The Voice (American season 17)
The seventeenth season of the American reality television show The Voice premiered on September 23, 2019, on NBC. Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend returned as coaches for their seventeenth, fourth, and second season, respectively. Whereas, Gwen Stefani returned after a four season-hiatus, replacing Adam Levine. With Levine's departure, Shelton serves as the last remaining coach from the show's inaugural season. Meanwhile, Carson Daly returned for his seventeenth season as host.
Both the Live Cross Battles and The Comeback Stage did not return for this season, but introduced a Wildcard which was intact in the live playoffs. Live Show eliminations now revert to the format similar to seasons 9-15.
Jake Hoot was named winner of this season, becoming only the second winner in the show’s history to have been just a one-chair turn in the blind auditions, marking Kelly Clarkson's third win as a coach At the time of air, Hoot also set the most number of singles peaking in the Top 10 on the Top 200 iTunes Singles charts during the season, with ten.
Coaches and hosts
On May 24, 2019, after having initially opted to return for another season, it was announced that original coach Adam Levine wouldn't be returning as a coach and would be departing from the show after sixteen seasons. Gwen Stefani replaced Levine, marking her fourth season as a coach. Blake Shelton returned for his seventeenth season as a coach, John Legend for his second, and Kelly Clarkson for her fourth.The Knockouts, removed in the sixteenth season in favor of the Live Cross Battles round, returned this season, replacing the latter. This season, the coaches went back to only having one Knockout steal instead of a steal and a save. For the first time, the coaches had one steal and one save in the Battles instead of the usual two steals like in the prior seasons.
This season's battle advisors were Normani for Team Kelly, Will.i.am for Team Gwen, Usher for Team Legend, and Darius Rucker for Team Blake.
Taylor Swift served as a “mega-mentor” for all teams during the Knockouts. She had previously mentored in the show's seventh season.
- The coaches are joined by Carson Daly on guitar for an intimate performance of ‘90s hit "More Than Words" to kick off the season.
Teams
Blind auditions
;Color key| ' | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to a coach's team | |
| Artist elected a coach's team | |
| Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button | |
| ' | Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Kelly from getting the artist |
| ' | Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Gwen from getting the artist |
| ' | Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by John from getting the artist |
| Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Blake from getting the artist |
Episode 1 (Sept. 23)
Episode 2 (Sept. 24)
Episode 3 (Sept. 30)
Episode 4 (Oct. 1)
Episode 5 (Oct. 7)
Episode 6 (Oct. 8)
Episode 7 (Oct. 14)
The Battles
The second half of "The Voice" episode which aired on October 14 marked the start of the Battle Rounds. The advisors for this round include: Normani for Team Kelly, will.i.am for Team Gwen, Usher for Team Legend, and Darius Rucker for Team Blake. The coaches could steal any one losing artist from other coaches and save one losing artist on their team. Artists who won their battle, were saved by their Coach, or were stolen by another coach advanced to the Knockout rounds.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 but was saved by their coach and advanced to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
The Knockouts
The Knockout round started on October 28 after the final battles. The coaches could each steal one losing artist from another team. The top 20 contestants then moved on to the Live Playoffs. Taylor Swift was the advisor to contestants from all teams in this round.Color key:
| Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated |
Live shows
Color key:| Artist was saved by the Public's votes | |
| Artist was saved by his/her coach or was placed in the bottom two, bottom three, or middle three | |
| Artist was selected to compete in the Wild Card or won the Wild Card | |
| Artist was saved by the Instant Save | |
| Artist's Apple Music vote multiplied by 5 after his/her studio version of the song had the most streams of the night | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Week 1: Live Playoffs (Nov. 11 & 12)
The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 15 and 16. For the first time since season 11, there was a Top 20 instead of a Top 24. On Monday, the Top 20 artists performed live for their chance at a spot in the Top 13. On Tuesday, in the live results show, two artists from each team advanced based on America's vote, and each coach got to save one of their own artists. The remaining artists from each team with the highest overnight vote had a chance to compete for the Wild Card similar to season 7 and one artist continued on.Clarkson had four members on her team, for the second time, following the fifteenth season.
Week 2: Top 13 (Nov. 18 & 19)
This week's theme was “Dedications.” The three artists with the fewest votes competed for an Instant Save, with two leaving the competition.Similar to the last two seasons, only one artist will receive the fivefold multiplier bonus to the artist who racked up the most streams on Apple Music during the voting window.
This week, Jake Hoot was the recipient of the Apple Music Multiplier.
With the elimination of Cali Wilson, this marked the first time since the seventh season that Shelton lost any members of his team prior to the top 11, and the second time out of the past seven seasons in which such an event occurred.
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 18.1 | Gwen Stefani and her team | "Good as Hell" |
| 18.2 | Kelly Clarkson and her team | "Linger" |
Week 3: Top 11 (Nov. 25 & 26)
This week's theme was “Fan Week.” The two artists with the fewest votes competed for an Instant Save, with one leaving the competition. Hoot again became the recipient of the Apple Music Multiplier for the second consecutive week.Once again, the Apple Music multiplier was awarded to Jake Hoot.
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 20.1 | John Legend and his team | "How Deep Is Your Love" |
| 20.2 | Gwen Stefani | "What You Waiting For?" "Hollaback Girl" "Rich Girl" |
| 20.3 | Blake Shelton and his team | "Takin' Care of Business" |
Week 4: Top 10 (Dec. 2 & 3)
This week's theme was “Challenge Week”. The three artists with the fewest votes competed for an Instant Save, with two leaving the competition.Hoot received the Apple Music multiplier for the third consecutive week, according to his Instagram.
For the first time this season, Hoot, and Katie Kadan had singles peaked into the Top 10 at the close of the voting window.
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 21.1 | Kane Brown | "Homesick" |
| 22.1 | Kelly Clarkson & John Legend | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" |
| 22.2 | Meghan Trainor ft. Mike Sabbath | "Wave" |
Week 5: Semifinals (Dec. 9 & 10)
The Top 8 performed on Monday, December 9, 2019, with the results following on Tuesday, December 10, 2019. Three artists were automatically moved on to the finale. The two artists with the fewest votes were immediately eliminated and the middle three contended for the remaining spot in the next finale via the Instant Save.In addition to their solo song, each artist performed an 80s duet with another contestant.
Three artists reached the top 10 on iTunes, with Hoot, Ricky Duran ) and Rose Short, with the former being awarded the Apple Music Multiplier for the fourth consecutive week.
With the elimination of Kat Hammock, this was the first time since the eleventh season that Shelton has not had two or more artists in the finale. In addition, this was the first time since the tenth season that all four coaches were represented in the finale.
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 24.1 | Blake Shelton ft. Trace Adkins | "Hell Right" |
| 24.2 | Tones and I | "Dance Monkey" |
| 24.3 | Kaleb Lee ft. Kelly Clarkson | "I Dream In Southern" |
Week 6: Finale (Dec. 16 & 17)
The final 4 performed on Monday, December 16, 2019, with the final results following on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Each finalist performed a solo cover song, a holiday-themed duet with their coach, and an original song.This week, seven of the eight spots on the top of iTunes chart were occupied by three of the four finalists when voting ended.
Hoot's semi-final performance reached Top 10 on iTunes again at #8, setting a record of having ten songs charted in the Top 10, with six songs charting in the Top 10 of the iTunes Country Singles chart and four songs in the Top 10 on the Overall Singles chart. Hoot’s duet of “Wintersong” with Clarkson climbed as high as #3 on the iTunes Overall Singles chart, making it the highest-charting coach duet in the history of the show.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo Song | Order | Holiday Duet Song | Order | Original Song | Result |
| Blake Shelton | Ricky Duran | 1 | "Runnin' Down a Dream" | 5 | "Run Rudolph Run" | 11 | "A Woman Like Her" | Runner-up |
| Kelly Clarkson | Jake Hoot | 9 | "Amazed" | 7 | "Wintersong" | 2 | "Better Off Without You" | Winner |
| John Legend | Katie Kadan | 10 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | 3 | "Merry Christmas Baby" | 6 | "All Better" | Third place |
| Gwen Stefani | Rose Short | 12 | "Border Song" | 8 | "My Gift Is You" | 4 | "Steamroller" | Fourth place |
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 26.1 | Max Boyle, Alex Guthrie, Shane Q, & Will Breman | "Gimme Some Lovin'" |
| 26.2 | Lady Antebellum | "What If I Never Get Over You" |
| 26.3 | The Black Eyed Peas & J Balvin | "Ritmo " |
| 26.4 | Adam Lambert & Katie Kadan | "Believe" |
| 26.5 | Yolanda Adams & Rose Short | "In the Midst of It All" |
| 26.6 | Kat Hammock, Marybeth Byrd, Gracee Shriver, & Cali Wilson | "Neon Moon" |
| 26.7 | Dua Lipa | "Don't Start Now" |
| 26.8 | Gary Clark Jr. & Ricky Duran | "Pearl Cadillac" |
| 26.9 | Maelyn Jarmon | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |
| 26.10 | Little Big Town & Jake Hoot | "Over Drinking" |
| 26.11 | Jennifer Hudson | "Memory" |
| 26.12 | Hello Sunday, Myracle Holloway, & Joana Martinez | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" |
| 26.13 | Luke Combs | "Even Though I'm Leaving" |
Elimination chart
Overall
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Teams
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Artists who appeared on other shows or previous seasons
- Jessie Lawrence was on season 12 of American Idol and was eliminated in the Top 28.
- Ricky Duran auditioned for Season 6 of The Voice, but did not get a chair turn.
- Ricky Braddy was on season 8 of American Idol and was eliminated in the Top 17.
Ratings