50 Fun Facts About The Voice

Which future country chart-topper sang for both Usher and Adam Levine on season six of The Voice?

Morgan Wallen auditioned with a Howie Day song and was eliminated in the playoffs. He later said the exit made him practice harder, and he moved to Nashville to chase a record deal.

Which fellow coach on The Voice did Blake Shelton marry at his Oklahoma ranch in July 2021?

Gwen Stefani went public with the romance in November 2015, a year after joining the panel. The pair wrote the duet Go Ahead and Break My Heart together as the relationship began.

Kelly Clarkson, a coach on The Voice from season 14, found fame by winning which rival show?

American Idol crowned Clarkson its first champion in September 2002 with 58 percent of the final vote. Sixteen years later she won The Voice as a coach in her debut season.

Adam Levine premiered the hit Moves like Jagger on The Voice in June 2011 with which band he fronts?

Maroon 5 performed the song on the show with fellow coach Christina Aguilera, who sings on the record. It became the band's first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 since 2007.

The Voice is adapted from a talent show that launched in 2010 in which European country?

The Netherlands got the original, The Voice of Holland, in 2010, built on blind auditions so only the singing counts. The format was then sold to broadcasters around the world.

Which former One Direction member won The Voice as a coach in each of his first three seasons?

Niall Horan won with Gina Miles and Huntley in 2023, then again on his return two years later. No coach before him had opened with three straight victories.

Season two of The Voice premiered in February 2012 straight after which sporting event?

The Super Bowl lead-in handed the premiere 37.6 million viewers. That made it the highest-rated post-game show since Grey's Anatomy six years earlier.

Which pop superstar was the Mega Mentor for all four teams in season 17 of The Voice?

Taylor Swift guided every artist through the knockout performances that season. It was a return visit: she had filled the same all-teams adviser role five years earlier, in season seven.

Which former host of MTV's Total Request Live presented The Voice from its 2011 premiere?

Carson Daly was also a producer of the series, which earned him four Emmy Awards. In the early seasons a social media correspondent worked beside him before he became the sole host.

Loren Allred of The Voice season three later sang the ballad Never Enough for which movie musical?

The Greatest Showman used her as the singing voice of Rebecca Ferguson's character, the opera star Jenny Lind. Allred had gone out in the first week of the live playoffs on Adam Levine's team.

Which American broadcast network picked up The Voice in 2010 and premiered the series in April 2011?

NBC first announced the series as The Voice of America in December 2010. The name was shortened because a well-known American news broadcaster was already using it.

Which season-three contestant on The Voice later went double platinum with the album Cry Baby?

Melanie Martinez reached the top six on Adam Levine's team after auditioning with a Britney Spears hit. A childhood nickname gave the album its title character.

Alisan Porter, a winner of The Voice, starred as a child opposite Jim Belushi in which 1991 film?

Curly Sue made her a child star, and she won The Voice 25 years later on Christina Aguilera's team. In between she joined the Broadway revival cast of A Chorus Line.

Which pop star coached a single season of The Voice in 2021, replacing Nick Jonas on the panel?

Ariana Grande joined for season 21, but none of her artists reached the five-act finale. She did not return the next year, when the panel changed again.

Tessanne Chin, who won season five of The Voice for Adam Levine, comes from which Caribbean country?

Jamaica knew her first: she was born in Kingston and toured for three years with the reggae great Jimmy Cliff. She is the younger sister of the singer Tami Chynn.

Alongside $100,000, champions of The Voice have won a recording contract with which company?

Universal Music Group has been the prize label since season three. The first two winners were contracted to one of its labels, Universal Republic Records.

In which stage of The Voice do two teammates sing one song together before their coach picks one?

The battle rounds follow the blind auditions, and celebrity advisors help each coach rehearse the pairs. In season one the advisors even sat beside the coaches during the performances.

The Voice's Instant Save, added in season five, first let viewers rescue singers on which platform?

Twitter users got a five-minute window to vote for one of the singers in danger. From season six the at-risk artists also sang one more song first, to rally support.

Which country star, an advisor in season one of The Voice, took Blake Shelton's seat in season 24?

Reba McEntire had mentored Shelton's first team back in 2011. She went on to win the title in only her second season as a coach.

Which rapper was the Mega Mentor in season 20 of The Voice before becoming a coach in season 26?

Snoop Dogg took a chair in 2024 and came back for a second season the following year. One of his finalists later recorded a song with him for his animated children's show.

Which media tycoon, the creator of Big Brother and Deal or No Deal, also devised The Voice?

John de Mol launched the first version in 2010 with the singer Roel van Velzen, who helped shape the blind auditions. He is also an executive producer of the American series.

Which twist, added in season three of The Voice, lets a coach claim a rival's eliminated artist?

The Steal works like a blind audition: a rival presses the button, and if several do, the singer picks a new team. Two seasons later it was extended to the knockouts.

Which singer joined Usher as a new coach in season four of The Voice when two originals sat out?

Shakira coached seasons four and six, sitting out the fifth when Aguilera came back. She and Usher then left together to concentrate on their music.

Which original coach of The Voice told Ellen DeGeneres in 2014 that a return was off the table?

CeeLo Green had coached four of the first five seasons, skipping the fourth. A member of the duo Gnarls Barkley, he was one of the first two coaches the show signed.

Which former Capitol Records artist won the first season of The Voice on Adam Levine's team?

Javier Colon sang an original, Stitch by Stitch, in the finale and covered Man in the Mirror with Levine. He left his new record label the following year.

Which sibling trio from Ohio became the first group act to win The Voice, in season 21?

Girl Named Tom are Bekah, Caleb and Joshua Liechty, who had all planned to go to medical school before forming the band in 2019. Their win was Kelly Clarkson's fourth as a coach.

Tony Lucca of The Voice season two was Christina Aguilera's child castmate on which Disney series?

The Mickey Mouse Club cast of the early 1990s also included Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Lucca chose Adam Levine as his coach and finished third.

Sofronio Vasquez, who won season 26 of The Voice, was the first champion from which Asian country?

The Philippines knew him first from the TV singing contest Tawag ng Tanghalan, which he entered in 2017 and returned to for an all-star edition. He later moved to the United States and won The Voice in 2024.

Which coach had already won The Voice UK with one of her acts before joining the American panel?

Jennifer Hudson took Mo Adeniran to victory in Britain in early 2017, becoming the first woman to coach a winner there. She joined the American show later that year.

Which coach had both the winner and the runner-up of The Voice on his team in his debut season, 26?

Michael Bublé saw Sofronio Vasquez beat teammate Shye in the 2024 finale, a first for a debuting coach. He won again the next season with Adam David.

Which coach first won The Voice in season eight with 16-year-old singer Sawyer Fredericks?

Pharrell Williams won at his second attempt with Fredericks, who grew up on a farm in upstate New York. Three of that season's four finalists had switched teams along the way.

Which lead singer of the pop punk band Hey Monday became the first woman to win The Voice?

Cassadee Pope won season three in December 2012 on Blake Shelton's team. Her first country album, Frame by Frame, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.

What was Todd Tilghman's job in Meridian, Mississippi, when he won season 18 of The Voice?

A pastor since 2011, the father of eight led Cornerstone Church and had sung in church from the age of eight. His audition was the first one shown that season.

Which veteran singer joined Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue as an original coach of The Voice UK?

Tom Jones was one of four founding coaches when the British version began on BBC One. The show later moved to ITV, where he was again one of the coaches.

Which country duo shared a double chair in season 25 as The Voice's first two-person coaching act?

Dan + Shay had already advised Blake Shelton's team in season 20 and performed on the show twice. Their one finalist finished fifth.

Which rapper and actress debuted as a coach on The Voice in its thirtieth season in 2026?

Queen Latifah was one of two new coaches that season, alongside the country singer Riley Green. They joined the returning coaches Adam Levine and Kelly Clarkson.

Which show had won the reality-competition Emmy the year before The Voice first took it in 2013?

The Amazing Race had taken the award in nine of its first ten years. The Voice then won it again in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Which church-choir singer from Harlan, Kentucky, won season nine of The Voice for Adam Levine?

Jordan Smith turned all four chairs at his audition and was the first artist that season to top the iTunes pop sales chart. He later sang for Kentucky in the American Song Contest.

Which 16-year-old from Cypress, Texas, won season four of The Voice on Blake Shelton's team?

Danielle Bradbery became the youngest artist to have won the show at that point. Three coaches turned for her audition, and she sang a duet with Shelton in the finale.

Christina Grimmie, third on season six of The Voice, first found a huge audience on which platform?

YouTube made her name: she began posting covers there in 2009 and passed two million subscribers before auditioning. Adam Levine said in the finale he would sign her whatever the result.

Which singer, the last pick of season 12's blind auditions, won The Voice for Alicia Keys?

Chris Blue filled the last open spot on the last team, with only one chair left to turn. In the knockouts he beat 13-year-old Quizz Swanigan, whom a rival coach then picked up.

Which 15-year-old from Massachusetts won The Voice in Kelly Clarkson's first season as a coach?

Brynn Cartelli was spotted after a bartender posted a clip of her singing at a Nantucket beach restaurant. She missed the cut for an earlier season before winning season 14 on Clarkson's team.

Which former backing vocalist for Alicia Keys gave Blake Shelton his first win on The Voice?

Jermaine Paul had sung on Grammy-nominated Alicia Keys recordings before stepping out front. His cover of I Believe I Can Fly reached the Billboard Hot 100 in the year he won.

Which former child country star with the hit One Voice was runner-up on season 11 of The Voice?

Billy Gilman was still a boy when that single reached the country Top 40 in 2000, and puberty later forced him to stop singing for a while. He came back on Adam Levine's team in 2016.

Which Australian songwriter for Christina Aguilera advised her team in season one of The Voice?

Sia Furler had co-written four songs on Aguilera's album Bionic and the Burlesque ballad Bound to You. Her own global hit, Chandelier, came three years after that advisory role.

Which executive producer of The Voice also produced Survivor, Shark Tank and The Apprentice?

Mark Burnett shared the show's Emmy wins for best reality competition with the format's creator. His own company, Mark Burnett Productions, was behind the show when it launched.

Which country singer led The Voice's Comeback Stage in season 15 and took a main chair in season 27?

Kelsea Ballerini coached eliminated artists online for a route back into the live shows. She also filled in for Kelly Clarkson during season 20 before joining full-time in 2025.

Which original coach of The Voice Australia, beside Seal and Delta Goodrem, left after one season?

Keith Urban stepped down in 2012 and Ricky Martin took over the chair. Urban returned to the Australian panel years later, for its tenth season.

La Voz, the Spanish-language American edition of The Voice, premiered in 2019 on which network?

Telemundo signed Luis Fonsi as the first coach, followed by Alejandra Guzmán, Wisin and Carlos Vives. The series ran for two seasons.

Which country-soul singer from Texas, the son of a 1960s hitmaker, won season 11 of The Voice?

Sundance Head is the son of Roy Head, whose band scored the 1965 hit Treat Her Right. His winning song on Blake Shelton's team was an original, Darlin' Don't Go.