The Voice of Mongolia (season 1)
The Voice of Mongolia is a Mongolian reality talent show to find new singing talent. The first season, premiered on January 21, 2018 on Mongol TV. The series is part of the franchise The Voice and is based on a similar competition format in the Netherlands, The Voice of Holland. the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. It is part of an international series. The winner receives ₮100,000,000 amount of a record deal with Universal Music Group's Mongolian official representative, Mongol Content LLC, and a Nissan Qashqai. Otgonbayar Damba, Bold Dorjsuren, Ulambayar Davaa, Ononbat Sed are the coaches. Each team of singers are mentored and developed by their coach. In the second stage, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other by singing the same song, with the coach choosing which team member to advance. In the final phase, the remaining contestants of a team, compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience helps to decide who advances. When one remains for each coach, the four contestants compete against each other in the finale.
Enguun Tseyendash was announced as the winner of the season, beating Team Otgoo's Bolormaa A, Team Bold's Ariunjargal Jantsannorov & Team Ononbat's Usukhbayar Batsaikhan, marking Uka's first win as a coach.
Coaches & Hosts
In late 2017, Mongol TV began announcements of the coaches for the series. First to sign on were Mongolian rock band Hurd's guitarist Otgonbayar Damba and pop singer Bold Dorjsuren. On'n Off Production's headman Ononbat Sed came on board in August 2017. Pop band Kiwi's singer, actress Ulambayar Davaa was added as the final coach a week later.Uuganbayar Enkhbat & Ankhbayar Ganbold were announced as the show's hosts. The two actors had previously hosted all two seasons of Mongol TV's Mongolia's Got Talent together.
Teams
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Blind Auditions
;Color key| Coach Pressed "I Want You" Button | |
| Artist Defaulted to a Coach's Team | |
| Artist Elected a Coach's Team | |
| Artist was Eliminated |
Episode 1 (January 21)
The first Blind Audition taped episode was broadcast on January 21, 2018. The coaches performed Queen song, "We Will Rock You" at the start of the show.Episode 2 (January 28)
Episode 3 (February 4)
Episode 4 (February 11)
Episode 5 (February 18)
Episode 6 (February 25)
Episode 7 (March 4)
Episode 8 (March 11)
The last Blind Audition episode was broadcast on March 11, 2018. Ononbat & Uka were turned their 17th contestant, and the contestants choose them for their coaches.The Battles
After the Blind Auditions, each coach had sixteen to seventeen contestants for the battle rounds that aired from March 25 to April 15, 2018. Each episode featured eight battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two or three contestants; the eight winners for each coach advanced to the next round. Team Ononbat performed Queen song, "Bohemian Rhapsody" at the start of the battles.Color key:
The knockouts
After the battle rounds, each coach had eight contestants for the knockouts that aired from April 28 to May 6. Each day, only one team's contestants performed in order, and when they all performed over, the public voted for their favorite contestants. The most voted two contestants advanced to the quarter-finals. After, the team's coach had to choose two of the remaining 6 contestants. Then each coach had 4 contestants in the quarter-finals.;
| Artist was Saved by the Public's Votes | |
| Artist was Saved by the Coach | |
| Artist was eliminated | |
| Artist voluntarily left the competition |
Week 1: Team Uka
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 15.1 | Team Bold | "Husel Muruudul" |
| 15.2 | Choi Joo | "Choniin Nair" |
Week 1: Team Bold
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 16.1 | Team Otgoo | "Walk This Way" |
| 16.2 | Bat-Orgil and Ononbat | "Zovlon Jargal" |
Week 2: Team Otgoo
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 17.1 | Team Ononbat | "Mongolian Songs Collection" |
| 17.2 | Chono | "Uuhai" |
Team Ononbat (May 6)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 18.1 | Uka | "Don't Stop" |
Quarter-finals (Mongolian songs)
The quarter-finals aired from May 12 to the 13th. Each coach had 4 contestants on their team. In the quarter-finals, the remaining 16 contestants sang only Mongolian songs, respectively. Two teams' contestants performed in one day. After the first team's performances, the coach had to choose only one contestant, who advanced to the next round. After that, the public voted remaining 3 contestants. The most voted contestant advanced to the next round.Color key:
| Artist was Saved by the Public's Votes | |
| Artist was Saved by the Coach | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Week 3: Team Ononbat & Team Uka
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 19.1 | The Colors | "Chi Miniih Bolno" |
| 19.2 | Ariunbaatar | "Mongoliin Tal Nutag" |
Week 3: Team Bold & Team Otgoo
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 20.1 | Mohanik | "Zuulun Misheel", "Chonon Bujig" |
Semi-finals
The semi-finals aired on May 20. Each coach had 2 contestants in their team. After the first team's performances, the public voted for their favorite contestants for only 5 minutes, and the most voted contestant advanced to the finals. Each coach had 1 contestant in the finals.Color key
| Artist was Saved by the Public's Votes | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Week 4
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 21.1 | Gantogoo | "Nad Shig Meder" |
| 21.2 | Sarantuya | "Ineemtgii Hun" |
| 21.3 | Hurd | "Eh Oron" |
Finals
; Color key- — Winner
- — Runner-up
- — Third/Fourth place
Elimination Chart
Overall
; Color key; Artist's info
Result details
Team
;Color key;Artist's info
Result Details