The Voice
Season 29
Promotional poster featuring coaches Legend, Clarkson, and Levine
Hosted by Carson Daly
Druski (commentator)
Coaches
  • John Legend
  • Kelly Clarkson
  • Adam Levine
  • Jennifer Hudson (guest)
  • CeeLo Green (guest)
No. of contestants 30
Winner Alexia Jayy
Winning coach Adam Levine
Runner-up Liv Ciara
No. of episodes 10
Release
Original network NBC
Original release February 23 (2026-02-23) –
April 14, 2026 (2026-04-14)
Season chronology
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Season 28

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]

Alexia Jayy was named the winner of the season by the studio audience composed of super-fans and past Voice artists, marking Adam Levine's fourth win as a coach. With Jayy's win, she became the first African-American female to win in the show's history. Additionally, Jayy's win marks Levine's first win as a coach since the ninth season and ties him with Clarkson for the second-most winning coach on The Voice, behind Blake Shelton.

Overview

Coaches and host

Coaches and Host of The Voice Season 29
John Legend
Kelly Clarkson
Adam Levine
Carson Daly (host)
Druski (commentator)

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

Teams color key
      Winner                                           Eliminated in the Semifinals
      Runner-up                                           Eliminated in the Knockouts
      Third place                                           Stolen in the Battles
      Fourth place                                           Eliminated in the Battles
Coaches' teams
Coach Top 30 Artists
John Legend
Lucas West Syd Millevoi KJ Willis Natasha Blaine Moses G. Grace Humphries
Mike Steele Adi Arora Ashley Marina Kendra Remedios AJ Robinson
Kelly Clarkson
Liv Ciara Mikenley Brown JW Griffin Houston Kelly Jonah Mayor Abigayle Oakley
Tia DuRant Blaire Elbert Julia Golden Aaron LaVigne
Adam Levine
Alexia Jayy Jeremy Keith Jared Shoemaker Jaali Boyd Bay Simpson Mike Steele
Moses G. Bijou Belle Aziz Guerra Hunter Jordan Drew Russell
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.

Blind auditions color key
   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.

First blind auditions results[8]
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)

Second blind auditions results[9]
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.

Third blind auditions results[10]
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
  1. ^ As both Clarkson and Levine were tied, the number of two-chairs each coach acquired was the deciding factor.

Battles

Muni Long served as an advisor for Team Legend, Jennifer Hudson for Team Kelly, and Benji Madden for Team Adam.

The second stage of the show, the battles, aired from March 16, 2026, to March 23, 2026, consisting of episodes 4 and 5. 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.

Battles color key
      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
Battles results
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[13]
(Monday, March 23, 2026)
Adam 1 Jared Shoemaker "Leather and Lace" Drew Russell Team full Team full N/A
Kelly 2 Houston Kelly "Either Way" Tia DuRant
Adam 3 Jeremy Keith "My Cherie Amour" Aziz Guerra N/A
John 4 Natasha Blaine "Walk On By" Kendra Remedios
Kelly 5 Jonah Mayor "The First Time" Aaron LaVigne
John 6 Syd Millevoi "Love Takes Time" Ashley Marina
Kelly 7 Abigayle Oakley "Rhiannon" Julia Golden
John 8 KJ Willis "Let Me Love You" Mike Steele

Knockouts

CeeLo Green served as mega mentor for Teams Adam and Legend, and Michael Bublé served as mega mentor for Team Kelly.

The third stage of the show, the knockouts, aired from March 30, 2026, to April 6, 2026, consisting of episodes 6 and 7. Former coach CeeLo Green served as mega mentor for Teams Adam and Legend, while two-time winning coach Michael Bublé served as mega mentor for Team Kelly.[3] In the round, each coach groups two of their artists in a singing match. The artists themselves selected the song they sang in the round, and then their coach selected one of them to advance to the semifinals. This season, there were no saves or steals.

Knockouts color key
      Artist won the knockout and advanced to the semifinals
      Artist lost the knockout and was eliminated
Knockouts results
Episode Coach Order Winner Loser
Song Artist Artist Song
Episode 6[14]
(Monday, March 30, 2026)
John 1 "New York State of Mind" Lucas West Moses G. "Let's Get It On"
Kelly 2 "If It Hadn't Been for Love" JW Griffin Houston Kelly "Love You Anyway"
Adam 3 "You Give Good Love" Alexia Jayy Bay Simpson "One Headlight"
Kelly 4 "Breakaway" Liv Ciara Abigayle Oakley "Feather"
John 5 "Tell Me You Love Me" Syd Millevoi Natasha Blaine "Another Sad Love Song"
Adam 6 "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" Jeremy Keith Mike Steele "How You Gonna Act Like That"
Episode 7[15]
(Monday, April 6, 2026)
Adam 1 "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" Jared Shoemaker Jaali Boyd "Big Girls Don't Cry"
John 2 "I'll Make Love to You" KJ Willis Grace Humphries "I Don't Want to Wait"
Kelly 3 "Pink Pony Club" Mikenley Brown Jonah Mayor "You'll Be in My Heart"

In-Season All-Star Competition

Also in the knockouts round, for the first time in the show's history, two contestants from each coach's former teams competed in a separate round dubbed the "In-Season All-Star Competition", for a total of six former artists. Each artist was paired with an artist from an opposing past team. CeeLo Green decided which artist from the pair wins the matchup. The coach that receives the most All-Star wins in the round was guaranteed a second artist in the finale.[16]

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.[17] The artists and coaches selected the song they sang in the round. Each of the songs were songs that the artist once performed on their winning seasons.

Kelly Clarkson won by a score of 2–1 to John Legend, earning her an extra artist in the finale.

In-Season All-Star Competition color key
      Artist won the All-Star competition and their Coach received a point
      Artist lost the All-Star competition
In-Season All-Star Competition results
Episode Order Winner Loser
Coach Song Artist Artist Song Coach
Episode 7[15]
(Monday, April 6, 2026)
1 Kelly Clarkson "Dust in the Wind" Girl Named Tom Renzo "Dream On" John Legend
2 John Legend "Fields of Gold" Maelyn Jarmon Jordan Smith "Chandelier" Adam Levine
3 Kelly Clarkson "Desperado" Jake Hoot Javier Colon "Time After Time"

Semi-finals

The Top 9 performances aired on April 13, 2026, consisting of episode 8. The Top 9 artists, three from each team, performed with the results the same night. For the first time ever, a new voting block was composed of super-fans and past Voice artists.[16] Also for the first time, the semi-finals and finale were pre-recorded and the artists did not perform live. The Top 4 artists (two from Kelly's team and one from Adam and John's respective teams) advanced to the finale.[18]

Semi-finals color key
      Artist was saved by studio audience's vote
      Artist was eliminated
Semi-finals results
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result
Episode 8[19]
(Monday, April 13, 2026)
John Legend 1 KJ Willis "Higher Ground" Eliminated
Kelly Clarkson 2 Mikenley Brown "I'm Not the Only One" Advanced
Adam Levine 3 Jeremy Keith "Whip Appeal" Eliminated
John Legend 4 Syd Millevoi "Into You" Eliminated
Adam Levine 5 Jared Shoemaker "Soulshine" Eliminated
Kelly Clarkson 6 Liv Ciara "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Advanced
Adam Levine 7 Alexia Jayy "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" Advanced
Kelly Clarkson 8 JW Griffin "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" Eliminated
John Legend 9 Lucas West "Maybe I'm Amazed" Advanced

Finale

The finale aired on April 14, 2026. The Top 4 artists each performed an up-tempo song, ballad, and duet with their coach for the title of The Voice. As with the semi-finals, super-fans and past Voice artists voted from the audience and the performances were not live. Daly revealed the winner at the end of the show.[18]

Alexia Jayy won the season, marking Adam Levine's fourth win as a coach. Jayy became the first African-American female winner in the history of the show. Additionally, Levine became tied with Clarkson for the second-most winning coach on the show, behind Blake Shelton.

Finale results[20]
Coach Artist Order Up-tempo song Order Ballad Order Duet (with coach) Result
Adam Levine Alexia Jayy 1 "Lady Marmalade" 8 "One and Only" 10 "Sunday Morning" Winner
Kelly Clarkson Mikenley Brown 5 "Man I Need" 2 "Almost Is Never Enough" 12 "What Was I Made For?" Fourth place
John Legend Lucas West 3 "Cold as Ice" 6 "Ordinary People" 11 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Third place
Kelly Clarkson Liv Ciara 7 "What a Girl Wants" 4 "The Greatest" 9 "Stay" Runner-up

Elimination chart

Results color key
      Winner                                     Saved by the studio audience
      Runner-up                                     Eliminated
      Third place
      Fourth place
Coaches color key
      Team Legend
      Team Kelly
      Team Adam

Overall

Elimination chart for The Voice season 29
Artists Semifinal Finale
Alexia Jayy Safe Winner
Liv Ciara Safe Runner-up
Lucas West Safe Third place
Mikenley Brown Safe Fourth place
JW Griffin Eliminated Eliminated (Semi-finals)
Jeremy Keith Eliminated
Syd Millevoi Eliminated
Jared Shoemaker Eliminated
KJ Willis Eliminated

Per team

Elimination chart for The Voice season 29 per team
Artists Semifinal Finale
Lucas West Advanced Third place
Syd Millevoi Eliminated
KJ Willis Eliminated
Liv Ciara Advanced Runner-up
Mikenley Brown Advanced Fourth place
JW Griffin Eliminated
Alexia Jayy Advanced Winner
Jeremy Keith Eliminated
Jared Shoemaker Eliminated

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Voice season 29
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 (2026-02-23) Monday 9:00 p.m. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]
2 "The Blind Auditions Part 2" March 2, 2026 (2026-03-02) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]
3 "The Blind Auditions Part 3" March 9, 2026 (2026-03-09) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]
4 "The Battles Premiere" March 16, 2026 (2026-03-16) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]
5 "The Battles Part 2" March 23, 2026 (2026-03-23) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]
6 "The Knockouts Premiere" March 30, 2026 (2026-03-30) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]
7 "The Knockouts Part 2" April 6, 2026 (2026-04-06) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]
8 "Semi-Finals Top 9" April 13, 2026 (2026-04-13) TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]
9 "Recap: Semi-Finals Top 9" April 14, 2026 (2026-04-14) Tuesday 8:00 p.m. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]
10 "Finale Top 4" April 14, 2026 (2026-04-14) Tuesday 9:00 p.m. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD [21][22]

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