The thirteenth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 25, 2017, on NBC.

On May 10, 2017, NBC announced that Jennifer Hudson would join as a coach, following her success on The Voice UK, Alicia Keys returned for Season 14 in the spring of 2018.

As in season six and for the first time since then, the Playoffs were prerecorded and hence no interactive viewer voting component or subsequent results shows.

As in seasons 9, 10, and 12, four previously eliminated artists were chosen by the coaches to come back for the Playoffs.

[citation needed] This season is the first to have the Playoffs taped on the same stage as the Battles and the Knockouts.

The Instant Save returned once again this season, with the bottom two artists performing for a spot in the next round via the viewers' votes from Twitter.

[citation needed] iTunes bonuses this week was awarded to Addison Agen (#9).

[9] In addition, the show's official YouTube channel released a video starring the cast of Pitch Perfect 3 and the Top 12 singing "Freedom!

In the semifinals, three artists will automatically move to next week's finale, the two artists with the fewest votes will be immediately eliminated and the middle three will contend for the remaining spot in the next week's finals via the Instant Save.

Davon Fleming's "Gravity" was in the Top 10 earlier Tuesday, but it had fallen to #11 by the voting deadline.