<P> On May 22, 2018, Brynn Cartelli was crowned the winner of The Voice . With her win, the fifteen year - old became the youngest winner in the show's history . Sawyer Fredericks at sixteen was the youngest until Cartelli won . With her victory, Kelly Clarkson became the first new coach to win on their first season, and overall the third female winning coach, behind Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys . Additionally, runner - up Britton Buchanan became the highest - placing artist who advanced via an Instant Save, following Joshua Davis of Season 8 and Chris Jamison of Season 7, who both placed third . This season also marked the second time in the show's history that Blake did not have at least one artist in the Top 2, the first time since the fifth season . </P> <P> The coaching lineup changed once again for the fourteenth season . Adam Levine and Blake Shelton returned as coaches, making them the only members of the coaching panel to be part of all fourteen seasons . Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Hudson were replaced by returning coach Alicia Keys, who returned after a one season absence and was participating in her third season, and Kelly Clarkson, who served as an advisor for Team Blake during the Battle rounds in the second season and key advisor for all the teams during the Knockout Rounds in the thirteenth season . Carson Daly returned for his fourteenth season as host </P> <P> This season a new feature, the Block, was added during the Blind Auditions . This allows the coaches to block one coach from getting an artist the coach turned around for . </P> <P> Also, Season 14 introduced a Save button that allows a coach to save an artist they just eliminated during the Knockouts Round . However, if another coach also presses his or her Steal button, the contestant can then decide whether they want to go to a new team or return to their former coach . </P>

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