The Voice (American TV series) season 2
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Season two of the The Voice, the American reality talent show, premiered on February 5, 2012; in the 10 p.m. ET slot immediately following NBC's coverage of Super Bowl XLVI.[1] The first promo aired on NBC on Saturday, October 8, 2011 during an episode of Saturday Night Live.[2]
The program seeks solo artists and duos that perform all types of music: pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, latin, country, blues and indie.[3] Auditions were held July 15 to August 31, 2011 in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, and Orlando.[3]
All four coaches return for their second season. The season expanded from the first season: each coach has 12 artists on their team, rather than 8 as in the first season. The blind auditions and the battle rounds have also been extended. Executive producer Mark Burnett said that a results show would be on Tuesday nights in the Spring.[4]
Auditions
Auditions took place in the following cities:[5]
| Audition city | Date | Venue |
| Chicago, Illinois | July 15 & 16, 2011 | Navy Pier |
| East Rutherford, New Jersey | July 22 & 23, 2011 | Izod Center |
| Nashville, Tennessee | July 29 & 30, 2011 | Nashville Municipal Auditorium |
| Atlanta, Georgia | August 5, 2011 | Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart |
| Orlando, Florida | August 11, 2011 | Loews Royal Pacific Resort |
| Houston, Texas | August 17, 2011 | Reliant Center |
| South San Francisco, California | August 23, 2011 | South San Francisco Conference Center |
| Inglewood, California | August 30 & 31, 2011 | The Forum |
Coaches and hosts
All four of the original coaches return for this season. Carson Daly, the host of the show, will also make his return. Alison Haislip, is being replaced by singer and actress Christina Milian as the show's social media correspondent, increasing the show's involvement with its fans and offering behind the scenes information and news that will only be given by her. Celebrity guest mentors also work with coaches during the battle rounds.
Episodes
Episode 1: The Blind Auditions, Part 1
The second season premiere aired on Sunday, February 5, 2012, immediately following Super Bowl XLVI.
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coaches' and Contestants' Choices[6] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | RaeLynn | "Hell on Heels" |
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| 2 | Jesse Campbell | "A Song for You" |
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| 3 | Daniel Rosa
20, Riverside, California |
"Animal" | ||||
| 4 | Juliet Simms
25, Florida |
"Oh! Darling" |
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| 5 | Chris Mann | "Because We Believe (Ama Credi E Vai)" |
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| 6 | Gönül Aksoy | "Tainted Love" - | ||||
| 7 | Ben Baxter | "I'll Be" | ||||
| 8 | Mark Trussell | "Baby" | ||||
| 9 | Tony Lucca* | "Trouble" |
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- Lucca and judge Christina Aguilera were castmates on "The Mickey Mouse Club" from 1993-1994.
Episode 2: The Blind Auditions, Part 2
The second 2-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, February 6, 2012.
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coaches' and Contestants' Choices [7][8] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | The Line – Hailey Steele and Leland Grant | "American Girl" |
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| 2 | Jamar Rogers | "Seven Nation Army" |
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| 3 | Neal Middleton
33, Salt Lake City, Utah |
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | ||||
| 4 | TJ Gibson
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"Calling All Angels" | ||||
| 5 | Aly Jados
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"Because the Night" | ||||
| 6 | Sam James
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"I Don't Want to Be" | ||||
| 7 | Gwen Sebastian
37, Hebron, North Dakota[9] |
"Stay" |
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| 8 | Pamela Rose
28, Cooper City, Florida |
"Already Gone" | ||||
| 9 | Kim Yarbrough
50, Los Angeles, California |
"Tell Me Something Good" |
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| 10 | Angie Johnson
31, Saint Louis, Missouri |
"Heartbreaker" |
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| 11 | Dez Duron
21, Shreveport, Louisiana |
"I Want It That Way" | ||||
| 12 | Lindsey Pavao
22, Sacramento, California |
"Say Aah" |
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| 13 | Hoja Lopez | "Teenage Dream" | ||||
| 14 | Jermaine Paul
33, Orange County, New York |
"Complicated" |
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| 15 | Angel Taylor
23, Los Angeles, California |
"Someone Like You" |
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Episode 3: The Blind Auditions, Part 3
The 2-hour episode was broadcast on February 13, 2012.
| Key | Coach hit his or her "I WANT YOU" button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coaches' and Contestants' Choices [7][8] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Sarah Golden | "You and I" |
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| 2 | Elley Duhe
19, Vancleave, Mississippi |
"Mercy" | ||||
| 3 | Pip | "The House of the Rising Sun" |
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| 4 | Erin Willett
22, Gaithersburg, Maryland |
"I Want You Back" |
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| 5 | David Grace | "Sweet Home Alabama" | ||||
| 6 | Katrina Parker
34, Hollywood, California |
"One of Us" |
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| 7 | Geoff McBride
51, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida |
"Higher Ground" |
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| 8 | Erin Martin | "Hey There Delilah" |
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| 9 | James Massone
23, Boston, Massachusetts |
"Find Your Love" |
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| 10 | Winter Rae
26, Los Angeles, California |
"Take a Bow" | ||||
| 11 | Chris Cauley | "Grenade" |
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| 12 | Nathan Parrett
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"The Joker" |
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| 13 | Brian Fuente
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"Paris (Ooh La La)" |
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| 14 | Moses Stone
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"Let's Get It Started" |
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| 15 | Jordis Unga
29, Los Angeles, California |
"Maybe I'm Amazed" |
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Episode 4: The Blind Auditions, Part 4
The 2-hour episode was broadcast on February 20, 2012.
| Key | Coach hit his or her "I WANT YOU" button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coaches' and Contestants' Choices | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Ducky
26, Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
"Tighten Up" | ||||
| 2 | Jonathas
23, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
"U Got It Bad" |
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| 3 | Monique Benabou
23, Alameda, California |
"Mr. Know It All" |
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| 4 | Naia Kete
21, Santa Monica, California |
"The Lazy Song" |
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| 5 | Erick Macek
31, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
"Free Fallin'" | ||||
| 6 | Charlotte Sometimes
23, Wall, New Jersey |
"Apologize" |
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| 7 | Tony Vincent
38, New York City, New York |
"We Are the Champions" |
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| 8 | Anthony Evans | "What's Going On" |
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| 9 | Jamie Lono | "Folsom Prison Blues" |
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| 10 | Dylan Chambers | "Valerie" | ||||
| 11 | Nathan Anderson | "Walking in Memphis" | ||||
| 12 | Luna Searles | "Come to My Window" | ||||
| 13 | Adam Lasher | "How You Remind Me" | ||||
| 14 | Justin Hopkins | "Babylon" |
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| 15 | Nicolle Galyon | "You Save Me" |
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| 16 | Ashley De La Rosa
17, Orlando, Florida |
"Shark in the Water" |
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| 17 | Jordan Rager
17, Loganville, Georgia |
"Chicken Fried" |
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| 18 | ALyX | "Just Like a Pill" |
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| 19 | Karla Davis
25, Monroe, North Carolina |
"If I Die Young" |
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| 20 | Eric Tipton | "You Make My Dreams" | ||||
| 21 | Mathai | "Rumour Has It" |
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Episode 5: The Blind Auditions, Part 5
The 2-hour episode was broadcast on February 27, 2012.
| Key | Coach hit his or her "I WANT YOU" button
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Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
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| Order | Contestant | Song | Coaches' and Contestants' Choices[10] | |||
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| Adam | Cee Lo | Christina | Blake | |||
| 1 | Whitney Myer | "No One" |
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| 2 | David Dunn | "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" | ||||
| 3 | The Shields Brothers (duo)
Rixeyville, Virginia |
"Dancing with Myself" |
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| 4 | Cheesa Laureta | "If I Were a Boy" |
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| 5 | Preston Shannon | "In the Midnight Hour" | ||||
| 6 | Lex Land | "I Can't Make You Love Me" |
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| 7 | Cameron Novack | "You Oughta Know" | ||||
| 8 | Orlando Napier
25, Los Angeles, California |
"Waiting on the World to Change" |
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| 9 | Lee Koch
27, Temecula, California |
"Like a Rolling Stone" | — |
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| 10 | Wade | "Rehab" | — |
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| 11 | Adley Stump | "Last Name" | — | — |
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| 12 | Beta | "You Make Me Feel..." | — | — | — | |
| 13 | Aaron Gordon | "So Sick" | — | — | — | |
| 14 | Lana Lowe | "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" | — | — | — | |
| 15 | Sera Hill | "I'm Goin' Down" | — | — |
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Episodes 6–9: Battle Rounds (4 weeks)
The first 2-hour episode was broadcast on March 5, 2012.
After the Blind Auditions, each coach has 12 contestants for the Battle Rounds, which air from March 5 to March 26. Coaches begin narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors." Each episode features battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concludes with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants; the six winners for each coach advance to the live shows.
The trusted advisors for these episodes are: Alanis Morissette and Robin Thicke working with Adam Levine; Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert working with Blake Shelton; Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Ne-Yo working with Cee Lo Green; and Jewel and Lionel Richie working with Christina Aguilera. [11]
- – Battle Winner
| Week/Order | Coach | Contestant | Contestant | Song |
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| 1.1 | Adam Levine | Chris Cauley | Tony Lucca | "Beautiful Day" |
| 1.2 | Blake Shelton | RaeLynn | Adley Stump | "Free Fallin'" |
| 1.3 | Christina Aguilera | Monique Benabou | Chris Mann | "The Power of Love" |
| 1.4 | Cee Lo Green | Chessa | Angie Johnson | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" |
| 1.5 | Blake Shelton | Brian Fuente | Jordis Unga | "Ironic" |
| 1.6 | Christina Aguilera | Jesse Campbell | Anthony Evans | "If I Ain't Got You" |
| 2.1 | Adam Levine | Whitney Myer | Kim Yarbrough | "No More Drama" |
| 2.2 | Cee Lo Green | Jamie Lono | Jamar Rogers | "I Want to Know What Love Is" |
| 2.3 | Christina Aguilera | Lee Koch | Lindsey Pavao | "Heart-Shaped Box" |
| 2.4 | Christina Aguilera | Sera Hill | Geoff McBride | "Chain of Fools" |
| 2.5 | Cee Lo Green | Juliet Simms | Sarah Golden | "Stay With Me " |
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Reception
The second season premiered following NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI, and was watched by 37.6 million viewers with a 16.3 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, making it the highest rated Super Bowl lead-out program since Grey's Anatomy in 2006.[12]
Ratings
| # | Episode | Original air date | Production <a class="inlineAdmedialink" href="#">Code</a> |
Timeslot (ET) | Viewers (millions) |
Rating/share (adults 18-49) |
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| 1 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 1" | February 5, 2012 | 201 | Sunday 10:21pm | 37.61[13] | 16.3/37 |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" | February 6, 2012 | 202 | Mondays 8:00pm | 17.84[14] | 6.7/17 |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | February 13, 2012 | 203 | 16.28[15] | 6.0/15 | |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | February 20, 2012 | 204 | 16.04[16] | 6.0/15 | |
| 5 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" | February 27, 2012 | 205 | 14.89[17] | 5.4/14 | |
| 6 | "The Battles Begin" | March 5, 2012 | 206 | 16.85[18] | 6.2/16 | |
| 7 | "The Battles, Week 2" | March 12, 2012 | 207 | |||
| 8 | "The Battles, Week 3" | March 19, 2012 | 208 | |||
| 9 | "The Battles, Week 4" | March 26, 2012 | 209 | |||
| 10 | "Quarter-Final Week 1" | April 2, 2012 | 210 | |||
| 11 | "Quarter-Final Week 1 Live Results" | April 3, 2012 | Tuesday 9:00pm | |||
| 12 | "Quarter-Final Week 2 Live" | April 9, 2012 | Monday 8:00pm | |||
| 13 | "Quarter-Final Week 2 Live Results" | April 10, 2012 | Tuesday 9:00pm | |||
| 14 | "Top 12 Perform Live" | April 16, 2012 | Monday 8:00pm | |||
| 15 | "Top 12 Live Results" | April 17, 2012 | Tuesday 9:00pm | |||
| 16 | "Top 8 Perform Live" | April 23, 2012 | Monday 8:00pm | |||
| 17 | "Top 8 Live Results" | April 24, 2012 | Tuesday 9:00pm | |||
| 18 | "Final 4 Perform Live" | April 30, 2012 | Mondays 8:00pm | |||
| 19 | "Grand Finale" | May 7, 2012 |
Finalists
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
- – Fourth place
- – Eliminated in semi-finals
- – Eliminated in quarter-finals
- – Eliminated in battle rounds
| Team | Artists | |||||||||||
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| Adam Levine | Chris Cauley | Karla Davis | Nicolle Galyon | Orlando Napier | Mathai | Whitney Myer | ||||||
| Tony Lucca | Katrina Parker | Nathan Parrett | Pip | Angel Taylor | Kim Yarbrough | |||||||
| Blake Shelton | Adley Stump | Brian Fuente | ALyX | Naia Kete | Lex Land | Jermaine Paul | ||||||
| RaeLynn | Jordis Unga | Jordan Rager | Gwen Sebastian | Charlotte Sometimes | Erin Willett | |||||||
| Christina Aguilera | Monique Benabou | Anthony Evans | Ashley De La Rosa | Sera Hill | Jonathas | Lindsey Pavao | ||||||
| Chris Mann | Jesse Campbell | The Line (duo) | Geoff McBride | Moses Stone | Lee Koch | |||||||
| Cee Lo Green | Angie Johnson | Erin Martin | Sarah Golden | Justin Hopkins | James Massone | Jamie Lono | ||||||
| Cheesa | Jamar Rogers | The Shields Brothers (duo) | Juliet Simms | Tony Vincent | Wade | |||||||
References
- ^ NBC premiers second season of 'The Voice' following network's broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI on February 5"NBC.com": with a longer season
- ^ Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee-Lo And Blake Shelton Appear In First “The Voice” Season Two Promo
- ^ a b NBC The Voice website 2012
- ^ NBC Announces Episode Order
- ^ http://www.nbcthevoice.com/how-to-audition/audition-process.php
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- ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-worship/voice-guest-advisers-279170
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