The Voice: Ahla Sawt (; Ahla Sawt meaning "The Most Beautiful Voice") is the Arabic version of Dutch show The Voice of Holland created by John de Mol Jr. and produced by Talpa Media Group. The first season of MENA's version of The Voice debuted on 14 September 2012 and was broadcast worldwide from Beirut, Lebanon via MBC 1, a pan-Arabian television station. Through an agreement, the show was also simulcast via LBCI's channels. The first two season's main host was Egyptian actor Mohammad Kareem and Arwa Gouda. Nadine Wilson Njeim hosted from backstage.
The format of The Voice: Ahla Sawt has three stages, which are the blind auditions, the battle rounds, and the live performances. In the blind auditions, each contestant will be allowed to sing for 90 seconds with each of the coaches having their backs to the singer. When a coach wants a singer on their team, the coach presses a red button that results in the chair being turned around to reveal who the singer is to that coach and the singer joining their team. If two or more coaches turn around for that singer, the singer gets to decide which team they want to join. Each coach will have to select 12 singers to form their team from a group of 100 contestants.
Once the blind auditions finish, the battle rounds will begin where the coaches will pair two singers on each team to compete against each other singing the same song on stage. The coaches will then have to decide which contestant will stay and which will be eliminated. After a series of eliminations, live performances will occur where the public can decide which singer will represent the Arab World as "The Voice".
The winner of season 1 of The Voice Ahla Sawt was Murad Bouriki from Team Assi who received the highest number of votes beating out Yousra Mahnouch, Farid Ghannam, and Qusai Hatem.
Due to the high ratings and big popularity the series got in the Arab World, MBC renewed the show for a second season which aired in 2013. All 4 coaches of season 1 came back for season 2. The second season premiered on Saturday, 28 December 2013.
The Voice: Ahla Sawt seasons 1 and 2 were produced by Sony Pictures Television Arabia for MBC and Season 3 was produced by Talpa Middle East.
In season two, during an intense finale which drew millions of viewers across the Middle East & North Africa, guest star Ricky Martin took the stage to perform his new songs "Adrenalina" and "Come With Me". Iraq's Sattar Saad from Team Kadim won the title after receiving the highest number of votes beating out Iraq's Simor Jalal, Egypt's Wahm and Syria's Hala Al Kaseer.
All four coaches once again returned for season three of The Voice Ahla Sawt, which started airing on MBC on 26 September 2015. On 26 December 2015, the winner of season three was Jordan's Nedaa Sharara from Team Sherine who beat out Lebanon's Christine Said from Team Kadim, Iraq's Ali Yousef from Team Assi, and Tunisia's Hamza Fadlaoui from Team Saber.
In 2015, a spin-off of the show featuring children as contestants debuted under the title The Voice Kids – Ahla Sawt.
In 2018, there was a change in the judging panel. The season 4 judges were Elissa, Mohamed Hamaki, Assi El Helani (who had not been replaced since season 1) and Ahlam. The title was won by Iraqi contestant Doumou' Tahseen from Team Ahlam.
The first episode of the fifth season was broadcast on 21 September 2019. In addition to previous coaches Ahlam and Hamaki, the season saw two new coaches: Moroccan singer Samira Said and Lebanese popstar Ragheb Alama, the latter of whom had the winner team this season.
The sixth season premiered on 29 October 2025 with a panel reduced to three coaches: Nassif Zeytoun, Rahma Riad, and Ahmed Saad. Joudy Shahen from Team Rahma was the winner of the season.
The Voice coaches Coaches' timeline Coaches Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 Assi El Helani colspan=2 Kadim Al Sahir colspan="3" Sherine colspan="3" Saber Rebaï colspan="3" Ahlam colspan="3" Mohamed Hamaki colspan="3" Elissa colspan="3" colspan=2 Ragheb Alama colspan="4" Samira Said colspan="4" Nassif Zeytoun colspan=5 Rahma Riad colspan=5 Ahmed Saad colspan=5 Kadim Al Sahir – Iraqi composer-musician, singer and poet Sherine – Egyptian pop star and actress Assi El Helani – Lebanese singer Saber Rebaï – Tunisian composer-musician Elissa – Lebanese singer Ahlam – Emirati singer Mohamed Hamaki – Egyptian singer Ragheb Alama – Lebanese singer Samira Said – Moroccan pop singer Nassif Zeytoun – Syrian pop singer Rahma Riad – Iraqi singer Ahmed Saad – Egyptian singer
Series overview Color key Team Kadim Team Sherine Team Saber Team Assi Team Mohamed Team Ahlam Team Elissa Team Ragheb Team Samira Team Nassif Team Rahma Team Ahmed
Season Aired Winner Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place Winning coach Host Coaches (chair's order) 1 2 3 4 1 2012 Mourad Bouriki Fareed Ghanam Qusai Hatem Yousra Mahnouch Assi El Helani Mohammed Kareem Kadim Sherine Saber Assi 2 2013-2014 Sattar Saad Quasser Simour Jalal Wahm Kadim Al Sahir 3 2015 Nedaa Sharara Christine Saïd Ali Youssef Hamza Fadlaoui Sherine Aimée Sayah 4 2018 Dumooa Tahseen Issam Sarhan Yusuf Sultan Hela Melki Ahlam Nardine Farag Assi Ahlam Elissa Mohamed 5 2019Mehdi Ayachi Iman Ghani Fahd Mouftakhi Radwan Al AsmarRagheb Alama Mohamed Ragheb Samira 6 2025-2026 Joudy Shahen Ashraqat Ahmed Mohannad Al-Basha Rahma Riad Yasir Al-Saggaf Ahmed Rahma Nassif
The Voice Senior – أحلى صوت Color key Team Melhem Team Samira Team Najwa Team Hany
Season Aired Winner Runner-up Other finalists Winning coach Host(s) Coaches (chair's order) 1 2 3 4 1 2020 Abdou Yaghi Suad Hassan Faisal Al Hallaq Mervat Kamel Melhem Zein Annabella Hilal Hany Samira Najwa Melhem
Coaches' timeline
Coaches Seasons1 Melhem Zein Samira Said Najwa Karam Hany Shaker
The Voice finalists Color key – Winning coach and their team. Winners are in bold, finalists in finale listed first, eliminated artists are in small font.
Season Coaches and their finalists1 Mourad BourikiMory HatemHassan AmaraElie AsmarMarina ChebelInas Lattouf Qusai HatemLamia ZaïdiSamer Abu TalebLamia JamalChristian Abu AnniMona Roukhachi Farid GhannamMohammad AdliEnji AminAbdel Azeem ZahabiAlaa AhmadYousra Mansour Yousra MahnouchNour EreksousiXriss Jor Rouba Khouri Roni ShemaliRawdan Katrish2Hala Al QasserAdnan BresimGhazi Al-AmirReem MehratAmer TawfikSahar SeddikiRabih JaberNadia Khaless Simour JalalMohammed FaresMarwa NagySamer Al-SaeedEyad al-QuassamNancy NasrallahAïda MohammedHossam HosnyWahmNileKarar SalahKhaled El-KhayatMohamed DahlebMahmoud TourabiWael Al MuallemAlaa Fouad Sattar SaadKhaoula MoujahidAmmar KhattabAhmad HusseinGhazi KhattabIngrid BawabSanae Abdel-HamidMehvan Saleh3Ali YousefOmar DeanNayress Ben GagaRehab SalehAhmed NasserHossam Al Shami Hamza FadhlaouiAboud BarmadaMahrazia TouilJad Abi HaydarRanine Al ShaarAbdulsamad Jabran Nedaa ShararaGhassan Ben BrahimEyad BahaaAbdulmajeed IbrahimMohamed Al Tayeb Reham MustafaChristine SaidNajat RajouiRadwan SadekTamer NajmAmjad ShakerNasser Atoui4 Yusuf SultanEya DaghnoujMaryse FerzlySafa SaadRita CamilosBatoul Bani Dumooa TahseenFaisal Al-AnsariOlga El KadiSouha El MasriAbdelrahman Al MofarijFouad El JaritlyHela MelkiKhaled HelmiHassan El AttarAhmed El HellakGiana GhantousRabih HajjarIssam SarhanHoucine Ben HajChaima AbdelazizRana AtiqElyas MabroukAli Rasheed5 Mehdi AyachiMichel ChalhoubDua LahyaouiYoussef HennadNouha Rhaiem Charaf AhmedEman AbdelghaniRabab NajidIbrahim MachwaliNourhan El MorshdiAli al-ShareefiRedwan El AsmarCindy LattyMaher SamiClara AtallahOmar Al AttasToufic Al KalashFahd MouftakhirYamane El HajHafida FalkouBahaa KhalilAhmed AbdelazizWiam RedouaneStolen contestants italicized
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