The Voice Senior

Television broadcast
Original title	The Voice Senior
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	since 2018
Production company	Talpa Germany
length	120-150 minutes
Episodes	8 in 2 seasons
genre	Casting show , reality show
idea	John de Mol
Moderation	Thore Schölermann Lena Gercke
First broadcast	23 December 2018 on Sat.1

The Voice Senior is a German music - talent show for candidates aged 60 and over, based on the concept of the show The Voice is based.

The first season was broadcast on Sat.1 from December 23, 2018 to January 4, 2019 . The moderators and jury members were already known from the main show, the presentation was done by Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke .

concept

On December 17, 2017, Sat.1 announced that it would produce a special format for singers over 60, entitled The Voice Senior, by Talpa . The course of the show is based, like the show The Voice of Germany, on the concept of the original The Voice , but only four episodes are planned.

Blind auditions

In the first phase, the “blind auditions”, the participants sing individually in front of the jury and the live audience. Since the jury members sit with their backs to the stage, they can only hear and not see the artists. By pressing the red button (“buzzing”) the chair turns towards the stage, so the individual jurors express their willingness to want to include the singer in their team. If the candidate receives more than one jury vote, he or she will decide which coach to continue to support.

Sing offs

At The Voice Senior, all candidates who were successful in the auditions sing a personal song. The coach nominates two candidates from their team for the final.

final

In the last phase, the final, the last two candidates first compete against each other within their team. The respective coach then decides which talent will make it to the final voting round. In the last round, each team winner sings a song again, this time the television viewers use televoting to determine who will be the The Voice Senior winner.

Seasons

Overview of the seasons

Legend

_Team Mark

_Team BossHoss

_Team Yvonne

_Team Sasha

_Team Michael Patrick

Season	consequences	premiere	final	Winner		"Winning Coach"	Moderation		Coaches (series)
				Surname	Age				1	2	3	4th
1	4th	23 December 2018	4th January 2019	Dan Lucas	64	Sasha	Thore Schölermann	Lena Gercke	mark	BossHoss	Yvonne	Sasha
2	4th	November 24, 2019	15th December 2019	Monika Smets	68				Michael Patrick

First season (2018-2019)

→ Main article : The Voice Senior / Season 1

The first season aired from December 23, 2018 to January 4, 2019. The jury included the singer Mark Forster , the duo Alec Völkel and Sascha Vollmer from the band The BossHoss , the singer and actress Yvonne Catterfeld and the singer Sasha . The winner was Dan Lucas .

candidate	Result	Coach (es)
Dan Lucas	winner	Sasha
Fritz Bliesener	Second place	Yvonne Catterfeld
Joerg Kemp	third place	Mark Forster
Willi Stein	fourth place	The BossHoss

Second season (2019)

→ Main article : The Voice Senior / Season 2

This season, Mark Forster was replaced by Michael Patrick Kelly . Sasha, Yvonne Catterfeld and Alec Völkel and Sascha Vollmer from The BossHoss are still there. The double moderation with Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke also remained. The season started on November 24, 2019 and ended on December 15, 2019. The winner was Monika Smets.

candidate	Result	Coach (es)
Monika Smets	winner	Sasha
Dennis LeGree	Second place	Yvonne Catterfeld
Silvia Christoph		Michael Patrick Kelly
Dieter "Monty" Bürkle		The BossHoss

Contributors

Coaches

Season	Coaches
1	Sasha	Yvonne Catterfeld	The BossHoss	Mark Forster
2				Michael Patrick Kelly

Moderators

Season	Moderators
1	Thore Schölermann	Lena Gercke
2

International versions

The production company Talpa Media Holding announced in October 2017 that in addition to the children's version The Voice Kids, an additional, similar format for older applicants called The Voice Senior was planned for The Voice of Holland , which will be broadcast on the Dutch broadcaster RTL 4 in August 2018 . The third branch of the talent show The Voice in the Netherlands , in which the candidates must be 65 years of age at least, to all three generations of the audience wants to purposefully achieve.

Shortly thereafter, announcements were made in other European countries that the country's own The Voice shows would get versions with the title The Voice Senior , but the minimum age was set at 60. In December 2017, the new program was presented in Germany , further announcements were made in Russia , Great Britain , Belgium and Spain .

Web links

• The Voice Senior website
• The Voice Senior on fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sat.1 program highlights 2018/19: More money for more in-house productions. Fernsehserien.de , June 21, 2018, accessed July 1, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Jonathan Berg: The start date for "The Voice Senior" has been set - that's all the information! yahoo.de, November 23, 2018, accessed November 27, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Extra: “The Voice Senior” heads to Germany; NFB launches interactive doc. realscreen.com, December 18, 2017, accessed on July 1, 2018 . 
4. ^ The Voice Senior. July 5, 2018, accessed November 14, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Manuela Pauker: These are the coaches from "The Voice Senior". Advertise & Sell , June 29, 2018, accessed June 30, 2018 . 
6. ↑ MIPCOM '17: Talpa unveiled “The Voice Senior”, “Lost in Translation”. realscreen.com, October 16, 2017, accessed July 1, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Sat.1 starts senior version of "The Voice of Germany". W&V , December 18, 2017, accessed July 1, 2018 . 
8. ^ Talpa working with ITV on adaptation of The Voice Senior. talpa.tv, February 14, 2018, accessed on July 1, 2018 (English). 
9. ^ The Voice Senior travels to Belgium. talpa.tv, March 12, 2018, accessed on July 1, 2018 (English). 
10. ↑ Atresmedia Televisión y Talpa Media alcanzan un acuerdo para la emisión de los formatos de 'La Voz' en España. June 27, 2018, Retrieved July 1, 2018 (Spanish).