The Voice of Finland
| The Voice of Finland | |
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| Created by |
John de Mol Roel van Velzen |
| Presented by | Heikki Paasonen (2016-) Axl Smith (2011-2016) |
| Judges |
Elastinen (2011-2013) Michael Monroe (2011-) Anne Mattila (2014) Mira Luoti (2014) Lauri Tähkä (2011-2013) Paula Koivuniemi (2011-2013) Olli Lindholm (2015-) Redrama (2015-) Anna Puu (2017-) Tarja Turunen (2015-2016) |
| Country of origin | Finland |
| Original language(s) | Finnish |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 94 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Talpa Media Group |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nelonen |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 30 December 2011 – ongoing |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Voice of Finland is a Finnish reality singing competition and local version of The Voice first broadcast as The Voice of Holland. The series premiered on Nelonen on 30 December 2011 and the first season concluded in April 2012. The series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on 4 January 2013 and concluded on 26 April 2013. The series was further renewed for a third season, which premiered on 3 January 2014.
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.
The series is shot at the Logomo cultural venue in Turku.
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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 six 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 acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team.
In the final phase, the remaining contestants 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 semi-final. In the semi-final the results are based on a mix of public vote, advance vote on the previous week's performances, and voting of coaches. Each carries equal weight of 100 points for a total of 300 points.
With one team member remaining for each coach, the (final 4) contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided by advance vote and public vote, both with equal weight of 100 points for a total of 200 points.
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