The_Voice_(American_season_8)

<i>The Voice</i> (American TV series) season 8

The Voice (American TV series) season 8

Season of television series


The eighth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 23, 2015, on NBC.[1] Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, & Pharrell Williams returned as coaches. Christina Aguilera returned for her fifth season as coach after a two-season absence, replacing Gwen Stefani. Carson Daly returned as host for the eighth season.

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Sawyer Fredericks was named the winner of the season, marking Pharrell Williams' first win as a coach.[2] For the first time in The Voice history, out of 4 finalists, 3 of them were stolen artists. (Meghan Linsey is originally from Pharrell Williams, placing runner-up, Joshua Davis from Blake Shelton, placing 3rd, and Koryn Hawthorne from Christina Aguilera, placing 4th)

Coaches and hosts

Christina Aguilera re-joined the show after two seasons of absence, joining Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Pharrell Williams.[3] The advisors for this season included Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell, Meghan Trainor for Team Blake, Nick Jonas for Team Christina, and Ellie Goulding for Team Adam.[4] Nate Ruess served as an advisor for all teams during the Knockouts.

Teams

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Blind auditions

The first phase of the competition, the Blind Auditions began airing when the season premiered on February 23, 2015.[5] Adam Levine auditioned as a joke in episode three with the song "Tiny Dancer", with all four chairs turning (Pharrell turned Adam's chair).[6] He "chose" Christina.

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   Coach hit his/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

Episode 1 (Feb. 23)

The four coaches performed "Are You Gonna Go My Way".[7]

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Episode 2 (Feb. 24)

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Episode 3 (March 2)

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Episode 4 (March 3)

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Episode 5 (March 4)

The fifth episode, titled "Best of the Blinds", was a recap of all the Blind Auditions broadcast up to that point.

Episode 6 (March 9)

The sixth episode included the last of the Blind Auditions as well as the first Battles.

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The Battles

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 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2015. Season eight's advisors are Ellie Goulding for Team Adam, Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell, Nick Jonas for Team Christina and Meghan Trainor for Team Blake.

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       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 eliminated
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The Knockouts

For the Knockouts, Nate Ruess was assigned as a mentor for contestants in all four teams. After announcing Anthony Riley's withdrawal[8] from the competition, Pharrell grouped three of his team members into one knockout, in which two contestants from the trio advanced and one being declared loser. Just like season five, the coaches can steal one losing artist. The top 20 contestants will then move on to the "Live Shows".

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       Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Shows
       Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Shows
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Live shows

The live shows is the final phase of the competition, consisting of seven weeks starting on the playoffs and concluding on the season finale.

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

Week 1: Live playoffs (April 6, 7 & 8)

The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 14, 15, and 16 (the results show). The top twenty artists perform for the votes, and the two artists per each team advances via public vote, while the bottom three artists compete for the coaches' save in the results show. Monday's performance featured Teams Blake and Pharrell, and Teams Adam and Christina for the Tuesday's performance.

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Week 2: Top 12 (April 13 & 14)

The Top 12 performed on Monday, April 13, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The Instant Save returned once again this season, with the bottom three artists performing for a spot on the next round via the viewers' votes from Twitter, and is in play until the semifinals. Oklahoma country music star Reba McEntire, last seen on the show's first season as an advisor for Team Blake, returned to serve as a mentor for the top 12 contestants.[9]

This week's iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded for Sawyer Fredericks (#2), Kimberly Nichole (#3) and Meghan Linsey (#5).[10]

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Week 3: Top 10 (April 20 & 21)

The Top 10 performed on Monday, April 20, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Adam, Blake, Christina and Pharrell brought in Dave Stewart, Scott Hendricks, Mark Ronson and Ryan Tedder respectively to help in this week's coaching.[11]

This week's recipients of the iTunes multiplier bonuses were Koryn Hawthorne (#3) and Fredericks (#4).[12]

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Week 4: Top 8 (April 27 & 28)

The Top 8 performed on Monday, April 27, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Most of the previous coaches from past seasons returned to advise the remaining artists: Usher was the Advisor for Team Adam, Gwen Stefani advised both Teams Pharrell and Christina, and Cee Lo Green advised Team Blake. Shakira was the only previous coach not to return, due to the recent birth of her second child, but she did record a video message that was aired during the live show.[13]

iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Fredericks and (#2) and Joshua Davis (#4).[14] This week's Instant Save was the closest in the show's history, with Carney being saved by only two votes behind runner-up Kent White.

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Week 5: Top 6 (May 4 & 5)

The Top 6 performed on Monday, May 4, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. In honor of Mother's Day, each artist performed one song on Monday celebrating "the mothers in their lives". This week eliminations is a single elimination and the bottom two artists faced the Instant Save.

iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Fredericks (#3 and #10) and Linsey (#5).[15]

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Week 6: Semifinals (May 11 & 12)

The Top 5 performed on Monday, May 11, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Similar to the Quarterfinals, the bottom two artists compete for the Instant Save and one artist was eliminated. iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Fredericks (#2 and #3) and Linsey (#5).[16] Special guests in the audience included Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Hailee Steinfeld from Pitch Perfect 2.

With the advancement of Sawyer Fredericks and Koryn Hawthorne, Pharrell Williams became the third coach to bring multiple artists to the finale, first being Blake Shelton in the third season and Adam Levine in the previous season. With the elimination of Carney, Aguilera no longer has any remaining artists on her team.

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Week 7: Finale (May 18 & 19)

The Top four performed on Monday, May 18, 2015, with the final results following on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Finalists performed an original song, a duet with the coach, and a solo song. As with previous seasons, there was no iTunes bonus multiplier applied to songs performed in the finale episodes;[17] all iTunes votes received for the six weeks leading to the finale were cumulatively added to online, phone and app finale votes for each finalist. By the time voting ended, Fredericks charted at #2, #3, Linsey at #5, and Davis at #9 on iTunes.[18]

With the advancement of Meghan Linsey, Joshua Davis, and Koryn Hawthorne, this is the first time in The Voice history where 3 stolen artists advanced to the finale. Meghan is originally from Team Pharrell, Joshua Davis from Blake's team, and Koryn Hawthorne formerly from Christina's team. As a result, almost all 4 finalists were stolen artists.

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Elimination chart

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Performances by guests/coaches

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Artists' appearances in other media

Ratings

The season eight premiere was watched by 13.97 million viewers with a 4.1 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by 1.02 million viewers. The season eight premiere was up 21% from the previous season's finale.[26] The second episode retained 95% of viewers in P18-49 from the premiere episode, compared to just 79%, from the previous season.[27]

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