The_Voice_(American_season_6)

<i>The Voice</i> (American TV series) season 6

The Voice (American TV series) season 6

Season of television series


The sixth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 24, 2014,[1] on NBC. Carson Daly returned to host. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned as coaches for their sixth season, while Shakira and Usher returned for their second season after being replaced by original coaches Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green in season five. This was the last season to feature Shakira and Usher as coaches.

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The Instant Save which first introduced last season returned with a new change which eligible artists performed an additional song. Knockout rounds did not appear this season, although a similar second Battle round took its place. This is the last of the four consecutive seasons to feature a final three, and would increase the finalists to four beginning on the next season.

Josh Kaufman was named the winner of the season, marking Usher's first win as a coach. Also, for the first time in the show's history, a stolen artist went on to win the entire season.

Coaches and hosts

The coaching panel once again saw a change as Adam Levine and Blake Shelton were rejoined by season four coaches Shakira and Usher. Christina Aguilera took another hiatus from the show and CeeLo Green departed at the end of season five. Carson Daly returned as host.[2] It was reported that Christina Milian, who served as the social media correspondent in seasons two through four, was open to returning,[3] but ultimately did not.

Artists serving as mentors for the first Battle Rounds included Miranda Lambert (who previously appeared in the second season in the series as an advisor) for Team Shakira,[4] The Band Perry for Team Blake,[5] Jill Scott for Team Usher,[6] and Aloe Blacc for Team Adam.[7]

With the replacement of the Knockout Round with the "Battles, Round 2", Coldplay frontman Chris Martin served as the sole advisor for all four teams.[8]

Development

Auditions

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St. Louis
St. Louis
Las Vegas
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New York City
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Cities where the auditions were held

The open call auditions were held in the following locations:

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Promotion

A special look at the season was premiered on February 19, 2014, featuring Christina Grimmie's full audition covering Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball". All four coaches turned for her, but her coach choice was not shown.[13] A second special look at the season was premiered the following day, featuring Bria Kelly's full audition covering "Steamroller Blues". All four coaches also turned for her, but like Grimmie, her ultimate coach choice was not shown.[14] A third preview featuring Clarissa Serna's cover of The Cranberries' song "Zombie" was released on February 28, 2014, to promote the second week of the Blind Auditions. Like Grimmie and Kelly, her choice was not shown.[15]

Teams

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Blind auditions

The Blind Auditions were taped between October 10 and 13, 2013.[16] The first episode of the Blind auditions premiered on February 24, 2014.

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   Coach hit their "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 their "I WANT YOU" button

Episode 1 (Feb. 24)

The four coaches performed a medley of each other's songs, including "Whenever, Wherever", "Boys 'Round Here", "Love Somebody" and "Without You".[17]

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Episode 2 (Feb. 25)

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Episode 3 (March 3)

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Episode 4 (March 4)

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Episode 5 (March 10)

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Episode 6 (March 11)

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The Battles

Round 1

The Battles, Round 1 (episodes 7 to 15) consisted of two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on March 17, 18, 24 and 25, 2014. There were also two recap episodes that aired on March 23 and 30, 2014. Season six's advisors are Aloe Blacc for Team Adam,[7] Miranda Lambert for Team Shakira,[4] Jill Scott for Team Usher,[6] and The Band Perry for Team Blake.[5] Continuing with the format introduced in season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to The Battles, Round 2, a new round replacing the Knockout round of previous seasons.[23]

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       Artist won the Battle and advanced to The Battles, Round 2
       Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to The Battles, Round 2
       Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

Week 1 and 2

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Round 2

In season six, the Knockout Round was replaced by a second round of Battles, dubbed "The Battles, Round 2," which took place during episodes 14–16 on March 31, April 1, and April 7 respectively. Unlike the first round of The Battles, each team will share the same advisor, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.[24] Coaches give each Battle pairing a list of songs and each pair must agree on which song to sing.[25] Each coach is allowed one steal this round, like the Knockout round of previous seasons.[8]

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       Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Playoffs
       Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Playoffs
       Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

Week 3 & 4

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The Playoffs

The Playoffs began on April 8 and comprised episodes 16 to 18. The season six Playoffs were prerecorded and did not have the interactive viewer component, and therefore no subsequent results shows. The top twenty artists performed for the coaches; there was no public vote (hence no iTunes bonus or Instant Save) in the playoffs. Instead, each of the coaches selected two of their own artists to eliminate.

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^1 Episodes airing on Monday had a running time of two hours.
^2 Episodes airing on Tuesday & Sunday had a running time of one hour.

Live shows

The live shows is the final phase of the competition, consisting of five weekly shows and the season finale. For season six, the show expanded upon the "Instant Save" introduced in season five; once the three artists with the lowest vote totals are announced during the results show (except the Live Finale), each of those three artists sing an additional song before the Twitter voting window opens. Also, "Instant Save" vote totals are shown in a ticker bar onscreen during its five-minute voting window (including throughout the commercial break) to update viewers on each contestant's percentage of votes.

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       Artist was saved by the Public's votes
       Artist was in the bottom three/bottom four
       Artist was saved by the Instant Save
       Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 5 (except The Finals) after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10
       Artist was eliminated

Week 1 (April 21 & 22)

The Top 12 performed on Monday, April 21, 2014, with results following Tuesday, April 22, 2014.

Josh Kaufman received the first iTunes bonus multiplier of the season, with his studio recording of "Stay With Me" charting at #5 on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window.[26]

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Week 2 (April 28 & 29)

The Top 10 performed on Monday, April 28, 2014, with results following Tuesday, April 29, 2014.

This week iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Christina Grimmie (#4).[27] The eliminations for Bria Kelly and Tess Boyer marked only the second time a pair that were put against each other in the battles were eliminated together in the Top 10.

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Week 3: Quarterfinals (May 5 & 6)

The Top 8 performed on Monday, May 5, 2014, with results broadcast Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Upcoming coaches for season seven, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams, performed "Hollaback Girl" and "Come Get It Bae" respectively. This week's result show featured had three artists eliminated instead of two, and thus there was a bottom four instead of a bottom three.

iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Josh Kaufman (#2) and Grimmie (#5).[28] For the first time since the inclusion of the Instant Save, a contestant was saved for two consecutive weeks.

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Week 4: Semifinals (May 12 & 13)

The Top 5 performed on Monday, May 12, 2014, with results following Tuesday, May 13, 2014. This week, each contestant sang two songs; one chosen by their coach, and another selected in tribute to their supporters. The top three season five finalists, (Tessanne Chin, Jacquie Lee, and Will Champlin) debuted their newest singles during the results show.

This week's iTunes bonus multipliers was awarded to Jake Worthington (#3), Kaufman (#4), and Kristen Merlin (#6).[29]

With the elimination of Merlin, Shakira no longer has any contestants remaining on her team.

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Week 5: Finale (May 19 & 20)

The Final Three performed on Monday, May 19, 2014, with the season finale on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Performances in this round consist of a "fans choice" reprise performance of a song from earlier in the season, a duet with the respective coach, and a solo song. This was the latest season to feature a final three competing in the finale.

While Grimmie (#3 and #8) and Worthington (#6, #7 and #9) had singles peaked into the top 10 at the close of the voting window, however, a technical glitch in the iTunes system caused all of the iTunes votes cast being invalidated, but net results were neither affected by it.[30]

With the victory of Josh Kaufman, this is the first time in The Voice history where a stolen artist won an entire season. His victory also marks the only win of Usher as a coach.

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Elimination chart

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Team

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Performances by guests/coaches

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Contestant appearances on other talent shows

Ratings

The season six premiere was watched by 15.86 million viewers with a 4.7 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .88 million viewers.

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