griffin | Caitlin Michele | Daniel Rosa | Mycle Wastman | Avery Wilson | |
| JR Aquino | DOMO | Emily Earle | |||
| Todd Kessler | Alexis Marceaux | Ben Taub | |||
| Christina Aguilera | |||||
| Dez Duron | Sylvia Yacoub | Adriana Louise | De'Borah | Devyn DeLoera | |
| Aquile | Chevonne | Alessandra Guercio | Laura Vivas | Celica Westbrook | |
| Beat Frequency | Nathalie Hernandez | Nelly's Echo | |||
| Paulina | Jordan Pruitt | Lisa Scinta | |||
| Blake Shelton | |||||
| Cassadee Pope | Terry McDermott | Michaela Paige | Julio Cesar Castillo | Liz Davis | |
| Suzanna Choffel | Gracia Harrison | MarissaAnne | Collin McLoughlin | Rudy Parris | |
| 2Steel Girls | Lelia Broussard | Kelly Crapa | Ryan Jirovec | ||
| Nicole Johnson | Casey Muessigmann | Charlie Rey | |||
| Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). | |||||
Blind auditions
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| ✔ | Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to this coach's team | |
| Artist selected to join this coach's team | |
| Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button |
Episode 1 (Sept. 10)
The coaches performed "Start Me Up" at the start of the show.[5]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Terry McDermott | 35 | Aberdeen, Scotland | "Baba O'Riley" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 2 | De'Borah | 25 | Chicago Heights, Illinois | "Hey, Soul Sister" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 3 | Gracia Harrison | 18 | Virden, Illinois | "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 4 | Garrett Gardner | 16 | Ringwood, New Jersey | "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Devyn DeLoera | 20 | Snyder, Texas | "Ain't No Other Man" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Bryan Keith | 22 | New York City, New York | "It Will Rain" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7 | Daniel Rosa | 21 | Riverside, California | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 8 | Anita Antoinette | 22 | Boston, Massachusetts / Kingston, Jamaica | "No Woman, No Cry" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Joe Kirkland | 24 | Fort Worth, Texas | "Gives You Hell" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| 10 | Jessica Sharpe | 23 | Greensboro, North Carolina | "Son of a Preacher Man" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Danny Hunter Jones | N/A | Los Angeles, California | "Superstition" | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Jamie Pickett | N/A | New York City, New York | "Love on Top" | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Odiseas Georgiadis | 15 | New York City, New York | "The Lazy Song" | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Trevin Hunte | 18 | New York City, New York | "Listen" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 2 (Sept. 11)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Adriana Louise | 22 | New York City, New York | "Domino" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Casey Muessigmann | 22 | Spencer, Iowa | "Sweet Home Alabama" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 3 | Aquile | 24 | San Diego, California | "Your Song" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 4 | Ryan Fogarty | 28 | Nashville, Tennessee | "Tomorrow" | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Brett Hite | N/A | Spokane, Washington | "Replay" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Jamie Lampert | N/A | Chicago, Illinois | "Poker Face" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Matt Carr | N/A | Hanover, New Hampshire/Boston, Massachusetts | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | MacKenzie Bourg | 19 | Lafayette, Louisiana | "Pumped Up Kicks" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 9 | Julio Cesar Castillo | 21 | Chicago, Illinois | "La Bamba" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
Episode 3 (Sept. 12)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Samuel Mouton | 19 | Fort Collins, Colorado | "Redemption Song" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 2 | Chris Trousdale | 26 | Big Rapids, Michigan / New Port Richey, Florida | "Glad You Came" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Mike Squillanté | N/A | Boston, Massachusetts | "Everybody Talks" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Jasmin Rose | N/A | N/A | "Mercy" | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Brandon Clark | N/A | Atlanta, Georgia | "Colder Weather" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Nelly's Echo | 32 | Lagos, Nigeria/Baltimore, Maryland | "Ain't No Sunshine" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| 7 | 2Steel Girls (Krystal and Allison Steel) | 23 & 44 | Nashville, Tennessee | "Before He Cheats" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 8 | Lisa Scinta | 26 | Las Vegas, Nevada | "Teenage Dream" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 9 | MarissaAnne | 15 | Long Island, New York | "Part of Me" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 10 | Loren Allred | 22 | Salt Lake City, Utah/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | "When Love Takes Over" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 11 | DOMO | 26 | New York City, New York | "Don't Cha" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 12 | Nicole Nelson | 34 | Burlington, Vermont | "Hallelujah" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 4 (Sept. 17)
A preview of Christina Aguilera's video for Your Body was televised.[9]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Melanie Martinez | 17 | Astoria, New York City, New York | "Toxic" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 2 | Cupid | 29 | Lafayette, Louisiana | "Cupid Shuffle" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Brian Scartocci | 26 | Austin, Texas | "Isn't She Lovely" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 4 | VanJess | 19 & 20 | Lagos, Nigeria /Rancho Cucamonga, California | "Work Out" | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Maddie and Julia | N/A | Scotch Plains, New Jersey/New Paltz, New York | "Disturbia" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | The Wadsworth Sisters | N/A | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | "Edge of Seventeen" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Beat Frequency (Shawn Lewis and Natasha Neuschwander) |
35 & 28 | Vancouver, Washington | "E.T." | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 8 | Tyler Lillestol | 23 | Riverside, California | "U Got It Bad" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Liz Davis | 25 | Madison, Mississippi | "Here for the Party" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 10 | JR Aquino | 24 | Anchorage, Alaska | "Just the Way You Are" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 11 | Agina Alvarez | 22 | San Diego, California | "Turn the Beat Around" | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Nicholas David | 31 | Saint Paul, Minnesota | "Stand By Me" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 13 | Alessandra Guercio | 17 | New York City, New York | "The Climb" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 14 | Adanna Duru | 15 | Walnut, California | "The Edge of Glory" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 15 | Kelly Crapa | 15 | New Fairfield, Connecticut | "Sparks Fly" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 16 | Paulina | 16 | Los Angeles, California | "You Make Me Feel..." | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 17 | Avery Wilson | 16 | Hamden, Connecticut | "Without You" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 5 (Sept. 18)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Trevanne Howell | 33 | New York City, New York | "I Have Nothing" | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Collin McLoughlin | 24 | Bedford, New York | "Wild World" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 3 | Joselyn Rivera | 17 | Pembroke Pines, Florida | "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Benji | 24 | Orlando, Florida | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 5 | Todd Kessler | 30 | Chicago, Illinois | "Maggie May" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 6 | Ben Taub | 21 | Princeton, New Jersey | "Feeling Good" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 7 | Emily Earle | 23 | New York City, New York | "Ring of Fire" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 8 | Lorraine Ferro | 52 | New York City, New York | "Skyscraper" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Mycle Wastman | 40 | Seattle, Washington | "Let's Stay Together" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
Episode 6 (Sept. 24)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Michelle Brooks-Thompson | 28 | Sunderland, Massachusetts | "Proud Mary" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 2 | Diego Val | 25 | Lima, Peru /Miami, Florida | "Animal" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 3 | Lauren Brooke | 24 | Pawling, New York | "Cowboy Casanova" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Suzanna Choffel | 32 | Austin, Texas | "Landslide" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| 5 | Michaela Paige | 16 | Boca Raton, Florida | "Sober" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 6 | Ryan Jirovec | 28 | McAllen, Texas | "Amazed" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 7 | Dez Duron | 22 | Shreveport, Louisiana | "Sara Smile" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8 | VJ Rosales | 25 | Bellflower, California | "Forget You" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Alexis Marceaux | 23 | New Orleans, Louisiana | "Go Your Own Way" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 10 | Sam James | 26 | Worcester, Massachusetts | "Imagine" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 11 | Laura Vivas | 33 | West Palm Beach, Florida | "Whataya Want From Me" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 12 | Lelia Broussard | 23 | Los Angeles, California | "We Can Work It Out" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 13 | Brandon Mahone | 17 | Chicago, Illinois/Indiana | "I Wish It Would Rain" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 14 | Jeffrey James | 25 | Brownsburg, Indiana | "A Little Less Conversation" | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Paige Bryan | 26 | Los Angeles, California | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Cameron Hovsepian | N/A | Los Angeles, California | "I Need a Dollar" | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | LaRae Rhodes | N/A | N/A | "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Jordan Pruitt | 21 | Loganville, Georgia | "The One That Got Away" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 19 | Terisa Griffin | 42 | Chicago, Illinois | "Someone Like You" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 7 (Sept. 25)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Sylvia Yacoub | 19 | Alexandria, Egypt /Muskegon, Michigan | "Only Girl (In the World)" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | IJ Quinn | 25 | Warsaw, North Carolina | "Virtual Insanity" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Charlie Rey | 21 | Long Beach, California | "Home" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| 4 | Amanda Brown | 27 | New York City, New York | "Valerie" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 5 | Yolanda Barber | 55 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | "Get Here" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Cassadee Pope | 23 | West Palm Beach, Florida | "Torn" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 8 (Oct. 1)
Episode 9: The Best of the Blind Auditions (Oct. 2)
Episode 9 featured a clip show recapping some of the highlights of the blind auditions, along with the preview of the Battle rounds.
The Battles
The Battle Rounds were broadcast from Monday, October 8 to Tuesday, October 23. In a history first for The Voice, 'Steals' were introduced this season, where each coach could steal any two defeated artists from another team by pressing the button on their chairs; similar to the Blind Auditions, if the event multiple coaches decide to steal, the artist was given a choice to choose which team they want to join, and only the coach which was successfully joined counts as a "steal". The advisors for these episodes are: Mary J. Blige working with Adam Levine; Michael Bublé working with Blake Shelton; Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty) working with Cee Lo Green; and Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) working with Christina Aguilera.
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| Artist won the Battle and advances to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle but advanced to the Knockouts after being stolen by another coach | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated | |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal' result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | ||||||
| Episode 10 (Monday, Oct. 8, 2012) |
Blake Shelton | 1 | Terry McDermott | "Carry On Wayward Son" | Casey Muessigmann | — | — | — | N/a |
| Adam Levine | 2 | Bryan Keith | "Santeria" | Collin McLoughlin | N/a | ✔ | — | ✔ | |
| Cee Lo Green | 3 | Diego Val | "Jessie's Girl" | JR Aquino | — | N/a | — | — | |
| Christina Aguilera | 4 | De'Borah | "Message in a Bottle" | Nelly's Echo | — | — | N/a | — | |
| Blake Shelton | 5 | Gracia Harrison | "Sin Wagon" | 2Steel Girls | — | — | — | N/a | |
| CeeLo Green | 6 | Trevin Hunte | "Vision of Love" | Amanda Brown | ✔ | N/a | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 11 (Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012) |
CeeLo Green | 1 | Cody Belew | "Telephone" | DOMO | — | N/a | — | — |
| Christina Aguilera | 2 | Aquile | "You Give Me Something" | Nathalie Hernandez | — | — | N/a | — | |
| 3 | Celica Westbrook | "My Life Would Suck Without You" | Lisa Scinta | — | — | N/a | — | ||
| Blake Shelton | 4 | Rudy Parris | "Bad Day" | Charlie Rey | — | — | — | N/a | |
| Adam Levine | 5 | Melanie Martinez | "Lights" | Caitlin Michele | N/a | ✔ | — | ✔ | |
| Episode 12 (Monday, Oct. 15, 2012) |
Blake Shelton | 1 | Julio Cesar Castillo | "Conga" | Terisa Griffin | — | ✔ | — | N/a |
| Christina Aguilera | 2 | Dez Duron | "Just the Way You Are" | Paulina | — | Team full | N/a | — | |
| Adam Levine | 3 | Sam James | "You Give Love a Bad Name" | Benji | N/a | — | — | ||
| CeeLo Green | 4 | Nicholas David | "She's Gone" | Todd Kessler | — | — | — | ||
| Blake Shelton | 5 | Suzanna Choffel | "Dog Days Are Over" | Lelia Broussard | — | — | N/a | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 6 | Sylvia Yacoub | "Best Thing I Never Had" | Joselyn Rivera | ✔ | N/a | ✔ | ||
| Episode 13 (Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012) |
Blake Shelton | 1 | Liz Davis | "Baggage Claim" | Nicole Johnson | Team full | Team full | — | N/a |
| Adam Levine | 2 | Kayla Nevarez | "Wide Awake" | Alessandra Guercio | ✔ | — | |||
| CeeLo Green | 3 | Mycle Wastman | "Too Close" | Ben Taub | — | — | |||
| Adam Levine | 4 | Michelle Brooks-Thompson | "Crazy in Love" | Adanna Duru | — | — | |||
| Christina Aguilera | 5 | Laura Vivas | "Poker Face" | Beat Frequency | N/a | — | |||
| CeeLo Green | 6 | MacKenzie Bourg | "Good Time" | Emily Earle | — | — | |||
| Episode 14 (Monday, Oct. 22, 2012) |
CeeLo Green | 1 | Daniel Rosa | "Whataya Want from Me" | Alexis Marceaux | Team full | Team full | — | — |
| Adam Levine | 2 | Nicole Nelson | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Brandon Mahone | — | — | |||
| 3 | Loren Allred | "Need You Now" | Brian Scartocci | — | — | ||||
| Blake Shelton | 4 | Cassadee Pope | "Not Over You" | Ryan Jirovec | — | N/a | |||
| Adam Levine | 5 | Joe Kirkland | "You Get What You Give" | Samuel Mouton | — | — | |||
| Christina Aguilera | 6 | Devyn DeLoera | "Free Your Mind" | MarissaAnne | N/a | ✔ | |||
| Episode 15 (Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012) |
Christina Aguilera | 1 | Adriana Louise | "Hot n Cold" | Jordan Pruitt | Team full | Team full | N/a | Team full |
| Blake Shelton | 2 | Michaela Paige | "I Hate Myself for Loving You" | Kelly Crapa | — | ||||
| CeeLo Green | 3 | Avery Wilson | "Titanium" | Chevonne | ✔ | ||||
The Knockouts
The Knockouts were broadcast from Monday, October 29 to Tuesday, October 30.
After the Battle Round, each coach had 10 contestants for the Knockouts. Each episode featured knockout battles consisting of pairings from within each team. The contestants were not told who they were up against until the day of the Knockout. Each contestant sang a song of their own choice, back to back, and each knockout concluded with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants; the five winners for each coach advanced to the live shows.
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| Artist won the Knockouts and advances to the Live shows | |
| Artist lost the Knockouts and was eliminated | |
Live shows
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| Artist was saved by Public's vote | |
| Artist was saved by his/her coach | |
| Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 10 after their studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10[12] | |
| Artist was eliminated | |
Week 1: Live playoffs (Nov. 5, 7 & 8)
The live playoffs were aired on November 5 and 7, followed by a results show on Thursday, November 8. No episode was aired on November 6 due to the coverage of the 2012 United States presidential election.
Performances were intentionally stripped down compared to previous seasons, so that there is greater focus on the voices of the artists.[13] Special guests included Taylor Kinney from Chicago Fire in the audience.
| Date | Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 18 (Monday, Nov. 5, 2012) |
1 | Adam Levine | Joselyn Rivera | "Give Your Heart a Break" | Eliminated | ||||
| 2 | Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | "Don't Stop Believin'" | Public's vote | |||||
| 3 | Adam Levine | Melanie Martinez | "Hit the Road Jack" | Adam's choice | |||||
| 4 | Blake Shelton | Liz Davis | "Independence Day" | Eliminated | |||||
| 5 | Cassadee Pope | "My Happy Ending" | Public's vote | ||||||
| 6 | Adam Levine | Bryan Keith | "Iris" | Public's vote | |||||
| 7 | Blake Shelton | Michaela Paige | "Everybody Talks" | Blake's choice | |||||
| 8 | Julio Cesar Castillo | "El Rey" | Eliminated | ||||||
| 9 | Adam Levine | Loren Allred | "All Around the World" | Eliminated | |||||
| 10 | Amanda Brown | "Dream On" | Public's vote | ||||||
| Episode 19 (Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012) |
1 | Christina Aguilera | Adriana Louise | "Firework" | Christina's choice | ||||
| 2 | CeeLo Green | Cody Belew | "One More Try" | CeeLo's choice | |||||
| 3 | Christina Aguilera | De'Borah | "Who Knew" | Eliminated | |||||
| 4 | CeeLo Green | Diego Val | "Bailamos" | Eliminated | |||||
| 5 | MacKenzie Bourg | "What Makes You Beautiful" | Eliminated | ||||||
| 6 | Christina Aguilera | Devyn DeLoera | "Bleeding Love" | Eliminated | |||||
| 7 | CeeLo Green | Nicholas David | "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" | Public's vote | |||||
| 8 | Christina Aguilera | Sylvia Yacoub | "The One That Got Away" | Public's vote | |||||
| 9 | Dez Duron | "Wanted" | Public's vote | ||||||
| 10 | CeeLo Green | Trevin Hunte | "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" | Public's vote | |||||
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Team Adam & Team Blake | "Peace of Mind" |
| 19 | Team CeeLo & Team Christina | "Sing" |
| 20.1 | Team Adam & Team Blake | "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" |
| 20.2 | Maroon 5 | "Daylight" |
| 20.3 | Team CeeLo & Team Christina | "Drive By" |
| 20.4 | Jermaine Paul | "I Believe in This Life" |
Week 2: Top 12 (Nov. 12 & 13)
The live top 12 performances were aired on November 12, followed by a results show on November 13.
From this point on in the competition, all remaining contestants performed live each week, and only the public's vote determined which contestants advanced in the competition. Unlike previous seasons, rather than each team eliminating equal numbers of contestants each week, third season (and later seasons) eliminations applied individually without regard to contestants' team affiliation (meaning that all artists competed head-to-head against all remaining contestants each week), introducing the possibility of a final without an equal team representation.
Additionally, producers made changes in the voting system with regards to iTunes singles purchases, announced during the results show. 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. As of this week in the competition, if a competitor's performance stays within the Top 10 of the iTunes "Top 200 Single Chart" (updated hourly) until the close of voting, it will be awarded an iTunes bonus that multiplies iTunes votes made in the 24-hour voting window by ten. The finale's vote count will have include a 'Cumulative iTunes Vote Total' of all singles (from Top 12 onwards) purchased during and outside of the various voting windows, with iTunes bonus previously earned.[14]
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blake Shelton | Michaela Paige | "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Christina Aguilera | Dez Duron | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Adriana Louise | "Good Girl" | Eliminated | |
| 4 | CeeLo Green | Cody Belew | "The Best" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Adam Levine | Amanda Brown | "Spectrum" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Bryan Keith | "Back to Black" | Public's vote | |
| 7 | Blake Shelton | Cassadee Pope | "Behind These Hazel Eyes" | Public's vote |
| 8 | CeeLo Green | Trevin Hunte | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Public's vote |
| 9 | Adam Levine | Melanie Martinez | "Cough Syrup" | Public's vote |
| 10 | CeeLo Green | Nicholas David | "The Power of Love" | Public's vote |
| 11 | Christina Aguilera | Sylvia Yacoub | "My Heart Will Go On" | Public's vote |
| 12 | Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | "More Than a Feeling" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 22.1 | Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green | "Make the World Move" |
| 22.2 | CeeLo Green and his three finalists
(Cody Belew, Trevin Hunte, & Nicholas David) |
"Stayin' Alive" |
| 22.3 | Blake Shelton and his three finalists
(Cassadee Pope, Terry McDermott & Michaela Paige) |
"Life Is a Highway" |
| 22.4 | Jason Aldean (with Bryan Keith & Dez Duron) |
"The Only Way I Know" |
Week 3: Top 10 (Nov 19 & 20)
The live top 10 performances aired on November 19, followed by a results show on November 20. Christina, Blake and Cee Lo brought in Ron Fair, Scott Hendricks and Jennifer Hudson respectively to help in this week's coaching. Other special guests included lead actors from the cast of Guys with Kids in the audience.
Cassadee Pope became the first-ever artist to be awarded the iTunes bonus as her singles hit #1 on iTunes Top 100 Singles chart.[15]
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christina Aguilera | Sylvia Yacoub | "Girl on Fire" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | "Summer of '69" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Adam Levine | Melanie Martinez | "Seven Nation Army" | Public's vote |
| 4 | CeeLo Green | Cody Belew | "Crazy In Love" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Adam Levine | Bryan Keith | "New York State of Mind" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Amanda Brown | "Stars" | Public's vote | |
| 7 | CeeLo Green | Nicholas David | "Lean on Me" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Trevin Hunte | "Scream" | Public's vote | |
| 9 | Blake Shelton | Cassadee Pope | "Over You" | Public's vote |
| 10 | Christina Aguilera | Dez Duron | "Feeling Good" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton | "Just a Fool" |
| 24.1 | Christina Aguilera and her two finalists
(Sylvia Yacoub & Dez Duron) |
"Let There Be Love" |
| 24.2 | Adam Levine and his three finalists | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" |
| 24.3 | Team Blake & Team Christina | "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"1 |
| 24.4 | Team Adam & Team Cee Lo | "I Want You to Want Me" 1 |
| 24.5 | Rascal Flatts | "Changed" |
- Note
- ^ Viewers voted between a performance of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" by Team Blake & Team Christina, or "I Want You to Want Me" by Team Adam & Team Cee Lo via Twitter during the airing of the results show.
Week 4: Top 8 (Nov 26 & 27)
The live top 8 performances aired on November 26, followed by a results show on November 27. Cee Lo brought in Bill Withers, the original singer/songwriter of "Lean on Me" to help coach Nicholas David this week.
This week's iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Cassadee Pope (#2), Melanie Martinez (#4) and Nicholas David (#9).[16]
With the elimination of Dez Duron Christina Aguilera has no more artists on her team, making her the first coach to not have her team be represented in the finale.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Levine | Amanda Brown | "Someone Like You" | Public's vote |
| 2 | CeeLo Green | Cody Belew | "Somebody to Love" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | "Over" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Adam Levine | Melanie Martinez | "Too Close" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Christina Aguilera | Dez Duron | "U Smile" | Eliminated |
| 6 | CeeLo Green | Trevin Hunte | "The Greatest Love of All" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Nicholas David | "What's Going On" | Public's vote | |
| 8 | Blake Shelton | Cassadee Pope | "Are You Happy Now?" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 25.1 | Cassadee Pope, Dez Duron, Melanie Martinez, & Terry McDermott | "Move Along" |
| 25.2 | Amanda Brown, Cody Belew, Nicholas David, & Trevin Hunte | "Any Way You Want It" |
| 26.1 | Amanda Brown & Trevin Hunte | "Marry the Night" |
| 26.2 | Cee Lo Green and Kermit the Frog | "Bein' Green" |
| 26.3 | Cody Belew, Melanie Martinez, Nicholas David, & Terry McDermott | "Rhythm of Love" |
| 26.4 | Dez Duron & Cassadee Pope | "Hate That I Love You" |
| 26.5 | 50 Cent featuring Adam Levine | "My Life" |
Week 5: Top 6 (Dec 3 & 4)
The live top 6 performances aired on December 3, followed by a results show on December 4. Each contestant sang two songs, one of their choice, and one of the coach's choice. Coach Cee Lo was sick during rehearsals, so he brought in Pat Monahan, lead singer for Train, to coach his artists this week, while still picking his team members' songs and keeping in touch with them on the phone.
This week's iTunes bonus were awarded for Terry McDermott (#2), Cassadee Pope (#4 & #7), Nicholas David (#5) and Trevin Hunte (#9).[17]
With the eliminations of Melanie Martinez and Amanda Brown, Levine no longer has any artists remaining on his team.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Song (Coach's choice) | Order | Song (Artist's choice) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CeeLo Green | Nicholas David | 1 | "September" | 12 | "Over the Rainbow" | Public's vote |
| Blake Shelton | Cassadee Pope | 2 | "Stand" | 11 | "I'm With You" | Public's vote |
| Adam Levine | Amanda Brown | 9 | "Here I Go Again" | 3 | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Eliminated |
| Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | 7 | "Stay with Me" | 4 | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Public's vote |
| CeeLo Green | Trevin Hunte | 5 | "Walking on Sunshine" | 8 | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Public's vote |
| Adam Levine | Melanie Martinez | 10 | "The Show" | 6 | "Crazy" | Eliminated |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 28.1 | Trevin Hunte & Terry McDermott | "Feel Again" |
| 28.2 | Cassadee Pope & Amanda Brown | "Breakaway" |
| 28.3 | Nicholas David & Melanie Martinez | "Criminal" |
| 28.4 | Ne-Yo | "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" |
| 28.5 | Matchbox Twenty | "Overjoyed" |
Week 6: Semifinals (Dec 10 & 11)
The semifinal performances aired on December 10, followed by a results show on December 11. Special guests included Howie Mandel from Take It All and Of Monsters and Men, whose song "Little Talks" was covered in a non-competition performance, in the audience. Tony Lucca was also interviewed for a short while with his coach from last season, Adam Levine, in the Sprint Skybox.
This week's recipients for the iTunes bonus were Cassadee Pope (#1), Terry McDermott (#2) and Nicholas David (#5).[18]
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song[19] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CeeLo Green | Trevin Hunte | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Nicholas David | "You Are So Beautiful" | Public's vote | |
| 3 | Blake Shelton | Cassadee Pope | "Stupid Boy" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Terry McDermott | "Let It Be" | Public's vote | |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 29.1 | Michael Bublé | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" |
| 29.2 | Blake Shelton and 16 members of his team | "White Christmas" |
| 30.1 | Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott | "Little Talks" |
| 30.2 | Nicholas David and Trevin Hunte | "Hero" |
| 30.4 | Juliet Simms | "Wild Child" |
| 30.5 | RaeLynn | "Boyfriend" |
| 30.6 | Chris Mann | "Roads" |
Week 7: Finale (Dec 17 & 18)
The final performances aired on December 17, followed by a results show on December 18. Each finalist would perform a reprise of a recent performance, a duet with their coach, and a solo performance. Special guests included the cast of 1600 Penn and The Biggest Loser in the audience.
Three performances reached Top 10 on iTunes as follows Cassadee Pope (#1 & #6) and Terry McDermott (#5).[20]
The live performance opens with all contestants and judges singing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" holding up the names of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting 3 days prior to its airing.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo song | Order | Duet song (with Coach) | Order | Reprise song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CeeLo Green | Nicholas David | 1 | "Great Balls of Fire"/"Fire" | 8 | "Play That Funky Music" | 4 | "Lean on Me" | Third place |
| Blake Shelton | Cassadee Pope | 9 | "Cry" | 6 | "Steve McQueen" | 2 | "Over You" | Winner |
| Terry McDermott | 5 | "Broken Wings" | 3 | "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" | 7 | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Runner-up |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | The Voice coaches, live show contestants, Christina Milian, and Carson Daly | "Hallelujah"1 |
| 32.1 | Rihanna | "Diamonds" |
| 32.2 | Terry McDermott (with Amanda Brown, Bryan Keith, Michaela Paige, and Rudy Parris) | "Rock and Roll All Nite" |
| 32.3 | Nicholas David and Smokey Robinson | "Cruisin'" |
| 32.4 | The Killers (with Cassadee Pope) | "Here with Me" |
| 32.5 | Cody Belew, Dez Duron, Diego Val, Julio Cesar Castillo, and Mackenzie Bourg | "Stacy's Mom" |
| 32.6 | Kelly Clarkson (with Cassadee Pope, and Terry McDermott) | "Catch My Breath" |
| 32.7 | Cassadee Pope (with Melanie Martinez, De'Borah, and Liz Davis) | "It's Time" |
| 32.8 | Terry McDermott and Peter Frampton | "Baby, I Love Your Way" |
| 32.9 | Adriana Louise, Devyn DeLoera, Joselyn Rivera, Loren Allred, and Sylvia Yacoub | "Best of My Love" |
| 32.10 | Bruno Mars | "When I Was Your Man" |
| 32.11 | Nicholas David (with Amanda Brown, Dez Duron, and Trevin Hunte) | "End of the Road" |
| 32.12 | Cassadee Pope and Avril Lavigne | "I'm with You" |
| 32.13 | The Voice coaches: Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green, and Christina Aguilera | "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" |
| 32.14 | Cassadee Pope (winner) | "Cry" |
- ^ The performance was a tribute to the Newtown, Connecticut shooting victims, and placards displaying the names and ages of the victims were held by the performers.
Elimination chart
Overall
- Color key
- Artist's info
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- Result details
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| Artist | Week 1 Playoffs | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 Finale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassadee Pope | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |
| Terry McDermott | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | |
| Nicholas David | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd place | |
| Trevin Hunte | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | |
| Amanda Brown | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 5) | ||
| Melanie Martinez | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||
| Cody Belew | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 4) | |||
| Dez Duron | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||||
| Bryan Keith | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||
| Sylvia Yacoub | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||||
| Michaela Paige | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||
| Adriana Louise | Safe | Eliminated | ||||||
| Loren Allred | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||
| MacKenzie Bourg | Eliminated | |||||||
| Julio Cesar Castillo | Eliminated | |||||||
| Liz Davis | Eliminated | |||||||
| Devyn DeLoera | Eliminated | |||||||
| De'Borah | Eliminated | |||||||
| Joselyn Rivera | Eliminated | |||||||
| Diego Val | Eliminated | |||||||
Team
- Color key
- Artist's info
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- Result details
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| Artist | Week 1 Playoffs | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 Finale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Brown | Public's choice | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Eliminated | |||
| Melanie Martinez | Coach's choice | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced  |
Eliminated | |||
| Bryan Keith | Public's choice | Advanced | Eliminated | |||||
| Loren Allred | Eliminated | |||||||
| Joselyn Rivera | Eliminated | |||||||
| Nicholas David | Public's choice | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced |
Advanced |
Advanced |
Third Place | |
| Trevin Hunte | Public's choice | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced |
Eliminated | ||
| Cody Belew | Coach's choice | Advanced | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| MacKenzie Bourg | Eliminated | |||||||
| Diego Val | Eliminated | |||||||
| Dez Duron | Public's choice | Advanced | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| Sylvia Yacoub | Public's choice | Advanced | Eliminated | |||||
| Adriana Louise | Coach's choice | Eliminated | ||||||
| De'Borah | Eliminated | |||||||
| Devyn DeLoera | Eliminated | |||||||
| Cassadee Pope | Public's choice | Advanced | Advanced |
Advanced |
Advanced |
Advanced |
Winner | |
| Terry McDermott | Public's choice | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced |
Advanced |
Runner-up | |
| Michaela Paige | Coach's choice | Eliminated | ||||||
| Julio Cesar Castillo | Eliminated | |||||||
| Liz Davis | Eliminated | |||||||
| Rank | Coach | Top 12 | Top 10 | Top 8 | Top 6 | Top 4 | Top 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blake Shelton | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | CeeLo Green | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Adam Levine | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Christina Aguilera | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Performances by guests/coaches
| Episode | Show segment | Performer(s) | Title | Hot 100 reaction | Hot Digital Songs reaction | Performance type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | The Blind Auditions, Part 4 | Christina Aguilera | "Your Body" | 34 (debut)[21] | 10 (debut)[22] | music video teaser |
| 20 | The Live Playoff Results | Maroon 5 | "Daylight" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance |
| Jermaine Paul | "I Believe in This Life" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
| 22 | Top 12, Live Results | Jason Aldean (with Bryan Keith and Dez Duron) | "The Only Way I Know" | 78 (+15)[23] | 59 (re-entry)[24] | live performance |
| Christina Aguilera ft. Cee Lo Green | "Make the World Move" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
23 | Top 10 Perform Live | Christina Aguilera ft. Blake Shelton | "Just a Fool" | 71 (+21)[25] | 25 (+9)[26] | live performance |
| 24 | Top 10, Live Results | Rascal Flatts (with Cody Belew and Cassadee Pope) | "Changed" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance |
| Christina Aguilera (with Sylvia Yacoub and Dez Duron) | "Let There Be Love" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
25 | Top 8 Perform Live | 50 Cent ft. Adam Levine | "My Life" | 27 (debut)[27] | 4 (debut)[28] | live performance |
26 | Top 8, Live Results | Cee Lo Green and The Muppets | "Bein' Green" | no recording | no recording | live performance |
| 28 | Top 6, Live Results | Ne-Yo (with Amanda Brown) | "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" | 10 (=)[29] | 29 (=)[30] | live performance |
| Matchbox Twenty (with Nicholas David and Trevin Hunte) | "Overjoyed" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
| 29 | Live Semifinal Performances | Michael Bublé | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance |
| Blake Shelton (with 16 members of Team Blake) | "White Christmas" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
| 30 | Semifinals, Live Results | Juliet Simms | "Wild Child" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance |
| RaeLynn | "Boyfriend" | 118 (debut)[31] | 56 (debut)[32] | live performance | ||
| Chris Mann | "Roads" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
| 32 | Finals, Live Results | Rihanna | "Diamonds" | 2 (=)[33] | 5 (−1)[34] | live performance |
| The Killers (with Cassadee Pope) | "Here with Me" | 119 (debut)[35] | did not chart | live performance | ||
| Smokey Robinson (with Nicholas David) | "Cruisin'" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance (duet) | ||
| Kelly Clarkson (with Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott) | "Catch My Breath" | 30 (+19)[33] | 22 (+21)[34] | live performance | ||
| Peter Frampton (with Terry McDermott) | "Baby, I Love Your Way" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance (duet) | ||
| Bruno Mars | "When I Was Your Man" | 62 (re-entry)[33] | 26 (re-entry)[34] | live performance | ||
| Avril Lavigne (with Cassadee Pope) | "I'm with You" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance (duet) |
Artists appearances on other talent shows
- Daniel Rosa, Sam James, and Dez Duron sang in the blind auditions in season two and failed to make a team.
- JR Aquino, Danny Hunter Jones, and Alessandra Guercio reached the Hollywood rounds of American Idol in seasons four, nine, and ten respectively, but did not reach the Top 24.
- Liz Davis was the winner of P. Diddy's Starmaker[36]
- DOMO appeared on America's Best Dance Crew – season four as a member of Rhythm City.[37]
- Adanna Duru later became a finalist on the fourteenth season of "American Idol."[38]
- MacKenzie Bourg later made the Top 24 on the fifteenth season of American Idol and finished in fourth place.
- Loren Allred would go on to provide the singing voice behind Rebecca Ferguson's character Jenny Lind in the 2017 movie The Greatest Showman, performing the song "Never Enough" which has since certified Gold in the United Kingdom[39] and the United States,[40] and has charted in several other countries. The reprise has since certified Silver in the UK.[41] She has also featured on Hardwell's and KAAZE's "This Is Love”[42] and was a finalist on the fifteenth season of Britain’s Got Talent.
- Sam James would later go on Season 1 of Songland.
- Cassadee Pope would later go on the Season 3 episode of Lip Sync Battle: "Dustin Lynch vs. Cassadee Pope". She also went on to have multiple Platinum singles and was nominated for a Grammy award. She also appeared on Name That Tune head-to-head with Jana Kramer.
- Melanie Martinez later went on to star in and direct her own film titled K-12 which is for her second album of the same name. She also went on to have a Platinum album and multiple Platinum singles.
- Odiseas Georgiadis auditioned again at Season 13, but failed to make a team again.
- Amanda Brown (singer) appeared in Season 21 to support her sister, Samara, in the Blind Auditions
Ratings
Season three premiered on September 10, 2012 and was watched by 12.28 million viewers with a 4.2 rating in the key 18–49 demographic. It was down 39 percent in the demo from last season's premiere. The Voice aired three times during its first week, going up against The X Factor on September 12, 2012. This show was highly criticised by Simon Cowell, who said that The X Factor would win in ratings. However, both The Voice and The X Factor tied on September 12, 2012, both with a 3.4 rating in the 18–49 demographic, but The Voice won in total viewers. In its regular time slot on Mondays and Tuesdays, The Voice airs opposite Dancing with the Stars.[43]
| # | Episode | Original air date | Production | Timeslot (ET) | Viewers (millions) |
Rating/Share (Adults 18–49) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 1" | September 10, 2012 | 301 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.28[44] | 4.2/11 |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2" | September 11, 2012 | 302 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.42[45] | 4.0/12 |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | September 12, 2012 | 303 | Wednesday 8:00pm | 10.89[46] | 3.4/11 |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | September 17, 2012 | 304 | Monday 8:00pm | 13.57[47] | 4.7/12 |
| 5 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" | September 18, 2012 | 305 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 13.60[48] | 4.7/14 |
| 6 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 6" | September 24, 2012 | 306 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.18[49] | 4.4/11 |
| 7 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 7" | September 25, 2012 | 307 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.57[50] | 4.2/13 |
| 8 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 8" | October 1, 2012 | 308 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.55[51] | 4.6/12 |
| 9 | "The Best of the Blind Auditions" | October 2, 2012 | 309 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 8.48[52] | 3.0/9 |
| 10 | "The Battles Premiere, Part 1" | October 8, 2012 | 310 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.89[53] | 4.8/12 |
| 11 | "The Battles Premiere, Part 2" | October 9, 2012 | 311 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 12.19[54] | 4.5/13 |
| 12 | "The Battles, Part 3" | October 15, 2012 | 312 | Monday 8:00pm | 13.01[55] | 4.8/13 |
| 13 | "The Battles, Part 4" | October 16, 2012 | 313 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 12.04[56] | 4.6/13 |
| 14 | "The Battles, Part 5" | October 22, 2012 | 314 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.02[57] | 4.3/11 |
| 15 | "The Battles, Part 6" | October 23, 2012 | 315 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.22[58] | 4.3/12 |
| 16 | "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 1" | October 29, 2012 | 316 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.44[59] | 4.8/11 |
| 17 | "The Knockouts, Part 2" | October 30, 2012 | 317 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 12.13[60] | 4.6/12 |
| 18 | "Live Playoffs, Part 1" | November 5, 2012 | 318 | Monday 8:00pm | 11.93[61] | 4.5/10 |
| 19 | "Live Playoffs, Part 2" | November 7, 2012 | 319 | Wednesday 8:00pm | 10.47[62] | 3.8/10 |
| 20 | "Live Playoffs, Results" | November 8, 2012 | 320 | Thursday 8:00pm | 8.83[63] | 3.0/9 |
| 21 | "Live Top 12 Performance" | November 12, 2012 | 321 | Monday 8:00pm | 11.63[64] | 4.4/11 |
| 22 | "Live Top 12 Results" | November 13, 2012 | 322 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.15[65] | 3.9/11 |
| 23 | "Live Top 10 Performance" | November 19, 2012 | 323 | Monday 8:00pm | 10.60[66] | 3.7/9 |
| 24 | "Live Top 10 Results" | November 20, 2012 | 324 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 9.47[67] | 3.4/10 |
| 25 | "Live Top 8 Performance" | November 26, 2012 | 325 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.17[68] | 4.2/11 |
| 26 | "Live Top 8 Results" | November 27, 2012 | 326 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.57[69] | 3.8/11 |
| 27 | "Live Top 6 Performance" | December 3, 2012 | 327 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.11[70] | 3.9/10 |
| 28 | "Live Top 6 Results" | December 4, 2012 | 328 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.52[71] | 3.5/10 |
| 29 | "Live Top 4 Semifinals Performance" | December 10, 2012 | 329 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.33[72] | 3.8/10 |
| 30 | "Live Top 4 Semifinals Results" | December 11, 2012 | 330 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.52[73] | 3.6/10 |
| 31 | "Live Finale Performance" | December 17, 2012 | 331 | Monday 8:00pm | 13.37[74] | 4.2/11 |
| 32 | "Live Finale Results" | December 18, 2012 | 332 | Tuesday 9:00pm | 14.13[75] | 4.9/13 |
Reception
Awards
Season 3 won the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program. This was the series' first win in that category.