document_title: Batting average

question_text: who has the lowest batting average in major league baseball

text: Batting average

text: Cricket[edit]

text: In cricket, a player's batting average is the total number of runs that they have scored divided by the number of times they have been out. Since the number of runs a player scores and how often they get out are primarily measures of their own playing ability, and largely independent of their teammates, batting average is a good metric for an individual player's skill as a batter. The number is also simple to interpret intuitively. If all the batter's innings were completed (i.e. they were out every innings), this is the average number of runs they score per innings. If they did not complete all their innings (i.e. some innings they finished not out), this number is an estimate of the unknown average number of runs they score per innings. Batting average has been used to gauge cricket players' relative skills since the 18th century.

text: Most players have career batting averages in the range of 20 to 40. This is also the desirable range for wicket-keepers, though some fall short and make up for it with keeping skill. Until a substantial increase in scores in the 21st century due to improved bats and smaller grounds among other factors, players who sustained an average above 50 through a career were considered exceptional, and before the development of the heavy roller in the 1870s (which allowed for a flatter, safer cricket pitch) an average of 25 was considered very good.[2]

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All-rounders who are more prominent bowlers than batsmen typically average something between 20 and 30.
15 and under is typical for specialist bowlers.
A small number of players have averaged less than 5 for a complete career, though a player with such an average is a liability unless an exceptional bowler as Alf Valentine, B. S. Chandrasekhar or Glenn McGrath were.

text: Career records for batting average are usually subject to a minimum qualification of 20 innings played or completed, in order to exclude batsmen who have not played enough games for their skill to be reliably assessed. Under this qualification, the highest Test batting average belongs to Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, with 99.94. Given that a career batting average over 50 is exceptional, and that only five other players have averages over 60, this is an outstanding statistic. The fact that Bradman's average is so far above that of any other cricketer has led several statisticians to argue that, statistically at least, he was the greatest athlete in any sport.[3]

text: Disregarding this 20 innings qualification, the highest career test batting average is 112, by Andy Ganteaume, a Trinidadian Keeper-batsman, who was dismissed for 112 in his only test innings.[4]

text: Batting averages in One Day International (ODI) cricket tend to be lower than in Test cricket,[5] because of the need to score runs more quickly and take riskier strokes and the lesser emphasis on building a large innings. It should also be remembered, especially in relation to the ODI histogram above, that there were no ODI competitions when Bradman played.

text: If a batter has been dismissed in every single innings, then their total number of runs scored divided by the number of times they have been out gives exactly the average number of runs they score per innings. However, for a batter with innings which have finished not out, this statistic is only an estimate of the average number of runs they score per innings – the true average number of runs they score per innings is unknown as it is not known how many runs they would have scored if they could have completed all their not out innings. If their scores have a geometric distribution then total number of runs scored divided by the number of times out is the maximum likelihood estimate of their true unknown average.[6]

text: Batting averages can be strongly affected by the number of not outs. For example, Phil Tufnell, who was noted for his poor batting,[7] has an apparently respectable ODI average of 15 (from 20 games), despite a highest score of only 5 not out, as he scored an overall total of 15 runs from 10 innings, but was out only once.[8]

text: A different, and more recently developed, statistic which is also used to gauge the effectiveness of batsmen is the strike rate. It measures a different concept however – how quickly the batter scores (number of runs from 100 balls) – so it does not supplant the role of batting average. It is used particularly in limited overs matches, where the speed at which a batter scores is more important than it is in first-class cricket.

text: Leading Test batting averages[edit]

text: (Source:  Cricinfo Statsguru)

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Rank

Batter

Tests

Innings

N.O.

Runs

Highest

Ave

Career dates

1

 Don Bradman

52

80

10

6996

334

99.94

1928–48

2

 Adam Voges

20

31

7

1485

269*

61.87

2015–16

3

 Steve Smith

64

117

16

6199

239

61.37

2010–

4

 Graeme Pollock

23

41

4

2256

274

60.97

1963–70

5

 George Headley

22

40

4

2190

270*

60.83

1930–54

6

 Herbert Sutcliffe

54

84

9

4555

194

60.73

1924–35

7

 Eddie Paynter

20

31

5

1540

243

59.23

1931–39

8

 Ken Barrington

82

131

15

6806

256

58.67

1955–68

9

 Everton Weekes

48

81

5

4455

207

58.61

1948–58

10

 Wally Hammond

85

140

16

7249

336*

58.45

1927–47

text: Table shows players with at least 20 innings completed.

text: * denotes not out.

text: Baseball[edit]

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text: In baseball, the batting average (BA) is defined by the number of hits divided by at bats. It is usually reported to three decimal places and read without the decimal: A player with a batting average of .300 is "batting three-hundred." If necessary to break ties, batting averages could be taken beyond the .001 measurement.  In this context, a .001 is considered a "point," such that a .235 batter is 5 points higher than a .230 batter.

text: Henry Chadwick, an English statistician raised on cricket, was an influential figure in the early history of baseball. In the late 19th century he adapted the concept behind the cricket batting average to devise a similar statistic for baseball. Rather than simply copy cricket's formulation of runs scored divided by outs, he realized that hits divided by at bats would provide a better measure of individual batting ability. This is because while in cricket, scoring runs is almost entirely dependent on one's own batting skill, in baseball it is largely dependent on having other good hitters on one's team. Chadwick noted that hits are independent of teammates' skills, so used this as the basis for the baseball batting average. His reason for using at bats rather than outs is less obvious, but it leads to the intuitive idea of the batting average being a percentage reflecting how often a batter gets on base, whereas in contrary, hits divided by outs is not as simple to interpret in real terms.

text: In modern times, a season batting average higher than .300 is considered to be excellent, and an average higher than .400 a nearly unachievable goal. The last player to do so, with enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting championship, was Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, who hit .406 in 1941, though the best modern players either threaten to or actually do achieve it occasionally, if only for brief periods of time. There have been numerous attempts to explain the disappearance of the .400 hitter, with one of the more rigorous discussions of this question appearing in Stephen Jay Gould's 1996 book Full House.

text: Ty Cobb holds the record for highest career batting average with .366, 9 points higher than Rogers Hornsby who has the second highest average in history at .358. The record for lowest career batting average for a player with more than 2,500 at-bats belongs to Bill Bergen, a catcher who played from 1901 to 1911 and recorded a .170 average in 3,028 career at-bats. The modern-era record for highest batting average for a season is held by Napoleon Lajoie, who hit .426 in 1901, the first year of play for the American League. The modern-era record for lowest batting average for a player that qualified for the batting title is held by Rob Deer, who hit .179 in 1991.  While finishing six plate appearances short of qualifying for the batting title, Adam Dunn of the Chicago White Sox hit .159 for the 2011 season, twenty points (and 11.2%) lower than the record. The highest batting average for a rookie was .408 in 1911 by Shoeless Joe Jackson.

text: For non-pitchers, a batting average below .230 is often considered poor, and one below .200 is usually unacceptable. This latter level is sometimes referred to as "The Mendoza Line", named for Mario Mendoza (a lifetime .215 hitter), a stellar defensive shortstop whose defensive capabilities just barely made up for his offensive shortcomings. The league batting average in Major League Baseball for 2016 was .255,[9] and the all-time league average is between .260 and .275.

text: In rare instances, MLB players have concluded their careers with a perfect batting average of 1.000. John Paciorek had three hits in all three of his turns at bat. Esteban Yan went two-for-two, including a home run. Hal Deviney's two hits in his only plate appearances included a triple, while Steve Biras, Mike Hopkins, Chet Kehn, Jason Roach and Fred Schemanske also went two-for-two. A few dozen others have hit safely in their one and only career at-bat.

text: Sabermetrics, the study of baseball statistics, considers batting average a weak measure of performance because it does not correlate as well as other measures to runs scored, thereby causing it to have little predictive value. Batting average does not take into account walks or power, whereas other statistics such as on-base percentage and slugging percentage have been specifically designed to measure such concepts. Adding these statistics together form a player's On-base plus slugging or "OPS". This is commonly seen as a much better, though not perfect, indicator of a player's overall batting ability as it is a measure of hitting for average, hitting for power and drawing bases on balls.

text: In 1887, Major League Baseball counted bases on balls as hits. The result of this was skyrocketed batting averages, including some near .500, and the experiment was abandoned the following season.

text: Qualifications for the batting title[edit]

text: The Major League Baseball batting averages championships (often referred to as "the batting title") is awarded annually to the player in each league who has the highest batting average. Ty Cobb holds the MLB (and American League) record for most batting titles, officially winning 11 in his pro career.[10] The National League record of 8 batting titles is shared by Honus Wagner and Tony Gwynn. Most of Cobb's career and all of Wagner's career took place in what is known as the Dead-Ball Era, which was characterized by higher batting averages and much less power, whereas Gwynn's career took place in the Live-Ball Era.

text: To determine which players are eligible to win the batting title, the following conditions have been used over the sport's history:[11]

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Pre-1920 – A player generally is required to appear in at least 100 or more games when the schedule was 154 games, and 90 games when the schedule was 140 games. An exception to the rule was made for Ty Cobb in 1914, who appeared in 98 games but had a big lead and was also a favorite of League President Ban Johnson.
1920–1949 – A player had to appear in 100 games to qualify in the National League; the AL used 100 games from 1920–1935, and 400 at-bats from 1936–1949. The NL was advised to adopt 400 at-bats for the 1945 season, but League President Ford Frick refused, feeling that 100 games should stand for the benefit of catchers and injured players. (Taffy Wright is often erroneously said to have been cheated out of the 1938 batting title; he batted .350 in exactly 100 games, with 263 ABs. Jimmie Foxx hit .349, in 149 games and 565 AB. But since the AL requirement that year was 400 at-bats, Foxx's batting title is undisputed.)
1950–1956 – A player needed 2.6 at-bats per team game originally scheduled. (With the 154-game schedule of the time, that meant a rounded-off 400 at-bats.) From 1951–1954, if the player with the highest average in a league failed to meet the minimum at-bat requirement, the remaining at-bats until qualification (e.g., 5, if the player finished the season with 395 ABs) were hypothetically considered hitless at-bats; if his recalculated batting average still topped the league, he was awarded the title. This standard applied in the AL from 1936–1956.
1957 to the present – A player has needed 3.1 plate appearances per team game originally scheduled; thus, players were no longer penalized for walking so frequently, nor did they benefit from walking so rarely. (In 1954, for example, Ted Williams batted .345 but had only 386 ABs, while topping the AL with 136 walks. Williams thus lost the batting title to Cleveland's Bobby Ávila, who hit .341 in 555 ABs.) In the 154-game schedule, the required number of plate appearances was 477, and since the era of the 162-game schedule, the requisite number of PAs has been 502. (Adjustments to this 502 PA figure have been made during strike-shortened seasons, such as 1972, 1981, 1994, and 1995.)

text: From 1967 to the present, if the player with the highest average in a league fails to meet the minimum plate-appearance requirement, the remaining at-bats until qualification (e.g., 5 ABs, if the player finished the season with 497 plate appearances) are hypothetically considered hitless at-bats; if his recalculated batting average still tops the league, he is awarded the title. This is officially called Rule 10.22(a), but it is also known as the Tony Gwynn rule because the Padres' legend won the batting crown in 1996 with a .353 average on just 498 plate appearances (i.e., was four shy). Gwynn was awarded the title since he would have led the league even if he'd gone 0-for-4 in those missing plate appearances. His average would have dropped to .349, five points better than second-place Ellis Burks' .344.[12] In 2012, a one-time amendment to the rule was made to disqualify Melky Cabrera from the title. Cabrera requested that he be disqualified after serving a suspension that season for a positive testosterone test. He had batted .346 with 501 plate appearances, and the original rule would have awarded him the title over San Francisco Giants teammate Buster Posey, who won batting .336.[13][14]

text: All-time leaders[edit]

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#

Player

Avg[15]

Team(s)

Year(s)

1

Ty Cobb

.366

Philadelphia (AL), Detroit (AL)

1905-1928

2

Rogers Hornsby

.358

St. Louis (NL), New York (NL), Boston (NL), Chicago (NL), St. Louis (NL), St. Louis (AL)

1915–37

3

Shoeless Joe Jackson

.356

Philadelphia (AL), Cleveland (AL), Chicago (AL)

1908-20

4

Lefty O'Doul

.349

New York (AL), Boston (AL), New York (NL), Philadelphia (NL), Brooklyn

1919–23, 1928–34

5

Ed Delahanty

.346

Philadelphia (NL), Cleveland (PL), Philadelphia (NL), Washington

1888–1903

6

Tris Speaker

.345

Boston (AL), Cleveland, Washington (AL), Philadelphia (AL)

1907–28

7

Billy Hamilton

.34442

Kansas City (AA), Philadelphia (NL), Boston (NL)

1888–1901

8

Ted Williams

.34441

Boston (AL)

1939–42, 1946–60

9

Dan Brouthers

.34212

Troy, Buffalo, Detroit (NL), Boston (NL), Boston (PL), Brooklyn (NL), Baltimore (NL), Louisville, Philadelphia (NL), New York (NL)

1879–96, 1904

10

Babe Ruth

.34206

Boston (AL), New York (AL), Boston (NL)

1914–36

text: Note: Batting averages are normally rounded to 3 decimal places. Extra detail here is used for tie-breaker.

text: Other contexts[edit]

text: Following from usage in cricket and baseball, batting average has come to be used for other statistical measures of performance and in the general usage on how a person did in a wide variety of actions.

text: An example is the Internet Archive, which uses the term in ranking downloads. Its "batting average" indicates the correlation between views of a description page of a downloadable item, and the number of actual downloads of the item. This avoids the effect of popular downloads by volume swamping potentially more focused and useful downloads, producing an arguably more useful ranking.


document_title: United States presidential line of succession

question_text: who is the vice president if the president dies

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text: Current order[edit]

text: The current presidential order of succession is as follows:[4]

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text:
Key
Eligible Democrat (D)

Eligible Republican (R)

Eligible Independent (I)

Eligible unknown

Not eligible

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text:
No.
Office
Current officer

1
Vice President
Mike Pence (R)

2
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Paul Ryan (R)

3
President pro tempore of the Senate
Orrin Hatch (R)

4
Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson (R)

5
Secretary of the Treasury
Steven Mnuchin (R)

6
Secretary of Defense
Jim Mattis (I)

7
Attorney General
Jeff Sessions (R)

8
Secretary of the Interior
Ryan Zinke (R)

9
Secretary of Agriculture
Sonny Perdue (R)

10
Secretary of Commerce
Wilbur Ross (R)

11
Secretary of Labor
Alex Acosta (R)

12
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Alex Azar (R)

13
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Ben Carson (R)

–
Secretary of Transportation
Elaine Chao (R)[a]

14
Secretary of Energy
Rick Perry (R)

15
Secretary of Education
Betsy DeVos (R)

16
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
David Shulkin (I)

17
Secretary of Homeland Security
Kirstjen Nielsen (I)

Jump up ^ Not a natural-born citizen (acquired U.S. citizenship by naturalization) and thus ineligible for the Presidency.

text: Cabinet officers are in line according to the chronological order of their department's creation or the department of which their department is the successor (the Department of Defense being successor to the Department of War, and the Department of Health and Human Services being successor to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare).[a]

text: Eligibility[edit]

text: Eligibility requirements[edit]

text: To be eligible to serve as President, a person must be a natural-born U.S. citizen, at least 35 years of age, and a resident within the United States for at least 14 years. These eligibility requirements are specified both in the U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 5, and in the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (3 U.S.C. § 19(e)).

text: Acting officers[edit]

text: Acting officers may be eligible. In 2009, the Continuity of Government Commission, a private non-partisan think tank, reported,

text: The language in the current Presidential Succession Act is less clear than that of the 1886 Act with respect to Senate confirmation. The 1886 Act refers to "such officers as shall have been appointed by the advice and consent of the Senate to the office therein named..." The current act merely refers to "officers appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate." Read literally, this means that the current act allows for acting secretaries to be in the line of succession as long as they are confirmed by the Senate for a post (even for example, the second or third in command within a department). It is common for a second in command to become acting secretary when the secretary leaves office. Though there is some dispute over this provision, the language clearly permits acting secretaries to be placed in the line of succession. (We have spoken to acting secretaries who told us they had been placed in the line of succession.)[5]

text: Motivation for changes to the succession in 1945[edit]

text: Two months after succeeding Franklin D. Roosevelt, President Harry S. Truman proposed that the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate be granted priority in the line of succession over the Cabinet so as to ensure the President would not be able to appoint his successor to the Presidency.[6]

text: The Secretary of State and the other Cabinet officials are appointed by the President, while the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate are elected officials. The Speaker is chosen by the U.S. House of Representatives, and every Speaker has been a member of that body for the duration of their term as Speaker, though this is not technically a requirement; the President pro tempore is chosen by the U.S. Senate and customarily the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service fills this position. The Congress approved this change and inserted the Speaker and President pro tempore in line, ahead of the members of the Cabinet in the order in which their positions were established.

text: In his speech supporting the changes, Truman noted that the House of Representatives is more likely to be in political agreement with the President and Vice President than the Senate. The succession of a Republican to a Democratic Presidency would further complicate an already unstable political situation. However, when the changes to the succession were signed into law, they placed Republican House Speaker Joseph W. Martin first in the line of succession after the Vice President.[7]

text: Some of Truman's critics said that his ordering of the Speaker before the President pro tempore was motivated by his dislike of the then-current holder of the latter rank, Senator Kenneth McKellar.[8] Further motivation may have been provided by Truman's preference for House Speaker Sam Rayburn to be next in the line of succession, rather than Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.[7]

text: Constitutional provisions[edit]

text: The line of succession is mentioned in three places in the Constitution:

text:
Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 makes the Vice President first in the line of succession and allows the Congress to provide by law for cases in which neither the President nor Vice President can serve. The current such law governing succession is the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (3 U.S.C. § 19).
Section 3 of the 20th Amendment provides that if the President-elect dies before his term begins, the Vice President-elect becomes President on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the President-elect was elected. The section also provides that if, on Inauguration Day, a president has not been chosen or the President-elect does not qualify for the presidency, the Vice President-elect acts as president until a president is chosen or the President-elect qualifies. Finally, Section 3 allows the Congress to provide by law for cases in which neither a President-elect nor a Vice President-elect is eligible or available to serve.
The 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967, clarified Article II, Section 1: that the Vice President is the direct successor of the President. He or she becomes President if the President dies, resigns or is removed from office. The amendment also provides for the situation where the President is temporarily disabled, such as if the President has a surgical procedure or becomes mentally unfit.
The amendment also provides for Vice Presidential succession, by requiring Vice Presidential vacancies to be filled by the President and confirmed by both houses of the Congress. Previously, whenever a Vice President had succeeded to the Presidency or had otherwise left the office empty (through death, resignation, or removal from office), the Vice Presidency remained vacant until the next Presidential and Vice Presidential terms began.

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text: Acting President and President[edit]

text: Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution provides that:

text: In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President ... until the disability be removed, or a President elected.

text: This originally left open the question whether "the same" refers to "the said office" or only "the powers and duties of the said office." Some historians, including Edward Corwin[9] and John D. Feerick,[9] have argued that the framers' intention was that the Vice President would remain Vice President while executing the powers and duties of the Presidency; however, there is also much evidence to the contrary, the most compelling of which is Article I, section 3, of the Constitution itself, the relevant text of which reads:

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The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
The Senate shall chuse  [sic] their other officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States.

text: This text appears to answer the hypothetical question of whether the office or merely the powers of the Presidency devolved upon the Vice President on his succession. Thus, the 25th Amendment merely restates and reaffirms the validity of existing precedent, apart from adding new protocols for Presidential disability.[original research?] Not everyone agreed with this interpretation when it was first actually tested, and it was left to Vice President John Tyler, the first presidential successor in U.S. history, to establish the precedent that was respected in the absence of the 25th Amendment.

text: Upon the death of President William Henry Harrison in 1841 and after a brief hesitation, Tyler took the position that he was the President and not merely acting President upon taking the presidential oath of office. However, some contempories—including John Quincy Adams,[9][10] Henry Clay[11] and other members of Congress[10][11] Whig party leaders[11] and even Tyler's own cabinet[10][11]—believed that he was only acting as President and did not have the office itself.

text: Nonetheless, Tyler adhered to his position, even returning, unopened, mail addressed to the "Acting President of the United States" sent by his detractors.[12] Tyler's view ultimately prevailed when the Senate voted to accept the title "President,"[11] and this precedent was followed thereafter. The question was finally resolved by Section 1 of the 25th Amendment, which specifies that "In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President." The Amendment does not specify whether officers other than the Vice President can become President rather than Acting President in the same set of circumstances. The Presidential Succession Act refers only to other officers acting as President rather than becoming President.

text: History of succession law set by Congress[edit]

text: Presidential Succession Act 1792[edit]

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text: The Presidential Succession Act of 1792 was the first succession law passed by Congress. The act was contentious because the Federalists did not want the then Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, who had become the leader of the Democratic-Republicans, to follow the Vice President in the succession. There were also separation of powers concerns over including the Chief Justice of the United States in the line. The compromise they worked out established the President pro tempore of the Senate as next in line after the Vice President, followed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

text: In either case, these officers were to "act as President of the United States until the disability be removed or a president be elected." The Act called for a special election to be held in November of the year in which dual vacancies occurred (unless the vacancies occurred after the first Wednesday in October, in which case the election would occur the following year; or unless the vacancies occurred within the last year of the presidential term, in which case the next election would take place as regularly scheduled). The people elected President and Vice President in such a special election would have served a full four-year term beginning on March 4 of the next year, but no such election ever took place.

text: Presidential Succession Act 1886[edit]

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text: In 1881, after the death of President Garfield, and in 1885, after the death of Vice President Hendricks, there had been no President pro tempore in office, and as the new House of Representatives had yet to convene, no Speaker either,[13] leaving no one at all in the line of succession after the vice president. When Congress convened in December 1885, President Cleveland asked for a revision of the 1792 act, which was passed in 1886. Congress replaced the President pro tempore and Speaker with officers of the President's Cabinet with the Secretary of State first in line. In the first 100 years of the United States, six former Secretaries of State had gone on to be elected President, while only two congressional leaders had advanced to that office. As a result, changing the order of the line of succession seemed reasonable.[citation needed]

text: Presidential Succession Act 1947[edit]

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text: The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, added the Speaker of the House and President pro tempore back in the line, but switched the two from the 1792 order. It remains the sequence used today[update]. Since the reorganization of the military in 1947 had merged the War Department (which governed the Army) with the Department of the Navy into the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense took the place in the order of succession previously held by the Secretary of War. The office of Secretary of the Navy, which had existed as a Cabinet-level position since 1798, had become subordinate to the Secretary of Defense in the military reorganization, and so was dropped from the line of succession in the 1947 Succession Act.

text: Postmaster General removed 1971[edit]

text: Until 1971, the Postmaster General, the head of the Post Office Department, was a member of the Cabinet, initially the last in the presidential line of succession before new officers were added. Once the Post Office Department was re-organized into the United States Postal Service, a special agency independent of the executive branch, the Postmaster General ceased to be a member of the Cabinet and was thus removed from the line of succession.[14]

text: Secretary of Homeland Security added 2006[edit]

text: The United States Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002. On March 9, 2006, pursuant to the renewal of the Patriot Act as Pub.L. 109–177, the Secretary of Homeland Security was added to the line of succession. The order of Cabinet members in the line has always been the same as the order in which their respective departments were established. Despite custom, many in Congress had wanted the Secretary to be placed at number eight on the list – below the Attorney General, above the Secretary of the Interior, and in the position held by the Secretary of the Navy prior to the creation of the Secretary of Defense – because the Secretary, already in charge of disaster relief and security, would presumably be more prepared to take over the presidency than some of the other Cabinet secretaries.[citation needed] Despite this, the 2006 law explicitly specifies that the "Secretary of Homeland Security" follows the "Secretary of Veterans Affairs" in the succession, effectively at the end of the list.[15]

text: Successions beyond Vice President[edit]

text: While nine Vice Presidents have succeeded to the office upon the death or resignation of the President, and two Vice Presidents have temporarily served as acting President, no other officer has ever been called upon to act as President. On March 4, 1849, President Zachary Taylor's term began, but he declined to be sworn in on a Sunday, citing religious beliefs, and the Vice President was not sworn either. As the last President pro tempore of the Senate, David Rice Atchison was thought by some to be next in line after the Vice President, and his tombstone claims that he was US President for the day. However, Atchison took no oath of office to the presidency either, and his term as Senate President pro tempore had by then expired.[16][17]

text: In 1865, when Andrew Johnson assumed the Presidency on the death of Abraham Lincoln, the office of Vice President became vacant. At that time, the Senate President pro tempore was next in line to the presidency. In 1868, Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives and subjected to trial in the Senate, and if he had been convicted and thereby removed from office, Senate President pro tempore Benjamin Wade would have become acting President. This posed a conflict of interest, as Wade's "guilty" vote could have been decisive in removing Johnson from office and giving himself presidential powers and duties. (Johnson was acquitted by a one-vote margin.)

text: In his book The Shadow Presidents, which he published in 1979, Michael Medved describes a situation that arose prior to the 1916 election, when the First World War was raging in Europe. In view of the contemporary international turmoil, President Woodrow Wilson thought that if he lost the election it would be better for his opponent to begin his administration straight away, instead of waiting through the lame duck period, which at that time had a duration of almost four months. President Wilson and his aides formed a plan to exploit the rule of succession so that his rival Charles Evans Hughes could take over the Presidency as soon as the result of the election was clear. The plan was that Wilson would appoint Hughes to the post of Secretary of State. Wilson and his Vice President Thomas R. Marshall would then resign, and as the Secretary of State was at that time designated next in line of succession, Hughes would become President immediately. As it happened, President Wilson won re-election, so the plan was never put into action.[18]

text: Since the 25th Amendment's ratification, its Second Section, which addresses Vice Presidential succession as noted above, has been invoked twice.

text: During the 1973 Vice Presidential vacancy, House Speaker Carl Albert was first in line. As the Watergate scandal made President Nixon's removal or resignation possible, Albert would have become Acting President and—under Title 3, Section 19(c) of the U.S. Code—would have been able to "act as President until the expiration of the then current Presidential term" on January 20, 1977. Albert openly questioned whether it was appropriate for him, a Democrat, to assume the powers and duties of the presidency when there was a public mandate for the Presidency to be held by a Republican. Albert announced that should he need to assume the Presidential powers and duties, he would do so only as a caretaker. However, with the nomination and confirmation of Gerald Ford to the Vice Presidency, which marked the first time the Second Section of the Twenty-fifth Amendment was invoked, these series of events were never tested. Albert again became first-in-line during the first four months of Ford's Presidency, before the confirmation of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller,[citation needed] which marked the second time Section 2 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment was invoked.

text: In 1981, when President Ronald Reagan was shot, Vice President George H. W. Bush was traveling in Texas. Secretary of State Alexander Haig responded to a reporter's question regarding who was running the government by stating:

text: Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the President, the Vice President and the Secretary of State in that order, and should the President decide he wants to transfer the helm to the Vice President, he will do so. He has not done that. As of now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending return of the Vice President and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course.[19]

text: A bitter dispute ensued over the meaning of Haig's remarks. Most people believed that Haig was referring to the line of succession and erroneously claimed to have temporary Presidential authority, due to his implied reference to the Constitution. Haig and his supporters, noting his familiarity with the line of succession from his time as White House Chief of Staff during Richard Nixon's resignation, said he only meant that he was the highest-ranking officer of the Executive branch on-site, managing things temporarily until the Vice President returned to Washington.[citation needed]

text: Constitutional concerns[edit]

text: Several constitutional law experts have raised questions as to the constitutionality of the provisions that the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate succeed to the presidency.[20] James Madison, one of the authors of the Constitution, raised similar constitutional questions about the Presidential Succession Act of 1792 in a 1792 letter to Edmund Pendleton.[21] Two of these issues can be summarized:

text:
The term "Officer" in the relevant clause of the Constitution is most plausibly interpreted to mean an "Officer of the United States", who must be a member of the Executive or Judicial Branch. The Speaker and the President pro tempore are not officers in this sense.
Under the principle of separation of powers, the Constitution specifically disallows legislative officials from also serving in the executive branch. For the Speaker or the Senate President pro tempore to become Acting President, they must resign their position, at which point they are no longer in the line of succession. This is seen by some to form a constitutional paradox. However, the current Act specifies that the Speaker becomes President "upon his resignation as Speaker" and as a member of Congress,[22] allowing for a seamless transition.

text: In 2003 the Continuity of Government Commission suggested that the current law has "at least seven significant issues ... that warrant attention", specifically:[23]

text:
The reality that all figures in the current line of succession work and reside in the vicinity of Washington, D.C. In the event of a nuclear, chemical, or biological attack, it is possible that everyone on the list would be killed or incapacitated.
Doubt (such as those expressed above by James Madison) that congressional leaders are eligible to act as President.
A concern about the wisdom of including the President pro tempore in the line of succession as the "largely honorific post traditionally held by the longest-serving Senator of the majority party". For example, from January 20, 2001, to June 6, 2001, the President pro tempore was then-98-year-old Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
A concern that the current line of succession can force the presidency to abruptly switch parties mid-term, as the President, Speaker, and the President pro tempore are not necessarily of the same party as each other.
A concern that the succession line is ordered by the dates of creation of the various executive departments, without regard to the skills or capacities of the persons serving as their Secretary.
The fact that, should a Cabinet member begin to act as President, the law allows the House to elect a new Speaker (or the Senate, a new President pro tempore), who could in effect remove the Cabinet member and assume the office themselves at any time.
The absence of a provision where a President is disabled and the vice presidency is vacant (for example, if an assassination attempt simultaneously wounded the President and killed the Vice President).

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document_title: Descendants 2

question_text: who plays son of hook in desendents 2

question_tokens: who plays son of hook in desendents 2

text: Descendants 2

text: Plot[edit]

text: Mal struggles with her new celebrity life as the girlfriend of King Ben, dying her hair blonde, and maintaining a princess-like personality that she is uncomfortable with. She admits her issues to her friends Evie, Carlos, and Jay, but they are content with their new lives in Auradon and do not wish to return to the Isle of the Lost. Evie scolds Mal for relying on her mother's spell book to solve her issues. Carlos, wishing to ask Jane to the upcoming Cotillion dance, turns to Mal for help to be honest with her. Mal gives him a sweet that will make him speak the truth, but his dog Dude eats it, magically speaking the truth in English and very frankly as a result.

text: Ben eventually discovers Mal's reliance on magic, and she comes clean about her insecurities, causing the two to have a falling out. Mal returns to the Isle, now ruled by her former friend Uma, Ursula's daughter, along with Harry and Gil, the sons of Captain Hook and Gaston. Mal visits hair stylist Dizzy Tremaine, Drizella's daughter, who restores her signature purple hair, saying she felt that Mal's blonde hair was unnatural. Harry discovers Mal has returned and informs Uma.

text: Ben, Evie, Jay, and Carlos learn of Mal's departure and sneak onto the island to find her, but Gil recognizes them. Ben confronts Mal, who rejects his feelings for what she thought was both his sake and Auradon's. Ben leaves dejected, only to be captured by Uma, who orders Mal and her friends to retrieve the Fairy Godmother's wand or Ben dies. Carlos and Jay return to Auradon Prep, where they create a replica of the wand using a 3D printer. They are caught by Lonnie, Mulan's daughter, who blackmails them into letting her come with them, having previously been rejected from Jay's sports team based on her gender.

text: Uma speaks with Ben, bitter that she and the others were not chosen to go to Auradon. Ben takes this into account and invites her to Auradon, but Uma instead plots to make her own way there. Mal's group return, handing over the fake wand in exchange for Ben, but Uma realizes it is a forgery. The group flee back to Auradon, but Mal and Ben's relationship is still on the rocks. The villains' children come to terms that they cannot run from their pasts and agree to be honest with themselves and each other. Carlos confesses to Jane but struggles a little bit, while Jay appoints Lonnie as the captain of his team.

text: Aboard a ship during the Cotillion, Ben stuns everyone by appearing with Uma, who he declares as his true love and announces he will destroy the barrier on the Isle. Jane unveils a stain glass display Ben commissioned to show his affection for Mal, who realizes he loved her for who she was all along. Suspecting Uma has given him a love potion, Mal confesses her love for Ben and kisses him, breaking the spell. Feeling infuriated, Uma leaps into the water, using Ursula's magic seashell to transform into an octopus, Mal fighting back by transforming into a dragon. Ben intervenes, quelling the battle, and Uma returns the ring, that Ben had originally given her, when he had declared her as his true love, and swims away despite his offer still standing.

text: Mal and Ben reunite, Mal surrendering her spell book over to the Fairy Godmother. Mal and Evie request that Dizzy be allowed to attend Auradon Prep. When she is given the offer, Dizzy accepts it immediately. In a post-credit scene, Uma addresses the audience, promising that the story is not over.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Dove Cameron as Mal, the daughter of Maleficent
Cameron Boyce as Carlos de Vil, the son of Cruella de Vil
Sofia Carson as Evie, the daughter of The Evil Queen
Booboo Stewart as Jay, the son of Jafar
Mitchell Hope as Ben, the son of Belle and Beast
Brenna D'Amico as Jane, the daughter of the Fairy Godmother[4]
Melanie Paxson as the Fairy Godmother, the headmistress of Auradon Prep and Jane's mother
Bobby Moynihan as the Voice of Dude, Carlos' dog
Thomas Doherty as Harry Hook, the son of Captain Hook[5]
Dylan Playfair as Gil, the son of Gaston[6]
Dianne Doan as Lonnie, the daughter of Fa Mulan and Li Shang[4]
Jedidiah Goodacre as Chad Charming, the son of Cinderella and Prince Charming[4]
Zachary Gibson as Doug, the son of Dopey the Dwarf[4]
Anna Cathcart as Dizzy Tremaine, the daughter of Drizella Tremaine and granddaughter of Lady Tremaine[7]
Dan Payne as the Beast, Queen Belle's husband and Ben's father[8]
Keegan Connor Tracy as Belle, Beast's wife and Ben's mother[8]
China Anne McClain as Uma, the daughter of Ursula[2]

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: At the 2015 D23 Expo, Disney announced that a Descendants sequel film had been ordered.[9] An official announcement was made on Disney Channel's Facebook page on October 15, 2015.[10] Deadline Hollywood reported that Parriott and McGibbon would return as screenwriters and executive producers for the sequel and that the cast from the first film was expected to return.[11]

text: Casting[edit]

text: On June 10, 2016, China Anne McClain, who was already voicing Freddie on the Descendants spinoff series Descendants: Wicked World, was announced to be playing Ursula's daughter, Uma, in Descendants 2.[3] In July 2016 it was revealed that Thomas Doherty would play the role of Harry, the son of Captain Hook.[5] In August 2016, Sarah Jeffery who portrays Audrey revealed that she would not be returning, while Brenna D'Amico revealed that she would be returning in Descendants 2, as were as Dianne Doan, Jedidiah Goodacre, and Zachary Gibson.[4] On July 19, 2017, it was announced on The View that Whoopi Goldberg would be providing the voice for Ursula, the Sea Witch and Uma's mother.[12][13]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: Descendants 2 made its debut on Disney Channel in Canada on July 21, 2017, at the same time as the United States. In the United States, the film premiered simultaneously across six-Disney owned networks: Disney Channel, Disney XD, Freeform, ABC, Lifetime, and Lifetime Movies. On Disney Channel, the film premiere alongside the world premiere of Raven's Home, which premiered immediately after.

text: Reception[edit]

text: In total, the film was viewed by 8.92 million viewers across six networks on the night of its premiere, up from its predecessor in 2015; at least 13 million people watched a minute of the film.[14] On Disney Channel, the film was watched by 5.33 million viewers, and topped the night on cable television, receiving a 1.20 rating. Although down from the first film, it was the most-viewed telecast on the network since the first film.[15] ABC's broadcast of the film received a 0.6/3 rating/share, drawing 2.41 million viewers; 0.47 million viewers watched the film on Disney XD with a 0.12 rating, 0.30 million viewers watched the film on Lifetime with a 0.09 rating, 0.26 million viewers watched the film on Freeform with a 0.08 rating, and 0.15 million viewers watched the film on Lifetime Movies with a 0.05 rating.[16][17] In delayed viewing, the film rose to a total of 21 million viewers.[18]

text: On Disney Channel, the film placed second in the week of its DVR ratings, jumping 92% to a 2.3 rating, and topped the week in viewer gains, jumping 104% with an additional 5.54 million viewers, the biggest viewer gain on cable television in two years, totaling to 10.90 million viewers on Disney Channel. On Freeform, the film jumped 207% with an additional 0.54 million viewers, totaling to 0.80 million viewers on the network; on Lifetime Movie Network, the film gained 96% with an additional 0.14 million viewers, totaling to 0.29 million viewers on the network.[19]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Descendants 2
(Original TV Movie Soundtrack)

Soundtrack album by Descendants cast

Released
July 21, 2017[20]

Recorded
July— August 2016

Genre
Pop

Length
32:30

Label
Walt Disney

Descendants soundtracks chronology

Descendants
(2015)Descendants2015
Descendants 2
(2017)

Singles from Descendants 2

"Ways to Be Wicked"
Released: April 14, 2017[21]
"What's My Name"
Released: June 2, 2017[22]

text: Descendants 2 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack) is the soundtrack accompanying the film of the same name. The soundtrack and lead single, "Ways to Be Wicked", was announced on April 12, 2017.[23] The soundtrack was released on July 21, 2017.[24]

text: The soundtrack debuted at number six on the U.S. Billboard 200 after earning 46,000 album-equivalent units, 35,000 of which were pure sales; sales for the soundtrack's debuting week were up from the previous film.[25] It dropped to number nine on the chart for its second week, earning an additional 27,000 units.[26]

text: Singles[edit]

text: "Ways to Be Wicked", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce and Booboo Stewart, premiered on Radio Disney and then was officially released as first single on April 14 along with the pre-order of the soundtrack.[27] It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. The song is produced by Sam Hollander and Josh Edmondson who wrote the song with Grant Michaels and Charity Daw. "What's My Name", performed by China Anne McClain, Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair, premiered on Radio Disney and then was officially released as second single on June 2, 2017.[28]

text: Promotional singles[edit]

text: "Rather Be With You", from "Descendants: Wicked World", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Lauryn McClain and Brenna D'Amico, was released as first promotional single on October 28, 2016.[29] "Evil", from Wicked World, performed by Dove Cameron, was released on December 9, 2016 as second promotional single.[30] "Better Together", from Wicked World, performed by Dove Cameron and Sofia Carson, was released as third and final promotional single on March 3, 2017.[31]

text: Other charted songs[edit]

text: "Chillin' Like a Villain", performed by Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart and Mitchell Hope, peaked at number 95 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "It's Goin' Down", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, China Anne McClain, Mitchell Hope, Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair, peaked at number 77 on the Hot 100.[32][33][34] "You and Me", performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Mitchell Hope and Jeff Lewis, debuted at number 20 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.

text: Track listing[edit]

text:
Descendants 2 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack) – Standard edition

No.
Title
Writer(s)
Performer(s)
Length

1.
"Ways to Be Wicked"

Sam Hollander
Josh Edmondson
Grant Michaels
Charity Daw

Dove Cameron
Sofia Carson
Cameron Boyce
Booboo Stewart

3:38

2.
"What's My Name"

Antonina Armato
Tim James
Tom Sturges
Adam Schmalholz

China Anne McClain
Thomas Doherty
Dylan Playfair

3:10

3.
"Chillin' Like a Villain"

Armato
James
Sturges
Schmalholz

Carson
Boyce
Stewart
Mitchell Hope

3:13

4.
"Space Between"

Shayna Mordue
Stephen Mark Conley
Tyler Shamy
Andy Dodd

Cameron
Carson

3:26

5.
"It's Goin' Down"

Armato
James
Sturges
Schmalholz

Cameron
Carson
Boyce
Stewart
McClain
Hope
Doherty
Playfair

4:12

6.
"You and Me"

Mitch Allan
Nikki Leonti

Cameron
Carson
Boyce
Stewart
Hope
Jeff Lewis

3:32

7.
"Kiss the Girl"

Alan Menken
Howard Ashman

Cameron
Carson
Boyce
Stewart
McClain
Doherty

2:44

8.
"Poor Unfortunate Souls"

Menken
Ashman

McClain

2:43

9.
"Better Together" (from Descendants: Wicked World)

Matt Wong
Jack Kugell
Hannah Jones

Cameron
Carson

2:44

10.
"Evil" (from Descendants: Wicked World)

Dan Book
Shelly Peiken

Cameron

2:54

11.
"Rather Be with You" (from Descendants: Wicked World)

Jeannie Lurie
Chen Neeman
Aris Archontis

Cameron
Carson

2:14

Total length:
32:30

text: Charts[edit]

text:
Chart (2017)
Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)[35]
64

Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[36]
102

Canadian Albums (Billboard)[37]
25

New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[38]
6

US Billboard 200[39]
6

US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[40]
3

US Kid Albums (Billboard)[41]
1

US Digital Albums (Billboard)[42]
4

US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[43]
1

US Top Current Albums (Billboard)[44]
3

text: Novels[edit]

text: Rise of the Isle of the Lost[edit]

text: A prequel novel called Rise of the Isle of the Lost was released on May 23, 2017.[45] The novel details Uma's rise to power and her earlier history with Mal. The main plot details Uma planning to get the migrating trident of King Triton in order to help bring down the barrier surrounding the Isle of the Lost.

text: In addition to the mentioning of Genie, Grumpy, and Merriwether being teachers at Auradon Prep, a third school called the Serpent Preparatory School for the Education of Miscreants is located on the Isle of the Lost which Uma, Harry Hook, and Gil attended. Serpent Prep is a rival of Dragon Hall.

text: The book also introduced Yen Sid's Auradon intern Sophie, Ariel's niece Arrabelle, and Mulan and Shang's son Li'l Shang who is Lonnie's brother. There was a mentioning that the Stabbington Brothers from Tangled are also on the Isle of the Lost where they have Stabbington Cousins. Other information listed here that was later referenced in the film was Audrey and Chad breaking up, the introduction of R.O.A.R., Mal keeping Maleficent's lizard form as a pet, and Evie having her magic mirror placed in the museum.


document_title: The Voice (U.S. TV series)

question_text: who won the last season of the voice coach

question_tokens: who won the last season of the voice coach

text: The Voice (U.S. TV series)

text: Conception

text: An adaptation of the Dutch show The Voice of Holland, NBC announced the show under the name The Voice of America in December 2010;[5] its name was soon shortened to The Voice.[6] In each season, the winner receives $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Republic Records (seasons 1 & 2) or later Universal Music Group (season 3–present).

text: Selection process and format

text: Each season begins with the "Blind Auditions," where coaches form their team of artists (8 in season 1, 12 in season 2 and seasons 4-14, and 16 in season 3) whom they mentor through the remainder of the season. The coaches' chairs are faced towards the audience during artists' performances; those interested in an artist press their button, which turns their chair towards the artist and illuminates the bottom of the chair to read "I want you." At the conclusion of the performance, an artist either defaults to the only coach who turned around, or selects his or her coach if more than one coach expresses interest.[7] In the 14th season, a new twist called "Block" is featured, which allows one coach to block another coach from getting a contestants.

text: In the "Battle Rounds," each coach pairs two of his or her team members to perform together, then chooses one to advance in the competition. In each season, coaches are assisted by celebrity advisors that are different each season. In the first season, coaches sit alongside their respective advisors in the battle stage. However, starting with the second season, the advisors no longer join the coaches in the battle stage. A new element was added in season three; coaches were given two "steals", allowing each coach to select two individuals who were eliminated during a battle round by another coach.

text: The Knockout Rounds were also introduced in season three. A pair of artists within a team are selected to sing individual performances in succession. They are not told until a few minutes prior to their performances who their partner is. The artists get to choose their own songs in this round, although they continue to get help and advice from their respective coaches. At the conclusion of the performances, coaches would decide which one of each pair gets to advance to the next round.[7] Just like in the battle rounds, the coaches can steal one eliminated artist from another coach starting with season five.

text: The "Battles, Round 2" were introduced to replace the Knockout Rounds in season six.[7] Similar to the Knockout Rounds, each singer is paired randomly within their team. One celebrity key adviser also assists all four of the coaches and their teams in preparation of these rounds. Coaches give each Battle pairing a list of songs and each pair must agree on which song to sing.[8] Each coach can still decide which of their singers in each pair will advance to the next round. The coaches are also allowed one steal.[9] However, the Knockouts were brought back in season seven.

text: In the final live performance phase of the competition, artists perform in weekly shows, where public voting narrows to a final group of artists and eventually declares a winner.[7] The coaches have the power to save one artist that had not received the public's vote that week. As of season two, these artists would give a last chance performance to win their coach's save. However, in deciding who moves on to the final four phase, the television audience and the coaches have equal say. With one team member remaining for each coach, the contestants compete against each other in the finale, where the outcome is decided solely by public vote. In the first two seasons, one contestant from each team would advance to the final four. Due to the possibility of having multiple potential winners on the same team, eliminations were adjusted in season three to eliminate contestants who earned the lowest number of votes, thus not guaranteeing a coach and a contestant in the (reduced) final three (having reverted to four since season seven).[10]

text: Voting system

text: In a first for a music competition series, NBC and Universal Republic Records offered fans of the show the ability to vote for their favorite artists by purchasing the studio versions of the songs that they perform on the live show each week via the iTunes Store. Alternative methods of voting can be done through toll-free phone calls (until season 8), text messaging, the show's app, and through online votes via NBC.com and Facebook. Each method is limited to ten votes per user. Voting lasts until noon EST the next day.

text: As of the top 12 results show of season three, producers made changes in the voting system with regards to iTunes singles purchases. Previous voting via iTunes purchases of contestant performances had previously only counted singly during the official voting window and only accredited to the live show in concern. If a competitor's performance charts within the Top 10 of the iTunes "Top 200 Singles Chart" during this window, it will be given an iTunes bonus that multiplies iTunes votes made by ten. Starting in season five, the iTunes bonus multiplier is now five for the studio versions of the songs performed by the competitors. The finale's vote count will include a 'Cumulative iTunes Vote Total' of all singles (from top 12 onwards) purchased during and outside of the various voting windows, with iTunes bonuses previously earned.[11]

text: Only the studio recording of the contestants' performances, not the live performance, are available on iTunes. In the first season, the battle rounds were recorded in the studio with both artists in the pairing. However, from season two on, only the winner's version of the song from the battle round is released. Season seven reverted to the old style of both artists. With the introduction of the Knockout Rounds in season three, where each contestant sang a separate song, only the winner's single is released.

text: The "Instant Save" was introduced in season five. During the live elimination episodes, viewers are given a five-minute window to vote for the contestants in danger of elimination by using their Twitter account to decide which contestant will move on to the next show, starting with the Top 12. Home viewers can only vote once per account for one contestant of their choice.

text: Coaches and hosts

text: Coaches

text: CeeLo Green of Gnarls Barkley and Adam Levine of Maroon 5 became the first confirmed coaches in February 2011,[12] followed by Christina Aguilera[13] and Blake Shelton in March.[14] Aguilera and Green did not return for season four and were replaced by Shakira and Usher as substitute coaches.[15] Aguilera and Green then returned for season five, while Shakira and Usher returned for season six.[16][17] In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres in February 2014, Green revealed that he would not be returning to The Voice.[18] On March 31, 2014, it was announced that Pharrell Williams would become Green's replacement.[19] On April 19, 2014, it was announced that No Doubt's Gwen Stefani would replace Aguilera in season seven due to her pregnancy.[20] On May 20, 2014, Shakira and Usher confirmed that after season six, they would focus on their music.[21][22] On March 25, 2016, Miley Cyrus confirmed that following her role as key advisor during the tenth season that she would be joining the series once again in its eleventh season as a coach, replacing Christina Aguilera.[23] That same day, Alicia Keys was also announced to be joining the series as a coach for the eleventh season.[24] On October 18, 2016, it was announced that Stefani would re-join the coaches' panel for the series' twelfth season, alongside returning coaches Keys, Levine and Shelton; it was also confirmed that Cyrus would return for the thirteenth season.[25]

text: On April 27, 2017, in an interview published by TV Insider, Keys confirmed that the twelfth season would be her last. She stated, "Who knows what the future holds, but I know this one is my final season."[26] On May 10, 2017, NBC announced that Jennifer Hudson would join the coaches lineup for the series' thirteenth season.[27] On May 11, 2017, it was announced that Kelly Clarkson would be a coach in season fourteen in 2018.[28] On October 18, 2017, NBC announced that Alicia Keys would return to the series for the 14th season.[29] On May 10, 2018, it was announced that Clarkson and Hudson would return for the series' fifteenth season.[30]

text:
Adam Levine

CeeLo Green (2011–2013)

Christina Aguilera (2011–2016)

Blake Shelton

Shakira (2013–2014)

Usher (2013–2014)

Gwen Stefani (2014–2015, 2017)

Pharrell Williams (2014–2016)

Miley Cyrus (2016–2017)

Alicia Keys (2016–)

Jennifer Hudson (2017)

Kelly Clarkson (2018)

text: Hosts

text: Carson Daly has hosted the series since the inaugural season.[31] Alison Haislip served as the original "backstage, online and social media correspondent"[32] and was replaced by Christina Milian. Milian did not return for season five, at which point Daly assumed her duties as the social media correspondent.[33][34]

text:
Carson Daly

Alison Haislip (2011)

Christina Milian (2012–2013)

text: Coaches' advisors

text: Battle round advisors are first listed; additional advisors and their roles are denoted by superscripts.

text:
Season 1[35]

Team Adam – Adam Blackstone
Team Blake – Reba McEntire
Team CeeLo – Monica
Team Christina – Sia

Season 2[36]

Team Adam – Alanis Morissette, Robin Thicke
Team Blake – Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert
Team CeeLo – Babyface, Ne-Yo
Team Christina – Jewel, Lionel Richie

Season 3[37][38][39]

Team Adam – Mary J. Blige
Team Blake – Michael Bublé, Scott Hendricks1
Team CeeLo – Rob Thomas, Jennifer Hudson1, Bill Withers2, Pat Monahan3
Team Christina – Billie Joe Armstrong, Ron Fair1

Season 4[40][41][42][43]

Team Adam – Hillary Scott4
Team Blake – Sheryl Crow4
Team Shakira – Joel Madden, CeeLo Green4
Team Usher – Pharrell Williams4, Aakomon Jones5, Taylor Swift6

Season 5[44][45]

Team Adam – Ryan Tedder
Team Blake – Cher
Team CeeLo – Miguel
Team Christina – Ed Sheeran

Season 6[46][47][48][49][50]

Team Adam – Aloe Blacc, Graham Nash8, James Valentine9
Team Blake – The Band Perry, Scott Hendricks8, Gwen Sebastian9
Team Shakira – Miranda Lambert, busbee8
Team Usher – Jill Scott, Natural8
Chris Martin7 (all coaches)

Season 7[51][52][53][54][55]

Team Adam – Stevie Nicks, Patrick Stump11
Team Blake – Little Big Town, Colbie Caillat11
Team Gwen – Gavin Rossdale, Christina Aguilera11
Team Pharrell – Alicia Keys, Diana Ross11
Taylor Swift10 (all coaches)

Season 8[56][57][58][59][60]

Team Adam – Ellie Goulding, Dave Stewart13, Usher14
Team Blake – Meghan Trainor, Scott Hendricks13, CeeLo Green 14
Team Pharrell – Lionel Richie, Ryan Tedder13, Gwen Stefani14
Team Christina – Nick Jonas, Mark Ronson13, Gwen Stefani14
Nate Ruess (all coaches)
Reba McEntire12 (all coaches)

Season 9[61]

Team Adam – John Fogerty
Team Blake – Brad Paisley
Team Gwen – Selena Gomez
Team Pharrell – Missy Elliott
Rihanna (all coaches)
Dolly Parton15 (all coaches)

Season 10[citation needed]

Team Adam – Tori Kelly
Team Blake – Gwen Stefani
Team Pharrell – Diddy
Team Christina – Patti LaBelle
Miley Cyrus (all coaches)
Pink (all coaches)

Season 11[citation needed]

Team Adam – Sammy Hagar
Team Blake – Bette Midler
Team Miley – Joan Jett
Team Alicia – Charlie Puth
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (all coaches)
Garth Brooks (all coaches)

Season 12[citation needed]

Team Adam – John Legend
Team Blake – Luke Bryan
Team Gwen – Celine Dion
Team Alicia – DJ Khaled
Shania Twain (all coaches)

Season 13[citation needed]

Team Adam – Joe Jonas
Team Blake – Rascal Flatts
Team Miley – Billy Ray Cyrus
Team Jennifer – Kelly Rowland
Kelly Clarkson (all coaches)

Season 14[citation needed]

Team Adam – Julia Michaels, Jordan Smith
Team Blake – Trace Adkins, Chloe Kohanski
Team Alicia – Shawn Mendes, Chris Blue
Team Kelly – Hailee Steinfeld, Cassadee Pope

text:
[show]Notes

^1 During the week of the Top 10 performances, Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton brought in Jennifer Hudson, Ron Fair and Scott Hendricks respectively to help them coach their teams.

^2 During the week of the Top 8 performances, Cee Lo Green brought in Bill Withers to help coach his contestant Nicholas David on his performance of "Lean on Me".

^3 Due to being sick during the rehearsals of the Top 6 performances, Cee Lo Green brought in Pat Monahan to coach his team for the week. Green did however pick the songs which his team members would sing that week and kept in touch with them by phone.

^4 The mentors of the Battle Rounds reprised their roles during the week of the Top 10 performances except Joel Madden who was working on The Voice in Australia. Shakira instead brought in Cee Lo Green to help coach her team that week.

^5 During the week of the Top 12 performances, Usher brought in his choreographer Aakomon Jones to help coach his team.

^6 During the week of the Top 6 performances, Taylor Swift attended Michelle Chamuel's rehearsal of "I Knew You Were Trouble".

^7 With the replacement of the Knockout Rounds with the "Battles, Round 2" in season 6, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin served as the sole advisor for every team.

^8 During the week of the Top 10 performances, all four coaches brought advisors to help coach their teams. Graham Nash helped Team Adam, busbee helped Team Shakira, Natural helped Team Usher, and Scott Hendricks helped Team Blake.

^9 During the week of the Top 8 performances, Adam Levine brought in fellow band member James Valentine, and Blake Shelton brought in season two contestant Gwen Sebastian to help coach their teams.

^10 With the return of the Knockout Rounds in season seven, Taylor Swift served as the sole advisor for every team.[62]

^11 During the week of the Top 10 performances, all four coaches brought advisors to help coach their teams. Patrick Stump helped Team Adam, Christina Aguilera helped Team Gwen, Diana Ross helped Team Pharrell, and Colbie Caillat helped Team Blake.

^12 During the week of the Top 12 performances, Reba McEntire helped all four coaches coaching the teams.

^13 During the week of the Top 10 performances, all four coaches brought advisors to help coach their teams. Dave Stewart helped Team Adam, Ryan Tedder helped Team Pharrell, Mark Ronson helped Team Christina, and Scott Hendricks helped Team Blake.

^14 During the week of the Top 8 performances, all four coaches brought advisors to help coach their teams. Usher helped Team Adam, Gwen Stefani helped Teams Pharrell and Christina, and CeeLo Green helped Team Blake.

^15 During the week of the semi-final performances, Dolly Parton helped all four coaches coaching the teams.

text: Series overview

text:
Team Adam
     Team Blake
     Team Christina

     Team CeeLo
     Team Shakira
     Team Usher

     Team Pharrell
     Team Gwen
     Team Miley

     Team Alicia
     Team Jennifer
     Team Kelly

text:
Season
First aired
Last aired
Winner
Runner-up
Other finalist(s)
Winning coach
Host(s)
Coaches (chair's order)

Main
Correspondent
1
2
3
4

1
April 26, 2011
June 29, 2011
Javier Colon
Dia Frampton
Vicci Martinez
Adam Levine
Carson Daly
Alison Haislip (backstage)
Adam
CeeLo
Christina
Blake

Beverly McClellan

2
February 5, 2012
May 8, 2012
Jermaine Paul
Juliet Simms
Tony Lucca
Blake Shelton
Christina Milian (backstage)

Chris Mann

3
September 10, 2012
December 18, 2012
Cassadee Pope
Terry McDermott
Nicholas David

4
March 25, 2013
June 18, 2013
Danielle Bradbery
Michelle Chamuel
The Swon Brothers
Shakira
Usher

5
September 23, 2013
December 17, 2013
Tessanne Chin
Jacquie Lee
Will Champlin
Adam Levine
Carson Daly
CeeLo
Christina

6
February 24, 2014
May 20, 2014
Josh Kaufman
Jake Worthington
Christina Grimmie
Usher
Shakira
Usher

7
September 22, 2014
December 16, 2014
Craig Wayne Boyd
Matt McAndrew
Chris Jamison
Blake Shelton
Gwen
Pharrell

Damien

8
February 23, 2015
May 19, 2015
Sawyer Fredericks
Meghan Linsey
Joshua Davis
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell
Christina

Koryn Hawthorne

9
September 21, 2015
December 15, 2015
Jordan Smith
Emily Ann Roberts
Barrett Baber
Adam Levine
Gwen
Pharrell

Jeffery Austin

10
February 29, 2016
May 24, 2016
Alisan Porter
Adam Wakefield
Hannah Huston
Christina Aguilera
Pharrell
Christina

Laith Al-Saadi

11
September 19, 2016
December 13, 2016
Sundance Head
Billy Gilman
Wé McDonald
Blake Shelton
Miley
Alicia

Josh Gallagher

12
February 27, 2017
May 23, 2017
Chris Blue
Lauren Duski
Aliyah Moulden
Alicia Keys
Gwen

Jesse Larson

13
September 25, 2017
December 19, 2017
Chloe Kohanski
Addison Agen
Brooke Simpson
Blake Shelton
Miley
Jennifer

Red Marlow

14
February 26, 2018
May 22, 2018
Brynn Cartelli
Britton Buchanan
Kyla Jade
Kelly Clarkson
Alicia
Kelly

Spensha Baker

text: Season synopses

text: Names in bold type indicate the winner of the season.

text: Season 1

text: The first season of The Voice premiered on April 26, 2011, and concluded on June 29. The coaching panel consisted of Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton. Carson Daly and Alison Haislip respectively appeared as the host and social media correspondent. Contestant auditions were held in Chicago, New York, Miami, Nashville, Minneapolis, Austin, Los Angeles, and Seattle during January and February.[63]

text: It delivered the highest 18–49 rating for a series premiere on a major broadcast network since Undercover Boss debuted after the Super Bowl in February 2010. It became the first new primetime series of the season (from ABC, CBS, NBC, or Fox) to increase in adults 18–49 and total viewers from its first week to its second. Owing to the strong performance of the show, NBC offered expanded two-hour live episodes beginning June 7, following America's Got Talent, with an additional results show.

text: Each coach was allowed to advance four top to the live shows:

text:
Team Adam
Team CeeLo
Team Christina
Team Blake

Javier Colon
Vicci Martinez
Beverly McClellan
Dia Frampton

Casey Weston
Nakia
Frenchie Davis
Xenia

Jeff Jenkins
Curtis Grimes
Lily Elise
Jared Blake

Devon Barley
The Thompson Sisters
Raquel Castro
Patrick Thomas

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Javier Colon was announced as the winner of the season, while Dia Frampton was declared the runner-up. Third and fourth places were a draw between Vicci Martinez and Beverly McClellan.

text: Season 2

text: Season two premiered on February 5, 2012 as the lead-out program after Super Bowl XLVI; it concluded on May 8. The original coaching panel remained intact, while Haislip was replaced by Christina Milian as the social media correspondent. Its regular time slot held a 6.7 rating, 17 share in adults 18–49, 17.8 million viewers overall and winning every half-hour in adults 18–49, adults 18–34, adults 25–54 and total viewers versus first-run competition on ABC, CBS, Fox and CW. The shows' continued premiere on Monday delivered NBC's highest 18–49 rating in this time period, excluding Olympics, in nearly eight years (since February 16, 2004) and the network's biggest overall non-Olympic viewership in the slot since January 15, 2007. That season, Kia Motors, Sprint and Starbucks became the official sponsors of The Voice.

text: Each coach was allowed to advance six top to the live shows:

text:
Team Adam
Team CeeLo
Team Christina
Team Blake

Tony Lucca
Juliet Simms
Chris Mann
Jermaine Paul

Katrina Parker
Jamar Rogers
Lindsey Pavao
Erin Willett

Mathai
Cheesa
Ashley de La Rosa
RaeLynn

Pip
James Massone
Jesse Campbell
Jordis Unga

Karla Davis
Erin Martin
Moses Stone
Charlotte Sometimes

Kim Yarbrough
Tony Vincent
Sera Hill
Naia Kete

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Jermaine Paul was announced as the winner of the season, while Juliet Simms, Tony Lucca, and Chris Mann placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

text: Season 3

text: Season three premiered on September 10, 2012, and concluded on December 18. All personnel returned from the previous season.

text: Each coach was allowed to advance five top to the live shows:

text:
Team Adam
Team CeeLo
Team Christina
Team Blake

Amanda Brown
Nicholas David
Dez Duron
Cassadee Pope

Melanie Martinez
Trevin Hunte
Sylvia Yacoub
Terry McDermott

Bryan Keith
Cody Belew
Adriana Louise
Michaela Paige

Loren Allred
MacKenzie Bourg
De'Borah
Julio Cesar Castillo

Joselyn Rivera
Diego Val
Devyn DeLoera
Liz Davis

text: Three finalists were advanced to the final round. Cassadee Pope was announced as the winner of the season, while Terry McDermott and Nicholas David placed second and third, respectively.

text: Season 4

text: Season four premiered on March 25, 2013, and concluded on June 18. The coaching panel was modified for the first time in the series' history, with Shakira and Usher replacing Aguilera and Green during their hiatuses from the program. Daly and Milian continued appearing for their respective positions. 13.64 million viewers tuned in, up from last season by 1.36 million viewers.

text:
Team Adam
Team Shakira
Team Usher
Team Blake

Amber Carrington
Sasha Allen
Michelle Chamuel
Danielle Bradbery

Judith Hill
Kris Thomas
Josiah Hawley
The Swon Brothers

Sarah Simmons
Garrett Gardner
VEDO
Holly Tucker

Caroline Glaser
Karina Iglesias
Cáthia
Justin Rivers

text: Three finalists were advanced to the final round. Danielle Bradbery was announced as the winner of the season, while Michelle Chamuel and The Swon Brothers placed second and third, respectively.

text: Season 5

text: Season five premiered on September 23, 2013, and concluded on December 18. The original coaching panel was reinstated with the returns of Green and Aguilera which was promoted with an advertisement featuring the coaches' cover version of "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb.[64] However, Milian left her position as the social media correspondent before production began, at which point Daly assumed her former duties.

text:
Team Adam
Team CeeLo
Team Christina
Team Blake

Tessanne Chin
Caroline Pennell
Jacquie Lee
Cole Vosbury

Will Champlin
Kat Robichaud
Matthew Schuler
Ray Boundreaux

James Wolpert
Jonny Gray
Josh Logan
Austin Jenckes

Grey
Tamara Chauniece
Olivia Henken
Nic Hawk

Preston Pohl
Amber Nicole
Stephanie Anne Johnson
Shelbie Z

text: Three finalists were advanced to the final round. Tessanne Chin was announced as the winner of the season, while Jacquie Lee and Will Champlin placed second and third, respectively. This is also the first series in which Shelton did not have an act in the final.

text: Season 6

text: Season six premiered on February 24, 2014, and concluded on May 20, 2014.[65] After four seasons, Green departed the show and Aguilera took a hiatus. Shakira and Usher then returned to join Levine and Shelton as coaches, and Daly returned as host.

text: Each coach was allowed to advance three top to the live shows:

text:
Team Adam
Team Shakira
Team Usher
Team Blake

Christina Grimmie
Kristen Merlin
Josh Kaufman
Jake Worthington

Kat Perkins
Tess Boyer
Bria Kelly
Sisaundra Lewis

Delvin Choice
Dani Moz
T.J. Wilkins
Audra McLaughlin

text: Three finalists were advanced to the final round. Josh Kaufman was announced as the winner of the season, while Jake Worthington and Christina Grimmie placed second and third, respectively.

text: Season 7

text: Season seven premiered on September 22, 2014, and concluded on December 16, 2014.[66] Levine and Shelton returned as coaches, with Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani completing the panel.[19][20] Later that season Nissan became the official sponsor of The Voice, replacing Kia Motors.

text:
Team Adam
Team Gwen
Team Pharrell
Team Blake

Matt McAndrew
Taylor John Williams
DaNica Shirey
Craig Wayne Boyd

Chris Jamison
Ryan Sill
Luke Wade
Reagan James

Damien
Anita Antoinette
Sugar Joans
Jessie Pitts

Mia Pfirrman
Ricky Manning
Jean Kelley
Taylor Brashears

Taylor Phelan
Bryana Salaz
Elyjuh René
James David Carter

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Craig Wayne Boyd was announced as the winner of the season, while Matt McAndrew, Chris Jamison, and Damien placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

text: Season 8

text: Season eight premiered on February 23, 2015 and concluded on May 19, 2015. Levine and Shelton return as coaches for their eighth season, along with Williams and Aguilera who returns after a two-season break.

text:
Team Adam
Team Pharrell
Team Christina
Team Blake

Joshua Davis
Sawyer Fredericks
India Carney
Meghan Linsey

Deanna Johnson
Koryn Hawthorne
Kimberly Nichole
Hannah Kirby

Brian Johnson
Mia Z
Rob Taylor
Corey Kent White

Tonya Boyd-Cannon
Caitlin Caporale
Lexi Dávila
Brooke Adee

Nathan Hermida
Lowell Oakley
Sonic
Sarah Potenza

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Sawyer Fredericks was announced as the winner of the season, while Meghan Linsey, Joshua Davis, and Koryn Hawthorne placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

text: Season 9

text: Season nine premiered on September 21, 2015 and concluded on December 15, 2015, with coaches Levine, Shelton, Williams and Stefani.[67]

text: Each coach was allowed to advance five artists to the live shows. For the first time in the show history, the coaches had the chance to bring back four artists who were previously eliminated in the battles or the knockouts rounds. The four bring back artists performed in the live playoffs with the top 20 and had a chance to move on to the live shows along with the top 12:

text: Each coach was allowed to advance five plus one top to the live shows:

text:
Team Adam
Team Gwen
Team Pharrell
Team Blake

Jordan Smith
Jeffery Austin
Madi Davis
Emily Ann Roberts

Shelby Brown
Braiden Sunshine
Evan McKeel
Barrett Baber

Amy Vachal
Korin Bukowski
Mark Hood
Zach Seabaugh

Blaine Mitchell
Viktor Király
Celeste Betton
Ivonne Acero

Chance Peña
Ellie Lawrence
Riley Biederer
Morgan Frazier

Keith Semple
Regina Love
Darius Scott
Nadjah Nicole

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Jordan Smith was announced as the winner of the season, while Emily Ann Roberts, Barrett Baber, and Jeffery Austin placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

text: Season 10

text: Season ten premiered on February 29, 2016 and concluded on May 24, 2016,[68] with coaches Levine, Shelton, Williams and Aguilera.

text: Each coach was allowed to advance five artists to the live shows. Like the previous season, the coaches had the chance to bring back four artists who were previously eliminated in the battles or the knockouts rounds. The four bring back artists performed in the live playoffs with the top 20 and had a chance to move on to the live shows along with the top 12.

text:
Team Adam
Team Pharrell
Team Christina
Team Blake

Laith Al-Saadi
Hannah Huston
Alisan Porter
Adam Wakefield

Shalyah Fearing
Daniel Passino
Bryan Bautista
Mary Sarah

Owen Danoff
Emily Keener
Nick Hagelin
Paxton Ingram

Caroline Burns
Lacy Mandigo
Ryan Quinn
Katie Basden

Nate Butler
Moushumi
Kata Hay
Joe Maye

Brian Nhira
Caity Peters
Tamar Davis
Justin Whisnant

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Alisan Porter was announced as the winner of the season, while Adam Wakefield, Hannah Huston, and Laith Al-Saadi placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

text: Season 11

text: Season eleven premiered on September 19, 2016 and concluded on December 13, 2016 with coaches Levine, Shelton, and new coaches Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys.[3][69]

text: Each coach was allowed to advance five to the live shows:

text:
Team Adam
Team Miley
Team Alicia
Team Blake

Billy Gilman
Ali Caldwell
Wé McDonald
Sundance Head

Josh Gallagher
Aaron Gibson
Christian Cuevas
Austin Allsup

Brendan Fletcher
Darby Walker
Sa'Rayah
Courtney Harrell

Riley Elmore
Sophia Urista
Kylie Rothfield
Dana Harper

Simone Gundy
Belle Jewel
Josh Halverson
Jason Warrior

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Sundance Head was announced as the winner of the season, while Billy Gilman, Wé McDonald, and Josh Gallagher placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

text: Season 12

text: Season twelve premiered on February 27, 2017[70] and concluded on May 23, with Gwen Stefani and Alicia Keys returning as coaches alongside Levine and Shelton.[25] Cyrus will be taking a break from the show; however, she will return as coach on the show's thirteenth season.[25]

text:
Team Adam
Team Gwen
Team Alicia
Team Blake

Jesse Larson
Brennley Brown
Chris Blue
Lauren Duski

Mark Isaiah
Hunter Plake
Vanessa Ferguson
Aliyah Moulden

Lilli Passero
Troy Ramey
Stephanie Rice
TSoul

Hanna Eyre
Johnny Gates
Jack Cassidy
Casi Joy

Johnny Hayes
JChosen
Ashley Levin
Aaliyah Rose

Josh West
Quizz Swanigan
Anatalia Villaranda
Felicia Temple

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Chris Blue was announced as the winner of the season, while Lauren Duski, Aliyah Moulden, and Jesse Larson placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

text: Season 13

text: The thirteenth season premiered on September 25, 2017, with new coach Jennifer Hudson, alongside Levine and Shelton, and returning coach Cyrus.

text: Each coach was allowed to advance three to the live shows:

text:
Team Adam
Team Miley
Team Jennifer
Team Blake

Addison Agen
Brooke Simpson
Noah Mac
Chloe Kohanski

Adam Cunningham
Ashland Craft
Davon Fleming
Red Marlow

Jon Mero
Janice Freeman
Shi'Ann Jones
Keisha Renee

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Chloe Kohanski was announced as the winner of the season, while Addison Agen, Brooke Simpson, and Red Marlow placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

text: Season 14

text: The fourteenth season premiered on February 26, 2018, with new coach Kelly Clarkson, alongside Levine and Shelton, and returning coach Keys.

text: Each coach was allowed to advance six to the live shows:

text:
Team Adam
Team Alicia
Team Kelly
Team Blake

Rayshun LaMarr
Britton Buchanan
Brynn Cartelli
Kyla Jade

Jackie Verna
Jackie Foster
Kaleb Lee
Spensha Baker

Sharane Callister
Christiana Danielle
D.R. King
Pryor Baird

Mia Boostrom
Johnny Bliss
Tish Haynes Keys
Austin Giorgio

Drew Cole
Terrence Cunningham
Dylan Hartigan
Gary Edwards

Reid Umstattd
Kelsea Johnson
Alexa Cappelli
WILKES

text: Four finalists were advanced to the final round. Brynn Cartelli was announced as the winner of the season, while Britton Buchanan, Kyla Jade, and Spensha Baker placed second, third, and fourth, respectively.

text: La Voz Kids

text: In 2013, American Spanish-language network Telemundo (a subsidiary of NBCUniversal Television Group) introduced a children's version of The Voice in Spanish called La Voz Kids. It featured Spanish-speaking American children from 7 to 15 years of age. Prizes include $50,000 cash for their education and a recording contract with Universal Music Group. The show debuted on May 5, 2013, and is hosted by Jorge Bernal (from ¡Suelta La Sopa!) and Daisy Fuentes. The coaches in season one were Prince Royce, Paulina Rubio, and Roberto Tapia. The first season aired 13 episodes with the season finale airing on July 28, 2013.[71][72]

text: Season two saw Natalia Jiménez replace Paulina Rubio as one of the coaches. The other coaches and hosts remained the same.[73]

text: For the show's third season, Daddy Yankee and Pedro Fernandez took Tapia and Royce's place as the new coaches along with season two veteran Natalia Jiménez.[74]

text: At their 2015 Upfronts, Telemundo announced that La Voz Kids would return for a fourth season, with all three Season 3 coaches returning.[75]

text: Series overview

text:
Team Royce
     Team Paulina
     Team Tapia

     Team Natalia
     Team Yankee
     Team Pedro

text:
Series
Premiere
Finale
Winner
Runners-up
Winning coach
Hosts
Coaches (chair's order)

1
2
3

1
May 5, 2013
July 28, 2013
Paola Guanche
Alanis Gonzáles
Prince Royce
Jorge Bernal
Daisy Fuentes
Prince
Royce
Paulina
Tapia

Alan Ponce

2
March 16, 2014
June 8, 2014
Amanda Mena
Leslie Mendoza
Natalia

Natalia Loya

3
March 15, 2015
June 7, 2015
Jonael Santiago
Shanty Zumaya
Natalia Jiménez
Yankee
Pedro

Franser Pazos

4
April 17, 2016
July 10, 2016
Christopher Rivera
Alejandra Gallardo

Axel Cabrera

text: Reception

text: In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that The Voice "is most popular in North Dakota and least popular in New York. It was behind only Duck Dynasty and Fast N' Loud in its correlation with Trump voters".[76]

text: Awards and nominations

text: Ratings

text: The first season premiered strong at 11.78 million viewers, and actually grew upon that audience through its first season. In the 18–49 demographic, the show constantly found itself in the top 5. For its average season rating, the show landed itself as No. 20 with total viewers at nearly 12 million viewers. In the 18–49 rankings, the show was No. 4 at a 5.4 ranking.

text: The second season premiered on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, 2012, and for a while managed to keep a 6.0 in the adults 18–49 demographic and 17 million viewers. Partnering The Voice with Smash (NBC's musical drama) helped NBC win the Monday night ratings. However, by Monday, April 9, the ratings had fallen to a 4.0 rating in the adult 18–49 demographic.

text: The third season premiered on Monday, September 10, 2012 to 12.28 million viewers and a 4.2 rating in the 18–49 demographic and has since then grown to a season high 4.8 rating in the 18–49 demographic on October 8, October 15 and 29, 2012 and a 4.9 rating in the finale. The Voice, along with NBC's new drama, Revolution has once again led NBC to win every Monday night of the season so far, just like it did last season. On Tuesdays, comedies Go On and The New Normal have been successful thanks to The Voice, leading NBC to be the only network of the Big 5 to grow in ratings from last season.

text: The fourth season premiered on Monday, March 25, 2013 to a 13.64 million viewer audience, scoring a 4.8 in the 18–49 demographic but fell back to a 12.41 million viewer audience. In the 18–49 demographic, this first episode had a 4.1 score.

text: The fifth season premiered on Monday, September 23, 2013 scoring 14.98 million viewers and a 5.1 in the 18–49 demographic.

text: The sixth season premiered on February 24, 2014 and was watched by 15.74 million viewers with a 4.7 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .76 million viewers.

text: The seventh season premiered on September 22, 2014 and was watched by 12.95 million viewers with a 3.9 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was down from last season's premiere by 2.91 million viewers.

text: The eighth season premiered on February 23, 2015, and 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.

text: The ninth season premiered on September 21, 2015, and was watched by 12.37 million viewers with a 3.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was down from last falls premiere by .48 million viewers.

text: The tenth season premiered on February 29, 2016, and was watched by 13.33 million viewers with a 3.4 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .96 million viewers.

text: The eleventh season premiered on September 19, 2016, and was watched by 12.10 million viewers with a 3.3 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It is down from last season's premiere by 1.23 million viewers.

text: The twelfth season premiered on February 27, 2017, and was watched by 13.03 million viewers with a 3.1 in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .93 million viewers.

text: The thirteenth season premiered on September 25, 2017, and was watched by 10.57 million viewers with a 2.6 in the 18-49 demographic. It is down from last season's premiere by 2.46 million viewers.

text: The fourteenth season premiered on February 26, 2018, and was watched by 12.31 million viewers with a 2.8 in the 18-49 demographic. It is up from last season's premiere by 1.74 million viewers.

text:
Season
Timeslot (ET)
# Ep.
Premiered
Ended
TV season
Season ranking
Viewers
(in millions)

Date
Premiere viewers
(in millions)
Date
Finale viewers
(in millions)

1

Tuesday 9:00 pm
(eps. 1–2, 7–9, 11)
Tuesday 10:00 pm (eps. 3–6)
Wednesday 8:15 pm (ep. 10)
Wednesday 8:00 pm (finale)

12

April 26, 2011

11.78[77]

June 29, 2011

11.05[78]
2010–11
20
12.33[79]

2

Sunday 10:21 pm
Monday 8:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 pm

21

February 5, 2012

37.61[80]

May 8, 2012

11.90[81]
2011–12
9
15.76[†][82]

3

Monday 8:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 pm (ep. 20)

32

September 10, 2012

12.28[83]

December 18, 2012[84]

14.13[85]
2012–13
10
14.24[86]

4

Monday 8:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 pm

28

March 25, 2013

13.64[87]

June 18, 2013

15.59[88]

5

Monday 8:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 pm (ep. 15)

27

September 23, 2013

14.98[89]

December 17, 2013

14.01[90]
2013–14
7
14.57[91]

6

Monday 8:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 pm

26

February 24, 2014

15.86[92]

May 20, 2014

11.69[93]

7
27

September 22, 2014

12.95[94]

December 16, 2014

12.88[95]
2014–15
12
13.80[96]

8
28

February 23, 2015

13.97[97]

May 19, 2015

11.56[98]

9

Monday 8:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 pm
(eps. 2, 4, 6, 16–27)
Tuesday 9:00 pm
(eps. 8, 10, 12, 14)

27

September 21, 2015

12.37[99]

December 15, 2015

12.69[100]
2015–16
9
13.33[101]

10

Monday 8:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 pm

28

February 29, 2016

13.33[102]

May 24, 2016

10.59[103]

11
26

September 19, 2016

12.10[104]

December 13, 2016

12.14[105]
2016–17
13
12.40[106]

12
28

February 27, 2017

13.03[107]

May 23, 2017

9.35[108]

13
27

September 25, 2017

10.57[109]

December 19, 2017

10.91[110]
2017–18
14
11.85[111]

14
28

February 26, 2018

12.31[112]

May 22, 2018

8.77[113]

text: †^ Including an episode that aired after a live broadcast of the Super Bowl:[114]

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10:19–10:30 = 46.786 million viewers (retention: 76.68% – football game itself reached a peak of 118.355 million viewers)
10:30–10:45 = 39.494 million viewers
10:45–11:00 = 36.310 million viewers
11:00–11:15 = 32.630 million viewers
11:15–11:21 = 31.792 million viewers

text: The Voice Live on Tour

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text: In the final episode of the first season, Carson Daly announced a summer concert tour. This tour had six stops across the United States, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston, Wallingford, and New York. The tour featured the top two finalists from each team, including Javier Colon, Dia Frampton, Vicci Martinez, Beverly McClellan, Xenia, Frenchie Davis, Nakia, and Casey Weston. Out of the six dates, the New York show was a sell-out. However, as overall ticket sales were lackluster, the tour was canceled in subsequent seasons. In 2014, the tour was resumed from June 21, 2014 to August 2, 2014, including the contestants of seasons five and six, and season one contestant Dia Frampton.

text: Video game

text: The Voice: I Want You is a video game based on the television show releasing on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Wii U on October 21, 2014 published by Activision. The game includes a microphone and it has songs from the show including songs performed by the coaches.

text: Broadcast

text: The show premiered in Canada on April 26, 2011 on CTV. In Asia, the series aired on August 21, 2011 on AXN, but later transferred to Star World (now Fox Life) starting Season 11.[115] It premiered in New Zealand on July 16, 2011 on TV2, in Australia on August 9, 2011 on Go!, in South Africa on October 5, 2011 on SABC 3, and on March 31, 2012 in the Philippines on Studio 23 (now S+A).[116]