The Voice

And the Winner Is … Masked by a Glut of Performances

By Carla Sparks | Aired on 06.18.2013

Season 4 – Live Finale - It's here, it's here! Cher's going to perform! Oh, and we will find out the winner of Season Four, but that will hardly take a second. And Carson has so much bullshit lined up for us that he had...

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4-27 Weecap	And the Winner Is … Masked by a Glut of Performances Season 4 – Live Finale - The winner of Season Four is announced, lots of already-famous people perform, and nothing catches on fire.	06.18.2013	B	Carla Sparks
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
4-26 Weecap	Timber, I'm Falling Asleep Season 4 – Live Final Performances - The three finalists sing solos, duets with their coaches, and their breakout hit songs. Meanwhile, Shakira dabbles in prop comedy.	06.17.2013 06.18.2013	B	Carla Sparks
4-25 Weecap	Almost Famous Season 4 – Live Semi-Final Results - Two more artists are eliminated as the Final Three are revealed and get a sneak peak at the almost-stardom they could enjoy as almost-winners of The Voice.	06.11.2013 06.12.2013	C-	Carla Sparks
4-24 Weecap	Hometown Heroes Season 4 – Live Semi-Final Performances - The Top 5 artists visit their hometowns and choose a song to dedicate to someone in front of a white screen.	06.10.2013 06.11.2013	B+	Carla Sparks
4-23 Weecap	Something's Gotta Give Season 4 – Top 6 Live Eliminations - After a performance from last season's winner and three lackluster duets, one more artist goes home.	06.04.2013 06.05.2013	C-	Carla Sparks
4-22 Weecap	A Lotta Bit Country, a Little Bit Rock ‘n Roll Season 4 – Live Top 6 Performances - The Top 6 perform songs of their choosing, and songs their coaches chose. It's a lot of country music.	06.03.2013 06.04.2013	B	Carla Sparks
4-21 Weecap	My Country 'Tis of Blake Season 4 – Top 8 Live Eliminations - The Top Six artists are revealed, along with America's taste in music.	05.28.2013 05.29.2013	C	Carla Sparks
4-20 Weecap	A Top 8 to Remember Season 4 – Live Top 8 Performances - Only eight artists remain, leaving plenty of time for Adam and Blake to bicker and for Shakira and Usher to compliment people's shoes.	05.27.2013 05.28.2013	B	Carla Sparks
4-19 Weecap	The Quick and The Irritated Season 4 – Top 10 Live Eliminations - Two more artists are eliminated, and Vin Diesel stops by the studio with several messages he considers important.	05.21.2013 05.22.2013	A	Carla Sparks
4-18 Weecap	Business as Usual Season 4 – Live Top 10 Performances - The Top Ten contestants deliver performances at the level expected of them.	05.20.2013 05.21.2013	B	Carla Sparks
4-17 Weecap	Adam's Backup Singers Season 4 – Top 12 – Live Eliminations - Two more contestants are eliminated, and Carson still can't get over how hot it was during the performance show.	05.14.2013 05.15.2013	C	Carla Sparks
4-16 Weecap	The Heat is On, the Air is Off Season 4 – Live Top 12 Performances - The air conditioning in the Voice studio is out, making for a sluggish and lackluster live performance night.	05.13.2013 05.14.2013	C-	Carla Sparks
4-15 Weecap	The Voters’ Dozen The Live Playoff Results - The Top 12 are revealed, and Rod Stewart shakes around on stage like a marionette.	05.08.2013 05.09.2013	C	Carla Sparks
4-14 Weecap	A Little Bit Country Season 4 – The Live Playoffs, Part 2 - Shakira and Blake put their teams to the test, mostly with ill-assigned, unpopular songs.	05.07.2013 05.08.2013	C+	Carla Sparks
4-13 Weecap	Adam's Madams Season 4 – The Live Playoffs, Part 1 - Team Usher and Team Adam compete for six of the spots in the top 12, and Team Adam comes out way on top.	05.06.2013 05.07.2013	A	Carla Sparks
4-12 Weecap	The Outknock Rounds Season 4 – The Knockouts, Part 2 - It's opposite day on The Voice as half of the contestants sing songs from artists of the opposite gender, and Blake and Usher make some unexpected picks.	04.30.2013 05.01.2013	C	Carla Sparks
4-11 Weecap	Sweet Teams Are Made of This Season 4 – The Knockouts, Part 1 - Team Shakira and Team Adam compete in the Knockout Rounds, leaving Adam with a strong chance of winning and Shakira with a decent shot at coming in fourth.	04.29.2013 04.30.2013	B+	Carla Sparks
4-10 Weecap	Favorites Battle, Favorites Win Season 4 – The Battles, Part 4 - The Battle Rounds claim their final victims and Usher uses his over-hyped Steal.	04.23.2013 04.24.2013	C	Carla Sparks
4-9 Weecap	Be Steal My Heart Season 4 – The Battles, Part 3 - Hey, what do you know, none of the battles on this season of The Voice have been terrible.	04.22.2013 04.23.2013	B	Carla Sparks
4-8 Weecap	U Got Him Mad Season 4: The Battles Premiere, Part 2 - The Battle Rounds wage on as the coaches continue to pick the contestants who got more air time in the audition rounds.	04.16.2013 04.17.2013	C	Carla Sparks
4-7 Weecap	Clash of the Ti-tones Season 4: The Battles Premiere - The Battle Rounds begin with promise, providing some excellent battles and great, useful coaching from Usher.	04.15.2013 04.16.2013	A-	Carla Sparks
4-5 Weecap	Picked Last Season 4 – The Blind Auditions, Part 6 - The four coaches fill the remaining four spots on their teams from the unlucky singers who had to perform at the end of the lineup.	04.09.2013 04.10.2013	B	Carla Sparks
4-5 Weecap	Shootout at the Four Chair Corral Season 4: The Blind Auditions, Part 5 - It was the best of auditions, it was the worst of auditions. As the remaining spots on the coaches' teams dwindle, it's up to the contestants to be amazing, or completely suck.	04.08.2013 04.09.2013	B	Carla Sparks
4-4 Weecap	By Default Season 4 – The Blind Auditions, Part 4 - A few pretty people have to hear the word "no," and several contestants don't have their choice of coach but get on this season because half of each team will need to be eliminated in the Battle Rounds.	04.02.2013 04.03.2013	C+	Carla Sparks
4-3 Weecap	All Country Roads Lead to Blake Season 4 – The Blind Auditions, Part 3 - The battle for team diversity half-heartedly wages on as the other coaches try to steal country music artists from Blake, and Shakira quietly takes all the Spanish-speaking contestants.	04.01.2013 04.02.2013	B	Carla Sparks
4-2 Weecap	Bienvenidos a la Hora de Shakira Season 4: The Blind Auditions, Part 2 - Blake might be able to add some members to his team if he could just figure out that secret language Shakira keeps using.	03.26.2013 03.27.2013	B	Carla Sparks
4-1 Weecap	Confessions, Part 1 Season 4: The Blind Auditions Premiere - New coaches Shakira and Usher prove to be incredibly passionate and impossibly laid-back, respectively.	03.25.2013 03.26.2013	A-	Carla Sparks
3-32 Weecap	Are We There Yet? Season 3, Live Finale - Two coaches graduate, and the Season 3 winner of The Voice is announced.	12.18.2012 12.19.2012	C+	Carla Sparks
3-31 Weecap	You Complete Me Season 3, Final Performances - In a night of many sparkles and wigs, the Top 3 perform three last times to determine who will win this season of The Voice.	12.17.2012 12.18.2012	B	Carla Sparks
3-30 Weecap	Three Is the Magic Number Semi-Finals Results - The Voice dilly-dallies around its single elimination, forcing us to listen to performances from lots of people who are not winners.	12.11.2012 12.12.2012	D	Carla Sparks
3-29 Weecap	Ready, Aim, Inspire Semi-Finals Performances - The Top 4 visit their hometowns and aim to inspire, and Team Blake group-sings “White Christmas” because Starbucks.	12.10.2012 12.11.2012	B	Carla Sparks
3-28 Weecap	Six…Five…Four Live Results Show - A second judge loses the last of his team.	12.04.2012 12.05.2012	C	Couch Baron
3-27 Weecap	"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Live Top 6 Performances - Good for Trevin, because he probably was until he sang that.	12.03.2012 12.04.2012	B	Couch Baron
3-26 Weecap	It's Not Easy, Being Eliminated Season 3, Top 8, Results Show - One sad elimination, one mercy kill, and one performance from Cee Lo and Kermit the Frog.	11.27.2012 11.28.2012	C	Carla Sparks
3-25 Weecap	See Cee Lo Win Season 3, Top 8 Performances - Team Cee Lo dominates, in both numbers and talent, and Blake Shelton earns his Bumpkin Badge.	11.26.2012 11.27.2012	A	Carla Sparks
3-24 Weecap	Total Request Live, Redux Results Show - All the hashtags in the world can’t save two artists this week, and Carson supports the growing suspicion that he doesn’t know how to use the internet.	11.20.2012 11.21.2012	B	Carla Sparks
3-23 Weecap	So Emotional Top 10 Performances - The Voice has a good night, with only a few lumpy performances, mostly from the coaches.	11.19.2012 11.20.2012	B+	Carla Sparks
3-22 Weecap	The One with the Wigs Results Show - In a novel approach for The Voice, the two contestants with the fewest votes are eliminated.	11.13.2012 11.14.2012	C	Carla Sparks
3-21 Weecap	Cheaper by the Dozen The Top 12 Performances - The Top 12 perform for our votes and iTunes purchases in the karaoke night to end all karaoke nights.	11.12.2012 11.13.2012	C	Carla Sparks
3-20 Weecap	Don’t Stop Believing in This Life The Live Playoffs, Results - Eight contestants are cut loose, four are saved and everyone is forced to hear Maroon 5 again.	11.08.2012 11.09.2012	B	Carla Sparks
3-19 Weecap	The Battle of the Sexys The Live Playoffs, Part 2 - Team Cee Lo pretty much stomps Team Christina in the second Live Playoffs, but does so with taste and style.	11.07.2012 11.08.2012	B-	Carla Sparks
3-18 Weecap	The Voter's Guide, Part 1 The Live Playoffs, Part 1 - Team Adam comes out ahead of Team Blake, as we all knew would happen ever since Adam stole Amanda Brown.	11.05.2012 11.06.2012	C-	Carla Sparks
3-17 Weecap	Knocked Out and About The Knockouts, Part 2 - Chris Brown strikes again as the two weaker teams prove at least half of them don't know how to choose songs for themselves.	10.30.2012 10.31.2012	C	Carla Sparks
3-16 Weecap	The Quarter Quell The Knockouts, Part 1 - A jam-packed two hour episode re-introduces us to 20 contestants, then mercifully eliminates half of them.	10.29.2012 10.30.2012	A-	Carla Sparks
3-15 Weecap	A Musical Pillow Fight The Battles Continue, Part 4 - The final battle episode: all battles, no montages.	10.23.2012 10.24.2012	C	Carla Sparks
3-14 Weecap	The Battle of Who Could Care Less The Battles Continue, Part 3 - The battles drag on as the coaches narrow down their teams from like a bajillion to like, a million.	10.22.2012 10.23.2012	D	Carla Sparks
3-13 Weecap	You Da Voice The Battles Continue, Part 2 - Haha, Mackenzie's dad is hilarious. Mackenzie's Dad 2012.	10.16.2012 10.17.2012	D	Carla Sparks
3-12 Weecap	The Battle of Long Runs The Battles Continue, Part 1 - In a night of few surprises, soul singers come out on top.	10.15.2012 10.16.2012	C	Carla Sparks
3-11 Weecap	Florence and the Dance Machine The Battles Premiere, Part 2 - The Battle rounds continue as rigged, but the Steal continues to exist for the occasional unexpected contender.	10.09.2012 10.10.2012	B	Carla Sparks
3-10 Weecap	Triumph of the Underdogs The Battles Premiere - The Battle Rounds begin, the Steal is introduced, and being an arrogant jerk only pays off for Adam.	10.08.2012 10.09.2012	B+	Carla Sparks
3-9 Weecap	The Blind Auditions Happened, Did You Know? The Best of the Blind Auditions - If not, here's a look back.	10.02.2012 10.03.2012	B-	Couch Baron
3-8 Weecap	HAAAAAAA HA HA Season 3, Episode 8 - I'm still laughing about the B3 dude.	10.01.2012 10.02.2012	B	Couch Baron
3-7 Weecap	Don't Quit Your Day Job Blind Auditions Continued, Part 4 - A school vehicle driver, a pig farmer, and a smog tester, on this episode of Dirty Jobs/The Voice.	09.25.2012 09.26.2012	C-	Carla Sparks
3-6 Weecap	Button Up or Shut Up Blind Auditions Continued, Part 3 - The contestants' sad stories are getting less sad, or we're becoming desensitized to the sob story. Either way, The Voice teaches us never to let go on Night 6.	09.24.2012 09.25.2012	B+	Carla Sparks
3-5 Weecap	A Hard Day's Night Blind Auditions Continued, Part 2 - Somewhere between purgatory and the Twilight Zone, seven more contestants are placed on teams before Adam's shirt starts to smell.	09.18.2012 09.19.2012	C-	Carla Sparks
3-4 Weecap	A Vocal Revolution Blind Auditions Continued, Part 1 - If everyone else jumped off a bridge for a voice, would Christina Aguilera? No, she wouldn't. Or maybe she just had the spins.	09.17.2012 09.18.2012	B+	Carla Sparks
3-3 Weecap	13 Dead End Dream Street Blind Auditions Continued - The teams grow and Cee Lo makes a choice he’ll regret for weeks to come.	09.12.2012 09.13.2012	B-	Carla Sparks
3-2 Weecap	Carson Daly Fails to Empathize, Part 2 Blind Auditions Premiere, Part 2 - Since the contestants are a bit bland, the judges remember to talk more about themselves and what they're wearing in the second audition episode.	09.11.2012 09.12.2012	C	Carla Sparks
3-1 Weecap	The Whims and Caprices of Adam Levine Blind Auditions Premiere - The Blind Auditions begin, but this time Cee Lo has a bird.	09.10.2012 09.11.2012	B	Carla Sparks
2-21 Weecap	Back That Up Live Finale - After nearly two hours of filler, a winner is finally revealed. And our hopes for it to be anyone but Chris Mann pay off.	05.08.2012 05.09.2012	B-	Angel Cohn
2-20 Weecap	The End Is Near Live Final Performances - Christina brings her germs and bitchface to the table as the finalists perform three times.	05.07.2012 05.08.2012	B-	Angel Cohn
2-19 Weecap	It's a Mann's World Live Semi-Final Eliminations - Sucks for birthday girl Erin, and for Katrina who got screwed over by Adam.	05.01.2012 05.02.2012	C-	Angel Cohn
2-18 Weecap	Moves Like Seizure Live Semi-Final Performances - Tony Lucca did not learn dance moves from Justin Timberlake, and Cee Lo has the best t-shirt ever.	04.30.2012 05.01.2012	B	Angel Cohn
2-17 Weecap	Already Gone Live Quarterfinal Eliminations – Week Two - Cheesa chooses an unfortunate tune for her final song, and Adam may or may not have had a stroke.	04.24.2012 04.25.2012	C	Angel Cohn
2-16 Weecap	Bad Boys Live Quarterfinals Performances, Week 2 - No more headbands OR bowties. What a delightful night indeed.	04.23.2012 04.24.2012	B+	Angel Cohn
2-15 Weecap	Wanted: Dead Not Alive Live Quarterfinals Eliminations, Week 1 - The Wanted and Bieber show up, much to the delight of screaming girls everywhere. And two more people get sent home.	04.17.2012 04.18.2012	B+	Angel Cohn
2-14 Weecap	Call Me Live Quarterfinals Performances, Week 1 - Adam believes that payphones still exist and are a thing, while Christina and Blake freak out about cutting people on the spot.	04.16.2012 04.17.2012	B	Angel Cohn
2-13 Weecap	Pip Squeak Elimination, Week 2 - Something is wrong with this world when Pip gets to stay on this show and Tony Vincent goes home.	04.10.2012 04.11.2012	B-	Angel Cohn
2-12 Weecap	Two Tickets to Bonertown Live Performance, Week 2 - Team Adam and Team Cee Lo underwhelm, but on the bright side we now know what Blake Shelton looks like when he's sexually uncomfortable.	04.09.2012 04.10.2012	C+	Rachel Stein
2-11 Weecap	Eight Is More Than Enough Elimination, Week 1 - We were hoping they'd cut six people, but they only axed four. And we had to sit through Gym Class Heroes. It was a rough night all around.	04.03.2012 04.04.2012	C	Angel Cohn
2-10 Weecap	Live to Dance Live Performance, Week 1 - The live shows begin, which means a slew of backup dancers are now gainfully employed.	04.02.2012 04.03.2012	B	Angel Cohn
2-9 Weecap	A Long Day's Journey The Battles, Week 4 - The battle rounds are finally over, and we might not have hated a cover of a Journey song. Not a bad night for this show.	03.26.2012 03.27.2012	B	Angel Cohn
2-8 Weecap	Pip Squeak The Battles, Week 3 - A guy named Pip is going through to the live shows. How did someone let this happen?	03.19.2012 03.20.2012	B+	Angel Cohn
2-7 Weecap	Baker, Baker The Battles, Week 2 - It's a bad night if you are a wannabe singer stuck in the food service industry.	03.12.2012 03.13.2012	B	Angel Cohn
2-6 Weecap	Fight the Power The Battles Begin - The singers have to go head-to-head against some other random to earn their place in the live rounds which will probably take place in August at this pace.	03.05.2012 03.06.2012	B	Angel Cohn
2-5 Weecap	Swing Low The Blind Auditions, Part 5 - The teams are completed, but not before Cee Lo passes out face-down in his cat’s fur.	02.27.2012 02.28.2012	B+	Rachel Stein
2-4 Weecap	U Got It Bad The Blind Auditions, Part 4 - The judges start to get desperate to fill up their teams, and some singers forget that the coaches can't see their dance moves.	02.20.2012 02.21.2012	B+	Angel Cohn
2-3 Weecap	Maybe I'm Amazed? The Blind Auditions, Part 3 - More blind auditions and thankfully no group sing-along to contend with. It's a solid night for The Voice.	02.13.2012 02.14.2012	A-	Angel Cohn
2-2 Weecap	Purple Pain Blind Auditions, Part 2 - We don't even get a whole 24 hours to recuperate from the last episode before we get more auditions, and now we have to listen to the coaches trying to outsing each other on a medley of Prince songs.	02.06.2012 02.07.2012	B	Angel Cohn
2-1 Weecap	Why the Caged Bird Sings Blind Auditions 1 - It's baaaaaaa-aaaaaackkk.	02.05.2012 02.06.2012	A	LuluBates
1-12 Weecap	The Grand Finale The Final Results Show - It's no Game of Thrones but it'll do.	06.29.2011 06.30.2011	A	LuluBates
1-11 Weecap	Four Square The Finals - Oh lord, here comes the original music. Heaven help us all.	06.28.2011 06.29.2011	B+	Angel Cohn
1-10 Weecap	A Whole Lotta Nothing Going On Results Show - In which an entire hour of your life drains out of you very, very slowly.	06.22.2011 06.23.2011	B+	LuluBates
1-9 Weecap	Semi-s Live Semifinals, Part 2 - In which everyone performs, except Cee Lo.	06.21.2011 06.22.2011	B+	LuluBates
1-8 Weecap	Nailing It Live Quarterfinals, Part 2 - In which your humble recapper takes a shot every time a judge claims a performer "nailed it." Urp.	06.14.2011 06.15.2011	B+	LuluBates
1-7 Weecap	Judge-ment Day Live Quarterfinals - Put on your robes and get in touch with your inner Judge Judy, because it's up to you, America. It's time to find your "Voice."	06.07.2011 06.08.2011	B+	LuluBates
1-6 Weecap	While You Were Sleeping The Battles, Part 4 - I was recapping the show that never ends, it just goes on and on, my friends.	05.31.2011 06.01.2011	D+	LuluBates
1-5 Weecap	Creep-y The Battles, Part 3 - Oh hello, worst rendition of Radiohead ever.	05.24.2011 05.25.2011	C+	LuluBates
1-4 Weecap	V is for Victory The Battles, Part 2 - While we keep waiting for this show to start acting like a reboot of The Warriors instead we get sweet renditions of "Stand By Me".	05.17.2011 05.18.2011	A+	LuluBates
1-3 Weecap	American Gladiators The Battles, Part 1 - The world's most exciting singing competition continues, but none of the contestants wear nearly enough lycra	05.10.2011 05.11.2011	A+	LuluBates
1-2 Weecap	Blind Auditions, Part 2 Blind Auditions, Part 2 - Carson does math, out loud, for two hours. Between equations, people sing. Some well.	05.03.2011 05.04.2011	N/A	LuluBates
1 -1 Weecap	Blind Auditions Blind Auditions, Part 1 - The competition begins and so does all the super hard math.	04.26.2011 04.27.2011	C+	LuluBates