La Voz is a Spanish reality talent show that premiered on 19 September 2012 on Telecinco. 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 coaches for the debut season were David Bisbal, Rosario Flores, Malú and Melendi. Jesús Vázquez hosted the programme while Tania Llasera shared hosting duties as the social media correspondent. The first episode kicked off with 4,591,000 viewers (30.6% market share).'La Voz' (30,6%) arranca con gran éxito de audiencia tras seducir a casi 4,6 millones en Telecinco
Step 1: « Audiciones a ciegas » (Blind Auditions) The Blind Auditions were taped in the third week of August 2012 and were aired from 19 September to 17 October 2012 in five telecasts. 80 auditioners took part in the Blind Auditions. Each coach had to form a team of 14 contestants.
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Episode 1: 19 September 2012 The first episode began with the four coaches singing "Viviendo deprisa".Los coaches cantan juntos en el escenario de 'La Voz'
OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesDavid BisbalRosario FloresMalúMelendi 1Mara Ferrándiz"I Am What I Am" — — — 2Maika Barbero"Heaven" 3Borja Llamas"Every Breath You Take" — — — — 4Angélica Leyva"Volver" 5Neus Ferri"You Shook Me All Night Long" — — 6Rocío Albalaejo"Te dejé marchar" — — — — 7Abraham Fernández"Hallelujah" — — 8Paula Rojo"Chicken Fried" 9Virginia Alexandre"La flaca" — — — 10Tina Riobo"Georgia on My Mind" — — — — 11Rebeca Moscardó"Run to You" 12Mercedes Pérez"Qué no daría yo" — — — 13Charo Giménez"Sweet Child o' Mine" — — — — 14Mirela Cabero"Sola otra vez" — — — 15Yago Ibars"Your Body Is a Wonderland" — — — — 16Juan Carlos Mata"Summertime"
Episode 2: 26 September 2012 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesDavid BisbalRosario FloresMalúMelendi 1Lola Dorado"Respect" 2Sheila Mesas"Para que tú no llores" — — — — 3Héctor Roldán"En la casa de Inés" — — 4Damaris Martínez"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" — — 5Sandra Arco"Se nos rompió el amor" 6Jesús Rodríguez"Si bastasen un par de canciones" — — — — 7Manuela Paz"Roxanne" — — 8Anael Santana"Rolling in the Deep" — — 9Pau Piqué"For Once in My Life" — 10Jessyca Zades"I'm Outta Love" — — — — 11Alfonso Vera"Superstition" — — — — 12Nieves Hidalgo"Solamente Tú" — — 13Marta Santamaría"Flor de Lis" — — — 14Gema Hernández"Diles" — — — — 15Javi Brichis"Billie Jean" — — — 16Núria Martínez"Rock and Roll" — — —
Episode 3: 3 October 2012 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesDavid BisbalRosario FloresMalúMelendi 1Anabella Arregui"Me Muero" — — — 2Paco Arrojo"Y cómo es él" 3Judith Pujibet"Tainted Love" — — — — 4Jésus Sánchez"Corazón Partío" — — — — 5Miguel Kocina"Feeling Good" — 6Macarena Fernández"Contigo en la distancia" — 7Emmanuel Lehmann"Nothing Compares 2 U" — 8Iolanda Rodríguez"Je veux" — — 9Marta & María Pérez"Fallen" — — 10Kristina Moreno"Si nos dejan" — — — — 11David Ros"Use Somebody" 12Susanna del Río"Looking for Paradise" — — — 13Juan Saavedra"Como un burro amarrado en la puerta del baile" — — — — 14Estitxu Pinatxo"I'm Outta Love" — — — 15 Marta Jaume"Perfect" — — — — 16Nicky Triphook"Forget You" — — —
Episode 4: 10 October 2012 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesDavid BisbalRosario FloresMalúMelendi 1Efrén García"Quiero un camino" — — 2Tony Amboaje"The Best" 3Mireia Milanés"Flor de Romero" — — — — 4Sharay Abellán"Fallin'" — — 5 Paola González"Amiga Mía" — — — — 6Lorena Ruiz"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" — — — 7Yhadira García"Solamente Tú" — — 8 Hugo Torreiro"Tu mirada me hace grande" — — — — 9Brequette Shana"For Once in My Life" — 10Eli López"Blanco y negro" — — 11Noemí Calumarte"Wicked Game" — — 12Paco Orellana"Noches de bohemia" — — — — 13Claritzel Miyares"Cómo fue" — — — 14Beatriz Herrero"Think" — 15 Jorge & Alberto Mena"Vivir lo nuestro" — — — — 16Eva María Cortés"Desátame" —
Episode 5: 17 October 2012 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesDavid BisbalRosario FloresMalúMelendi 1María Moreta"Price Tag" — — — 2Yanela Brooks"A Natural Woman" — — 3Maravillas Ballesta"Todo irá bien" — — — — 4Jorge González"Lucía" — 5Mónica Guech"Someone like You" — — 6Alejandro Canals"A mi manera" — — 7Yolanda Vierge"Y sin embargo te quiero" — 8 Pilar Revuelta"Sweet Dreams" — — — — 9Rafa Blas"Highway to Hell" 10David Santiago"No estamos locos" — — 11Eduardo Ruimán"Te quiero, te quiero" — — 12Nuria Martorell"Street Life" — 13 Miguel Sánchez"She Will Be Loved" — — 14 Alfonso Aibar"Delilah" — — 15Isabel Barría"Nostalgia" — 16Javi Mota"Que yo no quiero problemas"
Step 2: « Las Batallas » (The Battles) The Battle Round was taped in early October 2012 and was aired from 24 October to 7 November 2012 in three telecasts. Coaches begin narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". This round features twenty-eight battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants. After the battles, each coach is left with seven contestants; each coach saves five of these to advance to the live shows, whereas the two remaining singers do a sing-off for the remaining live show spot. Thus, six contestants for each coach advance to the live shows.
The trusted advisors for these episodes are: Luis Fonsi working with David Bisbal, Antonio Carmona working with Rosario Flores, Tiziano Ferro working with Malú and Nek working with Melendi.
– Battle Winner
Episode 6: 24 October 2012
Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song 1 David Bisbal Virginia Alexandre Lola Dorado "Lady Marmalade" 2 Rosario Flores Jorge González Damaris Martínez "What You're Made of" 3 Melendi Tony Amboaje Maika Barbero "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" 4 Malú Macarena Fernández Pau Piqué "Somos Novios" 5 Melendi Paula Rojo Yhadira García "Complicated" 6 David Bisbal Nieves Hidalgo Sandra Arco "Torre de Arena" 7 Rosario Flores Mónica Guech Nuria Martorell "Without You" 8 Melendi Eduardo Ruimán Miguel Kocina "Torero" 9 Malú Nicky Triphook Hector Roldán "Always" 10 Rosario Flores Anabella Arregui Lorena Ruiz "Aprendiz" 11 Malú Manuela Paz Núria Martínez "Firework"
Episode 7: 31 October 2012
Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song 1 Malú Beatriz Herrero Rebeca Moscardó "I Have Nothing" 2 David Bisbal Eva María Cortés Mara Ferrándiz "Last Dance" 3 Melendi Javi Mota Mirela Cabero "Devuélveme la vida" 4 Rosario Flores Emmanuel Lehmann Abraham Fernández "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" 5 Melendi Mercedes Pérez Susana del Río "Y, ¿Si Fuera Ella?" 6 Malú María Moreta Yolanda Rodríguez "Manos al Aire" 7 David Bisbal Rafa Blas David Ros "It's My Life" 8 Malú Eli López Efrén García "Recuérdame" 9 Melendi Neus Ferri Javi Brichis "Ironic" 10 David Bisbal Yanela Brooks Yolanda Vierge "Historia de un Amor" 11 Rosario Flores Juan Carlos Mata David Santiago "Volando voy"
Episode 8: 7 November 2012
Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song 1 David Bisbal Marta & María Pérez Paco Arrojo "No Me Ames" 2 Rosario Flores Angélica Leyva Noemí Calumarte "Vivir sin aire" 3 Melendi Marta Santamaría Claritzel Miyares "Mas que Nada" 4 David Bisbal Brequette Shana Sharay Abellán "If I Ain't Got You" 5 Malú Alejandro Canals Isabel Barría "Mi amante amigo" 6 Rosario Flores Anael Santana Estitxu Pinatxo "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
Sing-off Each contestant that had to go through the sing-off performed the same song they had sung in the Blind Auditions.
– Sing-off Winner Order Coach Contestant Contestant 1 David Bisbal Mara Ferrándiz Lola Dorado 2 Rosario Flores Jorge González Juan Carlos Mata 3 Malú Núria Martínez Alejandro Canals 4 Melendi Javi Mota Claritzel Miyares
Step 3: « Los Directos » (Live Shows) Five Live Shows will be aired from 21 November to 19 December 2012. The first live show was scheduled for 14 November 2012, but it was postponed one week due to a general strike in Spain and replaced by a special best moments episode.Telecinco no emitirá el programa «La Voz» por la huelga general del 14-N
Public televoting begins at this point, with one candidate eliminated from each team in the first two live shows. Voting lines open during the broadcast of each live show. The first half of each team performs in the first Live Show, the second half in the second Live Show. In these first two shows, in each team, one contestant is automatically sent to the next round thanks to the votes of the audience, and the coach chooses one of the other two contestants to stay. After the first two shows, 16 singers remain (4 from each team) and perform in the third show; in each team one contestant is saved by the public and another one by the team's coach.Telecinco no emitirá el programa «La Voz» por la huelga general del 14-N In the semi-final, the 8 remaining contestants perform (2 from each team); one finalist is chosen for each team in a decision where both the team's coach and the public voting weight equally. In the final, public voting decides the winner between the 4 remaining contestants (one from each team).
Episode 9: 21 November 2012 Celebrity performer: Melendi with "Lágrimas desordenadas"
Competition performances Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1David Bisbal Lola Dorado "Chain of Fools" Eliminated 2 Paco Arrojo "Ahora quién" Saved by the public 3 Yanela Brooks "Proud Mary" Saved by her coach 4Rosario Flores Anabella Arregui "Oye" Saved by her coach 5 Mónica Guech "Empire State of Mind" Eliminated 6 Jorge González "Adoro" Saved by the public 7Melendi Paula Rojo "Torn" Saved by her coach 8 Claritzel Miyares "Mientes" Eliminated 9 Maika Barbero "Carrie" Saved by the public 10Malú Héctor Roldán "Angels" Eliminated 11 Núria Martínez "Zombie" Saved by her coach 12 Pau Piqué "New York, New York" Saved by the public
Non-competition performances Performance Order Performers Song 1 David Bisbal and his team "When I Look at You" 2 Rosario Flores and her team "Qué bonito" 3 Melendi and his team "Cuestión de prioridades" 4 Malú and her team "Blanco y negro"
Episode 10: 28 November 2012 Celebrity performer: Malú and Aleks Syntek with "Sólo el amor nos salvará"
Competition performances Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1Melendi Susanna del Río "En ausencia de ti" Saved by default 2 Eduardo Ruimán "Remolino" WithdrawnRuimán announced he was withdrawing from the contest right after his competition performance because of differences with the producers of the show and his coach; allegedly the producers were not warned about this beforehand. The host said that, due to the contest regulations, public voting had to continue as it had been planned. Ruimán was revealed to have won the public voting but the other two contestants advanced because of his withdrawal. 3 Neus Ferri "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Saved by default 4Malú Iolanda Rodríguez "Out Here On My Own" Saved by the public 5 Efrén García "Aquello que me diste" Eliminated 6 Rebeca Moscardó "Adagio" Saved by her coach 7David Bisbal Rafa Blas "The Final Countdown" Saved by the public 8 Nieves Hidalgo "Tanto" Eliminated 9 Brequette Shana "Love on Top" Saved by her coach 10Rosario Flores Angélica Leyva "Piensa en mí" Saved by her coach 11 Emmanuel Lehmann "Ne me quitte pas" Saved by the public 12 Anael Santana "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Eliminated
Non-competition performances Performance Order Performers Song 1 Melendi and his team "Con sólo una sonrisa" 2 Malú and her team "Ahora tú" 3 David Bisbal and his team "Silencio" 4 Rosario Flores and her team "No dudaría"
Episode 11: 5 December 2012 Competition performances