Coach Blake Shelton Song Cry Presented by Carson Daly Origin West Palm Beach | Air date September 10, 2012 Host Carson Daly Broadcaster NBC | |
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Broadcast from September 10 – December 18, 2012 Co-host(s) Christina Milian (social media) Genre(s) Power pop, pop rock, country pop, pop punk, emo pop Judges Adam Levine, CeeLo Green, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton | ||
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.
Contents
- Auditions coaches and hosts
- Teams
- Blind auditions
- Episode 1 September 10
- Episode 2 September 11
- Episode 3 September 12
- Episode 4 September 17
- Episode 5 September 18
- Episode 6 September 24 2012
- Episode 7 September 25
- Episode 8 October 1
- Episode 9 The Best of the Blind Auditions October 2
- The Battles
- The Knockouts
- The live shows
- Week 1 Live playoffs November 5 7 8
- Week 2 November 12 13
- Week 3 November 19 20
- Week 4 November 26 27
- Week 5 December 3 4
- Semifinals Week 6 December 10 11
- Finals Week 7 December 17 18
- Overall
- Team
- Contestant appearances on prior seasons or other talent shows
- Television ratings
- References
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" will begin after the battle round, where the coaches will reduce 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 Bublé, Rob Thomas and Billie Joe Armstrong will be joining 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
Blind auditions
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.
Episode 2 (September 11)
The second one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.
Episode 3 (September 12)
The third one-hour episode was broadcast on Wednesday, September 12, 2012.
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.
Episode 5 (September 18)
The fifth one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 18, 2012.
Episode 6 (September 24, 2012)
The sixth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, September 24, 2012.
Episode 7 (September 25)
The seventh one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 25, 2012.
Episode 8 (October 1)
The eighth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, October 1, 2012.
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 Bublé working with Blake Shelton; Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty) working with Cee Lo Green; and Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) working with Christina Aguilera.
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.
The live shows
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. The Eliminations of Brown and Martinez were very shocking, as both were certain names in the finale.
With the eliminations of Melanie Martinez and Amanda Brown, Adam Levine no longer has any artist remaining on his team.
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.
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.
Overall
Team
Contestant appearances on prior seasons or other talent shows
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.