The twentieth season of the American

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'' The Voice'' premiered on March 1, 2021, on

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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 twentieth, seventh, and fifth seasons, respectively.

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 ...

rejoined the panel for his second season, after being replaced by

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the previous season. Meanwhile,

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returned for his twentieth season as host.

Kelsea Ballerini Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, she began having success in the 2010s, being honored with the Academy of Country Music Awards#Special awards, Ge ...

returned for her second season as a guest coach, filling in for Clarkson during the battles round. Cam Anthony was named the winner of the season, marking Blake Shelton's record-extending eighth win as a coach. With Anthony's win being the fourth African-American male winner and the first winning artist that had a coach blocked in their blind audition (Nick Jonas blocking John Legend).

Coaches and hosts

On November 17, 2020,

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

returning for his twentieth season,

for her seventh, and

for his fifth. However,

did not return, allowing the return of

after a one-season hiatus, marking his second season as a coach on the show. This season's advisors for the Battles are:

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for Team Blake,

Luis Fonsi Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably 2017's "Despacito". Fonsi received his first Latin ...

for Team Kelly,

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for Team Legend, and

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for Team Nick. However, Clarkson was not present for the battles round. Filling in for her during that round was

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"Comeback Stage" coach,

. Knockouts Mega Mentor for all coaches is

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Teams

Blind auditions

The blind auditions began on March 1, 2021, and concluded on March 22, 2021. Each coach has one block to stop another coach from getting an artist. Each coach ends up with 10 artists by the end of the blind auditions. This creates for a total of 40 artists advancing to the battles. In this round, 51 artists auditioned.

Episode 1 (March 1)

Among this episode's auditionees was Cam Anthony, who won the 2018 season of ''

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,'' Devan Blake Jones, who previously competed on the

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and twelfth season of ''

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'', Corey Ward, who previously auditioned unsuccessfully in

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, and Victor Solomon who was later appearing on twenty-third season of ''

''. * Nick tried to block Blake, but was not possible, since Kelly already blocked him.

Episode 2 (March 2)

Episode 3 (March 8)

Among the episode's auditionees was Pia Renee, who previously competed on the seventh season of ''

'' under her real name, Pia Easley, and Ciana Pelekai, who previously competed on the eighth season of ''

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.''

Episode 4 (March 9)

Episode 5 (March 15)

Episode 6 (March 22)

Battles

The battles began on March 29, 2021, and concluded on April 12, 2021. The advisors for this round were

for Team Kelly,

for Team Legend,

for Team Nick, and

for Team Blake. In this round, each coach can steal one losing artist from another team and save one losing artist on their own 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 battles or are stolen by another coach advance to the Knockouts and saved artists move on to the four-way knockout. Coaches will have five battles each on their team. At the end of this round, only seven artists will remain on each team, five will be from battles that were won, and one from a steal and a save respectively. In total, 28 artists advance to the knockouts.

Knockouts

The knockouts began on April 19, 2021, and concluded on April 26, 2021.

served as the mega mentor. In this round, each coach can steal one losing artist from another team. Artists who win their knockouts or are stolen by another coach advance to the live playoffs. In addition, each saved artist from the Battles will go head-to-head in the four-way knockout. Results for the head-to-head are decided by the public, with the winner being announced at the start of the live playoffs (episode 13). Only 17 artists in total will remain for the live playoffs, three on each team that won their respective knockouts, one stolen from another coach, and the artist that wins the four-way knockout, who will be added as a fifth artist on one of the coaches’ teams.

Live Shows

Continuing from the previous season, the number of weeks of live shows consist of the live playoffs, semi-finals and finale. After the live playoffs, only the top nine artists remain: one of each team saved by the public and another saved by their coach. Then, the artist with more public votes from each team (out of the two or three who have not been previously chosen) receive a chance to compete in the Wildcard instant save, whose winner is added as a third member on a coach's team. On semi-finals, the artist with more public votes per team moves on to the finale, and the remaining five compete in the instant save, whose winner also moves on to the finale. In this round, the top five artists compete to win the competition. The releasing of performances' studio version started from the Playoffs and switched back to iTunes and Apple Music after 1 season on YouTube Music. However, downloads or streams no longer count as votes. No performance has reached the top 10 on iTunes this season.

Week 1: Playoffs (May 10–11)

With the advancement of Corey Ward in the wildcard, this is the second time that Clarkson advances with three artists in the semi-final, the first being the

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season.

Week 2: Semi-finals (May 17–18)

On Monday, the Top 9 artists each sing solos of their choosing and then they'll be put into trios to sing songs celebrating from the '70s. The public vote results will be announced on Tuesday following the format of 2 previous seasons.

Week 3: Finale (May 24–25)

Elimination chart

Overall

Per teams

Ratings

References

Citations

Notes

External links

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