Vocea României

Vocea României
Genre	Talent show
Format	Interactive reality
Created by	John de Mol Roel van Velzen
Directed by	Bogdan Măciucă Loredana Petcu Greta Dan Eugen Dinu Vlad Roșca Daniel Eftimie Lavinia Boureci Daniel Iancu
Presented by	Pavel Bartoș Nicoleta Luciu Vlad Roșca (V-Reporter) Roxana Ionescu (2011)
Judges	Loredana Marius Moga Horia Brenciu Smiley
Country of origin	Romania
Original language(s)	Romanian
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	44
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert Lionte
Producer(s)	Mona Segall
Location(s)	Studiourile Media Pro, Buftea
Broadcast
Original channel	Pro TV
Original run	September 27, 2011 (2011-09-27) – present
External links
Website

Vocea României (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈvot͡ʃe̯a romɨˈni.ej]; English: The Voice of Romania) is a Romanian reality talent show that started in September 2011. It is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. The judging panel is Smiley, Horia Brenciu, Loredana Groza and Marius Moga with Pavel Bartoș presenter, Roxana Ionescu as Co-presenters and Vlad Roșca in backstage. In second season Roxana Ionescu was replaced with singer and actress Nicoleta Luciu.^[1]

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.

Coaches' teams and their artists

Marius Moga, Loredana Groza, Horia Brenciu and Smiley are the coaches and vocal mentors. Finalists are listed in order of their ranking from their respective seasons and arranged alphabetically for those eliminated at the same stage of the competition.

Key::     – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, finalists are italicized, and eliminated artists are in small font.

Format

The series consists of three phases:

• Blind audition
• Battle round
• Live performance shows

Blind audition

Four judges/coaches, all famous musicians, will choose teams of 12, 14 or 16 contestants each through a four-episode-long blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditionee's performance to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer then the singer gets to choose which coach they want to work with.

Battle round

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 six individual "battles". At the end of the battle phase, there is a sing-off between two contestants of each coach, singing their audition songs. The coach chooses which one of them will join the other four 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. A new element was added in season three; coaches were given two "steals", allowing each coach to select two individuals who were eliminated during a battle round by another coach.

Live performance shows

The final stage, 'Live shows', is where the artists perform in front of the coaches and an audience, broadcast live. Each coach will have four artists in their team to begin with and the artists will go head-to-head in the competition to win the public votes. These will determine which artist advances to the final eight. The remaining three artists' future in the show will be determined by the coaches, choosing who will progress.

The final eight artists will compete in a live broadcast.However, the coaches will have a 50/50 say with the audience and the public in deciding which artists move on to the 'final four' phase. In the latter, each coach will have one member who will continue. The final (the winner round) will be decided upon by the public vote.

Host and Coaches

Promotional photograph of the Coaches of Vocea României

Host

Pavel Bartoș has hosted the series since the inaugural season.^[2] Roxana Ionescu^[3] was co-host in season one but she was replaced by singer and actress Nicoleta Luciu.^[4][5] Vlad Roșca serve as the original "backstage, online and social media correspondent".^[6]

Judges

In August 2011 pop singer and actress Loredana, R'n'B musician and composer Marius Moga, singer and TV host Horia Brenciu and former Simplu member Smiley were confirmed coaches for the Voice of Romania.

Series overview

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History

The series is part of the The Voice franchise and is based on a similar competition format in The Netherlands entitled The Voice of Holland. The winner is entitled to a 100.000€ prize and a recording contract with Universal Records.

The debut season started airing on September 27, 2011.^[9] The Judges were pop singer and actress Loredana, R'n'B musician and composer Marius Moga, singer and TV host Horia Brenciu and former Simplu member Smiley. Pavel Bartoș is main presenter, Roxana Ionescu as Co-presenters and Vlad Roșca in backstage. The first season ended on December 26, 2011,^[10] Ștefan Stan was declared the first winner of The Voice of Romania. Dragoș Chircu was runner-up followed by Iuliana Pușchilă in third place and Cristian Sanda in fourth place. Stan won by 37,67% of the votes.

The Voice returned to Pro TV for a second season who begins on September 25, 2012. All four coaches are returning for season two. In this season Co-presenter Roxana Ionescu was replaced with singer and actress Nicoleta Luciu.^[1] On 14 December Cristi Nistor, Tibi Scobiola, Julie Mayaya and Imre Vízi were declared finalists of the second series. The second season ended on December 26, 2011, Julie Mayaya^[11] represented Team Brenciu was declared the second winner of The Voice of Romania and she was the first female contestant to win this show. Imre Vízi represented Team Moga was runner-up followed by Cristi Nistor represented Team Loredana in third place and Tibi Scobiola represented Team Smiley in fourth place.

The season three started in 28 September 2013.^[12]

Ratings

Season 3 premiered on Tuesday September 28, 2013 scoring 2.182 million viewers.

Awards and nominations

See also

• The Voice (TV series)
• List of Romanian television series

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.protv.ro/stiri/surpriza-la-vocea-romaniei-cine-este-coprezentatoare-alaturi-de-pavel-bartos.html
2. ↑ http://www.gandul.info/magazin/pavel-bartos-va-prezenta-super-show-ul-vocea-romaniei-la-protv-8531424
3. ↑ http://www.stiridecluj.ro/divertisment/vocea-romaniei-roxana-ionescu-inlocuita-de-nicoleta-luciu-vezi-cum-a-reactionat.
4. ↑ http://www.click.ro/vedete/romanesti/nicoleta_luciu-roxana_ionescu-vocea_romaniei_0_1512448755.html.
5. ↑ http://www.csid.ro/lifestyle/vedete/nicoleta-luciu-va-prezenta-noul-sezon-din-vocea-romaniei-alaturi-de-pavel-bartos--10351615/.
6. ↑ http://www.protv.ro/video/vocea-romaniei_vlad-rosca-este-vocea-telespectatorilor-de-la-vocea-romaniei_16228.html.
7. ↑ http://www.protv.ro/stiri/au-inceput-inscrierile-pentru-preselectiile-de-la-vocea-romaniei.html
8. ↑ http://vocearomaniei.protv.ro/stiri/protv-da-startul-preselectiilor-pentru-cel-de-al-treilea-sezon-vocea-romaniei.html
9. ↑ "Batalia pentru "Vocea Romaniei" a inceput la Pro TV! | Vocea Romaniei | ProTv". Vocearomaniei.protv.ro. Retrieved 2012-05-09. 
10. ↑ "Azi, MAREA FINALA Vocea Romaniei, LIVE de la 20.30 pe voyo.ro! Castigatorul ia totul, sustine-ti favoritul! | Vocea Romaniei | ProTv". Vocearomaniei.protv.ro. Retrieved 2012-05-09. 
11. ↑ http://adevarul.ro/entertainment/celebritati/video-estejulie-mayaya-castigatoarea-vocea-romaniein-1_50dbd21e596d7200913d9da7/index.html
12. ↑ http://www.tvmania.ro/vocea-romaniei-se-intoarce-in-28-septembrie-la-pro-tv-125622.html.
13. ↑ "Batalia pentru "Vocea Romaniei" a inceput la Pro TV! | Vocea Romaniei | ProTv". Vocearomaniei.protv.ro. Retrieved 2012-05-09. 
14. ↑ "Aproape Un Milion De Oameni Pe Minut La Vocea României. Finala, Depășită De Nae și Vasile | Pagina de media – Petrişor Obae". Paginademedia.ro. Retrieved 2012-09-29. 
15. ↑ "Cât A Făcut Prima "Voce" De Vineri | Pagina de media – Petrişor Obae". Paginademedia.ro. Retrieved 2012-09-29. 
16. ↑ "Vocea României, Auzită De Aproape Două Milioane De Români | Pagina de media – Petrişor Obae". Paginademedia.ro. Retrieved 2012-11-07. 
17. ↑ "Aproape Două Milioane De Români Pe Finala Vocea României. Răcnetul Lui King Kong A Acoperit Vocea Pe Intersecția Cu Filmul | Pagina de media – Petrişor Obae". Paginademedia.ro. Retrieved 2013-10-05. 
18. ↑ http://www.paginademedia.ro/2013/09/vocea-romaniei-debut-cu-peste-doua-milioane-de-romani-pe-minut-dublu-fata-de-locul-doi-audientele-emisiunii/
19. ↑ http://www.tvmania.ro/iata-castigatorii-premiilor-tvmania-2011-67162.html
20. ↑ http://www.tvmania.ro/s-au-decernat-premiile-tvmania-2012-100846.html
21. ↑ http://www.tvmania.ro/iata-castigatorii-de-la-premiile-tvmania-2013-132566.html

External links

• Official website