The Voice (American TV series) season 20 explained
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| Module1: | | Host: | Carson Daly | | Coaches: |
| | Num Contestants: | 40 artists | | Winner: | Cam Anthony | | Winner Coach: | Blake Shelton | | Runner Up: | Kenzie Wheeler |
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| Num Episodes: | 18 |
| Network: | NBC |
The twentieth season of the American reality television series The Voice premiered on March 1, 2021, on NBC.[1] Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend returned as coaches for their twentieth, seventh, and fifth seasons, respectively. Nick Jonas rejoined the panel for his second season, after being replaced by Gwen Stefani the previous season. Meanwhile, Carson Daly returned for his twentieth season as host. Kelsea Ballerini returned for her second season as a guest coach, filling in for Clarkson during the battles round.
Cam Anthony was named the winner of the season, marking Blake Shelton's eighth win as a coach. With Anthony's win being the fourth African-American male winner and the first winning artist that had a coach blocked in their blind audition (Nick Jonas blocking John Legend).[2]
Coaches and hosts
On November 17, 2020, NBC announced there would be a change in the coaches for this season. Blake Shelton returning for his twentieth season, Kelly Clarkson for her seventh, and John Legend for his fifth. However, Gwen Stefani did not return, allowing the return of Nick Jonas after a one-season hiatus, marking his second season as a coach on the show.[3]
This season's advisors for the Battles are: Dan + Shay for Team Blake, Luis Fonsi for Team Kelly, Brandy for Team Legend, and Darren Criss for Team Nick.[4] However, Clarkson was not present for the battles round. Filling in for her during that round was season 15 "Comeback Stage" coach, Kelsea Ballerini. Knockouts Mega Mentor for all coaches is Snoop Dogg.
Teams
style="background: gold; border:1px solid black"| | Winner | | | | | | | | Eliminated in the Live Playoffs |
| | Runner-up | | | | | | | | Stolen in the Knockout rounds |
| | Third place | | | | | | | | Eliminated in the Knockout rounds |
| | Fourth place | | | | | | | | Stolen in the Battle rounds |
| | Fifth place | | | | | | | | Eliminated in the Battle rounds |
| | Eliminated in Live Semi-final | | |
Coaches! colspan="7" style="width:90%"| Top 40 artists |
| Kelly Clarkson | |
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| Kenzie Wheeler | Gihanna Zoë | Corey Ward | Zae Romeo | Anna Grace | Ryleigh Modig |
| Savanna Woods | Avery Roberson | Gean Garcia | Ainae | JD Casper | Halley Greg |
| John Legend | |
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| Victor Solomon | Pia Renee | Ryleigh Modig | Zania Alaké | Carolina Rial | Rio Doyle |
| Gean Garcia | Ciana Pelekai | Durell Anthony | Christine Cain | Denisha Dalton | Deion Warren |
| Nick Jonas | |
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| Rachel Mac | Dana Monique | Jose Figueroa Jr. | Devan Blake Jones | Andrew Marshall | Zae Romeo |
| Keegan Ferrell | Raine Stern | Andrew Marshall | Awari | Lindsay Joan | Bradley Sinclair |
| Blake Shelton | |
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| Cam Anthony | Jordan Matthew Young | Pete Mroz | Anna Grace | Andrew Marshall | Emma Caroline |
| Connor Christian | Ethan Lively | Keegan Ferrell | Avery Roberson | Savanna Chestnut | Aaron Konzelman |
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Blind auditions
The blind auditions began on March 1, 2021, and concluded on March 22, 2021. Each coach has one block to stop another coach from getting an artist. Each coach ends up with 10 artists by the end of the blind auditions. This creates for a total of 40 artists advancing to the battles. In this round, 51 artists auditioned.
style="background:white; border:1px solid black"| ✔ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button |
| | Artist elected a coach's team |
| | Artist defaulted to a coach's team |
| | Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button |
| ✘ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist |
| - Blocked by Kelly
- Blocked by John
- Blocked by Nick
- Blocked by Blake
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Episode 1 (March 1)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices |
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| Kelly | John | Nick | Blake |
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| 1 | Kenzie Wheeler | 22 | Dover, Florida | "Don't Close Your Eyes" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
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| 2 | Dana Monique | 41 | Houston, Texas | "Freeway of Love" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – |
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| 3 | Cam Anthony | 19 | North Philly, Pennsylvania | "Lay Me Down" | – | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
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| 4 | Christine Cain | 27 | Pasadena, California | "Watermelon Sugar" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – |
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| 5 | Madison Curbelo | 18 | Westfield, Massachusetts | "Don't Worry, Be Happy" | – | – | – | – |
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| 6 | Pete Mroz | 45 | Nashville, Tennessee | "Can’t Find My Way Home" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ |
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| 7 | Devan Blake Jones | 35 | Denver, Colorado | "Hard Place" | – | – | ✔ | – |
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| 8 | Raine Stern | 22 | Madison, Wisconsin | "Electric Feel" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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| 9 | Madison Marigold | 21 | Santa Clarita, California | "If the World Was Ending" | – | – | – | – |
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| 10 | Corey Ward | 34 | Hartsville, South Carolina | "Dancing on My Own" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – |
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| 11 | Victor Solomon | 22 | Peoria, Illinois | "Glory" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Episode 2 (March 2)
Episode 3 (March 8)
Episode 4 (March 9)
Episode 5 (March 15)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices |
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| Kelly | John | Nick | Blake |
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| 1 | Savanna Woods | 26 | Stanwood, Washington | "Zombie" | ✔ | – | ✔ | – |
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| 2 | Rachel Mac | 15 | Romeo, Michigan | "Let Him Fly" | – | – | ✔ | – |
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| 3 | Almond&Olive | N/A | Chicago, Illinois | "Wildflowers" | – | – | – | – |
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| 4 | Lindsay Joan | 22 | San Diego, California | "Nightmare" | – | – | ✔ | ✔ |
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| 5 | Rio Doyle | 16 | Adrian, Michigan | "When We Were Young" | – | ✔ | – | – |
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| 6 | Jordan Matthew Young | 34 | Austin, Texas | "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ |
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| 7 | Tyler Kohrs | 27 | Nashville, Tennessee | "More Hearts Than Mine" | – | – | – | – |
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| 8 | Zania Alaké | 34 | Detroit, Michigan | "Sweet Love" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – |
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| 9 | Savanna Chestnut | 25 | Americus, Kansas | "Hold Me Now" | – | – | – | ✔ |
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| 10 | NadiaNicole | 20 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | "I Wanna Be Down" | – | – | – | – |
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| 11 | Anna Grace | 20 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | "My Future" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Episode 6 (March 22)
Battles
The battles began on March 29, 2021, and concluded on April 12, 2021. The advisors for this round were Luis Fonsi for Team Kelly, Brandy for Team Legend, Darren Criss for Team Nick, and Dan + Shay for Team Blake. In this round, each coach can steal one losing artist from another team and save one losing artist on their own team. However, the team coach may only hit their button to save an artist after it is clear that no other coach is going to steal the artist.[5] Artists who win their battles or are stolen by another coach advance to the Knockouts and saved artists move on to the four-way knockout. Coaches will have five battles each on their team. At the end of this round, only seven artists will remain on each team, five will be from battles that were won, and one from a steal and a save respectively. In total, 28 artists advance to the knockouts.
style="background:#fdfc8f; border:1px solid black"| | Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts |
| | Artist lost the Battle, but was stolen by another coach, and, advanced to the Knockouts |
| | Artist lost the Battle, but was saved by their coach, and, advanced to the Four-way Knockout |
| | Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated | |
Knockouts
The knockouts began on April 19, 2021, and concluded on April 26, 2021. Snoop Dogg served as the mega mentor. In this round, each coach can steal one losing artist from another team. Artists who win their knockouts or are stolen by another coach advance to the live playoffs. In addition, each saved artist from the Battles will go head-to-head in the four-way knockout. Results for the head-to-head are decided by the public, with the winner being announced at the start of the live playoffs (episode 13). Only 17 artists in total will remain for the live playoffs, three on each team that won their respective knockouts, one stolen from another coach, and the artist that wins the four-way knockout, who will be added as a fifth artist on one of the coaches’ teams.
style="background:#fdfc8f; border:1px solid black"| | Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Playoffs |
| | Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Playoffs |
| | Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated | |
Episodes! scope="col" style="width:05%"| Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
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| Episodes 11 and 13 | Blake Shelton | 7 | Emma Caroline | "Neon Moon" | Eliminated |
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| Nick Jonas | 8 | Devan Blake Jones | "Sign of the Times" | Advanced |
| John Legend | 9 | Carolina Rial | "Anyone" | Eliminated |
| Kelly Clarkson | 10 | Savanna Woods | "Black Hole Sun" | Eliminated | |
Live Shows
Continuing from the previous season, the number of weeks of live shows consist of the live playoffs, semi-finals and finale. After the live playoffs, only the top nine artists remain: one of each team saved by the public and another saved by their coach. Then, the artist with more public votes from each team (out of the two or three who have not been previously chosen) receive a chance to compete in the Wildcard instant save, whose winner is added as a third member on a coach's team. On semi-finals, the artist with more public votes per team moves on to the finale, and the remaining five compete in the instant save, whose winner also moves on to the finale. In this round, the top five artists compete to win the competition.
The releasing of performances' studio version started from the Playoffs and switched back to iTunes and Apple Music after 1 season on YouTube Music. However, downloads or streams no longer count as votes. No performance has reached the top 10 on iTunes this season.
Live shows color key| | Artist was saved by public's vote |
| | Artist was saved by his/her coach |
| | Artist was not selected to advance nor be eliminated |
| | Artist was instantly saved |
| | Artist was eliminated |
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Week 1: Playoffs (May 10–11)
With the advancement of Corey Ward in the wildcard, this is the second time that Clarkson advances with three artists in the semi-final, the first being the fifteenth season.
Week 2: Semi-finals (May 17–18)
On Monday, the Top 9 artists each sing solos of their choosing and then they'll be put into trios to sing songs celebrating from the '70s. The public vote results will be announced on Tuesday following the format of 2 previous seasons.
Week 3: Finale (May 24–25)
Elimination chart
style="background:gold; border:1px solid black"| | Winner | | | | | | | | Saved by instant save (via Voice App) |
| | Runner-up | | | | | | | | Saved by the public |
| | Third place | | | | | | | | Saved by their coach |
| | Fourth place | | | | | | | | Saved by Wildcard (via Voice App) |
| | Fifth place | | | | | | | | Eliminated | |
style="background:#87ceeb; border:1px solid black"| | Team Kelly |
| | Team Legend |
| | Team Nick |
| | Team Blake | |
Overall
Live shows results per week| Artists | Week 1 Playoffs | Week 2 | Week 3 Finale |
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| Cam Anthony | Safe | Safe | Winner |
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| Kenzie Wheeler | Safe | Safe | Runner-up |
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| Jordan Matthew Young | Safe | Safe | 3rd Place |
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| Rachel Mac | Safe | Safe | 4th Place |
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| Victor Solomon | Safe | Safe | 5th Place |
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| Corey Ward | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 2) |
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| Dana Monique | Safe | Eliminated |
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| Gihanna Zoë | Safe | Eliminated |
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| Pia Renee | Safe | Eliminated |
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| Jose Figueroa Jr. | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 1, Wildcard performances) |
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| Pete Mroz | Eliminated |
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| Ryleigh Modig | Eliminated |
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| Andrew Marshall | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 1, Playoffs performances) |
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| Anna Grace | Eliminated |
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| Devan Blake Jones | Eliminated |
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| Zae Romeo | Eliminated |
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| Zania Alaké | Eliminated | |
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Per teams
Live shows results per team| Artists | Week 1 Playoffs | Week 2 | Week 3 Finale |
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| Kenzie Wheeler | Public's vote | Public's vote | Runner-up |
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| Corey Ward | Public's vote | Eliminated | |
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| Gihanna Zoë | Coach's choice | Eliminated | |
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| Zae Romeo | Eliminated | |
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| Victor Solomon | Public's vote | Public's vote | Fifth Place |
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| Pia Renee | Coach's choice | Eliminated | |
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| Ryleigh Modig | Eliminated | |
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| Zania Alaké | Eliminated | |
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| Rachel Mac | Public's vote | Public's vote | Fourth Place |
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| Dana Monique | Coach's choice | Eliminated | |
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| Jose Figueroa Jr. | Eliminated | |
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| Devan Blake Jones | Eliminated | |
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| Andrew Marshall | Eliminated | |
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| Cam Anthony | Public's vote | Public's vote | Winner |
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| Jordan Matthew Young | Coach's choice | Public's vote | Third Place |
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| Pete Mroz | Eliminated | |
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| Anna Grace | Eliminated | | |
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References
Notes
Notes and References
- Four-Time Emmy Award-Winning Musical Competition Series "The Voice" Returns Monday, March 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. NBC. The Futon Critic. February 1, 2021.
- Web site: 'The Voice' Crowns Season 20 Winner . 26 May 2021.
- News: Cohn. Paulette. 2021-01-20. The Voice Season 20 Is Just Around the Corner—Find Out What's in Store!. en. Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays. 2021-01-26.
- News: Webb Mitovich. Matt. 2021-02-01. The Voice Premiere date and Advisors. en. TV Line. 2021-02-02.
- Web site: The Voice - NBC.com. NBC. en-US. 2020-03-03.
