The Voice (franchise)

Generic logo of The Voice

The Voice is a multinational singing competition television franchise. The series started in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland in 2010. Many other countries have adapted the format and began airing their national versions in 2011 and 2012. It has become a rival to Simon Fuller's Idol and Simon Cowell's The X Factor.

Format

Contestants are aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The show's format features three stages of competition. The first is the blind audition, in which four coaches listen to contenders without seeing them, and turn their chairs to signify that they are interested in working with that artist. If more than one coach turns the chair, the artist chooses the coach he or she would like to work with. The blind audition ends when each coach has a set number of artists to work with (such as ten in the U.K. version, twelve in the U.S. version or sixteen in the Dutch version). Coaches will dedicate themselves to developing their singers, giving them advice, and sharing the secrets of their success.

The competition then enters into a battle phase, when the coaches pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together in front of a studio audience. After the vocal face-off, the coach must choose which singers will advance.

At the end of the battle episodes, the strongest members of each coach's roster proceed to the live stage shows. In this final performance phase of the competition, the top contestants from each team compete against each other during a live broadcast. The television audience vote to save one contestant on each team, leaving the coach to decide live who they want to save and who will not move on. In the next round, the public chooses between the two artists left on each team, and the coach also has a vote that weighs equally with the public vote.

Finally, each coach will have his/her best contestant left standing to compete in the finals, singing an original song. From these four, one will be named "The Voice"—and will receive the grand cash prize of a recording contract. Starting with the U.S. version, the coaches usually perform together in the first episode.

One of the cornerstones of The Voice format is the social media participation via Twitter, Facebook and the especially designed platform “connect.” Users are able to login via their Facebook account and retrieve background information about the show. The platform also offers the possibility to stream the show online as well as to vote, interact with friends and to discuss various topics and questions asked by the producers throughout the show.^[1]

Countries

Location of some of the existing and planned franchises of *The Voice*.

Ongoing

The series was 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.^[2]

American television network NBC ran a variant of the format titled The Voice in April 2011, with the winner set to receive $100,000 and a recording contract with Universal Republic. NBC partnered with John de Mol, Mark Burnett and production company Warner Horizon Television^[3] to bring the 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).^[3] Online applications were also allowed^[4] and ended on 1 March 2011.

The third country to air its own version of The Voice was Ukraine. The Ukrainian version, called Holos Krayiny ("Voice of the Country"), premiered on 1+1 on 22 May 2011.

Belgian broadcaster vtm began airing its own version of the show in 2011, titled The Voice van Vlaanderen ("The Voice of Flanders").^[5] Broadcaster La Une has bought the rights and will air the program in 2011 for the French-speaking part of Belgium.^[6] Casting began in July 2011.

The Polish version, The Voice of Poland, premiered on 3 September 2011 on the TVP 2 television network.

In México production of the show, La Voz... México, premiered on the Televisa network on 11 September 2011 with very high ratings, dwarfing its competition.^[7]

Portugal had its own successful version of the show airing from October 29, 2011 to February 25, 2012, on RTP. Under the name A Voz de Portugal (The Voice of Portugal, in Portuguese), the coaches were Paulo Gonzo, Anjos, Mia Rose and Rui Reininho, with Catarina Furtado has the host.

In Ireland, RTÉ began airing The Voice of Ireland on 8 January 2012. Presented by Kathryn Thomas and Eoghan McDermott, the coaches are Niall Breslin, Sharon Corr, Kian Egan and Brian Kennedy.

In Germany, the two television networks ProSieben and Sat.1 began airing The Voice of Germany on 24 November 2011. The coaches are Nena, Xavier Naidoo, The BossHoss and Rea Garvey. The series is host by Stefan Gödde and with Doris Golpashin serving as the backstage.

In South Korea, Mnet makes a Korean version of the franchise called The Voice of Korea.^[8] The show launched in February 2012.

In Finland, Nelonen began airing The Voice of Finland in January 2012. Axl Smith hosts, and the coaches are Michael Monroe, Elastinen, Paula Koivuniemi and Lauri Tähkä.

In France, a version known as The Voice: la plus belle voix began airing on February 25th, 2012.

In Netherlands, the format is so successful that they even started a Voice Kids.

In the United Kingdom, it was confirmed on 17 June 2011 that the BBC had acquired the rights for the The Voice UK which began airing on BBC One on 24 March 2012.^[9] With Jessie J, will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas, Danny O'Donoghue from The Script and Tom Jones as the four coaches.^[10] The first series premiered on 24 March 2012.

In Australia, The Voice premiered on the Nine Network On 15 April 2012 with Keith Urban, Delta Goodrem, Joel Madden from Good Charlotte and Seal as the four coaches and was highly successful.

In Argentina, La Voz... Argentina premiered on Telefe On 1 July 2012 with high ratings. The Coaches are Axel, Soledad Pastorutti, "El Puma" Rodríguez and the voices of the band of electro pop Miranda! Ale Sergi and Juliana Gattas.

In Vietnam, the show is known as Giọng hát Việt domestically and The Voice of Vietnam internationally. It premiered on July 8, 2012. Reportedly, Vietnam is the second country in Asia acquiring the right to produce and broadcast the show exclusively, only after South Korea.^[11] Dam Vinh Hung, Thu Minh, Ho Ngoc Ha and Tran Lap are the four coaches of the show.

In Thailand, the show is currently for audition with the name The Voice เสียงจริง ตัวจริง (The Voice Sieng Jing Tour Jing) domestically and The Voice Thailand internationally. It is expected that it will begin airing on Channel 3 on 9 September 2012 after final of Thailand's Got Talent season 2 in the same time slot.

In Spain, Mediaset Spain acquired the rights to air its version, La Voz.^[12] It premiered on 19 September 2012 on Telecinco.^[13]^[14]^[15] The show is hosted by Jesús Vázquez, accompanied by Tania Llasera as the social media correspondent.^[16].^[17] David Bisbal, Malú, Rosario Flores and Melendi are the coaches.^[18]

In Brazil, it was confirmed on early 2012 that the Rede Globo had acquired the rights for the The Voice Brasil which began airing on on September 23, 2012 with Lulu Santos, Carlinhos Brown, Claudia Leitte and Daniel as the four coaches.

Future

Talpa and Miditech announced they were working together to produce an Indian version of the format.^[19] In India it was announced that Imagine TV got the rights for The Voice India.

In Switzerland, SF 1 acquired the rights to air its version in 2012. The Voice of Switzerland will start in January 2013.^[20]

A French Canadian version will premiere in Quebec in 2013 on TVA. At present, only Marie-Mai and Marc Dupré were mentionned as coaches.^[21] No English-language adaptation of the show has yet been announced.

A Japanese version might premiere no earlier than 2013. No host or coaches have been selected as the network that might carry the show has not been revealed.

In Hungary, the show "The Voice—Magyarország hangja" (The Voice—Voice of Hungary) will start in September 2012 on TV2. It will be the rival show of the Hungarian "X-Faktor".

A Philippine version of the show is expected to premiere in 2013 with ABS-CBN acquiring the rights. It will be the second reality singing competition that the network will launch this year after also acquiring the rights to produce a Philippines version of The X Factor. This was confirmed during the finale of Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited. However, it is originally set to premiere in December 2012, but it was moved to 2013, because another talent show will be aired, the 4th season of Pilipinas Got Talent.

In Colombia, Caracol TV will soon be airing the show, called La Voz Colombia which is currently in its blind audition phase. Andres Cepeda, Fanny Lu, Carlos Vives, and Ricardo Montaner have been confirmed as coaches and presenters are Carlos Ponce and Diego Saenz.

In the Middle East, The Voice premiered on MBC on September 14th, 2012 drawing a huge audience in its first episodes with largely successful ratings. The teams are coached by Kadim Al Sahir, Sherine, Saber el Robai, and Assi elHellani. ^[22]

Cancelled series

In Italy, the idea of an Italian version of The Voice came up during the first months of 2012, when RAI channel Rai Due invited many notable Italian artists to take part as judges. Claudio Baglioni, Giorgia, Giuliano Sangiorgi of Negramaro, Elisa and Laura Pausini were offered to join, but they all declined. The reason of their refusal was related to the risk of mentoring "voices" for a format who had such an international success. Lately, other singers confirmed their presences as Massimo Ranieri, Gigi D'Alessio, Giusy Ferreri, Roby Facchinetti and Mario Biondi. RAI eventually decided not to produce a series whose success was so uncertain, especially because both Rai Due's and Rai Uno's budgets were reduced for more than 3 millions and half euros, and that didn't guarantee a good program. So, after the refusal of the biggest names of Italian music industry, RAI cancelled the project.^[23] Satellite Sky Italia has not already spoken about producing The Voice as they recently took the rights to produce X Factor, instead of Rai Due, which had been airing the program until 2011.

National series

There are currently 28 winners of the The Voice format. The most recent winner is Karise Eden from Australia.

Region/country	Local title	Television Network	Series and winners	Coaches	Presenters
Arab world^[24]	The Voice أحلى صوت (The Voice Ahla Sawt)	MBC1	Season 1, 2012: Current season	Kazem al-Saher Saber Rebaï Sherine Assi El Helani	Mohammad Kareem Nadine Njeim (Backstage)
Albania Kosovo Macedonia Template:Sq icon	The Voice of Albania (Vokali)	Top Channel	Season 1, 2011-2012: Rina Bilurdagu Season 2, 2012-2013: Upcoming season	Elton Deda Alma Bektashi Miriam Cani Sidrit Bejleri	Ledion Liço
Argentina	La Voz... Argentina (The Voice... Argentina)	Telefe	Season 1, 2012: Current season	Axel Soledad Pastorutti Miranda! "El Puma" Rodríguez	Marley Luli Fernández (Backstage)
Australia	The Voice	Nine Network	Season 1, 2012: Karise Eden Season 2, 2013: Upcoming season	Current Joel Madden Seal Delta Goodrem TBA Former Keith Urban	Darren McMullen Faustina Agolley (Backstage)
Belgium	The Voice van Vlaanderen (The Voice of Flanders) Template:Nl	vtm	Season 1, 2011-2012: Glenn Claes Season 2, 2012-2013: Upcoming season	Natalia Druyts Koen Wauters Jasper Steverlinck Alex Callier	An Lemmens Sean Dhondt (Backstage)
Belgium	The Voice Belgique Template:Fr	La Une La Une HD	Season 1, 2011-2012: Roberto Bellarosa Season 2, 2012-2013: Upcoming season	Current Beverly Jo Scott Marc Pinilla Quentin Mosimann Natasha St-Pier Former Lio Joshua	Maureen Louys Adrien Devyver (Backstage)
Brazil	The Voice Brasil	Rede Globo	Season 1, 2012: Current season	Lulu Santos Carlinhos Brown Claudia Leitte Daniel	Tiago Leifert Daniele Suzuki (Backstage)
Bulgaria	Glasat na Bulgaria Гласът на България (The Voice of Bulgaria)	bTV	Season 1, 2011: Steliyana Khristova Season 2, 2012-2013: Upcoming season	Miroslav Kostadinov Ivana Mariana Popova Kiril Marichkov	Victoria Terziyska Marten Roberto (Backstage)
Canada	La voix Template:Fr^[21]^[25] (The Voice)	TVA	Season 1, 2013: Upcoming season	Marie-Mai Marc Dupré Ariane Moffatt Jean-Pierre Ferland	Charles Lafortune
Chile	La Voz de Chile (The Voice of Chile)	CHV	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season	Americo Luis Fonsi TBA TBA	Rafael Araneda
Czech Republic Slovakia	Hlas Česko Slovenska (The Voice of Czecho Slovakia)	Nova Markíza	Season 1, 2012: Ivanna Bagová	Dara Rolins Michal David Rytmus Josef Vojtek	Leoš Mareš Tina
China	The Voice of China (中国好声音; Zhōngguó Hǎo Shēngyīn)	Zhejiang Television	Season 1, 2012: Current season	Liu Huan Natasha Na Ying Harlem Yu Chengqing Yang Kun	Hua Shao
Colombia	La Voz Colombia^[26] (The Voice Colombia)	Caracol Television	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season	Fanny Lú Carlos Vives Ricardo Montaner Andres Cepeda	Carlos Ponce Diego Saénz (Backstage)
Denmark	Voice – Danmarks største stemme (Voice – The Biggest Voice of Denmark)	TV 2	Season 1, 2011-2012: Kim Wagner Season 2, 2012: Current Season	Steen Jørgensen Lene Nystrøm Sharin Foo L.O.C.	Morten Resen Sigurd Kongshøj Larsen (Backstage)
Finland	The Voice of Finland	Nelonen	Season 1, 2012: Mikko Sipola	Paula Koivuniemi Michael Monroe Lauri Tähkä Elastinen	Axl Smith Kristiina Komulainen (Backstage)
France	The Voice: la plus belle voix (The Voice: The Prettiest Voice)	TF1	Season 1, 2012: Stephan Rizon Season 2, 2013: Upcoming season	Garou Florent Pagny Jenifer Louis Bertignac	Nikos Aliagas Virginie de Clausade (Backstage)
Germany	The Voice of Germany	ProSieben (Thursdays) Sat.1 (Fridays)	Season 1, 2011-2012: Ivy Quainoo Season 2, 2012: Upcoming season	Xavier Naidoo Nena The BossHoss Rea Garvey	Thore Schölermann Doris Golpashin (Backstage) Former Stefan Gödde
Georgia	The Voice Of Georia / ახალი ქართული ხმა (The Voice of Georgia - New Georgian Voice)	Imedi TV	Season 1, 2012 Upcoming season	Dato Porchkhidze Merab Sepashvili Stephane Mgebrishvili & Maia Darsmelidze Nino Chkheidze	TBA
Greece	The Voice Greece	Alpha TV	Season 1, TBA Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Hungary	The Voice – Magyarország hangja (The Voice—The Voice of Hungary)	TV2 (Hungary)	Season 1, 2012 Upcoming season	Tamás Somló Miklós Mező Andrea Malek Ferenc Molnár	Tamás Szabó Kimmel Miklós Bányai (backstage)
India	The Voice of India	Imagine TV	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Indonesia	The Voice Indonesia	Trans TV	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season	Sherina Munaf David Bayu Judika J Flow	Ganindra Bimo
Ireland	The Voice of Ireland	RTÉ One	Series 1, 2012: Pat Byrne Series 2, 2013: Upcoming Series	Current Kian Egan Sharon Corr Brian Kennedy Bressie	Kathryn Thomas Eoghan McDermott (Backstage)
Israel	The Voice ישראל (The Voice Israel)	Channel 2 (Reshet)	Season 1, 2012: Kathleen Reiter Season 2, 2013: Upcoming season	Current Shlomi Shabat Aviv Geffen Yuval Banai & Shlomi Bracha (Mashina) Sarit Hadad Former Rami Kleinstein	Michael Alony Sivan Klein (Backstage)
Italy	The Voice	Rai 2	Prima stagione, 2013: Upcoming season	Gianni Morandi^[27] TBA TBA TBA	TBA
Japan	TBA	TBA	Season 1, TBA: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Lithuania	Lietuvos Balsas (The Voice of Lithuania)	LNK	Season 1, 2012:Julija Jegorova	Jurgis & Erica Violeta Tarasovienė Egidijus Sipavičius Merūnas Vitulskis	Vytautas Rumšas Žygimantas Barysas (Backstage)
Malaysia	The Voice of Malaysia	TV3 (Malaysia)	Season 1, 2012:Upcoming season	Ziana Zain Jaclyn Victor Faizal Tahir Anuar Zain	Awal Ashaari Juliana Evans (Backstage)
Mexico	La Voz... México (The Voice... Mexico)	Televisa Canal de las Estrellas	Season 1, 2011: Oscar Cruz Season 2, 2012: Current Season	Current Paulina Rubio Jenni Rivera Miguel Bosé Beto Cuevas Former Lucero Aleks Syntek Espinoza Paz Alejandro Sanz	Current Jacqueline Bracamontes Former Mark Tacher Cynthia Urías (Backstage)
The Netherlands	The Voice of Holland	RTL 4	Season 1, 2010-2011: Ben Saunders Season 2, 2011-2012: Iris Kroes Season 3, 2012: Current season Season 4, 2013: Upcoming season	Current Roel van Velzen Nick & Simon Marco Borsato Trijntje Oosterhuis Former Angela Groothuizen Jeroen van der Boom	Wendy van Dijk Martijn Krabbé Winston Gerschtanowitz (Backstage)
The Netherlands	The Voice Kids	RTL 4	Season 1, 2012: Fabiënne Bergmans Season 2, 2013: Upcoming season	Marco Borsato Nick & Simon Angela Groothuizen	Wendy van Dijk Martijn Krabbé
Norway	The Voice Norges Beste Stemme	TV2	Season 1, 2012: Martin Halla Season 2, 2012: Upcoming season	Hanne Sørvaag Sondre Lerche Magne Furuholmen Yosef Wolde-Mariam	Øyvind Mund Maria Bodøgaard (Backstage)
Philippines	The Voice	ABS-CBN	Season 1, 2013: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Poland	The Voice of Poland Najlepszy głos	TVP2	Season 1, 2011: Damian Ukeje	Adam Darski Anna Dąbrowska Kayah Andrzej Piaseczny	Hubert Urbański Magdalena Mielcarz Mateusz Szymkowiak (Backstage)
Portugal	A Voz de Portugal (The Voice of Portugal)	RTP1	Season 1, 2011-2012: Denis Felipe	Paulo Gonzo Anjos Mia Rose Rui Reininho	Catarina Furtado Diogo Beja (Backstage)
Romania	Vocea României (The Voice of Romania)	Pro TV	Season 1, 2011: Ștefan Stan Season 2, 2012: Current Season	Loredana Marius Moga Horia Brenciu Smiley	Pavel Bartoș Roxana Ionescu Vlad Roșca (Backstage)
Russia	Голос The Voice	Channel One	Season 1, 2012: Upcoming season	Pelagea Dima Bilan Alexander Gradsky Leonid Agutin	Dmitri Nagiev
South Korea	The Voice of Korea 보이스 코리아	Mnet	Season 1, 2012: Son Seung Yun	Shin Seung Hun Baek Ji Young Kangta Gil Seong Joon	Kim Jin Pyo
Serbia	The Voice Serbia	RTV Pink	Season 1, 2012/2013 TBA Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Spain	La Voz (The Voice)	Telecinco	Season 1, 2012: Current season	David Bisbal Rosario Flores Malú Melendi	Jesús Vázquez Tania Llasera (Backstage)
Sweden	The Voice Sverige	TV4	Season 1, 2012: Ulf Nilsson	Carola Petter Magnus Uggla Ola Salo	Carina Berg Simona Abraham (Backstage)
Switzerland	The Voice of Switzerland	SF 1	Season 1, 2013: Upcoming season	Stress Marc Sway Philipp Fankhauser Stefanie Heinzmann	TBA
Thailand	The Voice Thailand (The Voice เสียงจริง ตัวจริง)	Channel 3	Season 1, 2012: Current season	Saharat Sangkapricha Jennifer Kim Joey Boy Apiwat Eauthavornsuk	Songsit Rungnopakunsi
Turkey	O Ses Türkiye (The Voice Turkey)	Show TV	Season 1, 2011-2012: Oğuz Berkay Fidan	Hadise Mustafa Sandal Murat Boz Hülya Avşar	Acun Ilıcalı Dilay Korkmaz (Backstage)
Ukraine	Holos Krayiny Голос країни (The Voice of the Country)	1+1	Season 1, 2011: Ivan Hanzera Season 2, 2012: Pavlo Tabakov	Current Oleh Skrypka Oleksandr Ponomaryov Diana Arbenina Valeriya Former Ruslana Stas Pyeha	Andryi Domans'ky Kateryna Osadcha Anatoliy Anatolich (backstage, Red-room) Mykyta Dobrynin (promo)
Ukraine	The Voice Kids	1+1	Season 1, 2013: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
United Kingdom	The Voice UK	BBC One	Series 1, 2012: Leanne Mitchell Series 2, 2013: Upcoming Season	Danny O'Donoghue Sir Tom Jones Jessie J will.i.am	Reggie Yates Holly Willoughby
United States	The Voice Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{lang-en}} or {{in lang\|en}} instead.	NBC	Season 1, 2011: Javier Colon Season 2, 2012: Jermaine Paul Season 3, 2012: Current Season	Permanent Blake Shelton Christina Aguilera Cee Lo Green Adam Levine Temporary Coaches Shakira(Season 4 Replacement for Aguilera) Usher(Season 4 Replacement for Green)	Carson Daly Christina Milian (Backstage) Former Alison Haislip (Backstage)
United States	La Voz: Niños Template:Es (The Voice: Kids)	Telemundo	Season a, 2012: Upcoming Season^[28]	TBA	TBA
Vietnam	Giọng hát Việt: The Voice of Vietnam	VTV	Season 1, 2012: Current season	Hồ Ngọc Hà Thu Minh Trần Lập Đàm Vĩnh Hưng	Phan Anh V.Music band (Media Backstage) Phương Mai (Liveshow Backstage)
Vietnam	The Voice Kids	VTV	Season 1, 2013: Planned season	TBA	TBA