Lietuvos Balsas

Lietuvos Balsas
Format	Singer search
Created by	John de Mol Roel van Velzen
Directed by	Geldiminas Jaunius
Presented by	Vytautas Rumšas Jr. Ugnė Skonsmanaitė (V-Reporter) Žygimantas Barysas (Backstage)
Judges	Jurgis & Erica Violeta Tarasovienė Egidijus Sipavičius Merūnas Vitulskis
Composer(s)	Martijn Schimmer
Country of origin	Lithuania
Original language(s)	Lithuanian
No. of series	1
Production
Executive producer(s)	Gediminas Jaunius Jolita Vitkauskaitė Šarūnas Kirdeikis Rosita Čivilytė and Kristina Rudytė
Producer(s)	Talpa ELITAZ
Broadcast
Original channel	LNK
Original run	January 29, 2012 (2012-01-29) – June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)
External links
Website

Promotional photograph of the Coaches of Lietuvos Balsas

Lietuvos Balsas (Lithuanian for The Voice of Lithuania) is a reality singing competition and local version of The Voice of Holland. It is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. It is currently airing its first season on LNK.

One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.

Overview

Coaches and Finalists

     – Winning Coach/Contestant. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

     – Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.

     – 2nd Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.

Format

The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge 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. 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 acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with a combination of public and jury vote deciding who advances onto the next round. In the final phase, the remaining contestants (top 8) 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.

Season 1 (2012)

The first season started on January 29, 2012.^[1] The coaches are former Inculto member Jurgis Didžiulis, who is joint by his spouse Erica Jennings, lead singer of SKAMP (they are a dual coach team),^[2] popular singer Violeta Tarasovienė,^[3] national legend Egidijus Sipavičius and tenor and winner of the show "Kelias į žvaigždes 2" Merūnas Vitulskis. Around 700 singers where shortlisted to be on the show but ultimately 126 blind auditioned for the coaches of which 56 made it onto the battle rounds.^[4]

The Blind Auditions

Key	Coach hit his or her "I WANT YOU" button	Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button	Contestant defaulted to this coach's team	Contestant elected to join this coach's team

Episode 1: January 29, 2012

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
			Jurgis & Erica	Violeta	Egidijus	Merūnas
TBA	Agnė Bružienė	"Angels"	—	—
TBA	Elena Jurgaitytė	"Use Somebody"	—	—		—
TBA	Gabrielius Vagelis	"I'm Yours"	—	—
TBA	Liana Pušnova	"Price Tag"			—	—
TBA	Linas Jakštys	"Kiss from a Rose"
TBA	Milda Rasilavičiūtė	"The Voice Within"	—			—
TBA	Monika Mėčiūtė	"Because of You"	—		—
TBA	Neringa Šiaudikytė	"Bleeding Love"	—
TBA	Silvija Almanaitytė	"TBA"	—		—	—

Episode 2: February 5, 2012

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
			Jurgis & Erica	Violeta	Egidijus	Merūnas
1	Nora Strolytė	TBA	—	—	—	—
2	Rokas Laureckis	"Still Not Getting Any..."	—	—
3	Raimonda Masiulytė	"The Power of Love"	—	—
4	Vytenis Partikas Aklosios	TBA	—	—	—	—
5	Berta Timinskaitė	"Mercy"
6	Evelina Jocytė	"The Circle of Life"	—	—		—
7	Greta Petrauskaitė	TBA	—	—	—	—
8	Elvina Milkauskaitė	TBA	—			—
9	Baiba Skurstenė	"Born This Way"
10	Laura Jonušaitė	TBA	—		—	—
11	Ingrida Žiliutė	"Everything"	—	—	—	—
12	Sandra Vilemaitė	"If I Were a Boy"	—		—	—
13	Valdas Maskvytis	"Kiss from a Rose"	—	—	—	—
14	Antanas Laugalis	TBA	—	—	—
15	Mantvydas Sabaitis	"Use Somebody"

Episode 3: February 12, 2012

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
			Jurgis & Erica	Violeta	Egidijus	Merūnas
1	Ieva Zasimauskaitė	"If I Ain't Got You"	—			—
2	Simona Imbrasienė	TBA	—	—	—	—
3	Artūras Minalga	"U2"	—	—	—	—
4	Algimantas Minalga	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"	—	—
5	Julija Jegorova	"Price Tag"
6	Edita Astrauskaitė	TBA	—	—	—	—
7	Erika Astrauskaitė	"California King Bed"	—		—	—
8	Ringaudas Stoškus	TBA	—	—		—
9	Eglė Žedavainytė	TBA	—	—	—	—
10	Polina Mačerauskaitė	"Born This Way"	—	—		—
11	Karolina Kieraitė	TBA	—	—	—	—
12	Jurgita Gerasimovič	"The Voice Within"	—	—	—	—
13	Jonata Grimutaitė	TBA		—	—	—
14	Indrė Malakauskaitė	"If I Were a Boy"	—		—
15	Kristina Kontrimaitė	"I'm Alive"	—	—	—	—
16	Valentas Dima	"Ain't No Sunshine"	—	—	—	—
15	Deimantė Sinkevičiūtė	"Rolling in the Deep"

Episode 4: February 19, 2012

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
			Jurgis & Erica	Violeta	Egidijus	Merūnas
1	Monika Juškevičiūtė	"Mercy"				—
2	Vincentas Linkevičius	"Angels"	—	—
3	Saulenė Chlevickaitė	"Mercy"		—		—
4	Gaisva Arcišauskienė	"Bleeding Love"	—	—	—	—
5	Eglė Petrošiūtė	"I'm Yours"		—		—
6	Kristina Jurevičiūtė	"Because of You"	—	—		—
7	Agniešką Dombrovolską	"Use Somebody"	—	—	—	—
8	Sigita Stasiulytė	"Need You Now"	—	—	—	—
9	Kristina Biškaševskaja	"The Voice Within"		—	—
10	Sigita Stasiulytė	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"	—	—	—	—
11	Paulius Barzinskis	"Everything"	—	—
12	Jelena Bondarenko	TBA	—	—	—	—
13	Valerija Iljinaitė	"Price Tag"	—	—
14	Ernesta Prūsaitė	"California King Bed"	—	—	—	—
15	Gabrielė Griciūtė	"Ain't No Sunshine"	—
16	Remigijus Sabaliauskas	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"	—	—	—	—
17	Rima Saudargienė	"The Power of Love"	—	—	—	—
18	Kristina Šiupienytė	"Because of You"	—		—	—
19	Kristina Kurtinaitė	"Ain't No Sunshine"	—		—	—

Episode 5: February 26, 2012

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
			Jurgis & Erica	Violeta	Egidijus	Merūnas
1	Laura Ziegoraityte	"Ain't No Sunshine"
2	Gabriele Kasakaitytė	"Everything"	—	—	—	—
3	Aušra Sutkauskaitė	"Man in the Mirror"
4	Mantvydas Čiuplys	"How You Remind Me"	—	—	—
5	Ina Ignatovič	"California King Bed"	—	—	—	—
6	Roberta Stanaitytė	TBA	—	—	—	—
7	Darius Kairys	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
8	Lukas Bartaška	"Ain't No Sunshine"			—
9	Milda Klišytė	TBA	—	—	—	—
10	Vytautas Blinstrubas	"Angels"	—	—	—
11	Marija Čepukaitytė	"Use Somebody"	—			—
12	Giedrė Smolskaitė	"Use Somebody"	—
13	Algė Matekūnaitė	"If I Ain't Got You"	—		—	—
14	Asta Bartkutė	"One"	—	—	—	—
15	Kristupas Bubnelis	"Man in the Mirror"	—	—
16	Milda Martinkėnaitė	TBA	—	—		—
17	Artiomas Ivanovas	"I'm Yours"	—	—	—
18	Marina Karčevskaja	"If I Ain't Got You"	—	—	—	—
19	Indre Sabaliauskaitė	"Angels"			—	—
20	Monika Valiuškytė	TBA	—		—	—
21	Gabrielė Senkevičiūtė	"Mercy"	—			—
22	Audronė Šalnaitė	"Use Somebody"	—	—		—
23	Kristina Lazdauskaitė	TBA	—		—	—

The Battles

Coaches begin narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". Each episode featured six to eight battles consisting two of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants. After that the seven winners had to go through one sing-off before six of them advanced to the live shows.

     – Battle Winner

Episode 6: 6 January 2012

Episode 7: 11 January 2012

Episode 8: 18 January 2012

Episode 9: 25 January 2012

The Wildcards

In the week before the finals started the internet users voted for which contestant from each team should be given another chance to compete.^[5][6]

The Liveshows

Episode 10: April 8, 2012

First half of Team Violeta and Team Merūnas performed.

Non-competition performances

Episode 11: April 15, 2012

First half of Team Egidijus and Team Jurgis & Erica performed.

Non-competition performances

Episode 12: April 22, 2012

Second half of Team Violeta and Team Merūnas performed.

Non-competition performances

Episode 13: April 29, 2012

Second half of Team Egidijus and Team Jurgis & Erica performed.

Non-competition performances

Summaries

Results table