| Vocea României | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| Hosted by | Pavel Bartoș |
| Coaches | Tudor Chirilă Loredana Groza Smiley Marius Moga |
| Winner | Cristina Bălan |
| Winning coach | Tudor Chirilă |
| Runner-up | Tomi Weissbuch |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ProTV |
| Original release | September 18 – December 18, 2015 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifth season of the Romanian reality talent show Vocea României premiered on ProTV on September 18, 2015. The hosts and the coaches from the previous season have all returned.
This season brought rule changes. Firstly, during the blind auditions, the coaches' chairs only turned around at the end of the performance if at least one of them had pressed the "I WANT YOU" button. Lastly, in the semi-final, each of the eight contestants engaged in a "crossed duel" with a contestant from another team. The winner of the duel was selected by public vote only. This opened up the possibility of coaches ending up with 0, 1 or 2 contestants in the final.
The season finale aired on December 18, 2015. Teams Tudor and Moga had one finalist each, while Team Smiley had two. Both semi-finalists in Team Loredana had been eliminated. Cristina Bălan, best known as the lead vocalist of the bands Impact and ABCD and mentored by Tudor Chirilă, was declared winner of the season. It was Chirilă's second consecutive victory as a coach.
Pre-selections took place in the following cities: [1] [2]
| Location | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Cluj-Napoca | May 24, 2015 | Hotel Golden Tulip Ana Dome |
| Iași | May 31, 2015 | Hotel Unirea |
| Brașov | June 14, 2015 | Hotel Kronwell |
| Timișoara | June 21, 2015 | Hotel Continental |
| Bucharest | June 27, 2015 | Hotel IBIS Gara de Nord |
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| Coaches | Top 56 artists | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor Chirilă | ||||||||||
| Cristina Bălan | Tincuța Fernea | Cristina Lupu | Sabrina Stroe | Claudia Andas | ||||||
| Daniel Bălan | Roxana Morar | Armand Murzea | ||||||||
| Andreea Manasia | Ovidiu Turcu | Paula Rotar | Adrian Stănescu | Florina Călin | ||||||
| Marius Moga | ||||||||||
| Tomi Weissbuch | Alex Florea | Delia Pitu | Irina Pelin | Cristina Stroe | ||||||
| Andrei Vitan | Elvis Silitră | Adrian Tănase | Lorena Stoian | Andreea Oprea | ||||||
| Luciana Ștefan | Florin Cruceru | Mădălina Rusu | Jessie Baneș | Ioana Sapianu | ||||||
| Smiley | ||||||||||
| Tobi Ibitoye | Michel Kotcha | Larisa Ciortan | Nora Deneș | Diana Cazan | ||||||
| Diana Hetea | Ruxandra Anania | Sergiu Ferat | Cristina Popa | Tudor Ion | ||||||
| Alina Colțan | Ana Maria Ababei | Nicoleta Hăpăianu | Andreea Vătavu | Ștefan Liche | ||||||
| Loredana Groza | ||||||||||
| Antonio Fabrizi | Mihai Dragomir Rait | Florentina Ciună | Cristina Vasopol | Iulian Selea | ||||||
| Bogdan Vlădău | Gabriela Amzaru | Alexandra Mitroi | ||||||||
| Alin Pascal | Sara Maria Mihali | Tonina Tarnosche | Biu Marquetti | Elena Niciu | ||||||
| Note: Italicized names are stolen contestants (names struck through within former teams). | ||||||||||
The first phase of the competition, the blind auditions, taped July 25–26 [3] and August 3–4, 2015, [4] [5] at the Kentauros Studios, Ștefăneștii de Jos, [6] began airing when the season premiered on September 18, 2015.
| ✔ | 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 | |
The first of seven pre-recorded audition episodes aired on Friday, September 18, 2015. [7]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| 1 | Claudia Andas | 39 | Bucharest | "The Best" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Florin Cruceru | 31 | Bucharest | "Billionaire" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 3 | Angela Bîtlan | 19 | Galați, Galați | "Because You Loved Me" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Ovidiu Turcu | 31 | Bucharest | "The Great Pretender" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Biu Marquetti | 40 | Bucharest | "Sólo se vive una vez" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 6 | Liviu Bazu | 62 | Mentana, Italy | "My Way" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Ali Hamid Aṣer Dan | 21 | Bucharest | "Buffalo Soldier" | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Cristina Vasopol | 35 | Galați, Galați | "Cry Baby" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 9 | Alexandra Boghici | 27 | Galați, Galați | "Stop!" | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Michel Kotcha | 23 | Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast | "Forget You" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 11 | Cristina Stroe | 23 | Bucharest | "Dor de viață" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| 12 | Roxana Sorina Tătaru | 38 | Ploiești, Prahova | "Saving All My Love for You" | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Diana Cazan | 27 | Craiova, Dolj | "Clown" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
The second episode aired on September 25, 2015. [8]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| 1 | Ștefan Liche | 16 | Bacău, Bacău | "De-ai fi tu salcie la mal" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Cristina Bălan | 34 | Bucharest | "Down on My Knees" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Mihai Baneș | 46 | Oradea, Bihor | "L-O-V-E" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Jessie Baneș | 19 | Oradea, Bihor | "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 5 | Cristina Lupu | 24 | Bucharest | "That Don't Impress Me Much" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Ion Oprea Cortez | 48 | Bucharest | "Englishman in New York" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Daniel Bălan | 23 | Bucharest | "La bohème" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8 | Gioconda Mimi Danilescu | 51 | Bucharest | "I'm So Excited" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Ana Maria Ababei | 20 | Iași, Iași | "Love Me like You Do" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 10 | Tudor Ion | 26 | Bucharest | "So Sick" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 11 | Laura Bodorin | 22 | Chișinău, Moldova | "Crazy" | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Elie Haddad | 33 | Bucharest | "Enter Sandman" | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Roxana Morar | 17 | Brașov, Brașov | "Under" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
The third episode was aired on October 2, 2015. [9]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| 1 | Sabrina Stroe | 18 | Brașov, Brașov | "Billie Jean" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| 2 | Armand Murzea | 36 | Bucharest | "Your Man" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 3 | Daniela Bayer | 48 | Ploiești, Prahova | "Respect" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Bogdan Vlădău | 35 | Bucharest | "Use Somebody" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 5 | Mădălina Rusu | 17 | Gherla, Cluj | "Proud Mary" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 6 | Iulia Stoica | 21 | Sibiu, Sibiu | "I Want to Break Free" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Mihai Dragomir Rait | 35 | Bucharest | "Zaraza" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8 | Andreea Vătavu | 24 | Galați, Galați | "Hey Mama" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 9 | Robert Pascari | 27 | Gura Humorului, Suceava | "Take On Me" | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Doina Spătaru | 29 | Chișinău, Moldova | "Valerie" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Andrei Vitan | 24 | Brașov, Brașov | "Feeling Good" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 12 | Răzvan Munteanu | 31 | Timișoara, Timiș | "White Wedding" | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Florentina Ciună | 27 | Bucharest | "Fallin'" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
The fourth episode aired on October 9, 2015. [10]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| 1 | Elvis Silitră | 21 | Bucharest | "Time Is Running Out" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Alina Colțan | 28 | Craiova, Dolj | "Empire State of Mind" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 3 | Theodor Rusu | 25 | Bucharest | "Enjoy the Silence" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Irina Pelin | 24 | Craiova, Dolj | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 5 | Corina Cojocaru | 23 | Bucharest | "Mercy" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Antonio Fabrizi | 36 | Bucharest | "Caruso" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7 | Florina Călin | 33 | Bucharest | "Nobody's Wife" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 8 | Elena Buga | 26 | Chișinău, Moldova | "Welcome to Burlesque" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Filip Emanuel Dongo | 18 | Tomnatic, Timiș | "Here Without You" | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Larisa Ciortan | 26 | Constanța, Constanța | "Smells like Teen Spirit" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 11 | Robert-Nicolae Feraru | 17 | Bucharest | "Oameni" | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Lorena Stoian | 18 | Bucharest | "See You Again" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 13 | Adrian Stănescu | 22 | Tărtășești, Dâmbovița | "Purple Rain" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
The fifth episode aired on October 16, 2015. [11]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| 1 | Tincuța Fernea | 16 | Satu Mare, Satu Mare | "When I Was Your Man" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| 2 | Alin Pascal | 34 | Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud | "Historia de un amor" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 3 | Speranța Vasiliu | 47 | Iași, Iași | "Mon mec à moi" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Tomi Weissbuch | 17 | Bucharest | "Thinking Out Loud" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 5 | Nicoleta Hăpăianu | 18 | Timișoara, Timiș | "Say You Love Me" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Cătălina Antal | 24 | Bucharest | "All I Could Do Was Cry" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Ionuț Botea | 35 | Deta, Timiș | "Locked Out of Heaven" | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Elena Niciu | 33 | Petroșani, Hunedoara | "Non, je ne regrette rien" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 9 | Andreea Oprea | 17 | Bucharest | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 10 | Gabriel Ionuț Cîndea | 22 | Orăștie, Hunedoara | "Home" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Alexandra Mitroi | 24 | Timișoara, Timiș | "Can't Remember to Forget You" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 12 | Andreea Cârstea | 20 | Brașov, Brașov | "Seven Nation Army" | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Ruxandra Anania | 36 | Bucharest | "This World" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
The sixth episode was aired on October 23, 2015. [12]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| 1 | Iulian Selea | 16 | Pitești, Argeș | "Take Me to Church" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 2 | Paula Rotar | 23 | Cluj-Napoca, Cluj | "Sail" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 3 | Robert Pița | 17 | Brașov, Brașov | "N'oubliez jamais" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Nora Deneș | 33 | Baia Mare, Maramureș | "Highway to Hell" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Adrian Tănase | 24 | Bucharest | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Diana Culic | 27 | Cluj-Napoca, Cluj | "FourFiveSeconds" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Aurelian-Ionuț Faur | 29 | Târgoviște, Dâmbovița | "Suspicious Minds" | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Luciana Ștefan | 22 | Bucharest | "Trouble with My Baby" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 9 | Tobi Ibitoye | 22 | Lagos, Nigeria | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| 10 | Raluca Dumitrescu | 20 | Arad, Arad | "Oh! Darling" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Tonina Tarnosche | 28 | Bucharest | "Walking in Memphis" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 12 | Mircea Crîșmăreanu | 39 | Brașov, Brașov | "Unchain My Heart" | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Delia Pitu | 21 | Constanța, Constanța | "If I Ain't Got You" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
The seventh and last blind audition episode aired on October 30, 2015. [13]
| Order | Artist | Age | Hometown | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| 1 | Diana Hetea | 36 | Timișoara, Timiș | "Make You Feel My Love" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Gabriela Amzaru | 16 | Călărași, Călărași | "Ileană" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 3 | Alex Florea | 23 | Constanța, Constanța | "Bed of Roses" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 4 | Claudia Hallo | 28 | Bucharest | "Waiting All Night" | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Florin Gheorghe Mureșan | 42 | Deva, Hunedoara | "Delilah" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Ioana Sapianu | 26 | Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș | "Radioactive" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7 | Sergiu Ferat | 35 | Bacău, Bacău | "Man in the Mirror" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 8 | Florin Voșloban | 34 | Reghin, Mureș | "Hey Brother" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Sara Maria Mihali | 17 | Baia Mare, Maramureș | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 10 | Adriana Gavrilă | 21 | Călărași, Călărași | "Spune-mi" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Cristina Popa | 31 | Bucharest | "Lean On" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 12 | Sebastian Tudor | 18 | Roman, Neamț | "Wake Me Up!" | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Cristina Baban | 29 | Chișinău, Moldova | "Wrecking Ball" | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Andreea Manasia | 21 | Bucharest | "If I Were a Boy" | ✔ | — | — | — |
After the blind auditions, each coach had fourteen contestants for the battle rounds, which aired November 6–20, 2015. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants. Each episode featured nine or ten battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants. Each coach could steal one losing contestant from another team, thus saving them from elimination.
Color key:
| Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
The eighth episode aired on November 6, 2015. [14]
| Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal' result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| Loredana Groza | 1 | Bogdan Vlădău | "Kids" | Elena Niciu | — | — | — | — |
| Smiley | 2 | Diana Cazan | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" | Ștefan Liche | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Larisa Ciortan | "Give It to Me Right" | Andreea Vătavu | — | — | — | — | |
| Marius Moga | 4 | Alex Florea | "Crazy" | Ioana Sapianu | — | — | — | — |
| Tudor Chirilă | 5 | Claudia Andas | "Rolling in the Deep" | Florina Călin | — | — | — | — |
| Smiley | 6 | Ruxandra Anania | "Crazy in Love (2014 Remix)" | Nicoleta Hăpăianu | — | — | — | — |
| Loredana Groza | 7 | Cristina Vasopol | "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" | Diana Hetea | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Tudor Chirilă | 8 | Armand Murzea | "Losing My Religion" | Adrian Stănescu | — | — | — | — |
| Marius Moga | 9 | Andrei Vitan | "Need You Now" | Jessie Baneș | — | — | — | — |
The ninth episode aired on November 13, 2015. [15]
| Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal' result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| Smiley | 1 | Michel Kotcha | "Master Blaster (Jammin')" | Ana Maria Ababei | — | — | — | — |
| Tudor Chirilă | 2 | Roxana Morar | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | Delia Pitu | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Loredana Groza | 3 | Mihai Dragomir Rait | "That's Amore" | Biu Marquetti | — | — | — | — |
| Marius Moga | 4 | Tomi Weissbuch | "You're the One That I Want" | Mădălina Rusu | — | — | — | — |
| Tudor Chirilă | 5 | Cristina Bălan | "Sober" | Paula Rotar | — | — | — | — |
| Smiley | 6 | Nora Deneș | "Hound Dog" | Alina Colțan | — | — | — | — |
| Marius Moga | 7 | Elvis Silitră | "Creep" | Florin Cruceru | — | — | — | — |
| Loredana Groza | 8 | Gabriela Amzaru | "Next to Me" | Tonina Tarnosche | — | — | — | — |
| Tudor Chirilă | 9 | Cristina Lupu | "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" | Ovidiu Turcu | — | — | — | — |
The tenth episode aired on November 20, 2015. [16]
| Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal' result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor | Loredana | Smiley | Moga | |||||
| Smiley | 1 | Tobi Ibitoye | "What a Wonderful World" | Tudor Ion | — | — | — | — |
| Marius Moga | 2 | Cristina Stroe | "No Diggity" | Luciana Ștefan | — | — | — | — |
| Loredana Groza | 3 | Iulian Selea | "Impossible" | Daniel Bălan | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Tudor Chirilă | 4 | Sabrina Stroe | "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" | Andreea Manasia | — | — | — | — |
| Smiley | 5 | Sergiu Ferat | "One Sweet Day" | Cristina Popa | — | — | — | — |
| Marius Moga | 6 | Irina Pelin | "Ironic" | Andreea Oprea | — | — | — | — |
| Loredana Groza | 7 | Antonio Fabrizi | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Sara Maria Mihali | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Alexandra Mitroi | "We've Got Tonight" | Alin Pascal | — | — | — | — | |
| Marius Moga | 9 | Adrian Tănase | "All My Life" | Lorena Stoian | — | — | — | — |
| Tudor Chirilă | 10 | Tincuța Fernea | "Proud Mary" | Florentina Ciună | — | ✔ | — | — |
| Artist was saved by the public vote | |
| Artist was chosen by their coach | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Four contestants from each team competed in each of the Live Playoffs, which aired on Friday, November 27, and Tuesday, December 1, 2015. In either of the two shows, the public vote could save one contestant from each team, the second one being chosen by the coach. The other two contestants were eliminated. [17] [18]
| Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smiley | 1 | Tobi Ibitoye | "Freedom!" | Smiley's choice |
| 2 | Larisa Ciortan | "Nothing Else Matters" | Public vote | |
| 3 | Ruxandra Anania | "You Know I'm No Good" | Eliminated | |
| 4 | Sergiu Ferat | "I Believe I Can Fly" | Eliminated | |
| Tudor Chirilă | 5 | Roxana Morar | "Best of You" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Armand Murzea | "Perfect Day" | Eliminated | |
| 7 | Sabrina Stroe | "Rehab" | Tudor's choice | |
| 8 | Cristina Lupu | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | Public vote | |
| Loredana Groza | 9 | Gabriela Amzaru | "Paris (Ooh La La)" | Eliminated |
| 10 | Antonio Fabrizi | "Eternitate" | Public vote | |
| 11 | Florentina Ciună | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Loredana's choice | |
| 12 | Alexandra Mitroi | "Black Velvet" | Eliminated | |
| Marius Moga | 13 | Delia Pitu | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Public vote |
| 14 | Elvis Silitră | "Can't Feel My Face" | Eliminated | |
| 15 | Irina Pelin | "Hello" | Moga's choice | |
| 16 | Adrian Tănase | "Mirrors" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonia | Mash-up: "Dream About My Face" / "I Got You" |
| Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loredana Groza | 1 | Cristina Vasopol | "Ană, zorile se varsă" | Loredana's choice |
| 2 | Iulian Selea | "Uptown Funk" | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Mihai Dragomir Rait | "Drumurile noastre" | Public vote | |
| 4 | Bogdan Vlădău | "Earned It" | Eliminated | |
| Marius Moga | 5 | Cristina Stroe | "Lume, lume" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Alex Florea | "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" | Moga's choice | |
| 7 | Andrei Vitan | "Timpul" | Eliminated | |
| 8 | Tomi Weissbuch | "Lay Me Down" | Public vote | |
| Tudor Chirilă | 9 | Cristina Bălan | "Un actor grăbit" | Tudor's choice |
| 10 | Daniel Bălan | "Photograph" | Eliminated | |
| 11 | Tincuța Fernea | "America's Sweetheart" | Public vote | |
| 12 | Claudia Andas | "Te-aștept să vii" | Eliminated | |
| Smiley | 13 | Michel Kotcha | "Writing's on the Wall" | Public vote |
| 14 | Nora Deneș | "De la capăt" | Smiley's choice | |
| 15 | Diana Cazan | "Cine te crezi?" | Eliminated | |
| 16 | Diana Hetea | "You Lost Me" | Eliminated |
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 12 contestants | "Deșteaptă-te, române!" |
| 2 | Alina Dincă and episode 11 winners | "Fii TU România" |
All 16 remaining contestants competed in the third live show on Friday, December 4, 2015. Voting proceeded as before, except the show started imposing a limit of 5 votes per phone number. [19]
| Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tudor Chirilă | 1 | Cristina Lupu | "Blue Suede Shoes" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Sabrina Stroe | "A Woman Left Lonely" | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Tincuța Fernea | "Listen" | Public vote | |
| 4 | Cristina Bălan | "Squander" | Tudor's choice | |
| Smiley | 5 | Larisa Ciortan | "What's Up?" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Michel Kotcha | "Rolling in the Deep" | Smiley's choice | |
| 7 | Nora Deneș | "Roxanne" 1 | Eliminated | |
| 8 | Tobi Ibitoye | "Beneath Your Beautiful" | Public vote | |
| Marius Moga | 9 | Delia Pitu | "Read All About It, Pt. III" | Eliminated |
| 10 | Irina Pelin | "Because of You" | Eliminated | |
| 11 | Alex Florea | "Banii vorbesc" | Public vote | |
| 12 | Tomi Weissbuch | "Epilog" | Moga's choice | |
| Loredana Groza | 13 | Antonio Fabrizi | "Pensieri e parole" | Public vote |
| 14 | Cristina Vasopol | "I Put a Spell on You" | Eliminated | |
| 15 | Mihai Dragomir Rait | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Loredana's choice | |
| 16 | Florentina Ciună | "Somewhere" | Eliminated |
1 The performance also contained a whistled snippet of "Oarecare", a Smiley song.
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feli | "Creioane colorate" |
The semi-final aired on Friday, December 11, 2015, and featured four "crossed duels" consisting of pairings of contestants from different teams. Each contestant performed a single song. The outcome of each duel was decided by public vote only. With the elimination of Antonio Fabrizi and Mihai Dragomir Rait, Loredana no longer had any artist remaining on her team. [20]
| Coach | Duel | Artist | Song | Result |
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| Smiley | 1 | Michel Kotcha | "Who's Lovin' You" | Advanced |
| Loredana Groza | Antonio Fabrizi | "Senza parole" / "Meravigliosa creatura" | Eliminated | |
| Loredana Groza | 2 | Mihai Dragomir Rait | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Emilinated |
| Tudor Chirilă | Cristina Bălan | "Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)" | Advanced | |
| Tudor Chirilă | 3 | Tincuța Fernea | "The Winner Takes It All" | Eliminated |
| Marius Moga | Tomi Weissbuch | "Preocupat cu gura ta" | Advanced | |
| Marius Moga | 4 | Alex Florea | "Atât de singur" | Eliminated |
| Smiley | Tobi Ibitoye | "Make It Rain" | Advanced |
| Order | Performer | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOC and Smiley | "Pierdut buletin" |
| 2 | Loredana Groza | "A ta mireasă" |
| 3 | Vama | "Declar pierdută țară" |
| 4 | Angelo Simonică and Nicole Cherry | "Pot eu să te urăsc?" |
| 5 | PRO Dance Crew | Dance inspired by the Star Wars franchise |
The top 4 contestants performed in the grand final on Friday, December 18, 2015. This week, the four finalists performed a solo song, a duet with a well-known musician (or group of musicians) and a duet with their coach. The public vote determined the winner, and that resulted in a victory for Cristina Bălan, Tudor Chirilă's second consecutive victory as a coach. [21] [22]
| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo song | Order | Duet song (with musician) | Order | Duet song (with coach) | Result |
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| Smiley | Tobi Ibitoye | 1 | "Feeling Good" / "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | 5 | "Jealous" (with Alina Eremia) | 9 | "Acasă" | Third place |
| Smiley | Michel Kotcha | 4 | "Unchained Melody" | 8 | "Și îngerii au demonii lor" (with Dan Bittman) | 9 | "Acasă" | Fourth place |
| Marius Moga | Tomi Weissbuch | 10 | "Fix You" | 2 | "România" / "Return to Innocence" (with Andra) | 6 | "Wonderwall" / "Tot mai sus" | Runner-up |
| Tudor Chirilă | Cristina Bălan | 7 | "This Is My Life" | 11 | "The Show Must Go On" (with the Royal Choir) | 3 | "Vama Veche" | Winner |
| Order | Performer | Song |
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| 1 | Vița de Vie | "Praf de stele" |
| 2 | Loredana Groza, Florentina Ciună, Antonio Fabrizi, Iulian Selea, Cristina Vasopol | "Te iubesc" |
| 3 | Fameless 2 | "For the Love of God" |
| 4 | Cristina Bălan | "This Is My Life" (winning reprise) |
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| # | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Final | ||
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| Tuesday | Friday | |||||
| Cristina Bălan | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |
| Tomi Weissbuch | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | |
| Tobi Ibitoye | Safe | — | Safe | Safe | 3rd place | |
| Michel Kotcha | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th place | |
| Alex Florea | — | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 3) | |
| Tincuța Fernea | — | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||
| Mihai Dragomir Rait | — | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||
| Antonio Fabrizi | Safe | — | Safe | Eliminated | ||
| Florentina Ciună | Safe | — | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 2.2) | ||
| Cristina Vasopol | — | Safe | Eliminated | |||
| Irina Pelin | Safe | — | Eliminated | |||
| Delia Pitu | Safe | — | Eliminated | |||
| Larisa Ciortan | Safe | — | Eliminated | |||
| Nora Deneș | — | Safe | Eliminated | |||
| Cristina Lupu | Safe | — | Eliminated | |||
| Sabrina Stroe | Safe | — | Eliminated | |||
| Diana Cazan | — | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 2.1) | |||
| Diana Hetea | — | Eliminated | ||||
| Claudia Andas | — | Eliminated | ||||
| Daniel Bălan | — | Eliminated | ||||
| Cristina Stroe | — | Eliminated | ||||
| Andrei Vitan | — | Eliminated | ||||
| Iulian Selea | — | Eliminated | ||||
| Bogdan Vlădău | — | Eliminated | ||||
| Elvis Silitră | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||
| Adrian Tănase | Eliminated | |||||
| Gabriela Amzaru | Eliminated | |||||
| Alexandra Mitroi | Eliminated | |||||
| Roxana Morar | Eliminated | |||||
| Armand Murzea | Eliminated | |||||
| Ruxandra Anania | Eliminated | |||||
| Sergiu Ferat | Eliminated | |||||
| Reference(s) | [23] | [24] [25] | [26] | [27] | [28] [29] [30] | |
Multiple contestants eliminated in the pre-selection phase accused Loredana Groza of bias toward the students at her private singing school. According to them, Lucia Ciobotaru, one of the teachers at this school, was on the pre-selection judging panel. [31]
Contestant Liviu Bazu, who had sung in well-known Romanian bands, such as FFN, Cromatic and Basorelief, and who had appeared in the first episode of the season, claimed that the coaches had been "influenced and manipulated" by Czech producer Peter Majeský, so that they would not press their buttons during his audition. The two had had an argument a few days before, at the rehearsals, because Majeský was smoking in the studio. Bazu stated that, in the wake of the incident, he had decided to kick up a fuss after his audition, since he was sure that it was going to be unsuccessful. After his audition, Bazu expressed his outrage at the production team, declaring that it "destroyed a legend". The contestant also claimed that the production team had insisted that he should participate and that his audition song had been imposed upon him. There has been no statement from ProTV regarding the incident. [32] [33]
Tincuța Fernea, a native of Satu Mare and one of the season 5 semi-finalists, was at the center of a media scandal, in the wake of an aggressive publicity campaign promoting the singer, started by the Satu Mare County Council. Fernea's coach, Tudor Chirilă, disapproved of the campaign on his personal blog, [34] criticizing the political involvement of the council in the show and the fact that the council had spent public funds and used pictures of him without consent. Chirilă also stated that the actions of the authorities of Satu Mare had been very unfair towards the other competitors and advised the viewers not to take the artists' origin or artistic past into consideration when voting. Fernea was saved by the public vote twice: in episodes 12 and 13. The coach considered that Fernea had a poor performance in episode 12, which she made up for in episode 13. The involvement of the Satu Mare County Council spawned negative reactions among some viewers who complained about the abundance of posters advising readers to vote for the artist. ProTV requested the removal of the posters, on the ground that they included the logo of the show and pictures of Tudor Chirilă without consent. The president of the council, Adrian Ștef, stated that he found the intention of supporting the contestant natural. Ștef apologized to ProTV and the other contestants, while denying any underlying political motive to the campaign. He also denied any accusations of bias, mentioning that the Satu Mare County Council had made a similar campaign in 2013, in order to support singer Bogdan Bratiș, who came fourth in the third season of the Romanian version of The X Factor. [35] [36]
The participation of Cristina Bălan, the winner of the season and former lead singer of the band Impact, spawned negative reactions among some viewers who considered that the artist had an unfair advantage due to the popularity of the band in Romania in the 2000s. [37] Biu Marquetti, Bogdan Vlădău and Mihai Dragomir had also had various degrees of popularity before participating. [38] Bălan expressed surprise at her own victory and explained that her participation was not against the rules of the contest. She also stated that she saw Vocea României as a chance to restart her music career, after a long period of inactivity. [39] [40]
| Stage | # | Original airdate | Timeslot (EEST / EET) | Target | Sources | ||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Pk (000) | Avg (000) | Rtg (%) | Shr (%) | Rk | Pk (000) | Avg (000) | Rtg (%) | Shr (%) | Rk | Pk (000) | Avg (000) | Rtg (%) | Shr (%) | |||||
| Blind auditions | 1 | September 18, 2015 | Friday, 8:30 PM | 1 | 2,000 | 1,570 | 8.5 | 20.4 | 1 | — | 882 | 8.7 | 21.2 | 1 | — | 513 | 10.2 | 30.7 | [41] [42] |
| 2 | September 25, 2015 | 1 | 2,100 | 1,565 | 8.5 | 17.5 | 1 | — | 1,011 | 10.0 | 20.9 | 1 | — | 593 | 11.7 | 27.7 | [43] [44] | ||
| 3 | October 2, 2015 | 1 | 2,491 | 1,792 | 9.7 | 20.7 | 1 | 1,676 | 1,169 | 11.6 | 24.0 | 1 | 1,005 | 706 | 13.9 | 32.6 | [45] | ||
| 4 | October 9, 2015 | 1 | 2,564 | 1,948 | 10.6 | 21.8 | 1 | 1,510 | 1,181 | 11.7 | 24.5 | 1 | 900 | 707 | 14.0 | 32.6 | [46] | ||
| 5 | October 16, 2015 | 1 | 2,382 | 1,764 | 9.6 | 19.7 | 1 | 1,325 | 1,008 | 10.0 | 20.9 | 1 | 724 | 565 | 11.1 | 27.9 | [47] | ||
| 6 | October 23, 2015 | 1 | 2,313 | 1,809 | 9.8 | 20.8 | 1 | 1,413 | 1,118 | 11.1 | 23.0 | 1 | 838 | 685 | 13.5 | 32.0 | [48] | ||
| 7 | October 30, 2015 | 1 | 2,341 | 1,768 | 9.6 | 20.4 | 1 | 1,408 | 1,071 | 10.6 | 22.1 | 1 | 836 | 661 | 13.0 | 31.3 | [49] | ||
| Battles | 8 | November 6, 2015 | 1 | 2,271 | 1,336 | 7.2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1,276 | 893 | 8.9 | 19.8 | 1 | 654 | 514 | 10.2 | 25.3 | [50] | |
| 9 | November 13, 2015 | 1 | 2,077 | 1,449 | 7.9 | 19.0 | 1 | 1,287 | 899 | 8.9 | 20.7 | 1 | 748 | 534 | 10.6 | 28.3 | [51] | ||
| 10 | November 20, 2015 | 1 | 2,002 | 1,297 | 7.0 | 17.3 | 1 | 1,147 | 828 | 8.2 | 19.7 | 1 | 625 | 492 | 9.7 | 26.2 | [52] | ||
| Live shows | 11 | November 27, 2015 | 1 | 2,132 | 1,135 | 6.2 | 16.5 | 1 | 1,287 | 766 | 7.6 | 19.5 | 1 | 662 | 451 | 8.9 | 25.9 | [53] | |
| 12 | December 1, 2015 | Tuesday, 8:30 PM | — | — | 1,081 | 5.9 | — | — | — | 788 | 7.8 | — | 1 | — | 520 | 10.3 | — | [54] | |
| 13 | December 4, 2015 | Friday, 8:30 PM | 1 | 1,741 | 1,022 | 5.5 | 15.0 | 1 | 1,025 | 674 | 6.7 | 17.9 | 1 | 550 | 394 | 7.8 | 23.5 | [55] | |
| Semi-final | 14 | December 11, 2015 | 1 | 1,778 | 1,258 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 1 | 1,113 | 866 | 8.6 | 19.1 | 1 | 612 | 491 | 9.8 | 26.0 | [56] | |
| Final | 15 | December 18, 2015 | 1 | 2,100 | 1,539 | 8.3 | 19.5 | 1 | 1,296 | 1,013 | 10.0 | 23.4 | 1 | 722 | 581 | 11.5 | 30.0 | [57] | |