The Voice Nigeria
| The Voice Nigeria | |
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| Genre | Reality Talent Show |
| Created by | John de Mol |
| Based on | The Voice of Holland |
| Presented by | IK Osakioduwa Stephanie Coker |
| Judges | 2baba Waje Patoranking Timi Dakolo Yemi Alade |
| Theme music composer | Martijn Schimmer |
| Opening theme | This is The Voice |
| Ending theme | This is The Voice |
| Country of origin | Nigeria |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 29 |
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| Executive producer | M-net |
| Editor | Sasani Studios |
| Running time | 60-120 byminutes |
| Production company | Talpa Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Africa Magic Urban Africa Magic Showcase |
| Release | Original series: 10 April 2016 - 8 October 2017 Revived series: TBA [1] |
The Voice Nigeria is the Nigerian version of the TV series The Voice. It premiered on Africa Magic from 2016-2017 and StarTimes from 2019 television channels Showcase and Urban on DStv in Nigeria on 10 April 2016 and was sponsored by Airtel and Coca-Cola. The winner would earn a recording contract with Universal Music Group, an SUV car worth N7 million and a trip to Abu Dhabi.
Format
The Blind Auditions
The show starts with the Blind auditions. In this stage the coaches, all noteworthy performing artists, have their chairs faced away from the stage as the contestant sings. The coaches have the duration of the contestant's performance(90 seconds) to decide whether they want the contestant on their team and turn. If one coach turns, the contestant defaults to that coach but if more than one coach turns, the contestant has to choose who he/she wants to work with. In the end of the blind auditions, each coach will have twelve "Talents" on their teams.
The Battle Rounds
The next stage is the battle rounds. In this stage, the coaches pair their talents in twos and give each pair a song to perform. After the performance the coach chooses one to advance while the other goes home, or is stolen by another coach. Each coach has two steals. The coaches advance with eight talents each at the end of the battle rounds.
The Live Shows
After the battle rounds comes the Live Shows. In this stage, each of the talents perform a song given by their coach, and the coach saves one out of every four talents while the rest are left to public votes. Public votes save one talent out of each team every week while the rest are evicted. The talents are cut from 32 to 16 to 12 to 8 of them who qualify for the finals. From the Top 8, the winner and runner up are decided by the public votes.[2]
Coaches
- Timi Dakolo (1–2)
- Waje (1–2)
- Patoranking (1-2)
- 2Baba (1)
- Yemi Alade (2)
Season summary
Colour key
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| Season | Premiere | Finale | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | Presenters | Coaches (order) | |||||
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| 1 | 10 April 2016 | 31 July 2016 | A'rese | Chike | Cornel | Brenda | Waje | IK Osakioduwa (main) | Stephanie Coker (assistant) | 2Baba | Waje | Pato | Timi | |
| 2 | 18 June 2017 | October 2017 | Idyl | Ebube | Syemca | WOW | Timi | Pato | Yemi | Waje | ||||
Hosts
- Main Host: IK Osakioduwa
- Assistant: Stephanie Coker
Season 1 (2016)
Template:Infobox reality talent competition The opening broadcast was on 10 April 2016. The four coaches for the inaugural season are Nigerian artistes Waje, Timi Dakolo, Patoranking and 2baba aka Tuface (formerly known as 2face Idibia). The programme is hosted by IK Osakioduwa and Stephanie Coker.[3]
Contestants
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Top 4
- A'rese from Team Waje - winner
- Chike from Team Patoranking - runner-up
- Cornel from Team Timi - third
- Brenda from Team 2baba - fourth
Season 2 (2017)
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Judges
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In the second and final season, three of the four judges were kept, Timi Dakolo, Waje and Patoranking. But Yemi Alade replaced first season judge 2Baba (Tuface or 2face).
Competitors
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*Note: Shayee from Team Yemi withdrew from the competition before the Battles.
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Top 4 and Winner
At the live season finale for Season 2, the Top 4 of the competition were announced as follows:
- Idyl - Team Timi Dakolo - winner
- Ebube - Team Patoranking -runner-up
- Syemca - Team Yemi Alade - third
- WOW - Team Waje - fourth
References
- ^ "The Voice and The Voice Kids travels to Nigeria". Talpa. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ DSTV The Voice Nigeria home page
- ^ Pulse.ng: The Voice Nigeria - Music reality show premieres on April 10