document_title: Uzbekistan

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text: Uzbekistan

text: Geography[edit]

text: Uzbekistan has an area of 447,400 square kilometres (172,700 sq mi). It is the 56th largest country in the world by area and the 42nd by population.[23] Among the CIS countries, it is the 4th largest by area and the 2nd largest by population.[24]

text: Uzbekistan lies between latitudes 37° and 46° N, and longitudes 56° and 74° E. It stretches 1,425 kilometres (885 mi) from west to east and 930 kilometres (580 mi) from north to south. Bordering Kazakhstan and the Aral Sea to the north and northwest, Turkmenistan to the southwest, Tajikistan to the southeast, and Kyrgyzstan to the northeast, Uzbekistan is one of the largest Central Asian states and the only Central Asian state to border all the other four. Uzbekistan also shares a short border (less than 150 km or 93 mi) with Afghanistan to the south.

text: Uzbekistan is a dry, landlocked country. It is one of two doubly landlocked countries in the world (that is, a country completely surrounded by landlocked countries), the other being Liechtenstein. In addition, due to its location within a series of endorheic basins, none of its rivers lead to the sea. Less than 10% of its territory is intensively cultivated irrigated land in river valleys and oases. The rest is vast desert (Kyzyl Kum) and mountains.

text: The highest point in Uzbekistan is the Khazret Sultan, at 4,643 metres (15,233 ft) above sea level, in the southern part of the Gissar Range in Surkhandarya Province, on the border with Tajikistan, just northwest of Dushanbe (formerly called Peak of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party).[24]

text: The climate in Uzbekistan is continental, with little precipitation expected annually (100–200 millimetres, or 3.9–7.9 inches). The average summer high temperature tends to be 40 °C (104 °F), while the average winter low temperature is around −23 °C (−9 °F).[25]

text: Environment[edit]

text: Uzbekistan has a rich and diverse natural environment. However, decades of questionable Soviet policies in pursuit of greater cotton production have resulted in a catastrophic scenario with the agricultural industry being the main contributor to the pollution and devastation of both air and water in the country.[26]

text: The Aral Sea used to be the fourth-largest inland sea on Earth, acting as an influencing factor in the air moisture and arid land use.[27] Since the 1960s, the decade when the overuse of the Aral Sea water began, it has shrunk to less than 50% of its former area and decreased in volume threefold. Reliable, or even approximate data, have not been collected, stored or provided by any organization or official agency. Much of the water was and continues to be used for the irrigation of cotton fields, a crop requiring a large amount of water to grow.[28]

text: Due to the Aral Sea problem, high salinity and contamination of the soil with heavy elements are especially widespread in Karakalpakstan, the region of Uzbekistan adjacent to the Aral Sea. The bulk of the nation's water resources is used for farming, which accounts for nearly 84% of the water usage and contributes to high soil salinity. Heavy use of pesticides and fertilizers for cotton growing further aggravates soil pollution.[25]

text: According to the UNDP (United Nations Development Program), climate risk management in Uzbekistan needs to consider its ecological safety.[29]

text: History[edit]

text: The first people known to have inhabited Central Asia were Scythians who came from the northern grasslands of what is now Uzbekistan, sometime in the first millennium BC; when these nomads settled in the region they built an extensive irrigation system along the rivers.[30] At this time, cities such as Bukhoro (Bukhara) and Samarqand (Samarkand) emerged as centres of government and high culture.[30] By the fifth century BC, the Bactrian, Soghdian, and Tokharian states dominated the region.[30]

text: As China began to develop its silk trade with the West, Iranian cities took advantage of this commerce by becoming centres of trade. Using an extensive network of cities and rural settlements in the province of Transoxiana, and further east in what is today China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Sogdian intermediaries became the wealthiest of these Iranian merchants. As a result of this trade on what became known as the Silk Route, Bukhara and Samarkand eventually became extremely wealthy cities, and at times Transoxiana (Mawarannahr) was one of the most influential and powerful Persian provinces of antiquity.[30]

text: In 327 BC Greek ruler Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire provinces of Sogdiana and Bactria, which contained the territories of modern Uzbekistan. A conquest was supposedly of little help to Alexander as popular resistance was fierce, causing Alexander's army to be bogged down in the region that became the northern part of the Hellenistic Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. The kingdom was replaced with the Yuezhi dominated Kushan Empire in the 1st century BC. For many centuries the region of Uzbekistan was ruled by the Persian empires, including the Parthian and Sassanid Empires, as well as by other empires, for example those formed by the Turko-Persian Hephthalite and Turkic Gokturk peoples.

text: In the 8th century, Transoxiana, the territory between the Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers, was conquered by the Arabs (Ali ibn Sattor) who enriched the region with the Early Renaissance. Many notable scientists lived there and contributed to its development during the Islamic Golden Age. Among the achievements of the scholars during this period were the development of trigonometry into its modern form (simplifying its practical application to calculate the phases of the moon), advances in optics, in astronomy, as well as in poetry, philosophy, art, calligraphy and many others, which set the foundation for the Muslim Renaissance.[citation needed]

text: In the 9th and 10th centuries, Transoxiana was included into the Samanid State. Later, Transoxiana saw the incursion of the Turkic-ruled Karakhanids, as well as the Seljuks (Sultan Sanjar) and Kara-Khitans.[31]

text: The Mongol conquest under Genghis Khan during the 13th century would bring about a change to the region. The Mongol invasion of Central Asia led to the displacement of some of the Iranian-speaking people of the region, their culture and heritage being superseded by that of the Mongolian-Turkic peoples who came thereafter. The invasions of Bukhara, Samarkand, Urgench and others resulted in mass murders and unprecedented destruction, such as portions of Khwarezmia being completely razed.[32]

text: Following the death of Genghis Khan in 1227, his empire was divided among his four sons and his family members. Despite the potential for serious fragmentation, the Mongol law of the Mongol Empire maintained orderly succession for several more generations, and control of most of Transoxiana stayed in the hands of the direct descendants of Chagatai Khan, the second son of Genghis Khan. Orderly succession, prosperity, and internal peace prevailed in the Chaghatai lands, and the Mongol Empire as a whole remained a strong and united kingdom (Ulus Batiy, Sattarkhan).[33]

text: During this period, most of present Uzbekistan was part of Chagatai Khanate except Khwarezm was part of Golden Horde. After decline of Golden Horde, Khwarezm was briefly ruled by Sufi Dynasty till Timur's conquest of it in 1388.[34] Sufids rules Khwarezm as vassals of alternatively Timurids, Golden Horde and Uzbek Khanate till Persian occupation in 1510.

text: In the early 14th century, however, as the empire began to break up into its constituent parts. The Chaghatai territory was disrupted as the princes of various tribal groups competed for influence. One tribal chieftain, Timur (Tamerlane),[35] emerged from these struggles in the 1380s as the dominant force in Transoxiana. Although he was not a descendant of Genghis Khan, Timur became the de facto ruler of Transoxiana and proceeded to conquer all of western Central Asia, Iran, the Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and the southern steppe region north of the Aral Sea. He also invaded Russia before dying during an invasion of China in 1405.[33]

text: Timur was known for his extreme brutality and his conquests were accompanied by genocidal massacres in the cities he occupied.[36]

text: Timur initiated the last flowering of Transoxiana by gathering together numerous artisans and scholars from the vast lands he had conquered into his capital, Samarqand. By supporting such people, he imbued his empire with a rich Perso-Islamic culture. During his reign and the reigns of his immediate descendants, a wide range of religious and palatial construction masterpieces were undertaken in Samarqand and other population centres.[37] Amir Timur initiated an exchange of medical discoveries and patronized physicians, scientists and artists from the neighbouring countries such as India;[38] His grandson Ulugh Beg was one of the world's first great astronomers. It was during the Timurid dynasty that Turkic, in the form of the Chaghatai dialect, became a literary language in its own right in Transoxiana, although the Timurids were Persianate in nature. The greatest Chaghataid writer, Ali-Shir Nava'i, was active in the city of Herat (now in northwestern Afghanistan) in the second half of the 15th century.[33]

text: The Timurid state quickly split in half after the death of Timur. The chronic internal fighting of the Timurids attracted the attention of the Uzbek nomadic tribes living to the north of the Aral Sea. In 1501 the Uzbek forces began a wholesale invasion of Transoxiana.[33] The slave trade in the Khanate of Bukhara became prominent and was firmly established.[39] Before the arrival of the Russians, present Uzbekistan was divided between Emirate of Bukhara and khanates of Khiva and Kokand.

text: In the 19th century, the Russian Empire began to expand and spread into Central Asia. There were 210,306 Russians living in Uzbekistan in 1912.[40] The "Great Game" period is generally regarded as running from approximately 1813 to the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907. A second, less intensive phase followed the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. At the start of the 19th century, there were some 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) separating British India and the outlying regions of Tsarist Russia. Much of the land between was unmapped.

text: By the beginning of 1920, Central Asia was firmly in the hands of Russia and, despite some early resistance to the Bolsheviks, Uzbekistan and the rest of the Central Asia became a part of the Soviet Union. On 27 October 1924 the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was created. From 1941 to 1945, during World War II, 1,433,230 people from Uzbekistan fought in the Red Army against Nazi Germany. A number also fought on the German side. As many as 263,005 Uzbek soldiers died in the battlefields of the Eastern Front, and 32,670 went missing in action.[41]

text: On 20 June 1990, Uzbekistan declared its state sovereignty. On 31 August 1991, Uzbekistan declared independence after the failed coup attempt in Moscow. 1 September was proclaimed the National Independence Day. The Soviet Union was dissolved on 26 December of that year.

text: Islam Karimov, ruler of Uzbekistan since independence, died on 2 September 2016.[42]

text: Politics[edit]

text: After Uzbekistan declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, an election was held, and Islam Karimov was elected as the first President of Uzbekistan.

text: The elections of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament or Supreme Assembly) were held under a resolution adopted by the 16th Supreme Soviet in 1994. In that year, the Supreme Soviet was replaced by the Oliy Majlis.

text: The third elections for the bicameral 150-member Oliy Majlis, the Legislative Chamber, and the 100-member Senate for five-year terms, were held on 27 December 2009. The second elections were held in December 2004 to January 2005. The Oliy Majlis was unicameral up to 2004. Its size increased from 69 deputies (members) in 1994 to 120 in 2004–05, and currently stands at 150.

text: The referendum passed, and Islam Karimov's term was extended by an act of parliament to December 2007. Most international observers refused to participate in the process and did not recognize the results, dismissing them as not meeting basic standards. The 2002 referendum also included a plan for a bicameral parliament consisting of a lower house (the Oliy Majlis) and an upper house (Senate). Members of the lower house are to be "full-time" legislators. Elections for the new bicameral parliament took place on 26 December.

text: Human rights[edit]

text: The Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan asserts that "democracy in the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be based upon common human principles, according to which the highest value shall be the human being, his life, freedom, honour, dignity and other inalienable rights."

text: The official position is summarised in a memorandum "The measures taken by the government of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of providing and encouraging human rights"[43] and amounts to the following: the government does everything that is in its power to protect and to guarantee the human rights of Uzbekistan's citizens. Uzbekistan continuously improves its laws and institutions in order to create a more humane society. Over 300 laws regulating the rights and basic freedoms of the people have been passed by the parliament. For instance, an office of Ombudsman was established in 1996.[44] On 2 August 2005, President Islam Karimov signed a decree that abolished capital punishment in Uzbekistan on 1 January 2008.[45]

text: However, non-governmental human rights watchdogs, such as IHF, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, as well as United States Department of State and Council of the European Union, define Uzbekistan as "an authoritarian state with limited civil rights"[16] and express profound concern about "wide-scale violation of virtually all basic human rights".[46] According to the reports, the most widespread violations are torture, arbitrary arrests, and various restrictions of freedoms: of religion, of speech and press, of free association and assembly. It has also been reported that forced sterilization of rural Uzbek women has been sanctioned by the government.[47][48] The reports maintain that the violations are most often committed against members of religious organizations, independent journalists, human rights activists and political activists, including members of the banned opposition parties. As of 2015, reports on violations on human rights in Uzbekistan indicated that violations were still going on without any improvement.[49]

text: The 2005 civil unrest in Uzbekistan, which resulted in several hundred people being killed, is viewed by many as a landmark event in the history of human rights abuse in Uzbekistan.[50][51][52] A concern has been expressed and a request for an independent investigation of the events has been made by the United States, the European Union, the United Nations, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.

text: The government of Uzbekistan is accused of unlawful termination of human life and of denying its citizens freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. The government vehemently rebuffs the accusations, maintaining that it merely conducted an anti-terrorist operation, exercising only necessary force.[53] In addition, some officials claim that "an information war on Uzbekistan has been declared" and the human rights violations in Andijan are invented by the enemies of Uzbekistan as a convenient pretext for intervention in the country's internal affairs.[54]

text: Uzbekistan also maintains the world's second-highest rate of modern slavery, 3.97%[55] of the country's population working as modern slaves. In real terms, this means that there are 1.2 million modern slaves[55] in Uzbekistan. Most work in the cotton industry. The government allegedly forces state employees to pick cotton in the fall months.[56] World Bank loans have been connected to projects that use child labour and forced labour practices in the cotton industry.[57]

text: Recent developments[edit]

text: Islam Karimov died in 2016 and his successor Shavkat Mirziyoyev is pursuing a less autocratic path, which seeks to reform and liberalise the country, for example by increasing cooperation with human rights NGOs, as well as giving recognition to Islamic religion and culture.[58]

text: Administrative divisions[edit]

text: Uzbekistan is divided into twelve provinces (viloyatlar, singular viloyat, compound noun viloyati e.g., Toshkent viloyati, Samarqand viloyati, etc.), one autonomous republic (respublika, compound noun respublikasi e.g. Qoraqalpogʻiston Muxtor Respublikasi, Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic, etc.), and one independent city (shahar, compound noun shahri, e.g., Toshkent shahri). Names are given below in the Uzbek language, although numerous variations of the transliterations of each name exist.

text:
Division
Capital City
Area
(km²)
Population (2008)[59]
Key

Andijan Region
Andijon Viloyati
Andijan
Andijon
4,200
2,477,900
2

Bukhara Region
Buxoro Viloyati
Bukhara
Buxoro
39,400
1,576,800
3

Fergana Region
Fargʻona Viloyati
Fergana
Fargʻona
6,800
2,997,400
4

Jizzakh Region
Jizzax Viloyati
Jizzakh
Jizzax
20,500
1,090,900
5

Karakalpakstan Republic
Karakalpak: Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikasiʻ
Uzbek: Qoraqalpogʻiston Respublikasi
Nukus
No‘kis
Nukus
160,000
1,612,300
14

Kashkadarya Region
Qashqadaryo Viloyati
Karshi
Qarshi
28,400
2,537,600
8

Khorezm Region
Xorazm Viloyati
Urgench
Urganch
6,300
1,517,600
13

Namangan Region
Namangan Viloyati
Namangan
Namangan
7,900
2,196,200
6

Navoiy Region
Navoiy Viloyati
Navoiy
Navoiy
110,800
834,100
7

Samarkand Region
Samarqand Viloyati
Samarkand
Samarqand
16,400
3,032,000
9

Surkhandarya Region
Surxondaryo Viloyati
Termez
Termiz
20,800
2,012,600
11

Syrdarya Region
Sirdaryo Viloyati
Gulistan
Guliston
5,100
698,100
10

Tashkent City
Toshkent Shahri
Tashkent
Toshkent
335
2,352,900
1

Tashkent Region
Toshkent Viloyati
Tashkent
Toshkent
15,300
2,537,500
12

text: The provinces are further divided into districts (tuman).

text: Economy[edit]

text: Uzbekistan has the fourth-largest gold deposits in the world. The country mines 80 tons of gold annually, seventh in the world. Uzbekistan's copper deposits rank tenth in the world and its uranium deposits twelfth. The country's uranium production ranks seventh globally.[60][61][62] The Uzbek national gas company, Uzbekneftegas, ranks 11th in the world in natural gas production with an annual output of 60 to 70 billion cubic metres (2.1–2.5 trillion cubic feet). The country has significant untapped reserves of oil and gas: there are 194 deposits of hydrocarbons in Uzbekistan, including 98 condensate and natural gas deposits and 96 gas condensate deposits.[citation needed]

text: The largest corporations involved in Uzbekistan's energy sector are the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Petronas, the Korea National Oil Corporation, Gazprom, Lukoil, and Uzbekneftegas.[citation needed]

text: Along with many Commonwealth of Independent States or CIS economies, Uzbekistan's economy declined during the first years of transition and then recovered after 1995, as the cumulative effect of policy reforms began to be felt.[citation needed] It has shown robust growth, rising by 4% per year between 1998 and 2003 and accelerating thereafter to 7%–8% per year. According to IMF estimates,[63] the GDP in 2008 will be almost double its value in 1995 (in constant prices). Since 2003 annual inflation rates averaged less than 10%.[citation needed]

text: Uzbekistan has GNI per capita (US$1,900 in current dollars in 2013, giving a PPP equivalent of US$3,800).[64] Economic production is concentrated in commodities. In 2011, Uzbekistan was the world's seventh-largest producer and fifth-largest exporter of cotton[65] as well as the seventh-largest world producer of gold. It is also a regionally significant producer of natural gas, coal, copper, oil, silver and uranium.[66]

text: Agriculture employs 27% of Uzbekistan's labour force and contributes 17.4% of its GDP (2012 data)..[24] Cultivable land is 4.4 million hectares, or about 10% of Uzbekistan's total area. While official unemployment is very low, underemployment – especially in rural areas – is estimated to be at least 20%.[7] At cotton-harvest time, all students and teachers are still mobilized as unpaid labour to help in the fields.[67] Uzbek cotton is even used to make banknotes in South Korea.[68] The use of child labour in Uzbekistan has led several companies, including Tesco,[69] C&A,[70] Marks & Spencer, Gap, and H&M, to boycott Uzbek cotton.[71]

text: Facing a multitude of economic challenges upon acquiring independence, the government adopted an evolutionary reform strategy, with an emphasis on state control, reduction of imports and self-sufficiency in energy. Since 1994, the state-controlled media have repeatedly proclaimed the success of this "Uzbekistan Economic Model"[72] and suggested that it is a unique example of a smooth transition to the market economy while avoiding shock, pauperism and stagnation.

text: The gradualist reform strategy has involved postponing significant macroeconomic and structural reforms. The state in the hands of the bureaucracy has remained a dominant influence in the economy. Corruption permeates the society and grows more rampant over time: Uzbekistan's 2005 Corruption Perception Index was 137 out of 159 countries, whereas in 2007 Uzbekistan was 175th out of 179 countries. A February 2006 report on the country by the International Crisis Group suggests that revenues earned from key exports, especially cotton, gold, corn and increasingly gas, are distributed among a very small circle of the ruling elite, with little or no benefit for the populace at large.[73] The recent high-profile corruption scandals involving government contracts and large international companies, notably TeliaSoneria, have shown that businesses are particularly vulnerable to corruption when operating in Uzbekistan.[74]

text: According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, "the government is hostile to allowing the development of an independent private sector, over which it would have no control".[75]

text: The economic policies have repelled foreign investment, which is the lowest per capita in the CIS.[76] For years, the largest barrier to foreign companies entering the Uzbekistan market has been the difficulty of converting currency. In 2003 the government accepted the obligations of Article VIII under the International Monetary Fund (IMF)[77] providing for full currency convertibility. However, strict currency controls and the tightening of borders have lessened the effect of this measure.

text: Uzbekistan experienced rampant inflation of around 1000% per year immediately after independence (1992–1994). Stabilisation efforts implemented with guidance from the IMF[78] paid off. The inflation rates were brought down to 50% in 1997 and then to 22% in 2002. Since 2003 annual inflation rates averaged less than 10%.[63] Tight economic policies in 2004 resulted in a drastic reduction of inflation to 3.8% (although alternative estimates based on the price of a true market basket put it at 15%).[79] The inflation rates moved up to 6.9% in 2006 and 7.6% in 2007 but have remained in the single-digit range.[80]

text: The government of Uzbekistan restricts foreign imports in many ways, including high import duties. Excise taxes are applied in a highly discriminatory manner to protect locally produced goods. Official tariffs are combined with unofficial, discriminatory charges resulting in total charges amounting to as much as 100 to 150% of the actual value of the product, making imported products virtually unaffordable.[81] Import substitution is an officially declared policy and the government proudly reports a reduction by a factor of two in the volume of consumer goods imported. A number of CIS countries are officially exempt from Uzbekistan import duties. Uzbekistan has a Bilateral Investment Treaty with fifty other countries.[82]

text: The Republican Stock Exchange (RSE) opened in 1994. The stocks of all Uzbek joint stock companies (around 1250) are traded on RSE. The number of listed companies as of January 2013 exceeds 110. Securities market volume reached 2 trillion in 2012, and the number is rapidly growing due to the rising interest by companies of attracting necessary resources through the capital market. According to Central Depository as of January 2013 par value of outstanding shares of Uzbek emitters exceeded 9 trillion.

text: Uzbekistan's external position has been strong since 2003.[citation needed] Thanks in part to the recovery of world market prices of gold and cotton (the country's key export commodities), expanded natural gas and some manufacturing exports, and increasing labour migrant transfers, the current account turned into a large surplus (between 9% and 11% of GDP from 2003 to 2005) and foreign exchange reserves, including gold, more than doubled to around US$3 billion.[citation needed]

text: Foreign exchange reserves amounted in 2010 to 13 billion US$.[83]

text: Uzbekistan is predicted to be one of the fastest-growing economies in the world (top 26) in future decades, according to a survey by global bank HSBC.[84]

text: Demographics[edit]

text: Uzbekistan is Central Asia's most populous country. Its 32,121,000[8] citizens comprise nearly half the region's total population. The population of Uzbekistan is very young: 34.1% of its people are younger than 14 (2008 estimate).[7] According to official sources, Uzbeks comprise a majority (80%) of the total population. Other ethnic groups include Russians 2%, Tajiks 5%, Kazakhs 3%, Karakalpaks 2.5% and Tatars 1.5% (1996 estimates).[7]

text: There is some controversy about the percentage of the Tajik population. While official state numbers from Uzbekistan put the number at 5%, the number is said to be an understatement and some Western scholars put the number up to 20%–30%.[85][86][87][88] The Uzbeks intermixed with Sarts, a Turko-Persian population of Central Asia. Today, the majority of Uzbeks are admixed and represent varying degrees of diversity.[89]

text: Uzbekistan has an ethnic Korean population that was forcibly relocated to the region by Stalin from the Soviet Far East in 1937–1938. There are also small groups of Armenians in Uzbekistan, mostly in Tashkent and Samarkand. The nation is 88% Muslim (mostly Sunni, with a 5% Shi'a minority), 9% Eastern Orthodox and 3% other faiths. The U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 reports that 0.2% of the population are Buddhist (these being ethnic Koreans). The Bukharan Jews have lived in Central Asia, mostly in Uzbekistan, for thousands of years. There were 94,900 Jews in Uzbekistan in 1989[90] (about 0.5% of the population according to the 1989 census), but now, since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, most Central Asian Jews left the region for the United States, Germany, or Israel. Fewer than 5,000 Jews remained in Uzbekistan in 2007.[91]

text: Russians in Uzbekistan represent 5.5% of the total population. During the Soviet period, Russians and Ukrainians constituted more than half the population of Tashkent.[92] The country counted nearly 1.5 million Russians, 12.5% of the population, in the 1970 census.[93] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, significant emigration of ethnic Russians has taken place, mostly for economic reasons.[94]

text: In the 1940s, the Crimean Tatars, along with the Volga Germans, Chechens, Pontic[95] Greeks, Kumaks and many other nationalities were deported to Central Asia.[96] Approximately 100,000 Crimean Tatars continue to live in Uzbekistan.[97] The number of Greeks in Tashkent has decreased from 35,000 in 1974 to about 12,000 in 2004.[98] The majority of Meskhetian Turks left the country after the pogroms in the Fergana valley in June 1989.[99]

text: At least 10% of Uzbekistan's labour force works abroad (mostly in Russia and Kazakhstan) and other countries.[100][101]

text: Uzbekistan has a 99.3% literacy rate among adults older than 15 (2003 estimate),[7] which is attributable to the free and universal education system of the Soviet Union.

text: Life expectancy in Uzbekistan is 66 years among men and 72 years among women.[102]

text: Largest cities[edit]

text:
v
t
e

Largest cities or towns in Uzbekistan
http://www.geonames.org/UZ/largest-cities-in-uzbekistan.html

Rank
Name
Province
Pop.

Tashkent

Namangan
1
Tashkent
Tashkent
1,978,028

Samarkand

Andijan

2
Namangan
Namangan Province
432,456

3
Samarkand
Samarkand Province
319,366

4
Andijan
Andijan Province
318,419

5
Bukhara
Bukhara Province
247,644

6
Nukus
Karakalpakstan
230,006

7
Qarshi
Qashqadaryo Province
222,898

8
Kokand
Fergana Province
187,477

9
Chirchiq
Tashkent Province
167,842

10
Fergana
Fergana Province
164,322

text: Religion[edit]

text: Islam is by far the dominant religion in Uzbekistan, as Muslims constitute 79% of the population while 5% of the population follow Russian Orthodox Christianity, and 16% of the population follow other religions and non-religious. A 2009 Pew Research Center report stated that Uzbekistan's population is 96.3% Muslim.[103] An estimated 93,000 Jews were once present in the country.[104]

text: Despite its predominance, the practice of Islam is far from monolithic. Many versions of the faith have been practised in Uzbekistan. The conflict of Islamic tradition with various agendas of reform or secularization throughout the 20th century has left a wide variety of Islamic practices in Central Asia.[104] 54% of Muslims are non-denominational Muslims, 18% are Sunnis and 1% are Shias.[105]

text: The end of Soviet power in Uzbekistan did not bring an immediate upsurge of fundamentalism, as many had predicted, but rather a gradual re-acquaintance with the precepts of the faith. However, in the latter half of the 2010s there has been a slight increase in Islamist activity, with organisations such as the Islamic Movement of Uzkebistan committing allegiance to ISIL and contributing fighters for terror attacks overseas,[106] although the terror threat in Uzbekistan itself remains low.[107] (See Terrorism in Uzbekistan).

text: Jewish community[edit]

text: According to local traditions Jews began to settle in the area 2,000 years ago after the exile from the kingdom of Israel by the Babylonians. Other traditions focus on Jewish merchants settling in the area of the silk road.

text: The Jewish community flourished for centuries with occasional hardships during the reign of certain rulers. During the rule of Tamerlane in the 14th century Jews contributed greatly to his efforts to rebuild Samarkand and a great Jewish centre was established there.[108]

text: After the area came under Russian rule in 1868, Jews were granted equal rights with the local population.[108] In that period some 50,000 Jews lived in Samarkand and 20,000 in Bukhara.[108] After the Russian revolution in 1917, and the establishment of the Soviet regime, Jewish religious life was restricted. By 1935 only one synagogue out of 30 was left in Samarkand; nevertheless, underground community life continued during the Soviet era.[108]

text: During World War II tens of thousands of Jews from the European parts of the Soviet Union arrived in Uzbekistan as refugees or were exiled by Stalin. By 1970 there were 103,000 Jews registered in the republic.[108]

text: At the late 1980s with the rise of nationalistic riots as a result of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, damaging, among others, the Jewish quarter in Andijan, most of the Jews of Uzbekistan emigrated to Israel and to the US. A small community of several thousand remains today in the country: some 7,000 live in Tashkent, 3,000 in Bukhara and 700 in Samarkand.[109]

text: Languages[edit]

text: The Uzbek language is one of the Turkic languages close to Uyghur language and both of them belong to the Karluk languages branch of the Turkic language family. Uzbek language is the only official state language,[110] and since 1992 is officially written in the Latin alphabet. The Tajik language is widespread in the cities of Bukhara and Samarkand because of their relatively large population of ethnic Tajiks.[87] It is also found in large pockets in Kasan, Chust and Rishton in Fergana valley, as well as in Ahangaran, Baghistan in the middle Syr Darya district, and finally in, Shahrisabz, Kitab and the river valleys of Kafiringan and Chaganian, forming altogether, approximately 10–15% of the population of Uzbekistan.[85][86][87]

text: Karakalpak, is also a Turkic language closer to Kazakh, is spoken in the Republic of Karakalpakstan and has an official status there.

text: Russian is an important language for interethnic communication, especially in the cities, including much day-to-day technical, scientific, governmental and business use. Russian is the main language of over 14% of the population and is spoken as a second language by many more. The use of Russian in remote rural areas has always been limited, and today most school children have no proficiency in Russian even in urban centres. However, it was reported in 2003 that over half of the population could speak and understand Russian, and a renewed close political relationship between Russia and Uzbekistan has meant that official discouragement of Russian has dropped off sharply.[6][111]

text: Before the 1920s, the written language of Uzbeks was called Turki (known to Western scholars as Chagatai) and used the Nastaʿlīq script. In 1926 the Latin alphabet was introduced and went through several revisions throughout the 1930s. Finally, in 1940, the Cyrillic alphabet was introduced by Soviet authorities and was used until the fall of Soviet Union. In 1993 Uzbekistan shifted back to the Latin script, which was modified in 1996 and is being taught in schools since 2005.[112]

text: There are no language requirements for the citizenship of Uzbekistan.[6]

text: Communications[edit]

text: According to the official source report, as of 10 March 2008, the number of cellular phone users in Uzbekistan reached 7 million, up from 3.7 million on 1 July 2007.[113] The largest mobile operator in terms of number of subscribers is MTS-Uzbekistan (former Uzdunrobita and part of Russian Mobile TeleSystems) and it is followed by Beeline (part of Russia's Beeline) and UCell (ex Coscom) (originally part of the U.S. MCT Corp., now a subsidiary of the Nordic/Baltic telecommunication company TeliaSonera AB).[114]

text: As of 1 July 2007, the estimated number of internet users was 1.8 million, according to UzACI.[citation needed]

text: Internet Censorship exists in Uzbekistan and in October 2012 the government toughened internet censorship by blocking access to proxy servers.[115] Reporters Without Borders has named Uzbekistan's government an "Enemy of the Internet" and government control over the internet has increased dramatically since the start of the Arab Spring.[116]

text: The press in Uzbekistan practices self-censorship and foreign journalists have been gradually expelled from the country since the Andijan massacre of 2005 when government troops fired into crowds of protesters killing 187 according to official reports and estimates of several hundred by unofficial and witness accounts.[116]

text: Transportation[edit]

text: Tashkent, the nation's capital and largest city, has a three-line rapid transit system built in 1977, and expanded in 2001 after ten years' independence from the Soviet Union. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are currently the only two countries in Central Asia with a subway system. It is promoted as one of the cleanest systems in the former Soviet Union.[117] The stations are exceedingly ornate. For example, the station Metro Kosmonavtov built in 1984 is decorated using a space travel theme to recognise the achievements of mankind in space exploration and to commemorate the role of Vladimir Dzhanibekov, the Soviet cosmonaut of Uzbek origin. A statue of Vladimir Dzhanibekov stands near a station entrance.

text: There are government-operated trams and buses running across the city. There are also many taxis, registered and unregistered. Uzbekistan has plants that produce modern cars. The car production is supported by the government and the Korean auto company Daewoo. The Uzbek government acquired a 50% stake in Daewoo in 2005[citation needed] for an undisclosed sum. In May 2007 UzDaewooAuto, the car maker, signed a strategic agreement with General Motors-Daewoo Auto and Technology (GMDAT, see GM Uzbekistan also).[118] The government bought a stake in Turkey's Koc in SamKochAvto, a producer of small buses and lorries. Afterward, it signed an agreement with Isuzu Motors of Japan to produce Isuzu buses and lorries.[119]

text: Train links connect many towns in Uzbekistan, as well as neighboring former republics of the Soviet Union. Moreover, after independence two fast-running train systems were established. Uzbekistan has launched the first high-speed railway in Central Asia in September 2011 between Tashkent and Samarqand. The new high-speed electric train Talgo 250, called Afrosiyob, was manufactured by Patentes Talgo S.L. (Spain) and took its first trip from Tashkent to Samarkand on 26 August 2011.[120]

text: There is a large airplane plant that was built during the Soviet era – Tashkent Chkalov Aviation Manufacturing Plant or ТАПОиЧ in Russian. The plant originated during World War II, when production facilities were evacuated south and east to avoid capture by advancing Nazi forces. Until the late 1980s, the plant was one of the leading aeroplane production centres in the USSR. With dissolution of the Soviet Union its manufacturing equipment became outdated; most of the workers were laid off. Now it produces only a few planes a year, but with interest from Russian companies growing, there are rumours of production-enhancement plans.

text: Military[edit]

text: With close to 65,000 servicemen, Uzbekistan possesses the largest armed forces in Central Asia. The military structure is largely inherited from the Turkestan Military District of the Soviet Army, although it is going through a reform to be based mainly on motorized infantry with some light and special forces[citation needed]. The Uzbek Armed Forces' equipment is not modern, and training, while improving, is neither uniform nor adequate for its new mission of territorial security[citation needed].

text: The government has accepted the arms control obligations of the former Soviet Union, acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (as a non-nuclear state), and supported an active program by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in western Uzbekistan (Nukus and Vozrozhdeniye Island). The Government of Uzbekistan spends about 3.7% of GDP on the military but has received a growing infusion of Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and other security assistance funds since 1998.

text: Following 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S., Uzbekistan approved the U.S. Central Command's request for access to an air base, the Karshi-Khanabad airfield, in southern Uzbekistan. However, Uzbekistan demanded that the U.S. withdraw from the airbases after the Andijan massacre and the U.S. reaction to this massacre. The last US troops left Uzbekistan in November 2005.

text: On 23 June 2006, Uzbekistan became a full participant in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), but informed the CSTO to suspend its membership in June 2012.[121]

text: Foreign relations[edit]

text: Uzbekistan joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in December 1991. However, it is opposed to reintegration and withdrew from the CIS collective security arrangement in 1999. Since that time, Uzbekistan has participated in the CIS peacekeeping force in Tajikistan and in UN-organized groups to help resolve the Tajikistan and Afghanistan conflicts, both of which it sees as posing threats to its own stability.

text: Previously close to Washington (which gave Uzbekistan half a billion dollars in aid in 2004, about a quarter of its military budget), the government of Uzbekistan has recently restricted American military use of the airbase at Karshi-Khanabad for air operations in neighbouring Afghanistan.[122] Uzbekistan was an active supporter of U.S. efforts against worldwide terrorism and joined the coalitions that have dealt with both Afghanistan and Iraq.[citation needed]

text: The relationship between Uzbekistan and the United States began to deteriorate after the so-called "colour revolutions" in Georgia and Ukraine (and to a lesser extent Kyrgyzstan). When the U.S. joined in a call for an independent international investigation of the bloody events at Andijan, the relationship further declined, and President Islam Karimov changed the political alignment of the country to bring it closer to Russia and China.

text: In late July 2005, the government of Uzbekistan ordered the United States to vacate an air base in Karshi-Kanabad (near Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan) within 180 days. Karimov had offered use of the base to the U.S. shortly after 9/11. It is also believed by some Uzbeks that the protests in Andijan were brought about by the U.K. and U.S. influences in the area of Andijan. This is another reason for the hostility between Uzbekistan and the West.

text: Uzbekistan is a member of the United Nations (UN) (since 2 March 1992), the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), Partnership for Peace (PfP), and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). It belongs to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) (comprising the five Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan). In 1999, Uzbekistan joined the GUAM alliance (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova), which was formed in 1997 (making it GUUAM), but pulled out of the organization in 2005.

text: Uzbekistan is also a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and hosts the SCO's Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) in Tashkent. Uzbekistan joined the new Central Asian Cooperation Organisation (CACO) in 2002. The CACO consists of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It is a founding member of, and remains involved in, the Central Asian Union, formed with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and joined in March 1998 by Tajikistan.

text: In September 2006, UNESCO presented Islam Karimov an award for Uzbekistan's preservation of its rich culture and traditions. Despite criticism, this seems to be a sign of improving relationships between Uzbekistan and the West.

text: The month of October 2006 also saw a decrease in the isolation of Uzbekistan from the West. The EU announced that it was planning to send a delegation to Uzbekistan to talk about human rights and liberties, after a long period of hostile relations between the two. Although it is equivocal about whether the official or unofficial version of the Andijan Massacre is true, the EU is evidently willing to ease its economic sanctions against Uzbekistan. Nevertheless, it is generally assumed among Uzbekistan's population that the government will stand firm in maintaining its close ties with the Russian Federation and in its theory that the 2004–2005 protests in Uzbekistan were promoted by the USA and UK.

text: In January 2008, Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva was appointed to her current role as Uzbekistan’s ambassador to UNESCO. Karimova-Tillyaeva and her team have been instrumental in promoting inter-cultural dialogue by increasing European society’s awareness of Uzbekistan's cultural and historical heritage.

text: Culture[edit]

text: Uzbekistan has a wide mix of ethnic groups and cultures, with the Uzbek being the majority group. In 1995 about 71% of Uzbekistan's population was Uzbek. The chief minority groups were Russians (8%), Tajiks (5–30%),[85][86][87][88] Kazakhs (4%), Tatars (2.5%) and Karakalpaks (2%). It is said, however, that the number of non-Uzbek people living in Uzbekistan is decreasing as Russians and other minority groups slowly leave and Uzbeks return from other parts of the former Soviet Union.

text: When Uzbekistan gained independence in 1991, there was concern that Muslim fundamentalism would spread across the region. The expectation was that a country long denied freedom of religious practice would undergo a very rapid increase in the expression of its dominant faith. As of 1994, over half of Uzbekistan's population was said to be Muslim, though in an official survey few of that number had any real knowledge of the religion or knew how to practice it. However, Islamic observance is increasing in the region.

text: Music[edit]

text: Central Asian classical music is called Shashmaqam, which arose in Bukhara in the late 16th century when that city was a regional capital. Shashmaqam is closely related to Azerbaijani Mugam and Uyghur muqam. The name, which translates as six maqams refers to the structure of the music, which contains six sections in six different Musical modes, similar to classical Persian traditional music. Interludes of spoken Sufi poetry interrupt the music, typically beginning at a lower register and gradually ascending to a climax before calming back down to the beginning tone.

text: Education[edit]

text: Uzbekistan has a high literacy rate, with about 99.3% of adults above the age of 15 being able to read and write. However, with only 76% of the under-15 population currently enrolled in education (and only 20% of the 3–6 year olds attending pre-school), this figure may drop in the future. Students attend school Monday through Saturday during the school year, and education officially concludes at the end of the 12th grade. There are two international schools operating in Uzbekistan, both in Tashkent: The British School catering for elementary students only, and Tashkent International School, a K-12 international curriculum school.

text: Uzbekistan has encountered severe budget shortfalls in its education program. The education law of 1992 began the process of theoretical reform, but the physical base has deteriorated and curriculum revision has been slow. A large contributor to this decline is the low level of wages received by teachers and the lack of spending on infrastructure, buildings and resources on behalf of the government. Corruption within the education system is also rampant, with students from wealthier families routinely bribing teachers and school executives to achieve high grades without attending school, or undertaking official examinations.[123]

text: Uzbekistan's universities create almost 600,000 graduates annually, though the general standard of university graduates, and the overall level of education within the tertiary system, is low. Several universities, including Westminster University, Turin University, Management University Institute of Singapore and Inha University Tashkent maintain a campus in Tashkent offering English language courses across several disciplines. The Russian-language high education is provided by most national universities, including foreign Moscow State University and Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, maintaining campuses in Tashkent.

text: Holidays[edit]

text:
1 January: New Year, "Yangi Yil Bayrami"
14 January: Day of Defenders of the Motherland, "Vatan Himoyachilari kuni"
8 March: International Women's Day, "Xalqaro Xotin-Qizlar kuni"
21 March: Nowruz, "Navroʻz Bayrami"
9 May: Remembrance Day, "Xotira va Qadirlash kuni"
1 September: Independence Day, "Mustaqillik kuni"
1 October: Teacher's Day, "Oʻqituvchi va Murabbiylar"
8 December: Constitution Day, "Konstitutsiya kuni"

text: Variable date

text:
End of Ramazon Ramazon Hayit Eid al-Fitr
70 days later Qurbon Hayit Eid al-Adha

text: Cuisine[edit]

text: Uzbek cuisine is influenced by local agriculture, as in most nations. There is a great deal of grain farming in Uzbekistan, so breads and noodles are of importance and Uzbek cuisine has been characterized as "noodle-rich". Mutton is a popular variety of meat due to the abundance of sheep in the country and it is part of various Uzbek dishes.

text: Uzbekistan's signature dish is palov (plov or osh), a main course typically made with rice, pieces of meat, and grated carrots and onions. Oshi nahor, or morning plov, is served in the early morning (between 6 am and 9 am) to large gatherings of guests, typically as part of an ongoing wedding celebration. Other notable national dishes include shurpa (shurva or shorva), a soup made of large pieces of fatty meat (usually mutton), and fresh vegetables; norin and langman, noodle-based dishes that may be served as a soup or a main course; manti, chuchvara, and somsa, stuffed pockets of dough served as an appetizer or a main course; dimlama, a meat and vegetable stew; and various kebabs, usually served as a main course.

text: Green tea is the national hot beverage taken throughout the day; teahouses (chaikhanas) are of cultural importance. Black tea is preferred in Tashkent, but both green and black teas are taken daily, without milk or sugar. Tea always accompanies a meal, but it is also a drink of hospitality that is automatically offered: green or black to every guest. Ayran, a chilled yogurt drink, is popular in summer, but does not replace hot tea.

text: The use of alcohol is less widespread than in the West, but wine is comparatively popular for a Muslim nation as Uzbekistan is largely secular. Uzbekistan has 14 wineries, the oldest and most famous being the Khovrenko Winery in Samarkand (established in 1927). The Samarkand Winery produces a range of dessert wines from local grape varieties: Gulyakandoz, Shirin, Aleatiko, and Kabernet likernoe (literally Cabernet dessert wine in Russian). Uzbek wines have received international awards and are exported to Russia and other countries.

text: Sport[edit]

text: Uzbekistan is home to former racing cyclist Djamolidine Abdoujaparov. Abdoujaparov has won the green jersey points contest in the Tour de France three times.[124] Abdoujaparov was a specialist at winning stages in tours or one-day races when the bunch or peloton would finish together. He would often 'sprint' in the final kilometre and had a reputation as being dangerous in these bunch sprints as he would weave from side to side. This reputation earned him the nickname 'The Terror of Tashkent'.

text: Artur Taymazov won Uzbekistan's first wrestling medal at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, as well as three gold medals at the 2004, 2008 Summer Olympic Games and 2012 Summer Olympic Games in Men's 120 kg.

text: Ruslan Chagaev is a former professional boxer representing Uzbekistan in the WBA. He won the WBA champion title in 2007 after defeating Nikolai Valuev. Chagaev defended his title twice before losing it to Vladimir Klitschko in 2009. Another young talented boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov, light flyweight champion at the 2016 Summer Olympics, won the Val Barker Trophy for the outstanding male boxer of Rio 2016 on 21 August 2016.[125] On 21 December 2016 Dusmatov was honoured with the AIBA Boxer of the Year award at a 70-year anniversary event of AIBA.[126]

text: Michael Kolganov, a sprint canoer, was world champion and won an Olympic bronze in the K-1 500-meter. Gymnast Alexander Shatilov won a world bronze as an artistic gymnast in floor exercise, and gymnast Oksana Chusovitina has amassed over 70 medals for the country.

text: Uzbekistan is the home of the International Kurash Association. Kurash is an internationalized and modernized form of traditional Uzbek wrestling.

text: Football is the most popular sport in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan's premier football league is the Uzbek League, which has consisted of 16 teams since 2015. The current champions (2016) are Lokomotiv Tashkent. Pakhtakor holds the record for the most Uzbekistan champion titles, having won the league 10 times. The current Player of the Year (2015) is Odil Akhmedov. Uzbekistan's football clubs regularly participate in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup. Nasaf won AFC Cup in 2011, the first international club cup for Uzbek football.

text: Before Uzbekistan's independence in 1991, the country used to be part of the Soviet Union football, rugby union, basketball, ice hockey, and handball national teams. After independence, Uzbekistan created its own football, rugby union, basketball and futsal national teams.

text: Tennis is also a very popular sport in Uzbekistan, especially after Uzbekistan's independence in 1991. Uzbekistan has its own Tennis Federation called the "UTF" (Uzbekistan Tennis Federation), created in 2002. Uzbekistan also hosts an International WTA tennis tournament, the "Tashkent Open", held in Uzbekistan's capital city. This tournament has been held since 1999, and is played on outdoor hard courts. The most notable active players from Uzbekistan are Denis Istomin and Akgul Amanmuradova.

text: Chess is quite popular in Uzbekistan. Rustam Kasimdzhanov was the FIDE World Chess Champion in 2004.

text: Other popular sports in Uzbekistan include basketball, judo, team handball, baseball, taekwondo, and futsal.

text:
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov is the most famous cyclist in Uzbekistan, winning three Tour de France point contests.

Ruslan Chagaev

Denis Istomin at the 2009 US Open

Odil Ahmedov

Ravshan Irmatov


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text: The Voice (U.S. season 11)

text: Coaches and hosts[edit]

text: There were two changes to the coaching panel from season ten. Coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton are joined by Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus, who replaced Pharrell Williams and Christina Aguilera, thus making it the first season to have two female coaches.[3] Carson Daly returns for his 11th season as host. This is Alicia Keys's second appearance on the show after being the advisor for Team Pharrell in the Battle rehearsals in season 7. This is also Miley Cyrus's second appearance on the show after being key advisor for the Knockout rehearsals in season 10, making her the youngest ever coach in any of the national versions of The Voice franchise worldwide.

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text: The mentors for the Battle Rounds this season it is: Sammy Hagar for Team Adam, Bette Midler for Team Blake, Charlie Puth for Team Alicia, and Joan Jett for Team Miley. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill serves as key advisors for all four teams.

text: Teams[edit]

text:
Winner
     Runner-up
     Third place
     Fourth place
     Eliminated in the Live Shows

     Eliminated in Live Playoffs
     Stolen in the Knockout rounds
     Eliminated in the Knockout rounds
     Stolen in the Battle rounds
     Eliminated in the Battle rounds

tag: table

text:
Coaches
Top 48 artists

Adam Levine

Billy Gilman
Josh Gallagher
Brendan Fletcher
Riley Elmore
Simone Gundy

Jason Warrior
Nolan Neal
Dave Moisan
Ponciano Seoane
Bindi Liebowitz

Natasha Bure
Andrew DeMuro
Elia Esparza
JSOUL
Johnny Rez

Miley Cyrus

Ali Caldwell
Aaron Gibson
Darby Walker
Belle Jewel
Sophia Urista

Josh Halverson
Josette Diaz
Lauren Diaz
Maye Thomas
Sa'Rayah

Karlee Metzger
Courtnie Ramirez
Charity Bowden
Khaliya Kimberlie
Lane Mack

Alicia Keys

Wé McDonald
Christian Cuevas
Sa'Rayah
Josh Halverson
Kylie Rothfield

Belle Jewel
Courtnie Ramirez
Michael Sanchez
Whitney & Shannon
Josh Halverson

Dave Moisan
Lauren Diaz
Jason Warrior
Halle Tomlinson
Gabriel Violett

Blake Shelton

Sundance Head
Austin Allsup
Courtney Harrell
Dana Harper
Jason Warrior

Josh Gallagher
Gabe Broussard
Bindi Liebowitz
Karlee Metzger
Christian Fermin

Preston James
Tarra Layne
Blaine Long
Dan Shafer
Ethan Tucker

Note: Italicized names are stolen contestants (names struck through within former teams).

text: Blind auditions[edit]

text:
✔
Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button

Artist defaulted to this coach's team

Artist elected to join this coach's team

Artist eliminated with no coach pressing "I WANT YOU" button

text: Episode 1 (September 19)[edit]

text: The coaches performed "Dream On" at the start of the show, as a tribute to former contestant Christina Grimmie.

text:
Order
Artist
Age
Hometown
Song
Coach's and artist's choices

Adam
Miley
Alicia
Blake

1
Jason Warrior
21
Chicago, Illinois
"Living for the City"
✔
—
✔
—

2
Dave Moisan
33
Louisville, Kentucky
"Sex and Candy"
✔
✔
✔
✔

3
Courtnie Ramirez
17
Bryan, Texas
"Mamma Knows Best"
—
✔
✔
—

4
Sundance Head
37
Porter, Texas
"I've Been Loving You Too Long"
✔
—
—
✔

5
Maggie Renfroe
16
Macon, Georgia
"Lost Boy"
—
—
—
—

6
Ali Caldwell
28
Brooklyn, New York
"Dangerous Woman"
✔
✔
✔
✔

7
Riley Elmore
16
West Dundee, Illinois
"The Way You Look Tonight"
✔
—
—
✔

8
Dana Harper
25
Dallas, Texas
"Jealous"
✔
—
✔
✔

9
Gabe Broussard
15
Lafayette, Louisiana
"Lonely Night In Georgia"
—
✔
—
✔

10
Chris Cron
34
Orange County, California
"Never Tear Us Apart"
—
—
—
—

11
Christian Cuevas
20
Orlando, Florida
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
✔
—
✔
✔

text: Episode 2 (September 20)[edit]

text:
Order
Artist
Age
Hometown
Song
Coach's and artist's choices

Adam
Miley
Alicia
Blake

1
Sa'Rayah
28
Chicago, Illinois
"Drown in My Own Tears"
—
✔
✔
—

2
Ethan Tucker
26
Olympia, Washington
"Roxanne"
✔
—
—
✔

3
Katie Colosimo
22
Nashville, Tennessee
"Stone Cold"
—
—
—
—

4
Wé McDonald
17
Paterson, New Jersey
"Feeling Good"
✔
✔
✔
✔

5
Andrew DeMuro
25
Chicago, Illinois
"Vienna"
✔
—
—
✔

6
Billy Gilman
28
Richmond, Rhode Island
"When We Were Young"
✔
✔
✔
✔

7
Nathalie Vincent
18
Bridgeport, Connecticut
"Hold Back the River"
—
—
—
—

8
Sophia Urista
31
New York, New York
"Come Together"
—
✔
✔
—

9
Brendan Fletcher
26
Brooklyn, New York
"Jolene"
✔
✔
✔
—

10
Dan Shafer
56
Mount Juliet, Tennessee
"Marry Me"
—
—
—
✔

11
Lauren Diaz
24
Apple Valley, California
"If I Ain't Got You"
—
✔
✔
✔

text: Episode 3 (September 26)[edit]

text:
Order
Artist
Age
Hometown
Song
Coach's and artist's choices

Adam
Miley
Alicia
Blake

1
Bindi Liebowitz
23
Plainfield, New Jersey
"Bust Your Windows"
✔
—
—
✔

2
Zack Hicks
24
Hope, Arkansas
"At This Moment"
—
—
—
—

3
Elia Esparza
23
El Paso, Texas
"Como La Flor"
✔
✔
—
✔

4
Lane Mack
30
Lafayette, Louisiana
"Every Day I Have the Blues"
—
✔
—
—

5
Karlee Metzger
22
Marquette, Michigan
"Samson"
—
✔
—
✔

6
Josh Halverson
31
Denton, Texas
"Forever Young"
—
✔
✔
✔

text: Episode 4 (September 27)[edit]

text:
Order
Artist
Age
Hometown
Song
Coach's and artist's choices

Adam
Miley
Alicia
Blake

1
Aaron Gibson
25
Atlanta, Georgia
"Losing My Religion"
—
✔
✔
✔

2
Simone Gundy
26
Arlington, Texas
"I (Who Have Nothing)"
✔
✔
—
—

3
Samantha Landrum
22
Laurel, Mississippi
"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
—
—
—
—

4
Josh Gallagher
25
Cresson, Pennsylvania
"Stay a Little Longer"
—
—
✔
✔

5
Gabriel Violett
28
New York, New York
"Treat You Better"
—
—
✔
✔

6
Michael Sanchez
25
San Diego, California
"Use Me"
—
—
✔
—

7
Darby Walker
17
Burbank, California
"Stand by Me"
—
✔
✔
✔

8
Austin Allsup
32
Fort Worth, Texas
"Wild Horses"
—
—
—
✔

9
Christian Fermin
20
Buena Park, California
"Brother"
—
—
—
✔

10
Preston James
16
Cheatham, Tennessee
"Nobody to Blame"
—
—
—
✔

11
Khaliya Kimberlie
16
Mescalero, New Mexico
"Dibs"
—
✔
—
✔

12
Cooper Van Bascom
22
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
—
—
—
—

13
Halle Tomlinson
18
Boulder, Colorado
"New York State of Mind"
✔
—
✔
—

14
Nolan Neal
35
Nashville, Tennessee
"Tiny Dancer"
✔
✔
✔
✔

text: Episode 5 (October 3)[edit]

text:
Order
Artist
Age
Hometown
Song
Coach's and artist's choices

Adam
Miley
Alicia
Blake

1
Whitney & Shannon
25/23
Austin, Texas
"Landslide"
✔
✔
✔
✔

2
Johnny Rez
25
Miami, Florida
"Iris"
✔
—
—
✔

3
Maye Thomas
27
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
"Roses"
✔
✔
—
—

4
Johnny Hayes
28
Mobile, Alabama
"Traveller"
—
—
—
—

5
Courtney Harrell
36
Los Angeles, California
"Let It Go"
—
—
✔
✔

6
Tarra Layne
30
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Black Velvet"
—
—
—
✔

7
Charity Bowden
17
Hope Hull, Alabama
"Girl Crush"
—
✔
✔
—

8
JSoul
26
Virginia Beach, Virginia
"Stay With Me"
✔
—
—
—

9
Belle Jewel
18
Brooklyn, New York
"Don't You (Forget About Me)"
—
—
✔
—

10
Kylie Rothfield
23
Danville, California
"Wherever I Go"
—
—
✔
✔

11
Natasha Bure
17
Los Angeles, California
"Can't Help Falling in Love"
✔
—
Team full
—

12
Blaine Long
40
Chandler, Arizona
"Have a Little Faith in Me"
✔
✔
✔

13
Nicholas Ray
32
Chicago, Illinois
"I've Got the Music in Me"
—
—
Team full

14
Ponciano Seoane
25
San Antonio, Texas
"Home"
✔
✔

15
Stori
28
Newark, New Jersey
"Killing Me Softly With His Song"
Team full
—

16
James Paek
30
Buena Park, California
"If It Hadn't Been For Love"
—

17
Sophia Joelle
16
Zionsville, Indiana
"Elastic Heart"
—

18
Josette Diaz
17
Cresskill, New Jersey
"Love Yourself"
✔

text: Episode 6 (October 4)[edit]

text: This episode covered the Best of the Blind Auditions and a sneak peek of the next stage of competition, the Battle Rounds.

text: The Battles[edit]

text: The Battles round started with episode 7 and ended with episode 10 (broadcast on October 10, 11, 17, 18, 2016). Season eleven's advisors include: Sammy Hagar for Team Adam, Joan Jett for Team Miley, Charlie Puth for Team Alicia and Bette Midler for Team Blake.[4] The coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds.

text: Color key:

text:
Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts

Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts

Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

text:
Episode
Coach
Order
Winner
Song
Loser
'Steal' result

Adam
Miley
Alicia
Blake

Episode 7
(Monday, October 10)
Alicia Keys
1
Christian Cuevas
"Hello"
Jason Warrior
✔
—
N/A
—

Adam Levine
2
Riley Elmore
"Cry Me a River"
Natasha Bure
N/A
—
—
—

Miley Cyrus
3
Ali Caldwell
"Hit or Miss"
Courtnie Ramirez
—
N/A
✔
✔

Blake Shelton
4
Sundance Head
"Feel Like Makin' Love"
Dan Shafer
—
—
—
N/A

Adam Levine
5
Billy Gilman
"Man in the Mirror"
Andrew DeMuro
N/A
—
—
—

Alicia Keys
6
Wé McDonald
"Maybe"
Lauren Diaz
✔
✔
N/A
—

Episode 8
(Tuesday, October 11)
Miley Cyrus
1
Sophia Urista
"Money"
Lane Mack
—
N/A
—
—

Blake Shelton
2
Courtney Harrell
"Gravity"
Ethan Tucker
—
—
—
N/A

Adam Levine
3
Ponciano Seoane
"Tenerife Sea"
Elia Esparza
N/A
—
—
—

Miley Cyrus
4
Josette Diaz
"She's Got You"
Charity Bowden
—
N/A
—
—

5
Maye Thomas
"For What It's Worth"
Khaliya Kimberlie
—
N/A
—
—

Alicia Keys
6
Michael Sanchez
"Valerie"
Dave Moisan
✔
—
N/A
—

Episode 9
(Monday, October 17)
Adam Levine
1
Nolan Neal
"Sledgehammer"
Johnny Rez
Team full
—
—
—

Miley Cyrus
2
Darby Walker
"Brand New Key"
Karlee Metzger
N/A
—
✔

Blake Shelton
3
Josh Gallagher
"Stranger in My House"
Blaine Long
—
—
N/A

4
Dana Harper
"Alive"
Tarra Layne
—
—
N/A

Alicia Keys
5
Belle Jewel
"Bennie and the Jets"
Halle Tomlinson
—
N/A
—

Adam Levine
6
Simone Gundy
"You're All I Need to Get By"
JSoul
—
—
—

Alicia Keys
7
Kylie Rothfield
"The House of the Rising Sun"
Josh Halverson
✔
N/A
—

Blake Shelton
8
Gabe Broussard
"The Reason"
Christian Fermin
Team full
—
N/A

Miley Cyrus
9
Aaron Gibson
"I'll Take Care of You"
Sa'Rayah
✔
✔

Episode 10
(Tuesday, October 18)
Blake Shelton
1
Austin Allsup
"Bad Moon Rising"
Preston James
Team full
Team full
Team full
N/A

Alicia Keys
2
Whitney & Shannon
"More Than Words"
Gabriel Violett
—

Adam Levine
3
Brendan Fletcher
"Home"
Bindi Liebowitz
✔

text: The Knockouts[edit]

text: For the Knockouts, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were assigned as partner mentors for contestants in all four teams. The coaches can each steal one losing artist. The top 20 contestants will then move on to the "Live Shows."

text: Color key:

text:
Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Playoffs

Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Playoffs

Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated

text:
Episode
Coach
Order
Song
Artists
Song
'Steal' result

Winner
Loser
Adam
Miley
Alicia
Blake

Episode 11
(Monday, October 24)
Blake Shelton
1
"The Climb"
Sundance Head
Josh Gallagher
"My Maria"
✔
—
—
N/A

Alicia Keys
2
"Hound Dog"
Kylie Rothfield
Whitney & Shannon
"I Won't Give Up"
Team full
—
N/A
—

Miley Cyrus
3
"No Ordinary Love"
Ali Caldwell
Lauren Diaz
"Rise Up"
N/A
—
—

Adam Levine
4
"Midnight Train to Georgia"
Simone Gundy
Dave Moisan
"Like I Can"
—
—
—

Alicia Keys
5
"No More Drama"
Wé McDonald
Courtnie Ramirez
"If I Were a Boy"
—
N/A
—

Adam Levine
6
"Haven't Met You Yet"
Riley Elmore
Jason Warrior
"I Want You"
—
—
✔

Episode 12
(Tuesday, October 25)
Blake Shelton
1
"River Deep – Mountain High"
Courtney Harrell
Bindi Liebowitz
"Son of a Preacher Man"
Team full
—
—
Team full

Adam Levine
2
"Fight Song"
Billy Gilman
Ponciano Seoane
"I See Fire"
—
—

Alicia Keys
3
"Superstar"
Christian Cuevas
Belle Jewel
"Don't Dream It's Over"
✔
N/A

Episode 13
(Monday, October 31)
Blake Shelton
1
"Breakdown"
Austin Allsup
Gabe Broussard
"It Will Rain"
Team full
Team full
—
Team full

Miley Cyrus
2
"Shake It Out"
Darby Walker
Maye Thomas
"Closer"
—

Adam Levine
3
"Soulshine"
Brendan Fletcher
Nolan Neal
"Love is Your Name"
—

Alicia Keys
4
"Ain't Nobody"
Sa'Rayah
Michael Sanchez
"Just the Two of Us"
N/A

Blake Shelton
5
"You Give Me Something"
Dana Harper
Karlee Metzger
"Invincible"
—

Miley Cyrus
6
"I Can't Stand the Rain"
Sophia Urista
Josette Diaz
"Eternal Flame"
—

7
"Die a Happy Man"
Aaron Gibson
Josh Halverson
"Whiskey and You"
✔

Episode 14
(Tuesday, November 1)
The fourteenth episode was a special one-hour episode titled "The Road to the Live Shows." The episode showed the best moments of the season so far, including the blind auditions, the journey of the top 20 contestants and some unseen footage.

text: Live shows[edit]

text: Color key:

text:
Artist was saved by the Public's votes

Artist was saved by his/her coach or placed in the bottom two, bottom three, or middle three

Artist was saved by the Instant Save

Artist's iTunes vote multiplied by 5 (except The Finals) after his/her studio version of the song reached iTunes top 10

Artist was eliminated

text: Week 1: Live Playoffs (November 7)[edit]

text: For the first time in The Voice history, playoff results were voted on in real-time, exclusively through Twitter and The Voice app. All 20 artists sang live and eight were eliminated by the end of the night. The Live Playoffs all aired in one episode due to coverage of the 2016 Presidential Election the next day.

text:
Episode
Coach
Order
Artist
Song
Result

Episode 15
(Monday, November 7)
Alicia Keys
1
Christian Cuevas
"Yesterday"
Public's vote

2
Kylie Rothfield
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Eliminated

3
Wé McDonald
"Home"
Public's vote

4
Josh Halverson
"Cupid"
Eliminated

5
Sa'Rayah
"I'd Rather Go Blind"
Alicia's choice

Blake Shelton
6
Dana Harper
"Maneater"
Eliminated

7
Austin Allsup
"I Ain't Living Long Like This"
Public's vote

8
Jason Warrior
"One Dance"
Eliminated

9
Sundance Head
"Blue Ain't Your Color"
Public's vote

10
Courtney Harrell
"It Must Have Been Love"
Blake's choice

Miley Cyrus
11
Sophia Urista
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
Eliminated

12
Darby Walker
"Those Were the Days"
Miley's choice

13
Aaron Gibson
"Round Here"
Public's vote

14
Belle Jewel
"Runaway"
Eliminated

15
Ali Caldwell
"Times Have Changed"
Public's vote

Adam Levine
16
Brendan Fletcher
"To Love Somebody"
Adam's choice

17
Simone Gundy
"Diamonds"
Eliminated

18
Josh Gallagher
"Colder Weather"
Public's vote

19
Riley Elmore
"Luck Be a Lady"
Eliminated

20
Billy Gilman
"Crying"
Public's vote

text: Week 2: Top 12 (November 14 and 15)[edit]

text: The Top 12 performed on Monday, November 14, 2016, with the results following on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. For the live shows this week, Garth Brooks was assigned as a mentor for final 12 contestants in all four teams. None of the artists reached the top 10 on iTunes, so no bonuses were awarded. The two artists with the fewest votes compete for the Instant Save, with the loser leaving the competition.[5]

text:
Episode
Coach
Order
Artist
Song
Result

Episode 16
(Monday, November 14)
Blake Shelton
1
Sundance Head
"My Church"
Public's vote

Miley Cyrus
2
Darby Walker
"Ruby Tuesday"
Public's vote

Alicia Keys
3
Christian Cuevas
"The Scientist"
Public's vote

4
Sa'Rayah
"Livin' on a Prayer"
Bottom two

Adam Levine
5
Billy Gilman
"The Show Must Go On"
Public's vote

Blake Shelton
6
Austin Allsup
"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"
Public's vote

Alicia Keys
7
Wé McDonald
"Take Me to Church"
Public's vote

Miley Cyrus
8
Aaron Gibson
"Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings"
Bottom two

Blake Shelton
9
Courtney Harrell
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Public's vote

Adam Levine
10
Josh Gallagher
"Why"
Public's vote

Miley Cyrus
11
Ali Caldwell
"Did I Ever Love You"
Public's vote

Adam Levine
12
Brendan Fletcher
"Whipping Post"
Public's vote

Episode 17
(Tuesday, November 15)

Instant Save performances

Alicia Keys
1
Sa'Rayah
"Rock Steady"
Eliminated

Miley Cyrus
2
Aaron Gibson
"Lego House"
Instant Save

text:
Non-competition performances

Order
Performer
Song

17.1
Adam Levine and his team
(Brendan Fletcher, Josh Gallagher, and Billy Gilman)
"For What It's Worth"

17.2
Alicia Keys
(with Adam Levine on Guitar)
"Blended Family (What You Do for Love)"/"Holy War"

17.3
Miley Cyrus and her team
(Ali Caldwell, Aaron Gibson, and Darby Walker)
"There'll Always Be Music"

text: Week 3: Top 11 (November 21 and 22)[edit]

text: The Top 11 performed on Monday, November 21, 2016, with the results following on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. The two artists with the fewest votes competed for the Instant Save, with the loser leaving the competition. iTunes bonus multiplier was awarded to Sundance Head (#9).[6]

text:
Episode
Coach
Order
Artist
Song
Result

Episode 18
(Monday, November 21)
Miley Cyrus
1
Ali Caldwell
"9 to 5"
Public's vote

Blake Shelton
2
Sundance Head
"No One"
Public's vote

Miley Cyrus
3
Aaron Gibson
"Hurt"
Bottom two

Blake Shelton
4
Courtney Harrell
"What I Did for Love"
Public's vote

Adam Levine
5
Josh Gallagher
"Drunk on Your Love"
Public's vote

6
Billy Gilman
"All I Ask"
Public's vote

Alicia Keys
7
Christian Cuevas
"Rosanna"
Public's vote

Blake Shelton
8
Austin Allsup
"Turn the Page"
Public's vote

Miley Cyrus
9
Darby Walker
"You Don't Own Me"
Bottom two

Adam Levine
10
Brendan Fletcher
"The River"
Public's vote

Alicia Keys
11
Wé McDonald
"Love on the Brain"
Public's vote

Episode 19
(Tuesday, November 22)

Instant Save performances

Miley Cyrus
1
Darby Walker
"Your Song"
Eliminated

2
Aaron Gibson
"Budapest"
Instant Save

text:
Non-competition performances

Order
Performer
Song

19.1
Blake Shelton and his team
(Austin Allsup, Courtney Harrell and Sundance Head)
"The Heart of Rock & Roll"

19.2
Alicia Keys and her team
(Christian Cuevas and Wé McDonald)
"People Get Ready"

19.3
Jordan Smith
"O Holy Night"

text: Week 4: Top 10 (November 28 and 29)[edit]

text: The Top 10 performed on Monday, November 28, 2016, with the results following on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. The three artists with the fewest votes competed for the Instant Save, with the two lowest vote getters leaving the competition. iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Sundance Head (#1), Brendan Fletcher (#2), Billy Gilman (#4), Christian Cuevas (#6) and Wé McDonald (#9).[7] For the first time since the inclusion of the Instant Save in season five, a contestant was saved three consecutive weeks.

text:
Episode
Coach
Order
Artist
Song
Result

Episode 20
(Monday, November 28)
Adam Levine
1
Billy Gilman
"Anyway"
Public's vote

Blake Shelton
2
Courtney Harrell
"If I Could Turn Back Time"
Bottom three

Adam Levine
3
Josh Gallagher
"Real Good Man"
Public's vote

Miley Cyrus
4
Aaron Gibson
"Rocket Man"
Bottom three

Alicia Keys
5
Christian Cuevas
"Million Reasons"
Public's vote

Blake Shelton
6
Austin Allsup
"Missing You"
Bottom three

Alicia Keys
7
Wé McDonald
"God Bless the Child"
Public's vote

Adam Levine
8
Brendan Fletcher
"True Colors"
Public's vote

Blake Shelton
9
Sundance Head
"Me and Jesus"
Public's vote

Miley Cyrus
10
Ali Caldwell
"Without You"
Public's vote

Episode 21
(Tuesday, November 29)

Instant Save performances

Blake Shelton
1
Austin Allsup
"Tennessee Whiskey"
Eliminated

2
Courtney Harrell
"Bless the Broken Road"
Eliminated

Miley Cyrus
3
Aaron Gibson
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
Instant Save

text:
Non-competition performances

Order
Performer
Song

20.1
Maroon 5
"Don't Wanna Know"

21.1
Dolly Parton, Jennifer Nettles and the Top 10 finalists
(Austin Allsup, Ali Caldwell, Christian Cuevas, Brendan Fletcher,
Josh Gallagher, Aaron Gibson, Billy Gilman, Courtney Harrell, Sundance Head, Wé McDonald)
"Circle of Love"

21.2
Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus and Pentatonix
"Jolene"

text: Week 5: Semifinals (December 5 and 6)[edit]

text: The Top 8 performed on Monday, December 5, 2016, with the results following on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. This week, the three artists with the most votes made it straight to the finals, the two artists with the least votes were immediately eliminated and the middle three contended for the remaining spot in the finals via Instant Save. iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Billy Gilman (#1), Sundance Head (#2), Josh Gallagher (#3) and Christian Cuevas (#4).[8] In addition to their individual songs, each artist performed a duet with another artist in the competition, though these duets were not available for purchase on iTunes.

text: With the eliminations of Ali Caldwell and Aaron Gibson, Miley Cyrus no longer has any artists remaining on her team. In addition, with the advancement of Wé McDonald to the finale, Alicia Keys becomes the second new coach to successfully get an artist on her team to the finale on her first attempt as a coach, the first being Usher, who coached Michelle Chamuel all the way to the finale of the fourth season.

text:
Episode
Coach
Order
Artist
Song
Result

Episode 22
(Monday, December 5)
Alicia Keys
1
Christian Cuevas
"To Worship You I Live (Away)"
Middle three

Miley Cyrus
2
Ali Caldwell
"I Will Always Love You"
Middle three

Adam Levine
3
Brendan Fletcher
"Angel"
Eliminated

Alicia Keys
4
Wé McDonald
"Scars to Your Beautiful"
Public's vote

Miley Cyrus
5
Aaron Gibson
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
Eliminated

Adam Levine
6
Josh Gallagher
"Danny's Song"
Middle three

Blake Shelton
7
Sundance Head
"Love Can Build a Bridge"
Public's vote

Adam Levine
8
Billy Gilman
"I Surrender"
Public's vote

Episode 23
(Tuesday, December 6)

Instant Save performances

Alicia Keys
1
Christian Cuevas
"I Can't Make You Love Me"
Eliminated

Miley Cyrus
2
Ali Caldwell
"Sledgehammer"
Eliminated

Adam Levine
3
Josh Gallagher
"I Drive Your Truck"
Instant Save

text:
Non-competition performances

Order
Performer
Song

22.1
Aaron Gibson and Wé McDonald
"FourFiveSeconds"

22.2
Josh Gallagher and Sundance Head
"Feelin' Alright?"

22.3
Christian Cuevas and Billy Gilman
"Unsteady"

22.4
Ali Caldwell and Brendan Fletcher
"It's Only Love"

23.1
OneRepublic
"Let's Hurt Tonight"

23.2
Hannah Huston
"I Alone Have Loved You"

23.3
Blake Shelton
"A Guy with a Girl"

text: Week 6: Finals (December 12 and 13)[edit]

text: The Top 4 performed on Monday, December 12, 2016, with the final results following on Tuesday, December 13, 2016. This week, the four finalists performed a solo cover song, a duet with their coach, and an original song. iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Sundance Head (#1, #2 and #7), Billy Gilman (#3 and #4), Josh Gallagher (#6) and Wé McDonald (#10).[9] All iTunes votes received for the five weeks leading up to the finale were cumulatively added to online and app finale votes for each finalist.

text:
Coach
Artist
Order
Solo Song
Order
Duet Song (With coach)
Order
Original Song
Result

Adam Levine
Billy Gilman
1
"My Way"
5
"Bye Bye Love"
11
"Because of Me"
Runner-up

Adam Levine
Josh Gallagher
9
"Jack & Diane"
7
"Smooth"
2
"Pick Any Small Town"
Fourth place

Alicia Keys
Wé McDonald
12
"Don't Rain on My Parade"
3
"Ave Maria"
6
"Wishes"
Third place

Blake Shelton
Sundance Head
10
"At Last"
8
"Treat Her Right"
4
"Darlin' Don't Go"
Winner

text:
Non-competition performances

Order
Performer
Song

25.1
Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande with The Voice Final 12
"Faith"

25.2
Josh Gallagher
(with Austin Allsup and Brendan Fletcher)
"My Kinda Party"

25.3
John Legend and Wé McDonald
"Love Me Now"

25.4
Sting
"I Can't Stop Thinking About You"

25.5
Billy Gilman
(with Christian Cuevas, Ali Caldwell, Courtney Harrell and Sa'Rayah)
"Proud Mary"

25.6
Cam and Josh Gallagher
"Burning House"

25.7
The Weeknd
"Starboy"

25.8
Kiss and Sundance Head
"Detroit Rock City" and "Rock and Roll All Nite"

25.9
Wé McDonald
(with Aaron Gibson, Darby Walker and Brendan Fletcher)
"Love Lockdown"

25.10
Kelly Clarkson and Billy Gilman
"It's Quiet Uptown"

25.11
Sundance Head
(with Courtney Harrell and Austin Allsup)
"Ain't Worth the Whiskey"

25.12
Bruno Mars
"24K Magic"

25.13
Sundance Head (winner)
"Darlin' Don't Go"

text: Elimination chart[edit]

text: Overall[edit]

text:
Team Adam
     Team Miley

     Team Alicia
     Team Blake

text:
Winner
     Runner-up
     Third place
     Fourth place

     Saved by Instant Save (via Twitter)
     Artist was saved by the public
     Artist was saved by his/her coach
     Artist was eliminated

text:
Live show results per week

Artist
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Finals

Sundance Head
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Winner

Billy Gilman
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Runner-up

Wé McDonald
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
3rd place

Josh Gallagher
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
4th place

Ali Caldwell
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Eliminated
Eliminated (Week 5)

Christian Cuevas
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Eliminated

Brendan Fletcher
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Eliminated

Aaron Gibson
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Eliminated

Austin Allsup
Safe
Safe
Safe
Eliminated
Eliminated (Week 4)

Courtney Harrell
Safe
Safe
Safe
Eliminated

Darby Walker
Safe
Safe
Eliminated
Eliminated (Week 3)

Sa'Rayah
Safe
Eliminated
Eliminated (Week 2)

Riley Elmore
Eliminated
Eliminated (Week 1)

Simone Gundy
Eliminated

Josh Halverson
Eliminated

Dana Harper
Eliminated

Belle Jewel
Eliminated

Kylie Rothfield
Eliminated

Sophia Urista
Eliminated

Jason Warrior
Eliminated

text: Team[edit]

text:
Winner
     Runner-up
     Third place
     Fourth Place

     Eliminated
     Artist Saved by Instant Save (via Twitter)
     Artist received one or more iTunes bonus that week
  Number of iTunes bonuses received

text:
Artist
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Finals

Billy Gilman
Public's choice
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Runner-up

Josh Gallagher
Public's choice
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Fourth place

Brendan Fletcher
Coach's Choice
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Eliminated

Riley Elmore
Eliminated

Simone Gundy
Eliminated

Ali Caldwell
Public's choice
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Eliminated

Aaron Gibson
Public's choice
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Eliminated

Darby Walker
Coach's Choice
Advanced
Eliminated

Belle Jewel
Eliminated

Sophia Urista
Eliminated

Wé McDonald
Public's choice
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Third place

Christian Cuevas
Public's choice
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Eliminated

Sa'Rayah
Coach's Choice
Eliminated

Josh Halverson
Eliminated

Kylie Rothfield
Eliminated

Sundance Head
Public's choice
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Winner

Austin Allsup
Public's choice
Advanced
Advanced
Eliminated

Courtney Harrell
Coach's Choice
Advanced
Advanced
Eliminated

Dana Harper
Eliminated

Jason Warrior
Eliminated

text: Artists who appeared on other shows or seasons[edit]

text:
Darby Walker appeared as herself in nine episodes of the television sitcom "Girl Meets World".
Sundance Head was on the sixth season of American Idol and was eliminated during Top 16 Week.
Lauren Diaz appeared on the second season of America's Most Talented Kid and in High School Musical: Get in the Picture where she was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Nolan Neal auditioned for the tenth season of The Voice but did not score a chair turn.
Elia Esparza later on auditioned for the sixth season of La Voz México joining Team Laura Pausini.

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text: U.S. Nielsen ratings[edit]

text:
Episode
Original airdate
Production
Time slot (ET)
Viewers
(in millions)
Adults (18–49)
Source

Rating
Share

1
"The Blind Auditions Preview"
August 21, 2016 (2016-08-21)
1101
Sunday 10:30 p.m.
10.34
2.7
10
[10]

2
"The Blind Auditions Premiere"
September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)
1102
Monday 8:00 p.m.
12.10
3.3
11
[11]

3
"The Blind Auditions, Part 2"
September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)
1103
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
12.29
3.4
12
[12]

4
"The Blind Auditions, Part 3"
September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26)
1104
Monday 8:00 p.m.
11.72
3.2
10
[13]

5
"The Blind Auditions, Part 4"
September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)
1105
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
12.09
3.3
11
[14]

6
"The Blind Auditions, Part 5"
October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)
1106
Monday 8:00 p.m.
11.78
3.0
10
[15]

7
"The Best of the Blind Auditions"
October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04)
1107
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
7.93
2.0
8
[16]

8
"The Battles Premiere"
October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)
1108
Monday 8:00 p.m.
11.37
2.9
9
[17]

9
"The Battles, Part 2"
October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11)
1109
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
10.88
2.6
9
[18]

10
"The Battles, Part 3"
October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17)
1110
Monday 8:00 p.m.
11.38
2.7
9
[19]

11
"The Battles, Part 4"
October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18)
1111
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
10.58
2.5
8
[20]

12
"The Knockouts Premiere"
October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)
1112
Monday 8:00 p.m.
11.17
2.7
9
[21]

13
"The Knockouts, Part 2"
October 25, 2016 (2016-10-25)
1113
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
9.41
2.1
7
[22]

14
"The Knockouts, Part 3"
October 31, 2016 (2016-10-31)
1114
Monday 8:00 p.m.
9.48
2.0
8
[23]

15
"The Road to the Live Shows"
November 1, 2016 (2016-11-01)
1115
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
6.86
1.5
5
[24]

16
"The Live Playoffs"
November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)
1116
Monday 8:00 p.m.
9.97
2.3
7
[25]

17
"Live Top 12 Performance"
November 14, 2016 (2016-11-14)
1117
10.03
2.3
7
[26]

18
"Live Top 12 Results"
November 15, 2016 (2016-11-15)
1118
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
9.75
2.1
7
[27]

19
"Live Top 11 Performance"
November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)
1119
Monday 8:00 p.m.
9.64
2.1
7
[28]

20
"Live Top 11 Results"
November 22, 2016 (2016-11-22)
1120
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
9.48
1.8
6
[29]

21
"Live Top 10 Performance"
November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28)
1121
Monday 8:00 p.m.
9.81
2.1
7
[30]

22
"Live Top 10 Results"
November 29, 2016 (2016-11-29)
1122
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
10.64
1.9
7
[31]

23
"Live Top 8 Performance"
December 5, 2016 (2016-12-05)
1123
Monday 8:00 p.m.
10.08
2.1
7
[32]

24
"Live Top 8 Results"
December 6, 2016 (2016-12-06)
1124
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
10.16
1.9
7
[33]

25
"Live Finals Performance"
December 12, 2016 (2016-12-12)
1125
Monday 8:00 p.m.
11.23
2.2
7
[34]

26
"Live Season Finale Results"
December 13, 2016 (2016-12-13)
1126
Tuesday 9:00 p.m.
12.14
2.5
9
[35]


document_title: Malibu's Most Wanted

question_text: who is the girl in malibu most wanted

question_tokens: who is the girl in malibu most wanted

text: Malibu's Most Wanted

text: Plot[edit]

text: This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

text: Bradley "B-Rad" Gluckman (Jamie Kennedy) is a young privileged white man from Malibu, with aspirations of being "the biggest rapper that ever was". B-Rad dresses and speaks like a gangster and essentially thinks and acts like he is black. His father, Bill Gluckman (Ryan O'Neal), is running for governor of California.

text: After Bill's campaign manager Tom Gibbons (Blair Underwood) gets irritated with B-Rad's constant interruptions with the election, Bill decides that B-Rad must see a psychiatrist,  Dr. Feldman (Jeffrey Tambor). Dr. Feldman tells B-Rad's parents Bill and Bess (Bo Derek) that B-Rad has the most serious case of "gangstaphrienia" that he has ever seen. Tom then has an idea to hire two actors, PJ (Anthony Anderson) and Sean James (Taye Diggs) to try to scare B-Rad back to normal. Although Bill thinks it could get dangerous, he reluctantly agrees. With the help of PJ's cousin Shondra (Regina Hall), they kidnap B-Rad and take him to the ghetto.

text: Shondra tries to convince B-Rad that if he stops acting like a gangster, they will let him go. B-Rad tries to tell Shondra he cannot, it is who he is. The actors then try plan B, forcing B-Rad to rob a convenience store owned by a Korean American family. Later, realizing they forgot to call to tell the owner that the robbery was fake, after sending B-Rad in, PJ and Sean begin to worry the plan will fail and they will go to jail. B-Rad finds his emergency stash of cash in his pants and pays for the alcohol he was supposed to steal for the two gangsters. B-Rad then lies to them and says he stole it. When they find a receipt in the back, B-Rad says he stole that, too.

text: The actors try taking him to a scary movie to get him to stop trying to be a gangster. All B-Rad does is get scared and screams and throws popcorn all over the place, ruining the movie. At this point, PJ and Sean are frustrated and decide to take B-Rad to a club and have him compete in a rap battle. B-Rad ends up getting thrown off the stage for saying the N word in one of his rhymes. He is thrown in a dumpster while the actors laugh at him hysterically. B-Rad feels as if he never could rap, until Shondra changes his mind.

text: After she cheers him up, they kiss. B-Rad takes it too far and gets on top of Shondra, only to be thrown off the bed by her. She storms out of the room and B-Rad takes a nap. He dreams about a rat by the name of Ronnie Rizzat (voiced by Snoop Dogg) and he tells to just be himself, but the rat "would rather eat garbage than listen to his tired-ass rhymes". His dream ends and B-Rad hears the actors on the phone with Tom. B-Rad then realizes the whole thing was a joke, including Shondra.

text: Angry, B-Rad storms out of the house. Sean and PJ follow him outside, only to be held hostage by a real gangster Tec (Damien Dante Wayans), who is also Shondra's ex-boyfriend, whom B-Rad encountered at the club. Tec and his crew kidnap B-Rad and the actors and take them to an empty parking lot. Tec calls Tom and tells him if Bill wants to see his son again, they have to give him $500,000. Tom has another plan, if they kill B-Rad, Bill will get more votes for his campaign.

text: Tom tells Tec there is no deal. Tec points a gun at B-Rad and a pack of other gangsters pull up and start shooting at B-Rad and the others. B-Rad then takes two Uzis, hops on the roof of a car, and starts aiming fire at all of them. Scaring them away, Tec realizes B-Rad is gangster himself. He then makes B-Rad one of them, leaving the actors tied up and brought to a party. While at the party, everyone sees B-Rad on television shooting at the gangsters with a security camera catching everything.

text: Worried and realizing he needs to be a better father to B-Rad, Bill tells Tom what happened and asks Tom to help him. Tom, though, is more focused on the campaign, but Bill says he would rather lose the election than his son. Tom, now frustrated with Bill, yells at him and says that if anything happens to B-Rad, he can turn it around to make Bill the victim, instead. Bill realizes that Tom is hoping that something bad will happen to B-Rad to get votes and fires Tom before driving to South Central Los Angeles to find his son. B-Rad's crew Hadji (Kal Penn), Mocha (Nick Swardson), and Monster (Keili Lefkovitz) also see the news and grab their best weapons (a musket, a spear gun, and an RPG) to save him.

text: Shondra shows up to the party, after seeing the news as well. Shondra sees PJ and Sean and asks where B-Rad is; they tell her, only to be shut up by other gangsters there. Shondra enters a bedroom, where B-Rad and two other woman are taking off his pants. Shondra acts like his baby mama to get them to leave. B-Rad gets mad and shoots his foot, not thinking the gun is real. Realizing it is, he jumps around the room in pain. Shondra tries to help him as Tec walks in, thinking Shondra is hooking up with B-Rad. Tec is furious and threatens to shoot them both.

text: Bill crashes through the wall and tries to reason with everyone, only to be held at gunpoint. B-Rad's crew members crash through the wall, as well, and point their guns at Tec and his crew. Bill apologizes to B-Rad for not always being there for him and accepts B-Rad for who he is. Accepting his apology, they hug. Tec is still angry, and ruins the moment with his crew and him pointing their guns at B-Rad's crew. B-Rad decides to rap, only annoying Tec.

text: B-Rad then begins to take the weapons, not wanting to have any violence. Mocha, agreeing with B-Rad, throws his gun to the ground which accidentally fires, hitting Monster in her chest armor, causing her to accidentally shoot B-Rad in the buttocks with her spear gun, resulting in him dropping Hadji's rocket launcher, which fires right into the oven. Everyone runs out of the house just before it blows up. B-Rad is treated for his wounds while Shondra talks to him. B-Rad had trouble telling what was real and what was not, so Shondra kisses him to help him. Shondra also ends up opening her own salon, and B-Rad and she get back together. Bill wins the election for Governor of California, and is glad to have his son with him.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Jamie Kennedy as Brad "B-Rad G" Gluckman
Taye Diggs as Sean "Bloodbath"
Anthony Anderson as PJ "Tree"
Regina Hall as Shondra
Blair Underwood as Tom Gibbons
Damien Dante Wayans as Tec
Ryan O'Neal as Bill Gluckman
Bo Derek as Bess Gluckman
Jeffrey Tambor as Dr. Feldman
Kal Penn as Hadji
Nick Swardson as Mocha
Keili Lefkovitz as Monster
Kellie Martin as Jen
Greg Grunberg as Brett
J. P. Manoux as Gary
Terry Crews as 8 Ball
Noel Gugliemi as Snuffy

text: Cameos[edit]

text:
Snoop Dogg as Ronnie Rizzat (voice) (voiced of rat)
Mike Epps (DJ at club)
Felli Fel
Hi-C
Young Dre The Truth
Drop da Bomb
Hal Fishman
Big Boy

text: Reception[edit]

text: The movie received mostly negative reviews. It has a 31% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the general consensus being "The movie has a good satirical idea and does some nice things with it, but not enough."[2]

text: DVD release[edit]

text:
Malibu's Most Wanted was released on April 18, 2003.
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