The Voice (American TV series) 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 was named the winner of this season, marking Blake Shelton's third win as a coach. With Bradbery's win being the first youngest winner at age 16.
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 selected 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 | CeeLo 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" |