The Voice (American TV series) season 22

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The Voice
Season 22
Promotional poster
Hosted byCarson Daly
Coaches
No. of contestants56 artists
WinnerBryce Leatherwood
Winning coachBlake Shelton
Runner-upbodie
No. of episodes26
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 19 (2022-09-19) –
December 13, 2022 (2022-12-13)
Season chronology
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The twenty-second season of the American reality television series The Voice premiered September 19, 2022, on NBC. Blake Shelton and John Legend returned as coaches for their twenty-second and seventh seasons, respectively. Gwen Stefani, who last coached on season 19, returned as a coach for her sixth season. Camila Cabello made her first appearance as a coach this season. Meanwhile, Carson Daly returned as host for his twenty-second season. Meanwhile, this is also the first and only season with Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani as coaches as husband and wife.[1]

Bryce Leatherwood was named the winner of the season, His victory is the first instance in which a contestant who had been saved by a Wild Card instant save would go on to win the entire competition. marking Blake Shelton's ninth and final win as a coach.

This season is also the first season without studio performances released on any platform.

Panelists[edit]

Coaches and host[edit]

In May 2022, NBC announced that there would be a change in the show's roster of coaches. Of the four coaches that appeared on the previous season, only Blake Shelton and John Legend continue, with Shelton returning for his twenty-second season and Legend returning for his seventh. Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande both exited the panel, with Gwen Stefani returning for her sixth season and Camila Cabello returning for her second time on the show and joining as a first-time coach.[2] Cabello previously served as the battle advisor for Team Legend in the previous season. Carson Daly returned for his twenty-second season as host.[3]

Battle advisors[edit]

The teams' battle advisors were revealed on August 17, 2022. The battle advisors for this season are Jazmine Sullivan for Team Legend, Sean Paul for Team Gwen, Charlie Puth for Team Camila, and Jimmie Allen for Team Blake.[4]

Teams[edit]

Teams color key
      Winner                                           Eliminated in the Live shows
      Runner-up                                           Eliminated in the Live playoffs
      Third place                                           Stolen in the Knockouts
      Fourth place                                           Eliminated in the Knockouts
      Fifth place                                           Stolen in the Battles
                                          Eliminated in the Battles
Coaches' teams
Coach Top 56 Artists
John Legend
Omar Jose Cardona Parijita Bastola Kim Cruse Sasha Hurtado
Peyton Aldridge Emma Brooke Valarie Harding Ian Harrison
The Marilynds Morgan Taylor David Andrew Lana Love
Dia Malai Kara McKee SOLsong Nia Skyfer
Gwen Stefani
Justin Aaron Kique Alyssa Witrado Kevin Hawkins
Rowan Grace Sasha Hurtado Cara Brindisi Daysia
Destiny Leigh Kayla Von Der Heide Jay Allen Ian Harrison
Julia Aslanli Sadie Bass Tanner Howe Jillian Jordyn
Camila Cabello
Morgan Myles Devix Eric Who Kate Kalvach
Steven McMorran Chello Andrew Igbokidi Reina Ley
Jaeden Luke Orlando Mendez Sasha Hurtado Grace Bello
Constance Howard Sydney Kronmiller Zach Newbould Ava Lynn Thuresson
Blake Shelton
Bryce Leatherwood bodie Brayden Lape Rowan Grace
Kevin Hawkins Kate Kalvach Jay Allen The Dryes
Austin Montgomery Eva Ullmann Jaeden Luke Ansley Burns
Tanner Fussell Madison Hughes Hillary Torchiana Benny Weag
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). Underlined names are artists saved by their coach.

Blind auditions[edit]

The show began with the Blind Auditions on September 19, 2022. In each audition, an artist sings their piece in front of the coaches whose chairs are facing the audience. If a coach is interested to work with the artist, they will press their button to face the artist. If a singular 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. Each coach has one "block" to prevent another coach from getting an artist. This season, each coach ends up with 14 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 56 artists advancing to the battles.[5]

Blind auditions color key
 ✔  Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
   Artist elected a coach's team
   Artist defaulted to a coach's team
   Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button
 ✘  Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist
  •   Blocked by John
  •   Blocked by Gwen
  •   Blocked by Camila
  •   Blocked by Blake

Episode 1 (Sept. 19)[edit]

First blind auditions results[6]
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
John Gwen Camila Blake
1 Morgan Myles 35 Williamsport, Pennsylvania "Hallelujah"
2 Omar Jose Cardona 33 Orlando, Florida "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
3 Ian Harrison 20 Lewis Center, Ohio "The Night We Met"
4 Tiana Goss 28 Los Angeles, California "Say It Right"
5 Emma Brooke 19 Lyman, South Carolina "California Dreamin'"
6 Orlando Mendez 26 Miami, Florida "Beer Never Broke My Heart"
7 Alexis McLaughlin 25 Conroe, Texas "Here I Go Again"
8 David Andrew 25 Detroit, Michigan "Falling"
9 Jay Allen 36 Cedar Falls, Iowa "'Til You Can't"
10 JJ Hill 34 Pilot Rock, Oregon "Inside Out"
11 Kate Kalvach 27 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania "Rainbow"

Episode 2 (Sept. 20)[edit]

Among this episode's auditionees was Peyton Aldridge, who previously competed on the eighteenth season of American Idol.[7]

Second blind auditions results[8]
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
John Gwen Camila Blake
1 Reina Ley 13 San Tan Valley, Arizona "Cielito Lindo"
2 Bryce Leatherwood 22 Woodstock, Georgia "Goodbye Time"
3 KoKo 31 Mobile, Alabama "About Damn Time"
4 Alyssa Witrado 19 Fresno, California "Don't Speak"
5 Devix 28 Queens, New York "Heat Waves"
6 Chello 22 Chester, Pennsylvania "Just the Two of Us"
7 Kevin Hawkins 28 Lancaster, Texas "Isn't She Lovely"
8 Sadie Bass 25 Bath, Michigan "Stupid Boy"
9 SHEj 26 Atlanta, Georgia "I Like It"
10 Brayden Lape 15 Grass Lake, Michigan "This Town"
11 Peyton Aldridge 25 Cleveland, Mississippi "Can't You See"

Episode 3 (Sept. 26)[edit]

Third blind auditions results[9]
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
John Gwen Camila Blake
1 Andrew Igbokidi 22 Chicago, Illinois "when the party's over"
2 Cara Brindisi 34 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts "All Too Well"
3 Billy Craver 29 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida "She Got the Best of Me"
4 Valarie Harding 41 Muskogee, Oklahoma "Giving Him Something He Can Feel"
5 Julia Aslanli 23 DeLand, Florida "Let's Stay Together"
6 The Dryes
(Katelyn and Derek Dryes)
36 & 33 Winston-Salem, North Carolina "Islands in the Stream"
7 Ava Lynn Thuresson 18 San Diego, California "…Baby One More Time"
8 Madison Hughes 25 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
9 Sasha Hurtado 18 Dallas, Georgia "River"
10 Dominic Patrick 37 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "U Got It Bad"
11 Morgan Taylor 20 Carmel, Indiana "Cuz I Love You"

Episode 4 (Sept. 27)[edit]

Fourth blind auditions results[10]
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
John Gwen Camila Blake
1 Tanner Howe 29 Huntington Beach, California "Mercy"
2 Sydney Kronmiller 25 Ogden, Utah "Latch"
3 Tanner Fussell 28 Statesboro, Georgia "Anymore"
4 Eva Ullmann 21 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida "Light On"
5 Emani Prince 22 Fort Gaines, Georgia "All My Life"
6 Kayla Von Der Heide 30 Hesperia, California "Jealous Guy"
7 Destiny Leigh 18 Sofia, Bulgaria "A Song for You"
8 Eric Who 22 Charleston, South Carolina "bad guy"
9 Parijita Bastola 17 Baltimore, Maryland "Jealous"

Episode 5 (Oct. 3)[edit]

Among this episode's auditionees was Ansley Burns, who previously competed on the fourteenth season of America's Got Talent.[11]

Fifth blind auditions results[12]
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
John Gwen Camila Blake
1 Kique 18 Miami, Florida "Beautiful Girls"
2 Hillary Torchiana 34 State College, Pennsylvania "Easy on Me"
3 MANU 18 Howell, New Jersey "Shallow"
4 The Marilynds
(Kasey and Lindsay Staniszewski)
30 & 34 La Plata, Maryland "What If I Never Get Over You"
5 SOLsong 28 Saginaw, Michigan "Turning Tables"
6 Kara McKee 36 Cumberland, Rhode Island "Woodstock"
7 Zach Newbould 19 Northborough, Massachusetts "Use Somebody"
8 Lana Love 30 Naples, Florida "Candy"
9 Daysia 17 Hampton, Virginia "Crazy"
10 Conner Sweeny 23 Nashville, Tennessee "Ain't Worth the Whiskey"
11 Ansley Burns 15 Easley, South Carolina "Unchained Melody"
12 Manasseh Samone 22 Dallas, Texas "Rescue"
13 bodie 29 Los Angeles, California "You Found Me"

Episode 6 (Oct. 4)[edit]

Sixth blind auditions results[13]
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
John Gwen Camila Blake
1 Austin Montgomery 19 Hemet, California "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"
2 Dia Malai 26 Queens, New York "Real Love"
3 The Little Miss 31 San Diego, California "You Were Meant for Me"
4 Benny Weag 29 Lake County, Montana "Shivers"
5 Jillian Jordyn 17 Melville, New York "Issues"
6 Hanny Ramadan 23 Voorhees, New Jersey "Round Here"
7 Grace Bello 21 Cibolo, Texas "Ghost"

Episode 7 (Oct. 10)[edit]

The seventh episode included the last auditions as well as the first battle. The coaches performed Camila Cabello's "Havana" once all the teams were full.[14]

Seventh blind auditions results[15]
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices
John Gwen Camila Blake
1 Kim Cruse 30 Woodville, Texas "Best Part"
2 Steven McMorran 40 Little Rock, Arkansas "Never Enough"
3 Rowan Grace 16 Rapid City, South Dakota "traitor"
4 Yelka 20 San Diego, California "No Me Queda Mas"
5 Constance Howard 27 Katy, Texas "Peaches"
6 Justin Aaron 34 Junction City, Kansas "Glory" Team full
7 August James 21 Chatsworth, California "Heart of Glass" Team full
8 Jaeden Luke 22 Bothell, Washington "Make It with You"
9 Nia Skyfer 26 Havana, Cuba "Bam Bam" Team full

Battles[edit]

The battles aired on Monday, October 10, 2022, through Tuesday, October 25, 2022, comprising episodes 7 through 12. 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. 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. Multiple coaches can attempt to steal an artist, resulting in a competition for the artist, who will ultimately decide which team they will join. Additionally, their original coach can compete for their artist if they attempt to save them. At the end of this round, nine artists will remain on each team; seven will be the battle winners, and one from a steal and a save, respectively. In total, 36 artists advance to the knockouts.

The guest advisors for this round were Jazmine Sullivan for Team Legend, Sean Paul for Team Gwen, Charlie Puth for Team Camila, and Jimmie Allen for Team Blake.

Battles color key
      Artist won the battle and advanced to the knockouts
      Artist lost the battle, but was stolen by another coach, and, advanced to the knockouts
      Artist lost the battle, but was saved by their coach, and, advanced to knockouts
      Artist lost the battle and was eliminated
Battles results
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal'/'Save' result
John Gwen Camila Blake
Episode 7[15]
(Monday, Oct. 10)
Blake 1 Austin Montgomery "Folsom Prison Blues" Tanner Fussell
Episode 8[16]
(Tuesday, Oct. 11)
Gwen 1 Rowan Grace "Fingers Crossed" Jillian Jordyn
John 2 Valarie Harding "Bust Your Windows" Dia Malai
Camila 3 Morgan Myles "Wrecking Ball" Steven McMorran
Episode 9[17]
(Monday, Oct. 17)
Camila 1 Orlando Mendez "Rocket Man" Ava Lynn Thuresson N/A
Gwen 2 Cara Brindisi "Leather and Lace" Jay Allen
John 3 Emma Brooke "She's All I Wanna Be" Nia Skyfer N/A
Blake 4 bodie "As Long as You Love Me" Jaeden Luke
Camila 5 Reina Ley "Time After Time" Grace Bello Team full N/A
Gwen 6 Justin Aaron "No More Drama" Destiny Leigh
Episode 10[18]
(Tuesday, Oct. 18)
Camila 1 Eric Who "Paparazzi" Sydney Kronmiller Team full N/A
Blake 2 Brayden Lape "Pretty Heart" Benny Weag
3 Eva Ullmann "Wildest Dreams" Ansley Burns
John 4 Morgan Taylor "Die for You" SOLsong N/A
Gwen 5 Daysia "Home" Julia Aslanli N/A
John 6 Parijita Bastola "How Deep Is Your Love" The Marilynds
Episode 11[19]
(Monday, Oct. 24)
Gwen 1 Kique "Don't You (Forget About Me)" Tanner Howe N/A Team full N/A
Blake 2 Kevin Hawkins "Preach" Hillary Torchiana
Camila 3 Devix "Electric Feel" Sasha Hurtado N/A
John 4 Kim Cruse "Heartbreak Anniversary" David Andrew N/A Team full
Blake 5 Kate Kalvach "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Madison Hughes
Gwen 6 Alyssa Witrado "happier than ever" Ian Harrison N/A
Episode 12[20]
(Tuesday, Oct. 25)
John 1 Omar Jose Cardona "Into the Unknown" Lana Love Team full Team full Team full N/A
Camila 2 Andrew Igbokidi "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Zach Newbould
3 Chello "Leave the Door Open" Constance Howard
John 4 Peyton Aldridge "More Than Words" Kara McKee
Gwen 5 Kayla Von Der Heide "Everything I Own" Sadie Bass
Blake 6 Bryce Leatherwood "Red Dirt Road" The Dryes

Knockouts[edit]

The knockouts aired on October 31, 2022 through November 7, 2022, comprising episodes 13 to 15. In this round, each coach groups three of their artists in a singing match. The artists themselves will select the song they will sing in the round. The coach will then select one of the three artists to advance to the Live Playoffs. Each coach can steal one losing artist from another team, but the coaches do not have the ability to save their artists. At the end of this round, three artists will remain on each team while four artists will be stolen, creating a total of sixteen artists advancing to the Live Playoffs.

This was the first season since season 5 to not feature a mega mentor for the Knockouts. It is also the first season in the show's history to pit three artists against each other in a standard Knockout, though were a couple individual instances of three-way knockouts in previous seasons, such as in Team Pharrell in the eighth season and in Team Kelly in the fifteenth season, both being the result of an artist's withdrawal mid-season.

Knockouts color key
      Artist won the knockout and advanced to the live playoffs
      Artist lost the knockout but, was stolen by another coach, and advanced to the live playoffs
      Artist lost the knockout and was eliminated
Knockouts results
Episode Coach Order Winner Losers 'Steal' result
Song Artist Artist Song John Gwen Camila Blake
Episode 13[21]
(Monday, Oct. 31)
Blake 1 "Better Now" bodie The Dryes "Chasing After You" N/A
Kevin Hawkins "This Woman's Work"
Camila 2 "What the World Needs Now Is Love" Morgan Myles Chello "Hold On" Team full N/A
Orlando Mendez "Live Like You Were Dying"
John 3 "I'd Rather Go Blind" Parijita Bastola Peyton Aldridge "Forever After All" N/A
Valarie Harding "Weak"
Gwen 4 "Hey Ya!" Kique Destiny Leigh "Impossible"
Rowan Grace "Vienna"
Episode 14[22]
(Tuesday, Nov. 1)
John 1 "Radioactive" Omar Jose Cardona Ian Harrison "Cough Syrup" N/A Team full Team full
Morgan Taylor "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
Camila 2 "Ex's & Oh's" Eric Who Jaeden Luke "Stay" N/A
Reina Ley "You Say"
Blake 3 "Colder Weather" Bryce Leatherwood Jay Allen "Prayed for You"
Kate Kalvach "Anyone"
Episode 15[23]
(Monday, Nov. 7)
Gwen 1 "Can We Talk" Justin Aaron Cara Brindisi "Love Me Like a Man" Team full Team full Team full
Kayla Von Der Heide "Losing My Religion"
Blake 2 "Mercy" Brayden Lape Austin Montgomery "You Look So Good in Love"
Eva Ullmann "Dangerous Woman"
John 3 "I Can't Stand the Rain" Kim Cruse Emma Brooke "I Hope" N/A
The Marilynds "Chasing Cars"
Camila 4 "Yellow" Devix Andrew Igbokidi "Everybody Hurts"
Steven McMorran "It Will Rain"
Gwen 5 "Don't Stop Me Now" Alyssa Witrado Daysia "Get Here"
Sasha Hurtado "Make It Rain"

Live shows[edit]

Live shows color key
      Artist was saved by public's vote
      Artist was saved by his/her coach
      Artist was selected to compete in the Wild Card instant save
      Artist was placed in the bottom group and competed for an Instant Save
      Artist was instantly saved
      Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Top 16 – Playoffs (Nov. 14–15)[edit]

The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 16 and 17. The Top 16 artists, four from each team, performed on Monday, November 14. This is the third time in the series' history, former two occasions in season 1 and season 4, in which only sixteen contestants competed in the Live Playoffs.

On Tuesday, November 15, two artists from each team were saved by getting the most overnight public votes per team. Each coach then selected one more artist from their team to advance, leaving four artists, one from each team, to compete for the Wild Card instant save.

Top 16 results
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result
Episode 16[24]
(Monday, Nov. 14)
John Legend 1 Omar Jose Cardona "Livin' on a Prayer" Public's vote
2 Kim Cruse "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" John's choice
3 Sasha Hurtado "Tiny Dancer" Wild Card
4 Parijita Bastola "I'll Never Love Again" Public's vote
Gwen Stefani 5 Kique "As It Was" Public's vote
6 Kevin Hawkins "Skate" Wild Card
7 Alyssa Witrado "Angels like You" Gwen's choice
8 Justin Aaron "Here and Now" Public's vote
Camila Cabello 9 Morgan Myles "Let Him Fly" Public's vote
10 Eric Who "Rumour Has It" Camila's choice
11 Kate Kalvach "You're Still the One" Wild Card
12 Devix "Sex on Fire" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 13 Bryce Leatherwood "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" Wild Card
14 Rowan Grace "Hopelessly Devoted to You" Blake's choice
15 Brayden Lape "Buy Dirt" Public's vote
16 bodie "Glimpse of Us" Public's vote
Episode 17[25]
(Tuesday, Nov. 15)
Blake Shelton 1 Bryce Leatherwood "Let Me Down Easy" Wild Card winner
John Legend 2 Sasha Hurtado "Elastic Heart" Eliminated
Gwen Stefani 3 Kevin Hawkins "Redbone" Eliminated
Camila Cabello 4 Kate Kalvach "When I Look at You" Eliminated
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
17.1 Charlie Puth "That's Hilarious"/"Left and Right"

Week 2: Top 13 (Nov. 21–22)[edit]

This week's theme was "Songs that Changed My Life". This season continued with the elimination format that returned in the previous season, in which not every coach is guaranteed an artist in the finale. The top nine artists were saved by the public's vote, while the remaining four artists, who received the fewest votes, competed for the Instant Save in the results show.

Also, unlike last season, the artist's songs are not available for purchase on iTunes.

Top 13 results
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result
Episode 18[26]
(Monday, Nov. 21)
Gwen Stefani 1 Kique "Superstition" Bottom four
Blake Shelton 2 Bryce Leatherwood "Amarillo by Morning" Public's vote
Camila Cabello 3 Devix "R U Mine?" Bottom four
Blake Shelton 4 Rowan Grace "The Winner Takes It All" Public's vote
John Legend 5 Omar Jose Cardona "In the Name of Love" Public's vote
Gwen Stefani 6 Alyssa Witrado "Dreaming of You" Bottom four
Blake Shelton 7 bodie "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" Public's vote
John Legend 8 Kim Cruse "Always on My Mind" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 9 Brayden Lape "Come Over" Public's vote
Camila Cabello 10 Eric Who "Can't Help Falling in Love" Bottom four
11 Morgan Myles "If I Were a Boy" Public's vote
John Legend 12 Parijita Bastola "All I Ask" Public's vote
Gwen Stefani 13 Justin Aaron "Break Every Chain" Public's vote
Episode 19[27]
(Tuesday, Nov. 22)
Camila Cabello 1 Eric Who "The Climb" Eliminated
Gwen Stefani 2 Alyssa Witrado "Ocean Eyes" Eliminated
Camila Cabello 3 Devix "When You Were Young" Eliminated
Gwen Stefani 4 Kique "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" Instantly saved
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
19.1 Blake Shelton and his team
(bodie, Rowan Grace, Brayden Lape, and Bryce Leatherwood)
"Southern Nights"
19.2 Camila Cabello and her team
(Devix, Morgan Myles, and Eric Who)
"Happy Together"

Week 3: Top 10 (Nov. 28–29)[edit]

This week's theme was "Fan Week" wherein the viewers selected the songs the ten artists performed. The top seven artists were saved by the public's vote, while the remaining three artists, who received the fewest votes, competed for the Instant Save in the results show.[28]

With Kim Cruse being instantly saved, this is the third time since season 16 that John Legend takes three contestants into the semi-final (first time in season 17, and second in season 19). With Kique being eliminated, Gwen Stefani and Camila Cabello both have only one artist left on their team, marking the first time since season 16 that two coaches take one artist each to the semi-final.

Top 10 results
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result
Episode 20[28]
(Monday, Nov. 28)
John Legend 1 Parijita Bastola "Scars to Your Beautiful" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 2 Rowan Grace "i love you" Bottom three
Gwen Stefani 3 Justin Aaron "Just Once" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 4 Brayden Lape "Homesick" Public's vote
John Legend 5 Kim Cruse "Love on the Brain" Bottom three
Blake Shelton 6 Bryce Leatherwood "Sand in My Boots" Public's vote
Gwen Stefani 7 Kique[a] "Call Out My Name" Bottom three
Camila Cabello 8 Morgan Myles "Tennessee Whiskey" Public's vote
Blake Shelton 9 bodie "golden hour" Public's vote
John Legend 10 Omar Jose Cardona "I Want to Know What Love Is" Public's vote
Episode 21[31]
(Tuesday, Nov. 29)
Blake Shelton 1 Rowan Grace "Landslide" Eliminated
Gwen Stefani 2 Kique[b] "River" Eliminated
John Legend 3 Kim Cruse "Believe" Instantly saved
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
21.1 John Legend and his team
(Parijita Bastola, Omar Jose Cardona, and Kim Cruse)
"The Weight"
21.2 Gwen Stefani and her team
(Justin Aaron[c])
"Burning Down the House"
  1. ^ Kique tested positive for COVID-19 and was unable to perform live, so the show aired his pre-recorded performance from rehearsals.[29][30]
  2. ^ The show aired Kique's pre-recorded Instant Save performance.
  3. ^ Kique was still a member of Team Gwen at this point, but was unable to perform live; so, Gwen Stefani and Justin Aaron performed a duet instead.

Week 4: Top 8 – Semifinals (Dec. 5–6)[edit]

The semifinals comprise episodes 22 and 23. The eight semifinalists each performed a solo song and a Whitney Houston duet with a fellow semifinalist on Monday, with the results following on Tuesday. The four artists with the most votes automatically moved on to the finale, while the remaining four artists competed in the Instant Save for the fifth and final spot in the finale.

With the elimination of Justin Aaron, this is Stefani's third time, in her six seasons as a coach, that she does not have an artist in the finale. With the advancement of Morgan Myles to the finale, Camila Cabello became the sixth new coach to successfully coach an artist on her team to the finale on her first attempt as a coach, after Usher (Michelle Chamuel in season 4), Alicia Keys (Wé McDonald in season 11), Kelly Clarkson (Brynn Cartelli in season 14), John Legend (Maelyn Jarmon in season 16), and Nick Jonas (Thunderstorm Artis in season 18).

Also, with the advancement of all three Team Blake members, this is the third time in the series history that a coach has three artists in the finals and the second time that Blake has three artists in the finale; the first was done by Team Adam in season 7 and the second was Team Blake in season 16. In addition, Bryce Leatherwood from Team Blake became the second Wild card Instant Save winner to make it to the finale, after Hailey Mia in season 21.

This is the first time in the show's history that a coach has three artists competing for the instant save.

Semifinals results
Episode Coach Order Artist Solo song Whitney Houston duet Result
Episode 22[32]
(Monday, Dec. 5)
Gwen Stefani 1 (9) Justin Aaron "Stand Up" "Greatest Love of All" Bottom four
Blake Shelton 3 (5) Brayden Lape "In Case You Didn't Know" "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Public's vote
John Legend 4 (11) Parijita Bastola "Unstoppable" "I'm Every Woman" Bottom four
6 (11) Kim Cruse "Summertime" Bottom four
7 (9) Omar Jose Cardona "My Heart Will Go On" "Greatest Love of All" Bottom four
Blake Shelton 8 (5) bodie "Without Me" "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Public's vote
10 (2) Bryce Leatherwood "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" "Saving All My Love for You" Public's vote
Camila Cabello 12 (2) Morgan Myles "Always Remember Us This Way" Public's vote
Episode 23
(Tuesday, Dec. 6)
John Legend 1 Parijita Bastola "Make You Feel My Love" Eliminated
2 Kim Cruse "All by Myself" Eliminated
Gwen Stefani 3 Justin Aaron "Made a Way" Eliminated
John Legend 4 Omar Jose Cardona "You and I" Instantly saved
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
23.1 Blake Shelton "No Body"
23.2 John Legend "Nervous"
23.3 Carly Pearce "What He Didn't Do"

Week 5: Finale (Dec. 12–13)[edit]

The Top 5 finalists performed two songs on Monday and a duet with their coach on Tuesday. This is the third consecutive season in which contestants cannot perform original songs on the finale.

With the victory of Bryce Leatherwood, he becomes the first Wild Card winner to win the entire competition. This also marks Blake's ninth and final overall win and the first time that a coach took 3 artists to the finale, and won the season. In addition, this was the third season to have the winner and runner-up from the same team, following seasons three (with Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott) and 18 (with Todd Tilghman and Toneisha Harris). All three of these occurrences were done by Team Blake.

Finale results
Coach Artist Episode 24 (Monday, Dec. 12) Episode 25 (Tuesday, Dec. 13) Result
Order Artistry Song Order Dedication Song Order Duet (with coach)
Blake Shelton bodie 1 "Late Night Talking" 9 "Gratitude" 15 "God's Country" Runner-up
Camila Cabello Morgan Myles 2 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" 7 "Girl Crush" 14 "Never Be the Same" Third place
Blake Shelton Brayden Lape 6 "Wild as Her" 3 "Humble and Kind" 13 "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" Fifth place
John Legend Omar Jose Cardona 10 "Somebody to Love" 4 "The Way You Make Me Feel" 12 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" Fourth place
Blake Shelton Bryce Leatherwood 8 "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" 5 "Don't Close Your Eyes" 11 "Hillbilly Bone" Winner
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song
24.1 John Legend, Gwen Stefani, Camila Cabello, and Blake Shelton "The Christmas Song"
25.1 OneRepublic "I Ain't Worried"
25.2 Adam Lambert "Ordinary World"
25.3 Maluma "Junio"/"Tukoh Taka"
25.4 Girl Named Tom "One More Christmas"
25.5 Breland "For What It's Worth"
25.6 Kane Brown and Blake Shelton "Different Man"
25.7 Kelly Clarkson "Santa, Can't You Hear Me"

Elimination chart[edit]

Results color key
      Winner                                     Saved by an instant save (via Voice App)
      Runner-up                                     Saved by the public
      Third place                                     Saved by their coach
      Fourth place                                     Saved by Wildcard (via Voice App)
      Fifth place                                     Eliminated
Coaches color key
      Team Legend
      Team Gwen
      Team Camila
      Team Blake


Overall[edit]

Live shows' results per week
Artists Week 1 Playoffs Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Finale
Bryce Leatherwood Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
bodie Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Morgan Myles Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd place
Omar Jose Cardona Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th place
Brayden Lape Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th place
Justin Aaron Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 4)
Kim Cruse Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
Parijita Bastola Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
Kique Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 3)
Rowan Grace Safe Safe Eliminated
Alyssa Witrado Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 2)
Devix Safe Eliminated
Eric Who Safe Eliminated
Kate Kalvach Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1)
Kevin Hawkins Eliminated
Sasha Hurtado Eliminated

Per team[edit]

Live shows' results per team
Artists Week 1 Playoffs Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Finale
Omar Jose Cardona Public's vote Advanced Advanced Advanced Fourth place
Parijita Bastola Public's vote Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Kim Cruse Coach's choice Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Sasha Hurtado Eliminated
Justin Aaron Public's vote Advanced Advanced Eliminated
Kique Public's vote Advanced Eliminated
Alyssa Witrado Coach's choice Eliminated
Kevin Hawkins Eliminated
Morgan Myles Public's vote Advanced Advanced Advanced Third place
Devix Public's vote Eliminated
Eric Who Coach's choice Eliminated
Kate Kalvach Eliminated
Bryce Leatherwood Public's vote Advanced Advanced Advanced Winner
bodie Public's vote Advanced Advanced Advanced Runner-up
Brayden Lape Public's vote Advanced Advanced Advanced Fifth place
Rowan Grace Coach's choice Advanced Eliminated

Ratings[edit]

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Voice season 22
No. Title Air date Timeslot (ET) Rating
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
1 "The Blind Auditions, Season Premiere" September 19, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.12[33]
2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" September 20, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.19[34]
3 "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" September 26, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.11[35]
4 "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" September 27, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.06[36]
5 "The Blind Auditions, Part 5" October 3, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.56[37]
6 "The Blind Auditions, Part 6" October 4, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.47[38]
7 "The Blind Auditions, Part 7" October 10, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.48[39]
8 "The Battles Premiere" October 11, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 6.33[40]
9 "The Battles, Part 2" October 17, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.22[41]
10 "The Battles, Part 3" October 18, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 6.13[42]
11 "The Battles, Part 4" October 24, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 5.77[43]
12 "The Battles, Part 5" October 25, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 5.95[44]
13 "The Knockouts Premiere" October 31, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 6.26[45]
14 "The Knockouts, Part 2" November 1, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 5.81[46]
15 "The Knockouts, Part 3" November 7, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 5.87[47]
16 "Live Top 16 Performances" November 14, 2022 0.7 5.69[48]
17 "Live Top 16 Results" November 15, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 5.89[49]
18 "Live Top 13 Performances" November 21, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 5.98[50]
19 "Live Top 13 Results" November 22, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 6.19[51]
20 "Live Top 10 Performances" November 28, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.22[52]
21 "Live Top 10 Results" November 29, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.79[53]
22 "Live Semi-Final Top 8 Performances" December 5, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.32[54]
23 "Live Semi-Final Top 8 Results" December 6, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.6 6.48[55]
24 "Live Finale, Part 1" December 12, 2022 Monday 8:00 p.m. 0.7 6.90[56]
25 "Live Cutdown Show" December 13, 2022 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.5 5.30[57]
26 "Live Finale, Part 2" December 13, 2022 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. 0.7 6.95[57]

Controversy[edit]

On the semifinal results episode, all four white contestants advanced to the finale, while all of the people of color had to sing in the Instant Save to compete for the final spot. Some viewers were upset with this, and considered it to be racist.[58][59] Some viewers also speculated that the voting base voted for certain artists solely because they were on Team Blake.[60] Additionally, after Omar Jose Cardona's Instant Save performance, John Legend, stunned by the results in which all three members of his team ended up in the bottom four, implied that the audience did not "vote for people because of their voice".[61]

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