The Voice (American season 5)
The fifth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 23, 2013 on NBC. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned as coaches for their fifth season, while CeeLo Green and Christina Aguilera returned after being replaced by Usher and Shakira in season four. This was the final season to feature Green as a coach.
This is the first season to extend the use of steals in the knockout round, which was previously made available only in the Battle rounds; and the Instant Save during live shows, allowing Twitter's tweets from the viewers to save a contestant eligible from elimination. The iTunes multiplier bonus introduced on season three also returned but the multiplier was reduced to five, which was still applied till this day.
Carson Daly returned to host the show, but Christina Milian did not return as the social media correspondent and Daly assumed the roles for both.
Tessanne Chin was announced as the winner of the season, making her the first foreign artist to win the show, and also marked Adam Levine's 2nd win as a coach.
Coaches and hosts
and Christina Aguilera returned from their hiatus and rejoined Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. Usher and Shakira were confirmed to return for the following season. Carson Daly returned as host, but Christina Milian did not return as social media correspondent, as she wished to focus on her new album, and to compete on Season 17 of Dancing with the Stars. Daly then assumed the position as the social media correspondent.In February 2014, Green announced his departure from The Voice and thus making it his last season for the show.
Auditions
The open call auditions were held in the following locations:| Date | Venue | Location |
| January 13–14, 2013 | Donald E. Stephens Convention Center | Chicago, Illinois |
| January 20–21, 2013 | Atlanta Convention Center | Atlanta, Georgia |
| February 3–4, 2013 | Los Angeles Convention Center | Los Angeles, California |
| February 9, 2013 | Reliant Center | Houston, Texas |
| February 16–17, 2013 | Jacob K. Javits Convention Center | New York City, New York |
Teams
;Color keyBlind auditions
The blind auditions were taped from July 9 to 12, 2013. The first episode of the Blind auditions premiered on September 23, 2013.;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 (Sept. 23)
The coaches performed "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" at the start of the show.Episode 2 (Sept. 24)
Episode 3 (Sept. 30)
Episode 4 (Oct. 1)
Episode 5 (Oct. 7)
Episode 6 (Oct. 8)
Episode six feature a recap compilation of the "best of blind auditions," featuring the composition of the four teams, behind-the-scenes footage of the first five episodes, and a sneak peek of the battle rounds.A clip of the music video for Cassadee Pope's "Wasting All These Tears" was shown, to promote her debut album Frame by Frame, which was released on the same day.
The Battles
The Battle rounds comprised two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on October 14, 15, 21 and 22, 2013 with six battles in each episode. The coaches once again utilized mentors during this round and each has enlisted the help of the following: Adam Levine brought in OneRepublic's lead singer, Ryan Tedder; CeeLo Green brought in Miguel; Christina Aguilera brought in Ed Sheeran; and finally, Blake Shelton brought in Cher. Continuing with the format introduced in Season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach.Color key:
| 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 |
Episodes airing on Monday had a running time of two hours.
Episodes airing on Tuesday & Sunday had a running time of one hour.
The Knockouts
For the first time this series, steals are available to use during the Knockouts; each coach has one Steal to save any one losing artist from another coach. There were 16 Knockout matchups in two 2-hour episodes and only 20 artists advanced on to the Live Shows.Color key:
| 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. It consists of the playoffs, five weekly shows and the season finale.Color key:
| Artist was saved by the Public's votes | |
| Artist was saved by his/her coach | |
| Artist was saved by the Instant Save | |
| Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 5 after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10 | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Week 1: Live playoffs (Nov. 4, 5 & 7)
Teams Adam and Blake performed in the Playoff round on November 4, with Teams CeeLo and Christina following November 5. The results were revealed November 7, with two artists from each team eliminated.For this season, the iTunes voting rules saw revamps during the show's live rounds, where it now award the artists a multiplier of five for singles which charted within the Top 10 of the iTunes "Top 200 Singles Chart" at the close of a specific episode's voting "window".
This week's iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to James Wolpert ; Caroline Pennell's performance did peaked at the Top 10 only after the voting window ended, thus the bonus was not applied.
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 13.1 | Flo Rida ft. Christina Aguilera | "How I Feel" |
| 14.1 | A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera | "Say Something" |
| 15.1 | Team Blake: Ray Boudreaux, Cole Vosbury, Austin Jenckes, Shelbie Z, Nic Hawk | "Free Ride" |
| 15.2 | Team CeeLo: Kat Robichaud, Caroline Pennell, Jonny Gray, Amber Nicole, Tamara Chauniece | "Give a Little Bit" |
| 15.3 | Team Christina: Matthew Schuler, Jacquie Lee, Josh Logan, Olivia Henken, Stephanie Anne Johnson | "Love Somebody" |
| 15.4 | Team Adam: James Wolpert, Will Champlin, Tessanne Chin, Preston Pohl & Grey | "Safe and Sound" |
Week 2: Top 12 (Nov 11 & 12)
The Top 12 performed on Monday, November 11, 2013 and received the results on Tuesday, November 12, 2013.This is the first week to introduce Instant Save. During the designated/announced five-minute voting window, Twitter users may vote to save one artist in each week's bottom three by tweeting the artist's voting keyword along with the show's designated hashtag. Viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones vote during the live broadcasts, while viewers in the Mountain and Pacific time zones are cued to vote to save artists on the show's official Twitter account during the live East coast broadcast.
iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Matthew Schuler ; However, it later reached #1 after the Top 12 Recap show that aired before the Top 12 Results show and it remained in the iTunes Top 200 chart throughout the remainder of the season.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | CeeLo Green | Caroline Pennell | "Wake Me Up" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Christina Aguilera | Josh Logan | "Man in the Mirror" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Adam Levine | James Wolpert | "Mr. Brightside" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Blake Shelton | Austin Jenckes | "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Christina Aguilera | Jacquie Lee | "Love Is Blindness" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Blake Shelton | Ray Boudreaux | "All of Me" | Public's vote |
| 7 | CeeLo Green | Kat Robichaud | "Sail" | Instant Save |
| 8 | CeeLo Green | Jonny Gray | "Another Day in Paradise" | Eliminated |
| 9 | Adam Levine | Tessanne Chin | "My Kind of Love" | Public's vote |
| 10 | Christina Aguilera | Matthew Schuler | "Hallelujah" | Public's vote |
| 11 | Blake Shelton | Cole Vosbury | "Adorn" | Public's vote |
| 12 | Adam Levine | Will Champlin | "Demons" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 17.1 | Sara Bareilles & the females of the Top 12 | "Brave" |
| 17.2 | Cee Lo Green & his team | "Roam" |
| 17.3 | The males of the Top 12 | "We're an American Band" |
| 17.4 | Adam Levine & his team | "A Hard Day's Night" |
Week 3: Top 10 (Nov 18 & 19)
The Top 10 performed on Monday, November 18, with results following on Tuesday, November 19. None of the artists reached the top 10 on iTunes, so no bonuses were awarded.| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Blake Shelton | Austin Jenckes | "Your Love" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Christina Aguilera | Jacquie Lee | "Clarity" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Adam Levine | Will Champlin | "Love Me Again" | Public's vote |
| 4 | CeeLo Green | Caroline Pennell | "Leaving on a Jet Plane" | Instant Save |
| 5 | Blake Shelton | Cole Vosbury | "To Be with You" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Adam Levine | Tessanne Chin | "If I Were Your Woman" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Blake Shelton | Ray Boudreaux | "You Are the Best Thing" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Adam Levine | James Wolpert | "Without You" | Public's vote |
| 9 | CeeLo Green | Kat Robichaud | "We Belong" | Eliminated |
| 10 | Christina Aguilera | Matthew Schuler | "Beneath Your Beautiful" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 18.1 | The Top 10 | "Say It, Just Say It" |
| 19.1 | Christina Aguilera & her team | Jackson Medley: "Black Cat", "Scream" & "Bad" |
| 19.2 | James Wolpert, Kat Robichaud, & Will Champlin | "Sugar, We're Going Down" |
| 19.3 | Blake Shelton & his team | "Sharp Dressed Man" |
| 19.4 | Caroline Pennell & Tessanne Chin | "Royals" |
Week 4: Top 8 (Nov 25 & 26)
The Top 8 performed on Monday, November 25, with results following on Tuesday, November 26.Though all of the top eight artists charted within the iTunes top 100, the iTunes bonus multipliers was only awarded for Will Champlin. With the elimination of Caroline Pennell, Green no longer has any artists on his team.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Adam Levine | James Wolpert | "Somebody to Love" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Adam Levine | Tessanne Chin | "Underneath It All" | Public's vote |
| 3 | CeeLo Green | Caroline Pennell | "Dog Days Are Over" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Blake Shelton | Cole Vosbury | "I Still Believe in You" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Christina Aguilera | Matthew Schuler | "It's Time" | Instant Save |
| 6 | Adam Levine | Will Champlin | "At Last" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Blake Shelton | Ray Boudreaux | "Gimme Some Lovin'" | Eliminated |
| 8 | Christina Aguilera | Jacquie Lee | "Who's Lovin' You" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 20.1 | Robin Thicke | "Feel Good" |
| 20.2 | Cole Vosbury, Ray Boudreaux, Tessanne Chin & Will Champlin | "One Day" |
| 20.3 | Caroline Pennell, Jacquie Lee, James Wolpert, & Matthew Schuler | "Lego House" |
| 21.1 | Ellie Goulding with James Wolpert, Matthew Schuler & Will Champlin | "Burn" |
| 21.2 | The Top 8 with the Starbucks Chorus | "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" |
| 21.3 | CeeLo Green ft. Goodie Mob | "Amy" |
| 21.4 | The Top 8 | "Apologize" / "All the Right Moves" |
Week 5: Quarterfinals (Dec 2 & 3)
The Top 6 performed two songs each, one chosen by their coach and one chosen by them dedicated to someone in their lives, on Monday, December 2, 2013 with the results following on Tuesday, December 3.With the advancement of Wolpert, Levine became the first coach with all three contestants advancing to the Semifinals in The Voice history.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Song | Order | Song | Result |
| Blake Shelton | Cole Vosbury | 1 | "Rich Girl" | 7 | "Better Man" | Public's vote |
| Adam Levine | Tessanne Chin | 2 | "Redemption Song" | 8 | "Unconditionally" | Public's vote |
| Christina Aguilera | Matthew Schuler | 9 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | 3 | "Story of My Life" | Eliminated |
| Adam Levine | Will Champlin | 10 | "Hey Brother" | 4 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Public's vote |
| Adam Levine | James Wolpert | 12 | "I'd Do Anything for Love " | 5 | "Fell in Love with a Girl" | Instant Save |
| Christina Aguilera | Jacquie Lee | 6 | "Cry Baby" | 11 | "The Voice Within" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 23.1 | Kelly Clarkson | "Underneath the Tree" |
| 23.2 | Jacquie Lee, Matthew Schuler, & Tessanne Chin | "You Got the Love" |
| 23.3 | Blake Shelton ft. Xenia | "Silver Bells" |
| 23.4 | Nuno Bettencourt with Cole Vosbury, James Wolpert & Will Champlin | "More Than Words" |
| 23.5 | The Top 6 | "Joy to the World" / "O Holy Night" |
Week 6: Semifinals (Dec 9 & 10)
The Top 5 performed on Monday, December 9, 2013 with the results following on Tuesday, December 10.iTunes bonus multipliers was awarded to Tessanne Chin, Jacquie Lee, and Champlin, with Chin becoming the first contestant to achieve the top chart position at the end of an applicable voting window this season. With the elimination of Cole Vosbury, Shelton no longer has any artists on his team, thus breaking his three-season winning streak, and also marked the first season in which Shelton does not have an artist representing him in the finale. In the results show, the top three finalists from Season 4 made an appearance along with Season 3 winner Cassadee Pope.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Adam Levine | James Wolpert | "With or Without You" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Adam Levine | Will Champlin | "Carry On" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Christina Aguilera | Jacquie Lee | "Angel" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Blake Shelton | Cole Vosbury | "Shameless" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Adam Levine | Tessanne Chin | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 24.1 | The Top 5 | "Best Day of My Life" |
| 25.1 | The Swon Brothers | "Later On" |
| 25.2 | Michelle Chamuel | "Go Down Singing" |
| 25.3 | Cassadee Pope | "I Wish I Could Break Your Heart" |
| 25.4 | Danielle Bradbery | "Never Like This" |
Week 7: Finale (Dec 16 & 17)
The final performance show aired on Monday, December 16, 2013, with the winner declared on the following results show Tuesday, December 17. The final three artists performed a duet with their respective coaches, a solo song, and a reprisal song from Blind Auditions phase. While five songs reached the iTunes Top 10, no “iTunes Bonus” was implemented, and does not affect the outcome of the results.| Coach | Artist | Order | Reprise song | Order | Duet song | Order | Solo song | Result |
| Adam Levine | Tessanne Chin | 1 | "Try" | 4 | "Let It Be" | 7 | "I Have Nothing" | Winner |
| Christina Aguilera | Jacquie Lee | 3 | "Back to Black" | 5 | "We Remain" | 9 | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Runner-up |
| Adam Levine | Will Champlin | 2 | "Not Over You" | 6 | "Tiny Dancer" | 8 | " I Do It For You" | Third Place |
| Order | Performers | Song |
| 26.1 | The Voice coaches & members of Def Leppard | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" |
| 26.2 | The Top 3 | "I'll Be There" |
| 27.1 | The Top 20 | "Tonight Is The Night" |
| 27.2 | Jacquie Lee | "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 27.3 | Celine Dion and Tessanne Chin | "Love Can Move Mountains" |
| 27.4 | OneRepublic | "I Lived" |
| 27.5 | Matthew Schuler, Ray Boudreaux, Josh Logan, Preston Pohl and Nic Hawk | "Treasure" |
| 27.6 | Will Champlin | "Wagon Wheel" |
| 27.7 | Paramore and Jacquie Lee | "Ain't It Fun" |
| 27.8 | Kat Robichaud, Tamara Chauniece, Amber Nicole, Grey, Stephanie Anne Johnson and Shelbie Z | "My Life Would Suck Without You" |
| 27.9 | Celine Dion and Ne-Yo | "Incredible" |
| 27.10 | Aloe Blacc and Will Champlin | "Wake Me Up" |
| 27.11 | Tessanne Chin | "Hold On, I'm Comin'" |
| 27.12 | Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera | "Do What U Want" |
| 27.13 | Tessanne Chin | "Tumblin' Down" |
Elimination chart
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Performances by guests/coaches
Ratings
The fifth season premiered on September 23, 2013 and was watched by 14.98 million viewers with a 5.1 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by 1.34 million viewers.Artists' appearances on earlier talent shows
- James Wolpert was among the Top 5 finalists in ABC's .
- Shelbie Z later made the Top 24 on the fifteenth season of American Idol and was eliminated in the Semifinals.
- Josh Logan would later go on Season 1 of Songland.