Christina
Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton Set to
Return to 'The Voice' in Fall
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CHRISTINA
AGUILERA, CEELO GREEN, ADAM LEVINE AND BLAKE SHELTON SET TO
RETURN TO ‘The Voice’
IN FALL
SHAKIRA AND USHER WILL RENEW THEIR CURRENT POSITIONS AS
COACHES AND RE-TEAM WITH LEVINE AND SHELTON IN SPRING 2014
CYCLE
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — May 17, 2013 — Illustrating the
continuity between its original and current coaches lineup,
“The Voice”
will bring back Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam
Levine and Blake Shelton for its fifth cycle in fall and
will pair Levine and Shelton with Shakira and Usher for
the sixth cycle in midseason. Carson Daly will
return as host for both cycles.
The announcement was made by Paul Telegdy, President of
Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment.
“We locked in a plan several months ago to have the
outstanding Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green rejoin Blake
and Adam for cycle 5, and we’re pleased to announce that
the original four coaches are going to be back together in
the fall,” said Telegdy. “They’re the reason this show was
launched so strong for the first three cycles and we owe
them a debt of gratitude. And after careful consideration
of everyone’s schedules for next spring, we are excited to
be returning the current cycle of judges — Shakira and
Usher along with Blake and Adam — for cycle 6, which will
premiere after the Winter Olympics.”
“We’re very fortunate to have these six incredible artists
to weave in and out of the show as their performing and
recording schedules permit,” said NBC Entertainment
Chairman Robert Greenblatt. “The show has taken off largely
due to the rapport and commitment of these great coaches,
in addition to the expert hosting of Carson Daly.”
"I am so thrilled that our Voice family has grown from four
coaches to six," said executive producer Mark Burnett. This
show thrives on the ability of our coaches to continue to
balance their enormous music careers with working on The Voice to
coach some of the best undiscovered talent in America.
The coaching panel of Christina, CeeLo, Adam and Blake
was at the heart of this show in its first three seasons
and we are so lucky to have found equal success with
Shakira and Usher in season four. Our best seasons
are ahead of us."
The current cycle of “The Voice” is
averaging a 5.2 rating, 14
share in adults 18-49 and 14.5 million viewers overall
on Monday nights, making it the season’s #3 primetime
series on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49, as well
as the #2 entertainment series and the #1 reality
series, according to “most current” results from Nielsen
Media Research. The Tuesday edition is averaging a
4.7/14 in 18-49 and 13.4 million viewers overall, making
it the #4 entertainment series on in 18-49. Every
telecast of “The Voice” so
far this cycle, excluding recap episodes, has won its
time period in adults 18-49.
Shelton, Levine, Green and Aguilera were the coaches for
the first three seasons of “The Voice,” and helped
establish the musical competition series as a dominant
ratings force. Shakira and Usher have only built on that,
continuing to make “The Voice” a Nielsen hit.
Shakira and Usher will reteam with Shelton and Levine in
midseason. The show will receive plenty of promotional pop
during NBC’s coverage of the February Winter Olympics from
Sochi, Russia.
Aguilera, who served as a coach on “The Voice” for the
first three seasons, has sold over 50 million albums
worldwide and recorded six #1 singles on the Billboard Hot
100 chart. Billboard named Aguilera as the top female
artist of 2000 and 2003 and Rolling Stone named her one of
the 30 best voices of our decade.
In 2013 she was named as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential
People in the World.
Green, a highly popular “Voice” coach from the first three
seasons as well, is set to release the forthcoming new solo
album “Girl Power,” Goodie Mob album “Age Against the
Machine” and also recently launched his Las Vegas residency
show “CeeLo Green Is Loberace” at the Planet Hollywood
Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. The
singer-songwriter-actor is a five-time Grammy Award winner
and has also appeared on several television shows,
including “Saturday
Night Live” and
“Parenthood.
In addition, he was seen by more than 100 million viewers
during the 2012 Super Bowl halftime
show with Madonna.
Levine has been a coach on “The Voice” since the show’s
debut in April 2011. He is also the lead singer for
supergroup Maroon 5, which has sold more than 17 million
albums. The group’s third single, “Daylight,” from its
“Overexposed” album, recently claimed the #1 spot on both
Top 40 and Hot AC radio charts.
In the process, the band set a record for the most #1’s
(six in total) by a group in the Top 40 chart’s 20-year
history. Their new single “Love Somebody” will debut May 20
on “The Voice.” Together, with his band Maroon 5, Levine
has received three Grammy Awards and 11 nominations
Shakira, who will work on her upcoming album before
returning to “The Voice” for the sixth season, has sold
over 60 million records worldwide and has won numerous
awards, including two Grammys, nine Latin Grammys, three
American Music Awards and five Billboard Music Awards, to
name a few. She is the only artist from South America to
have a #1 song in the United States. She has had four of
the 20 top-selling hits of the last decade, including
2006’s unforgettable “Hips Don’t Lie,” the biggest-selling
single of the 21st century, which reached the #1 spot in an
astonishing 55 countries.
Blake Shelton is CMA Awards’ reigning Entertainer of the
Year and three-peat Male Vocalist of the
Year. With
eight consecutive No. 1 singles (13 overall), Shelton is
one of the “most versatile of contemporary country singers"
(The New York Times). His infectious multi-week No.1 hit
“Honey Bee” still holds the record for the fastest-selling
digital platinum single for a male country solo artist and
his current smash hit, “Boys ‘Round Here,” is his fastest
rising single to date.
“To a purist, Mr. Shelton is a savvy student of tradition.
To a would-be Outlaw, he’s
forever adding a wink. He’s a star who is only as explicit
as you want him to be,” said Jon Caramanica, The New York
Times. Shelton’s passion for country music and his
commitment to mentoring his teammates from “The
Voice” make him
an incredible ambassador for country music. Shelton kicks
off his “Ten Times Crazier Tour” July 19 in Virginia Beach,
Va. For additional dates, visit: www.BlakeShelton.com
With a busy year ahead, Usher is set to start production on
the film “Hands of Stone” and continue working on his
eighth studio album, in which he will continue to delve
into his creative process through his songwriting and
collaborations with other artists.
In “Hands of Stone,” Usher will play boxer Sugar Ray
Leonard. The film, which is a biopic of boxer Roberto
Duran, is being shot in Panama and co-stars Edgar Ramirez
and Robert De Niro.
Usher has been ranked by the Recording Industry Assn. of
America as one of the best-selling artists in American
music history, having sold over 44 million albums
worldwide. He has won numerous awards including seven
Grammy Awards and was named the #1 Hot 100 artist of the
2000s decade. Billboard named him the second most
successful artist of the 2000s decade, with his
career-propelling 2004 album “Confessions” being ranked as
the top solo album of the 2000s decade. Usher has attained
nine Hot 100 #1 hits (all as a lead artist) and 18 Hot 100
top-10 singles.
The show’s innovative format features four stages of
competition: the first begins with the blind audition, then
the battle round, the brand new knockouts and finally, the
live performance shows.
During the blind auditions, the decisions from the musician
coaches are based solely on voice and not on looks. The
coaches hear the artists perform, but they don’t get to see
them -- thanks to rotating chairs. If a coach is impressed
by the artist’s voice, he/she pushes a button to select the
artist for his/her team. At this point, the coach’s chair
will swivel so that he/she can face the artist he/she has
selected. If more than one coach pushes their button, the
power then shifts to the artist to choose which coach they
want to work with. If no coach pushes their button, the
artist is eliminated from the competition.
Once the teams are set, the battle is on. Coaches will
dedicate themselves to developing their team of artists,
giving them advice, and sharing the secrets of their
success along with the help from their celebrity advisers.
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 studio audience.
After the vocal battle, the coach must choose which of
his/her singers will advance to the next round of
competition, while the losing artist is available to be
stolen by another coach. Each coach has two steals during
the battle rounds.
At the end of the battles, only the strongest members of
each coach’s roster remain and proceed to the new knockout
rounds. The artists will be paired again with a member of
their team, but this time they find out only minutes before
performing who they are being compared against. The artists
each select their own song to perform individually, while
their direct competitor watches and waits. They are vying
for their coach’s confidence and decision to take them to
the live shows. Their coach will choose the winner and the
artist not selected will be sent home.
In the final live performance phase of the competition, the
top artists from each team will compete each week against
each other during a live broadcast. The television audience
will vote to save their favorite artists and the two
artists with the lowest number of votes will be sent home
each week. In the end, one will be named “The Voice” and
will receive the grand prize of a recording contract.
“The Voice” is a presentation of Mark Burnett’s One Three
Inc., Talpa Media USA Inc. and Warner Horizon Television.
The series was created by John de Mol, who
executive-produces along with Burnett, Audrey Morrissey,
Stijn Bakkers and Lee Metzger.
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