The Voice of the Philippines (season 2)

Coaches and hosts

Sarah Geronimo confirmed that she had a hard time working as a coach during the first season, but she confirmed that she was still willing to work as a coach for the second season. On December 16, 2013, it was officially announced that Geronimo signed an exclusive contract with ABS-CBN for two years. Part of her contract is her stint as a coach for the second season. Lea Salonga also expressed that she wanted to return as a coach for the second season. However, this will only depends with her tight schedule. "I want to do it again. I would be defending. I kind of would love to stay but then there are external forces that are no longer in my control. There's my schedule, there's a call of Broadway and there's a call of other things. It was magical the first season because all of the stars aligned perfectly," said Salonga. On January 15, 2014 interview by Push, Salonga confirmed that she will come back as coach in the show. "The Voice is coming back. I mean first it's okay to announce it, I have not been given the go ahead yet to say anything yet but I am certainly coming back so my chair is going to turning again for people so I am excited," she said. Salonga also confirmed that there were rumors that apl.de.ap will not return to the show. She commented, "As for Season 2, I have no idea what the plans are for Apl if he is going to return, I hope he does because over the first season the four of us have developed a really nice rapport and banter and chemistry and it would be nice to pick up where we left off rather than start over but those things are not up to me. So I am only hoping that he returns for Season 2 if he doesn't we hope we find somebody who will be able to fit the chair and be able to keep up with us because the three of us are on, it is so on, it is just the trash talking begins." It was noted that near the end of the first season, apl.de.ap along with Bamboo Mañalac had expressed their intentions to return for the second season. On March 20, 2014, the Sun Star Manila confirmed through an article that all coaches will return for the second season. On June 12, 2014 interview by MJ Filipe of ABS-CBN News, apl confirmed that he will return for the second season.

Toni Gonzaga will also return as the host of the show. On April 15, 2014, Domingo confirmed that he will return in the second season. By September of the same year, Alex Gonzaga was confirmed to return while Luis Manzano was added as T. Gonzaga's co-host.

Prizes

The winner of the second season of the franchise will win a trophy designed by Leeroy New, a house and lot worth 2 million pesos from Camella Homes, a business package from Brother Philippines worth 1 million pesos, a shopping spree and an Asian tour package for two from Jag worth 350 thousand pesos, a brand new Ford Fiesta, a musical instrument package worth 100 thousand pesos, an MCA Universal recording contract, and 2 million pesos from Systema Toothpaste.

Broadcast

It was first reported by Salonga that the show will air on November 15, 2014; however, it was pushed to October 26, 2014, three weeks earlier than the initial air date. Its first two episodes aired only on Sundays. Starting on November 8, the show airs every Saturdays and Sundays — completely occupying the weekend timeslots of I Do.

Auditions

The show was renewed for a second season after it garnered immense popularity and high television ratings. ABS-CBN later announced that auditions will start on January 2014 for the Luzon, Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao regions and will be held together with the auditions for the first season of The Voice Kids. Online auditions are slated to commence by summer of 2014, but were pushed to June 2014.

Teams

Blind auditions

In an article Lea Salonga wrote in Philippine Daily Inquirer and was published on January 16, 2014, she said the blind auditions will be filmed by June, but were moved to September 7 to 10 of the same year. At the end of the Blind auditions, each team will have 14 artists.

A week prior to the start of the first episode, several teasers were already aired. Two of which were blind auditions teasers wherein two female contestants sang their respective audition piece.

The Blind auditions first aired on October 26, 2014. It ended on November 30, 2014 after airing a total of 10 episodes.

Episode 1 (October 26)

The first episode was graced by an opening performance of the coaches. First, Sarah Geronimo and Lea Salonga sang "Run the World" by Beyoncé; they were followed by Bamboo Mañalac and apl.de.ap who sang "Ten Feet Tall" by Afrojack. All then performed a mash-up of the two songs.

The Battles

The power to steal an artist from the other teams will be implemented during this season. At the end of the Battles, each coach will have nine artists who will advance to the Knockouts, two of which are stolen artists from the other teams.

The Battles was opened by the performance of Lea Salonga and Bamboo Mañalac singing Stevie Wonder's "Someday at Christmas"; they were followed by Sarah Geronimo and apl.de.ap singing Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You." All together the coaches sang ABS-CBN's Christmas Station ID's "Ang Babait Ninyo" which was originally sung by The Voice Kids top four finalists.

The first episode of the Battles aired on December 6, 2014; its sixth and last episode was aired on December 21, 2014.

Highlights

Four episodes featuring the never-before-seen clips of the Blind auditions and the Battles which aired on December 27 and 28, 2014. The preparations for the Knockouts will air on January 3 and 4,2015.

The Knockouts

The Knockouts are a new round that is introduced this season. Each artist had to sing and convince his/her coach in order to pick him/her up for the final line-up for the Live shows. Each team will be divided into three groups of three artists. Each artist will decide on what song they will sing. In every group, two will advance to the Live shows with the remaining one eliminated from the competition.

At the end of this round, from the nine artists per team, only six artists will advance to the Live shows.

Episode 21 (January 10)

The only artists that performed in this episode were from Team apl.

Episode 22 (January 11)

The only artists that performed in this episode were from Team Lea.

Episode 23 (January 17)

The only artists that performed in this episode were from Team Sarah.

Episode 24 (January 18)

The only artists that performed in this episode were from Team Bamboo.

Results summary

Live show details

The Live Shows first aired on January 24, 2015 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, a theater with a 1,500 audience capacity, at Resorts World Manila in Newport City, Pasay City, Metro Manila. It was the second time that this stage of the competition be held in the said venue. Differentiating from the first season, the Live shows were aired every Saturdays and Sundays; the former was for the performance night, the latter for the results night.

The voting system was similar to the semifinals of the previous season wherein the public can vote for the artist they wanted to save per team. Voting will commence after all the artists had performed; it will close the following night where the results will be later announced. The accumulated public votes from the public chose the first artist to advance from each team. Their respective coaches chose the second.

For the third and fourth Live show weeks, a new voting format was formed. Each night was a performance and results night. Two teams had to perform per night. After each team had performed, the voting lines were immediately opened and closed immediately after the commercial break. Before the night ended, one artist was eliminated per team. By the fifth week, the use of points was reinstated; half of which are from the public and the other from the artist's coach. Note that, coaches are barred from giving equal points to their respective artists.

The finale will be on March 1, 2015.

Week 1 (January 24 & 25)

During the performance night, the show opened with the coaches and their respective top 6 artists singing "Play That Funky Music" of Wild Cherry and "Uptown Funk" of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. On the results night, Darren Espanto from the first season of The Voice Kids performed "Iisang Bangka" of The Dawn. It was followed by Arnel Pineda singing "Salamat", a song also from The Dawn. Pineda was accompanied after by Espanto and the 12 artists who performed for the first week.

Prior to the announcement of the results, the Team Lea and Team apl artists who did not perform this week sang Adam Levine's hits such as "Lost Stars", "She Will Be Loved", and "This Love". Midway through the show, the Team Bamboo and Team Sarah artists who did not perform this week sang Juan dela Cruz Band's "Beep Beep" and Teeth's "Laklak".

Week 2 (January 31 & February 1)

After the announcement of the results of the public votes, apl.de.ap along with Abra, Loonie, Jessica Reynoso of season 1, and some artists made a tribute to the 44 members of the Philippine National Police–Special Action Force who died in a clash with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. They performed apl's latest single, "Be," and Black Eyed Peas' "Where Is the Love."

Week 3

Episode 29 (February 7)

With the set-up of the new voting mechanics, the teams that only performed were from Team apl and Team Sarah.

At the end of the performances of the two teams, Team Lea's and Team Bamboo's male artists performed Randy Santiago's "Babaero"; the female artists performed Zsa Zsa Padilla's "Mambobola."

Episode 30 (February 8)

After the performances of the first two teams last night, the only teams left that performed were from Team Lea and Team Bamboo.

Right after the performances of the two teams, Bamboo Mañalac performed Icona Pop's "I Love It." Anne Curtis followed, along with Team Bamboo's top 4 artists, and performed Icona Pop's "All Night."

Week 4

Episode 31 (February 14)

After the performance of the last team, Alex Gonzaga performed Ariana Grande's "Love Me Harder" along with Team Sarah's artists. It was followed by Toni Gonzaga who performed Ariana Grande's "Break Free" along with her sister and the artists from Team Sarah and Team Lea.

Episode 32 (February 15)

After the performance of all teams, Sarah Geronimo along with the top 2 artists from Teams Apl and Bamboo sang Stevie Wonder's "For Once in My Life." They were followed by Matt Monro, Jr. who sang Matt Monro's "Portrait of My Love."

Week 5: Semifinals (February 21 & 22)

In the Saturday episode, after the performance of the first two teams, Lyca Gairanod, Juan Karlos Labajo and Darlene Vibares performed Itchyworms's "Ayokong Tumanda" and Imago's "Taralets." After the performances of the last team, the top 8 artists performed Lady Gaga's "Applause."

In the Sunday episode, Lea Salonga performed a special birthday number of whom she sang "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," a song in her 1997 album of the same name. She also sang "Tomorrow," also from the same 1997 album, together with her daughter Nicole Beverly Chien.

Week 6: Finals (February 28 & March 1)

Just like in the previous season, the finale was aired in a two part episode. However, deviating from previous Live shows, the "1 sim equals 1 vote" rule was implemented. There were four sets of performances per artist in the first round; every end of the performances of the top 4 artists, the said rule was implemented. The results of the votes were then revealed on the second episode of the finals, where the final two artists had to perform in a final showdown. After the two top artists were revealed, the scores were reset to zero. The voting lines were then reopened for the final two, wherein the artist who garnered the highest votes was declared the winner of the competition. The finals was held in Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila, Pasay City.

On February 28, 2015, the four coaches and the top 4 artists opened the show. Lea Salonga and apl.de.ap first sang Christina Aguilera's "Feel This Moment," it was followed by Bamboo Mañalac and Sarah Geronimo who sang Ed Sheeran's "Sing". All the coaches and the top 4 artists then sang "Feel This Moment."

On March 1, 2015, the show was opened by the top 4 artists from the first and second seasons wherein they performed Clean Bandit's "Rather Be" and Ludacris' "Rest of My Life."

First round

Second round

Artists who appeared on other talent shows

Spoiler issue

Several users from Facebook and Twitter were blocked by the social management team of the show after several spoilers of The Battles' winners were posted online. This incident made Salonga furious and disappointed with the incident.

Joniver Robles' departure from the show

After the last episode of the Knockouts that aired last January 19, Mañalac announced that Joniver Robles was replaced by Rita Martinez after the former decided to withdraw from the show due to personal reasons. However, in a post of Robles via his Facebook account, he stressed that he never knew about his status until he saw the episode. Due to this, lots of speculations have arose online regarding Robles' removal from the show. On the other hand, Salonga was asked regarding the issue but decided to not comment regarding it. She further stated that she was not the proper person to be asked since it was not her team that was being involved.

Television ratings

Television ratings for the second season of The Voice of the Philippines on ABS-CBN were gathered from two major sources, namely from AGB Nielsen and Kantar Media. AGB Nielsen's survey ratings were gathered from Mega Manila households, while Kantar Media's survey ratings were gathered from urban and rural households all over the Philippines.

Based from the data gathered by Kantar Media, the second season was the sixth most watched show in February 2015, garnering an average viewership of 24.4%.