The Voice (American season 13)
The thirteenth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 25, 2017, on NBC. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned for their thirteenth season as coaches. Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus returned after a one-season absence replacing Gwen Stefani, and new coach Jennifer Hudson joined the panel replacing Alicia Keys.
Chloe Kohanski was announced as the winner of the season and the third stolen artist to win, marking Blake Shelton's 6th win as a coach.
Coaches and hosts
The coach lineup changed once again for the thirteenth season. Gwen Stefani and Alicia Keys did not return as coaches. They were replaced by Miley Cyrus, who returned after a one-season hiatus, along with returning coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. On May 10, 2017, NBC announced that Jennifer Hudson would join as a coach, following her success on The Voice UK. Carson Daly returned for his thirteenth season as host.This season, for the first time since season six, the Playoffs did not kick off the live rounds and voting. Instead, the Top 12 were chosen by the coaches. In previous seasons, the finalists were partially determined by viewers’ votes.
This season's Battle advisors were: Joe Jonas for Team Adam, Kelly Rowland for Team Jennifer, Billy Ray Cyrus for Team Miley, Rascal Flatts for Team Blake. Kelly Clarkson was a key advisor for all of the teams.
Teams
Color keyBlind auditions
;Color key| Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button | |
| Artist defaulted to a coach's team | |
| Artist elected to pick a coach's team | |
| Artist eliminated with no coach pressing their button | |
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Episode 1 (Sept. 25)
Episode 2 (Sept. 26)
Episode 3 (Oct. 2)
Episode 4 (Oct. 3)
Episode 5 (Oct. 9)
Episode 6 (Oct. 10)
The Battles
The Battle Rounds began on October 16. Season thirteen's advisors were Joe Jonas for Team Adam, Kelly Rowland for Team Jennifer, Billy Ray Cyrus for Team Miley, and Rascal Flatts for Team Blake. Like previous Battles, coaches can steal any two losing artists from another coach.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 originally eliminated but received the Coach Comeback and advanced to the Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
The Knockouts
The Knockouts round starts with episode 11. The coaches can each steal one losing artist. The top 20 contestants then move on to The Playoffs. Kelly Clarkson served as the advisor for the Knockouts.Color key:
| Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Knockout and was originally eliminated but received the Coach Comeback and advanced to the Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated |
1 Whitney Fenimore is on Team Adam for the Playoffs.
The Playoffs
The Playoffs were taped on August 31 and September 1, and comprised episodes 15, 16, and 17. As in season six and for the first time since season ten, the Playoffs were prerecorded and hence no interactive viewer voting component or subsequent results shows. As in seasons 9, 10, and 12, four previously eliminated artists were chosen by the coaches to come back for the Playoffs.This season is the first to have the Playoffs taped on the same stage as the Battles and the Knockouts. There was no public vote in the playoffs. Instead, each of the coaches selected three of their own artists to eliminate.
Color key:
| Artist was chosen by his/her coach to move on to the live shows | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Live shows
Color key:| Artist was saved by the Public's votes | |
| Artist was placed in the bottom two, bottom three, or middle three | |
| Artist was saved by the Instant Save | |
| Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 5 after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10 | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Week 1: Top 12 (Nov 20 & 21)
The Top 12 performed on Monday, November 20, 2017, with the results following on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. The Instant Save returned once again this season, with the bottom two artists performing for a spot in the next round via the viewers' votes from Twitter.iTunes bonuses this week was awarded to Addison Agen.
In addition, the show's official YouTube channel released a video starring the cast of Pitch Perfect 3 and the Top 12 singing "Freedom! '90" and "Cups".
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 19.1 | Jennifer Hudson and her team | "Let It Be" |
| 19.2 | Maroon 5 | "What Lovers Do" |
| 19.3 | Blake Shelton and his team | "If It Will, It Will" |
Week 2: Top 11 (Nov 27 & 28)
The Top 11 performed songs chosen by the public on Monday, November 27, 2017, with the results following on Tuesday, November 28, 2017. iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Red Marlow, Agen, and Chloe Kohanski.| Order | Performer | Song |
| 21.1 | Miley Cyrus and her team | "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" |
| 21.2 | Adam Levine and his team | "Go Your Own Way" |
| 21.3 | Blake Shelton with Jennifer Hudson | "I'll Name the Dogs" |
Week 3: Top 10 (Dec 4 & 5)
The Top 10 performed on Monday, December 4, 2017, with the results following on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Keisha Renee, Agen, Kohanski, and Brooke Simpson.| Order | Performer | Song |
| 22.1 | Gwen Stefani feat. Blake Shelton | "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" |
| 23.1 | Portugal. The Man | "Feel It Still" |
| 23.2 | Danielle Bradbery | "Worth It" |
Week 4: Semifinals (Dec 11 & 12)
The Top 8 performed on Monday, December 11, 2017, with the results following on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Like Season 12, the duets between contestants were part of the competition and public voting. In the semifinals, three artists will automatically move to next week's finale, the two artists with the fewest votes will be immediately eliminated and the middle three will contend for the remaining spot in the next week's finals via the Instant Save. iTunes bonuses this week awarded to Kohanski, Agen, Red Marlow, Brooke Simpson and Noah Mac, as well as the duet for Kohanski and Mac,. Davon Fleming's “Gravity” was in the Top 10 earlier Tuesday, but it had fallen to #11 by the voting deadline.With the eliminations of Mac and Davon Fleming, with the former being the first artist to receive two iTunes bonuses and to be eliminated during the same week, Hudson no longer has any artists remaining on her team,
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 24.2 | Noah Mac and Chloe Kohanski | "Wicked Game" |
| 24.5 | Brooke Simpson and Davon Fleming | "Earned It" |
| 24.7 | Adam Cunningham and Red Marlow | "Can't You See" |
| 24.9 | Addison Agen and Keisha Renee | "Strong Enough" |
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 25.1 | Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors and Bebe Rexha | "" |
| 25.2 | Jennifer Hudson | "Burden Down" |
| 25.3 | Alisan Porter, Chris Mann, Mary Sarah, Matt McAndrew, Matthew Schuler, and Michael Sanchez | "It's Time" |
Week 5: Finale (Dec 18 & 19)
The Top 4 performed on Monday, December 18, 2017, with the final results following on Tuesday, December 19, 2017. This week, the four finalists performed a solo cover song, a duet with their coach, and an original song. iTunes bonuses this week were awarded to Agen, Kohanski, Marlow and Simpson. For the first time in The Voice history, the Top three artists were all female.| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo Song | Order | Duet Song | Order | Original Song | Result |
| Adam Levine | Addison Agen | 1 | "Humble and Kind" | 5 | "Falling Slowly" | 11 | "Tennessee Rain" | Runner-up |
| Blake Shelton | Chloe Kohanski | 12 | "Bette Davis Eyes" | 8 | "You Got It" | 2 | "Wish I Didn't Love You" | Winner |
| Blake Shelton | Red Marlow | 9 | "Make You Feel My Love" | 3 | "I'm Gonna Miss Her" | 7 | "I Pray" | Fourth place |
| Miley Cyrus | Brooke Simpson | 10 | "O Holy Night" | 6 | "Wrecking Ball" | 4 | "What Is Beautiful" | Third place |
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 26.1 | Chris Blue | "Humanity" |
| 27.1 | Bebe Rexha, Adam Cunningham and Keisha Renee | "Meant to Be" |
| 27.2 | Charlie Puth | "How Long" |
| 27.3 | Norah Jones and Addison Agen | "Don't Know Why" |
| 27.4 | Bastille and Noah Mac | "World Gone Mad" |
| 27.5 | Kelly Clarkson | "Medicine" |
| 27.6 | Chris Blue | "Blue Blood Blues" |
| 27.7 | Sia and Brooke Simpson | "Titanium" |
| 27.8 | Chris Weaver as Nedra Belle and Stephanie's Child featuring Jessie J | "Bang Bang " |
| 27.9 | Billy Idol and Chloe Kohanski | "White Wedding" |
| 27.10 | Demi Lovato | "Tell Me You Love Me" |
| 27.11 | Jessie J and Davon Fleming | "Not My Ex" |
| 27.12 | Vince Gill and Red Marlow | "When I Call Your Name" |
| 27.13 | N.E.R.D. | "Lemon" |
| 27.14 | Sia | "Snowman" |
Elimination chart
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Team
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Artists who appeared on previous shows or seasons
- Adam Pearce auditioned for season twelve, but failed to turn any chairs.
- Keisha Renee appeared on the tenth season of American Idol, where she finished in the Top 40.
- Hannah Mrozak was a Top 48 placer on the fourteenth season of American Idol.
- Odiseas Georgiadis auditioned for season three of the show, but failed to turn any chairs. He is the second contestant, after Sonia Rao, to be rejected twice and the first one to be rejected twice in different seasons. He would be succeeded by Luna Searles and Emily Bass.
- Samantha Rios previously appeared on the third season of La Voz Kids, as a member of Daddy Yankee's team. She finished as a semi-finalist.
- Ignatious Carmouche previously won the show's second Snapchat season on Team Adam. He won a blind audition for this season as his prize.
- Esera Tuaolo played professional football for nine years.
- Emily Luther won the 2011 Perez Hilton Can YOU Sing?? YouTube contest doing a cover of Adele's “Someone Like You”. Both appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and were signed to her label eleveneleven. In January 2012, they came back to The Ellen DeGeneres Show and performed Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" and an original written by Puth titled "Break Again".
- Lucas Holliday had a video of him singing while working at Dollar General go viral, leading to an appearance on Good Morning America.
- Moriah Formica appeared on seventeenth season of American Idol.
Reception