''The Voice of Germany'' is a German

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created by

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, based on the concept ''

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'' and its international series. It began airing on

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and Sat.1 on 24 November 2011. There are five different stages to the show: producers' auditions, blind auditions, battle rounds, sign offs, and live shows. There have been twelve winners to date:

Ivy Quainoo Ivy Quainoo (born 25 August 1992) is a German singer. In February 2012, she won the first series of ''The Voice of Germany''. In December 2017, it was announced that she would be one of six competing entrants in Unser Lied für Lissabon, the Ge ...

Nick Howard Nicholas 'Nick' Howard (born 24 April 1982, Brighton) is an English singer-songwriter who has released six albums since 2008 and played over 1000 shows across the world. His music has been featured on ''Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth ...

Andreas Kümmert Andreas Kümmert (born 20 July 1986) is a German singer and songwriter who is best known for winning season three of ''The Voice of Germany''. He also won '' Unser Song für Deutschland'' with the song " Heart of Stone", giving him the possibilit ...

, Charley Ann Schmutzler,

Jamie-Lee Kriewitz Jamie-Lee Kriewitz (; born 18 March 1998), better known by the mononym Jamie-Lee, is a German singer and activist. Born and raised in Bennigsen, Hanover, she performed as a member of the German children choir Joyful Noise before auditioning for ...

, Tay Schmedtmann,

Natia Todua Natia Todua ( ka, ნათია თოდუა; born 12 March 1996) is a Georgian-German singer. She came to prominence in Germany after winning the seventh season of ''The Voice of Germany''. In 2018, Todua became a judge on the Georgian v ...

Samuel Rösch Samuel Rösch (born 24 August 1994) is a German singer. He appeared on and won the eighth season of ''The Voice of Germany ''The Voice of Germany'' is a German reality talent show created by John de Mol, based on the concept ''The Voice of ...

Claudia Emmanuela Santoso Claudia Emmanuela Santoso (born 27 October 2000) is an Indonesian singer. She is known for winning the ninth season of ''The Voice of Germany'' and became the first person of asian descent who won the title, broadcast by the German television ch ...

Paula Dalla Corte Paula Dalla Corte (born May, 2001) is a Swiss singer. She is known for winning the tenth season of ''The Voice of Germany ''The Voice of Germany'' is a German reality talent show created by John de Mol, based on the concept ''The Voice of ...

Sebastian Krenz Sebastian Krenz (born 1992) is a German singer. He is the winner of the eleventh season of ''The Voice of Germany ''The Voice of Germany'' is a German reality talent show created by John de Mol, based on the concept ''The Voice of Holland'' a ...

, and the latest

Anny Ogrezeanu Anny Ogrezeanu (born 24 February 2001 in Bonn) is a German-Romanian singer who won the twelfth season of '' The Voice of Germany'' in 2022. Life Anny Ogrezeanu grew up in Wachtberg near Bonn. Ogrezeanu identifies as non-binary and uses they/th ...

. The show was originally presented by Stefan Gödde. Since 2012,

Thore Schölermann Thore Schölermann (born 26 September 1984 in Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German actor and television host. Career After graduation in 2004 he trained to be a professional actor at Palma de Mallorca, Spain. He then took part in a few ...

has presented the show. From 2015 until 2021, Schölermann together with

Lena Gercke Lena Johanna Gercke (born 29 February 1988) is a German fashion model and television host. She won the first season of ''Germany's Next Topmodel'' and was the host of ''Austria's Next Topmodel'' (seasons 1–4). Early life Gercke was born in Ma ...

hosted the show. In the tenth season,

Annemarie Carpendale Annemarie Carpendale (born 29 October 1977 in Hanover, Lower Saxony) is a German television host and singer. From 2000 to 2005 she was a dancer in the band Bellini. She has been with ProSieben since 2005, where she hosts the tabloid programs ' ...

replaced Gercke as the new host, for the first stages. In the eleventh season,

Melissa Khalaj Melissa Khalaj (born 23 May 1989 in Munich, Bavaria) is a German television host and singer. Career After participating in the sixth season of ''Popstars'', she became a member of the Munich band Charly Bravo. She left the band to be presenter ...

in the semi-final and

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in the final, replaced Schölermann. Since 2022, Schölermann together with Melissa Khalaj hosted the show. The coaches for the most recent season were Mark Forster,

Rea Garvey Raymond Michael Garvey (born 3 May 1973) is an Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist now residing in Germany. In 1998, he formed the band Reamonn. Over the 11 years that Garvey was their frontman, they saw chart-topping success in Europe, with ...

Stefanie Kloß Silbermond ("silver moon") is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, and brothers Johannes and Thomas Stolle. History The band members originally met in 1998 when they participated in t ...

and

Peter Maffay Peter Alexander Makkay (born 30 August 1949), known as Peter Maffay (), is a Romanian-born German musician, singer, and composer. Early life Born in Braşov (german: link=no, Kronstadt), Romania, the son of a German (Transylvanian Saxon), h ...

. Other coaches from previous seasons include

Nena Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known as Nena, is a German singer and songwriter who rose to international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". In the same ye ...

The BossHoss The BossHoss is a German band from Berlin, founded in 2004. They originally started with country and western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and " Hey Ya! ...

Xavier Naidoo Xavier Kurt Naidoo (German: �kseːviɐ naɪˈduː born 2 October 1971) is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of German band Söhne Mannheims, and started two record labels, Beats Around the ...

Max Herre Maximilian Herre (born 22 April 1973) is a German rapper, singer-songwriter and music producer who rose to fame as a member of the group Freundeskreis. He is also A&R for the record label Nesola, a joint venture with his wife Joy Denalane, amon ...

Michi Beck Michael "Michi" Beck (born 11 December 1967), also known by his pseudonym as the disc jockey Dee Jot Hausmarke, is a member of the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier where he acts as DJ and MC. He also forms the duo Turntablerocker, w ...

Smudo Michael Bernd Schmidt (; born 6 March 1968), better known as Smudo, is a German rapper and songwriter in the hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. References External links Official websiteSmudoon Discogs Smudoon IMDb IMDb (an abbrev ...

Andreas Bourani Andreas Bourani (formerly Stiegelmair; 2 November 1983) is a German singer-songwriter. Career Bourani was born to Egyptians, Egyptian parents and adopted as an infant by a German family in Augsburg, in the southwest of Bavaria. As a youth, he a ...

Michael Patrick Kelly Michael Patrick Kelly (Paddy Kelly) was born on December 5, 1977. He is an Irish-American singer, musician and composer. Kelly was born in Dublin. He came to fame as the third-youngest member of the pop and folk band The Kelly Family, who belon ...

Alice Merton Alice Florence Clarissa Merton (born 13 September 1993) is a German-Canadian singer and songwriter. Merton achieved mainstream success with her debut single, " No Roots". In 2017, she released her first EP of the same name and in 2018, she rele ...

, Sido,

Yvonne Catterfeld Yvonne Catterfeld (born 2 December 1979) is a German singer, actress, and television personality. Born and raised in Erfurt, Thuringia, she later moved to Leipzig to pursue her career in music. In 2000, she participated in the debut season of the ...

Samu Haber Samu Aleksi Haber (born 2 April 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter, television music competition judge, entrepreneur, and is the lead vocalist and frontman of pop-rock band Sunrise Avenue. Haber established a band Sunrise in 1992 with his fri ...

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Johannes Oerding Johannes Oerding (born 26 December 1981) is a German singer-songwriter. Early life Oerding was born in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia and raised in Geldern-Kapellen near the border of the Netherlands. His father is a country doctor, while h ...

and Sarah Connor. In the ninth season, Nico Santos was featured as an off-screen fifth coach for ''Comeback Stage'' contestants. Michael Schulte took over as the ''Comeback Stage'' coach for the tenth season and

Elif Demirezer Elif Demirezer (born 12 December 1992 in Berlin) currently known by her stage name ELIF, is a German musician of Turkey, Turkish descent. Biography Elif Demirezer was born as the daughter of Turkish immigrants in Berlin and is the third of four ...

was in the eleventh season as the ''Comeback Stage'' coach. There was no ''Comeback Stage'' in the twelfth season. On 5 April 2013, the kids version of the show premiered on Sat.1 and has since continued for ten seasons. The ''eleventh season'' has been announced and will begin airing in 2023. On 23 December 2018, a seniors version of the show premiered on Sat.1. Two seasons aired before the show was canceled.

Format

The Voice is a reality television series that features four coaches looking for a talented new artist, who could become a global superstar. As the title indicates the coaches judge their vocal ability and not their looks, personalities or stage presence. There are four different stages: producers' auditions, Blind auditions, Battle phase and live shows. The first stage of the show is not broadcast. The producers of the show audition all the artists that submitted their selves through the form on the website. The selected by the producers artists proceed to the blind auditions where they have to perform for the coaches. Each coach has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach. However, if no coach turns around then the artist is sent home. Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving four acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining one of two acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team. In the final phase, the remaining contestants (Final 32) compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the final 4 phase. With one team member remaining for each coach, the (final 4) contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote. In Season 2, the battle format was extended into the live shows. The eight contestants in one team competed in battles until one finalist is left. The winner of these battle was selected by a 50%-mixture of a coach and televoting. In Season 3, the live show battle format was abolished after it was criticized that popular contestants had to compete against each other. The number of live shows was reduced from six to four. The knockout round where contestants who succeeded from battle rounds compete for live shows was introduced in this season. It was first seen in the third season of the American ''The Voice''. The Cross-battle was also introduced in season 3 and was extended to season 4. In season 5, four contestants received the highest vote from the public advanced to the Live Finals regardless of what team they are from. But from the sixth season onwards, only one contestant from each team who received the highest vote out of their teams' top 3 was sent to the finals. In the earlier seasons up to Season 8, artists that are not selected by any of the coaches leave the stage immediately after their song and do not talk with the coaches. However, in Season 9, the show added a brand new phase of competition called ''The Voice: Comeback Stage by

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'' that was exclusive to thevoiceofgermany.de. It was shown for the first time in the fifteenth season of the American version. After failing to turn a chair in the blind auditions or eliminated from battles and sing offs, artists had the chance to be selected by fifth online-coach to become a member of his person team. The two winners will compete in the live shows against the talents of the main coaches live on TV and so they can ''The Voice of Germany'' win.

Production

In early April 2011, it was announced that

and Sat.1 bought the rights for the show. Devised by

, the creator of '' Big Brother'', ''The Voice'' is based on the Dutch TV programme ''

'' and is part of ''The Voice'' franchise, being based on the similar

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and American format. In July 2011, ProSieben and Sat.1 began announcements of the coaches for the series. The first season aired in 2011-12 network television schedule. After a successful Season 1, Prosieben and Sat.1 decided to run another season in 2012. After the successful ratings in the blind auditions in Season 2, Prosieben and Sat.1 announced a third season in 2013. In December 2013, it was announced a fourth season, which began airing in October 2014. In June 2015, Prosieben and Sat.1 announced the fifth season for the 2015-16 network television schedule. In the final of the fifth season, it was announced the sixth season for 2017. During the seventh season, it was announced that there would be an eighth season in 2018. In the final of season 8, it was announced by the presenter the ninth season. On 3 November 2019, it was announced the tenth season or the anniversary season which will premiere on 2020. On 16 June 2020, Sat.1 announced that the anniversary series of the casting show ''The Voice of Germany'' will have more episodes than before.

Coaches and presenters

Coaches

On 11 July 2011, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that

and

are the first two coaches for the first season. On 25 August 2011,

and the duo ''Boss Burns'' (Alec Völkel) & ''Hoss Power'' (Sascha Vollmer) from the band

were announced as the remaining two coaches. All four coaches returned for the second season. Naidoo and Garvey did not return for

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and were replaced by

and

. On 18 March 2014, Völkel and Vollmer from the band The BossHoss announced that they would no longer be coaches for the fourth season. Five days later,

also announced her exit from the show. On 27 March 2014,

from the band

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were announced as The BossHoss replacement. On 3 April 2014, Haber announced on Facebook that he would coach in the fourth season. On 6 May 2014, it was announced that Herre had left the show, but Garvey returned after one season hiatus. On 3 July,

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frontwoman Stefanie Kloss announced that she would replace Nena. In early May 2015, Haber announced that he would not be a coach on the fifth season. He was replaced by

. The other three coaches remained on the show. On 30 April 2016, it was announced that Garvey would leave the show and Haber would return for the sixth season, after one season hiatus. On 14 June 2016, it was announced that Michi & Smudo and Bourani would continue as coaches, whereas Kloss was replaced by

. For the seventh season, Bourani was replaced by ''

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'' coach Mark Forster. Catterfeld, Haber and Michi & Smudo all returned. In May 2018, Haber's managementconfirmed that he would not be a coach for the eighth season. He was replaced by

. Catterfeld, Forster and Michi & Smudo all returned as coaches. On 7 April 2019, Michi & Smudo announced their departure from ''The Voice of Germany'' after five seasons. In May, Catterfeld and Kelly also announced their exits. On 26 May 2019, it was announced that Forster would remain as coach, Garvey would return as coach after a three-season hiatus, whereas

and Sido would be joining the show for the first time. On 21 August 2019, it was announced that

would also join season nine as the fifth coach for the Comeback Stage of the competition. This would increase the number of finalists from 4 to 5. In June 2020, it was announced that Sido and Merton would not be in the anniversary series of ''The Voice of Germany''. On 17 July 2020, it was announced that the anniversary season will include six coaches: 2 solo coaches and 2 duo coaches. The two solos were Forster and Santos and the two duos were Catterfeld & Kloss and Haber & Garvey. On 21 July 2020, it was announced that Michael Schulte would be the new ''Comeback Stage'' coach. On 9 June 2021, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that Garvey, Haber, Kloss and Catterfeld would not be returning for the eleventh season. On 25 June 2021, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that

and Sarah Connor as new coaches of the eleventh season, with Forster and Santos returning, and

as the new "Comeback Stage" coach. On 13 April 2022, it was announced that Santos, Connor and Oerding would not be returning for the twelfth season, whereas Forster would be continuing. On 12 May 2022, it was announced that Garvey and Kloss would be returning as coaches for the twelfth series, and

was confirmed as the new coach. In addition, after 3 seasons, it was confirmed that there would be no ''Comeback Stage'' coach. Hence, the number of finalists would be down to 4 once again. ;Notes #

and

featured together as a duo coaching team in the tenth season. # Stefanie Kloss and

featured together as a duo coaching team in the tenth season. #

featured as the "Comeback Stage" coach in the ninth season, and then as a main coach from the tenth season onwards. # Michael Schulte was the "Comeback Stage" coach in the tenth season. # Elif is the "Comeback Stage" coach in the eleventh season. File:Sommernachtstraum MUC 2013 11.JPG,

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(2022–)

Presenters

Stefan Gödde was announced as the host of the program in July 2011. Since season two, actor

hosts the show. From the fifth season until the eleventh season, Schölermann and model

hosted together the show. Since season 12, Schölermann and

will host together the show. From season one until season four, Doris Golpashin was as the show's social media correspondent during the live shows. In the tenth season TV presenter

hosted the show, only for the ''blind auditions'', ''battle rounds'' and ''sing offs'', replacing Gercke, who was

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. Gercke returned in the ''live shows''. In the eleventh season, Schölermann could not be in the semi-final and final, because his wife Jana Schölermann was pregnant.

represented him in the ''semi-final'', and

in the ''final''. File:Stefan Goedde im Pacific Tsunami Warning Center auf Oahu, Hawaii.jpg, Stefan Gödde (2011) File:Amadeus Austrian Music Award 2009, Doris Golpashin.jpg, Doris Golpashin (''Backstage'', 2011–2014) File:2019-01-31-Thore Schölermann-DFP 2019-4658.jpg,

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(2021)

Coaches and finalists

: Winner : Runner-up : Third place : Fourth place : Fifth place * Winners are in bold, the finalists in the finale are in italicized font, and the eliminated artists are in small font.

Coaches' advisors

From the first season until the fourth the coaches' advisors was in the Battle rounds and from season six until season twelve were in the Sing Offs.

Series overview

Season 1 (2011–2012)

The first season of the show was aired from 24 November 2011 to 10 February 2012. The first season was moderated by Stefan Gödde and backstage by Doris Golpashin. The coaches were pop musician

, soul singer

, singer and guitarist

, and duo Alec Völkel and Sascha Vollmer from the band

. The winner was

from Team BossHoss. Ivy Quainoo debuted at No. 2 on the German Media Control charts with her debut single "

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", while the other three finalists also made it into the top 20.

Season 2 (2012)

The second season of ''The Voice of Germany'' aired from 18 October to 14 December 2012. The second season was moderated by

. The four coaches and the backstage presenter remained the same as in season one. The winner of the second season was

with his song "Unbreakable".

Season 3 (2013)

The third season of ''The Voice of Germany'' was aired from 17 October to 20 December 2013. In addition to the previous coaches Nena and the duo from The BossHoss, the coaches included rapper and music producer

and songwriter, singer and guitarist

. The third season was moderated again by Thore Schölermann and backstage by Doris Golpashin. The winner was Andreas Kümmert with his song Simple Man.

Season 4 (2014)

The fourth season was aired from 9 October to 12 December 2014. Samu Haber returned as coach and with Rea Garvey, who was also in the first two seasons a coach,

and

. This season was again hosted by Thore Schölermann and the backstage presenter was Doris Golpashin. The winner of the fourth season was Charley Ann Schmutzler from team Michi & Smudo with her song "Blue Heart".

Season 5 (2015)

The fifth season was aired from 15 October to 17 December 2015. Rea Garvey, Stefanie Kloß, and Michi & Smudo returned as coaches and with

as the new coach. This season had two main presenters Thore Schölermann and

. The winner of the fifth season was

from team Michi & Smudo with her song "

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", which was also the German contribution to the

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a few months later. There Kriewitz reached the last place with 11 points.

Season 6 (2016)

The sixth season began airing on 20 October and ended on 18 December 2016. From the previous season, Michi & Smudo, and Andreas Bourani returned as coaches. Samu Haber and

replaced Rea Garvey and Stefanie Kloss. Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke both returned as the hosts. On 15 September 2016, it was announced that the show would be broadcast on ProSieben on Thursdays and on Sat.1 on Sundays. The winner of the sixth season was Tay Schmedtmann from team Andreas.

Season 7 (2017)

The seventh season started on 19 October and ended on 17 December 2017. Yvonne Catterfeld, Samu Haber as well as Michi & Smudo returned as coaches. Andreas Bourani was replaced by Mark Forster. Also hosts Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke remained on the show. The winner was Natia Todua from team Samu. None of the finalists sang their original song this year.

Season 8 (2018)

The eighth season of the show was aired from 18 October to 16 December 2018. Yvonne Catterfeld, Mark Forster, and Michi & Smudo were joined by

, who replaced Samu Haber. Host Lena Gercke and Thore Schölermann remained. The Winner was

from Michael Patrick Kelly's Team.

Season 9 (2019)

The ninth season began on 12 September and ended on 10 November 2019. Returning coach Mark Forster, was joined by

, who returned after a 3-year hiatus, and new coaches

and Sido. For the first time in the show's history, the season featured a fifth coach,

, who selected contestants who did not turn a chair in the Blind Auditions or was eliminated from later rounds of the competition, to participate in ''Comeback Stage by

''.

and

remained as the presenters. The winner was

from Team Alice.

Season 10 (2020)

The ten-year anniversary season began airing on 8 October 2020. Mark Forster returned as a coach, while

returned to the show, this time as a duo.

also coached as a duo.

moved from the online-coach to a full-time coach. Finally, Michael Schulte joined the show as the online-coach, replacing Santos.

and

continued hosting. Gercke this season hosted only the ''live shows'', due to

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. In the other stages of the show, Schölermann was joined by

. The winner was

from Team Samu & Rea.

Season 11 (2021)

The eleventh season began airing on 7 October 2021 and concluded on 19 December 2021. Mark Forster and

returned as coaches and were joined by new coaches

and Sarah Connor.

was the fifth coach, who selected contestants who were eliminated from the competition, to participate in the ''Comeback Stage by

''.

and

returned as the presenters. The winner was

from Team Johannes.

Season 12 (2022)

The twelfth season began airing on 18 August 2022 and concluded on 4 November 2022. On 12 May 2022, it was announced that

, Mark Forster, &

would all return for their seventh, sixth, and fourth season, respectively. They were joined by a new coach,

. The winner was

from Team Mark.

Reception

Critical reception

In the media, the casting show met some critical voices. In the selection of candidates is prefiltered, so that conspicuously many candidates look attractive or bring along moving stories. The contracts of the participants were also criticized. During the TV show, the candidates are usually prescribed which songs they have to sing. Even after the end of the show, they are bound to the

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. The financial terms up to and including the third album by the TV show were not negotiable.

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Official website on ProSieben.de

''The Voice of Germany'' on fernsehserien.de
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