The Voice Season 30 Y2K Night 1 Live Shows Officially Kicked Off

Season 30 Live Shows Kick Off

The live shows for Season 30 of NBC’s The Voice officially kicked off on Nov. 9, 2026, launching with a themed Y2K night that transported viewers back to the late ’90s and early 2000s, today.com reported.

Host Carson Daly opened the broadcast standing outside the set with a crowd holding Total Request Live-inspired posters. The remaining artists then took the stage in matching white outfits to perform Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) by the Backstreet Boys.

Following Cut Week, coaches Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah, and Riley Green trimmed their rosters down to three singers apiece. Prior to the first live show, Green told TODAY.com that it is nerve-wracking to have to perform live on television for an audience and for it to be the biggest audience a lot of them ever performed for, adding that his strategy is to find the things he thinks they do the best and highlight those.

Levine told TODAY.com he is a fan of his team and is proud of them regardless of how far everybody gets, telling them to focus on every night because every moment you get to be on the show is a victory to me because you never know if you’re gonna win, but just let the victory come unknowingly. Additionally, Clarkson expressed her excitement for the live shows, telling TODAY.com, This is bringing humanity to the table. Only Team Queen and Team Adam performed during the Nov. 9 opener, while Team Kelly and Team Riley take the stage the following week, according to today.com.

Artists Perform During the Nov. 9 Broadcast

The Nov. 9 broadcast featured the initial round of competition alongside the reveal of the 13th artist.

Lillie Kolich from Team Queen sang Britney Spears’s (You Drive Me) Crazy, with Riley Green impressed by her ability to take a well-known song and make it unique, and Queen Latifah saying she Lillie-d it.

BigCountry of Team Queen sang Bon Jovi’s It’s My Life, and Green said he crushed it while reminding everyone he had originally tried to get him on his team, while Queen Latifah noted that everything around him matches his personality and gave his vocals some love.

Viewers Cast Votes via TikTok or SMS

Viewers can cast votes for their favorite artists through TikTok or SMS text messaging during the live broadcasts. According to today.com, voting opens across all U.S. time zones at 9:00 p.m., matching the start of the show, and remains open until around five minutes after the episode’s final performance.