The Voice Portugal

The Voice Portugal
1st season's logo
Created by	John de Mol Roel van Velzen
Presented by	Catarina Furtado Vasco Palmeirim (2-)
Judges	Mickael Carreira (2-) Marisa Liz (2-) Anselmo Ralph (2-) Aurea (3-) Rui Reininho (1-2) Paulo Gonzo (1) Mia Rose (1) Anjos (1)
Composer(s)	Martijn Schimmer
Country of origin	Portugal
Original language(s)	Portuguese
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producer(s)	Pedro Curto Piet-Hein Bakker
Running time	60 - 150 mins
Production company(s)	CBV (series 1) Shine Iberia (series 2-)
Release
Original network	RTP1
Original release	October 29, 2011 (2011-10-29)
External links
Website

Promotional photograph of the Coaches of the first season

The Voice Portugal (A Voz de Portugal in the first season) is a Portuguese reality singing competition and local version of The Voice originally broadcast as The Voice of Holland. It premiered on 29 October 2011, on RTP1, with the first season finale airing on February 25, 2012, crowning Denis Filipe as the winner. The show came back in 2014 with its second season with new judges, a new co-host, a new show name, and new Repórteres V (backstage hosts). The winner of the second season was Rui Drummond. RTP1 later announced the first season of The Voice Kids Portugal and the third season of the main show. The third season premiered October 11, 2015 with new judge, Aurea. In its third season, the show proved to be a hit and was subsequently renewed for a fourth season, that is going to premiere in 2016.^[1]

The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances. Each coach guides their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. The original coaching panel consisted of Rui Reininho, Paulo Gonzo, Mia Rose and the duo Anjos. In 2014 when the show came back, Reininho returned as a judge and was joined by Mickael Carreira, Marisa Liz and Anselmo Ralph. Also in 2014, Ralph became one of the judges of the kids version, alongside Daniela Mercury and Raquel Tavares. In the third season Reininho left and was replaced by Aurea.

The show is hosted by Catarina Furtado and in the second season, Vasco Palmeirim and Furtado became co-hosts. The kids version was hosted by Palmeirim and Mariana Monteiro, who was a Repórter V for the second season of the main series. The show also features backstage hosts (Repórteres V). Diogo Beja was the first Repórter V back in 2011, and he came back in the second season, joined by Laura Figueiredo, Mariana Monteiro and Pedro Fernandes. In the third season, Jani Gabriel became the only Repórter V. During the kids season, Rui Maria Pêgo and Isabel Figueira were the backstage hosts.

Concept

Each season begins with the "Blind Auditions", where coaches form their team of artists whom they mentor through the remainder of the season. The coaches' chairs are faced towards the audience during artists' performances; those interested in an artist press their button, which turns their chair towards the artist and illuminates the bottom of the chair to read "I want you." At the conclusion of the performance, an artist either defaults to the only coach who turned around, or selects his or her coach if more than one coach expresses interest.

In the Battle Rounds (Batalhas), each coach pairs two of his or her team members to perform together, then chooses one to advance in the competition. A new element was added in season two; coaches were given two "steals", allowing each coach to select two individuals who were eliminated during a battle round by another coach.

The Knockout Rounds (Tira-Teimas) were introduced in season two. A pair of artists within a team are selected to go directly to the live shows without performing and other four pairs from each team will have to perform, and only six (including the pair that went directly to the live shows) will go to the live shows.

In the final live performance phase of the competition, artists perform against each other. People's votes helps decide who stays on the show and who leaves.

Timeline of coaches, hosts and Repórteres V

Coaches' teams and their artists

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

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

     – 3rd place Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.

     – 4th place Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.

Summary

Ratings

Season 1 (2011-2012)

The first season of A Voz de Portugal is being hosted by Catarina Furtado, and the four coach members are Singer-Songwriter Paulo Gonzo, rock duo Anjos, YouTube sensation Mia Rose^[11] and GNR lead vocalist Rui Reininho.

Teams

Season 2 (2014)

The second season of The Voice Portugal is being hosted by Catarina Furtado and Vasco Palmeirim, and the four coach members are Mickael Carreira, Amor Electro vocalist Marisa Liz, Anselmo Ralph and GNR lead vocalist Rui Reininho.

Teams

Season 3 (2015-16)

The third season of The Voice Portugal is being hosted by Catarina Furtado and Vasco Palmeirim, and the four coach members are Mickael Carreira, Amor Electro vocalist Marisa Liz, Anselmo Ralph and the new coach Aurea.

Teams

Season 4 (2016)

The fourth season was confirmed at the end of third season on 10/01/2016. The Hosts and the four coach members remain the same

References

External links

• Official website

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