Host(s) Carson Daly Name The Voice Song "Tumbling Down" | Origin Kingston, Jamaica Broadcaster NBC | |
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Broadcast from September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23) – December 17, 2013 Judges Christina Aguilera
Cee Lo Green
Adam Levine
Blake Shelton | ||
The fifth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 23, 2013 on NBC. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned as coaches, while CeeLo Green and Christina Aguilera returned after being replaced by Usher and Shakira in season four. The team sizes for the season are 12 members. The season is also the first to feature steals in the knockout rounds. Carson Daly returned to host the show, but Christina Milian did not return as the social media correspondent, at which point Daly assumed her role. In February 2014, Green announced he would not return to The Voice, making this his final season.
Contents
- Coaches and hosts
- Auditions
- Teams
- Blind auditions
- Episode 1 September 23
- Episode 2 September 24
- Episode 3 September 30
- Episode 4 October 1
- Episode 5 October 7
- Episode 6 October 8
- The Battle Rounds
- The Knockouts
- Live shows
- Week 1 Live playoffs November 4 5 7
- Week 2 November 11 12
- Week 3 November 18 19
- Week 4 November 25 26
- Quarterfinals Week 5 December 2 3
- Semifinals Week 6 December 9 10
- Finals Week 7 December 16 17
- Overall
- Team
- Television ratings
- Artists appearances on earlier talent shows
- References
Coaches and hosts
CeeLo Green and Christina Aguilera returned from their hiatus and rejoined Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. Usher and Shakira were confirmed to return for the following season. Carson Daly returned as host, but Christina Milian did not return as social media correspondent, as she wished to focus on her new album, and to compete on season 17 of Dancing with the Stars. Daly then assumed the position as the social media correspondent.
Auditions
The open call auditions were held in the following locations:
Teams
Blind auditions
The blind auditions were taped from July 9 to 12, 2013. The first episode of the Blind auditions premiered on September 23, 2013.
Episode 1 (September 23)
The two-hour season five premiere aired on Monday, September 23, 2013. The coaches performed "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" at the start of the show.
Episode 2 (September 24)
The second two-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 24, 2013.
Episode 3 (September 30)
The third two-hour show aired on Monday, September 30, 2013.
Episode 4 (October 1)
The fourth two-hour show aired on Tuesday, October 1, 2013.
Episode 5 (October 7)
The fifth two-hour show aired on Monday, October 7, 2013.
Episode 6 (October 8)
Episode six was a recap of the "best of blind auditions," the composition of the four teams, behind-the-scenes footage of the first five episodes, and a sneak peek of the battle rounds. Danielle Bradbery had returned to The Voice stage to perform "The Heart of Dixie". Also, a clip of the music video for Cassadee Pope's "Wasting All These Tears" was shown, to promote her debut album Frame by Frame, which was released on the same day.
The Battle Rounds
The Battle Rounds (episodes 7 to 10) comprised two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on October 14, 15, 21 and 22, 2013 with six battles in each episode. The coaches once again utilized mentors during this round and each has enlisted the help of the following: Adam Levine brought in OneRepublic's lead singer, Ryan Tedder; Cee Lo Green brought in Miguel; Christina Aguilera brought in Ed Sheeran; and finally, Blake Shelton brought in Cher. Continuing with the format introduced in Season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach.
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The Knockouts
This season, the steal ability has been carried over to the Knockouts, which allows the coach to take one losing artist from another coach. There were 16 Knockout matchups in two 2-hour episodes and only 20 artists advanced on to the Live Shows.
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Live shows
The live shows is the final phase of the competition. It consists of the playoffs, five weekly shows and the season finale.
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Week 1: Live playoffs (November 4, 5 & 7)
Teams Adam and Blake performed in the Playoff round on November 4, with Teams Cee Lo and Christina following November 5. The results were revealed November 7, with two artists from each team eliminated. For this season, producers again modified iTunes voting during the show's live rounds: if a competitor's performance charts within the Top 10 of the iTunes "Top 200 Singles Chart" at the close of a specific episode's voting "window" (generally from the end of the episode to 10 AM Eastern time the following morning), it will be given an iTunes bonus that multiplies iTunes votes made in that voting window by five.
James Wolpert of Team Adam was the only contestant to reach the top 10 chart on iTunes, with his version of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You", thus multiplying his votes by five. While Caroline Pennell's performance did eventually reach the iTunes top 10 on November 6, it did so only after the close of voting, missing out on this week's iTunes bonus.
Week 2 (November 11 & 12)
The Top 12 performed on Monday, November 11, 2013 and received the results on Tuesday, November 12, 2013.
Another added interactive feature, the Instant Save, was introduced with the elimination episode this week, to be carried through live elimination episodes on November 19, November 26, and December 3. During the designated/announced five-minute voting window, Twitter users (with public accounts only) may vote to save one artist in each week's bottom three by tweeting the artist's voting keyword along with the show's designated hashtag. Viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones vote during the live broadcasts, while viewers in the Mountain and Pacific time zones are cued to vote to save artists on the show's official Twitter account during the live East coast broadcast. For this week's voting, Matthew Schuler from Team Christina received the iTunes bonus multiplier for his performance of "Hallelujah," which peaked at #2 within the voting window. However, it later reached #1 after the Top 12 Recap show that aired before the Top 12 Results show. It remained in the iTunes Top 200 chart throughout the remainder of the season.
Week 3 (November 18 & 19)
The Top 10 performed on Monday, November 18, with results following on Tuesday, November 19.
Week 4 (November 25 & 26)
The Top 8 performed on Monday, November 25, with results following on Tuesday, November 26.
Though all of the top eight artists charted within the iTunes top 100, only Will Champlin's performance of "At Last," charting at number 9, received the top ten multiplier bonus for this week. With the elimination of Caroline Pennell, Cee Lo Green no longer has any artists on his team.
Quarterfinals: Week 5 (December 2 & 3)
The Top 6 performed 2 songs each, one chosen by their coach and one chosen by them dedicated to someone in their lives, on Monday, December 2, 2013 with the results following on Tuesday, December 3.
Semifinals: Week 6 (December 9 & 10)
The Top 5 performed on Monday, December 9, 2013 with the results following on Tuesday, December 10. Three of the five artists charted within the iTunes top 10. Tessanne Chin (#1), Jacquie Lee (#6), and Will Champlin (#10) received the iTunes bonus multiplier for their respective chart positions at the close of voting, with Chin becoming the first contestant to achieve the top chart position at the end of an applicable voting window this season. With the elimination of Cole Vosbury, Blake Shelton no longer has any artists on his team, thus breaking his three season winning streak. In the results show, the top three finalists from Season 4 (Danielle Bradbery, Michelle Chamuel, and The Swon Brothers) made an appearance along with Season 3 champion Cassadee Pope.
Finals: Week 7 (December 16 & 17)
The final performance show aired on Monday, December 16, 2013, with the winner declared on the following results show Tuesday, December 17. In this phase of the competition, the contestants performed a duet with their respective coaches, a solo song, and the song that they performed during the Blind Auditions phase. Tessanne Chin being the best female vocalist to grace The Voice stage.
Overall
Team
Television ratings
The fifth season premiered on September 23, 2013 and was watched by 14.98 million viewers with a 5.1 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by 1.34 million viewers.