The Voice (American TV series) season 10
The tenth season of the American reality talent show The Voice premiered on February 29, 2016 on NBC.[1] Carson Daly returned as the show's host. Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Pharrell Williams all returned as coaches. Meanwhile, Christina Aguilera returned after a one-season hiatus, replacing Gwen Stefani who did not return as a coach for this season, however instead served as an advisor for Team Blake in the Battle Rounds.
The Voice
48 artists
Christina Aguilera
28
February 29 –
May 24, 2016
For the first time in the show's history, iTunes bonus multipliers were now applied to performances for live performances during the finals in addition to the "Cumulative iTunes Vote Total"; duets were now made eligible for downloads but does not count as a vote for iTunes, although this would later became intact a year later in season twelve.
Alisan Porter was named the winner of the season, marking Christina Aguilera's first win as a coach. Aguilera also became the first female coach to win a season of The Voice. and Porter is the oldest female winner.[2]
Controversy and criticism[edit]
The show faced controversy when Katherine Ho, a contestant on Team Adam, was the second contestant in the history of the show to make it to the third round of the competition and have all of her performances, including her Blind Audition, Battle, and Knockout round, montaged (not shown in full).
According to Matt Carter, "It's not often that we write an article on 'The Voice' that is about a contestant being triple-montaged, mostly because it is such a rare phenomenon, but here we are with it happening to Katherine Ho. When it a triple-montage does happen, it just makes it all the more frustrating since it eliminates the purpose of the show. We know that there is no guarantee that you are going to get airtime when you audition for the show, but we do think for the most part you should get a little more attention than Katherine Ho got over the course of the competition. Her Battle Round performance of Caroline Burns was not really shown, and this puts her in a similar camp with Rebekah Samarin back in season 7 of the show. They made it far enough on the show that they cannot audition again, and yet they don't really get a lot of publicity – it's pretty unfair.
Here's the most egregious thing about this performance tonight: We don't even know what Katherine sang! She just didn't get any attention at all."[45]