The Voice (American season 9)
The ninth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 21, 2015 on NBC. Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Pharrell Williams returned as coaches for the season. Gwen Stefani returned after a one-season absence, replacing Christina Aguilera. Carson Daly continued as host.
The season introduced a "Coach Comeback" where each coach bring back one artist from the Battle or Knockout rounds to perform again in the Live Playoff, and single elimination rounds during the live shows.
Jordan Smith was announced as the winner of the season, marking Adam Levine's 3rd & final win as a coach.
Coaches
and Blake Shelton returned for their ninth season as coaches; Pharrell Williams, his third; and Gwen Stefani, her second season, after a season hiatus. The advisors for this season included Missy Elliott for Team Pharrell, John Fogerty for Team Adam, Brad Paisley for Team Blake, and Selena Gomez for Team Gwen. Rihanna served as an advisor for all teams during the Knockouts.Teams
; Color keyBlind auditions
The first phase of the competition, the Blind Auditions, taped on June 29–30 and July 7–8, 2015, and began airing when the season premiered on September 21, 2015.;Color key
| Coach hit his or 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 (Sept. 21)
The four coaches performed a medley of each other's songs, including "Neon Light", "Don't Speak", "Sugar" and "Get Lucky", which were sung by Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Pharrell Williams, and Adam Levine, respectively.Episode 2 (Sept. 22)
Episode 3 (Sept. 28)
Episode 4 (Sept. 29)
Episode 5 (Oct. 5)
Episode 6 (Oct. 6)
Episode 6, titled "The Best of The Blind Auditions," recalled the Blind Auditions this season.The Battles
The Battles consisted of two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on October 12, 13, 19 and 20, 2015. Season nine's advisors are Missy Elliott for Team Pharrell, John Fogerty for Team Adam, Brad Paisley for Team Blake, and Selena Gomez for Team Gwen. As like the previous battle rounds since season three, each coach can exercise a use of two steals to save two losing artists from opposing coaches to put through to the Knockouts. At the end of the Knockouts, each coach reinstate a previously eliminated artist from either the Battles or Knockouts to participate in the Live Playoffs.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 Live Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
The Knockouts
For the Knockouts, Rihanna was assigned as a mentor for contestants in all four teams. As in previous seasons, 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 Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Knockout and was originally eliminated but received the Coach Comeback and advanced to the Live Playoffs | |
| Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated |
1 Chance Peña is on Team Adam for the Live Shows.
Live shows
The Live Shows is the final phase of the competition. It consists of six weeks of live shows starting with the playoffs and ending on the season finale. The traditional iTunes multiplier bonus begins with the Live Playoffs and continues through the end of the semi-finals. The Instant Save feature applies starting on the top 12 week until the semi-finals.For the first time in the show's history, a "Coach Comeback" feature was introduced where each coach reinstated one previously eliminated artist from the Battles or Knockouts to perform in the Live Playoffs with the top 20 and will get a chance to move on to the live shows as part of the top 12.
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| Artist was saved by the public's votes | |
| Artist was saved by his/her coach or was placed in the bottom two or middle three | |
| Artist was saved by Instant Save | |
| Artist's iTunes vote was multiplied by 10 after his/her studio version of the song reached the iTunes top 10 within the applicable voting window | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Week 1: Live Playoffs (Nov. 9, 10 & 11)
The Live Playoffs comprises episodes 15, 16, and 17. The top 24 artists perform, with the two artists per each team advances via public vote, while the bottom four artists compete for the coaches' save in the results show. The Monday broadcast featured Teams Adam and Gwen, while the Tuesday broadcast featured Teams Pharrell and Blake.Jordan Smith's "Halo" reached #3 on iTunes and Emily Ann Roberts' "In The Garden" peaked at #6; both received iTunes bonus multipliers in their respective voting windows.
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 17.1 | Team Gwen | "O-o-h Child" |
| 17.2 | Sawyer Fredericks | "Take It All" |
| 17.3 | Team Blake | "Stand" |
| 17.4 | Team Pharrell | "Everybody Hurts" |
| 17.5 | Team Adam | "Diamonds" |
Week 2: Top 12 (Nov. 16 & 17)
In-lieu of the bottom three and the double elimination in contrast of previous seasons, this week feature single elimination until week four. The two artists with the lowest votes then performed in the Instant Save and faced the Twitter's votes.iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Jordan Smith, Amy Vachal, and Jeffery Austin.
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 19.1 | Blake Shelton and his team | "Lean on Me" |
| 19.2 | Pharrell Williams and his team | "Just a Cloud Away" |
Week 3: Top 11 (Nov. 23 & 24)
iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Vachal, Smith and Emily Ann Roberts.| Order | Performer | Song |
| 20.1 | Pharrell Williams | "Freedom" |
| 21.1 | Brad Paisley | "Country Nation" |
| 21.2 | Gwen Stefani and her team | "You Get What You Give" |
| 21.3 | Adam Levine and his team | "Wouldn't It Be Nice" |
Week 4: Top 10 (Nov. 30 & Dec. 1)
iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Smith, Barrett Baber, Madi Davis, Ann Roberts, Austin, Amy Vachal and Shelby Brown.| Order | Performer | Song |
| 22.1 | Gwen Stefani | "Used to Love You" |
| 23.1 | R. City & Adam Levine | "Locked Away" |
| 23.2 | Sia | "Alive" |
Week 5: Semifinals (Dec. 7 & 8)
Five artists were eliminated on the semifinals. During the results, the top three artists with the most votes were immediately advanced the finals, the bottom three artists with the fewest votes were eliminated immediately, and the middle three artists were eligible for the Instant Save.iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded for the most number of artists in a single week of shows in The Voice history, those being Smith, Austin, Ann Roberts, Davis, Vachal, Braiden Sunshine, Zach Seabaugh and Barrett Baber. With the elimination of Davis, Williams no longer has any more artists left on his team.
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 24.1 | Ellie Goulding | "On My Mind" |
| 24.2 | Blake Shelton | "Gonna" |
| 25.1 | Cassadee Pope | "I Am Invincible" |
| 25.2 | Dolly Parton | "Coat of Many Colors" |
Week 6: Finale (Dec. 14 & 15)
The Final four performed on Monday, December 14, 2015, with the final results following on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Finalists performed a solo song, a duet with their coach, and a Christmas song. As per usual, no iTunes bonuses are awarded for Finale performances, with all season's iTunes votes for each artist counted cumulatively.The contestant's song choices reach the top 10 on iTunes for Jordan Smith, Emily Ann Roberts, Barrett Baber, Jeffery Austin.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo Song | Order | Duet Song | Order | Christmas Song | Result |
| Adam Levine | Jordan Smith | 1 | "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | 5 | "God Only Knows" | 11 | "Mary Did You Know" | Winner |
| Blake Shelton | Emily Ann Roberts | 12 | "Burning House" | 7 | "Islands in the Stream" | 2 | "Blue Christmas" | Runner Up |
| Blake Shelton | Barrett Baber | 6 | "Die a Happy Man" | 3 | "Rhinestone Cowboy" | 9 | "Silent Night" | Third place |
| Gwen Stefani | Jeffery Austin | 8 | "Stay" | 10 | "Leather and Lace" | 4 | "O Holy Night" | Fourth place |
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 27.1 | Top 24 | "Lean On" |
| 27.2 | Barrett Baber | "Forever and Ever, Amen" |
| 27.3 | Coldplay | "Adventure of a Lifetime" |
| 27.4 | Celeste Betton, Darius Scott, Mark Hood, Nadjah Nicole and Regina Love | "Love Train" |
| 27.5 | Ricky Skaggs and Emily Ann Roberts | "Country Boy" |
| 27.6 | Jeffery Austin | "Tears Dry on Their Own" |
| 27.7 | Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams | "WTF " |
| 27.8 | Usher and Jordan Smith | "Without You" |
| 27.9 | Sam Hunt | "Break Up in a Small Town" |
| 27.10 | Tori Kelly and Jeffery Austin | "Hollow" |
| 27.11 | Wynonna and Barrett Baber | "No One Else on Earth" |
| 27.12 | The Weeknd | "The Hills" / "Earned It" / "Can't Feel My Face" |
| 27.13 | Jordan Smith | "Any Way You Want It" |
| 27.14 | Emily Ann Roberts | "Summer Nights" |
| 27.15 | Justin Bieber | "Sorry" |
| 27.16 | Jordan Smith | "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" |
Elimination chart
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Performances by guests/coaches
Ratings
The season nine premiere was watched by 12.37 million viewers with a 3.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by.48 million viewers.Appearances on earlier seasons or other talent shows
- Ivonne Acero sang in the blind auditions for season eight, but failed to turn any chairs. She later appeared in the first season of the American-Spanish version of this show, and was eliminated during the battle rounds.
- Keith Semple lost his "golden ticket" on the ninth season of American Idol due to his legal status and residency considerations and was a winner on , a British singing competition; consequently, he became a member of the boyband One True Voice in 2002.
- Viktor Király previously competed to represent Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song contest in Europe, 2 times in 2012 and 2014, and both times nearly winning the competition. He has also won the 4th season of Megasztár, a show similar to American Idol.
- Caleb Lee Hutchinson who scored no chair turns this season appeared on the 16th season of American Idol and became the runner-up of the competition.