The second season of '' La Voz... Argentina'' premiered on October 1, 2018, on

Telefe Telefe (acronym for Televisión Federal) is a television station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is owned and operated by Paramount Global through Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe is also one of Argentina's six national television ...

. Marley reprised his role as the host of the show, while actress

Candelaria Molfese María Candelaria "Cande" Molfese (born 3 January 1991) is an Argentine actress, singer and television host who gained global fame for her role in the Disney Channel Latin America television series '' Violetta''. Early life Molfese was born an ...

became the digital host. Auditions for the show took place from May to July in the cities of

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, Córdoba,

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

, Mendoza,

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and

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. Unlike the previous season, online auditions were not accepted. This was the second

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n version in The Voice franchise, after the

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version, '' La Voz... México''.

Coaches and presenters

As in the previous season, that took place in 2012, Marley became the host of the show. This season introduced actress and singer

as the digital host of the show. This is the second time that Marley hosts a singing competition, after hosting the Argentine version of

Operación Triunfo ''Star Academy'', called ''Operación Triunfo'' ("Operation Triumph") in Spanish-speaking countries, is a highly successful television pop music talent contest with viewer voting and reality show elements. Format There are many versions of t ...

, for 4 seasons. There was a lot of speculation about the coaches for the new season. Returning coaches from the first season were the Latin pop singer Axel and folk singer

Soledad Pastorutti Soledad "La Sole" Pastorutti (born October 12, 1980, in Arequito, Santa Fe, Arequito, Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe) is an Argentine Folk music, folk singer, who brought the Music of Argentina#Folclore, genre to the younger generations at the end ...

. New coaches were confirmed to be pop singer

Tini Stoessel Martina Stoessel Muzlera (; born 21 March 1997), known professionally as Tini (stylised in all caps), is an Argentine singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and model. She began her career by appearing on the Argentine children's television series ...

and Venezuelan-Argentine singer and songwriter

Ricardo Montaner Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner (born September 8, 1957), better known as Ricardo Montaner (), is an Argentine-born Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Since starting his career in the late 1970s, he has released more than 24 albums, and many su ...

Teams

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Blind auditions

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The Battles

The Battle Rounds started on November 2. Season two's advisors include:

Mau y Ricky Mau & Ricky is a Venezuelan Latin pop and reggaeton duo formed by singer-songwriter brothers Mauricio Alberto "Mau" Reglero Rodríguez (born August 17, 1993) and Ricardo Andrés "Ricky" Reglero Rodríguez (born November 21, 1990), both sons of ...

for Team Montaner,

Kany García Encarnita "Kany" García de Jesús (born September 25, 1982) is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. Born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on ''Objetivo Fama''. She is widely considered the m ...

for Team Sole,

Cali y El Dandee Cali & El Dandee are a Colombian Latin Pop Music urban duo, consisting of brothers Alejandro Rengifo (Cali) and Mauricio Rengifo (Dandee). They started their career in 2008 and have been together since. Besides singing, Dandee is also active as a ...

for Team Tini, and

Becky G Rebbeca Marie Gomez (born March 2, 1997), known professionally as Becky G, is an American singer and actress. She first gained recognition in 2011 when she began posting videos of herself covering popular songs online. One of her videos caught t ...

for Team Axel. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds. Color key:

The Knockouts

The Knockouts round started on November 15. The coaches can each steal two losing artist from another team.

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 ...

is the advisor to contestants from all teams in this round. After this round, each coach got the chance to bring an eliminated contestant back into the competition. The top 32 contestants then moved on to the Playoffs. Color key:

The Playoffs

The Playoffs comprised episodes 37 to 40. The top thirty-two artists perform, with two artists from each team advancing based on their coach's own decision. The remaining contestants face the public vote and two other advance. Color key:

Live shows

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Round 1: Top 16 (December 3–7)

This season, the live show voting mechanism has changed. Every night, a different team performs. At the end of each live show, voting lines get opened for 24 hours. At the beginning of the following night's live show, the results are announced and one artist is eliminated. At the end of every round, each coach will have one less artist in his/her team which means that every team will be represented by one artist in the final.

Quarterfinals: Top 12 (December 7, 10/12)

The 8 artists who survive this week will participate in a live concert that will take place in

Teatro Gran Rex The Teatro Gran Rex is an Art Deco style theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina which opened on July 8, 1937, as the largest cinema in Argentina. Located near the centre of the city at 857 Corrientes Avenue, it was designed by the architect Alberto ...

, on December 19. In episode 46, Soledad could not attend the show. She was replaced by actress and singer

Natalia Oreiro Natalia Marisa Oreiro Iglesias (; born 19 May 1977) is a Uruguayan actress, singer, songwriter, model, television presenter and fashion designer. Oreiro began her career in telenovelas. Since 2008 she has switched to work primarily in films. O ...

Semifinals: Top 8 (December 13 & 14)

In episode 50 Tini Stoessel could not attend the show. She was replaced by Spanish singer

Pablo Alborán Pablo Moreno de Alborán Ferrándiz (born 31 May 1989), popularly known as Pablo Alborán, is a Spanish musician and singer-songwriter. Throughout his career, Alborán has released five studio albums, two live albums, and various musical collabo ...

. Also In episode 51, Axel could not attend the show. He was replaced by singer Geronimo Rauch.

Finale: Top 4 (December 16)

Elimination chart

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Teams

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References

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2012 Argentine television seasons