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The Voice (American TV series) season 8

The eighth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 23, 2015, on NBC.[1] Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, & Pharrell Williams returned as coaches. Christina Aguilera returned for her fifth season as coach after a two-season absence, replacing Gwen Stefani. Carson Daly returned as host for the eighth season.

The Voice
Season 8
Promotional poster
Hosted byCarson Daly
Coaches
No. of contestants48 artists
WinnerSawyer Fredericks
Winning coachPharrell Williams
Runner-upMeghan Linsey
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseFebruary 23 (2015-02-23) –
May 19, 2015 (2015-05-19)
Season chronology
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Sawyer Fredericks was named the winner of the season, marking Pharrell Williams' first win as a coach.[2] For the first time in The Voice history, out of 4 finalists, 3 of them were stolen artists. (Meghan Linsey is originally from Pharrell Williams, placing runner-up, Joshua Davis from Blake Shelton, placing 3rd, and Koryn Hawthorne from Christina Aguilera, placing 4th)

Coaches and hosts edit

Christina Aguilera re-joined the show after two seasons of absence, joining Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Pharrell Williams.[3] The advisors for this season included Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell, Meghan Trainor for Team Blake, Nick Jonas for Team Christina, and Ellie Goulding for Team Adam.[4] Nate Ruess served as an advisor for all teams during the Knockouts.

Teams edit

Color key
Coaches Top 48 artists
Adam Levine
Joshua Davis Deanna Johnson Brian Johnson Tonya Boyd-Cannon Nathan Hermida
Lexi Dávila Barry Minniefield Blaze Johnson Clinton Washington Bren'nae DeBarge
Jack Gregori Michael Leier Josh Batstone Nicolette Maré James McNeiece
Pharrell Williams
Sawyer Fredericks Koryn Hawthorne Mia Z Caitlin Caporale Lowell Oakley
Hannah Kirby Jacob Rummell Paul Pfau Anthony Riley Kimberly Nichole
Meghan Linsey Travis Ewing Ashley Morgan Noelle Bybee Briar Jonnee
Christina Aguilera
India Carney Kimberly Nichole Rob Taylor Lexi Dávila Sonic
Koryn Hawthorne Treeva Gibson Joe Tolo Ashley Morgan Clinton Washington
Vance Smith Jeremy Gaynor Katelyn Read Gabriel Wolfchild Ameera Delandro
Blake Shelton
Meghan Linsey Hannah Kirby Corey Kent White Brooke Adee Sarah Potenza
Brian Johnson Kelsie May Cody Wickline Travis Ewing Jacob Rummell
Hannah Kirby Joshua Davis Bay Brooks Brenna Yaeger Matt Snook
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams).

Blind auditions edit

The first phase of the competition, the Blind Auditions began airing when the season premiered on February 23, 2015.[5] Adam Levine auditioned as a joke in episode three with the song "Tiny Dancer", with all four chairs turning (Pharrell turned Adam's chair).[6] He "chose" Christina.

Color key
   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. 23) edit

The four coaches performed "Are You Gonna Go My Way".[7]

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Adam Pharrell Christina Blake
1 Sarah Potenza 34 Smithfield, Rhode Island "Stay with Me"
2 Lowell Oakley 19 Durham, North Carolina "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
3 Rob Taylor 22 Donaldsonville, Louisiana "I Want You"
4 Ivonne Acero 16 Aguila, Arizona "Try"
5 Cody Wickline 20 Beckley, West Virginia "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
6 Treeva Gibson 16 Frederick, Maryland "Young and Beautiful"
7 Mason Henderson N/A Orange Beach, Alabama "Riptide"
8 Meghan Linsey 28 New Orleans, Louisiana "Love Hurts"
9 Joshua Davis 37 Traverse City, Michigan "I Shall Be Released"
10 Bryce Sherlow 17 Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey "Cool Kids"
11 Sawyer Fredericks 16 Fultonville, New York "I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow"

Episode 2 (Feb. 24) edit

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Adam Pharrell Christina Blake
1 Anthony Riley 27 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
2 Gabriel Wolfchild 26 Seattle, Washington "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
3 Brooke Adee 16 Tampa, Florida "Skinny Love"
4 Dylan Dunlap 18 Studio City, California "Talk Dirty"
5 Tonya Boyd-Cannon 35 New Orleans, Louisiana "Happy"
6 Joe Tolo 21 Sacramento, California "To Love Somebody"
7 Drew Parker 23 Covington, Georgia Workin' Man Blues
8 Mia Z 15 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania "The Thrill Is Gone"
9 Blaze Johnson 23 Columbus, Ohio "How to Save a Life"
10 Bryan Pierce 39 Charlotte, North Carolina "Rocket Man"
11 Deanna Johnson 18 Hazlehurst, Georgia "All I Want"

Episode 3 (March 2) edit

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Adam Pharrell Christina Blake
1 Kelsie May 15 Louisa, Kentucky "You're Lookin' at Country"
2 Kimberly Nichole 32 New York, New York "Nutbush City Limits"
3 Michael Leier 20 Fargo, North Dakota "Last Kiss"
4 Hannah Ellis 24 Campbellsville, Kentucky "This One's for the Girls"
5 Mark Lum 42 Austin, Texas "Jane Says"
6 Sara Schulmann 16 Aberdeen Township, New Jersey "Ghost"
7 Sam King 25 New York, New York "Do I Wanna Know?"
8 Travis Ewing 23 Lafayette, Louisiana "Say My Name"
9 Noelle Bybee 17 Syracuse, Utah "Unbelievers"
10 Bren'nae DeBarge 22 Anchorage, Alaska "Golden"
11 James McNeiece 26 Traverse City, Michigan "Lay Me Down"
12 Sonic 23 San Francisco, California "Money On My Mind"
13 Ella Khorov 17 New Orleans, Louisiana "I Can't Stand the Rain"
14 Jacob Rummell 18 Lake Township, Ohio "Count on Me"
15 Barry Minniefield 52 Fort Wayne, Indiana "Me and Mrs. Jones"
16 Nicolette Maré 20 Staten Island, New York "Everything Has Changed"
17 Clinton Washington 26 Little Rock, Arkansas "Candle in the Wind"
18 Matt Snook 41 Camden Point, Missouri "Red Dirt Road"
19 India Carney 21 Brooklyn, New York "New York State of Mind"

Episode 4 (March 3) edit

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Adam Pharrell Christina Blake
1 Ashley Morgan 26 Costa Mesa, California "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
2 Koryn Hawthorne 17 Abbeville, Louisiana "My Kind of Love"
3 Lexi Dávila 17 Lorain, Ohio "Dreaming of You"
4 Josh Batstone 18 Fulton, New York "Amnesia"
5 Katelyn Read 25 Raleigh, North Carolina "Breathe (2 AM)"
6 Ameera Delandro 26 Richmond, Virginia "I'd Rather Go Blind"
7 Bay Brooks 17 Valdosta, Georgia "All of the Stars"
8 Quincy Mumford 24 Allenhurst, New Jersey "Dancing Machine"
9 Brenna Yaeger 19 Spokane, Washington "The House That Built Me"
10 Jeremy Gaynor 30 West Point, New York "Superstar"
11 Jack Gregori 37 Washington, D.C. "Ring of Fire"
12 Briar Jonnee 20 Shuqualak, Mississippi "Take a Bow"
13 Jess Gallo 20 New Carlisle, Ohio "Stolen Dance"
14 Brian Johnson 24 Cleveland, Ohio "Reason to Believe"
15 Corey Kent White 20 Bixby, Oklahoma "Chicken Fried"

Episode 5 (March 4) edit

The fifth episode, titled "Best of the Blinds", was a recap of all the Blind Auditions broadcast up to that point.

Episode 6 (March 9) edit

The sixth episode included the last of the Blind Auditions as well as the first Battles.

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
Adam Pharrell Christina Blake
1 Nathan Hermida 17 Boston, Massachusetts "Sure Thing"
2 Paul Pfau 26 Myersville, Maryland "Fly Me to the Moon" Team full
3 Gaia Golden 26 Haiku, Hawaii "Red"
4 Vance Smith 22 Detroit, Michigan "Reach Out I'll Be There"
5 Caitlin Caporale 23 Newburgh, New York "Impossible" Team full
6 Athena 23 Chicago, Illinois "Am I Wrong" Team full
7 Jennifer Chung 24 Millbrae, California/Atlanta, Georgia "Don't Speak"
8 Ashley Prince 31 Superior, Colorado "Bartender"
9 Hannah Kirby 20 Sulphur Springs, Texas "The Letter"

The Battles edit

The Battles (from the second half of episode 6 to episode 9) consisted of two 2-hour episodes, one 1-hour and one special episodes each on March 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2015. Season eight's advisors are Ellie Goulding for Team Adam, Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell, Nick Jonas for Team Christina and Meghan Trainor for Team Blake.

Color key:

       Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts
       Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts
       Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result
Adam Pharrell Christina Blake
Episode 6
(Monday, March 9, 2015)
Pharrell Williams 1 Mia Z "Put the Gun Down" Ashley Morgan
Adam Levine 2 Tonya Boyd-Cannon "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" James McNeiece
Blake Shelton 3 Brian Johnson "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" Joshua Davis
Episode 7
(Tuesday, March 10, 2015)
Pharrell Williams 1 Anthony Riley "Get Ready" Travis Ewing
Christina Aguilera 2 Sonic "Masterpiece" Ameera Delandro
3 Joe Tolo "For the First Time" Gabriel Wolfchild
Adam Levine 4 Deanna Johnson "Love Me like You Do" Nicolette Maré
5 Nathan Hermida "Thinking Out Loud" Josh Batstone
Blake Shelton 6 Sarah Potenza "Gimme Shelter" Hannah Kirby
Adam Levine 7 Blaze Johnson "Rude" Michael Leier
Blake Shelton 8 Cody Wickline "How Country Feels" Matt Snook
Pharrell Williams 9 Paul Pfau "Don't Let Me Down" Meghan Linsey
Episode 8
(Monday, March 16, 2015)
Pharrell Williams 1 Caitlin Caporale "Fallin'" Briar Jonnee Team Full
Adam Levine 2 Barry Minniefield "Feelin' Alright" Jack Gregori
Christina Aguilera 3 Treeva Gibson "Addicted to Love" Katelyn Read
Pharrell Williams 4 Lowell Oakley "Hound Dog" Kimberly Nichole
Blake Shelton 5 Kelsie May "Fancy" Brenna Yaeger Team Full
Christina Aguilera 6 India Carney "Stay" Clinton Washington
Episode 9
(Tuesday, March 17, 2015)
Christina Aguilera 1 Rob Taylor "Animals" Jeremy Gaynor Team Full Team Full Team Full
Pharrell Williams 2 Sawyer Fredericks "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" Noelle Bybee
Christina Aguilera 3 Koryn Hawthorne "Love Me Harder" Vance Smith
Blake Shelton 4 Brooke Adee "Style" Bay Brooks
Adam Levine 5 Lexi Dávila "Unwritten" Bren'nae DeBarge
Blake Shelton 6 Corey Kent White "I Want Crazy" Jacob Rummell

The Knockouts edit

For the Knockouts, Nate Ruess was assigned as a mentor for contestants in all four teams. After announcing Anthony Riley's withdrawal[8] from the competition, Pharrell grouped three of his team members into one knockout, in which two contestants from the trio advanced and one being declared loser. Just like season five, the coaches can steal one losing artist. The top 20 contestants will then move on to the "Live Shows".

Color key:

       Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Shows
       Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Shows
       Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Song Artists Song 'Steal' result
Winner(s) Loser Adam Pharrell Christina Blake
Episode 10
(Monday, March 23, 2015)
Christina Aguilera 1 "A Woman's Worth" Sonic Ashley Morgan "Heartbreaker"
Blake Shelton 2 "Wasted Love" Sarah Potenza Brian Johnson "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You"
Adam Levine 3 "Leave Your Lover" Nathan Hermida Clinton Washington "Wanted" Team full
Pharrell Williams 4 "Collide" Sawyer Fredericks Paul Pfau "I Don't Need No Doctor"
"Hold On, I'm Coming" Mia Z
Blake Shelton 5 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Meghan Linsey Travis Ewing "I Don't Want to Be"
Christina Aguilera 6 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" Kimberly Nichole Koryn Hawthorne "Try"
Episode 11
(Tuesday, March 24, 2015)
Blake Shelton 1 "Live Like You Were Dying" Corey Kent White Cody Wickline "Til My Last Day" Team full Team full
Adam Levine 2 "Listen to Your Heart" Deanna Johnson Blaze Johnson "You Found Me"
Pharrell Williams 3 "Warrior" Caitlin Caporale Hannah Kirby "Higher Love"
Episode 12
(Monday, March 30, 2015)
Adam Levine 1 "I Wish" Tonya Boyd-Cannon Barry Minniefield "What You Won't Do for Love" Team full Team full Team full
Blake Shelton 2 "Electric Feel" Brooke Adee Kelsie May "Tim McGraw"
Christina Aguilera 3 "Big White Room" India Carney Joe Tolo "One of Us"
Pharrell Williams 4 "My Girl" Lowell Oakley Jacob Rummell "Life of the Party"
Christina Aguilera 5 "Love and Happiness" Rob Taylor Treeva Gibson "Chasing Pavements"
Adam Levine 6 "Arms of a Woman" Joshua Davis Lexi Dávila "Anything Could Happen"
Episode 13
(Tuesday, March 31, 2015)
The thirteenth episode was a one-hour recap episode titled "The Road to the Live Shows". This recap highlighted the journey of the top 20 contestants.

Live shows edit

The live shows is the final phase of the competition, consisting of seven weeks starting on the playoffs and concluding on the season finale.

Color key:

       Artist was saved by the Public's votes
       Artist was saved by his/her coach or was placed in the bottom three
       Artist was saved by the Instant Save
       Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 10 (except The Finals) after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10
       Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Live playoffs (April 6, 7 & 8) edit

The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 14, 15, and 16 (the results show). The top twenty artists perform for the votes, and the two artists per each team advances via public vote, while the bottom three artists compete for the coaches' save in the results show. Monday's performance featured Teams Blake and Pharrell, and Teams Adam and Christina for the Tuesday's performance.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result
Episode 14
(Monday, April 6, 2015)
Blake Shelton 1 Sarah Potenza "Free Bird" Eliminated
Pharrell Williams 2 Caitlin Caporale "Best Thing I Never Had" Eliminated
Blake Shelton 3 Hannah Kirby "I Feel The Earth Move" Blake's choice
Pharrell Williams 4 Lowell Oakley "Jealous" Eliminated
5 Mia Z "Ain't No Sunshine" Public's vote
6 Koryn Hawthorne "How Great Thou Art" Pharrell's choice
Blake Shelton 7 Corey Kent White "Make You Feel My Love" Public's vote
8 Brooke Adee "Love Me Like You Do" Eliminated
9 Meghan Linsey "Love Runs Out" Public's vote
Pharrell Williams 10 Sawyer Fredericks "Trouble" Public's vote
Episode 15
(Tuesday, April 7, 2015)
Adam Levine 1 Tonya Boyd-Cannon "Take Me to the Pilot" Eliminated
2 Joshua Davis "Budapest" Public's vote
Christina Aguilera 3 Sonic "I'm Going Down" Eliminated
Adam Levine 4 Brian Johnson "At This Moment" Adam's choice
Christina Aguilera 5 Kimberly Nichole "What's Up?" Public's vote
6 Lexi Dávila "All By Myself" Eliminated
Adam Levine 7 Nathan Hermida "Chains" Eliminated
Christina Aguilera 8 India Carney "Hurt" Public's vote
9 Rob Taylor "Earned It" Christina's choice
Adam Levine 10 Deanna Johnson "Down to the River to Pray" Public's vote
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
14.1 Maroon 5 "Sugar"
15.1 Sia "Elastic Heart"
16.1 Wiz Khalifa ft. Chris Jamison "See You Again"
16.2 Team Blake
(Brooke Adee, Corey Kent White, Hannah Kirby, Meghan Linsey, Sarah Potenza)
"I'll Take You There"
16.3 Team Christina
(India Carney, Kimberly Nichole, Lexi Dávila, Rob Taylor, Sonic)
"Like a Prayer"
16.4 Team Pharrell
(Caitlin Caporale, Sawyer Fredericks, Koryn Hawthorne, Lowell Oakley, Mia Z)
"Say Something"
16.5 Team Adam
(Brian Johnson, Deanna Johnson, Joshua Davis, Nathan Hermida, Tonya Boyd-Cannon)
"Diamonds"

Week 2: Top 12 (April 13 & 14) edit

The Top 12 performed on Monday, April 13, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The Instant Save returned once again this season, with the bottom three artists performing for a spot on the next round via the viewers' votes from Twitter, and is in play until the semifinals. Oklahoma country music star Reba McEntire, last seen on the show's first season as an advisor for Team Blake, returned to serve as a mentor for the top 12 contestants.[9]

This week's iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded for Sawyer Fredericks (#2), Kimberly Nichole (#3) and Meghan Linsey (#5).[10]

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Results
Episode 17
(Monday, April 13, 2015)
Blake Shelton 1 Hannah Kirby "Edge of Seventeen" Public's vote
Adam Levine 2 Brian Johnson "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Bottom three
Christina Aguilera 3 India Carney "Take Me to Church" Public's vote[10]
Pharrell Williams 4 Mia Z "Miss You" Bottom three
Adam Levine 5 Deanna Johnson "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" Bottom three
Pharrell Williams 6 Sawyer Fredericks "Imagine"[10] Public's vote
Christina Aguilera 7 Rob Taylor "I Put a Spell on You" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 8 Corey Kent White "Why" Public's vote
Pharrell Williams 9 Koryn Hawthorne "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Public's vote
Adam Levine 10 Joshua Davis "America" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 11 Meghan Linsey "Girl Crush"[10] Public's vote
Christina Aguilera 12 Kimberly Nichole "House of the Rising Sun"[10] Public's vote
Episode 18
(Tuesday, April 14, 2015)
Instant Save performances
Pharrell Williams 1 Mia Z "Stormy Monday" Eliminated
Adam Levine 2 Brian Johnson "Amazed" Eliminated
3 Deanna Johnson "It Will Rain" Instant Save
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
17.1 Nick Jonas "Chains"
17.2 Blake Shelton and his team
(Meghan Linsey, Corey Kent White, Hannah Kirby)
"In the Midnight Hour"
17.3 Christina Aguilera and her team
(India Carney, Rob Taylor, Kimberly Nichole)
"Hotel California"

Week 3: Top 10 (April 20 & 21) edit

The Top 10 performed on Monday, April 20, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Adam, Blake, Christina and Pharrell brought in Dave Stewart, Scott Hendricks, Mark Ronson and Ryan Tedder respectively to help in this week's coaching.[11]

This week's recipients of the iTunes multiplier bonuses were Koryn Hawthorne (#3) and Fredericks (#4).[12]

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result
Episode 19
(Monday, April 20, 2015)
Christina Aguilera 1 Kimberly Nichole "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Public's vote
Adam Levine 2 Joshua Davis "Hold Back the River" Bottom three
Blake Shelton 3 Hannah Kirby "Shout" Public's vote
4 Meghan Linsey "Home" Public's vote
Pharrell Williams 5 Koryn Hawthorne "Make It Rain"[12] Public's vote
Adam Levine 6 Deanna Johnson "Somebody to Love" Bottom three
Christina Aguilera 7 Rob Taylor "A Song for You" Bottom three
Blake Shelton 8 Corey Kent White "Unwound" Public's vote
Pharrell Williams 9 Sawyer Fredericks "Iris"[12] Public's vote
Christina Aguilera 10 India Carney "Run to You" Public's vote
Episode 20
(Tuesday, April 21, 2015)
Instant Save performances
Christina Aguilera 1 Rob Taylor "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Eliminated
Adam Levine 2 Deanna Johnson "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Eliminated
3 Joshua Davis "I Won't Back Down" Instant Save
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
19.1 Top 10 "Rocket Man/Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
20.1 Pharrell Williams and his team
(Sawyer Fredericks, Koryn Hawthorne)
"I Don't Want to Be"
20.2 Reba McEntire "Going Out Like That"
20.3 Adam Levine and his team
(Deanna Johnson and Joshua Davis)
"The Joker"

Week 4: Top 8 (April 27 & 28) edit

The Top 8 performed on Monday, April 27, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Most of the previous coaches from past seasons returned to advise the remaining artists: Usher was the Advisor for Team Adam, Gwen Stefani advised both Teams Pharrell and Christina, and Cee Lo Green advised Team Blake. Shakira was the only previous coach not to return, due to the recent birth of her second child, but she did record a video message that was aired during the live show.[13]

iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Fredericks and (#2) and Joshua Davis (#4).[14] This week's Instant Save was the closest in the show's history, with Carney being saved by only two votes behind runner-up Kent White.

Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result
Episode 21
(Monday, April 27, 2015)
Blake Shelton 1 Hannah Kirby "We Don't Need Another Hero" Bottom three
Adam Levine 2 Joshua Davis "Fields of Gold"[14] Public's vote
Christina Aguilera 3 Kimberly Nichole "Creep" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 4 Meghan Linsey "Something" Public's vote
Christina Aguilera 5 India Carney "Over the Rainbow" Bottom three
Pharrell Williams 6 Sawyer Fredericks "Simple Man"[14] Public's vote
Blake Shelton 7 Corey Kent White "When I See You Smile" Bottom three
Pharrell Williams 8 Koryn Hawthorne "Girl On Fire" Public's vote
Episode 22
(Tuesday, April 28, 2015)
Instant Save performances
Blake Shelton 1 Hannah Kirby "Radioactive" Eliminated
2 Corey Kent White "Somebody Like You" Eliminated
Christina Aguilera 3 India Carney "Human" Instant Save
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
21.1 Top 8 Males
(Sawyer Fredericks, Corey Kent White, and Joshua Davis)
"Hey Brother"
21.2 Top 8 Females
(Hannah Kirby, Koryn Hawthorne, Kimberly Nichole, Meghan Linsey, India Carney)
"Wake Me Up"
21.3 Blake Shelton "Sangria"
21.4 Matt McAndrew "Counting on Love"
22.1 Jason Derulo (with India Carney and Kimberly Nichole) "Want to Want Me"
22.2 Rozzi Crane "Psycho"
22.3 Lee Brice (with Corey Kent White) "Drinking Class"

Week 5: Top 6 (May 4 & 5) edit

The Top 6 performed on Monday, May 4, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. In honor of Mother's Day, each artist performed one song on Monday celebrating "the mothers in their lives". This week eliminations is a single elimination and the bottom two artists faced the Instant Save.

iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Fredericks (#3 and #10) and Linsey (#5).[15]

Episode Coach Artist Order Song (Mother's Day dedication) Order Song (Coach's Choice) Result
Episode 23
(Monday, May 4, 2015)
Christina Aguilera India Carney 1 "Glory" 10 "Lay Me Down" Bottom two
Adam Levine Joshua Davis 8 "In My Life" 2 "Desire" Public's vote
Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthorne 3 "Everybody Hurts" 9 "Dream On" Public's vote
Christina Aguilera Kimberly Nichole 4 "Free Fallin'" 7 "Dirty Diana" Bottom two
Blake Shelton Meghan Linsey 12 "Amazing Grace"[15] 5 "Steamroller Blues" Public's vote
Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks 6 "Shine On"[15] 11 "Take Me to the River" Public's vote
Episode 24
(Tuesday, May 5, 2015)
Instant Save Performances
Christina Aguilera Kimberly Nichole 1 "Seven Nation Army" Eliminated
India Carney 2 "Perfect" Instant Save
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
24.1 Jacquie Lee "Tears Fall"
24.2 Avery Wilson "If I Have To"
24.3 Vicci Martinez "Bad News Breaker"
24.4 Craig Wayne Boyd "I'm Still Here"

Week 6: Semifinals (May 11 & 12) edit

The Top 5 performed on Monday, May 11, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Similar to the Quarterfinals, the bottom two artists compete for the Instant Save and one artist was eliminated. iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Fredericks (#2 and #3) and Linsey (#5).[16] Special guests in the audience included Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Hailee Steinfeld from Pitch Perfect 2.

With the advancement of Sawyer Fredericks and Koryn Hawthorne, Pharrell Williams became the third coach to bring multiple artists to the finale, first being Blake Shelton in the third season and Adam Levine in the previous season. With the elimination of Carney, Aguilera no longer has any remaining artists on her team.

Episode Coach Artist Order Song (Coach's Choice) Order Song (Artist's dedication to home) Result
Episode 25
(Monday, May 11, 2015)
Adam Levine Joshua Davis 1 "I Can't Make You Love Me" 6 "When I Paint My Masterpiece" Public's vote
Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthorne 2 "One" 7 "Oh Mary Don't You Weep" Bottom two
Blake Shelton Meghan Linsey 3 "I'm Not the Only One" 8 "Tennessee Whiskey" Public's vote
Christina Aguilera India Carney 4 "Gravity" 9 "Earth Song" Bottom two
Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks 5 "For What It's Worth" 10 "A Thousand Years" Public's vote
Episode 26
(Tuesday, May 12, 2015)
Instant Save performances
Christina Aguilera India Carney 1 "Dark Side" Eliminated
Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthorne 2 "If I Were a Boy" Instant Save
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
25.1 Nate Ruess "Nothing Without Love"
26.1 Walk the Moon "Shut Up and Dance"
26.2 Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams "California Roll"
26.3 India Carney, Koryn Hawthorne, and Meghan Linsey "Faithfully"
26.4 Joshua Davis and Sawyer Fredericks "Drift Away"

Week 7: Finale (May 18 & 19) edit

The Top four performed on Monday, May 18, 2015, with the final results following on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Finalists performed an original song, a duet with the coach, and a solo song. As with previous seasons, there was no iTunes bonus multiplier applied to songs performed in the finale episodes;[17] all iTunes votes received for the six weeks leading to the finale were cumulatively added to online, phone and app finale votes for each finalist. By the time voting ended, Fredericks charted at #2, #3, Linsey at #5, and Davis at #9 on iTunes.[18]

With the advancement of Meghan Linsey, Joshua Davis, and Koryn Hawthorne, this is the first time in The Voice history where 3 stolen artists advanced to the finale. Meghan is originally from Team Pharrell, Joshua Davis from Blake's team, and Koryn Hawthorne formerly from Christina's team. As a result, almost all 4 finalists were stolen artists.

Coach Artist Order Solo Song Order Original Song Order Duet Song (With Coach) Result
Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthorne 1 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" 10 "Bright Fire" 6 "We Can Work It Out" Fourth place
Blake Shelton Meghan Linsey 11 "When a Man Loves a Woman" 2 "Change My Mind" 8 "Freeway of Love" Runner-up
Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks 12 "Old Man" 5 "Please" 3 "Summer Breeze" Winner
Adam Levine Joshua Davis 7 "Hallelujah" 4 "The Workingman's Hymn" 9 "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" Third place
Non-competition performances
Order Performer Song
28.1 Top 20 "Carry On / Some Nights"
28.2 Joshua Davis
(with Brian Johnson, Deanna Johnson, Kimberly Nichole, and Corey Kent White)
"She Talks to Angels"
28.3 Meghan Trainor "Dear Future Husband"
28.4 Kelly Clarkson and Koryn Hawthorne "I'd Rather Go Blind"
28.5 Meghan Linsey
(with Sarah Potenza)
"Piece of My Heart"
28.6 Maroon 5 "This Summer"
28.7 John Fogerty and Sawyer Fredericks "Born on the Bayou"
"Bad Moon Rising"
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain"
28.8 Sheryl Crow and Joshua Davis "Give It to Me"
28.9 Luke Bryan "Kick the Dust Up"
28.10 Koryn Hawthorne
(with Caitlin Caporale, India Carney, Lexi Dávila, Mia Z and Tonya Boyd-Cannon)
"Uptown Funk"
28.11 Ed Sheeran "Photograph"
28.12 Kelly Clarkson and Meghan Linsey "Invincible"
28.13 Sawyer Fredericks
(with Brooke Adee and Lowell Oakley)
"Lie To Me"
28.14 The Voice Coaches - Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams, Christina Aguilera, and Blake Shelton "The Thrill is Gone"
28.15 Sawyer Fredericks (winner) "Please"

Elimination chart edit

Overall edit

Color key
Artist's info
Result details
Live show results per week
Artist Week 1 Playoffs Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Finale
Sawyer Fredericks Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Meghan Linsey Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Joshua Davis Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd place
Koryn Hawthorne Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th place
India Carney Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 6)
Kimberly Nichole Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 5)
Hannah Kirby Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 4)
Corey Kent White Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
Deanna Johnson Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 3)
Rob Taylor Safe Safe Eliminated
Brian Johnson Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 2)
Mia Z Safe Eliminated
Brooke Adee Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1)
Tonya Boyd-Cannon Eliminated
Caitlin Caporale Eliminated
Lexi Dávila Eliminated
Nathan Hermida Eliminated
Lowell Oakley Eliminated
Sarah Potenza Eliminated
Sonic Eliminated

Team edit

Color key
Artist's info
Result details
Artist Week 1 Playoffs Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Finale
Joshua Davis Public's vote Advanced Advanced Advanced   Advanced Advanced Third place  
Deanna Johnson Public's vote Advanced Eliminated
Brian Johnson Coach's Choice Eliminated
Tonya Boyd-Cannon Eliminated
Nathan Hermida Eliminated
Sawyer Fredericks Public's vote Advanced   Advanced   Advanced   Advanced     Advanced     Winner    
Koryn Hawthorne Coach's Choice Advanced Advanced   Advanced Advanced Advanced Fourth place
Mia Z Public's vote Eliminated
Caitlin Caporale Eliminated
Lowell Oakley Eliminated
India Carney Public's vote Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Kimberly Nichole Public's vote Advanced   Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Rob Taylor Coach's Choice Advanced Eliminated
Lexi Dávila Eliminated
Sonic Eliminated
Meghan Linsey Public's vote Advanced   Advanced Advanced Advanced   Advanced   Runner-up  
Hannah Kirby Coach's Choice Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Corey Kent White Public's vote Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Brooke Adee Eliminated
Sarah Potenza Eliminated

Performances by guests/coaches edit

Episode Show segment Performer(s) Title Reaction Performance type Source
Hot 100 Hot digital
14 The Live Playoffs Maroon 5 "Sugar" 3 (-1) live performance [19]
15 Sia "Elastic Heart" 47 (+5) live performance [20]
16 The Live Playoffs Results Wiz Khalifa feat. Chris Jamison "See You Again" 1 (+9) live performance
18 Top 12 Results Nick Jonas "Chains" 14 (-1) live performance [21]
20 Top 10 Results Reba McEntire "Going Out Like That" live performance [citation needed]
21 Top 8 Performance Matt McAndrew "Counting on Love" live performance [22]
Blake Shelton "Sangria" 44 (+20) live performance
22 Top 8 Results Rozzi Crane "Psycho" live performance
Jason Derulo "Want to Want Me" 8 (+2) live performance
Lee Brice "Drinking Class" live performance [23]
24 Top 6 Results Jacquie Lee "Tears Fall" live performance [24]
Avery Wilson "If I Have To" live performance
Vicci Martinez "Bad News Breaker" live performance
Craig Wayne Boyd "I'm Still Here" live performance
25 Semifinal Performance Nate Ruess "Nothing Without Love" live performance ?
26 Semifinal Results Walk the Moon "Shut Up and Dance" live performance ?
Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell Williams "California Roll" live performance ?
28 Finals Meghan Trainor "Dear Future Husband" live performance ?
Maroon 5 "This Summer" live performance ?
Luke Bryan "Kick the Dust Up" live performance ?
Ed Sheeran "Photograph" live performance ?
John Fogerty and Sawyer Fredericks "Born on the Bayou"
"Bad Moon Rising"
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
live performance ?
Sheryl Crow and Joshua Davis "Give It To Me" live performance ?
Kelly Clarkson and Koryn Hawthorne "I'd Rather Go Blind" live performance ?
Kelly Clarkson and Meghan Linsey "Invincible" live performance ?

Artists' appearances in other media edit

Ratings edit

The season eight premiere was watched by 13.97 million viewers with a 4.1 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by 1.02 million viewers. The season eight premiere was up 21% from the previous season's finale.[26] The second episode retained 95% of viewers in P18-49 from the premiere episode, compared to just 79%, from the previous season.[27]

Episode Original airdate Production Time slot (ET) Viewers
(in millions)
Adults (18–49) Source
Rating Share
1 "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 1" February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23) 801 Monday 8:00 p.m. 13.97 4.1 11 [28]
2 "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2" February 24, 2015 (2015-02-24) 802 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 14.06 3.9 11 [29]
3 "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02) 803 Monday 8:00 p.m. 14.67 3.9 12 [30]
4 "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03) 804 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 15.54 4.1 13 [31]
5 "Best of the Blinds" March 4, 2015 (2015-03-04) 805 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 8.60 2.1 6 [32]
6 "Blinds End and Battles Begin" March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09) 806 Monday 8:00 p.m. 13.95 3.8 12 [33]
7 "The Battles Premiere, Part 2" March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10) 807 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 13.73 3.8 12 [34]
8 "The Battles, Part 3" March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16) 808 Monday 8:00 p.m. 12.21 3.3 10 [35]
9 "The Battles, Part 4" March 17, 2015 (2015-03-17) 809 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 12.82 3.4 11 [36]
10 "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 1" March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23) 810 Monday 8:00 p.m. 12.20 3.4 10 [37]
11 "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 2" March 24, 2015 (2015-03-24) 811 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 11.62 2.8 9 [38]
12 "The Knockouts, Part 3" March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30) 812 Monday 8:00 p.m. 11.87 3.2 10 [39]
13 "The Road to the Live Shows" March 31, 2015 (2015-03-31) 813 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 8.57 2.0 7 [40]
14 "The Live Playoffs, Night 1" April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06) 814 Monday 8:00 p.m. 10.97 2.9 9 [41]
15 "The Live Playoffs, Night 2" April 7, 2015 (2015-04-07) 815 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 11.07 2.7 9 [42]
16 "The Live Playoffs, Results" April 8, 2015 (2015-04-08) 816 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 9.64 2.2 7 [43]
17 "Live Top 12 Performance" April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13) 817 Monday 8:00 p.m. 11.04 2.9 9 [44]
18 "Live Top 12 Results" April 14, 2015 (2015-04-14) 818 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 10.69 2.5 9 [45]
19 "Live Top 10 Performance" April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20) 819 Monday 8:00 p.m. 10.58 2.6 6 [46]
20 "Live Top 10 Results" April 21, 2015 (2015-04-21) 820 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 11.25 2.6 9 [47]
21 "Live Top 8 Performance" April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27) 821 Monday 8:00 p.m. 10.49 2.6 8 [48]
22 "Live Top 8 Results" April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28) 822 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 9.49 2.2 8 [49]
23 "Live Top 6 Performance" May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04) 823 Monday 8:00 p.m. 9.90 2.3 8 [50]
24 "Live Top 6 Results" May 5, 2015 (2015-05-05) 824 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 8.99 2.0 7 [51]
25 "Live Top 5 Semi-Final Performance" May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11) 825 Monday 8:00 p.m. 10.05 2.4 8 [52]
26 "Live Top 5 Semi-Final Results" May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12) 826 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 9.14 2.1 7 [53]
27 "Live Finale Performance" May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18) 827 Monday 8:00 p.m. 11.32 2.6 8 [54]
28 "Live Finale Results" May 19, 2015 (2015-05-19) 828 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. 11.56 2.9 9 [55]

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External links edit

  • Official website

voice, american, series, season, eighth, season, american, reality, talent, show, voice, premiered, february, 2015, adam, levine, blake, shelton, pharrell, williams, returned, coaches, christina, aguilera, returned, fifth, season, coach, after, season, absence. The eighth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 23 2015 on NBC 1 Adam Levine Blake Shelton amp Pharrell Williams returned as coaches Christina Aguilera returned for her fifth season as coach after a two season absence replacing Gwen Stefani Carson Daly returned as host for the eighth season The VoiceSeason 8Promotional posterHosted byCarson DalyCoachesAdam LevinePharrell WilliamsChristina AguileraBlake SheltonNo of contestants48 artistsWinnerSawyer FredericksWinning coachPharrell WilliamsRunner upMeghan LinseyReleaseOriginal networkNBCOriginal releaseFebruary 23 2015 02 23 May 19 2015 2015 05 19 Season chronology PreviousSeason 7Next Season 9 Sawyer Fredericks was named the winner of the season marking Pharrell Williams first win as a coach 2 For the first time in The Voice history out of 4 finalists 3 of them were stolen artists Meghan Linsey is originally from Pharrell Williams placing runner up Joshua Davis from Blake Shelton placing 3rd and Koryn Hawthorne from Christina Aguilera placing 4th Contents 1 Coaches and hosts 2 Teams 3 Blind auditions 3 1 Episode 1 Feb 23 3 2 Episode 2 Feb 24 3 3 Episode 3 March 2 3 4 Episode 4 March 3 3 5 Episode 5 March 4 3 6 Episode 6 March 9 4 The Battles 5 The Knockouts 6 Live shows 6 1 Week 1 Live playoffs April 6 7 amp 8 6 2 Week 2 Top 12 April 13 amp 14 6 3 Week 3 Top 10 April 20 amp 21 6 4 Week 4 Top 8 April 27 amp 28 6 5 Week 5 Top 6 May 4 amp 5 6 6 Week 6 Semifinals May 11 amp 12 6 7 Week 7 Finale May 18 amp 19 7 Elimination chart 7 1 Overall 7 2 Team 8 Performances by guests coaches 9 Artists appearances in other media 10 Ratings 11 References 12 External linksCoaches and hosts editChristina Aguilera re joined the show after two seasons of absence joining Blake Shelton Adam Levine and Pharrell Williams 3 The advisors for this season included Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell Meghan Trainor for Team Blake Nick Jonas for Team Christina and Ellie Goulding for Team Adam 4 Nate Ruess served as an advisor for all teams during the Knockouts Teams editColor key Winner Runner up Third place Fourth place Eliminated in Live shows Eliminated in Live playoffs Stolen in the Knockouts Eliminated in the Knockouts Stolen in the Battles Eliminated in the Battles Withdrew Coaches Top 48 artists Adam Levine Joshua Davis Deanna Johnson Brian Johnson Tonya Boyd Cannon Nathan Hermida Lexi Davila Barry Minniefield Blaze Johnson Clinton Washington Bren nae DeBarge Jack Gregori Michael Leier Josh Batstone Nicolette Mare James McNeiece Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks Koryn Hawthorne Mia Z Caitlin Caporale Lowell Oakley Hannah Kirby Jacob Rummell Paul Pfau Anthony Riley Kimberly Nichole Meghan Linsey Travis Ewing Ashley Morgan Noelle Bybee Briar Jonnee Christina Aguilera India Carney Kimberly Nichole Rob Taylor Lexi Davila Sonic Koryn Hawthorne Treeva Gibson Joe Tolo Ashley Morgan Clinton Washington Vance Smith Jeremy Gaynor Katelyn Read Gabriel Wolfchild Ameera Delandro Blake Shelton Meghan Linsey Hannah Kirby Corey Kent White Brooke Adee Sarah Potenza Brian Johnson Kelsie May Cody Wickline Travis Ewing Jacob Rummell Hannah Kirby Joshua Davis Bay Brooks Brenna Yaeger Matt Snook Note Italicized names are stolen artists names struck through within former teams Blind auditions editThe first phase of the competition the Blind Auditions began airing when the season premiered on February 23 2015 5 Adam Levine auditioned as a joke in episode three with the song Tiny Dancer with all four chairs turning Pharrell turned Adam s chair 6 He chose Christina Color key 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 23 edit The four coaches performed Are You Gonna Go My Way 7 Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach s and artist s choices Adam Pharrell Christina Blake 1 Sarah Potenza 34 Smithfield Rhode Island Stay with Me 2 Lowell Oakley 19 Durham North Carolina Don t Get Around Much Anymore 3 Rob Taylor 22 Donaldsonville Louisiana I Want You 4 Ivonne Acero 16 Aguila Arizona Try 5 Cody Wickline 20 Beckley West Virginia He Stopped Loving Her Today 6 Treeva Gibson 16 Frederick Maryland Young and Beautiful 7 Mason Henderson N A Orange Beach Alabama Riptide 8 Meghan Linsey 28 New Orleans Louisiana Love Hurts 9 Joshua Davis 37 Traverse City Michigan I Shall Be Released 10 Bryce Sherlow 17 Ho Ho Kus New Jersey Cool Kids 11 Sawyer Fredericks 16 Fultonville New York I m a Man of Constant Sorrow Episode 2 Feb 24 edit Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach s and artist s choices Adam Pharrell Christina Blake 1 Anthony Riley 27 Philadelphia Pennsylvania I Got You I Feel Good 2 Gabriel Wolfchild 26 Seattle Washington Don t Think Twice It s All Right 3 Brooke Adee 16 Tampa Florida Skinny Love 4 Dylan Dunlap 18 Studio City California Talk Dirty 5 Tonya Boyd Cannon 35 New Orleans Louisiana Happy 6 Joe Tolo 21 Sacramento California To Love Somebody 7 Drew Parker 23 Covington Georgia Workin Man Blues 8 Mia Z 15 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania The Thrill Is Gone 9 Blaze Johnson 23 Columbus Ohio How to Save a Life 10 Bryan Pierce 39 Charlotte North Carolina Rocket Man 11 Deanna Johnson 18 Hazlehurst Georgia All I Want Episode 3 March 2 edit Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach s and artist s choices Adam Pharrell Christina Blake 1 Kelsie May 15 Louisa Kentucky You re Lookin at Country 2 Kimberly Nichole 32 New York New York Nutbush City Limits 3 Michael Leier 20 Fargo North Dakota Last Kiss 4 Hannah Ellis 24 Campbellsville Kentucky This One s for the Girls 5 Mark Lum 42 Austin Texas Jane Says 6 Sara Schulmann 16 Aberdeen Township New Jersey Ghost 7 Sam King 25 New York New York Do I Wanna Know 8 Travis Ewing 23 Lafayette Louisiana Say My Name 9 Noelle Bybee 17 Syracuse Utah Unbelievers 10 Bren nae DeBarge 22 Anchorage Alaska Golden 11 James McNeiece 26 Traverse City Michigan Lay Me Down 12 Sonic 23 San Francisco California Money On My Mind 13 Ella Khorov 17 New Orleans Louisiana I Can t Stand the Rain 14 Jacob Rummell 18 Lake Township Ohio Count on Me 15 Barry Minniefield 52 Fort Wayne Indiana Me and Mrs Jones 16 Nicolette Mare 20 Staten Island New York Everything Has Changed 17 Clinton Washington 26 Little Rock Arkansas Candle in the Wind 18 Matt Snook 41 Camden Point Missouri Red Dirt Road 19 India Carney 21 Brooklyn New York New York State of Mind Episode 4 March 3 edit Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach s and artist s choices Adam Pharrell Christina Blake 1 Ashley Morgan 26 Costa Mesa California I Wanna Dance with Somebody 2 Koryn Hawthorne 17 Abbeville Louisiana My Kind of Love 3 Lexi Davila 17 Lorain Ohio Dreaming of You 4 Josh Batstone 18 Fulton New York Amnesia 5 Katelyn Read 25 Raleigh North Carolina Breathe 2 AM 6 Ameera Delandro 26 Richmond Virginia I d Rather Go Blind 7 Bay Brooks 17 Valdosta Georgia All of the Stars 8 Quincy Mumford 24 Allenhurst New Jersey Dancing Machine 9 Brenna Yaeger 19 Spokane Washington The House That Built Me 10 Jeremy Gaynor 30 West Point New York Superstar 11 Jack Gregori 37 Washington D C Ring of Fire 12 Briar Jonnee 20 Shuqualak Mississippi Take a Bow 13 Jess Gallo 20 New Carlisle Ohio Stolen Dance 14 Brian Johnson 24 Cleveland Ohio Reason to Believe 15 Corey Kent White 20 Bixby Oklahoma Chicken Fried Episode 5 March 4 edit The fifth episode titled Best of the Blinds was a recap of all the Blind Auditions broadcast up to that point Episode 6 March 9 edit The sixth episode included the last of the Blind Auditions as well as the first Battles Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach s and artist s choices Adam Pharrell Christina Blake 1 Nathan Hermida 17 Boston Massachusetts Sure Thing 2 Paul Pfau 26 Myersville Maryland Fly Me to the Moon Team full 3 Gaia Golden 26 Haiku Hawaii Red 4 Vance Smith 22 Detroit Michigan Reach Out I ll Be There 5 Caitlin Caporale 23 Newburgh New York Impossible Team full 6 Athena 23 Chicago Illinois Am I Wrong Team full 7 Jennifer Chung 24 Millbrae California Atlanta Georgia Don t Speak 8 Ashley Prince 31 Superior Colorado Bartender 9 Hannah Kirby 20 Sulphur Springs Texas The Letter The Battles editThe Battles from the second half of episode 6 to episode 9 consisted of two 2 hour episodes one 1 hour and one special episodes each on March 9 10 16 and 17 2015 Season eight s advisors are Ellie Goulding for Team Adam Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell Nick Jonas for Team Christina and Meghan Trainor for Team Blake Color key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser Steal result Adam Pharrell Christina Blake Episode 6 Monday March 9 2015 Pharrell Williams 1 Mia Z Put the Gun Down Ashley Morgan Adam Levine 2 Tonya Boyd Cannon P Y T Pretty Young Thing James McNeiece Blake Shelton 3 Brian Johnson Knockin On Heaven s Door Joshua Davis Episode 7 Tuesday March 10 2015 Pharrell Williams 1 Anthony Riley Get Ready Travis Ewing Christina Aguilera 2 Sonic Masterpiece Ameera Delandro 3 Joe Tolo For the First Time Gabriel Wolfchild Adam Levine 4 Deanna Johnson Love Me like You Do Nicolette Mare 5 Nathan Hermida Thinking Out Loud Josh Batstone Blake Shelton 6 Sarah Potenza Gimme Shelter Hannah Kirby Adam Levine 7 Blaze Johnson Rude Michael Leier Blake Shelton 8 Cody Wickline How Country Feels Matt Snook Pharrell Williams 9 Paul Pfau Don t Let Me Down Meghan Linsey Episode 8 Monday March 16 2015 Pharrell Williams 1 Caitlin Caporale Fallin Briar Jonnee Team Full Adam Levine 2 Barry Minniefield Feelin Alright Jack Gregori Christina Aguilera 3 Treeva Gibson Addicted to Love Katelyn Read Pharrell Williams 4 Lowell Oakley Hound Dog Kimberly Nichole Blake Shelton 5 Kelsie May Fancy Brenna Yaeger Team Full Christina Aguilera 6 India Carney Stay Clinton Washington Episode 9 Tuesday March 17 2015 Christina Aguilera 1 Rob Taylor Animals Jeremy Gaynor Team Full Team Full Team Full Pharrell Williams 2 Sawyer Fredericks Have You Ever Seen the Rain Noelle Bybee Christina Aguilera 3 Koryn Hawthorne Love Me Harder Vance Smith Blake Shelton 4 Brooke Adee Style Bay Brooks Adam Levine 5 Lexi Davila Unwritten Bren nae DeBarge Blake Shelton 6 Corey Kent White I Want Crazy Jacob Rummell The Knockouts editFor the Knockouts Nate Ruess was assigned as a mentor for contestants in all four teams After announcing Anthony Riley s withdrawal 8 from the competition Pharrell grouped three of his team members into one knockout in which two contestants from the trio advanced and one being declared loser Just like season five the coaches can steal one losing artist The top 20 contestants will then move on to the Live Shows Color key Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Shows Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Shows Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated Episode Coach Order Song Artists Song Steal result Winner s Loser Adam Pharrell Christina Blake Episode 10 Monday March 23 2015 Christina Aguilera 1 A Woman s Worth Sonic Ashley Morgan Heartbreaker Blake Shelton 2 Wasted Love Sarah Potenza Brian Johnson Nothing Ever Hurt Like You Adam Levine 3 Leave Your Lover Nathan Hermida Clinton Washington Wanted Team full Pharrell Williams 4 Collide Sawyer Fredericks Paul Pfau I Don t Need No Doctor Hold On I m Coming Mia Z Blake Shelton 5 You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman Meghan Linsey Travis Ewing I Don t Want to Be Christina Aguilera 6 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free Kimberly Nichole Koryn Hawthorne Try Episode 11 Tuesday March 24 2015 Blake Shelton 1 Live Like You Were Dying Corey Kent White Cody Wickline Til My Last Day Team full Team full Adam Levine 2 Listen to Your Heart Deanna Johnson Blaze Johnson You Found Me Pharrell Williams 3 Warrior Caitlin Caporale Hannah Kirby Higher Love Episode 12 Monday March 30 2015 Adam Levine 1 I Wish Tonya Boyd Cannon Barry Minniefield What You Won t Do for Love Team full Team full Team full Blake Shelton 2 Electric Feel Brooke Adee Kelsie May Tim McGraw Christina Aguilera 3 Big White Room India Carney Joe Tolo One of Us Pharrell Williams 4 My Girl Lowell Oakley Jacob Rummell Life of the Party Christina Aguilera 5 Love and Happiness Rob Taylor Treeva Gibson Chasing Pavements Adam Levine 6 Arms of a Woman Joshua Davis Lexi Davila Anything Could Happen Episode 13 Tuesday March 31 2015 The thirteenth episode was a one hour recap episode titled The Road to the Live Shows This recap highlighted the journey of the top 20 contestants Live shows editThe live shows is the final phase of the competition consisting of seven weeks starting on the playoffs and concluding on the season finale Color key Artist was saved by the Public s votes Artist was saved by his her coach or was placed in the bottom three Artist was saved by the Instant Save Artist s iTunes vote multiplied by 10 except The Finals after his her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10 Artist was eliminated Week 1 Live playoffs April 6 7 amp 8 edit The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 14 15 and 16 the results show The top twenty artists perform for the votes and the two artists per each team advances via public vote while the bottom three artists compete for the coaches save in the results show Monday s performance featured Teams Blake and Pharrell and Teams Adam and Christina for the Tuesday s performance Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result Episode 14 Monday April 6 2015 Blake Shelton 1 Sarah Potenza Free Bird Eliminated Pharrell Williams 2 Caitlin Caporale Best Thing I Never Had Eliminated Blake Shelton 3 Hannah Kirby I Feel The Earth Move Blake s choice Pharrell Williams 4 Lowell Oakley Jealous Eliminated 5 Mia Z Ain t No Sunshine Public s vote 6 Koryn Hawthorne How Great Thou Art Pharrell s choice Blake Shelton 7 Corey Kent White Make You Feel My Love Public s vote 8 Brooke Adee Love Me Like You Do Eliminated 9 Meghan Linsey Love Runs Out Public s vote Pharrell Williams 10 Sawyer Fredericks Trouble Public s vote Episode 15 Tuesday April 7 2015 Adam Levine 1 Tonya Boyd Cannon Take Me to the Pilot Eliminated 2 Joshua Davis Budapest Public s vote Christina Aguilera 3 Sonic I m Going Down Eliminated Adam Levine 4 Brian Johnson At This Moment Adam s choice Christina Aguilera 5 Kimberly Nichole What s Up Public s vote 6 Lexi Davila All By Myself Eliminated Adam Levine 7 Nathan Hermida Chains Eliminated Christina Aguilera 8 India Carney Hurt Public s vote 9 Rob Taylor Earned It Christina s choice Adam Levine 10 Deanna Johnson Down to the River to Pray Public s vote Non competition performances Order Performer Song 14 1 Maroon 5 Sugar 15 1 Sia Elastic Heart 16 1 Wiz Khalifa ft Chris Jamison See You Again 16 2 Team Blake Brooke Adee Corey Kent White Hannah Kirby Meghan Linsey Sarah Potenza I ll Take You There 16 3 Team Christina India Carney Kimberly Nichole Lexi Davila Rob Taylor Sonic Like a Prayer 16 4 Team Pharrell Caitlin Caporale Sawyer Fredericks Koryn Hawthorne Lowell Oakley Mia Z Say Something 16 5 Team Adam Brian Johnson Deanna Johnson Joshua Davis Nathan Hermida Tonya Boyd Cannon Diamonds Week 2 Top 12 April 13 amp 14 edit The Top 12 performed on Monday April 13 2015 with the results following on Tuesday April 14 2015 The Instant Save returned once again this season with the bottom three artists performing for a spot on the next round via the viewers votes from Twitter and is in play until the semifinals Oklahoma country music star Reba McEntire last seen on the show s first season as an advisor for Team Blake returned to serve as a mentor for the top 12 contestants 9 This week s iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded for Sawyer Fredericks 2 Kimberly Nichole 3 and Meghan Linsey 5 10 Episode Coach Order Artist Song Results Episode 17 Monday April 13 2015 Blake Shelton 1 Hannah Kirby Edge of Seventeen Public s vote Adam Levine 2 Brian Johnson If I Ever Lose My Faith in You Bottom three Christina Aguilera 3 India Carney Take Me to Church Public s vote 10 Pharrell Williams 4 Mia Z Miss You Bottom three Adam Levine 5 Deanna Johnson Oceans Where Feet May Fail Bottom three Pharrell Williams 6 Sawyer Fredericks Imagine 10 Public s vote Christina Aguilera 7 Rob Taylor I Put a Spell on You Public s vote Blake Shelton 8 Corey Kent White Why Public s vote Pharrell Williams 9 Koryn Hawthorne Stronger What Doesn t Kill You Public s vote Adam Levine 10 Joshua Davis America Public s vote Blake Shelton 11 Meghan Linsey Girl Crush 10 Public s vote Christina Aguilera 12 Kimberly Nichole House of the Rising Sun 10 Public s vote Episode 18 Tuesday April 14 2015 Instant Save performances Pharrell Williams 1 Mia Z Stormy Monday Eliminated Adam Levine 2 Brian Johnson Amazed Eliminated 3 Deanna Johnson It Will Rain Instant Save Non competition performances Order Performer Song 17 1 Nick Jonas Chains 17 2 Blake Shelton and his team Meghan Linsey Corey Kent White Hannah Kirby In the Midnight Hour 17 3 Christina Aguilera and her team India Carney Rob Taylor Kimberly Nichole Hotel California Week 3 Top 10 April 20 amp 21 edit The Top 10 performed on Monday April 20 2015 with the results following on Tuesday April 21 2015 Adam Blake Christina and Pharrell brought in Dave Stewart Scott Hendricks Mark Ronson and Ryan Tedder respectively to help in this week s coaching 11 This week s recipients of the iTunes multiplier bonuses were Koryn Hawthorne 3 and Fredericks 4 12 Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result Episode 19 Monday April 20 2015 Christina Aguilera 1 Kimberly Nichole Something s Got a Hold on Me Public s vote Adam Levine 2 Joshua Davis Hold Back the River Bottom three Blake Shelton 3 Hannah Kirby Shout Public s vote 4 Meghan Linsey Home Public s vote Pharrell Williams 5 Koryn Hawthorne Make It Rain 12 Public s vote Adam Levine 6 Deanna Johnson Somebody to Love Bottom three Christina Aguilera 7 Rob Taylor A Song for You Bottom three Blake Shelton 8 Corey Kent White Unwound Public s vote Pharrell Williams 9 Sawyer Fredericks Iris 12 Public s vote Christina Aguilera 10 India Carney Run to You Public s vote Episode 20 Tuesday April 21 2015 Instant Save performances Christina Aguilera 1 Rob Taylor Sittin On The Dock of the Bay Eliminated Adam Levine 2 Deanna Johnson Help Me Make It Through the Night Eliminated 3 Joshua Davis I Won t Back Down Instant Save Non competition performances Order Performer Song 19 1 Top 10 Rocket Man Saturday Night s Alright for Fighting 20 1 Pharrell Williams and his team Sawyer Fredericks Koryn Hawthorne I Don t Want to Be 20 2 Reba McEntire Going Out Like That 20 3 Adam Levine and his team Deanna Johnson and Joshua Davis The Joker Week 4 Top 8 April 27 amp 28 edit The Top 8 performed on Monday April 27 2015 with the results following on Tuesday April 28 2015 Most of the previous coaches from past seasons returned to advise the remaining artists Usher was the Advisor for Team Adam Gwen Stefani advised both Teams Pharrell and Christina and Cee Lo Green advised Team Blake Shakira was the only previous coach not to return due to the recent birth of her second child but she did record a video message that was aired during the live show 13 iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Fredericks and 2 and Joshua Davis 4 14 This week s Instant Save was the closest in the show s history with Carney being saved by only two votes behind runner up Kent White Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result Episode 21 Monday April 27 2015 Blake Shelton 1 Hannah Kirby We Don t Need Another Hero Bottom three Adam Levine 2 Joshua Davis Fields of Gold 14 Public s vote Christina Aguilera 3 Kimberly Nichole Creep Public s vote Blake Shelton 4 Meghan Linsey Something Public s vote Christina Aguilera 5 India Carney Over the Rainbow Bottom three Pharrell Williams 6 Sawyer Fredericks Simple Man 14 Public s vote Blake Shelton 7 Corey Kent White When I See You Smile Bottom three Pharrell Williams 8 Koryn Hawthorne Girl On Fire Public s vote Episode 22 Tuesday April 28 2015 Instant Save performances Blake Shelton 1 Hannah Kirby Radioactive Eliminated 2 Corey Kent White Somebody Like You Eliminated Christina Aguilera 3 India Carney Human Instant Save Non competition performances Order Performer Song 21 1 Top 8 Males Sawyer Fredericks Corey Kent White and Joshua Davis Hey Brother 21 2 Top 8 Females Hannah Kirby Koryn Hawthorne Kimberly Nichole Meghan Linsey India Carney Wake Me Up 21 3 Blake Shelton Sangria 21 4 Matt McAndrew Counting on Love 22 1 Jason Derulo with India Carney and Kimberly Nichole Want to Want Me 22 2 Rozzi Crane Psycho 22 3 Lee Brice with Corey Kent White Drinking Class Week 5 Top 6 May 4 amp 5 edit The Top 6 performed on Monday May 4 2015 with the results following on Tuesday May 5 2015 In honor of Mother s Day each artist performed one song on Monday celebrating the mothers in their lives This week eliminations is a single elimination and the bottom two artists faced the Instant Save iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Fredericks 3 and 10 and Linsey 5 15 Episode Coach Artist Order Song Mother s Day dedication Order Song Coach s Choice Result Episode 23 Monday May 4 2015 Christina Aguilera India Carney 1 Glory 10 Lay Me Down Bottom two Adam Levine Joshua Davis 8 In My Life 2 Desire Public s vote Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthorne 3 Everybody Hurts 9 Dream On Public s vote Christina Aguilera Kimberly Nichole 4 Free Fallin 7 Dirty Diana Bottom two Blake Shelton Meghan Linsey 12 Amazing Grace 15 5 Steamroller Blues Public s vote Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks 6 Shine On 15 11 Take Me to the River Public s vote Episode 24 Tuesday May 5 2015 Instant Save Performances Christina Aguilera Kimberly Nichole 1 Seven Nation Army Eliminated India Carney 2 Perfect Instant Save Non competition performances Order Performer Song 24 1 Jacquie Lee Tears Fall 24 2 Avery Wilson If I Have To 24 3 Vicci Martinez Bad News Breaker 24 4 Craig Wayne Boyd I m Still Here Week 6 Semifinals May 11 amp 12 edit The Top 5 performed on Monday May 11 2015 with the results following on Tuesday May 12 2015 Similar to the Quarterfinals the bottom two artists compete for the Instant Save and one artist was eliminated iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Fredericks 2 and 3 and Linsey 5 16 Special guests in the audience included Anna Kendrick Brittany Snow and Hailee Steinfeld from Pitch Perfect 2 With the advancement of Sawyer Fredericks and Koryn Hawthorne Pharrell Williams became the third coach to bring multiple artists to the finale first being Blake Shelton in the third season and Adam Levine in the previous season With the elimination of Carney Aguilera no longer has any remaining artists on her team Episode Coach Artist Order Song Coach s Choice Order Song Artist s dedication to home Result Episode 25 Monday May 11 2015 Adam Levine Joshua Davis 1 I Can t Make You Love Me 6 When I Paint My Masterpiece Public s vote Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthorne 2 One 7 Oh Mary Don t You Weep Bottom two Blake Shelton Meghan Linsey 3 I m Not the Only One 8 Tennessee Whiskey Public s vote Christina Aguilera India Carney 4 Gravity 9 Earth Song Bottom two Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks 5 For What It s Worth 10 A Thousand Years Public s vote Episode 26 Tuesday May 12 2015 Instant Save performances Christina Aguilera India Carney 1 Dark Side Eliminated Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthorne 2 If I Were a Boy Instant Save Non competition performances Order Performer Song 25 1 Nate Ruess Nothing Without Love 26 1 Walk the Moon Shut Up and Dance 26 2 Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams California Roll 26 3 India Carney Koryn Hawthorne and Meghan Linsey Faithfully 26 4 Joshua Davis and Sawyer Fredericks Drift Away Week 7 Finale May 18 amp 19 edit The Top four performed on Monday May 18 2015 with the final results following on Tuesday May 19 2015 Finalists performed an original song a duet with the coach and a solo song As with previous seasons there was no iTunes bonus multiplier applied to songs performed in the finale episodes 17 all iTunes votes received for the six weeks leading to the finale were cumulatively added to online phone and app finale votes for each finalist By the time voting ended Fredericks charted at 2 3 Linsey at 5 and Davis at 9 on iTunes 18 With the advancement of Meghan Linsey Joshua Davis and Koryn Hawthorne this is the first time in The Voice history where 3 stolen artists advanced to the finale Meghan is originally from Team Pharrell Joshua Davis from Blake s team and Koryn Hawthorne formerly from Christina s team As a result almost all 4 finalists were stolen artists Coach Artist Order Solo Song Order Original Song Order Duet Song With Coach Result Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthorne 1 It s a Man s Man s Man s World 10 Bright Fire 6 We Can Work It Out Fourth place Blake Shelton Meghan Linsey 11 When a Man Loves a Woman 2 Change My Mind 8 Freeway of Love Runner up Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks 12 Old Man 5 Please 3 Summer Breeze Winner Adam Levine Joshua Davis 7 Hallelujah 4 The Workingman s Hymn 9 Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes Third place Non competition performances Order Performer Song 28 1 Top 20 Carry On Some Nights 28 2 Joshua Davis with Brian Johnson Deanna Johnson Kimberly Nichole and Corey Kent White She Talks to Angels 28 3 Meghan Trainor Dear Future Husband 28 4 Kelly Clarkson and Koryn Hawthorne I d Rather Go Blind 28 5 Meghan Linsey with Sarah Potenza Piece of My Heart 28 6 Maroon 5 This Summer 28 7 John Fogerty and Sawyer Fredericks Born on the Bayou Bad Moon Rising Have You Ever Seen the Rain 28 8 Sheryl Crow and Joshua Davis Give It to Me 28 9 Luke Bryan Kick the Dust Up 28 10 Koryn Hawthorne with Caitlin Caporale India Carney Lexi Davila Mia Z and Tonya Boyd Cannon Uptown Funk 28 11 Ed Sheeran Photograph 28 12 Kelly Clarkson and Meghan Linsey Invincible 28 13 Sawyer Fredericks with Brooke Adee and Lowell Oakley Lie To Me 28 14 The Voice Coaches Adam Levine Pharrell Williams Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton The Thrill is Gone 28 15 Sawyer Fredericks winner Please Elimination chart editOverall edit Color key Artist s info Team Adam Team Pharrell Team Christina Team Blake Result details Winner Runner up Third place Fourth place Saved by Instant Save via Twitter Artist was saved by the public Artist was saved by his her coach Artist was eliminated Live show results per week Artist Week 1 Playoffs Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Finale Sawyer Fredericks Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner Meghan Linsey Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner up Joshua Davis Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd place Koryn Hawthorne Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th place India Carney Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated Week 6 Kimberly Nichole Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated Week 5 Hannah Kirby Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated Week 4 Corey Kent White Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Deanna Johnson Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated Week 3 Rob Taylor Safe Safe Eliminated Brian Johnson Safe Eliminated Eliminated Week 2 Mia Z Safe Eliminated Brooke Adee Eliminated Eliminated Week 1 Tonya Boyd Cannon Eliminated Caitlin Caporale Eliminated Lexi Davila Eliminated Nathan Hermida Eliminated Lowell Oakley Eliminated Sarah Potenza Eliminated Sonic Eliminated Team edit Color key Artist s info Team Adam Team Pharrell Team Christina Team Blake Result details Winner Runner up Third place Fourth Place Eliminated Artist Saved by Instant Save via Twitter Artist received one or more iTunes bonus that week nbsp Number of iTunes bonuses received Artist Week 1 Playoffs Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Finale Joshua Davis Public s vote Advanced Advanced Advanced nbsp Advanced Advanced Third place nbsp Deanna Johnson Public s vote Advanced Eliminated Brian Johnson Coach s Choice Eliminated Tonya Boyd Cannon Eliminated Nathan Hermida Eliminated Sawyer Fredericks Public s vote Advanced nbsp Advanced nbsp Advanced nbsp Advanced nbsp nbsp Advanced nbsp nbsp Winner nbsp nbsp Koryn Hawthorne Coach s Choice Advanced Advanced nbsp Advanced Advanced Advanced Fourth place Mia Z Public s vote Eliminated Caitlin Caporale Eliminated Lowell Oakley Eliminated India Carney Public s vote Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Eliminated Kimberly Nichole Public s vote Advanced nbsp Advanced Advanced Eliminated Rob Taylor Coach s Choice Advanced Eliminated Lexi Davila Eliminated Sonic Eliminated Meghan Linsey Public s vote Advanced nbsp Advanced Advanced Advanced nbsp Advanced nbsp Runner up nbsp Hannah Kirby Coach s Choice Advanced Advanced Eliminated Corey Kent White Public s vote Advanced Advanced Eliminated Brooke Adee Eliminated Sarah Potenza EliminatedPerformances by guests coaches editEpisode Show segment Performer s Title Reaction Performance type Source Hot 100 Hot digital 14 The Live Playoffs Maroon 5 Sugar 3 1 live performance 19 15 Sia Elastic Heart 47 5 live performance 20 16 The Live Playoffs Results Wiz Khalifa feat Chris Jamison See You Again 1 9 live performance 18 Top 12 Results Nick Jonas Chains 14 1 live performance 21 20 Top 10 Results Reba McEntire Going Out Like That live performance citation needed 21 Top 8 Performance Matt McAndrew Counting on Love live performance 22 Blake Shelton Sangria 44 20 live performance 22 Top 8 Results Rozzi Crane Psycho live performance Jason Derulo Want to Want Me 8 2 live performance Lee Brice Drinking Class live performance 23 24 Top 6 Results Jacquie Lee Tears Fall live performance 24 Avery Wilson If I Have To live performance Vicci Martinez Bad News Breaker live performance Craig Wayne Boyd I m Still Here live performance 25 Semifinal Performance Nate Ruess Nothing Without Love live performance 26 Semifinal Results Walk the Moon Shut Up and Dance live performance Snoop Dogg feat Pharrell Williams California Roll live performance 28 Finals Meghan Trainor Dear Future Husband live performance Maroon 5 This Summer live performance Luke Bryan Kick the Dust Up live performance Ed Sheeran Photograph live performance John Fogerty and Sawyer Fredericks Born on the Bayou Bad Moon Rising Have You Ever Seen the Rain live performance Sheryl Crow and Joshua Davis Give It To Me live performance Kelly Clarkson and Koryn Hawthorne I d Rather Go Blind live performance Kelly Clarkson and Meghan Linsey Invincible live performance Artists appearances in other media editDeAnna Johnson sang in the blind auditions for season five her audition was not televised and she failed to turn any chairs She has since been crowned Miss Georgia USA and appeared in the Miss USA pageant on Fox Meghan Linsey and her then fiance Joshua Scott Jones won season two of the television talent show Can You Duet as the duo Steel Magnolia 25 Koryn Hawthorne would go on to be nominated at the 61st Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance Song Sarah Potenza competed on sixteenth season of America s Got Talent She was among the contestants who were not chosen to be in the Quarter Finals Ratings editThe season eight premiere was watched by 13 97 million viewers with a 4 1 rating in the 18 49 demographic It was up from last season s premiere by 1 02 million viewers The season eight premiere was up 21 from the previous season s finale 26 The second episode retained 95 of viewers in P18 49 from the premiere episode compared to just 79 from the previous season 27 Episode Original airdate Production Time slot ET Viewers in millions Adults 18 49 Source Rating Share 1 The Blind Auditions Premiere Part 1 February 23 2015 2015 02 23 801 Monday 8 00 p m 13 97 4 1 11 28 2 The Blind Auditions Premiere Part 2 February 24 2015 2015 02 24 802 Tuesday 8 00 p m 14 06 3 9 11 29 3 The Blind Auditions Part 3 March 2 2015 2015 03 02 803 Monday 8 00 p m 14 67 3 9 12 30 4 The Blind Auditions Part 4 March 3 2015 2015 03 03 804 Tuesday 8 00 p m 15 54 4 1 13 31 5 Best of the Blinds March 4 2015 2015 03 04 805 Wednesday 8 00 p m 8 60 2 1 6 32 6 Blinds End and Battles Begin March 9 2015 2015 03 09 806 Monday 8 00 p m 13 95 3 8 12 33 7 The Battles Premiere Part 2 March 10 2015 2015 03 10 807 Tuesday 8 00 p m 13 73 3 8 12 34 8 The Battles Part 3 March 16 2015 2015 03 16 808 Monday 8 00 p m 12 21 3 3 10 35 9 The Battles Part 4 March 17 2015 2015 03 17 809 Tuesday 8 00 p m 12 82 3 4 11 36 10 The Knockouts Premiere Part 1 March 23 2015 2015 03 23 810 Monday 8 00 p m 12 20 3 4 10 37 11 The Knockouts Premiere Part 2 March 24 2015 2015 03 24 811 Tuesday 8 00 p m 11 62 2 8 9 38 12 The Knockouts Part 3 March 30 2015 2015 03 30 812 Monday 8 00 p m 11 87 3 2 10 39 13 The Road to the Live Shows March 31 2015 2015 03 31 813 Tuesday 8 00 p m 8 57 2 0 7 40 14 The Live Playoffs Night 1 April 6 2015 2015 04 06 814 Monday 8 00 p m 10 97 2 9 9 41 15 The Live Playoffs Night 2 April 7 2015 2015 04 07 815 Tuesday 8 00 p m 11 07 2 7 9 42 16 The Live Playoffs Results April 8 2015 2015 04 08 816 Wednesday 8 00 p m 9 64 2 2 7 43 17 Live Top 12 Performance April 13 2015 2015 04 13 817 Monday 8 00 p m 11 04 2 9 9 44 18 Live Top 12 Results April 14 2015 2015 04 14 818 Tuesday 8 00 p m 10 69 2 5 9 45 19 Live Top 10 Performance April 20 2015 2015 04 20 819 Monday 8 00 p m 10 58 2 6 6 46 20 Live Top 10 Results April 21 2015 2015 04 21 820 Tuesday 8 00 p m 11 25 2 6 9 47 21 Live Top 8 Performance April 27 2015 2015 04 27 821 Monday 8 00 p m 10 49 2 6 8 48 22 Live Top 8 Results April 28 2015 2015 04 28 822 Tuesday 8 00 p m 9 49 2 2 8 49 23 Live Top 6 Performance May 4 2015 2015 05 04 823 Monday 8 00 p m 9 90 2 3 8 50 24 Live Top 6 Results May 5 2015 2015 05 05 824 Tuesday 8 00 p m 8 99 2 0 7 51 25 Live Top 5 Semi Final Performance May 11 2015 2015 05 11 825 Monday 8 00 p m 10 05 2 4 8 52 26 Live Top 5 Semi Final Results May 12 2015 2015 05 12 826 Tuesday 8 00 p m 9 14 2 1 7 53 27 Live Finale Performance May 18 2015 2015 05 18 827 Monday 8 00 p m 11 32 2 6 8 54 28 Live Finale Results May 19 2015 2015 05 19 828 Tuesday 9 00 p m 11 56 2 9 9 55 References edit Bibel Sara December 12 2014 NBC 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