The Voice Belgique

The Voice Belgique
Created by	John de Mol Roel van Velzen
Presented by	Maureen Louys
Judges	Beverly Jo Scott (season 1-) Quentin Mosimann (season 1-2,5-) Stanislas (season 4-) Cats on Trees (season5-) Jali (season 4) Chimène Badi (season 4) Bastian Baker (season 3) Natasha St-Pier (season 2-3) Marc Pinilla (season 2-3) Lio (season 1) Joshua (season 1)
Country of origin	Belgium
Original language(s)	French
No. of series	5
Production
Producer(s)	Talpa Media Group
Release
Original network	La Une & VivaCité
Picture format	16:9
Original release	December 20, 2011 (2011-12-20) – present
External links
Website

The Voice Belgique is a francophone Belgian reality television singing competition. The TV show is part of the international "Voice" franchise that started in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland. It kicked-off on December 20, 2011, one month after its Flemish Belgian counterpart, The Voice van Vlaanderen went on air. It is currently airing on La Une from RTBF network.^[1]

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.

Overview

Coaches timeline

Coaches and Finalists

     – Winning Coach/Contestant. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

     – Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.

     – 3rd and 4th Place Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.

Format

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 four acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining one of two acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team.

In the final phase, the remaining contestants (Final 24) 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 finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote.

Series overview

Color Key

External links

• The Voice Belgique Official website

See also

• The Voice (TV series)

References

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