The Voice of Finland (season 3) is the third season of the Finnish reality singing competition based on The Voice format. The season premiered on Nelonen on January 3, 2014.
The coaches are singer Anne Mattila, glam rock singer Michael Monroe, singer Mira Luoti of PMMP, and rapper Elastinen. Axl Smith hosts the program.
Overview 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 where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if they want that singer on their team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach. Some singers perform behind a curtain which falls only after the song is finished.
Each team of contestants 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. This season, coaches are allowed to steal two eliminated artists each from other coaches.
In the final phase, the remaining contestants compete against each other in live broadcasts. Within the first live round, the surviving 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 acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the semi-final. In the semi-final the results are based on a mix of public vote, advance vote by phone, sms, Deezer listening and Ruutu.fi viewing of the previous week's performances, and voting of coaches. Each carries equal weight of 100 points for a total of 300 points. With one team member remaining for each coach, the (final 4) contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided by advance vote and public vote, both with equal weight of 100 points for a total of 200 points.
All finalists will release a single and the winner will receive a record deal with Universal.
Episodes
The Blind Auditions Key
Episode 1: January 3, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenMira LuotiAnne MattilaMichael Monroe 1Emmi Ahonen"Crazy" — 2Suvi Salmimies"Paris (Ooh La La)" — 3Juho Schroderus"Someone Like You" 4Emma Schnitt"One and Only" 5Lee Angel"Heaven" 6Laura Saloniemi"Prinsessalle" — — — — 7Jussi Kivi"Wake Me Up" — — — 8Hulda Jokinen"Vanha nainen hunningolla" — — — — 9Ronnie Grandell"Born To Run" — — — — 10Cecilia Strömman"Jolene" — — 11Roni Leppä"Burning Love" — — — — 12Janne Savolainen"Polte" — — — 13Anni Saikku"Stay"
Episode 2: January 10, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenMira LuotiAnne MattilaMichael Monroe 1Johanna Johnson"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" 2Miklos Jeney"Iris" — — — 3Henri Potkonen"Polte" — — — 4Ann Wikström"I Remember You" — — — — 5Toni Laaksonen"Runaway" — 6Veronika Sokolova"Burn" — — — — 7Ivone Kätkä"Next To Me" — — 8Elina Hjelt"One and Only" — — 9Ville Pyykönen"Home" — — — 10Sofia Tarkkanen"I Gotta Find Peace of Mind" —
Episode 3: January 17, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenMira LuotiAnne MattilaMichael Monroe 1Maya Kurki"Don't Let Go (Love)" — — — 2Sonja Perkkiö"Crazy" — — — — 3Jarmo Kantola"Mustang Sally" — — 4Lauri Permanto"The Scientist" — — 5Noora Mäkinen"Wild Ones" — — — — 6Kide Leppäpohja"Because the Night" — — 7Satu Tolvanen"Hurt" — — — 8Harry Fontana"It's Only Make Believe" — — — — 9Laura Perälä"Kaksi mannerta" — — — — 10Tiia Erämeri"My Heart Is Refusing Me" —
Episode 4: January 24, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenMira LuotiAnne MattilaMichael Monroe 1Rami Välimäki"Jos ystävään luottaa voit" — — — — 2Anne Carlsson"Säg det igen" — — 3Orel Rantonen"Superstition" — — — 4Meeri Paavilainen"New York" — — 5Sari Kankkonen"Footprints in the Sand" — — — — 6Alexis Hjelt"Broken Vow" — 7Julia Väyrynen"Blown Away" — — — 8Pia Lipponen"Hallelujah" — — 9Oskari Salovaara"Life on Mars?" — — — — 10Camilla Bäckman"Halo"
Episode 5: January 31, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenMira LuotiAnne MattilaMichael Monroe 1Kerttu Suonpää"Fallin'" — 2Tuuli Okkonen"Angel" — 3Samuli Kakko"Angels" — — — — 4Mari Sarkkinen"Blame It on the Boogie" — — — 5Timo Kanerva"Take Me Home, Country Roads" — — 6Tuulia Raita"Fix You" — — — 7Áile-Risten Holmberg"Todella kaunis" — — — — 8Netta Pietilä"Warwick Avenue" 9Sini Alatalo"You Had Me" — — — 10Kazumi Tanaka"Fly Me to the Moon"
Episode 6: February 7, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenMira LuotiAnne MattilaMichael Monroe 1Laura Tuhkala"Gravity" — — 2Erik Niemi"Valerie" — — 3Sami Ilvonen"Highway to Hell" — — — — 4Sanna Hannus"Mä annan sut pois" — — — 5Teemu Alanen"Iris" — — — — 6Jemina Pouttu"Homeless" — — 7Vilikasperi Kanth"Tuntematon potilas" — — — — 8Maija Aflatuni"Think" 9Siru Airistola"Domino" — — 10Sini Tuominen"Diamonds" — — —
The Wildcards OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesElastinenMira LuotiAnne MattilaMichael Monroe 1Samuli Kakko"Juuret" — — — — 2Jenni Taari"Listen" — — — — 3Hulda Jokinen "Hetken tie on kevyt" — — — 4Teemu Alanen "Use Somebody" — — — — 5Roni Leppä "Unchained Melody" — — — 6Alex Cast "No Woman, No Cry"
Battle rounds The Battle rounds will be broadcast over four episodes on February 14 - March 7, 2014. Each coach will be joined by an advisor, with Michael Monroe being joined by Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica, Mattila by producer Petri Munck, Mira Luoti will be joined by singer-songwriter Maija Vilkkumaa and Elastinen will be joined once again by producer Jukka Immonen. Each coach will be given two steals, they can hit their button as many times as they like, but can only steal two artists from other coaches.
Colour key Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode 7 (February 14) Order Coach Artists Song Coaches' and artists' choices Elastinen Mira Luoti Anne Mattila Michael Monroe 1 Mira Luoti Camilla Bäckman Anne Carlsson "I Say a Little Prayer" — 2 Michael Monroe Meeri Paavilainen Roni Leppä "Hanging on the Telephone" — — — 3 Anne Mattila Henri Potkonen Ville Pyykönen "Mandoliinimies" — — — 4 Elastinen Tiia Erämeri Emma Schnitt "Skyscraper" 5 Michael Monroe Sonja Perkkiö Elina Hjelt "I Drove All Night" — — 6 Anne Mattila Jussi Kari Satu Tolvanen "Where the Wild Roses Grow" — — —
Episode 8 (February 21) Order Coach Artists Song Coaches' and artists' choices Elastinen Mira Luoti Anne Mattila Michael Monroe 1 Elastinen Johanna Johnson Maya Kurki "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" — — 2 Anne Mattila Miklos Jeney Juho Schroderus "Shape of My Heart" — — — 3 Elastinen Sini Tuominen Netta PietiläEmmi Ahonen "Säännöt rakkaudelle" — — 4 Mira Luoti Maija AflatuniOrel Rantonen "That Don't Impress Me Much" — — 5 Michael MonroeLee Angel Kide Leppäpohja "Dancing in the Dark" — — 6 Anne Mattila Hulda Jokinen Sanna Hannus "Oothan tässä vielä huomenna" — —
Episode 9 (February 28) Order Coach Artists Song Coaches' and artists' choices Elastinen Mira Luoti Anne Mattila Michael Monroe 1 Mira Luoti Sofia Tarkkanen Lauri Permanto "Nuori ja kaunis" — 2 Michael Monroe Jarmo Kantola Timo Kanerva "In the City" — 3 Anne Mattila Jemina PouttuToni Laaksonen "9 to 5" — — 4 Elastinen Kerttu Suonpää Erik Niemi "Let Her Go" — — 5 Mira LuotiJulia Väyrynen Tuulia Raita "Still Into You" — 6 Michael Monroe Siru Airistola Kazumi Tanaka "The World Is Stone"
Episode 10 (March 7) Order Coach Artists Song Coaches' and artists' choices Elastinen Mira Luoti Anne Mattila Michael Monroe 1 Elastinen Anni Saikku Ivone Kätkä "Me ei olla enää me" 2 Mira Luoti Tuuli Okkonen Cecilia Strömman "Häävalssi mollissa" 3 Anne Mattila Sini Alatalo Mari Sarkkinen "One Day In Your Life" 4 Elastinen Alexis Hjelt Alex Cast "The Reason" 5 Mira Luoti Janne Savolainen Laura Tuhkala "Joka päivä ja joka ikinen yö" 6 Michael Monroe Pia Lipponen Suvi Salmimies "Money Changes Everything"
The Knockouts
Color key: Artist won the Knockouts and advances to the Live shows Artist lost the Knockouts and was eliminated
Episode & Date Coach Order Song Artists Song Episode 11 Elastinen 1 "Who's Lovin' You" Erik Niemi Alexis Hjelt "Chasing Cars" Michael Monroe 2 "Who Knew" Elina Hjelt Siru Airistola "Nobody's Wife" Mira Luoti 3 "Read All About It" Camilla Bäckman Laura Tuhkala "Kun aika on" Anne Mattila 4 "Feeling Good" Netta Pietilä Juho Schroderus "Hiljaisuus" Elastinen 5 "Undressed" Sini Tuominen Emma Schnitt "Clarity" Episode 12 Michael Monroe 1 "Fuckin' Perfect" Suvi Salmimies Roni Leppä "Heaven In Your Eyes" Mira Luoti 2 "Lonely Boy" Sofia Tarkkanen Maija Aflatuni "Dream On" Anne Mattila 3 "Pettävällä jäällä" Ville Pyykönen Hulda Jokinen "Balladi" Elastinen 4 "Skyfall" Anne Carlsson Johanna Johnson "I Have Nothing" Michael Monroe 5 "Sixteen Tons" Jarmo Kantola Lee Angel "Walking The Dog" Mira Luoti 6 "My Heart Will Go On" Kazumi Tanaka Maya Kurki "Come Together" Episode 13 Anne Mattila 1 "Breakeven" Toni Laaksonen Sini Alatalo "Unbreak My Heart" Elastinen 2 "Lumottu" Sanna Hannus Anni Saikku "Make You Feel My Love" Michael Monroe 3 "Qué hiciste" Ivone Kätkä Tiia Erämeri "The Voice Within" Mira Luoti 4 "Temporary Home" Julia Väyrynen Tuuli Okkonen "Ingalsin Laura" Anne Mattila 5 "Ride" Jussi Kari Sonja Perkkiö "Unconditionally"
Live shows The live performance shows were broadcast live from Logomo, Turku between March 28 and April 18.
Cheek ft. Diandra, Antti Railio, and Ella Eyre performed during the quarterfinal shows, Redrama and Pauli Hanhiniemi performed in the semifinal. Paloma Faith and Sunrise Avenue performed during the final. Colour key Artist was saved by the Public's vote Artist was saved by his/her coach Artist was eliminated
Quarterfinal 1 (March 28) Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Elastinen Johanna Johnson "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Eliminated 2 Anne MattilaJussi Kari"High Hopes" Public's vote 3 Elastinen Anni Saikku "As Long as You Love Me" Eliminated 4 Anne Mattila Ville Pyykönen "Sua lemmin kuin järjetön ma oisin" Eliminated 5 Elastinen Erik Niemi "Treasure" Elastinen's vote 6 Anne Mattila Sini Alatalo "Frozen" Eliminated 7 Elastinen Emma Schnitt "My Kind of Love" Public's vote 8 Anne Mattila Juho Schroderus "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Anne's vote
Quarterfinal 2 (April 4) Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Mira Luoti Sofia Tarkkanen "Happy" Mira's vote 2 Michael MonroeRoni Leppä"Billie Jean" Eliminated 3 Mira Luoti Maya Kurki "Hollow Talk" Eliminated 4 Michael Monroe Lee Angel "Duran Duran" Eliminated 5 Mira Luoti Tuuli Okkonen "Tuomittu kulkemaan" Public's vote 6 Michael Monroe Tiia Erämeri "If I Were a Boy" Michael's vote 7 Mira Luoti Camilla Bäckman "Burn" Eliminated 8 Michael Monroe Siru Airistola "I (Who Have Nothing)" Public's vote
Semifinal (April 11) Competition performances