The Voice Portugal
First season's logo
Created byJohn de Mol
Roel van Velzen
Presented by
Judges
ComposerMartijn Schimmer
Country of originPortugal
Original languagePortuguese
No. of seasons11
Production
Executive producersPedro Curto
Piet-Hein Bakker
Running time60–150 mins
Production companiesCBV (2012)
Shine Iberia (2014–2019)
ITV Studios (2020–present)
Original release
NetworkRTP1
Release29 October 2011 (2011-10-29) –
present
Related
The Voice Kids

The Voice Portugal (A Voz de Portugal in the first season) is a Portuguese reality singing competition and local version of The Voice, based on the original The Voice of Holland. The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances, and guide 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 Os Anjos [pt]. The most recent coaching panel, for season 11, featured Sara Correia, Fernando Daniel, Sónia Tavares, and António Zambujo. In other seasons Mickael Carreira, Marisa Liz, Anselmo Ralph, Aurea, Diogo Piçarra, Carolina Deslandes and Dino D'Santiago participated as coaches.

History

The first season premiered on 29 October 2011, on RTP1, with the finale airing on 25 February 2012, crowning Denis Filipe as the winner. The show came back in 2014 with its second season with new coaches, a new co-host, a new show name, and new Repórteres V (backstage hosts). The winner of the second season was Rui Drumond. RTP1 later announced the first season of The Voice Kids and the third season of the main show, which premiered on 11 October 2015 with a new coach, Aurea. In its third season, the show proved to be a hit and was subsequently renewed for a fourth season, which was premiered in 2016.[1]

The show is hosted by Catarina Furtado since the inaugural season, and, in the second season, Vasco Palmeirim joined her to conduce the competition.[2] The show also features backstage hosts, called Repórteres V. Diogo Beja was the first Repórter V back in 2011, being replaced in the second season by Laura Figueiredo, Mariana Monteiro, and Pedro Fernandes. In the third season, Jani Gabriel became the only Repórter V.

Concept

See also: The Voice (franchise) § Original format

Each season begins with the "blind auditions" (provas cegas), where coaches form their team of artists whom they mentor through the remainder of the season. The coaches' chairs are faced toward 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." After the performance, an artist is either defaulted to the only coach who turned around or selects their coach if more than one expresses interest.

In the "battles" round (batalhas), each coach pairs two of their team members to perform together and 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 save two individuals who were eliminated during a battle of another team.

The "knockouts" round (Tira-Teimas) was introduced in season two, where a pair of artists within a team are selected to go directly to the live shows without performing, and the other artists will have to perform. Only six artists go to the live shows.

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

Timeline of coaches and hosts

Coach Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Rui Reininho
Mia Rose
Os Anjos [pt]
Paulo Gonzo
Marisa Liz
Mickael Carreira
Anselmo Ralph
Aurea
Diogo Piçarra
António Zambujo
Carolina Deslandes
Dino D'Santiago
Fernando Daniel
Sara Correia
Sónia Tavares
Host 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Catarina Furtado
Vasco Palmeirim
Backstage host 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Diogo Beja
Laura Figueiredo
Mariana Monteiro
Pedro Fernandes [pt]
Jani Gabriel [pt]
Mafalda de Castro
Fábio Lopes [pt]
Catarina Maia

Coaches' line-up

Coaches' teams and their artists

Season Coaches and contestants
1 Team Rui Team Mia Team Anjos Team Paulo
Denis Filipe
Pedro Poseiro
João Pedro Rosas
Marisa Almeida
Celeste Cortez
João Castro
Joana Alves
Ana Margarida Teixeira 		Daniel Moreira
Salvador Seixas
Deborah Gonçalves
Teresa Santos
Inês Martins
Ana Carolina Veiga
Luís de Almeida
Rui Sirgado 		Ricardo Oliveira
Carla Ribeiro
Joanna Garcia
Vasco Duarte
Sara Henriques
Luísa & Inês Silva
Bruno Francisco
Joana Barata 		Bianca Adrião
Joana Jorge
Sílvio Switha
Sandrine Orsini
Sílvia Silva
Salomé Caldeira
Rui Pereira
Pedro Coelho
2 Team Rui Team Mickael Team Marisa Team Anselmo
Alexandre Casimiro
Tiago Garrinhas
Constança Gonçalves
Sara Ribeiro
Ricardo Costa
Pablo Oliveira 		Nuno Ribeiro
Jéssica Cipriano
Mariana Bandhold
Carlos Costa
Bernardo Nunes
Diogo Correia 		Luís Sequeira
Bianca Barros
Nuno Pinto
Bruno Vieira
Ricardo Morais
Renata Gonçalves 		Rui Drumond
Leonor Andrade
Rita Seidi
Pedro Garcia
João Parreira
Mariana Azevedo
3 Team Aurea Team Mickael Team Marisa Team Anselmo
Patrícia Teixeira
Soraia Tavares
Inês Côrte-Real
Nayr Faquirá 		Deolinda Kinzimba
Guilherme Azevedo
Milene Sofia
Sofia Silva 		Sérgio Sousa
Alfredo Costa
Pedro Maceiras
Ricardo Mestre 		Pedro Gonçalves
Joana Melo
Albina Bushmalyova
Filipa Azevedo
4 Francisco Murta
Jéssica Ângelo
David Gomes
Edna
Catarina Castanhas
Bertílio Santos 		Fernando Daniel
Sérgio Alves
Fausto Vasconcelos
Marcos Bessa
Vera Lima
Juliana Linharelhos 		Miguel Carmona
Andrea Verdugo
Daniel Galvão
Maria Bradshaw
Marisa Almeida
Bruno Pina 		Marta Carvalho
Márcio Vicente
Cristina Afonso
Joana Lopes
Alexandra Moita
Laura Vargas
5 Ana Paula
Cláudia Pascoal
Joaquim Cabral
Diana Lucas 		Inês Simões
Fábio Mouzinho
Simão Quintans
Salomé Caldeira 		Tomás Adrião
Tiago Nacarato
Ricardo Barroso
Ricardo Neiva 		Kátia Moreira
Marta Pinto
Telma Domingues
Vanessa Coelho
6 Soraia Cardoso
João Palma
Márcia Trabulo
Leo 		Gonçalo Lopes
Gabriel Gomes
Elsa Frias
Hugo Baptista 		Marvi
Diana Castro
Isaías Manhiça
Gonçalo Santos 		Vânia Dilac
Joana Couto
Zé Maia Rodrigues
Nuel
7 Team Aurea Team Diogo Team Marisa Team Zambujo
Gabriel de Rose
Wesley Semé
Victor Estanga
Nuno Esperto 		Joana Alegre
Gabriel Silva
Pedro do Vale
Caroletta 		Sebastião Oliveira
Francisco Sequeira
Filipa Maldonado
Marisa Oliveira 		Rita Sanches
Carolina Pinto
Michael Cranmer
Matheus Paraizo
8 Tiago Barbosa
Miguel & João
Catarina Archer
Nelson Sousa
Alicia Camps
Rita Laranjeira 		Diogo Leite
Jéssica Ângelo
Gonçalo Bilé
Kevin Lopes
Paloma & Jorginho
Catarina Pereira 		Luís Trigacheiro
Luciana & Pri
João Amaral
Rafaela Monteiro
Susana Costa
Favela Lacroix 		Tiago Silva
Mariana Rebelo
Mari Segura
Íris Silva
Maria Casal Ribeiro
Francisco Vicente
9 Mariana Rocha
Francisca Oliveira
Huca
Rui Pedro
Matilde Jacob
Sara Badalo 		Daniel Fernandes
Edmundo Inácio
Aliança Velha
Matheus Alcântara
Francisca Rocha
Lusitana 		João Leote
João Neves
Inês Marques Lucas
Miguel Dias
Inês Martins
Pedro Tavares 		Rodrigo Lourenço
Maria Inês Graça
Beatriz Cepeda
Rui Taipa
Márcio Gonçalves
Rita Medeiros
Maria Pereira
10 Team Marisa Team Diogo Team Dino Team Carolina
Gustavo Reinas
Rúben Torres
João Ribeiro
António Ataíde 		Rebeca Reinaldo
Wander Isaac
Isaac Costa
Clara de Gail 		Coastel
Soraia Morais
Diogo Carapinha
Vincente Augusto
Lourenço Ataíde 		Paulo Lapa
Sasha Silva
Beatriz Santos
Margarida & Tomás
Francisco Barata
11 Team Fernando Team Sónia Team Zambujo Team Sara
Guilherme Baptista
Herineu Prescindo
João Duarte
Cristiano Calisto 		Manuel Antunes
Daniel Pinto
Rafael Abrantes
Sofia Silva 		José Bacelar
Maria João Soares
Matilde Oliveira
Vânia Mussagy 		Mafalda Vasques
Diogo Oliveira
Catarina Lima
Mariana Santana

Series overview

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

Teams color key
      Artist from Team Anjos                                     Artist from Team Marisa                                     Artist from Team Carolina
      Artist from Team Mia                                     Artist from Team Mickael                                     Artist from Team Dino
      Artist from Team Paulo                                     Artist from Team Aurea                                     Artist from Team Fernando
      Artist from Team Rui                                     Artist from Team Diogo                                     Artist from Team Sara
      Artist from Team Anselmo                                     Artist from Team Zambujo                                     Artist from Team Sónia


The Voice Portugal series overview
Season Year Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Fifth place Winning coach Presenter(s)
1 2011–2012 Denis Filipe Ricardo Oliveira Daniel Moreira Bianca Adrião — Rui Reininho Catarina Furtado
2 2014 Rui Drumond Luís Sequeira Alexandre Casimiro Nuno Ribeiro Anselmo Ralph Catarina Furtado,
Vasco Palmeirim
3 2015–2016 Deolinda Kinzimba Pedro Gonçalves Sérgio Sousa Patrícia Teixeira Mickael Carreira
4 2016 Fernando Daniel Francisco Murta Miguel Carmona Marta Carvalho Mickael Carreira
5 2017 Tomás Adrião Ana Paula Rada Kátia Moreira Inês Simões Marisa Liz
6 2018 Marvi Diana Castro Soraia Cardoso Vânia Dilac Gonçalo Lopes Marisa Liz
7 2019–2020 Rita Sanches Gabriel de Rose Joana Alegre Carolina Pinto Sebastião Oliveira António Zambujo
8 2020–2021 Luís Trigacheiro Tiago Silva Tiago Barbosa Miguel & João Diogo Leite Marisa Liz
9 2021–2022 Rodrigo Lourenço João Leote Daniel Fernandes Edmundo Inácio Mariana Rocha António Zambujo
10 2022–2023 Gustavo Reinas Paulo Lapa Rebeca Reinaldo Coastel — Marisa Liz
11 2023–2024 José Bacelar Maria João Soares Guilherme Baptista Mafalda Vasques Manuel Antunes António Zambujo Catarina Furtado

Seasons' synopses

Season 1 (2011–2012)

Main article: The Voice Portugal (season 1)

The first season, under the name A Voz de Portugal, was hosted by Catarina Furtado, and the four coaches were singer-songwriter Paulo Gonzo, pop rock duo Anjos, YouTube sensation Mia Rose,[3] and GNR lead vocalist Rui Reininho.

Season 2 (2014)

The second season of The Voice Portugal was hosted by Furtado and Vasco Palmeirim. Reininho returned as coach alongside new coaches Mickael Carreira, Amor Electro vocalist Marisa Liz, and Anselmo Ralph. The knockouts round was introduced during this season.

Season 3 (2015–2016)

The third season of The Voice Portugal began in October 2015. All panelists from last season returned except Reininho, who was replaced by a new coach, Aurea.

Season 4 (2016)

The fourth season was announced at the end of the third season, in January 2016, and premiered nine months later, in October. The hosts and coaches remained the same.

Season 5 (2017)

The fifth season of The Voice Portugal began in September 2017. All panelists from last season returned.

Season 6 (2018)

The sixth season of The Voice Portugal began in September 2018 with the same panelists as last season. In this season, there were five finalists, one per team and one voted by the public after being eliminated in the semi-final.

Season 7 (2019–2020)

The seventh season of The Voice Portugal began on 13 October 2019. Liz and Aurea remained as coaches, alongside debutants Diogo Piçarra and António Zambujo, who replaced Carreira and Ralph. From this season on, bands can participate. For the first time in the competition, the knockouts phase was live, instead of being pre-recorded, and included public voting.

Season 8 (2020–2021)

The eighth season of The Voice Portugal began on 27 September 2020. Liz, Aurea, Piçarra, and Zambujo remained as coaches. For the first time in the competition, in the battles phase, each artist sang a different song instead of singing one together, due to the procedures of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. This season marks the first stolen artist to win The Voice Portugal.

Season 9 (2021–2022)

The ninth season of The Voice Portugal began on 17 October 2021. Aurea, Liz, Piçarra, and Zambujo remained as coaches.

Season 10 (2022–2023)

The tenth season of The Voice Portugal began recording on 5 September, with the confirmation that Liz and Piçarra would return as coaches, while Aurea and Zambujo were replaced by The Voice Kids coach Carolina Deslandes and new coach Dino D'Santiago. The season began airing on 25 September 2022.

This season introduced a new dynamic to the battles. Each coach could decide to do battles in pairs or groups, and the only rule was they needed to keep seven artists on their teams; hence, a battle could have one, many, or no one as winner. Apart from that, the steals were removed.

To replace the knockouts round, a new phase, called "Cross battles", was established. An artist of one team competes against an artist of another team, and the viewers' votes decide the winner of the battle. At the end of the round, each coach saved one eliminated artist from their own team.

The dynamic of the lives shows also changed this season. Starting in the fourth live show (when the Top 10 artists remain in contest), the decision of who passes through to the next episode is solely of the public; that means the artists who receive the most votes, regardless of team, advance to the next episode. This means that, for the first time ever in The Voice Portugal, a coach could have not had their team represented in the finale, which eventually did not happen. Also, contrary to the previous four seasons, there were only four finalists.

Season 11 (2023)

Main article: The Voice Portugal (season 11)

Applications for the eleventh season of The Voice Portugal opened in May 2023 and the blind auditions' recording began on 10 July. The same day, it was confirmed that Zambujo would return as coach after a one-season hiatus, along with The Voice Kids coach Fernando Daniel, The Voice Gerações coach Sara Correia, and debutant Sónia Tavares. The season began airing on 17 September 2023.

Ratings

The Voice Portugal : Viewers per episode (thousands)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
SeasonEpisode number
1234567891011121314151617
2 (2014)114310871184922110289310548508648648841195789807–
3 (2015-16)1170122511881140111210931074103610071112103510459981236–
4 (2016)8361055117811401131139712251169108310831188115910731150998931810
5 (2017)10751024997893995TBD9789781031912881986919838889.5709–
6 (2018)817TBDTBD941928788822677885788760667TBDTBDTBD838–
7 (2019-20)867936820884815954920659680715634740707TBDTBD–
Source: [citation needed]
Season Timeslot # Ep. Premiere Final Ref.
Date Ratings (Share) Viewers in millions Date Ratings (Share) Viewers in millions
1 Saturdays at 10pm 18 19 October 2011 7,8%
(23,7% share) 		[to be determined] 25 February 2012 7,0%
(22,1% share) 		[to be determined] [4]
2 Sundays at 9pm 17 30 March 2014 11,8%
(21,8% share) 		1.12 27 July 2014 8,5%
(20,5% share) 		0.81 [5][6][7][8][9]
3 14 11 October 2015 12.1%
(24,6% share) 		1.15 10 January 2016 13,0%
(27,2% share) 		1.24 [10]
4 17 4 September 2016 8,8%
(20,1% share) 		0.84 25 December 2016 8,8%
(22,6% share) 		0.81 [11]
5 15 10 September 2017 11,1%
(24,0% share) 		[to be determined] 23 December 2017 11,1%
(24,0% share) 		0.71
6 15 23 September 2018 8,4%
(18,5% share) 		[to be determined] 30 December 2018 [to be determined] 0.84
7 14 13 October 2019 9,2%
(18,1% share) 		0.86 12 January 2020 9,7%
(19,8% share) 		0.76
8 15 27 September 2020 8,7%
(17,5% share) 		0.82 3 January 2021 9,0%
(19,1% share) 		0.84
9 Sundays at 9.15pm 15 17 October 2021 9,2%
(19,9% share) 		0.87 6 February 2022 6,5%
(15,3% share) 		0.62
10 17 25 September 2022 6,8%
(15,5% share) 		0.64 22 January 2023 6,9%
(16,8% share) 		0.65 [12][13]
11 15 17 September 2023 TBA TBA 7 January 2024 TBA TBA

The Voice Gerações

In 2022, it was announced that RTP1 would broadcast a new spin-off version of The Voice Portugal, called The Voice Gerações. The intention of this version is to have family or friend groups, consisting of singers of all ages, competing.

Coaches

Coaches' line-up by chairs order
Season Year Coaches and respective key colors
1 2 3 4
1 2022 Mickael Simone Barbara Anselmo
2 2023 Sara

Series overview

The Voice Gerações series overview
Season Year Winner Finalists Winning coach Presenters
1 2022 Rodrigo & Teresa Os Vocalistas Anna & Riana Cristiana & Sónia Família Grilo Anselmo Ralph Catarina Furtado,
Vasco Palmeirim
2 2023 Todagente Azinhaga Os Vouginhas FigoMaduro Grupo Pioneiros Anselmo Ralph

Seasons' synopses

Season 1 (2022)

On 3 July 2022, the coaches for this version were announced to be Carreira, Ralph, Bárbara Bandeira and Simone de Oliveira. The first series was won by Rodrigo & Teresa from Team Anselmo.

Season 2 (2023)

In April 2023, it was announced in the official Instagram page of the program that The Voice Gerações would return for a second season.[14] On 4 June, it was announced, during a live episode of The Voice Kids season four, that Sara Correia would replace Bandeira as a coach, while Carreira, Oliveira, and Ralph would remain as coaches. Additionally, unlike the first season, the "block" buttons would be featured in this season. Presented by Furtado and Palmeirim, and Catarina Maia in the backstage, the season began on 2 July. Three episodes later, on 23 July, Todagente from Team Anselmo won the competition. With Ralph's win, he became the third coach, behind Marisa Liz and Fernando Daniel, to win three times within all versions of the show.

References

  1. ^ ""The Voice Portugal" regressa em 2016". Portal dos Programas. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ "'The Voice Portugal'. Nova temporada já tem estreia marcada". Espalha-Factos (in European Portuguese). 13 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  3. ^ "miaroseworld.com". miaroseworld.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. ^ "A Voz de Portugal chegou à RTP1".
  5. ^ http://i.imgur.com/CmW2i5Z.png[bare URL image file]
  6. ^ ""The Voice Portugal" termina na vice-liderança". 28 July 2014.
  7. ^ http://i.imgur.com/9LUKjxy.png[bare URL image file]
  8. ^ http://i.imgbox.com/BYRybUdL.png[bare URL image file]
  9. ^ "The Voice - Especial Fim de Ano - Entretenimento - RTP".
  10. ^ "Audiências - 11-10-2015". 12 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Saiba como correu a estreia da 4ª temporada do "The Voice Portugal"". 5 September 2016.
  12. ^ Pinto, Pedro (26 September 2022). "Audiências: Veja como estreou o "The Voice Portugal" [2022]". ZappingTV (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  13. ^ Sousa, Carlos. "E assim fez a final do "The Voice Portugal" em audiência". ZappingTV (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  14. ^ @thevoiceportugal (19 April 2023). "🚨 As inscrições para o The Voice Portugal estão abertas! Mas as novidades não ficam por aqui… O THE VOICE GERAÇÕES também está de volta! Podes participar em duo, trio ou até grupos de diferentes gerações de todas as idades. #thevoicept" (in European Portuguese) – via Instagram.

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