La Voz (Spanish for The Voice) is a Spanish reality talent show broadcast on Antena 3. It premiered on 19 September 2012 and is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the original Dutch television program The Voice of Holland, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol.
Twelve completed seasons have aired since the show's inception in 2012, with the thirteenth season currently airing in 2026. Telecinco originally aired the series through to season 5 with Antena 3 continuing the broadcasting from season 6.
The original panel of coaches consisted of David Bisbal, Rosario Flores, Malú, and Melendi. The coaching panel for the current thirteenth season features Melendi, Pablo López, Mika, and Lola Índigo. Other coaches from previous seasons were Antonio Orozco, Alejandro Sanz, Laura Pausini, Manuel Carrasco, Juanes, Luis Fonsi, Paulina Rubio, Pablo Alborán and Sebastián Yatra.
Overview Format The show consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges also known as 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 performer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same performer (as happens frequently), the performer has the final choice of which coach's team to join.
After the coaches fill each respective slots in their team the batch of singers in the team 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 on a stage that looks like a battle ring, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of individual "battles" into the first live round.
Within that first live round, the surviving four acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining one of two acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team.
In the final phase, the remaining contestants 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 finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote.
Development, production and marketing Mediaset Spain acquired the rights of the franchise back in 2011 after the success of the US counterpart. Initially it was expected to air on Cuatro, but in November 2011 Mediaset confirmed the show would premiere on the group’s main channel instead in spring 2012.'The Voice', con Jesús Vázquez en CuatroTelecinco retrasa 'La Voz' hasta después de verano Later, in February 2012 the air date was moved to fall 2012 and Jesús Vázquez, who had previous experience presenting talent shows like Popstars and Operación Triunfo, was confirmed as host.Jesús Vázquez presentará 'La voz' en Telecinco The names of the four coaches were confirmed by February 2012: David Bisbal, Malú, Rosario Flores and Melendi.Melendi completa el jurado provisional de 'La Voz' junto a David Bisbal, Malú y Rosario Flores Filming for the blind auditions stage of the competition began on 21 August 2012. On 29 August 2012 it was made known that Tania Llasera would serve as the social networking correspondent.Tania Llasera colaborará en "La Voz" como representante de las opiniones en las redes sociales The premiere, scheduled for 19 September 2012, was preceded two days before by a preview that aired simultaneously on all channels of the Mediaset Spain group.Telecinco y el resto de canales de Mediaset España preestrenan el próximo lunes 'La Voz'
Telecinco aired five seasons of La Voz between 2012 and 2017, as well as four seasons of La Voz Kids between 2014 and 2018. In June 2018, Atresmedia acquired the rights for the format and will produce new seasons of La Voz and La Voz Kids, as well as the first season of La Voz Senior.
Coaches and hosts The original coaches panel consisted of David Bisbal, Rosario Flores, Malú and Melendi with Jesús Vázquez and Tania Llasera as host and social media correspondent. Bisbal, Flores and Malú returned for season 2 with Antonio Orozco replacing Melendi. Alejandro Sanz and Laura Pausini replaced David Bisbal and Rosario Flores in the third season. In the fourth season Manuel Carrasco replaced Pausini and Orozco was replaced by original coach, Melendi. Sanz and Melendi were then replaced by Juanes and Pablo López in the fifth season.
In 2018, the series was acquired by Atresmedia. For the sixth season, Pablo López continued as coach, Antonio Orozco returned after a two-season hiatus, and Luis Fonsi and Paulina Rubio joined the panel. On 8 November 2019, it was announced that López and Orozco would remain on the panel for the seventh season and would be joined by returning coaches Pausini and Sanz who would replace Rubio and Fonsi who left the panel due to him coaching La Voz US. The seventh season featured a fifth coach Miriam Rodríguez, who choose no-chair turn auditioners to participate in The Comeback Stage.
After being season seven's winning coach, Pausini stated she would not return to the reality show. On 19 April 2021, it was officially confirmed that Sanz would be the only coach returning for season eight, while Pausini, Orozco and López would be replaced by returning coaches Malú, Fonsi and first-time coach Pablo Alborán respectively.
On 30 July 2022, it was officially confirmed that Fonsi, López, Orozco and Pausini would be returning for the ninth season, which was dubbed as the anniversary season to celebrate the show's 10-year history. During the season, the four original coaches - Bisbal, Flores, Malú and Melendi - also made appearances as advisors for each team during the Knockouts.
On 21 June 2023, it was confirmed that Fonsi, López and Orozco would all return for season ten, while Pausini would be replaced by Malú, who returned after a one-season hiatus. On 13 September 2023, it was announced that Rodríguez would also return as the Comeback Stage coach, after a one-season hiatus.
On 19 August 2024, it was announced that Fonsi, López, Malú and Orozco would all return for the eleventh season. This became the first time in the show's history that all four coaches return for a second-consecutive season. In May 2025, it was announced that López and Malú would return for the twelfth season, joined by former The Voice France coach Mika and former La Voz Kids coach, Sebastián Yatra.
On 10 June 2026, it was announced that López and Mika would return for the thirteenth season, while former coach Melendi would be returning after an eight-season hiatus. At the same time, it was announced that former La Voz Kids coach Lola Índigo would debut as a coach the panel.
Coaches' timeline Coach Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 colspan="5" colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="5" colspan="1" colspan="2" Malú colspan="2" Melendi colspan="2" colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" Alejandro Sanz colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="5" Laura Pausini colspan="2" colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="8" Juanes colspan="4" colspan="8" Pablo López colspan="2" colspan="2" colspan="1" Paulina Rubio colspan="5" colspan="7" Luis Fonsi colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="2" Pablo Alborán colspan="7" colspan="5" Mika colspan="10" colspan="6" colspan="4" Lola Índigo colspan="8" colspan="2" colspan="2" Miriam Rodríguez colspan="5" colspan="1" colspan="3"
Line-up of coaches + Coaches' line-up by chairs order Season Year Coaches 1 2 3 412012 David Rosario Malú Melendi22013 Antonio 32015 Alejandro Laura42016 Manuel Melendi52017 Juanes Pablo62019 Pablo Paulina Fonsi Antonio72020 Alejandro Pablo Laura82021 Alborán Malú Alejandro Fonsi92022 Fonsi Pablo Laura Antonio102023 Malú112024122025 Mika Yatra 132026 Lola Melendi
Coaches' advisors Season Coaches and their advisors 1 David Bisbal Rosario Flores Malú Melendi Luis Fonsi Antonio Carmona Tiziano Ferro Nek 2 David Bisbal Rosario Flores Malú Antonio Orozco Cali & El Dandee Coti Carlos Vives Juan Magán 3 Alejandro Sanz Laura Pausini Malú Antonio Orozco José Mercé Álex Ubago Rosario Flores Pablo López 4 Alejandro Sanz Manuel Carrasco Malú Melendi José Mercé Gloria Trevi Pablo López Diego Torres 5 Juanes Manuel Carrasco Malú Pablo López Bebe Miguel Poveda Niña Pastori Antonio Orozco 6 Pablo López Paulina Rubio Luis Fonsi Antonio Orozco Miriam Rodríguez Antonio José David Bustamante Karol G 7 Alejandro Sanz Pablo López Laura Pausini Antonio Orozco Tini Stoessel Sebastián Yatra Carlos Rivera Mala Rodríguez 8 Pablo Alborán Malú Alejandro Sanz Luis Fonsi María José Llergo Beret Greeicy David Bisbal 9 Luis Fonsi Pablo López Laura Pausini Antonio Orozco Lola Índigo Raphael Vanesa Martín Mala Rodríguez David Bisbal Malú Melendi Rosario Flores 10 Luis Fonsi Pablo López Malú Antonio Orozco Cali & El Dandee Lola Índigo Abraham Mateo Nathy Peluso 11 Rosario Flores Mika , Vanesa Martín , Álvaro de Luna Prince Royce Dani Fernández 12 Mika Pablo López Malú Sebastián Yatra Carla Morrison Chiara Oliver Joaquina María Becerra13 Mika Pablo López Lola Índigo Melendi Current season
Series overview Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
+ Teams colour key Artist from Team Malú Artist from Team Alejandro Artist from Team Fonsi Artist from Team David Artist from Team Laura Artist from Team Paulina Artist from Team Rosario Artist from Team Manuel Artist from Team Alborán Artist from Team Melendi Artist from Team Pablo Artist from Team Yatra Artist from Team Antonio Artist from Team Juanes
+ La Voz series overview Season Aired Winner Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place Winning coach Hosts 1 2012 Rafa Blas Jorge González Maika Barbero Pau Piqué David Bisbal Jesús Vázquez 2 2013 David Barrull Dina Arriaza Jaume Mas Estela Amaya Malú 3 2015 Antonio José Marcos Martins Maverick López Joaquín Garli Antonio Orozco 4 2016 Irene Caruncho Carlos Torres Mario Jiménez Thais Rudiño Malú 5 2017 Alba Gil Santana Gabrielle Dellolio Samuel Cuenda Pedro Hernández Manuel Carrasco 6 2019 Andrés Martín María Espinosa Javi Moya Ángel Cortés Pablo López Eva González 7 2020 Isaiah Kelly Johanna Polvillo Curricé Paula Espinosa Laura Pausini 8 2021 Inés Manzano Julio Benavente Valdés Karina Pasian Pablo Alborán 9 2022 Javier Crespo Génesis de Jesús Boccio Ana González Antonio Orozco 10 2023 Elsa Tortonda Miguel Carrasco Nereida Sanchón Pablo Verdeguer 11 2024 Manuel Ayra Lola Eme Alan Brizuela Gara Alemán Antonio Orozco 12 2025 Antía Pinal Oihan Aristizabal Audrey Kimy Touw Pablo López 13 2026 Current season
Coaches' results Considering the final placement of the contestants who are members of their team (not the final placement of the coaches):