The third season of ''

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singing competition on

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and

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returned to the show as coaches.

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left the show to focus on her other projects, such as '' ASAP'', and a new album. As a result,

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replaced her as a coach.

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and

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returned to host the show; however,

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was replaced by Kim Chiu. Constantino didn't return to the show due to her earlier commitments with some other programs. The show premiered on May 28, 2016, replacing the fifth season of ''

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''. It airs 7:15 p.m. ( PST) every Saturdays; and 7 p.m. (PST) every Sundays. The show ended on August 28, 2016, with Joshua Oliveros of Team Lea as the champion, the first male grand champion in the show to do so and marking Salonga's first win in the show as coach.

Developments

After the finale of the second season of ''The Voice Kids'', it was announced that the show will have a third season.

Coaches

Lea Salonga confirmed on an interview that she will be returning for the third season of ''The Voice Kids''; Bamboo Mañalac was also confirmed to return to the show. However, it was announced that Sarah Geronimo will no longer serve as a coach on its third season to focus more on her career as an artist. Rumors circulated that Sharon Cuneta will replace Sarah on the show. On May 2, 2016, she confirmed that she is the new ''The Voice Kids'' coach.

Hosts

and

were slated to return as hosts of the show. However,

was not be able to return to the show due to her earlier commitments with '' It's Showtime'' as a judge of the segment

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and with ''

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'' as a mentor and she was replaced by Kim Chiu.

Auditions

The ages of the auditionees were reduced to 6–13 years old; in the previous season, it was 7–13 years old.

Teams

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Blind auditions

During the Blind auditions, each coach must now form a team of 24 young artists, instead of the usual 18 during the

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seasons. It aired from May 28 to July 16 for 15 episodes with a total of 90 aspiring contestants. ;Color key

Episode 1 (May 28)

The first episode was graced by an opening number from the coaches wherein they sang "

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" from

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Episode 2 (May 29)

Episode 3 (June 4)

Episode 4 (June 5)

Episode 5 (June 11)

Episode 6 (June 12)

Episode 7 (June 18)

Episode 8 (June 19)

Episode 9 (June 25)

Episode 10 (June 26)

Episode 11 (July 2)

Episode 12 (July 3)

Episode 13 (July 9)

Episode 14 (July 10)

Episode 15 (July 16)

The Battles

72 artists will advance to the Battles. This part of the competition follows the format of the previous season wherein three artists pit for one of the eight spots per team in the Sing-offs. The Battles aired on July 17, 2016. ;Color key

The Sing-offs

24 artists will advance to the Sing-Offs. This part of the competition follows the format of the previous season wherein remaining artists pit for one of the spots per team in the Live Shows. Instead of having two artists per team, three artists per team will be advancing to the Live Shows. ;Color key

Live shows

Results summary

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Live shows details

The Live shows were held in Newport Performing Arts Theater,

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from August 20 until August 28, 2016. This season followed the format from the previous seasons wherein the outcome of the Live shows were solely from the results of the public's votes. For the third season, since there were nine artists, there were some adjustments to the voting system over the course of the semifinals. After the performance of every three artists per coach, the public got to vote on who should advance to the grand finals. Voting was done during the commercial break and closed once the show goes back. The top three artists (one per team) came from the results of the public votes advanced to the Finals. The public was only allowed to vote once per mobile number per weekend night. ;Color key

Week 1: Semifinals (August 20 & 21)

The second night (August 21), the live shows of Coach Lea's 3 finalists, was also graced by a musical number featuring the champions of the past seasons of

, Lyca Gairanod and Elha Nympha, together with the champions of

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, Mitoy Yonting and Jason Dy.

Week 2: Finals (August 27 & 28)

Prior to the announcement of the grand winner,

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and

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came to the stage and sang

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, and promoted their upcoming film, Barcelona: A Love Untold. After being announced as the grand champion, Joshua Oliveros sang ''Salamat'' by

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Artists who appeared on other talent shows

;Advanced to the Live shows * Yessha dela Calzada joined the fourth season of ''

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'' on ABS-CBN wherein she was declared as the Performing Arts champion. * JC Tan joined the fourth season of '' Star Circle Quest'' on ABS-CBN during the fifth week, but he is eliminated. * Justin Alva auditioned during the second season of ''The Voice Kids'', but he failed to make the coaches turn their chairs for him.

Reception

Television ratings

Television ratings for the third season of ''The Voice Kids'' on

were gathered from two major sources, namely from AGB Nielsen and

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. AGB Nielsen's survey ratings were gathered from

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households; it is worth noting that since July 2016, AGB Nielsen expanded their coverage to include urban Luzon. On the other hand, Kantar Media's survey ratings were gathered from urban and rural households all over the Philippines.

References

External links

''The Voice Kids'' (season 3)
on

{{DEFAULTSORT:Voice Kids (Filipino season 3), The The Voice of the Philippines The Voice Kids (Philippine TV series) 2016 Philippine television seasons