The Voice (American TV series) season 8

The eighth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 23, 2015, on NBC. Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, & Pharrell Williams returned as coaches. Christina Aguilera returned for her fifth season as coach after a two-season absence, replacing Gwen Stefani. Carson Daly returned as host for the eighth season.
Sawyer Fredericks was named the winner of the season, marking Pharrell Williams' first win as a coach. For the first time in The Voice history, out of 4 finalists, 3 of them were stolen artists.

Coaches and hosts

re-joined the show after two seasons of absence, joining Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Pharrell Williams. The advisors for this season included Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell, Meghan Trainor for Team Blake, Nick Jonas for Team Christina, and Ellie Goulding for Team Adam. Nate Ruess served as an advisor for all teams during the Knockouts.

Teams

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Blind auditions

The first phase of the competition, the Blind Auditions began airing when the season premiered on February 23, 2015. Adam Levine auditioned as a joke in episode three with the song "Tiny Dancer", with all four chairs turning. He "chose" Christina.
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	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 (Feb. 23)

The four coaches performed "Are You Gonna Go My Way".

Episode 2 (Feb. 24)

Episode 3 (March 2)

Episode 4 (March 3)

Episode 5 (March 4)

The fifth episode, titled "Best of the Blinds", was a recap of all the Blind Auditions broadcast up to that point.

Episode 6 (March 9)

The sixth episode included the last of the Blind Auditions as well as the first Battles.

The Battles

The Battles consisted of two 2-hour episodes, one 1-hour and one special episodes each on March 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2015. Season eight's advisors are Ellie Goulding for Team Adam, Lionel Richie for Team Pharrell, Nick Jonas for Team Christina and Meghan Trainor for Team Blake.
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	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 eliminated

The Knockouts

For the Knockouts, Nate Ruess was assigned as a mentor for contestants in all four teams. After announcing Anthony Riley's withdrawal from the competition, Pharrell grouped three of his team members into one knockout, in which two contestants from the trio advanced and one being declared loser. Just like season five, the coaches can steal one losing artist. The top 20 contestants will then move on to the "Live Shows".
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	Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Shows
	Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Shows
	Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated

Live shows

The live shows is the final phase of the competition, consisting of seven weeks starting on the playoffs and concluding on the season finale.
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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 three
	Artist was saved by the Instant Save
	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 (April 6, 7 & 8)

The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 14, 15, and 16. The top twenty artists perform for the votes, and the two artists per each team advances via public vote, while the bottom three artists compete for the coaches' save in the results show. Monday's performance featured Teams Blake and Pharrell, and Teams Adam and Christina for the Tuesday's performance.

Order	Performer	Song
14.1	Maroon 5	"Sugar"
15.1	Sia	"Elastic Heart"
16.1	Wiz Khalifa ft. Chris Jamison	"See You Again"
16.2	Team Blake	"I'll Take You There"
16.3	Team Christina	"Like a Prayer"
16.4	Team Pharrell	"Say Something"
16.5	Team Adam	"Diamonds"

Week 2: Top 12 (April 13 & 14)

The Top 12 performed on Monday, April 13, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The Instant Save returned once again this season, with the bottom three artists performing for a spot on the next round via the viewers' votes from Twitter, and is in play until the semifinals. Oklahoma country music star Reba McEntire, last seen on the show's first season as an advisor for Team Blake, returned to serve as a mentor for the top 12 contestants.
This week's iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded for Sawyer Fredericks, Kimberly Nichole and Meghan Linsey.

Order	Performer	Song
17.1	Nick Jonas	"Chains"
17.2	Blake Shelton and his team	"In the Midnight Hour"
17.3	Christina Aguilera and her team	"Hotel California"

Week 3: Top 10 (April 20 & 21)

The Top 10 performed on Monday, April 20, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Adam, Blake, Christina and Pharrell brought in Dave Stewart, Scott Hendricks, Mark Ronson and Ryan Tedder respectively to help in this week's coaching.
This week's recipients of the iTunes multiplier bonuses were Koryn Hawthorne and Fredericks.

Order	Performer	Song
19.1	Top 10	"Rocket Man/Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
20.1	Pharrell Williams and his team	"I Don't Want to Be"
20.2	Reba McEntire	"Going Out Like That"
20.3	Adam Levine and his team	"The Joker"

Week 4: Top 8 (April 27 & 28)

The Top 8 performed on Monday, April 27, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Most of the previous coaches from past seasons returned to advise the remaining artists: Usher was the Advisor for Team Adam, Gwen Stefani advised both Teams Pharrell and Christina, and Cee Lo Green advised Team Blake. Shakira was the only previous coach not to return, due to the recent birth of her second child, but she did record a video message that was aired during the live show.
iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Fredericks and and Joshua Davis. This week's Instant Save was the closest in the show's history, with Carney being saved by only two votes ahead runner-up Kent White.

Order	Performer	Song
21.1	Top 8 Males	"Hey Brother"
21.2	Top 8 Females	"Wake Me Up"
21.3	Blake Shelton	"Sangria"
21.4	Matt McAndrew	"Counting on Love"
22.1	Jason Derulo	"Want to Want Me"
22.2	Rozzi Crane	"Psycho"
22.3	Lee Brice	"Drinking Class"

Week 5: Top 6 (May 4 & 5)

The Top 6 performed on Monday, May 4, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. In honor of Mother's Day, each artist performed one song on Monday celebrating "the mothers in their lives". This week eliminations is a single elimination and the bottom two artists faced the Instant Save.
iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Fredericks and Linsey.

Order	Performer	Song
24.1	Jacquie Lee	"Tears Fall"
24.2	Avery Wilson	"If I Have To"
24.3	Vicci Martinez	"Bad News Breaker"
24.4	Craig Wayne Boyd	"I'm Still Here"

Week 6: Semifinals (May 11 & 12)

The Top 5 performed on Monday, May 11, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Similar to the Quarterfinals, the bottom two artists compete for the Instant Save and one artist was eliminated. iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Fredericks and Linsey. Special guests in the audience included Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Hailee Steinfeld from Pitch Perfect 2.
With the advancement of Sawyer Fredericks and Koryn Hawthorne, Pharrell Williams became the third coach to bring multiple artists to the finale, first being Blake Shelton in the 3rd season and second being Adam Levine in the 5th season. With the elimination of Carney, Aguilera no longer has any remaining artists on her team.

Order	Performer	Song
25.1	Nate Ruess	"Nothing Without Love"
26.1	Walk the Moon	"Shut Up and Dance"
26.2	Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams	"California Roll"
26.3	India Carney, Koryn Hawthorne, and Meghan Linsey	"Faithfully"
26.4	Joshua Davis and Sawyer Fredericks	"Drift Away"