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Season 8
Hosted by Carson Daly
Winner Sawyer Fredericks
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Season 8 of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 23, 2015 on NBC. Carson Daly returned as host. Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Pharrell Williams returned as coaches. Gwen Stefani did not return for season eight, making room for the return of Christina Aguilera after a two-season absence. Sawyer Fredericks, of Team Pharrell, won the competition, after having set a show record by posting nine top ten iTunes singles in six straight weeks. Williams is the fourth coach to win the competition.

Coaches[]

|Adam Levine |Pharrell Williams |Christina Aguilera |Blake Shelton

Episodes[]

Blind Auditions[]

Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices
1 Sarah Potenza 34 Smithfield Rhode Island Stay with Me Blake
2 Lowell Oakley 19 Durham North Carolina Don't Get Around Anymore Pharrell
3 Rob Taylor 22 Donaldsonville, Lousiana I Want You Christina
4 Cody Wickline 20 Beckley West Virginia He Stopped Loving Her Today Blake
5 Treeva Gibson 16 Frederick Maryland Young and Beautiful Christina
6 Meghan Lindsey 28 New Orleans Louisiana Love Hurts Pharrell
7 Joshua Davis 37 Traverse City Michigan I Shall Be Released Blake
8 Sawyer Fredericks 16 Fultonville New York I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow Pharrell
9 Anthony Riley 27 Philadelphia Pennsylvania I Got You ( I Feel Good) Pharrell
10 Gabriel Woldchild 26 Seattle Washington Don't Think Twice it's All Right Christina
11 Brooke Adee 16 Tampa Florida Skinny Love Blake
12 Tonya Boyd-Cannon 35 New Orleans Lousiana Happy Adam
13 Joe Tolo 21 Sacramento California To Love Somebody Christina
14 Mia Z 15 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvnia The Thrill is Gone Pharrell
15 Blaze Johnson 23 Columbia Ohio How to Save a Life Adam
16 Deanna Johnson 18 Hazlehurst Georgia All i Want Adam
17 Kelsie May 15 Louisa Kentucy You're Lookin at Country Blake
18 Kimberly Nichole 32 New York New York Nutbush City Limits Pharrell
19 Michael Leier 20 Fargo North Daktoa Last Kiss Adam
20 Travis Ewing 23 Lafayette Louisiana Say My Name Pharrell
21 Noelle Byebee 17 Syracuse Utah Unbelievers Pharrell
22 Bren'nae SeBarge 22 Anchorage Alaska Golden Adam
23 James McNeice 26 Traverse City Michigan Lay Me Down Adam
24 Sonic 23 San Francisco California Money On My Mind Christina
25 Jacob Rummell 18 Lake Township Ohio Count on Me Blake
26 Barry Minniefield 52 Fort Wayne Indiana Me and Mrs Jones Adam
27 Nicolette Mare 20 ` Staten Island New York Everything has Changed Adam
28 Clinton Washington 26 Little Rock Arkansas Candle in the Wind Christina
29 Matt Snook 41 Camden Point Missouri Red Dirt Road Blake
30 India Carney 21 Brooklyn New York New York State of Mind Christina
31 Ashley Morgan 26 Costa Mesa California I Wanna Dance with Somebody Pharrell
32 Koryn Hawthorne 17 Abbeville Louisiana My Kind of Love Christina
33 Lexi Davilla 17 Loria Ohio Dreaming of You Adam
34 Josh Batstone 18 Fulton New York Amnesia Adam
35 Katelyn Reed 25 Raleigh North Carolina Breathe (2 AM) Christina
36 Ameera Delamdro 26 Richmond Virginia I'd Rather Go Blind Christina
37 Bay Brooks 17 Valdosta Georgia All of the Stars Blake
38 Brenna Yaeger 19 Spokane Washington The House That Built Me Blake
39 Jeremy Gaynor 30 West Point New York Superstar Christina
40 Jack Gregori 37 Washington D.C. Ring of Fire Adam
41 Briar Jonnee 20 Shugqualak Mississippi Take a Bow Pharrell
42 Brian Johnson 24 `Cleveland Ohio Reason to Believe Blake
43 Corey Kent White 20 Bixby Oklahoma Chicken Fired Blake
44 Nathan Hermida 17 Boston Massachusetts Sure Thing Adam
45 Paul Pfau 26 Myersville Maryland Fly Me to the Moon Pharrell
46 Vance Smith 22 Detroit Michigan Reach Out I'll Be There Christina
47 Caitlin Caporale 23 Newburgh New York Impossible Pharrell
48 Hannah Kirby 20 Sulphur Springs Texas The Letter Blake

Battle Rounds[]

Coach Order Winner Song Loser Steal result
Pharell Williams 1 Mia Z Out the Gun Down Ashley Morgan Christina
Adam Levine 2 Tonya Boyd-Cannon P.V.T. (Pretty Young Thing) James McNeiece
Blake Shelton 3 Brian Johnson Knockin On Heaven's Door Joshua Davis Adam
Pharrell Williams 4 Anthony Riley Get Ready Travis Ewing Blake
Christina Aguilera 5 Sonic Masterpiece Ameera Delandro
6 Joe Tolo For the First Time Gabriel Wolfchild
Adam Levine 7 Deanna Johnson Love Me like You Do Nicolette Mare
8 Nathan Hermida Thinking Out Loud Josh Batsone
Blake Shelton 9 Cody Wickline How Country Feels Matt Snook
Pharrell Williams 10 Paul Pfau Don't Let Me Down Meghan Lindsey Blake
Pharrell Williams 11 Caitlin Caporale Fallin Briar Jonnee
Adam Levine 12 Barry Minniefield Feelin Alright Jack Gregori
Christina Aguilera 13 Treaeva Gibson Addicted to Love Katelyn Reed
Pharrell Williams 14 Lowell Oakley Hound Dog Kimberly Nichole
Blake Shelton 15 Kelsie May Fancy Brenna Yaeger
Christina Aguilera 16 India Carey Stay Clinton Washington
Christina Aguilera 17 Rob Taylor Animals Jeremy Gaynor
Pharrell Williams 18 Sawyer Fredericks Have You Ever Seen the Rain Noelle Bybee
Christina Aguilera 19 Koryn Hawthorne Love Me Harder Vance Smith
Blake Shelton 20 Brooke Adee Style Bay Brooks
Adam Levine 21 Lexi Davila Unwritten Bren'nae DeBarge
Blake Shelton 22 Corey Kent White I Want Crazy Jacob Rummell Pharrell

Knockout Rounds[]

Coach Order Song Winners Loser Song Steal result
Christina Aguilera 1 a Women's worth Sonic Ashley Morgan Heartbreaker
Blake Shelton 2 Wasted Love Sarah Potenza Brian Johnson Nothing Ever Hurt Like You
Adam Levine 3 Leave Your Lover Nathan Hermida Clinton Washington Wanted
Pharrell Williams 4 Collide Sawyer Fredericks Paul Pfau I Dont Need no Doctor
5 Hold On i'm Coming Mia Z
Blake Shelton 6 (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Women Meghan Lindsey Travis Ewing I Don't Want to be
Christina Aguilera 7 If You Love Somebody Set them Free Kimberly Nichole Koryn Hawthrone Try
Blake Shelton 8 Live Like You Were Dying Corey Kent White Cody Wickline Till My Last Day
Adam Levine 9 Listen to Your Heart Deanna Johnosn Blaze Johnson You Found Me
Pharrell Williams 10 Warrior Caitlin Caporale Hannah Kirby Higher Love
Adam Levine 11 I Wish Tonya Boyd-Connon Barry Minniefield What You Won't Do for Love
Blake Shelton 12 Electroic Feel Brooke Adee Kelsie May Tim McGraw
Christina Aguilera 13 Big White Room India Carey Joe Tolo One of us
Pharrell Williams 14 My Girl Lowell Oakley Jacob Rummell Life of the Party
Christina Aguilera 15 Love and Happiness Rob Taylor Treeva Gibson Chasing Pavements
Adam Levine 16 Arms of a Women Joshua Davis Lexi Davila Anything Could Happen

Live Playoffs[]

Coach Order Artist Song Result
Blake Shelton 1 Sarah Potenza Free Bird Eliminated
Pharrell Williams 2 Caitlin Caporale Best Thing I Never Had Eliminated
Blake Shelton 3 Hannah Kirby I Feel the Earth Move Blake's Choice
Pharrell Williams 4 Lowell Oakley Jealous Eliminated
5 Mia Z Ain't no Sunshine Public
6 Koryn Hawthorne How Great thou Art Pharrell's Choice
Blake Shelton 7 Corey Kent White Make You Feel My Love Public
8 Brooke Adee Love Me Like You Do Eliminated
9 Meghan Lindsey Love Runs Out Public
Pharrell Williams 10 Sawyer Fredericks Trouble Public
Adam Levine 10 Tonya Boyd-Cannon Take Me to the Pilot Eliminted
11 Joshua Davis Budapest Public
Christina Aguile4ra 12 `Sonic i'm Going Down Eliminated
Adam Levine 13 Brian Johnson At this Monment Adam's Choice
Christina Aguilera 14 Kimberly Nichole What's Up? Public
15 Lexi Davilla All By Myself Eliminated
Adam Levine 16 Nathan Hermida Chains Eliminated
Christina Aguilera 17 India Carey Hurt Public
18 Rob Taylor Earned it Christina's Choice
Adam Levine 19 Deanna Johnson Down to the River to Pray Public

Top 12[]

Coach Order Artist Song Result
Blake Shelton 1 Hannah Kirby Edge of Seventeen
Adam Levine 2 Brian Johnson If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
Christina Aguilera 3 India Carey Take Me to Church
Pharrell Williams 4 Mia Z Miss You
Adam Levine 5 Deanna Johnson Oceans (Where's Feet May Fall)
Pharrell Williams 6 Sawyer Fredericks imagine
Christina Aguilera 7 Rob Taylor I Put a Spell on You
Blake Shelton 8 Corey Kent White Why
Pharrell Williams 9 Koryn Hawthrone Stronger (what dosent't Kill You}
Adam Levine 10 Joshua Davis America
Blake Shelton 11 Meghan Lindsey Girl Crush
Christina Aguilera 12 Kimberly Nichole House of the Rising Sun

Top 10[]

Coach Order Artist Song Result
Christina Aguilera 1 Kimberly Nichole Something's Got a Hold on Me
Adam Levine 2 Joshua Davis Hold Back the River
Blake Shelton 3 Hannah Kirby Shout
4 Meghan Linsey Home
Pharrell Williams 5 Koryn Hawthrone Make it Rain
Adam Levine 6 Deanna Johnson Somebody to Love
Christina Aguilera 7 Rob Taylor A Song for You
Blake Shelton 8 Corey Kent White Unwound
Pharrell Williams 9 Sawyer Fredericks Iris
Christina Aguilera 10 India Carey Run to You

Top 8[]

Order Artist Song Result
Blake Shelton 1 Hannah Kirby We Don't Need Another Hero
Adam Levine 2 Joshua Davis Fields of Gold
Christina Aguilera 3 Kimberly Nichole Creep
Blake Shelton 4 Meghan Lindsey Something
Christina Aguilera 5 India Carney Over the Rainbow
Pharrell Williams 6 Sawyer Fredericks Simple Man
Blake Shelton 7 Corey Kent White When I See You Smile
Pharrell Williams 8 Koryn Hawthorne Girl on Fire

Top 6[]

Coach Artist Order Song Mother's day dedication) Order Song Coach's Choice Result
Christina Aguilera India Carey 1 Glory 10 Lay Me Down
Adam Levine Joshua Davis 8 In My Life 2 Desire
Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthrone 3 Everybody Hurts 9 Dream On
Christina Aguilera Kimberly Nichole 4 Free Fallin 7 Dirty Diana
Blake Shelton Meghan Lindsey 12 Amazing Grace 5 Steamroller Blues
Pharrell Willias Sawyer Fredericks 6 Shine On 11 Take Me to the River

Top 5 Semifinals[]

Coach Artist Order Song (Coach's Choice) Order Songs (Artist's Dedication to home) Result
Adam Levine Joshua Davis 1 I Cant Make You Love Me 6 When I Paint My Masterpiece
Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthrone 2 One 7 Oh Mary Don't You Weep
Blake Shelton Meghan Lindsey 3 I'm Not the Only One 8 Tennessee Whiskey
Christina Aguilera India Carey 4 Gravity 9 Earth Song
Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks 5 For What it's Worth 10 A Thousand Years

Finale[]

Coach Artist Order Solo Song Order Original Song Order Duet Song (with Coach) Result
Pharrell Williams Koryn Hawthorne 1 it's a Man's Man's Man's World 10 Bright Fire 6 We Cam Work it Out Fourth place
Blake Shelton Meghan Linsey 11 When a Man Loves a Women 2 Change My Mind 8 Freeway of Love Runner-up
Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks 12 Old Man 5 Please 3 Summer Breeze Winner
Adam Levine Joshua Davis 7 Hallelujah 6 The Workingman's Hymn 9 Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes Third place

Contestants[]

Teams[]

Coach
Adam Levine Joshua Davis Deanna Johnson Brian Johnson Tonya Boyd-Cannon Nathan Hermida
Pharrell Williams Sawyer Fredericks Koryn Hawthorne Mia Z Caitlin Caporale Lowell Oakley
Christina Aguliera India Carey Kimberly Nichole Rob Taylor Lexi Davila Sonic
Blake Shelton Meghan Linsey Hannah Kirby Corey Kent White Brooke Adee Sarah Potenza
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