The Voice (franchise)

Location of different franchises or planned ones of The Voice.

The Voice is a multinational television talent show franchise. It is a singing competition, held in various countries, which pits contestants against each other. These contestants are aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The series is created and licensed internationally by Dutch-based Talpa Media Group. The format was launched on RTL 4 in 2010 in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland. The franchise has signed a global recording and artist services agreement with Universal Music Group.^[1]

The American television network NBC began airing a similar series in the United States entitled The Voice in April 2011, with the winner set to receive $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Republic. NBC partnered with originators John de Mol, Mark Burnett and Warner Horizon Television^[2] to bring format of "The Voice of Holland" to America. Castings were held in major American cities (Chicago, New York, Miami, Nashville, Minneapolis, Austin, Los Angeles and Seattle.^[2] Online applications were also allowed.^[3] and ended on 1 March 2011. This version will be broadcast to the U.S. as well as Canada on CTV.

Belgium will start airing their own version of the show in 2012. It will be broadcast on vtm,^[4] the main commercial television station in Flanders, Belgium and entitled De stem van Vlaanderen (The Voice of Flanders).

French production company Shine France has bought the format and the large national television chains, including TF1 and M6 expressed interest. TF1 won eventually and the format will be used for new Star Academy to be aired in 2012.^[5]

Nelonen and Solar Television Oy have bought the rights to "The Voice of..." format for Finland.^[6] The series will premiere in 2012, but no further information has been given.

Talpa and Miditech announced they were working together to produce an Indian version the format. ^[7] No official announcement on a channel or debut date has been made.

In Australia, Nine will begin airing their localized version of The Voice come this fall. ^[8]

The Voice series

Region/country	Local title	Television Network	Series and winners	Judges	Presenters
Australia	The Voice	Nine	Season 1, 2011: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Belgium Flanders	De Stem van Vlaanderen (The Voice of Flanders)	vtm	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Bulgaria	The Voice of Bulgaria (Гласът на България)	bTV	Season 1, 2011: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Finland	The Voice of Finland	Nelonen	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Germany	The Voice of Germany	ProSieben	Season 1, 2011: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
India	The Voice of India	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Netherlands	The Voice of Holland	RTL 4	Season 1, 2010-2011: Ben Saunders Season 2, 2011-2012: Upcoming season	Current Roel van Velzen Angela Groothuizen Nick & Simon Marco Borsato Former Jeroen van der Boom	Wendy van Dijk Martijn Krabbé Winston Gerschtanowitz (Backstage)
Poland	The Voice of Poland	TVP2	Season 1, 2011: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Sweden	The Voice	TV4	Season 1, TBA: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Ukraine	Holos krajiny (Голос країни) (the Voice of the Country)	1+1	Season 1, 2011: Current season	Ruslana Oleksandr Ponomaryov Diana Arbienina Stas Pyekha	TBA
United States	The Voice (U.S.)	NBC	Season 1, 2011: Current season	Adam Levine Cee Lo Green Christina Aguilera Blake Shelton	Carson Daly Alison Haislip (Backstage)
United Kingdom	The Voice (U.K.)	BBC 1	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Romania	The Voice ...	Pro TV	Season 1, 2011: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Turkey	The Voice (Turkey)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Greece	The Voice (Greece)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA