The Voice
0Loading crowd target
0Loading crowd target
7correct to beat the crowd
50 free The Voice trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Voice turned the talent show around, literally. Coaches sit with their backs to the stage, hear a singer cold, and decide whether to hit the button and spin. Since 2011 the American series has launched careers in country, pop and soul, and made the banter between Blake Shelton and Adam Levine as much of a draw as the singing. This quiz covers the show the way fans remember it: the coaches who came and went, the champions, the contestants who became bigger stars after losing, the format twists that changed the game, and the story of where the idea came from. There are questions on recent seasons as well as the early years, including season 12, and a few on the British, Australian and Spanish-language versions. It is written for weekly viewers and casual fans alike. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still leaves you with a story for the next watch party.
30 of 50 questions with answers and explanations. Play the quiz
Q 01Which future country chart-topper sang for both Usher and Adam Levine on season six of The Voice?
Morgan Wallen
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.
Q 02Which fellow coach on The Voice did Blake Shelton marry at his Oklahoma ranch in July 2021?
Gwen Stefani
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.
Q 03Kelly Clarkson, a coach on The Voice from season 14, found fame by winning which rival show?
American Idol
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.
Q 04Adam Levine premiered the hit Moves like Jagger on The Voice in June 2011 with which band he fronts?
Maroon 5
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.
Q 05The Voice is adapted from a talent show that launched in 2010 in which European country?
Netherlands
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.
Q 06Which former One Direction member won The Voice as a coach in each of his first three seasons?
Niall Horan
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.
Q 07Season two of The Voice premiered in February 2012 straight after which sporting event?
The Super Bowl
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.
Q 08Which pop superstar was the Mega Mentor for all four teams in season 17 of The Voice?
Taylor Swift
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.
Q 09Which former host of MTV's Total Request Live presented The Voice from its 2011 premiere?
Carson Daly
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.
Q 10Loren Allred of The Voice season three later sang the ballad Never Enough for which movie musical?
The Greatest Showman
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.
Q 11Which American broadcast network picked up The Voice in 2010 and premiered the series in April 2011?
NBC
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.
Q 12Which season-three contestant on The Voice later went double platinum with the album Cry Baby?
Melanie Martinez
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.
Q 13Alisan Porter, a winner of The Voice, starred as a child opposite Jim Belushi in which 1991 film?
Curly Sue
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.
Q 21Which media tycoon, the creator of Big Brother and Deal or No Deal, also devised The Voice?
John de Mol
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.
Q 22Which twist, added in season three of The Voice, lets a coach claim a rival's eliminated artist?
The Steal
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.
Q 23Which singer joined Usher as a new coach in season four of The Voice when two originals sat out?
Shakira
Q 14Which pop star coached a single season of The Voice in 2021, replacing Nick Jonas on the panel?
Ariana Grande
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.
Q 15Tessanne Chin, who won season five of The Voice for Adam Levine, comes from which Caribbean country?
Jamaica
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.
Q 16Alongside $100,000, champions of The Voice have won a recording contract with which company?
Universal Music Group
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.
Q 17In which stage of The Voice do two teammates sing one song together before their coach picks one?
The battle rounds
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.
Q 18The 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.
Q 19Which country star, an advisor in season one of The Voice, took Blake Shelton's seat in season 24?
Reba McEntire
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.
Q 20Which rapper was the Mega Mentor in season 20 of The Voice before becoming a coach in season 26?
Snoop Dogg
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.
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.
Q 24Which original coach of The Voice told Ellen DeGeneres in 2014 that a return was off the table?
CeeLo Green
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.
Q 25Which former Capitol Records artist won the first season of The Voice on Adam Levine's team?
Javier Colon
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.
Q 26Which sibling trio from Ohio became the first group act to win The Voice, in season 21?
Girl Named Tom
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.
Q 27Tony Lucca of The Voice season two was Christina Aguilera's child castmate on which Disney series?
The Mickey Mouse Club
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.
Q 28Sofronio Vasquez, who won season 26 of The Voice, was the first champion from which Asian country?
Philippines
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.
Q 29Which coach had already won The Voice UK with one of her acts before joining the American panel?
Jennifer Hudson
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.
Q 30Which coach had both the winner and the runner-up of The Voice on his team in his debut season, 26?
Michael Bublé
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.