Jake Hoot was named winner of this season, marking Kelly Clarkson's third win as a coach. Also, Hoot became the second winner in the show’s history to have been a one-chair turn in the Blind Auditions. This is also the last season to-date in which four finalists competed in the finale.
Dane Mautone of Dane & Stephanie became the American version's second openly transgender contestant (after season 14's Angel Bonilla) and first transgender male.
On May 24, 2019, after having initially opted to return for another season, it was announced that original coach Adam Levine wouldn't be returning as a coach and would be departing from the show after sixteen seasons. Gwen Stefani replaced Levine, marking her fourth season as a coach. Blake Shelton returned for his seventeenth season as a coach, John Legend for his second, and Kelly Clarkson for her fourth.
The Knockouts, removed in the sixteenth season in favor of the Live Cross Battles round, returned this season, replacing the latter. This season, the coaches went back to having only one Knockout steal instead of a steal and a save. For the first time, the coaches had one steal and one save in the Battles instead of the usual two steals like in the prior seasons.[5] This is the last season to date to have the iTunes bonus multiplier during the live shows.[6][7]
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). Underlined names are artists who were saved by their coach in the Battles and advanced to the Knockouts.
Blind auditions
Color key
✔
Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
Artist defaulted to a coach's team
Artist elected 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 Gwen
Blocked by John
Blocked by Blake
Episode 1 (Sept. 23)
The coaches are joined by Carson Daly on guitar for an intimate performance of ‘90s hit "More Than Words" to kick off the season.[10]
The second half of "The Voice" episode which aired on October 14 marked the start of the Battle Rounds. The advisors for this round include: Normani for Team Kelly, will.i.am for Team Gwen, Usher for Team Legend, and Darius Rucker for Team Blake.[11] The coaches could steal one losing artist from other coaches and save one losing artist on their team. Artists who won their battle, were saved by their Coach, or were stolen by another coach advanced to the Knockout rounds.
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 but was saved by their coach and advanced to the Knockouts
The Knockout round started on October 28 after the final battles. The coaches could each steal one losing artist from another team. The Top 20 contestants then moved on to the Live Playoffs. Taylor Swift was the advisor to contestants from all teams in this round.[12]
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 was saved by his/her coach or was placed in the bottom two, bottom three, or middle three
Artist was selected to compete in the Wild Card or won the Wild Card
Artist was saved by the Instant Save
Artist's Apple Music vote multiplied by 5 (except The Finals) after his/her studio version of the song had the most streams of the night
Artist was eliminated
Week 1: Live Playoffs (Nov. 11 & 12)
The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 15 and 16. For the first time since season 11, there was a Top 20 instead of a Top 24. On Monday, the Top 20 artists performed live for their chance at a spot in the Top 13. On Tuesday, in the live results show, two artists from each team advanced based on America's vote, and each coach got to save one of their own artists. The remaining artists from each team with the highest overnight vote had a chance to compete for the Wild Card similar to season 7 and one artist continued on.
KeIIy Clarkson had four members on her team, for the second time, following the 15th season.
This week's theme was “Dedications.” The three artists with the fewest votes competed for an Instant Save, with two leaving the competition.
This season, same as the last two seasons, the artist who racked up the most streams on Apple Music during the voting window had their Apple Music votes multiplied by 5.[13]
This week, Jake Hoot was the recipient of the Apple Music Multiplier.
With the elimination of Cali Wilson, this marked the first time since the 7th season that Blake Shelton lost any members of his team prior to the top 11, and the second time out of the past seven seasons in which such an event occurred.
This week's theme was “Challenge Week”. The three artists with the fewest votes competed for an Instant Save, with two leaving the competition.
Jake Hoot received the Apple Music multiplier for the third week in a row as he confirmed on Instagram.[14]
For the first time this season, the contestants cracked the Top 10 on iTunes. Jake Hoot hit #4 and Katie Kadan hit #8 at the close of the voting window.[15]
The Top 8 performed on Monday, December 9, 2019, with the results following on Tuesday, December 10, 2019. Three artists were automatically moved on to the finale. The two artists with the fewest votes were immediately eliminated and the middle three contended for the remaining spot in the next finale via the Instant Save.
In addition to their solo song, each artist performed an 80s duet with another contestant.[16]
This week, three artists reached the top 10 on iTunes. Jake Hoot charted at #1, Ricky Duran peaked at #2 and Rose Short hit #7 at the close of the voting window.[17]
With the elimination of Kat Hammock, this was the first time since the 11th season that Blake Shelton has not had two or more artists in the finale. In addition, this was the first time since the 10th season that all four coaches were represented in the finale.
The final 4 performed on Monday, December 16, 2019, with the final results following on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Each finalist performed a solo cover song, a holiday-themed duet with their coach, and an original song.
This week, seven of the eight spots on the top of iTunes chart were occupied by The Voice Top 4 when voting ended (Ricky Duran at #1, Jake Hoot at #3, #5, #6 and Katie Kadan at #4, #7).[18]Jake Hoot's semi-final performance reached Top 10 on iTunes one more time at #8. Thus, he had seven songs in the Top 10 of the iTunes Country Singles chart and four songs in the Top 10 on the Overall Singles chart. This is more than any other singer in the history of the show has had in the Top 10 at one time. Hoot’s duet of “Wintersong” with Clarkson climbed as high as #3 on the iTunes Overall Singles chart, making it the highest-charting coach duet in the history of the show.[19]
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