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text: Elizabeth II

text: Early life

text: Elizabeth was born at 02:40 (GMT) on 21 April 1926, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George V. Her father, the Duke of York (later King George VI), was the second son of the King. Her mother, the Duchess of York (later Queen Elizabeth), was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. She was delivered by Caesarean section at her maternal grandfather's London house: 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair.[2] She was baptised by the Anglican Archbishop of York, Cosmo Gordon Lang, in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on 29 May,[3][c] and named Elizabeth after her mother, Alexandra after George V's mother, who had died six months earlier, and Mary after her paternal grandmother.[5] Called "Lilibet" by her close family,[6] based on what she called herself at first,[7] she was cherished by her grandfather George V, and during his serious illness in 1929 her regular visits were credited in the popular press and by later biographers with raising his spirits and aiding his recovery.[8]

text: Elizabeth's only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930. The two princesses were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford.[9] Lessons concentrated on history, language, literature and music.[10] Crawford published a biography of Elizabeth and Margaret's childhood years entitled The Little Princesses in 1950, much to the dismay of the royal family.[11] The book describes Elizabeth's love of horses and dogs, her orderliness, and her attitude of responsibility.[12] Others echoed such observations: Winston Churchill described Elizabeth when she was two as "a character. She has an air of authority and reflectiveness astonishing in an infant."[13] Her cousin Margaret Rhodes described her as "a jolly little girl, but fundamentally sensible and well-behaved".[14]

text: Heir presumptive

text: During her grandfather's reign, Elizabeth was third in the line of succession to the throne, behind her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales, and her father, the Duke of York. Although her birth generated public interest, she was not expected to become queen, as the Prince of Wales was still young. Many people believed he would marry and have children of his own.[15] When her grandfather died in 1936 and her uncle succeeded as Edward VIII, she became second-in-line to the throne, after her father. Later that year, Edward abdicated, after his proposed marriage to divorced socialite Wallis Simpson provoked a constitutional crisis.[16] Consequently, Elizabeth's father became king, and she became heir presumptive. If her parents had had a later son, she would have lost her position as first-in-line, as her brother would have been heir apparent and above her in the line of succession.[17]

text: Elizabeth received private tuition in constitutional history from Henry Marten, Vice-Provost of Eton College,[18] and learned French from a succession of native-speaking governesses.[19] A Girl Guides company, the 1st Buckingham Palace Company, was formed specifically so she could socialise with girls her own age.[20] Later, she was enrolled as a Sea Ranger.[19]

text: In 1939, Elizabeth's parents toured Canada and the United States. As in 1927, when her parents had toured Australia and New Zealand, Elizabeth remained in Britain, since her father thought her too young to undertake public tours.[21] Elizabeth "looked tearful" as her parents departed.[22] They corresponded regularly,[22] and she and her parents made the first royal transatlantic telephone call on 18 May.[21]

text: Second World War

text: In September 1939, Britain entered the Second World War, which lasted until 1945. During the war, many of London's children were evacuated to avoid the frequent aerial bombing. The suggestion by senior politician Lord Hailsham[23] that the two princesses should be evacuated to Canada was rejected by Elizabeth's mother, who declared, "The children won't go without me. I won't leave without the King. And the King will never leave."[24] Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret stayed at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, until Christmas 1939, when they moved to Sandringham House, Norfolk.[25] From February to May 1940, they lived at Royal Lodge, Windsor, until moving to Windsor Castle, where they lived for most of the next five years.[26] At Windsor, the princesses staged pantomimes at Christmas in aid of the Queen's Wool Fund, which bought yarn to knit into military garments.[27] In 1940, the 14-year-old Elizabeth made her first radio broadcast during the BBC's Children's Hour, addressing other children who had been evacuated from the cities.[28] She stated: "We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen, and we are trying, too, to bear our share of the danger and sadness of war. We know, every one of us, that in the end all will be well."[28]

text: In 1943, Elizabeth undertook her first solo public appearance on a visit to the Grenadier Guards, of which she had been appointed colonel the previous year.[29] As she approached her 18th birthday, parliament changed the law so she could act as one of five Counsellors of State in the event of her father's incapacity or absence abroad, such as his visit to Italy in July 1944.[30] In February 1945, she was appointed as an honorary second subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service with the service number of 230873.[31] She trained as a driver and mechanic and was given the rank of honorary junior commander five months later.[32][33]

text: At the end of the war in Europe, on Victory in Europe Day, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret mingled anonymously with the celebratory crowds in the streets of London. Elizabeth later said in a rare interview, "We asked my parents if we could go out and see for ourselves. I remember we were terrified of being recognised ... I remember lines of unknown people linking arms and walking down Whitehall, all of us just swept along on a tide of happiness and relief."[34]

text: During the war, plans were drawn up to quell Welsh nationalism by affiliating Elizabeth more closely with Wales. Proposals, such as appointing her Constable of Caernarfon Castle or a patron of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (the Welsh League of Youth), were abandoned for various reasons, which included a fear of associating Elizabeth with conscientious objectors in the Urdd, at a time when Britain was at war.[35] Welsh politicians suggested she be made Princess of Wales on her 18th birthday. Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison supported the idea, but the King rejected it because he felt such a title belonged solely to the wife of a Prince of Wales and the Prince of Wales had always been the heir apparent.[36] In 1946, she was inducted into the Welsh Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.[37]

text: Princess Elizabeth went in 1947 on her first overseas tour, accompanying her parents through southern Africa. During the tour, in a broadcast to the British Commonwealth on her 21st birthday, she made the following pledge: "I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong."[38]

text: Marriage

text: Elizabeth met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in 1934 and 1937.[39] They are second cousins once removed through King Christian IX of Denmark and third cousins through Queen Victoria. After another meeting at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth – though only 13 years old – said she fell in love with Philip, and they began to exchange letters.[40] She was 21 when their engagement was officially announced on 9 July 1947.[41]

text: The engagement was not without controversy; Philip had no financial standing, was foreign-born (though a British subject who had served in the Royal Navy throughout the Second World War), and had sisters who had married German noblemen with Nazi links.[42] Marion Crawford wrote, "Some of the King's advisors did not think him good enough for her. He was a prince without a home or kingdom. Some of the papers played long and loud tunes on the string of Philip's foreign origin."[43] Later biographies reported Elizabeth's mother initially opposed the union, dubbing Philip "The Hun".[44] In later life, however, the Queen Mother told biographer Tim Heald that Philip was "an English gentleman".[45]

text: Before the marriage, Philip renounced his Greek and Danish titles, officially converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism, and adopted the style Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, taking the surname of his mother's British family.[46] Just before the wedding, he was created Duke of Edinburgh and granted the style His Royal Highness.[47]

text: Elizabeth and Philip were married on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey. They received 2,500 wedding gifts from around the world.[48] Because Britain had not yet completely recovered from the devastation of the war, Elizabeth required ration coupons to buy the material for her gown, which was designed by Norman Hartnell.[49] In post-war Britain, it was not acceptable for the Duke of Edinburgh's German relations, including his three surviving sisters, to be invited to the wedding.[50] The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, was not invited either.[51]

text: Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Prince Charles, on 14 November 1948. One month earlier, the King had issued letters patent allowing her children to use the style and title of a royal prince or princess, to which they otherwise would not have been entitled as their father was no longer a royal prince.[52] A second child, Princess Anne, was born in 1950.[53]

text: Following their wedding, the couple leased Windlesham Moor, near Windsor Castle, until July 1949,[48] when they took up residence at Clarence House in London. At various times between 1949 and 1951, the Duke of Edinburgh was stationed in the British Crown Colony of Malta as a serving Royal Navy officer. He and Elizabeth lived intermittently in Malta for several months at a time in the hamlet of Gwardamanġa, at Villa Guardamangia, the rented home of Philip's uncle, Lord Mountbatten. The children remained in Britain.[54]

text: Reign

text: Accession and coronation

text: During 1951, George VI's health declined, and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. When she toured Canada and visited President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C., in October 1951, her private secretary, Martin Charteris, carried a draft accession declaration in case the King died while she was on tour.[55] In early 1952, Elizabeth and Philip set out for a tour of Australia and New Zealand by way of Kenya. On 6 February 1952, they had just returned to their Kenyan home, Sagana Lodge, after a night spent at Treetops Hotel, when word arrived of the death of the King and consequently Elizabeth's immediate accession to the throne. Philip broke the news to the new Queen.[56] Martin Charteris asked her to choose a regnal name; she chose to remain Elizabeth, "of course".[57] She was proclaimed queen throughout her realms and the royal party hastily returned to the United Kingdom.[58] She and the Duke of Edinburgh moved into Buckingham Palace.[59]

text: With Elizabeth's accession, it seemed probable the royal house would bear her husband's name, becoming the House of Mountbatten, in line with the custom of a wife taking her husband's surname on marriage. The British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and Elizabeth's grandmother, Queen Mary, favoured the retention of the House of Windsor, and so on 9 April 1952 Elizabeth issued a declaration that Windsor would continue to be the name of the royal house. The Duke complained, "I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children."[60] In 1960, after the death of Queen Mary in 1953 and the resignation of Churchill in 1955, the surname Mountbatten-Windsor was adopted for Philip and Elizabeth's male-line descendants who do not carry royal titles.[61]

text: Amid preparations for the coronation, Princess Margaret told her sister she wished to marry Peter Townsend, a divorcé‚ 16 years Margaret's senior, with two sons from his previous marriage. The Queen asked them to wait for a year; in the words of Martin Charteris, "the Queen was naturally sympathetic towards the Princess, but I think she thought – she hoped – given time, the affair would peter out."[62] Senior politicians were against the match and the Church of England did not permit remarriage after divorce. If Margaret had contracted a civil marriage, she would have been expected to renounce her right of succession.[63] Eventually, she decided to abandon her plans with Townsend.[64] In 1960, she married Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created Earl of Snowdon the following year. They divorced in 1978; she did not remarry.[65]

text: Despite the death of Queen Mary on 24 March, the coronation on 2 June 1953 went ahead as planned, as Mary had asked before she died.[66] The ceremony in Westminster Abbey, with the exception of the anointing and communion, was televised for the first time.[67][d] Elizabeth's coronation gown was embroidered on her instructions with the floral emblems of Commonwealth countries:[71] English Tudor rose; Scots thistle; Welsh leek; Irish shamrock; Australian wattle; Canadian maple leaf; New Zealand silver fern; South African protea; lotus flowers for India and Ceylon; and Pakistan's wheat, cotton, and jute.[72]

text: Continuing evolution of the Commonwealth

text: From Elizabeth's birth onwards, the British Empire continued its transformation into the Commonwealth of Nations.[73] By the time of her accession in 1952, her role as head of multiple independent states was already established.[74] In 1953, the Queen and her husband embarked on a seven-month round-the-world tour, visiting 13 countries and covering more than 40,000 miles by land, sea and air.[75] She became the first reigning monarch of Australia and New Zealand to visit those nations.[76] During the tour, crowds were immense; three-quarters of the population of Australia were estimated to have seen her.[77] Throughout her reign, the Queen has made hundreds of state visits to other countries and tours of the Commonwealth; she is the most widely travelled head of state.[78]

text: In 1956, the British and French prime ministers, Sir Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth. The proposal was never accepted and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union.[79] In November 1956, Britain and France invaded Egypt in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to capture the Suez Canal. Lord Mountbatten claimed the Queen was opposed to the invasion, though Eden denied it. Eden resigned two months later.[80]

text: The absence of a formal mechanism within the Conservative Party for choosing a leader meant that, following Eden's resignation, it fell to the Queen to decide whom to commission to form a government. Eden recommended she consult Lord Salisbury, the Lord President of the Council. Lord Salisbury and Lord Kilmuir, the Lord Chancellor, consulted the British Cabinet, Winston Churchill, and the Chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, resulting in the Queen appointing their recommended candidate: Harold Macmillan.[81]

text: The Suez crisis and the choice of Eden's successor led in 1957 to the first major personal criticism of the Queen. In a magazine, which he owned and edited,[82] Lord Altrincham accused her of being "out of touch".[83] Altrincham was denounced by public figures and slapped by a member of the public appalled by his comments.[84] Six years later, in 1963, Macmillan resigned and advised the Queen to appoint the Earl of Home as prime minister, advice she followed.[85] The Queen again came under criticism for appointing the prime minister on the advice of a small number of ministers or a single minister.[85] In 1965, the Conservatives adopted a formal mechanism for electing a leader, thus relieving her of involvement.[86]

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Queen Elizabeth II's Address to the United Nations General Assembly

text: In 1957, she made a state visit to the United States, where she addressed the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of the Commonwealth. On the same tour, she opened the 23rd Canadian Parliament, becoming the first monarch of Canada to open a parliamentary session.[87] Two years later, solely in her capacity as Queen of Canada, she revisited the United States and toured Canada.[87][88] In 1961, she toured Cyprus, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Iran.[89] On a visit to Ghana the same year, she dismissed fears for her safety, even though her host, President Kwame Nkrumah, who had replaced her as head of state, was a target for assassins.[90] Harold Macmillan wrote, "The Queen has been absolutely determined all through ... She is impatient of the attitude towards her to treat her as ... a film star ... She has indeed 'the heart and stomach of a man' ... She loves her duty and means to be a Queen."[90] Before her tour through parts of Quebec in 1964, the press reported extremists within the Quebec separatist movement were plotting Elizabeth's assassination.[91][92] No attempt was made, but a riot did break out while she was in Montreal; the Queen's "calmness and courage in the face of the violence" was noted.[93]

text: Elizabeth's pregnancies with Princes Andrew and Edward, in 1959 and 1963, mark the only times she has not performed the State Opening of the British parliament during her reign.[94] In addition to performing traditional ceremonies, she also instituted new practices. Her first royal walkabout, meeting ordinary members of the public, took place during a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1970.[95]

text: Acceleration of decolonisation

text: The 1960s and 1970s saw an acceleration in the decolonisation of Africa and the Caribbean. Over 20 countries gained independence from Britain as part of a planned transition to self-government. In 1965, however, the Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, in opposition to moves towards majority rule, declared unilateral independence from Britain while still expressing "loyalty and devotion" to Elizabeth. Although the Queen dismissed him in a formal declaration, and the international community applied sanctions against Rhodesia, his regime survived for over a decade.[96] As Britain's ties to its former empire weakened, the British government sought entry to the European Community, a goal it achieved in 1973.[97]

text: In February 1974, the British Prime Minister, Edward Heath, advised the Queen to call a general election in the middle of her tour of the Austronesian Pacific Rim, requiring her to fly back to Britain.[98] The election resulted in a hung parliament; Heath's Conservatives were not the largest party, but could stay in office if they formed a coalition with the Liberals. Heath only resigned when discussions on forming a coalition foundered, after which the Queen asked the Leader of the Opposition, Labour's Harold Wilson, to form a government.[99]

text: A year later, at the height of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, the Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed from his post by Governor-General Sir John Kerr, after the Opposition-controlled Senate rejected Whitlam's budget proposals.[100] As Whitlam had a majority in the House of Representatives, Speaker Gordon Scholes appealed to the Queen to reverse Kerr's decision. She declined, saying she would not interfere in decisions reserved by the Constitution of Australia for the governor-general.[101] The crisis fuelled Australian republicanism.[100]

text: Silver Jubilee

text: In 1977, Elizabeth marked the Silver Jubilee of her accession. Parties and events took place throughout the Commonwealth, many coinciding with her associated national and Commonwealth tours. The celebrations re-affirmed the Queen's popularity, despite virtually coincident negative press coverage of Princess Margaret's separation from her husband.[102] In 1978, the Queen endured a state visit to the United Kingdom by Romania's communist leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and his wife, Elena,[103] though privately she thought they had "blood on their hands".[104] The following year brought two blows: one was the unmasking of Anthony Blunt, former Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, as a communist spy; the other was the assassination of her relative and in-law Lord Mountbatten by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.[105]

text: According to Paul Martin, Sr., by the end of the 1970s the Queen was worried the Crown "had little meaning for" Pierre Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister.[106] Tony Benn said the Queen found Trudeau "rather disappointing".[106] Trudeau's supposed republicanism seemed to be confirmed by his antics, such as sliding down banisters at Buckingham Palace and pirouetting behind the Queen's back in 1977, and the removal of various Canadian royal symbols during his term of office.[106] In 1980, Canadian politicians sent to London to discuss the patriation of the Canadian constitution found the Queen "better informed ... than any of the British politicians or bureaucrats".[106] She was particularly interested after the failure of Bill C-60, which would have affected her role as head of state.[106] Patriation removed the role of the British parliament from the Canadian constitution, but the monarchy was retained. Trudeau said in his memoirs that the Queen favoured his attempt to reform the constitution and that he was impressed by "the grace she displayed in public" and "the wisdom she showed in private".[107]

text: During the 1981 Trooping the Colour ceremony, six weeks before the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer, six shots were fired at the Queen from close range as she rode down The Mall on her horse, Burmese. Police later discovered the shots were blanks. The 17-year-old assailant, Marcus Sarjeant, was sentenced to five years in prison and released after three.[108] The Queen's composure and skill in controlling her mount were widely praised.[109]

text: Months later, in October, the Queen was the subject of another assassination attempt while on a visit to Dunedin, New Zealand. Declassified New Zealand Security Intelligence Service documents revealed in 2018 that 17-year-old Christopher John Lewis fired a shot with a .22 rifle from the fifth floor of a building overlooking the parade, but missed.[110] Lewis was arrested, but never charged with attempted murder or treason, and sentenced to three years in jail for unlawful possession and discharge of a firearm. Two years into his sentence, he attempted to escape a psychiatric hospital in order to assassinate Prince Charles, who was visiting the country with Diana, Princess of Wales, and Prince William.[111]

text: From April to September 1982, the Queen was anxious but proud of her son, Prince Andrew, who was serving with British forces during the Falklands War.[112] On 9 July, the Queen awoke in her bedroom at Buckingham Palace to find an intruder, Michael Fagan, in the room with her. In a serious lapse of security, assistance only arrived after two calls to the Palace police switchboard.[113] After hosting US President Ronald Reagan at Windsor Castle in 1982 and visiting his California ranch in 1983, the Queen was angered when his administration ordered the invasion of Grenada, one of her Caribbean realms, without informing her.[114]

text: Intense media interest in the opinions and private lives of the royal family during the 1980s led to a series of sensational stories in the press, not all of which were entirely true.[115] As Kelvin MacKenzie, editor of The Sun, told his staff: "Give me a Sunday for Monday splash on the Royals. Don't worry if it's not true—so long as there's not too much of a fuss about it afterwards."[116] Newspaper editor Donald Trelford wrote in The Observer of 21 September 1986: "The royal soap opera has now reached such a pitch of public interest that the boundary between fact and fiction has been lost sight of ... it is not just that some papers don't check their facts or accept denials: they don't care if the stories are true or not." It was reported, most notably in The Sunday Times of 20 July 1986, that the Queen was worried that Margaret Thatcher's economic policies fostered social divisions and was alarmed by high unemployment, a series of riots, the violence of a miners' strike, and Thatcher's refusal to apply sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa. The sources of the rumours included royal aide Michael Shea and Commonwealth Secretary-General Shridath Ramphal, but Shea claimed his remarks were taken out of context and embellished by speculation.[117] Thatcher reputedly said the Queen would vote for the Social Democratic Party – Thatcher's political opponents.[118] Thatcher's biographer John Campbell claimed "the report was a piece of journalistic mischief-making".[119] Belying reports of acrimony between them, Thatcher later conveyed her personal admiration for the Queen,[120] and the Queen gave two honours in her personal gift – membership in the Order of Merit and the Order of the Garter – to Thatcher after her replacement as prime minister by John Major.[121] Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said Elizabeth was a "behind the scenes force" in ending apartheid.[122][123]

text: In 1987, in Canada, Elizabeth publicly supported politically divisive constitutional amendments, prompting criticism from opponents of the proposed changes, including Pierre Trudeau.[122] The same year, the elected Fijian government was deposed in a military coup. As monarch of Fiji, Elizabeth supported the attempts of the Governor-General, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, to assert executive power and negotiate a settlement. Coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka deposed Ganilau and declared Fiji a republic.[124] By the start of 1991, republican feeling in Britain had risen because of press estimates of the Queen's private wealth – which were contradicted by the Palace – and reports of affairs and strained marriages among her extended family.[125] The involvement of younger members of the royal family in the charity game show It's a Royal Knockout was ridiculed,[126] and the Queen was the target of satire.[127]

text: In 1991, in the wake of coalition victory in the Gulf War, the Queen became the first British monarch to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress.[128]

text: In a speech on 24 November 1992, to mark the 40th anniversary of her accession, Elizabeth called 1992 her annus horribilis, meaning horrible year.[129] In March, her second son, Prince Andrew, and his wife, Sarah, separated; in April, her daughter, Princess Anne, divorced Captain Mark Phillips;[130] during a state visit to Germany in October, angry demonstrators in Dresden threw eggs at her;[131] and, in November, a large fire broke out at Windsor Castle, one of her official residences. The monarchy came under increased criticism and public scrutiny.[132] In an unusually personal speech, the Queen said that any institution must expect criticism, but suggested it be done with "a touch of humour, gentleness and understanding".[133] Two days later, the Prime Minister, John Major, announced reforms to the royal finances planned since the previous year, including the Queen paying income tax from 1993 onwards, and a reduction in the civil list.[134] In December, Prince Charles and his wife, Diana, formally separated.[135] The year ended with a lawsuit as the Queen sued The Sun newspaper for breach of copyright when it published the text of her annual Christmas message two days before it was broadcast. The newspaper was forced to pay her legal fees and donated £200,000 to charity.[136]

text: In the years to follow, public revelations on the state of Charles and Diana's marriage continued.[137] Even though support for republicanism in Britain seemed higher than at any time in living memory, republicanism was still a minority viewpoint, and the Queen herself had high approval ratings.[138] Criticism was focused on the institution of the monarchy itself and the Queen's wider family rather than her own behaviour and actions.[139] In consultation with her husband and the Prime Minister, John Major, as well as the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, and her private secretary, Robert Fellowes, she wrote to Charles and Diana at the end of December 1995, saying a divorce was desirable.[140]

text: In August 1997, a year after the divorce, Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris. The Queen was on holiday with her extended family at Balmoral. Diana's two sons by Charles – Princes William and Harry – wanted to attend church and so the Queen and Prince Philip took them that morning.[141] After that single public appearance, for five days the Queen and the Duke shielded their grandsons from the intense press interest by keeping them at Balmoral where they could grieve in private,[142] but the royal family's seclusion and the failure to fly a flag at half-mast over Buckingham Palace caused public dismay.[123][143] Pressured by the hostile reaction, the Queen agreed to return to London and do a live television broadcast on 5 September, the day before Diana's funeral.[144] In the broadcast, she expressed admiration for Diana and her feelings "as a grandmother" for the two princes.[145] As a result, much of the public hostility evaporated.[145]

text: In November 1997, the Queen and her husband held a reception at Banqueting House to mark their golden wedding anniversary.[146] She made a speech and praised Philip for his role as a consort, referring to him as "my strength and stay".[146]

text: In 2002, Elizabeth marked her Golden Jubilee. Her sister and mother died in February and March respectively, and the media speculated whether the Jubilee would be a success or a failure.[147] She again undertook an extensive tour of her realms, which began in Jamaica in February, where she called the farewell banquet "memorable" after a power cut plunged the King's House, the official residence of the governor-general, into darkness.[148] As in 1977, there were street parties and commemorative events, and monuments were named to honour the occasion. A million people attended each day of the three-day main Jubilee celebration in London,[149] and the enthusiasm shown by the public for the Queen was greater than many journalists had expected.[150]

text: Though generally healthy throughout her life, in 2003 she had keyhole surgery on both knees. In October 2006, she missed the opening of the new Emirates Stadium because of a strained back muscle that had been troubling her since the summer.[151]

text: In May 2007, The Daily Telegraph, citing unnamed sources, reported the Queen was "exasperated and frustrated" by the policies of the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, that she was concerned the British Armed Forces were overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that she had raised concerns over rural and countryside issues with Blair.[152] She was, however, said to admire Blair's efforts to achieve peace in Northern Ireland.[153] She became the first British monarch to celebrate a diamond wedding anniversary in November 2007.[154] On 20 March 2008, at the Church of Ireland St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, the Queen attended the first Maundy service held outside England and Wales.[155]

text: The Queen addressed the United Nations for a second time in 2010, again in her capacity as Queen of all Commonwealth realms and Head of the Commonwealth.[156] The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, introduced her as "an anchor for our age".[157] During her visit to New York, which followed a tour of Canada, she officially opened a memorial garden for British victims of the September 11 attacks.[157] The Queen's visit to Australia in October 2011 – her sixteenth visit since 1954 – was called her "farewell tour" in the press because of her age.[158] By invitation of the Irish President, Mary McAleese, the Queen made the first state visit to the Republic of Ireland by a British monarch in May 2011.[159]

text: Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 marked 60 years on the throne, and celebrations were held throughout her realms, the wider Commonwealth, and beyond. In a message released on Accession Day, Elizabeth wrote:

text: She and her husband undertook an extensive tour of the United Kingdom, while her children and grandchildren embarked on royal tours of other Commonwealth states on her behalf.[161][162] On 4 June, Jubilee beacons were lit around the world.[163] In November, the Queen and her husband celebrated their sapphire wedding anniversary.[164] On 18 December, she became the first British sovereign to attend a peacetime Cabinet meeting since George III in 1781.[165]

text: The Queen, who opened the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, also opened the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London, making her the first head of state to open two Olympic Games in two different countries.[166] For the London Olympics, she played herself in a short film as part of the opening ceremony, alongside Daniel Craig as James Bond.[167] On 4 April 2013, she received an honorary BAFTA for her patronage of the film industry and was called "the most memorable Bond girl yet" at the award ceremony.[168]

text: On 3 March 2013, Elizabeth was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital as a precaution after developing symptoms of gastroenteritis. She returned to Buckingham Palace the following day.[169] A week later, she signed the new Commonwealth charter.[170] Because of her age and the need for her to limit travelling, in 2013 she chose not to attend the biennial meeting of Commonwealth heads of government for the first time in 40 years. She was represented at the summit in Sri Lanka by her son, Prince Charles.[171]

text: The Queen surpassed her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-lived British monarch on 21 December 2007, and the longest-reigning British monarch and longest-reigning queen regnant and female head of state in the world on 9 September 2015.[172][173][174] She is also the "longest-reigning sovereign in Canada's modern era".[175] (King Louis XIV of France reigned over Canada (New France) for longer than Elizabeth.[176]) She became the oldest current monarch after King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died on 23 January 2015.[177][178] She later became the longest-reigning current monarch and the longest-serving current head of state following the death of King Bhumibol of Thailand on 13 October 2016,[179][180] and the oldest current head of state on the resignation of Robert Mugabe on 21 November 2017.[181][182] On 6 February 2017, she became the first British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee,[183] and on 20 November, she was the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum wedding anniversary.[184] Prince Philip had retired from his official duties as the Queen's consort in August.[185]

text: The Queen does not intend to abdicate,[186] though Prince Charles is expected to take on more of her duties as Elizabeth, who celebrated her 91st birthday in 2017, carries out fewer public engagements.[187] Plans for her death and funeral have been extensively prepared by most British government and media organisations for decades.[188]

text: Public perception and character

text: Since Elizabeth rarely gives interviews, little is known of her personal feelings. As a constitutional monarch, she has not expressed her own political opinions in a public forum. She does have a deep sense of religious and civic duty, and takes her coronation oath seriously.[189] Aside from her official religious role as Supreme Governor of the established Church of England, she is personally a member of that church and also of the national Church of Scotland.[190] She has demonstrated support for inter-faith relations and has met with leaders of other churches and religions, including five popes: Pius XII, John XXIII, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis.[191] A personal note about her faith often features in her annual Christmas message broadcast to the Commonwealth. In 2000, she spoke about the theological significance of the millennium marking the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus:

text: To many of us, our beliefs are of fundamental importance. For me the teachings of Christ and my own personal accountability before God provide a framework in which I try to lead my life. I, like so many of you, have drawn great comfort in difficult times from Christ's words and example.[192]

text: She is patron of over 600 organisations and charities.[193] Her main leisure interests include equestrianism and dogs, especially her Pembroke Welsh Corgis.[194] Her lifelong love of corgis began in 1933 with Dookie, the first corgi owned by her family.[195][196] Scenes of a relaxed, informal home life have occasionally been witnessed; she and her family, from time to time, prepare a meal together and do the washing up afterwards.[197]

text: In the 1950s, as a young woman at the start of her reign, Elizabeth was depicted as a glamorous "fairytale Queen".[198] After the trauma of the Second World War, it was a time of hope, a period of progress and achievement heralding a "new Elizabethan age".[199] Lord Altrincham's accusation in 1957 that her speeches sounded like those of a "priggish schoolgirl" was an extremely rare criticism.[200] In the late 1960s, attempts to portray a more modern image of the monarchy were made in the television documentary Royal Family and by televising Prince Charles's investiture as Prince of Wales.[201] In public, she took to wearing mostly solid-colour overcoats and decorative hats, which allow her to be seen easily in a crowd.[202]

text: At her Silver Jubilee in 1977, the crowds and celebrations were genuinely enthusiastic,[203] but in the 1980s, public criticism of the royal family increased, as the personal and working lives of Elizabeth's children came under media scrutiny.[204] Elizabeth's popularity sank to a low point in the 1990s. Under pressure from public opinion, she began to pay income tax for the first time, and Buckingham Palace was opened to the public.[205] Discontent with the monarchy reached its peak on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, though Elizabeth's personal popularity and support for the monarchy rebounded after her live television broadcast to the world five days after Diana's death.[206]

text: In November 1999, a referendum in Australia on the future of the Australian monarchy favoured its retention in preference to an indirectly elected head of state.[207] Polls in Britain in 2006 and 2007 revealed strong support for Elizabeth,[208] and in 2012, her Diamond Jubilee year, approval ratings hit 90 percent.[209] Referenda in Tuvalu in 2008 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2009 both rejected proposals to become republics.[210]

text: Elizabeth has been portrayed in a variety of media by many notable artists, including painters Pietro Annigoni, Peter Blake, Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, Terence Cuneo, Lucian Freud, Rolf Harris, Damien Hirst, Juliet Pannett, and Tai-Shan Schierenberg.[211][212] Notable photographers of Elizabeth have included Cecil Beaton, Yousuf Karsh, Annie Leibovitz, Lord Lichfield, Terry O'Neill, John Swannell, and Dorothy Wilding. The first official portrait of Elizabeth was taken by Marcus Adams in 1926.[213]

text: Finances

text: Elizabeth's personal fortune has been the subject of speculation for many years. In 1971 Jock Colville, who was her former private secretary and a director of her bank, Coutts, estimated her wealth at £2 million (equivalent to about £26 million in 2016[214]).[215][216] In 1993, Buckingham Palace called estimates of £100 million "grossly overstated".[217] In 2002, she inherited an estate worth an estimated £70 million from her mother.[218] The Sunday Times Rich List 2017 estimated her personal wealth at £360 million, making her the 329th richest person in the UK.[219]

text: The Royal Collection, which includes thousands of historic works of art and the Crown Jewels, is not owned by the Queen personally but is held in trust,[220] as are her official residences, such as Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle,[221] and the Duchy of Lancaster, a property portfolio valued at £472 million in 2015.[222] Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle are personally owned by the Queen.[221] The British Crown Estate – with holdings of £12 billion in 2016[219] – is held in trust and cannot be sold or owned by Elizabeth in a personal capacity.[223]

text: Titles, styles, honours, and arms

text: Titles and styles

text:
21 April 1926 – 11 December 1936: Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth of York
11 December 1936 – 20 November 1947: Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth
20 November 1947 – 6 February 1952: Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh
Since 6 February 1952: Her Majesty The Queen

text: Elizabeth has held many titles and honorary military positions throughout the Commonwealth, is Sovereign of many orders in her own countries, and has received honours and awards from around the world. In each of her realms she has a distinct title that follows a similar formula: Queen of Jamaica and her other realms and territories in Jamaica, Queen of Australia and her other realms and territories in Australia, etc. In the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, which are Crown dependencies rather than separate realms, she is known as Duke of Normandy and Lord of Mann, respectively. Additional styles include Defender of the Faith and Duke of Lancaster. When in conversation with the Queen, the practice is to initially address her as Your Majesty and thereafter as Ma'am.[224]

text: Arms

text: From 21 April 1944 until her accession, Elizabeth's arms consisted of a lozenge bearing the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom differenced with a label of three points argent, the centre point bearing a Tudor rose and the first and third a cross of St George.[225] Upon her accession, she inherited the various arms her father held as sovereign. The Queen also possesses royal standards and personal flags for use in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, and elsewhere.[226]

text:
Coat of arms of Princess Elizabeth (1944–1947)

Coat of arms of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (1947–1952)

Coat of arms of Elizabeth II in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Coat of arms of Elizabeth II in Scotland

Coat of arms of Elizabeth II in Canada (one of three versions used in her reign)[e]

text: Issue

text:
Name
Birth
Marriage
Their children
Their grandchildren

Date
Spouse

Charles, Prince of Wales
14 November 1948
29 July 1981
Divorced 28 August 1996
Lady Diana Spencer
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
Prince George of Cambridge
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge

Prince Henry of Wales
None

9 April 2005
Camilla Parker Bowles
None

Anne, Princess Royal
15 August 1950
14 November 1973
Divorced 28 April 1992
Mark Phillips
Peter Phillips
Savannah Phillips
Isla Phillips

Zara Tindall
Mia Tindall

12 December 1992
Timothy Laurence
None

Prince Andrew, Duke of York
19 February 1960
23 July 1986
Divorced 30 May 1996
Sarah Ferguson
Princess Beatrice of York
None

Princess Eugenie of York
None

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
10 March 1964
19 June 1999
Sophie Rhys-Jones
Lady Louise Windsor
None

James, Viscount Severn
None

text: Ancestry

text:
[show]Ancestry of Elizabeth II[228]

8. King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

4. King George V of the United Kingdom

9. Princess Alexandra of Denmark

2. King George VI of the United Kingdom

10. Francis, Duke of Teck

5. Princess Mary of Teck

11. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge

1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

12. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

6. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

13. Frances Dora Smith

3. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

14. Charles Cavendish-Bentinck

7. Nina Cavendish-Bentinck

15. Carolina Burnaby


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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).

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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)

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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

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[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]

text:
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]