The Voice

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The Voice
Date	September-December 2012
Venue	Universal Studios

The Voice is a TV show where singers compete for a grand prize of $100,000 and a recording contract with Universal Music Group. Successful artists have come out of the show, such as Cassadee Pope, Melanie Martinez, and Christina Grimmie. Melanie was a contestant on the third season of the show, and she was eliminated during the fifth week.

Rounds

Blind auditions

During the first stage of the show, the blind auditions, coaches are turned around in chairs facing the audience. One person at a time sings, and if the coach wants them to be on their team, they will press a button on their chair. The chair will then turn around to face the singer. If no judges turn around, the contestant is sent home. If more than one turn around, the contestant chooses who they want. The coaches will have 16 contestants on their team at the end, so they choose carefully.

Battles

During the battles, two members of the same team battle each other with the same song. Then, their coach picks a winner. The loser most often will get sent home, although occasionally they will get stolen by another coach by pressing their button, starting in Season 3. If multiple coaches steal, then the contestant will pick which team they want to go to.

Knockout rounds

Introduced in Season 3, the knockout rounds are the third part of The Voice. Two artists from a team are paired up, although they each sing individual songs. They perform these in succession, and are only told who their partner is a few minutes before they perform. At the end of the two performances, their coach picks who moves on to the next round. Like Battles, coaches could steal artists beginning in Season 5.

Live performances

Artists perform in weekly shows, this time for public vote. These rounds eventually narrow the show down to a final winner.

Performances

These are the songs that Melanie covered while on The Voice.

Round	Song	Original artist	Date	Order	Result
Blind auditions	"Toxic"	Britney Spears	September 7, 2012	1	Three chairs turned. Joined Team Adam
Battle rounds	"Lights" vs. Caitlin Michele	Ellie Goulding	October 15, 2012	5	Won
Knockout rounds	"Bulletproof" vs. Sam James	La Roux	October 19, 2012	5	Won
Live playoffs	"Hit the Road Jack"	Ray Charles	November 5, 2012	3	Failed to score public's vote. Saved by Adam
Top 12	"Cough Syrup"	Young the Giant	November 12, 2012	9	Advanced
Top 10	"Seven Nation Army" ⭐️	The White Stripes	November 19, 2012	3	Received iTunes bonus (votes 10x). Advanced
Top 8	"Too Close" ⭐️	Alex Clare	November 26, 2012	4	Received iTunes bonus (votes 10x). Advanced
Top 6	"Crazy" (Melanie's choice)	Gnarls Barkley	December 3, 2012	6	Eliminated
	"The Show" (Adam's choice)	Lenka		10

Non-competition performances

These are songs performed outside of Battle Rounds.

Round	Song	Original artist	Date	Order
Live playoffs	"Peace of Mind" (with Team Adam and Team Blake)	Boston	November 5, 2012	1
Live playoffs results	"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" (with Team Adam and Team Blake)	Kelly Clarkson	November 8, 2012	1
Top 10 live results	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (with Adam Levine, Bryan Keith and Amanda Brown)	Queen	November 20, 2012	2
Top 10 live results	"I Want You to Want Me" (with Team Adam and Team CeeLo)	Cheap Trick	Unaired	N/A
Top 8	"Move Along" (with Terry McDermott, Cassadee Pope and Dez Duron)	All American Rejects	November 26, 2012	1
Top 8 live results	"Rhythm of Love" (with Terry McDermott, Nicholas David and Cody Belew)	Plain White	November 27, 2012	3
Top 6 live results	"Criminal" (with Nicolas David) (with Cody Belew)	Fiona Apple	December 4, 2012	3
Top 3 (finale)	"Hallelujah" (with season 3 of The Voice participants)	Leonard Cohen	December 17, 2012	1
Live finale results	"It's Time" (with Cassadee Pope, Liz Davis and De'Borah)	Imagine Dragons	December 18, 2012	7

Cast

This was the cast during Melanie's time on The Voice.

Coaches

Adam Levine

Blake Shelton

CeeLo Green

Christina Aguilera

Hosts

Carson Daly

Christina Milian (social media)

Gallery

To view the gallery of The Voice, click here.

Trivia

• Melanie almost didn't make it to her audition because her family's car broke down.^{[citation needed]}
• Melanie has shared her experience on The Voice through an interview on Alternative Press, saying the following: ^{[citation needed]}

I don't think I'd be as comfortable doing interviews or [being] on camera or anything like that if i wasn't on that show. It really did teach me a lot about coming out of my shell. It was weird because i felt like i was the only one on that show who was wanting to write original music and put out original music. I don't like that I'm going to be stamped with that on my forehead forever, if you look on iTunes, they had songs that we had to do with them. Things like that, that it's like, 'How do i remove this?' You can't. It's just weird things like that.

• Melanie's favorite performance was "Toxic".
• Melanie's favorite outfit on The Voice was the one she wore on her "Crazy" performance.
• Melanie didn't really like singing "The Show" because "it was way too cutesy".
• Melanie was 16 when she made the open call and turned 17 when she auditioned.
• Melanie struggled to get a record label after her time on The Voice because they didn't want to sign someone from a reality TV show.^{[citation needed]}