The Voice (American season 7)
| Release | |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 22, 2014 – December 16, 2014 |
The seventh season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 22, 2014, on NBC. Carson Daly returns as the show's host. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned as coaches, while Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams joined as new coaches, replacing Shakira and Usher.
Craig Wayne Boyd was named winner of this season, marking Shelton's fourth victory as a coach. Making it the second stolen artist to win the show.
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Coaches
Veteran coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton were joined by Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani, who replaced Usher and Shakira. 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[1] serving as an advisor for all teams during the knockouts.
Teams
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| Coaches | Top 48 artists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Levine | |||||
| Matt McAndrew | Chris Jamison | Damien Lawson | Mia Pfirrman | Taylor Phelan | |
| Alessandra Castronovo | Blessing Offor | Rebekah Samarin | Toia Jones | ||
| Clara Hong | Ethan Butler | Joe Kirk | Jonathan Wyndham | Kelli Douglas | |
| Gwen Stefani | |||||
| Taylor John Williams | Ryan Sill | Anita Antoinette | Bryana Salaz | Ricky Manning | |
| Beth Spangler | Troy Ritchie | ||||
| Amanda Lee Peers | Gianna Salvato | Mayra Alvarez | |||
| Pharrell Williams | |||||
| DaNica Shirey | Luke Wade | Sugar Joans | Elyjuh René | Jean Kelley | |
| Katriz Trinidad | Menlik Zergabachew | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 on June 7–8, 2014.[citation needed] The first episode of the Blind Auditions premiered on September 22, 2014.
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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 (Sept. 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 Lawson | 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 (Sept. 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 (Sept. 29)
Episode 4 (Sept. 30)
Episode 5 (Oct. 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 (Daniel 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 two-hour episodes and two one-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-Roads, Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild for Team Blake.
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, Oct 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, Oct 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 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, Oct 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, Oct 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 absent on the previous season. For the knockouts, Taylor Swift was assigned as a mentor for contestants on 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, Oct 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 Lawson | 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, Oct 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, Nov 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, Nov 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 (Nov. 10, 11, & 12)
The Live Playoffs consisted of three episodes, where 20 artists perform for 12 places in the live shows. The two artists per each team advances via public vote, while the bottom three artists compete for the coaches' save in the results show.
The iTunes bonus multiplier returns for the live rounds, restored to its original factor of 10, though with the continuing iTunes voting limitations were established in season six.[2][3] Teams Adam and Blake performed on Monday night, followed by Teams Gwen and Pharrell on Tuesday.
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 15 (Monday, Nov 10, 2014) |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 8 | Mia Pfirrman | "Young and Beautiful" | Eliminated | ||
| 9 | Damien Lawson | "I'm Not the Only One" | Public's vote | ||
| Blake Shelton | 10 | Craig Wayne Boyd | "Some Kind of Wonderful" | Public's vote | |
| Episode 16 (Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014) |
Gwen Stefani | 1 | Ryan Sill | "I Lived" | Gwen's choice |
| Pharrell Williams | 2 | Jean Kelley | "Piano in the Dark" | Eliminated | |
| 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 | |
| 8 | Sugar Joans | "I Say a Little Prayer" | Pharrell's choice | ||
| Gwen Stefani | 9 | Ricky Manning | "Lay Me Down" | Eliminated | |
| 10 | Taylor John Williams | "Stuck in the Middle with You" | Public's vote | ||
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Maroon 5 | "Animals" |
| 16 | Pharrell Williams | "Hunter" |
| 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 Lawson, Matt McAndrew, Mia Pfirrman, Taylor Phelan |
"Am I Wrong" |
Week 2: Top 12 (Nov. 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, which is applicable until the quarterfinals. In a new twist, a Wild Card finalist round was announced during the results show where previously eliminated contestants from the season's top twelve will return to compete in a sing-off for a fourth spot in the finals.
iTunes multiplier bonus was awarded to Matt McAndrew (#5) and Taylor John Williams (#10) .[4]
| 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 Lawson | "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" | 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 |
| 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 (Nov. 24 & 25)
The Top 10 performed on Monday, November 24, 2014, with the results following on Tuesday, November 25, 2014. This time, the coaches chose the song for their artist.
The performance show was suspended in the Eastern and Central time zones for approximately a half hour at 9 p.m. ET due to the grand jury decision resulting from the shooting of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri (and the unrest that followed). When NBC News coverage ended, the program resumed from the point at which it had been suspended. Viewers in the Mountain time zone saw the live coverage at 7 p.m., when the episode was supposed to start, then the performance show was shown on a delay; however, the part announcing the start of the NBC News special report was edited out as the show aired in real time. The episodes aired without any interruption for Pacific time zone, and in the states of Alaska and Hawaii.
iTunes multiplier bonus was awarded to Craig Wayne Boyd (#6).[5]
| 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 Lawson | "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" | 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 | Ryan Sill | "Collide" | Instant Save | |
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 20.1 | Top 10 | "Bless The Broken Road"/"Stand" |
| 21.1 | Adam Levine & his team (Chris Jamison, Damien and Matt McAndrew) |
"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 (Dec. 1 & 2)
The Top 8 performed on Monday, December 1, 2014, with the results following on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Three artists were eliminated this week with the bottom half of the artists facing the Instant Save.
iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Matt McAndrew (#2), Taylor John Williams (#6), and Damien (#7).[6]
With the eliminations of Luke Wade and DaNica Shirey, Williams no longer has any contestants remaining on his team; for the first time in the show's history, the top 5 were all male artists.
| 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 Lawson | "Someone Like You" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Chris Jamison | "Sexual Healing" | Bottom four | |
| 6 | Pharrell Williams | Luke Wade | "Holding Back the Years" | Bottom four |
| 7 | Gwen Stefani | Taylor John Williams | "Royals" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Adam Levine | Matt McAndrew | "The Blower's Daughter" | Public's vote |
| Instant Save performances | ||||
| 1 | Pharrell Williams | DaNica Shirey | "I'd Rather Go Blind" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Luke Wade | "Stand by Me" | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Gwen Stefani | Ryan Sill | "Heaven" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Adam Levine | Chris Jamison | "Georgia on My Mind" | Instant Save |
| 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 (Dec. 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.[7] 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.[8]
Craig Wayne Boyd, Matt McAndrew, Chris Jamison and Taylor John Williams received the iTunes bonus multiplier with their studio recordings of "The Old Rugged Cross", "Make It Rain", "When I Was Your Man", "Sugar" and "Blank Space" charting at #2, #5, #6 #8 and #9 on the iTunes Top 200 singles chart at the close of the voting window, respectively.[9]
With the elimination of Taylor John Williams, Stefani no longer has any remaining artists on her team. This is the first time a single coach (Levine) has advanced three performers to the final stage of the competition, and this was also the first season with an all-male finale.
Wayne Boyd, McAndrew, and Jamison also recorded songs in the event that they were eliminated that night, which were respectively "Anymore" (Boyd), "Imagine" (McAndrew), and "I'll Be" (Jamison).
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song (Coach's choice) | Order | Song (Contestant's choice) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Levine | Damien Lawson | "She's Out of My Life" | 6 | "I Don't Want to Wait" | Advanced via Wildcard |
| 2 | Blake Shelton | Craig Wayne Boyd | "Workin' Man Blues" | 8 | "The Old Rugged Cross" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Gwen Stefani | Taylor John Williams | "Falling Slowly" | 9 | "Blank Space" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Adam Levine | Matt McAndrew | "Make It Rain" | 7 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Chris Jamison | "Sugar" | 10 | "When I Was Your Man" | Public's vote | |
| Wildcard performances | ||||||
| 1 | Blake Shelton | Reagan James | "Put Your Records On" | Eliminated | ||
| 2 | Jessie Pitts | "Zombie" | Eliminated | |||
| 3 | Gwen Stefani | Ryan Sill | "Marry Me" | Eliminated | ||
| 4 | Anita Antoinette | "Waiting on the World to Change" | Eliminated | |||
| 5 | Taylor John Williams | "Wicked Game" | Eliminated | |||
| 6 | Adam Levine | Damien Lawson | "Grenade" | Wild Card | ||
| 7 | Pharrell Williams | Sugar Joans | "Back to Black" | Eliminated | ||
| 8 | Luke Wade | "Have a Little Faith in Me" | Eliminated | |||
| 9 | DaNica Shirey | "Without You" | Eliminated | |||
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 24.1 | Blake Shelton & Ashley Monroe | "Lonely Tonight" |
Week 6: Finale (Dec. 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 final four 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.[10]
iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to McAndrew (#1 & #10), Wayne Boyd (#2), Jamison (#3 & #5) and Damien (#8).[11]
| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo Song | Order | Original Song | Order | Duet Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Levine | Damien Lawson | 1 | "A Song for You" | 10 | "Soldier" | 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" | 5 | "Boots On" | Winner |
| Adam Levine | Chris Jamison | 11 | "Cry Me a River" | 7 | "Velvet" | 3 | "Lost Without U" | Third Place |
| Adam Levine | Matt McAndrew | 12 | "Over the Rainbow" | 4 | "Wasted Love" | 8 | "Lost Stars" | Runner-Up |
Elimination chart
Overall
- Color key
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| Artist | Week 1 Playoffs | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Wildcard | Week 6 Finale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Wayne Boyd | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Immune | Winner | |
| Matt McAndrew | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Immune | Runner-up | |
| Chris Jamison | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Immune | 3rd place | |
| Damien Lawson | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Safe | 4th place | |
| Taylor John Williams | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated (Wildcard) | |
| 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 | |||||||
Teams
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| Artist | Week 1 Playoffs | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 Finale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Lawson | 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 Williams | "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 Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 1" | September 22, 2014 | 701 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.95 | 3.9 | 11 | [24] |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2" | September 23, 2014 | 702 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 13.18 | 4.1 | 13 | [25] |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | September 29, 2014 | 703 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.94 | 4.0 | 11 | [26] |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | September 30, 2014 | 704 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 13.73 | 4.1 | 13 | [27] |
| 5 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" | October 6, 2014 | 705 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.41 | 3.7 | 10 | [28] |
| 6 | "The Best of the Blind Auditions" | October 7, 2014 | 706 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.07 | 2.5 | 8 | [29] |
| 7 | "The Battles Premiere, Part 1" | October 13, 2014 | 707 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 13.28 | 4.0 | 11 | [30] |
| 8 | "The Battles Premiere, Part 2" | October 14, 2014 | 708 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 12.34 | 3.4 | 11 | [31] |
| 9 | "The Battles, Part 3" | October 20, 2014 | 709 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.90 | 3.4 | 9 | [32] |
| 10 | "The Battles, Part 4" | October 21, 2014 | 710 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.95 | 3.3 | 10 | [33] |
| 11 | "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 1" | October 27, 2014 | 711 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.48 | 3.7 | 10 | [34] |
| 12 | "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 2" | October 28, 2014 | 712 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.35 | 2.9 | 9 | [35] |
| 13 | "The Knockouts, Part 3" | November 3, 2014 | 713 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.06 | 3.5 | 10 | [36] |
| 14 | "The Road to the Live Shows" | November 4, 2014 | 714 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.58 | 2.3 | 7 | [37] |
| 15 | "The Live Playoffs, Night 1" | November 10, 2014 | 715 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.48 | 3.2 | 9 | [38] |
| 16 | "The Live Playoffs, Night 2" | November 11, 2014 | 716 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.42 | 3.0 | 9 | [39] |
| 17 | "The Live Playoffs, Results" | November 12, 2014 | 717 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 10.64 | 2.5 | 8 | [40] |
| 18 | "Live Top 12, Performance" | November 17, 2014 | 718 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.13 | 3.1 | 8 | [41] |
| 19 | "Live Top 12, Results" | November 18, 2014 | 719 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 10.82 | 2.7 | 8 | [42] |
| 20 | "Live Top 10, Performance" | November 24, 2014 | 720 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 9.60 | 2.6 | 7 | [43] |
| 21 | "Live Top 10, Results" | November 25, 2014 | 721 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.37 | 2.3 | 7 | [44] |
| 22 | "Live Top 8, Performance" | December 1, 2014 | 722 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.28 | 2.8 | 8 | [45] |
| 23 | "Live Top 8, Results" | December 2, 2014 | 723 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.23 | 2.6 | 8 | [46] |
| 24 | "Live Top 5 Semifinals Performance" | December 8, 2014 | 724 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.84 | 2.5 | 7 | [47] |
| 25 | "Live Top 5 Semifinal Results and Wildcard Round" | December 9, 2014 | 725 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.19 | 2.3 | 7 | [48] |
| 26 | "Live Finale Performance" | December 15, 2014 | 726 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.07 | 2.8 | 9 | [49] |
| 27 | "Live Finale Results" | December 16, 2014 | 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 first contestant in the history of the show to make it to the third round of the competition and have all of her 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]
Artists' appearances in other media
- 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.
- Taylor John Williams and Ricky Manning later auditioned on the sixteenth season of American Idol but eliminated on Top 40.
- Caitlin Lucia also auditioned on the sixteenth season of American Idol, but was cut in Hollywood Week.
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