On January 7, 2023, GMA Network announced its series lineup for 2023, which included The Voice Generations, a spin-off of The Voice franchise that first aired in Australia a year prior.[1] The series is the third spin-off of The Voice of the Philippines.[2]Johnny Manahan, who directed the other versions of the series within the Philippines, returned to direct the Generations spin-off.[3] The series was produced by ITV Studios.[4]
On a media conference for the series, GMA Network announced that the series would premiere on August 27, 2023.[5][6]
Cities in the Philippines where the auditions were held.
Online auditions for the series on April 20, 2023, to group acts which consist of two or more natural-born Filipinos aged seven years old and older, with at least two members that have at least a ten-year age gap from one another.[7][8] It was also required that the members of the acts have an "authentic relationship" with one another.[9] Acts with existing contracts with recording companies or talent managers were prohibited from auditioning.[10]
Auditionees were assisted in their online audition process in dedicated booths at several Sparkle Caravan events.[11] The auditions concluded with an in-person casting call held on June 15, 2023, at GMA Network Studios.[12]
Dingdong Dantes was announced as the series's host in a broadcast of All-Out Sundays on April 2, 2023.[14] For the YouTube and Facebook livestreams, Crystal Paras and Timmy Albert hosted the pilot episode; Matt Lozano and Shuvee Etrata for episodes 2-5; and Betong Sumaya and Jennie Gabriel for episodes 6-16.
The show's panel of coaches was later announced on June 9, 2023, via the network's flagship news program, 24 Oras.[7] The coaching panel consists of Billy Crawford, an actor and recording artist; Chito Miranda, the frontman of Parokya ni Edgar, who previously served as a judge on the second season of Idol Philippines a year prior; Julie Anne San Jose, a singer-songwriter who is regarded as one of the best-selling recording artists in the Philippines; and Stell, a member of the Filipino boy band SB19.[15][16]
The season opens with the Blind Auditions, the first televised stage of the competition. In this round, the four coaches sit in chairs facing the audience, with their backs turned to the artists. Judging solely on vocal ability, coaches press a button to turn their chairs if they’re interested in mentoring an artist. If more than one coach turns, the artist chooses whose team to join; if only one coach turns, the artist automatically joins that team.[17] By the end of the round, each coach will have formed a team to advance to the next stage of the competition.
Competitions
Following the blind auditions, the artists will compete in the sing-offs, the battles, semi-finals and the live finale.[18]
The show premiered with the Blind Auditions on August 27, 2023.[5] In this stage, artists perform while the coaches sit with their chairs facing the audience. If a coach is interested, they press a button to turn and face the performer. If only one coach turns, the artist automatically joins their team; if multiple coaches turn, the artist chooses which team to join.[17]
Each coach— Chito (Parokya ni Chito), Billy (Team Bilib), Julie (JuleSquad), and Stell (StellBound)— is tasked with building a team of five acts. By the end of the round, 20 acts advanced to the next stage, including four who received turns from all four coaches.
Blind auditions color key
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Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
Artists defaulted to a coach's team
Artists joined this coach's team
Artists were eliminated with no coach pressing their button
The second stage of the competition, the Sing-offs, began airing on October 1, 2023, featuring 20 artists. At the start of each episode, coaches randomly draw envelopes backstage to determine which team will perform— whoever draws the envelope with the show's logo goes first. Coaches also decide the performance order of their team members.
In this round, artists perform a song of their choice for their respective coach. At the end of the episode, each coach selects four acts to advance to the Battles, narrowing the competition to 16 artists.
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Artists were chosen by their coach to advance to the battles.
The Battles began airing on October 29, 2023. Following the Sing-offs, each coach entered the round with four groups. As in the previous stage, coaches backstage drew envelopes to determine which teams would perform—this time, two coaches' teams were featured per episode.
Artists were unaware of their matchups until the day of their battle. Each group performed a back-to-back song selected by their coach, and at the end of each battle, one group was eliminated. By the close of the round, only eight groups remained in the competition.
The Semi-finals began airing on November 26, 2023, featuring the eight remaining groups— two per team— competing for a spot in the Grand Finals. After all performances, each coach selected one group from their team to advance to the Grand Finals, narrowing the competition to the final four.
Group was chosen by their coach to advance to the finals
The Grand Finals aired live on December 10, 2023, with one finalist representing each coach. The remaining four acts competed head-to-head, with the winner determined exclusively by public vote.
The grand prize included a trophy, a recording and management contract with UMG Philippines, and ₱1 million in cash.
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People in television homes, the pilot episode of The Voice Generations earned an 11.1% rating.[21]
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