The Voice of Italy

Reality singing competition TV show

The Voice of Italy

Created by| John de Mol
Presented by|

* Fabio Troiano
* Federico Russo
* Costantino della Gherardesca
* Simona Ventura
* Backstage
* Carolina Di Domenico
* Valentina Correani
* Alessandra Angeli

Judges|

* Piero Pelù
* Raffaella Carrà
* Riccardo Cocciante
* Noemi
* J-Ax
* Roby & Francesco Facchinetti
* Emis Killa
* Max Pezzali
* Dolcenera
* Francesco Renga
* Cristina Scabbia
* Al Bano
* Morgan
* Elettra Lamborghini
* Gué Pequeno
* Gigi D'Alessio

Country of origin| Italy
Original language| Italian
No. of seasons| 6
No. of episodes| 71
Production
Producer| Toro Produzioni
Original release
Network| Rai 2 HD
Rai Premium (renuns)
Rai 1
Release| March 7, 2013 (2013-03-07) –
June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)
Related

* The Voice Senior
* The Voice Kids
* The Voice Generations
* The Voice (franchise)

The Voice of Italy is a reality singing competition and Italian version of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. The inaugural season was in 2013 with the first episode airing on Rai 2 on March 7, 2013, the series ended on June 7, 2019, after 6 seasons. The show was also broadcast via radio on Radio Rai and RTL 102.5. In the summer of 2020, Rai 1 announced a new version of the show, the format of The Voice Senior on air in autumn with Antonella Clerici as TV host.[citation needed]

It was hosted by the TV actor Fabio Troiano and the four judges were Raffaella Carrà, Noemi, Piero Pelù and Riccardo Cocciante. The winner of the series was Elhaida Dani from Team Cocciante. The program was renewed for a second season with the first episode broadcast on 12 March 2014 with Federico Russo hosting the show. Three of the judges returned; Carrà, Pelù and Noemi, however Riccardo Cocciante was replaced by J-Ax.

Sister Cristina Scuccia triumphed in the 2014 final for Team J-Ax. The nun, Suor Cristina Scuccia, recited the prayer 'Our Father' on stage after winning. On the third season, Raffaella Carrà was replaced by Roby and Francesco Facchinetti as judge, while Fabio Curto was the winner. From that competition, it remained in the overall impression and reaction of the judges - an outstanding performance of Janis Joplin's "Kozmic blues" famous song - by Gianna Chilla.

In March 2020, Rai 2 announced that they had no plans for a seventh season. In July 2020, Rai 1 announced the senior version of the show, participation is only open for candidates of more than 60 years old, which caused rumours that The Voice of Italy was cancelled to make way for The Voice Senior.

## Format

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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 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 acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with a combination of public and jury vote deciding who advances onto the next round. In the final phase, the remaining contestants (top 8) 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 final with the outcome decided solely by the public vote.

## Coaches and hosts

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### Coaches

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The four positions in the coaching panel is covered by four singers who are part of the Italian music scene. The original panel consisted of Litfiba singer Piero Pelù, Italian music icons Raffaella Carrà and Riccardo Cocciante and former The X Factor contestant Noemi. After winning as coach in the first season, Cocciante left the show and in the second season and was replaced by rapper J-Ax, former singer of Articolo 31,[1] who was also triumphant at the end of the season with his winner, Cristina Scuccia. In the third season, Raffaella Carrà left the program and her position was filled by the father-and-son duo Roby and Francesco Facchinetti, the first-ever duo coach on the show. The fourth season saw the return of Carrà and the arrival of three new coaches: rapper Emis Killa, former 883 singer Max Pezzali and singer-songwriter Dolcenera. At the end of the fourth season, Carrà announced that she was leaving the program forever. None of the season four coaches returned for the next season. In November 2017, Al Bano announced his retirement as well as his new role as a coach on the fifth season.[2] Francesco Renga and Cristina Scabbia were also confirmed as coaches for season five, along with returning coach J-Ax.[3] The sixth season in 2019 again saw the total renewal of the panel, with new coaches Elettra Lamborghini, Gigi D'Alessio, Gué Pequeno and Morgan,[4] who was previously a judge on The X Factor.

Coaches  | Seasons

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6
Noemi |  |
Piero Pelù |  |
Raffaella Carrà |  |  |  |
Riccardo Cocciante |  |
J-Ax |  |  |  |  |
Roby and Francesco Facchinetti |  |  |
Dolcenera |  |  |
Emis Killa |  |  |
Max Pezzali |  |  |
Al Bano |  |  |
Cristina Scabbia |  |  |
Francesco Renga |  |  |
Elettra Lamborghini |  |
Gigi D'Alessio |  |
Gué Pequeno |  |
Morgan |  |

* Coaches gallery
* Noemi (2013–2015)

* Piero Pelù (2013–2015)

* Raffaella Carrà (2013–2014, 2016)

* Riccardo Cocciante (2013)

* J-Ax (2014–2015, 2018)

* Roby and Francesco Facchinetti (2015)

* Dolcenera (2016)

* Emis Killa (2016)

* Max Pezzali (2016)

* Al Bano (2018)

* Cristina Scabbia (2018)

* Francesco Renga (2018)

* Elettra Lamborghini (2019)

* Guè Pequeno (2019)

* Gigi D'Alessio (2019)

* Morgan (2019)

### Hosts

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In the first season, the host was actor Fabio Troiano,[5] with radio host Carolina Di Domenico serving at the liveshows in the role of V-Reporter. From the second to the fourth edition, radio and television presenter Federico Russo hosted the program, while the part relating to the web is entrusted to his colleague Valentina Correani from season two to three. Correani was replaced in the fourth edition by Alessandra "Angelina" Angeli. In the fifth edition, Federico Russo was replaced by Costantino della Gherardesca, who assumed all the duties of the main and backstage host.[6] In the sixth season, Simona Ventura was announced as the new host.[7]

Presenter  | Seasons

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6
Fabio Troiano |  |
Carolina Di Domenico |  |
Federico Russo |  |  |
Valentina Correani |  |  |
Alessandra Angeli  |  |  |
Costantino della Gherardesca |  |  |
Simona Ventura |  |

Key
Main presenter
Backstage presenter

## Coaches and finalists

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Color key
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Season  | Coaches and their finalists

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1  | Piero Pelù | Raffaella Carrà | Riccardo Cocciante | Noemi
Timothy Cavicchini
Francesco Guasti
Cristina Balestriere
Danny Losito
Marco Cantagalli | Veronica De Simone
Manuel Foresta
Emanuele Lucas
Stefania Tasca
Matteo Lotti | Elhaida Dani
Mattia Lever
Lorenzo Campani
Giulia Saguatti
Donato Perrone | Silvia Capasso
Giuseppe Scianna
Diana Winter
Flavio Capasso
Giuliana Danzè
2  | Piero Pelù  | Raffaella Carrà  | J-Ax | Noemi
Giacomo Voli
Daria Biancardi
Esther Oluloro
Giulia Dagani
Claudia Megré | Tommaso Pini
Giuseppe Maggioni
Federica Buda
Luna Palumbo
Francesco Marotta | Cristina Scuccia
Dylan Magon
Valerio Jovine
Carolina Russi
Debby Lou | Giorgia Pino
Stefano Corona
Gianmarco Dottori
Andrea Manchiero
Gianna Chillà
3  | J-Ax  | Noemi  | Roby and Francesco Facchinetti | Piero Pelù
Carola Campagna
Sara Vita Felline
Maurizio Di Cesare
Raffaele Esposito
Francesca Cini | Thomas Cheval
Keeniatta Baird
Andrea Orchi
Mariangela De Santis
Daniel Petrarulo | Fabio Curto
Sarah Jane Olog
Chiara Dello Iacovo
Alberto Slitti
Alessia Labate | Roberta Carrese
Ira Green
Marco De Vincentiis
Alessandra Salerno
Tommaso Gregianin
4  | Emis Killa | Raffaella Carrà  | Max Pezzali | Dolcenera
Charles Kablan
Frances Alina Ascione
Roberta Nasti
Giuliana Ferraz | Tanya Borgese
Samuel Pietrasanta
Beatrice Ferrantino
Foxy Ladies | Elya Zambolin
iWolf
Davide Carbone
Francesca Basaglia | Alice Paba
Joe Croci
Giorgia Alò
Edith Brinca
5  | Francesco Renga | J-Ax  | Cristina Scabbia | Al Bano
Asia Sagripanti
Mirco Pio Coniglio
Deborah Xhako
Marica Fortugno | Beatrice Pezzini
Antonio Marino
Riccardo Giacomini
Andrea Tramacere | Andrea Butturini
Elisabetta Eneh
Alessandra Machella
Laura Ciriaco | Maryam Tancredi
Tekemaya
Mara Sottocornola
Raimondo Cataldo
6  | Morgan | Elettra Lamborghini | Gué Pequeno | Gigi D'Alessio
Diablo
Matteo Camellini
Erica Bazzeghini | Miriam Ayaba
Andrea Berté
Greta Giordano | Brenda Carolina Lawrence
Francesco Da Vinci
Ilenia Filippo | Carmen Pierri
Eliza G
Domenico Iervolino

## Season summary

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Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.

The Voice of Italy series overview  Season  | Aired  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Third place  | Fourth place  | Winning coach  | Presenters  | Coaches (chairs' order)

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Main  | Backstage  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4
1  | 2013  | Elhaida Dani | Timothy Cavicchini  | Veronica Simone  | Silvia Capasso  | Riccardo Cocciante | Fabio Troiano  | Carolina Di Domenico  | Piero  | Raffaella  | Riccardo  | Noemi
2  | 2014  | Cristina Scuccia | Giacomo Voli  | Tommaso Pini  | Giorgia Pino  | J-Ax | Federico Russo | Valentina Correani  | J-Ax
3  | 2015  | Fabio Curto  | Roberta Carrese  | Carola Campagna  | Thomas Cheval  | Roby & Francesco | J-Ax  | Noemi  | Roby & Francesco  | Piero
4  | 2016  | Alice Paba  | Charles Kablan  | Elya Zambolin  | Tanya Borgese  | Dolcenera | Alessandra Angeli  | Emis  | Raffaella  | Max  | Dolcenera
5  | 2018  | Maryam Tancredi  | Beatrice Pezzini  | Andrea Butturini  | Asia Sagripanti  | Al Bano | Costantino della Gherardesca | Francesco  | J-Ax  | Cristina  | Al Bano
6  | 2019  | Carmen Pierri  | Brenda Lawrence  | Miriam Ayaba  | Diablo  | Gigi D'Alessio | Simona Ventura | Morgan  | Elettra  | Gué  | Gigi

## Senior spin-off

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Main article: The Voice Senior (Italian TV series)

From November 27, 2020, a spin-off of the program, The Voice Senior, was broadcast on Rai 1, where competitors over the age of 60 participate.

## Kids version

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Main article: The Voice Kids (Italian TV series)

The Voice Kids is the spin-off where kids ages 7–14 participate. The program is broadcast on Rai 1.

## Generations version

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Before the finale of the fourth season of The Voice Senior, it was announced that the show would air a Generations spinoff, where family or friend groups consisting in singers of all ages are the ones who can apply. The spinoff originated from the Australian version of the show. The season premiered 12 April 2024 with Arisa, Clementino, Gigi D'Alessio, and Loredana Bertè as coaches. Antonella Clerici hosted the spinoff. The winner of the spinoff was Gino & Noemi from Team Clementino.

The Voice Generations series overview  Season  | Aired  | Winner  | Other finalists  | Winning coach  | Presenter  | Coaches (chairs' order)

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4
1  | 2024  | Gino & Noemi  | Alessandra & Consuelo | Nicolò, Gaia & Giuseppe  | Soul-Food Vocalist  | Clementino | Antonella Clerici | Arisa  | Clementino  | Gigi  | Loredana

### Coaches and finalists

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Color key
Winner in bold, finalists in italic.
Winner
Runner(s)-up
Season  | Coaches and their finalists

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1  | Arisa | Clementino | Gigi D'Alessio | Loredana Bertè
Alessandra & Consuelo
Giuseppe & Giovanna | Gino & Noemi
Anna & Erika | Soul-Food Vocalist
Raffaella & Andrea | Nicolò, Gaia & Giuseppe
Lilla & Ornella

## References

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1. ^ "J-Ax | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
2. ^ "Al Bano: «Nel 2018 mi ritiro, ma prima faccio the Voice»". 21 November 2017.
3. ^ "Su il sipario su The Voice of Italy 2018: tutto quello che c'è da sapere in vista della prima puntata". Notizie Musica (in Italian). 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
4. ^ "The Voice of Italy 2019: giudici, concorrenti, meccanismo e tutte le anticipazioni". Today (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-31.
5. ^ Pietro Berna (19 November 2012). ""THE VOICE": FABIO TROIANO ALLA CONDUZIONE". TV Zoom. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
6. ^ "The Voice of Italy 2018, anticipazioni: data d'inizio, cast, giudici e regolamento - Magazine". 2018-07-01. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
7. ^ "Simona Ventura conduce The Voice Of Italy: tutte le novità". 15 December 2018.

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