The Voice (American TV series) season 2

The Voice
Season 2
Promotional poster
Hosted by	Carson Daly Christina Milian (social media)
Coaches	Adam Levine CeeLo Green Christina Aguilera Blake Shelton
No. of contestants	48 artists
Winner	Jermaine Paul
Winning coach	Blake Shelton
Runner-up	Juliet Simms
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	February 5 (2012-02-05) – May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 1 Next → Season 3

The second season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on NBC on February 5, 2012, in the 10 p.m. ET slot immediately following coverage of Super Bowl XLVI. ^[1] The first promo aired on NBC on Saturday, October 8, 2011, during an episode of Saturday Night Live . ^[2]

The program seeks solo artists and duos that perform various types of music: pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, Latin, country, blues and indie. ^[3] Auditions were held July 15 to August 31, 2011, in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, and Orlando. ^[3]

All four coaches return for their second season. The season expanded from the first season where each coach has 12 artists (a usual size on almost all seasons) on their team, up from eight as in the first season. The blind auditions and the battle rounds have also been extended. Executive producer Mark Burnett said that a results show would be on Tuesday nights in the spring. ^[4]

The season premiered on Sunday, February 5, 2012, immediately following Super Bowl XLVI.

Jermaine Paul was named the winner of the season, marking Blake Shelton's first win as a coach. With Paul's win being the second African-American male winner and first winner from New York.

Coaches and Hosts

All four of the original coaches returned for this season. Carson Daly, the host of the show, also returned. Alison Haislip was replaced by singer and actress Christina Milian as the show's social media correspondent, increasing the show's involvement with its fans and offering behind the scenes information and news that would only be given by her. Celebrity guest mentors also worked with coaches during the battle rounds.

Coaches and Host(s) of The Voice Season 2

Adam Levine

CeeLo Green

Christina Aguilera

Blake Shelton

Carson Daly(Host)

Christina Milian(Backstage)

Auditions

Chicago

Nashville, Tennessee

Atlanta

Orlando

South San Francisco

Inglewood

East Rutherford

Houston

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Cities where the auditions were held.

Auditions took place in the following cities: ^[5]

Location	Date	Venue
Chicago	July 15 & 16, 2011	Navy Pier
East Rutherford, New Jersey	July 22 & 23, 2011	Izod Center
Nashville, Tennessee	July 29 & 30, 2011	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Atlanta, Georgia	August 5, 2011	Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart
Orlando, Florida	August 11, 2011	Loews Royal Pacific Resort
Houston, Texas	August 17, 2011	Reliant Center
South San Francisco, California	August 23, 2011	South San Francisco Conference Center
Inglewood, California	August 30 & 31, 2011	The Forum

Teams

Color key

Winner   Runner-up   Third place

Fourth place   Eliminated in the Live Shows   Eliminated in the Battles

Coaches	Top 48 Artists
Adam Levine
	Tony Lucca	Katrina Parker	Mathai	Pip	Karla Davis	Kim Yarbrough
	Chris Cauley	Nicolle Galyon	Whitney Myer	Orlando Napier	Nathan Parrett	Angel Taylor
CeeLo Green
	Juliet Simms	Jamar Rogers	Cheesa	James Massone	Erin Martin	Tony Vincent
	Sarah Golden	Justin Hopkins	Angie Johnson	Jamie Lono	The Shields Brothers	WADE
Christina Aguilera
	Chris Mann	Lindsey Pavao	Ashley de la Rosa	Jesse Campbell	Sera Hill	Moses Stone
	Monique Benabou	Anthony Evans	Jonathas	Lee Koch	The Line	Geoff McBride
Blake Shelton
	Jermaine Paul	Erin Willett	RaeLynn	Jordis Unga	Naia Kete	Charlotte Sometimes
	ALyX	Brian Fuente	Lex Land	Gwen Sebastian	Jordan Rager	Adley Stump

Blind auditions

Color key

✔	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. 5)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices [6]
					Adam	CeeLo	Christina	Blake
1	RaeLynn	17	Baytown, Texas	"Hell on Heels"	✔	—	—	✔
2	Jesse Campbell	42	Maywood, Illinois	"A Song for You"	✔	✔	✔	✔
3	Daniel Rosa	21	Riverside, California	"Animal"	—	—	—	—
4	Juliet Simms	25	Clearwater, Florida	"Oh! Darling"	✔	✔	✔	—
5	Chris Mann	29	Wichita, Kansas	"Because We Believe"	—	✔	✔	—
6	Gönül Aksoy	30	New York City, New York	"Tainted Love"	—	—	—	—
7	Ben Baxter	23	Belton, Texas	"I'll Be"	—	—	—	—
8	Mark Trussell	23	Nashville, Tennessee	"Baby"	—	—	—	—
9	Tony Lucca	35	Waterford, Michigan	"Trouble"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 2 (Feb. 6)

The coaches performed a medley of Prince songs at the start of the show. ^[7] The songs included were "1999", "Little Red Corvette", "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Kiss" which were sung mainly by Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton respectively.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices [8] [9]
					Adam	CeeLo	Christina	Blake
1	The Line (Hailey Steele and Leland Grant)	N/A	Nashville, Tennessee	"American Girl"	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Jamar Rogers	29	New York City, New York	"Seven Nation Army"	—	✔	—	—
3	Neal Middleton	33	Salt Lake City, Utah	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	—	—	—	—
4	TJ Gibson	N/A	Centerville, Ohio	"Calling All Angels"	—	—	—	—
5	Aly Jados	N/A	N/A	"Because the Night"	—	—	—	—
6	Sam James	25	Worcester, Massachusetts	"I Don't Want to Be"	—	—	—	—
7	Gwen Sebastian	37	Hebron, North Dakota	"Stay"	✔	✔	—	✔
8	Pamela Rose	28	Cooper City, Florida	"Already Gone"	—	—	—	—
9	Kim Yarbrough	50	Los Angeles, California	"Tell Me Something Good"	✔	—	✔	—
10	Angie Johnson	31	St. Louis, Missouri	"Heartbreaker"	—	✔	—	—
11	Dez Duron	21	Shreveport, Louisiana	"I Want It That Way"	—	—	—	—
12	Lindsey Pavao	22	Sacramento, California	"Say Aah"	—	✔	✔	✔
13	Hoja Lopez	25	Houston, Texas	"Teenage Dream"	—	—	—	—
14	Jermaine Paul	33	Orange County, New York	"Complicated"	—	✔	—	✔
15	Angel Taylor	23	Los Angeles, California	"Someone Like You"	✔	✔	—	✔

Episode 3 (Feb. 13)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices [8] [10]
					Adam	CeeLo	Christina	Blake
1	Sarah Golden	27	Houston, Texas	"You and I"	—	✔	—	✔
2	Elley Duhé	19	Vancleave, Mississippi	"Mercy"	—	—	—	—
3	Pip	19	Marietta, Georgia	"The House of the Rising Sun"	✔	✔	✔	✔
4	Erin Willett	22	Gaithersburg, Maryland	"I Want You Back"	—	—	—	✔
5	David Grace	28	Santa Fe, Texas	"Sweet Home Alabama"	—	—	—	—
6	Katrina Parker	34	Los Angeles, California	"One of Us"	✔	—	—	—
7	Geoff McBride	51	Santa Rosa Beach, Florida	"Higher Ground"	—	✔	✔	—
8	Erin Martin	27	Chicago, Illinois	"Hey There Delilah"	—	✔	—	✔
9	James Massone	23	Wakefield, Massachusetts	"Find Your Love"	—	✔	✔	✔
10	Winter Rae	26	Los Angeles, California	"Take a Bow"	—	—	—	—
11	Chris Cauley	27	Atlanta, Georgia	"Grenade"	✔	✔	—	—
12	Nathan Parrett	24	Los Angeles, California	"The Joker"	✔	—	—	—
13	Brian Fuente	24	Nashville, Tennessee	"Paris (Ooh La La)"	—	—	—	✔
14	Moses Stone	26	Maryland	"Let's Get It Started"	—	—	✔	—
15	Jordis Unga	29	Los Angeles, California	"Maybe I'm Amazed"	—	✔	✔	✔

Episode 4 (Feb. 20)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	CeeLo	Christina	Blake
1	Ducky	26	Carlisle, Pennsylvania	"Tighten Up"	—	—	—	—
2	Jonathas	24	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	"U Got It Bad"	—	✔	✔	—
3	Monique Benabou	23	Alameda, California	"Mr. Know It All"	—	—	✔	—
4	Naia Kete	21	Santa Monica, California	"The Lazy Song"	—	✔	—	✔
5	Erick Macek	31	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	"Free Fallin'"	—	—	—	—
6	Charlotte Sometimes	23	Wall, New Jersey	"Apologize"	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Tony Vincent	38	New York City, New York	"We Are the Champions"	—	✔	—	—
8	Anthony Evans	33	Dallas, Texas	"What's Going On"	—	—	✔	—
9	Jamie Lono	22	Chicago, Illinois	"Folsom Prison Blues"	✔	✔	—	—
10	Dylan Chambers	19	Arlington, Texas	"Valerie"	—	—	—	—
11	Nathan Anderson	N/A	Collierville, Tennessee	"Walking in Memphis"	—	—	—	—
12	Luna Searles	N/A	N/A	"Come to My Window"	—	—	—	—
13	Adam Lasher	N/A	Los Angeles, California	"How You Remind Me"	—	—	—	—
14	Justin Hopkins	30	Tigard, Oregon	"Babylon"	—	✔	—	—
15	Nicolle Galyon	27	Sterling, Kansas	"You Save Me"	✔	—	—	—
16	Ashley de la Rosa	17	Orlando, Florida	"Shark in the Water"	—	—	✔	—
17	Jordan Rager	17	Loganville, Georgia	"Chicken Fried"	—	—	—	✔
18	ALyX	19	Dallas, Texas	"Just Like a Pill"	—	—	—	✔
19	Karla Davis	25	Monroe, North Carolina	"If I Die Young"	✔	—	—	—
20	Eric Tipton	31	Sanger, Texas	"You Make My Dreams"	—	—	—	—
21	Mathai	18	Dallas, Texas	"Rumour Has It"	✔	✔	—	✔

Episode 5 (Feb. 27)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices [11]
					Adam	CeeLo	Christina	Blake
1	Whitney Myer	25	Reno, Nevada	"No One"	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	David Dunn	27	Midland, Texas	"The Man Who Can't Be Moved"	—	—	—	—
3	The Shields Brothers (Tristen & Rory)	N/A	Rixeyville, Virginia	"Dancing with Myself"	—	✔	—	—
4	Cheesa	21	Honolulu, Hawaii	"If I Were a Boy"	—	✔	—	—
5	Preston Shannon	64	Memphis, Tennessee	"In the Midnight Hour"	—	—	—	—
6	Lex Land	24	Austin, Texas	"I Can't Make You Love Me"	✔	✔	—	✔
7	Cameron Novack	28	St. Louis, Missouri	"You Oughta Know"	—	—	—	—
8	Orlando Napier	25	Los Angeles, California	"Waiting on the World to Change"	✔	—	—	—
9	Lee Koch	27	Temecula, California	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Team full	—	✔	—
10	WADE	19	Harvest, Alabama	"Rehab"		✔	—	—
11	Adley Stump	21	Tulsa, Oklahoma	"Last Name"		Team full	✔	✔
12	Beta	N/A	N/A	"You Make Me Feel..."			—	Team full
13	Aaron Gordon	N/A	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada	"So Sick"			—
14	Lana Lowe	N/A	Beaumont, Texas	"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"			—
15	Sera Hill	24	Atlanta, Georgia	"I'm Goin' Down"			✔

The Battles

After the Blind Auditions, each coach had 12 artists for the Battle Rounds, which aired from March 5 to March 26. For this season celebrity guest mentors once again worked with coaches during the battle rounds. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the artists with the help of advisors.

Color key

	Artist won the Battle and advances to the Live shows
	Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

Episode & Date	Coach	Order	Winner	Song	Loser
Episode 6 (Monday, March 5, 2012)	Adam Levine	1	Tony Lucca	"Beautiful Day"	Chris Cauley
	Blake Shelton	2	RaeLynn	"Free Fallin'"	Adley Stump
	Christina Aguilera	3	Chris Mann	"The Power of Love"	Monique Benabou
	CeeLo Green	4	Cheesa	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Angie Johnson
	Blake Shelton	5	Jordis Unga	"Ironic"	Brian Fuente
	Christina Aguilera	6	Jesse Campbell	"If I Ain't Got You"	Anthony Evans
Episode 7 (Monday, March 12, 2012)	Christina Aguilera	1	Sera Hill	"Chain of Fools"	Geoff McBride
	Blake Shelton	2	Charlotte Sometimes	"Pumped Up Kicks"	Lex Land
	CeeLo Green	3	Juliet Simms	"Stay with Me"	Sarah Golden
	Adam Levine	4	Kim Yarbrough	"No More Drama"	Whitney Myer
	Christina Aguilera	5	Lindsey Pavao	"Heart-Shaped Box"	Lee Koch
	CeeLo Green	6	Jamar Rogers	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	Jamie Lono
Episode 8 (Monday, March 19, 2012)	Adam Levine	1	Pip	"You Know I'm No Good"	Nathan Parrett
	CeeLo Green	2	Erin Martin	"What's Love Got to Do with It"	The Shields Brothers
	Christina Aguilera	3	Ashley de la Rosa	"No Air"	Jonathas
	Blake Shelton	4	Jermaine Paul	"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"	ALyX
	Adam Levine	5	Katrina Parker	"Bleeding Love"	Angel Taylor
	Blake Shelton	6	Erin Willett	"We Belong"	Gwen Sebastian
Episode 9 (Monday, March 26, 2012)	CeeLo Green	1	James Massone	"True Colors"	WADE
	Adam Levine	2	Mathai	"Love Song"	Nicolle Galyon
	Christina Aguilera	3	Moses Stone	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	The Line
	Adam Levine	4	Karla Davis	"Easy"	Orlando Napier
	Blake Shelton	5	Naia Kete	"I'm Yours"	Jordan Rager
	CeeLo Green	6	Tony Vincent	"Faithfully"	Justin Hopkins

The advisors for these episodes are: Alanis Morissette and Robin Thicke for Team Adam; Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert for Team Blake; Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Ne-Yo for Team CeeLo; and Jewel and Lionel Richie for Team Christina. ^[12] Each advisor is partnered with one artist, for a total of six, as follows:

Coach	Adviser	Artists
Adam Levine	Alanis Morissette	Chris Cauley	Whitney Myer	Pip	Katrina Parker	Mathai	Karla Davis
	Robin Thicke	Tony Lucca	Kim Yarbrough	Nathan Parrett	Angel Taylor	Nicolle Galyon	Orlando Napier
Blake Shelton	Kelly Clarkson	Adley Stump	Brian Fuente	Charlotte Sometimes	Jermaine Paul	Erin Willett	Naia Kete
	Miranda Lambert	RaeLynn	Jordis Unga	Lex Land	ALyX	Gwen Sebastian	Jordan Rager
CeeLo Green	Babyface	Cheesa	Sarah Golden	Jamie Lono	The Shields Brothers	WADE	Tony Vincent
	Ne-Yo	Angie Johnson	Juliet Simms	Jamar Rogers	Erin Martin	James Massone	Justin Hopkins
Christina Aguilera	Jewel	Monique Benabou	Anthony Evans	Sera Hill	Lee Koch	Ashley de la Rosa	THE LiNE
	Lionel Richie	Chris Mann	Jesse Campbell	Geoff McBride	Lindsey Pavao	Jonathas	Moses Stone

Live shows

Week 1 (April 2 & 3)

The live performance show aired on Monday, April 2, 2012. The elimination show aired Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The top three artists from each team advances based on the viewers' vote, leaving with the bottom three facing the coaches' save through the participation of Last Chance Performances during the results show. The first live week features Team Blake and Team Christina.

Color key

	Artist was saved by the public's vote
	Artist was part of the bottom two or three in his/her team
	Artist was saved by his/her coach
	Artist was eliminated immediately by his/her coach
	Artist was eliminated

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Blake Shelton	Jermaine Paul	"Livin' on a Prayer"	Public's vote
2	Christina Aguilera	Chris Mann	"Bridge Over Troubled Water"	Public's vote
3	Blake Shelton	RaeLynn	"Wake Up Call"	Public's vote
4	Christina Aguilera	Moses Stone	"Stronger"	Bottom three
5	Blake Shelton	Naia Kete	"Turning Tables"	Bottom three
6	Christina Aguilera	Lindsey Pavao	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Public's vote
7	Blake Shelton	Jordis Unga	"Alone"	Bottom three
8	Christina Aguilera	Sera Hill	"Find Your Love"	Bottom three
9	Blake Shelton	Erin Willett	"Living for the City"	Public's vote
10	Christina Aguilera	Ashley de la Rosa	"Right Through You"	Bottom three
11	Blake Shelton	Charlotte Sometimes	"Misery Business"	Bottom three
12	Christina Aguilera	Jesse Campbell	"What a Wonderful World"	Public's vote
Last Chance Performances
1	Blake Shelton	Naia Kete	"If I Were a Boy"	Eliminated
2		Charlotte Sometimes	"Iris"	Eliminated
3		Jordis Unga	"Wild Horses"	Blake's Choice
4	Christina Aguilera	Ashley de la Rosa	"Paris (Ooh La La)"	Christina's Choice
5		Sera Hill	"Vision of Love"	Eliminated
6		Moses Stone	"Breakeven"	Eliminated

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
1	Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch and Team Adam	"Ass Back Home"

Week 2 (April 9 & 10)

The live performance show aired on Monday, April 9, 2012. The elimination show aired on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Similar to the previous week, four artists per team advances, with public votes deciding the top three artists, and the fourth artist advancing through the Last Chance Performances. The second week features Team Adam and Team CeeLo.

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Adam Levine	Katrina Parker	"Tonight, Tonight"	Bottom three
2	CeeLo Green	Cheesa	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	Bottom three
3	Adam Levine	Tony Lucca	"In Your Eyes"	Public's vote
4		Kim Yarbrough	"Rolling in the Deep"	Bottom three
5	CeeLo Green	James Massone	"Don't Know Why"	Public's vote
6		Juliet Simms	"Roxanne"	Public's vote
7	Adam Levine	Mathai	"Ordinary People"	Public's vote
8	CeeLo Green	Tony Vincent	"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"	Bottom three
9	Adam Levine	Karla Davis	"Airplanes"	Bottom three
10	CeeLo Green	Erin Martin	"Walk Like an Egyptian"	Bottom three
11	Adam Levine	Pip	"When You Were Young"	Public's vote
12	CeeLo Green	Jamar Rogers	"Are You Gonna Go My Way"	Public's vote
Last Chance Performances
1	Adam Levine	Kim Yarbrough	"Spotlight"	Eliminated
2		Karla Davis	"I Can't Make You Love Me"	Eliminated
3		Katrina Parker	"Don't Speak"	Adam's Choice
4	CeeLo Green	Tony Vincent	"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"	Eliminated
5		Cheesa	"All By Myself"	CeeLo's Choice
6		Erin Martin	"Your Song"	Eliminated

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
1	Jessie J with Team Xtina	"Domino"

Week 3 (April 16 & 17)

The live performance show aired on Monday, April 16, 2012, followed by an elimination show aired Tuesday, April 17, 2012. In a surprise twist, for the next two weeks, for the first time, each coach must make an Instant Elimination, meaning that at the end of the show both coaches must eliminate an artist from their teams. The remaining three artist faces a public vote; the artist with the highest vote advances while the other two artists compete for the coaches' save during the Last Chance Performances. The first week feature Team Blake and Team Christina.

• Guest performance: The Wanted – "Chasing the Sun" with Team Blake

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Blake Shelton	RaeLynn	"She's Country"	Middle two
2	Christina Aguilera	Jesse Campbell	"Halo"	Eliminated
3	Blake Shelton	Jordis Unga	"A Little Bit Stronger"	Eliminated
4	Christina Aguilera	Ashley de la Rosa	"Foolish Games"	Middle two
5	Blake Shelton	Erin Willett	"Set Fire to the Rain"	Middle two
6	Christina Aguilera	Lindsey Pavao	"Part of Me"	Middle two
7	Blake Shelton	Jermaine Paul	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"	Public's vote
8	Christina Aguilera	Chris Mann	"Viva la Vida"	Public's vote
Last Chance Performances
1	Christina Aguilera	Ashley de la Rosa	"You and I"	Eliminated
2		Lindsey Pavao	"Please Don't Go"	Christina's Choice
3	Blake Shelton	Erin Willett	"Proud Mary"	Blake's Choice
4		RaeLynn	"If I Die Young"	Eliminated

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
1	Christina Aguilera, her 4 finalists (Jesse Campbell, Ashley De La Rosa, Lindsey Pavao and Chris Mann), and the Crenshaw High School choir	"Fighter"
2	Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa	"Payphone"
3	Blake Shelton and his 4 Finalists (Erin Willett, RaeLynn, Jermaine Paul and Jordis Unga)	"Heartache Tonight"

Week 4 (April 23 & 24)

The live performance show aired on Monday, April 23, 2012, and results show were aired Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Similar to the previous week, coaches have to instantly eliminate an artist after the performance show, leaving the three remaining artists facing the public vote. The second week feature Teams Adam and Team CeeLo.

• Guest performance: Florence and the Machine - "No Light, No Light" with Team CeeLo

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	CeeLo Green	Jamar Rogers	"It's My Life"	Public's vote
2	Adam Levine	Katrina Parker	"Jar of Hearts"	Middle two
3		Mathai	"I'm Like a Bird"	Middle two
4	CeeLo Green	James Massone	"Just the Way You Are"	Eliminated
5	Adam Levine	Tony Lucca	"...Baby One More Time"	Public's vote
6	CeeLo Green	Cheesa	"I Have Nothing"	Middle two
7	Adam Levine	Pip	"Somewhere Only We Know"	Eliminated
8	CeeLo Green	Juliet Simms	"Cryin'"	Middle two
Last Chance Performances
1	Adam Levine	Mathai	"Cowboy Casanova"	Eliminated
2		Katrina Parker	"Perfect"	Adam's Choice
3	CeeLo Green	Cheesa	"Already Gone"	Eliminated
4		Juliet Simms	"Torn"	CeeLo's Choice

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
1	CeeLo Green and his 4 Finalists (Jamar Rogers, James Massone, Cheesa and Juliet Simms)	"Dancing in the Street"
2	Goodie Mob and CeeLo Green	"Fight to Win"
3	Adam Levine and his 4 finalists (Katrina Parker, Mathai, Pip, and Tony Lucca)	"Instant Karma!"

Week 5: Semifinals (April 30 & May 1)

The live performance show aired on Monday, April 30, 2012, with the elimination show following on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. In deciding on which artist would represent in the finale, both the coach as well as the public vote made up were given an equal say. Each coach was given 100 points to divide them how they wanted to their respective team artists. The public also had 100 points to be split for the artists of each team. The artist (for the team) which received a higher combined score advances to the finals.

Season one finalists Dia Frampton, Vicci Martinez, Beverly McClellan, and Javier Colon returned on the results show to perform duets (with the exception of Colon). Frampton performed her new single, "Don't Kick the Chair", with Kid Cudi. Martinez partnered with her season one coach CeeLo Green for her song, "Come Along." McClellan joined Cyndi Lauper to perform Lauper's "Money Changes Everything." Colon performed his newest single, "A Drop in the Ocean." ^[13]

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Coach points	Public points	Total points	Result
1	Adam Levine	Tony Lucca	"How You Like Me Now?"	60	48	108	Advanced to Finals
2	Blake Shelton	Erin Willett	"Without You"	50	27	77	Eliminated
3	Christina Aguilera	Chris Mann	"Ave Maria"	50	54	104	Advanced to Finals
4	CeeLo Green	Jamar Rogers	"If You Don't Know Me by Now"	40	39	79	Eliminated
5	Blake Shelton	Jermaine Paul	"Open Arms"	50	73	123	Advanced to Finals
6	Adam Levine	Katrina Parker	"Killing Me Softly With His Song"	40	52	92	Eliminated
7	Christina Aguilera	Lindsey Pavao	"Skinny Love"	50	46	96	Eliminated
8	CeeLo Green	Juliet Simms	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	60	61	121	Advanced to Finals

Non-competition performances ^[13]

Order	Performers	Song
1	Team Adam & Team CeeLo (Tony Lucca, Katrina Parker, Jamar Rogers and Juliet Simms)	"All These Things That I've Done"
2	Blake Shelton	"Over"
3	Team Blake & Team Christina (Erin Willett, Jermaine Paul, Chris Mann and Lindsey Pavao)	"The Edge of Glory"

Week 6: Finale (May 7 & 8)

The live performance show aired on Monday, May 7, 2012, with the final results show following on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Each finalist performed a solo cover song, a duet with their coach, and a song dedicated to the coach.

Coach	Artist	Order	Solo song	Order	Coach tribute song	Order	Duet song (with Coach)	Result [14]
Blake Shelton	Jermaine Paul	1	"I Believe I Can Fly"	8	"God Gave Me You"	10	"Soul Man"	Winner
CeeLo Green	Juliet Simms	12	"Free Bird"	2	"Crazy"	6	"Born to Be Wild"	Runner-up
Christina Aguilera	Chris Mann	9	"You Raise Me Up"	5	"The Voice Within"	3	"The Prayer"	Fourth place
Adam Levine	Tony Lucca	4	"99 Problems"	11	"Harder to Breathe"	7	"Yesterday"	Third place

Finale performances of the Top 4 artists

Order	Performers	Song
1	Jermaine Paul (with Pip, James Massone & Jamar Rogers)	"I Want You Back"
2	Chris Mann (with Katrina Parker & Lindsey Pavao)	"Bitter Sweet Symphony"
3	Juliet Simms (with Jamar Rogers, RaeLynn & Erin Willett)	"With A Little Help From My Friends"
4	Tony Lucca and Jordis Unga	"Go Your Own Way"

Finale performances of the Guest names

Order	Performers	Song [15]
1.71	Flo Rida and Juliet Simms	"Whistle" and "Wild Ones"
1.72	Hall & Oates (with Chris Mann, Tony Lucca, and Jermaine Paul)	"Rich Girl"
1.73	Lady Antebellum	"Wanted You More"
1.74	Justin Bieber	"Boyfriend"

Note: The golden colored songs are the iTunes top ten bonuses as well as the bolded names.

Elimination chart

Color key

Artist's info

Team Adam   Team CeeLo

Team Christina   Team Blake

Results info

Artist was in the bottom 2 or bottom 3, but was saved via the Last Chance performance   Artist was in the bottom 2 or bottom 3 and lost during their Last Chance performance

Artist was immediately eliminated by their coach   Artist received the fewest points, and was eliminated

Live show results per week

Artist		Week 1 Playoffs	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6 Finale
	Jermaine Paul	Safe		Safe		Advanced	Winner
	Juliet Simms		Safe		Bottom two	Advanced	Runner-up
	Tony Lucca		Safe		Safe	Advanced	3rd place
	Chris Mann	Safe		Safe		Advanced	4th place
	Katrina Parker		Bottom three		Bottom two	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Lindsey Pavao	Safe		Bottom two		Eliminated
	Jamar Rogers		Safe		Safe	Eliminated
	Erin Willett	Safe		Bottom two		Eliminated
	Cheesa		Bottom three		Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Mathai		Safe		Bottom two
	James Massone		Safe		Eliminated
	Pip		Safe		Eliminated
	Ashley De La Rosa	Bottom three		Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	RaeLynn	Safe		Bottom two
	Jesse Campbell	Safe		Eliminated
	Jordis Unga	Bottom three		Eliminated
	Karla Davis		Bottom three	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Erin Martin		Bottom three
	Tony Vincent		Bottom three
	Kim Yarbrough		Bottom three
	Sera Hill	Bottom three	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Naia Kete	Bottom three
	Charlotte Sometimes	Bottom three
	Moses Stone	Bottom three

Performances by guests/coaches

Episode	Show segment	Performer(s)	Title	Hot 100 reaction	Hot Digital Songs reaction	Performance type
11	Live Rounds week 1 results	Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch (backed by Team Adam's Top 6)	"Ass Back Home"	17 (+2) [16]	30 (+2) [17]	live performance
13	Live Rounds week 2 results	Jessie J (backed by Team Christina's Top 4)	"Domino"	28 (-3) [18]	44 (+5) [19]	live performance
14	Quarter-Finals week 1	Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa	"Payphone"	3 (debut) [20]	1 (debut) [21]	live performance
15	Quarter-Final week 1 results	The Wanted (backed by Team Blake's Top 3)	"Chasing the Sun"	111 (debut) [22]	did not chart	live performance
		Justin Bieber	"Boyfriend"	4 (+1) [20]	4 (=) [21]	music video teaser
16	Quarter-Finals week 2	Goodie Mob	"Fight to Win"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
17	Quarter-Final week 2 results	Florence and the Machine (backed by Team CeeLo's Top 3	"No Light, No Light"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
18	Semi-Finals	Blake Shelton	"Over"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
19	Semi-Final results	Dia Frampton ft. Kid Cudi	"Don't Kick the Chair"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
		Vicci Martinez ft. Cee Lo Green	"Come Along"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
		Cyndi Lauper (with Beverly McClellan)	"Money Changes Everything"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
		Javier Colon	"A Drop in the Ocean"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
21	Final results	Flo Rida	"Whistle"	77 (+18) [23]	28 (+11) [24]	live performance
		Flo Rida (with Juliet Simms)	"Wild Ones"	5 (=) [25]	7 (+2) [24]	live performance
		Hall & Oates (with Tony Lucca, Chris Mann, and Jermaine Paul)	"Rich Girl"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
		Lady Antebellum	"Wanted You More"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
		Justin Bieber	"Boyfriend"	9 (-1) [25]	4 (+1) [24]	live performance

Ratings

Season two premiered following NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI, and was watched by 37.6 million viewers with a 16.3 rating in the key 18–49 demographic, making it the highest rated Super Bowl lead-out program since Grey's Anatomy in 2006. ^[26]

#	Episode	Original air date	Production	Timeslot (ET)	Viewers (millions)	Rating/share (adults 18-49)
1	"The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 1"	February 5, 2012 (2012-02-05)	201	Sunday 10:21pm	37.61 [27]	16.3/37
2	"The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2"	February 6, 2012 (2012-02-06)	202	Monday 8:00pm	17.84 [28]	6.7/17
3	"The Blind Auditions, Part 3"	February 13, 2012 (2012-02-13)	203		16.28 [29]	6.0/15
4	"The Blind Auditions, Part 4"	February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20)	204		16.04 [30]	6.0/15
5	"The Blind Auditions, Part 5"	February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27)	205		14.89 [31]	5.4/14
6	"Let the Battles Begin"	March 5, 2012 (2012-03-05)	206		16.85 [32]	6.2/16
7	"The Battles, Part 2"	March 12, 2012 (2012-03-12)	207		14.51 [33]	5.2/14
8	"The Battles, Part 3"	March 19, 2012 (2012-03-19)	208		11.95 [34]	4.6/12
9	"The Battles, Part 4"	March 26, 2012 (2012-03-26)	209		12.00 [35]	4.5/12
10	"Live Performance, Week 1"	April 2, 2012 (2012-04-02)	210		10.67 [36]	4.1/11
11	"Results, Week 1"	April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03)	210A	Tuesday 9:00pm	8.45 [37]	3.2/9
12	"Live Performance, Week 2"	April 9, 2012 (2012-04-09)	211	Monday 8:00pm	10.52 [38]	4.0/11
13	"Live Results, Four Go Home, Week 2"	April 10, 2012 (2012-04-10)	211A	Tuesday 9:00pm	9.00 [39]	3.5/9
14	"The Quarterfinals, Part 1"	April 16, 2012 (2012-04-16)	212	Monday 8:00pm	10.02 [40]	3.7/10
15	"Quarterfinals: Live Results"	April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17)	212A	Tuesday 9:00pm	8.86 [41]	3.3/9
16	"Quarterfinals, Part 2"	April 23, 2012 (2012-04-23)	213	Monday 8:00pm	10.31 [42]	3.8/10
17	"Quarterfinals Results, Week 2"	April 24, 2012 (2012-04-24)	213A	Tuesday 9:00pm	8.93 [43]	3.4/8
18	"Semifinals: Live Performance"	April 30, 2012 (2012-04-30)	214	Monday 8:00pm	9.52 [44]	3.5/9
19	"Semifinals Results"	May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01)	214A	Tuesday 9:00pm	8.90 [45]	3.1/8
20	"Live Finale Performance"	May 7, 2012 (2012-05-07)	215	Monday 8:00pm	10.74 [46]	3.8/10
21	"Live Finale Results"	May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)	215A	Tuesday 9:00pm	11.90 [47]	4.4/11

Artists' appearances in other media

• Tony Lucca was part of The Mickey Mouse Club with Christina Aguilera. ^[48]
• Adam Lasher, who failed to turn a chair in the blind auditions, later auditioned for season fourteen of American Idol. He was cut in Hollywood Week. He auditioned again the next season, and advanced to the Top 24. ^[49]
• Erin Martin appeared on Rock of Love – season two, but was eliminated after the first episode. ^[50]
• Jamar Rogers auditioned for American Idol – season eight, but his journey ended in the green mile round (top 36 selection). ^[51]
• Jordis Unga appeared on Rockstar: INXS and finished in 5th place. ^[52]
• Justin Hopkins appeared on America's Got Talent – season five, but was eliminated in the Vegas Rounds. ^[53]
• Pip and Mathai both appeared on the casting special of The Glee Project (Episode 0). Pip's placing is unknown, although he was given airtime on the show. Mathai made it into the Top 20, but was not shortlisted for the Top 12.
• WADE was a contestant on American Idol – season ten, advancing to the Las Vegas rounds.
• Erin Willett appeared on seventeenth season of The Biggest Loser , but she finished in Week 11.

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External links

• The Voice Auditions website for 2012