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 (season 2's team size), 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 (lead singer of Lady Antebellum), Sheryl Crow, Pharrell Williams, and Joel Madden (lead singer of Good Charlotte and coach on Australian version) 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 key
+ Coaches Top 48 artists Adam Levine Amber Carrington Judith Hill Sarah Simmons Caroline Glaser Orlando Dixon Midas Whale Warren Stone Amy Whitcomb Karina Iglesias Sasha Allen Agina Alvarez Michael Austin Patrick Dodd Duncan Kamakana Shakira Sasha Allen Kris Thomas Garrett Gardner Karina Iglesias Monique Abbadie Mary Miranda Shawna P Tawnya Reynolds Cáthia Luke Edgemon C. Perkins Mark Andrew J'Sun Brandon Roush Usher Michelle Chamuel Josiah Hawley VEDO Cáthia Ryan Innes Audrey Karrasch Jess Kellner C. Perkins Taylor Beckham Orlando Dixon Jessica Childress Jeff Lewis Chelsea M Jamila Thompson Blake Shelton Danielle Bradbery The Swon Brothers Holly Tucker Justin Rivers Taylor Beckham Savannah Berry Grace Askew Luke Edgemon Caroline Glaser Trevor Davis The Morgan Twins Christian Porter Michelle Raitzin Jacqui Sandell
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 (March 25) The coaches performed a cover of "Come Together" at the start of the show.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Shakira Usher Blake 1 The Morgan Twins 29 Rochester, New York "Fallin'" 2 Jess Kellner 21 Austin, Texas "Can't Help Falling in Love" — — 3 Mark Andrew 27Eden Prairie, Minnesota "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" — — 4 Janetza Miranda 25 Newark, New Jersey "Titanium" — — — — 5 Danielle Bradbery 16 Cypress, Texas "Mean" — 6 VEDO 19 Atlanta, Georgia "Boyfriend" — — — 7 Christian Porter 20 Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania "Sexy and I Know It" — 8 Nicole Serrano N/A New York City, New York / Minneapolis, Minnesota "E.T" — — — — 9 James Shealy N/A Atlanta, Georgia "Not Over You" — — — — 10 Hunter Elizabeth N/A Boulder, Montana/Los Angeles, California "Mercy" — — — — 11 Leah Lewis 15 Shanghai, China /Orlando, Florida "Blown Away" — — — — 12 Kris Thomas 27 Memphis, Tennessee "Saving All My Love for You" — — — 13 James Irwin 30 St. James, Missouri "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" — — — — 14 Judith Hill 29 Los Angeles, California "What a Girl Wants"
Episode 2 (March 26)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Shakira Usher Blake 1 Tawnya Reynolds 32 Ruidoso, New Mexico/Nashville, Tennessee "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" — 2 Josiah Hawley 27 Fort Smith, Arkansas "Sunday Morning" — 3 Midas Whale (Jon Peter Lewis & Ryan Hayes) Rexburg, Idaho "Folsom Prison Blues" 4 Abraham McDonald 35 Los Angeles, California "Best Thing I Never Had" — — — — 5 Cáthia 19 New York City, New York "No Me Doy por Vencido" — 6 Sarah Simmons 22 Birmingham, Alabama/Memphis, Tennessee "One of Us"
Episode 3 (April 1)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Shakira Usher Blake 1 The Swon Brothers 24 & 27 Muskogee, Oklahoma "American Girl" — 2 Taylor Beckham 17 Dallas, Texas "I'm Going Down" — — 3 Sam Alves 24 Fortaleza, Brazil "Feeling Good" — — — — 4 Karina Iglesias 35 Miami, Florida "I'm the Only One" — — 5 Garrett Gardner 17 Ringwood, New Jersey "Seven Nation Army" — — — 6 J'Sun 26 New York City, New York "For the First Time" — — — 7 Duncan Kamakana 25 Oahu, Hawaii "Home" — — — 8 Chelsea M (Chelsea Mohindroo) 20 Springfield, Virginia "Take a Bow" — — 9 Holly Tucker 19 Waco, Texas "Make You Feel My Love" 10 Sonika Vaid N/A Weston, Massachusetts "Give Your Heart a Break" — — — — 11 Shane Simon N/A West Hollywood, California "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" — — — — 12 JoiStarr N/A Los Angeles, California "Wide Awake" — — — — 13 Landon Medvec N/A Rosemount, Minnesota "You Give Me Something" — — — — 14 Michelle Chamuel 26 Amherst, Massachusetts "I Kissed a Girl" — 15 Julie Roberts 33 Nashville, Tennessee / Lancaster, South Carolina "God Gave Me You" — — — — 16 Monique Abbadie 20 Miami, Florida "Loca" 17 Warren Stone 31 Hannah, South Carolina "Colder Weather" —
Episode 4 (April 2)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Shakira Usher Blake 1 Audrey Karrasch 20 Reno, Nevada "Price Tag" — — 2 Brandon Roush 19 Louisville, Kentucky "With a Little Help From My Friends" — — — 3 Betsy Barta 22 Minneapolis, Minnesota "Set Fire to the Rain" — — — — 4 Jewl Anguay N/A Kaneohe, Hawaii "Battlefield" — — — — 5 Ginette Claudette 19 New York City, New York "No One" — — — — 6 Chris Johnson 26 Memphis, Tennessee "I Won't Back Down" — — — — 7 Patrick Dodd 35 Memphis, Tennessee "Walking in Memphis" — — 8 Trevor Davis 32 San Diego, California "Keep Your Head Up" — — — 9 C. Perkins 19 New Orleans, Louisiana "Because of You" — — — 10 Agina Alvarez 23 Burbank, California "Beautiful Liar" — — — 11 Orlando Dixon 24 Washington, D.C. "So Sick" — — — 12 Savannah Berry 17 Houston, Texas "Safe & Sound" —
Episode 5 (April 8)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Shakira Usher Blake 1 Jeff Lewis 28 Dallas, Texas "U Got It Bad" — 2 Shawna P 45 Orange Beach, Alabama "She Talks to Angels" — — 3 Caroline Glaser 18 Chesterfield, Missouri "Tiny Dancer" — — 4 Cameron 24 Wayland, Iowa "As Long as You Love Me" — — — — 5 Michael Austin 43 Norco, California "Somebody Like You" — — 6 Sasha Allen 30 New York City, New York "Not Ready to Make Nice" 7 Matt Cermanski 19 Phoenixville, Pennsylvania "Teenage Dream" — — — — 8 Jamila Thompson 21 Atlanta, Georgia "Halo" — — — 9 Amy Whitcomb 24 Longwood, Florida "Because of You" — — — 10 Justin Rivers 28 Bowling Green, Kentucky "Summertime" — — — 11 Michelle Raitzin 20 Great Neck, New York "Bless the Broken Road" — — — 12 Mary Miranda 17 Havana, Cuba /Albuquerque, New Mexico "Como La Flor" — 13 Grace Askew 26 Memphis, Tennessee "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" — — 14 Jane Smith 18 Cincinnati, Ohio "You've Got the Love" — — — — 15 Greylan James N/A Knoxville, Tennessee "Wanted" — — — — 16 Dakota O'Driscoll 15 Tyngsborough, Massachusetts "Fifteen" — — — — 17 Brandon Diaz 16 Ashburn, Virginia "Fine By Me" — — — — 18 Ryan Innes 31 Provo, Utah "Gravity"
Episode 6 (April 9)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Shakira Usher Blake 1 Mark Lennon 48 Los Angeles, California "Come Together" — — — — 2 Jacqui Sandell 24 Oakland, New Jersey "Dreams" — — 3 Amber Carrington 19 Rockwall, Texas "Good Girl" — —Team full 4 Dustin Hatzenbuhler 24 Apple Valley, Minnesota "Haven't Met You Yet"Team full — — 5 Luke Edgemon 24 Fayetteville, North Carolina "I Can't Make You Love Me" 6 Jessica Childress 26 Lancaster, California "Marry You" Team full
The Battles The Battle Rounds were broadcast from Monday, April 15, 2013, to Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The 'Steals' (adopted in season 3) have been retained, and each coach has two uses to be used throughout the Battle rounds. Six battles (or the outcomes thereof) 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 advanced to the Knockouts after being stolen by another coach Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Adam Shakira Usher Blake Episode 7 Adam Levine 1 "Try" Sasha Allen — Shakira 2 Garrett Gardner "How You Like Me Now?" J'Sun — — — 3 Holly Tucker "Blown Away" Michelle Raitzin — — — Usher 4 Jess Kellner "You Know I'm No Good" Taylor Beckham — — Blake Shelton 5 The Swon Brothers "I Won't Back Down" Christian Porter — — — Adam Levine 6 Judith Hill Karina Iglesias — — Episode 8 Adam Levine 1 Warren Stone "My Kinda Party" Michael Austin rowspan="6" — — Usher 2 Josiah Hawley "Roxanne" Jeff Lewis — — Blake Shelton 3 Grace Askew "Me and Bobby McGee" Trevor Davis — — Usher 4 Audrey Karrasch "If I Were a Boy" Jamila Thompson — — Shakira 5 Tawnya Reynolds "The Chain" Mark Andrew — — — Blake Shelton 6 Danielle Bradbery "Put Your Records On" Caroline Glaser Episode 9 Usher 1 VEDO "Locked Out of Heaven" Jessica Childress — rowspan="6" — Shakira 2 Monique Abbadie "You and I" Luke Edgemon — Blake Shelton 3 Savannah Berry "Little White Church" Jacqui Sandell — — rowspan="4" Shakira 4 Kris Thomas "It Will Rain" C. Perkins — Adam Levine 5 Midas Whale "Burning Love" Patrick Dodd — — Usher 6 Ryan Innes "Ain't No Sunshine" Orlando Dixon Episode 10 Shakira 1 Shawna P "Piece of My Heart" Brandon Roush rowspan="6" rowspan="6" — rowspan="6" Adam Levine 2 Sarah Simmons "Wanted You More" — Usher 3 Michelle Chamuel "Titanium" Chelsea M Adam Levine 4 Amy Whitcomb "Heartbreaker" Agina Alvarez — Blake Shelton 5 Justin Rivers "Easy" — Shakira 6 Mary Miranda "Antes de las Seis" Cáthia
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