The Voice Nigeria
| The Voice Nigeria | |
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| Genre |
Reality Talent Show |
| Created by | John de Mol |
| Based on | The Voice of Holland |
| Presented by |
IK Osakioduwa Stephanie Coker |
| Judges |
2baba Waje Patoranking Timi Dakolo |
| Theme music composer | Martijn Schimmer |
| Opening theme | This is The Voice |
| Ending theme | This is The Voice |
| Country of origin | Nigeria |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | M-net |
| Editor(s) | Sasani Studios |
| Running time | 60-120 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Talpa Media |
| Distributor | M-net |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Africa Magic Urban Africa Magic Showcase |
| Original release | April 10, 2016 – present |
The Voice Nigeria is the Nigerian version of the TV series The Voice. It premiered on Africa Magic television channels Showcase and Urban on DStv in Nigeria on 10 April 2016 and was sponsored by Airtel and Coca-Cola. The winner would earn a recording contract with Universal Music Group, an SUV car worth N7 million and a trip to Abu Dhabi.
Format
The Blind Auditions
The show starts with the Blind auditions. In this stage the coaches, all noteworthy performing artists, have their chairs faced away from the stage as the contestant sings. The coaches have the duration of the contestant's performance(90 seconds) to decide whether they want the contestant on their team and turn. If one coach turns, the contestant defaults to that coach but if more than one coach turns, the contestant has to choose who he/she wants to work with. In the end of the blind auditions, each coach will have twelve "Talents" on their teams.
The Battle Rounds
The next stage is the battle rounds. In this stage, the coaches pair their talents in twos and give each pair a song to perform. After the performance the coach chooses one to advance while the other goes home, or is stolen by another coach. Each coach has two steals. The coaches advance with eight talents each at the end of the battle rounds.
The Live Shows
After the battle rounds comes the Live Shows. In this stage, each of the talents perform a song given by their coach, and the coach saves one out of every four talents while the rest are left to public votes. Public votes save one talent out of each team every week while the rest are evicted. The talents are cut from 32 to 16 to 12 to 8 of them who qualify for the finals. From the Top 8, the winner and runner up are decided by the public votes.[1]
Coaches
Hosts
Season 1 (2016)
| The Voice Nigeria (Season 1) | |
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| Broadcast from | 10 April – 31 July 2016 |
| Coaches |
2baba Waje Patoranking Timi Dakolo |
| Finals venue | Sasani Studios |
| Winner | |
| A'rese | |
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| Origin | Edo State |
| Song | ""Hallelujah"" |
| Genre(s) | Adult Contemporary |
| Coach | Waje |
| Runner-up | |
| Chike | |
The opening broadcast was on 10 April 2016. The four coaches for the inaugural season are Nigerian artistes Waje, Timi Dakolo, Patoranking and 2baba aka Tuface (formerly known as 2face Idibia). The programme is hosted by IK Osakioduwa and Stephanie Coker.[2]
Contestants
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Top 4
- A'rese from Team Waje - winner
- Chike from Team Patoranking - runner-up
- Cornel from Team Timi - third
- Brenda from Team 2baba - fourth