The Voice Portugal (A Voz de Portugal in the first season) is a Portuguese reality singing competition and local version of The Voice, based on the original The Voice of Holland. The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances, and guide their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. The original coaching panel consisted of Rui Reininho, Paulo Gonzo, Mia Rose, and the duo Os Anjos. The upcoming coaching panel, for season 14, will feature Fernando Daniel, Sónia Tavares, Cláudia Pascoal, and David & Mickael Carreira as a duo. In other seasons Marisa Liz, Anselmo Ralph, Aurea, António Zambujo, Diogo Piçarra, Carolina Deslandes, Dino D'Santiago, Sara Correia, Nininho Vaz Maia, and Calema participated as coaches.
History
The first season premiered on 29 October 2011, on RTP1, with the finale airing on 25 February 2012, crowning Denis Filipe as the winner. The show came back in 2014 with its second season with new coaches, a new co-host, a new show name, and new Repórteres V (backstage hosts). The winner of the second season was Rui Drumond. RTP1 later announced the first season of The Voice Kids and the third season of the main show, which premiered on 11 October 2015 with a new coach, Aurea. In its third season, the show proved to be a hit and was subsequently renewed for a fourth season, which was premiered in 2016.
The show is hosted by Catarina Furtado since the inaugural season, and, in the second season, Vasco Palmeirim joined her to conduce the competition. The show also features backstage hosts, called Repórteres V. Diogo Beja was the first Repórter V back in 2011, being replaced in the second season by Laura Figueiredo, Mariana Monteiro, and Pedro Fernandes. In the third season, Jani Gabriel became the only Repórter V.
Concept
Each season begins with the "blind auditions" (provas cegas), where coaches form their team of artists whom they mentor through the remainder of the season. The coaches' chairs are faced toward the audience during artists' performances; those interested in an artist press their button, which turns their chair towards the artist and illuminates the bottom of the chair to read "I want you." After the performance, an artist is either defaulted to the only coach who turned around or selects their coach if more than one expresses interest.
In the "battles" round (batalhas), each coach pairs two of their team members to perform together and then chooses one to advance in the competition. A new element was added in season two; coaches were given two "steals", allowing each coach to save two individuals who were eliminated during a battle of another team.
The "knockouts" round (Tira-Teimas) was introduced in season two, where a pair of artists within a team are selected to go directly to the live shows without performing, and the other artists will have to perform. Only six artists go to the live shows.
In the live shows phase of the competition, artists perform against each other. People's votes help decide who stays on the show and who leaves.
Timeline of coaches and hosts Coach Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rui Reininho colspan="2" colspan="12" Mia Rose colspan="13" Os Anjos colspan="13" Paulo Gonzo colspan="13" Mickael Carreira colspan="5" colspan="7" Marisa Liz colspan="9" colspan="4" Anselmo Ralph colspan="5" colspan="8" Aurea colspan="2" colspan="7" colspan="5" Diogo Piçarra colspan="6" colspan="4" colspan="4" António Zambujo colspan="6" colspan="3" colspan="3" Dino D'Santiago colspan="9" colspan="4" Carolina Deslandes colspan="9" colspan="4" Fernando Daniel colspan="10" colspan="4" Sónia Tavares colspan="10" colspan="4" Sara Correia colspan="10" colspan="3" Nininho Vaz Maia colspan="11" colspan="2" Calema colspan="12" David Carreira colspan="13" Cláudia Pascoal colspan="13" Host 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Catarina Furtado colspan="14" Vasco Palmeirim colspan="9" colspan="4" Backstage host 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Diogo Beja colspan="13" Laura Figueiredo colspan="12" Mariana Monteiro colspan="12" colspan="12" colspan="2" colspan="3" colspan="9" Mafalda de Castro colspan="5" colspan="2" colspan="7" colspan="7" colspan="2" colspan="5" Catarina Maia colspan="9" colspan="2" colspan="3" Maria Petronilho colspan="11" colspan="3"
Coaches' line-up
+ Coaches' line-up by chairs order Season Year(s) Coaches 1 2 3 4 1 2011–12 Rui Mia Anjos Paulo 2 2014 Mickael Marisa Anselmo Rui 3 2015–16 Aurea Anselmo 4 2016 Marisa Mickael 5 2017 Mickael Marisa 6 2018 Aurea Marisa 7 2019–20 Diogo Marisa Zambujo Aurea 8 2020–21 Aurea Diogo Marisa Zambujo 9 2021–22 Marisa Zambujo Aurea Diogo 10 2022–23 Dino Diogo Carolina 11 Fernando Sónia Zambujo Sara 12 2024–25 Nininho 13 Calema Fernando 14 David & Mickael Cláudia
Gallery
Coaches' teams and their artists These are each of the coaches' teams throughout the seasons' live shows. Winners are in bold and finalists in italic.
Season Coaches and contestants 1 Team Rui Team Mia Team Anjos Team Paulo Denis Filipe 2 Team Mickael Team Marisa Team Anselmo Team Rui Rui Drumond 3 Team Mickael Team Marisa Team Aurea Team Anselmo Deolinda Kinzimba 4 Fernando Daniel 5 Tomás Adrião 6 Marvi 7 Team Diogo Team Marisa Team Zambujo Team Aurea Rita Sanches 8 Luís Trigacheiro 9 Rodrigo Lourenço 10 Team Marisa Team Dino Team Diogo Team Carolina Gustavo Reinas 11 Team Fernando Team Sónia Team Zambujo Team Sara José Bacelar 12 Team Fernando Team Sónia Team Nininho Team Sara Rafael Ribeiro 13 Team Calema Team Sónia Team Fernando Team Sara Rafael Alves 14 Team David & Mickael Team Sónia Team Fernando Team Cláudia Upcoming season
Series overview Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
+ Teams color key Artist from Team Anjos Artist from Team Mickael Artist from Team Fernando Artist from Team Mia Artist from Team Aurea Artist from Team Sara Artist from Team Paulo Artist from Team Diogo Artist from Team Sónia Artist from Team Rui Artist from Team Zambujo Artist from Team Nininho Artist from Team Anselmo Artist from Team Carolina Artist from Team Calema Artist from Team Marisa Artist from Team Dino
+ The Voice Portugal series overview Season Year Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Fifth place Winning coach Presenter(s) 1 2011–2012 Denis Filipe Ricardo Oliveira Daniel Moreira Bianca Adrião rowspan="5" Rui Reininho Catarina Furtado 2 2014 Rui Drumond Luís Sequeira Alexandre Casimiro Nuno Ribeiro Anselmo Ralph Catarina Furtado,Vasco Palmeirim 3 2015–2016 Deolinda Kinzimba Pedro Gonçalves Sérgio Sousa Patrícia Teixeira Mickael Carreira 4 2016 Fernando Daniel Francisco Murta Miguel Carmona Marta Carvalho 5 2017 Tomás Adrião Ana Paula Rada Kátia Moreira Inês Simões Marisa Liz 6 2018 Marvi Diana Castro Soraia Cardoso Vânia Dilac Gonçalo Lopes 7 2019–2020 Rita Sanches Gabriel de Rose Joana Alegre Carolina Pinto Sebastião Oliveira António Zambujo 8 2020–2021 Luís Trigacheiro Tiago Silva Tiago Barbosa Miguel & João Diogo Leite Marisa Liz 9 2021–2022 Rodrigo Lourenço João Leote Daniel Fernandes Edmundo Inácio Mariana Rocha António Zambujo 10 2022–2023 Gustavo Reinas Paulo Lapa Rebeca Reinaldo Coastel Marisa Liz 11 2023–2024 José Bacelar Soares Guilherme Baptista Mafalda Vasques Manuel Antunes António Zambujo Catarina Furtado 12 2024–2025 Rafael Ribeiro Ricardo Maia Rita Nunes Duque Bruno Pereira Fernando Daniel 13 2025–2026 Rafael Alves António Paulino Lucas Pina Bruno Sendas Emanuel Almeida Sónia Tavares 14 2026–2027 Upcoming season
Coaches' results Considering the final placement of the contestants who are members of their team (not the final placement of the coaches):
Coach Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Fifth place Marisa Liz 4 times (5, 6, 8, 10) 3 times (2, 6, 9) 2 times (3, 4) — 1 time (7) António Zambujo 3 times (7, 9, 11) 2 times (8, 11) — 1 time (7) — Mickael Carreira 2 times (3, 4) — — 2 times (2, 5) 1 time (6) Anselmo Ralph 1 time (2) 1 time (3) 1 time (5) 2 times (4, 6) — Fernando Daniel 1 time (12) 1 time (13) 1 time (11) — — Rui Reininho 1 time (1) — 1 time (2) — — Sónia Tavares 1 time (13) — — — 2 times (11, 12) Aurea — 3 times (4, 5, 7) 2 times (6, 8) 2 times (3, 8) 1 time (9) Nininho Vaz Maia — 1 time (12) 1 time (12) — — Carolina Deslandes — 1 time (10) — — — Os Anjos — 1 time (1) — — — Diogo Piçarra — — 3 times (7, 9, 10) 1 time (9) 1 time (8) Calema — — 1 time (13) — 1 time (13) Mia Rose — — 1 time (1) — — Sara Correia — — — 3 times (11–13) — Dino D'Santiago — — — 1 time (10) — Paulo Gonzo — — — 1 time (1) — David & Mickael Carreira TBD Cláudia Pascoal TBD
Seasons' synopses Color key Winner Eliminated in the Live Cross Battles Runner-up Eliminated in the Knockouts Third place Stolen in the Battles Fourth place Eliminated after being in "All or Nothing Room" Fifth place Eliminated in Battles Eliminated in the Live shows Withdraw
Season 1 (2011–2012)
The first season, under the name A Voz de Portugal, was hosted by Catarina Furtado, and the four coaches were singer-songwriter Paulo Gonzo, pop rock duo Anjos, YouTube sensation Mia Rose, and GNR lead vocalist Rui Reininho.
Season 2 (2014) The second season of The Voice Portugal was hosted by Furtado and Vasco Palmeirim. Reininho returned as coach alongside new coaches Mickael Carreira, Amor Electro vocalist Marisa Liz, and Anselmo Ralph. The knockouts round was introduced during this season.
+ Coaching teams Coaches Artists Mickael Carreira Nuno Ribeiro Jéssica Cipriano Mariana Bandhold Carlos Costa Bernardo Nunes Diogo Correia Catarina Alves André Carneiro Maria C. Moreira Sandra & Rui Renata Gonçalves Inês Guedes Mário Pedrosa Catarina Correia Dinis Coutinho Filipa Henriques Joel Ferreira Alexandre Guerra Marisa Liz Luís Sequeira Bianca Barros Nuno Pinto Bruno Vieira Ricardo Morais Renata Gonçalves Inês Góis Miguel Monteiro Gabriela Marramaque Fábio de Sousa Maria C. Moreira Inês Lucas Sandy Soares Nádia Marques Teresa Rocha Anouska Romão Mariana Morais João Alves Anselmo Ralph Rui Drumond Leonor Andrade Rita Seidi Pedro Garcia João Parreira Mariana Azevedo Elisabete Batista Vanessa Martins David Fonseca Inês Guedes Jéssica Cipriano Constança Gonçalves Ricardo Costa Maria Santos Carla Batista Diogo Binnema Sofia Fortuna Raquel Silva Rui Reininho Alexandre Casimiro Tiago Garrinhas Constança Gonçalves Sara Ribeiro Ricardo Costa Pablo Oliveira Gonçalo Silva Glória Pretorius Benedita Gonçalves Tatiana André Mariana Azevedo Fábio de Sousa Gabriela Pina Bruno Lestre Rebeca Reinaldo Patrícia Araújo Marta Carrilho Carolina Santos
Season 3 (2015–2016) The third season of The Voice Portugal began in October 2015. All panelists from last season returned except Reininho, who was replaced by a new coach, Aurea.