The Voice (Season 3) (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The third season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 10, 2012 on NBC. NBC officially announced The Voice's renewal on May 13, 2012, during its 2012-13 upfront presentation, with the show returning as a fall series.

For this season, teams increased to 16, up from 12 last season. In addition, during the Battle Round, opposing coaches have the ability to steal the singer that was sent home by the original coach. If more than one coach hits their button to recruit the singer in question, it is up to the contestant to decide which coach he or she wants to work with. Each coach can save two contestants, which means the Battle Round will end with ten singers on each team, rather than eight. A new two-night "Knockout Round" began after the Battle Round, where the coaches reduced their teams to five. This was followed by a reduction of the teams to three each, with the two most voted for by viewers selected, along with one choice from the judge. After this, the show moved to a format more similar to American Idol or The X Factor, starting the top 12 and the top spots given to the 10, who received the most viewer votes (including iTunes downloads as votes). A series of after shows was also filmed and streamed on NBC's website after each live show this season.

Auditions, coaches, and hosts

Auditions for were held on July 7 to August 12, 2012 in Memphis, Minneapolis, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles.

All original coaches signed on for season three.

Mary J. Blige, Michael Bubl, Rob Thomas, and Billie Joe Armstrong joined the show as advisers for Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green, and Christina Aguilera's teams respectively during the Battle Rounds segment of the show. Christina, Blake, and Cee Lo brought in Ron Fair, Scott Hendricks, and Jennifer Hudson respectively to help coach in the episode, Top 10 Perform Live. Cee Lo brought in Bill Withers to coach Nicholas David the following week, and was sick during rehearsals for the subsequent week, so he brought in Pat Monahan, lead singer for Train, to coach all his artists that week, while still choosing his team members' songs and keeping in touch with them on the phone.

Teams

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Winner

• Runner-up
• Third place
• Eliminated in the Live shows

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Eliminated in the Live playoffs

• Eliminated in the Knockout rounds
• Artist was stolen by another coach
• Eliminated in the Battle rounds

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Coaches	Top 64 artists
Adam Levine
	Amanda Brown	Melanie Martinez	Bryan Keith	Loren Allred	Joselyn Rivera	Sam James
	Nicole Nelson	Michelle Brooks-Thompson	Joe Kirkland	Kayla Nevarez	Alessandra Guercio	Caitlin Michelle
	Collin McLoughlin	Samuel Mouton	Brian Scartocci	Brandon Mahone	Adanna Duru	Benji
CeeLo Green
	Nicholas David	Trevin Hunte	Cody Belew	MacKenzie Bourg	Diego Val	Caitlin Michelle
	Mycle Wastman	Terisa Griffin	Daniel Rosa	Avery Wilson	Chevonne	Amanda Brown
	Alexis Marceaux	Emily Earle	Ben Taub	Todd Kessler	DOMO	JR Aquino
Christina Aguilera
	Dez Duron	Sylvia Yacoub	Adriana Louise	De'Borah	Devyn DeLoera	Aquile
	Chevonne	Alessandra Guercio	Celica Westbrook	Laura Vivas	MarissaAnn	Joselyn Rivera
	Jordan Pruitt	Beat Frequency	Paulina	Lisa Scinta	Nathalie Hernandez	Nelly's Echo
Blake Shelton
	Cassadee Pope	Terry McDermott	Michaela Paige	Julio Cesar Castillo	Liz Davis	Suzanna Choffel
	MarissaAnn	Collin McLoughlin	Rudy Parris	Gracia Harrison	Terisa Griffin	Kelly Crapa
	Ryan Jirovec	Nicole Johnson	Lelia Broussard	Charlie Rey	2Steel Girls	Casey Muessigmann

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 (September 10)

The third season two-hour premiere aired on Monday, September 10, 2012. The coaches performed "Start Me Up" at the start of the show.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	Cee Lo	Christina	Blake
1	Terry McDermott	35	Aberdeen, Scotland	"Baba O'Riley"	'	'	"?	'
2	De'Borah	25	Chicago Heights, Illinois	"Hey, Soul Sister"	"?	'	'	"?
3	Gracia Harrison	18	Virden, Illinois	"I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"	'	'	"?	'
4	Garrett Gardner	16	Ringwood, New Jersey	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"	"?	"?	"?	"?
5	Devyn DeLoera	20	Snyder, Texas	"Ain't No Other Man"	'	"?	'	'
6	Bryan Keith	22	New York City, New York	"It Will Rain"	'	'	'	'
7	Daniel Rosa	21	Riverside, California	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	"?	'	"?	'
8	Anita Antoinette	22	Boston, Massachusetts / Kingston, Jamaica	"No Woman, No Cry"	"?	"?	"?	"?
9	Joe Kirkland	24	Fort Worth, Texas	"Gives You Hell"	'	"?	"?	'
10	Jessica Sharpe	23	Greensboro, North Carolina	"Son of a Preacher Man"	"?	"?	"?	"?
11	Danny Hunter Jones	N/A	Los Angeles, California	"Superstition"	"?	"?	"?	"?
12	Jamie Pickett	N/A	New York City, New York	"Love on Top"	"?	"?	"?	"?
13	Odiseas Georgiadis	15	New York City, New York	"The Lazy Song"	"?	"?	"?	"?
14	Trevin Hunte	18	New York City, New York	"Listen"	"?	'	'	'

Episode 2 (September 11)

This was the first episode in which a coach did not get any acts. The second one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	Cee Lo	Christina	Blake
1	Adriana Louise	22	New York City, New York	"Domino"	'	'	'	'
2	Casey Muessigmann	22	Spencer, Iowa	"Sweet Home Alabama"	"?	'	"?	'
3	Aquile	24	San Diego, California	"Your Song"	'	'	'	"?
4	Ryan Fogarty	28	Nashville, Tennessee	"Tomorrow"	"?	"?	"?	"?
5	Brett Hite	N/A	Spokane, Washington	"Replay"	"?	"?	"?	"?
6	Jamie Lampert	N/A	Chicago, Illinois	"Poker Face"	"?	"?	"?	"?
7	Matt Carr	N/A	Hanover, New Hampshire/Boston, Massachusetts	"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"	"?	"?	"?	"?
8	MacKenzie Bourg	19	Lafayette, Louisiana	"Pumped Up Kicks"	"?	'	"?	"?
9	Julio Cesar Castillo	21	Chicago, Illinois	"La Bamba"	"?	'	"?	'

Episode 3 (September 12)

The third one-hour episode was broadcast on Wednesday, September 12, 2012.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	Cee Lo	Christina	Blake
1	Samuel Mouton	19	Fort Collins, Colorado	"Redemption Song"	'	'	'	"?
2	Chris Trousdale	26	Big Rapids, Michigan / New Port Richey, Florida	"Glad You Came"	"?	"?	"?	"?
3	Mike Squillant	N/A	Boston, Massachusetts	"Everybody Talks"	"?	"?	"?	"?
4	Jasmin Rose	N/A	N/A	"Mercy"	"?	"?	"?	"?
5	Brandon Clark	N/A	Atlanta, Georgia	"Colder Weather"	"?	"?	"?	"?
6	Nelly's Echo	32	Lagos, Nigeria/Baltimore, Maryland	"Ain't No Sunshine"	'	"?	'	"?
7	2Steel Girls (Krystal and Allison Steel)	23 & 44	Nashville, Tennessee	"Before He Cheats"	"?	'	"?	'
8	Lisa Scinta	26	Las Vegas, Nevada	"Teenage Dream"	"?	'	'	"?
9	MarissaAnn	15	Long Island, New York	"Part of Me"	"?	'	'	"?
10	Loren Allred	22	Salt Lake City, Utah/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	"When Love Takes Over"	'	'	"?	"?
11	DOMO	26	New York City, New York	"Don't Cha"	"?	'	"?	"?
12	Nicole Nelson	34	Burlington, Vermont	"Hallelujah"	'	'	'	'

Episode 4 (September 17)

The fourth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, September 17, 2012.

A preview of Christina Aguilera's video for Your Body was televised.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	Cee Lo	Christina	Blake
1	Melanie Martinez	17	Astoria, New York City, New York	"Toxic"	'	'	"?	'
2	Cupid	29	Lafayette, Louisiana	"Cupid Shuffle"	"?	"?	"?	"?
3	Brian Scartocci	26	Austin, Texas	"Isn't She Lovely"	'	'	"?	'
4	VanJess			"Work Out"	"?	"?	"?	"?
5	Maddie and Julia	N/A	Scotch Plains, New Jersey/New Paltz, New York	"Disturbia"	"?	"?	"?	"?
6	The Wadsworth Sisters	N/A	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	"Edge of Seventeen"	"?	"?	"?	"?
7	Beat Frequency (Shawn Lewis and Natasha Neuschwander)		Vancouver, Washington	"E.T."	"?	"?	'	"?
8	Tyler Lillestol	23	Riverside, California	"U Got It Bad"	"?	"?	"?	"?
9	Liz Davis	25	Madison, Mississippi	"Here for the Party"	'	"?	'	'
10	JR Aquino	24	Anchorage, Alaska	"Just the Way You Are"	'	'	'	"?
11	Agina Alvarez	22	San Diego, California	"Turn the Beat Around"	"?	"?	"?	"?
12	Nicholas David	31	Saint Paul, Minnesota	"Stand By Me"	"?	'	"?	"?
13	Alessandra Guercio	17	New York City, New York	"The Climb"	'	'	"?	"?
14	Adanna Duru	15	Walnut, California	"The Edge of Glory"	'	"?	"?	"?
15	Kelly Crapa	15	New Fairfield, Connecticut	"Sparks Fly"	"?	"?	"?	'
16	Paulina	16	Los Angeles, California	"You Make Me Feel..."	"?	"?	'	"?
17	Avery Wilson	16	Hamden, Connecticut	"Without You"	'	'	'	'

Episode 5 (September 18)

The fifth one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 18, 2012.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	Cee Lo	Christina	Blake
1	Trevanne Howell	33	New York City, New York	"I Have Nothing"	"?	"?	"?	"?
2	Collin McLoughlin	24	Bedford, New York	"Wild World"	'	'	"?	'
3	Joselyn Rivera	17	Pembroke Pines, Florida	"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"	"?	"?	'	'
4	Benji	24	Orlando, Florida	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	'	'	"?	"?
5	Todd Kessler	30	Chicago, Illinois	"Maggie May"	"?	'	"?	"?
6	Ben Taub	21	Princeton, New Jersey	"Feeling Good"	"?	'	"?	'
7	Emily Earle	23	New York City, New York	"Ring of Fire"	"?	'	"?	"?
8	Lorraine Ferro	52	New York City, New York	"Skyscraper"	"?	"?	"?	"?
9	Mycle Wastman	40	Seattle, Washington	"Let's Stay Together"	'	'	"?	'

Episode 6 (September 24, 2012)

The sixth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, September 24, 2012.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	Cee Lo	Christina	Blake
1	Michelle Brooks-Thompson	28	Sunderland, Massachusetts	"Proud Mary"	'	'	'	"?
2	Diego Val	25	Lima, Peru/Miami, Florida	"Animal"	"?	'	"?	"?
3	Lauren Brooke	24	Pawling, New York	"Cowboy Casanova"	"?	"?	"?	"?
4	Suzanna Choffel	32	Austin, Texas	"Landslide"	'	"?	"?	'
5	Michaela Paige	16	Boca Raton, Florida	"Sober"	"?	"?	"?	'
6	Ryan Jirovec	28	McAllen, Texas	"Amazed"	"?	"?	"?	'
7	Dez Duron	22	Shreveport, Louisiana	"Sara Smile"	"?	'	'	'
8	VJ Rosales	25	Bellflower, California	"Forget You"	"?	"?	"?	"?
9	Alexis Marceaux	23	New Orleans, Louisiana	"Go Your Own Way"	"?	'	"?	"?
10	Sam James	26	Worcester, Massachusetts	"Imagine"	'	"?	"?	"?
11	Laura Vivas	33	West Palm Beach, Florida	"Whataya Want From Me"	"?	"?	'	"?
12	Lelia Broussard	23	Los Angeles, California	"We Can Work It Out"	"?	"?	"?	'
13	Brandon Mahone	17	Chicago, Illiinois/Indiana	"I Wish It Would Rain"	'	'	'	"?
14	Jeffrey James	25	Brownsburg, Indiana	"A Little Less Conversation"	"?	"?	"?	"?
15	Paige Bryan	26	Los Angeles, California	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"	"?	"?	"?	"?
16	Cameron Hovsepian	N/A	Los Angeles, California	"I Need a Dollar"	"?	"?	"?	"?
17	LaRae Rhodes	N/A	N/A	"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"	"?	"?	"?	"?
18	Jordan Pruitt	21	Loganville, Georgia	"The One That Got Away"	"?	"?	'	"?
19	Terisa Griffin	42	Chicago, Illinois	"Someone Like You"	"?	"?	'	'

Episode 7 (September 25)

The seventh one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 25, 2012.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	Cee Lo	Christina	Blake
1	Sylvia Yacoub	19	Alexandria, Egypt/Muskegon, Michigan	"Only Girl (In the World)"	"?	'	'	'
2	IJ Quinn	25	Warsaw, North Carolina	"Virtual Insanity"	"?	"?	"?	"?
3	Charlie Rey	21	Long Beach, California	"Home"	'	"?	"?	'
4	Amanda Brown	27	New York City, New York	"Valerie"	"?	'	"?	"?
5	Yolanda Barber	55	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	"Get Here"	"?	"?	"?	"?
6	Cassadee Pope	23	West Palm Beach, Florida	"Torn"	'	'	'	'

Episode 8 (October 1)

The eighth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, October 1, 2012.

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Adam	Cee Lo	Christina	Blake
1	Nathalie Hernandez	15	Dunedin, Florida	"White Horse"	'	"?	'	'
2	Rod Michael	26	Allentown, Pennsylvania/Atlanta, Georgia	"Please Don't Go"	"?	"?	"?	"?
3	Caitlin Michele	20	Boston, Massachusetts	"Cosmic Love"	'	"?	"?	'
4	Nicole Johnson	18		"Mr. Know It All"	"?	'	"?	'
5	Kameron Corvet	32	Cincinnati, Ohio/Atlanta, Georgia	"Crazy"	"?	"?	"?	"?
6	Chevonne	26	Little Falls, New Jersey	"Brass in Pocket"	"?	'	"?	'
7	Kayla Nevarez	17	Mission Viejo, California	"American Boy"	'	'	'	"?
8	Celica Westbrook	16	Franklin, Tennessee	"A Thousand Years"	rowspan="7"	'	'	'
9	Jay Taylor	N/A	Duette, Florida/Nashville, Tennessee	"Country Girl (Shake It for Me)"	"?	rowspan="6"	"?
10	Gedina	N/A	N/A	"Ain't Nobody"	"?	"?
11	Taylor Wagner	N/A	Mattoon, Illinois/Nashville, Tennessee	"Mean"	"?	"?
12	Jessica Cayne	26	Grayson, Georgia	"Good Girl"	"?	"?
13	Rudy Parris	46	Visalia, California	"Every Breath You Take"	'	'
14	Cody Belew	27	Beebe, Arkansas	"Hard to Handle"	'	rowspan="1"

Episode 9: The Best of the Blind Auditions (October 2)

The ninth one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, recapping some of the best moments of the blind auditions.

The Battles

The Battle Rounds were broadcast from Monday, October 8 to Tuesday, October 23. 'Steals' were introduced this season, where each coach could steal two contestants from another team when they lost their battle round. The name of the coach who was chosen by the stolen contestant is ticked. The advisors for these episodes are: Mary J. Blige working with Adam Levine; Michael Bubl working with Blake Shelton; Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty) working with Cee Lo Green; and Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) working with Christina Aguilera.

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	Artist won the Battle and advances to the Knockouts
	Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Knockouts
	Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

Episode	Coach	Order	Winner	Song	Loser	'Steal' result
						Adam	Cee Lo	Christina	Blake
Episode 10	Blake Shelton	1	Terry McDermott	"Carry On Wayward Son"	Casey Muessigmann	"?	"?	"?
	Adam Levine	2	Bryan Keith	"Santeria"	Collin McLoughlin		'	"?	'
	Cee Lo Green	3	Diego Val	"Jessie's Girl"	JR Aquino	"?		"?	"?
	Christina Aguilera	4	De'Borah	"Message in a Bottle"	Nelly's Echo	"?	"?		"?
	Blake Shelton	5	Gracia Harrison	"Sin Wagon"	2Steel Girls	"?	"?	"?
	Cee Lo Green	6	Trevin Hunte	"Vision of Love"	Amanda Brown	'		'	'
Episode 11	Cee Lo Green	1	Cody Belew	"Telephone"	DOMO	"?		"?	"?
	Christina Aguilera	2	Aquile	"You Give Me Something"	Nathalie Hernandez	"?	"?		"?
		3	Celica Westbrook	"My Life Would Suck Without You"	Lisa Scinta	"?	"?		"?
	Blake Shelton	4	Rudy Parris	"Bad Day"	Charlie Rey	"?	"?	"?
	Adam Levine	5	Melanie Martinez	"Lights"	Caitlin Michele		'	"?	'
Episode 12	Blake Shelton	1	Julio Cesar Castillo	"Conga"	Terisa Griffin	"?	'	"?
	Christina Aguilera	2	Dez Duron	"Just the Way You Are"	Paulina	"?	rowspan="5"		"?
	Adam Levine	3	Sam James	"You Give Love a Bad Name"	Benji		"?	"?
	Cee Lo Green	4	Nicholas David	"She's Gone"	Todd Kessler	"?	"?	"?
	Blake Shelton	5	Suzanna Choffel	"Dog Days Are Over"	Lelia Broussard	"?	"?
	Christina Aguilera	6	Sylvia Yacoub	"Best Thing I Never Had"	Joselyn Rivera	'		'
Episode 13	Blake Shelton	1	Liz Davis	"Baggage Claim"	Nicole Johnson	rowspan="6"	rowspan="6"	"?
	Adam Levine	2	Kayla Nevarez	"Wide Awake"	Alessandra Guercio	'	"?
	Cee Lo Green	3	Mycle Wastman	"Too Close"	Ben Taub	"?	"?
	Adam Levine	4	Michelle Brooks-Thompson	"Crazy in Love"	Adanna Duru	"?	"?
	Christina Aguilera	5	Laura Vivas	"Poker Face"	Beat Frequency		"?
	Cee Lo Green	6	MacKenzie Bourg	"Good Time"	Emily Earle	"?	"?
Episode 14	Cee Lo Green	1	Daniel Rosa	"Whataya Want from Me"	Alexis Marceaux	rowspan="6"	rowspan="6"	"?	"?
	Adam Levine	2	Nicole Nelson	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"	Brandon Mahone	"?	"?
		3	Loren Allred	"Need You Now"	Brian Scartocci	"?	"?
	Blake Shelton	4	Cassadee Pope	"Not Over You"	Ryan Jirovec	"?
	Adam Levine	5	Joe Kirkland	"You Get What You Give"	Samuel Mouton	"?	"?
	Christina Aguilera	6	Devyn DeLoera	"Free Your Mind"	MarissaAnn		'
Episode 15	Christina Aguilera	1	Adriana Louise	"Hot n Cold"	Jordan Pruitt	rowspan="3"	rowspan="3"		rowspan="3"
	Blake Shelton	2	Michaela Paige	"I Hate Myself for Loving You"	Kelly Crapa	"?
	Cee Lo Green	3	Avery Wilson	"Titanium"	Chevonne	'

The Knockouts

The Knockouts were broadcast from Monday, October 29 to Tuesday, October 30.

After the Battle Round, each coach had 10 contestants for the Knockouts. Each episode featured knockout battles consisting of pairings from within each team. The contestants were not told who they were up against until the day of the Knockout. Each contestant sang a song of their own choice, back to back, and each knockout concluded with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants; the five winners for each coach advanced to the live shows.

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

Episode	Coach	Order	Song	Artists		Song
Episode 16	Adam Levine	1	"Love on Top"	Joselyn Rivera	Kayla Nevarez	"Shark in the Water"
		2	"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"	Bryan Keith	Joe Kirkland	"Mean"
		3	"Paris (Ooh La La)"	Amanda Brown	Michelle Brooks-Thompson	"Spotlight"
		4	"You Know I'm No Good"	Loren Allred	Nicole Nelson	"If I Ain't Got You"
		5	"Bulletproof"	Melanie Martinez	Sam James	"Walking in Memphis"
	Cee Lo Green	6	"Jolene"	Cody Belew	Avery Wilson	"Yeah 3x"
		7	"Call Me Maybe"	MacKenzie Bourg	Daniel Rosa	"Back To December"
		8	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"	Trevin Hunte	Terisa Griffin	"Saving All My Love for You"
		9	"Put Your Records On"	Nicholas David	Mycle Wastman	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
		10	"Are You Gonna Go My Way"	Diego Val	Caitlin Michele	"Bring Me to Life"
Episode 17	Christina Aguilera	1	"I Have Nothing"	Devyn DeLoera	Laura Vivas	"I Need to Know"
		2	"Already Gone"	Adriana Louise	Celica Westbrook	"Never Say Never"
		3	"Stuck on You"	Dez Duron	Alessandra Guercio	"Take a Bow"
		4	"You Found Me"	De'Borah	Chevonne	"Dancing with Myself"
		5	"Fighter"	Sylvia Yacoub	Aquile	"Grenade"
	Blake Shelton	6	"Gunpowder and Lead"	Liz Davis	Gracia Harrison	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
		7	"Maybe I'm Amazed"	Terry McDermott	Rudy Parris	"Forever"
		8	"Love is a Battlefield"	Michaela Paige	Collin McLoughlin	"Breakeven"
		9	"Somebody to Love"	Julio Cesar Castillo	MarissaAnn	"Lady Marmalade"
		10	"Payphone"	Cassadee Pope	Suzanna Choffel	"Could You Be Loved"

The live shows

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	Artist was saved by Public's vote
	Artist was saved by his/her coach
	Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 10 after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10
	Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Live playoffs (November 5, 7, & 8)

The live playoffs were aired on November 5 and 7, followed by a results show on November 8. Performances were intentionally stripped down compared to previous seasons, so that there is greater focus on the voices of the artists. Special guests included Taylor Kinney from Chicago Fire in the audience.

• Guest Performance: Jermaine Paul - "I Believe in This Life"

Date	Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
November 5 Team Adam + Blake	1	Adam Levine	Joselyn Rivera	"Give Your Heart a Break"	Eliminated
	2	Blake Shelton	Terry McDermott	"Don't Stop Believin'"	Public's vote
	3	Adam Levine	Melanie Martinez	"Hit the Road Jack"	Adam's choice
	4	Blake Shelton	Liz Davis	"Independence Day"	Eliminated
	5		Cassadee Pope	"My Happy Ending"	Public's vote
	6	Adam Levine	Bryan Keith	"Iris"	Public's vote
	7	Blake Shelton	Michaela Paige	"Everybody Talks"	Blake's choice
	8		Julio Cesar Castillo	"El Rey"	Eliminated
	9	Adam Levine	Loren Allred	"All Around the World"	Eliminated
	10		Amanda Brown	"Dream On"	Public's vote
November 7 Team Cee Lo + Christina	1	Christina Aguilera	Adriana Louise	"Firework"
	2	Cee Lo Green	Cody Belew	"One More Try"	Cee Lo's choice
	3	Christina Aguilera	De'Borah	"Who Knew"	Eliminated
	4	Cee Lo Green	Diego Val	"Bailamos"	Eliminated
	5		MacKenzie Bourg	"What Makes You Beautiful"	Eliminated
	6	Christina Aguilera	Devyn DeLoera	"Bleeding Love"	Eliminated
	7	Cee Lo Green	Nicholas David	"You're the First, the Last, My Everything"	Public's vote
	8	Christina Aguilera	Sylvia Yacoub	"The One That Got Away"	Public's vote
	9		Dez Duron	"Wanted"	Public's vote
	10	Cee Lo Green	Trevin Hunte	"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"	Public's vote

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
18	Team Adam & Team Blake	"Peace of Mind"
19	Team Cee Lo & Team Christina	"Sing"
20.1	Team Adam & Team Blake	"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
20.2	Maroon 5	"Daylight"
20.3	Team Cee Lo & Team Christina	"Drive By"

Week 2 (November 12 & 13)

The live top 12 performances were aired on November 12, followed by a results show on November 13.

From this point on in the competition, all remaining contestants performed live each week, and only the public's vote determined which contestants advanced in the competition. Unlike previous seasons, rather than each team eliminating equal numbers of contestants each week, third season eliminations applied individually without regard to contestants' team affiliation (meaning that all artists competed head-to-head against all remaining contestants each week), introducing the possibility of a final four without equal team representation.

Additionally, producers made changes in the voting system with regards to iTunes singles purchases, announced during the results show. Previous voting via iTunes purchases of contestant performances had previously only counted singly during the official voting window and only accredited to the live show in concern. As of this week in the competition, if a competitor's performance stays within the Top 10 of the iTunes "Top 200 Single Chart" (updated hourly) until the close of voting, it will be given an iTunes bonus that multiplies iTunes votes made in the 24-hour voting window by ten. The finale's vote count will have include a 'Cumulative iTunes Vote Total' of all singles (from Top 12 onwards) purchased during and outside of the various voting windows, with iTunes bonus previously earned.

• Guest Performance: Jason Aldean - "The Only Way I Know" (with Bryan Keith & Dez Duron)

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Blake Shelton	Michaela Paige	"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"	Eliminated
2	Christina Aguilera	Dez Duron	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"	Public's vote
3		Adriana Louise	"Good Girl"	Eliminated
4	Cee Lo Green	Cody Belew	"The Best"	Public's vote
5	Adam Levine	Amanda Brown	"Spectrum"	Public's vote
6		Bryan Keith	"Back to Black"	Public's vote
7	Blake Shelton	Cassadee Pope	"Behind These Hazel Eyes"	Public's vote
8	Cee Lo Green	Trevin Hunte	"When a Man Loves a Woman"	Public's vote
9	Adam Levine	Melanie Martinez	"Cough Syrup"	Public's vote
10	Cee Lo Green	Nicholas David	"The Power of Love"	Public's vote
11	Christina Aguilera	Sylvia Yacoub	"My Heart Will Go On"	Public's vote
12	Blake Shelton	Terry McDermott	"More Than a Feeling"	Public's vote

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
22.1	Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green	"Make the World Move"
22.2	Cee Lo Green and his three finalists	"Stayin' Alive"
22.3	Blake Shelton and his three finalists	"Life Is a Highway"

Week 3 (November 19 & 20)

The live top 10 performances aired on November 19, followed by a results show on November 20. Christina, Blake and Cee Lo brought in Ron Fair, Scott Hendricks and Jennifer Hudson respectively to help in this week's coaching. Other special guests included lead actors from the cast of Guys with Kids in the audience.

• Guest Performance: Rascal Flatts - "Changed"

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Christina Aguilera	Sylvia Yacoub	"Girl on Fire"	Eliminated
2	Blake Shelton	Terry McDermott	"Summer of '69"	Public's vote
3	Adam Levine	Melanie Martinez	"Seven Nation Army"	Public's vote
4	Cee Lo Green	Cody Belew	"Crazy In Love"	Public's vote
5	Adam Levine	Bryan Keith	"New York State of Mind"	Eliminated
6		Amanda Brown	"Stars"	Public's vote
7	Cee Lo Green	Nicholas David	"Lean on Me"	Public's vote
8		Trevin Hunte	"Scream"	Public's vote
9	Blake Shelton	Cassadee Pope	"Over You"	Public's vote
10	Christina Aguilera	Dez Duron	"Feeling Good"	Public's vote

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
23	Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton	"Just a Fool"
24.1	Christina Aguilera and her two finalists	"Let There Be Love"
24.2	Adam Levine and his three finalists	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
24.3	Team Blake & Team Christina	"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
2.44	Team Adam & Team Cee Lo	"I Want You to Want Me"

Note

1. ^ Viewers voted between a performance of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" by Team Blake & Team Christina, or "I Want You to Want Me" by Team Adam & Team Cee Lo via Twitter during the airing of the results show.

Week 4 (November 26 & 27)

The live top 8 performances aired on November 26, followed by a results show on November 27. Cee Lo brought in Bill Withers, the original singer/songwriter of "Lean on Me" to help coach Nicholas David this week.

With the elimination of Dez Duron, Christina Aguilera no longer has any artist remaining on her team. For the first time in the series, not all coaches will be represented in the finale.

• Guest Performance: 50 Cent featuring Adam Levine - "My Life"

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Adam Levine	Amanda Brown	"Someone Like You"	Public's vote
2	Cee Lo Green	Cody Belew	"Somebody to Love"	Eliminated
3	Blake Shelton	Terry McDermott	"Over"	Public's vote
4	Adam Levine	Melanie Martinez	"Too Close"	Public's vote
5	Christina Aguilera	Dez Duron	"U Smile"	Eliminated
6	Cee Lo Green	Trevin Hunte	"The Greatest Love of All"	Public's vote
7		Nicholas David	"What's Going On"	Public's vote
8	Blake Shelton	Cassadee Pope	"Are You Happy Now?"	Public's vote

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
25.1	Cassadee Pope, Dez Duron, Melanie Martinez, & Terry McDermott	"Move Along"
25.2	Amanda Brown, Cody Belew, Nicholas David, & Trevin Hunte	"Any Way You Want It"
26.1	Amanda Brown & Trevin Hunte	"Marry the Night"
26.2	Cee Lo Green and The Muppets	"Bein' Green"
26.3	Cody Belew, Melanie Martinez, Nicholas David, & Terry McDermott	"Rhythm of Love"
26.4	Dez Duron & Cassadee Pope	"Hate That I Love You"

Week 5 (December 3 & 4)

The live top 6 performances aired on December 3, followed by a results show on December 4. Each contestant sang two songs, one of their choice, and one of the coach's choice. Coach Cee Lo was sick during rehearsals, so he brought in Pat Monahan, lead singer for Train, to coach his artists this week, while still choosing his team members' songs and keeping in touch with them on the phone.

With the eliminations of Melanie Martinez and Amanda Brown, Adam Levine no longer has any artist remaining on his team.

• Guest Performance: Ne-Yo - "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)", Matchbox Twenty - "Overjoyed".

Coach	Artist	Order	Song (Coach's choice)	Order	Song (Artist's choice)	Result
Cee Lo Green	Nicholas David	1	"September"	12	"Over the Rainbow"	Public's vote
Blake Shelton	Cassadee Pope	2	"Stand"	11	"I'm With You"	Public's vote
Adam Levine	Amanda Brown	9	"Here I Go Again"	3	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Eliminated
Blake Shelton	Terry McDermott	7	"Stay with Me"	4	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	Public's vote
Cee Lo Green	Trevin Hunte	5	"Walking on Sunshine"	8	"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"	Public's vote
Adam Levine	Melanie Martinez	10	"The Show"	6	"Crazy"	Eliminated

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
28.1	Trevin Hunte & Terry McDermott	"Feel Again"
28.2	Cassadee Pope & Amanda Brown	"Breakaway"
28.3	Nicholas David & Melanie Martinez	"Criminal"

Semifinals: Week 6 (December 10 & 11)

The semifinal performances aired on December 10, followed by a results show on December 11. Special guests included Howie Mandel from Take It All and Of Monsters and Men, whose song "Little Talks" was covered in a non-competition performance, in the audience. Tony Lucca was also interviewed for a short while with his coach from last season, Adam Levine, in the Sprint Skybox.

• Guest Performances: Michael Bubl - "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", Juliet Simms - "Wild Child", RaeLynn - "Boyfriend", Chris Mann - "Roads"

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Cee Lo Green	Trevin Hunte	"Wind Beneath My Wings"	Eliminated
2		Nicholas David	"You Are So Beautiful"	Public's vote
3	Blake Shelton	Cassadee Pope	"Stupid Boy"	Public's vote
4		Terry McDermott	"Let It Be"	Public's vote

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
29	Blake Shelton and 16 members of his team	"White Christmas"
30.1	Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott	"Little Talks"
30.2	Nicholas David and Trevin Hunte	"Hero"

Finals: Week 7 (December 17 & 18)

The final performances aired on December 17, followed by a results show on December 18. Each finalist would perform three times: a reprise of a past performance, a duet with their coach, and a solo performance. Special guests included the cast of 1600 Penn and The Biggest Loser in the audience.

• Guest performances: Rihanna - "Diamonds", The Killers - "Here With Me", Kelly Clarkson - "Catch My Breath", Bruno Mars - "When I Was Your Man"

Coach	Artist	Order	Solo song	Order	Duet song (with Coach)	Order	Reprise song	Result
Cee Lo Green	Nicholas David	1	"Great Balls of Fire"/"Fire"	8	"Play That Funky Music"	4	"Lean on Me"	Third place
Blake Shelton	Cassadee Pope	9	"Cry"	6	"Steve McQueen"	2	"Over You"	Winner
	Terry McDermott	5	"Broken Wings"	3	Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"	7	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	Runner-up

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
31	The Voice coaches, live show contestants, Christina Milian, and Carson Daly	"Hallelujah"
32.1	Rihanna	"Diamonds"
32.2	Terry McDermott (with Amanda Brown, Bryan Keith, Michaela Paige, and Rudy Parris)	"Rock and Roll All Nite"
32.3	Nicholas David and Smokey Robinson	"Cruisin'"
32.4	The Killers (with Cassadee Pope)	"Here with Me"
32.5	Cody Belew, Dez Duron, Diego Val, Julio Cesar Castillo, and Mackenzie Bourg	"Stacy's Mom"
32.6	Kelly Clarkson (with Cassadee Pope, and Terry McDermott)	"Catch My Breath"
32.7	Cassadee Pope (with Melanie Martinez, De'Borah, and Liz Davis)	"It's Time"
32.8	Terry McDermott and Peter Frampton	"Baby, I Love Your Way"
32.9	Adriana Louise, Devyn DeLoera, Joselyn Rivera, Loren Allred, and Sylvia Yacoub	"Best of My Love"
32.10	Bruno Mars	"When I Was Your Man"
32.11	Nicholas David (with Amanda Brown, Dez Duron, and Trevin Hunte)	"End of the Road"
32.12	Cassadee Pope and Avril Lavigne	"I'm with You"
32.13	The Voice coaches: Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green, and Christina Aguilera	"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"

1. ^ The performance was a tribute to the Newtown, Connecticut shooting victims, and placards displaying the names and ages of the victims were held by the performers.

Elimination chart

Overall

Color key

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 Place

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Artist was saved by his/her coach

• Artist was saved by the public
• Artist was eliminated

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Live show results per week

Artist		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Finals
	Cassadee Pope	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
	Terry McDermott	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
	Nicholas David	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd place
	Trevin Hunte	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Amanda Brown	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (week 5)
	Melanie Martinez	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Cody Belew	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (week 4)
	Dez Duron	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Bryan Keith	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (week 3)
	Sylvia Yacoub	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Adriana Louise	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (week 2)
	Michaela Paige	Safe	Eliminated
	Loren Allred	Eliminated	Eliminated (week 1)
	MacKenzie Bourg	Eliminated
	Julio Cesar Castillo	Eliminated
	Liz Davis	Eliminated
	De'Borah	Eliminated
	Devyn DeLoera	Eliminated
	Joselyn Rivera	Eliminated
	Diego Val	Eliminated

Team

Color key

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 place

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Eliminated

• Artist received one or more iTunes bonus that week (applicable from week 3 onwards)
•   Number of iTunes bonuses received

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Artist		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Finals
	Amanda Brown	Public's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Melanie Martinez	Coach's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Bryan Keith	Public's choice	Advanced	Eliminated
	Joselyn Rivera	Eliminated
	Loren Allred	Eliminated
	Nicholas David	Public's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Third Place
	Trevin Hunte	Public's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Cody Belew	Coach's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Diego Val	Eliminated
	MacKenzie Bourg	Eliminated
	Dez Duron	Public's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Sylvia Yacoub	Public's choice	Advanced	Eliminated
	Adriana Louise	Coach's choice	Eliminated
	De'Borah	Eliminated
	Devyn DeLoera	Eliminated
	Cassadee Pope	Public's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Winner
	Terry McDermott	Public's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Runner-up
	Michaela Paige	Coach's choice	Eliminated
	Julio Cesar Castillo	Eliminated
	Liz Davis	Eliminated

Performances by guests/coaches

Episode	Show segment	Performer(s)	Title	Hot 100 reaction	Hot Digital Songs reaction	Performance type
4	The Blind Auditions, Part 4	Christina Aguilera	"Your Body"	34 (debut)	10 (debut)	music video teaser
20	The Live Playoff Results	Maroon 5	"Daylight"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
		Jermaine Paul	"I Believe in This Life"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
22	Top 12, Live Results	Jason Aldean (with Bryan Keith and Dez Duron)	"The Only Way I Know"	78 (+15)	59 (re-entry)	live performance
		Christina Aguilera ft. Cee Lo Green	"Make the World Move"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
23	Top 10 Perform Live	Christina Aguilera ft. Blake Shelton	"Just a Fool"	71 (+21)	25 (+9)	live performance
24	Top 10, Live Results	Rascal Flatts (with Cody Belew and Cassadee Pope)	"Changed"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
		Christina Aguilera (with Sylvia Yacoub and Dez Duron)	"Let There Be Love"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
25	Top 8 Perform Live	50 Cent ft. Adam Levine	"My Life"	27 (debut)	4 (debut)	live performance
26	Top 8, Live Results	Cee Lo Green and The Muppets	"Bein' Green"	no recording	no recording	live performance
28	Top 6, Live Results	Ne-Yo (with Amanda Brown)	"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)"	10 (=)	29 (=)	live performance
		Matchbox Twenty (with Nicholas David and Trevin Hunte)	"Overjoyed"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
29	Live Semifinal Performances	Michael Bubl	"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
		Blake Shelton (with 16 members of Team Blake)	"White Christmas"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
30	Semifinals, Live Results	Juliet Simms	"Wild Child"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
		RaeLynn	"Boyfriend"	118 (debut)	56 (debut)	live performance
		Chris Mann	"Roads"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance
32	Finals, Live Results	Rihanna	"Diamonds"	2 (=)	5 (-1)	live performance
		The Killers (with Cassadee Pope)	"Here with Me"	119 (debut)	did not chart	live performance
		Smokey Robinson (with Nicholas David)	"Cruisin'"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance (duet)
		Kelly Clarkson (with Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott)	"Catch My Breath"	30 (+19)	22 (+21)	live performance
		Peter Frampton (with Terry McDermott)	"Baby, I Love Your Way"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance (duet)
		Bruno Mars	"When I Was Your Man"	62 (re-entry)	26 (re-entry)	live performance
		Avril Lavigne (with Cassadee Pope)	"I'm with You"	did not chart	did not chart	live performance (duet)

Artist appearances on prior seasons or other talent shows

• Daniel Rosa, Sam James and Dez Duron sang in the blind auditions in season two and failed to make a team
• JR Aquino and Alessandra Guercio reached the Hollywood rounds of American Idol in seasons four and ten respectively, but did not reach the Top 24.
• Liz Davis was the winner of P. Diddy's Starmaker
• DOMO appeared on America's Best Dance Crew - season four as a member of Rhythm City.
• Adanna Duru later became a finalist on the fourteenth season of "American Idol."
• MacKenzie Bourg later made the Top 24 on the fifteenth and final season of American Idol and finished in fourth place.
• Loren Allred would go on to provide the voice behind Rebecca Ferguson's character Jenny Lind in the movie The Greatest Showman.

Television ratings

Season three premiered on September 10, 2012 and was watched by 12.28 million viewers with a 4.2 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. It was down 39 percent in the demo from last season's premiere. The Voice aired three times during its first week, going up against The X Factor on September 12, 2012. This show was highly criticised by Simon Cowell, who said that The X Factor would win in ratings. However, both The Voice and The X Factor tied on September 12, 2012, both with a 3.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic, but The Voice won in total viewers. In its regular time slot on Mondays and Tuesdays, The Voice airs opposite Dancing with the Stars.

#	Episode	Original air date	Production	Timeslot (ET)	Viewers (millions)	Rating/Share (Adults 18-49)
1	"Blind Auditions, Part 1"		301	Monday 8:00pm	12.28	4.2/11
2	"Blind Auditions, Part 2"		302	Tuesday 8:00pm	11.42	4.0/12
3	"Blind Auditions, Part 3"		303	Wednesday 8:00pm	10.89	3.4/11
4	"Blind Auditions, Part 4"		304	Monday 8:00pm	13.57	4.7/12
5	"Blind Auditions, Part 5"		305	Tuesday 8:00pm	13.60	4.7/14
6	"Blind Auditions, Part 6"		306	Monday 8:00pm	12.18	4.4/11
7	"Blind Auditions, Part 7"		307	Tuesday 8:00pm	11.57	4.2/13
8	"Blind Auditions, Part 8"		308	Monday 8:00pm	12.55	4.6/12
9	"The Best of the Blind Auditions"		309	Tuesday 8:00pm	8.48	3.0/9
10	"Battles, Part 1"		310	Monday 8:00pm	12.89	4.8/12
11	"Battles, Part 2"		311	Tuesday 8:00pm	12.19	4.5/13
12	"Battles, Part 3"		312	Monday 8:00pm	13.01	4.8/13
13	"Battles, Part 4"		313	Tuesday 8:00pm	12.04	4.6/13
14	"Battles, Part 5"		314	Monday 8:00pm	12.02	4.3/11
15	"The Final Battles"		315	Tuesday 8:00pm	11.22	4.3/12
16	"Knockouts, Part 1"		316	Monday 8:00pm	12.44	4.8/11
17	"Knockouts, Part 2"		317	Tuesday 8:00pm	12.13	4.6/12
18	"Live Play-offs, Part 1"		318	Monday 8:00pm	11.93	4.5/10
19	"Live Play-offs, Part 2"		319	Wednesday 8:00pm	10.47	3.8/10
20	"Live Play-offs, The Results"		320	Thursday 8:00pm	8.83	3.0/9
21	"Top 12 Performances"		321	Monday 8:00pm	11.63	4.4/11
22	"Top 12, Live Results"		322	Tuesday 8:00pm	11.15	3.9/11
23	"Top 10: Performances"		323	Monday 8:00pm	10.60	3.7/9
24	"Top 10: Live Results"		324	Tuesday 8:00pm	9.47	3.4/10
25	"Top 8 Perform Live"		325	Monday 8:00pm	12.17	4.2/11
26	"Top 8: Live Results"		326	Tuesday 8:00pm	11.57	3.8/11
27	"Top 6 Perform Live"		327	Monday 8:00pm	12.11	3.9/10
28	"Top 6: Live Results"		328	Tuesday 8:00pm	11.52	3.5/10
29	"Live Semifinal Performances"		329	Monday 8:00pm	12.33	3.8/10
30	"Semifinals: Live Results"		330	Tuesday 8:00pm	11.52	3.6/10
31	"Live Final Performances"		331	Monday 8:00pm	13.37	4.2/11
32	"Live Finale"		332	Tuesday 9:00pm	14.13	4.9/13

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