The Voice Nigeria is the Nigerian franchise of the TV series The Voice. It is a singing competition that features music enthusiasts and professional performers. Since its first edition in 2016 in Nigeria, the show has become the biggest rival to the Nigerian Idol. It has also produced many talents and celebrated artistes in the country and Africa at large.[1]
| The Voice Nigeria | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Reality Talent Show |
| Created by | John de Mol |
| Based on | The Voice of Holland |
| Presented by | IK Osakioduwa(1-2) Stephanie Coker(1-3) Toke Makinwa(3-) Nancy Isime(3-) |
| Judges | Waje(1-) Yemi Alade(2-3) 2Baba(1) Patoranking(1-2) Timi Dakolo(1-2) Darey(3) Falz(3) Naeto C(4-) Niyola(4-) Praiz(4-) |
| Theme music composer | Martijn Schimmer |
| Opening theme | This is The Voice |
| Ending theme | This is The Voice |
| Country of origin | Nigeria |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 43 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Season 1 and 2 - M-net, Season 3 - Un1ty Limited, Livespot360 |
| Editor | Sasani Studios |
| Running time | 60-120 byminutes |
| Production companies | Talpa Media, Season 3 - Un1ty Limited, Livespot360 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Africa Magic Urban Africa Magic Showcase |
| Release | 10 April 2016 – 8 October 2017 |
| Release | 27 March 2021 – present |
Blinds
editThis is the beginning of where coaches would have to build their team which should consist of 6 talents.
As the name implies, at this stage, the coaches’ chairs are turned towards the audience while the talent perform, if any of the coaches finds interest in the talent, he/she would have to hit the buzzer (red button) while their chair turns to face the talents. If there is more than one interested coach, the talent will have to select whose team he/she would want to belong, after all interested coaches pitch for the talent.[2]
Live shows
editAfter the battle rounds comes the Live Shows. In this stage, each of the talents perform a song given by their coach, and the coach saves one out of every four talents while the rest are left to public votes. Public votes save one talent out of each team every week while the rest are evicted. The talents are cut from 32 to 16 to 12 to 8 of them who qualify for the finals. From the top 8, the winner and runner up are decided by the public votes.[3]
Coaches and presenters
editCoaches timeline
edit| Timeline of coaches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Seasons | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Waje | ||||
| Patoranking | ||||
| 2Baba | ||||
| Timi Dakolo | ||||
| Yemi Alade | ||||
| Darey | ||||
| Falz | ||||
| Naeto C | ||||
| Niyola | ||||
| Praiz | ||||
- Coaches gallery
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Waje (2016—2022) -
Patoranking (2016—2017) -
2Baba (2016) -
Timi Dakolo (2016—2017) -
Yemi Alade (2017, 2021) -
Falz (2021) -
Darey (2021) -
Naeto C (2022) -
Praiz (2022) -
Niyola (2022)
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Presenters timeline
edit| Host | Seasons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| IK Osakioduwa | ||||
| Stephanie Coker | ||||
| Toke Makinwa | ||||
| Nancy Isime | ||||
| Kate Henshaw | ||||
| Zainab Balogun | ||||
- Key
- Main host
- Backstage
- Presenters gallery
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IK Osakioduwa (2016-2017) -
Stephanie Coker (2016-2017) -
Toke Makinwa (2021) -
Nancy Isime (2021) -
Kate Henshaw (2022) -
Zainab Balogun (2022)
Series overview
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| Season | First aired | Last aired | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | Presenter | Coaches (chair's order) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 14 Apr 2016 | 31 July 2016 | A'rese | Chike | Cornel | Brenda | Waje | IK Osakioduwa | Stephanie Coker | 2Baba | Waje | Patoranking | Timi |
| 2 | 18 June 2017 | 8 Oct 2017 | Idyl | Ebube | Syemca | Wow | Timi Dakolo | Patoranking | Yemi | Waje | |||
| 3 | 27 Mar 2021 | 24 July 2021 | Esther Benyeogo | Kpee Okoro | Eazzie | Naomi Mac | Darey | Toke Makinwa | Nancy Isime | Falz | Waje | Yemi | Darey |
| 4 | 24 Dec 2022 | 21 May 2023 | Pere Jason | Nicole Osarumwense | Queen Jasper | Bhen | Niyola | Kate Henshaw | Zainab Balogun | Praiz | Niyola | Waje | Naeto C |
Season 1 (2016)
editThe opening broadcast was on 10 April 2016. The four coaches for the inaugural season are Nigerian artistes Waje, Timi Dakolo, Patoranking and 2baba aka Tuface (formerly known as 2face Idibia). The programme is hosted by IK Osakioduwa and Stephanie Coker.[4]
Season 2 (2017)
editThe Voice Nigeria had four coaches like the first season and featured Yemi Alade (a new coach) in place of 2face Idibia. It was also hosted by Ik Osakioduwa and Stephanie Coker. The winner of the edition was Idyl.[citation needed]
Teams
edit| Coaches | Top 49 artists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patoranking | |||||
| Flavour Idugbe | Afolayan Adelake | Itunu Ugunyemi | Annie Cedric | Emmanuel Okafor | |
| Tama Misa | Kessy Mbonu | Blessing Isaac | Omuejevoke Ofiokpene | Chukwuemeka Chike | |
| Ebube Obioma | Eserophe "EseQliC" Urinrin Okoro | ||||
| Yemi Alade | |||||
| Jahnmso Liem | Ifeoma Onu | Olanrewaju Omowa | Ogechi Ihenacho | Chris Rio | |
| Joy Ebiem | Torisheju Ogbe | Olawole Olusi | Favour Johnson | Yimika Akinola | |
| Kelvin Audu | Bunmi Oshin | ||||
| Waje | |||||
| Zorah Julius | Wilson Odini | Paulyn Bob | Obichi Marshall | Arewa Comfort | |
| Shapera Makepeace | Glory Amanyi | Efezino Akpo | Chuks Aniobonam | Amarachi Ugoeke | |
| Daniel James | Isaac Aloma | ||||
| Timi Dakolo | |||||
| Emmanuel Precious | Jahtell Item | Daniel Oiongoli | Kendri Ologodi | Blessed Ake | |
| Godwin bada | Sandra Osamor | Nwando Okoli | Victor Thompson | Grace Udoh | |
| Gerald Agwunobi | Happiness Osassumwen | Tara & Bella | |||
Blind Auditions
edit| ✔ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist elected a coach's team | |
| Artist defaulted to a coach's team |
| Episode | Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patoranking | Yemi | Waje | Timi | |||||
| Episode 1 (Sunday, 18 June 2017) |
1 | Emmanuel Precious | 22 | Survivor (Destiny's Child song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Zorah Jukius | 25 | Dangerous Woman (song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 3 | Jahtell Item | 23 | Fuckin' Perfect | – | – | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Johansom Liem | 27 | Fly Like an Eagle (song) | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| 5 | Ifeoma Onu | 31 | When You Believe | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 6 | Favour Idugbe | 19 | Kilon Poppin | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Afolayan Adelake | 27 | I'll Make Love to You | ✔ | – | – | – | |
| 8 | Olanrewaju Omowa | 20 | That Stupid Song | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| Episode 2 (Sunday, 25 June 2017) |
1 | Daniel Oiongoli | 22 | Zunciya Daya | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Wilson Odini | 20 | Just Give Me a Reason | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Itunu Ogunyemi | 23 | Don't Let Me Down (The Chainsmokers song) | ✔ | – | ✔ | – | |
| 4 | Ogechi Ihenacho | 25 | Serious love | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 5 | Annie Cedric | 25 | So beautiful | ✔ | – | – | – | |
| 6 | Chris Rio | 21 | Love don't lie | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| 7 | Paulyn Bob | 24 | Sorry (Justin Bieber song) | – | – | ✔ | – | |
| 8 | Kendri Ologidi | 25 | What a Girl Wants (Christina Aguilera song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 3 (Sunday, 2 July 2017) |
1 | Joy Ebiem | 26 | One Naira | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – |
| 2 | Blessed Eke | 24 | Folashade | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 3 | Godwin Bada | 25 | The Lazy Song | – | – | – | ✔ | |
| 4 | Emmanuel Okafor | 28 | Step in the Name of Love | ✔ | – | – | – | |
| 5 | Obichi Marshall | 24 | Battlefield (song) | – | – | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 6 | Tama Nisa | 25 | From This Moment On (Shania Twain song) | ✔ | – | – | – | |
| 7 | Torisheju Ogbe | 28 | Wake Me Up (Avicii song) | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| 8 | Arewa Comfort | 26 | Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 4 (Sunday, 9 July 2017) |
1 | Sandra Osamor | 25 | National Anthem | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Kessy Mbonu | 25 | Jangilora | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 3 | Blessing Issac | 25 | A Woman's Worth | ✔ | – | – | – | |
| 4 | Shapera Makepeace | 30 | Bad Romance | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 5 | Glory Amanyi | 26 | Irreplaceable | – | – | ✔ | – | |
| 6 | Olawaol Olusi | 22 | Pillowtalk (song) | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 7 | Nwando Okoli | 27 | Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days) | – | – | – | ✔ | |
| 8 | Victor Thompson | 28 | I Knew You Were Trouble | – | – | – | ✔ | |
| Episode 5 (Sunday, 16 July 2017) |
1 | Ebube Obioma | 24 | Too Close (Alex Clare song) | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Efezino Akpo | 25 | I'm with you | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 3 | Chuks Aniobonam | 34 | Shape of My Heart (Backstreet Boys song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Favour Johnson | 25 | Kissing by Yemi | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| 5 | Omueijevoke Ofiekpene | 29 | The Vow by Timi | ✔ | – | – | – | |
| 6 | Grace Udoh | 29 | Be Without You | – | – | – | ✔ | |
| 7 | Yimika Akinda | 22 | Ordinary (Cobahams) | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 8 | Chukwuemeka Chike | 25 | Sugar (Maroon 5 song) | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| Episode 6 (Sunday, 23 July 2017) |
1 | Gerald Agwunobi | 23 | Some nights | ✔ | ✔ | – | ✔ |
| 2 | Amarachi Ugoeke | 18 | Wide Awake (Katy Perry song) | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 3 | Kelvin Audu | 22 | Take a Bow (Rihanna song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Happiness Osassumwen | 21 | Where Have You Been | ✔ | – | – | ✔ | |
| 5 | Bunmin Oshin | 21 | Only Girl (In the World) | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| 6 | Daniel James | 27 | Here and Now (Luther Vandross song) | ✔ | Team
full |
✔ | – | |
| 7 | Tara & Bella | 24 | Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song) | – | – | ✔ | ||
| 8 | Eserophe "EseQliC" Urinrin Okoro | 27 | Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie song) | ✔ | ✔ | – | ||
| 9 | Aloma Isaac Junior | 25 | Okay | Team
full |
Team
full |
✔ | ||
Battles
editThe battles began on 30 July 2017. The coaches can steal 2 losing artists from other coaches and proceed to live shows. At the end of battles, only 8 artists will remain on each team, 6 will be from battles that were won, and 2 from steals. A total of 32 advancing to live shows and 17 eliminated.
| Artist won the Battle and advanced to the live shows | |
| Artist lost the Battle, but was stolen by another coach, and, advanced to the live shows | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal'/'Save' result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patoranking | Yemi | Waje | Timi | ||||||
| Episode 7 (Sunday, 30 July) |
Yemi | 1 | Ifeoma | I'm Every Woman | Olla | — | N/A | — | — |
| Timi | 2 | Idyl | Love Me Now (John Legend song) | Happiness | — | — | — | N/A | |
| Waje | 3 | Efezino | Awe | Daniel | ✔ | — | N/A | — | |
| Patoranking | 4 | KessyDriz | Na gode | Favour | N/A | — | ✔ | — | |
| Yemi | 5 | Oge | Firework (song) | Tori | — | N/A | — | — | |
| Timi | 6 | Jahtell | The woman I love | Gee6ixx | — | — | — | N/A | |
| Episode 8 (Sunday, 6 August) |
Waje | 1 | Obichi | Romantic | Zicsaloma | — | — | N/A | — |
| Patoranking | 2 | Annie C | Beneath Your Beautiful | Tama Nisa | N/A | — | — | — | |
| Yemi | 3 | Majeeka | Toh Bad | Wolei | — | N/A | — | ✔ | |
| Timi | 4 | Bada | Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours | Blessed | — | — | — | N/A | |
| Patoranking | 5 | Hightee | No Air | Blessing | N/A | — | — | — | |
| Waje | 6 | Glowrie | Hurt You | Wilson | — | ✔ | N/A | — | |
| Episode 9 (Sunday, 13 August) |
Patoranking | 1 | Afolayan | Drag Me Down | Syemca | N/A | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Timi | 2 | Kendris | If love is a crime | Nwando | — | steal used | — | N/A | |
| Waje | 3 | Wow | Jealous (Labrinth song) | Paulyn | — | N/A | — | ||
| Yemi | 4 | Bunmi | Aye Adaba | Yimika | ✔ | — | — | ||
| Patoranking | 5 | Ebube | Suit & Tie | Grey | N/A | — | — | ||
| Timi | 6 | Precious | When a Man Loves a Woman | Grace | steal
used |
— | N/A | ||
| Episode 10 (Sunday, 20 August) |
Waje | 1 | Shapera | What Do You Want from Me (Adam Lambert song) | Zorah | steal
used |
steal used | N/A | — |
| Yemi | 2 | Chris Rio | More Than Words (Westlife song) | J'Dess | ✔ | N/A | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Patoranking | 3 | Voke | Wanted | EseQliC | N/A | Team full | steal used | — | |
| Waje | 4 | Arewa | What I Did for Love (David Guetta song) | Amarachi | Team
full |
N/A | ✔ | ||
| Timi | 5 | Victor | Ain't No Mountain High Enough | Tara & Bella and Sandra | Team full | N/A | |||
Live Shows
editThe Live Shows began on 27 August 2017. All the 32 artists who advanced from the battles performed in the live shows for a place in the semifinals. This was divided in two episodes where 4 artists per team would perform in each episode. Two artists per team advanced from each episode, one as coaches' vote and the other from public votes. A total of 8 artists advanced to the semifinals. All the 8 artists performed in the semifinal rounds for the public votes. Only 4 artists went through to the live finals. Idyl from team Timi was announced as the winner of the second series of the voice Nigeria.and Ebube from team Patoranking as runner-up.
| Artist | Semifinals | Finale |
|---|---|---|
| Idyl | Safe | Winner |
| Ebube | Safe | Runner-up |
| Syemca | Safe | Third Place |
| Wow | Safe | Fourth Place |
| Chris Rio | Eliminated | |
| Yimika | ||
| J'Dess | ||
| Jahtell | ||
Season 3 (2021)
editAfter 3 years away, The Voice Nigeria is back with Season Three. Organisers have announced that the singing competition is open for online auditions - *25 August – 19 September 2020* and is expected to attract and help Nigerian musical talents. The Coaches for the Season 3 includes first-time coaches Darey, and Falz, as well as return coaches, Waje, and Yemi Alade.[5] The programme will be hosted by Nancy Isime, co-hosted by Toke Makinwa during the blind auditions and Stephanie Coker hosting the Red Room from the Live Shows. The show promises to take an interesting twist this season with many virtual engagements with fans, talents and the general public[6] The winner of this edition is Esther Benyeogo
Teams
edit| Winner | |
| Top 3 | |
| Fourth place | |
| Top 6 | |
| Top 8 | |
| Top 12 | |
| Stolen in the Knockout rounds | |
| Eliminated in the Knockout rounds | |
| Eliminated in the Battles |
| Coaches | Top 24 artists | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falz | ||||
| Naomi Mac | Dapo Zacchaeus | Tamara Ebelike | Peace Amaefula | |
| Nneka Ngwe | Okemdiya Chimomez | |||
| Waje | ||||
| Eazzie | Nuel Ayo | Inioluwa | Ayomikum | |
| Teslim | Ifunaya Nwangene | |||
| Yemi Alade | ||||
| Kitay Okiemute | Anu Okinlagun | Toseen Emehinola | Vanilla Chinagoro | |
| Charles Loven | Oluwabukola Ogunbodede | Tim Ayo | ||
| Darey | ||||
| Esther Benyeago | Kpee Okoro | Jeremiah Ranti | Rachel Ogondi | |
| Blessing Ucheonye | ||||
| Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). | ||||
| ✔ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist elected a coach's team | |
| Artist defaulted to a coach's team | |
| Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button |
| Episode | Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falz | Waje | Yemi | Darey | ||||||
| Episode 1 (Saturday, 27 March 2021) |
1 | Rachel Ogondi | 31 | Bayelsa State | Ijoba Orun | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Oluwabukola Ogunbodede | 28 | Girl on Fire (song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | ||
| 3 | Shallom Mathew | 23 | Benue | Ego | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 | Oluwatosin | 25 | Ondo State | What Is Love (V. Bozeman song) | – | – | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 5 | Opko Eyo | 22 | Cross River State | When I Was Your Man | – | – | – | – | |
| 6 | Peace Amaefula | 20 | Abia State | Try Me | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| Episode 2 (Saturday, 3 April 2021) | |||||||||
| 1 | Nuel Ayo | 21 | Kogi State | Fix You | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 2 | Tim Ayo | 23 | Kogi State | Sade | – | – | ✔ | – | |
| 3 | Amarachi Ben Ikenador | 23 | Imo State | Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie song) | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 | Okemdiya Chimomez | 28 | Abia State | Memories (Maroon 5 song) | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 5 | Adedotun Adeleye | 25 | Osun State | Forever Young | – | – | – | – | |
| 6 | Vanilla Chinagoro | 32 | Imo State | Freedom (Beyoncé song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| Episode 3 (Saturday, 10 April 2021) |
1 | Elizabeth Osesiameh | 24 | Edo State | Love on the Brain | ✔ | ✔ | – | – |
| 2 | Clifford Enobun | 27 | Oyo State | It's a Man's Man's Man's World | – | – | – | – | |
| 3 | Inioluwa Adeyemi | 21 | Kwara State | Photograph (Ed Sheeran song) | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 4 | Pamela Scott | 22 | Hero (Mariah Carey song) | – | – | – | – | ||
| 5 | Avwerosua Teslim | 30 | Delta State | Redemption Song | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 6 | Gifty Ighiwiyisi | 20 | Edo State | Pretty Hurts | – | – | – | – | |
| 7 | Esther Benyeago | 23 | Delta State | Rise Up (Andra Day song) | ✔ | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| Episode 4 (Saturday, 17 April 2021) | |||||||||
| 1 | Charles Loven | Osun State | "Need you" fireboy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | ||
| 2 | Dick Sarah | 22 | Delta State | "Power rangers" Teni | – | – | – | – | |
| 3 | Jeremiah Ranti | 26 | Ondo state | I'm Not the Only One | – | – | – | ✔ | |
| 4 | Ayiebafere | 27 | Bayelsa State | listen | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 | Ifunaya Nwangene | 21 | Enugu state | Take a Bow (Rihanna song) | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 6 | Ayomikun | 20 | Ondo State | 'Pray for you" Nosa | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 5 (Saturday, 24 April 2021) | |||||||||
| 1 | Kpee Okoro | 20 | Safa - Kizz Daniel | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | ||
| 2 | Blessing Ucheonye | 25 | Delta State | Un-Break My Heart | – | – | – | ✔ | |
| 3 | Paul Mogbolu | 28 | Delta State | Jealous (Labrinth song) | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 | Alade Kolade | 26 | Ekiti State | You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song) | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 | Tamara Ebelike | Bayelsa State | I Have Nothing | ✔ | – | – | – | ||
| 6 | Ifeoma | 22 | Delta State | Issues (Julia Michaels song) | – | – | – | – | |
| 7 | Naomi Mac | 29 | Delta State | (Everything I Do) I Do It for You | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| Episode 6 (Saturday, 1 May 2021) | |||||||||
| 1 | Dapo Zacchaeus | 28 | Lagos State | Let Me Love You (Mario song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 2 | Adeola Oladipupo | 22 | Oyo State | Case - Teni | – | – | – | Team Full | |
| 3 | Anu Okinlagun | 29 | Lagos State | Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| 4 | Nneka Ngwe | 27 | Ebonyi State | From This Moment On (Shania Twain song) | ✔ | Team Full | ✔ | ||
| 5 | Cabrini Nwankwo | 23 | Anambra State | Read All About It, Pt. III | Team Full | – | |||
| 6 | Kitay Okiemute | 25 | Delta State | Away - Oxlade | ✔ | ||||
Knockouts began on 9 May 2021. 6 artists per team compete against each other for a spot in the battle rounds. One can either advance to the battles by a safe from their coach or steal from another coach.
| Artist won the knockout and advanced to battles. | |
| Artist lost the knockout and was eliminated | |
| Artist lost the Knockout but was stolen by another coach and advanced to battles |
| Episodes | Coaches | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 7 (Saturday, 8 May 2021) |
Yemi Alade | 1 | Toeseen | What Now - Rihanna) | Advanced |
| 2 | Loven | Away - Wande Coal | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | Vanilla | Titanium - (Sia) | Advanced | ||
| 4 | Ewalouwa | Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande) | Eliminated | ||
| 5 | Tim Ayo | Live Riddim - Rotimi | Eliminated | ||
| 6 | Kitay | Laye - Kizz Daniel | Advanced | ||
| Episode 8 (Saturday, 15 May 2021) |
Falz | 1 | Neky | Killing me Softly - Fugees | Eliminated |
| 2 | Naomi Mac | I Look to You (Whitney) | Advanced | ||
| 3 | Okemdiya | Something Different - Adekunle Gold | Eliminated | ||
| 4 | KPee | Risky - Davido | Steal(Darey) | ||
| 5 | Peace | Wanted - Tiwa Savage | Advanced | ||
| 6 | Tamara | Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis | Advanced | ||
| Episode 9 (Saturday, 22 May 2021) |
Waje | 1 | Teslim | Run Away - Styl-Plus | Eliminated |
| 2 | Ifunanya | Right Away - Seyi Shay | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | Nuel Ayo | When a Woman Loves | Advanced | ||
| 4 | Eazzie | "California King Bed" | Advanced | ||
| 5 | Inioluwa | Fire on the mountain - Asa | Advanced | ||
| 6 | Anu | God Is a Woman - Ariana Grande | Steal(Yemi) | ||
| Episode 10 (Saturday, 29 May 2021) |
Darey | 1 | Jeremiah | Believe - Ric Hassani | Adcanced |
| 2 | Blescene | Stick with you - Pussy cat dolls | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | Rachel | Smash Into You - Beyonce | Advanced | ||
| 4 | Ayomikum | Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars song) | Steal(Waje) | ||
| 5 | Dapo | I Wanna Know (Joe song) | Steal(Falz) | ||
| 6 | Esther | Flying without win | Advanced | ||
Battles
editThe Battles began on 5 June 2021 and concluded on 12 June 2021. In this round, each coach pairs 2 artists against each other to battle out. At the end of the battle, a coach chooses one artist in each battle to advance to the live shows. Later, the public then chooses one of the losing artists per team to advance.
| Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Live shows. | |
| Artist lost the Battle, but was chosen by the public and advanced to Live shows. | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated. |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 11 (Saturday, 5 June) | |||||
| Falz | 1 | Dapo | Already - (Beyonce) | Peace | |
| waje | 2 | Eazzie | Perfect - Ed (Sheeran) | Nuel Ayo | |
| Waje | 3 | Inioluwa | Nobody - (Dj Neptune) | Ayomikum | |
| Falz | 4 | Naomi Mac | Ladies and gentlemen - Rookado | Tamara | |
| Episode 12 (Saturday, 12 June) |
Yemi | 1 | Kitay | Uptown funk - (bruno mars) | Vanilla |
| Darey | 2 | Esther | Uyo Meyo - (Teni) | Jeremiah | |
| Yemi | 3 | Anu | Stay - (Rihanna) | Toseen | |
| Darey | 4 | Kpee | Oliver Twist - (D'banj song) | Rachel | |
Live Shows
editThe live shows started on 3 July 2021. A total of 12 artists performed in front of the coaches and a live audience for a spot in the next round. Only 2 artists per team advanced, one from judge's choice and the other from public votes. On the 2nd week of live shows, all 8 who advanced performed for a spot in the semifinals. A total of 6 from the top vote getters from the public advanced. During the 3rd week of live shows, the top 6 performed for a chance to be crowned the winner of the voice season 3.
| Artist was saved by public's vote | |
| Artist was saved by his/her coach | |
| Artist was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 15 (Saturday, 3 July 2021) |
Waje | 1 | Eazzie | If you ask me - Omawumi | Waje's choice |
| 2 | Inioluwa | Essence - Wizkid ft Tems | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | Nuel Ayo | Diamonds - Rihanna | Public's vote | ||
| Darey | 4 | Esther | In the music - Omawumi | Darey's choice | |
| 5 | Jeremiah | Billionaire - Teni | Eliminated | ||
| 6 | Kpee | Roju - Chike | Public's vote | ||
| Yemi | 7 | Toseen | The Climb Miles Cyrus | Eliminated | |
| 8 | Kitay | Dance with My Father - Luther Vandross | Yemi's choice | ||
| 9 | Anu | Feeling Good - Nina Simone | Public's vote | ||
| Falz | 10 | Tamara | Halo - Beyoncé | Eliminated | |
| 11 | Dapo | Ordinary People - (John Legend ) | Public's vote | ||
| 12 | Naomi Mac | Glory - Common and John Legend | Falz's choice | ||
| Episode 16 (Saturday, 10 July 2021) |
Falz | 1 | Naomi Mac | I Will Always Love - Whitney Houston | Public's vote |
| 2 | Dapo | Fall in love - D'banj | Public's vote | ||
| Yemi | 3 | Kitay | Ada Ada - Flavour | Public's vote | |
| 4 | Anu | This Is Me (The Greatest Showman song) | Eliminated | ||
| Waje | 5 | Eazzie | I Want to Know What Love Is | Public's vote | |
| 6 | Nuel Ayo | Eye Adaba - Asa | Eliminated | ||
| Darey | 7 | Esther | Never enough - greatest showman | Public's vote | |
| 8 | Kpee | Lady - Rema | Public's vote | ||
| Episode 17 (Saturday, 17 July 2021) |
Darey | 1 | Esther | Love On Top - Beyoncé | |
| Falz | 2 | Dapo | When a Man Loves a Woman - Michael Bolton | ||
| Yemi | 3 | Kitay | Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye | ||
| Falz | 4 | Naomi Mac | Vulindela - Brenda Fassie | ||
| Darey | 5 | Kpee | Vibration - Fireboy | ||
| Waje | 6 | Eazzie | And I Am Telling You - Jennifer Hudson | ||
Finale
editThe finale aired on 24 July from 8.30pm. The artists performed duets in the 1st round after which the top 4 were revealed. The top 4 performed solo performances thereafter and the winner of the voice was crowned at the end of the show.
| Top 4 |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 18 (Saturday, 24 July 2021) |
Falz | 1 | Naomi Mac & Dapo | A Million Dreams - Greatest Showman | Naomi Mac |
| Darey | 2 | Esther & Kpee | Duduke - Simi | Esther & Kpee | |
| Yemi & Waje | 3 | Kitay & Eazzie | For you - Teni ft Davido | Eazzie |
| Top 3 | |
| Artist was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 18 (Saturday, 24 July 2021) |
Falz | 1 | Naomi Mac | Excess Love - Mercy Chinwo | Eliminated |
| Darey | 2 | Kpee | Emergency - D'banj | Top 3 | |
| Waje | 3 | Eazzie | We Are Here - Alicia Keys | Top 3 | |
| Darey | 4 | Esther | Hello - Adele | Top 3 |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 18 (Saturday, 24 July 2021) | |||||
| Darey | 1 | Esther | You Raise Me Up | Winner | |
| Waje | 2 | Eazzie | Writing's on the Wall - Sam Smith | Top 3 | |
| Darey | 3 | Kpee | Champion - fireboy | Top 3 |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Net Honours | Most Popular Event | Nominated | [9] |
References
edit- ^ Banquet, Naija (30 December 2022). "The Voice Nigeria Season 4: Here is All You Need to Know". Naija Banquet. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "About The Voice | NBC The Voice - Official Casting & Audition Site". www.nbcthevoice.com. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ DSTV The Voice Nigeria home page
- ^ Pulse.ng: The Voice Nigeria - Music reality show premieres on 10 April
- ^ "Waje and Yemi Alade Return As Judges For The Third Season Of The Voice Nigeria". okayafricasite. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Vanguardngr.com: ‘The Voice Nigeria’ returns with Season 3 bigger, better
- ^ "Blind Auditions | The Voice Nigeria Season 3 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Knockouts | The Voice Nigeria Season 3 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Net Honours - The Class of 2021". Nigerian Entertainment Today. Retrieved 7 September 2021.