The Voice (Season 7) (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The seventh season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 22, 2014 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.

Craig Wayne Boyd was announced as the winner of the season.

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 serving as an advisor for all teams during the knockouts.

Teams

Color key

Winner

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

}}

Eliminated in the Live playoffs

• Artist was stolen by another coach in the Knockout rounds
• Eliminated in the Knockout rounds
• Artist was stolen by another coach in the Battle rounds
• Eliminated in the Battle rounds

}}

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

Blind auditions

The Blind Auditions were taped June 7-8, 2014. The first episode of the Blind Auditions premiered on September 22, 2014.

Color key

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

Episode 1 (September 22)

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

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

Episode 2 (September 23)

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

Episode 3 (September 29)

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

Episode 4 (September 30)

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

Episode 5 (October 6)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and contestant's choices
					Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
1	Matt McAndrew	23	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	"A Thousand Years"	'	"?	'	'
2	Brittany Butler	21	Boston, Massachusetts	"The Girl from Ipanema"	"?	'	'	"?
3	Evan Watson	29	Fishkill, New York	"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"	"?	"?	"?	"?
4	Ryan Sill	20	Sterling, Virginia	"Secrets"	"?	'	"?	'
5	Fernanda Bosch	17	Miami, Florida	"I Try"	"?	'	"?	'
6	Beth Spangler	30	Aiken, South Carolina	"Best Thing I Never Had"	'	'	'	'
7	Erin Kim	24	Los Angeles, California	"Latch"	rowspan="8"	"?	"?	"?
8	Griffin	23	Greenville, South Carolina	"It's a Beautiful Day"	'	'	'
9	Chandra Knudsen	21	Harlan, Iowa	"Hard to Love"	"?	rowspan="6"	"?
10	Mayra Alvarez	26	La Porte, Texas	"Human Nature"	'	'
11	Luke Niccoli	N/A	Phoenix, Arizona	"Sing"	rowspan="4"	"?
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-Roads, Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild for Team Blake. Continuing with the format introduced in season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds.

Color key:

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

Episode	Coach	Order	Winner	Song	Loser	'Steal' result
						Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
Episode 7	Pharrell Williams	1	Elyjuh Ren	"If I Ain't Got You"	Maiya Sykes	"?	"?		"?
	Adam Levine	2	Chris Jamison	"Young Girls"	Jonathan Wyndham		"?	"?	"?
	Gwen Stefani	3	Sugar Joans	"Survivor"	Jean Kelley	'		'	"?
	Blake Shelton	4	James David Carter	"Wave on Wave"	Craig Wayne Boyd	"?	'	"?
	Gwen Stefani	5	Taylor John Williams	"Jolene"	Amanda Lee Peers	"?		"?	"?
	Pharrell Williams	6	Luke Wade	"Maybe I'm Amazed"	Griffin	"?	'		'
Episode 8	Pharrell Williams	1	Taylor Phelan	"Breakeven"	Jordy Searcy	"?	"?		"?
	Adam Levine	2	Alessandra Castronovo	"Stay"	Joe Kirk		"?	"?	"?
		3	Rebekah Samarin	"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"	Clara Hong		"?	"?	"?
	Blake Shelton	4	Grant Ganzer	"Stop and Stare"	John Martin	"?	"?	"?
		5	Tanner Linford	"You & I"	Justin Johnes	"?	"?	"?
	Gwen Stefani	6	Troy Ritchie	"Maneater"	Menlik Zergabachew	'		'	"?
Episode 9	Adam Levine	1	Damien	"Knock on Wood"	Kelli Douglas		"?	rowspan="6"	"?
	Gwen Stefani	2	Ryan Sill	"I Need Your Love"	Jessie Pitts	"?		'
	Pharrell Williams	3	Katriz Trinidad	"Do I Do"	Blessing Offor	'	'	rowspan="4"
	Adam Levine	4	Matt McAndrew	"Yellow"	Ethan Butler		"?
	Blake Shelton	5	Taylor Brashears	"You're No Good"	Bree Fondacaro	"?	"?
	Pharrell Williams	6	DaNica Shirey	"Halo"	Toia Jones	'	'
Episode 10	Pharrell Williams	1	Ricky Manning	"On Broadway"	Brittany Butler	rowspan="6"	"?	rowspan="6"	rowspan="6"
	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
		5	Bryana Salaz	"Boom Clap"	Gianna Salvato
	Adam Levine	6	Mia Pfirrman	"I Turn to You"	Beth Spangler	'

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

The Knockouts

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

Color key:

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

Episode	Coach	Order	Song	Artists		Song	'Steal' result
				Winner	Loser		Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
Episode 11	Gwen Stefani	1	"Heart Attack"	Bryana Salaz	Sugar Joans	"Love on Top"	"?		'	"?
	Blake Shelton	2	"You've Got a Friend"	James David Carter	Griffin	"As Long as You Love Me"	"?	"?	rowspan="5"
	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"		"?	"?
	Blake Shelton	5	"Your Song"	Jessie Pitts	Tanner Linford	"Calling All Angels"	"?	"?
	Pharrell Williams	6	"Rich Girl"	Luke Wade	Taylor Phelan	"Rather Be"	'	'	'
Episode 12	Gwen Stefani	1	"Mad World"	Taylor John Williams	Troy Ritchie	"Hey Ya!"	rowspan="3"		rowspan="3"	"?
	Adam Levine	2	"Human"	Mia Pfirrman	Alessandra Castronovo	"Next To Me"	"?	"?
	Pharrell Williams	3	"With You"	Elyjuh Ren	Ricky Manning	"Wrecking Ball"	'	"?
Episode 13	Blake Shelton	1	"Landslide"	Taylor Brashears	Allison Bray	"Sin Wagon"	rowspan="7"	rowspan="7"	rowspan="7"
	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"
	Gwen Stefani	7	"Rude"	Anita Antoinette	Craig Wayne Boyd	"Can't You See"	'
Episode 14	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.

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

Live shows

Color key:

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

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

The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 15, 16, and 17 (the results show). The top twenty artists perform, with two artists from each team advancing based on the viewers' vote, and each coach completing their respective teams with their own choice. The iTunes bonus multiplier returns for the live rounds, restored to its original factor of 10, though with the continuing iTunes voting limitations established in season six. Night one covers the ten artists from veteran coaches Adam and Blake, while night two covers the artists from newcomers Gwen and Pharell.

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 15 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
		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	"I'm Not the Only One"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	10	Craig Wayne Boyd	"Some Kind of Wonderful"	Public's vote
Episode 16 Team Pharrell + Gwen	Gwen Stefani	1	Ryan Sill	"I Lived"	Gwen's choice
	Pharrell Williams	2	Jean Kelley	"Piano in the Dark"	Eliminated
		3	Elyjuh Ren	"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

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
17.1	Team Blake Craig Wayne Boyd, James David Carter, Jessie Pitts, Reagan James, Taylor Brashears	"Life in a Northern Town"
17.2	Team Pharrell DaNica Shirey, Elyjuh Ren, 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.

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Pharrell Williams	Sugar Joans	"Take Me to the River"	Bottom three
2	Gwen Stefani	Ryan Sill	"Ordinary World"	Bottom three
3	Blake Shelton	Jessie Pitts	"Don"?t You Worry Child"	Bottom three
4	Adam Levine	Damien	"He Ain"?t Heavy, He"?s My Brother"	Public's vote
5	Pharrell Williams	DaNica Shirey	"Creep"	Public's vote
6	Gwen Stefani	Taylor John Williams	"If"	Public's vote
7	Blake Shelton	Reagan James	"It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over"	Public's vote
8	Pharrell Williams	Luke Wade	"Thinking Out Loud"	Public's vote
9	Adam Levine	Matt McAndrew	"Take Me to Church"	Public's vote
10	Blake Shelton	Craig Wayne Boyd	"You Look So Good in Love"	Public's vote
11	Adam Levine	Chris Jamison	"Jealous"	Public's vote
12	Gwen Stefani	Anita Antoinette	"Redemption Song"	Public's vote
Instant Save performances
1	Blake Shelton	Jessie Pitts	"Gravity"	Eliminated
2	Pharrell Williams	Sugar Joans	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody"	Eliminated
3	Gwen Stefani	Ryan Sill	"More Than Words"	Instant Save

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
19.1	Gwen Stefani & her team (Anita Antoinette, Ryan Sill, and Taylor John Williams)	"The Tide Is High"
19.2	Ella Henderson	"Ghost"
19.3	Blake Shelton & his team (Craig Wayne Boyd, Jessie Pitts, and Reagan James)	"Sad Songs (Say So Much)"

Week 3: Top 10 (November 24 & 25)

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

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

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Adam Levine	Matt McAndrew	"Fix You"	Public's vote
2	Gwen Stefani	Anita Antoinette	"Let Her Go"	Bottom three
3	Adam Levine	Damien	"You and I"	Public's vote
4	Blake Shelton	Reagan James	"Fancy"	Bottom three
5	Pharrell Williams	Luke Wade	"Try a Little Tenderness"	Public's vote
6	Blake Shelton	Craig Wayne Boyd	"I Walk the Line"	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

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
20.1	Top 10	"Bless The Broken Road"/"Stand"
21.1	Adam Levine & his team (Chris Jamison, Damien, and Matt McAndew)	"Only the Good Die Young"
21.2	Pharrell Williams & his team (DaNica Shirey and Luke Wade)	"What a Wonderful World"
21.3	Taylor Swift	"Blank Space"

Week 4: Quarterfinals (December 1 & 2)

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

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

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

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

Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Gwen Stefani	Ryan Sill	"Open Arms"	Bottom four
2	Blake Shelton	Craig Wayne Boyd	"Take It Easy"	Public's vote
3	Pharrell Williams	DaNica Shirey	"These Dreams"	Bottom four
4	Adam Levine	Damien	"Someone Like You"	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 Blowers 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

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
22.1	Top 8	"Geronimo"
22.2	Nick Jonas & the Top 8	"Jealous"
22.3	Gwen Stefani & Pharrell Williams	"Spark the Fire"
23.1	Christina Grimmie	"With Love"
23.2	RaeLynn	"God Made Girls"

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

The Top 5 performed on Monday, December 8, 2014, with the results following on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. This week, each artist will sing two songs; one chosen by their coach, and another selected in tribute to their supporters. The Wildcard Round was held on Tuesday, and nine previously eliminated singers from the season's top 12 were given the opportunity to perform once again, with one contestant awarded a fourth spot in the finale. 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.

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.

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. Craig Wayne Boyd would have sung Anymore, Matt McAndrew would have sung Imagine, and Chris Jamison would have sung I'll Be.

Order	Coach	Artist	Song (Coach's choice)	Order	Song (Contestant's choice)	Result
1	Adam Levine	Damien	"She's Out of My Life"	6	"I Don't Want to Wait"	1st 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	"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

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
24.1	Blake Shelton & Ashley Monroe	"Lonely Tonight"

Week 6: Finals (December 15 & 16)

The Top 4 will perform on Monday, December 15, 2014, with the final results following on Tuesday, December 16, 2014. This week, the four male finalists performed an original song, a duet with the coach, and a solo song. As with previous seasons, there was no iTunes bonus multiplier applied to songs performed in the finale episodes; all iTunes votes received for the five weeks leading to the finale will be cumulatively added to online, phone and app finale votes for each finalist.

Coach	Artist	Order	Solo Song	Order	Original Song	Order	Duet Song	Result
Adam Levine	Damien	1	"A Song For You"	10	"Soldier"	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

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
27.1	The Top 20	"Pompeii"
27.2	Craig Wayne Boyd (with DaNica Shirey, Sugar Joans and Taylor Brashears)	"Keep Your Hands to Yourself"
27.3	Hozier	"Take Me to Church"
27.4	Chris Jamison (with Luke Wade, Ricky Manning, Ryan Sill and Taylor Phelan)	"Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"
27.5	Fall Out Boy and Matt McAndrew	"Centuries"
27.6	Bryana Salaz, DaNica Shirey, Jean Kelley, Mia Pfirrman, and Sugar Joans	"Bang Bang"
27.7	Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"
27.8	Lynyrd Skynyrd and Craig Wayne Boyd	"Sweet Home Alabama"
27.9	Meghan Trainor	"Lips Are Movin"
27.10	Jennifer Hudson and Damien	"It's Your World"
27.11	Ed Sheeran	"Thinking Out Loud"
27.12	Matt McAndrew (with Mia Pfirrman, Sugar Joans, Taylor John Williams and Taylor Phelan)	"Go Your Own Way"
27.13	Damien (with Anita Antoinette, DaNica Shirey and Elyjuh Ren)	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
27.14	Jessie J and Chris Jamison	"Masterpiece"
27.15	Adam, Blake, Gwen and Pharrell	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
27.16	Craig Wayne Boyd (Winner's song)	"My Baby's Got a Smile on Her Face"

Elimination chart

Overall

Color key

Artist's info

Artist from Team Adam

• Artist from Team Gwen

}}

Artist from Team Pharrell

• Artist from Team Blake

}}

Result details

Winner

• Runner-up
• Third place
• Fourth Place

}}

Saved by Instant Save (via Twitter)

• Artist was saved by the public
• Artist was saved by his/her coach
• Artist was eliminated but won the Wildcard round
• Artist was eliminated

}}

Live show results per week

Artist		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Wildcard	Finals
	Craig Wayne Boyd	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe		Winner
	Matt McAndrew	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe
	Chris Jamison	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe		3rd Place
	Damien	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)
	Carter	Eliminated
	Jean Kelley	Eliminated
	Ricky Manning	Eliminated
	Mia Pfirrman	Eliminated
	Taylor Phelan	Eliminated
	Elyjuh Ren	Eliminated
	Bryana Salaz	Eliminated

Team

Color key

Artist's info

Artist from Team Adam

• Artist from Team Gwen

}}

Artist from Team Pharrell

• Artist from Team Blake

}}

Result details

Winner

• Runner-up
• Third place
• Fourth Place

}}

Eliminated

• Artist Saved by Instant Save (via Twitter)
• Artist won the Wildcard round
• Artist received one or more iTunes bonus that week (applicable Weeks 1-5)
•   Number of iTunes bonuses received

}}

Artist		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Finals
	Matt McAndrew	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Runner-Up
	Chris Jamison	Coach's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Third Place
	Damien	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Fourth Place
	Mia Pfirrman	Eliminated
	Taylor Phelan	Eliminated
	Taylor John Williams	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	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 Ren	Eliminated
	Craig Wayne Boyd	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Winner
	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
16		Pharrell Williams	"Hunter"	Did not chart	TBA	live performance
19	Top 12 Results	Ella Henderson	"Ghost"	52 (+42)	16 (debut)	live performance
21	Top 10 Results	Taylor Swift	"Blank Space"	1 (=)	1 (=)	live performance
22	Top 8 Perform	Gwen Stefani & Pharrell Williams	"Spark the Fire"	Did not chart	TBA	live performance
		Nick Jonas	"Jealous"	8 (+2)	7 (+2)	live performance
23	Top 8 Results	RaeLynn	"God Made Girls"	61 (+25)	36 (debut)	live performance
		Christina Grimmie	"With Love"	Did not chart	TBA	live performance
24	Semifinal Perform	Blake Shelton & Ashley Monroe	"Lonely Tonight"	95 (debut)	TBA	live performance
26	Finale Results	Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson	"Uptown Funk"	3 (=)	1 (+2)	live performance
		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
		Fall Out Boy (with Matt McAndrew)	"Centuries"	20 (+6)	10 (+7)	live performance
		Jessie J (with Chris Jamison)	"Masterpiece"	65 (debut)	22 (debut)	live performance

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	Adults (18-49)		Source
						Rating	Share
1	"The Premiere: The Blind Auditions"		701	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.95	3.9	11
2	"The Blind Auditions, Part 2"		702	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	13.18	4.1	13
3	"The Blind Auditions, Part 3"		703	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.94	4.0	11
4	"The Blind Auditions, Part 4"		704	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	13.73	4.1	13
5	"The Blind Auditions, Part 5"		705	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.41	3.7	10
6	"The Best of the Blind Auditions"		706	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	9.07	2.5	8
7	"The Battles Premiere"		707	Monday 8:00 p.m.	13.28	4.0	11
8	"The Battles, Part 2"		708	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	12.34	3.4	11
9	"The Battles, Part 3"		709	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.90	3.4	9
10	"The Battles, Part 4"		710	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	11.95	3.3	10
11	"The Knockouts"		711	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.48	3.7	10
12	"The Knockouts, Part 2"		712	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	11.35	2.9	9
13	"The Knockouts, Part 3"		713	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.06	3.5	10
14	"The Road to the Live Shows"		714	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	9.58	2.3	7
15	"The Live Playoffs, Night 1"		715	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.48	3.2	9
16	"The Live Playoffs, Night 2"		716	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	11.42	3.0	9
17	"The Live Playoffs, Results"		717	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	10.64	2.5	8
18	"The Top 12, Performance"		718	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.13	3.1	8
19	"The Top 12, Results"		719	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	10.82	2.7	8
20	"The Top 10, Performance"		720	Monday 8:00 p.m.	9.60	2.6	7
21	"The Top 10, Results"		721	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	9.37	2.3	7
22	"The Top 8, Performance"		722	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.28	2.8	8
23	"The Top 8, Results"		723	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	11.23	2.6	8
24	"The Live Semifinals"		724	Monday 8:00 p.m.	10.84	2.5	7
25	"The Semifinal Results and Wildcard Round"		725	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	11.19	2.3	7
26	"The Live Finals"		726	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.07	2.8	9
27	"The Live Finale"		727	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	12.88	3.3	10

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). 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."

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

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.It uses material from the Wikipedia article "The Voice (U.S. season 7)". Reality TV World is not responsible for any errors or omissions this article may contain.