Voice Germany 2019 Winner

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TheVoice of Germany is a German reality talent show created by John de Mol, based on the concept The Voice of Holland and its international series. It began airing on ProSieben and Sat.1 on 24 November 2011.[2]

There are five different stages to the show: producers' auditions, blind auditions, battle rounds, sign offs, and live shows. There have been thirteen winners to date: Ivy Quainoo, Nick Howard, Andreas Kmmert, Charley Ann Schmutzler, Jamie-Lee Kriewitz, Tay Schmedtmann, Natia Todua, Samuel Rsch, Claudia Emmanuela Santoso, Paula Dalla Corte, Sebastian Krenz, Anny Ogrezeanu, and the latest Malou Lovis Kreyelkamp.

The show was originally presented by Stefan Gdde. Since 2012, Thore Schlermann has presented the show. From 2015 until 2021, Schlermann together with Lena Gercke hosted the show. In the tenth season, Annemarie Carpendale replaced Gercke as the new host, for the first stages. In the eleventh season, Melissa Khalaj in the semi-final and Steven Gtjen in the final, replaced Schlermann. Since 2022, Schlermann together with Melissa Khalaj hosted the show. The coaches for the upcoming season will be Samu Haber, Yvonne Catterfeld, Kamrad, and Mark Forster. Other coaches from previous seasons include Nena, Rea Garvey, The BossHoss, Xavier Naidoo, Max Herre, Michi Beck & Smudo, Stefanie Klo, Andreas Bourani, Michael Patrick Kelly, Alice Merton, Sido, Nico Santos, Johannes Oerding, Sarah Connor, Peter Maffay, Giovanni Zarrella, Bill & Tom Kaulitz, Shirin David and Ronan Keating. 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 was in the eleventh season as the Comeback Stage coach. However, the Comeback Stage was discontinued after the twelfth season.

On 5 April 2013, the kids version of the show premiered on Sat.1 and has since continued for eleven seasons. The twelve season has been announced and aired in 2024. On 23 December 2018, a seniors version of the show premiered on Sat.1. Two seasons aired before the show was canceled.[3]

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.

From Season 6 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 SEAT 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.[4] 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.

In early April 2011, it was announced that ProSieben and Sat.1 bought the rights for the show. Devised by John de Mol, the creator of Big Brother, The Voice is based on the Dutch TV programme The Voice of Holland and is part of The Voice franchise, being based on the similar British 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.[5] 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.[6]

On 11 July 2011, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that Nena and Xavier Naidoo are the first two coaches for the first season.[7] On 25 August 2011, Rea Garvey and the duo Boss Burns (Alec Vlkel) & Hoss Power (Sascha Vollmer) from the band The BossHoss were announced as the remaining two coaches.[8] All four coaches returned for the second season.[9] Naidoo and Garvey did not return for season three and were replaced by Samu Haber and Max Herre.[10] On 18 March 2014, Vlkel and Vollmer from the band The BossHoss announced that they would no longer be coaches for the fourth season.[11] Five days later, Nena also announced her exit from the show.[12] On 27 March 2014, Michi Beck & Smudo from the band Die Fantastischen Vier were announced as The BossHoss replacement.[13] 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, Silbermond frontwoman Stefanie Kloss announced that she would replace Nena.[14] In early May 2015, Haber announced that he would not be a coach on the fifth season.[15] He was replaced by Andreas Bourani. The other three coaches remained on the show.[16]

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.[17] On 14 June 2016, it was announced that Michi & Smudo and Bourani would continue as coaches, whereas Kloss was replaced by Yvonne Catterfeld.[18] For the seventh season, it was announced that The Voice Kids coach Mark Forster would be joining Catterfeld, Haber and Michi & Smudo as coaches. Bourani was therefore confirmed to have left the show.[19] In May 2018, Haber's management confirmed that he would not be a coach for the eighth season.[20] He was replaced by Michael Patrick Kelly. Catterfeld, Forster and Michi & Smudo all returned as coaches.[21] On 7 April 2019, Michi & Smudo announced their departure from The Voice of Germany after five seasons.[22] In May, Catterfeld and Kelly also announced their exits.[23][24] On 26 May 2019, it was announced that Forster would remain as coach, Garvey would return as coach after a three-season hiatus, whereas Alice Merton and Sido would be joining the show for the first time.[25] On 21 August 2019, it was announced that Nico Santos would also join season nine as the fifth coach for the Comeback Stage of the competition, increasing the number of teams and finalists from 4 to 5.[26]

In June 2020, it was announced that Sido and Merton would not be in the anniversary series of The Voice of Germany.[27][28] 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.[29] On 21 July 2020, it was announced that Michael Schulte would be the new Comeback Stage coach.[30] On 9 June 2021, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that Garvey, Haber, Kloss and Catterfeld would not be returning for the eleventh season.[31] On 25 June 2021, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that Johannes Oerding and Sarah Connor as new coaches of the eleventh season, with Forster and Santos returning, and Elif Demirezer as the new "Comeback Stage" coach.[32] 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.[33][34] On 12 May 2022, it was announced that Garvey and Kloss would be returning as coaches for the twelfth series, and Peter Maffay 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.[35] On 28 May 2023, it was announced that all four coaches from the previous season would not be returning for the thirteenth season, meaning that the panel for the thirteenth season will consist of 4 new coaches.[36][37] On 6 June 2023, it was revealed that Ronan Keating, Giovanni Zarrella, Shirin David, and Bill & Tom Kaulitz are new coaches for the thirteenth season.[38]

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