The Voice (American TV series) season 22

The twenty-second season of the American reality television series The Voice premiered September 19, 2022, on NBC. Blake Shelton and John Legend returned as coaches for their twenty-second and seventh seasons, respectively. Gwen Stefani, who last coached on season 19, returned as a coach for her sixth season. Camila Cabello made her first appearance as a coach this season. Meanwhile, Carson Daly returned as host for his twenty-second season.^[1]

The Voice
Season 22
Promotional poster featuring coaches Shelton, Stefani, Cabello, and Legend
Hosted by	Carson Daly
Coaches	John Legend Gwen Stefani Camila Cabello Blake Shelton
No. of contestants	56 artists
Winner	Bryce Leatherwood
Winning coach	Blake Shelton
Runner-up	bodie
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 19 (2022-09-19) – December 13, 2022 (2022-12-13)
Season chronology

Bryce Leatherwood was named the winner of the season, marking Blake Shelton's record-extending ninth and final win as a coach. His victory is the first instance in which a contestant who had been saved by a Wild Card instant save would go on to win the entire competition.

This season is also the first season without studio performances released on any platform.

Panelists

Coaches and host

Coaches and Host of The Voice Season 22

John Legend

Gwen Stefani

Camila Cabello

Blake Shelton

Carson Daly

In May 2022, NBC announced that there would be a change in the show's roster of coaches. Of the four coaches that appeared on the previous season, only Blake Shelton and John Legend continue, with Shelton returning for his twenty-second season and Legend returning for his seventh. Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande both exited the panel, with Gwen Stefani returning for her sixth season and Camila Cabello returning for her second time on the show and joining as a first-time coach.^[2] Cabello previously served as the battle advisor for Team Legend in the previous season. Carson Daly returned for his twenty-second season as host.^[3]

Battle advisors

The teams' battle advisors were revealed on August 17, 2022. The battle advisors for this season are Jazmine Sullivan for Team Legend, Sean Paul for Team Gwen, Charlie Puth for Team Camila, and Jimmie Allen for Team Blake.^[4]

Teams

Teams color key

	Winner								Eliminated in the Live shows
	Runner-up								Eliminated in the Live playoffs
	Third place								Stolen in the Knockouts
	Fourth place								Eliminated in the Knockouts
	Fifth place								Stolen in the Battles
									Eliminated in the Battles

Coaches' teams

Coach	Top 56 Artists
John Legend
	Omar Jose Cardona	Parijita Bastola	Kim Cruse	Sasha Hurtado
	Peyton Aldridge	Emma Brooke	Valarie Harding	Ian Harrison
	The Marilynds	Morgan Taylor	David Andrew	Lana Love
	Dia Malai	Kara McKee	SOLsong	Nia Skyfer
Gwen Stefani
	Justin Aaron	Kique	Alyssa Witrado	Kevin Hawkins
	Rowan Grace	Sasha Hurtado	Cara Brindisi	Daysia
	Destiny Leigh	Kayla Von Der Heide	Jay Allen	Ian Harrison
	Julia Aslanli	Sadie Bass	Tanner Howe	Jillian Jordyn
Camila Cabello
	Morgan Myles	Devix	Eric Who	Kate Kalvach
	Steven McMorran	Chello	Andrew Igbokidi	Reina Ley
	Jaeden Luke	Orlando Mendez	Sasha Hurtado	Grace Bello
	Constance Howard	Sydney Kronmiller	Zach Newbould	Ava Lynn Thuresson
Blake Shelton
	Bryce Leatherwood	bodie	Brayden Lape	Rowan Grace
	Kevin Hawkins	Kate Kalvach	Jay Allen	The Dryes
	Austin Montgomery	Eva Ullmann	Jaeden Luke	Ansley Burns
	Tanner Fussell	Madison Hughes	Hillary Torchiana	Benny Weag
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). Underlined names are artists saved by their coach.

Blind auditions

The show began with the Blind Auditions on September 19, 2022. In each audition, an artist sings their piece in front of the coaches whose chairs are facing the audience. If a coach is interested to work with the artist, they will press their button to face the artist. If a singular coach presses the button, the artist automatically becomes part of their team. If multiple coaches turn, they will compete for the artist, who will decide which team they will join. Each coach has one "block" to prevent another coach from getting an artist. This season, each coach ends up with 14 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 56 artists advancing to the battles.^[5]

Blind auditions color key

✔	Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button
	Artist defaulted to this coach's team
	Artist selected to join this coach's team
	Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button
✘	Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist
	Blocked by John   Blocked by Gwen   Blocked by Camila   Blocked by Blake

Episode 1 (Sept. 19)

First blind auditions results^[6]

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					John	Gwen	Camila	Blake
1	Morgan Myles	35	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	"Hallelujah"	✔	✘	✔	✔
2	Omar Jose Cardona	33	Orlando, Florida	"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"	✔	✔	✔	✔
3	Ian Harrison	20	Lewis Center, Ohio	"The Night We Met"	✔	✔	–	✔
4	Tiana Goss	28	Los Angeles, California	"Say It Right"	–	–	–	–
5	Emma Brooke	19	Lyman, South Carolina	"California Dreamin'"	✔	✔	–	–
6	Orlando Mendez	26	Miami, Florida	"Beer Never Broke My Heart"	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Alexis McLaughlin	25	Conroe, Texas	"Here I Go Again"	–	–	–	–
8	David Andrew	25	Detroit, Michigan	"Falling"	✔	✔	–	–
9	Jay Allen	36	Cedar Falls, Iowa	"'Til You Can't"	–	✔	–	✔
10	JJ Hill	34	Pilot Rock, Oregon	"Inside Out"	–	–	–	–
11	Kate Kalvach	27	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	"Rainbow"	–	✔	✔	✔

Episode 2 (Sept. 20)

Among this episode's auditionees was Peyton Aldridge, who previously competed on the eighteenth season of American Idol.^[7]

Second blind auditions results^[8]

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					John	Gwen	Camila	Blake
1	Reina Ley	13	San Tan Valley, Arizona	"Cielito Lindo"	–	✔	✔	–
2	Bryce Leatherwood	22	Woodstock, Georgia	"Goodbye Time"	✔	✔	–	✔
3	KoKo	31	Mobile, Alabama	"About Damn Time"	–	–	–	–
4	Alyssa Witrado	19	Fresno, California	"Don't Speak"	–	✔	✔	–
5	Devix	28	Queens, New York	"Heat Waves"	✔	✔	✔	–
6	Chello	22	Chester, Pennsylvania	"Just the Two of Us"	✔	–	✔	–
7	Kevin Hawkins	28	Lancaster, Texas	"Isn't She Lovely"	✘	✔	✔	✔
8	Sadie Bass	25	Bath, Michigan	"Stupid Boy"	–	✔	–	✔
9	SHEj	26	Atlanta, Georgia	"I Like It"	–	–	–	–
10	Brayden Lape	15	Grass Lake, Michigan	"This Town"	–	–	–	✔
11	Peyton Aldridge	25	Cleveland, Mississippi	"Can't You See"	✔	✔	–	✘

Episode 3 (Sept. 26)

Third blind auditions results^[9]

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					John	Gwen	Camila	Blake
1	Andrew Igbokidi	22	Chicago, Illinois	"when the party's over"	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Cara Brindisi	34	Shrewsbury, Massachusetts	"All Too Well"	–	✔	–	✔
3	Billy Craver	29	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida	"She Got the Best of Me"	–	–	–	–
4	Valarie Harding	41	Muskogee, Oklahoma	"Giving Him Something He Can Feel"	✔	✔	–	–
5	Julia Aslanli	23	DeLand, Florida	"Let's Stay Together"	–	✔	–	–
6	The Dryes (Katelyn and Derek Dryes)	36 & 33	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	"Islands in the Stream"	–	✔	–	✔
7	Ava Lynn Thuresson	18	San Diego, California	"…Baby One More Time"	✔	–	✔	–
8	Madison Hughes	25	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	–	✔	✔	✔
9	Sasha Hurtado	18	Dallas, Georgia	"River"	✔	–	✔	–
10	Dominic Patrick	37	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	"U Got It Bad"	–	–	–	–
11	Morgan Taylor	20	Carmel, Indiana	"Cuz I Love You"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 4 (Sept. 27)

Fourth blind auditions results^[10]

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					John	Gwen	Camila	Blake
1	Tanner Howe	29	Huntington Beach, California	"Mercy"	✔	✔	–	✔
2	Sydney Kronmiller	25	Ogden, Utah	"Latch"	–	✔	✔	–
3	Tanner Fussell	28	Statesboro, Georgia	"Anymore"	–	–	–	✔
4	Eva Ullmann	21	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	"Light On"	–	–	–	✔
5	Emani Prince	22	Fort Gaines, Georgia	"All My Life"	–	–	–	–
6	Kayla Von Der Heide	30	Hesperia, California	"Jealous Guy"	✔	✔	–	–
7	Destiny Leigh	18	Sofia, Bulgaria	"A Song for You"	–	✔	–	–
8	Eric Who	22	Charleston, South Carolina	"bad guy"	–	–	✔	–
9	Parijita Bastola	17	Baltimore, Maryland	"Jealous"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 5 (Oct. 3)

Among this episode's auditionees was Ansley Burns, who previously competed on the fourteenth season of America's Got Talent.^[11]

Fifth blind auditions results^[12]

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					John	Gwen	Camila	Blake
1	Kique	18	Miami, Florida	"Beautiful Girls"	–	✔	–	✔
2	Hillary Torchiana	34	State College, Pennsylvania	"Easy on Me"	–	–	–	✔
3	MANU	18	Howell, New Jersey	"Shallow"	–	–	–	–
4	The Marilynds (Kasey and Lindsay Staniszewski)	30 & 34	La Plata, Maryland	"What If I Never Get Over You"	✔	–	✔	–
5	SOLsong	28	Saginaw, Michigan	"Turning Tables"	✔	–	–	–
6	Kara McKee	36	Cumberland, Rhode Island	"Woodstock"	✔	–	–	–
7	Zach Newbould	19	Northborough, Massachusetts	"Use Somebody"	–	✔	✔	–
8	Lana Love	30	Naples, Florida	"Candy"	✔	–	–	–
9	Daysia	17	Hampton, Virginia	"Crazy"	–	✔	–	✔
10	Conner Sweeny	23	Nashville, Tennessee	"Ain't Worth the Whiskey"	–	–	–	–
11	Ansley Burns	15	Easley, South Carolina	"Unchained Melody"	–	✘	–	✔
12	Manasseh Samone	22	Dallas, Texas	"Rescue"	–	–	–	–
13	bodie	29	Los Angeles, California	"You Found Me"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 6 (Oct. 4)

Sixth blind auditions results^[13]

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					John	Gwen	Camila	Blake
1	Austin Montgomery	19	Hemet, California	"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"	–	✔	✔	✔
2	Dia Malai	26	Queens, New York	"Real Love"	✔	–	–	–
3	The Little Miss	31	San Diego, California	"You Were Meant for Me"	–	–	–	–
4	Benny Weag	29	Lake County, Montana	"Shivers"	–	–	–	✔
5	Jillian Jordyn	17	Melville, New York	"Issues"	✔	✔	–	–
6	Hanny Ramadan	23	Voorhees, New Jersey	"Round Here"	–	–	–	–
7	Grace Bello	21	Cibolo, Texas	"Ghost"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 7 (Oct. 10)

The seventh episode included the last auditions as well as the first battle. The coaches performed Camila Cabello's "Havana" once all the teams were full.^[14]

Seventh blind auditions results^[15]

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					John	Gwen	Camila	Blake
1	Kim Cruse	30	Woodville, Texas	"Best Part"	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Steven McMorran	40	Little Rock, Arkansas	"Never Enough"	–	–	✔	–
3	Rowan Grace	16	Rapid City, South Dakota	"traitor"	✔	✔	✔	–
4	Yelka	20	San Diego, California	"No Me Queda Mas"	–	–	–	–
5	Constance Howard	27	Katy, Texas	"Peaches"	✔	–	✔	–
6	Justin Aaron	34	Junction City, Kansas	"Glory"	–	✔	Team full	–
7	August James	21	Chatsworth, California	"Heart of Glass"	–	Team full		–
8	Jaeden Luke	22	Bothell, Washington	"Make It with You"	✔			✔
9	Nia Skyfer	26	Havana, Cuba	"Bam Bam"	✔			Team full

Battles

The battles aired on Monday, October 10, 2022, through Tuesday, October 25, 2022, comprising episodes 7 through 12. In this round, the coaches pit two of their artists in a singing match and then select one of them to advance to the next round. Losing artists may be "stolen" by another coach, becoming new members of their team, or can be saved by their coach, remaining a part of their original team. Multiple coaches can attempt to steal an artist, resulting in a competition for the artist, who will ultimately decide which team they will join. Additionally, their original coach can compete for their artist if they attempt to save them. At the end of this round, nine artists will remain on each team; seven will be the battle winners, and one from a steal and a save, respectively. In total, 36 artists advance to the knockouts.

The guest advisors for this round were Jazmine Sullivan for Team Legend, Sean Paul for Team Gwen, Charlie Puth for Team Camila, and Jimmie Allen for Team Blake.

Battles color key

	Artist won the battle and advanced to the knockouts
	Artist lost the battle, but was stolen by another coach, and, advanced to the knockouts
	Artist lost the battle, but was saved by their coach, and, advanced to knockouts
	Artist lost the battle and was eliminated

Battles results

Episode	Coach	Order	Winner	Song	Loser	'Steal'/'Save' result
						John	Gwen	Camila	Blake
Episode 7[15] (Monday, Oct. 10, 2022)	Blake	1	Austin Montgomery	"Folsom Prison Blues"	Tanner Fussell	–	–	–	–
Episode 8[16] (Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022)	Gwen	1	Rowan Grace	"Fingers Crossed"	Jillian Jordyn	–	–	–	–
	John	2	Valarie Harding	"Bust Your Windows"	Dia Malai	–	–	–	–
	Camila	3	Morgan Myles	"Wrecking Ball"	Steven McMorran	–	–	✔	–
Episode 9[17] (Monday, Oct. 17, 2022)	Camila	1	Orlando Mendez	"Rocket Man"	Ava Lynn Thuresson	–	–	N/A	–
	Gwen	2	Cara Brindisi	"Leather and Lace"	Jay Allen	–	✔	–	✔
	John	3	Emma Brooke	"She's All I Wanna Be"	Nia Skyfer	–	–	–	N/A
	Blake	4	bodie	"As Long as You Love Me"	Jaeden Luke	–	✔	✔	–
	Camila	5	Reina Ley	"Time After Time"	Grace Bello	–	–	Team full	N/A
Gwen	6	Justin Aaron	"No More Drama"	Destiny Leigh	–	✔
Episode 10[18] (Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022)	Camila	1	Eric Who	"Paparazzi"	Sydney Kronmiller	–	–	Team full	N/A
	Blake	2	Brayden Lape	"Pretty Heart"	Benny Weag	–	–		–
		3	Eva Ullmann	"Wildest Dreams"	Ansley Burns	–	–		–
	John	4	Morgan Taylor	"Die for You"	SOLsong	–	–		N/A
	Gwen	5	Daysia	"Home"	Julia Aslanli	–	N/A
	John	6	Parijita Bastola	"How Deep Is Your Love"	The Marilynds	✔	–
Episode 11[19] (Monday, Oct. 24, 2022)	Gwen	1	Kique	"Don't You (Forget About Me)"	Tanner Howe	–	N/A	Team full	N/A
	Blake	2	Kevin Hawkins	"Preach"	Hillary Torchiana	–	–		–
	Camila	3	Devix	"Electric Feel"	Sasha Hurtado	–	✔		N/A
	John	4	Kim Cruse	"Heartbreak Anniversary"	David Andrew	N/A	Team full
	Blake	5	Kate Kalvach	"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"	Madison Hughes	–			–
	Gwen	6	Alyssa Witrado	"happier than ever"	Ian Harrison	✔			N/A
Episode 12[20] (Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022)	John	1	Omar Jose Cardona	"Into the Unknown"	Lana Love	Team full	Team full	Team full	N/A
	Camila	2	Andrew Igbokidi	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	Zach Newbould
		3	Chello	"Leave the Door Open"	Constance Howard
	John	4	Peyton Aldridge	"More Than Words"	Kara McKee
	Gwen	5	Kayla Von Der Heide	"Everything I Own"	Sadie Bass
	Blake	6	Bryce Leatherwood	"Red Dirt Road"	The Dryes				✔

Knockouts

The knockouts aired on October 31, 2022 through November 7, 2022, comprising episodes 13 to 15. In this round, each coach groups three of their artists in a singing match. The artists themselves will select the song they will sing in the round. The coach will then select one of the three artists to advance to the Live Playoffs. Each coach can steal one losing artist from another team, but the coaches do not have the ability to save their artists. At the end of this round, three artists will remain on each team while four artists will be stolen, creating a total of sixteen artists advancing to the Live Playoffs.

This was the first season since season 5 to not feature a mega mentor for the Knockouts. It is also the first season in the show's history to pit three artists against each other in a standard Knockout, though were a couple individual instances of three-way knockouts in previous seasons, such as in Team Pharrell in the 8th season and in Team Kelly in the 15th season, both being the result of an artist's withdrawal mid-season.

Knockouts color key

	Artist won the knockout and advanced to the live playoffs
	Artist lost the knockout but, was stolen by another coach, and advanced to the live playoffs
	Artist lost the knockout and was eliminated

Knockouts results

Episode	Coach	Order	Winner		Losers		'Steal' result
			Song	Artist	Artist	Song	John	Gwen	Camila	Blake
Episode 13[21] (Monday, Oct. 31, 2022) (Halloween)	Blake	1	"Better Now"	bodie	The Dryes	"Chasing After You"	–	–	–	N/A
					Kevin Hawkins	"This Woman's Work"	–	✔	✔
	Camila	2	"What the World Needs Now Is Love"	Morgan Myles	Chello	"Hold On"	–	Team full	N/A	–
					Orlando Mendez	"Live Like You Were Dying"	–			–
	John	3	"I'd Rather Go Blind"	Parijita Bastola	Peyton Aldridge	"Forever After All"	N/A		–	–
					Valarie Harding	"Weak"			–	–
	Gwen	4	"Hey Ya!"	Kique	Destiny Leigh	"Impossible"	–		–	–
					Rowan Grace	"Vienna"	–		–	✔
Episode 14[22] (Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022)	John	1	"Radioactive"	Omar Jose Cardona	Ian Harrison	"Cough Syrup"	N/A	Team full	–	Team full
					Morgan Taylor	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"			–
	Camila	2	"Ex's & Oh's"	Eric Who	Jaeden Luke	"Stay"	–		N/A
					Reina Ley	"You Say"	–
	Blake	3	"Colder Weather"	Bryce Leatherwood	Jay Allen	"Prayed for You"	–		–
					Kate Kalvach	"Anyone"	✔		✔
Episode 15[23] (Monday, Nov. 7, 2022)	Gwen	1	"Can We Talk"	Justin Aaron	Cara Brindisi	"Love Me Like a Man"	–	Team full	Team full	Team full
					Kayla Von Der Heide	"Losing My Religion"	–
	Blake	2	"Mercy"	Brayden Lape	Austin Montgomery	"You Look So Good in Love"	–
					Eva Ullmann	"Dangerous Woman"	–
	John	3	"I Can't Stand the Rain"	Kim Cruse	Emma Brooke	"I Hope"	N/A
					The Marilynds	"Chasing Cars"
	Camila	4	"Yellow"	Devix	Andrew Igbokidi	"Everybody Hurts"	–
					Steven McMorran	"It Will Rain"	–
	Gwen	5	"Don't Stop Me Now"	Alyssa Witrado	Daysia	"Get Here"	–
					Sasha Hurtado	"Make It Rain"	✔

Live shows

Live shows color key

	Artist was saved by public's vote
	Artist was saved by his/her coach
	Artist was selected to compete in the Wild Card instant save
	Artist was placed in the bottom group and competed for an Instant Save
	Artist was instantly saved
	Artist was eliminated

Week 1: Top 16 – Playoffs (Nov. 14–15)

The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 16 and 17. The Top 16 artists, four from each team, performed on Monday, November 14. This is the third time in the series' history, former two occasions in season 1 and season 4, in which only sixteen contestants competed in the Live Playoffs.

On Tuesday, November 15, two artists from each team were saved by getting the most overnight public votes per team. Each coach then selected one more artist from their team to advance, leaving four artists, one from each team, to compete for the Wild Card instant save.

Top 16 results

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 16[24] (Monday, Nov. 14, 2022)	John Legend	1	Omar Jose Cardona	"Livin' on a Prayer"	Public's vote
		2	Kim Cruse	"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)"	John's choice
		3	Sasha Hurtado	"Tiny Dancer"	Wild Card
		4	Parijita Bastola	"I'll Never Love Again"	Public's vote
	Gwen Stefani	5	Kique	"As It Was"	Public's vote
		6	Kevin Hawkins	"Skate"	Wild Card
		7	Alyssa Witrado	"Angels like You"	Gwen's choice
		8	Justin Aaron	"Here and Now"	Public's vote
	Camila Cabello	9	Morgan Myles	"Let Him Fly"	Public's vote
		10	Eric Who	"Rumour Has It"	Camila's choice
		11	Kate Kalvach	"You're Still the One"	Wild Card
		12	Devix	"Sex on Fire"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	13	Bryce Leatherwood	"I'm Gonna Be Somebody"	Wild Card
		14	Rowan Grace	"Hopelessly Devoted to You"	Blake's choice
		15	Brayden Lape	"Buy Dirt"	Public's vote
		16	bodie	"Glimpse of Us"	Public's vote
Episode 17[25] (Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022)	Blake Shelton	1	Bryce Leatherwood	"Let Me Down Easy"	Wild Card winner
	John Legend	2	Sasha Hurtado	"Elastic Heart"	Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	3	Kevin Hawkins	"Redbone"	Eliminated
	Camila Cabello	4	Kate Kalvach	"When I Look at You"	Eliminated

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
17.1	Charlie Puth	"That's Hilarious"/"Left and Right"

Week 2: Top 13 (Nov. 21–22)

This week's theme was "Songs that Changed My Life". This season continued with the elimination format that returned in the previous season, in which not every coach is guaranteed an artist in the finale. The top nine artists were saved by the public's vote, while the remaining four artists, who received the fewest votes, competed for the Instant Save in the results show.

Also, unlike last season, the artist's songs are not available for purchase on iTunes.

Top 13 results

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 18[26] (Monday, Nov. 21, 2022)	Gwen Stefani	1	Kique	"Superstition"	Bottom four
	Blake Shelton	2	Bryce Leatherwood	"Amarillo by Morning"	Public's vote
	Camila Cabello	3	Devix	"R U Mine?"	Bottom four
	Blake Shelton	4	Rowan Grace	"The Winner Takes It All"	Public's vote
	John Legend	5	Omar Jose Cardona	"In the Name of Love"	Public's vote
	Gwen Stefani	6	Alyssa Witrado	"Dreaming of You"	Bottom four
	Blake Shelton	7	bodie	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	Public's vote
	John Legend	8	Kim Cruse	"Always on My Mind"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	9	Brayden Lape	"Come Over"	Public's vote
	Camila Cabello	10	Eric Who	"Can't Help Falling in Love"	Bottom four
		11	Morgan Myles	"If I Were a Boy"	Public's vote
	John Legend	12	Parijita Bastola	"All I Ask"	Public's vote
	Gwen Stefani	13	Justin Aaron	"Break Every Chain"	Public's vote
Episode 19[27] (Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022)	Camila Cabello	1	Eric Who	"The Climb"	Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	2	Alyssa Witrado	"Ocean Eyes"	Eliminated
	Camila Cabello	3	Devix	"When You Were Young"	Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	4	Kique	"Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"	Instantly saved

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
19.1	Blake Shelton and his team (bodie, Rowan Grace, Brayden Lape, and Bryce Leatherwood)	"Southern Nights"
19.2	Camila Cabello and her team (Devix, Morgan Myles, and Eric Who)	"Happy Together"

Week 3: Top 10 (Nov. 28–29)

This week's theme was "Fan Week" wherein the viewers selected the songs the ten artists performed. The top seven artists were saved by the public's vote, while the remaining three artists, who received the fewest votes, competed for the Instant Save in the results show.^[28]

With Kim Cruse being instantly saved, this is the third time since season 16 that John Legend takes three contestants into the semi-final (first time in season 17, and second in season 19). With Kique being eliminated, Gwen Stefani and Camila Cabello both have only one artist left on their team, marking the first time since season 16 that two coaches take one artist each to the semi-final.

Top 10 results

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 20[28] (Monday, Nov. 28, 2022)	John Legend	1	Parijita Bastola	"Scars to Your Beautiful"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	2	Rowan Grace	"i love you"	Bottom three
	Gwen Stefani	3	Justin Aaron	"Just Once"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	4	Brayden Lape	"Homesick"	Public's vote
	John Legend	5	Kim Cruse	"Love on the Brain"	Bottom three
	Blake Shelton	6	Bryce Leatherwood	"Sand in My Boots"	Public's vote
	Gwen Stefani	7	Kique[a]	"Call Out My Name"	Bottom three
	Camila Cabello	8	Morgan Myles	"Tennessee Whiskey"	Public's vote
	Blake Shelton	9	bodie	"golden hour"	Public's vote
	John Legend	10	Omar Jose Cardona	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	Public's vote
Episode 21[31] (Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022)	Blake Shelton	1	Rowan Grace	"Landslide"	Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	2	Kique[b]	"River"	Eliminated
	John Legend	3	Kim Cruse	"Believe"	Instantly saved

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
21.1	John Legend and his team (Parijita Bastola, Omar Jose Cardona, and Kim Cruse)	"The Weight"
21.2	Gwen Stefani and her team (Justin Aaron[c])	"Burning Down the House"

1. Kique tested positive for COVID-19 and was unable to perform live, so the show aired his pre-recorded performance from rehearsals.^[29][30]
2. The show aired Kique's pre-recorded Instant Save performance.
3. Kique was still a member of Team Gwen at this point, but was unable to perform live; so, Gwen Stefani and Justin Aaron performed a duet instead.

Week 4: Top 8 – Semifinals (Dec. 5–6)

The semifinals comprise episodes 22 and 23. The eight semifinalists each performed a solo song and a Whitney Houston duet with a fellow semifinalist on Monday, with the results following on Tuesday. The four artists with the most votes automatically moved on to the finale, while the remaining four artists competed in the Instant Save for the fifth and final spot in the finale.

With the elimination of Justin Aaron, this is Stefani's third time, in her six seasons as a coach, that she does not have an artist in the finale. With the advancement of Morgan Myles to the finale, Camila Cabello became the sixth new coach to successfully coach an artist on her team to the finale on her first attempt as a coach, after Usher (Michelle Chamuel in season 4), Alicia Keys (Wé McDonald in season 11), Kelly Clarkson (Brynn Cartelli in season 14), John Legend (Maelyn Jarmon in season 16), and Nick Jonas (Thunderstorm Artis in season 18).

Also, with the advancement of all three Team Blake members, this is the third time in the series history that a coach has three artists in the finals and the second time that Blake has three artists in the finale; the first was done by Team Adam in season 7 and the second was Team Blake in season 16. In addition, Bryce Leatherwood from Team Blake became the second Wild card Instant Save winner to make it to the finale, after Hailey Mia in season 21.

This is the first time in the show's history that a coach has three artists competing for the instant save.

Semifinals results

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Solo song	Whitney Houston duet	Result
Episode 22[32] (Monday, Dec. 5, 2022)	Gwen Stefani	1 (9)	Justin Aaron	"Stand Up"	"Greatest Love of All"	Bottom four
	Blake Shelton	3 (5)	Brayden Lape	"In Case You Didn't Know"	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	Public's vote
	John Legend	4 (11)	Parijita Bastola	"Unstoppable"	"I'm Every Woman"	Bottom four
		6 (11)	Kim Cruse	"Summertime"		Bottom four
		7 (9)	Omar Jose Cardona	"My Heart Will Go On"	"Greatest Love of All"	Bottom four
	Blake Shelton	8 (5)	bodie	"Without Me"	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	Public's vote
		10 (2)	Bryce Leatherwood	"If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away"	"Saving All My Love for You"	Public's vote
	Camila Cabello	12 (2)	Morgan Myles	"Always Remember Us This Way"		Public's vote
Episode 23 (Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022)	John Legend	1	Parijita Bastola	"Make You Feel My Love"		Eliminated
		2	Kim Cruse	"All by Myself"		Eliminated
	Gwen Stefani	3	Justin Aaron	"Made a Way"		Eliminated
	John Legend	4	Omar Jose Cardona	"You and I"		Instantly saved

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
23.1	Blake Shelton	"No Body"
23.2	John Legend	"Nervous"
23.3	Carly Pearce	"What He Didn't Do"

Week 5: Finale (Dec. 12–13)

The Top 5 finalists performed two songs on Monday and a duet with their coach on Tuesday. This is the third consecutive season in which contestants cannot perform original songs on the finale.

With the victory of Bryce Leatherwood, he becomes the first Wild Card winner to win the entire competition. This also marks Blake's ninth and final overall win and the first time that a coach took 3 artists to the finale, and won the season. In addition, this was the third season to have the winner and runner-up from the same team, following seasons 3 (with Cassadee Pope and Terry McDermott) and 18 (with Todd Tilghman and Toneisha Harris). All three of these occurrences were done by Team Blake.

Finale results

Coach	Artist	Episode 24 (Monday, Dec. 12, 2022)				Episode 25 (Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022)		Result
		Order	Artistry Song	Order	Dedication Song	Order	Duet (with coach)
Blake Shelton	bodie	1	"Late Night Talking"	9	"Gratitude"	15	"God's Country"	Runner-up
Camila Cabello	Morgan Myles	2	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	7	"Girl Crush"	14	"Never Be the Same"	Third place
Blake Shelton	Brayden Lape	6	"Wild as Her"	3	"Humble and Kind"	13	"Chasin' That Neon Rainbow"	Fifth place
John Legend	Omar Jose Cardona	10	"Somebody to Love"	4	"The Way You Make Me Feel"	12	"Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)"	Fourth place
Blake Shelton	Bryce Leatherwood	8	"T-R-O-U-B-L-E"	5	"Don't Close Your Eyes"	11	"Hillbilly Bone"	Winner

Non-competition performances

Order	Performers	Song
24.1	John Legend, Gwen Stefani, Camila Cabello, and Blake Shelton	"The Christmas Song"
25.1	OneRepublic	"I Ain't Worried"
25.2	Adam Lambert	"Ordinary World"
25.3	Maluma	"Junio"/"Tukoh Taka"
25.4	Girl Named Tom	"One More Christmas"
25.5	Breland	"For What It's Worth"
25.6	Kane Brown and Blake Shelton	"Different Man"
25.7	Kelly Clarkson	"Santa, Can't You Hear Me"

Elimination chart

Results color key

	Winner							Saved by an instant save (via Voice App)
	Runner-up							Saved by the public
	Third place							Saved by their coach
	Fourth place							Saved by Wildcard (via Voice App)
	Fifth place							Eliminated

Coaches color key

	Team Legend
	Team Gwen
	Team Camila
	Team Blake

Overall

Live shows' results per week

Artists		Week 1 Playoffs	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5 Finale
	Bryce Leatherwood	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
	bodie	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
	Morgan Myles	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd place
	Omar Jose Cardona	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	4th place
	Brayden Lape	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	5th place
	Justin Aaron	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Kim Cruse	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Parijita Bastola	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Kique	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Rowan Grace	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Alyssa Witrado	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Devix	Safe	Eliminated
	Eric Who	Safe	Eliminated
	Kate Kalvach	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Kevin Hawkins	Eliminated
	Sasha Hurtado	Eliminated

Per team

Live shows' results per team

Artists		Week 1 Playoffs	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5 Finale
	Omar Jose Cardona	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Fourth place
	Parijita Bastola	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Kim Cruse	Coach's choice	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Sasha Hurtado	Eliminated
	Justin Aaron	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Kique	Public's vote	Advanced	Eliminated
	Alyssa Witrado	Coach's choice	Eliminated
	Kevin Hawkins	Eliminated
	Morgan Myles	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Third place
	Devix	Public's vote	Eliminated
	Eric Who	Coach's choice	Eliminated
	Kate Kalvach	Eliminated
	Bryce Leatherwood	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Winner
	bodie	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Runner-up
	Brayden Lape	Public's vote	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Fifth place
	Rowan Grace	Coach's choice	Advanced	Eliminated

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of The Voice season 22

No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot (ET)	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"The Blind Auditions, Season Premiere"	September 19, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.12[33]
2	"The Blind Auditions, Part 2"	September 20, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.19[34]
3	"The Blind Auditions, Part 3"	September 26, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.11[35]
4	"The Blind Auditions, Part 4"	September 27, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.06[36]
5	"The Blind Auditions, Part 5"	October 3, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.56[37]
6	"The Blind Auditions, Part 6"	October 4, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.47[38]
7	"The Blind Auditions, Part 7"	October 10, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.48[39]
8	"The Battles Premiere"	October 11, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	6.33[40]
9	"The Battles, Part 2"	October 17, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.22[41]
10	"The Battles, Part 3"	October 18, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	6.13[42]
11	"The Battles, Part 4"	October 24, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	5.77[43]
12	"The Battles, Part 5"	October 25, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	5.95[44]
13	"The Knockouts Premiere"	October 31, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	6.26[45]
14	"The Knockouts, Part 2"	November 1, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	5.81[46]
15	"The Knockouts, Part 3"	November 7, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	5.87[47]
16	"Live Top 16 Performances"	November 14, 2022		0.7	5.69[48]
17	"Live Top 16 Results"	November 15, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	5.89[49]
18	"Live Top 13 Performances"	November 21, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	5.98[50]
19	"Live Top 13 Results"	November 22, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	6.19[51]
20	"Live Top 10 Performances"	November 28, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.22[52]
21	"Live Top 10 Results"	November 29, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.79[53]
22	"Live Semi-Final Top 8 Performances"	December 5, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.32[54]
23	"Live Semi-Final Top 8 Results"	December 6, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.6	6.48[55]
24	"Live Finale, Part 1"	December 12, 2022	Monday 8:00 p.m.	0.7	6.90[56]
25	"Live Cutdown Show"	December 13, 2022	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	0.5	5.30[57]
26	"Live Finale, Part 2"	December 13, 2022	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	0.7	6.95[57]

Controversy

On the semifinal results episode, all four white contestants advanced to the finale, while all of the people of color had to sing in the Instant Save to compete for the final spot. Some viewers were upset with this, and considered it to be racist.^[58][59] Some viewers also speculated that the voting base voted for certain artists solely because they were on Team Blake.^[60] Additionally, after Omar Jose Cardona's Instant Save performance, John Legend, stunned by the results in which all three members of his team ended up in the bottom four, implied that the audience did not "vote for people because of their voice".^[61]