The Voice – Norges beste stemme

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The Voice – Norges beste stemme
Created by John de Mol
Roel van Velzen
Presented by Øyvind Mund
Maria Bodøgaard (V-Reporter)
Judges Sondre Lerche (Seasons 1-3)
Hanne Sørvaag (Season 1,3)
Yosef Wolde-Mariam (Season 1,3)
Magne Furuholmen (Season 1)
Espen Lind (Season 2-3)
Lene Nystrøm (Season 2)
Tommy Tee (Season 2)
Country of origin Norway
Original language(s) Norwegian
No. of series 3
Production
Producer(s) Talpa Media Group
Broadcast
Original channel TV2
Original run January 27, 2012 – ongoing
External links
Website

The Voice – Norges beste stemme (Norwegian for The Voice – Norway's best Voice) is a Norwegian reality singing competition and local version of The Voice first broadcast as The Voice of Holland. It started on 27 January 2012 and the final aired on 25 May 2012 on TV2.

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. Martin Halla from "Team Magne" mentored by Magne Furuholmen won the competition.

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.
Season Judges/coaches
Sondre Lerche Hanne Sørvaag Yosef Wolde-Mariam Magne Furuholmen
1
  • - Aleksander W. Åsgården
  • - Inge Andreas Jacobsen
  • - Ida Hanevold
  • - Eli van der Eynden
  • - Hans Petter Hammersmack
  • - Hege Øversveen
  • - Frid Nordheim
  • - Ole-Alexander Mæland
  • - Suzana Costa Johansen
  • - Elisabeth Kristensen
  • - Odd Einar Nordheim
  • - Silje Løvaas
  • - Omar Mohamed Ahmed
  • - Elisabeth Vatndal
  • - Leif Anders Wentzel
  • - Martin Halla
  • - Monika Blomeid
  • - Shaun Bartlett
  • - Marius Beck
  • - Marianne Pentha
2 Sondre Lerche Tommy Tee Lene Nystrøm Espen Lind
Espen Lind Yosef Wolde-Mariam Hanne Sørvaag Sondre Lerche

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 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 24) 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 coaches for the debut seasons are singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche, pop star Hanne Sørvaag, Madcon member Yosef Wolde-Mariam and former A-ha member Magne Furuholmen. Øyvind Mund is hosting the programme while Maria Bodøgaard shares hosting duties as the social media correspondent.

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: 27 January 2012

Order Contestant Song Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
Sondre Hanne Yosef Magne
TBA
 Omar Mohamed Ahmed "Used to Love U"
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—
—
TBA
 Frid Nordheim "Crazy"
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—
TBA
 Odd Nordheim "Sex on Fire"
TBA
 Martin Halla "Somewhere Only We Know"
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—
TBA
 Elisabeth Vatndal "Moves Like Jagger"
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TBA
 Aleksander Walmann "The A Team"
TBA
 Aina Beate A. Gundersen "Not Ready to Make Nice"
—
—
—
TBA
 Hans Petter Hammersmack "Ordinary People"

Episode 2: 3 February 2012

Order Contestant Song Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
Sondre Hanne Yosef Magne
TBA
 Suzana Costa Johansen "Hjerteknuser"
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—
—
TBA
 Anna-Lisa Kumordzie "Only Girl (In the World)"
—
—
TBA
 Knut Anders Sørum "Firework"
—
TBA
 Monika Blomeid "Someone like You"
—
TBA
 Thomas Holm "Over the Rainbow"
—
—
TBA
 Yvonne Walderhaug "You Give Me Something"
—
—
—
TBA
 Deborah Antiteo "Halo"
—
—
—
TBA
 Marius Beck "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"

Episode 3: 10 February 2012

Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices
Sondre Hanne Yosef Magne
TBA
 Heidi Blåsmo Frantzen "Beggin'"
—
—
—
TBA
 Cindy Kvinlaug "Jolene"
—
—
—
TBA
 Anette Vedvik "Titanium"
TBA
 Ruben Gundersen "Time After Time"
—
—
—
TBA
 Tone-Yvonne Hansen "Only Girl (In the World)"
—
—
—
TBA
 Tini Mykland "Both Sides, Now"
—
—
—
TBA
 Martin "Soulmate"
—
—
—
TBA
 Leif Anders Wentzel "I Need a Dollar"

Episode 4: 17 February 2012

Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices
Sondre Hanne Yosef Magne
TBA
 Mari Kjølstad "How Will I Know"
—
—
—
TBA
 Elisabeth Kristensen "Let It Rain"
—
—
—
TBA
 Silje Løvaas "Poker Face"
TBA
 Hege Øversveen "I Don't Want to Be"
—
—
TBA
 Kjell Ove V Knudsen "Fix You"
—
—
TBA
 Vegar Leirvik Nesset "Born to Run"
—
—
—
TBA
 Andrew Hill "Two"
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—
—
TBA
 Erika Lucero "You Know I'm No Good"
—

Episode 5: 24 February 2012

Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices
Sondre Hanne Yosef Magne
TBA
 Kristiania "Viva la Vida"
TBA
 Adele Erichsen "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart"
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—
—
TBA
 Pål Olsen "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
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—
TBA
 Ingvild Nagel-Dahl "Need You Now"
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—
—
TBA
 Vigdis Wisur "The Story"
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—
—
TBA
 Veronica Stokkmo "Englefjes"
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—
—
TBA
 Ida Hanevold "Turning Tables"
—
TBA
 Paul Allen "Drive My Car"

Episode 6: 2 March 2012

Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices
Sondre Hanne Yosef Magne
TBA
 Ole Alexander Mæland "Månenmannen"
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—
—
TBA
 Marianne Pentha "When Love Takes Over"
TBA
 Inge Andreas Jacobsen "Get to You"
—
TBA
 Eli van der Eyden "Ambitions"
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—
TBA
 Christina Elnæs "Price Tag"
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—
—
TBA
 Jørgen Fagerbekk "Feel"
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—
TBA
 Birgitte Einarsen "Set Fire to the Rain"
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TBA
 Kari Anne Eikenes "Beautiful"
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—
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Episode 7: 9 March 2012

Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices
Sondre Hanne Yosef Magne
TBA
 Kathrine Fugllien "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
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—
—
TBA
 Håvard Gryting "I Don't Wanna Be"
TBA
 Bård Leite "You Know My Name"
—
TBA
 Kenneth Vilstrand "Cries Like a Baby"
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—
—
TBA
 Shaun Bartlett "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
TBA
 Knut Arve Eilefsen "Den finaste eg veit"
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TBA
 Kristian Andre Kvael "Over You"
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—
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TBA
 Ida Glomnes "Majesty"
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Battles

Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". Sondre Lerche picked David Heilman as advisor, Hanne Sørvaag had Barbadian singer-songwriter Shontelle, Yosef Wolde-Mariam chose Norwegian singer-songwriter Thom Hell and finally Magne Furuholmen chose Swedish record producer and songwriter Martin Terefe

Each episode featured five to six battles consisting two of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants.

Episode 8: 16 March 2012

Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song
1
 Magne Marius Beck Knut Anders Sørum "Bend And Break"
2
 Yosef Odd Einar Nordheim Pål Olsen "Raise Your Glass"
3
 Hanne Hege Øversveen Cindy Kvinlaug "Somebody Like You"
4
 Sondre Aleksander W. Åsgården Vegard L. Nesset "Hey Ya!"
5
 Hanne Frid Nordheim Aina Beate Gundersen "Be Mine!"

Episode 9: 23 March 2012

Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song
1
 Yosef Silje Løvaas Anna-Lisa Kumordzie "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
2
 Sondre Deborah Antileo Inge Andreas Jacobsen "Africa"
3
 Yosef Knut Arve Eilefsen Omar Mohamed Ahmed "Bless the Broken Road"
4
 Magne Tini Flaat Mykland Monika Blomeid "Nothing Compares 2 U"
5
 Sondre Ida Hanevold Adele Erichsen "Tightrope"
6
 Hanne Martin Diesen Ole-Alexander Mæland "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane"

Episode 10: 30 March 2012

Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song
1
 Yosef Kari Anne Eikenes Elisabeth Vatndal "Don't Speak"
2
 Sondre Eli van der Eynden Anette Vedvik "Fast as You Can"
3
 Magne Shaun Bartlett Kjell Ove Knutsen "Side"
4
 Yosef Jørgen Fagerbekk Paul Allen "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
5
 Hanne Christina Elnæs Suzana Costa Johansen "If I Die Young"
6
 Magne Kristiania Birgitte Einarsen "Suddenly I See"

Episode 11: 6 April 2012

Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song
1
 Yosef Leif Anders Wentzel Mari Kjølstad "As"
2
 Magne Kathrine Fugllien Yvonne Walderhaug "Erase/Rewind"
3
 Magne Ruben Gundersen Martin Halla "Keep On Walking"
4
 Hanne Tone-Yvonne Hansen Bård Leite "If I Never See Your Face Again"
5
 Sondre Ida Glomnes Andrew Hill "Young Folks"
6
 Hanne Ingvild Nagell-Dahl Elisabeth Kristensen "When the Laughters Gone"

Episode 12: 13 April 2012

Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song
1
 Sondre Thomas Holm Hans Petter Hammersmack "I Saw the Light"
2
 Hanne Kristian Andre Kvæl Kenneth Vilstrand "Bigger Than My Body"
3
 Sondre Vigdis Wisur Veronica Stokkmo "Fidelity"
4
 Yosef Erica Lucero Håvard Gryting "I Wish"
5
 Magne Heidi Blåsmo Frantzen Marianne Pentha "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"

Episode 13: 20 April 2012

The Sing-off

Each coach nominates 4 acts from their group to advance to the live shows. The 3 remaining acts per group will do a sing-off for the remaining live show spot.

Sing Off # Coach Contestant Song Contestant Song Contestant Song
1 Magne Marianne Pentha "When Love Takes Over" Kathrine Fugllien "Wake Me Up When September Ends" Kristiana "Viva la Vida
2 Yosef Erica Lucero "You Know I'm No Good" Elisabeth Vatnal "Moves like Jagger" Paul Allen "Drive My Car"
3 Hanne Kristian Andre Kvæl "Over You" Suzana Costa Johansen "Hjerteknuser" Tone-Yvonne Hansen "Only Girl (In the World)"
4 Sondre Veronica Stokkmo "Englefjes" Drew Hill "Two" Eli van der Eyden "Ambitions"

The Live Shows

Episode 14: 27 April 2012

Order Coach Contestant Song Result
1 Yosef Silje Løvaas "Rolling in the Deep" (Adele) Yosef's vote
2 Magne Marius Beck "Pumped Up Kicks" (Mark Foster) Eliminated
3 Yosef Elisabeth Vatndal "I Won't Let You Go" (James Morrison) Eliminated
4 Magne Martin Halla "Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)" (Trent Reznor) Magne's vote
5 Yosef Omar Mohamed Ahmed "Without You" (David Guetta featuring Usher) Yosef's vote
6 Magne Marianne Pentha "Another day in paradise" (Phil Collins) Eliminated
7 Yosef Leif Anders Wentzel "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (James Ingram and Quincy Jones) Public Vote
8 Magne Shaun Bartlett "Wicked Game" (Chris Isaak) Public Vote
9 Yosef Odd Einar Nordheim "Swim Good" (Frank Ocean) Eliminated
10 Magne Monika Blomeid "Some Die Young" (Laleh Pourkarim) Magne's vote

Episode 15: 4 May 2012

Episode 16: 11 May 2012

     – Contestant advanced to Finals round
     – Contestant was bottom 2, but was saved by mentor's vote
     – Contestant was bottom 2 and was eliminated by mentor's vote
Contestant Order Song Coach Result
Martin Halla 1 "We Found Love" (Rihanna) Magne Advanced - Public vote
Omar Ahmed Mohammed 2 "One" (U2) Yosef Advanced - Yosef's vote
Suzana Costa Johansen 3 "The Only Exception" (Paramore) Hanne Eliminated
Leif Anders Wentzel 4 "Umbrella" (Rihanna) Yosef Advanced - Public vote
Shaun Bartlett 5 "Secret Mission" (Shaun Bartlett own song) Magne Eliminated
Hans Petter Hammersmack 6 "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (Michael Jackson) Sondre Advanced - Sondre's vote
Ida Hanevold 7 "Video Games" (Lana Del Rey) Sondre Eliminated
Elisabeth Kristensen 8 "Chasing Cars" (Snow Patrol) Hanne Advanced - Public vote
Alexander Walmann Åsgården 9 "Home Again" (Michael Kiwanuka) Sondre Advanced - Public vote
Silje Løvaas 10 "Freedom" (George Michael / Wham!) Yosef Eliminated
Monika Blomeid 11 "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) Magne Advanced - Magne's vote
Hege Øversveen 12 "Where Did I Go Wrong" (Hege Øversveen own song) Hanne Advanced - Hanne's vote

Episode 17: Semi-finals - 18 May 2012

     – Contestant advanced to Finals round
     – Contestant had fewest number of votes and was eliminated
Contestant Order Song Coach Result
Elisabeth Kristensen 1 "Human" (The Killers) Hanne Eliminated
Hege Øversveen 2 "Like You (And Everyone Else)" (Beth Hart) Hanne Advanced
Omar Mohamed Ahmed 3 "Forget You" (Cee Lo Green) Yosef Eliminated
Leif Anders Wentzel 4 "If It Hadn't Been for Love" (Adele / The SteelDrivers) Yosef Advanced
Monika Blomeid 5 "London Bound" Magne Eliminated
Martin Halla 6 "Release Me" (Oh Laura) Magne Advanced
Aleksander Walmann Åsgården 7 "Lego House" (Ed Sheeran) Sondre Advanced
Hans Petter Hammersmark 8 "Last Nite" (The Strokes) Sondre Eliminated

Episode 17: Finals - 25 May 2012

Outside the competition:

Finalists and their mentors

Summaries

Results table

     Contestant was saved by public's vote
     Contestant was saved by coach's vote
     Contestant was eliminated
Team Sondre
Candidate Battle 1 Battle 2 Battle 3 Battle 4 Battle 5 Sing-Off Show Show Show Show Semi-Final Final
Aleksander W. Åsgården Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Hans Petter Hammersmack N/A N/A N/A N/A Safe N/A
Ida Hanevold N/A Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A
Eli van der Eynden N/A N/A Safe N/A N/A Safe
Inge Andreas Jacobsen N/A Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A
Andrew Hill N/A N/A N/A Safe N/A Eliminated (Sing-Off)
Veronica Stokkmo N/A N/A N/A N/A Safe Eliminated (Sing-Off)
Thomas Holm N/A N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 5)
Vigdis Wisur N/A N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 5)
Ida Glomnes N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 4)
Anette Vedvik N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 3)
Adele Erichsen N/A Eliminated (Battle 2)
Deborah Antileo N/A Eliminated (Battle 2)
Vegard L. Nesset Eliminated (Battle 1)
Team Hanne
Candidate Battle 1 Battle 2 Battle 3 Battle 4 Battle 5 Sing-Off Show Show Show Show Show Semi-Final Final
Elisabeth Kristensen N/A N/A N/A Safe N/A N/A
Hege Øversveen Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Suzana Costa Johansen N/A N/A Safe N/A N/A Safe
Frid Nordheim Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Ole-Alexander Mæland N/A Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A
Kristian Andre Kvæl N/A N/A N/A N/A Safe Eliminated (Sing-Off)
Tone-Yvonne Hansen N/A N/A N/A Safe N/A Eliminated (Sing-Off)
Kenneth Vilstrand N/A N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 5)
Bård Leite N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 4)
Ingvild Nagell-Dahl N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 4)
Christina Elnæs N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 3)
Martin Diesen N/A Eliminated (Battle 2)
Aina Beate Gundersen Eliminated (Battle 1)
Cindy Kvinlaug Eliminated (Battle 1)
Team Yosef
Candidate Battle 1 Battle 2 Battle 3 Battle 4 Battle 5 Show Show Show Show Show Show Semi-Final Final
Leif Anders Wentzel N/A N/A N/A Safe N/A N/A
Omar Mohamed Ahmed N/A Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A
Silje Løvaas N/A Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A
Elisabeth Vatndal N/A N/A Safe N/A N/A Safe
Odd Einar Nordheim Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Erica Lucero N/A N/A N/A N/A Safe Eliminated (Sing-Off)
Paul Allen N/A N/A Safe N/A N/A Eliminated (Sing-Off)
Håvard Gryting N/A N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 5)
Mari Kjølstad N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 4)
Kari Anne Eikenes N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 3)
Jørgen Fagerbekk N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 3)
Anna-Lisa Kumordzie N/A Eliminated (Battle 2)
Knut Arve Eilefsen N/A Eliminated (Battle 2)
Pål Olsen Eliminated (Battle 1)
Team Magne
Candidate Battle 1 Battle 2 Battle 3 Battle 4 Battle 5 Show Show Show Show Show Show Semi-Final Final
Martin Halla N/A N/A N/A Safe N/A N/A
Monika Blomeid N/A Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A
Shaun Bartlett N/A N/A Safe N/A N/A N/A
Marianne Pentha N/A N/A N/A N/A Safe Safe
Marius Beck Safe N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Kathrine Fugllien N/A N/A N/A Safe N/A Eliminated (Sing-Off)
Kristiana N/A N/A Safe N/A N/A Eliminated (Sing-Off)
Heidi Blåsmo Frantzen N/A N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 5)
Ruben Gundersen N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 4)
Yvonne Walderhaug N/A N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 4)
Birgitte Einarsen N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 3)
Kjell Ove Knutsen N/A N/A Eliminated (Battle 3)
Tini Flaat Mykland N/A Eliminated (Battle 2)
Knut Anders Sørum Eliminated (Battle 1)

Season 2 (2012)

Due to the success of the inaugural season, a second season was announced for 2013. Sondre Lerche is the only judge returning from the inaugural 2012. All other three judges from that season, namely Hanne Sørvaag, Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Magne Furuholmen are being replaced. The three new mentors, are singer and songwriter Espen Lind, singer and former Aqua member Lene Nystrøm and rapper and music producer Tommy Tee.

See also

References

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