The Voice (U.S. season 7)

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The Voice
Season 7
Broadcast from September 22 –
December 16, 2014
Judges <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Host(s) Carson Daly
Broadcaster NBC
Winner
Craig Wayne Boyd
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Origin Nashville, Tennessee
Song "My Baby's Got a Smile on Her Face"
Genre(s) Country
Coach Blake Shelton
Runner-up
Matt McAndrew
Chronology

The seventh season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 22, 2014[1] and ended with the season finale on December 16, 2014 on NBC. This season also featured four artists in the finale, the first since season 2, and the first all-male finale. On December 16, 2014, Craig Wayne Boyd was announced as the winner, making Blake Shelton as the winning coach for the fourth time.

Coaches

There were two changes to the coaching panel from season six. Veteran coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton were joined by Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani, who replaced Shakira and Usher. The team advisors in this season include Stevie Nicks for Team Adam, Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale for Team Gwen, Little Big Town for Team Blake and Alicia Keys for Team Pharrell, along with Taylor Swift[2] serving as an advisor for all teams during the knockouts.

Teams

Color key
Coaches Top 48 artists
Adam Levine
Matt McAndrew Chris Jamison Damien Mia Pfirrman Taylor Phelan
Alessandra Castronovo Blessing Offor Rebekah Samarin Toia Jones Beth Spangler
Clara Hong Ethan Butler Joe Kirk Jonathan Wyndham Kelli Douglas
Gwen Stefani
Taylor John Williams Ryan Sill Anita Antoinette Bryana Salaz Ricky Manning
Craig Wayne Boyd Sugar Joans Beth Spangler Troy Ritchie Jean Kelley
Jessie Pitts Menlik Zergabachew Amanda Lee Peers Gianna Salvato Mayra Alvarez
Pharrell Williams
DaNica Shirey Luke Wade Sugar Joans Elyjuh René Jean Kelley
Ricky Manning Taylor Phelan Katriz Trinidad Menlik Zergabachew Blessing Offor
Griffin Toia Jones Brittany Butler Jordy Searcy Maiya Sykes
Blake Shelton
Craig Wayne Boyd Reagan James Jessie Pitts James David Carter Taylor Brashears
Allison Bray Grant Ganzer Griffin Tanner Linford Craig Wayne Boyd
Bree Fondacaro Fernanda Bosch John Martin Justin Johnes Kensington Moore
Note: Italicized names are stolen contestants (names struck through within former teams).

Blind auditions

The Blind Auditions were taped June 7–8, 2014.[citation needed] The first episode of the Blind Auditions premiered on September 22, 2014.

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

Episode 1 (September 22)

The four coaches performed "Hella Good" at the start of the show.

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Adam Gwen Pharrell Blake
1 Luke Wade 31 Dublin, Texas "That's How Strong My Love Is"
2 Clara Hong 22 Atlanta, Georgia "Chuck E's in Love"
3 Bryana Salaz 16 San Antonio, Texas "Problem"
4 Dennis Bell 52 Mansfield, Louisiana "She Used to Be Mine"
5 Damien 35 Monroe, Louisiana "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"
6 Allison Bray 18 Louisville, Kentucky "Merry Go 'Round"
7 MEGG 23 Redondo Beach, California "Celebrity Skin"
8 Taylor John Williams 23 Portland, Oregon "Heartless"
9 Elyjuh René 18 Long Beach, California "XO"
10 Bianca Espinal 21 New York City, New York "Foolish Games"
11 James David Carter 34 Atlanta, Georgia "Nobody Knows"

Episode 2 (September 23)

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Adam Gwen Pharrell Blake
1 DaNica Shirey 25 York, Pennsylvania "Big White Room"
2 Joe Kirk 17 Nashville, Tennessee "Lego House"
3 Menlik Zergabachew 19 Silver Spring, Maryland "Santeria"
4 Jimi Milligan 35 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "Get Ready"
5 Reagan James 15 Burleson, Texas "Give Me Love"
6 Taylor Phelan 25 Sherman, Texas "Sweater Weather"
7 Caitlin Lucia 18 Huntington Beach, California "You're the One That I Want"
8 Sugar Joans 24 Los Angeles, California "Chain of Fools"
9 Taylor Brashears 21 Nashville, Tennessee "You Ain't Woman Enough"
10 Andy Cherry 28 Charlotte, North Carolina "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
11 Maiya Sykes 36 Los Angeles, California "Stay with Me"

Episode 3 (September 29)

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Adam Gwen Pharrell Blake
1 John Martin 25 Chicago, Illinois "Sweet Pea"
2 Jessie Pitts 18 Birmingham, Alabama "The Story"
3 Michael Stein 62 Los Angeles, California "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
4 Ricky Manning 19 Cape Coral, Florida "Love Me Again"
5 Mistee Meritt N/A Detroit, Michigan "You Gotta Be"
6 Jeremy Cole N/A Wilmington, Delaware "I Can Dream About You"
7 Samantha Sampson 17 Watertown, New York "Heads Carolina, Tails California"
8 Kelli Douglas 31 Dallas, Texas "Danny's Song"
9 Blessing Offor 25 New York, New York "Just the Two of Us"
10 Troy Ritchie 21 Trabuco Canyon, California "Out of My League"
11 Cole Wilkinson 16 Southlake, Texas "Classic"
12 Mia Pfirrman 19 Temple City, California "Unconditionally"
13 Alessandra Castronovo 21 Millstone, New Jersey "When Love Takes Over"
14 Jordy Searcy 20 Fairhope, Alabama "Skinny Love"
15 Kensington Moore 16 Campbellsville, Kentucky "Love Runs Out"
16 Bree Fondacaro 24 Orange, California "It Ain't Me Babe"
17 Anita Antoinette 24 Boston, Massachusetts / Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica "Turn Your Lights Down Low"

Episode 4 (September 30)

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Adam Gwen Pharrell Blake
1 Katriz Trinidad 15 San Diego, California "At Last"
2 Ethan Butler 25 Chicago, Illinois "Beneath Your Beautiful"
3 Tanner Linford 17 Kaysville, Utah "When You Say Nothing at All"
4 Roem Baur 37 San Francisco, California "Oh, Pretty Woman"
5 Jean Kelley 29 Atlanta, Georgia "Already Gone"
6 Chris Jamison 20 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania "Gravity"
7 Craig Wayne Boyd 35 Nashville, Tennessee "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'"
8 Tini Grey 38 Apia, Samoa Samoa "Sara Smile"
9 Jerome Johnson 28 Columbia, South Carolina "Un-Break My Heart"
10 Sydney Cubit 18 Lexington, Kentucky "Somewhere Only We Know"
11 Aaron Pfeiffer 25 Harlem, New York "Don't You Worry Child"
12 Toia Jones 29 Montgomery, Alabama "One and Only"
13 Amanda Lee Peers 29 Rochester, New York "Put the Gun Down"
14 Gianna Salvato 18 Freehold, New Jersey "Glitter in the Air"
15 Rebekah Samarin 20 Murrieta, California "A Case of You"
16 Grant Ganzer 16 Johnston, Iowa "Unaware"
17 Jonathan Wyndham 22 Lexington, South Carolina "Say Something"

Episode 5 (October 6)

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Adam Gwen Pharrell Blake
1 Matt McAndrew 23 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "A Thousand Years"
2 Brittany Butler 21 Boston, Massachusetts "The Girl from Ipanema"
3 Evan Watson 29 Fishkill, New York "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
4 Ryan Sill 20 Sterling, Virginia "Secrets"
5 Fernanda Bosch 17 Miami, Florida "I Try"
6 Beth Spangler 30 Aiken, South Carolina "Best Thing I Never Had"
7 Erin Kim 24 Los Angeles, California "Latch" Team full
8 Griffin 23 Greenville, South Carolina "It's a Beautiful Day"
9 Chandra Knudsen 21 Harlan, Iowa "Hard to Love" Team full
10 Mayra Alvarez 26 La Porte, Texas "Human Nature"
11 Luke Niccoli N/A Phoenix, Arizona "Sing" Team full
12 Nikki Rene N/A Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida "Something to Talk About"
13 Bradley McKee N/A Athens, Georgia "Me and My Broken Heart"
14 Justin Johnes 15 Massapequa, New York "Let Her Go"

The Battles

The Battles (episodes 7 to 12) consisted of two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on October 13, 14, 20 and 21, 2014. Season seven's advisors are Stevie Nicks for Team Adam, Alicia Keys for Team Pharrell, Gavin Rossdale for Team Gwen and Little Big Town members Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild for Team Blake. Continuing with the format introduced in season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds.

Color key:

       Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts
       Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts
       Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result
Adam Gwen Pharrell Blake
Episode 71
(Monday, October 13, 2014)
Pharrell Williams 1 Elyjuh René "If I Ain't Got You" Maiya Sykes N/A
Adam Levine 2 Chris Jamison "Young Girls" Jonathan Wyndham N/A
Gwen Stefani 3 Sugar Joans "Survivor" Jean Kelley N/A
Blake Shelton 4 James David Carter "Wave on Wave" Craig Wayne Boyd N/A
Gwen Stefani 5 Taylor John Williams "Jolene" Amanda Lee Peers N/A
Pharrell Williams 6 Luke Wade "Maybe I'm Amazed" Griffin N/A
Episode 82
(Tuesday, October 14, 2014)
Pharrell Williams 1 Taylor Phelan "Breakeven" Jordy Searcy N/A
Adam Levine 2 Alessandra Castronovo "Stay" Joe Kirk N/A
3 Rebekah Samarin "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" Clara Hong N/A
Blake Shelton 4 Grant Ganzer "Stop and Stare" John Martin N/A
5 Tanner Linford "You & I" Justin Johnes N/A
Gwen Stefani 6 Troy Ritchie "Maneater" Menlik Zergabachew N/A
Episode 91
(Monday, October 20, 2014)
Adam Levine 1 Damien Lawson "Knock on Wood" Kelli Douglas N/A Team full
Gwen Stefani 2 Ryan Sill "I Need Your Love" Jessie Pitts N/A
Pharrell Williams 3 Katriz Trinidad "Do I Do" Blessing Offor Team full
Adam Levine 4 Matt McAndrew "Yellow" Ethan Butler N/A
Blake Shelton 5 Taylor Brashears "You're No Good" Bree Fondacaro
Pharrell Williams 6 DaNica Shirey "Halo" Toia Jones
Episode 102
(Tuesday, October 21, 2014)
Pharrell Williams 1 Ricky Manning "On Broadway" Brittany Butler Team full Team full Team full
Blake Shelton 2 Reagan James "Team" Kensington Moore
3 Allison Bray "Sparks Fly" Fernanda Bosch
Gwen Stefani 4 Anita Antoinette "I Can See Clearly Now" Mayra Alvarez N/A
5 Bryana Salaz "Boom Clap" Gianna Salvato N/A
Adam Levine 6 Mia Pfirrman "I Turn to You" Beth Spangler

^1 Episodes airing on Monday had a running time of two hours.
^2 Episodes airing on Tuesday & Sunday had a running time of one hour.

The Knockouts

The knockouts returned as a stage after being discontinued and replaced in the sixth season. For the knockouts, Taylor Swift was assigned as a mentor for contestants in all four teams for this round.

Color key:

       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 Loser Adam Gwen Pharrell Blake
Episode 111
(Monday, October 27, 2014)
Gwen Stefani 1 "Heart Attack" Bryana Salaz Sugar Joans "Love on Top" N/A
Blake Shelton 2 "You've Got a Friend" James David Carter Griffin "As Long as You Love Me" Team full N/A
Pharrell Williams 3 "Saving All My Love for You" DaNica Shirey Katriz Trinidad "Superwoman"
Adam Levine 4 "How Do I Live" Damien Toia Jones "Crazy in Love" N/A
Blake Shelton 5 "Your Song" Jessie Pitts Tanner Linford "Calling All Angels" N/A
Pharrell Williams 6 "Rich Girl" Luke Wade Taylor Phelan "Rather Be"
Episode 122
(Tuesday, October 28, 2014)
Gwen Stefani 1 "Mad World" Taylor John Williams Troy Ritchie "Hey Ya!" Team full N/A Team full
Adam Levine 2 "Human" Mia Pfirrman Alessandra Castronovo "Next To Me"
Pharrell Williams 3 "With You" Elyjuh René Ricky Manning "Wrecking Ball"
Episode 131
(Monday, November 3, 2014)
Blake Shelton 1 "Landslide" Taylor Brashears Allison Bray "Sin Wagon" Team full Team full Team full N/A
Gwen Stefani 2 "Miss Independent" Ryan Sill Beth Spangler "Too Little Too Late"
Pharrell Williams 3 "Chandelier" Jean Kelley Menlik Zergabachew "Could You Be Loved"
Adam Levine 4 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Chris Jamison Blessing Offor "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
5 "Drops of Jupiter" Matt McAndrew Rebekah Samarin "You Give Me Something"
Blake Shelton 6 "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" Reagan James Grant Ganzer "Apologize" N/A
Gwen Stefani 7 "Rude" Anita Antoinette Craig Wayne Boyd "Can't You See"
Episode 142
(Tuesday, November 4, 2014)
The fourteenth was a special one hour episode titled "The Road to the Live Shows." This episode shows the best moments of the season so far, including the blind auditions, the journey of the top 20 contestants and unseen footage.

^1 Episodes airing on Monday had a running time of two hours.
^2 Episodes airing on Tuesday had a running time of one hour.

Live shows

Color key:

       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 after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10
       Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Live playoffs (November 10, 11, & 12)

The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 15, 16, and 17 (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. The iTunes bonus multiplier returns for the live rounds, restored to its original factor of 10, though with the continuing iTunes voting limitations established in season six.[3][4] Night one covers the ten artists from veteran coaches Adam and Blake, while night two covers the artists from newcomers Gwen and Pharell.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result
Episode 15
(November 10) Team Adam + Blake
Blake Shelton 1 Taylor Brashears "Long Time Gone" Eliminated
Adam Levine 2 Chris Jamison "Don't" Adam's choice
Blake Shelton 3 Jessie Pitts "Holding Out for a Hero" Blake's choice
Blake Shelton 4 James David Carter "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" Eliminated
Adam Levine 5 Matt McAndrew "God Only Knows" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 6 Reagan James "Try" Public's vote
Adam Levine 7 Taylor Phelan "Cool Kids" Eliminated
Adam Levine 8 Mia Pfirrman "Young and Beautiful" Eliminated
Adam Levine 9 Damien "I'm Not the Only One" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 10 Craig Wayne Boyd "Some Kind of Wonderful" Public's vote
Episode 16
(November 11) Team Pharrell + Gwen
Gwen Stefani 1 Ryan Sill "I Lived" Gwen's choice
Pharrell Williams 2 Jean Kelley "Piano in the Dark" Eliminated
Pharrell Williams 3 Elyjuh René "Latch" Eliminated
Gwen Stefani 4 Bryana Salaz "Amnesia" Eliminated
Pharrell Williams 5 Luke Wade "Let's Get It On" Public's vote
Gwen Stefani 6 Anita Antoinette "All About That Bass" Public's vote
Pharrell Williams 7 DaNica Shirey "Help Me" Public's vote
Pharrell Williams 8 Sugar Joans "I Say A Little Prayer" Pharrell's choice
Gwen Stefani 9 Ricky Manning "Lay Me Down" Eliminated
Gwen Stefani 10 Taylor John Williams "Stuck in the Middle with You" Public's vote
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
17.1 Team Blake
Craig Wayne Boyd, James David Carter, Jessie Pitts, Reagan James, Taylor Brashears
"Life in a Northern Town"
17.2 Team Pharrell
DaNica Shirey, Elyjuh René, Jean Kelley, Luke Wade, Sugar Joans
"Money on My Mind"
17.3 Team Gwen
Anita Antoinette, Bryana Salaz, Ricky Manning, Ryan Sill, Taylor John Williams
"Riptide"
17.4 Team Adam
Chris Jamison, Damien, Matt McAndrew, Mia Pfirrman, Taylor Phelan
"Am I Wrong"

Week 2: Top 12 (November 17 & 18)

The Top 12 performed on Monday, November 17, 2014, with the results following on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The Instant Save returned once again this season, with the bottom three artists performing for a spot in the next round via the viewers' votes from Twitter. In a new twist, a Wild Card finalist round was announced during the results show: "eliminated" contestants from the season's top twelve will return in a last-shot sing-off for a fourth spot in the finals.

Matt McAndrew received the first iTunes bonus multiplier of the season, with his studio recording of "Take Me to Church" reaching the fifth position on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window.[5]

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Pharrell Williams Sugar Joans "Take Me to the River" Bottom three
2 Gwen Stefani Ryan Sill "Ordinary World" Bottom three
3 Blake Shelton Jessie Pitts "Don’t You Worry Child" Bottom three
4 Adam Levine Damien "He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother" Public's vote
5 Pharrell Williams DaNica Shirey "Creep" Public's vote
6 Gwen Stefani Taylor John Williams "If" Public's vote
7 Blake Shelton Reagan James "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" Public's vote
8 Pharrell Williams Luke Wade "Thinking Out Loud" Public's vote
9 Adam Levine Matt McAndrew "Take Me to Church"[5] Public's vote
10 Blake Shelton Craig Wayne Boyd "You Look So Good in Love" Public's vote
11 Adam Levine Chris Jamison "Jealous" Public's vote
12 Gwen Stefani Anita Antoinette "Redemption Song" Public's vote
Instant Save performances
1 Blake Shelton Jessie Pitts "Gravity" Eliminated
2 Pharrell Williams Sugar Joans "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" Eliminated
3 Gwen Stefani Ryan Sill "More Than Words" Instant Save
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
19.1 Gwen Stefani & her team
(Anita Antoinette, Ryan Sill, and Taylor John Williams)
"The Tide Is High"
19.2 Ella Henderson "Ghost"
19.3 Blake Shelton & his team
(Craig Wayne Boyd, Jessie Pitts, and Reagan James)
"Sad Songs (Say So Much)"

Week 3: Top 10 (November 24 & 25)

The Top 10 performed on Monday, November 24, 2014, with the results following on Tuesday, November 25, 2014. This time, the coaches will choose the song for their artist.

Craig Wayne Boyd received the second iTunes Multiplier of this season, with his studio recording of "I Walk The Line" reaching the sixth position on the iTunes Top 200.[6]

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Adam Levine Matt McAndrew "Fix You" Public's vote
2 Gwen Stefani Anita Antoinette "Let Her Go" Bottom three
3 Adam Levine Damien "You and I" Public's vote
4 Blake Shelton Reagan James "Fancy" Bottom three
5 Pharrell Williams Luke Wade "Try a Little Tenderness" Public's vote
6 Blake Shelton Craig Wayne Boyd "I Walk the Line"[6] Public's vote
7 Gwen Stefani Ryan Sill "Starlight" Bottom three
8 Pharrell Williams DaNica Shirey "I Have Nothing" Public's vote
9 Gwen Stefani Taylor John Williams "Come Together" Public's vote
10 Adam Levine Chris Jamison "Uptown Funk" Public's vote
Instant Save performances
1 Blake Shelton Reagan James "I'm Like a Bird" Eliminated
2 Gwen Stefani Anita Antoinette "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" Eliminated
3 Gwen Stefani Ryan Sill "Collide" Instant Save
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
20.1 Top 10 "Bless The Broken Road"/"Stand"
21.1 Adam Levine & his team
(Chris Jamison, Damien, and Matt McAndew)
"Only the Good Die Young"
21.2 Pharrell Williams & his team
(DaNica Shirey and Luke Wade)
"What a Wonderful World"
21.3 Taylor Swift "Blank Space"

Week 4: Quarterfinals (December 1 & 2)

The Top 8 performed on Monday, December 1, 2014, with the results following on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Also, three will be eliminated, which means there will be a bottom half instead of a bottom three this week. This week, the last Instant Save of the season is held.

Matt McAndrew, Taylor John Williams, and Damien received the iTunes bonus multiplier with their studio recordings of "The Blowers Daughter", "Royals" and "Someone Like You" reaching the second, sixth, and seventh positions on the iTunes Top 200 singles chart at the close of the voting window, respectively.[7]

With the eliminations of Luke Wade and DaNica Shirey, Pharrell Williams no longer has any contestants remaining on his team.

In addition, with Shirey's elimination, there are no female contestants remaining, thus leaving an all-male top 5 for the first time in the show's history.

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Gwen Stefani Ryan Sill "Open Arms" Bottom four
2 Blake Shelton Craig Wayne Boyd "Take It Easy" Public's vote
3 Pharrell Williams DaNica Shirey "These Dreams" Bottom four
4 Adam Levine Damien "Someone Like You"[7] Public's vote
5 Adam Levine Chris Jamison "Sexual Healing" Bottom four
6 Pharrell Williams Luke Wade "Holding Back the Years" Bottom four
7 Gwen Stefani Taylor John Williams "Royals"[7] Public's vote
8 Adam Levine Matt McAndrew "The Blowers Daughter"[7] Public's vote
Instant Save performances
1 Pharrell Williams DaNica Shirey "I'd Rather Go Blind" Eliminated
2 Pharrell Williams Luke Wade "Stand by Me" Eliminated
3 Gwen Stefani Ryan Sill "Heaven" Eliminated
4 Adam Levine Chris Jamison "Georgia on My Mind" Instant Save
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
22.1 Top 8 "Geronimo"
22.2 Nick Jonas & the Top 8 "Jealous"
22.3 Gwen Stefani & Pharrell Williams "Spark the Fire"
23.1 Christina Grimmie "With Love"
23.2 RaeLynn "God Made Girls"

Week 5: Semifinals & Wildcard Round (December 8 & 9)

The Top 5 performed on Monday, December 8, 2014, with the results following on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. This week, each artist will sing two songs; one chosen by their coach, and another selected in tribute to their supporters. The Wildcard Round was held on Tuesday, and nine previously eliminated singers from the season's top 12 were given the opportunity to perform once again, with one contestant awarded a fourth spot in the finale.[8] With the special Tuesday round, the voting window for all methods was shortened to six hours to accommodate announcement of the result during the December 10 Today show; additionally, as with the finale, iTunes bonus multipliers do not apply to the Wildcard voting.[9]

Craig Wayne Boyd, Matt McAndrew, and Chris Jamison received the iTunes bonus multiplier with their studio recordings of "The Old Rugged Cross", "Make It Rain", "When I Was Your Man" and "Sugar" reaching the second, fifth, sixth and tenth positions on the iTunes Top 200 singles chart at the close of the voting window, respectively.[10]

With the elimination of Taylor John Williams, Gwen Stefani no longer has any remaining artists on her team. Along with Damien's return via the Wildcard, this is the first season with an all-male finale, and the first time a single coach has advanced three performers to the final stage of the competition.

Craig Wayne Boyd, Matt McAndrew, and Chris Jamison also recorded songs in the event that they were eliminated that night. Boyd would have sang Anymore, McAndrew would have sang Imagine, and Jamison would have sang I'll Be.

Order Coach Artist Song (Coach's choice) Order Song (Contestant's choice) Result
1 Adam Levine Damien "She's Out of My Life" 6 "I Don't Want to Wait" Eliminated
2 Blake Shelton Craig Wayne Boyd "Workin' Man Blues" 8 "The Old Rugged Cross"[10] Public's vote
3 Gwen Stefani Taylor John Williams "Falling Slowly" 9 "Blank Space" Eliminated
4 Adam Levine Matt McAndrew "Make It Rain"[10] 7 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Public's vote
5 Adam Levine Chris Jamison "Sugar"[10] 10 "When I Was Your Man"[10] Public's vote
Wildcard performances
1 Blake Shelton Reagan James "Put Your Records On" Eliminated
2 Blake Shelton Jessie Pitts "Zombie" Eliminated
3 Gwen Stefani Ryan Sill "Marry Me" Eliminated
4 Gwen Stefani Anita Antoinette "Waiting on the World to Change" Eliminated
5 Gwen Stefani Taylor John Williams "Wicked Game" Eliminated
6 Adam Levine Damien "Grenade" Wild Card
7 Pharrell Williams Sugar Joans "Back to Black" Eliminated
8 Pharrell Williams Luke Wade "Have a Little Faith in Me" Eliminated
9 Pharrell Williams DaNica Shirey "Without You" Eliminated
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
24.1 Blake Shelton & Ashley Monroe "Lonely Tonight"

Week 6: Finals (December 15 & 16)

The Top 4 will perform on Monday, December 15, 2014, with the final results following on Tuesday, December 16, 2014. This week, the four male 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 five weeks leading to the finale will be cumulatively added to online, phone and app finale votes for each finalist.

Coach Artist Order Solo Song Order Original Song Order Duet Song Result
Adam Levine Damien 1 "A Song For You" 10 "Soldier"[11] 6 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" Fourth place
Blake Shelton Craig Wayne Boyd 9 "In Pictures" 2 "My Baby's Got a Smile on Her Face"[11] 5 "Boots On" Winner
Adam Levine Chris Jamison 11 "Cry Me a River" 7 "Velvet"[11] 3 "Lost Without U"[11] Third Place
Adam Levine Matt McAndrew 12 "Over the Rainbow" 4 "Wasted Love"[11] 8 "Lost Stars"[11] Runner-Up
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
27.1 The Top 20 "Pompeii"
27.2 Craig Wayne Boyd
(with DaNica Shirey, Sugar Joans and Taylor Brashears)
"Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
27.3 Hozier "Take Me to Church"
27.4 Chris Jamison
(with Luke Wade, Ricky Manning, Ryan Sill and Taylor Phelan)
"Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"
27.5 Fall Out Boy and Matt McAndrew "Centuries"
27.6 Bryana Salaz, DaNica Shirey, Jean Kelley, Mia Pfirrman, and Sugar Joans "Bang Bang"
27.7 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
27.8 Lynyrd Skynyrd and Craig Wayne Boyd "Sweet Home Alabama"
27.9 Meghan Trainor "Lips Are Movin"
27.10 Jennifer Hudson and Damien "It's Your World"
27.11 Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
27.12 Matt McAndrew
(with Mia Pfirrman, Sugar Joans, Taylor John Williams and Taylor Phelan)
"Go Your Own Way"
27.13 Damien
(with Anita Antoinette, DaNica Shirey and Elyjuh René)
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
27.14 Jessie J and Chris Jamison "Masterpiece"
27.15 Adam, Blake, Gwen and Pharrell "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
27.16 Craig Wayne Boyd (Winner's song) "My Baby's Got a Smile on Her Face"

Elimination Chart

Overall

Color key
Artist's info
Result details
Live show results per week
Artist Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Wildcard Finals
Craig Wayne Boyd Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe N/A Winner
Matt McAndrew Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe N/A Runner-up
Chris Jamison Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe N/A 3rd Place
Damien Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Safe 4th Place
Taylor John Williams Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated Not return (Week 5)
DaNica Shirey Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 4) Eliminated
Ryan Sill Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated
Luke Wade Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated
Anita Antoinette Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 3) Eliminated
Reagan James Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated
Sugar Joans Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 2) Eliminated
Jessie Pitts Safe Eliminated Eliminated
Taylor Brashears Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1)
James David Carter Eliminated
Jean Kelley Eliminated
Ricky Manning Eliminated
Mia Pfirrman Eliminated
Taylor Phelan Eliminated
Elyjuh René Eliminated
Bryana Salaz Eliminated

Team

Color key
Artist's info
Result details
Artist Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Finals
Matt McAndrew Public's vote Advanced 18x18px Advanced Advanced 18x18px Advanced 18x18px Runner-Up 18x18px 18x18px
Chris Jamison Coach's choice Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced 18x18px 18x18px Third Place 18x18px 18x18px
Damien Public's vote Advanced Advanced Advanced 18x18px Advanced Fourth Place 18x18px
Mia Pfirrman Eliminated
Taylor Phelan Eliminated
Taylor John Williams Public's vote Advanced Advanced Advanced 18x18px Eliminated
Ryan Sill Coach's choice Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Anita Antoinette Public's vote Advanced Eliminated
Ricky Manning Eliminated
Bryana Salaz Eliminated
DaNica Shirey Public's vote Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Luke Wade Public's vote Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Sugar Joans Coach's choice Eliminated
Jean Kelley Eliminated
Elyjuh René Eliminated
Craig Wayne Boyd Public's vote Advanced Advanced 18x18px Advanced Advanced 18x18px Winner 18x18px
Reagan James Public's vote Advanced Eliminated
Jessie Pitts Coach's choice Eliminated
Taylor Brashears Eliminated
James David Carter Eliminated

Performances by guests/coaches

Episode Show segment Performer(s) Title Reaction Performance type Source
Hot 100 Hot digital
15 The Live Playoffs Maroon 5 "Animals" 4 (-1) 4 (+1) live performance [12]
16 Pharrell Williams "Hunter" Did not chart TBA live performance [13]
19 Top 12 Results Ella Henderson "Ghost" 52 (+42) 16 (debut) live performance [14]
21 Top 10 Results Taylor Swift "Blank Space" 1 (=) 1 (=) live performance [15]
22 Top 8 Perform Gwen Stefani & Pharrell "Spark the Fire" Did not chart TBA live performance [16]
Nick Jonas "Jealous" 8 (+2) 7 (+2) live performance [17]
23 Top 8 Results RaeLynn "God Made Girls" 61 (+25) 36 (debut) live performance
Christina Grimmie "With Love" Did not chart TBA live performance [18]
24 Semifinal Perform Blake Shelton & Ashley Monroe "Lonely Tonight" 95 (debut) TBA live performance [19]
26 Finale Results Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson "Uptown Funk" 3 (=) 1 (+2) live performance [20]
Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" 4 (+2) 4 (=) live performance
Jennifer Hudson (with Damien) "It's Your World" Did not Chart Did not Chart live performance
Hozier "Take Me to Church" 2 (=) 2 (=) live performance
Lynyrd Skynyrd (with Craig Wayne Boyd) "Sweet Home Alabama" Did not Chart Did not Chart live performance
Meghan Trainor "Lips Are Movin" 5 (-1) 6 (-1) live performance [21]
Fall Out Boy (with Matt McAndrew) "Centuries" 20 (+6) 10 (+7) live performance [22]
Jessie J (with Chris Jamison) "Masterpiece" 65 (debut) 22 (debut) live performance [23]

Reception

Ratings

The season seven premiere was watched by 12.95 million viewers with a 3.9 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by 2.91 million viewers.

Episode Original airdate Production Time slot (ET) Viewers
(in millions)
Adults (18–49) Source
Rating Share
1 "The Premiere: The Blind Auditions" September 22, 2014 (2014-09-22) 701 Monday 8:00 p.m. 12.95 3.9 11 [24]
2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" September 23, 2014 (2014-09-23) 702 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 13.18 4.1 13 [25]
3 "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" September 29, 2014 (2014-09-29) 703 Monday 8:00 p.m. 12.94 4.0 11 [26]
4 "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" September 30, 2014 (2014-09-30) 704 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 13.73 4.1 13 [27]
5 "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" October 6, 2014 (2014-10-06) 705 Monday 8:00 p.m. 12.41 3.7 10 [28]
6 "The Best of the Blind Auditions" October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07) 706 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 9.07 2.5 8 [29]
7 "The Battles" October 13, 2014 (2014-10-13) 707 Monday 8:00 p.m. 13.28 4.0 11 [30]
8 "The Battles, Part 2" October 14, 2014 (2014-10-14) 708 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 12.34 3.4 11 [31]
9 "The Battles, Part 3" October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20) 709 Monday 8:00 p.m. 11.90 3.4 9 [32]
10 "The Battles, Part 4" October 21, 2014 (2014-10-21) 710 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 11.95 3.3 10 [33]
11 "The Knockouts" October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27) 711 Monday 8:00 p.m. 12.48 3.7 10 [34]
12 "The Knockouts, Part 2" October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28) 712 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 11.35 2.9 9 [35]
13 "The Knockouts, Part 3" November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03) 713 Monday 8:00 p.m. 12.06 3.5 10 [36]
14 "The Road to the Live Shows" November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 714 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 9.58 2.3 7 [37]
15 "The Live Playoffs, Night 1" November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10) 715 Monday 8:00 p.m. 11.48 3.2 9 [38]
16 "The Live Playoffs, Night 2" November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11) 716 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 11.42 3.0 9 [39]
17 "The Live Playoffs, Results" November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12) 717 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 10.64 2.5 8 [40]
18 "The Top 12, Performance" November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17) 718 Monday 8:00 p.m. 11.13 3.1 8 [41]
19 "The Top 12, Results" November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18) 719 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 10.82 2.7 8 [42]
20 "The Top 10, Performance" November 24, 2014 (2014-11-24) 720 Monday 8:00 p.m. 9.60 2.6 7 [43]
21 "The Top 10, Results" November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25) 721 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 9.37 2.3 7 [44]
22 "The Top 8, Performance" December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01) 722 Monday 8:00 p.m. 11.28 2.8 8 [45]
23 "The Top 8, Results" December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02) 723 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 11.23 2.6 8 [46]
24 "The Live Semifinals" December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08) 724 Monday 8:00 p.m. 10.84 2.5 7 [47]
25 "The Semifinal Results and Wildcard Round" December 9, 2014 (2014-12-09) 725 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 11.19 2.3 7 [48]
26 "The Live Finals" December 15, 2014 (2014-12-15) 726 Monday 8:00 p.m. 12.07 2.8 9 [49]
27 "The Live Finale" December 16, 2014 (2014-12-16) 727 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. 12.88 3.3 10 [50]

Controversy and criticism

The show faced controversy when Rebekah Samarin, a contestant on Team Adam, was the only contestant in the history of the show to make it to the third round of the competition and have all of their performances, including her Blind Audition, Battle, and Knockout round, montaged (not shown in full).[51] Samarin took to Twitter to comment about this, saying "While I am appreciative of the experience, I am baffled by The Voice's blatant disregard and disrespect of my time and efforts."[52]

Appearances on earlier seasons or other talent shows

  • Blessing Offor was on Platinum Hit on Bravo in 2011, where he was eliminated in 11th place
  • Anita Antoinette sang in the blind auditions for season three, but failed to turn any chairs
  • Allison Bray and Tanner Linford sang in the blind auditions for season six, but failed to turn any chairs

References

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External links

  1. REDIRECT Template:The Voice (U.S.)