The Voice of Italy

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The Voice of Italy
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Created by John de Mol
Presented by
Judges
Country of originItaly
Original languageItalian
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes71
Production
ProducerToro Produzioni
Original release
Network Rai 2 HD
Rai Premium (renuns)
Rai 1
ReleaseMarch 7, 2013 (2013-03-07) 
June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)
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The Voice of Italy is a reality singing competition and Italian version of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. The inaugural season was in 2013 with the first episode airing on Rai 2 on March 7, 2013, the series ended on June 7, 2019, after 6 seasons. The show was also broadcast via radio on Radio Rai and RTL 102.5. In the summer of 2020, Rai 1 announced a new version of the show, the format of The Voice Senior on air in autumn with Antonella Clerici as TV host.[ citation needed ]

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It was hosted by the TV actor Fabio Troiano and the four judges were Raffaella Carrà, Noemi, Piero Pelù and Riccardo Cocciante. The winner of the series was Elhaida Dani from Team Cocciante. The program was renewed for a second season with the first episode broadcast on 12 March 2014 with Federico Russo hosting the show. Three of the judges returned; Carrà, Pelù and Noemi, however Riccardo Cocciante was replaced by J-Ax.

Sister Cristina Scuccia triumphed in the 2014 final for Team J-Ax. The nun, Suor Cristina Scuccia, recited the prayer 'Our Father' on stage after winning. On the third season, Raffaella Carrà was replaced by Roby and Francesco Facchinetti as judge, while Fabio Curto was the winner. From that competition, it remained in the overall impression and reaction of the judges - an outstanding performance of Janis Joplin's "Kozmic blues" famous song - by Gianna Chilla.

In March 2020, Rai 2 announced that they had no plans for a seventh season. In July 2020, Rai 1 announced the senior version of the show, participation is only open for candidates of more than 60 years old, which caused rumours that The Voice of Italy was cancelled to make way for The Voice Senior .

Format

One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.

The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.

Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with a combination of public and jury vote deciding who advances onto the next round. In the final phase, the remaining contestants (top 8) compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the final 4 phase. With one team member remaining for each coach, the (final 4) contestants compete against each other in the final with the outcome decided solely by the public vote.

Coaches and hosts

Coaches

The four positions in the coaching panel is covered by four singers who are part of the Italian music scene. The original panel consisted of Litfiba singer Piero Pelù, Italian music icons Raffaella Carrà and Riccardo Cocciante and former The X Factor contestant Noemi. After winning as coach in the first season, Cocciante left the show and in the second season and was replaced by rapper J-Ax, former singer of Articolo 31, [1] who was also triumphant at the end of the season with his winner, Cristina Scuccia. In the third season, Raffaella Carrà left the program and her position was filled by the father-and-son duo Roby and Francesco Facchinetti, the first-ever duo coach on the show. The fourth season saw the return of Carrà and the arrival of three new coaches: rapper Emis Killa, former 883 singer Max Pezzali and singer-songwriter Dolcenera. At the end of the fourth season, Carrà announced that she was leaving the program forever. None of the season four coaches returned for the next season. In November 2017, Al Bano announced his retirement as well as his new role as a coach on the fifth season. [2] Francesco Renga and Cristina Scabbia were also confirmed as coaches for season five, along with returning coach J-Ax. [3] The sixth season in 2019 again saw the total renewal of the panel, with new coaches Elettra Lamborghini, Gigi D'Alessio, Gué Pequeno and Morgan, [4] who was previously a judge on The X Factor.

CoachesSeasons
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Noemi
Piero Pelù
Raffaella Carrà
Riccardo Cocciante
J-Ax
Roby and Francesco Facchinetti
Dolcenera
Emis Killa
Max Pezzali
Al Bano
Cristina Scabbia
Francesco Renga
Elettra Lamborghini
Gigi D'Alessio
Gué Pequeno
Morgan

Hosts

In the first season, the host was actor Fabio Troiano, [5] with radio host Carolina Di Domenico serving at the liveshows in the role of V-Reporter. From the second to the fourth edition, radio and television presenter Federico Russo hosted the program, while the part relating to the web is entrusted to his colleague Valentina Correani from season two to three. Correani was replaced in the fourth edition by Alessandra "Angelina" Angeli. In the fifth edition, Federico Russo was replaced by Costantino della Gherardesca, who assumed all the duties of the main and backstage host. [6] In the sixth season, Simona Ventura was announced as the new host. [7]

PresenterSeasons
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Fabio Troiano
Carolina Di Domenico
Federico Russo
Valentina Correani
Alessandra Angeli
Costantino della Gherardesca
Simona Ventura
Key
  Main presenter
  Backstage presenter

Coaches and finalists

Color key
  Winner
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
SeasonCoaches and their finalists
1 Piero Pelù Raffaella Carrà Riccardo Cocciante Noemi
Timothy Cavicchini
Francesco Guasti
Cristina Balestriere
Danny Losito
Marco Cantagalli
Veronica De Simone
Manuel Foresta
Emanuele Lucas
Stefania Tasca
Matteo Lotti
Elhaida Dani
Mattia Lever
Lorenzo Campani
Giulia Saguatti
Donato Perrone
Silvia Capasso
Giuseppe Scianna
Diana Winter
Flavio Capasso
Giuliana Danzè
2Piero PelùRaffaella Carrà J-Ax Noemi
Giacomo Voli
Daria Biancardi
Esther Oluloro
Giulia Dagani
Claudia Megré
Tommaso Pini
Giuseppe Maggioni
Federica Buda
Luna Palumbo
Francesco Marotta
Cristina Scuccia
Dylan Magon
Valerio Jovine
Carolina Russi
Debby Lou
Giorgia Pino
Stefano Corona
Gianmarco Dottori
Andrea Manchiero
Gianna Chillà
3J-AxNoemi Roby and Francesco Facchinetti Piero Pelù
Carola Campagna
Sara Vita Felline
Maurizio Di Cesare
Raffaele Esposito
Francesca Cini
Thomas Cheval
Keeniatta Baird
Andrea Orchi
Mariangela De Santis
Daniel Petrarulo
Fabio Curto
Sarah Jane Olog
Chiara Dello Iacovo
Alberto Slitti
Alessia Labate
Roberta Carrese
Ira Green
Marco De Vincentiis
Alessandra Salerno
Tommaso Gregianin
4 Emis Killa Raffaella Carrà Max Pezzali Dolcenera
Charles Kablan
Frances Alina Ascione
Roberta Nasti
Giuliana Ferraz
Tanya Borgese
Samuel Pietrasanta
Beatrice Ferrantino
Foxy Ladies
Elya Zambolin
iWolf
Davide Carbone
Francesca Basaglia
Alice Paba
Joe Croci
Giorgia Alò
Edith Brinca
5 Francesco Renga J-Ax Cristina Scabbia Al Bano
Asia Sagripanti
Mirco Pio Coniglio
Deborah Xhako
Marica Fortugno
Beatrice Pezzini
Antonio Marino
Riccardo Giacomini
Andrea Tramacere
Andrea Butturini
Elisabetta Eneh
Alessandra Machella
Laura Ciriaco
Maryam Tancredi
Tekemaya
Mara Sottocornola
Raimondo Cataldo
6 Morgan Elettra Lamborghini Gué Pequeno Gigi D'Alessio
Diablo
Matteo Camellini
Erica Bazzeghini
Miriam Ayaba
Andrea Berté
Greta Giordano
Brenda Carolina Lawrence
Francesco Da Vinci
Ilenia Filippo
Carmen Pierri
Eliza G
Domenico Iervolino

Season summary

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

The Voice of Italy series overview
SeasonAiredWinnerRunner-upThird placeFourth placeWinning coachPresentersCoaches (chairs' order)
MainBackstage1234
12013 Elhaida Dani Timothy CavicchiniVenorica SimoneSilvia Capasso Riccardo Cocciante Fabio TroianoCarolina Di DomenicoPieroRaffaellaRiccardoNoemi
22014 Cristina Scuccia Giacomo VoliTommaso PiniGiorgia Pino J-Ax Federico Russo Valentina CorreaniJ-Ax
32015Fabio CurtoRoberta CarreseCarola CampagnaThomas Cheval Roby & Francesco J-AxNoemiRoby & FrancescoPiero
42016Alice PabaCharles KablanElya ZambolinTanya Borgese Dolcenera Alessandra AngeliEmisRaffaellaMaxDolcenera
52018Maryam TancrediBeatrice PezziniAndrea ButturiniAsia Sagripanti Al Bano Costantino della Gherardesca FrancescoJ-AxCristinaAl Bano
62019Carmen PierriBrenda LawrenceMiriam AyabaDiablo Gigi D'Alessio Simona Ventura MorganElettraGuéGigi

Senior spin-off

From November 27, 2020, a spin-off of the program, The Voice Senior , was broadcast on Rai 1, where competitors over the age of 60 participate.

Kids version

The Voice Kids is the spin-off where kids ages 7–14 participate. The program is broadcast on Rai 1.

Generations version

Before the finale of the fourth season of The Voice Senior, it was announced that the show would air a Generations spinoff, where family or friend groups consisting in singers of all ages are the ones who can apply. The spinoff originated from the Australian version of the show. The season premiered 12 April 2024 with Arisa, Clementino, Gigi D'Alessio, and Loredana Bertè as coaches. Antonella Clerici hosted the spinoff. The winner of the spinoff was Gino & Noemi from Team Clementino.

The Voice Generations series overview
SeasonAiredWinnerOther finalistsWinning coachPresenterCoaches (chairs' order)
1234
12024Gino & NoemiAlessandra & ConsueloNicolò, Gaia & GiuseppeSoul-Food Vocalist Clementino Antonella Clerici ArisaClementinoGigiLoredana

Coaches and finalists

Color key
Winner in bold, finalists in italic.
  Winner
  Runner(s)-up
SeasonCoaches and their finalists
1 Arisa Clementino Gigi D'Alessio Loredana Bertè
Alessandra & Consuelo
Giuseppe & Giovanna
Gino & Noemi
Anna & Erika
Soul-Food Vocalist
Raffaella & Andrea
Nicolò, Gaia & Giuseppe
Lilla & Ornella

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