The Voice (American TV series) season 3
Template:Infobox reality music competition The third season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 10, 2012 on NBC.[1] 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.[2]
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 buzzer to recruit the singer in question, it's 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 10 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.[3] It is also been announced that not every team will be guaranteed a spot in the finals, hinting at furter changes in the show's format.
Auditions were held on July 7 to August 12, 2012 in Memphis, Minneapolis, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles.
Auditions
Auditions took place in the following cities:
| Location | Date | Venue |
| Memphis, Tennessee | July 7, 2012 | Memphis Cook Convention Center |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | July 14, 2012 | Saint Paul River Centre |
| East Rutherford, New Jersey | July 21 & 22, 2012 | Izod Center |
| Dallas, Texas | July 28 & 29, 2012 | Irving Convention Center |
| Los Angeles, California | August 11 & 12, 2012 | Los Angeles Convention Center |
Coaches and hosts
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All original coaches have 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.[4]
Executive producer Mark Burnett has said that that he intends to do another cycle at midseason, but he's not necessarily keeping Levine, Green, Aguilera and Shelton in their chairs as that would leave them with no time to tour, in order to keep the coaches happy. He said, “He's got to let them continue to pursue their own musical careers outside of The Voice and so he's looking into lining up a new group of judges for season four” but he hopes all four will return for season five.[3]
Episodes
Episode 1: The Blind Auditions, Part 1
The third season two-hour premiere aired on Monday, September 10, 2012,
| Key |  Coach presses his or her button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices[5] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Terry McDermott
35, from Aberdeen, Scotland |
"Baba O'Riley" |
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| 2 | De'Borah Garner
25, from Chicago Heights, IL |
"Hey, Soul Sister" |
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| 3 | Gracia Harrison
18, from Virden, IL |
"I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" |
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| 4 | Garrett Gardner
16, from Ringwood, NJ |
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" | ||||
| 5 | Devyn DeLoera
20, from Snyder, TX |
"Ain't No Other Man" |
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| 6 | Bryan Keith
22, from Bronx, NY |
"It Will Rain" |
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| 7 | Daniel Rosa
21, from Riverside, CA |
"Somebody That I Used to Know" |
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| 8 | Anita Antoinette
22, from Boston, MA |
"No Woman, No Cry" | ||||
| 9 | Joe Kirkland
24, from Fort Worth, TX |
"Gives You Hell" |
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| 10 | Jessica Sharpe
23, from Greensboro, NC |
"Son of a Preacher Man" | ||||
| 11 | Danny Hunter Jones
from Los Angeles, CA |
"Superstition" | ||||
| 12 | Jamie Pickett
Information unknown |
"Love on Top" | ||||
| 13 | Odiseas Georgiadis
15, New York, NY |
"The Lazy Song" | ||||
| 14 | Trevin Hunte
18, from Queens, NY |
"Listen" |
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Episode 2: The Blind Auditions, Part 2
The first one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.
| Key | Coach presses his or her button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices[6] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Adriana Louise
22, from Brooklyn, NY |
"Domino" |
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| 2 | Casey Muesiggman
22, from Spencer, IA |
"Sweet Home Alabama" |
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| 3 | Aquile
24, from San Diego, CA |
"Your Song" |
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| 4 | Ryan Fogarty
28, Nashville, TN |
"Tomorrow" | ||||
| 5 | Brett Hite
from Spokane, WA |
"Replay" | ||||
| 6 | April Joyce Magpantay
from Chicago, IL |
"Poker Face" | ||||
| 7 | Matt Carr
from Hanover, NH / now Boston, MA |
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | ||||
| 8 | MacKenzie Bourg
19, from Lafayette, LA |
"Pumped Up Kicks" |
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| 9 | Julio Cesar Castillo
21, from Chicago, IL |
"La Bamba" |
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Episode 3: The Blind Auditions, Part 3
The third one-hour episode was broadcast on Wednesday, September 12, 2012.
| Key | Coach presses his or her button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices[7] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Samuel Mouton
19, from Fort Collins, CO |
"Redemption Song" |
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| 2 | Chris Trousdale
26, from Michigan |
"Glad You Came" | ||||
| 3 | Mike Squillanté
from Boston, MA |
"Everybody Talks" | ||||
| 4 | Jasmin Rose
Information unknown |
"Mercy" | ||||
| 5 | Brandon Clark
Information unknown |
"Colder Weather" | ||||
| 6 | Nelly's Echo
32, from Lagos, Nigeria / now in Baltimore, MD |
"Ain't No Sunshine" |
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| 7 | 2Steel Girls (Krystal and Allison Steel)
22 & 44, from Nashville, TN |
"Before He Cheats" |
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| 8 | Lisa Scinta
26, from Las Vegas, NV |
"Teenage Dream" |
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| 9 | MarissaAnn
15, from Long Island, NY |
"Part of Me" |
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| 10 | Loren Allred
22, from Salt Lake City, UT / Pittsburgh, PA |
"When Love Takes Over" |
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| 11 | DOMO
26, from Bronx, NY |
"Don't Cha" |
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| 12 | Nicole Nelson
34, from Burlington, Vermont |
"Hallelujah" |
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Episode 4: The Blind Auditions, Part 4
The fourth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, September 17, 2012.
A preview of Christina Aguilera's video for Your Body was televised.[8]
| Key | Coach presses his or her button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices[9] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Melanie Martinez
17, from Baldwin, NY |
"Toxic" |
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| 2 | Cupid
29, from Lafayette, LA |
"Cupid Shuffle" | ||||
| 3 | Brian Scartocci
26, from Austin, TX |
"Isn't She Lovely" |
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| 4 | VanJess
19 & 20, from Lagos, Nigeria / now Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
"Work Out" | ||||
| 5 | Maddie and Julia
from Scotch Plains, NJ / now New Paltz, NY |
"Disturbia" | ||||
| 6 | The Wadsworth Singers
Information unknown |
"Edge of Seventeen" | ||||
| 7 | Beat Frequency (Shawn Lewis and Natasha Neuschwander)
35 & 27, from Vancouver, WA |
"E.T." |
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| 8 | Tyler Lillestol
23, from Riverside, CA |
"U Got It Bad" | ||||
| 9 | Liz Davis
25, from Madison, MS |
"Here for the Party" |
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| 10 | JR Aquino
24, from Anchorage, AK |
"Just the Way You Are" |
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| 11 | Agina Alvarez
22, from San Diego, CA |
"Turn the Beat Around" | ||||
| 12 | Nicholas David
31, from Los Angeles, CA |
"Stand By Me" |
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| 13 | Alessandra Guercio
17, from Brooklyn, NY |
"The Climb" |
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| 14 | Adanna Duru
15, from Walnut, CA |
"The Edge of Glory" |
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| 15 | Kelly Crapa
15, from New Fairfield, CT |
"Sparks Fly" |
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| 16 | Paulina
16, from Los Angeles, CA |
"You Make Me Feel..." |
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| 17 | Avery Wilson
16, from Hamden, CT |
"Without You" |
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Episode 5: The Blind Auditions, Part 5
The fifth one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 18, 2012.
| Key | Coach presses his or her button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices[9] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Trevanne Howell
33, from Bronx, NY |
"I Have Nothing" | ||||
| 2 | Collin McLoughlin
24, from Bedford, NY |
"Wild World" |
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| 3 | Joselyn Rivera
17, from Pembroke Pines, FL |
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" |
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| 4 | Benji Kuriakose
24, from Orlando, FL |
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" |
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| 5 | Todd Kessler
30, from Chicago, IL |
"Maggie May" |
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| 6 | Ben Taub
21, from Princeton, NJ |
"Feeling Good" |
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| 7 | Emily Earle
23, from Brooklyn, NY |
"Ring of Fire" |
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| 8 | Lorraine Ferro
52, from New York, NY |
"Skyscraper" | ||||
| 9 | Mycle Wastman
40, from Seattle, WA |
"Let's Stay Together" |
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Episode 6: The Blind Auditions, Part 6
The sixth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, September 24, 2012.
| Key | Coach presses his or her button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices[10] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Michelle Brooks-Thompson
28, from Sunderland, MA |
"Proud Mary" |
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| 2 | Diego Val
25, from Lima, Peru / now Miami, FL |
"Animal" |
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| 3 | Lauren Brooke
24, from Pawling, NY |
"Cowboy Casanova" | ||||
| 4 | Suzanna Choffel
32, from Austin, TX |
"Landslide" |
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| 5 | Michaela Paige
16, from Boca Raton, FL |
"Sober" |
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| 6 | Ryan Jirovec
28, from McAllen, TX |
"Amazed" |
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| 7 | Dez Duron
22, from Shreveport, LA |
"Sara Smile" |
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| 8 | VJ Rosales
25, from Bellflower, CA |
"Forget You" | ||||
| 9 | Alexis Marceaux
23, from New Orleans, LA |
"Go Your Own Way" |
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| 10 | Sam James
26, from Worcester, MA |
"Imagine" |
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| 11 | Laura Vivas
33, from West Palm Beach, FL |
"Whataya Want From Me" |
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| 12 | Lelia Broussard
23, From Los Angeles, CA |
"We Can Work It Out" |
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| 13 | Brandon Mahone
17, from Chicago, IL / Indiana |
"I Wish It Would Rain" |
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| 14 | Jeffrey James
25, from Brownsburg, IN |
"A Little Less Conversation" | ||||
| 15 | Paige Bryan
26, from Los Angeles, CA |
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" | ||||
| 16 | Cameron Hovsepian
From Los Angeles, CA |
"I Need a Dollar" | ||||
| 17 | LaRae Rhodes
Information unknown |
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" | ||||
| 18 | Jordan Pruitt
21, from Loganville, GA |
"The One That Got Away" |
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| 19 | Terisa Griffin
42, from Chicago, IL |
"Someone Like You" |
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Episode 7: The Blind Auditions, Part 7
The seventh one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 25, 2012.
| Key | Coach presses his or her button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices[10] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Sylvia Yacoub
19, from Alexandria, Egypt / now Muskegon, MI |
"Only Girl (In the World)" |
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| 2 | IJ Quinn
25, from Warsaw, NC |
"Virtual Insanity" | ||||
| 3 | Charlie Rey
21, from Long Beach, CA |
"Home" |
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| 4 | Amanda Brown
27, from Bronx, NY |
"Valerie" |
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| 5 | Yolanda Barber
55, from Pittsburgh, PA |
"Get Here" | ||||
| 6 | Cassadee Pope
23, from West Palm Beach, FL |
"Torn" |
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Episode 8: The Blind Auditions, Part 8
The eighth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, October 1, 2012.
| Key | Coach presses his or her button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices[10] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Nathalie Hernandez
15, from Dunedin, FL |
"White Horse" |
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| 2 | Rod Michael
31, from Allentown, PA / now Atlanta, GA |
"Please Don't Go" | ||||
| 3 | Caitlin Michele
20, from Scituate, MA |
"Cosmic Love" |
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| 4 | Nicole Johnson
18, from Denham Springs, LA / now Nashville, TN |
"Mr. Know It All" |
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| 5 | Kameron Corvet
32, from Cincinnati, OH / now Atlanta, GA |
"Crazy" | ||||
| 6 | Chevonne
26, from Little Falls, NJ |
"Brass in Pocket" |
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| 7 | Kayla Nevarez
17, from Mission Viejo, CA |
"American Boy" |
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| 8 | Celica Westbrook
16, from Franklin, TN |
"A Thousand Years" | — |
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| 9 | Jay Taylor
from Duette, FL / now Nashville, TN |
"Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" | — | — | ||
| 10 | Gedina
Information unknown |
"Ain't Nobody" | — | — | ||
| 11 | Taylor Wagner
from Mattoon, IL / now Nashville, TN |
"Mean" | — | — | ||
| 12 | Jessica Cayne
26, from Grayson, GA |
"Good Girl" | — | — | ||
| 13 | Rudy Parris
46, from Visalia, CA |
"Every Breath You Take" | — |
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| 14 | Cody Belew
27, from Beebe, AR |
"Hard to Handle" | — |
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Episode 9: The Best of the Blind Auditions
The ninth one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, recapping some of the best moments of the blind auditions.
Episode 10-15: The Battles (6 weeks)
The Battle Rounds were broadcasted from October 8th to October 23rd.
After the Blind Auditions, each coach had 16 contestants for the Battle Rounds. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". Team Adam is advised by Mary J. Blige, Team Cee Lo by Rob Thomas, Team Christina by Billie Joe Armstrong and Team Blake by Michael Bublé.
Each episode featured battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluded with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants. A new feature was added in season three, such that after elimination of a candidate in the Battle round, the other three judges have the option of "stealing" the contestant from his original team to theirs. If more than one judge opts for a "steal", the contestant himself/herself chooses which team he prefers to move to. If only one judge opts for the "steal", the contestant moves to that judge's team by default. Each judge is allotted two steals, and must use both of them to ensure ten team members for the knockout rounds.
- – Contestant wins battle
- – Contestant stolen from original team
- – Contestant eliminated from competition
| Episode/ Order |
Coach | Contestant | Song | Judge(s) opting for the "steal" |
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| 1.1 | Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | Casey Muessigmann | "Carry On Wayward Son" | None | Muesiggman eliminated |
| 1.2 | Adam Levine | Bryan Keith | Collin McLoughlin | "Santeria" | Cee Lo Green Blake Shelton |
McLoughlin to Team Blake |
| 1.3 | Cee Lo Green | Diego Val | JR Aquino | "Jessie's Girl" | None | JR Aquino eliminated |
| 1.4 | Christina Aguilera | De'Borah | Nelly's Echo | "Message in a Bottle" | None | Nelly's Echo eliminated |
| 1.5 | Blake Shelton | Gracia Harrison | 2Steel Girls | "Sin Wagon" | None | 2Steel Girls eliminated |
| 1.6 | Cee Lo Green | Trevin Hunte | Amanda Brown | "Vision of Love" | Adam Levine Christina Aguilera Blake Shelton |
Brown to Team Adam |
| 2.1 | Cee Lo Green | Cody Belew | DOMO | "Telephone" | None | DOMO eliminated |
| 2.2 | Christina Aguilera | Aquile | Nathalie Hernandez | "You Give Me Something" | None | Hernandez eliminated |
| 2.3 | Christina Aguilera | Celica Westbrook | Lisa Scinta | "My Life Would Suck Without You"0 | None | Scinta eliminated |
| 2.4 | Blake Shelton | Rudy Parris | Charlie Rey | "Bad Day" | None | Rey eliminated |
| 2.5 | Adam Levine | Melanie Martinez | Caitlin Michele | "Lights" | Cee Lo Green Blake Shelton |
Michele to Team Cee Lo |
| 3.1 | Blake Shelton | Julio Cesar Castillo | Terisa Griffin | "Conga" | Cee Lo Green | Griffin to Team Cee Lo |
| 3.2 | Christina Aguilera | Dez Duron | Paulina | "Just the Way You Are" | None | Paulina eliminated |
| 3.3 | Adam Levine | Sam James | Benji | "You Give Love a Bad Name" | None | Benji eliminated |
| 3.4 | Cee Lo Green | Nicholas David | Todd Kessler | "Mandy" | None | Kessler eliminated |
| 3.5 | Blake Shelton | Suzanna Choffel | Lelia Broussard | "Dog Days Are Over" | None | Broussard eliminated |
| 3.6 | Christina Aguilera | Sylvia Yacoub | Joselyn Rivera | "Best Thing I Never Had" | Adam Levine Blake Shelton |
Rivera to Team Adam |
| 4.1 | Blake Shelton | Liz Davis | Nicole Johnson | "Baggage Claim" | None | Johnson eliminated |
| 4.2 | Adam Levine | Kayla Nevarez | Alessandra Guercio | "Wide Awake" | Christina Aguilera | Guercio to Team Christina |
| 4.3 | Cee Lo Green | Mycle Wastman | Ben Taub | "Too Close" | None | Taub eliminated |
| 4.4 | Adam Levine | Michelle Brooks-Thompson | Adanna Duru | "Crazy in Love" | None | Duru eliminated |
| 4.5 | Christina Aguilera | Laura Vivas | Beat Frequency | "Poker Face" | None | Beat Frequency eliminated |
| 4.6 | Cee Lo Green | MacKenzie Bourg | Emily Earle | "Good Time" | None | Earle eliminated |
| 5.1 | Cee Lo Green | Daniel Rosa | Alexis Marceaux | "Whataya Want from Me" | None | Marceaux eliminated |
| 5.2 | Adam Levine | Nicole Nelson | Brandon Mahone | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | None | Mahone eliminated |
| 5.3 | Adam Levine | Loren Allred | Brian Scartocci | "Need You Now" | None | Scartocci eliminated |
| 5.4 | Blake Shelton | Cassadee Pope | Ryan Jirovec | "Not Over You" | None | Jirovec eliminated |
| 5.5 | Adam Levine | Joe Kirkland | Samuel Mouton | "You Get What You Give" | None | Mouton eliminated |
| 5.6 | Christina Aguilera | Devyn DeLoera | MarissaAnn | "Free Your Mind" | Blake Shelton | MarissaAnn to Team Blake |
| 6.1 | Christina Aguilera | Adriana Louise | Jordan Pruitt | "Hot n Cold" | None | Pruitt eliminated |
| 6.2 | Blake Shelton | Michaela Paige | Kelly Crapa | "I Hate Myself For Loving You" | None | Crapa eliminated |
| 6.3 | Cee Lo Green | Avery Wilson | Chevonne | "Titanium" | Christina Aguilera | Chevonne to Team Christina |
Episode 16-17: The Knockouts
The Knockouts were broadcasted from Monday, October 29th to Tuesday, October 30th.
After the Battle Round, each coach had 10 contestants for the Knockouts. Each episode featured knockout battles consisting of pairings from within each team, singing a song of their 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.
- – Contestant wins knockout
- – Contestant loses knockout
| Episode/ Order |
Coach | Song | 1st Contestant | 2nd Contestant | Song |
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| 1.1 | Adam Levine | "Love on Top" | Joselyn Rivera | Kayla Nevarez | "Shark in the Water" |
| 1.2 | "Mean" | Joe Kirkland | Bryan Keith | "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" | |
| 1.3 | "Paris (Ooh La La)" | Amanda Brown | Michelle Brooks-Thompson | "Spotlight" | |
| 1.4 | "You Know I'm No Good" | Loren Allred | Nicole Nelson | "If I Ain't Got You" | |
| 1.5 | "Bulletproof" | Melanie Martinez | Sam James | "Walking in Memphis" | |
| 1.6 | Cee Lo Green | "Yeah 3x" | Avery Wilson | Cody Belew | "Jolene" |
| 1.7 | "Call Me Maybe" | MacKenzie Bourg | Daniel Rosa | "Back To December" | |
| 1.8 | "Saving All My Love for You" | Terisa Griffin | Trevin Hunte | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | |
| 1.9 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Mycle Wastman | Nicholas David | "Put Your Records On" | |
| 1.10 | "Bring Me to Life" | Caitlin Michele | Diego Val | "Are You Gonna Go My Way" | |
| 2.1 | Christina Aguilera | "I Have Nothing" | Devyn DeLoera | Laura Vivas | "I Need to Know" |
| 2.2 | "Already Gone" | Adriana Louise | Celica Westbrook | "Never Say Never" | |
| 2.3 | "Take a Bow" | Alessandra Guercio | Dez Duron | "Stuck on You" | |
| 2.4 | "Dancing with Myself" | Chevonne | De'Borah | "You Found Me" | |
| 2.5 | "Grenade" | Aquile | Sylvia Yacoub | "Fighter" | |
| 2.6 | Blake Shelton | "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" | Gracia Harrison | Liz Davis | "Gunpowder and Lead" |
| 2.7 | "Forever" | Rudy Parris | Terry McDermott | "Maybe I'm Amazed" | |
| 2.8 | "Breakeven" | Collin McLoughlin | Michaela Paige | "Love is a Battlefield" | |
| 2.9 | "Somebody to Love" | Julio Cesar Castillo | MarissaAnn | "Lady Marmalade" | |
| 2.10 | "Payphone" | Cassadee Pope | Suzanna Choffel | "Could You Be Loved" |
Episode 18-20: The Live Playoffs
The live playoffs were aired on November 5th and 7th, followed by a results show on November 8th.
- Guest Performance: Jermaine Paul - "I Believe in This Life"
- – Contestant saved by the voters at home
- – Contestant saved by coach
- – Contestant was not saved by coach and was eliminated
| Order | Coach | Contestant | Song | Result |
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| 1.01 | Adam Levine | Joselyn Rivera | "Give Your Heart a Break" | Eliminated |
| 1.02 | Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | "Don't Stop Believin'" | Advanced |
| 1.03 | Adam Levine | Melanie Martinez | "Hit the Road Jack" | Saved |
| 1.04 | Blake Shelton | Liz Davis | "Independence Day" | Eliminated |
| 1.05 | Blake Shelton | Cassadee Pope | "My Happy Ending" | Advanced |
| 1.06 | Adam Levine | Bryan Keith | "Iris" | Advanced |
| 1.07 | Blake Shelton | Michaela Paige | "Everybody Talks" | Saved |
| 1.08 | Blake Shelton | Julio Cesar Castillo | "El Rey" | Eliminated |
| 1.09 | Adam Levine | Loren Allred | "All Around the World" | Eliminated |
| 1.10 | Adam Levine | Amanda Brown | "Dream On" | Advanced |
| 2.01 | Christina Aguilera | Adriana Louise | "Firework" | Saved |
| 2.02 | Cee Lo Green | Cody Belew | "One More Try" | Saved |
| 2.03 | Christina Aguilera | De'Borah | "Who Knew" | Eliminated |
| 2.04 | Cee Lo Green | Diego Val | "Bailamos" | Eliminated |
| 2.05 | Cee Lo Green | MacKenzie Bourg | "What Makes You Beautiful" | Eliminated |
| 2.06 | Christina Aguilera | Devyn DeLoera | "Bleeding Love" | Eliminated |
| 2.07 | Cee Lo Green | Nicholas David | "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" | Advanced |
| 2.08 | Christina Aguilera | Sylvia Yacoub | "The One That Got Away" | Advanced |
| 2.09 | Christina Aguilera | Dez Duron | "Wanted" | Advanced |
| 2.10 | Cee Lo Green | Trevin Hunte | "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" | Advanced |
- Non-competition performances
| Performance Order |
Performers | Song |
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| 1 | Team Adam & Team Blake | "Peace of Mind" |
| 2 | Team Cee Lo & Team Christina | "Sing" |
| 3 | Team Adam & Team Blake | "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" |
| 4 | Team Cee Lo & Team Christina | "Drive By" |
| 5 | Maroon 5 | "Daylight" |
Episode 21-22: Top 12 Perform Live
The live top 12 performances were aired on November 12th, followed by a results show on November 13th.
From this point 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, and announced this during the results show. The same goes for the weekly voting that only iTunes purchases of the song performed during the 24 hour voting window from the Performances and the Results show. However, now, if the artist reaches the Top 10 of the iTunes "Top 200 Single Chart" during this window, it will be given an iTunes bonus that multiplies iTunes votes made in this 24 hour window by ten; if it reaches Top 10 outside this window, the bonus will be accredited in the subsequent show. 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, without the iTunes bonus.[11]
- Guest Performance: Jason Aldean - "The Only Way I Know"
- – Contestant advanced to Top 10 round
- – Contestant had fewest/second fewest total votes and was eliminated
| Order | Coach | Contestant | 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" | Advanced |
| 3 | Christina Aguilera | Adriana Louise | "Good Girl" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Cee Lo Green | Cody Belew | "The Best" | Advanced |
| 5 | Adam Levine | Amanda Brown | "Spectrum" | Advanced |
| 6 | Adam Levine | Bryan Keith | "Back to Black" | Advanced |
| 7 | Blake Shelton | Cassadee Pope | "Behind These Hazel Eyes" | Advanced |
| 8 | Cee Lo Green | Trevin Hunte | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Advanced |
| 9 | Adam Levine | Melanie Martinez | "Cough Syrup" | Advanced |
| 10 | Cee Lo Green | Nicholas David | "The Power of Love" | Advanced |
| 11 | Christina Aguilera | Sylvia Yacoub | "My Heart Will Go On" | Advanced |
| 12 | Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | "More Than a Feeling" | Advanced |
- Non-competition performances
| Performance Order |
Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blake Shelton and his 3 finalists | "Life Is a Highway" |
| 2 | Cee Lo Green and his 3 finalists | "Stayin' Alive" |
| 3 | Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green | "Make the World Move" |
Episode 23-24: Top 10 Perform Live
The live top 10 performances will be aired on November 19th, followed by a results show on November 20th.
- – Contestant advanced to Top 8 round
- – Contestant had fewest/second fewest number of votes and was eliminated
| Order | Coach | Contestant | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christina Aguilera | Sylvia Yacoub | "Girl on Fire" | |
| 2 | Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | "Summer of '69" | |
| 3 | Adam Levine | Melanie Martinez | "Seven Nation Army" | |
| 4 | Cee Lo Green | Cody Belew | "Crazy in Love" | |
| 5 | Adam Levine | Bryan Keith | ||
| 6 | ||||
| 7 | ||||
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | ||||
| 10 |
Performances by guests/coaches
| Episode | Show segment | Performer(s) | Title | Hot 100 reaction | Hot Digital Songs reaction |
Performance type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blind Auditions, Part 4 |
Christina Aguilera | "Your Body" | 34 (debut)[12] | 10 (debut)[13] | video teaser | |
| The Live Playoff Results | Maroon 5 | "Daylight" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | |
| The Live Playoff Results | Jermaine Paul | "I Believe in This Life" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | |
| The Live Top 12 Results | Jason Aldean (with Dez Duron and Bryan Keith) | "The Only Way I Know" | live performance | |||
| The Live Top 12 Results | Christina Aguilera feat. Cee Lo Green | "Make the World Move" | live performance | |||
| The Live Top 10 Performances | Christina Aguilera feat. Blake Shelton | "Just a Fool" | live performance | |||
| The Live Top 10 Results | Rascal Flatts | "Changed" | live performance | |||
| The Live Top 8 Performances | 50 Cent feat. Adam Levine | "My Life" | live performance |
Finalists
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Eliminated in semi-finals
- – Eliminated in quarter-finals
- - Eliminated in live top 8 round
- - Eliminated in live top 10 round
- – Eliminated in live top 12 round
- – Eliminated in live playoffs
- - Eliminated in knockout rounds
- – Eliminated in battle round
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Name– Stolen by another coach in battle rounds
| Team | Artists | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Levine | Amanda Brown | Bryan Keith | Melanie Martinez | Joselyn Rivera | Loren Allred | Joe Kirkland | Kayla Nevarez | Michelle Brooks-Thompson | Nicole Nelson | |||||||||||
| Sam James | Adanna Duru | Benji | Brandon Mahone | Brian Scartocci | Samuel Mouton | |||||||||||||||
| Cee Lo Green | Trevin Hunte | Nicholas David | Cody Belew | MacKenzie Bourg | Diego Val | Avery Wilson | Caitlin Michele | Daniel Rosa | Mycle Wastman | |||||||||||
| Terisa Griffin | Alexis Marceaux | Ben Taub | DOMO | Emily Earle | JR Aquino | Todd Kessler | ||||||||||||||
| Christina Aguilera | Dez Duron | Sylvia Yacoub | Adriana Louise | De'Borah | Devyn DeLoera | Alessandra Guercio | Aquile | Celica Westbrook | Chevonne | |||||||||||
| Laura Vivas | Beat Frequency | Jordan Pruitt | Lisa Scinta | Nathalie Hernandez | Nelly's Echo | Paulina | ||||||||||||||
| Blake Shelton | Terry McDermott | Cassadee Pope | Michaela Paige | Liz Davis | Julio Cesar Castillo | Collin McLoughlin | Gracia Harrison | MarissaAnn | Rudy Parris | |||||||||||
| Suzanna Choffel | 2Steel Girls | Casey Muessigmann | Charlie Rey | Kelly Crapa | Lelia Broussard | Nicole Johnson | Ryan Jirovec | |||||||||||||
Note: Italicized names denote "stolen" contestants within their new teams (names struck through on their original teams).
Contestant appearances on earlier talent shows
- Liz Davis was the winner of P. Diddy's Starmaker.
- JR Aquino and Alessandra Guercio reached the Hollywood rounds of the fourth and tenth season of American Idol respectively, but did not reach the final 24.
- Daniel Rosa, Sam James and Dez Duron sang in the blind auditions in season two and failed to make a team, but were able to turn chairs this season.
- DOMO appeared on the fourth season of America's Best Dance Crew as a member of Rhythm City.
Reception and TV 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.[14]
| # | Episode | Original air date | Production | Timeslot (ET) | Viewers (millions) |
Rating/share (adults 18-49) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Season 3 Premiere" | September 10, 2012 | 301 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.28[15] | 4.2/11 |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" | September 11, 2012 | 302 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.42[16] | 4.0/12 |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | September 12, 2012 | 303 | Wednesday 8:00pm | 10.89[17] | 3.4/11 |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | September 17, 2012 | 304 | Monday 8:00pm | 13.57[18] | 4.7/12 |
| 5 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" | September 18, 2012 | 305 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 13.60[19] | 4.7/14 |
| 6 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 6" | September 24, 2012 | 306 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.18[20] | 4.4/11 |
| 7 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 7" | September 25, 2012 | 307 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.57[21] | 4.2/13 |
| 8 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 8" | October 1, 2012 | 308 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.55[22] | 4.6/12 |
| 9 | "The Best of the Blind Auditions" | October 2, 2012 | 309 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 8.48[23] | 3.0/9 |
| 10 | "The Battles, Part 1" | October 8, 2012 | 310 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.89[24] | 4.8/12 |
| 11 | "The Battles, Part 2" | October 9, 2012 | 311 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 12.19[25] | 4.5/13 |
| 12 | "The Battles, Part 3" | October 15, 2012 | 312 | Monday 8:00pm | 13.01[26] | 4.8/13 |
| 13 | "The Battles, Part 4" | October 16, 2012 | 313 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 12.04[27] | 4.6/13 |
| 14 | "The Battles, Part 5" | October 22, 2012 | 314 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.02[28] | 4.3/11 |
| 15 | "The Battles, Part 6" | October 23, 2012 | 315 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.22[29] | 4.3/12 |
| 16 | "The Knockouts, Part 1" | October 29, 2012 | 316 | Monday 8:00pm | 12.44[30] | 4.8/11 |
| 17 | "The Knockouts, Part 2" | October 30, 2012 | 317 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 12.13[31] | 4.6/12 |
| 18 | "The Live Playoffs, Part 1" | November 5, 2012 | 318 | Monday 8:00pm | 11.93[32] | 4.5/10 |
| 19 | "The Live Playoffs, Part 2" | November 7, 2012 | 319 | Wednesday 8:00pm | 10.47[33] | 3.8/10 |
| 20 | "The Live Playoffs, Results" | November 8, 2012 | 320 | Thursday 8:00pm | 8.83[34] | 3.0/9 |
| 21 | "Top 12 Perform Live" | November 12, 2012 | 321 | Monday 8:00pm | 11.63[35] | 4.4/11 |
| 22 | "Top 12, Live Results" | November 13, 2012 | 322 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11.15[36] | 3.9/11 |
|style="text-align:left" | "Top 10, Perform Live" | November 19, 2012 | 323 ||Monday 8:00pm |11.15[37] |3.9/11 |- |}
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