The first season of The Voice of Poland began airing 3 September 2011 on TVP 2. Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. It is part of an international series. The series was won by Damian Ukeje, he was coached by judge Nergal.
This is the only season to feature Kayah, Nergal and Ania Dąbrowska as coaches; they were replaced by Tomson & Baron, Marek Piekarczyk, Justyna Steczkowska and Patrycja Markowska. While Andrzej Piaseczny returned between season six and eight.
Coaches and Hosts
The Voice of Poland began airing 3 September 2011 on TVP 2. The judges were Andrzej Piaseczny, Kayah, Nergal and Ania Dąbrowska. Hubert Urbański and Magdalena Mielcarz hosted the show with Mateusz Szymkowiak as V-Reporter.
Teams Color key
Coaches Top 48 artists Andrzej Piaseczny Antoni Smykiewicz Rafał Brzozowski Katarzyna Lisowska Ian Rooth Ewa Kłosowicz Krzysztof Kubiś Michalina Malinowska Martyna Ciok Anna Sokołek Natalia Skalska Bartłomiej Grzanek Kayah Mateusz Krautwurst Filip Moniuszko Edyta Strzycka Kaja Domińska Maciej Moszyński Mirosław Witkowski Milena Masłowska Karolina Leszko Marcin Koczot Marta Florek Mariusz Kozak Małgorzata Kuś Nergal Damian Ukeje Monika Urlik Ewelina Kordy Ares Chadzinikolau Filip Sałapa Gabriel Fleszar Katarzyna Grabowska Joanna Makaruk Aleksandra Kasprzyk Adam Miroszczuk Marta Michalska-Uras Anna Galstyan Ania Dąbrowska Piotr Niesłuchowski Aleksandra Galewska Karolina Charko Ewa Szlachcic Katarzyna Klimczyk Aleksandra Pieczara Dominika Skowron Katarzyna Kubik Katarzyna Jaźnicka Patrycja Kawęcka Jakub Foltak Marta Maliszewska
Blind Auditions
Color keys Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button
Episode 1 (September 3, 2011) Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Piotr Niesłuchowski 23 Ciechanów "Sex on Fire" — 2 Małgorzata Kuś 28 Kamieniec Ząbkowicki "Tell Me 'bout It" — — 3 Kaja Mianowana 21 Lublin "A Night Like This" — — — — 4 Antoni Smykiewicz 24 Warsaw "Use Somebody" — — 5 Sonia Wąsowska 18 N/A "Love Is a Losing Game" — — — — 6 Monika Urlik 28 Warsaw "I Say a Little Prayer"
Episode 2 (September 3, 2011)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Marta Florek 24 Limanowa "Testosteron" — 2 Ian Rooth 20 Owczary "American Boy" — — — 3 Ewa Kłosowicz 20 Częstochowa "California King Bed" — — 4 Gabriel Fleszar 31 Złotoryja "The Lazy Song" — — — 5 Sylwia Gawłowska 23 N/A "Skłamałam" — — — — 6 Karolina Charko 20 Lublin "Make You Feel My Love" — 7 Mirosław Witkowski 32 Nowy Sącz "This Ain't Gonna Work" —
Episode 3 (September 10, 2011)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Katarzyna Lisowska 27 Opoczno "Only Girl (In the World)" 2 Aleksandra Pieczara 26 Kraków "Left Outside Alone" — — 3 Katarzyna Osowska 24 N/A "When Love Takes Over" — — — — 4 Mateusz Krautwurst 25 Zielona Góra "You Give Me Something" 5 Sebastian Plewiński 23 Legnica "Wonderful Life" — — — — 6 Aleksandra Galewska 25 N/A "Sweet About Me" — — 7 Filip Sałapa 27 Bielsko-Biała "Alive" Kayah pressed Nergal's button.
Episode 4 (September 10, 2011)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Katarzyna Grabowska 29 Jelenia Góra "American Boy" — — 2 Milena Masłowska 26 N/A "Mercy" 3 Katarzyna Kubik 29 Białystok "Sober" — — 4 Filip Moniuszko 23 Konin "You Give Me Something" — — 5 Mateusz Rychlewski 24 Konin "How You Remind Me" — — — — 6 Jakub Foltak 17 Bestwina "Bad Day" — — — 7 Rafał Brzozowski 30 Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki "Everything" — —
Episode 5 (September 17, 2011)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Rafał Szatan 24 Lublin "For Once in My Life" — — 2 Aleksandra Kasprzyk 28 Siemianowice Śląskie "Sweet Child o' Mine" — — — — 3 Dominika Skowron 24 Częstochowa "Price Tag" — — — 4 Anna Rossa 28 Katowice "Tell Me 'bout It" — — — — 5 Ewelina Kordy 35 Barlinek "Empire State of Mind" — — 6 Przemysław Smolarski 34 N/A "Śniadanie do łóżka" — — — — 7 Kaja Domińska 19 N/A "Love Is a Losing Game" —
Episode 6 (September 17, 2011)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Natalia Skalska 25 Warsaw "Only Girl (In the World)" — — — 2 Marta Maliszewska 28 Lublin "Rolling in the Deep" — — — 3 Adam Miroszczuk 34 N/A "Ain't No Sunshine" — — — 4 Piotr Lato 31 Warsaw "Alive" — — — — 5 Karolina Leszko 25 Kraków "Bleeding Love" — 6 Marcin Koczot 32 Pyskowice "Whataya Want from Me" — — 7 Ares Chadzinikolau 38 Poznań "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" — — —
Episode 7 (September 24, 2011)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Damian Ukeje 25 Szczecin "Use Somebody" — 2 Magdalena Borowiecka 19 Szczecin "Price Tag" — — — — 3 Anna Sokołek 25 Lublin "Trudno kochać" — — — 4 Cezary Makiewicz & Zbigniew Hofman N/A N/A "Love You More" — — — — 5 Mariusz Kozak 40 N/A "I'm Yours" — — — 6 Małgorzata Żurańska-Wilkowska 30 N/A "Whataya Want from Me" — — — — 7 Ewa Szlachcic 28 Białystok "Need You Now" — —
Episode 8 (September 24, 2011)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Marta Michalska-Uras 21 Jelenia Góra "Lucky" — — 2 Ewa Cybulska 57 Warsaw "Rolling in the Deep" — — — — 3 Katarzyna Klimczyk 25 Radomsko "Lost" — — 4 Martyna Ciok 21 Ostrołęka "Za późno" — — — 5 Kamil Krupicz 22 Warsaw "Beggin'" — — — — 6 Joanna Makaruk 29 Toruń "Mercy" — — — 7 Patrycja Kawęcka 27 Radom "Paparazzi" — — — — 8 Bartłomiej Grzanek 35 Aleksandrów Łódzki "Daughters" — — —
Episode 9 (October 1, 2011)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Edyta Strzycka 27 Kielce "Tell Me 'bout It" — — 2 Urszula Kunicka 23 N/A "Rolling in the Deep" — — — — 3 Anna Galstyan 24 Łomża "Empire State of Mind" — — — 4 Michalina Malinowska 21 Wojnów "Hey, Soul Sister" — — — 5 Robert Narwojsz N/A N/A "Easy" — — — — 6 Michał Haratym 22 N/A "Because of You" — — — — 7 Katarzyna Jaźnicka 29 N/A "Lost" — — —
Episode 10: The Wildcards (October 1, 2011)
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andrzej Kayah Nergal Ania 1 Maciej Moszyński N/A Zielona Góra "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" — 2 Patrycja Kawęcka 27 Radom "Paparazzi" — — 3 Cezary Makiewicz & Zbigniew Hofman N/A N/A "Love You More" — — 4 Krzysztof Kubiś N/A Warsaw "Daughters" 5 Aleksandra Kasprzyk 28 Siemianowice Śląskie "Sweet Child o' Mine"
The Battle Rounds
Color keys Artist won the Battle and advances to the Live shows Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode & Date Coach Order Winner Song Loser Episode 11 Andrzej Piaseczny 1 Rafał Brzozowski "Let Me Entertain You" Bartłomiej Grzanek Ania Dąbrowska 2 Ewa Szlachcic "Thriller" Marta Maliszewska Nergal 3 Damian Ukeje "Another Way to Die" Anna Galstyan Kayah 4 Edyta Strzycka "I'm Every Woman" Małgorzata Kuś Andrzej Piaseczny 5 Ian Rooth "Amazing" Natalia Skalska Nergal 6 Monika Urlik "Nine Million Bicycles" Marta Michalska-Uras Kayah 7 Mirosław Witkowski "I Got You (I Feel Good)" Mariusz Kozak Ania Dąbrowska 8 Karolina Charko "In The Ghetto" Jakub Foltak Episode 12 Nergal 1 Gabriel Fleszar "Party" Adam Miroszczuk Ania Dąbrowska 2 Aleksandra Galewska "Son of a Preacher Man" Patrycja Kawęcka Andrzej Piaseczny 3 Katarzyna Lisowska "Hot n Cold" Anna Sokołek Kayah 4 Kaja Domińska "Opowieść" Marta Florek Nergal 5 Filip Sałapa "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Aleksandra Kasprzyk Ania Dąbrowska 6 Katarzyna Klimczyk "Never Tear Us Apart" Katarzyna Jaźnicka Kayah 7 Filip Moniuszko "I Want to Know What Love Is" Marcin Koczot Andrzej Piaseczny 8 Antoni Smykiewicz "Stop and Stare" Martyna Ciok Episode 13 Ania Dąbrowska 1 Piotr Niesłuchowski "You Get What You Give" Katarzyna Kubik Andrzej Piaseczny 2 Krzysztof Kubiś "Over My Shoulder" Rafał Szatan Nergal 3 Ares Chadzinikolau "Waiting on the World to Change" Joanna Makaruk Kayah 4 Mateusz Krautwurst "If I Ain't Got You" Karolina Leszko Ania Dąbrowska 5 Aleksandra Pieczara "I Kissed a Girl" Dominika Skowron Andrzej Piaseczny 6 Ewa Kłosowicz "One of Us" Michalina Malinowska Kayah 7 Maciej Moszyński "Sutra" Milena Masłowska Nergal 8 Ewelina Kordy "One Day In Your Life" Katarzyna Grabowska
Sing-off Each coach nominates 4 singers from their group to advance to the live shows. The 2 remaining singers per group will do a sing-off for the remaining live show spot.
Episode 14 (October 22, 2011) Color keys Artist won the sing-off and advances to the Live shows Artist lost the sing-off and was eliminated
Order Coach Song Artists Song 1 Andrzej Piaseczny "Daughters" Krzysztof Kubiś Rafał Brzozowski "Everything" 2 Kayah "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Maciej Moszyński Mirosław Witkowski "This Ain't Gonna Work" 3 Nergal "Alive" Filip Sałapa Gabriel Fleszar "The Lazy Song" 4 Ania Dąbrowska "Need You Now" Ewa Szlachcic Aleksandra Pieczara "Left Outside Alone"
The Live Shows Color keys Artist was saved by the public's vote Artist was part of the bottom two in his/her team Artist was saved by his/her coach Artist was eliminated
Episode 15 (October 29, 2011) Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Kayah Maciej Moszyński "Virtual Insanity" Bottom two 2 Andrzej Piaseczny Rafał Brzozowski "Always" Public's vote 3 Kayah Edyta Strzycka "GoldenEye" Kayah's choice 4 Andrzej Piaseczny Ian Rooth "Friday I'm in Love" Bottom two 5 Kayah Filip Moniuszko "Don't Stop the Music" Public's vote 6 Andrzej Piaseczny Ewa Kłosowicz "Piosenka księżycowa" Bottom two 7 Kayah Mateusz Krautwurst "Closer" Bottom two 8 Andrzej Piaseczny Katarzyna Lisowska "Let's Dance" Andrzej's choice 9 Kayah Kaja Domińska "Nothing Compares 2 U" Public's vote 10 Andrzej Piaseczny Antoni Smykiewicz "The One I Love" Public's vote Sing-off 1 Kayah Maciej Moszyński "Virtual Insanity" Eliminated 2 Kayah Mateusz Krautwurst "Closer" Kayah's choice 3 Andrzej Piaseczny Ian Rooth "Friday I'm in Love" Andrzej's choice 4 Andrzej Piaseczny Ewa Kłosowicz "Piosenka księżycowa" Eliminated
+ Non-competition performances Order Performers Song 1 Ben Saunders "Dry Your Eyes" 2 Team Andrzej Piaseczny "Kiss" 3 Team Kayah "Fever" 4 Ben Saunders "If you don't know me by now"
Episode 16 (November 5, 2011) Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Nergal Damian Ukeje "Polski" Public's vote 2 Ania Dąbrowska Karolina Charko "Fade into You" Ania's choice 3 Nergal Filip Sałapa "Enjoy the Silence" Bottom two 4 Ania Dąbrowska Katarzyna Klimczyk "Supergirl" Bottom two 5 Nergal Monika Urlik "Run to the Hills" Public's vote 6 Ania Dąbrowska Ewa Szlachcic "Black Velvet" Bottom two 7 Nergal Ares Chadzinikolau "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Bottom two 8 Ania Dąbrowska Piotr Niesłuchowski "Losing My Religion" Public's vote 9 Nergal Ewelina Kordy "You Know I'm No Good" Nergal's choice 10 Ania Dąbrowska Aleksandra Galewska "Warwick Avenue" Public's vote Sing-off 1 Nergal Filip Sałapa "Enjoy the Silence" Eliminated 2 Nergal Ares Chadzinikolau "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Nergal's choice 3 Ania Dąbrowska Katarzyna Klimczyk "Supergirl" Eliminated 4 Ania Dąbrowska Ewa Szlachcic "Black Velvet" Ania's choice
Episode 17 (November 12, 2011)