The first season of the Portuguese reality talent show A Voz de Portugal (The Voice Portugal) premiered on October 29, 2011 on RTP1. The coaching panel consisted in singer-songwriter Paulo Gonzo, rock duo Anjos, YouTube sensation Mia Rose and GNR lead vocalist Rui Reininho. Catarina Furtado was the show host, and Diogo Beja was the season's backstage host, also known as Repórter V.
Teams Color key
Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Eliminated in Live shows Eliminated in Battles
+ Coaching teams Coaches Top 57 Artists Rui Reininho Denis Filipe Pedro Poseiro João Pedro Rosas Marisa Almeida Celeste Cortez João Castro Joana Alves Ana Margarida Teixeira Sara Paço Ricardo Martins Ana Rita Inácio Joana Leite Ricardo Garcia Luís Gaio Mia Rose Daniel Moreira Salvador Seixas Deborah Gonçalves Teresa Santos Inês Martins Ana Carolina Veiga Luís de Almeida Rui Sirgado Emídio Santos Isabel Alexandrino Dina Alves Ana Trogeira Ana Carolina Silva António Silva Anjos Ricardo Oliveira Carla Ribeiro Joana Garcia Vasco Duarte Sara Henriques Luísa & Inês Silva Bruno Francisco Joana Barata Rita Nascimento Sara Ribeiro Bel Viana Fábio Leitão Jeanette Azevedo Vânia Osório Paulo Gonzo Bianca Adrião Joana Jorge Sílvio Switha Sandrine Orsini Sílvia Silva Salomé Caldeira Rui Pereira Pedro Coelho Aline Bernardo Joana Oliveira Tiago Borges Catarina Dias Sandra Silva Arménio Pimenta Filipa Baptista
Blind Auditions Color key Coach hit his or her "I WANT YOU" button Contestant defaulted to this coach's team Contestant elected to join this coach's team Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button
Episode 1 (29 October 2011)
Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices Paulo Sérgio & Nelson Mia Rui 1 Sara Henriques "The Story" — ✔ ✔ — 2 Vasco Duarte "Best of You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Jessica Cipriano "Born This Way" — — — — 4 Bel Viana "Um Contra o Outro" — ✔ — ✔ 5 Pedro Dionísio "A Cry 4 Love" — — — — 6 Salomé Caldeira "Hallelujah" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 7 Deborah Gonçalves "You Give Me Something" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Inês Martins "Rolling In The Deep" — — ✔ — 9 Celeste Cortez "Careless Whisper" ✔ — — ✔ 10 Mónica Figueiras "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" — — — — 11 Salvador Seixas "Use Somebody" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 12 Filipa Baptista "Hurt" ✔ — — ✔ 13 Pedro Coelho "Waiting on the World to Change" ✔ — — — Mia pressed Rui's button.
Episode 2 (5 November)
Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices Paulo Sérgio & Nelson Mia Rui 1 Denis Filipe "Rain Down On Me" — — ✔ ✔ 2 Rui Sirgado "Whataya Want From Me" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Carlos Banha "Sonhar Contigo" — — — — 4 Bruno Francisco "Where The Streets Have No Name" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 5 Isabel Alexandrino "Human Nature" — — ✔ — 6 Joana Oliveira "Crazy" ✔ — ✔ — 7 Rosalina Assanali "Te Devoro" — — — — 8 Pedro Poseiro "Ouvi Dizer" — — — ✔ 9 Inês Silva & Luísa Silva "Forget You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Ana Rita Inácio "Valerie" — — ✔ ✔ 11 Ricardo Oliveira "20 Anos" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 12 Cláudia Costa "Warwick Avenue" — — — — 13 Carla Ribeiro "Tainted Love" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 3 (12 November)
Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices Paulo Sérgio & Nelson Mia Rui 1 Ana Carolina Veiga "Take a Bow" — — ✔ — 2 Bianca Adrião "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Daniel Moreira "The Blower's Daughter" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Susana Pedro "Flashdance... What a Feeling" — — — — 5 Vânia Osório "Bleeding Love" — ✔ ✔ — 6 Rui Pereira "Everlasting Love" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 7 Sofia Rebelo "Just Like a Pill" — — — — 8 Ana Margarida Teixeira "Empire State of Mind" — — ✔ ✔ 9 Sara Paço "Call Me" — — — ✔ 10 Fábio Leitão "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" ✔ ✔ — — 11 Marina Sani "Someone Like You" — — — — 12 Ricardo Martins "O Que Faz Falta" — — — ✔ 13 Sandrine Orsini "Whataya Want from Me" ✔ ✔ ✔ —
Episode 4 (19 November)
Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices Paulo Sérgio & Nelson Mia Rui 1 Joana Jorge "You've Got The Love" ✔ — ✔ — 2 Ana Trogeira "The Story" — — ✔ — 3 Luís Gaio "Waiting on the World to Change" — ✔ — ✔ 4 Tiago Silva "Slow Time Love" — — — — 5 Joana Barata "Poker Face" ✔ ✔ — ✔ 6 Fábio Baganha "A Vida Faz-me Bem" — — — — 7 Sílvio Switha "I'm Yours" ✔ — — — 8 Filipe Maia "Stop and Stare" — — — — 9 Joana Alves "Go Your Own Way" — — ✔ ✔ 10 João Castro "Hurt" — — — ✔ 11 Vanessa Oliveira "Love Song" — — — — 12 Joana Garcia "Someone Like You" — ✔ ✔ — 13 Luís de Almeida "Busy (For Me)" — — ✔ —
Episode 5 (26 November)
Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices Paulo Sérgio & Nelson Mia Rui 1 Sílvia Silva "If I Were a Boy" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 2 Tiago Borges "You Give Me Something" ✔ — — ✔ 3 Liliana Pinheiro "Sweet About Me" — — — — 4 Rodrigo Machado "Chico Fininho" — — — — 5 Emídio Santos "Daughter" — — ✔ ✔ 6 Dina Alves "O Amor é Mágico" — — ✔ — 7 Jeanette Azevedo "Just Like a Pill" — ✔ — ✔ 8 Ana Carolina Silva "Sopro do Coração" — — ✔ — 9 João Pedro Rosas "Roxanne" — — — ✔ 10 Filipa Sousa "Beleza Rara" — — — — 11 Sandra Silva "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" ✔ — — — 12 Daniel Fonte "How to Save a Life" — — — — 13 Aline Bernardo "Fast Car" ✔ — — ✔
Episode 6 (3 December)
Order Contestant Song Coaches' and contestants' choices Paulo Sérgio & Nelson Mia Rui 1 Joana Leite "You Found Me" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 2 Rita Nascimento "Whataya Want from Me" — ✔ — — 3 Marisa Almeida "Hurt" — — ✔ ✔ 4 Inês Branco "Billionaire" — — — — 5 António Silva "Encosta-te a Mim" — — ✔ — 6 Patrícia Antunes "Forget You" — — — — 7 Catarina Dias "Could You Be Loved" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 8 Cheila Lima "Crazy" rowspan="5" — — — 9 Teresa Santos "The Only Exception" ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Sara Ribeiro "Sopro do Coração" ✔ rowspan="3" — 11 Estrela Fernandes "Bubbly" rowspan="2" — 12 Ricardo Garcia "Easy" ✔ 13 Arménio Pimenta "Jardins Proibidos" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Battles Coaches begin narrowing down their teams by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". Each episode featured seven battles and each battle concluding with the respective coach selecting one winner out of the two or three contestants; the seven winners for each coach advanced to the live shows. In a special wildcard round the coach had to choose two of his team that lost in the battle round of which the public would vote for one to advance to the live shows as the final contestant.
Color key Battle winner Battle loser Selected for the Wildcard
+ Battles results Episode Order Coaches Winner Song Loser(s) Episode 7 1 Paulo Bianca Adrião "River Deep - Mountain High" Joana Jorge 2 Anjos Ricardo Oliveira "Need You Now" Vânia Osório 3 Rui Denis Filipe "Last Nite" Luís Gaio 4 Mia Teresa Santos "Fazer o que ainda não foi feito" António Silva 5 Anjos Vasco Duarte "Feeling Good" Jeanette Azevedo 6 Paulo Rui Pereira "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Filipa Baptista 7 Rui Celeste Cortez "You Give Love a Bad Name" Ricardo Garcia Episode 8 1 Paulo Sílvio Switha "You Shook Me All Night Long" Arménio Pimenta 2 Mia Salvador Seixas "I'll Stand By You" Ana Carolina Silva 3 Anjos Inês & Luísa Silva "Holding Out for a Hero" Carla Ribeiro 4 Rui Ana Margarida Teixeira "A Thousand Miles" Joana Leite 5 Mia Rui Sirgado "Moves Like Jagger" Ana Trogeira 6 Rui Joana Alves "Go Go Go" Ana Rita Inácio 7 Paulo Sandrine Orsini "Lady Marmalade" Catarina Dias Sandra Silva Episode 9 1 Rui Pedro Poseiro "One" Marisa Almeida 2 Anjos Joana Barata "Dizer Que Não" Fábio Leitão 3 Rui Luís de Almeida "Angels" Dina Alves 4 Paulo Salomé Caldeira "Isn't She Lovely" Tiago Borges 5 Anjos Joana Garcia "Big Girls Don't Cry" Bel Viana 6 Mia Deborah Gonçalves "I Say a Little Prayer" Isabel Alexandrino 7 Paulo Sílvia Silva "Dançar na corda bamba" Joana Oliveira Episode 10 1 Anjos Bruno Francisco "Drops of Jupiter" Sara Ribeiro 2 Mia Daniel Moreira "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" Inês Martins 3 Rui João Pedro Rosas "Foram Cardos, Foram Prosas" Ricardo Martins 4 Anjos Sara Henriques "California King Bed" Rita Nascimento 5 Mia Ana Carolina Veiga "Somebody Told Me" Emídio Santos 6 Rui João Castro "Here Comes The Sun" Sara Paço 7 Paulo Pedro Coelho "Somewhere Only We Know" Aline Bernardo
Wildcard Each coach had the chance to nominate two of the battle losers from their team to have another chance of going to the live shows. The outcome was decided by televote.
Color key Wildcard winner
Coaches Artists Paulo Gonzo Joana Jorge Sandra Silva Anjos Carla Ribeiro Vânia Osório Mia Rose Ana Trogeira Inês Martins Rui Reininho Marisa Almeida Sara Paço
Live Shows
Results table
Color Key –Contestant was saved by public's vote –Contestant was saved by coach's choice –Contestant was eliminated
Team Paulo Artist Show 1 Show 2 Show 3 Show 4 Show 5 Show 6 Show 7 Finale Bianca AdriãoSafe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Joana Jorge Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 7) Sílvio Switha Safe Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 6) Sandrine Orsini Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 5) Sílvia Silva Safe Eliminated (Show 4) Salomé CaldeiraSafe Eliminated (Show 3) Rui Pereira Eliminated (Show 2) Pedro Coelho Eliminated (Show 1)
Team Anjos Artist Show 1 Show 2 Show 3 Show 4 Show 5 Show 6 Show 7 Finale Ricardo Oliveira Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 2nd Carla Ribeiro Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 7) Joanna Garcia Safe Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 6) Vasco Duarte Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 5) Sara Henriques Safe Eliminated (Show 4) Luísa & Inês Silva Safe Eliminated (Show 3) Bruno Francisco Eliminated (Show 2) Joana Barata Eliminated (Show 1)
Team Mia Artist Show 1 Show 2 Show 3 Show 4 Show 5 Show 6 Show 7 Final Daniel Moreira Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Salvador Seixas Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 7) Safe Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 6) Teresa Santos Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 5) Inês Martins Safe Eliminated (Show 4) Ana C. Veiga Safe Eliminated (Show 3) Luís de Almeida Eliminated (Show 2) Rui Sirgado Eliminated (Show 1)
Team Rui Artist Show 1 Show 2 Show 3 Show 4 Show 5 Show 6 Show 7 Final Denis Filipe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 1st Pedro Poseiro Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 7) João Pedro RosasSafe Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 6) Marisa Almeida Safe Safe Eliminated (Show 5) Celeste Cortez Safe Eliminated (Show 4) João Castro Safe Eliminated (Show 3) Joana Alves Eliminated (Show 2) Ana M. Teixeira Eliminated (Show 1)
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