The Voice Kids

Television broadcast
Original title	The Voice Kids
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	since 2013
Production company	Talpa Germany
length	120-150 minutes
Episodes	67 in 8+ seasons
genre	Casting show , reality show
idea	John de Mol
Moderation	Current moderators Thore Schölermann (since season 1) Melissa Khalaj (since season 7)
First broadcast	April 5, 2013 on Sat.1

The Voice Kids (short TVK ) is a German music - talent show for children from 8 to 16 years (since Season 9), based on the concept of the show The Voice of Germany is based. It was first broadcast on April 5, 2013 on Sat.1 .

The eighth season was broadcast on Sat.1 from February 23 to April 26, 2020. A ninth season has been ordered for 2021.

The YouTube channel of the same name ranks 10th among the most subscribed channels in Germany and 5th among the most viewed channels in Germany.

concept

On 25 October 2012 Sat.1 announced that the children version of The Voice Kids of Talpa and Schwartzkopff TV Productions can produce. It is based on the format of the original and focuses on children aged 8 to 16 years (since season 9). Previously, the age limit was up to 15 years (seasons 7–8) or up to 14 years (seasons 1–6). Around 70 children who applied in advance and were cast are invited to the first phase, the “blind auditions”. There the children have to sing individually in front of a live audience. The jury members cannot see the candidate at first because they are sitting in a swivel chair with their backs to the stage. You can vote for a candidate by pressing (“buzzing”) for them and turning to see them during their presentation. The candidate goes one round if he receives at least one of the three jury votes. From among those jury members who have turned around for him, the candidate chooses his coach for the further rounds.

This is followed by a week of training in which the coaches prepare their candidates for the second phase known as the “Battle Round”. In the Battle Round three candidates from the same coaching group will sing a song in a trio. Only one of the three candidates will progress according to the decision of the respective coach. The winner of the talent competition will receive a training grant of € 15,000 and an optional recording contract. The parents of the winner decide whether to take this option or not.

Seasons

Overview of the seasons

Legend

_Team Tim

_Team Lena

_Team Henning

_Team Johannes

_Team Mark

_Team Sasha

_Team Nena and Larissa

_Team Max

_Team Stefanie

_Team BossHoss

_Team your friends

Season	consequences	premiere	final	winner	"Winning Coach"	Moderation		Coaches (series)
								1	2	3	4th
1	6th	April 5, 2013	May 10, 2013	Michèle Bircher 12 years old	Henning Wehland	Thore Schölermann	Aline von Drateln	Tim	Lena	Henning
2	8th	March 21, 2014	May 9, 2014	Danyiom Mesmer 14 years old			Nela Lee	John
3		February 27, 2015	April 24, 2015	Noah-Levi Korth 13 years old	Lena Meyer-Landrut		Chantal Janzen			mark
4th		5th February 2016	March 25, 2016	Lukas Janisch 13 years old	Mark Forster			Sasha
5		5th February 2017	March 26, 2017	Sofie Thomas 11 years old	Nena and Larissa Kerner		Debbie Schippers		Nena & Larissa
6th	9	February 11, 2018	April 15, 2018	Anisa Celik 10 years old	Mark Forster			mark		Max
7th	10	17th February 2019	April 21, 2019	Mimi & Josefin 13 & 15 years old	The BossHoss		Melissa Khalaj		Stefanie	BossHoss	Lena
8th		February 23, 2020	April 26, 2020	Lisa-Marie Ramm 15 years old	Sasha			Max	Lena	Your friends	Sasha

First season (2013)

→ Main article : The Voice Kids / Season 1

space	Coach	Surname	Songs
1	Henning	Michèle	Lists of Beyoncé
2	Lena	Tim	You've Got the Love by Florence + the Machine
	Tim	Rita	Read All About It by Emeli Sandé

Second season (2014)

→ Main article : The Voice Kids / Season 2

After the great success of the first season, Sat.1 decided to continue the show in 2014. The second season was moderated by Thore Schölermann and Nela Lee . The jury consisted of Lena Meyer-Landrut , Henning Wehland and Johannes Strate from the band Revolverheld . The broadcast of the eight episodes of the second season began on March 21, 2014 on Sat.1.

space	Coach	Surname	Songs
1	Henning	Danyiom	When I was your man by Bruno Mars
2	Lena	Richard	Skyscraper by Demi Lovato
	John	Carlotta	I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith

Third season (2015)

→ Main article : The Voice Kids / Season 3

In November 2014, Sat.1 announced a third season of The Voice Kids . Thore Schölermann was responsible for the moderation and Chantal Janzen from the Netherlands as the green room moderator . The jury included the previous coaches Lena Meyer-Landrut and Johannes Strate, singer and songwriter Mark Forster , who replaced Henning Wehland.

space	Coach	Surname	Songs
1	Lena	Noah-Levi	I See Fire by Ed Sheeran
2	mark	Zoë	Light On by Rebecca Ferguson
	John	Cosma	The gold of tomorrow by Alexa Feser

Fourth season (2016)

→ Main article : The Voice Kids / Season 4

Season 4 aired from February 5 to March 25, 2016. The moderation was again Thore Schölermann and Chantal Janzen. In addition to the previous coaches Lena Meyer-Landrut and Mark Forster, the jury included singer Sasha , who replaced Johannes Strate.

space	Coach	Surname	Songs
1	mark	Luke	When We Were Young by Adele
2	Sasha	Shanice	Impossible by Shontelle
	Lena	Ridon	And if a song by the sons of Mannheim

Fifth season (2017)

→ Main article : The Voice Kids / Season 5

The fifth season of The Voice Kids aired from February 5 to March 26, 2017. This season, like the first four, was moderated by Thore Schölermann. This time he was supported by Debbie Schippers . The coaches were again Mark Forster and Sasha . Instead of Lena Meyer-Landrut , there was now a double chair, which was occupied by Nena and her daughter Larissa Kerner . They won the season with Sofie. The broadcast was moved from Friday to Sunday.

Start number	Surname	song	Coach
1	Diana	I'll Always Love You by Whitney Houston	mark
2	Luca	Amoi Seg 'Ma Uns Again by Andreas Gabalier	Sasha
3	Sofie	Dream On from Aerosmith	Nena & Larissa

Sixth season (2018)

→ Main article : The Voice Kids / Season 6

Despite falling audience ratings, Sat.1 decided to continue the show in 2018. The participation of Mark Forster as a coach was confirmed in June 2017 and in September 2017, the participation of Nena and her daughter Larissa Kerner. Instead of Sasha looked Max Giesinger as a coach with. The first broadcast was broadcast on February 11, 2018.

The three winners of the fourth phase Benicio, Santiago and Anisa each sang another song. In addition, the band Sunrise Avenue was guests, who presented their new title Heartbreak Century . In the meantime, viewers could vote for their favorites via televoting . The winner of the show became Anisa.

Start number	Surname	song	Coach
1	Benicio	You Are the Reason by Calum Scott	Max
2	Santiago	Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin	Nena & Larissa
3	Anisa	Let It Go by Idina Menzel	mark

Seventh season (2019)

→ Main article : The Voice Kids / Season 7

At the end of October 2018, Sat.1 announced that there would be four jurors for the first time in the seventh season of The Voice Kids . In addition to Mark Forster , Stefanie Kloß and again Lena Meyer-Landrut will take part as coach in the future, while Alec Völkel and Sascha Vollmer from the country band The BossHoss will occupy the double chair . This season is moderated by Thore Schölermann , like the first six seasons before. This time, Melissa Khalaj is at his side, and Iggi Kelly, who took part as a candidate in the fifth season, will report backstage as an online reporter .

The recordings of the blind auditions took place from November 3rd to 6th, 2018 in the Adlershof studio in Berlin .

The four winners of the fourth phase Thapelo, Mimi & Josefin, Lea and Davit each sang another song. It was also Luke Rieger a guest of his new title Nobody Knows Me (Like You Do) presented. In the meantime, viewers could vote for their favorites via televoting . The winners of the show became Mimi & Josefin and thus for the first time a duo.

Start number	Surname	song	Coach
1	Thapelo	Perfect by Ed Sheeran	Lena
2	Mimi & Josefin	Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O'Connor	Boss Hoss
3	Lea	Reckoning Song (One Day) by Asaf Avidan	Stefanie
4th	davit	Never Enough by Loren Allred	mark

Eighth season (2020)

→ Main article : The Voice Kids / Season 8

The first round of the blind auditions took place on February 23, 2020 at 8:15 p.m. The 8th season coaches were Lukas Nimscheck and Florian Sump from Deine Freunde , Sasha , Lena Meyer-Landrut and Max Giesinger .

So-called "team matches" have recently taken place in the final. In these team matches, two teams had to sing a song in different styles against each other. Incidentally, the final was opened by Nico Santos and the 8 talents.

Since the final took place during the Corona crisis, measures had to be taken. The chairs of the coaches were a little further apart, the finalists were distributed in separate rooms to announce the winner and between the coaches from your friends a plexiglass was mounted.

The winner of The Voice Kids 2020 is Lisa-Marie Ramm from Team Sasha.

Start number	Surname	song	Coach
1	Phil	Angels	Max
2	Nikolas	Skyscraper	Lena
3	Leroy	Somewhere only we know	Your friends
4th	Lisa-Marie	The Voice Within	Sasha

Contributors

Coaches

Season	Coaches
1	Lena Meyer-Landrut	Tim bendzko	Henning Wehland
2		Johannes Strate
3			Mark Forster
4th		Sasha
5	Nena and Larissa Kerner
6th		Max Giesinger
7th	Lena Meyer-Landrut	Stefanie Kloß		The BossHoss
8th		Max Giesinger	Sasha	Your friends

Moderators

Season	Moderators		Backstage reporter
1	Thore Schölermann	Aline von Drateln	Marc van Velzen
2		Nela Lee
3		Chantal Janzen
4th			Noah-Levi Korth
5		Debbie Schippers	Jonas Ems
6th
7th		Melissa Khalaj	Iggi Kelly
8th			Mimi & Josy

reception

Audience ratings

00Audience ratings for all seasons
season 1		An average of 3.67 million viewers saw the show on Sat.1 and the total audience was 12.2 percent. In the target group, an average of 2.07 million viewers watched, corresponding to a market share of 19.6 percent.
season 2		On average, 2.82 million viewers saw the show on Sat.1 and the total audience was 9.3 percent. In the target group, an average of 1.52 million viewers watched, which corresponds to a market share of 14.0 percent.
season 3		On average, 2.66 million viewers saw the show on Sat.1 and the total audience was 8.8 percent. In the target group, an average of 1.41 million viewers watched, corresponding to a market share of 13.5 percent.
Season 4		On average, 2.74 million viewers saw the show on Sat.1 and the total audience was 8.7 percent. In the target group, an average of 1.32 million viewers watched, which corresponded to a market share of 12.4 percent.
Season 5		On average, 2.67 million viewers saw the show on Sat.1 and the total audience was 7.9 percent. The target group saw an average of 1.43 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 11.9 percent.
Season 6		An average of 2.45 million viewers saw the show on Sat.1 and the total audience was 7.8 percent. In the target group, an average of 1.24 million viewers watched, which corresponds to a market share of 11.5 percent.
Season 7		On average, 2.35 million viewers saw the show on Sat.1 and achieved a 7.6 percent market share among the total audience. In the target group, an average of 1.03 million viewers watched, which corresponds to a market share of 10.4 percent.

Awards and nominations

year	Award	category	Result
2013	German television award	Best entertainment show	Nominated
2015	International Eyes & Ears Awards	Best online advertising	3rd prize
		Best on-air program spot: children	2nd prize
2016	International Eyes & Ears Awards	Best design print or poster	3rd prize
2017	International Eyes & Ears Awards	Best on-air program spot: children	2nd prize
2018	International Eyes & Ears Awards	Best on-air program spot: children	1st Prize
2019	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite "cast" Germany, Austria and Switzerland	Won
2020	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite "cast" Germany, Austria and Switzerland	Won

Success on YouTube

On April 8, 2013, a separate YouTube channel was opened for the casting show under the title of the same name. Among other things, selected appearances, trailers for the show, interviews and other videos that are produced exclusively for the YouTube channel are published there. In addition, some videos are offered with English subtitles. The YouTube channel currently has more than 5.3 million subscribers and over 2.92 billion video views. It ranks 10th among the most subscribed channels in Germany and 5th among the most watched channels in Germany. Furthermore, the YouTube channel, together with Galileo's YouTube channel (currently in 40th place), are the only YouTube channels of a German TV show that are in the top 100 of the most subscribed channels in Germany. Laura Kamhuber's blind audition in the first season is the channel's most successful clip with 196 million views (as of January 2020).

Merchandising

Music album

Under the album title The Voice Kids - The Best Of mid-May 2013 published a compilation - Soundtrack to the first relay at Universal Music . The album contains 15 songs by the participants of the first season, which they sang during the show, as well as three songs by the coaches Henning Wehland , Lena and Tim Bendzko .

Fashion collection

At the end of January 2019 it was announced that the Swedish fashion company H&M will be a fashion partner for the seventh season of The Voice Kids . As part of the sponsorship or partnership with ProSiebenSat.1 , a separate children's collection has been sold since the end of March 2019 . This collection comprises a total of eight items, including clothing and accessories. It is sold in all German H&M branches with a children's department, in selected shops in Austria and Switzerland and online at hm.com .

International versions

So far, 32 local versions of The Voice Kids have been produced and broadcast.

Local versions are currently being broadcast in Belgium , Brazil , France , Poland , Russia , the United Kingdom and the Arab World region, among others . In the past, local versions were also shown, for example, in Australia , Portugal , Turkey and also in the United States .

Web links

• official website
• Official YouTube channel

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Voice Kids Jury . In: Sat.1 . April 5, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
2. ↑ "The Voice Kids" goes into season eight in February , accessed on January 9, 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Top 100 YouTubers in Germany by Subscribed. In: SocialBlade.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Top 100 YouTubers in Germany by Most Viewed. In: SocialBlade.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020 . 
5. ↑ “The Voice Kids” - Coach Henning Wehland: “Children just have fun with pop music” . In: showbiz.de . March 4, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
6. ↑ Sat.1: Bendzko leaves the jury of "The Voice Kids" . In: DWDL.de . January 13, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
7. ↑ Sat.1: "The Voice Kids" returns in March . In: DWDL.de . February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
8. ↑ Holland's most popular TV star Chantal Janzen will be the new SAT.1 presenter for The Voice Kids program from 2015
9. ↑ Sat.1: Holland TV star Chantal Janzen becomes Sat.1 presenter
10. ↑ Uwe Mantel: Ex- "The-Voice" candidate becomes "Voice-Kids" coach. In: DWDL.de . September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017 . 
11. ↑ More coaches and new moderator at "The Voice Kids" , accessed on October 26, 2018
12. ↑ Glenn Riedmeier: New coaches and new moderator for "The Voice Kids". In: TV wish list . October 26, 2018, accessed October 27, 2018 . 
13. ^ The Voice Kids. In: tvtickets.de. Retrieved October 27, 2018 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} The Voice Kids: Channel info. In: YouTube.com. Google Inc., accessed January 9, 2020 . 
15. ↑ “The Voice Kids — The Best Of” compilation is out now. In: Universal Music . May 17, 2013, accessed March 23, 2019 . 
16. ↑ H&M becomes a partner of The Voice Kids. In: Advertise & Sell . January 30, 2019, accessed March 23, 2019 . 
17. ↑ ^{a b} "The Voice Kids" and H&M make fashion. In: Advertise & Sell . March 22, 2019, accessed March 23, 2019 .