The Voice (American season 4)
The fourth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on March 25, 2013, on NBC and was hosted by Carson Daly, while Christina Milian returned as the social media correspondent. Coaches Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton returned as coaches, both for their fourth season. Ceelo Green and Christina Aguilera appeared as performers instead of coaches. Two new coaches Shakira and Usher served as replacement coaches for Aguilera and Green, leaving Levine & Shelton the only coaches remaining from the inaugural season. The team sizes were trimmed back down to 12 per team, with each coach having two 'steals' in the Battle Rounds.
Danielle Bradbery, a 16-year-old country singer from Houston won the season, and at the time she was the youngest winner at the time of the finale and marking Blake Shelton's third win as a coach.
Auditions, coaches, hosts, and team sizes
Auditions were held from January 12 to February 17, 2013, in Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston and New York City.Carson Daly hosted for his fourth consecutive season, while Christina Milian returned for her third season as social media correspondent. The judges' line-up saw a change for the first time since the inception of the show. Joining coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton were Usher and Shakira. CeeLo Green and Christina Aguilera were substituted in order to focus on their music careers. However, Green and Aguilera would be returning in the following season.
This season's advisers for the Battle Rounds were Hillary Scott, Sheryl Crow, Pharrell Williams, and Joel Madden as advisers of Levine, Shelton, Usher, and Shakira's teams respectively. All advisers except Madden returned to coach on their respective teams during week three of the live shows, so Shakira brought in Green to help coach her team.
Teams
;Color keyBlind auditions
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 (March 25)
The coaches performed a cover of "Come Together" at the start of the show.Episode 2 (March 26)
Episode 3 (April 1)
Episode 4 (April 2)
Episode 5 (April 8)
Episode 6 (April 9)
The Battles
The Battle Rounds were broadcast from Monday, April 15, 2013, to Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The 'Steals' have been retained, and each coach has two uses to be used throughout the Battle rounds. Six battles were included in each episode of the Battle Rounds. For this season's advisers, Adam Levine has picked Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton has chosen Sheryl Crow, Shakira is assisted by Joel Madden and Usher brought in Pharrell Williams.Color key:
| Artist won the Battle and advances to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
The Knockouts
The Knockout Rounds aired on Monday, April 29, 2013, and Tuesday, April 30, 2013.Color key:
| Artist won the Knockouts and advances to the Live shows | |
| Artist lost the Knockouts and was eliminated |
Live shows
Prior to the start of the Live shows, a special episode called "The Road to the Live Shows" was aired for one hour on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, recapping some of the best moments of the blind auditions, battle rounds and knockout rounds.Color key:
| Artist was saved by Public's vote | |
| Artist was saved by his/her coach | |
| Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 10 after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10 | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Week 1: Live playoffs (May 6, 7 & 8)
The live playoffs aired from Monday, May 6, 2013, through Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Contestants were asked to sing a stripped-down version of a song in order to concentrate on the competition. The Monday performances featured Teams Adam and Usher, while Tuesday's shows featured Teams Blake and Shakira. On Wednesday, the two artists per team will advance by public vote, and a third artist would be saved by the coach. Special guests in the audience included Savannah Guthrie and Al Roker of The Today Show.| Order | Performers | Song |
| 14.1 | Team Usher: Cáthia, Josiah Hawley, Michelle Chamuel, VEDO | "Black and Gold" |
| 14.2 | Usher and Adam | "Superstition" |
| 14.3 | Team Adam: Amber Carrington, Caroline Glaser, Judith Hill, Sarah Simmons | "Shake It Out" |
| 15.1 | Team Blake: Justin Rivers, Holly Tucker, The Swon Brothers, Danielle Bradbery | "Boondocks" |
| 15.2 | Shakira & Blake | "Need You Now" |
| 15.3 | Team Shakira: Garrett Gardner, Karina Iglesias, Kris Thomas, Sasha Allen | "We Are the Champions" |
| 16.1 | Team Blake & Team Shakira | "Hall of Fame" |
| 16.2 | Rod Stewart | "Finest Woman", "Forever Young" |
| 16.3 | Cee Lo Green & Juliet Simms | "Only You" |
| 16.4 | Team Adam & Team Usher | "Don't You Worry Child" |
Week 2: Top 12 (May 13 & 14)
The Top 12 performed on Monday, May 13, 2013, and received the results on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Usher brought in his choreographer, Aakomon Jones, to help coach the artists on his team. During the performance episode's second hour, host Carson Daly mentioned on the changes made to the iTunes multiplier bonus, where only one download of an artist's eligible song per registered iTunes account during the designated voting window will count as a vote towards that week's results. The change was contemporaneously added to the "Vote Help" section of the show's NBC.com voting page. None of the artists reached the top 10 on iTunes, so no bonuses were awarded this week. He also mentioned that the iTunes bonus is only given to those in the Top 10 at the close of voting.| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Usher | VEDO | "Rock With You" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Blake Shelton | Holly Tucker | "A Broken Wing" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Shakira | Garrett Gardner | "I Want It That Way" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Adam Levine | Sarah Simmons | "The Story" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Blake Shelton | The Swon Brothers | "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Shakira | Sasha Allen | "Alone" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Usher | Josiah Hawley | "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Blake Shelton | Danielle Bradbery | "Wasted" | Public's vote |
| 9 | Adam Levine | Judith Hill | "You've Got A Friend" | Public's vote |
| 10 | Usher | Michelle Chamuel | "Call Your Girlfriend" | Public's vote |
| 11 | Shakira | Kris Thomas | "I'll Be There" | Public's vote |
| 12 | Adam Levine | Amber Carrington | "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 18.1 | Robin Thicke | "Blurred Lines" |
| 18.2 | Blake Shelton & his finalists: Danielle Bradbery, Holly Tucker, The Swon Brothers | "Play Something Country" |
| 18.3 | Lady Antebellum | "Goodbye Town" |
| 18.4 | Adam Levine and his team | "Lovesong" |
Week 3: Top 10 (May 20 & 21)
The Top 10 performed for two hours on Monday, May 20, 2013, with results broadcast on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Advisers from the Battles return to coach on their respective teams. CeeLo Green takes the place of Joel Madden due to Madden's prior commitments to The Voice Australia. The results show featured a performance dedicated to the people who lost their lives from an EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Special guests in the audience included Michelle Rodriguez and Vin Diesel from Fast & Furious 6.This week's iTunes bonus multipliers was awarded to Bradbery.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Blake Shelton | Holly Tucker | "How Great Thou Art" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Adam Levine | Judith Hill | The Way You Make Me Feel" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Blake Shelton | The Swon Brothers | "How Country Feels" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Adam Levine | Amber Carrington | "Breakaway" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Shakira | Sasha Allen | "Next to Me" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Usher | Josiah Hawley | "Clocks" | Eliminated |
| 7 | Blake Shelton | Danielle Bradbery | "Heads Carolina, Tails California" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Shakira | Kris Thomas | "Adorn" | Eliminated |
| 9 | Adam Levine | Sarah Simmons | "Mamma Knows Best" | Public's vote |
| 10 | Usher | Michelle Chamuel | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 19.1 | Maroon 5 | "Love Somebody" |
| 20.1 | Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert | "Over You" |
| 20.2 | Shakira & her finalists: Sasha Allen & Kris Thomas | "I'll Stand By You" |
| 20.3 | Team Blake: Danielle Bradbery, The Swon Brothers, Holly Tucker | "Mountain Music" |
| 20.4 | Usher & his finalists: Michelle Chamuel & Josiah Hawley | "The Look of Love" |
| 20.5 | Team Adam: Amber Carrington, Judith Hill, Sarah Simmons | "I've Got the Music in Me" |
Week 4: Top 8 (May 27 & 28)
The Top 8 performed on Monday, May 27, 2013, and received the results on Tuesday, May 28. A special preview for the upcoming season of America's Got Talent was shown during the broadcast of the results show.None of the artists reached the top 10 on iTunes, so no bonuses were awarded; Bradbery's performance single however, did peaked at the Top 10 only after the voting window ended, thus the bonus was not applied.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Adam Levine | Judith Hill | "#thatPOWER" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Blake Shelton | Holly Tucker | "Done" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Blake Shelton | The Swon Brothers | "Seven Bridges Road" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Shakira | Sasha Allen | "Without You" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Adam Levine | Sarah Simmons | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Usher | Michelle Chamuel | "Grenade" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Blake Shelton | Danielle Bradbery | "Grandpa " | Public's vote |
| 8 | Adam Levine | Amber Carrington | "Skyfall" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 21.1 | Blake Shelton | "Boys 'Round Here" |
| 21.2 | Judith Hill, Michelle Chamuel, Sarah Simmons, and Sasha Allen | "Diamonds" |
| 21.3 | Amber Carrington, Danielle Bradbery, Holly Tucker, and The Swon Brothers | "Something More" |
| 22.1 | Sheryl Crow | "Easy" |
| 22.2 | Judith Hill & Michelle Chamuel | "Sweet Nothing" |
| 22.3 | Sasha Allen & The Swon Brothers | "Don't You Wanna Stay" |
| 22.4 | Danielle Bradbery & Sarah Simmons | "A Thousand Years" |
| 22.5 | Amber Carrington & Holly Tucker | "Does He Love You" |
Week 5: Quarterfinals (June 3 & 4)
Top 6 performed two songs each on Monday, June 3, 2013, and received the results on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Each contestant sang two songs, one of their choice, and one of the coach's choice. Only one contestant was eliminated this week instead of the usual two. Taylor Swift attended Michelle Chamuel's rehearsal for "I Knew You Were Trouble". Amber Carrington had forgotten the lyrics to "I Remember You" during her performance, though it was not commented on by any of the coaches.The iTunes bonus multipliers was awarded for Chamuel.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Song | Order | Song | Result |
| Blake Shelton | Holly Tucker | 1 | "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues" | 8 | "My Wish" | Eliminated |
| Usher | Michelle Chamuel | 2 | "Somewhere Only We Know" | 9 | "I Knew You Were Trouble" | Public's vote |
| Blake Shelton | The Swon Brothers | 7 | "Okie from Muskogee" | 3 | "Wagon Wheel" | Public's vote |
| Shakira | Sasha Allen | 12 | "Before He Cheats" | 4 | "Ain't No Way" | Public's vote |
| Blake Shelton | Danielle Bradbery | 5 | "Shake the Sugar Tree" | 11 | "A Little Bit Stronger" | Public's vote |
| Adam Levine | Amber Carrington | 6 | "I Remember You" | 10 | "Crazy" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 24.1 | Cassadee Pope | "Wasting All These Tears" |
| 24.2 | Michelle Chamuel & Sasha Allen | "Open Your Heart" |
| 24.3 | Holly Tucker & The Swon Brothers | "Leave the Pieces" |
| 24.4 | Amber Carrington & Danielle Bradbery | "Eternal Flame" |
Week 6: Semifinals (June 10 & 11)
The Top 5 performed two songs each on Monday, June 10, 2013, and received the results on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. One song is chosen by their coach, and the other is chosen by the contestant as a dedication to anotherWith the eliminations of Allen and Carrington, Levine and Shakira no longer have any remaining artists on their teams, with the latter being the first contestant to reach the Top 10 of iTunes and to be eliminated in the same week, and also the first time a pair of contestants who pitted together in a Battle round eliminated on the same week. It also marked the first time that a new coach has coached an artist competing in the finale on his first attempt, as Usher had Chamuel available on his team.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Song | Order | Song | Result |
| Blake Shelton | The Swon Brothers | 1 | "Turn the Page" | 6 | "Danny's Song" | Public's vote |
| Shakira | Sasha Allen | 2 | "I Will Always Love You" | 7 | "Bad Girls" | Eliminated |
| Usher | Michelle Chamuel | 10 | "Time After Time" | 3 | "Clarity" | Public's vote |
| Blake Shelton | Danielle Bradbery | 8 | "Who I Am" | 4 | "Please Remember Me" | Public's vote |
| Adam Levine | Amber Carrington | 5 | "Firework" | 9 | "Sad" | Eliminated |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 25.1 | Usher | "Twisted" |
| 26.1 | Fall Out Boy | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark" |
| 26.2 | Nicholas David | "Say Goodbye" |
| 26.3 | Tony Lucca | "Never Going to Let You Go" |
| 26.4 | Top 5 finalists | "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" |
| 26.5 | Terry McDermott | "Pictures" |
Week 7: Finale (June 17 & 18)
The Top 3 performed on Monday, June 17, 2013, with the announcement of the winner on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. This week, the contestants performed three times: a "defining moment" from a previous performance, a duet with their coach, and a solo.Six performances reached top 10 on iTunes as follows Danielle Bradbery, Michelle Chamuel and The Swon Brothers.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Reprise song | Order | Duet song | Order | Solo song | Result |
| Blake Shelton | Danielle Bradbery | 7 | "Maybe It Was Memphis" | 3 | "Timber, I'm Falling In Love" | 9 | "Born to Fly" | Winner |
| Usher | Michelle Chamuel | 2 | "I Knew You Were Trouble" | 8 | "One" | 5 | "Why" | Runner-up |
| Blake Shelton | The Swon Brothers | 4 | "Danny's Song" | 6 | "Celebrity" | 1 | "I Can't Tell You Why" | Third place |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 27.1 | Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Shakira, and Usher | "With a Little Help from My Friends" |
| 27.2 | Danielle Bradbery, Michelle Chamuel, and The Swon Brothers | "Home" |
| 28.1 | Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera | "Feel This Moment" |
| 28.2 | The Swon Brothers | "Stars Tonight" |
| 28.3 | Michelle Chamuel and OneRepublic | "Counting Stars" |
| 28.4 | Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly | "Cruise" |
| 28.5 | Josiah Hawley, Kris Thomas, VEDO and Garrett Gardner | "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" |
| 28.6 | Danielle Bradbery | "All American Girl" |
| 28.7 | Bruno Mars | "Treasure" |
| 28.8 | The Swon Brothers and Bob Seger | "Night Moves" |
| 28.9 | Karina Iglesias, Cathia, Sasha Allen and Judith Hill | "My Lovin'" |
| 28.10 | Danielle Bradbery and Hunter Hayes | "I Want Crazy" |
| 28.11 | Michelle Chamuel | "We Can Work It Out" |
| 28.12 | Cher | "Woman's World" |
| 28.13 | Danielle Bradbery | "Born to Fly" |
Elimination chart
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Ratings
Season four premiered on March 25, 2013, and was watched by 13.64 million viewers with a 4.8 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from the previous season's premiere by 1.36 million viewers.| # | Episode | Original airdate | Production | Timeslot | Viewers | Rating/Share |
| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 1" | 401 | Monday 8:00 pm | 13.64 | 4.8/13 | |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2" | 402 | Tuesday 8:00 pm | 12.41 | 4.1/12 | |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" | 403 | Monday 8:00 pm | 13.31 | 4.7/13 | |
| 4 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" | 404 | Tuesday 8:00 pm | 13.93 | 4.5/14 | |
| 5 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" | 405 | Monday 8:00 pm | 14.03 | 5.0/14 | |
| 6 | "The Blind Auditions, Part 6" | 406 | Tuesday 8:00 pm | 13.31 | 4.4/13 | |
| 7 | "The Battles Premiere, Part 1" | 407 | Monday 8:00 pm | 14.45 | 5.2/14 | |
| 8 | "The Battles Premiere, Part 2" | 408 | Tuesday 8:00 pm | 14.16 | 4.6/15 | |
| 9 | "The Battles, Part 3" | 409 | Monday 8:00 pm | 14.15 | 4.9/13 | |
| 10 | "The Battles, Part 4" | 410 | Tuesday 8:00 pm | 12.78 | 4.1/12 | |
| 11 | "The Knockouts Premiere, Part 1" | 411 | Monday 8:00 pm | 12.67 | 4.3/12 | |
| 12 | "The Knockouts, Part 2" | 412 | Tuesday 8:00 pm | 11.84 | 3.9/11 | |
| 13 | "The Road to the Live Shows" | 413 | Wednesday 8:00 pm | 5.75 | 1.7/5 | |
| 14 | "Live Playoffs, Part 1" | 414 | Monday 8:00 pm | 12.15 | 4.1/11 | |
| 15 | "Live Playoffs, Part 2" | 415 | Tuesday 8:00 pm | 11.35 | 3.7/11 | |
| 16 | "Live Playoffs, Results" | 416 | Wednesday 8:00 pm | 8.92 | 2.8/8 | |
| 17 | "Live Top 12 Performance" | 417 | Monday 8:00 pm | 11.29 | 3.8/10 | |
| 18 | "Recap: Live Top 12 Performance" | N/A | Tuesday 8:00 pm | 6.68 | 2.0/6 | |
| 19 | "Live Top 12 Results" | 418 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 10.47 | 3.5/10 | |
| 20 | "Live Top 10 Performance" | 419 | Monday 8:00 pm | 10.81 | 3.5/10 | |
| 21 | "Live Top 10 Results" | 420 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 10.18 | 3.2/9 | |
| 22 | "Live Top 8 Performance" | 421 | Monday 8:00 pm | 11.00 | 3.2/9 | |
| 23 | "Recap: Live Top 8 Performance" | N/A | Tuesday 8:00 pm | 6.38 | 1.7/5 | |
| 24 | "Live Top 8 Results" | 422 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 10.81 | 3.2/8 | |
| 25 | "Live Top 6 Performance" | 423 | Monday 8:00 pm | 11.29 | 3.3/9 | |
| 26 | "Live Top 6 Results" | 424 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 10.87 | 3.1/11 | |
| 27 | "Live Top 5 Semi-finals Performance" | 425 | Monday 8:00 pm | 11.85 | 3.3/10 | |
| 28 | "Live Top 5 Semi-finals Results" | 426 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 10.66 | 2.9/10 | |
| 29 | "Live Finale Performance" | 427 | Monday 8:00 pm | 12.68 | 3.7/11 | |
| 30 | "Live Finale Results" | 428 | Tuesday 9:00 pm | 15.59 | 4.4/12 |
Controversies
Voting controversy
At the beginning of the results show for The Live Playoffs, Carson Daly announced that "inconsistencies" were found in the voting, so votes cast via text-messaging and online would be excluded from the vote count to ensure fairness. Daly brought Jason George, CEO of Telescope, the company that manages the show's voting system, on stage to stress that the exclusion would not have affected the results either way. Reported issues were that voting had closed on the Facebook app and website at 11.30 pm PST when it should have ended at 10 am EST the next day, which may have been a result of too many users voting at the same time.Adam Levine comment
Upon seeing that his team members Judith Hill and Sarah Simmons had not been saved, coach Adam Levine said, "I hate this country," right before the top 8 results were announced. This brought some angry responses on his Twitter page. He then sent a series of Tweets with dictionary definitions of the words "joke," "humorless," "lighthearted," and "misunderstand" to state that it was merely a "heat of the moment" reaction. Levine later provided an explanation: "Last night’s elimination of Judith and Sarah was confusing and downright emotional for me, and my comments were made based on my personal dissatisfaction with the results."Artists' appearances on prior seasons and other talent shows
- Garrett Gardner and Agina Alvarez sang in the blind auditions of season three of The Voice and failed to make a team.
- Rhian and Cara Morgan of The Morgan Twins, Colton Swon of The Swon Brothers, Luke Edgemon, and Agina Alvarez made it to Hollywood Week on American Idol seasons two, seven, nine, and eleven respectively.
- Jon Peter Lewis of Midas Whale finished in eighth place in season three of American Idol.
- Amy Whitcomb performed in season one of The Sing-Off as a member of BYU Noteworthy, and again in season three as a member of Delilah. They came in sixth place both seasons.
- Sasha Allen was a contestant on VH1's Born to Diva.
- Mary Miranda was on Estrella TV's Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento.
- After failing to make a team, Sam Alves became a contestant on season two of The Voice Brasil. This time, Alves was able to turn all four chairs. He went all the way to the end, winning the competition on December 26, 2013.
- Agina Alvarez went on to compete on the fourth season of La Voz... México, where she came in third place.
- Mark Andrew auditioned for season 14 of American Idol. He was eliminated in the Top 16.
- After failing to make a team, Sonika Vaid auditioned for season fifteen of American Idol. She finished fifth place.
- Duncan Kamakana would participate in EMA 2017 in Slovenia for the chance to represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev, Ukraine. He failed to qualify for the national final.
- After failing to make a team, Brandon Diaz auditioned for season sixteen of American Idol. He made it to the Top 24. He also made an appearance in Season 14 to support his girlfriend, Jackie Foster, in the playoffs.
- Ryan Innes would later appear on the second season of Songland.