The Four: Battle for Stardom (season 1)

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The Four: Battle for Stardom
Season 1
Hosted byFergie
Coaches
WinnerEvvie McKinney
Runner-upCandice Boyd
Release
Original networkFOX
Original releaseJanuary 4 (2018-01-04) –
February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

The first season of The Four: Battle for Stardom premiered on Fox on January 4, 2018. Fergie hosted the show, while Sean Combs, DJ Khaled, Meghan Trainor and Charlie Walk were judges. Prior to the season finale, Walk withdrew from the show following sexual assault allegations against him.[1]

On February 8, 2018, the winner was announced as 20-year-old Evvie McKinney from Memphis, Tennessee,[2] who was signed to Republic Records and named iHeartRadio's "On the Verge" artist.[3]

The Four[]

Key:

  – Challenger against "The Four" won and secured a seat as a new member.
  – Member of "The Four" did not perform.
  – Member of "The Four" won the challenge and secured their seat.
  – Member of "The Four" lost the challenge and was eliminated.
  – Challenger lost their challenge, and was originally eliminated, but received a second chance via #TheFourComeback.
  – Comeback Artist lost their opportunity to challenge one of "The Four" when another comeback artist defeated them.
  – Not in the competition.
  – Final member of “The Four”
* – Original member of "The Four"
Artists Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 Finale
Part 11 Part 2 Part 1 Part 2
Evvie McKinney WIN N/A SAFE WINNER
Candice Boyd WIN OUT SAVE WIN SAFE RUNNER -UP
Vincint Cannady WIN N/A OUT
Zhavia Ward WIN IN SAFE OUT SAVE WIN OUT
Tim Johnson Jr. WIN IN IN OUT
Nick Harrison WIN IN OUT
Ash Minor* IN OUT SAVE LOSE
Saeed Renaud WIN OUT SAVE LOSE
Kendyle Paige WIN OUT
Jason Warrior WIN SAFE SAFE OUT
Rell Jerv WIN OUT
Cheyenne Elliot WIN OUT
Lex Lu* SAFE OUT
Blair Perkins* OUT
Elanese Lansen OUT
  1. ^ On January 29, a few days before episode 5, it was announced that via The hashtag #TheFourComeback, Zhavia, Ash Minor, Candice Boyd, and Saeed Renaud received the most tweets and retweets, and would get another opportunity to earn a seat. During Part 1, they were officially brought back onto the show

Challenge Episodes[]

Key:

  – Artist secured a spot and has remained in "The Four".
  – Artist won their challenge, but was eventually eliminated from the competition.
  – Artist was eliminated from the competition.
  – Artist lost their challenge, and was originally eliminated, but received a second chance via #TheFourComeback.

Week 1 (January 4)[]

Starting lineup of The Four
Artist Age Hometown Starting seat
Lex Lu 32 Los Angeles, California Put in seat 1
Ash Minor 23 Ipswich, Australia Put in seat 2
Elanese Lansen 22 Boca Raton, Florida Put in seat 3
Blair Perkins 25 Los Angeles, California Put in seat 4
Artist performances on the first episode
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Judges' verdict Walk Trainor Combs Khaled
1 Tyler Griffin 24 North Bergen, New Jersey "Talk Dirty" Eliminated Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
2 Zhavia 16 Los Angeles, California "Location" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
3 Anthony Hall 28 Delray Beach, Florida "Feel It Still" Eliminated Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear app clean.png
4 Illakriss 21 Dallas, Texas "Let's Groove" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
5 Valentina Cytrynowicz 19 Los Angeles, California "Green Light" Eliminated Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear app clean.png
6 Saeed Renaud 37 Brooklyn, New York "Run to You" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
Challenge performances on the first episode
Order Artist Song Challenge result
2.1 Elanese Lansen "Échame la Culpa" Eliminated
2.2 Zhavia "Unforgettable" Put in seat 3
4.1 Lex Lu "Wild Thoughts" Safe
4.2 Illakriss "Special Delivery" Eliminated
6.1 Blair Perkins "Stay with Me" Eliminated
6.2 Saeed Renaud "Love Me Again" Put in seat 4

Week 2 (January 11)[]

Artist performances on the second episode
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Judges' verdict Walk Trainor Combs Khaled
1 Candice Boyd 27 Rancho Cucamonga, California "I'm Goin' Down" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
2 Stevie Brock 27 North Hollywood, California "Sugar" Eliminated Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg
3 Cheyenne Elliott 23 New York City, New York "Wings" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
4 Cocoa Sarai 28 Brooklyn, New York "Jealous" Eliminated Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
5 Kayla Ember 18 St. Petersburg, Florida "Bad at Love" Eliminated Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg
6 Jason Warrior 22 Chicago, Illinois "Love Me Now" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
Challenge performances on the second episode
Order Artist Song Challenge result
1.1 Ash Minor "Adorn" Eliminated
1.2 Candice Boyd "Dangerous Woman" Put in seat 2
3.1 Lex Lu "Bad and Boujee" Eliminated
3.1 Cheyenne Elliott "Too Good at Goodbyes" Put in seat 1
6.1 Saeed Renaud "Superstition" Eliminated
6.2 Jason Warrior "Radioactive" Put in seat 4

Week 3 (January 18)[]

Note: This is the first time that all four members have been challenged.

Artist performances on the third episode
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Judges' verdict Walk Trainor Combs Khaled
1 Rell Jerv 24 Wilmington, Delaware "Pools" (Original Song) Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
2 Sean Cavaliere 18 Los Angeles, California "Stitches" Eliminated Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg
3 Jefferson Clay 23 Austin, Texas "Better Man" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
4 Nicole Boggs 30 Nashville, Tennessee "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
5 Tim Johnson Jr. 18 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "Let's Stay Together" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
Challenge performances on the third episode
Order Artist Song Challenge result
1.1 Cheyenne Elliot "Wrecking Ball" Eliminated
1.2 Rell Jerv "I Own It"
(Original Song)
Put in seat 1
3.1 Jason Warrior "Love on the Brain" Safe
3.2 Jefferson Clay "Ignition" Eliminated
4.1 Zhavia "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Safe
4.2 Nicole Boggs "Praying" Eliminated
5.1 Candice Boyd "Here" Eliminated
5.2 Tim Johnson Jr. "All I Want" Put in seat 2

Week 4 (January 25)[]

Artist performances on the fourth episode
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Judges' verdict Walk Trainor Combs Khaled
1 Nicolina 22 Orlando, Florida "Don't Let Me Down" Eliminated Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg
2 RaVaughn 30 Carson, California "Sorry Not Sorry" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
3 Edi Callier 22 Covington, Georgia "Jealous" Eliminated Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg
4 Nick Harrison 28 Sherman Oaks, California "Bad Boy For Life" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
5 Josh Wyper 30 Vancouver, Canada "Tennessee Whiskey" Eliminated Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg
6 Kendyle Paige 20 Circleville, New York "Me, Myself & I" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
Challenge performances on the fourth episode
Order Artist Song Challenge result
2.1 Jason Warrior "Titanium" Safe
2.2 RaVaughn "Have You Ever?" Eliminated
4.1 Rell Jerv "Feeling Alright" (Original Song) Eliminated
4.2 Nick Harrison "Survival of the Fittest" Put in seat 1
6.1 Zhavia "Diamonds" Eliminated
6.2 Kendyle Paige "PILLOWTALK" Put in seat 3

Week 5 (February 1)[]

This week featured two distinct parts. The first part was the same format as the previous weeks. However, in the second part, four previously eliminated artists received an opportunity to earn a chance to challenge a member of "The Four" another time.

Part 1: New Artist Challenges[]

Artist performances on the fifth episode
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Judges' verdict Walk Trainor Combs Khaled
1 Vincint Cannady 26 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "Magic" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
2 Evvie McKinney 20 Memphis, Tennessee "Rise Up" Advanced Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png
Challenge performances on the fifth episode
Order Artist Song Challenge result
1.1 Jason Warrior "Ordinary People" Eliminated
1.2 Vincint Cannady "Sittin' Up In My Room" Put in seat 4
2.1 Kendyle Paige "Stay" Eliminated
2.2 Evvie McKinney "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" Put In Seat 3

Part 2: Comeback Artist Performances[]

Throughout the run of the season, viewers voted for their favorite eliminated members of "The Four" on Twitter using the hashtag #TheFourComeback and another hastag with the artist's first name. On January 29, FOX posted a video on the show's YouTube channel, which announced that Ash Minor, Candice Boyd, Saeed Renaud, and Zhavia had been the top four vote-getters and would be returning to the competition.

In Part 2, the four comeback artists were put into two pairs. Each pair had to battle for the judges' unanimous vote to move on. Once the judges picked which of the two comeback artists would move on, each winner challenged one of the remaining members of "The Four."

Comeback Artist Battle Results
Order Artist Song Result
3.1 Saeed Renaud "All My Life" Eliminated
3.2 Candice Boyd "Love" Advanced
4.1 Ash Minor "When I Was Your Man" Eliminated
4.2 Zhavia "Bodak Yellow" Advanced
Comeback Artist Challenge Performance Results
Order Artist Song Result
5.1 Nick Harrison "All The Way Up" Eliminated
5.2 Candice Boyd "Ex-Factor Put in Seat 1
6.1 Tim Johnson Jr. "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" Eliminated
6.2 Zhavia "Say Something" Put in Seat 2

Finale[]

Week 6 (February 8)[]

Part 1: Head-to-Head Battles[]

In Part 1, the finalists each performed two songs. For the first song, each finalist performed in hopes of winning over the audience. After performing, the audience voted on their favorite performance, and the finalist with the most votes earned the power to choose who they wanted to battle against in the head-to-head challenge. For their second song, each selected pair went head-to-head. The judges picked a winner from each pair to move on to the final battle.

Selection Power Performances
Order Artist Song Result Opponent
1 Candice Boyd "Don't Speak" Did not receive Vincint
2 Evvie McKinney "Proud Mary" Selected Zhavia Zhavia
3 Vincint Cannady "Creep" Did not receive Candice
4 Zhavia "One Dance" Did not receive Evvie

EVVIE V. ZHAVIA

WIN LOSE

VINCINT CANDICE

LOSE WIN

Non-Competition Performances
Order Artist Song
6.1 French Montana "Unforgettable" & "Famous"

Part 2: The Final Battle[]

For the final battle, the two finalists performed once more for the votes of the judges. The winner of this battle would be crowned the winner of The Four.

Final Head-to-head Performance Results
Order Artist Song Result
9 Evvie McKinney "Glory" Winner
10 Candice Boyd "Stay" Runner-Up

Artists who appeared on previous shows[]

  • Jason Warrior was on the eleventh season of The Voice and reached the live playoffs, but was eliminated.
  • Ash Minor from Brisbane, Australia made the top 12 on X Factor Australia in 2012 under his real name (Adil Memon) and is now accompanied by Cam Noble from Melbourne, Australia.
  • Elanese Lansen was a contestant on the U.S. version of X Factor in 2013. There is no footage of her performances, but there is an interview package on YouTube entitled "Yes, I Made It!"
  • Blair Perkins previously auditioned for the twelfth season of American Idol and made it to Hollywood Week.

Famous Relations[]

  • Evvie McKinney is the younger sister of singer Gedeon McKinney, who finished in the top 16 of the fifth season of American Idol.
  • Cheyenne Elliott is the granddaughter of singer Dionne Warwick who later competed on The Masked Singer as the Mouse being eliminated in the second round.

Ratings[]

Episode Original airdate Time slot (ET) Viewers
(in millions)
Adults (18–49) Source
Rating Share
1 "Week One" January 4, 2018 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 3.75 1.2 4 [4]
2 "Week Two" January 11, 2018 3.29 1.1 4 [5]
3 "Week Three" January 18, 2018 3.47 1.1 4 [6]
4 "Week Four" January 25, 2018 3.69 1.2 5 [7]
5 "Week Five" February 1, 2018 3.76 1.3 5 [8]
6 "Week Six" February 8, 2018 4.03 1.3 5 [9]

References[]

  1. ^ Patten, Dominic (31 January 2018). "Charlie Walk Officially Out of 'The Four' Finale On Fox". Deadline. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Evvie McKinney crowned the first-ever winner of THE FOUR: BATTLE FOR STARDOM!". Fox. February 8, 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ Chuba, Kirsten. "'The Four' Judges Talk More Genres, Returning Contestant Possibility in Season 2". Variety. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ Porter, Rick (January 8, 2018). "'The Four,' 'Will & Grace,' everything else unchanged: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  5. ^ Porter, Rick (January 12, 2018). "'Big Bang Theory,' 'Young Sheldon' and 'The Four' adjust up: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  6. ^ Porter, Rick (January 22, 2018). "'Grey's Anatomy' adjusts up, 'The Four,' 'Scandal' and 'Great News' down: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  7. ^ Porter, Rick (January 26, 2018). "Grey's Anatomy' adjusts up, 'Big Bang Theory' rerun adjusts down: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  8. ^ Porter, Rick (February 1, 2018). "Big Bang Theory,' 'The Four' adjust up, 'Mom' and 'AP Bio' adjust down: Thursday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
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