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 by | Carson Daly |
| Coaches | |
| No. of contestants | 48 artists |
| Winner | Sawyer Fredericks |
| Winning coach | Pharrell Williams |
| Runner-up | Meghan Linsey |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | February 23 – May 19, 2015 |
| Season chronology | |
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
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
- Color key
| Coaches | Top 48 artists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Levine | |||||
| Joshua Davis | Deanna Johnson | Brian Johnson | Tonya Boyd-Cannon | Nathan Hermida | |
| 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 | |
| Jacob Rummell | Paul Pfau | Anthony Riley | |||
| Noelle Bybee | Briar Jonnee | ||||
| Christina Aguilera | |||||
| India Carney | Kimberly Nichole | Rob Taylor | Lexi Dávila | Sonic | |
| Treeva Gibson | Joe Tolo | Ashley Morgan | |||
| Vance Smith | Jeremy Gaynor | Katelyn Read | Gabriel Wolfchild | Ameera Delandro | |
| Blake Shelton | |||||
| Meghan Linsey | Hannah Kirby | Corey Kent White | Brooke Adee | Sarah Potenza | |
| Kelsie May | Cody Wickline | Travis Ewing | |||
| Bay Brooks | Brenna Yaeger | Matt Snook | |||
| Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). | |||||
Blind auditions
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)
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)
| 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)
Episode 4 (March 3)
| 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)
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)
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
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
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
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)
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 | |
| 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)
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 | ||
| 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)
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 | ||
| 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)
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 | |
| 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)
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 | ||||
| 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)
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 | |||
| 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)
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 |
| 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
Overall
- Color key
- Artist's info
- Result details
| 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
- 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
| 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
- DeAnna 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 fiancé, 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
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 | 801 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 13.97 | 4.1 | 11 | [28] |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2" | February 24, 2015 | 802 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 14.06 | 3.9 | 11 | [29] |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | March 2, 2015 | 803 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 14.67 | 3.9 | 12 | [30] |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | March 3, 2015 | 804 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 15.54 | 4.1 | 13 | [31] |
| 5 | "Best of the Blinds" | March 4, 2015 | 805 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 8.60 | 2.1 | 6 | [32] |
| 6 | "Blinds End and Battles Begin" | March 9, 2015 | 806 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 13.95 | 3.8 | 12 | [33] |
| 7 | "The Battles Premiere, Part 2" | March 10, 2015 | 807 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 13.73 | 3.8 | 12 | [34] |
| 8 | "The Battles, Part 3" | March 16, 2015 | 808 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.21 | 3.3 | 10 | [35] |
| 9 | "The Battles, Part 4" | March 17, 2015 | 809 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 12.82 | 3.4 | 11 | [36] |
| 10 | "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 1" | March 23, 2015 | 810 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 12.20 | 3.4 | 10 | [37] |
| 11 | "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 2" | March 24, 2015 | 811 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.62 | 2.8 | 9 | [38] |
| 12 | "The Knockouts, Part 3" | March 30, 2015 | 812 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.87 | 3.2 | 10 | [39] |
| 13 | "The Road to the Live Shows" | March 31, 2015 | 813 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 8.57 | 2.0 | 7 | [40] |
| 14 | "The Live Playoffs, Night 1" | April 6, 2015 | 814 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.97 | 2.9 | 9 | [41] |
| 15 | "The Live Playoffs, Night 2" | April 7, 2015 | 815 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.07 | 2.7 | 9 | [42] |
| 16 | "The Live Playoffs, Results" | April 8, 2015 | 816 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.64 | 2.2 | 7 | [43] |
| 17 | "Live Top 12 Performance" | April 13, 2015 | 817 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.04 | 2.9 | 9 | [44] |
| 18 | "Live Top 12 Results" | April 14, 2015 | 818 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 10.69 | 2.5 | 9 | [45] |
| 19 | "Live Top 10 Performance" | April 20, 2015 | 819 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.58 | 2.6 | 6 | [46] |
| 20 | "Live Top 10 Results" | April 21, 2015 | 820 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 11.25 | 2.6 | 9 | [47] |
| 21 | "Live Top 8 Performance" | April 27, 2015 | 821 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.49 | 2.6 | 8 | [48] |
| 22 | "Live Top 8 Results" | April 28, 2015 | 822 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.49 | 2.2 | 8 | [49] |
| 23 | "Live Top 6 Performance" | May 4, 2015 | 823 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 9.90 | 2.3 | 8 | [50] |
| 24 | "Live Top 6 Results" | May 5, 2015 | 824 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 8.99 | 2.0 | 7 | [51] |
| 25 | "Live Top 5 Semi-Final Performance" | May 11, 2015 | 825 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 10.05 | 2.4 | 8 | [52] |
| 26 | "Live Top 5 Semi-Final Results" | May 12, 2015 | 826 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 9.14 | 2.1 | 7 | [53] |
| 27 | "Live Finale Performance" | May 18, 2015 | 827 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | 11.32 | 2.6 | 8 | [54] |
| 28 | "Live Finale Results" | May 19, 2015 | 828 | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | 11.56 | 2.9 | 9 | [55] |