The first season of the German talent show The Voice Senior premiered on December 23, 2018 on Sat.1.[1] The coaches were the duo Alec Völkel and Sascha Vollmer of the band The BossHoss, the singer and actress Yvonne Catterfeld, the singer and songwriter Mark Forster and the singer Sasha Schmitz. The hosts were Lena Gercke and Thore Schölermann.[2]
| The Voice Senior | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Hosted by | |
| Coaches | |
| Winner | Dan Lucas |
| Winning coach | Sasha Schmitz |
| Runner-up | Fritz Bliesener |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sat.1 |
| Original release | December 23, 2018 – January 4, 2019 |
| Season chronology | |
Dan Lucas was named the winner of the season on January 4, 2019; making him the first contestant to win the show and Sasha Schmitz first win as a coach on The Voice Senior.
Coaches and hosts
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On June 29, 2018; the coaching panel for the first season was confirmed with Mark Forster, The BossHoss, Yvonne Catterfeld, all of whom have been coaches in the adult version; and Sasha Schmitz, who was previously a coach on The Voice Kids.
Current hosts of The Voice of Germany, Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke, appointed as hosts for the first season.
Teams
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| Coach | Top 20 artists | ||||
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| Mark Forster | |||||
| Joerg Kemp | Giselle Rommel | Matteo Comis | Charles Duncan | Elvira Slawinski | |
| The BossHoss | |||||
| Willi Stein | Wolfgang Schorer | Steffen Martin | Heike Grammbitter | Hildegard Gutt | |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | |||||
| Fritz Bliesener | Janice Harrington | Eduardo Villegas | Geff Harrison | Anna Greene Dell'Era | |
| Sasha Schmitz | |||||
| Dan Lucas | Gabriele Treftz | Walter Golczyk | Barbara Parzeczewski | Michael Dixon | |
Blind auditions
editThe two episodes of blind audition was broadcast on 23 and 28 December 2018 in Sat.1.
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| ✔ | Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to this coach's team | |
| Artist elected to join this coach's team | |
| Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button | |
| Artist received a wildcard |
Episode 1 (December 23)
editThe first blind audition episode was broadcast on December 23, 2018.[3]
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | BossHoss | Yvonne | Sasha | ||||
| 1 | Walter Golczyk | 75 | "Hard to Handle" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Gabriele Treftz | 78 | "Für Mich Soll's Rote Rosen Regnen" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Steffen Martin | 64 | "Junge" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 4 | Nicolasa Antiquera-Mall | 61 | "One More Light" | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Fritz Bliesener | 80 | "’O sole mio" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Janice Harrington | 76 | "Honky Tonk Women" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 7 | Matteo Comis | 62 | "You to Me Are Everything" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 8 | Giselle Rommel | 77 | "Ich Liebe Das Leben" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 9 | Thomas 'Thommy' Klemt | 74 | "Blue Suede Shoes" | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Heike Grammbitter | 63 | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 11 | Dan Lucas | 64 | "You're the Voice" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 2 (December 28)
editThe second blind audition episode was broadcast on December 28, 2018.
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | BossHoss | Yvonne | Sasha | ||||
| 1 | Wolfgang Schorer | 61 | "Born to Be Wild" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Eduardo Villegas | 65 | "Fragile" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| 3 | Birgit Rüssmann | 66 | "No No Never" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Geff Harrison | 71 | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Joerg Kemp | 64 | "Still" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 6 | Willi Stein | 68 | "Maria" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 7 | Barbara Parzeczewski | 65 | "Walking By Myself" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 8 | Charles Duncan | 78 | "That's Life" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 9 | Anna Greene Dell'Era | 61 | "Rise Up" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 10 | Christian Herden | 63 | "Hier spricht dein Herz" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Elvira Slawinski | 68 | "Ich Will Keine Schokolade" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 12 | Michael Dixon | 68 | "A House Is Not A Home" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 13 | Hildegard Gutt | 80 | "Adieu" | — | — | — | — |
Sing offs
editThe episode of sing offs was broadcast on 30 December 2018 in Sat.1. In this phase determines which two artists from each team will advance to the Final. When all artists have sung the coach decides who goes through.
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| Artist was saved by his/her coach and advanced to the Final | |
| Artist was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
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| Episode 3 (December 30) |
Sasha
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1 | Dan Lucas | "Don't Stop Believin'" | Advanced |
| 2 | Barbara Parzeczewski | "Proud Mary" | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | Michael Dixon | "What the World Needs Now Is Love" | Eliminated | ||
| 4 | Walter Golczyk | "Roll Over Beethoven" | Eliminated | ||
| 5 | Gabriele Treftz | "Für Immer" | Advanced | ||
Yvonne
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1 | Eduardo Villegas | "Corazón Espinado" | Eliminated | |
| 2 | Janice Harrington | "Hound Dog" | Advanced | ||
| 3 | Geff Harrison | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | Eliminated | ||
| 4 | Anna Greene Dell'Era | "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" | Eliminated | ||
| 5 | Fritz Bliesener | "Il mare calmo della sera" | Advanced | ||
Mark
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| 1 | Elvira Slawinski | "Morgens Immer Müde" | Eliminated | ||
| 2 | Charles Duncan | "Make You Feel My Love" | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | Joerg Kemp | "Auf anderen Wegen" | Advanced | ||
| 4 | Giselle Rommel | "Musik liegt in der Luft" | Advanced | ||
| 5 | Matteo Comis | "It's Not Unusual" | Eliminated | ||
BossHoss
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1 | Hildegard Gutt | "Eins und Eins, das macht Zwei" | Eliminated | |
| 2 | Steffen Martin | "Du schreibst Geschichte" | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | Heike Grammbitter | "Oh! Darling" | Eliminated | ||
| 4 | Willi Stein | "Torna a Surriento" | Advanced | ||
| 5 | Wolfgang Schorer | "Smoke on the Water" | Advanced | ||
Final
editThe stage performances of the finale were recorded on December 1, 2018 in Berlin and on January 4, 2019 was broadcast. Only the announcement of the decision audience via televoting was broadcast live, but in a smaller studio with no presence of the coaches and the audience.
The contestants are mentored by their coach and choose a song that they want to sing in the final. In the first round the coach decides which one act remains and the other act will then be eliminated. The final round is chosen the winner by the public at home by televoting.
| Coach | Artist | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
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| Order | First Song | Coach decision | Order | Second Song | Viewers Voting | Result | ||
| Yvonne Catterfeld | Janice Harrington | 1 | "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" | Eliminated | ||||
| Fritz Bliesener | 2 | "The Prayer" | Advanced | 12 | "Caruso" | 17.5% | Runner-up | |
| Mark Forster | Giselle Rommel | 3 | "Ich glaub 'ne Dame Werd' ich Nie" | Eliminated | ||||
| Joerg Kemp | 4 | "Eiserner Steg" | Advanced | 9 | "In Meinem Leben" | 6.5% | Third Place | |
| The Bosshoss | Wolfgang Schorer | 5 | "Highway to Hell" | Eliminated | ||||
| Willi Stein | 6 | "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" | Advanced | 10 | "One Moment in Time" | 6.0% | Fourth Place | |
| Sasha Schmitz | Gabriele Treftz | 7 | "Lili Marleen" | Eliminated | ||||
| Dan Lucas | 8 | "Alone" | Advanced | 11 | "Help!" | 70.0% | Winner | |
Elimination chart
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- Artist's info
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- Result details
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| Artist | Sing Offs | Final | |||||||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||
| Dan Lucas | Safe | Safe | Winner | ||||||
| Fritz Bliesener | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | ||||||
| Joerg Kemp | Safe | Safe | Third Place | ||||||
| Willi Stein | Safe | Safe | Fourth Place | ||||||
| Gabriele Treftz | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Final) | ||||||
| Wolfgang Schorer | Safe | Eliminated | |||||||
| Giselle Rommel | Safe | Eliminated | |||||||
| Janice Harrington | Safe | Eliminated | |||||||
| Steffen Martin | Eliminated | Eliminated (Sing Offs) | |||||||
| Heike Grammbitter | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Hildegard Gutt | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Matteo Comis | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Charles Duncan | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Elvira Slawinski | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Eduardo Villegas | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Geff Harrison | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Anna Greene Dell'Era | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Walter Golczyk | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Barbara Parzeczewski | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Michael Dixon | Eliminated | ||||||||
Team
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- Result details
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| Artist | Sing Offs | Final | ||||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||
| Joerg Kemp | Advanced | Advanced | Third Place | |||
| Giselle Rommel | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| Matteo Comis | Eliminated | |||||
| Charles Duncan | Eliminated | |||||
| Elvira Slawinski | Eliminated | |||||
| Willi Stein | Advanced | Advanced | Fourth Place | |||
| Wolfgang Schorer | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| Steffen Martin | Eliminated | |||||
| Heike Grammbitter | Eliminated | |||||
| Hildegard Gutt | Eliminated | |||||
| Fritz Bliesener | Advanced | Advanced | Runner-up | |||
| Janice Harrington | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| Eduardo Villegas | Eliminated | |||||
| Geff Harrison | Eliminated | |||||
| Anna Greene Dell'Era | Eliminated | |||||
| Dan Lucas | Advanced | Advanced | Winner | |||
| Gabriele Treftz | Advanced | Eliminated | ||||
| Walter Golczyk | Eliminated | |||||
| Barbara Parzeczewski | Eliminated | |||||
| Michael Dixon | Eliminated | |||||
Ratings
edit| Episode | Date | Timeslot | Viewers (in millions) |
Share (in %) |
Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 14 - 49 Years | Total | 14 - 49 Years | |||||
| 1 | "Blind Auditions" | December 23, 2018 | Sunday 20:15pm | 3.13 | 1.42 | 9.9 | 13.1 | [4] |
| 2 | December 28, 2018 | Friday 20:15pm | 2.16 | 0.90 | 7.6 | 10.6 | [5] | |
| 3 | "Sing Offs" | December 30, 2018 | Sunday 20:15pm | 2.30 | 0.92 | 7.5 | 9.2 | [6] |
| 4 | "Final" | January 4, 2019 | Friday 20:15pm | 2.20 | 0.81 | 7.8 | 9.7 | [7] |
References
edit- ^ ""THE VOICE SENIOR" - DIE GRÖSSTEN GESANGSTALENTE AB 60 JAHREN – AB 23. DEZEMBER IN SAT.1".
- ^ "Die Coaches für The Voice Senior stehen fest".
- ^ "The Voice Senior: SAT.1 gibt stimmgewaltigen Senioren den großen Auftritt!".
- ^ "Von wegen Altersschwäche: "The Voice Senior" feiert tollen Einstand". 24 December 2018.
- ^ "Von wegen Altersschwäche: "The Voice Senior" feiert tollen Einstand". 24 December 2018.
- ^ ""The Voice Senior": Sing-Offs lassen Quoten abstürzen". 31 December 2018.
- ^ ""Voice Senior" zum Finale leicht besser, RTL II mit Filmen erfolgreicher". 5 January 2019.