There will be no four-way knockout in this season meaning that the artists saved by their coach will go to the regular Knockouts. Additionally, their original coach can compete for their artist if they attempt to save them. 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. Losing artists may be "stolen" by another coach, becoming new members of their team, or can be saved by their coach, remaining a part of their original team. In this round, the coaches pit two of their artists in a singing match and then select one of them to advance to the next round. The advisors for this round were Jason Aldean for Team Kelly, Camila Cabello for Team Legend, Kristin Chenoweth for Team Ariana, and Dierks Bentley for Team Blake. The battles began airing on October 11, 2021. " It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" (Rob Easley, Gentry Monreal, and Neil Morrison) The coaches performed a mash-up of " Hold On, I'm Comin'" (John Legend & Blake Shelton) and " Respect" (Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande) at the start of the show.Īrtist was eliminated with no coach pressing their buttonĬoach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist Each coach ends up with 12 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 48 artists advancing to the battles. Each coach has one "block" to prevent another coach from getting an artist, with only one block permitted to be used per blind audition. If multiple coaches turn, they will compete for the artist, who will decide which team they will join. If a singular coach presses the button, the artist automatically becomes part of their team. If a coach is interested to work with the artist, they will press their button to face the artist. In each audition, an artist sings their piece in front of the coaches whose chairs are facing the audience. The blind auditions began airing on September 20, 2021. Underlined names are artists saved by his/her coach. Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). He was previously a Battle advisor for Team Christina in season five.Įliminated but named for the Voice Comeback Mega mentor Įd Sheeran serves as the mega mentor for this season during the Knockouts. In August 2021, the advisors for the Battles were revealed, who were: Jason Aldean for Team Kelly, Camila Cabello for Team Legend, Kristin Chenoweth for Team Ariana and Dierks Bentley for Team Blake. The twenty-first season was also notable when Sasha Allen of Jim & Sasha Allen not only became the American version’s third openly transgender artist (after season fourteen's Angel Bonilla and season seventeen’s Dane Mautone of Dane & Stephanie) and second transgender male to turn a chair on the show, but also became the American version’s first transgender artist to have progressed to the Live shows. Additionally, with Wendy Moten being named the runner-up, she is the oldest in the show's run, and along with Toneisha Harris (also from season 18), they are the highest-placing African-American female singers in the show's history. Meanwhile, Carson Daly returned for his twenty-first season as host.Īt the season finale, Girl Named Tom, consisting of siblings Bekah, Caleb, and Joshua Liechty, was crowned the winner of this season, marking Kelly Clarkson's fourth win as a coach and the first instance of a group act winning the show, as well as the second time that the first (aired) act to audition would go on to win the entire season, following Todd Tilghman's win in season 18. Ariana Grande made her first appearance as a coach in this season. Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend returned as coaches for their twenty-first, eighth, and sixth seasons, respectively.
The twenty-first season of the American reality television series The Voice premiered on September 20, 2021, on NBC.