<P> The show's format features five stages of competition: producers' auditions, blind auditions, battle rounds, knockouts (since 2012), and live performance shows . </P> <P> Contestants are aspiring singers drawn from public auditions, which are not televised . Unlike Idols and The X Factor, the producers pick fewer contestants (usually from 100 up to 200 contestants), which are deemed "the best artists", to perform in the televised auditions . The first televised stage is the blind auditions, in which the four coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, listen to the contestants in chairs facing away from the stage so as to avoid seeing them . If a coach likes what they hear from that contestant, they press a button to rotate their chairs to signify that they are interested in working with that contestant . If more than one coach presses their button, the contestant chooses the coach he or she wants to work with . The blind auditions end when each coach has a set number of contestants to work with . Coaches will dedicate themselves to developing their singers mentally, musically and in some cases physically, giving them advice, and sharing the secrets of their success . </P> <P> The contestants who successfully pass the blind auditions proceed to the battle rounds, where the coaches put two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together in front of a studio audience . After the vocal face - off, the coach must choose only one to advance . If no specific winner can be identified the competition turns to a game of fate via a coin toss . In some versions, there are steals where opposing coaches can steal a contestant who was voted off by their own coach by pressing their button . As in the blind auditions, if more than one coach presses their button, the contestant chooses which coach they want . Each coach has a set number of steals (usually one or two). </P> <P> In some versions, the winners of the battle rounds proceed to the knockout rounds (dubbed Super-battle round in some versions). The Knockout Rounds can happen in one of two method: Sing - off or Hot - seat / Chair Challenge . </P>

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