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The tenth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 29, 2016, on NBC.[1] Carson Daly returned as the show's host. Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Pharrell Williams all returned as coaches. Meanwhile, Christina Aguilera returned after a one-season hiatus, replacing Gwen Stefani who did not return as a coach for this season, however instead served as an advisor for Team Blake in the Battle Rounds.
For the first time in the show's history, iTunes bonus multipliers were now applied to performances for live performances during the finals in addition to the "Cumulative iTunes Vote Total"; duets were now made eligible for downloads but does not count as a vote for iTunes, although this would later became intact a year later in season twelve.
Alisan Porter was named the winner of the season, marking Christina Aguilera's first win as a coach. Aguilera also became the first female coach to win a season of The Voice. and Porter is the oldest female winner.[2]
Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned for their tenth season as coaches. Pharrell Williams returned for his fourth season and Christina Aguilera returned for her sixth season, after a season's hiatus.[3] The advisor for this season was next season's coach Miley Cyrus, who served as an advisor for all teams during the Knockouts.[4]
The open call auditions were held in the following locations.[5]
| Date(s) | Venue | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2015 | Cobo Center | Detroit, Michigan | |
| June 20, 2015 | Chesapeake Energy Arena | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| July 18–19, 2015 | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center | New York City, New York | |
| July 25–26, 2015 | Los Angeles Convention Center | Los Angeles, California |
| Coaches | Top 48 artists | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Levine | ||||||||||
| Laith Al-Saadi | Shalyah Fearing | Owen Danoff | Caroline Burns | Nate Butler | Brian Nhira | |||||
| Katherine Ho | Jessica Crosbie | John Gilman | Matt Tedder | |||||||
| Mike Schiavo | Lily Green | Natalie Yacovazzi | ||||||||
| Pharrell Williams | ||||||||||
| Hannah Huston | Daniel Passino | Emily Keener | Lacy Mandigo | Moushumi | Caity Peters | |||||
| Abby Celso | Malik Heard | |||||||||
| Joe Vivona | Jonathan Hutcherson | Jonathan Bach | ||||||||
| Christina Aguilera | ||||||||||
| Alisan Porter | Bryan Bautista | Nick Hagelin | Tamar Davis | Kata Hay | Ryan Quinn | |||||
| Maya Smith | Trey O'Dell | |||||||||
| Ayanna Jahnee | Kristen Marie | Chelsea Gann | ||||||||
| Blake Shelton | ||||||||||
| Adam Wakefield | Mary Sarah | Paxton Ingram | Katie Basden | Joe Maye | Justin Whisnant | |||||
| Brittany Kennell | Peyton Parker | Angie Keilhauer | Gina Castanzo | |||||||
| Teresa Guidry | Jared Harder | Brittney Lawrence | ||||||||
| Coach hit his or her "I WANT YOU" button | ||
| Artist defaulted to this coach's team | ||
| Artist elected to join this coach's team | ||
| Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button |
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Pharrell | Christina | Blake | ||||||
| 1 | Paxton Ingram | 23 | Miami, Florida | "Dancing on My Own" | — | ||||
| 2 | Caity Peters | 21 | Long Beach, California | "Jealous" | |||||
| 3 | Nick Hagelin | 28 | Atlanta, Georgia | "Lost Stars" | — | ||||
| 4 | Maddie Poppe | 17 | Clarksville, Iowa | "Dog Days Are Over" | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Mary Sarah | 20 | Richmond, Texas | "Where the Boys Are" | |||||
| 6 | Mike Schiavo | 21 | Colonia, New Jersey | "Talking Body" | — | ||||
| 7 | Queen Sessi | 24 | Bronx, New York | "Show Me Love" | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Bryan Bautista | 23 | Brooklyn, New York | "The Hills" | — | — | |||
| 9 | Abby Celso | 20 | Rochester, New York | "Should've Been Us" | — | — | |||
| 10 | John Gilman | 23 | Bayville, New Jersey | "Don't Be Cruel" | — | — | — | ||
| 11 | 34 | Agoura Hills, California | "Blue Bayou" | ||||||
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Pharrell | Christina | Blake | ||||||
| 1 | Joe Vivona | 27 | West Caldwell, New Jersey | "Dreaming with a Broken Heart" | — | ||||
| 2 | Shalyah Fearing | 15 | Hudson, Florida | "What Is Love" | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Adam Wakefield | 33 | "Tennessee Whiskey" | — | — | ||||
| 4 | Caroline Burns | 15 | Hollis, New Hampshire | "So Far Away" | — | — | |||
| 5 | Natalie Clark | 34 | Glasgow, Scotland | "All Right Now" | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Emily Keener | 16 | Wakeman, Ohio | "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | |||||
| 7 | Laith Al-Saadi | 38 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | "The Letter" | — | — | |||
| 8 | Angie Keilhauer | 24 | Marietta, Georgia / El Salvador | "I Hold On" | — | ||||
| 9 | Lacy Mandigo | 18 | Statesville, North Carolina | "Son of a Preacher Man" | — | — | — | ||
| 10 | Jonathan Bach | 20 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | "Born This Way" | — | — | — | ||
| 11 | Katherine Ho | 16 | Thousand Oaks, California | "Wildest Dreams" | — | — | |||
| 12 | Theron Early | 21 | Miami, Florida | "Amazed" | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | Kata Hay | 28 | Skiatook, Oklahoma | "Redneck Woman" | — | ||||
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Pharrell | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Hannah Huston | 24 | Lincoln, Nebraska | "Unaware" | — | |||
| 2 | Brian Nhira | 23 | "Happy" | — | — | |||
| 3 | Aijia Grammer | 29 | Los Angeles, California | "Say Something" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Brittany Kennell | 27 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada / Nashville, Tennessee | "Strong Enough" | — | — | ||
| 5 | Natalie Yacovazzi | 28 | Chicago, Illinois | "Mr. Know It All" | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Malik Heard | 19 | Dallas, Texas | "Chains" | — | — | ||
| 7 | Peyton Parker | 20 | Kennesaw, Georgia | "Dreams" | — | |||
| 8 | Gina Castanzo | 18 | West Chester, Pennsylvania | "Cecilia and the Satellite" | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Trey O'Dell | 20 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | "Geronimo" | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Kristen Marie | 20 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | "Mad World" | — | — | ||
| 11 | Evan Taylor Jones | 25 | Orlando, Florida | "Homegrown" | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Nate Butler | 19 | Shamong, New Jersey | "The Walk" | — | |||
| 13 | Ryan Quinn | 25 | Westmoreland, New York | "Can't Find My Way Home" | ||||
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Pharrell | Christina | Blake | ||||||
| 1 | Tamar Davis | 35 | Houston, Texas | "Chain of Fools" | — | — | |||
| 2 | Jessica Crosbie | 21 | Atlanta, Georgia / Cornwall, England | "Viva la Vida" | — | ||||
| 3 | Justin Whisnant | 28 | Bearden, Oklahoma | "Ain't Worth the Whiskey" | — | — | |||
| 4 | Jackie Lipson | 25 | South Windsor, Connecticut | "Ex's & Oh's" | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Daniel Passino | 21 | New Boston, Michigan | "Marvin Gaye" | — | — | |||
| 6 | Owen Danoff | 25 | Washington, D.C. / New York, New York | "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" | |||||
| 7 | Maya Smith | 31 | Los Angeles, California | "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" | — | — | |||
| 8 | Nolan Neal | 35 | Nashville, Tennessee | "Drive" | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Brittney Lawrence | 21 | Jacksonville, Florida | "Warrior" | — | — | |||
| 10 | Teresa Guidry | 21 | Rock Hill, South Carolina | "Girl Crush" | — | — | |||
| 11 | Chelsea Gann | 27 | Liberty Mounds, Oklahoma | "Wild Angels" | — | — | — | ||
| 12 | Lily Green | 16 | Brooklyn, New York | "Songbird" | — | — | — | ||
| 13 | Matt Tedder | 20 | Fort Worth, Texas / Nashville, Tennessee | "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" | — | — | — | ||
| 14 | Joe Maye | 24 | Baltimore, Maryland | "I Put a Spell on You" | — | — | |||
This episode covered the Best of the Blind Auditions and a sneak peek of the next stage of competition, the Battle Rounds.[6]
The sixth episode included the last of the Blind Auditions as well as the first Battles. All of the coaches performed "I Wish".[7]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Pharrell | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Jared Harder | 22 | Joplin, Missouri | "Merry Go 'Round" | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Moushumi | 22 | Edison, New Jersey | "Wicked Game" | rowspan=10 | |||
| 3 | Jake Hendershot | 29 | Muncie, Indiana | "Unchain My Heart" | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Jesse Bardwell | 22 | Bozeman, Montana | "Good Hearted Woman" | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Selina Carrera | 19 | Culver City, California | "Valerie" | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Katie Basden | 23 | Durham, North Carolina | "Midnight Rider" | ||||
| 7 | Jonathan Hutcherson | 16 | Wilmore, Kentucky | "You & I" | — | |||
| 8 | Collin Taylor | 24 | Orange, Connecticut | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | — | |||
| 9 | Brianna Mazzola | 15 | Palo Alto, California | "1+1" | — | |||
| 10 | Chase Walker | 17 | Riverside, California | "She Talks to Angels" | — | |||
| 11 | Ayanna Jahneé | 20 | Nashville, Tennessee | "Skyfall" | ||||
The Battles (from the second half of episode 6 to episode 9) consisted of two 2-hour episodes, one 1-hour and one special episodes each on March 14, 15, 21 and 22, 2016. Season ten's advisors included: Tori Kelly for Team Adam, Sean 'Diddy' Combs for Team Pharrell, Patti LaBelle for Team Christina and Gwen Stefani for Team Blake. Each coach can exercise the use of two "Steals" for this round.
Color key:
| 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 and was originally eliminated but received the Coach Comeback and advanced straight to the Live Playoffs | ||
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal' result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Pharrell | Christina | Blake | ||||||
| Episode 6 | Adam Levine | 1 | Ryan Quinn | "Maybe I'm Amazed" | Katie Basden | — | |||
| Blake Shelton | 2 | Paxton Ingram | "I Know What You Did Last Summer" | Brittney Lawrence | — | — | — | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | Bryan Bautista | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | Malik Heard | |||||
| Episode 7 | Christina Aguilera | 1 | Tamar Davis | "Lady Marmalade" | Shalyah Fearing | — | — | ||
| Blake Shelton | 2 | Mary Sarah | "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" | Justin Whisnant | — | — | |||
| Pharrell Williams | 3 | Nick Hagelin | "Electric Feel" | Jessica Crosbie | — | — | |||
| Christina Aguilera | 4 | Kata Hay | "I'm the Only One" | Chelsea Gann | — | — | |||
| Adam Levine | 5 | Nate Butler | "Hollow" | Natalie Yacovazzi | — | — | |||
| Pharrell Williams | 6 | Hannah Huston | "Elastic Heart" | Maya Smith | — | ||||
| Episode 8 | Blake Shelton | 1 | Adam Wakefield | "Can't You See" | Jared Harder | — | — | ||
| Pharrell Williams | 2 | Emily Keener | "Explosions" | Jonathan Bach | — | — | — | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | Daniel Passino | "Turning Tables" | Kristen Marie | — | — | |||
| Pharrell Williams | 4 | Moushumi | "Photograph" | Jonathan Hutcherson | — | — | — | ||
| Adam Levine | 5 | Katherine Ho | "Lovefool" | Lily Green | — | — | |||
| Blake Shelton | 6 | Angie Keilhauer | "Backseat of a Greyhound Bus" | Teresa Guidry | — | — | |||
| Pharrell Williams | 7 | Abby Celso | "Sugar" | Brian Nhira | — | ||||
| Adam Levine | 8 | Caroline Burns | "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" | Mike Schiavo | — | — | |||
| Christina Aguilera | 9 | Alisan Porter | "California Dreamin'" | Lacy Mandigo | |||||
| Episode 9[8] | Adam Levine | 1 | Laith Al-Saadi | "Honky Tonk Women" | Matt Tedder | — | rowspan="6" | ||
| Pharrell Williams | 2 | Caity Peters | "Honesty" | Joe Vivona | — | ||||
| Blake Shelton | 3 | Peyton Parker | "Borderline" | Gina Castanzo | — | ||||
| Christina Aguilera | 4 | Joe Maye | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | Ayanna Jahnee | |||||
| Adam Levine | 5 | Owen Danoff | "Runaway" | John Gilman | — | ||||
| Blake Shelton | 6 | Brittany Kennell | "The Chain" | Trey O'Dell | |||||
For the Knockouts, Miley Cyrus was assigned as a mentor for contestants in all four teams. The coaches can each steal one losing artist. The top 20 contestants, plus four receiving the Coach Comeback from either the Knockouts or the earlier Battles, will then move on to the "Live Shows."
Color key:
| 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 originally eliminated but received the Coach Comeback and advanced to the Live Playoffs | ||
| Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Song | Artists | Song | 'Steal' result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Loser | Adam | Pharrell | Christina | Blake | ||||||
| Episode 10[9] | Blake Shelton | 1 | "Hometown Glory" | Paxton Ingram | Angie Keilhauer | "Take Your Time" | — | — | — | ||
| Adam Levine | 2 | "She's Always a Woman" | Owen Danoff | Ryan Quinn | "Drops of Jupiter" | — | — | ||||
| Pharrell Williams | 3 | "House of the Rising Sun" | Hannah Huston | Malik Heard | "Isn't She Lovely" | — | — | ||||
| Blake Shelton | 4 | "Gypsy" | Katie Basden | Lacy Mandigo | "Zombie" | ||||||
| Christina Aguilera | 5 | "River" | Alisan Porter | Daniel Passino 1 | "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" | — | — | ||||
| Pharrell Williams | 6 | "Big Yellow Taxi" | Emily Keener | Shalyah Fearing | "A Broken Wing" | — | |||||
| Episode 11 | Blake Shelton | 1 | "Bring It On Home to Me" | Adam Wakefield | Peyton Parker | "Travelin' Soldier" | |||||
| Pharrell Williams | 2 | "New Americana" | Moushumi | Nick Hagelin 2 | "Lost Without U" | — | |||||
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | "Lay Me Down" | Tamar Davis | Maya Smith | "No One" | — | |||||
| Episode 12[10] | Adam Levine | 1 | "Grenade" | Brian Nhira | Nate Butler | "Let's Stay Together" | — | ||||
| Blake Shelton | 2 | "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" | Mary Sarah | Brittany Kennell | "You're Still The One" | ||||||
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | "Sorry" | Bryan Bautista | Trey O'Dell | "I Lived" | — | |||||
| Pharrell Williams | 4 | "Leave Your Lover" | Caity Peters | Abby Celso | "Rich Girl" | — | |||||
| Adam Levine | 5 | "In Your Eyes" | Laith Al-Saadi | Jessica Crosbie | "Wake Me Up" | — | |||||
| 6 | "Human" | Caroline Burns | Katherine Ho | "Realize" | — | ||||||
| Christina Aguilera | 7 | "Why Haven't I Heard from You" | Kata Hay | Joe Maye | "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" | ||||||
| Episode 13 | The thirteenth episode was a special one-hour episode titled "The Road to the Live Shows." The episode presented the "best moments of the season so far", including the blind auditions, the journey of the top 20 contestants and some unseen footage. | ||||||||||
The Live Shows are the final phase of the competition, consisting of seven weeks of shows beginning with the playoffs and a live finale.
Color key:
| Artist was saved by the Public's votes | ||
| Artist was saved by his/her coach or placed in the bottom two, or middle three | ||
| Artist was saved by the Instant Save | ||
| Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 10 after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10 | ||
| Artist was eliminated |
The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 14, 15, and 16. 24 artists perform for a public vote; the top two artists per each team advances via public vote, while the bottom four artists compete for the coaches' save in the results show. The Monday night broadcast featured Teams Blake and Christina, the Tuesday night broadcast featured Teams Adam and Pharrell, and the Wednesday night broadcast featured the results.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 14 | Blake Shelton | 1 | Paxton Ingram | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Blake's choice |
| Christina Aguilera | 2 | Ryan Quinn | "I'm Not the Only One" | Eliminated | |
| Blake Shelton | 3 | Katie Basden | "Georgia Rain" | Eliminated | |
| Christina Aguilera | 4 | Kata Hay | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Eliminated | |
| 5 | Nick Hagelin | "Stay" | Public's vote | ||
| Blake Shelton | 6 | Joe Maye | "Long Train Runnin'" | Eliminated | |
| 7 | Adam Wakefield | "Seven Spanish Angels" | Public's vote | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 8 | Tamar Davis | "Rise Up" | Eliminated | |
| Blake Shelton | 9 | Mary Sarah | "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden" | Public's vote | |
| Christina Aguilera | 10 | Bryan Bautista | "Pillowtalk" | Christina's choice | |
| Blake Shelton | 11 | Justin Whisnant | "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" | Eliminated | |
| Christina Aguilera | 12 | Alisan Porter | "Cry Baby" | Public's vote | |
| Episode 15 | Pharrell Williams | 1 | Daniel Passino | "When I Was Your Man" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Emily Keener | "Still Crazy After All These Years" | Pharrell's choice | ||
| Adam Levine | 3 | Laith Al-Saadi | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Public's vote | |
| Pharrell Williams | 4 | Moushumi | "Love Yourself" | Eliminated | |
| 5 | Lacy Mandigo | "Love Is a Battlefield" | Eliminated | ||
| Adam Levine | 6 | Owen Danoff | "Hero" | Adam's choice | |
| 7 | Shalyah Fearing | "Listen" | Public's vote | ||
| 8 | Nate Butler | "Sara Smile" | Eliminated | ||
| Pharrell Williams | 9 | Caity Peters | "I'll Be Waiting" | Eliminated | |
| Adam Levine | 10 | Caroline Burns | "All I Want" | Eliminated | |
| 11 | Brian Nhira | "Alive" | Eliminated | ||
| Pharrell Williams | 12 | Hannah Huston | "Ain't No Way" | Public's vote | |
| Order | Performer | Song | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.1 | Team Pharrell (Hannah Huston, Emily Keener, Lacy Mandigo, Moushumi, Daniel Passino and Caity Peters) | "Don't You Worry Child" | |
| 16.2 | Jordan Smith | "Stand in the Light" | |
| 16.3 | Team Blake (Katie Basden, Paxton Ingram, Joe Maye, Mary Sarah, Adam Wakefield and Justin Whisnant) | "Hey Brother" | |
| 16.4 | Team Christina (Bryan Bautista, Tamar Davis, Nick Hagelin, Kata Hay, Alisan Porter and Ryan Quinn) | "Stars" | |
| 16.5 | Team Adam (Laith Al-Saadi, Caroline Burns, Nate Butler, Owen Danoff, Shalyah Fearing and Brian Nhira) | "Your Song" |
From weeks two to five, two artists with the fewest votes compete for an Instant Save, with one leaving the competition each week until the semifinals. iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Adam Wakefield (#7) and Alisan Porter (#9).[11]
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 17 | Blake Shelton | 1 | Mary Sarah | "So Small" | Public's vote |
| Adam Levine | 2 | Laith Al-Saadi | "Born Under a Bad Sign" | Public's vote | |
| Pharrell Williams | 3 | Daniel Passino | "Human Nature" | Public's vote | |
| 4 | Emily Keener | "Lilac Wine" | Bottom two | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 5 | Nick Hagelin | "Mine Would Be You" | Public's vote | |
| Blake Shelton | 6 | Adam Wakefield | "Soulshine" | Public's vote | |
| Christina Aguilera | 7 | Bryan Bautista | "Kiss from a Rose" | Public's vote | |
| Adam Levine | 8 | Owen Danoff | "7 Years" | Bottom two | |
| Christina Aguilera | 9 | Alisan Porter | "Stone Cold" | Public's vote | |
| Blake Shelton | 10 | Paxton Ingram | "Hands to Myself" | Public's vote | |
| Pharrell Williams | 11 | Hannah Huston | "Something's Got a Hold on Me" | Public's vote | |
| Adam Levine | 12 | Shalyah Fearing | "Up to the Mountain" | Public's vote | |
| Episode 18 | |||||
| Instant Save performances | |||||
| Pharrell Williams | 1 | Emily Keener | "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" | Eliminated | |
| Adam Levine | 2 | Owen Danoff | "Lego House" | Instant Save | |
| Order | Performer | Song | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.1 | Gwen Stefani | "Misery" | |
| 18.2 | Blake Shelton and his team (Paxton Ingram, Mary Sarah and Adam Wakefield) | "I Love a Rainy Night" | |
| 18.3 | Adam Levine and his team (Laith Al-Saadi, Owen Danoff, and Shalyah Fearing) | "If You Want Me to Stay" |
None of the artists reached the top 10 on iTunes, so no bonuses were awarded.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 19 | Adam Levine | 1 | Shalyah Fearing | "The Climb" | Public's vote |
| Pharrell Williams | 2 | Daniel Passino | "Time After Time" | Bottom two | |
| Blake Shelton | 3 | Paxton Ingram | "Break Every Chain" | Public's vote | |
| Adam Levine | 4 | Owen Danoff | "Fire and Rain" | Bottom two | |
| Blake Shelton | 5 | Mary Sarah | "Johnny and June" | Public's vote | |
| Christina Aguilera | 6 | "Stay With Me Baby" | Public's vote | ||
| 7 | Bryan Bautista | "Just the Way You Are" | Public's vote | ||
| Blake Shelton | 8 | Adam Wakefield | "Lights" | Public's vote | |
| Christina Aguilera | 9 | Nick Hagelin | "Your Body Is a Wonderland" | Public's vote | |
| Pharrell Williams | 10 | Hannah Huston | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Public's vote | |
| Adam Levine | 11 | Laith Al-Saadi | "Make It Rain" | Public's vote | |
| Episode 20 | |||||
| Instant Save performances | |||||
| Pharrell Williams | 1 | Daniel Passino | "Jealous" | Instant Save | |
| Adam Levine | 2 | Owen Danoff | "Burning House" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 20.1 | Thomas Rhett | "T-Shirt" |
| 20.2 | Pharrell Williams and his team (Hannah Huston and Daniel Passino) | "Let Love Rule" |
| 20.3 | Christina Aguilera and her team (Bryan Bautista, Nick Hagelin and Alisan Porter) | "Live and Let Die" |
iTunes bonus multiplier was awarded to Porter (#6).[12]
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 21 | Pharrell Williams | 1 | Daniel Passino | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Bottom two |
| Adam Levine | 2 | Shalyah Fearing | "My Kind of Love" | Public's vote | |
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | Nick Hagelin | "I Can't Help It" | Bottom two | |
| Pharrell Williams | 4 | Hannah Huston | "Rolling in the Deep" | Public's vote | |
| Adam Levine | 5 | Laith Al-Saadi | "The Thrill Is Gone" | Public's vote | |
| Blake Shelton | 6 | Paxton Ingram | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Public's vote | |
| 7 | Mary Sarah | "Stand By Your Man" | Public's vote | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 8 | Bryan Bautista | "Promise" | Public's vote | |
| 9 | Alisan Porter | "Let Him Fly" | Public's vote | ||
| Blake Shelton | 10 | Adam Wakefield | "I Got a Woman" | Public's vote | |
| Episode 22 | |||||
| Instant Save performances | |||||
| Christina Aguilera | 1 | Nick Hagelin | "Thinking Out Loud" | Instant Save | |
| Pharrell Williams | 2 | Daniel Passino | "Uptown Funk" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 21.1 | Top 10 | "Home" |
| 22.1 | DNCE | "Toothbrush/Cake by the Ocean" |
| 22.2 | Sawyer Fredericks | "4 Pockets" |
iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Wakefield (#9) and Laith Al-Saadi (#10).[13] This week's Instant Save was the second closest in the show's history, with Paxton and Nick tied for most of the voting window; Paxton was saved with a difference of nearly 100 votes.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 23 | Blake Shelton | 1 | Paxton Ingram | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Bottom two |
| 2 | Mary Sarah | "My Church" | Public's vote | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | Nick Hagelin | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | Bottom two | |
| Pharrell Williams | 4 | Hannah Huston | "Say You Love Me" | Public's vote | |
| Adam Levine | 5 | Shalyah Fearing | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Public's vote | |
| 6 | Laith Al-Saadi | "We've Got Tonight" | Public's vote | ||
| Blake Shelton | 7 | Adam Wakefield | "Love Has No Pride" | Public's vote | |
| Christina Aguilera | 8 | Alisan Porter | "Cryin'" | Public's vote | |
| 9 | Bryan Bautista | "1+1" | Public's vote | ||
| Episode 24 | |||||
| Instant Save performances | |||||
| Blake Shelton | 1 | Paxton Ingram | "How Will I Know" | Instant Save | |
| Christina Aguilera | 2 | Nick Hagelin | "Change the World" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Performer | Song | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.1 | Florida Georgia Line | "H.O.L.Y." | |
| 23.2 | Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani | "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" | |
| 24.1 | James Bay | "Let It Go" | |
| 24.2 | Andy Samberg and Adam Levine | "I'm So Humble" |
Four artists were eliminated on the semifinals. During the results, the top three artists with the most votes were immediately advanced the finals, the bottom two artists with the fewest votes were eliminated immediately, and the middle three artists were eligible for the Instant Save. In addition to their individual songs, each artist performed a duet with another artist in the competition, though these duets were not available for purchase on iTunes. iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Wakefield (#2), Porter (#3), Hannah Huston (#5), Mary Sarah (#6), Bryan Bautista (#7) and Al-Saadi (#10).[14] All four coaches had an artist advance to the finals for the first time ever since season 1 and season 2 (which was team-based rather than individual), thus becoming the first season in The Voice history to achieve this distinction organically. Pink served as a mentor for the semifinalists on all four teams.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Solo Song | Duet Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 25 | Adam Levine | 1 (10) | Shalyah Fearing | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | "Masterpiece" | Eliminated |
| Blake Shelton | 3 (10) | Paxton Ingram | "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" | Eliminated | ||
| Adam Levine | 4 (7) | Laith Al-Saadi | "One and Only" | "Knock on Wood" | Middle three | |
| Christina Aguilera | 6 (2) | Alisan Porter | "Desperado" | "Angel from Montgomery" | Public's vote | |
| Blake Shelton | 8 (2) | Adam Wakefield | "I'm Sorry" | Public's vote | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 9 (5) | Bryan Bautista | "Hurt" | "Break Free" | Middle three | |
| Blake Shelton | 11 (5) | Mary Sarah | "I Told You So" | Middle three | ||
| Pharrell Williams | 12 (7) | Hannah Huston | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | "Knock on Wood" | Public's vote | |
| Episode 26 | ||||||
| Instant Save performances | ||||||
| Blake Shelton | 1 | Mary Sarah | "Something in the Water" | Eliminated | ||
| Christina Aguilera | 2 | Bryan Bautista | "Adorn" | Eliminated | ||
| Adam Levine | 3 | Laith Al-Saadi | "All Along the Watchtower" | Instant Save | ||
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | Alicia Keys | "In Common" |
| 26.2 | OneRepublic | "Wherever I Go" |
The Top four performed on Monday, May 23, 2016, with the final results following on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Finalists performed a solo song, a duet with their coach, and an original song. In a change from the previous seasons, iTunes bonus multipliers were extended to songs performed in the final performance show. iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Wakefield (#1 and #9), Huston (#3 and #7), Porter (#4 and #5) and Al-Saadi (#6).[15] All iTunes votes received for the six weeks leading up to the finale were cumulatively added to online and app finale votes for each finalist.[16]
| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo Song | Order | Duet Song (With coach) | Order | Original Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Levine | Laith Al-Saadi | 1 | "White Room" | 5 | "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End" | 9 | "Morning Light" | Fourth place |
| Christina Aguilera | Alisan Porter | 12 | "Somewhere" | 6 | "You've Got a Friend" | 2 | "Down That Road" | Winner |
| Blake Shelton | Adam Wakefield | 10 | "When I Call Your Name" | 3 | "The Conversation" | 7 | "Lonesome Broken and Blue" | Runner-up |
| Pharrell Williams | Hannah Huston | 4 | "Every Breath You Take" | 8 | "Brand New" | 11 | "I Call the Shots" | Third place |
| Order | Performer | Song | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28.1 | Little Big Town | "One of Those Days" | |
| 28.2 | CeeLo Green and Hannah Huston | "Crazy" | |
| 28.3 | Alisan Porter (with Kata Hay, Paxton Ingram and Ryan Quinn) | "Straight On" | |
| 28.4 | Joe Walsh and Laith Al-Saadi | "Rocky Mountain Way" | |
| 28.5 | Sia | "Cheap Thrills" | |
| 28.6 | Alison Krauss and Adam Wakefield | "Willin'" | |
| 28.7 | Hannah Huston (with Bryan Bautista, Brian Nhira and Caity Peters) | "When We Were Young" | |
| 28.8 | Zayn | "Like I Would" | |
| 28.9 | Blake Shelton | "She's Got a Way with Words" | |
| 28.10 | Laith Al-Saadi | "Georgia on My Mind" | |
| 28.11 | Jennifer Nettles and Alisan Porter | "Unlove You" | |
| 28.12 | Adam Wakefield (with Nick Hagelin, Mary Sarah and Justin Whisnant) | "Gimme Some Lovin'" | |
| 28.13 | Ariana Grande and Christina Aguilera | "Into You / Dangerous Woman" | |
| 28.14 | Alisan Porter (winner) | "Down That Road" |
| +Live show results per week | ||||||||
| Artist | Week 1 Playoffs | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 Finale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alisan Porter | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |
| Adam Wakefield | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | |
| Hannah Huston | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd place | |
| Laith Al-Saadi | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th place | |
| Bryan Bautista | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 6) | |
| Mary Sarah | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||
| Shalyah Fearing | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||
| Paxton Ingram | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||
| Nick Hagelin | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||
| Daniel Passino | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||||
| Owen Danoff | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||||
| Emily Keener | Safe | Eliminated | ||||||
| Katie Basden | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||
| Caroline Burns | Eliminated | |||||||
| Nate Butler | Eliminated | |||||||
| Tamar Davis | Eliminated | |||||||
| Kata Hay | Eliminated | |||||||
| Lacy Mandigo | Eliminated | |||||||
| Joe Maye | Eliminated | |||||||
| Moushumi | Eliminated | |||||||
| Brian Nhira | Eliminated | |||||||
| Caity Peters | Eliminated | |||||||
| Ryan Quinn | Eliminated | |||||||
| Justin Whisnant | Eliminated | |||||||
| Artist | Week 1 Playoffs | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 Finale | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laith Al-Saadi | Public's vote | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Fourth place | |||
| Shalyah Fearing | Public's vote | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| Owen Danoff | Coach's Choice | Advanced | Eliminated | |||||||
| Caroline Burns | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Nate Butler | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Brian Nhira | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Hannah Huston | Public's vote | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Third place | |||
| Daniel Passino | Public's vote | Advanced | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||||
| Emily Keener | Coach's Choice | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Lacy Mandigo | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Moushumi | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Caity Peters | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Alisan Porter | Public's vote | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Winner | |||
| Bryan Bautista | Coach's Choice | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| Nick Hagelin | Public's vote | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Eliminated | |||||
| Tamar Davis | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Kata Hay | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Ryan Quinn | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Adam Wakefield | Public's vote | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Runner-up | |||
| Mary Sarah | Public's vote | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| Paxton Ingram | Coach's Choice | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| Katie Basden | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Joe Maye | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Justin Whisnant | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Episode | Original airdate | Production | Time slot (ET) | Viewers | Adults (18–49) | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | Share | |||||||
| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 1" | 1001 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 13.33 | 3.4 | 11 | [17] | |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2" | 1002 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 12.29 | 3.0 | 10 | [18] | |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | 1003 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 13.45 | 3.2 | 10 | [19] | |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | 1004 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 13.53 | 3.1 | 10 | [20] | |
| 5 | "Best of The Blind Auditions" | 1005 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.18 | 2.0 | 7 | [21] | |
| 6 | "The Blinds End and the Battles Begin" | 1006 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.47 | 3.0 | 10 | [22] | |
| 7 | "The Battles Premiere, Part 2" | 1007 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.19 | 2.7 | 9 | [23] | |
| 8 | "The Battles, Part 3" | 1008 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.22 | 2.8 | 9 | [24] | |
| 9 | "The Battles, Part 4" | 1009 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 10.76 | 2.5 | 9 | [25] | |
| 10 | "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 1" | 1010 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.38 | 2.8 | 9 | [26] | |
| 11 | "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 2" | 1011 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.10 | 2.4 | 8 | [27] | |
| 12 | "The Knockouts, Part 3" | 1012 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.43 | 2.5 | 8 | [28] | |
| 13 | "The Road to the Live Shows" | 1013 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 6.72 | 1.4 | 5 | [29] | |
| 14 | "The Live Playoffs, Night 1" | 1014 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.41 | 2.3 | 7 | [30] | |
| 15 | "The Live Playoffs, Night 2" | 1015 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 10.81 | 2.3 | 8 | [31] | |
| 16 | "The Live Playoffs, Results" | 1016 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 8.88 | 1.7 | 6 | [32] | |
| 17 | "Live Top 12 Performance" | 1017 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.07 | 2.2 | 7 | [33] | |
| 18 | "Live Top 12 Results" | 1017 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.79 | 1.8 | 7 | [34] | |
| 19 | "Live Top 11 Performance" | 1019 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 9.49 | 2.0 | 7 | [35] | |
| 20 | "Live Top 11 Results" | 1020 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 10.07 | 2.0 | 7 | [36] | |
| 21 | "Live Top 10 Performance" | 1021 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 9.97 | 2.1 | 7 | [37] | |
| 22 | "Live Top 10 Results" | 1022 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 8.60 | 1.6 | 6 | [38] | |
| 23 | "Live Top 9 Performance" | 1023 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 9.87 | 2.1 | 7 | [39] | |
| 24 | "Live Top 9 Results" | 1024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.05 | 1.8 | 7 | [40] | |
| 25 | "Live Top 8 Semifinals Performance" | 1025 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 9.52 | 2.1 | 7 | [41] | |
| 26 | "Live Top 8 Semifinals Results" | 1026 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.05 | 1.8 | 6 | [42] | |
| 27 | "Live Finale Performance" | 1027 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.26 | 2.0 | 7 | [43] | |
| 28 | "Live Finale Results" | 1028 | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | 10.59 | 2.2 | 7 | [44] | |
The show faced controversy when Katherine Ho, a contestant on Team Adam, was the second contestant in the history of the show to make it to the third round of the competition and have all of her performances, including her Blind Audition, Battle, and Knockout round, montaged (not shown in full).
According to Matt Carter, "It's not often that we write an article on 'The Voice' that is about a contestant being triple-montaged, mostly because it is such a rare phenomenon, but here we are with it happening to Katherine Ho. When it a triple-montage does happen, it just makes it all the more frustrating since it eliminates the purpose of the show. We know that there is no guarantee that you are going to get airtime when you audition for the show, but we do think for the most part you should get a little more attention than Katherine Ho got over the course of the competition. Her Battle Round performance of Caroline Burns was not really shown, and this puts her in a similar camp with Rebekah Samarin back in season 7 of the show. They made it far enough on the show that they cannot audition again, and yet they don't really get a lot of publicity – it's pretty unfair.
Here's the most egregious thing about this performance tonight: We don't even know what Katherine sang! She just didn't get any attention at all."[45]
| Episode | Show segment | Performer(s) | Title | Reaction | Performance type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot 100 | Hot digital | |||||
| 16 | Live Playoffs Results | Jordan Smith | "Stand In The Light" | live performance | ||
| 18 | Top 12 Results | Gwen Stefani | "Misery" | live performance | ||
| 20 | Top 11 Results | Thomas Rhett | "T-Shirt" | live performance | ||
| 22 | Top 10 Results | DNCE | "Toothbrush"/"Cake by the Ocean" | live performance | ||
| Sawyer Fredericks | "4 Pockets" | live performance | ||||
| 23 | Top 9 Performances | Florida Georgia Line | "H.O.L.Y." | live performance | ||
| Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Stefani | "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" | live performance | ||||
| 24 | Top 9 Results | James Bay | "Let It Go" | live performance | ||
| Andy Samberg and Adam Levine | "I'm So Humble" | live performance | ||||
| 26 | Top 8 Results | Alicia Keys | "In Common" | live performance | ||
| OneRepublic | "Wherever I Go" | live performance | ||||
| 28 | Finale Results | Little Big Town | "One of Those Days" | live performance | ||
| CeeLo Green and Hannah Huston | "Crazy" | live performance | ||||
| Joe Walsh and Laith Al-Saadi | "Rocky Mountain Way" | live performance | ||||
| Sia | "Cheap Thrills" | live performance | ||||
| Alison Krauss and Adam Wakefield | "Willin'" | live performance | ||||
| Zayn | "Like I Would" | live performance | ||||
| Blake Shelton | "She's Got a Way with Words" | live performance | ||||
| Jennifer Nettles and Alisan Porter | "Unlove You" | live performance | ||||
| Ariana Grande and Christina Aguilera | "Into You" / "Dangerous Woman" | live performance | ||||