The Voice of Switzerland

The Voice of Switzerland
GenreTalent show
Created byJohn de Mol
Roel van Velzen
Presented by
Judges
ComposerMartijn Schimmer
Country of originSwitzerland
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes35
Production
Production companyTalpa
Original release
NetworkSRF 1
Release26 January 2013 (2013-01-26) –
19 April 2014 (2014-04-19)
Network3+
Release27 January 2020 (2020-01-27) –
present
Related
The Voice of Holland

The Voice of Switzerland is a Swiss reality talent show created by John de Mol and based on the concept The Voice of Holland. It is part of an international series. It began airing on SRF 1 on January 26, 2013 and ended after two seasons, on April 19, 2014. After 6 years the show returned, on January 27, 2020 on 3+.

Format[edit]

About 110 participants are invited for the first phase of the television program, the so-called "blind auditions". There, the candidates, accompanied by a live band, have to sing in front of an audience on a stage. At first, the jury members can only hear but not see the singer because they are sitting in a swivel chair with their backs to the stage. You can vote for a candidate by turning to them during the audition lecture to see them. The candidate will go one round if they receive at least one of the four jury votes. Among those jury members who have turned for them, the candidate chooses their coach for the further rounds. In the blind auditions each of the four coaches should get a group of ten candidates.

This is followed by a training session in which the coaches prepare their candidates for the second phase called "Battle Round". In the Battle Round, two candidates from the same coaching group sing one song in a duet. Only one of the two candidates will continue after the decision of the respective coach. Since the second season (2014), a candidate who has not been selected by his own coach can be taken on by one of the other coaches. After the battles each coach selects three artists for the live shows in a phase called "Sing-off" (2013) or "Knockout Round" (2014).

In the last phase, the live shows, the candidates compete against each other within their coaching groups and are judged by both the coaches and the television viewers. Representatives of different coaches meet each other in the final of the best four participants. In the final only the television viewers decide on the victory.

Coaches and presenters[edit]

Coaches[edit]

Coach Seasons
1 2 3
Stress
Marc
Stefanie
Philipp
DJ Antoine
Anna
Noah Veraguth
Büetzer Buebe

Presenters[edit]

Presenter Seasons
1 2 3
Sven
Viola
Tanya
Christa
Max
Key
  Main presenter
  Backstage presenter

Coaches and finalists[edit]

  – Winning coach and contestant
  – Runner-up coach and contestant
  – Third place coach and contestant
  – Fourth place coach and contestant

Winners are in bold, the finalists are in italicized font, and the eliminated artists are in small font.

Seasons Coaches and their finalists
1 Marc Sway Stress Stefanie Heinzmann Philipp Fankhauser
Sarah Quartetto
Simona Lüthi
Tanja Zimmermann
Nicole Bernegger
Leslie Philbert
Deborah Bough
Angie Ott
Gabriela Grossenbacher
Valon Muhadri
Iris Moné
Ricardo Sanz
Gisel de Marco
2 Tiziana Gulino
Brendon Schoen Johnson
Stefania Pagano
Rahel Buchhold
Freschta Akbarzada
Glory Bosnjak
Shem Thomas
Vanessa Iraci
Céline Bührer
Peter Brandenberger
Will G.
Maxim Essindi
3 Büetzer Buebe Anna Rossinelli Noah Veraguth DJ Antoine
Martina Vogel
Jacky Widmer
Drilona Musa
Lorena Beadini
Remo Forrer
Meo Dalgic
Diego Daniele
Axel Marena

Season summary[edit]

Coaches' color key
  Team Philipp   Team Anna
  Team Marc   Team Büetzer Buebe
  Team Stefanie   Team DJ Antoine
  Team Stress   Team Noah

Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.

The Voice of Switzerland series overview
# Aired Winner Other finalists Winning coach Hosts
1 2013 Nicole Bernegger Angie Ott Sarah Quartetto Iris Moné Stress Sven Epiney,
Viola Tami
2 2014 Tiziana Gulino Shem Thomas Peter Brandenberger Rahel Buchhold Marc Sway
3 2020 Remo Forrer Jacky Widmer Martina Vogel Drilona Musa Lorena Beadini Meo Dalgic Axel Marena Diego Daniele Noah Veraguth Max Loong, Christa Rigozzi

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