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The third season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 10, 2012 on NBC. NBC officially announced The Voice ' s renewal on May 13, 2012, during its 2012–13 upfront presentation, with the show returning as a fall series. Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and CeeLo Green continued as coaches.

Cassadee Pope was announced as the winner of the season with first female winner, marking Blake Shelton's second win & back-to-back win as a coach.

Auditions, coaches, and hosts
Auditions for were held on July 7 to August 12, 2012 in Memphis, Minneapolis, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles.

All original coaches signed on for season three.

Mary J. Blige, Michael Bublé, Rob Thomas, and Billie Joe Armstrong joined the show as advisers for Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, CeeLo Green, and Christina Aguilera's teams respectively during the Battle Rounds segment of the show. Christina, Blake, and Cee Lo brought in Ron Fair, Scott Hendricks, and Jennifer Hudson respectively to help coach in the episode, Top 10 Perform Live. Cee Lo brought in Bill Withers to coach Nicholas David the following week, and was sick during rehearsals for the subsequent week, so he brought in Pat Monahan, lead singer for Train, to coach all his artists that week, while still choosing his team members' songs and keeping in touch with them on the phone.

Teams

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Winner

Runner-up

Third place

Fourth place

Eliminated in the Live Shows

Eliminated in Live Playoffs

Selected by another coach as their Coach Comeback

Stolen in the Knockout rounds

Eliminated in the Knockout rounds

Stolen in the Battle rounds

Eliminated in the Battle rounds

Blind auditions

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Episode 1 (Sept. 10)
The third season two-hour premiere aired on Monday, September 10, 2012. The coaches performed "Start Me Up" at the start of the show.

Episode 2 (Sept. 11)
This was the first episode in which a coach did not get any acts. The second one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.

Episode 3 (Sept. 12)
The third one-hour episode was broadcast on Wednesday, September 12, 2012.

Episode 4 (Sept. 17)
The fourth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, September 17, 2012.

A preview of Christina Aguilera's video for Your Body was televised.

Episode 5 (Sept. 18)
The fifth one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 18, 2012.

Episode 6 (Sept. 24)
The sixth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, September 24, 2012.

Episode 7 (Sept. 25)
The seventh one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, September 25, 2012.

Episode 8 (Oct. 1)
The eighth two-hour episode was broadcast on Monday, October 1, 2012.

Episode 9: The Best of the Blind Auditions (Oct. 2)
The ninth one-hour episode was broadcast on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, recapping some of the best moments of the blind auditions.

The Battles
The Battle Rounds were broadcast from Monday, October 8 to Tuesday, October 23. 'Steals' were introduced this season, where each coach could steal two contestants from another team when they lost their battle round. The name of the coach who was chosen by the stolen contestant is ticked. The advisors for these episodes are: Mary J. Blige working with Adam Levine; Michael Bublé working with Blake Shelton; Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty) working with Cee Lo Green; and Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) working with Christina Aguilera.


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The Knockouts
The Knockouts were broadcast from Monday, October 29 to Tuesday, October 30.

After the Battle Round, each coach had 10 contestants for the Knockouts. Each episode featured knockout battles consisting of pairings from within each team. The contestants were not told who they were up against until the day of the Knockout. Each contestant sang a song of their own choice, back to back, and each knockout concluded with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants; the five winners for each coach advanced to the live shows.


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Live shows

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Week 1: Live playoffs (November 5, 7 & 8)
The live playoffs were aired on November 5 and 7, followed by a results show on November 8. Performances were intentionally stripped down compared to previous seasons, so that there is greater focus on the voices of the artists. Special guests included Taylor Kinney from Chicago Fire in the audience.


 * Guest Performance: Jermaine Paul – "I Believe in This Life"

Week 2: Top 12 (Nov 12 & 13)
The live top 12 performances were aired on November 12, followed by a results show on November 13.

From this point on in the competition, all remaining contestants performed live each week, and only the public's vote determined which contestants advanced in the competition. Unlike previous seasons, rather than each team eliminating equal numbers of contestants each week, third season eliminations applied individually without regard to contestants' team affiliation (meaning that all artists competed head-to-head against all remaining contestants each week), introducing the possibility of a final four without equal team representation.

Additionally, producers made changes in the voting system with regards to iTunes singles purchases, announced during the results show. Previous voting via iTunes purchases of contestant performances had previously only counted singly during the official voting window and only accredited to the live show in concern. As of this week in the competition, if a competitor's performance stays within the Top 10 of the iTunes "Top 200 Single Chart" (updated hourly) until the close of voting, it will be given an iTunes bonus that multiplies iTunes votes made in the 24-hour voting window by ten. The finale's vote count will have include a 'Cumulative iTunes Vote Total' of all singles (from Top 12 onwards) purchased during and outside of the various voting windows, with iTunes bonus previously earned.


 * Guest Performance: Jason Aldean – "The Only Way I Know" (with Bryan Keith & Dez Duron)

Week 3: Top 10 (Nov 19 & 20)
The live top 10 performances aired on November 19, followed by a results show on November 20. Christina, Blake and Cee Lo brought in Ron Fair, Scott Hendricks and Jennifer Hudson respectively to help in this week's coaching. Other special guests included lead actors from the cast of Guys with Kids in the audience.

Cassadee Pope was the only contestant cracked the Top 10 on iTunes. She became the first contestant to hit #1 on iTunes overall chart in The Voice history.


 * Guest Performance: Rascal Flatts – "Changed"


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 * 1)  Viewers voted between a performance of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" by Team Blake & Team Christina, or "I Want You to Want Me" by Team Adam & Team Cee Lo via Twitter during the airing of the results show.

Week 4: Top 8 (Nov 26 & 27)
The live top 8 performances aired on November 26, followed by a results show on November 27. Cee Lo brought in Bill Withers, the original singer/songwriter of "Lean on Me" to help coach Nicholas David this week.

Cassadee Pope, Melanie Martinez and Nicholas David received the iTunes bonus multiplier, with their studio recordings reaching the second, the third and the eighth positions on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window, respectively.

With the elimination of Dez Duron, Christina Aguilera no longer has any artists remaining on her team. For the first time in the series, not all coaches will be represented in the finale.


 * Guest Performance: 50 Cent featuring Adam Levine – "My Life"

Week 5: Top 6 (Dec 3 & 4)
The live top 6 performances aired on December 3, followed by a results show on December 4. Each contestant sang two songs, one of their choice, and one of the coach's choice. Coach Cee Lo was sick during rehearsals, so he brought in Pat Monahan, lead singer for Train, to coach his artists this week, while still choosing his team members' songs and keeping in touch with them on the phone.

This week, five performances reached Top 10 on iTunes as follows Terry McDermott (#2), Cassadee Pope (#3 & #7), Nicholas David (#4) and Trevin Hunte (#8).

With the eliminations of Melanie Martinez and Amanda Brown, Adam Levine no longer has any artists remaining on his team.


 * Guest Performance: Ne-Yo – "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)", Matchbox Twenty – "Overjoyed".

Week 6: Semifinals (Dec 10 & 11)
The semifinal performances aired on December 10, followed by a results show on December 11. Special guests included Howie Mandel from Take It All and Of Monsters and Men, whose song "Little Talks" was covered in a non-competition performance, in the audience. Tony Lucca was also interviewed for a short while with his coach from last season, Adam Levine, in the Sprint Skybox.

Cassadee Pope, Terry McDermott and Nicholas David received the iTunes bonus multiplier, with their studio recordings reaching the first, the second and the fourth positions on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window, respectively.


 * Guest Performances: Michael Bublé – "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", Juliet Simms – "Wild Child", RaeLynn – "Boyfriend", Chris Mann – "Roads"

Week 7: Finale (Dec 17 & 18)
The final performances aired on December 17, followed by a results show on December 18. Each finalist would perform three times: a reprise of a past performance, a duet with their coach, and a solo performance. Special guests included the cast of 1600 Penn and The Biggest Loser in the audience.

Three performances reached Top 10 on iTunes as follows Cassadee Pope (#1 & #6) and Terry McDermott (#5).


 * Guest performances: Rihanna – "Diamonds", The Killers – "Here With Me", Kelly Clarkson – "Catch My Breath", Bruno Mars – "When I Was Your Man"


 * 1)  The performance was a tribute to the Newtown, Connecticut shooting victims, and placards displaying the names and ages of the victims were held by the performers.

Overall

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Artist from Team Adam

Artist from Team CeeLo

Artist from Team Christina

Artist from Team Blake


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Winner

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Third Place

Artist was saved by his/her coach

Artist was saved by the public

Artist was eliminated

Team

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Artist from Team Adam

Artist from Team CeeLo

Artist from Team Christina

Artist from Team Blake


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Winner

Runner-up

Third place

Eliminated

Artist received one or more iTunes bonus that week (applicable from week 3 onwards)

Number of iTunes bonuses received

Artists' appearances elsewhere

 * Daniel Rosa, Sam James, and Dez Duron sang in the blind auditions in season two and failed to make a team
 * JR Aquino and Alessandra Guercio reached the Hollywood rounds of American Idol in seasons four and ten respectively, but did not reach the Top 24.
 * Liz Davis was the winner of P. Diddy's Starmaker
 * DOMO appeared on America's Best Dance Crew – season four as a member of Rhythm City.
 * Adanna Duru later became a finalist on the fourteenth season of "American Idol."
 * MacKenzie Bourg later made the Top 24 on the fifteenth season season of American Idol and finished in fourth place.
 * Loren Allred would go on to provide the singing voice behind Rebecca Ferguson's character Jenny Lind in the 2017 movie The Greatest Showman, performing the song "Never Enough" which has since certified Gold in the United Kingdom and the United States, and has charted in several other countries. The reprise has since certified Silver in the UK. She has also featured on Hardwell's and KAAZE's "This Is Love".
 * Sam James would later go on Season 1 of Songland.
 * Cassadee Pope would later go on the Season 3 episode of Lip Sync Battle: "Dustin Lynch vs. Cassadee Pope".

Ratings
Season three premiered on September 10, 2012 and was watched by 12.28 million viewers with a 4.2 rating in the key 18–49 demographic. It was down 39 percent in the demo from last season's premiere. The Voice aired three times during its first week, going up against The X Factor on September 12, 2012. This show was highly criticised by Simon Cowell, who said that The X Factor would win in ratings. However, both The Voice and The X Factor tied on September 12, 2012, both with a 3.4 rating in the 18–49 demographic, but The Voice won in total viewers. In its regular time slot on Mondays and Tuesdays, The Voice airs opposite Dancing with the Stars.