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| The Voice | |
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| Season 20 | |
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| Hosted by | Carson Daly |
| Coaches | |
| No. of contestants | 40 artists |
| Winner | Cam Anthony |
| Winning coach | Blake Shelton |
| Runner-up | Kenzie Wheeler |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | March 1 – May 25, 2021 |
| Season chronology | |
The twentieth season of the American reality television series The Voice premiered on March 1, 2021, on NBC.[1] Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend returned as coaches for their twentieth, seventh, and fifth seasons, respectively. Nick Jonas rejoined the panel for his second season, after being replaced by Gwen Stefani the previous season. Meanwhile, Carson Daly returned for his twentieth season as host. Kelsea Ballerini 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 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).[2]
Coaches and hosts
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On November 17, 2020, NBC announced there would be a change in the coaches for this season. Blake Shelton returning for his twentieth season, Kelly Clarkson for her seventh, and John Legend for his fifth. However, Gwen Stefani did not return, allowing the return of Nick Jonas after a one-season hiatus, marking his second season as a coach on the show.[3]
This season's advisors for the Battles are: Dan + Shay for Team Blake, Luis Fonsi for Team Kelly, Brandy for Team Legend, and Darren Criss for Team Nick.[4] However, Clarkson was not present for the battles round. Filling in for her during that round was season fifteen "Comeback Stage" coach, Kelsea Ballerini. Knockouts Mega Mentor for all coaches is Snoop Dogg.
Teams
| Winner | Eliminated in the Live Playoffs | ||||||||
| Runner-up | Stolen in the Knockout rounds | ||||||||
| Third place | Eliminated in the Knockout rounds | ||||||||
| Fourth place | Stolen in the Battle rounds | ||||||||
| Fifth place | Eliminated in the Battle rounds | ||||||||
| Eliminated in Live Semi-final | |||||||||
| Coaches | Top 40 artists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Clarkson | |||||||
| Kenzie Wheeler | Gihanna Zoë | Corey Ward | Zae Romeo | ||||
| Savanna Woods | Avery Roberson | Ainae | JD Casper | Halley Greg | |||
| John Legend | |||||||
| Victor Solomon | Pia Renee | Ryleigh Modig | Zania Alaké | Carolina Rial | Rio Doyle | ||
| Gean Garcia | Ciana Pelekai | Durell Anthony | Christine Cain | Denisha Dalton | Deion Warren | ||
| Nick Jonas | |||||||
| Rachel Mac | Dana Monique | Jose Figueroa Jr. | Devan Blake Jones | Andrew Marshall | |||
| Keegan Ferrell | Raine Stern | Awari | Lindsay Joan | Bradley Sinclair | |||
| Blake Shelton | |||||||
| Cam Anthony | Jordan Matthew Young | Pete Mroz | Anna Grace | Emma Caroline | |||
| Connor Christian | Ethan Lively | Savanna Chestnut | Aaron Konzelman | ||||
| Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). Underlined names are artists saved by his/her coach and advanced to four-way Knockout. | |||||||
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.
| ✔ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist elected a coach's team | |
| Artist defaulted to a coach's team | |
| Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button | |
| ✘ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist |
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Episode 1 (March 1)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly | John | Nick | Blake | |||||
| 1 | Kenzie Wheeler | 22 | Dover, Florida | "Don't Close Your Eyes" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
| 2 | Dana Monique | 41 | Houston, Texas | "Freeway of Love" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – |
| 3 | Cam Anthony | 19 | North Philly, Pennsylvania | "Lay Me Down" | – | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Christine Cain | 27 | Pasadena, California | "Watermelon Sugar" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – |
| 5 | Madison Curbelo | 18 | Westfield, Massachusetts | "Don't Worry, Be Happy" | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Pete Mroz | 45 | Nashville, Tennessee | "Can’t Find My Way Home" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ |
| 7 | Devan Blake Jones | 35 | Denver, Colorado | "Hard Place" | – | – | ✔ | – |
| 8 | Raine Stern | 22 | Madison, Wisconsin | "Electric Feel" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 9 | Madison Marigold | 21 | Santa Clarita, California | "If the World Was Ending" | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Corey Ward | 34 | Hartsville, South Carolina | "Dancing on My Own" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – |
| 11 | Victor Solomon | 22 | Peoria, Illinois | "Glory" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |