The Voice South Africa season 1

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The Voice South Africa
Season 1
Hosted byLungile Radu
Stacy Norman
Coaches Kahn Morbee
Lira
Bobby van Jaarsveld
Karen Zoid
WinnerRichard Stirton
Winning coachKahn Morbee
Runner-upGavin Edwards
Release
Original network M-Net
Original release31 January (2016-01-31) 
22 May 2016 (2016-05-22)

The Voice South Africa is a South African television music competition to find new singing talent. The first season began airing on 31 January 2016 on M-Net. The season is hosted by Lungile Radu with Stacy Norman as the V-Reporter, and are joined by coaches Kahn Morbee, Lira, Bobby van Jaarsveld, and Karen Zoid.

Contents

Richard Stirton won the first season on 22 May 2016.

Teams

Colour key:

Blind auditions

Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they wanted that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist will choose their coach.

Colour key
  Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button
    Artist defaulted to this coach's team
    Artist elected to join this coach's team
    Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button

Blind audition 1 (31 January)

The series premiere was broadcast on 31 January 2016.

OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches and artists choices
Kahn Lira Bobby Karen
1Mbijana Sibisi24"Redemption Song"--
2Marcel de Almeida22"Push Me to the Floor"--
3Thembeka Mnguni32"Brand New Me"-
4Gavin Welsh38N/A----
5Thato Burhali ReynoldsN/AN/A---
6Joanna AbatzoglouN/AN/A----
7El Clay25"I'm Not the Only One"
8Jessica Martins18"Pompeii"-
9Prime Zulu27"Give Me One Reason"
10Jeremy Olivier40"All of Me"

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