The Voice (Season 10)

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​ The Voice

The tenth season of *The Voice*, an American reality talent competition, premiered on February 15th, 2016 on NBC.

Pharrell Williams and Christina Aguilera returned as coaches along with Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.
This season featured top 48 constestant from previous seasons.
On May 17, 2017, Ivonne Acero of Team Christina was announced as the winner of The Voice, who orginal participated in Season 9 with Sam Behymer of Team Pharrell as the runner up, and Jake Barker of Team Blake in third place and Lina Gaudenzi of Team Adam placed fourth.

## Coaches

The coaches for this season are Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Pharrell Williams, and Blake Shelton

The advisors for the Battle rounds are Usher for Team Adam, Jessie J for Team Christina, Eminem for Team Pharrell, and Carrie Underwood for Team Blake.

Kelly Clarkson served as the universal mentor for the Knockout rounds.

## Teams

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Template:Colorbox Winner
Template:Colorbox Runner-up
Template:Colorbox Third place
Template:Colorbox Eliminated in the Live shows
Template:Colorbox Eliminated in the Live playoffs
Template:Colorbox Artist was stolen by another coach at the Knockout rounds
Template:Colorbox Eliminated in the Knockout rounds
Template:Colorbox Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battle rounds
Template:Colorbox Eliminated in the Battle rounds

## The Battles

The Battles (episodes 7 to 10) consisted of two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on March 7, 8, 14 and 15, 2016. Season ten's advisors are Usher from Team Adam, Jessie J for Team Christina, Eminem for Team Pharrell, and Carrie Underwood for Team Blake. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds, with each coach allowed to steal two artists who lost battles.

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Template:Colorbox Artist won the battle and advanced to the Knockout rounds
Template:Colorbox Artist lost the battle but was stolen by another couch and advanced to the Knockout rounds
Template:Colorbox Artist lost the battle and was eliminated

## The Knockouts

For the knockouts, Kelly Clarkson was assigned as a mentor for participants in all four teams this round.

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#### **Week 1: Live playoffs (April 4, 5, & 6)**

The Live Playoffs will begin on November 10 and will comprise episodes 15, 16, and 17 (The results show). The top 20 artists perform, with two artists from each team advancing from the viewers' vote, and each coach rounding their team up with their own choice.

Ivonne Acero received an iTunes bonus multiplier for her studio recording which landed on the ninth spot on the iTunes Top 200 singles chart.

#### **Week 2: Top 12 (April 11 & 12)**

The top 12 performed on Monday, April 11, 2016, with results following Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
Ivonne Acero received an iTunes bonus multiplier for her studio recording landing on the third position on the iTunes Top 200 singles chart.

#### **Week 3: Top 10 (April 18 & 19)**

The top 10 performed on Monday, April 18, 2016, with results following Tuesday, April 19, 2016.

Sam Behymer received an iTunes bonus multiplier for her studio recording landing on the second position of the iTunes Top 200 singles chart.

#### **Week 4: Top 8 (April 25 & 26)**

The top 8 performed on Monday, April 25, 2016, with results following on Tuesday, April 26, 2016.

Amber Carrington, Briana Cuoco, Ivonne Acero received iTunes bonus multipliers for their studio recordings landing on the iTunes Top 200 singles chart, Briana placing ninth on the list, Amber's placing sixth and Ivonne's placing second.

#### **Week 5: Semifinals (May 2 & 3)**

The top 6 performed on Monday, May 2, 2016, with results following Tuesday, May 3, 2016. There was no Instant Save for this semi-finals round.
All 6 constestant receive iTunes bonus multipliers for their studio recordings landing on the iTunes Top 200 singles chart.

### **Week 7: Finals (May 16 & 17)** =

The top 4 performed Monday, December 21, 2015, with the season finale on December 22, 2015. Performances this round consisted of a "fan's choice" reprise performance of a song from earlier in the season, a duet with the respective coach, and a solo song. The final episode was preceded by a one-hour recap of the competitive performances, and included two hours of performances by this season's top 20 contestants, and the announcement of the winner.

No iTunes bonuses were given out on Finale night.