The Voice (American TV series)

For the current season, see The Voice (U.S. season 6). For the upcoming season, see The Voice (U.S. season 7). For other uses of the phrase, see The Voice.

The Voice
Genre	Reality television
Created by	John de Mol
Directed by	Alan Carter
Presented by	Carson Daly Alison Haislip (2011) Christina Milian (2012–13)
Judges	Adam Levine Blake Shelton Christina Aguilera (1–3, 5, 8–) Cee Lo Green (1–3, 5) Shakira (4, 6) Usher (4, 6) Pharrell Williams (7–) Gwen Stefani (7)
Composer	Martijn Schimmer
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	146 (as of May 20, 2014)
Production
Executive producers	John de Mol Mark Burnett Audrey Morrissey Stijn Bakkers Lee Metzger
Producers	Ashley Baumann Carson Daly Keith Dinielli May Johnson Bart Kimball Michael Matsumoto David Offenheiser Teddy Valenti
Production locations	Los Angeles, California
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	44–104 minutes
Production companies	Mark Burnett Productions One Three Media Warner Horizon Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 26, 2011 (2011-04-26) – present
Related
The Voice (franchise)

The Voice is an American 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, drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by viewers by voting through telephone, Internet, SMS text, and iTunes Store purchases of artists' performances. They receive US$100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group for winning the competition. There have been six winners of the show to date: Javier Colon, Jermaine Paul, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery, Tessanne Chin, and Josh Kaufman.

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 judging panel consisted of Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green. Shakira and Usher replaced Aguilera and Green in season four and six, while Pharrell Williams will replace Green, who departed from the series, and Gwen Stefani will replace Aguilera, who will take a hiatus in season seven due to her pregnancy. The show is hosted by Carson Daly.

Conception

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

Coaches and hosts

Adam Levine	Blake Shelton	CeeLo Green	Christina Aguilera
Shakira	Usher	Pharrell Williams	Gwen Stefani

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

CeeLo Green of Gnarls Barkley and Adam Levine of Maroon 5 became the first confirmed coaches in February 2011, followed by Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton in March. Aguilera and Green did not return for season four and were replaced by Shakira and Usher as substitute coaches. Aguilera and Green then returned for season five, while Shakira and Usher returned for season six respectively. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres in February 2014, Green revealed that he will not be returning to The Voice. On March 31, 2014, it was announced that Pharrell Williams would become Green's replacement. On April 19, 2014, it was announced that No Doubt's Gwen Stefani will replace Aguilera in season seven due to her pregnancy. However, Aguilera is expected to return for season eight. On May 20, 2014, Shakira and Usher confirmed that after season six, they would focus on their music. However, they didn't eliminate the possibility of returning.

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

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
2	Alanis Morissette Robin Thicke	Babyface Ne-Yo	Jewel Lionel Richie	Kelly Clarkson Miranda Lambert
3	Mary J. Blige	Rob Thomas Jennifer Hudson1 Bill Withers2 Pat Monahan3	Billie Joe Armstrong Ron Fair1	Michael Bublé Scott Hendricks1
4	Hillary Scott4	Shakira	Usher	Sheryl Crow4
		Joel Madden Cee Lo Green4	Pharrell Williams4 Aakomon Jones5 Taylor Swift6
5	Ryan Tedder	Cee Lo Green	Christina Aguilera	Cher
		Miguel	Ed Sheeran Jeri Slaughter7
6	Aloe Blacc Chris Martin8 Graham Nash9 James Valentine10	Shakira	Usher	The Band Perry Chris Martin8 Scott Hendricks9 Gwen Sebastian10
		Miranda Lambert Chris Martin8 busbee9	Jill Scott Chris Martin8 Natural9

Notes
^ 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.
^ 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".
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ During the week of the Top 12 performances, Usher brought in his choreographer Aakomon Jones to help coach his team.
^ During the week of the Top 6 performances, Taylor Swift attended Michelle Chamuel's rehearsal of "I Knew You Were Trouble".
^ During the week of the Top 8 performances, Christina Aguilera brought in her choreographer Jeri Slaughter to help coach her team.
^ With the replacement of the Knockout Round with the "Battles, Round 2", Coldplay frontman Chris Martin served as the sole advisor for every team.
^ 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
^ 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.

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, 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 their coach if more than one coach expresses interest.

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. 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. 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. 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.

In the final live performance phase of the competition, artists perform in weekly shows, where public voting narrows to a final group of artists and eventually declares a winner. The coaches have the power to save one artist that had not received the public's vote that week. As of season two, these artists would give a last chance performance to win their coach's save. However, in deciding who moves on to the final four phase, the television audience and the coaches have equal say 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 a contestant in the (reduced) final three.

Voting system

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

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

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 in the 12-hour voting window by ten. Starting in season five, the iTunes bonus multiplier is now five for the studio versions of the songs performed by the competitors. The finale's vote count will include a 'Cumulative iTunes Vote Total' of all singles (from top 12 onwards) purchased during and outside of the various voting windows, with iTunes bonuses previously earned.

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

Also introduced in season five is the Instant Save. 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.

Series overview

•   Team Adam
•   Team Usher

•   Team Blake
•   Team Shakira

•   Team Cee Lo
•   Team Pharrell

•   Team Christina
•   Team Gwen

Season	Premiere	Finale	Winner	Runner-up	Other finalist(s)	Winning coach	Hosts	Coaches
11	April 26, 2011	June 29, 2011	Javier Colon	Dia Frampton	Vicci Martinez	Adam Levine	Carson Daly (main) Alison Haislip (backstage)	Adam Levine Cee Lo Green Christina Aguilera Blake Shelton
					Beverly McClellan
22	February 5, 2012	May 8, 2012	Jermaine Paul	Juliet Simms	Tony Lucca	Blake Shelton	Carson Daly (main) Christina Milian (backstage)
					Chris Mann
33	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			Adam Levine Shakira Usher Blake Shelton
5	September 23, 2013	December 17, 2013	Tessanne Chin	Jacquie Lee	Will Champlin	Adam Levine	Carson Daly	Adam Levine Cee Lo Green Christina Aguilera Blake Shelton
6	February 24, 2014	May 20, 2014	Josh Kaufman	Jake Worthington	Christina Grimmie	Usher		Adam Levine Shakira Usher Blake Shelton

Note

1. ^ In the first season, third and fourth places were a draw between Beverly McClellan and Vicci Martinez.
2. ^ In the second season Tony Lucca came in third place and Chris Mann came in fourth place.
3. ^ Effective since the third season, three contestants were advanced to the final round.

Season synopses

Season 1

Main article: The Voice (U.S. 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.

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 Voice, NBC offered expanded two-hour live episodes of the show beginning June 7, following America's Got Talent, and added 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

Main article: The Voice (U.S. 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 was declared the runner-up. Lucca and Mann placed third and fourth, respectively.

Season 3

Main article: The Voice (U.S. 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

Main article: The Voice (U.S. 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

Main article: The Voice (U.S. 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. 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

Main article: The Voice (U.S. season 6)

The sixth season of The Voice premiered on February 24, 2014. 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. New to this season were the replacement of the Knockout Round with the "Battles, Round 2" as well as the elimination of the live interactive component of the Playoffs.

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

Main article: The Voice (U.S. season 7)

The seventh season of The Voice is scheduled for Fall 2014. It is currently unknown if Daly will return to host. Levine and Shelton will return as coaches, while Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani will replace Green and Aguilera, respectively. Shakira and Usher will once again alternate seasons and take a hiatus.

Reception

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Source
2011	TCA Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming	The Voice	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Breakout Show	The Voice	Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Reality Competition	The Voice	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Male Personality	Adam Levine	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Female Personality	Xtina Aguilera	Nominated
	ALMA Award	Favorite TV Reality, Variety, or Comedy Personality or Act	Christina Aguilera	Nominated
2012	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding Reality Program	The Voice	Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Competition Show	The Voice	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Reality Competition	The Voice	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Male Personality	Cee Lo Green	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Female Personality	Christina Aguilera	Nominated
	ALMA Award	Favorite TV Reality, Variety, or Comedy Personality or Act	Christina Aguilera	Won
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Reality Series – Competition	The Voice	Won
	TCA Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming	The Voice	Nominated
	Billboard Mid-Year Music Awards	Best Music Reality Show	The Voice	Won
	Tubey Awards	Best Competitive Reality Show	The Voice	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Reality-Competition Program	The Voice	Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award	Outstanding Art Direction for Variety or Nonfiction Programming	The Voice	Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special	The Voice	Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award	Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Series	The Voice	Nominated
2013	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Competition Show	The Voice	Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Celebrity Judge	Adam Levine	Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Celebrity Judge	Christina Aguilera	Nominated
	Producer's Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Production in Reality Television Programming	The Voice	Nominated
	Kid's Choice Awards	Favorite Reality Show	The Voice	Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Reality Series – Competition	The Voice	Won
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Reality-Competition Program	The Voice	Won
	Billboard Mid-Year Music Awards	Best Music Reality Show	The Voice	Won
2014	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Competition Show	The Voice	Won
	Producers Guild of America Award	Outstanding Producer of Competition Television	The Voice	Won
	Kids Choice Awards	Favorite Reality Show	The Voice	Nominated

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.

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	June 29, 2011	11.05	2010–11	No. 20	12.33
2	Sunday 10:21 pm Monday 8:00 pm Tuesday 9:00 pm	21	February 5, 2012	37.61	May 8, 2012	11.90	2011–12	No. 9	15.76[†]
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	December 18, 2012	14.13	2012–13	No. 11	14.16
4	Monday and Tuesday 8:00 pm	28	March 25, 2013	13.64	June 18, 2013	15.59
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	December 17, 2013	14.01	2013–14
6	Monday and Tuesday 8:00 pm	26	February 24, 2014	15.86	May 20, 2014
7			September 2014		December 2014		2014–15

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

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

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 aged 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 was hosted by Jorge Bernal (from Al Rojo Vivo con Maria Celeste) and Daisy Fuentes. The coaches in Season 1 were Prince Royce, Paulina Rubio, and Roberto Tapia. The first season aired 13 episodes with the season finale airing on July 28, 2013.

Season 2 saw Natalia Jiménez replace Paulina Rubio as one of the coaches. The other coaches and hosts remained the same.

Broadcast

The show premiered in Canada on April 26, 2011 on CTV. In Asia, the series aired on August 21, 2011 on AXN. It premiered in New Zealand on July 16, 2011 on TV2, Australia on August 9, 2011 on Go!, South Africa on October 5, 2011 on SABC 3, and in Ireland on January 8, 2012 on RTÉ One. It eventually aired in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2012 on BBC One and on March 31, 2012 in the Philippines on Studio 23. Subsequently, RTÉ and BBC moved on to produce their own versions of The Voice.

External links

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

Preceded by Glee 2011

Super Bowl lead-out program The Voice 2012

Succeeded by Elementary 2013