The Voice has been turning the chairs of its celebrity coaches for 14 years now, and following Sofronio Vasquez’s victory in Season 26, followers are prepared to satisfy a brand new crop of musicians when the singing competitors returns to the 2025 TV schedule. The upcoming season is a particular one, as The Voice welcomes again OG coach Adam Levine, who will be part of John Legend, Michael Bublé and Kelsea Ballerini in hopefully serving to to spice up the Season 27 contestants to success within the music business. However with these singers leaving their jobs and households for this chance, many followers have puzzled how a lot they receives a commission to seem on The Voice.
The quick reply is The Voice contestants don’t obtain an precise paycheck; nevertheless, compensation is available in different types. Let’s check out what we’ve discovered about contestants’ pay through the years.
How A lot Do The Voice Contestants Get Paid To Be On The Present?
Technically the singers — together with those that make it previous the Blind Auditions and onto a crew — don’t get any cash to seem on the NBC competitors. Previous contestants, nevertheless, have mentioned they did obtain a stipend, per Newsweek, and in addition had entry to catering and even a Starbucks on set. Jessie Poland, who competed as Charlotte Typically on Season 2, instructed Cosmopolitan:
It was fucking candy. It was mainly like being an grownup with out having to be one. When you’re on the present for some time, you bought cash [a stipend] to exit and catering was actually nice. I ate very well.
It’s been saved fairly hush-hush how a lot cash the contestants are or got — and the way far within the competitors one needed to make it earlier than receiving any compensation — however some have spoken out about not having the ability to work throughout that point due to The Voice’s demanding schedule. Jessie Poland mentioned she wasn’t even capable of get a part-time job, saying:
I couldn’t make a ton of cash. And despite the fact that I labored as a movie author and performed exhibits, I couldn’t do this whereas I used to be on The Voice. I couldn’t actually work. Nobody can work.
Not solely does The Voice’s taping schedule stop contestants from attending their common jobs, I’d think about it’s exhausting for the musicians to search out the time to gig — in the event that they’re even allowed to. Nonetheless, it’s potential that contestants on newer seasons of The Voice aren’t put in as robust a place, as there are fewer weeks of dwell exhibits that require them to be in Los Angeles.
For the previous few seasons, solely the Semifinals and Finals have been dwell, whereas when Jessie Poland was on the present in 2012, dwell episodes aired from April 2 to Might 8, and that’s after all on high of the tape days for the pre-recorded audition and Battle rounds. Fewer weeks of dwell competitors means much less of a time dedication for The Voice coaches, but in addition much less time the singers are taken away from their jobs.
Extra jobs have additionally gone distant up to now 5 years, for the reason that pandemic hit (bear in mind how singing competitions like The Voice and American Idol dealt with quarantine episodes?), so along with having to spend much less time in L.A., it’s potential that extra contestants are, certainly, capable of take their work with them. I’ve to surprise if the stipend coverage (or quantity) has modified since then.
How A lot Does The Voice Winner Earn?
The one exception to the rule of The Voice contestants not getting paid for his or her time on the present is the contestant who wins the season. Whereas their coach will get little greater than bragging rights, the singer leaves with a pleasant prize of $100,000 and a document deal. The greenback quantity of The Voice’s prize cash has remained the identical since its debut in 2011.
Nationwide Publicity And Connections Might Be The Most Useful Half Of Being On The Voice
Any singers hoping to make it onto one of many celebrities’ groups to compete on the NBC singing present needs to be conscious getting in that they gained’t be receiving a paycheck for his or her time there. Nonetheless, the entire level of making an attempt out for a present like that’s the alternative for publicity. Showing on nationwide tv and typically attending to share your story of the occasions and circumstances that led you to the singing competitors may be essentially the most invaluable takeaway — even when you don’t make it previous Blind Auditions.
The worth of the connections made on the present can’t be underestimated both. Lots of The Voice’s singers have gone on to collaborate with one another or ebook exhibits or write songs collectively. Contestants additionally make contact with a number of individuals within the music business, together with their coach, and a few of the mentors have a fame for persevering with to assist their crew members lengthy after their explicit season has ended.
Blake Shelton famously retains in contact with the previous members of his crew, as Season 21 contestant Lana Scott saying that the “Boys ‘Spherical Right here” singer even helped her ebook gigs at his bar Ole Crimson when she moved out to Nashville, Tennessee, after her look on The Voice. Many different former contestants have additionally taken the stage at totally different Ole Crimson places across the nation.
Regardless of the winner of The Voice being the one precise particular person to stroll away with any important sum of money for his or her time, contestants are given the chance of a lifetime. It doesn’t damage that they’re apparently well-fed throughout their time on the present both.
Tune in to see if Adam Levine can recapture the magic, as he’ll be the one coach on Season 27 who’s gained multiple season. Can Michael Bublé or John Legend notch a second victory? Will Kelsea Ballerini present up all the fellows on her rookie season? Solely time will inform, so tune in at 8 p.m. ET Monday, February 3, on NBC to see the primary night time of Blind Auditions. Episodes might be obtainable to stream the subsequent day with a Peacock subscription.