The Voice (American TV series) season 2
| The Voice | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
 Promotional poster | |
| Hosted by | Carson Daly Christina Milian (social media) |
| Coaches | Adam Levine CeeLo Green Christina Aguilera Blake Shelton |
| No. of contestants | 48 artists |
| Winner | Jermaine Paul |
| Winning coach | Blake Shelton |
| Runner-up | Juliet Simms |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | February 5 – May 8, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on NBC on February 5, 2012, in the 10 p.m. ET slot immediately following 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 various 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 where each coach has 12 artists (a usual size on almost all seasons) on their team, up from eight 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]
The season premiered on Sunday, February 5, 2012, immediately following Super Bowl XLVI.
Jermaine Paul was named the winner of the season, marking Blake Shelton's first win as a coach. With Paul's win being the second African-American male winner and first winner from New York.
Coaches and Hosts
[edit]All four of the original coaches returned for this season. Carson Daly, the host of the show, also returned. Alison Haislip was 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 would only be given by her. Celebrity guest mentors also worked with coaches during the battle rounds.
Coaches and Host(s) of The Voice Season 2
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Carson Daly(Host)
Christina Milian(Backstage)
Auditions
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Cities where the auditions were held.
Auditions took place in the following cities:[5]
| Location | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 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 |
Teams
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| Coaches | Top 48 Artists | |||||||||
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| Adam Levine | ||||||||||
| Tony Lucca | Katrina Parker | Mathai | Pip | Karla Davis | Kim Yarbrough | |||||
| Orlando Napier | Nicolle Galyon | Angel Taylor | Nathan Parrett | Whitney Myer | Chris Cauley | |||||
| CeeLo Green | ||||||||||
| Juliet Simms | Jamar Rogers | Cheesa | James Massone | Erin Martin | Tony Vincent | |||||
| Justin Hopkins | WADE | The Shields Brothers | Jamie Lono | Sarah Golden | Angie Johnson | |||||
| Christina Aguilera | ||||||||||
| Chris Mann | Lindsey Pavao | Ashley de la Rosa | Jesse Campbell | Sera Hill | Moses Stone | |||||
| The Line | Jonathas | Lee Koch | Geoff McBride | Anthony Evans | Monique Benabou | |||||
| Blake Shelton | ||||||||||
| Jermaine Paul | Erin Willett | RaeLynn | Jordis Unga | Naia Kete | Charlotte Sometimes | |||||
| Jordan Rager | Gwen Sebastian | ALyX | Lex Land | Brian Fuente | Adley Stump | |||||
Blind auditions
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| ✔ | Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to this coach's team | |
| Artist elected to join this coach's team | |
| Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button |
Episode 1 (Feb. 5)
[edit]| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | RaeLynn | 17 | Baytown, Texas | "Hell on Heels" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| 2 | Jesse Campbell | 42 | Maywood, Illinois | "A Song for You" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Daniel Rosa | 21 | Riverside, California | "Animal" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Juliet Simms | 25 | Clearwater, Florida | "Oh! Darling" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 5 | Chris Mann | 29 | Wichita, Kansas | "Because We Believe" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 6 | Gönül Aksoy | 30 | New York City, New York | "Tainted Love" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Ben Baxter | 23 | Belton, Texas | "I'll Be" | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Mark Trussell | 23 | Nashville, Tennessee | "Baby" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Tony Lucca | 35 | Waterford, Michigan | "Trouble" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 2 (Feb. 6)
[edit]The coaches performed a medley of Prince songs at the start of the show.[7] The songs included were "1999", "Little Red Corvette", "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Kiss" which were sung mainly by Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton respectively.
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[8][9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | The Line (Hailey Steele and Leland Grant) | N/A | Nashville, Tennessee | "American Girl" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Jamar Rogers | 29 | New York City, New York | "Seven Nation Army" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 3 | Neal Middleton | 33 | Salt Lake City, Utah | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | TJ Gibson | N/A | Centerville, Ohio | "Calling All Angels" | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Aly Jados | N/A | N/A | "Because the Night" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Sam James | 25 | Worcester, Massachusetts | "I Don't Want to Be" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Gwen Sebastian | 37 | Hebron, North Dakota | "Stay" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 8 | Pamela Rose | 28 | Cooper City, Florida | "Already Gone" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Kim Yarbrough | 50 | Los Angeles, California | "Tell Me Something Good" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| 10 | Angie Johnson | 31 | St. Louis, Missouri | "Heartbreaker" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 11 | Dez Duron | 21 | Shreveport, Louisiana | "I Want It That Way" | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Lindsey Pavao | 22 | Sacramento, California | "Say Aah" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 13 | Hoja Lopez | 25 | Houston, Texas | "Teenage Dream" | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Jermaine Paul | 33 | Orange County, New York | "Complicated" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 15 | Angel Taylor | 23 | Los Angeles, California | "Someone Like You" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
Episode 3 (Feb. 13)
[edit]Episode 4 (Feb. 20)
[edit]Episode 5 (Feb. 27)
[edit]| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | CeeLo | Christina | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Whitney Myer | 25 | Reno, Nevada | "No One" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | David Dunn | 27 | Midland, Texas | "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | The Shields Brothers (Tristen & Rory) | N/A | Rixeyville, Virginia | "Dancing with Myself" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 4 | Cheesa | 21 | Honolulu, Hawaii | "If I Were a Boy" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 5 | Preston Shannon | 64 | Memphis, Tennessee | "In the Midnight Hour" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Lex Land | 24 | Austin, Texas | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 7 | Cameron Novack | 28 | St. Louis, Missouri | "You Oughta Know" | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Orlando Napier | 25 | Los Angeles, California | "Waiting on the World to Change" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 9 | Lee Koch | 27 | Temecula, California | "Like a Rolling Stone" | Team full | — | ✔ | — |
| 10 | WADE | 19 | Harvest, Alabama | "Rehab" | ✔ | — | — | |
| 11 | Adley Stump | 21 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | "Last Name" | Team full | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 12 | Beta | N/A | N/A | "You Make Me Feel..." | — | Team full | ||
| 13 | Aaron Gordon | N/A | Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada | "So Sick" | — | |||
| 14 | Lana Lowe | N/A | Beaumont, Texas | "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" | — | |||
| 15 | Sera Hill | 24 | Atlanta, Georgia | "I'm Goin' Down" | ✔ | |||
The Battles
[edit]After the Blind Auditions, each coach had 12 artists for the Battle Rounds, which aired from March 5 to March 26. For this season celebrity guest mentors once again worked with coaches during the battle rounds. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the artists with the help of advisors.
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| Artist won the Battle and advances to the Live shows | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
| Episode & Date | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 6 (Monday, March 5, 2012) |
Adam Levine | 1 | Tony Lucca | "Beautiful Day" | Chris Cauley |
| Blake Shelton | 2 | RaeLynn | "Free Fallin'" | Adley Stump | |
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | Chris Mann | "The Power of Love" | Monique Benabou | |
| CeeLo Green | 4 | Cheesa | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Angie Johnson | |
| Blake Shelton | 5 | Jordis Unga | "Ironic" | Brian Fuente | |
| Christina Aguilera | 6 | Jesse Campbell | "If I Ain't Got You" | Anthony Evans | |
| Episode 7 (Monday, March 12, 2012) |
Christina Aguilera | 1 | Sera Hill | "Chain of Fools" | Geoff McBride |
| Blake Shelton | 2 | Charlotte Sometimes | "Pumped Up Kicks" | Lex Land | |
| CeeLo Green | 3 | Juliet Simms | "Stay with Me" | Sarah Golden | |
| Adam Levine | 4 | Kim Yarbrough | "No More Drama" | Whitney Myer | |
| Christina Aguilera | 5 | Lindsey Pavao | "Heart-Shaped Box" | Lee Koch | |
| CeeLo Green | 6 | Jamar Rogers | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Jamie Lono | |
| Episode 8 (Monday, March 19, 2012) |
Adam Levine | 1 | Pip | "You Know I'm No Good" | Nathan Parrett |
| CeeLo Green | 2 | Erin Martin | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | The Shields Brothers | |
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | Ashley de la Rosa | "No Air" | Jonathas | |
| Blake Shelton | 4 | Jermaine Paul | "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" | ALyX | |
| Adam Levine | 5 | Katrina Parker | "Bleeding Love" | Angel Taylor | |
| Blake Shelton | 6 | Erin Willett | "We Belong" | Gwen Sebastian | |
| Episode 9 (Monday, March 26, 2012) |
CeeLo Green | 1 | James Massone | "True Colors" | WADE |
| Adam Levine | 2 | Mathai | "Love Song" | Nicolle Galyon | |
| Christina Aguilera | 3 | Moses Stone | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | The Line | |
| Adam Levine | 4 | Karla Davis | "Easy" | Orlando Napier | |
| Blake Shelton | 5 | Naia Kete | "I'm Yours" | Jordan Rager | |
| CeeLo Green | 6 | Tony Vincent | "Faithfully" | Justin Hopkins | |
The advisors for these episodes are: Alanis Morissette and Robin Thicke for Team Adam; Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert for Team Blake; Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Ne-Yo for Team CeeLo; and Jewel and Lionel Richie for Team Christina.[12] Each advisor is partnered with one artist, for a total of six, as follows:
| Coach | Adviser | Artists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Levine | Alanis Morissette | Chris Cauley | Whitney Myer | Pip | Katrina Parker | Mathai | Karla Davis |
| Robin Thicke | Tony Lucca | Kim Yarbrough | Nathan Parrett | Angel Taylor | Nicolle Galyon | Orlando Napier | |
| Blake Shelton | Kelly Clarkson | Adley Stump | Brian Fuente | Charlotte Sometimes | Jermaine Paul | Erin Willett | Naia Kete |
| Miranda Lambert | RaeLynn | Jordis Unga | Lex Land | ALyX | Gwen Sebastian | Jordan Rager | |
| CeeLo Green | Babyface | Cheesa | Sarah Golden | Jamie Lono | The Shields Brothers | WADE | Tony Vincent |
| Ne-Yo | Angie Johnson | Juliet Simms | Jamar Rogers | Erin Martin | James Massone | Justin Hopkins | |
| Christina Aguilera | Jewel | Monique Benabou | Anthony Evans | Sera Hill | Lee Koch | Ashley de la Rosa | THE LiNE |
| Lionel Richie | Chris Mann | Jesse Campbell | Geoff McBride | Lindsey Pavao | Jonathas | Moses Stone | |
Live shows
[edit]Week 1 (April 2 & 3)
[edit]The live performance show aired on Monday, April 2, 2012. The elimination show aired Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The top three artists from each team advances based on the viewers' vote, leaving with the bottom three facing the coaches' save through the participation of Last Chance Performances during the results show. The first live week features Team Blake and Team Christina.
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| Artist was saved by the public's vote | |
| Artist was part of the bottom two or three in his/her team | |
| Artist was saved by his/her coach | |
| Artist was eliminated immediately by his/her coach | |
| Artist was eliminated |
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blake Shelton | Jermaine Paul | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Christina Aguilera | Chris Mann | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Blake Shelton | RaeLynn | "Wake Up Call" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Christina Aguilera | Moses Stone | "Stronger" | Bottom three |
| 5 | Blake Shelton | Naia Kete | "Turning Tables" | Bottom three |
| 6 | Christina Aguilera | Lindsey Pavao | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Blake Shelton | Jordis Unga | "Alone" | Bottom three |
| 8 | Christina Aguilera | Sera Hill | "Find Your Love" | Bottom three |
| 9 | Blake Shelton | Erin Willett | "Living for the City" | Public's vote |
| 10 | Christina Aguilera | Ashley de la Rosa | "Right Through You" | Bottom three |
| 11 | Blake Shelton | Charlotte Sometimes | "Misery Business" | Bottom three |
| 12 | Christina Aguilera | Jesse Campbell | "What a Wonderful World" | Public's vote |
| Last Chance Performances | ||||
| 1 | Blake Shelton | Naia Kete | "If I Were a Boy" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Charlotte Sometimes | "Iris" | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Jordis Unga | "Wild Horses" | Blake's Choice | |
| 4 | Christina Aguilera | Ashley de la Rosa | "Paris (Ooh La La)" | Christina's Choice |
| 5 | Sera Hill | "Vision of Love" | Eliminated | |
| 6 | Moses Stone | "Breakeven" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch and Team Adam | "Ass Back Home" |
Week 2 (April 9 & 10)
[edit]The live performance show aired on Monday, April 9, 2012. The elimination show aired on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Similar to the previous week, four artists per team advances, with public votes deciding the top three artists, and the fourth artist advancing through the Last Chance Performances. The second week features Team Adam and Team CeeLo.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Levine | Katrina Parker | "Tonight, Tonight" | Bottom three |
| 2 | CeeLo Green | Cheesa | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | Bottom three |
| 3 | Adam Levine | Tony Lucca | "In Your Eyes" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Kim Yarbrough | "Rolling in the Deep" | Bottom three | |
| 5 | CeeLo Green | James Massone | "Don't Know Why" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Juliet Simms | "Roxanne" | Public's vote | |
| 7 | Adam Levine | Mathai | "Ordinary People" | Public's vote |
| 8 | CeeLo Green | Tony Vincent | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | Bottom three |
| 9 | Adam Levine | Karla Davis | "Airplanes" | Bottom three |
| 10 | CeeLo Green | Erin Martin | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | Bottom three |
| 11 | Adam Levine | Pip | "When You Were Young" | Public's vote |
| 12 | CeeLo Green | Jamar Rogers | "Are You Gonna Go My Way" | Public's vote |
| Last Chance Performances | ||||
| 1 | Adam Levine | Kim Yarbrough | "Spotlight" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Karla Davis | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Katrina Parker | "Don't Speak" | Adam's Choice | |
| 4 | CeeLo Green | Tony Vincent | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Cheesa | "All By Myself" | CeeLo's Choice | |
| 6 | Erin Martin | "Your Song" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessie J with Team Xtina | "Domino" |
Week 3 (April 16 & 17)
[edit]The live performance show aired on Monday, April 16, 2012, followed by an elimination show aired Tuesday, April 17, 2012. In a surprise twist, for the next two weeks, for the first time, each coach must make an Instant Elimination, meaning that at the end of the show both coaches must eliminate an artist from their teams. The remaining three artist faces a public vote; the artist with the highest vote advances while the other two artists compete for the coaches' save during the Last Chance Performances. The first week feature Team Blake and Team Christina.
- Guest performance: The Wanted – "Chasing the Sun" with Team Blake
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blake Shelton | RaeLynn | "She's Country" | Middle two |
| 2 | Christina Aguilera | Jesse Campbell | "Halo" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Blake Shelton | Jordis Unga | "A Little Bit Stronger" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Christina Aguilera | Ashley de la Rosa | "Foolish Games" | Middle two |
| 5 | Blake Shelton | Erin Willett | "Set Fire to the Rain" | Middle two |
| 6 | Christina Aguilera | Lindsey Pavao | "Part of Me" | Middle two |
| 7 | Blake Shelton | Jermaine Paul | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Christina Aguilera | Chris Mann | "Viva la Vida" | Public's vote |
| Last Chance Performances | ||||
| 1 | Christina Aguilera | Ashley de la Rosa | "You and I" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Lindsey Pavao | "Please Don't Go" | Christina's Choice | |
| 3 | Blake Shelton | Erin Willett | "Proud Mary" | Blake's Choice |
| 4 | RaeLynn | "If I Die Young" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christina Aguilera, her 4 finalists (Jesse Campbell, Ashley De La Rosa, Lindsey Pavao and Chris Mann), and the Crenshaw High School choir | "Fighter" |
| 2 | Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa | "Payphone" |
| 3 | Blake Shelton and his 4 Finalists (Erin Willett, RaeLynn, Jermaine Paul and Jordis Unga) | "Heartache Tonight" |
Week 4 (April 23 & 24)
[edit]The live performance show aired on Monday, April 23, 2012, and results show were aired Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Similar to the previous week, coaches have to instantly eliminate an artist after the performance show, leaving the three remaining artists facing the public vote. The second week feature Teams Adam and Team CeeLo.
- Guest performance: Florence and the Machine - "No Light, No Light" with Team CeeLo
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CeeLo Green | Jamar Rogers | "It's My Life" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Adam Levine | Katrina Parker | "Jar of Hearts" | Middle two |
| 3 | Mathai | "I'm Like a Bird" | Middle two | |
| 4 | CeeLo Green | James Massone | "Just the Way You Are" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Adam Levine | Tony Lucca | "...Baby One More Time" | Public's vote |
| 6 | CeeLo Green | Cheesa | "I Have Nothing" | Middle two |
| 7 | Adam Levine | Pip | "Somewhere Only We Know" | Eliminated |
| 8 | CeeLo Green | Juliet Simms | "Cryin'" | Middle two |
| Last Chance Performances | ||||
| 1 | Adam Levine | Mathai | "Cowboy Casanova" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Katrina Parker | "Perfect" | Adam's Choice | |
| 3 | CeeLo Green | Cheesa | "Already Gone" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Juliet Simms | "Torn" | CeeLo's Choice | |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CeeLo Green and his 4 Finalists (Jamar Rogers, James Massone, Cheesa and Juliet Simms) | "Dancing in the Street" |
| 2 | Goodie Mob and CeeLo Green | "Fight to Win" |
| 3 | Adam Levine and his 4 finalists (Katrina Parker, Mathai, Pip, and Tony Lucca) | "Instant Karma!" |
Week 5: Semifinals (April 30 & May 1)
[edit]The live performance show aired on Monday, April 30, 2012, with the elimination show following on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. In deciding on which artist would represent in the finale, both the coach as well as the public vote made up were given an equal say. Each coach was given 100 points to divide them how they wanted to their respective team artists. The public also had 100 points to be split for the artists of each team. The artist (for the team) which received a higher combined score advances to the finals.
Season one finalists Dia Frampton, Vicci Martinez, Beverly McClellan, and Javier Colon returned on the results show to perform duets (with the exception of Colon). Frampton performed her new single, "Don't Kick the Chair", with Kid Cudi. Martinez partnered with her season one coach CeeLo Green for her song, "Come Along." McClellan joined Cyndi Lauper to perform Lauper's "Money Changes Everything." Colon performed his newest single, "A Drop in the Ocean."[13]
| Order | Coach | Contestant | Song | Coach points | Public points | Total points | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Levine | Tony Lucca | "How You Like Me Now?" | 60 | 48 | 108 | Advanced to Finals |
| 2 | Blake Shelton | Erin Willett | "Without You" | 50 | 27 | 77 | Eliminated |
| 3 | Christina Aguilera | Chris Mann | "Ave Maria" | 50 | 54 | 104 | Advanced to Finals |
| 4 | CeeLo Green | Jamar Rogers | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" | 40 | 39 | 79 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Blake Shelton | Jermaine Paul | "Open Arms" | 50 | 73 | 123 | Advanced to Finals |
| 6 | Adam Levine | Katrina Parker | "Killing Me Softly With His Song" | 40 | 52 | 92 | Eliminated |
| 7 | Christina Aguilera | Lindsey Pavao | "Skinny Love" | 50 | 46 | 96 | Eliminated |
| 8 | CeeLo Green | Juliet Simms | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | 60 | 61 | 121 | Advanced to Finals |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Adam & Team CeeLo
(Tony Lucca, Katrina Parker, Jamar Rogers and Juliet Simms) |
"All These Things That I've Done" |
| 2 | Blake Shelton | "Over" |
| 3 | Team Blake & Team Christina
(Erin Willett, Jermaine Paul, Chris Mann and Lindsey Pavao) |
"The Edge of Glory" |
Week 6: Finale (May 7 & 8)
[edit]The live performance show aired on Monday, May 7, 2012, with the final results show following on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Each finalist performed a solo cover song, a duet with their coach, and a song dedicated to the coach.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo song | Order | Coach tribute song | Order | Duet song (with Coach) | Result[14] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Shelton | Jermaine Paul | 1 | "I Believe I Can Fly" | 8 | "God Gave Me You" | 10 | "Soul Man" | Winner |
| CeeLo Green | Juliet Simms | 12 | "Free Bird" | 2 | "Crazy" | 6 | "Born to Be Wild" | Runner-up |
| Christina Aguilera | Chris Mann | 9 | "You Raise Me Up" | 5 | "The Voice Within" | 3 | "The Prayer" | Fourth place |
| Adam Levine | Tony Lucca | 4 | "99 Problems" | 11 | "Harder to Breathe" | 7 | "Yesterday" | Third place |
| Order | Performers | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jermaine Paul (with Pip, James Massone & Jamar Rogers) | "I Want You Back" |
| 2 | Chris Mann (with Katrina Parker & Lindsey Pavao) | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" |
| 3 | Juliet Simms (with Jamar Rogers, RaeLynn & Erin Willett) | "With A Little Help From My Friends" |
| 4 | Tony Lucca and Jordis Unga | "Go Your Own Way" |
| Order | Performers | Song [15] |
|---|---|---|
| 1.71 | Flo Rida and Juliet Simms | "Whistle" and "Wild Ones" |
| 1.72 | Hall & Oates (with Chris Mann, Tony Lucca, and Jermaine Paul) | "Rich Girl" |
| 1.73 | Lady Antebellum | "Wanted You More" |
| 1.74 | Justin Bieber | "Boyfriend" |
Note: The golden colored songs are the iTunes top ten bonuses as well as the bolded names.
Elimination chart
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- Artist's info
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- Results info
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| Artist | Week 1 Playoffs | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 Finale | |
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| Jermaine Paul | Safe | Safe | Advanced | Winner | |||
| Juliet Simms | Safe | Bottom two | Advanced | Runner-up | |||
| Tony Lucca | Safe | Safe | Advanced | 3rd place | |||
| Chris Mann | Safe | Safe | Advanced | 4th place | |||
| Katrina Parker | Bottom three | Bottom two | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||
| Lindsey Pavao | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated | ||||
| Jamar Rogers | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||||
| Erin Willett | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated | ||||
| Cheesa | Bottom three | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||
| Mathai | Safe | Bottom two | |||||
| James Massone | Safe | Eliminated | |||||
| Pip | Safe | Eliminated | |||||
| Ashley De La Rosa | Bottom three | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||
| RaeLynn | Safe | Bottom two | |||||
| Jesse Campbell | Safe | Eliminated | |||||
| Jordis Unga | Bottom three | Eliminated | |||||
| Karla Davis | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||
| Erin Martin | Bottom three | ||||||
| Tony Vincent | Bottom three | ||||||
| Kim Yarbrough | Bottom three | ||||||
| Sera Hill | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||
| Naia Kete | Bottom three | ||||||
| Charlotte Sometimes | Bottom three | ||||||
| Moses Stone | Bottom three | ||||||
Performances by guests/coaches
[edit]| Episode | Show segment | Performer(s) | Title | Hot 100 reaction | Hot Digital Songs reaction | Performance type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Live Rounds week 1 results | Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch (backed by Team Adam's Top 6) | "Ass Back Home" | 17 (+2)[16] | 30 (+2)[17] | live performance |
| 13 | Live Rounds week 2 results | Jessie J (backed by Team Christina's Top 4) | "Domino" | 28 (-3)[18] | 44 (+5)[19] | live performance |
| 14 | Quarter-Finals week 1 | Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa | "Payphone" | 3 (debut)[20] | 1 (debut)[21] | live performance |
| 15 | Quarter-Final week 1 results | The Wanted (backed by Team Blake's Top 3) | "Chasing the Sun" | 111 (debut)[22] | did not chart | live performance |
| Justin Bieber | "Boyfriend" | 4 (+1)[20] | 4 (=)[21] | music video teaser | ||
| 16 | Quarter-Finals week 2 | Goodie Mob | "Fight to Win" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance |
| 17 | Quarter-Final week 2 results | Florence and the Machine (backed by Team CeeLo's Top 3 | "No Light, No Light" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance |
| 18 | Semi-Finals | Blake Shelton | "Over" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance |
| 19 | Semi-Final results | Dia Frampton ft. Kid Cudi | "Don't Kick the Chair" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance |
| Vicci Martinez ft. Cee Lo Green | "Come Along" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
| Cyndi Lauper (with Beverly McClellan) | "Money Changes Everything" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
| Javier Colon | "A Drop in the Ocean" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
| 21 | Final results | Flo Rida | "Whistle" | 77 (+18)[23] | 28 (+11)[24] | live performance |
| Flo Rida (with Juliet Simms) | "Wild Ones" | 5 (=)[25] | 7 (+2)[24] | live performance | ||
| Hall & Oates (with Tony Lucca, Chris Mann, and Jermaine Paul) | "Rich Girl" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
| Lady Antebellum | "Wanted You More" | did not chart | did not chart | live performance | ||
| Justin Bieber | "Boyfriend" | 9 (-1)[25] | 4 (+1)[24] | live performance |
Ratings
[edit]Season two 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.[26]
| # | Episode | Original air date | Production | Timeslot (ET) | Viewers (millions) |
Rating/share (adults 18-49) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 1" | February 5, 2012 | 201 | Sunday 10:21pm | 37.61[27] | 16.3/37 |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2" | February 6, 2012 | 202 | Monday 8:00pm | 17.84[28] | 6.7/17 |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | February 13, 2012 | 203 | 16.28[29] | 6.0/15 | |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | February 20, 2012 | 204 | 16.04[30] | 6.0/15 | |
| 5 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" | February 27, 2012 | 205 | 14.89[31] | 5.4/14 | |
| 6 | "Let the Battles Begin" | March 5, 2012 | 206 | 16.85[32] | 6.2/16 | |
| 7 | "The Battles, Part 2" | March 12, 2012 | 207 | 14.51[33] | 5.2/14 | |
| 8 | "The Battles, Part 3" | March 19, 2012 | 208 | 11.95[34] | 4.6/12 | |
| 9 | "The Battles, Part 4" | March 26, 2012 | 209 | 12.00[35] | 4.5/12 | |
| 10 | "Live Performance, Week 1" | April 2, 2012 | 210 | 10.67[36] | 4.1/11 | |
| 11 | "Results, Week 1" | April 3, 2012 | 210A | Tuesday 9:00pm | 8.45[37] | 3.2/9 |
| 12 | "Live Performance, Week 2" | April 9, 2012 | 211 | Monday 8:00pm | 10.52[38] | 4.0/11 |
| 13 | "Live Results, Four Go Home, Week 2" | April 10, 2012 | 211A | Tuesday 9:00pm | 9.00[39] | 3.5/9 |
| 14 | "The Quarterfinals, Part 1" | April 16, 2012 | 212 | Monday 8:00pm | 10.02[40] | 3.7/10 |
| 15 | "Quarterfinals: Live Results" | April 17, 2012 | 212A | Tuesday 9:00pm | 8.86[41] | 3.3/9 |
| 16 | "Quarterfinals, Part 2" | April 23, 2012 | 213 | Monday 8:00pm | 10.31[42] | 3.8/10 |
| 17 | "Quarterfinals Results, Week 2" | April 24, 2012 | 213A | Tuesday 9:00pm | 8.93[43] | 3.4/8 |
| 18 | "Semifinals: Live Performance" | April 30, 2012 | 214 | Monday 8:00pm | 9.52[44] | 3.5/9 |
| 19 | "Semifinals Results" | May 1, 2012 | 214A | Tuesday 9:00pm | 8.90[45] | 3.1/8 |
| 20 | "Live Finale Performance" | May 7, 2012 | 215 | Monday 8:00pm | 10.74[46] | 3.8/10 |
| 21 | "Live Finale Results" | May 8, 2012 | 215A | Tuesday 9:00pm | 11.90[47] | 4.4/11 |
Artists' appearances in other media
[edit]- Tony Lucca was part of The Mickey Mouse Club with Christina Aguilera.[48]
- Adam Lasher, who failed to turn a chair in the blind auditions, later auditioned for season fourteen of American Idol. He was cut in Hollywood Week. He auditioned again the next season, and advanced to the Top 24.[49]
- Erin Martin appeared on Rock of Love – season two, but was eliminated after the first episode.[50]
- Jamar Rogers auditioned for American Idol – season eight, but his journey ended in the green mile round (top 36 selection).[51]
- Jordis Unga appeared on Rockstar: INXS and finished in 5th place.[52]
- Justin Hopkins appeared on America's Got Talent – season five, but was eliminated in the Vegas Rounds.[53]
- Pip and Mathai both appeared on the casting special of The Glee Project (Episode 0). Pip's placing is unknown, although he was given airtime on the show. Mathai made it into the Top 20, but was not shortlisted for the Top 12.
- WADE was a contestant on American Idol – season ten, advancing to the Las Vegas rounds.
- Erin Willett appeared on seventeenth season of The Biggest Loser, but she finished in Week 11.
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