Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera performing on 'The Voice'

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The Voice led NBC to victory in the Tuesday night ratings battle, preliminary figures suggest.

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The latest edition of the singing contest drew 12.1m viewers from 9pm, down slightly on last week's 12.33m. The second hour of the show dipped slightly to 11.5m.

The latest instalment of America's Got Talent, which saw Piers Morgan, Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne judge acts in Atlanta, also performed well at 8pm, attracting an

CBS was the second highest-rated network of the night, with an NCIS rerun drawing 9.15m. A repeat of spinoff series NCIS: Los Angeles pulled in a lower 8.8m, while viewership for a Good Wife encore dropped considerably to just 4.8m.