The Voice Kids (Philippines season 1)
| Broadcast from | May 24 – July 27, 2014 |
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| Host(s) | Luis Manzano |
| Co-host(s) | Alex Gonzaga |
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| Finals venue | Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila, Newport City, Pasay City |
| Lyca Gairanod | |
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| Song | "Narito Ako" |
| Genre(s) | Pop rock, OPM |
| Darren Espanto | |
The first season of The Voice Kids was a Philippine reality singing competition on ABS-CBN. It was based on the Dutch reality competition of the same name.Lea Salonga, Sarah Geronimo, and Bamboo Mañalac, who also sits as coaches in the adult version, are the coaches of the show. It was hosted by Luis Manzano, along with Alex Gonzaga as the show's backstage host. The show was set to premiere in April 2014, but was moved to May 24, 2014. It aired at 6:45 p.m. (PST) every Saturdays, and at 7:30 p.m. (PST) every Sundays.
The show ended on July 27, 2014 with Lyca Gairanod of Team Sarah being declared as the first grand champion.
On November 18, 2013, Lauren Dyogi, the franchise's business unit head, announced on Twitter that there will be a kids version of The Voice of the Philippines. The franchise was launched after the success of the first season of the main version which had garnered high ratings and was trending topic online. Auditions schedule were later announced in the same month.
On March 9, 2014, the show released its first teaser. On March 17, 2014, the production team of the program started to provide updates of the filming of the Blind auditions, posting teasers of the new improved set and chairs and of the coaches in the show's official social media accounts. A second teaser was aired on April 2, 2014. Three teasers, one for each coach, were aired on April 17, 2014. In May, the show aired its first Blind audition teaser.
At first, there were rumors that an unnamed Filipino singer who is popular in Asia, and a Filipina singer who is known for winning an international reality singing competition will sit as coaches for this series. Later on the January 15, 2014 interview by Push, Lea Salonga confirmed that she will join as one of the coaches for the inaugural season of The Voice Kids. Salonga also confirmed that there will only be three coaches in this show, and coach apl.de.ap will not be part of this version. On March 7, 2014, Salonga confirmed on her Twitter that Sarah Geronimo and Bamboo Mañalac will be part of the kids version of the show.
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