‘THE VOICE’ TO DEBUT ALL-NEW, GAME-CHANGING LIVE CROSS BATTLES ROUND IN WHICH ARTISTS FROM OPPOSING TEAMS COMPETE HEAD-TO-HEAD LIVE FOR AMERICA’S VOTE  

For the First Time in “Voice” History, Coaches Will Select Artists from Their Team in Real Time to Compete Live Against Artists from Other Teams

In Another Unprecedented First, Coaches Could Enter Top 24 Live Show with Uneven Teams as America Decides Winner of Each Cross Battle

Each Coach Has One Save and One Steal to Use in the Moment

Live Cross Battles Begin Monday, April 15 and Continue April 16, 22 and 23
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — April 9, 2019 — Four-time Emmy Award-winning hit musical competition series “The Voice” will debut an all-new, game-changing round called the Live Cross Battles. For the first time in “Voice” history, the superstar coaches – Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton – go head-to-head, each selecting one artist from their team to compete against an artist from an opposing team in an epic Live Cross Battle performance. The stakes are higher than ever before as America’s vote will ultimately decide the winner of each Cross Battle and who earns a spot in the Top 24 live show.

The new Live Cross Battles round will begin with 32 artists remaining in the competition. Over the course of two weeks, eight pairs of 16 artists will perform each Monday. “The Voice” will unveil a brand new Cross Battles set design, in which the artists will be seated by team on dramatically lit benches around each side of the stage. In every Cross Battle, two coaches will go head-to-head in a “live school yard pick,” each selecting one artist from their team to go up against another team’s artist. Each artist will perform an individual song, and their fate is in America’s hands to decide the winner.

On the Tuesday results shows, host Carson Daly will reveal the winner of each Cross Battle, and 16 artists will advance to the next round through America’s vote. For the first time ever, each coach will also have the opportunity to save or steal eliminated artists live in the moment. The coaches will have one save and one steal to use over the course of the Cross Battles, and they will only have ten seconds to decide if they want to push their button to save or steal an artist.

In another “Voice” first, coaches may enter the Top 24 live show with an uneven number of artists on their team, further adding to the drama and competition.

The Live Cross Battles Round begins on Monday, April 15 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) and continue on Tuesday, April 16 (8-9 p.m. ET/PT), Monday, April 22 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) and Tuesday, April 23 (8-9 p.m. ET/PT) in NBC.

THE VOICE — “Blind Auditions” Episode 1606 — Pictured: Rod Stokes — (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC)

Moss Point native, Rod Stokes, is still in the running on Team Adam and will need your votes in the upcoming weeks during these new Cross Battle Rounds!

Viewers can vote using App Voting and Online Voting during the April 15, 2019 and April 22, 2019. Voting opens at the end of the ET/CT broadcast on The Voice Official App (App Store or Google Play) and at NBC.com/VoiceVote. For official rules, please visit nbc.com/VoiceVoteRules.

For a video preview of the Live Cross Battles round, click HERE.