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The ninth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 21, 2015 on NBC.^[1] Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Pharrell Williams returned as coaches for the season. Gwen Stefani returned after a one-season absence. Carson Daly continued as host.

The season introduced a “Coach Comeback” where each coach bring back one artist from the Battle or Knockout rounds to perform again in the Live Playoffs, and single elimination rounds during the Live Shows (except for the Semifinals).

Jordan Smith was named the winner of the season, marking Adam Levine’s third win as a coach.^[2]

Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned for their ninth season as coaches; Pharrell Williams, his third; and Gwen Stefani, her second season, after a season hiatus. The advisors for this season included Missy Elliott for Team Pharrell, John Fogerty for Team Adam, Brad Paisley for Team Blake, and Selena Gomez for Team Gwen. Rihanna served as an advisor for all teams during the Knockouts. Carson Daly returned as host for his ninth season.

Color key

Coaches	Top 48 artists
Adam Levine
	Jordan Smith	Shelby Brown	Amy Vachal	Blaine Mitchell	Chance Peña	Keith Semple
	Viktor Király	Andi & Alex	Dustin Christensen	James Dupré	Regina Love	Chance Peña
	Amanda Ayala	Manny Cabo	Dustin Monk	Cassandra Robertson
Gwen Stefani
	Jeffery Austin	Braiden Sunshine	Korin Bukowski	Viktor Király	Ellie Lawrence	Regina Love
	Riley Biederer	Summer Schappell	Kota Wade	Tim Atlas	Hanna Ashbrook	Lyndsey Elm
	Noah Jackson	Alex Kandel	Chase Kerby
Pharrell Williams
	Madi Davis	Evan McKeel	Mark Hood	Celeste Betton	Riley Biederer	Darius Scott
	Morgan Frazier	Amy Vachal	Tim Atlas	Siahna Im	Ivonne Acero	Riley Biederer
	Daria Jazmin	Jubal & Amanda	Sydney Rhame
Blake Shelton
	Emily Ann Roberts	Barrett Baber	Zach Seabaugh	Ivonne Acero	Morgan Frazier	Nadjah Nicole
	Chance Peña	Blind Joe	Chris Crump	Dustin Christensen	Morgan Frazier	Blaine Mitchell
	Cole Criske	Tyler Dickerson	Krista Hughes
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). Bolded names are artists who received the Coach Comeback and advanced to the Live Playoffs.

The first phase of the competition, the Blind Auditions, taped on June 29–30 and July 7–8, 2015, and began airing when the season premiered on September 21, 2015.

Color key

✔	Coach hit his or 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

The four coaches performed a medley of each other’s songs, including “Neon Light“, “Don’t Speak“, “Sugar” and “Get Lucky“, which were sung by Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Pharrell Williams, and Adam Levine, respectively.^[3]

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach’s and contestant’s choices
					Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
1	Mark Hood	24	Chicago, Illinois	“Use Me”	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Kota Wade	20	Los Angeles, California	“Bring It On Home to Me”	—	✔	✔	✔
3	Keith Semple	34	Larne, Northern Ireland, UK	“I’ll Be There for You”	✔	✔	—	—
4	Alyssa Sheridan	18	San Diego, California	“I Will Remember You”	—	—	—	—
5	Siahna Im	15	Auburn, Washington	“Fever”	—	✔	✔	✔
6	Jordan Smith	22	Harlan, Kentucky	“Chandelier”	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Dr. Paul	66	Hayesville, North Carolina	“Mama Tried”	—	—	—	—
8	Nadjah Nicole	23	New Castle, Delaware	“Tightrope”	✔	—	—	✔
9	Braiden Sunshine	14	Old Lyme, Connecticut	“The Mountains Win Again”	—	✔	✔	—
10	Michael Woolery	25	Los Angeles, California	“Say”	—	—	—	—
11	Barrett Baber	34	Marion, Arkansas	“Angel Eyes”	✔	✔	✔	✔

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach’s and contestant’s choices
					Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
1	“Blind Joe”	33	Fargo, North Dakota	“If It Hadn’t Been for Love”	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Ivonne Acero	17	Aguila, Arizona	“Style”	—	✔	✔	—
3	Gage Navarro	21	Selma, California	“Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked”	—	—	—	—
4	Regina Love	51	Atlanta, Georgia	“Rock Steady”	✔	—	—	✔
5	Zach Seabaugh	16	Marietta, Georgia	“Take Your Time”	✔	—	✔	✔
6	Evan McKeel	20	Richmond, Virginia	“Typical”	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Bryan Bautista	23	Brooklyn, New York	“Locked Out of Heaven”	—	—	—	—
8	Emily Ann Roberts	16	Knoxville, Tennessee	“I Hope You Dance”	✔	—	—	✔
9	Ellie Lawrence	26	Calhoun, Georgia	“We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off”	✔	✔	✔	—
10	Noah Jackson	19	Sunderland, Massachusetts	“Elastic Heart”	—	✔	—	—
11	Tim Atlas	26	San Jose, California	“Give Me Love”	—	✔	—	—
12	Hanna Ashbrook	23	Mount Prospect, Illinois	“Closer”	—	✔	—	—
13	Natalie Yacovazzi	28	Chicago, Illinois	“Oh! Darling”	—	—	—	—
14	James Dupré	30	Bayou Chicot, Louisiana	“Let Her Cry”	✔	✔	✔	✔

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach’s and contestant’s choices
					Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
1	Morgan Frazier	22	Nashville, Tennessee	“I Want You to Want Me”	—	✔	—	✔
2	Amanda Ayala	17	New York, New York	“Mississippi Queen”	✔	—	✔	✔
3	Jeffery Austin	24	Chicago, Illinois	“Lay Me Down”	—	✔	—	—
4	Lyndsey Elm	22	Vacaville, California	“Lips Are Movin’”	✔	✔	✔	✔
5	Joe Maye	23	Baltimore, Maryland	“Word Up!”	—	—	—	—
6	Manny Cabo	45	Elizabeth, New Jersey	“Here I Go Again”	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Madi Davis	16	McKinney, Texas	“It’s Too Late”	—	✔	✔	—
8	Caleb Lee Hutchinson	16	Dallas, Georgia	“The Dance”	—	—	—	—
9	Riley Biederer	19	Atlanta, Georgia	“Invincible”	—	—	✔	—
10	Cassandra Robertson	45	Dallas, Texas	“Ghost”	✔	—	—	—
11	Daria Jazmin	20	Los Angeles, California	“Dear Future Husband”	—	✔	✔	✔
12	Chris Crump	31	Baytown, Texas	“Thinking Out Loud”	✔	✔	✔	✔
13	Tyler Dickerson	21	Denham Springs, Louisiana	“Hard To Handle”	—	—	—	✔
14	Jubal & Amanda (Jubal Lee Young & Amanda Preslar)	44 / 36	Tulsa, Oklahoma	“Seven Bridges Road”	—	✔	✔	—

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach’s and contestant’s choices
					Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
1	Darius Scott	23	Dallas, Texas	“You Make Me Wanna…”	✔	✔	✔	—
2	Korin Bukowski	19	Miami, Florida	“Cecilia and the Satellite”	—	✔	—	—
3	Krista Hughes	22	Coal City, West Virginia	“Angel from Montgomery”	✔	✔	✔	✔
4	Janae Strother	28	Herndon, Virginia	“Uptown Funk”	—	—	—	—
5	Chance Peña	15	Tyler, Texas	“I See Fire”	✔	—	—	—
6	Viktor Király	31	New York, New York	“What’s Going On”	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Julie Broadus	18	Suwanee, Georgia	“Brand New Key”	—	—	—	—
8	Cole Criske	16	Temecula, California	“Dreaming with a Broken Heart”	—	✔	✔	✔
9	Alex Kandel	22	Nashville, Tennessee	“Bright”	✔	✔	—	—
10	Tom Rhodes	26	Oakland, California	“Hit the Road Jack”	—	—	—	—
11	Junior Reed	20	Menifee, California	“What I Got”	—	—	—	—
12	T’alia Scott	30	Miami, Florida	“Beneath Your Beautiful”	—	—	—	—
13	Celeste Betton	27	Hinesville, Georgia	“Love You I Do”	—	—	✔	—
14	Andi & Alex (Andi Peot & Alex Peot)	24	Green Bay, Wisconsin	“Thank You”	✔	✔	✔	✔

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach’s and contestant’s choices
					Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
1	Dustin Christensen	35	Orem, Utah	“Downtown Train”	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Berdine Joseph	19	Port au Prince, Haiti	“Hey Mama”	—	—	—	—
3	Dustin Monk	27	Jacksonville, Florida	“Bright Lights”	✔	—	—	✔
4	Chase Kerby	30	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	“The Scientist”	—	✔	—	—
5	Dawson Daugherty	17	Venice, California	“Problem”	—	—	—	—
6	Shelby Brown	16	Elberta, Alabama	“Stars”	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Amy Vachal	26	Brooklyn, New York	“Dream a Little Dream of Me”	Team full	✔	✔	✔
8	Blaine Mitchell	24	Fort Worth, Texas	“Drops of Jupiter”		✔	—	✔
9	Summer Schappell	21	Redding, California	“Strawberry Wine”		✔	✔	Team full
10	Caroline Burns	15	Hollis, New Hampshire	“A Thousand Years”		Team full	—
11	Andy Buckner	34	Asheville, North Carolina	“Can’t You See”			—
12	Justen Harden	20	Brunswick, Georgia	“Firecracker”			—
13	Adam Melchor	21	Jersey City, New Jersey	“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”			—
14	Sydney Rhame	16	Decatur, Georgia	“Photograph”			✔

Episode 6, titled “The Best of The Blind Auditions,” recalled the Blind Auditions this season.

The Battles (episodes 7 to 10) consisted of two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on October 12, 13, 19 and 20, 2015. Season nine’s advisors are Missy Elliott for Team Pharrell, John Fogerty for Team Adam, Brad Paisley for Team Blake, and Selena Gomez for Team Gwen. As like the previous battle rounds since season 3, each coach can exercise a use of two steals to save two losing artists from opposing coaches to put through to the Knockouts. At the end of the Knockouts, each coach reinstate a previously eliminated artist from either the Battles or Knockouts to participate in the Live Playoffs.

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 originally eliminated but received the Coach Comeback and advanced to the Live Playoffs
	Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

Episode	Coach	Order	Winner	Song	Loser	‘Steal’ result
						Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
Episode 71 (Monday, Oct 12, 2015)	Adam Levine	1	Jordan Smith	“Like I Can”	Regina Love	—N/a	✔	—	—
	Blake Shelton	2	Zach Seabaugh	“I’m Gonna Be Somebody”	Tyler Dickerson	—	—	—	—N/a
	Gwen Stefani	3	Ellie Lawrence	“Sweater Weather”	Tim Atlas	—	—N/a	✔	—
	Pharrell Williams	4	Mark Hood	“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”	Celeste Betton	—	—	—N/a	—
	Adam Levine	5	James Dupré	“Fortunate Son”	Dustin Monk	—N/a	—	—	—
	Blake Shelton	6	Barrett Baber	“Walking in Memphis”	Dustin Christensen	✔	✔	—	—N/a
Episode 8 (Tuesday, Oct 13, 2015)	Adam Levine	1	Keith Semple	“Baba O’Riley”	Manny Cabo	—N/a	—	—	—
	Blake Shelton	2	Chris Crump	“When I Get Where I’m Going”	Krista Hughes	—	—	—	—N/a
	Pharrell Williams	3	Madi Davis	“Riptide”	Sydney Rhame	—	—	—N/a	—
	Gwen Stefani	4	Kota Wade	“It’s My Life”	Alex Kandel	—	—N/a	—	—
		5	Jeffery Austin	“Can’t Feel My Face”	Noah Jackson	—		—	—
	Pharrell Williams	6	Siahna Im	“You Keep Me Hangin’ On”	Ivonne Acero	—	✔	—N/a	✔
Episode 9 (Monday, Oct 19, 2015)	Blake Shelton	1	Blind Joe	“Old Time Rock and Roll”	Blaine Mitchell	✔	—	—	—N/a
	Adam Levine	2	Viktor Kiraly	“Nobody Knows”	Cassandra Robertson	Team full	—	—	—
	Gwen Stefani	3	Korin Bukowski	“Samson”	Chase Kerby		—N/a	—	—
	Pharrell Williams	4	Evan McKeel	“Higher Ground”	Riley Biederer		✔	—N/a	—
	Gwen Stefani	5	Braiden Sunshine	“No One Is to Blame”	Lyndsey Elm		Team full	—	—
	Adam Levine	6	Andi & Alex	“Wherever You Will Go”	Chance Peña			—	✔
Episode 10 (Tuesday, Oct 20, 2015)	Adam Levine	1	Shelby Brown	“Edge of Seventeen”	Amanda Ayala	Team full	Team full	—	Team full
	Pharrell Williams	2	Amy Vachal	“To Love Somebody”	Jubal & Amanda			—N/a
		3	Darius Scott	“Lean on Me”	Daria Jazmin
	Blake Shelton	4	Nadjah Nicole	“Baby One More Time”	Cole Criske			—
	Gwen Stefani	5	Summer Schappell	“Leave the Pieces”	Hanna Ashbrook			—
	Blake Shelton	6	Emily Ann Roberts	“I’m That Kind of Girl”	Morgan Frazier			✔

For the Knockouts, Rihanna was assigned as a mentor for contestants in all four teams. As in previous seasons, the coaches can steal one losing artist. The top 20 contestants will then move on to the Live Shows.

Color key:

	Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Playoffs
	Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Playoffs
	Artist lost the Knockout and was originally eliminated but received the Coach Comeback and advanced to the Live Playoffs
	Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated

Episode	Coach	Order	Song	Artists		Song	‘Steal’ result
				Winner	Loser		Adam	Gwen	Pharrell	Blake
Episode 11 (Monday, Oct 26, 2015)	Adam Levine	1	“Hold Back the River”	Blaine Mitchell	Andi & Alex	“Stupid Boy”	—N/a	—	—	—
	Gwen Stefani	2	“Feeling Good”	Braiden Sunshine	Ellie Lawrence	“Cool for the Summer”	—	—N/a	—	—
	Blake Shelton	3	“Colder Weather”	Barrett Baber	Blind Joe	“Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”	—	—	—	—N/a
	Pharrell Williams	4	“A Case of You”	Madi Davis	Amy Vachal	“A Sunday Kind of Love”	✔	—	—N/a	✔
	Blake Shelton	5	“Part of Me”	Ivonne Acero	Chance Peña	“Demons”	Team full	—	—	—N/a
	Adam Levine	6	“Set Fire to the Rain”	Jordan Smith	Viktor Kiraly	“If I Ain’t Got You”		✔	—	—
Episode 12 (Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015)	Gwen Stefani	1	“All I Want”	Korin Bukowski	Summer Schappell	“Little White Church”	Team full	Team full	—	—
	Adam Levine	2	“I Want to Know What Love Is”	Keith Semple	Dustin Christensen	“Free”			—	—
	Pharrell Williams	3	“On Broadway”	Darius Scott	Morgan Frazier	“Even If It Breaks Your Heart”			—N/a	✔
Episode 131 (Monday, Nov 2, 2015)	Adam Levine	1	“Jesus, Take the Wheel”	Shelby Brown	James Dupré	“Sure Be Cool If You Did”	Team full	Team full	—	Team full
	Pharrell Williams	2	“Stand by Me”	Mark Hood	Siahna Im	“Back to Black”			—N/a
	Gwen Stefani	3	“Turning Tables”	Jeffery Austin	Kota Wade	“Barracuda”			—
	Blake Shelton	4	“Cowboy Take Me Away”	Emily Ann Roberts	Nadjah Nicole	“A Woman’s Worth”			—
		5	“Somebody’s Heartbreak”	Zach Seabaugh	Chris Crump	“I Wish It Would Rain”			—
	Pharrell Williams	6	“Dare You to Move”	Evan McKeel	Tim Atlas	“Torn”			—N/a
	Gwen Stefani	7	“Midnight Train to Georgia”	Regina Love	Riley Biederer	“XO”			✔
Episode 142 (Tuesday, Nov 3, 2015)	The fourteenth episode was a special one-hour episode titled “The Road to the Live Shows.” The episode showed the best moments of the season so far, including the blind auditions, the journey of the top 20 contestants and some unseen footage.

¹ Chance Peña is on Team Adam for the Live Shows.

The Live Shows is the final phase of the competition. It consists of six weeks of live shows starting with the playoffs and ending on the season finale. The traditional iTunes multiplier bonus begins with the Live Playoffs and continues through the end of the semi-finals. The Instant Save feature applies starting on the top 12 week until the semi-finals.

For the first time in the show’s history, a “Coach Comeback” feature was introduced where each coach reinstated one previously eliminated artist from the Battles or Knockouts to perform in the Live Playoffs with the top 20 and will get a chance to move on to the live shows as part of the top 12.

Color key:

	Artist was saved by the public’s votes
	Artist was saved by his/her coach or was placed in the bottom two or middle three
	Artist was saved by Instant Save (via Twitter)
	Artist’s iTunes vote was multiplied by 10 (except the finals) after his/her studio version of the song reached the iTunes top 10 within the applicable voting window
	Artist was eliminated

The Live Playoffs comprises episodes 15, 16, and 17 (the results show). The top 24 artists perform, with the two artists per each team advances via public vote, while the bottom four artists compete for the coaches’ save in the results show. The Monday broadcast featured Teams Adam and Gwen, while the Tuesday broadcast featured Teams Pharrell and Blake.

Jordan Smith‘s “Halo” reached #3 on iTunes and Emily Ann Roberts‘ “In The Garden” peaked at #6; both received iTunes bonus multipliers in their respective voting windows.^[4][5]

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 15 (Monday, Nov 9, 2015)	Adam Levine	1	Blaine Mitchell	“Never Tear Us Apart”	Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	2	Regina Love	“Hello”	Eliminated
	Adam Levine	3	Keith Semple	“To Be With You”	Eliminated
		4	Shelby Brown	“You’re No Good”	Public’s vote
	Gwen Stefani	5	Korin Bukowski	“Adia”	Gwen’s choice
		6	Ellie Lawrence	“Ex’s & Oh’s”	Eliminated
		7	Jeffery Austin	“Say You Love Me”	Public’s vote
		8	Braiden Sunshine	“Everything I Own”	Public’s vote
	Adam Levine	9	Amy Vachal	“The Way You Look Tonight”	Adam’s choice
	Gwen Stefani	10	Viktor Király	“All Around the World”	Eliminated
	Adam Levine	11	Chance Peña	“Barton Hollow”	Eliminated
		12	Jordan Smith	“Halo“[4]	Public’s vote
Episode 16 (Tuesday, Nov 10, 2015)	Pharrell Williams	1	Darius Scott	“Love Lockdown”	Eliminated
	Blake Shelton	2	Ivonne Acero	“One of Us”	Eliminated
		3	Morgan Frazier	“Lips of an Angel”	Eliminated
	Pharrell Williams	4	Evan McKeel	“Overjoyed”	Public’s vote
		5	Madi Davis	“Songbird”	Public’s vote
		6	Celeste Betton	“Something In the Water”	Eliminated
	Blake Shelton	7	Zach Seabaugh	“Brand New Girlfriend”	Public’s vote
	Pharrell Williams	8	Riley Biederer	“Should’ve Been Us”	Eliminated
	Blake Shelton	9	Nadjah Nicole	“Upside Down”	Eliminated
		10	Emily Ann Roberts	“In the Garden“[5]	Blake’s choice
	Pharrell Williams	11	Mark Hood	“What Do You Mean?”	Pharrell’s choice
	Blake Shelton	12	Barrett Baber	“I Drive Your Truck”	Public’s vote

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
17.1	Team Gwen (Braiden Sunshine, Ellie Lawrence, Jeffery Austin, Korin Bukowski, Regina Love, and Viktor Király)	“O-o-h Child”
17.2	Sawyer Fredericks	“Take It All”
17.3	Team Blake (Barrett Baber, Emily Ann Roberts, Ivonne Acero, Morgan Frazier, Nadjah Nicole, and Zach Seabaugh)	“Stand”
17.4	Team Pharrell (Celeste Betton, Darius Scott, Evan McKeel, Madi Davis, Mark Hood, and Riley Biederer)	“Everybody Hurts”
17.5	Team Adam (Amy Vachal, Blaine Mitchell, Chance Peña, Jordan Smith, Keith Semple, and Shelby Brown)	“Diamonds”

In-lieu of the bottom three and the double elimination in contrast of previous seasons, this week feature single elimination until week four. The two artists with the lowest votes then performed in the Instant Save and faced the Twitter’s votes.

iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Jordan Smith (#1), Amy Vachal (#6), and Jeffery Austin (#9).^[6]

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 18 (Monday, Nov 16, 2015)	Gwen Stefani	1	Braiden Sunshine	“Renegade”	Public’s vote
	Adam Levine	2	Amy Vachal	“Hotline Bling“[6]	Public’s vote
	Pharrell Williams	3	Mark Hood	“Against All Odds”	Bottom two
	Blake Shelton	4	Emily Ann Roberts	“Blame It On Your Heart”	Public’s vote
	Gwen Stefani	5	Korin Bukowski	“Titanium”	Bottom two
	Blake Shelton	6	Barrett Baber	“Right Here Waiting”	Public’s vote
	Pharrell Williams	7	Madi Davis	“Who Will Save Your Soul”	Public’s vote
	Gwen Stefani	8	Jeffery Austin	“Let It Go“[6]	Public’s vote
	Adam Levine	9	Shelby Brown	“In Color”	Public’s vote
	Pharrell Williams	10	Evan McKeel	“This Is It”	Public’s vote
	Adam Levine	11	Jordan Smith	“Great Is Thy Faithfulness“[6]	Public’s vote
	Blake Shelton	12	Zach Seabaugh	“My Love”	Public’s vote
Episode 19 (Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015)	Instant Save performances
	Pharrell Williams	1	Mark Hood	“Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”	Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	2	Korin Bukowski	“Don’t Know Why”	Instant Save

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
19.1	Blake Shelton and his team (Barrett Baber, Emily Ann Roberts, and Zach Seabaugh)	“Lean on Me”
19.2	Pharrell Williams and his team (Evan McKeel, Madi Davis, and Mark Hood)	“Just a Cloud Away”

iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Vachal (#4), Smith (#8) and Emily Ann Roberts (#10).^[7]

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 20 (Monday, Nov 23, 2015)	Adam Levine	1	Shelby Brown	“You and I”	Public’s vote
	Pharrell Williams	2	Evan McKeel	“Smile”	Bottom two
	Blake Shelton	3	Barrett Baber	“Delta Dawn”	Public’s vote
	Gwen Stefani	4	Korin Bukowski	“Only Hope”	Bottom two
	Adam Levine	5	Amy Vachal	“Blank Space“[7]	Public’s vote
	Blake Shelton	6	Zach Seabaugh	“Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not”	Public’s vote
	Pharrell Williams	7	Madi Davis	“Love Is Blindness”	Public’s vote
	Gwen Stefani	8	Braiden Sunshine	“True”	Public’s vote
	Adam Levine	9	Jordan Smith	“Who You Are“[7]	Public’s vote
	Blake Shelton	10	Emily Ann Roberts	“Why Not Me“[7]	Public’s vote
	Gwen Stefani	11	Jeffery Austin	“Dancing on My Own”	Public’s vote
Episode 21 (Tuesday, Nov 24, 2015)	Instant Save performances
	Pharrell Williams	1	Evan McKeel	“Let’s Stay Together”	Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	2	Korin Bukowski	“She Will Be Loved”	Instant Save

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
20.1	Pharrell Williams	“Freedom”
21.1	Brad Paisley	“Country Nation”
21.2	Gwen Stefani and her team (Braiden Sunshine, Jeffery Austin, and Korin Bukowski)	“You Get What You Give”
21.3	Adam Levine and his team (Amy Vachal, Jordan Smith, and Shelby Brown)	“Wouldn’t It Be Nice”

iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Smith (#2), Barrett Baber (#3), Madi Davis (#4), Ann Roberts (#5), Austin (#7), Amy Vachal (#8) and Shelby Brown (#10).^[8]

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 22 (Monday, Nov 30, 2015)	Gwen Stefani	1	Jeffery Austin	“Jealous”	Public’s vote
	Blake Shelton	2	Emily Ann Roberts	“She’s Got You”	Public’s vote
	Gwen Stefani	3	Braiden Sunshine	“Radioactive”	Bottom two
	Adam Levine	4	Shelby Brown	“Go Rest High on That Mountain”	Public’s vote
	Gwen Stefani	5	Korin Bukowski	“Same Old Love”	Bottom two
	Adam Levine	6	Amy Vachal	“Bye Bye Bye”	Public’s vote
		7	Jordan Smith	“Hallelujah”	Public’s vote
	Blake Shelton	8	Zach Seabaugh	“Crazy Little Thing Called Love”	Public’s vote
	Pharrell Williams	9	Madi Davis	“Girls Just Want to Have Fun”	Public’s vote
	Blake Shelton	10	Barrett Baber	“I’d Love to Lay You Down”	Public’s vote
Episode 23 (Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015)	Instant Save performances
	Gwen Stefani	1	Korin Bukowski	“Try”	Eliminated
		2	Braiden Sunshine	“Harder to Breathe”	Instant Save

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
22.1	Gwen Stefani	“Used to Love You”
23.1	R. City & Adam Levine	“Locked Away”
23.2	Sia	“Alive”

Five artists were eliminated on the semifinals. During the results, the top three artists with the most votes were immediately advanced the finals, the bottom three artists with the fewest votes were eliminated immediately, and the middle three artists were eligible for the Instant Save.

iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded for the most number of artists (eight, surpassing seven on the previous week) in a single week of shows in The Voice history, those being Smith (#1), Austin (#3), Ann Roberts (#4), Davis (#5), Vachal (#6), Braiden Sunshine (#7), Zach Seabaugh (#8) and Barrett Baber (#9).^[9] With the elimination of Davis, Williams no longer has any more artists left on his team.

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 24 (Monday, Dec 7, 2015)
	Blake Shelton	1	Barrett Baber	“Ghost”	Public’s vote
	Adam Levine	2	Shelby Brown	“Even God Must Get the Blues”	Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	3	Jeffery Austin	“Believe”	Middle three
		4	Braiden Sunshine	“Amazing Grace”	Eliminated
	Blake Shelton	5	Zach Seabaugh	“The Climb”	Middle three
	Pharrell Williams	6	Madi Davis	“Big Girls Don’t Cry”	Middle three
	Blake Shelton	7	Emily Ann Roberts	“9 to 5”	Public’s vote
	Adam Levine	8	Amy Vachal	“To Make You Feel My Love”	Eliminated
		9	Jordan Smith	“Somebody to Love”	Public’s vote
Episode 25 (Tuesday, Dec 8, 2015)	Instant Save performances
	Blake Shelton	1	Zach Seabaugh	“Live Like You Were Dying”	Eliminated
	Pharrell Williams	2	Madi Davis	“Don’t Dream It’s Over”	Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	3	Jeffery Austin	“Make It Rain”	Instant Save

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
24.1	Ellie Goulding	“On My Mind”
24.2	Blake Shelton	“Gonna”
25.1	Cassadee Pope	“I Am Invincible”
25.2	Dolly Parton	“Coat of Many Colors”

The Final four performed on Monday, December 14, 2015, with the final results following on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Finalists performed a solo song, a duet with their coach, and a Christmas song. As per usual, no iTunes bonuses are awarded for Finale performances, with all season’s iTunes votes for each artist counted cumulatively.

The contestant’s song choices reach the top 10 on iTunes for Jordan Smith (#1, #3 and #5), Emily Ann Roberts (#2 and #6), Barrett Baber (#7), Jeffery Austin (#9).^[10][11]

Coach	Artist	Order	Solo Song	Order	Duet Song (With coach)	Order	Christmas Song	Result
Adam Levine	Jordan Smith	1	“Climb Ev’ry Mountain”	5	“God Only Knows”	11	“Mary Did You Know”	Winner
Blake Shelton	Emily Ann Roberts	12	“Burning House”	7	“Islands in the Stream”	2	“Blue Christmas”	Runner Up
Blake Shelton	Barrett Baber	6	“Die a Happy Man”	3	“Rhinestone Cowboy”	9	“Silent Night”	Third place
Gwen Stefani	Jeffery Austin	8	“Stay”	10	“Leather and Lace”	4	“O Holy Night”	Fourth place

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
27.1	Top 24 (minus Ellie Lawrence)	“Lean On”
27.2	Barrett Baber (with Zach Seabaugh)	“Forever and Ever, Amen”
27.3	Coldplay	“Adventure of a Lifetime”
27.4	Celeste Betton, Darius Scott, Mark Hood, Nadjah Nicole and Regina Love	“Love Train”
27.5	Ricky Skaggs and Emily Ann Roberts	“Country Boy”
27.6	Jeffery Austin (with Madi Davis)	“Tears Dry on Their Own”
27.7	Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams	“WTF (Where They From)”
27.8	Usher and Jordan Smith	“Without You”
27.9	Sam Hunt	“Break Up in a Small Town”
27.10	Tori Kelly and Jeffery Austin	“Hollow”
27.11	Wynonna and Barrett Baber	“No One Else on Earth”
27.12	The Weeknd	“The Hills” / “Earned It” / “Can’t Feel My Face”
27.13	Jordan Smith (with Amy Vachal, Evan McKeel, Korin Bukowski, Mark Hood and Regina Love)	“Any Way You Want It”
27.14	Emily Ann Roberts (with Ivonne Acero, Morgan Frazier, Nadjah Nicole, Riley Biederer and Shelby Brown)	“Summer Nights”
27.15	Justin Bieber	“Sorry”
27.16	Jordan Smith (winner)	“Climb Ev’ry Mountain”

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Artist’s info

Result details

Live show results per week

Artist		Week 1 Playoffs	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6 Finale
	Jordan Smith	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
	Emily Ann Roberts	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
	Barrett Baber	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd place
	Jeffery Austin	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	4th place
	Madi Davis	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Zach Seabaugh	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Shelby Brown	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Braiden Sunshine	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Amy Vachal	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Korin Bukowski	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Evan McKeel	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Mark Hood	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Ivonne Acero	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Celeste Betton	Eliminated
	Riley Biederer	Eliminated
	Morgan Frazier	Eliminated
	Viktor Király	Eliminated
	Ellie Lawrence	Eliminated
	Regina Love	Eliminated
	Blaine Mitchell	Eliminated
	Nadjah Nicole	Eliminated
	Chance Peña	Eliminated
	Darius Scott	Eliminated
	Keith Semple	Eliminated

Color key

Artist’s info

Result details

Artist		Week 1 Playoffs	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6 Finale
	Jordan Smith	Public’s vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Winner
	Shelby Brown	Public’s vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Amy Vachal	Coach’s choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Blaine Mitchell	Eliminated
	Chance Peña	Eliminated
	Keith Semple	Eliminated
	Jeffery Austin	Public’s Vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Fourth place
	Braiden Sunshine	Public’s vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Korin Bukowski	Coach’s choice	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Viktor Király	Eliminated
	Ellie Lawrence	Eliminated
	Regina Love	Eliminated
	Madi Davis	Public’s vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Evan McKeel	Public’s vote	Advanced	Eliminated
	Mark Hood	Coach’s choice	Eliminated
	Celeste Betton	Eliminated
	Riley Biederer	Eliminated
	Darius Scott	Eliminated
	Emily Ann Roberts	Coach’s choice	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Runner-up
	Barrett Baber	Public’s vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Third place
	Zach Seabaugh	Public’s vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Ivonne Acero	Eliminated
	Morgan Frazier	Eliminated
	Nadjah Nicole	Eliminated

Rank	Coach	Top 12	Top 11	Top 10	Top 9	Top 6	Top 4
1	Adam Levine	3	3	3	3	1	1
2	Blake Shelton	3	3	3	3	3	2
3	Gwen Stefani	3	3	3	2	1	1
4	Pharrell Williams	3	2	1	1	1	0

Episode	Show segment	Performer	Single	Reaction		Performance type	Source
				Hot 100	Hot digital
17	The Live Playoffs Results	Sawyer Fredericks	“Take It All”	—N/a	—N/a	live performance
20	The Top 11 Performances	Pharrell Williams	“Freedom”	—N/a	—N/a	live performance
21	The Top 11 Results	Brad Paisley	“Country Nation”	—N/a	—N/a	live performance
22	The Top 10 Performances	Gwen Stefani	“Used to Love You”	—N/a	—N/a	live performance
23	The Top 10 Results	R. City & Adam Levine	“Locked Away”	—N/a	—N/a	live performance
		Sia	“Alive”	—N/a	—N/a	live performance

The season nine premiere was watched by 12.37 million viewers with a 3.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was down from last season’s premiere by .48 million viewers.

Episode		Original airdate	Production	Time slot (ET)	Viewers (in millions)	Adults (18–49)		Source
						Rating	Share
1	“The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 1”	September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)	901	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.37	3.5	11	[12]
2	“The Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2”	September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)	902	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	12.34	3.5	11	[13]
3	“The Blind Auditions, Part 3”	September 28, 2015 (2015-09-28)	903	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.09	3.4	10	[14]
4	“The Blind Auditions, Part 4”	September 29, 2015 (2015-09-29)	904	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	13.60	3.7	12	[15]
5	“The Blind Auditions, Part 5”	October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)	905	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.15	3.3	10	[16]
6	“The Best of the Blind Auditions”	October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06)	906	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	9.24	2.2	7	[17]
7	“The Battles Premiere, Part 1”	October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)	907	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.72	3.2	10	[18]
8	“The Battles Premiere, Part 2”	October 13, 2015 (2015-10-13)	908	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	10.14	2.6	8	[19]
9	“The Battles, Part 3”	October 19, 2015 (2015-10-19)	909	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.40	3.0	9	[20]
10	“The Battles, Part 4”	October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)	910	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	11.28	2.7	8	[21]
11	“The Knockouts Premiere, Part 1”	October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26)	911	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.88	3.1	9	[22]
12	“The Knockouts Premiere, Part 2”	October 27, 2015 (2015-10-27)	912	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	10.23	2.6	8	[23]
13	“The Knockouts, Part 3”	November 2, 2015 (2015-11-02)	913	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.06	3.3	10	[24]
14	“Road to the Live Shows”	November 3, 2015 (2015-11-03)	914	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	8.22	2.0	6	[25]
15	“The Live Playoffs, Night 1”	November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)	915	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.02	3.2	10	[26]
16	“The Live Playoffs, Night 2”	November 10, 2015 (2015-11-10)	916	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	10.86	2.7	9	[27]
17	“The Live Playoffs, Results”	November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11)	917	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	10.14	2.4	8	[28]
18	“Live Top 12 Performance”	November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)	918	Monday 8:00 p.m.	11.21	3.0	9	[29]
19	“Live Top 12 Results”	November 17, 2015 (2015-11-17)	919	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	11.18	2.6	8	[30]
20	“Live Top 11 Performance”	November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)	920	Monday 8:00 p.m.	10.29	2.6	8	[31]
21	“Live Top 11 Results”	November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24)	921	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	9.97	2.1	7	[32]
22	“Live Top 10 Performance”	November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30)	922	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.56	2.8	9	[33]
23	“Live Top 10 Results”	December 1, 2015 (2015-12-01)	923	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	12.13	2.6	9	[34]
24	“Live Top 9 Semi-finals Performance”	December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)	924	Monday 8:00 p.m.	12.25	2.8	9	[35]
25	“Live Top 9 Semi-finals Results”	December 8, 2015 (2015-12-08)	925	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	13.13	2.8	9	[36]
26	“Live Finale Performance”	December 14, 2015 (2015-12-14)	926	Monday 8:00 p.m.	14.03	3.2	10	[37]
27	“Live Finale Results”	December 15, 2015 (2015-12-15)	927	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	12.60	2.9	9

• Darius Scott moved into songwriting, co-writing 9 songs on Chance the Rapper‘s The Big Day. He was subsequently signed to a record deal with Roc Nation, releasing his album 004DAISY under the DIXSON moniker in 2022, and also co-wrote “Be Alive” with Beyoncé for the film King Richard, receiving nominations for a Grammy, Academy Award, and Golden Globe. His written contributions to Beyoncé‘s Renaissance are currently nominated for Album of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.^[38][39]
• Ivonne Acero sang in the blind auditions for season eight, but failed to turn any chairs. She later appeared in the first season of the American-Spanish version of this show, and was eliminated during the battle rounds.
• Manny Cabo later appeared in the first season of the American-Spanish version of this show, but was eliminated in the Live Playoffs.
• Keith Semple lost his “golden ticket” on the ninth season of American Idol due to his legal status and residency considerations and was a winner on Popstars: The Rivals, a British singing competition; consequently, he became a member of the boyband One True Voice (OTV) in 2002.^[40][41]
• Viktor Király previously competed to represent Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest, an international song contest in Europe, 2 times in 2012 (with his siblings, including another well-known singer in Hungary Linda Király) and 2014, and both times nearly winning the competition. He has also won the 4th season of Megasztár, a show similar to American Idol.^[42]
• Caleb Lee Hutchinson who scored no chair turns this season appeared on the 16th season of American Idol and became the runner-up of the competition.^[43]
• Jordan Smith appeared on American Song Contest representing Kentucky and finished in 3rd place.

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