The fourteenth season of the American reality television show The Voice premiered on February 26, 2018, on NBC. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned for their fourteenth season as coaches. Meanwhile, Alicia Keys returned for her third season after a one-season hiatus replacing Miley Cyrus, alongside new coach Kelly Clarkson replacing Jennifer Hudson.
This season featured two new elements: the Block, added during the Blind Auditions, allows the coaches to block one coach from getting an artist the coach turned around for. The Save, added during the Knockouts, allowed a coach to save an artist from elimination; However, if another coach also pressed their Steal button, the contestant could then decide whether they wanted to go to a new team or stay with their coach.
Brynn Cartelli was named the winner of the season, marking Kelly Clarkson's first win as a coach. At age 15, Cartelli became the youngest winner in the show's history surpassing Sawyer Fredericks and Danielle Bradbery at 16; Clarkson became the first new coach to win on her first attempt and the third female coach to win a season (being Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera). Additionally, runner-up Britton Buchanan became the highest-placing artist who advanced via an Instant Save, following Joshua Davis of season 8 and Chris Jamison of season 7, who both placed third.
The fourteenth season was also notable when Levine selected Angel Bonilla, the first transgender contestant to turn a chair in the American version.
Coaches and hosts
The coaching lineup changed once again for the fourteenth season. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned as coaches, making them the only members of the coaching panel to be part of all fourteen seasons. Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Hudson did not return and were replaced by new coach Kelly Clarkson, who was Team Blake's battle advisor in the 2nd season and key advisor for the Knockout Rounds in 13th season, and Alicia Keys who returned to the panel after a one season absence and participating in her third season as coach, Carson Daly returned for his fourteenth season as host.
This season's advisors for the Battle Rounds were Julia Michaels for Team Adam, Shawn Mendes for Team Alicia, Hailee Steinfeld for Team Kelly, and Trace Adkins for Team Blake.
The coaches perform a medley set in vintage Las Vegas in the promo. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton duet on "Fly Me to the Moon", Kelly Clarkson and Alicia Keys performed "Feeling Good".
· Notes: At nineteen, Shawn Mendes became the youngest advisor on the American version of this show's history.
Teams Color key
+ Coaches Top 48 artists Adam Levine Rayshun LaMarr Jackie Verna Sharane CalisterMia BoostromDrew ColeReid Umstattd Gary Edwards Jackie Foster Jordyn Simone Miya Bass Tish Haynes Keys Angel Bonilla Stephanie Skipper Genesis Diaz Davison Alicia Keys Britton BuchananJackie FosterChristiana DanielleJohnny BlissTerrence CunninghamKelsea Johnson Sharane Calister Dallas Caroline Miya Bass Jaclyn Lovey Jordyn Simone Livia Faith Megan Lee Shana Halligan Jamai Kelly Clarkson Brynn CartelliKaleb Lee D.R. King Alexa CappelliTish Haynes Keys Dylan Hartigan Jorge EduardoJamella Justin Kilgore Jackie Foster Dylan Hartigan Molly Stevens Teana Boston Amber Sauer Hannah Goebel Blake Shelton Kyla Jade Spensha Baker Pryor Baird Gary EdwardsAustin GiorgioWILKES Dylan Hartigan Jaron Strom Jaclyn Lovey Dallas Caroline Kaleb Lee Jordan Kirkdorffer Brett Hunter Bransen IrelandJessLee
Blind auditions A new feature within the Blind Auditions this season is the Block, which each coach can use once to prevent one of the other coaches from getting a contestant. +Blind auditions color keys Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to a coach's team Artist selected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing their button ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist Blocked by Adam Blocked by Alicia Blocked by Kelly Blocked by Blake
Episode 1 (Feb. 26) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Alicia Kelly Blake 1 Britton Buchanan 17 Sanford, North Carolina "Trouble" ✘ — 2 Brynn Cartelli 14 Longmeadow, Massachusetts "Beneath Your Beautiful" — — 3 Rayshun LaMarr 33 Fort Washington, Maryland "Don't Stop Believin'" — — 4 Kyla Jade 33 Nashville, Tennessee "See Saw" — — 5 Blaise Raccuglia 25 Austin, Texas "Wanted" — — — — 6 Kelsea Johnson 21 Newark, Delaware "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" — 7 Drew Cole 25 Los Angeles, California "Sex and Candy" — — 8 D.R. King 34 Strongsville, Ohio "Believer" — — 9 Kaleb Lee 31 Ormond Beach, Florida "Never Wanted Nothing More" — — 10 MaKenzie Thomas 19 Wallingford, Kentucky "Redbone" — — — — 11 Justin Kilgore 30 Buffalo, Texas "Tomorrow" ✘
Episode 2 (Feb. 27) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Alicia Kelly Blake 1 Davison 23 Little Rock, Arkansas "To Love Somebody" — — 2 Jaclyn Lovey 16 Placerville, California "Can't Help Falling in Love" — — 3 Sophia Dion 17 Park City, Utah "What a Man" — — — —4Brittney SpencerN/AN/A"Road Less Traveled"————5Karianne JeanN/AN/A"Blue Ain't Your Color"————6Wildee FusaroN/AN/A"Legends"———— 7 Molly Stevens 34 Raleigh, North Carolina "Heavenly Day" — — 8 Dylan Hartigan 21 Wyckoff, New Jersey "Danny's Song" — — — 9 Pryor Baird 35 Orcutt, California "I Don't Need No Doctor"
Episode 3 (March 5) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Alicia Kelly Blake 1 Christiana Danielle 22Fort Wayne, Indiana "Hotline Bling" —2Brett Hunter33Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"She's a Bad Mama Jama" — — — 3Jamai29 Chester, Pennsylvania "U Got It Bad" — —4 Mitch Cardoza22Dartmouth, Massachusetts"No Woman, No Cry" — — — —5 Mia Boostrom24Boston, Massachusetts "Pillowtalk" — — —6Jackie Foster21Boston, Massachusetts "What About Us" — —7Kayla Woodson23 Nashville, Tennessee "Turn On the Radio" — — — —8 Reid Umstattd34Austin, Texas "Take Me to the Pilot" — —9Jorge Eduardo19 Guadalajara, Mexico / Dallas, Texas"Despacito" — — —10Jamella22 Chicago, Illinois "Dive" — — 11Angel Bonilla31 Quezon City, Philippines / New York City, New York "Lay Me Down" — — —12Austin Giorgio 21 Rochester, New York "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" — — 13Johnny Bliss26 Puerto Rico / New York City, New York "Preciosa" ✘
Episode 4 (March 6) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Alicia Kelly Blake1 Spensha Baker 24San Antonio, Texas "Blackbird" — — 2 Alexa Cappelli 18Upland, California "I've Got the Music in Me" — —3Adrian Brannan 25Elko, Nevada "Two More Bottles of Wine" — — — —4 WILKES 33Waleska, Georgia "One Headlight" — — 5 JessLee 26 Loxahatchee, Florida "I'm With You" — — 6 Jordyn Simone 17 Los Angeles, California "Tennessee Whiskey" — — —7 Megan Lee 22Los Angeles, California "Killing Me Softly with His Song" — — —8 Jaron Strom 29Shelby, North Carolina "This Magic Moment" — — — 9Terrence Cunningham 36Washington, D.C. "My Girl"
Episode 5 (March 12) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Alicia Kelly Blake 1 Stephanie Skipper 33Nashville, Tennessee "Piece by Piece" — — 2 Tish Haynes Keys 37St. Louis, Missouri "Chain of Fools" — — 3 Bransen Ireland 27Tulsa, Oklahoma "Tulsa Time" — — 4 Teddy Chipouras N/A N/A "Ophelia" — — — — 5 Arlo Montenegro N/A N/A "Attention" — — — — 6 Daniel Garcia N/A N/A "Perfect" — — — — 7 Teana Boston 16Stockton, California "Unfaithful" — — — 8 Miya Bass 25Queens, New York "Issues" — — — 9 Livia Faith 17Stanton, Kentucky "Dream a Little Dream of Me" — 10 Jordan Kirkdorffer 28New Paris, Indiana "In Case You Didn't Know" — — 11 Shana Halligan 44Los Angeles, California "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" — — — 12 Gary Edwards 26Dallas, Texas "What's Going On" — — 13 Mercedes Ferreira-Dias 16 Miami, Florida "All I Ask" — — — — 14 Hannah Goebel 21Nashville, Tennessee "If I Ain't Got You" ✘
Episode 6 (March 13) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Adam Alicia Kelly Blake 1 Genesis Diaz 18 Miami, Florida "Praying" — — 2 Sharane Calister 24Des Moines, Iowa "Make It Rain" — — 3 Dallas Caroline 17Santa Rosa, California "Always on My Mind" rowspan="4" 4 Allen Pride Bowser 28Chicago, Illinois "What You Won't Do for Love" — — rowspan="3" 5 Jackie Verna 22West Chester, Pennsylvania "Peter Pan" — 6 Amber Sauer 35Paradise, California "Shape of You" rowspan="1"
The Battles The Battle Rounds started on March 19. Season fourteen's advisors include: Julia Michaels for Team Adam, Shawn Mendes for Team Alicia, Hailee Steinfeld for Team Kelly, and Trace Adkins for Team Blake. The coaches can steal two losing artists from other coaches.
Color key: Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated Artist voluntarily left the competition Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Adam Alicia Kelly Blake Episode 7 Alicia Keys 1Sharane Calister "Mercy"Jamai— —— Kelly Clarkson 2Brynn Cartelli "...Ready for It?"Dylan Hartigan—— Blake Shelton 3Kyla Jade "One Last Time"JessLee———Adam Levine 4Rayshun LaMarr "Sweet Thing"Tish Haynes Keys — — Alicia Keys 5Christiana Danielle "Use Somebody"Shana Halligan——— Kelly Clarkson 6D.R. King "Sign of the Times"Jackie Foster Episode 8 Kelly Clarkson 1Jorge Eduardo "Starving" Amber Sauer——— Adam Levine 2Reid Umstattd "Love on the Brain"Davison——— Blake Shelton 3 Jaron Strom "Head Over Boots" Bransen Ireland——— Alicia Keys 4 Johnny Bliss "Versace on the Floor" Megan Lee——— Kelly Clarkson 5 Jamella "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" Teana Boston——— Alicia Keys 6 Kelsea Johnson "Don't Let Go (Love)" Jordyn Simone —Episode 9 Blake Shelton 1Pryor Baird"Don't Do Me Like That"Kaleb Leerowspan=6 — Adam Levine 2Mia Boostrom"Because of You" Genesis Diaz —rowspan=5 — Kelly Clarkson 3Justin Kilgore "Burning House"Molly Stevens — — Adam Levine 4Drew Cole "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Miya Bass — Blake Shelton 5 WILKES "Nobody to Blame"Jordan Kirkdorffer — Alicia Keys 6Britton Buchanan "Thinking Out Loud" Jaclyn Lovey Episode 10 Adam Levine 1 Jackie Verna "These Dreams" Stephanie Skipperrowspan=6 —rowspan=6 rowspan=6 Alicia Keys 2Terrence Cunningham "Stars"Livia Faith Adam Levine 3 Gary Edwards "When You Believe" Angel Bonilla — Blake Shelton 4 Austin Giorgio "Me and Mrs. Jones" Brett Hunter — Kelly Clarkson 5Alexa Cappelli "Pray" Hannah Goebel — Blake Shelton 6 Spensha Baker "I Could Use a Love Song" Dallas Caroline Episode 11 The eleventh episode was a special episode titled "The Best of the Blinds and Battles". It featured some of the best moments from the blind auditions, battles, and other unseen content.
Alexa Cappelli was paired with Hannah Goebel for the battles, but for personal reasons, Goebel withdrew. Therefore, Cappelli performed by herself and moved on by default.
The Knockouts The Knockouts round started on April 2. The coaches can each steal one losing artist from another team and save one artist who lost their Knockout on their own team. The top 24 contestants then moved on to the Live Playoffs.
For the first time ever in The Voice history, former winners of the show returned as Key Advisors — Jordan Smith for Team Adam, Chris Blue for Team Alicia, Cassadee Pope for Team Kelly, and Chloe Kohanski for Team Blake.
Color key: Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Playoffs Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Live Playoffs Artist lost the Knockout but was saved by their coach and advanced to the Live Playoffs Artist lost the Knockout and was Eliminated