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Ionel Istrati

Vocea României
Season 1
Broadcast from September 27 (2011-09-27) – December 26, 2011 (2011-12-26)
Coaches Horia Brenciu
Loredana Groza
Smiley
Marius Moga
Host(s) Pavel Bartoș
Co-host(s) Roxana Ionescu
Vlad Roșca (backstage)
Broadcaster ProTV
Venue MediaPro Studios, Buftea
Romania
Runtime 105 – 223 minutes
No. of episodes 15
Website http://vocearomaniei.protv.ro/
Winner
Ștefan Stan
Origin Bucharest
Genre(s)
Coach Smiley
Runner-up
Chronology

The first season of the Romanian reality talent show Vocea României premiered on September 27, 2011 on ProTV and was hosted by Pavel Bartoș and Roxana Ionescu, while Vlad Roșca was the social media correspondent.Horia Brenciu, Loredana Groza, Smiley and Marius Moga were the coaches for the first season. Each coach was allowed to mentor twelve contestants. The winner was Ștefan Stan from Team Smiley.

The season finale aired on December 26, 2011. It immediately proved to be a hit for ProTV and the network renewed the show for a second season.

The series consists of three phases: a blind audition (audiție pe nevăzute), a battle phase (confruntări) and live performance shows (spectacole live). Four coaches, all famous musicians, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the auditioner's performance (about two minutes) to decide if they want that singer on their team; if two or more coaches want the same singer, then the singer gets to choose their coach.

Contestant auditions were held on June 26 and 27, 2011, at Hotel Crown Plaza Bucharest. Contestants were also allowed to submit online applications.

The first of five pre-recorded audition episodes aired on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. The show started with the four coaches singing Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now".

The second episode aired on October 4, 2011.

The third episode aired on October 11, 2011.

The fourth episode aired on October 18, 2011.

The fifth and last blind audition episode was aired on October 25, 2011.

After the blind auditions, each coach had twelve contestants for the battle rounds that aired from November 1 to November 15, 2011. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". Each episode featured seven or eight battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants.


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