The first season of ''
La Voz'' premiered on January 13, 2019 on
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language Terrestrial television, terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Television and Streaming#NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a divi ...
. The coaches for this season were
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
,
Carlos Vives
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres ...
,
Alejandra Guzmán and
Wisin. The season was hosted by
Jorge Bernal,
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde (born 23 December 1979) is a Mexican actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000, Nuestra Belleza México 2000 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2001.
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and Jéssica Cediel backstage.
On Sunday, April 21, 2019, Jeidimar Rijos was announced the first season winner of ''La Voz US'', alongside her coach,
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
. She won the prize of $100,000 USD and a contract with
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...
.
Coaches
On May 10, 2018, along with the announcement of the show, it was confirmed that
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee.
Fonsi received his first ...
would be a coach on ''La Voz''. On July 5, 2018, Telemundo announced that
Alejandra Guzmán has also joined the show as a coach, followed by
Wisin on July 12. On September 13, 2018, it was confirmed that
Carlos Vives
Carlos Alberto Vives Restrepo (born 7 August 1961) is a Colombian singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his interpretation of traditional music styles of Colombia such as vallenato, cumbia, champeta, bambuco and porro as well as genres ...
would be joining the show as the fourth and final coach.
Jorge Bernal, former host of Telemundo's ''
La Voz Kids'', and
Jéssica Cediel were paired as hosts for the first season.
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde (born 23 December 1979) is a Mexican actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000, Nuestra Belleza México 2000 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2001.
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, former host of ''
La Voz ... México'', joined them at the Battles.
This is the first season in ''The Voice'' franchise that all four coaches have served the same role in other countries before joining the panel, with Wisin and Guzmán both having coached participants in the third season of ''
La Voz... México'', Vives was on the Mexican and the
Colombian version, and Fonsi was on the
Chilean version and the
Spanish version of the show.
Some of the advisors for the Battle round are:
Prince Royce for Team Wisin,
Becky G for Team Guzmán,
Christian Nodal for Team Fonsi, and
Carlos Rivera for Team Vives.
Teams
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Blind Auditions
In the Blind Auditions, the four coaches had to form their own teams, each of which would consist of 12 contestants. Each coach had one Block to prevent one of the other coaches from getting a contestant.
''NOTE: In order to be consistent with the summaries provided by the franchise, the "Quiro Tu Voz" button is referred by its global name, "I Want You".''
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Episode 1 (January 13)
Episode 2 (January 20)
Episode 3 (January 27)
Episode 4 (February 3)
Episode 5 (February 10)
Episode 6 (February 17)
The Battles
The Battle Rounds started on February 24. Season one advisors included:
Prince Royce for Team Wisin,
Becky G for Team Guzmán,
Christian Nodal for Team Fonsi, and
Carlos Rivera for Team Vives. The coaches could steal two losing artists from other coaches. Contestants who won their battle or were stolen by another coach advanced to the Live Shows.
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Live Shows
The Live Shows started on March 31. They featured two nights of Live Playoffs, the Semifinal and Finale. The airing schedule was changed to 8:30pm/7:30c only for this phase of the show, and only in this season.
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Week 1 & 2: Live Playoffs (March 31 & April 7)
The Live Playoffs comprised episodes 12 and 13. The top thirty-two artists performed. Two artists from each team advanced to the next stage based on the viewers' vote, and each coach made their own choice for completing their respective teams. The first night (Sunday, March 31) featured two teams' performances, whereas the second night (Sunday, April 7) featured the other two teams, along with the results of the first two teams.
Week 3: Semifinal (April 14)
Team Wisin and Team Vives' results of last week were announced during the night.
Week 4: Finale (April 21)
The final night featured duet and group performances from the semi-finalists as well as performances from guest performers. After all artists performed, host Jacqueline Bracamontes announced the four artists who received the most votes from the public in no particular order. The final results were announced shortly after, without any competition performances from the top 4 involved.
Final result
Elimination Chart
Overall
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Teams
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Artists' appearance on other shows
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Mayré Martínez
Mayré Andrea de los Ángeles Martínez Blanco (Born November 28 in Caracas, Venezuela), is a Latin pop singer, songwriter. She rose to popularity in Latin America after winning the first season of the reality show ''Latin American Idol''. In her ...
was the winner of the
first season of ''
Latin American Idol''.
* Manny Cabo and Ivonne Acero both took part in on the
ninth season of the English U.S. version but were eliminated during the Battle round and Live Playoffs respectively.
* Genesis Diaz and Johnny Bliss both competed in the
fourteenth season of the English American U.S. version but were eliminated during the Battle round and Live Playoffs respectively.
* Lluvia Vega competed in ''La Reina De La Cancion'' & on the first season of ''
La Voz... México'' and finished at the top 8.
* Brisila Barros was on the first season of ''El Factor X United States''.
* Jeidimar Rijos competed in the first season of ''La Voz Kids'' but was eliminated in the Semifinals. She also competed in the
second season of ''
La Banda
La Banda is a city in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It has about 95,000 inhabitants as per the , making it the second largest in the province. It is the head town of the Banda Department.
La Banda is located only 8 km away ...
'' and reached Top 24.
* Kemily Corrales competed in the first season of La Voz Kids but was eliminated in the Live shows.
* Yailenys Pérez was on the second season of ''
La Voz Kids'' but was eliminated in the Battle rounds.
* Katherine Lopez and Sheniel Maisonet passed the audition on the second season of ''La Banda'' but failed to continue towards the second phase of the competition.
* Yashira Rodríguez and Veronica Rodriguez both were on the second season of ''La Banda'' but were eliminated at the Top 36 and Quarterfinals respectively.
*Mari Burelle, competing as MARi, represents the state of New Hampshire in the first season of ''
American Song Contest'' with her song "Fly".
Ratings
References
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