The Voice (American TV series) season 7
The Voice | |
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Season 7 | |
Broadcast from | September 22 – December 16, 2014 |
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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 |
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.
Contents
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
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Coaches | Top 48 artists | ||||
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Adam Levine | |||||
Matt McAndrew | Chris Jamison | Damien | 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 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 (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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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)
Episode 4 (September 30)
Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
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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 | "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 | |||
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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.
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Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal' result | |||
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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.
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Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Shows | |
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Episode | Coach | Order | Song | Artists | Song | 'Steal' result | ||||
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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
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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 |
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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 |
Order | Performer | Song |
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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 |
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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 |
Order | Performer | Song |
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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 |
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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 |
Order | Performer | Song |
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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 |
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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 |
Order | Performer | Song |
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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 |
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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 |
Order | Performer | Song |
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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 |
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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 |
Order | Performer | Song |
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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
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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 |
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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 | ||
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Rating | Share | |||||||
1 | "The Premiere: The Blind Auditions" | September 22, 2014 | 701 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.95 | 3.9 | 11 | [24] |
2 | "The Blind Auditions, 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" | October 13, 2014 | 707 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 13.28 | 4.0 | 11 | [30] |
8 | "The Battles, 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" | October 27, 2014 | 711 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.48 | 3.7 | 10 | [34] |
12 | "The Knockouts, 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 | "The Top 12, Performance" | November 17, 2014 | 718 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.13 | 3.1 | 8 | [41] |
19 | "The Top 12, Results" | November 18, 2014 | 719 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 10.82 | 2.7 | 8 | [42] |
20 | "The Top 10, Performance" | November 24, 2014 | 720 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 9.60 | 2.6 | 7 | [43] |
21 | "The Top 10, Results" | November 25, 2014 | 721 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.37 | 2.3 | 7 | [44] |
22 | "The Top 8, Performance" | December 1, 2014 | 722 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.28 | 2.8 | 8 | [45] |
23 | "The Top 8, Results" | December 2, 2014 | 723 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.23 | 2.6 | 8 | [46] |
24 | "The Live Semifinals" | December 8, 2014 | 724 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.84 | 2.5 | 7 | [47] |
25 | "The Semifinal Results and Wildcard Round" | December 9, 2014 | 725 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.19 | 2.3 | 7 | [48] |
26 | "The Live Finals" | December 15, 2014 | 726 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.07 | 2.8 | 9 | [49] |
27 | "The Live Finale" | 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 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
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