Genre(s) Country Air date March 25, 2013 Host Carson Daly Song Born to Fly | Coach Blake Shelton Origin Cypress Presented by Carson Daly Broadcaster NBC | |
Broadcast from March 25 – June 18, 2013 Co-host(s) Christina Milian (social media) Judges Adam Levine, Shakira, Usher, Blake Shelton | ||
The best blind audition for the voice season 4
The fourth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on March 25, 2013 on NBC and was hosted by Carson Daly, while Christina Milian returned as the social media correspondent. Coaches Adam Levine, CeeLo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton returned, though Green and Aguilera appeared as performers instead of coaches. Shakira and Usher then served as replacements coaches for Aguilera and Green. The team sizes were trimmed back down to 12 per team (season two's team size), with each coach having two 'steals' in the Battle Rounds.
Contents
- The best blind audition for the voice season 4
- The voice season 4 adam levine s geometry teacher
- Auditions coaches hosts and team sizes
- Teams
- Blind auditions
- Episode 1 March 25
- Episode 2 March 26
- Episode 3 April 1
- Episode 4 April 2
- Episode 5 April 8
- Episode 6 April 9
- The Battles
- The Knockouts
- Live shows
- Week 1 Live playoffs May 6 7 8
- Week 2 May 13 14
- Week 3 May 20 21
- Week 4 May 27 28
- Quarterfinals Week 5 June 3 4
- Semifinals Week 6 June 10 11
- Finals Week 7 June 17 18
- Overall
- Team
- Television ratings
- Voting controversy
- Adam Levine comment
- Contestants appearances on prior seasons and other talent shows
- References
The voice season 4 adam levine s geometry teacher
Auditions, coaches, hosts, and team sizes
Auditions were held from January 12 to February 17, 2013 in Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston and New York City.
Carson Daly hosted for a fourth consecutive season, while Christina Millian returned for her third season as social media correspondent. The judges' line-up saw a change for the first time since the inception of the show. Joining coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton was Usher and Shakira. Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera were substituted in order to focus on their music careers. However, Green and Aguilera will be returning in the following season.
The team sizes went from 16, back down to 12.
This season's advisers for the battle rounds were Hillary Scott (lead singer of Lady Antebellum), Sheryl Crow, Pharrell Williams and Joel Madden (lead singer of Good Charlotte and coach on The Voice Australia) as advisers of Levine, Shelton, Usher and Shakira teams respectively. All advisers except Madden returned to coach on their respective teams during week three of the live shows, so Shakira brought in Green to help coach her team.
Teams
Blind auditions
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Episode 1 (March 25)
The season's two-hour premiere aired on Monday, March 25, 2013. The coaches performed a cover of "Come Together" at the start of the show.
Episode 2 (March 26)
The second episode aired for one hour on Tuesday, March 26, 2013.
Episode 3 (April 1)
The third episode aired for two hours on Monday, April 1, 2013.
Episode 4 (April 2)
The fourth episode aired for one hour on Tuesday, April 2, 2013.
Episode 5 (April 8)
The fifth episode aired for two hours on Monday, April 8, 2013.
Episode 6 (April 9)
The sixth episode aired for one hour on Tuesday, April 9, 2013.
The Battles
The battle rounds were broadcast from Monday, April 15, 2013 to Tuesday, April 23, 2013 The 'Steals' (adopted in season 3) have been retained. Six battles (or the outcomes thereof) were included in each episode of the Battle Rounds. For this season's advisers, Adam Levine has picked Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton has chosen Sheryl Crow, Shakira is assisted by Joel Madden and Usher by Pharrell Williams.
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The Knockouts
The Knockout rounds aired on Monday, April 29, 2013 and Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
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Live shows
Prior to the start of the Live shows, a special episode called "The Road to the Live Shows" was aired for one hour on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, recapping some of the best moments of the blind auditions, battle rounds and knockout rounds.
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Week 1: Live playoffs (May 6, 7 & 8)
The live playoffs aired from Monday, May 6, 2013 through Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Contestants were asked to sing a stripped down version of a song in order to concentrate on the voice. The Monday edition featured Teams Adam and Usher, while Tuesday broadcasts Teams Blake and Shakira. The Wednesday edition was the results show where one member from each team was eliminated. Special guests in the audience included Savannah Guthrie and Al Roker of The Today Show.
Week 2 (May 13 & 14)
The Top 12 performed on Monday, May 13, 2013 and received the results on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Usher brought in his choreographer, Aakomon Jones, to help coach the artists on his team. During the performance episode's second hour, host Carson Daly mentioned in passing that the rules for iTunes voting have changed; to wit: while the previous season's iTunes top 10 voting bonus remains unchanged, only one download of an artist's eligible song per registered iTunes account during the designated voting window will count as a vote towards that week's results. The change was contemporaneously added to the "Vote Help" section of the show's NBC.com voting page. He also mentioned that the iTunes bonus is only given to those in the Top 10 at the close of voting (10am EST).
Week 3 (May 20 & 21)
The Top 10 performed for two hours on Monday, May 20, 2013, with results broadcast on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Advisers from the Battles (Sheryl Crow, Pharrell Williams and Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum) return to coach on their respective teams. Cee Lo Green takes the place of Joel Madden due to Madden's prior commitments to The Voice Australia. Also, the results show was dedicated to the people who lost their lives from an EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Special guests in the audience included Michelle Rodriguez and Vin Diesel from Fast & Furious 6.
Week 4 (May 27 & 28)
The Top 8 performed on Monday, May 27, 2013 and received the results on Tuesday, May 28. A special look at the upcoming season of America's Got Talent was shown during air time of the results show. Danielle Bradbery only reached the iTunes top 10 after the close of voting, thus missing out on this week's iTunes bonus. The elimination of Sarah Simmons and Judith Hill was considered one of the most surprising in the history of the show. Both were considered frontrunners in the competition and were top contenders for the prize.
Quarterfinals: Week 5 (June 3 & 4)
The Top 6 performed two songs each on Monday, June 3, 2013 and received the results on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Each contestant sang two songs, one of their choice, and one of the coach's choice. Only one contestant was eliminated this week instead of the usual two. Taylor Swift attended Michelle Chamuel's rehearsal for "I Knew You Were Trouble". Amber Carrington had forgotten the lyrics to "I Remember You" during her performance, though it was not commented on by any of the coaches.
Semifinals: Week 6 (June 10 & 11)
The Top 5 performed two songs each on Monday, June 10, 2013 and received the results on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 for a spot in the final three. One song is chosen by their coach, and the other is chosen by the contestant as a dedication to another. The Swon Brothers dedication was to their band members past and present, Sasha Allen's was to her children, Amber Carrington's was to her best friends, Danielle Bradbery's was to her parents and best friend, and Michelle Chamuel's was to her coach, Usher.
With the eliminations of Sasha Allen and Amber Carrington, Adam Levine and Shakira no longer have any remaining artists on their teams. It marked the first time that a new coach has coached an artist competing in the finale on his first attempt, as Usher still has Michelle Chamuel available on his team. Note: Coincidentally, Sasha and Amber were put against each other in the battles, and the two were later eliminated together in the Top 5. Amber Carrington was the first contestant to reach the Top 10 of iTunes and to be eliminated in the same week.
Finals: Week 7 (June 17 & 18)
The Top 3 performed on Monday, June 17, 2013, with the announcement of the winner on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. This week, the contestants performed three times: a "defining moment" from a previous performance, a duet with their coach, and a solo.
Overall
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Television ratings
Season four premiered on March 25, 2013 and was watched by 13.64 million viewers with a 4.8 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from the previous season's premiere by 1.36 million viewers (11%).
Voting controversy
At the beginning of the results show for The Live Playoffs, Carson Daly announced that "inconsistencies" were found in the voting, so votes cast via text-messaging and online would be excluded from the vote count to ensure fairness. Daly brought Jason George, CEO of Telescope, the company that manages the show’s voting system, on stage to stress that the exclusion would not have affected the results either way. Reported issues were that voting had closed on the Facebook app and website at 11.30 pm PST (an hour and a half after the show's West Coast airing) when it should have ended at 10 am EST the next day, which may have been a result of too many users voting at the same time.
Adam Levine comment
Upon seeing that his team members Judith Hill and Sarah Simmons had not been saved, coach Adam Levine said, "I hate this country," right before the top 8 results were announced. This brought some angry responses on his Twitter page. He then sent a series of Tweets with dictionary definitions of the words "joke," "humorless," "lighthearted," and "misunderstand" to state that it was merely a "heat of the moment" reaction. Levine later provided an explanation: "Last night’s elimination of Judith and Sarah was confusing and downright emotional for me, and my comments were made based on my personal dissatisfaction with the results."