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1. The Voice Season 8 Winner

The Voice season 8 has come to an end, and Sawyer Fredericks has been crowned the winner. With performances by Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5 and Luke Bryan, the singing competition once again provided a star-studded finale. But despite the night’s star power, the attention was on the final four contestants. Back in the spring of 2015, The Voice Season 8 winner Sawyer Fredericks captured the hearts (and votes) of fans. The 16-year-old was the youngest singer to win the honor in the vocal competition show's history and he was the first winner coached by Pharrell.

The eighth season of the American realitytalent showThe Voice premiered on February 23, 2015 on NBC.^[1]Carson Daly returned as host. Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Pharrell Williams returned as coaches. Gwen Stefani did not return for season eight, making room for the return of Christina Aguilera after a two-season absence.

Sawyer Fredericks was announced as the winner of the season, marking Pharrell Williams' first win as a coach.^[2]

• 3Blind auditions
• 6Live shows
• 7Elimination chart
• 10Ratings

Coaches and hosts[edit]

Christina Aguilera returned from a two-season hiatus, rejoining Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Pharrell Williams.^[3] 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.^[4]Nate Ruess served as an advisor for all teams during the Knockouts.

Teams[edit]

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Blind auditions[edit]

The first phase of the competition, the Blind Auditions began airing when the season premiered on February 23, 2015.^[5] Adam Levine auditioned as a joke in episode three with the song 'Tiny Dancer,' with all four chairs turning (Pharrell turned Adam's chair).^[6] He 'chose' Christina.

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Episode 1 (Feb. 23)[edit]

The four coaches performed 'Are You Gonna Go My Way'.^[7]

Episode 2 (Feb. 24)[edit]

Episode 3 (March 2)[edit]

Episode 4 (March 3)[edit]

Episode 5 (March 4)[edit]

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)[edit]

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

The Battles[edit]

The Battles (from the second half of episode 6 to episode 9) 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. Continuing with the format introduced in season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who won their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds.

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The Knockouts[edit]

For the Knockouts, Nate Ruess was assigned as a mentor for contestants in all four teams. After announcing Anthony Riley's withdrawal^[8] from the competition, Pharrell grouped three of his team members into one knockout, in which two contestants from the trio advanced, with the third eliminated. 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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Live shows[edit]

The live shows is the final phase of the competition. It consists of the playoffs, five weekly shows and the season finale.

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Week 1: Live playoffs (April 6, 7 & 8)[edit]

The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 14, 15, and 16 (the results show). The top twenty artists perform, with two artists from each team advancing based on the viewers' vote, and each coach completing their respective teams with their own choice.

Week 2: Top 12 (April 13 & 14)[edit]

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. 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.^[9] Sawyer Fredericks, Kimberly Nichole , Meghan Linsey and India Carney received the first iTunes multiplier bonuses of the season, reaching second, third , fifth and sixth positions respectively on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window.^[10]

Week 3: Top 10 (April 20 & 21)[edit]

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.^[11] Koryn Hawthorne and Sawyer Fredericks awarded the iTunes multiplier bonuses of the week, reaching the second, third and fourth positions respectively on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window.^[12]

Week 4: Top 8 (April 27 & 28)[edit]

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.^[13] Sawyer Fredericks and Joshua Davis were awarded the iTunes multiplier bonuses of the week reaching first, second and tenth positions respectively on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window.^[14] This week's Instant Save was the closest in the show's history, with India and Corey tied for most of the voting window. India was saved with a difference of only two votes.

Week 5: Top 6 (May 4 & 5)[edit]

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 in honor of 'the mothers in their lives.' On Tuesday, only two artists sang for survival, with one leaving the competition. iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Sawyer Fredericks (positions #3 and #10) and Meghan Linsey (position #5) based on the week's iTunes Top 200 singles chart at the close of the voting window.^[15]

Week 6: Semifinals (May 11 & 12)[edit]

The Top 5 performed on Monday, May 11, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. On Tuesday, once again only two artists sang for survival, with one leaving the competition. iTunes multiplier bonuses were awarded to Sawyer Fredericks (position #2 and #3) and Meghan Linsey (position #5) based on the week's iTunes Top 200 singles chart at the close of the voting window.^[16] Special guests in the audience included Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Hailee Steinfeld from Pitch Perfect 2.

With the elimination of India Carney, Christina Aguilera no longer has any remaining artists on her team.

Week 7: Finale (May 18 & 19)[edit]

The Top 4 performed on Monday, May 18, 2015, with the final results following on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. This week, the four finalists performed an original song, a duet with the coach, and a solo song. As with previous seasons, there was no iTunes bonus multiplier applied to songs performed in the finale episodes;^[17] all iTunes votes received for the six weeks leading to the finale were cumulatively added to online, phone and app finale votes for each finalist. Hawthorne's instant save made her the third of the three finalist who were stolen. Hawthorne was stolen by Williams from Aguilera, Davis was stolen by Levine from Shelton, And Meghan Linsey the runner-up was stolen by Shelton from Williams, The act who beat Linsey was Sawyer Fredricks, who ironically was (the only non stolen finalist) from the same team as her prior to her steal.

Elimination chart[edit]

Overall[edit]

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Artist's info

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Team[edit]

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Artist's info

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Performances by guests/coaches[edit]

The Voice Season 8 Winner

Artists' appearances in other media[edit]

• DeAnna Johnson sang in the blind auditions for season five, her audition was not televised and she failed to turn any chairs. She has since been crowned Miss Georgia USA and appeared in the Miss USA pageant on Fox.
• Meghan Linsey and her then fiancé, Joshua Scott Jones, won season two of the television talent show Can You Duet as the band Steel Magnolia.^[25]
• Koryn Hawthorne would go on to be nominated in the 61st Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song.

Ratings[edit]

The season eight premiere was watched by 13.97 million viewers with a 4.1 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by 1.02 million viewers. The season eight premiere was up 21% from the previous season's finale.^[26] The second episode retained 95% of viewers in P18-49 from the premiere episode, compared to just 79%, from the previous season.^[27]

U.S. Nielsen ratings[edit]

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