The Voice (Season 3)


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

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

Auditions, coaches, and hosts

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

All original coaches signed on for season three.

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

Teams

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

Blind auditions

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

Episode 1 (September 10)

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

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

Episode 2 (September 11)

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

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

Episode 3 (September 12)

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

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

Episode 4 (September 17)

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

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

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

Episode 5 (September 18)

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

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

Episode 6 (September 24, 2012)

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

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

Episode 7 (September 25)

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

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

Episode 8 (October 1)

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

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

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

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

The Battles

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

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


The Knockouts

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

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

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

The live shows

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

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

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

  • Guest Performance: Jermaine Paul - "I Believe in This Life"
Date Order Coach Artist Song Result
November 5 Team Adam + Blake 1 Adam Levine Joselyn Rivera "Give Your Heart a Break" Eliminated
2 Blake Shelton Terry McDermott "Don't Stop Believin'" Public's vote
3 Adam Levine Melanie Martinez "Hit the Road Jack" Adam's choice
4 Blake Shelton Liz Davis "Independence Day" Eliminated
5 Cassadee Pope "My Happy Ending" Public's vote
6 Adam Levine Bryan Keith "Iris" Public's vote
7 Blake Shelton Michaela Paige "Everybody Talks" Blake's choice
8 Julio Cesar Castillo "El Rey" Eliminated
9 Adam Levine Loren Allred "All Around the World" Eliminated
10 Amanda Brown "Dream On" Public's vote
November 7 Team Cee Lo + Christina 1 Christina Aguilera Adriana Louise "Firework"
2 Cee Lo Green Cody Belew "One More Try" Cee Lo's choice
3 Christina Aguilera De'Borah "Who Knew" Eliminated
4 Cee Lo Green Diego Val "Bailamos" Eliminated
5 MacKenzie Bourg "What Makes You Beautiful" Eliminated
6 Christina Aguilera Devyn DeLoera "Bleeding Love" Eliminated
7 Cee Lo Green Nicholas David "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" Public's vote
8 Christina Aguilera Sylvia Yacoub "The One That Got Away" Public's vote
9 Dez Duron "Wanted" Public's vote
10 Cee Lo Green Trevin Hunte "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Public's vote
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
18 Team Adam & Team Blake "Peace of Mind"
19 Team Cee Lo & Team Christina "Sing"
20.1 Team Adam & Team Blake "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
20.2 Maroon 5 "Daylight"
20.3 Team Cee Lo & Team Christina "Drive By"

Week 2 (November 12 & 13)

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

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

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

  • Guest Performance: Jason Aldean - "The Only Way I Know" (with Bryan Keith & Dez Duron)
Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Blake Shelton Michaela Paige "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" Eliminated
2 Christina Aguilera Dez Duron "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Public's vote
3 Adriana Louise "Good Girl" Eliminated
4 Cee Lo Green Cody Belew "The Best" Public's vote
5 Adam Levine Amanda Brown "Spectrum" Public's vote
6 Bryan Keith "Back to Black" Public's vote
7 Blake Shelton Cassadee Pope "Behind These Hazel Eyes" Public's vote
8 Cee Lo Green Trevin Hunte "When a Man Loves a Woman" Public's vote
9 Adam Levine Melanie Martinez "Cough Syrup" Public's vote
10 Cee Lo Green Nicholas David "The Power of Love" Public's vote
11 Christina Aguilera Sylvia Yacoub "My Heart Will Go On" Public's vote
12 Blake Shelton Terry McDermott "More Than a Feeling" Public's vote
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
22.1 Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green "Make the World Move"
22.2 Cee Lo Green and his three finalists "Stayin' Alive"
22.3 Blake Shelton and his three finalists "Life Is a Highway"

Week 3 (November 19 & 20)

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

  • Guest Performance: Rascal Flatts - "Changed"
Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Christina Aguilera Sylvia Yacoub "Girl on Fire" Eliminated
2 Blake Shelton Terry McDermott "Summer of '69" Public's vote
3 Adam Levine Melanie Martinez "Seven Nation Army" Public's vote
4 Cee Lo Green Cody Belew "Crazy In Love" Public's vote
5 Adam Levine Bryan Keith "New York State of Mind" Eliminated
6 Amanda Brown "Stars" Public's vote
7 Cee Lo Green Nicholas David "Lean on Me" Public's vote
8 Trevin Hunte "Scream" Public's vote
9 Blake Shelton Cassadee Pope "Over You" Public's vote
10 Christina Aguilera Dez Duron "Feeling Good" Public's vote
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
23 Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton "Just a Fool"
24.1 Christina Aguilera and her two finalists "Let There Be Love"
24.2 Adam Levine and his three finalists "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
24.3 Team Blake & Team Christina "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
2.44 Team Adam & Team Cee Lo "I Want You to Want Me"
Note
  1. ^ Viewers voted between a performance of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" by Team Blake & Team Christina, or "I Want You to Want Me" by Team Adam & Team Cee Lo via Twitter during the airing of the results show.


Week 4 (November 26 & 27)

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

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

  • Guest Performance: 50 Cent featuring Adam Levine - "My Life"
Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Adam Levine Amanda Brown "Someone Like You" Public's vote
2 Cee Lo Green Cody Belew "Somebody to Love" Eliminated
3 Blake Shelton Terry McDermott "Over" Public's vote
4 Adam Levine Melanie Martinez "Too Close" Public's vote
5 Christina Aguilera Dez Duron "U Smile" Eliminated
6 Cee Lo Green Trevin Hunte "The Greatest Love of All" Public's vote
7 Nicholas David "What's Going On" Public's vote
8 Blake Shelton Cassadee Pope "Are You Happy Now?" Public's vote
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
25.1 Cassadee Pope, Dez Duron, Melanie Martinez, & Terry McDermott "Move Along"
25.2 Amanda Brown, Cody Belew, Nicholas David, & Trevin Hunte "Any Way You Want It"
26.1 Amanda Brown & Trevin Hunte "Marry the Night"
26.2 Cee Lo Green and The Muppets "Bein' Green"
26.3 Cody Belew, Melanie Martinez, Nicholas David, & Terry McDermott "Rhythm of Love"
26.4 Dez Duron & Cassadee Pope "Hate That I Love You"

Week 5 (December 3 & 4)

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

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

  • Guest Performance: Ne-Yo - "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)", Matchbox Twenty - "Overjoyed".
Coach Artist Order Song (Coach's choice) Order Song (Artist's choice) Result
Cee Lo Green Nicholas David 1 "September" 12 "Over the Rainbow" Public's vote
Blake Shelton Cassadee Pope 2 "Stand" 11 "I'm With You" Public's vote
Adam Levine Amanda Brown 9 "Here I Go Again" 3 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Eliminated
Blake Shelton Terry McDermott 7 "Stay with Me" 4 "I Want to Know What Love Is" Public's vote
Cee Lo Green Trevin Hunte 5 "Walking on Sunshine" 8 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Public's vote
Adam Levine Melanie Martinez 10 "The Show" 6 "Crazy" Eliminated
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
28.1 Trevin Hunte & Terry McDermott "Feel Again"
28.2 Cassadee Pope & Amanda Brown "Breakaway"
28.3 Nicholas David & Melanie Martinez "Criminal"

Semifinals: Week 6 (December 10 & 11)

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

  • Guest Performances: Michael Bubl - "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", Juliet Simms - "Wild Child", RaeLynn - "Boyfriend", Chris Mann - "Roads"
Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Cee Lo Green Trevin Hunte "Wind Beneath My Wings" Eliminated
2 Nicholas David "You Are So Beautiful" Public's vote
3 Blake Shelton Cassadee Pope "Stupid Boy" Public's vote
4 Terry McDermott "Let It Be" Public's vote
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
29 Blake Shelton and 16 members of his team "White Christmas"
30.1 Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott "Little Talks"
30.2 Nicholas David and Trevin Hunte "Hero"

Finals: Week 7 (December 17 & 18)

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

Coach Artist Order Solo song Order Duet song (with Coach) Order Reprise song Result
Cee Lo Green Nicholas David 1 "Great Balls of Fire"/"Fire" 8 "Play That Funky Music" 4 "Lean on Me" Third place
Blake Shelton Cassadee Pope 9 "Cry" 6 "Steve McQueen" 2 "Over You" Winner
Terry McDermott 5 "Broken Wings" 3 Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" 7 "I Want to Know What Love Is" Runner-up
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
31 The Voice coaches, live show contestants, Christina Milian, and Carson Daly "Hallelujah"
32.1 Rihanna "Diamonds"
32.2 Terry McDermott (with Amanda Brown, Bryan Keith, Michaela Paige, and Rudy Parris) "Rock and Roll All Nite"
32.3 Nicholas David and Smokey Robinson "Cruisin'"
32.4 The Killers (with Cassadee Pope) "Here with Me"
32.5 Cody Belew, Dez Duron, Diego Val, Julio Cesar Castillo, and Mackenzie Bourg "Stacy's Mom"
32.6 Kelly Clarkson (with Cassadee Pope, and Terry McDermott) "Catch My Breath"
32.7 Cassadee Pope (with Melanie Martinez, De'Borah, and Liz Davis) "It's Time"
32.8 Terry McDermott and Peter Frampton "Baby, I Love Your Way"
32.9 Adriana Louise, Devyn DeLoera, Joselyn Rivera, Loren Allred, and Sylvia Yacoub "Best of My Love"
32.10 Bruno Mars "When I Was Your Man"
32.11 Nicholas David (with Amanda Brown, Dez Duron, and Trevin Hunte) "End of the Road"
32.12 Cassadee Pope and Avril Lavigne "I'm with You"
32.13 The Voice coaches: Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green, and Christina Aguilera "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
  1. ^ The performance was a tribute to the Newtown, Connecticut shooting victims, and placards displaying the names and ages of the victims were held by the performers.


Elimination chart

Overall

Color key
Artist's info


Artist from Team Adam
  • Artist from Team CeeLo
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Artist from Team Christina 
  • Artist from Team Blake
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Result details


Winner
  • Runner-up
  • Third Place
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Artist was saved by his/her coach
  • Artist was saved by the public
  • Artist was eliminated
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Live show results per week
Artist Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Finals
Cassadee Pope Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Terry McDermott Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Nicholas David Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd place
Trevin Hunte Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
Amanda Brown Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (week 5)
Melanie Martinez Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
Cody Belew Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (week 4)
Dez Duron Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
Bryan Keith Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (week 3)
Sylvia Yacoub Safe Safe Eliminated
Adriana Louise Safe Eliminated Eliminated (week 2)
Michaela Paige Safe Eliminated
Loren Allred Eliminated Eliminated (week 1)
MacKenzie Bourg Eliminated
Julio Cesar Castillo Eliminated
Liz Davis Eliminated
De'Borah Eliminated
Devyn DeLoera Eliminated
Joselyn Rivera Eliminated
Diego Val Eliminated

Team

Color key
Artist's info


Artist from Team Adam
  • Artist from Team CeeLo
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Artist from Team Christina
  • Artist from Team Blake
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Result details


Winner
  • Runner-up
  • Third place
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Eliminated
  • Artist received one or more iTunes bonus that week (applicable from week 3 onwards)
  •   Number of iTunes bonuses received
}}

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

Performances by guests/coaches

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

Artist appearances on prior seasons or other talent shows

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

Television ratings

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

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


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