Hlas Česko Slovenska (Czech and Slovak for The Czech / Slovak Voice, literally The Voice of Czecho Slovakia) is a reality singing competition and version of The Voice of Holland for Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. It kicked off on February 12, 2012, and ended on June 3, 2012. One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.
Overview
Coaches and Finalists – Winning Coach/Contestant. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font. – Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed. – 2nd Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.
Judges/Coaches
Format The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/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 singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach. Each team of singers 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, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with a combination of public and jury vote deciding who advances onto the next round. In the final phase, the remaining contestants (top 8) 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.
The first season started on February 12, 2012, and is aired simultaneously in both countries. The judges are Josef Vojtek, leadsinger of Czech rock band Kabát, 1980s cult figure Michal David, pop singer Dara Rolins and her spouse, popular hip hop/R'n'B artist and sex symbol Rytmus.
The Blind Auditions
Key
Episode 1: February 12, 2012 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' Choices Josef Michal Dara Rytmus 1Daniel Mrózek"Apologize" 2Kristýna Daňhelová"Big Girls Don't Cry" — — 3Jakub Pohle"Always" — — 4Vanda Krajčovicová"Touch the Sun" — — — — 5Adam Pavlovčin"Love's Divine" — 6 Viliam Šandor "On My Head" — — — — 7Simona Hégerová"Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" — 8Arpád Csete"Mad World" — — 9Petr Lexa "Forget You" 10Markéta Walsbergerová"Hello" — — — — 11Bára Vaculíková "Poison" — — — 12Alan Tuscany"Whataya Want from Me" — — — 13Tino Richter"I'm Yours" — — — — 14Lucia Molnárová"Vyznanie"
Episode 2: February 19, 2012 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' Choices Josef Michal Dara Rytmus 1Zuzana Mikulcová"You Give Me Something" — — 2Viktor Nižník"Bad Day" — — — — 3Markéta Poulíčková"Sober" 4Michal Kašpar"Easy" — 5František Bartoš"Vyznání" — — — — 6David Bísek"California King Bed" — — 7Nikoleta Spalasová"Nothing Compares To You" — — 8Imrich Tengeri"Sex On Fire" — — — 9Vladimíra Bauerová"Vyznanie" — — — — 10Nándor Polgáry"Come Together" — — 11Radka Križanová"Rome Wasn't Built In A Day" — — 12Karolína Ruppert"Pokoj v duši" — — — — 13Marek Motalík"Wonderwall" — 14Veronika Vrublová"Poison" — — — 15Ivanna Bagová"If I Were A Boy" 16Karel Gott*"That's Life (Czech version)" This was a guest appearance by the famous singer who was playing a trick on the coaches finding out if they would recognise him. While every coach pushed the button immediately, he did not choose any of them as he was not really auditioning for the show.
Episode 3: February 26, 2012 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' Choices Josef Michal Dara Rytmus 1Adam Koubek"Easy" — — 2Veronika Vohnoutová"Bad Day" — — — — 3Katarína Demská"Billie Jean" — — — 4Michaela HusárováBack to Black — — 5Jiří Koběrský"Love Is All Around" — — — 6Robert Julius A."Plush" — — — — 7Norbert Petický"Hero" — — 8Lenka Libjaková"Time After Time" — — — 9Eva Bittová"Because of You" — — 10Kateřina Petráňová"Sweet About Me" — 11Magdalena Wronková"Poison" — — — — 12Jan Rychta"All By Myself" — — — — 13Dominika Šuľáková"Sober" — — 14Tomáš & Peter Szabó"Fuckin' Perfect" — — — — 15Lucie Dobrovodská"Purple Rain" — — 16Hana Hyánková"One of Us" — — — — 17 Barbora Švidraňová"Warwick Avenue" — — 18Martina Fabová "I Say a Little Prayer" — — — — 19 Jaromír Hnilica "Set Fire to the Rain"
Episode 4: March 4, 2012 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' Choices Josef Michal Dara Rytmus 1 Matej Koreň"Let Me Entertain You" — — — 2 Elin Špidlová"I Try" — — 3 Martin Hrabal "Easy" — 4Natália Puklušová"Fuckin' Perfect" — — — — 5 Judita Hansman"Love Is A Losing Game" — — — 6 Martin Truhlář"Just The Way You Are" — — — 7Michal Dukes"Beat It" — — — — 8 Anna Veselovská"Feeling Good" 9 Libor Zajpt"Sex On Fire" — — — 10Elén Berešová"Bleeding Love" — — — — 11Ester Weisnerová"Don't Know Why" — — — 12Juraj Zaujec"Message in a Bottle" — 13 Jan Danda"Against All Odds" — 14Renáta Podlipská"Spomaľ" — — — — 15 Tamara Kubová "If I Ain't Got You" — — — 16 Brunno Oravec"Ordinary World" — 17Hana Balcarová"Bubbly" — — — — 18 Petr Kutheil "Whataya Want From Me"
Episode 5: March 11, 2012 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' Choices Josef Michal Dara Rytmus 1 Renáta Čonková"Because Of You" — — 2 David Weingartner"Losing My Religion" — — — 3 Brigita Čikošová Szelidová"Beautiful" — — — — 4 Lenka Jankovská"Waiting on the World to Change" 5 Martin Máček"With Or Without You" — — — — 6 Kristína Zakuciová"One of Us" — — — 7 Patrik Havelka"Spomaľ" — — — 8 Jan Vytásek"Every Breath You Take" — — — — 9 Barbora Blahová"Empire State of Mind" — — 10Ekaterini Sluková"Love Is A Losing Game" — — — 11Michal Chrenko"Easy" — — 12 Vojtěch Drahokoupil"Bad Day" — — — 13 Simona Fehérová"Mercy" 14Peter Debnár"In My Place" — — 15 Miloš Novotný"On My Head" — 16 Alžběta Pažoutová"California King Bed"
The Battles
Coaches begin narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". Each episode featured eight to ten battles consisting two of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants. After that the seven winners had to go through one sing-off before six of them advanced to the live shows.
Josef Michal Dara Rytmus Linda Finková Václav Patejdl Tonya Graves Tomi Popovič
– Battle Winner
Episode 6: 18 March 2012 Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song 1 Josef Barbára Vaculíková Markéta Poulíčková "Fighter" 2 Dara Adam Pavlovčin Miloš Novotný "Without You" 3 RytmusAdam Koubek Patrik Havelka "Hey Jude" 4 MichalAlžbeta Pažoutová Ester Wiesnerová "Life" 5 Josef Jakub Pohle Libor Zajpt "Sweet Child o' Mine" 6 Dara Alan Tuskany Dominika Šuľáková "Kids" 7 RytmusImrich Tengeri Juraj Zaujec "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 8 MichalKateřina Petráňová Radka Križanová "California King Bed" 9 Michal Martin Hrabal Petr Kutheil "Radio Ga Ga" 10 RytmusAnna Veselovská Lucie Dobrovodská "Set Fire to the Rain"
Episode 7: 25 March 2012 Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song 1 Michal Ivanna Bagová Jaromír Hnilica "Dangerous" 2 Josef Jan Danda Martin Truhlář "Say say say" 3 Dara Lenka Jankovská Elin Špidlová "Run to You" 4 Rytmus Petr Lexa Tamara Kubová "Moves Like Jagger" 5 Josef Barbora Blahová Kristína Zakuciová "Love the Way You Lie" 6 Dara David Bisek Norbert Petick "Cry Me a River" 7 Rytmus Kristýna Daňhelová Renáta Čonková "Firework" 8 Michal David Weingartner Jiří Koběrský "The Riddle" 9 Josef Barbora Švidraňová Matej Koreň "One" 10 Dara Judita Hansman Zuzana Mikulcová "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" 11 Rytmus Simona Fehérová Michal Chrenko "Crazy"
Episode 8: 1 April 2012 Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song 1 Josef Marek Motalík Daniel Mrózek "I Want It That Way" 2 Rytmus Nikoleta Spalasová Lenka Libjaková "Lady Marmalade" 3 Dara Eva Bittová Simona Hégerová "I Hate This Part" 4 Michal Michal Kašpar Lucia Molnárová "Higher" 5 Josef Michaela Husárová Veronika Vrublová "Valerie" 6 Dara Nandy Polgáry Katarína Demská "Falling Slowly" 7 Michal Arpád Csete Brunno Oravec "You"
The Sing-off Each coach nominates 5 acts from their group to advance to the live shows. The 2 remaining acts per group will do a sing-off for the remaining live show spot.
Sing Off # Coach Contestant Song Contestant Song1Rytmus Kristýna Daňhelová "Big Girls Don't Cry" Petr Lexa "Forget You"2Josef Martin Truhlář "Just The Way You Are" Jakub Pohle "Always"3 Dara David Bisek "California King Bed" Lenka Jankovská "Waiting on the World to Change"4 Michal Michal Kašpar "Easy" Petr Kutheil "Whataya Want From Me"
The Live Shows
Episodes 9 & 10: April 8 and April 9, 2012
Team Josef and Team Rytmus performed. Public voted and selected their top 2 in each team. These 2 contestants are safe and advancing to the next round. Then the coaches saved another 2 contestants and the remaining ones had to sing again for their place in the competition. They sang the same songs as they did the night before. One of them was saved by the coach and the other had to leave the competition. Team: Team Josef, Team Rytmus
Competition Performances Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Josef Vojtek Markéta Poulíčková "Left Outside Alone" Josef's Vote 2 Josef Vojtek Jakub Pohle "Born to Be Wild" Josef's Vote 3 Josef Vojtek Kristína Zakuciová "Bad Romance" Sing-Off 4 Josef Vojtek Daniel Mrózek "Angels" Public Vote 5 Josef Vojtek Veronika Vrublová "It's My Life" Eliminated 6 Josef Vojtek Barbora Švidraňová "Rolling in the Deep" Public Vote 7 Rytmus Kristýna Daňhelová "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Sing-Off 8 Rytmus Nikoeta Spalasová "Halo" Public Vote 9 Rytmus Adam Koubek "Kiss from a Rose" Rytmus' Vote 10 Rytmus Juraj Zaujec "Držím ti miesto" by TEAM Rytmus' Vote 11 Rytmus Michal Chrenko "I Need a Dollar" Eliminated 12 Rytmus Anna Veselovská "Jar of Hearts" Public Vote
Episodes 11 & 12: April 15 and April 16, 2012
Team Dara and Team Michal performed. Public voted and selected their top 2 in each team. These 2 contestants are safe and advancing to the next round. Then the coaches saved another 2 contestants and the remaining ones had to sing again for their place in the competition. They sang the same songs as they did the night before. One of them was saved by the coach and the other had to leave the competition. Team: Team Dara, Team Michal
Competition Performances Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Dara Rolins Dominika Šuľaková "Grenade" Public Vote 2 Dara Rolins Katarína Demská "Freedom" Sing-Off 3 Dara Rolins David Bisek "Closer" Eliminated 4 Dara Rolins Zuzana Mikulcová "No One" Public Vote 5 Dara Rolins Simona Hégerová "We Found Love" Dara's Vote 6 Dara Rolins Miloš Novotný "This Love" Dara's Vote 7 Michal David Petr Kutheil "Lady Carneval" Michal's Vote 8 Michal David Kateřina Petráňová "I Will Survive" Michal's Vote 9 Michal David Brunno Oravec "Please Forgive Me" Sing-Off 10 Michal David Alžběta Pažoutová "Who Knew" Eliminated 11 Michal David David Weingartner "Personal Jesus" Public Vote 12 Michal David Ivanna Bagová "I Will Always Love You" Public Vote
Episodes 13 & 14: April 22 and April 23, 2012
Team Josef and Team Rytmus performed.