The nineteenth season of the American

reality television series Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

'' The Voice'' premiered on October 19, 2020, on

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...

Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single "Austin (Blake Shelton song), Austin" from his Blake Shelton (album), self ...

Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne (born Kelly Brianne Clarkson, April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Rising to fame after winning the American Idol season 1, first season of ''Ameri ...

and

John Legend John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He began his musical career working behind the scenes for other artists, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's " Every ...

returned as coaches for their nineteenth, sixth, and fourth seasons, respectively.

Gwen Stefani Gwen Renée Stefani Shelton ( ; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani rose to fame as a member and lead vocalist of the band No Doubt, whose hit singles include " Just a Girl", " Spiderwebs", an ...

rejoined the panel for her fifth season, after being replaced by

Nick Jonas Nicholas Jerry Jonas (born September 16, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Jonas began acting on Broadway at the age of seven, and released his debut single in 2002; this caught the attention of Columbia Records, where Jonas ...

the previous season. Meanwhile,

Carson Daly Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American television host, radio personality, producer, and television personality. From 1998 to 2003, Daly was a VJ (media personality), VJ on MTV's ''Total Request Live'' (TRL), and a DJ for the Sou ...

returned for his nineteenth season as host. Starting from this season, the studio version of all performances are released on

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instead of

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as before. Due to the ongoing

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, the bonus multiplier for downloads is not present for the second consecutive season as performances being recorded away from the studios; additionally, the entire season is filmed without a physical studio audience. Carter Rubin was named the winner of the season, marking Gwen Stefani's first win as a coach and Rubin as the youngest male winner (and second-youngest winner overall at the time of his victory, only behind season 14's winner Brynn Cartelli). After five attempts, Stefani also became the fourth female coach to win the competition, following

Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera ( , ; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter, actress and television personality. Recognized as Cultural impact of Christina Aguilera, an influential figure in music and having received Public imag ...

Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer and songwriter. A classically trained pianist, Keys began composing songs at the age of 12 and was signed by Columbia Records at 15. After d ...

, and

Coaches and hosts

On June 16, 2020,

announced that there would be a change in the coaches for this season.

would return for his nineteenth season,

for her sixth, and

for his fourth. However,

opted not to return, allowing the return of

after a one-season hiatus, marking her fifth season as a coach on the show.

returned as host. This season's advisors for the Battles were:

Kane Brown Kane Allen Brown (born October 21, 1993) is an American country music singer and songwriter. First garnering a mass following on social media, he released his debut extended play (EP) ''Closer (Kane Brown EP), Closer'' in June 2015, and followe ...

for Team Blake, Leon Bridges for Team Kelly, Miguel for Team Legend, and

Julia Michaels Julia Carin Michaels (''Birth name, née'' Cavazos; born November 13, 1993) is an American singer and songwriter. She has received six Grammy Award nominations, including twice for Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year and Grammy A ...

for Team Gwen. Usher served as a mega-mentor for all teams during the Knockouts.

Teams

Color key

Blind auditions

Episode 1 (Oct. 19)

Episode 2 (Oct. 20)

* Kelly blocked Blake, but Blake did not press his button, so the block did not count.

Episode 3 (Oct. 26)

Episode 4 (Oct. 27)

Episode 5 (Nov. 2)

Battles

The Battles began on November 9, 2020. The advisors for this round were Leon Bridges for Team Kelly,

for Team Gwen, Miguel for Team Legend, and

for Team Blake. The coaches can steal one losing artist from other coaches and save one losing artist on their team. However, the team coach may only hit their button to save an artist after it is clear that no other coach is going to steal the artist. Artists who win their battle or are stolen by another coach advance to the Knockout Rounds.

Knockouts

In the Knockouts round, each coach can steal one losing artist from another team. Artists who win their knockout or are stolen by another coach advance to the Live Playoffs. Former coach Usher will serve as the mega mentor for all teams in this round. This season, each saved artist from the Battle Rounds will go head-to-head in the four-way Knockout. Results for the head-to-head are decided by a public vote, with the winner announced during the first week of Live Shows.

Live shows

Continuing from the previous season, the number of weeks of live shows consist of the Live Playoffs, the Semi-finals, and the Finale.

Week 1: Live Playoffs (Nov. 30, Dec. 1)

Week 2: Semi-finals – Fan Week (Dec. 7–8)

The Top 9 artists sing a new song dedicated to their own fans and also combine for special trios with one another. In the results, the top vote-getter from each team will advance to the finale and the rest of the artists will sing for the instant save.

Week 3: Finale (Dec. 14–15)

The final five performed on Monday, December 14, 2020, with the final results the following day. In the first episode of the finale, each artist performed an original song and a cover. In the second episode, each artist performed a duet with their respective coach.

Elimination chart

Overall

Teams

Ratings

References

Citations

Notes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voice (U.S. season 19) Season 19 2020 American television seasons