The fourth season of the Romanian reality talent show Vocea României premiered on ProTV on September 16, 2014. Pavel Bartoș returned as host, while Nicoleta Luciu left the show. Oana Tache replaced Vlad Roșca as the social media correspondent. Loredana Groza, Smiley and Marius Moga returned as coaches, while Tudor Chirilă replaced Horia Brenciu as the fourth coach. The show was moved from its usual Saturday evening slot to Friday evening, with the premiere on a Tuesday.
This season introduced several rule changes. The blind auditions were extended from six to seven episodes. The battle rounds were simplified by permitting coaches to steal only one losing contestant, rather than two as in the previous season, and by removing the sing-off. Consequently, each coach advances with eight contestants to the live shows, mirroring the format of Season Three. Additionally, the jury/televote split in the semi-final was adjusted from 50/50 to 40/60.
The season finale aired on December 19, 2014. Tiberiu Albu, initially mentored by Smiley, but stolen by Chirilă in the battle rounds, was declared winner of the season. It was Chirilă's first victory as a coach and the first time a stolen contestant had won the competition.
Overview
Early decisions In March 2014, ProTV announced their intention to turn season 4 into a children's competition, according to The Voice Kids format, but they changed their minds a month later and decided to have a competition for people ages 16 and up, as in previous years.
ProTV also revamped the set of the show and used better sound equipment compared to previous seasons.
Personnel changes Former coach Horia Brenciu left the show and was replaced with Tudor Chirilă.
Former producer Mona Segall resigned from the MediaPro trust in April 2014 and moved to the rival channel Antena 1, together with her entire team. The orchestra led by George Natsis followed them, stating that they wanted to continue working together. These decisions came in the context of a controversial series of dismissals and resignations from the media trust at the beginning of 2014, influenced by changes made by the then-newly appointed CEO of ProTV, Aleksandras Česnavičius, who was implementing a cost-saving strategy.
The fourth season of the show was produced by an international team co-ordinated by Peter Majeský and Melanie Triebel, who had previously worked on German, Czech and Slovak television productions.
The dance crew of the show, led by Edi Stancu, also migrated to Antena 1, and was replaced by the newly formed PRO Dance Crew, led by Emil Rengle.
Oana Tache replaced Vlad Roșca as the social media correspondent.
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+ Coaches Top 56 artists Tudor Chirilă Tiberiu Albu Ligia Hojda Ivana Farc Andreea Avarvari Petra Acker Tudor Man Florin Ciotlăuș Iulia Ferchiu Larisa Mihăeș Anca Petcu Ana Maria Andrei Bebe Panait Elena Javelea Matei Chioariu Ruben Ciungan Marius Moga Anda Dimitriu Brigitta Balogh Claudiu Rusu Alexandru Bunghez Alina Dogaru Florian Rus Ioan Bîgea Maria Constantin Diana Bucșa Caroline Schally Eliza Manda Alexandra Bărăceanu Marina Velle Radu Mitrea Florentina Mihai Loredana Groza Maria Hojda Ilinca Băcilă Larisa Mihăeș Andrei Cheteleș Florin Răduță Ioana Satmari Lucian Colareza Valentin Uzun Roberta Radu Diana Popa Tatiana Heghea Botond Surányi Angela Vescu Bianca Ioniță Raluca Albu Smiley Aliona Munteanu Gelu Graur Maria Șimandi Vladimir Pocorschi Anca Petcu Fabian Sasu Alina Anușca Alin Gheorghișan Claudiu Rusu Tiberiu Albu Robert Costin Emilia Mușală Ana Maria Georgescu Cosmin Dragomir Andrei Bălăceanu Note: Italicized names are stolen contestants (names struck through within former teams).
Blind auditions The first phase of the competition, the blind auditions, taped August 19–21 and 26–27, 2014 at the MediaPro Studios, Buftea, began airing when the season premiered on September 16, 2014.
Color key Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button
Episode 1 (September 16) The first of seven pre-recorded audition episodes aired on Tuesday, September 16, 2014. The four coaches opened the show with a medley of their songs: Order Main vocalist Song 1 Marius Moga "Perfect fără tine" 2 Loredana Groza "Pe barba mea" 3 Smiley "Extravaganza" 4 Tudor Chirilă "Acasă" The contestants featured in this episode were: Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Florin Răduță 20 Târgoviște, Dâmbovița "When a Man Loves a Woman" 2 Ana Maria Georgescu 27 Oradea, Bihor "Je t'aime" — 3 Ilinca Băcilă 16 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" — 4 Alexandru Bunghez 20 Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinți "Sex on Fire" — 5 Radu Bogdan Bor 28 Cluj-Napoca Cluj "Wake Me Up!" — — — — 6 Alin Gheorghișan 33 Bucharest "Let's Stay Together" — 7 Marina Velle 33 Bucharest "Waiting All Night" — — 8 Aurica Cristina Chireac 52 Bucharest "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" — — — — 9 Ioan Bîgea 21 Bârlad, Vaslui "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" 10 Cristina Gabriela Dobrescu 25 Constanța, Constanța "Survivor" — — — — 11 Iulia Ferchiu 21 Satu Mare, Satu Mare "Summertime"
Episode 2 (September 19) The second episode aired on Friday, September 19, 2014. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Ivana Farc 17 Oradea, Bihor "Raggamuffin" 2 Gelu Graur 34 Botoșani, Botoșani "Roxanne" 3 Alexandra Bărăceanu 19 Deva, Hunedoara "I'd Rather Go Blind" — 4 Valentin Uzun 28 Chișinău, Moldova "Gas Gas" — — — 5 Ana Maria Andrei 22 Botoșani, Botoșani "Stay" — — — 6 Irina Ceban 26 Chișinău, Moldova "Stop!" — — — — 7 Vladimir Pocorschi 28 Bucharest "Rebel Yell" 8 Constantin Valentin Mircea 60 Constanța, Constanța "N'oubliez jamais" — — — — 9 Petra Acker 27 Brașov, Brașov "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" — 10 Lucian Colareza 26 Constanța, Constanța "Historia de un amor" 11 Florin Blaj 49 Bacău, Bacău "Balada (Tchê Tcherere Tchê Tchê)" — — — — 12 Maria Șimandi 17 Aiud, Alba "Chasing Pavements"
Episode 3 (September 26) The third episode aired on Friday, September 26, 2014. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Florentina Mihai 22 Bucharest "Set Fire to the Rain" — 2 Tiberiu Albu 22 Timișoara, Timiș "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" 3 Ioana Ignat 16 Botoșani, Botoșani "I Surrender" — — — — 4 Maria Constantin 27 Bucharest "Sanie cu zurgălăi" / "Johnny, tu n'es pas un ange" — 5 Francesca Vescu 20 Chișinău, Moldova "Caruso" — — — 6 Emmanouil Maroulis 41 Bucharest "Ochii tăi" — — — — 7 Elena Javelea 23 Chișinău, Moldova "You Can Leave Your Hat On" — — — 8 Ramona Anca Popa 35 Timișoara, Timiș "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" — — — — 9 Florian Rus 25 Târgu Mureș, Mureș "Locked Out of Heaven" — — 10 Ramona Pataki-Hașaș 34 Oradea, Bihor "My Number One" — — — — 11 Aliona Munteanu 25 Chișinău, Moldova "Halo" — — 12 Fabian Sasu 32 Bucharest "No Woman, No Cry" — 13 Anca Petcu 31 Bucharest "Dirty Diana" — —
Episode 4 (October 3) The fourth episode aired on October 3, 2014. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Emilia Mușală 31 Bucharest "I Will Always Love You" — — 2 Vlad Ioan Cirșan 18 Buziaș, Timiș "Billie Jean" — — — — 3 Diana Popa 23 Chișinău, Moldova "Candyman" — — — 4 Claudiu Palalae 19 Brașov, Brașov "Perfect fără tine" — — — — 5 Alina Dogaru 28 Dorohoi, Botoșani "Not That Kind" 6 Andrei Cheteleș 25 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj "Feeling Good" — — — 7 Lina Bakutayan 26 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj "Addicted to You" — — — — 8 Andreea Avarvari 22 Bucharest "When Love Takes Over" — — — 9 Adrian Mazilu 28 Bucharest "Mr. Brownstone" — — — — 10 Larisa Mihăeș 17 Roman, Neamț "Dacă ploaia s-ar opri" 11 Roberta Radu 19 Negrești, Vaslui "Temptation" — 12 Paula Crișan 23 Baia Mare, Maramureș "The Best" — — — — 13 Brigitta Balogh 25 Oradea, Bihor "Listen"
Episode 5 (October 10) The fifth episode was aired on October 10, 2014. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Andrei Bălăceanu 28 Bucharest "Save the Last Dance for Me" 2 Stela Botez 24 Chișinău, Moldova "Hora din Moldova" — — — — 3 Bianca Ioniță 16 Moreni, Dâmbovița "Hot Stuff" — — — 4 Victor Sîrbu 24 Soroca, Moldova "Sex Bomb" — — — — 5 Eliza Manda 27 Bucharest "Umbrella" — — 6 Corina Tudosean 21 Bucharest "Dernière danse" — — — — 7 Ruben Ciungan 19 Aiud, Alba "You Are So Beautiful" — — — 8 Lavinia Ioana Lăcătuș 20 Bucharest "Ain't No Other Man" — — — — 9 Cosmin Dragomir 25 Focșani, Vrancea "Hello" — — 10 Patricia Niri 24 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj "I Try" — — — — 11 Raluca Albu 30 Denta, Timiș "Crazy" — — — 12 Andrei Ceobanu 27 Rădăuți, Suceava "Living Next Door to Alice" — — — — 13 Radu Mitrea 21 Bucharest "I See Fire" — —
Episode 6 (October 17) The sixth episode was aired on October 17, 2014. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Robert Costin 36 Bucharest "You Raise Me Up" — — 2 Julia Dicu 18 Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea "Hora din Moldova" — — — — 3 Matei Chioariu 28 Bucharest "Long Train Runnin'" — — — 4 Anda Dimitriu 26 Bucharest "Crazy" 5 Simion Caragia 19 Timișoara, Timiș "Let Her Go" — — — — 6 Tatiana Heghea 26 Chișinău, Moldova "Un-Break My Heart" — — — 7 Sergiu Cuzencov 33 Chișinău, Moldova "Always on My Mind" — — — — 8 Tudor Man 28 Bucharest "This Woman's Work" — — — 9 Diana Bucșa 27 Bucharest "Alone" — — — 10 Bebe Panait 30 Voluntari, Ilfov "Suspicious Minds" — — — 11 Anne-Marie Ionescu 20 Bucharest "Diamonds" — — — — 12 Botond Surányi 25 Satu Mare, Satu Mare "When I Was Your Man"
Episode 7 (October 24) The seventh and last blind audition episode aired on October 24, 2014. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Alina Anușca 26 Iași, Iași "Rather Be" — — 2 Johannes Robert Chariton 26 Suceava, Suceava "So Sick" — — — — 3 Andreea Victoria Ardeleanu 17 Alba-Iulia, Alba "Pleacă" — — — — 4 Ligia Hojda 26 Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș "I See Fire" 5 Maria Hojda 24 Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" 6 Claudiu Rusu 30 Galați, Galați "She Will Be Loved" 7 Amir Abo Zayed 20 Bucharest "All of Me" — — — — 8 Ioana Satmari 21 Bucharest "Alone" — — — 9 Cătălina Bejenaru 25 Iași, Iași "Stand by Me" — — — — 10 Florin Ciotlăuș 19 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj "Here Without You" — — — 11 Șerban Silaghi 17 Tășnad, Satu Mare "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" — — — — 12 Caroline Schally 24 Bucharest "Son of a Preacher Man" — — —
The battles After the blind auditions, each coach had fourteen contestants for the battle rounds, which aired from October 31 to November 14, 2014. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants. Each episode featured eight or ten battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants. Each coach could steal one losing contestant from another team, thus saving them from elimination. There was no sing-off at the end of the battles.
Color key Artist won the battle and advanced to the next round Artist lost the battle, but was stolen by another coach Artist lost the battle and was eliminated
Episode 8 (31 October) The eighth episode aired on October 31, 2014.