The Voice (American TV series) season 29
| The Voice | |
|---|---|
| Season 29 | |
Promotional poster featuring coaches Legend, Clarkson, and Levine | |
| Hosted by | Carson Daly Druski (commentator) |
| Coaches | |
| No. of contestants | 30 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | February 23, 2026 – present |
| Season chronology | |
The twenty-ninth season of the American reality television series The Voice (subtitled as Battle of Champions) premiered on February 23, 2026, on NBC. This season features a panel, for the first time, of three coaches, all having previously been a winning coach. The season is hosted by Carson Daly, who has hosted every season of the show. The coaching panel consists of John Legend, who returns for his eleventh season after a one-season hiatus; Kelly Clarkson, who returns for her tenth season after last coaching in the twenty-third season; and Adam Levine, who returns for his eighteenth season, also after a one-season hiatus.[1]
Overview
Coaches and host
On July 22, 2025, during the filming of the blind auditions, it was announced that the twenty-ninth season would feature only three coaches for the first time in the show's history. Branded as the "Battle of Champions", all coaches are previous winning coaches. Season 16 winning coach John Legend returned for his eleventh season after a one-season hiatus, four-time winning coach Kelly Clarkson returned for her tenth season after last coaching in the twenty-third season, and three-time winning coach Adam Levine returned for his eighteenth season also after a one-season hiatus. The lineup of coaches was revealed on the show's website.[1] Coaches Michael Bublé, Reba McEntire, Niall Horan, and Snoop Dogg all left the panel for this season.
Carson Daly returns for his twenty-ninth consecutive season as host. Druski joined The Voice as the show's first ever commentator.[2]
Battle and knockout advisors
The teams' battle advisors and knockouts mega mentors were revealed simultaneously on March 9, 2026, shortly prior to the end of the blind auditions. The battle advisors for this season are Muni Long for Team Legend, former coach Jennifer Hudson for Team Kelly, and Benji Madden for Team Adam. Hudson served as a guest coach to Team Kelly due to Clarkson missing rehearsals following the death of her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, to melanoma. The knockouts mega mentors are former coach and In-Season All Star Competition judge CeeLo Green, who mentored Teams Adam and Legend, and previous season's coach Michael Bublé, who was paired with Team Kelly.[3]
Marketing and promotion
Shortly prior to the season premiere, the blind auditions of Alexia Jayy, performing Carole King's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", and Lucas West, performing Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets", were released online.[4][5][6] Later episodes saw the auditions of Mike Steele, JW Griffin, Hunter Jordan, Houston Kelly, and Syd Millevoi released online as a sneak peek for their respective episode.[7]
Teams
| Winner | Eliminated in the Semifinals | ||||||||
| Runner-up | Eliminated in the Knockouts | ||||||||
| Third place | Stolen in the Battles | ||||||||
| Fourth place | Eliminated in the Battles |
| Coach | Top 30 Artists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Legend | ||||||
| Natasha Blaine | Moses G. | Grace Humphries | Ashley Marina | Syd Millevoi | Kendra Remedios | |
| Mike Steele | Lucas West | KJ Willis | Adi Arora | AJ Robinson | ||
| Kelly Clarkson | ||||||
| Mikenley Brown | Liv Ciara | Tia DuRant | Julia Golden | JW Griffin | Houston Kelly | |
| Aaron LaVigne | Jonah Mayor | Abigayle Oakley | Blaire Elbert | |||
| Adam Levine | ||||||
| Jaali Boyd | Aziz Guerra | Alexia Jayy | Jeremy Keith | Drew Russell | Jared Shoemaker | |
| Bay Simpson | TBA in Battles | Bijou Belle | Hunter Jordan | |||
| Note: Italicized names are artists stolen from another team during the battles (names struck through within former teams). The bold name is the recipient of the "Super Steal". | ||||||
Blind auditions
The show began with the Blind Auditions on February 23, 2026. In each audition, an artist sings their piece in front of the coaches, whose chairs face the audience. If a coach is interested in working with the artist, they may press their button to face the artist. If only one coach presses the button, the artist automatically becomes part of their team. If multiple coaches turn, they will compete for the artist, who will decide which team they will join. For the first time since the feature was introduced, the "block" buttons were removed this season. This season, each coach ends up with 10 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 30 artists advancing to the battles.
| ✔ | Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to this coach's team | |
| Artist selected to join this coach's team | |
| Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button |
Episode 1 (February 23)
Among this episode's auditionees was Liv Ciara, who previously auditioned unsuccessfully in season 28.
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Kelly | Adam | |||||
| 1 | Lucas West | 20 | Fairport, New York | "Bennie and the Jets" | ✔ | – | ✔ |
| 2 | Alexia Jayy | 31 | Mobile, Alabama | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Julia Golden | 19 | Carthage, North Carolina | "Strawberry Wine" | ✔ | ✔ | – |
| 4 | Abigayle Oakley | 25 | Las Vegas, Nevada | "Call Your Girlfriend" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Landon Price | 17 | Jackson, Mississippi | "Glory" | – | – | – |
| 6 | Jonah Mayor | 31 | Bronx, New York | "Il Mondo" | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7 | Bay Simpson | 26 | Muscle Shoals, Alabama | "The Waiting" | – | – | ✔ |
| 8 | Liv Ciara | 16 | St. Peters, Missouri | "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 9 | Aaron LaVigne | 43 | Cincinnati, Ohio | "Feels Like the First Time" | ✔ | ✔ | – |
| 10 | AJ Robinson | 14 | Cataula, Georgia | "Watermelon Moonshine" | ✔ | – | – |
| 11 | Jeremy Keith | 40 | Washington, D.C. | "You Are My Lady" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 2 (March 2)
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Kelly | Adam | |||||
| 1 | JW Griffin | 25 | Moultrie, Georgia | "Long Haired Country Boy" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Nicolette Capua | 23 | Staten Island, New York | "You Broke Me First" | – | – | – |
| 3 | Tia DuRant | 32 | Sumter, South Carolina | "Midnight Train to Georgia" | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Kendra Remedios | 31 | Arlington, Texas | "Girl Crush" | ✔ | – | – |
| 5 | Mike Steele | 28 | Tutwiler, Mississippi | "For Tonight" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Bijou Belle | 17 | Rapid City, South Dakota | "Wildflower" | – | – | ✔ |
| 7 | Jaali Boyd | 25 | Baltimore, Maryland | "No Air" | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8 | Blaire Elbert | 28 | Lubbock, Texas | "Wide Rollin' Plains" | – | ✔ | – |
| 9 | Adi Arora | 21 | Short Hills, New Jersey | "It Will Rain" | ✔ | ✔ | – |
| 10 | Moses G. | 31 | Harlem, New York | "Forever Young" | – | – | ✔ |
| 11 | Chezzarai | 31 | Los Angeles, California | "I'm Every Woman" | – | – | – |
| 12 | Hunter Jordan | 22 | Maysville, Kentucky | "Let Me Down Easy" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 3 (March 9)
Among this episode's auditionees was Ashley Marina, who previously competed on the fifteenth season of America's Got Talent, Jason Farol, who previously competed on Duets, and Mikenley Brown, who previously competed on the twenty-first season of American Idol.
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Kelly | Adam | |||||
| 1 | KJ Willis | 35 | Memphis, Tennessee | "Roni" | ✔ | ✔ | – |
| 2 | Houston Kelly | 20 | Memphis, Tennessee | "Walking in Memphis" | – | ✔ | – |
| 3 | Ashley Marina | 18 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | "Tonight I Wanna Cry" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Aziz Guerra | 20 | Guadalajara, Mexico / El Paso, Texas | "El Triste" | – | – | ✔ |
| 5 | Mariette Gevorgian | 15 | Burbank, California | "Anyone" | – | – | – |
| 6 | Jason Farol | 36 | Redondo Beach, California | "Saturn" | – | – | – |
| 7 | Mikenley Brown | 19 | New Castle, Indiana | "Teenage Dream" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8 | Grace Humphries | 18 | Austin, Texas | "Both Sides, Now" | ✔ | Team full | – |
| 9 | Natasha Blaine | 27 | Seattle, Washington | "Kiss of Life" | ✔ | – | |
| 10 | Drew Russell | 32 | Los Angeles, California | "Blue Bayou" | – | ✔ | |
| 11 | Syd Millevoi | 23 | Secaucus, New Jersey | "Mamma Knows Best" | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 12 | Daniel Sovich | 28 | Aurora, Ohio | "Just the Way You Are" | Team full | – | |
| 13 | Jared Shoemaker | 32 | Richmond, Kentucky | "I Never Lie" | ✔ | ||
Triple Turn Competition
This season, the coach that gains the most three-chair-turn artists on their team will receive an advantage in the battles: the "Super Steal", allowing the coach to override other steals in the round to acquire the artist.[11] Kelly Clarkson and Adam Levine tied for the most triple-turns at 3–3; thus, the number of two-chairs each coach acquired was the deciding factor, and Kelly won by a score of 6–1.
| Coach | Artist(s) | Total[a] |
|---|---|---|
| John Legend | Ashley Marina, Mike Steele | 2 |
| Kelly Clarkson | Mikenley Brown, JW Griffin, Abigayle Oakley | 3 |
| Adam Levine | Alexia Jayy, Hunter Jordan, Jeremy Keith | 3 |
- Notes
- ^ As both Clarkson and Levine were tied, the number of two-chairs each coach acquired was the deciding factor.
Battles
The second stage of the show, the battles, began airing on March 16, 2026. The advisors for this round were Muni Long for Team Legend, Jennifer Hudson for Team Kelly, and Benji Madden for Team Adam. Hudson served as a guest coach to Clarkson's team during rehearsals due to Clarkson being absent following the death of her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, to melanoma.[3]
In this round, artists were paired in a singing match and then their coach selected one of them to advance to the next round. Losing artists may be "stolen" by another coach, becoming new members of their team. Multiple coaches can attempt to steal an artist, resulting in a competition for the artist, who will ultimately decide which team they will go to. However, Kelly will have the "Super Steal" after winning the Triple Turn Competition, allowing her to override other steals or save her own artist in this round to acquire the artist. This season there were no saves, which marks the first time since the twenty-fifth season that no saves were in the Battles.
| Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle, but advanced to the Knockouts after being stolen by another coach | |
| Artist lost the Battle, but advanced to the Knockouts after being stolen/saved by Kelly Clarkson using the "Super Steal" | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal' result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Kelly | Adam | ||||||
| Episode 4[12] (Monday, March 16, 2026) |
Kelly | 1 | Mikenley Brown | "Focus" | Liv Ciara | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Adam | 2 | Bay Simpson | "I'm the Problem" | Hunter Jordan | – | Team full | N/A | |
| John | 3 | Lucas West | "Wanted" | AJ Robinson | N/A | – | ||
| Adam | 4 | Jaali Boyd | "Die for You" | Bijou Belle | – | N/A | ||
| Kelly | 5 | JW Griffin | "Never Again, Again" | Blaire Elbert | – | – | ||
| John | 6 | Grace Humphries | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Adi Arora | N/A | – | ||
| Adam | 7 | Alexia Jayy | "Nightshift" | Moses G. | ✔ | N/A | ||
| Episode 5 (Monday, March 23, 2026) |
Adam | 1 | "Leather and Lace" | Team full | Team full | N/A | ||
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Knockouts
The third stage of the show, the knockouts, will begin airing on March 30, 2026. CeeLo Green will serve as mega mentor for Teams Adam and Legend, while 2 time Voice winning coach, Michael Bublé will serve as mega mentor for Team Kelly.[3] In the round, each coach groups two of their artists in a singing match. The artists themselves will select the song they will sing in the round, and then their coach selects one of them to advance to the semifinals. This season, there are no saves or steals.
Also in the knockouts round, for the first time in the show's history, two contestants from each coach's former teams will compete in a separate round dubbed the "In-Season All-Star Competition", for a total of six former artists. Each artist is paired with an artist from an opposing past team. Former coach CeeLo Green will also decide which artist from the pair wins the matchup. The coach that receives the most All-Star wins in the round is guaranteed a second artist in the finale.[13]
| Artist won the knockout and advanced to the semifinals | |
| Artist lost the knockout and was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Loser | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song | Artist | Artist | Song | |||||||
| To Air | ||||||||||
In-Season All-Star Competition
The All-Star artists are season 16 winner Maelyn Jarmon and season 27 third-place finisher Renzo for Team Legend, season 17 winner Jake Hoot and season 21 winner Girl Named Tom for Team Kelly, and season 1 winner Javier Colon and season 9 winner Jordan Smith for Team Adam.[14]
| Artist won the competition | |
| Artist lost the competition |
| Episodes | Order | Winner | Loser | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Song | Artist | Artist | Song | Coach | |||||
| To Air | ||||||||||
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot (ET) | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere" | February 23, 2026 | Monday 9:00 p.m. | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [15][16] |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions Part 2" | March 2, 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [15][16] | |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions Part 3" | March 9, 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [15][16] | |
| 4 | "The Battles Premiere" | March 16, 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [15][16] | |
| 5 | "The Battles Part 2" | March 23, 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [15][16] | |
| 6 | "The Knockouts Premiere" | March 30, 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [15][16] |
References
- ^ a b "The Voice Season 29 Coaches Have Been Revealed, and They're All Show Legends". NBC. July 22, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
- ^ "Druski Has Joined The Voice! Here's What the Comedian Will Be Doing in Season 29". NBC. July 22, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ^ a b c "All the Music Icons Joining The Voice Season 29 as Advisors and Mega Mentors". NBC. March 9, 2026. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
- ^ "'The Voice' Offers First Look At Season 29 With Audition From 'One Of The Best' Singers In Its History". Country Music Nation. February 17, 2026. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
- ^ "Contestant Earns a Triple Turn with Aretha Franklin Cover in The Voice Premiere Episode Leak: 'This Is Who Has to Win' (Exclusive)". People. February 12, 2026. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
- ^ "Adam Levine is 'Blown Away' by Elton John Cover in Blind Auditions Preview". People. February 19, 2026. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
- ^ Citations for the previewed auditions.
- Cohn, Paulette (February 27, 2026). "Watch Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend Battle It Out for 3-Chair Turn Soul Singer on 'The Voice' Season 29". Parade. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
- "Three-Chair Turn Proves Delivery Man Was BORN to Be a Star The Voice Blind Auditions NBC". The Voice Youtube. February 27, 2026. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
- "Artist Lands Three-Chair Turn with Pure Country Soul The Voice Blind Auditions NBC". The Voice Youtube. March 1, 2026. Retrieved March 1, 2026.
- Cohn, Paulette (March 5, 2026). "Watch the Country Artist Whose 'Voice' Blind Audition Made Kelly Clarkson Happy That Blake Shelton Wasn't There (Exclusive)". Parade. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
- "Mystery Artist Brings Show-Stopping POWER to "Mamma Knows Best" The Voice Blind Auditions NBC". The Voice Youtube. March 8, 2026. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ Benutty, John (February 23, 2026). "The Voice recap: Reba phones in as John, Kelly and Adam battle for country singers". Gold Derby. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ^ Benutty, John (March 2, 2026). "The Voice recap: John and Kelly fight over triple turn artist with 'establish your identity' vs. 'outside the box' argument". Gold Derby. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
- ^ Benutty, John (March 9, 2026). "The Voice recap: John, Adam and Kelly complete their teams of 10 and Triple Turn Champ is named". Gold Derby. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
- ^ "Everything to Know About The Voice Season 29: Premiere, Coaches, More". NBC. July 22, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
- ^ Benutty, John (March 16, 2026). "The Voice recap: Kelly blocks John and Adam with 'Super Steal' in 'Battles Premiere'". Gold Derby. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
- ^ "The Voice Will Have Some Major Format & Rule Changes for Season 29 (DETAILS)". NBC. July 22, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ^ "'The Voice' Season 29 Returning Artists Revealed: Who Did Kelly, Adam & John Invite Back?". TVInsider. September 8, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
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