Rock Center with Brian Williams (2011-present) Similarly, Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani will assume Green and Aguilera’s positions as coaches in season seven. Shakira and Usher took the places of Aguilera and Green in seasons four and six.

The original coaching panel consisted of Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. Each coach guides their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists’ performances. The show proved to be a hit for NBC and was subsequently expanded into the fall cycle when season three premiered on September 10, 2012. The Voice began airing on April 26, 2011, as a spring TV season program. There have been six winners of the show to date: Javier Colon, Jermaine Paul, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery, Tessanne Chin, and Josh Kaufman. They receive US$100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group for winning the competition. The winner is determined by viewers by voting through telephone, Internet, SMS text, and iTunes Store purchases of artists’ performances. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, the concept of the series is to find new singing talent (solo or duets) contested by aspiring singers, age 15 or over, drawn from public auditions. The Voice is an American reality television singing competition broadcast on NBC. NBC LIVE: THE VOICE has become the most popular show on NBC.

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