La Voz (Mexican TV series)


La Voz is a Mexican singing competition television series broadcast on Azteca Uno. The show originally premiered September 11, 2011 on Las Estrellas. It is based on the format of The Voice originated in the Netherlands and part of the international franchise The Voice created by television producer John de Mol.
Mexico was the first Spanish-speaking country to adapt this format and the first among 6 globally. The series' first episode scored a rating of 28.2/47.1, surpassing Spanish-language TV series La Academia rating of 9.6/17.
The last series produced by Televisa had Lele Pons as host and Maluma, Anitta, Carlos Rivera and Natalia Jiménez as jury. In 2019, the license of The Voice format was acquired from Televisa to TV Azteca. A new edition was announced for this season under a different title with the leadership of Jimena Pérez and with Ricardo Montaner, Yahir, Belinda and Lupillo Rivera as Coaches.

Program

The official website says of the program:
This program has already become a very famous, because unlike other programs so far, this is divided into three parts and the artist do not have to be locked up almost half a year with teachers in a school.

Format

The series consisted 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. After being acquired by TV Azteca in season 8, the show featured the Blind auditions, Knockouts, Battles and Live Shows.

First Phase – The Blind Auditions

Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer, the singer has the final choice of coach. In the seventh season, the block button was featured where a coach could prevent another coach from getting a contestant.

Second Phase – The Knockout Rounds

In the eight season, the second phase was changed from the Battles to the Knockouts. In this phase three artists from the same team sing an individual song and their coach chooses the winner. The two losing artists are available to Steal by the other three coaches.

Third Phase – The Battles

The Battles were moved to the third stage after season 8. The Battle Rounds remained the same with coaches having two of their artists battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which artist advances to the Live Shows.

Fourth Phase – The Live Performance Shows

In The Live Shows, each artist competes to receive their coach’s and public’s vote. The artists with the highest votes from their team advance to the next round of Live Shows. This repeats throughout the shows until the Semifinal were only one artist from each team advances to the Finale as the Top 4. In the Finale, the highest voted artist wins the title as their country’s The Voice, along with their coach.

Coaches

The show premiered September 11, 2011 with Espinoza Paz, Alejandro Sanz, Lucero, Aleks Syntek as coaches and Mark Tacher as host. For season two, Jacqueline Bracamontes was announced as the replacement of Tacher. Jenni Rivera, Miguel Bosé, Paulina Rubio, and Beto Cuevas were announced as the coaches. For the third season, the coaching panel totally changed again. On August 2013, it was announced that Marco Antonio Solís, Alejandra Guzmán, David Bisbal and Wisin & Yandel would be the coaches. For the fourth season, Yuri, Julión Álvarez were announced as coaches alongside Italian singer Laura Pausini and The Voice Australia coach, Ricky Martin. After a three season absence, Alejandro Sanz returned as coach alongside new coaches, Gloria Trevi, J Balvin, and a duo chair composed of the frontmen of Los Tigres del Norte for season five. For the sixth season Laura Pausini and Yuri returned after a one-season absence joined by Maluma and Carlos Vives which premiered September 7, 2014. Maluma had previously coached the kids version. After five seasons as host, Bracamontes was replaced by YouTube figure Lele Pons for season seven. Maluma was announced to return for his second season with new coaches Anitta and Carlos Rivera. Natalia Jiménez former coach of La Voz Kids USA was announced as the fourth and final coach. Season seven was the last season produced by Televisa after the shows’s rights were acquired by TV Azteca. Season eight premiered March 13, 2019 on the new channel with :es:Jimena Perez|Jimena Peréz as host. Belinda was tapped as the first coach, followed by Yahir, and Ricardo Montaner. Lupillo Rivera, whose sister also served the same role in season two, was later announced as the final coach. On January 21, 2020 it was announced that Belinda and Montaner would return for their second season as coaches, alongside María José and Christian Nodal who joined the panel. A month later, Eddy Vilard and Sofía Aragón were confirmed as the new hosts replacing Jimena Peréz.

Coaches' advisors

Coaches and contestants

Series overview

Season 1

NameAgeDescriptionMusical styleAdvisors
Alejandro Sanz42 yearsInternational StarLatin pop, Balada romántica, Pop-Rock, Flamenco, Spanish rock Mario Domm
Espinoza Paz30 yearsRegional ArtistNorteño, Ranchera, Banda sinaloense David Bisbal
Aleks Syntek42 yearsInternational ArtistPop-Rock, Pop, Latin pop, Balada pop Joy
Lucero42 yearsInternational ArtistPop, Ranchera, Baladas en español Manuel Mijares

Season 2

NameAgeDescriptionMusical styleAdvisors
Jenni Rivera †43 yearsInternational StarNorteño, Ranchera, Banda sinaloense, Bachata Espinoza Paz
Miguel Bosé56 yearsInternational StarPop, Balada, Latin pop Ximena Sariñana
Paulina Rubio41 yearsInternational ArtistPop, Pop-Rock, Latin pop Jesús Navarro
Beto Cuevas45 yearsInternational ArtistPop, Latin pop, Rock, Pop-Rock, Latin rock Ha*Ash

Season 3

NameAgeDescriptionMusical styleAdvisors
Marco Antonio Solís53 yearsInternational StarRanchera, Bolero, Balada, Pop, Mexican cumbia Edith Márquez
David Bisbal34 yearsInternational StarPop, Balada romántica, Pop latino Paty Cantú
Alejandra Guzmán45 yearsInternational ArtistPop, Pop-Rock, Latin pop, Rock Motel
Wisin & Yandel34 – 36 yearsUrban StarsReggaeton, Latin trap, Urban music Prince Royce

Season 4

NameAgeDescriptionMusical styleAdvisors
Julión Álvarez30 yearsRegional ArtistRanchera, Banda sinaloense, Latin pop Ricardo Montaner
Laura Pausini39 yearsInternational StarPop-Rock, Balada romántica, Pop, Latin music, Europop Alex Ubago
Ricky Martin42 yearsInternational StarLatin pop, Balada, Latin music, Bachata, Guaracha Mario Domm
Yuri50 yearsInternational ArtistLatin Pop, Balada romántica, Pop, Ranchera Poncho Lizárraga

Season 5

NameAgeDescriptionMusical styleAdvisors
J Balvin30 yearsUrban StarReggaeton, Latin trap, Urban music Julión Álvarez
Gloria Trevi48 yearsInternational ArtistLatin pop, Pop-Rock, Reggaeton Manuel Carrasco
Los Tigres del Norte58 – 61 yearsRegional ArtistsNorteño, Ranchera, Cumbia Norteña, Bolero Diego Torres
Alejandro Sanz47 yearsInternational StarLatin pop, Balada romántica, Pop-Rock, Flamenco, Spanish rock Paty Cantú

Season 6

NameAgeDescriptionMusical style
Laura Pausini42 yearsInternational StarPop-Rock, Balada romántica, Pop, Latin music, Europop
Yuri53 yearsInternational ArtistLatin Pop, Balada romántica, Pop, Ranchera
Maluma23 yearsUrban StarReggaeton, Latin trap, Urban music
Carlos Vives56 yearsInternational StarVallenato, Cumbia, Latin pop

Season 7

NameAgeDescriptionMusical styleAdvisors
Carlos Rivera32 yearsInternational ArtistLatin pop, Balada romántica Tommy Torres
Maluma24 yearsUrban StarReggaeton, Latin trap, Urban music Piso 21
Natalia Jiménez36 yearsInternational StarLatin pop, Pop-Rock Sofía Reyes
Anitta25 yearsUrban StarReggaeton, Latin pop, Funk carioca Prince Royce

Season 8

NameAgeDescriptionMusical style
Lupillo Rivera47 yearsRegional ArtistNorteño, Ranchera, Banda sinaloense, Mariachi
Yahir40 yearsInternational ArtistLatin pop, Balada romántica
Belinda29 yearsInternational ArtistLatin pop, pop rock, dance-pop, electropop
Ricardo Montaner61 yearsInternational StarLatin pop, Balada romántica

Season 9

NameAgeDescriptionMusical styleAdvisors
Ricardo Montaner62 yearsInternational StarLatin pop, Balada romántica Yuri
María José44 yearsInternational ArtistLatin pop, pop rock, Rock, Balada romántica, soul Yahir
Belinda30 yearsInternational ArtistLatin pop, pop rock, dance-pop, electropop Laura Pausini
Christian Nodal21 yearsInternational ArtistRanchera, Banda sinaloense, Mariachi, Latin pop Camilo