The Voice (Season 8) (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The eighth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 23, 2015 on NBC. Carson Daly returned as host. Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Pharrell Williams returned as coaches. Gwen Stefani did not return for season eight, making room for the return of Christina Aguilera after a two-season absence. Sawyer Fredericks, of Team Pharrell, won the competition.

Coaches and hosts

Christina Aguilera returned from a two-season hiatus, rejoining Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Pharrell Williams. The advisors for this season included Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell, Meghan Trainor for Team Blake, Nick Jonas for Team Christina, and Ellie Goulding for Team Adam. Nate Ruess served as an advisor for all teams during the Knockouts.

Teams

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Winner

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

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Eliminated in Live playoffs

• Stolen in the Knockout rounds
• Eliminated in the Knockout rounds
• Stolen in the Battle rounds
• Eliminated in the Battle rounds
• Withdrew

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Coaches	Top 48 artists
Adam Levine
	Joshua Davis	Deanna Johnson	Brian Johnson	Tonya Boyd-Cannon	Nathan Hermida
	Lexi Dvila	Barry Minniefield	Blaze Johnson	Clinton Washington	Bren'nae DeBarge
	Jack Gregori	Michael Leier	Josh Batstone	Nicolette Mar	James McNeiece
Pharrell Williams
	Sawyer Fredericks	Koryn Hawthorne	Mia Z	Caitlin Caporale	Lowell Oakley
	Hannah Kirby	Jacob Rummell	Paul Pfau	Anthony Riley	Kimberly Nichole
	Meghan Linsey	Travis Ewing	Ashley Morgan	Noelle Bybee	Briar Jonnee
Christina Aguilera
	India Carney	Kimberly Nichole	Rob Taylor	Lexi Davila	Sonic
	Koryn Hawthorne	Treeva Gibson	Joe Tolo	Ashley Morgan	Clinton Washington
	Vance Smith	Jeremy Gaynor	Katelyn Read	Gabriel Wolfchild	Ameera Delandro
Blake Shelton
	Meghan Linsey	Hannah Kirby	Corey Kent White	Brooke Adee	Sarah Potenza
	Brian Johnson	Kelsie May	Cody Wickline	Travis Ewing	Jacob Rummell
	Hannah Kirby	Joshua Davis	Bay Brooks	Brenna Yaeger	Matt Snook

Blind auditions

The first phase of the competition, the Blind Auditions, were taped October 26-29, 2014, began airing when the season premiered on February 23, 2015. Adam Levine auditioned as a joke in episode three with the song "Tiny Dancer," with all four chairs turning (Pharrell turned Adam's chair). He "chose" Christina.

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'	Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button
	Artist defaulted to this coach's team
	Artist elected to join this coach's team
	Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button

Episode 1 (February 23)

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

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and contestant's choices
					Adam	Pharrell	Christina	Blake
1	Sarah Potenza	34	Smithfield, Rhode Island	"Stay with Me"	'	'	'	'
2	Lowell Oakley	19	Durham, North Carolina	"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"	'	'	"?	"?
3	Rob Taylor	22	Donaldsonville, Louisiana	"I Want You"	'	'	'	"?
4	Ivonne Acero	16	Aguila, Arizona	"Try"	"?	"?	"?	"?
5	Cody Wickline	20	Beckley, West Virginia	"He Stopped Loving Her Today"	'	'	'	'
6	Treeva Gibson	16	Frederick, Maryland	"Young and Beautiful"	"?	"?	'	'
7	Mason Henderson	N/A	Orange Beach, Alabama	"Riptide"	"?	"?	"?	"?
8	Meghan Linsey	28	New Orleans, Louisiana	"Love Hurts"	'	'	'	"?
9	Joshua Davis	37	Traverse City, Michigan	"I Shall Be Released"	'	"?	"?	'
10	Bryce Sherlow	17	Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey	"Cool Kids"	"?	"?	"?	"?
11	Sawyer Fredericks	16	Fultonville, New York	"I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow"	'	'	'	'

Episode 2 (February 24)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and contestant's choices
					Adam	Pharrell	Christina	Blake
1	Anthony Riley	27	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	'	'	'	'
2	Gabriel Wolfchild	26	Seattle, Washington	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	'	"?	'	'
3	Brooke Adee	16	Atlanta, Georgia	"Skinny Love"	'	'	"?	'
4	Dylan Dunlap	18	Studio City, California	"Talk Dirty"	"?	"?	"?	"?
5	Tonya Boyd-Cannon	35	New Orleans, Louisiana	"Happy"	'	'	'	-
6	Joe Tolo	21	Sacramento, California	"To Love Somebody"	'	"?	-	'
7	Drew Parker	23	Covington, Georgia	Workin' Man Blues	"?	"?	"?	"?
8	Mia Z	15	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	"The Thrill Is Gone"	"?	'	"?	'
9	Blaze Johnson	23	Columbus, Ohio	"How to Save a Life"	'	"?	"?	'
10	Bryan Pierce	39	Charlotte, North Carolina	"Rocket Man"	"?	"?	"?	"?
11	Deanna Johnson	18	Hazlehurst, Georgia	"All I Want"	'	'	'	'

Episode 3 (March 2)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and contestant's choices
					Adam	Pharrell	Christina	Blake
1	Kelsie May	15	Louisa, Kentucky	"You're Lookin' at Country"	"?	'	'	'
2	Kimberly Nichole	32	New York, New York	"Nutbush City Limits"	'	'	'	'
3	Michael Leier	20	Fargo, North Dakota	"Last Kiss"	'	"?	"?	'
4	Hannah Ellis	24	Campbellsville, Kentucky	"This One's for the Girls"	"?	"?	"?	"?
5	Mark Lum	42	Austin, Texas	"Jane Says"	"?	"?	"?	"?
6	Sara Schulmann	16	Aberdeen Township, New Jersey	"Ghost"	"?	"?	"?	"?
7	Sam King	25	New York, New York	"Do I Wanna Know?"	"?	"?	"?	"?
8	Travis Ewing	23	Lafayette, Louisiana	"Say My Name"	"?	'	'	'
9	Noelle Bybee	17	Syracuse, Utah	"Unbelievers"	"?	"?	'	"?
10	Bren'nae DeBarge	22	Anchorage, Alaska	"Golden"	'	"?	"?	"?
11	James McNeiece	26	Traverse City, Michigan	"Lay Me Down"	'	"?	"?	'
12	Sonic	23	San Francisco, California	"Money On My Mind"	'	"?	'	"?
13	Ella Khorov	17	New Orleans, Louisiana	"I Can't Stand the Rain"	"?	"?	"?	"?
14	Jacob Rummell	18	Hartville, Ohio	"Count on Me"	'	"?	"?	'
15	Barry Minniefield	52	Fort Wayne, Indiana	"Me and Mrs. Jones"	'	"?	"?	"?
16	Nicolette Mar	20	Staten Island, New York	"Everything Has Changed"	'	"?	"?	"?
17	Clinton Washington	26	Little Rock, Arkansas	"Candle in the Wind"	"?	"?	'	"?
18	Matt Snook	41	Camden Point, Missouri	"Red Dirt Road"	"?	"?	"?	'
19	India Carney	21	Brooklyn, New York	"New York State of Mind"	'	'	'	'

Episode 4 (March 3)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and contestant's choices
					Adam	Pharrell	Christina	Blake
1	Ashley Morgan	26	Costa Mesa, California	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody"	"?	'	"?	'
2	Koryn Hawthorne	17	Abbeville, Louisiana	"My Kind of Love"	"?	'	'	"?
3	Lexi Dvila	17	Lorain, Ohio	"Dreaming of You"	'	"?	"?	'
4	Josh Batstone	18	Fulton, New York	"Amnesia"	'	"?	"?	'
5	Katelyn Read	25	Raleigh, North Carolina	"Breathe (2 AM)"	"?	"?	'	"?
6	Ameera Delandro	26	Richmond, Virginia	"I'd Rather Go Blind"	"?	"?	'	"?
7	Bay Brooks	17	Valdosta, Georgia	"All of the Stars"	"?	"?	"?	'
8	Quincy Mumford	24	Allenhurst, New Jersey	"Dancing Machine"	"?	"?	"?	"?
9	Brenna Yaeger	19	Spokane, Washington	"The House That Built Me"	'	"?	"?	'
10	Jeremy Gaynor	30	West Point, New York	"Superstar"	'	'	'	'
11	Jack Gregori	37	Washington, D.C.	"Ring of Fire"	'	"?	"?	"?
12	Briar Jonnee	20	Shuqualak, Mississippi	"Take a Bow"	"?	'	"?	'
13	Jess Gallo	20	New Carlisle, Ohio	"Stolen Dance"	"?	"?	"?	"?
14	Brian Johnson	24	Cleveland, Ohio	"Reason to Believe"	'	"?	"?	'
15	Corey Kent White	20	Bixby, Oklahoma	"Chicken Fried"	"?	'	"?	'

Episode 5 (March 4)

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

Episode 6 (March 9)

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

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and contestant's choices
					Adam	Pharrell	Christina	Blake
1	Nathan Hermida	17	Boston, Massachusetts	"Sure Thing"	'	"?	'	"?
2	Paul Pfau	26	Myersville, Maryland	"Fly Me to the Moon"	rowspan=8	'	"?	'
3	Gaia Golden	26	Haiku, Hawaii	"Red"	"?	"?	"?
4	Vance Smith	22	Detroit, Michigan	"Reach Out I'll Be There"	'	'	"?
5	Caitlin Caporale	23	Newburgh, New York	"Impossible"	'	rowspan=5	'
6	Athena	23	Chicago, Illinois	"Am I Wrong"	rowspan=4	"?
7	Jennifer Chung	24	Millbrae, California/Atlanta, Georgia	"Don't Speak"	"?
8	Ashley Prince	31	Superior, Colorado	"Bartender"	"?
9	Hannah Kirby	20	Sulphur Springs, Texas	"The Letter"	'

The Battles

The Battles (from the second half of episode 6 to episode 9) consisted of two 2-hour episodes, one 1-hour and one special episodes each on March 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2015. Season eight's advisors are Ellie Goulding for Team Adam, Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell, Nick Jonas for Team Christina and Meghan Trainor for Team Blake. Continuing with the format introduced in season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who won their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds.

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

Episode	Coach	Order	Winner	Song	Loser	'Steal' result
						Adam	Pharrell	Christina	Blake
Episode 6	Pharrell Williams	1	Mia Z	"Put the Gun Down"	Ashley Morgan	'		'	'
	Adam Levine	2	Tonya Boyd-Cannon	"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"	James McNeiece		"?	"?	"?
	Blake Shelton	3	Brian Johnson	"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"	Joshua Davis	'	"?	"?
Episode 7	Pharrell Williams	1	Anthony Riley	"Get Ready"	Travis Ewing	"?		"?	'
	Christina Aguilera	2	Sonic	"Masterpiece"	Ameera Delandro	"?	"?		"?
		3	Joe Tolo	"For the First Time"	Gabriel Wolfchild	"?	"?		"?
	Adam Levine	4	Deanna Johnson	"Love Me like You Do"	Nicolette Mar		"?	"?	"?
		5	Nathan Hermida	"Thinking Out Loud"	Josh Batstone		"?	"?	"?
	Blake Shelton	6	Sarah Potenza	"Gimme Shelter"	Hannah Kirby	'	'	"?
	Adam Levine	7	Blaze Johnson	"Rude"	Michael Leier		"?	"?	"?
	Blake Shelton	8	Cody Wickline	"How Country Feels"	Matt Snook	"?	"?	"?
	Pharrell Williams	9	Paul Pfau	"Don't Let Me Down"	Meghan Linsey	'		'	'
Episode 8	Pharrell Williams	1	Caitlin Caporale	"Fallin'"	Briar Jonnee	"?		"?	rowspan=6
	Adam Levine	2	Barry Minniefield	"Feelin' Alright"	Jack Gregori		"?	"?
	Christina Aguilera	3	Treeva Gibson	"Addicted to Love"	Katelyn Read	"?	"?
	Pharrell Williams	4	Lowell Oakley	"Hound Dog"	Kimberly Nichole	'		'
	Blake Shelton	5	Kelsie May	"Fancy"	Brenna Yaeger	"?	"?	rowspan=2
	Christina Aguilera	6	India Carney	"Stay"	Clinton Washington	'	'
Episode 9	Christina Aguilera	1	Rob Taylor	"Animals"	Jeremy Gaynor	rowspan=6	"?	rowspan=6	rowspan=6
	Pharrell Williams	2	Sawyer Fredericks		Noelle Bybee
	Christina Aguilera	3	Koryn Hawthorne	"Love Me Harder"	Vance Smith	"?
	Blake Shelton	4	Brooke Adee	"Style"	Bay Brooks	"?
	Adam Levine	5	Lexi Dvila	"Unwritten"	Bren'nae DeBarge	"?
	Blake Shelton	6	Corey Kent White	"I Want Crazy"	Jacob Rummell	'

The Knockouts

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

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

Episode	Coach	Order	Song	Artists		Song	'Steal' result
				Winner(s)	Loser		Adam	Pharrell	Christina	Blake
Episode 10	Christina Aguilera	1	"A Woman's Worth"	Sonic	Ashley Morgan	"Heartbreaker"	"?	"?		"?
	Blake Shelton	2	"Wasted Love"	Sarah Potenza	Brian Johnson	"Nothing Ever Hurt Like You"	'	"?	"?
	Adam Levine	3	"Leave Your Lover"	Nathan Hermida	Clinton Washington	"Wanted"	rowspan="5"	"?	"?	"?
	Pharrell Williams	4	"Collide"	Sawyer Fredericks	Paul Pfau	"I Don't Need No Doctor"	rowspan="2"	"?	"?
			"Hold On, I'm Coming"	Mia Z
	Blake Shelton	5		Meghan Linsey	Travis Ewing	"I Don't Want to Be"	"?	"?
	Christina Aguilera	6	"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"	Kimberly Nichole	Koryn Hawthorne	"Try"	'	"?	"?
Episode 11	Blake Shelton	1	"Live Like You Were Dying"	Corey Kent White	Cody Wickline	"Til My Last Day"	rowspan="3"	rowspan="3"	"?
	Adam Levine	2	"Listen to Your Heart"	Deanna Johnson	Blaze Johnson	"You Found Me"	"?	"?
	Pharrell Williams	3	"Warrior"	Caitlin Caporale	Hannah Kirby	"Higher Love"	"?	'
Episode 12	Adam Levine	1	"I Wish"			"What You Won't Do for Love"	rowspan="6"	rowspan="6"	"?	rowspan="6"
	Blake Shelton	2	"Electric Feel"	Brooke Adee	Kelsie May	"Tim McGraw"	"?
	Christina Aguilera	3	"Big White Room"	India Carney	Joe Tolo	"One of Us"
	Pharrell Williams	4	"My Girl"	Lowell Oakley	Jacob Rummell	"Life of the Party"	"?
	Christina Aguilera	5	"Love and Happiness"	Rob Taylor	Treeva Gibson	"Chasing Pavements"
	Adam Levine	6	"Arms of a Woman"	Joshua Davis	Lexi Dvila	"Anything Could Happen"	'
Episode 13	The thirteenth episode was a one-hour recap episode titled "The Road to the Live Shows". This recap highlighted the journey of the top 20 contestants.

Live shows

The live shows is the final phase of the competition. It consists of the playoffs, five weekly shows and the season finale.

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

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

The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 14, 15, and 16 (the results show). The top twenty artists perform, with two artists from each team advancing based on the viewers' vote, and each coach completing their respective teams with their own choice.

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 14 Team Pharrell + Blake	Blake Shelton	1	Sarah Potenza	"Free Bird"	Eliminated
	Pharrell Williams	2	Caitlin Caporale	"Best Thing I Never Had"	Eliminated
	Blake Shelton	3	Hannah Kirby	"I Feel The Earth Move"	Blake's choice
	Pharrell Williams	4	Lowell Oakley	"Jealous"	Eliminated
		5	Mia Z	"Ain't No Sunshine"	Public's vote
		6	Koryn Hawthorne	"How Great Thou Art"	Pharrell's choice
	Blake Shelton	7	Corey Kent White	"Make You Feel My Love"	Public's vote
		8	Brooke Adee	"Love Me Like You Do"	Eliminated
		9	Meghan Linsey	"Love Runs Out"	Public's vote
	Pharrell Williams	10	Sawyer Fredericks	"Trouble"	Public's vote
Episode 15 Team Adam + Christina	Adam Levine	1	Tonya Boyd-Cannon	"Take Me to the Pilot"	Eliminated
		2	Joshua Davis	"Budapest"	Public's vote
	Christina Aguilera	3	Sonic	"I'm Going Down"	Eliminated
	Adam Levine	4	Brian Johnson	"At This Moment"	Adam's choice
	Christina Aguilera	5	Kimberly Nichole	"What's Up?"	Public's vote
		6	Lexi Dvila	"All By Myself"	Eliminated
	Adam Levine	7	Nathan Hermida	"Chains"	Eliminated
	Christina Aguilera	8	India Carney	"Hurt"	Public's vote
		9	Rob Taylor	"Earned It"	Christina's choice
	Adam Levine	10	Deanna Johnson	"Down to the River to Pray"	Public's vote

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
14.1	Maroon 5	"Sugar"
15.1	Sia	"Elastic Heart"
16.1	Wiz Khalifa ft. Chris Jamison	"See You Again"
16.2	Team Blake (Brooke Adee, Corey Kent White, Hannah Kirby, Meghan Linsey, Sarah Potenza)	"I'll Take You There"
16.3	Team Christina (India Carney, Kimberly Nichole, Lexi Dvila, Rob Taylor, Sonic)	"Like a Prayer"
16.4	Team Pharrell (Caitlin Caporale, Sawyer Fredericks, Koryn Hawthorne, Lowell Oakley, Mia Z)	"Say Something"
16.5	Team Adam (Brian Johnson, Deanna Johnson, Joshua Davis, Nathan Hermida, Tonya Boyd-Cannon)	"Diamonds"

Week 2: Top 12 (April 13 and 14)

The Top 12 performed on Monday, April 13, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The Instant Save returned once again this season, with the bottom three artists performing for a spot on the next round via the viewers' votes from Twitter. Oklahoma country music star Reba McEntire, last seen on the show's first season as an advisor for Team Blake, returned to serve as a mentor for the top 12 contestants. Sawyer Fredericks, Kimberly Nichole and Meghan Linsey received the first iTunes multiplier bonuses of the season, reaching second, third and fifth positions respectively on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window.

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 17	Blake Shelton	1	Hannah Kirby	"Edge of Seventeen"	Public's vote
	Adam Levine	2	Brian Johnson	"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"	Bottom three
	Christina Aguilera	3	India Carney	"Take Me to Church"	Public's vote
	Pharrell Williams	4	Mia Z	"Miss You"	Bottom three
	Adam Levine	5	Deanna Johnson	"Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)"	Bottom three
	Pharrell Williams	6	Sawyer Fredericks	"Imagine"	Public's vote
	Christina Aguilera	7	Rob Taylor	"I Put a Spell on You"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	8	Corey Kent White	"Why"	Public's vote
	Pharrell Williams	9	Koryn Hawthorne	"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"	Public's vote
	Adam Levine	10	Joshua Davis	"America"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	11	Meghan Linsey	"Girl Crush"	Public's vote
	Christina Aguilera	12	Kimberly Nichole	"House of the Rising Sun"	Public's vote
Episode 18
	Instant Save performances
	Pharrell Williams	1	Mia Z	"Stormy Monday"	Eliminated
	Adam Levine	2	Brian Johnson	"Amazed"	Eliminated
		3	Deanna Johnson	"It Will Rain"	Instant Save

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
17.1	Nick Jonas	"Chains"
17.2	Blake Shelton and his team (Meghan Linsey, Corey Kent White, Hannah Kirby)	"In the Midnight Hour"
17.3	Christina Aguilera and her team (India Carney, Rob Taylor, Kimberly Nichole)	"Hotel California"

Week 3: Top 10 (April 20 and 21)

The Top 10 performed on Monday, April 20, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Adam, Blake, Christina and Pharrell brought in Dave Stewart, Scott Hendricks, Mark Ronson and Ryan Tedder respectively to help in this week's coaching. Koryn Hawthorne and Sawyer Fredericks got the iTunes multiplier bonuses of the week, reaching the second, third and fourth positions respectively on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window.

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 19	Christina Aguilera	1	Kimberly Nichole	"Something's Got a Hold on Me"	Public's vote
	Adam Levine	2	Joshua Davis	"Hold Back the River"	Bottom three
	Blake Shelton	3	Hannah Kirby	"Shout"	Public's vote
		4	Meghan Linsey	"Home"	Public's vote
	Pharrell Williams	5	Koryn Hawthorne	"Make It Rain"	Public's vote
	Adam Levine	6	Deanna Johnson	"Somebody to Love"	Bottom three
	Christina Aguilera	7	Rob Taylor	"A Song for You"	Bottom three
	Blake Shelton	8	Corey Kent White	"Unwound"	Public's vote
	Pharrell Williams	9	Sawyer Fredericks	"Iris"	Public's vote
	Christina Aguilera	10	India Carney	"Run to You"	Public's vote
Episode 20
	Instant Save performances
	Christina Aguilera	1	Rob Taylor	"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"	Eliminated
	Adam Levine	2	Deanna Johnson	"Help Me Make It Through the Night"	Eliminated
		3	Joshua Davis	"I Won't Back Down"	Instant Save

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
19.1	Top 10	"Rocket Man/Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
20.1	Pharrell Williams and his team (Sawyer Fredericks, Koryn Hawthorne)	"I Don't Want to Be"
20.2	Reba McEntire	"Going Out Like That"
20.3	Adam Levine and his team (Deanna Johnson and Joshua Davis)	"The Joker"

Week 4: Top 8 (April 27 and 28)

The Top 8 performed on Monday, April 27, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Most of the previous coaches from past seasons returned to advise the remaining artists: Usher was the Advisor for Team Adam, Gwen Stefani advised both Teams Pharrell and Christina, and Cee Lo Green advised Team Blake. Shakira was the only previous coach not to return, due to the recent birth of her second child, but she did record a video message that was aired during the live show. Sawyer Fredericks and Joshua Davis got the iTunes multiplier bonuses of the week reaching first, second and fourth positions respectively on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window. This week's Instant Save was the closest in the show's history, with India and Corey tied for most of the voting window. India was saved with a difference of only two votes.

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 21	Blake Shelton	1	Hannah Kirby	"We Don't Need Another Hero"	Bottom three
	Adam Levine	2	Joshua Davis	"Fields of Gold"	Public's vote
	Christina Aguilera	3	Kimberly Nichole	"Creep"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	4	Meghan Linsey	"Something"	Public's vote
	Christina Aguilera	5	India Carney	"Over the Rainbow"	Bottom three
	Pharrell Williams	6	Sawyer Fredericks	"Simple Man"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	7	Corey Kent White	"When I See You Smile"	Bottom three
	Pharrell Williams	8	Koryn Hawthorne	"Girl On Fire"	Public's vote
Episode 22
	Instant Save performances
	Blake Shelton	1	Hannah Kirby	"Radioactive"	Eliminated
		2	Corey Kent White	"Somebody Like You"	Eliminated
	Christina Aguilera	3	India Carney	"Human"	Instant Save

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
21.1	Top 8 Males (Sawyer Fredericks, Corey Kent White, and Joshua Davis)	"Hey Brother"
21.2	Top 8 Females (Hannah Kirby, Koryn Hawthorne, Kimberly Nichole, Meghan Linsey, India Carney)	"Wake Me Up"
21.3	Blake Shelton	"Sangria"
21.4	Matt McAndrew	"Counting on Love"
22.1	Jason Derulo (with India Carney and Kimberly Nichole)	"Want to Want Me"
22.2	Rozzi Crane	"Psycho"
22.3	Lee Brice (with Corey Kent White)	"Drinking Class"

Week 5: Top 6 (May 4 and 5)

The Top 6 performed on Monday, May 4, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. In honor of Mother's Day, each artist performed one song on Monday in honor of "the mothers in their lives." On Tuesday, only two artists sang for survival, with one leaving the competition. iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Sawyer Fredericks (positions #3 and #10) and Meghan Linsey (position #5) based on the week's iTunes Top 200 singles chart at the close of the voting window.

Episode	Coach	Artist	Order	Song (Mother's Day dedication)	Order	Song (Coach's Choice)	Result
Episode 23	Christina Aguilera	India Carney	1	"Glory"	10	"Lay Me Down"	Bottom two
	Adam Levine	Joshua Davis	8	"In My Life"	2	"Desire"	Public's vote
	Pharrell Williams	Koryn Hawthorne	3	"Everybody Hurts"	9	"Dream On"	Public's vote
	Christina Aguilera	Kimberly Nichole	4	"Free Fallin'"	7	"Dirty Diana"	Bottom two
	Blake Shelton	Meghan Linsey	12	"Amazing Grace"	5	"Steamroller Blues"	Public's vote
	Pharrell Williams	Sawyer Fredericks	6	"Shine On"	11	"Take Me to the River"	Public's vote
Episode 24
	Instant Save Performances
	Christina Aguilera	India Carney	1	"Perfect"			Instant Save
		Kimberly Nichole	2	"Seven Nation Army"			Eliminated

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
24.1	Jacquie Lee	"Tears Fall"
24.2	Avery Wilson	"If I Have To"
24.3	Vicci Martinez	"Bad News Breaker"
24.4	Craig Wayne Boyd	"I'm Still Here"

Week 6: Semifinals (May 11 and 12)

The Top 5 performed on Monday, May 11, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. On Tuesday, once again only two artists sang for survival, with one leaving the competition. iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Sawyer Fredericks (position #2 and #3) and Meghan Linsey (position #5) based on the week's iTunes Top 200 singles chart at the close of the voting window. Special guests in the audience included Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Hailee Steinfeld from Pitch Perfect 2.

With the elimination of India Carney, Christina Aguilera no longer has any remaining artists on her team.

Episode	Coach	Artist	Order	Song (Coach's Choice)	Order	Song (Artist's dedication to home)	Result
Episode 25
	Adam Levine	Joshua Davis	1	"I Can't Make You Love Me"	6	"When I Paint My Masterpiece"	Public's vote
	Pharrell Williams	Koryn Hawthorne	2	"One"	7	"Oh Mary Don"?t You Weep"	Bottom two
	Blake Shelton	Meghan Linsey	3	"I'm Not the Only One"	8	"Tennessee Whiskey"	Public's vote
	Christina Aguilera	India Carney	4	"Gravity"	9	"Earth Song"	Bottom two
	Pharrell Williams	Sawyer Fredericks	5	"For What It's Worth"	10	"A Thousand Years"	Public's vote
Episode 26
	Instant Save performances
	Christina Aguilera	India Carney	1	"Dark Side"			Eliminated
	Pharrell Williams	Koryn Hawthorne	2	"If I Were a Boy"			Instant Save

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
25.1	Nate Ruess	"Nothing Without Love"
26.1	Walk the Moon	"Shut Up and Dance"
26.2	Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams	"California Roll"
26.3	India Carney, Koryn Hawthorne, and Meghan Linsey	"Faithfully"
26.4	Joshua Davis and Sawyer Fredericks	"Drift Away"

Week 7: Finals (May 18 and 19)

The Top 4 performed on Monday, May 18, 2015, with the final results following on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. This week, the four finalists performed an original song, a duet with the coach, and a solo song. As with previous seasons, there was no iTunes bonus multiplier applied to songs performed in the finale episodes; all iTunes votes received for the six weeks leading to the finale were cumulatively added to online, phone and app finale votes for each finalist.

Coach	Artist	Order	Solo Song	Order	Original Song	Order	Duet Song (With Coach)	Result
Pharrell Williams	Koryn Hawthorne	1	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	10	"Bright Fire"	6	"We Can Work It Out"	Fourth place
Blake Shelton	Meghan Linsey	11	"When a Man Loves a Woman"	2	"Change My Mind"	8	"Freeway of Love"	Runner-up
Pharrell Williams	Sawyer Fredericks	12	"Old Man"	5	"Please"	3	"Summer Breeze"	Winner
Adam Levine	Joshua Davis	7	"Hallelujah"	4	"The Workingman's Hymn"	9	"Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"	Third place

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
28.1	Top 20	"Carry On / Some Nights"
28.2	Kimberly Nichole	"She Talks to Angels"
28.3	Meghan Trainor	"Dear Future Husband"
28.4	Kelly Clarkson and Koryn Hawthorne	"I'd Rather Go Blind"
28.5	Meghan Linsey (with Sarah Potenza)	"Piece of My Heart"
28.6	Maroon 5	"This Summer's Gonna Hurt"
28.7	John Fogerty and Sawyer Fredericks	"Born on the Bayou" "Bad Moon Rising"
28.8	Sheryl Crow and Joshua Davis	"Give It to Me"
28.9	Luke Bryan	"Kick the Dust Up"
28.10	Koryn Hawthorne	"Uptown Funk"
28.11	Ed Sheeran	"Photograph"
28.12	Kelly Clarkson and Meghan Linsey	"Invincible"
28.13	Sawyer Fredericks (with Brooke Adee, Lowell Oakley, and Mia Z)	"Lie To Me"
28.14	The Voice Coaches - Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams, Christina Aguilera, and Blake Shelton	"The Thrill is Gone"

Elimination chart

Overall

Color key

Artist's info

Artist from Team Adam

• Artist from Team Pharrell

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Artist from Team Christina

• Artist from Team Blake

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Result details

Winner

• Runner-up
• Third place
• Fourth place

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Saved by Instant Save (via Twitter)

• Artist was saved by the public
• Artist was saved by his/her coach
• 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
	Sawyer Fredericks	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
	Meghan Linsey	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
	Joshua Davis	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd place
	Koryn Hawthorne	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	4th place
	India Carney	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Kimberly Nichole	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Hannah Kirby	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Corey Kent White	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Deanna Johnson	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Rob Taylor	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Brian Johnson	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Mia Z	Safe	Eliminated
	Brooke Adee	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Tonya Boyd-Cannon	Eliminated
	Caitlin Caporale	Eliminated
	Lexi Dvila	Eliminated
	Nathan Hermida	Eliminated
	Lowell Oakley	Eliminated
	Sarah Potenza	Eliminated
	Sonic	Eliminated

Team

Color key

Artist's info

Artist from Team Adam

• Artist from Team Pharrell

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Artist from Team Christina

• Artist from Team Blake

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Result details

Winner

• Runner-up
• Third place
• Fourth Place

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Eliminated

• Artist Saved by Instant Save (via Twitter)
• Artist received one or more iTunes bonus that week
•   Number of iTunes bonuses received

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Artist		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Finals
	Joshua Davis	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Third place
	Deanna Johnson	Public's vote	Advanced	Eliminated
	Brian Johnson	Coach's Choice	Eliminated
	Tonya Boyd-Cannon	Eliminated
	Nathan Hermida	Eliminated
	Sawyer Fredericks	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Winner
	Koryn Hawthorne	Coach's Choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Fourth place
	Mia Z	Public's vote	Eliminated
	Caitlin Caporale	Eliminated
	Lowell Oakley	Eliminated
	India Carney	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Kimberly Nichole	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Rob Taylor	Coach's Choice	Advanced	Eliminated
	Lexi Dvila	Eliminated
	Sonic	Eliminated
	Meghan Linsey	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Runner-up
	Hannah Kirby	Coach's Choice	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Corey Kent White	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Brooke Adee	Eliminated
	Sarah Potenza	Eliminated

Performances by guests/coaches

Episode	Show segment	Performer(s)	Title	Reaction		Performance type	Source
				Hot 100	Hot digital
14	The Live Playoffs	Maroon 5	"Sugar"	3 (-1)		live performance
15		Sia	"Elastic Heart"	47 (+5)		live performance
16	The Live Playoffs Results	Wiz Khalifa feat. Chris Jamison	"See You Again"	1 (+9)		live performance
18	Top 12 Results	Nick Jonas	"Chains"	14 (-1)		live performance
20	Top 10 Results	Reba McEntire	"Going Out Like That"			live performance
21	Top 8 Performance	Matt McAndrew	"Counting on Love"			live performance
		Blake Shelton	"Sangria"	44 (+20)		live performance
22	Top 8 Results	Rozzi Crane	"Psycho"			live performance
		Jason Derulo	"Want to Want Me"	8 (+2)		live performance
		Lee Brice	"Drinking Class"			live performance
24	Top 6 Results	Jacquie Lee	"Tears Fall"			live performance
		Avery Wilson	"If I Have To"			live performance
		Vicci Martinez	"Bad News Breaker"			live performance
		Craig Wayne Boyd	"I"?m Still Here"			live performance
25	Semifinal Performance	Nate Ruess	"Nothing Without Love"			live performance	?
26	Semifinal Results	Walk the Moon	"Shut Up and Dance"			live performance	?
		Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell Williams	"California Roll"			live performance	?
28	Finals	Meghan Trainor	"Dear Future Husband"			live performance	?
		Maroon 5	"This Summer's Gonna Hurt"			live performance	?
		Luke Bryan	"Kick the Dust Up"			live performance	?
		Ed Sheeran	"Photograph"			live performance	?
		John Fogerty and Sawyer Fredericks	"Born on the Bayou" "Bad Moon Rising" "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"			live performance	?
		Sheryl Crow and Joshua Davis	"Give It To Me"			live performance	?
		Kelly Clarkson and Koryn Hawthorne	"I'd Rather Go Blind"			live performance	?
		Kelly Clarkson and Meghan Linsey	"Invincible"			live performance	?

Artists' appearances in other media

• DeAnna Johnson sang in the blind auditions for season five, but failed to turn any chairs. She has since been crowned Miss Georgia USA and appeared in the Miss USA pageant on Fox.
• Meghan Linsey and her then fianc, Joshua Scott Jones, won season two of the television talent show Can You Duet as the band Steel Magnolia.

Ratings

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

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Episode		Original airdate	Production	Time slot (ET)	Viewers	Adults (18-49)		Source
						Rating	Share
1	"The Blind Auditions Premiere"		801	Monday 8:00 p.m.	13.97	4.1	11
2	"The Blind Auditions, Part 2"		802	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	14.06	3.9	11
3	"The Blind Auditions, Part 3"		803	Monday 8:00 p.m.	14.67	3.9	12
4	"The Blind Auditions, Part 4"		804	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	15.54	4.1	13
5	"Best of the Blinds"			Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	8.60	2.1	6
6	"Blinds End and Battles Begin"		805	Monday 8:00 p.m.	13.95	3.8	12
7	"The Battles Premiere, Part 2"		806	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	13.73	3.8	12
8	"The Battles, Part 3"		807	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.21	3.3	10
9	"The Battles, Part 4"		808	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	12.82	3.4	11
10	"The Knockouts Premiere"		809	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.20	3.4	10
11	"The Knockouts Premiere, Part 2"		810	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	11.62	2.8	9
12	"The Knockouts Premiere, Part 3"		811	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.87	3.2	10
13	"The Road to the Live Shows"		812	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	8.57	2.0	7
14	"The Live Playoffs, Night 1"		813	Monday 8:00 p.m.	10.97	2.9	9
15	"The Live Playoffs, Night 2"		814	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	11.07	2.7	9
16	"The Live Playoffs, Results"			Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	9.64	2.2	7
17	"Live Top 12 Performances"		815	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.04	2.9	9
18	"Live Top 12 Eliminations"		816	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	10.69	2.5	9
19	"Live Top 10 Performances"		817	Monday 8:00 p.m.	10.58	2.6	6
20	"Live Top 10 Eliminations"		818	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	11.25	2.6	9
21	"Live Top 8 Performances"		819	Monday 8:00 p.m.	10.49	2.6	8
22	"Live Top 8 Eliminations"		820	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	9.49	2.2	8
23	"Live Top 6 Performances"		821	Monday 8:00 p.m.	9.90	2.3	8
24	"Live Top 6 Eliminations"		822	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	8.99	2.0	7
25	"Live Semi-Final Performances"		823	Monday 8:00 p.m.	10.05	2.4	8
26	"Live Semi-Final Results"		824	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	9.14	2.1	7
27	Live Finale, Part 1		825	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.32	2.6	8
28	Live Finale, Part 2		826	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	11.56	2.9	9

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