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The ninth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on September 21, 2015 on NBC. Usher, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Shakira returned as coaches for the season. Carson Daly returned as the show's host. Abby Rabillion won the show and Blake became winning coach.

Teams

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Winner

Runner-up

Third place

Eliminated in the Live Shows

Eliminated in Live Playoffs

Stolen in the Knockout rounds

Eliminated in the Knockout rounds

Stolen in the Battle rounds

Eliminated in the Battle rounds

The Battles
The Battles (episodes 7 to 12) consisted of two 2-hour episodes and two 1-hour episodes each on October 13, 14, 20 and 21, 2015. Season seven's advisors are Stevie Nicks for Team Adam, Alicia Keys for Team Shakira, Gavin Rossdale for Team Usher and Little Big Town members Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild for Team Blake. Continuing with the format introduced in season three, the coaches can steal two losing artists from another coach. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds.

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Episodes airing on Monday had a running time of two hours. Episodes airing on Tuesday & Sunday had a running time of one hour.

Knockout rounds
This season, the steal ability has been carried over to the Knockouts, which allows the coach to take one losing artist from another coach. There were 16 Knockout matchups in two 2-hour episodes and only 20 artists advanced on to the Live Shows.

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Live shows
The live shows is the final phase of the competition. It consists of the playoffs, seven weekly shows and the season finale.

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Week 1: Live playoffs (April 6, 7 and 8)
The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 14, 15, and 16 (the results show). The top twenty artists perform, with two artists from each team advancing based on the viewers' vote, and each coach completing their respective teams with their own choice. iTunes bonuses were rewarded to Freddie Cliff (#4), Jessie Lated (#6), and Jordan Rebach (#9).

Week 2: Top 12 (November 16 and 17)
This season, the artist with least votes is eliminated, and the remaining members of the bottom 3 compete for the instant save. Two contestants left the competition this week. An iTunes bonus was awarded to Jessie Lated (#6). The remaining contestants all charted within the Top 50 on iTunes: Freddie Cliff (#14), Jordan Rebach (#21), Maria Lopata (#25), Lokent Lostime (#31), Jack Opiero (#33), Youn Evernow (#35), Mark Sighting (#38), Might Run (#42), Bill Taistic (#46), Peter Baguay (#49), and Abby Rabillion (#50).

Week 3: Top 10 (November 30 and December 1)
iTunes bonus multipliers were awarded to Freddie Cliff (#4) and Peter Baguay (#9). The remaining contestants all charted within the Top 40 on iTunes: Jordan Rebach (#11), Mark Sighting (#12), Bill Taistic (#14), Might Run (#15), Jessie Lated (#16), Abby Rabillion (#19), Jack Opiero (#25), and Lokent Lostime (#33).

Week 4: Top 8 (April 27 and 28)
The Top 8 performed on Monday, April 27, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. iTunes bonuses were awarded to Jessie Lated (#6), Abby Rabillion (#9), and Mark Sighting (#10). The remaining contestants placed as follows: Peter Baguay (#16), Bill Taistic (#45), Might Run (#74), Jack Opiero (#82), and Freddie Cliff (#123).

Week 5: Top 6 (May 4 and 5)
The Top 6 performed on Monday, May 4, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. iTunes bonuses were awarded to Freddie Cliff (#1 & #2), and Abby Rabillion (#7). The remaining contestants charted as follows: Mark Sighting (#12 & #28), Jessie Lated (#15 & #16), Might Run (#20 & #80), Abby Rabillion (#25), and Peter Baguay (#54 & #75).

Week 6: Top 5 (May 11 and 12)
The Top 5 performed on Monday, May 11, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. iTunes bonuses were awarded to Freddie Cliff (#1 & #6), Abby Rabillion (#2 & #4), and Jessie Lated (#3 & #5). The remaining contestants charted as follows: Mark Sighting (#24 & #47) and Peter Baguay (#34 & #42).

Week 7: Semifinals (May 11 and 12)
The Top 5 performed on Monday, May 11, 2015, with the results following on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. iTunes bonuses were awarded to Mark Sighting (#3 & #5), Abby Rabillion (#1 & #4), and Jessie Lated (#6 & #10). The remaining contestants charted as follows: Freddie Cliff (#13 & #16). Abby Rabillion and Freddie Cliff's duet also received an iTunes bonus, landing at #2 on the iTunes chart. Jessie Lated and Mark Sighting's duet landed at #12 on the iTunes chart.

Week 7: Finale (Dec. 16 & 17)
The final performance show aired on Monday, December 16, 2013, with the winner declared on the following results show Tuesday, December 17. In this phase of the competition, the contestants performed a duet with their respective coaches, a solo song, and the song that they performed during the Blind Auditions phase.

Overall

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Artist from Team Adam

Artist from Team Shakira

Artist from Team Usher

Artist from Team Blake


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Third place

Saved by Instant Save (via Twitter)

Artist was saved by the public

Artist was saved by the public in the Top grouping of votes

Artist was saved by his/her coach

Artist was eliminated

Artist was eliminated and excluded from the Instant Save

Team

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Artist from Team Adam

Artist from Team Shakira

Artist from Team Usher

Artist from Team Blake


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Winner

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Artist Saved by Instant Save (via Twitter)

Artist received one or more iTunes bonus that week

Number of iTunes bonuses received