The second season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on NBC on February 5, 2012, in the 10 p.m. ET slot immediately following coverage of Super Bowl XLVI. The first promo aired on NBC on Saturday, October 8, 2011, during an episode of Saturday Night Live.
The program seeks solo artists and duos that perform various types of music: pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, Latin, country, blues and indie. Auditions were held July 15 to August 31, 2011, in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, and Orlando.
All four coaches return for their second season. The season expanded from the first season where each coach has 12 artists (a usual size on almost all seasons) on their team, up from eight as in the first season. The blind auditions and the battle rounds have also been extended. Executive producer Mark Burnett said that a results show would be on Tuesday nights in the spring.
The season premiered on Sunday, February 5, 2012, immediately following Super Bowl XLVI.
Jermaine Paul was named the winner of the season, marking Blake Shelton's first win as a coach. With Paul's win being the second African-American male winner and first winner from New York.
Coaches and hosts
All four of the original coaches returned for this season. Carson Daly, the host of the show, also returned. Alison Haislip was replaced by singer and actress Christina Milian as the show's social media correspondent, increasing the show's involvement with its fans and offering behind the scenes information and news that would only be given by her. Celebrity guest mentors also worked with coaches during the battle rounds.
Auditions
Auditions took place in the following cities: Location Date Venue ChicagoJuly 15 & 16, 2011 Navy Pier East Rutherford, New JerseyJuly 22 & 23, 2011 Izod Center Nashville, TennesseeJuly 29 & 30, 2011 Nashville Municipal Auditorium Atlanta, GeorgiaAugust 5, 2011 Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart Orlando, FloridaAugust 11, 2011 Loews Royal Pacific Resort Houston, TexasAugust 17, 2011 Reliant Center South San Francisco, CaliforniaAugust 23, 2011 South San Francisco Conference Center Inglewood, CaliforniaAugust 30 & 31, 2011 The Forum
Teams Color key
Coaches Top 48 ArtistsAdam Levine Tony Lucca Katrina Parker Mathai Pip Karla Davis Kim Yarbrough Chris Cauley Nicolle Galyon Whitney Myer Orlando Napier Nathan Parrett Angel TaylorCeeLo Green Juliet Simms Jamar Rogers Cheesa James Massone Erin Martin Tony Vincent Sarah Golden Justin Hopkins Angie Johnson Jamie Lono The Shields Brothers WADEChristina Aguilera Chris Mann Lindsey Pavao Ashley de la Rosa Jesse Campbell Sera Hill Moses Stone Monique Benabou Anthony Evans Jonathas Lee Koch The Line Geoff McBrideBlake Shelton Jermaine Paul Erin Willett RaeLynn Jordis Unga Naia Kete Charlotte Sometimes ALyX Brian Fuente Lex Land Gwen Sebastian Jordan Rager Adley Stump
Blind 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 (Feb. 5) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choicesAdamCeeLoChristinaBlake 1 RaeLynn 17 Baytown, Texas "Hell on Heels" — — 2 Jesse Campbell 42 Maywood, Illinois "A Song for You" 3 Daniel Rosa 21 Riverside, California "Animal" — — — — 4 Juliet Simms 25 Clearwater, Florida "Oh! Darling" — 5 Chris Mann 29 Wichita, Kansas "Because We Believe" — — 6 Gönül Aksoy 30 New York City, New York "Tainted Love" — — — — 7 Ben Baxter 23 Belton, Texas "I'll Be" — — — — 8 Mark Trussell 23 Nashville, Tennessee "Baby" — — — — 9 Tony Lucca 35 Waterford, Michigan "Trouble"
Episode 2 (Feb. 6) The coaches performed a medley of Prince songs at the start of the show. The songs included were "1999", "Little Red Corvette", "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and "Kiss" which were sung mainly by Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton respectively.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choicesAdamCeeLoChristinaBlake 1 The Line (Hailey Steele and Leland Grant) N/A Nashville, Tennessee "American Girl" 2 Jamar Rogers 29 New York City, New York "Seven Nation Army" — — — 3 Neal Middleton 33 Salt Lake City, Utah "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" — — — — 4 TJ Gibson N/A Centerville, Ohio "Calling All Angels" — — — — 5 Aly Jados N/A N/A "Because the Night" — — — — 6 Sam James 25 Worcester, Massachusetts "I Don't Want to Be" — — — — 7 Gwen Sebastian 37 Hebron, North Dakota"Stay" — 8 Pamela Rose 28 Cooper City, Florida "Already Gone" — — — — 9 Kim Yarbrough 50 Los Angeles, California "Tell Me Something Good" — — 10 Angie Johnson 31 St. Louis, Missouri"Heartbreaker" — — — 11 Dez Duron 21 Shreveport, Louisiana "I Want It That Way" — — — — 12 Lindsey Pavao 22 Sacramento, California "Say Aah" — 13 Hoja Lopez 25 Houston, Texas "Teenage Dream" — — — — 14 Jermaine Paul 33 Orange County, New York "Complicated" — — 15 Angel Taylor 23 Los Angeles, California "Someone Like You" —
Episode 3 (Feb. 13) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choicesAdamCeeLoChristinaBlake 1 Sarah Golden 27 Houston, Texas "You and I" — — 2 Elley Duhé 19 Vancleave, Mississippi "Mercy" — — — — 3 Pip 19 Marietta, Georgia "The House of the Rising Sun" 4 Erin Willett 22 Gaithersburg, Maryland "I Want You Back" — — — 5 David Grace 28 Santa Fe, Texas "Sweet Home Alabama" — — — — 6 Katrina Parker 34 Los Angeles, California "One of Us" — — — 7 Geoff McBride 51 Santa Rosa Beach, Florida "Higher Ground" — — 8 Erin Martin 27 Chicago, Illinois "Hey There Delilah" — — 9 James Massone 23 Wakefield, Massachusetts "Find Your Love" — 10 Winter Rae 26 Los Angeles, California "Take a Bow" — — — — 11 Chris Cauley 27 Atlanta, Georgia "Grenade" — — 12 Nathan Parrett 24 Los Angeles, California "The Joker" — — — 13 Brian Fuente 24 Nashville, Tennessee "Paris (Ooh La La)" — — — 14 Moses Stone 26 Maryland "Let's Get It Started" — — — 15 Jordis Unga 29 Los Angeles, California "Maybe I'm Amazed" —
Episode 4 (Feb. 20)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choicesAdamCeeLoChristinaBlake 1 Ducky 26 Carlisle, Pennsylvania "Tighten Up" — — — — 2 Jonathas 24 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil "U Got It Bad" — — 3 Monique Benabou 23 Alameda, California "Mr. Know It All" — — — 4 Naia Kete 21 Santa Monica, California "The Lazy Song" — — 5 Erick Macek 31 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania "Free Fallin'" — — — — 6 Charlotte Sometimes 23 Wall, New Jersey "Apologize" 7 Tony Vincent 38 New York City, New York "We Are the Champions" — — — 8 Anthony Evans 33 Dallas, Texas "What's Going On" — — — 9 Jamie Lono 22 Chicago, Illinois "Folsom Prison Blues" — — 10 Dylan Chambers 19 Arlington, Texas "Valerie" — — — — 11 Nathan Anderson N/A Collierville, Tennessee "Walking in Memphis" — — — — 12 Luna Searles N/A N/A "Come to My Window" — — — — 13 Adam Lasher N/A Los Angeles, California "How You Remind Me" — — — — 14 Justin Hopkins 30 Tigard, Oregon "Babylon" — — — 15 Nicolle Galyon 27 Sterling, Kansas "You Save Me" — — — 16 Ashley de la Rosa 17 Orlando, Florida "Shark in the Water" — — — 17 Jordan Rager 17 Loganville, Georgia "Chicken Fried" — — — 18 ALyX 19 Dallas, Texas "Just Like a Pill" — — — 19 Karla Davis 25 Monroe, North Carolina "If I Die Young" — — — 20 Eric Tipton 31 Sanger, Texas "You Make My Dreams" — — — — 21 Mathai 18 Dallas, Texas "Rumour Has It" —
Episode 5 (Feb. 27)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choicesAdamCeeLoChristinaBlake 1 Whitney Myer 25 Reno, Nevada "No One" 2 David Dunn 27 Midland, Texas "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" — — — — 3 The Shields Brothers (Tristen & Rory) N/A Rixeyville, Virginia "Dancing with Myself" — — — 4 Cheesa 21 Honolulu, Hawaii "If I Were a Boy" — — — 5 Preston Shannon 64 Memphis, Tennessee "In the Midnight Hour" — — — — 6 Lex Land 24 Austin, Texas "I Can't Make You Love Me" — 7 Cameron Novack 28 St. Louis, Missouri "You Oughta Know" — — — — 8 Orlando Napier 25 Los Angeles, California "Waiting on the World to Change" — — — 9 Lee Koch 27 Temecula, California "Like a Rolling Stone" Team full — — 10 WADE 19 Harvest, Alabama "Rehab" — — 11 Adley Stump 21 Tulsa, Oklahoma "Last Name" Team full 12 Beta N/A N/A "You Make Me Feel..." — Team full| 13 Aaron Gordon N/A Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada "So Sick" — 14 Lana Lowe N/A Beaumont, Texas "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" — 15 Sera Hill 24 Atlanta, Georgia "I'm Goin' Down"
The Battles After the Blind Auditions, each coach had 12 artists for the Battle Rounds, which aired from March 5 to March 26. For this season celebrity guest mentors once again worked with coaches during the battle rounds. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the artists with the help of advisors.
Color key Artist won the Battle and advances to the Live shows Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode & Date Coach Order Winner Song Loser Episode 6Adam Levine 1 Tony Lucca "Beautiful Day" Chris CauleyBlake Shelton 2 RaeLynn "Free Fallin'" Adley Stump Christina Aguilera 3 Chris Mann "The Power of Love" Monique Benabou CeeLo Green 4 Cheesa "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Angie Johnson Blake Shelton 5 Jordis Unga "Ironic" Brian Fuente Christina Aguilera 6 Jesse Campbell "If I Ain't Got You" Anthony Evans Episode 7Christina Aguilera 1 Sera Hill "Chain of Fools" Geoff McBride Blake Shelton 2 Charlotte Sometimes "Pumped Up Kicks" Lex LandCeeLo Green 3 Juliet Simms "Stay with Me" Sarah GoldenAdam Levine 4 Kim Yarbrough "No More Drama" Whitney Myer Christina Aguilera 5 Lindsey Pavao "Heart-Shaped Box" Lee Koch CeeLo Green 6 Jamar Rogers "I Want to Know What Love Is" Jamie Lono Episode 8Adam Levine 1 Pip "You Know I'm No Good" Nathan Parrett CeeLo Green 2 Erin Martin "What's Love Got to Do with It" The Shields Brothers Christina Aguilera 3 Ashley de la Rosa "No Air" Jonathas Blake Shelton 4 Jermaine Paul "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" ALyX Adam Levine 5 Katrina Parker "Bleeding Love" Angel TaylorBlake Shelton 6 Erin Willett "We Belong" Gwen Sebastian Episode 9CeeLo Green 1 James Massone "True Colors" WADE Adam Levine 2 Mathai"Love Song" Nicolle GalyonChristina Aguilera 3 Moses Stone"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Line Adam Levine 4 Karla Davis "Easy" Orlando Napier Blake Shelton 5 Naia Kete "I'm Yours" Jordan RagerCeeLo Green 6 Tony Vincent"Faithfully" Justin Hopkins
The advisors for these episodes are: Alanis Morissette and Robin Thicke for Team Adam; Kelly Clarkson and Miranda Lambert for Team Blake; Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and Ne-Yo for Team CeeLo; and Jewel and Lionel Richie for Team Christina. Each advisor is partnered with one artist, for a total of six, as follows:
Coach Adviser ArtistsAdam Levine Alanis Morissette Chris Cauley Whitney Myer Pip Katrina Parker Mathai Karla Davis Robin Thicke Tony Lucca Kim Yarbrough Nathan Parrett Angel Taylor Nicolle Galyon Orlando NapierBlake Shelton Kelly Clarkson Adley Stump Brian Fuente Charlotte Sometimes Jermaine Paul Erin Willett Naia Kete Miranda Lambert RaeLynn Jordis Unga Lex Land ALyX Gwen Sebastian Jordan RagerCeeLo Green Babyface Cheesa Sarah Golden Jamie Lono The Shields Brothers WADE Tony Vincent Ne-Yo Angie Johnson Juliet Simms Jamar Rogers Erin Martin James Massone Justin HopkinsChristina Aguilera Jewel Monique Benabou Anthony Evans Sera Hill Lee Koch Ashley de la Rosa THE LiNE Lionel Richie Chris Mann Jesse Campbell Geoff McBride Lindsey Pavao Jonathas Moses Stone
Live shows Week 1 (April 2 & 3) The live performance show aired on Monday, April 2, 2012. The elimination show aired Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The top three artists from each team advances based on the viewers' vote, leaving with the bottom three facing the coaches' save through the participation of Last Chance Performances during the results show. The first live week features Team Blake and Team Christina.
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