The Battle Rounds start tonight on “The Voice” at 8 p.m. on ABC.
“The Voice” airs 8-10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, and 8-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, on NBC.
- LIVE STREAM: NBC on fuboTV (free trial) or Hulu Live TV (free trial)
“The Voice” features four stages of competition - blind auditions, battle rounds, knockouts and live performance shows.
Now that the blind auditions are finished and each coach has 12 artists on their team, the Battle Rounds will begin. Coaches will develop their artists with the help of celebrity advisers.
The Battle Advisers this season are:
- Jason Aldean for Team Kelly Clarkson
- Kristin Chenoweth for Team Ariana Grande
- Camila Cabello for Team John Legend
- Dierks Bentley for Team Blake Shelton
NBC describes the Battle Rounds:
“During the Battle Rounds, the coaches will pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together in front of a live, fully vaccinated in-studio audience, at limited capacity. The artists are vying for their coach’s confidence and decision to take them to the next round.
After each vocal battle, the coach must choose which of his or her artists will advance to the next round of competition. Each coach will have one save and one steal in the Battle Rounds.
The losing artist is available to be saved by their own coach, but with the steals still in play, the artist could potentially choose to go with a different coach, leading to even tougher decisions for the coaches and artists. Artists who won their battle, were saved by their own coach or were stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockouts.”
Here are the teams:
- Team Ariana Grande - Katie Rae, Katherine Ann Mohler, Vaughn Mugol, Jim and Sasha Allen, Chavon Rogers, Raquel Trinidad, Hailey Mia, Bella DeNapoli, David Vogel, Ryleigh Plank, Sophia Bromberg and KCK3
- Team Kelly Clarkson - Girl Named Tom, Kinsey Rose, Gymani, Carolina Alonso, Jeremy Rosado, Holly Forbes, The Cunningham Sisters, Jershika Maple, Xavier Cornell, Wyatt Michael, Aaron Hines and Parker McKay
- Team Blake Shelton - Peedy Chavis, Wendy Mote, Hailey Green, Lana Scott, The Joy Reunion, Carson Peters, Kaitlyn Velez, Berritt Haynes, Clint Sherman, Manny Keith, Libianca and Tommy Edwards
- Team John Legend - Jonathan Mouton, Jack Rogan, Joshua Vacanti, Paris Winningham, Samuel Harness, Keilah Grace, Samara Brown, Janora Brown, KJ Jennings, Sabrina Dias, Brittanybree and Shadale
During the next stage of the competition, the Knockout Rounds, Grammy Award-winning artist Ed Sheeran will serve as the mega mentor.