The Voice (Season 1) (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The Voice is an American reality talent show. The series is part of the franchise The Voice and is based on a similar competition format in the Netherlands, The Voice of Holland. The show is hosted by Carson Daly, with Alison Haislip serving as the backstage and social networking correspondent. The winner receives $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Republic Records. Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Maroon 5 lead vocalist Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton are the coaches. Each team of singers are mentored and developed by their coach. In the second stage, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other by singing the same song, with the coach choosing which team member to advance. In the final phase, the remaining contestants compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience helps to decide who advances. When one remains for each coach, the four contestants compete against each other in the finale.

The American series premiered on April 26, 2011 on the NBC television network. The winner of the first season was Javier Colon, mentored by coach Adam Levine. The season finale aired on June 29, 2011. It immediately proved to be a hit for NBC and the network renewed the show for a second season.

Overview

The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase and live performance shows. Four coaches, all famous musicians, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more coaches want the same singer (as happened with all but one singer in the premiere episode), then the singer gets to choose their coach. In the final 32 (live shows), Aguilera, Green, Levine and Shelton were joined by Sia Furler, Monica, music producer Adam Blackstone and Reba McEntire.

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Auditions

Contestant auditions were held in eight cities across the United States between mid-January and mid-February 2011: Chicago, New York, Miami, Nashville, Minneapolis, Austin, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Contestants were also allowed to submit an online applications, which ended on March 1, 2011. For the online auditions, contestants were required to sing one of ten preselected songs.

Contestants on The Voice as revealed by airing of promotional advertisements or shows were Javier Colon, Frenchie Davis, Nakia, Lukas Rossi, Cherie Oakley, and Dia Frampton.

Coaches, host, and social media correspondent

In late February 2011, NBC began announcements of the coaches for the series. First to sign on were CeeLo Green and Adam Levine (frontman for Maroon 5). Christina Aguilera came on board in early March 2011. Blake Shelton was added as the final coach on March 7, 2011.

Carson Daly was announced as the show's first host. Alison Haislip was announced as the show's "backstage online and social media correspondent" during the live shows.

Teams

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Winner

• Runner-up
• Third / Fourth place
• Eliminated in the live shows
• Eliminated in the battles

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Coaches	Top 32 Artists
Adam Levine
	Javier Colon
	Casey Desmond	Rebecca Loebe		Tim Mahoney
CeeLo Green
	Vicci Martinez	Nakia	Curtis Grimes	The Thompson Sisters
		Kelsey Rey	Tje Austin	Niki Dawson
		Frenchie Davis	Raquel Castro	Lily Elise
	Cherie Oakley	Julia Eason	Justin Grennan
Blake Shelton
	Dia Frampton	Xenia	Jared Blake	Patrick Thomas
	Sara Oromchi	Serabee	Elenowen	Tyler Robinson

Blind auditions

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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 (April 26)

The first of two Blind Audition taped episodes was broadcast on April 26, 2011. The coaches performed coach CeeLo's song, "Crazy" at the start of the show.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and contestant's choices
					Adam	CeeLo	Christina	Blake
1	Tarralyn Ramsey	31	Jacksonville, Florida	"Breathe"	"?	'	'	"?
2	Patrick Thomas	20	Nashville, Tennessee	"Live Like You Were Dying"	'	'	"?	'
3	Jared Blake	32	Star City, Arkansas	"Good Girls Go Bad"	"?	"?	"?	"?
4	Vicci Martinez	26	Tacoma, Washington	"Rolling in the Deep"	"?	'	'	"?
5	Sonia Rao	24		"If I Ain't Got You"	"?	"?	"?	"?
6	Elenowen (Josh & Nicole Johnson)		Nashville, Tennessee	"Falling Slowly"	"?	'	"?	'
7	Frenchie Davis	31	Los Angeles, California	"I Kissed a Girl"	"?	"?	'	"?
8	Kelsey Rey	20	Sebastian, Florida	"American Boy"	'	'	'	"?
9	Jeff Jenkins	22	Jones Creek, Texas	"Bless the Broken Road"	'	'	'	'
10	Rebecca Loebe	27	Atlanta, Georgia	"Come as You Are"	'	"?	'	"?
11	Joann Rizzo	56		"I Say a Little Prayer"	"?	"?	"?	"?
12	Xenia	16	Temecula, California	"Breakeven"	"?	'	"?	'
13	Tje Austin	27	Austin, Texas	"Just the Way You Are"	'	'	"?	"?
14	Javier Colon	33	Stratford, Connecticut	"Time After Time"	'	'	'	'
15	Beverly McClellan	41	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	"Piece of My Heart"	'	"?	'	"?

Episode 2 (May 3)

The second and final episode of the Blind Audition rounds was broadcast on May 3, 2011.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and aritst's choices
					Adam	CeeLo	Christina	Blake
1	Cherie Oakley	29	Nashville, Tennessee	"Gunpowder & Lead"	"?	"?	'	"?
2	Devon Barley	19		"I'm Yours"	'	'	"?	"?
3	Joshua Hand	29	West Palm Beach, Florida	"Paparazzi"	"?	"?	"?	"?
4	Raquel Castro	16	Long Island, New York	"Bleeding Love"	"?	"?	'	"?
5	Emily Valentine	23	Hollywood, California	"Sober"	"?	'	"?	'
6	Niki Dawson	19	Jacksonville, Florida	"Teenage Dream"	"?	'	"?	"?
7	Sara Oromchi	18	San Jose, California	"Imagine"	"?	"?	"?	'
8	Tim Mahoney	39	Minneapolis, Minnesota	"Bring It On Home to Me"	'	"?	"?	"?
9	Julia Eason	18	Palos Verdes, California	"Mercy"	"?	'	'	"?
10	Angela Wolff	25	Metter, Georgia	"The House That Built Me"	"?	"?	"?	"?
11	Tyler Robinson	20	Folsom, California	"Hey, Soul Sister"	"?	"?	"?	'
12	Nakia	36	Austin, Texas	"Forget You"	"?	'	"?	'
13	Serabee	34	Mississippi	"Son of a Preacher Man"	"?	"?	"?	'
14	Casey Desmond	25	Boston, Massachusetts	"Born This Way"	'	"?	"?	"?
15	Justin Grennan	30	Enumclaw, Washington	"Drops of Jupiter"	"?	"?	'	"?
16	Dia Frampton	23	St. George, Utah	"Bubbly"	"?	'	"?	'
17	Curtis Grimes	25	Gilmer, Texas	"Hillbilly Bone"	"?	'	"?	"?
18	The Thompson Sisters (Tori & Taylor Thompson)		Santa Maria, California	"Stuck Like Glue"	"?	'	"?	"?

Second chance

As, by the end of the regular audition round, only Cee Lo Green had completed his full team of eight finalists, with Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton with seven finalists and Adam Levine only six, selected contestants eliminated previously were given a second chance. The performances in the "second chance round" were as follows (with N/A meaning the coach has already filled his/her Final 8):

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	CeeLo	Christina	Blake
1	Lily Elise	20	San Anselmo, California	"If I Ain't Got You"	"?	rowspan="5"	'	"?
2	Sonia Rao	24		"Chasing Pavements"	"?	rowspan="4"	"?
3	Jared Blake	32	Star City, Arkansas	"Not Ready to Make Nice"	"?	'
4	Casey Weston	18	Naples, Florida	"Stupid Boy"	'	rowspan="2"
5	Angela Wolff	25	Metter, Georgia	"Rolling in the Deep"	'

The Battle rounds

After the Blind Auditions, each coach had eight contestants for the Battle rounds that aired from May 10 to May 31, 2011. Coaches begin narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". Each episode featured four battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants; the four winners for each coach advanced to the live shows.

The trusted advisors for these episodes are: Adam Blackstone working with Adam Levine; Reba McEntire working with Blake Shelton; Monica working with Cee Lo Green; and Sia Furler working with Christina Aguilera

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

Episode	Coach	Order	Winner	Song	Loser
Episode 3	Christina Aguilera	1	Frenchie Davis	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"	Tarralyn Ramsey
	Blake Shelton	2	Patrick Thomas	"Burning Love"	Tyler Robinson
	Adam Levine	3	Casey Weston	"Leather and Lace"	Tim Mahoney
	CeeLo Green	4	Vicci Martinez	"Perfect"	Niki Dawson
Episode 4	CeeLo Green	1	Nakia	"Closer"	Tje Austin
	Blake Shelton	2	Jared Blake	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"	Elenowen
	Adam Levine	3	Javier Colon	"Stand By Me"	Angela Wolff
	Christina Aguilera	4	Beverly McClellan	"Baba O'Riley"	Justin Grennan
Episode 5	Christina Aguilera	1	Raquel Castro	"Only Girl (In The World)"	Julia Eason
	Blake Shelton	2	Dia Frampton	"You Can't Hurry Love"	Serabee
	Adam Levine	3	Devon Barley	"Creep"	Rebecca Loebe
	CeeLo Green	4	The Thompson Sisters	"Unwritten"	Kelsey Rey
Episode 6	Adam Levine	1	Jeff Jenkins		Casey Desmond
	Blake Shelton	2	Xenia	"I'll Stand by You"	Sara Oromchi
	Christina Aguilera	3	Lily Elise	"Since U Been Gone"	Cherie Oakley
	CeeLo Green	4	Curtis Grimes	"Need You Now"	Emily Valentine

Live shows

Quarterfinals, 1: week 1 (June 7 & 13)

After the Final 16 were decided, with four finalists for each coach, June 7, 2011 saw the launching of the live shows (EDT) with Team Christina Aguilera and Team Blake Shelton performing.

Public voting across multiple platforms (phone, smartphone app, web, and iTunes Store) commenced at this point, with two candidates eliminated from each participating team in the first two live shows. Voting lines were opened immediately after the broadcast of each live show on Tuesday and stayed open until 10 AM EDT the following Monday (June 13 for week 1).

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	Artist was saved by the public's vote
	Artist was saved by his/her coach
	Artist was eliminated

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Christina Aguilera	Raquel Castro	"Blow"	Eliminated
2	Blake Shelton	Jared Blake	"Use Somebody"	Eliminated
3	Christina Aguilera	Beverly McClellan	"I'm the Only One"	Public's vote
4	Blake Shelton	Dia Frampton	"Heartless"	Public's vote
5		Xenia	"Price Tag"	Blake's choice
6	Christina Aguilera	Lily Elise	"Big Girls Don't Cry"	Eliminated
7	Blake Shelton	Patrick Thomas	"I Hope You Dance"	Eliminated
8	Christina Aguilera	Frenchie Davis	"When Love Takes Over"

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
1	The Voice coaches	"Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions"
2	Christina Aguilera and her 4 finalists	"Lady Marmalade"
3	Blake Shelton and his 4 finalists	"This Love"

Quarterfinals, 2: week 2 (June 14 & 20)

On June 14, 2011, Team Adam Levine and Team CeeLo Green performed.

Voting proceeded as before"?following the episode's close and continuing until 10 AM EDT June 20.

Results from week seven

• From Christina Aguilera's team, the top Public's vote went to Beverly McClellan. Given the chance to save one additional contestant on her team, Aguilera chose to save Frenchie Davis. Thus both Lily Elise and Raquel Castro were eliminated
• From Blake Shelton's team, the top Public's vote went to Dia Frampton. Blake Shelton chose to save Xenia, eliminating Jared Blake and Patrick Thomas

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	CeeLo Green	The Thompson Sisters	"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"	Eliminated
2	Adam Levine	Casey Weston	"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"	Adam's choice
3	CeeLo Green	Vicci Martinez	"Jolene"	Public's vote
4	Adam Levine	Devon Barley	"Stop and Stare"	Eliminated
5	CeeLo Green	Nakia	"Sex on Fire"	CeeLo's choice
6	Adam Levine	Jeff Jenkins	"Jesus, Take the Wheel"	Eliminated
7	CeeLo Green	Curtis Grimes	"Addicted to Love"	Eliminated
8	Adam Levine	Javier Colon	"Angel"	Public's vote

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
08.1	CeeLo Green and his 4 finalists	"Everyday People"
08.2	Adam Levine & his team (Casey Weston, Devon Barley, Jeff Jenkins and Javier Colon) and John Burroughs High School choir	"With a Little Help from My Friends"

Semifinals: week 3 (June 21 & 22)

Results from week eight

• From CeeLo Green's team, the top Public's vote went to Vicci Martinez. Given the chance to save one additional contestant on his team, Green chose to save Nakia. Accordingly, The Thompson Sisters and Curtis Grimes were eliminated.
• From Adam Levine's team, the top Public's vote went to Javier Colon. Given the chance to save one additional contestant on his team, Levine chose to save Casey Weston. Devon Barley and Jeff Jenkins were eliminated.

Semifinals

On June 21, 2011, the final eight performed. Voting proceeded following the episode until 10 AM EDT June 22.

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Coach points	Public points	Total points	Result
1	Christina Aguilera	Frenchie Davis	"Like a Prayer"	50	43	93	Eliminated
2	CeeLo Green	Nakia	"Whataya Want from Me"	51	25	76	Eliminated
3	Blake Shelton	Dia Frampton	"Losing My Religion"	50	56	106	Advanced to Finals
4	Adam Levine	Casey Weston	"I Will Always Love You"	35	27	62	Eliminated
5		Beverly McClellan	"The Thrill Is Gone"	50	57	107	Advanced to Finals
6	Adam Levine	Javier Colon	"Fix You"	65	73	138	Advanced to Finals
7	Blake Shelton	Xenia	"The Man Who Can't Be Moved"	50	44	94	Eliminated
8	CeeLo Green	Vicci Martinez	"Dog Days Are Over"	49	75	124	Advanced to Finals

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
1.1	Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera	"Moves Like Jagger"
1.2	Blake Shelton & his team	"Honey Bee"
2.1	The Final 8	"Faith/Freedom! 90" medley
2.2	CeeLo Green	"Bright Lights Bigger City"

Finals: week 4 (June 28 & 29)

On June 28, 2011, the four finalists each performed an original song and a duet with their coach. Voting proceeded immediately following the episode's close until 10 AM Eastern June 29.

Artist	Coach	Order	Original song	Order	Duet with coach	Result
Javier Colon	Adam Levine	1	"Stitch by Stitch"	6	"Man in the Mirror"	Winner
Dia Frampton	Blake Shelton	2	"Inventing Shadows"	5	"I Won't Back Down"	Runner-up
Vicci Martinez	CeeLo Green	3	"Afraid to Sleep"	8	"Love is a Battlefield"	3rd/4th place
Beverly McClellan	Christina Aguilera	4	"Lovesick"	7	"Beautiful"

Note

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Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
1	The Voice Coaches	"Under Pressure"
2	Pitbull and Ne-Yo	"Give Me Everything"
3	Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton	"Don't Drink the Water"

Finals results

Airing on June 29, after performances and recaps, Daly first declared that the top two were just 2% apart. Then the top two artists were announced: Dia Frampton and Javier Colon. Despite Dia Frampton's original song, "Inventing Shadows", topping the iTunes singles chart, Javier Colon was declared the first season winner of The Voice.

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
1	Vicci Martinez and Patrick Monahan	"Drops of Jupiter"
2	Javier Colon and Stevie Nicks	"Landslide"
3	Beverly McClellan and Ryan Tedder	"Good Life"
4	Dia Frampton and Miranda Lambert	"The House That Built Me"

Elimination chart

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Artist's info

Artist from Team Adam

• Artist from Team CeeLo

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Artist from Team Christina

• Artist from Team Blake

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Result details

Winner

• Runner-up
• Third and Fourth place
• Artist advanced to the finals
• Artist was saved by his/her coach

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Artist was saved by the public

• Artist received the fewest accumulated total points and was eliminated
• Artist was eliminated
• Artist did not perform on that particular week

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Live show results per week

Artist		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Finals
	Javier Colon		Safe	Advanced	Winner
	Dia Frampton	Safe		Advanced	Runner-up
	Vicci Martinez		Safe	Advanced	3rd/4th place
	Beverly McClellan	Safe		Advanced
	Xenia	Safe		Eliminated	Eliminated (week 3)
	Casey Weston		Safe	Eliminated
	Nakia		Safe	Eliminated
	Frenchie Davis	Safe		Eliminated
	Devon Barley		Eliminated	Eliminated (week 2)
	Curtis Grimes		Eliminated
	Jeff Jenkins		Eliminated
	The Thompson Sisters		Eliminated
	Raquel Castro	Eliminated	Eliminated (week 1)
	Jared Blake	Eliminated
	Lily Elise	Eliminated
	Patrick Thomas	Eliminated

Performances by guests/coaches

Episode	Show segment	Performer(s)	Title	Hot 100 reaction	Hot Digital Songs reaction	Performance type
9	Semi-finals	Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera	"Moves Like Jagger"	8 (debut)	2 (debut)	Live performance
		Blake Shelton (with Dia Frampton and Xenia)	"Honey Bee"	15 (+6)	11(+8)	Live performance
10	Semi-finals Results	CeeLo Green	"Bright Lights Bigger City"	did not chart	did not chart	Live performance
11	Finals	Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo	"Give Me Everything"	2 (-1)	3 (+1)	Live performance
		Brad Paisley ft. Blake Shelton	"Don't Drink the Water"	did not chart	did not chart	Live performance
12	Finals Results	Patrick Monahan (with Vicci Martinez)	"Drops of Jupiter"	did not chart	did not chart	Live performance (duet)
		Stevie Nicks (with Javier Colon)	"Landslide"	did not chart	did not chart	Live performance (duet)
		Ryan Tedder (with Beverly McClellan)	"Good Life"	9 (+9)	12 (+5)	Live performance (duet)
		Miranda Lambert (with Dia Frampton)	"The House That Built Me"	did not chart	did not chart	Live performance (duet)

The Voice Live on Tour

In the final episode, Daly announced a summer concert tour. This tour had six stops across the United States, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston, Wallingford and New York. The tour featured the top two finalists from each team, including Javier Colon, Dia Frampton, Vicci Martinez, Beverly McClellan, Xenia, Frenchie Davis, Nakia, and Casey Weston. Out of the six dates, the New York show was a sell-out. However, as overall ticket sales were lackluster, the tour was cancelled in subsequent seasons. In 2014, the tour was resumed from June 21, 2014 to August 2, 2014, including the contestants of the fifth season, the sixth season and the first season contestant Dia Frampton.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
July 27, 2011	Los Angeles	United States	Gibson Amphitheatre
July 30, 2011	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
August 2, 2011	Chicago		Rosemont Theatre
August 4, 2011	Boston		Bank of America Pavilion
August 5, 2011	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre
August 6, 2011	New York City		Beacon Theatre

Contestant appearances on earlier talent shows

• Frenchie Davis was a semi-finalist on the season two of American Idol but was disqualified.
• Emily Valentine auditioned for the eighth season of American Idol under the name Emily Wynn-Hughes but was cut in the Hollywood Rounds.
• Kelsey Rey auditioned on American Idol under the name Kelsey Laverack for the seventh season, but was cut and appeared again in the ninth season and was eliminated in the Hollywood Rounds.
• The Thompson Sisters appeared on American Juniors in 2003 as separate acts; both winning the highest prize on the show to join the American Juniors group.
• Vicci Martinez appeared on Star Search in 2003, but did not make it past the semi-finals.

Reception and TV ratings

The premiere episode, in what was seen as a relative surprise, was the most watched telecast on the night it aired, garnering more viewers than high-profile competitors Dancing with the Stars on ABC (in persons 18 to 49; DWTS had more overall viewers) and Glee on Fox. The series debut garnered 11.775 million viewers from 9 to 11 p.m. It peaked at 10:45 p.m. with 13.398 million viewers (live+SD).

Rolling Stone's Mallika Rao said of the show's premiere episode, "Could this concept be the best Dutch import since tulips and Eddie Van Halen?" Despite a high viewership in its debut, the show has received mixed reviews on Metacritic, which holds at a 58.

No.	Episode	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	Blind Auditions, Round 1		11.78
2	Blind Auditions, Round 2		12.58
3	Battles: Round 1		10.45
4	Battles: Round 2		10.01
5	Battles: Round 3		8.48
6	Battles: Round 4		14.41
7	Quarter Finals: Round 1		12.31
8	Quarter Finals: Round 2		12.33
9	Semi Finals		12.05
10	Semi Finals: Results		10.01
11	The Finals		12.70
12	Finals: Results		11.05

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