Genre Reality television Composer(s) Martijn Schimmer Running time 22–104 minutes | Opening theme This Is The Voice Country of origin Netherlands | |
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Created by John de Mol
Roel van Velzen | ||
The Voice is an international reality television singing competition franchise. It is based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, which was originally created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. Many other countries have adapted the format and begun airing their own versions since 2011. It has become a rival to the Idols franchise, Rising Star and The X Factor.
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History
John de Mol, creator of Big Brother, first created The Voice concept with Dutch singer Roel van Velzen. The concept came after de Mol was asked by Erland Galjaard, a Dutch program director, about whether he could go with a format further than The X Factor. Gaaljard asked de Mol after Gaaljard was excited about the Dutch version of The X Factor. So, de Mol then came with the idea of Blind Audition. He wanted to focus on singing quality alone, so the coaches must be top artists in music industry. The rotating chairs concept was invented by Roel van Velzen. It would also be the first talent show in which social media is actively involved.
On September 17, 2010, The Voice of Holland began to air on RTL 4 with Angela Groothuizen, Roel van Velzen, Nick & Simon, and Jeroen van der Boom as the mentor-judges (dubbed as "coaches") of the show. The show proved to be an instant success in the Netherlands.
The format was later sold to different countries, in many cases replacing a previous Endemol music contest format, Operation Triumph / Star Academy.
Format
The show's format features five stages of competition: producers' auditions, blind auditions, battle rounds, knockouts (since 2012), and live performance shows.
Contestants are aspiring singers drawn from public auditions, which are not televised. Unlike Idols and The X Factor, the producers pick less contestants (usually from 100 up to 200 contestants), which are deemed "the best artists", to perform in the televised auditions. The first televised stage is the blind auditions, in which the four coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, listen to the contestants in chairs facing away from the stage so as to avoid seeing them. If a coach likes what they hear from that contestant, they press a button to rotate their chairs to signify that they are interested in working with that contestant. If more than one coach presses their button, the contestant chooses the coach he or she wants to work with. The blind auditions end when each coach has a set number of contestants to work with. Coaches will dedicate themselves to developing their singers mentally, musically and in some cases physically, giving them advice, and sharing the secrets of their success.
The contestants who successfully pass the blind auditions proceed to the battle rounds, where the coaches put 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 only one to advance. If no specific winner can be identified the competition turns to a game of fate via a coin toss. In some versions, there are steals where opposing coaches can steal a contestant who was voted off by their own coach by pressing their button. As in the blind auditions, if more than one coach presses their button, the contestant chooses which coach they want. Each coach has a set number of steals (usually one or two).
In some versions, the winners of the battle rounds proceed to the knockout rounds. As in the battle rounds, coaches pit two of their own team members to compete against each other. This time, the contestants choose their own song to perform individually while the other watches and waits. After that, the coach chooses one to advance while the other is sent home. At the end of the knockout rounds, the strongest members of each coach's roster proceed to the live stage shows.
In the 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 on live television 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 prize of a recording contract. Universal Music Group is the general record company associated and affiliated with The Voice format in most countries.
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 log in 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.
Format variations
In the original Dutch version, along with solo contestants, groups with more than two members are actually eligible to join (proven by the triumph of O'G3NE, a girl group, in the fifth season of the Dutch version). But when the franchise was expanded to the United States, only duos are allowed in the American version along with solo contestants, and this requirement was then followed by some other versions, including the UK version. Despite that, a few versions still allow groups with more than two members, most notably the second season of the Indonesian version.
In some versions, all contestants perform each week and only the public's vote determines which contestants advance in the competition, a format similar to both Idols and The X Factor. This means that any contestant can be eliminated and no coach is guaranteed a spot in the finals. Along with this elimination method, there is an Instant Save in certain versions, where public must vote again to save one contestant who is in danger of elimination.
In the sixth series of the UK version, if any of the four coaches reject a contestant, he or she may not able to see the contestants after their performances, so if all the coaches rejected one specific contestant, the losing contestant would leave the stage straight away, without any conversations with the coaches.
A new feature of the Live Shows in the seventh season of the Dutch version is the judging of each performance by all four coaches with a number from one to ten. This number will then be averaged and combined with the public vote, ultimately giving a score to each artist.
Versions
A combined 263 "artists" have won the television series The Voice, a reality singing competition adapted in sixty-two regions. Each winner is given a recording contract, a monetary prize, and a title as that nation's The Voice, La Voz, Golos, Holos or La Voix.
There are currently 263 winners of the format, the first being Ben Saunders of the Netherlands and the most recent being Dodan Özer from the Turkish version of O Ses Türkiye.
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