The Voice is an American singing reality competition television series that premiered on NBC on April 26, 2011.

[2] The winner is determined by television viewers voting by telephone, internet, SMS text, and iTunes Store purchases of the audio-recorded artists' vocal performances.

The winners of the twenty-six seasons have been: Javier Colon, Jermaine Paul, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery, Tessanne Chin, Josh Kaufman, Craig Wayne Boyd, Sawyer Fredericks, Jordan Smith, Alisan Porter, Sundance Head, Chris Blue, Chloe Kohanski, Brynn Cartelli, Chevel Shepherd, Maelyn Jarmon, Jake Hoot, Todd Tilghman, Carter Rubin, Cam Anthony, Girl Named Tom, Bryce Leatherwood, Gina Miles, Huntley, Asher HaVon, and Sofronio Vasquez.

Notable contestants who did not win but went on to have success on the Billboard charts afterwards include Morgan Wallen, Melanie Martinez, Libianca, Christina Grimmie, Loren Allred, Nicolle Galyon, Koryn Hawthorne and Fousheé.

[3] Other coaches from previous seasons include Shakira, Usher, Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Jonas, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Chance the Rapper, Niall Horan, Reba McEntire, Dan + Shay, and Snoop Dogg.

In the "Battle Rounds", each coach pairs two of their team members to perform together, then chooses one to advance in the competition.

Saves were also added starting Season 14, which lets a coach prevent someone that they eliminated on their team from going home; in Season 23, Saves are replaced with "Playoff Pass" (based on the Battle Pass from the Australian version) which allow one artist to exempt them from participating in the Knockouts and directly advance to the Playoffs (the other artist advancing to the Knockouts as usual).

From season 18 till 20, artists who were saved faced a Four-Way Knockout, with the winner decided through a public vote.

With one team member remaining for each coach, the contestants compete against each other in the finale, where the outcome is decided solely by public vote.

Season 18–20 temporarily reverted this format allowing each coach to guarantee at least one artist advancing in the finale to accommodate the short number of live shows at three weeks,[12] but these changes were reversed on Season 21 by reverting to the regular elimination format while retaining the top five finalists.

In season five, the iTunes bonus multiplier was reduced to five for the studio versions of the songs performed by the competitors.

With the introduction of the Knockout Rounds in season three, where each contestant sang a separate song, only the winner's single was released.

CeeLo Green of Gnarls Barkley and Adam Levine of Maroon 5 became the first confirmed coaches in February 2011,[17] followed by Christina Aguilera[18] and Blake Shelton in March.

[24] On April 19, 2014, it was announced that No Doubt's Gwen Stefani would replace Aguilera in season seven due to her pregnancy.

[29] On April 27, 2017, in an interview published by TV Insider, Keys confirmed that the twelfth season would be her last.

"[30] On May 10, 2017, NBC announced that Jennifer Hudson would join the coaches lineup for the series' thirteenth season alongside Cyrus, Levine and Shelton.

[33] On May 10, 2018, it was announced that Hudson would return for the series' fifteenth season after a one-season hiatus joining Clarkson, Levine, and Shelton.

[40] In November of the same year, it was announced Stefani would again depart the coaching panel ahead of its twentieth season, and would be replaced by a returning Jonas.

[41] In March 2021, it was announced that Ariana Grande would replace Jonas for season twenty-one alongside returning coaches Clarkson, Legend and Shelton.

[46] On October 11, 2022, it was confirmed that Shelton and Clarkson would be returning for season 23, along with new coaches Chance the Rapper and Niall Horan.

[48] The following day, it was announced that Reba McEntire would join the panel, alongside returning coaches Horan, Legend and Stefani.

[56] Alison Haislip served as the original "backstage, online, and social media correspondent,"[57] and she was replaced by Christina Milian.

Milian did not return for season five, at which point Daly assumed the duties as the social media correspondent.

The second season premiered on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, 2012, and for a while managed to keep a 6.0 in the adults 18–49 demographic and 17 million viewers.

On Tuesdays, comedies Go On and The New Normal has been successful thanks to The Voice, leading NBC to be the only network of the Big 5 to grow in ratings from last season.

†^ Including an episode that aired after a live broadcast of the Super Bowl:[127] The Voice: I Want You is a video game based on the television show.

In Asia, the series began airing on August 21, 2011, on AXN and was transferred to Star World (now Fox Life) starting in Season 11 until cessation of transmission on October 1, 2021.

[128] It premiered in New Zealand on July 16, 2011, on TV2, in Australia on August 9, 2011, on Go!, in South Africa on October 5, 2011, on SABC 3, and on March 31, 2012, in the Philippines on Studio 23 (later known as S+A).