The fifth season of the Romanian reality talent show Vocea României premiered on ProTV on September 18, 2015. The hosts and the coaches from the previous season have all returned.
This season brought rule changes. Firstly, during the blind auditions, the coaches' chairs only turned around at the end of the performance if at least one of them had pressed the "I WANT YOU" button. Lastly, in the semi-final, each of the eight contestants engaged in a "crossed duel" with a contestant from another team. The winner of the duel was selected by public vote only. This opened up the possibility of coaches ending up with 0, 1 or 2 contestants in the final.
The season finale aired on December 18, 2015. Teams Tudor and Moga had one finalist each, while Team Smiley had two. Both semi-finalists in Team Loredana had been eliminated. Cristina Bălan, best known as the lead vocalist of the bands Impact and ABCD and mentored by Tudor Chirilă, was declared winner of the season. It was Chirilă's second consecutive victory as a coach.
Pre-selections
Pre-selections took place in the following cities: Location Date Venue Cluj-Napoca Hotel Golden Tulip Ana Dome Iași Hotel Unirea Brașov Hotel Kronwell Timișoara Hotel Continental Bucharest Hotel IBIS Gara de Nord
Teams Color key
+ Coaches Top 56 artists Tudor Chirilă Cristina Bălan Tincuța Fernea Cristina Lupu Sabrina Stroe Claudia Andas Daniel Bălan Roxana Morar Armand Murzea Florentina Ciună Delia Pitu Andreea Manasia Ovidiu Turcu Paula Rotar Adrian Stănescu Florina Călin Marius Moga Tomi Weissbuch Alex Florea Delia Pitu Irina Pelin Cristina Stroe Andrei Vitan Elvis Silitră Adrian Tănase Lorena Stoian Andreea Oprea Luciana Ștefan Florin Cruceru Mădălina Rusu Jessie Baneș Ioana Sapianu SmileyTobi Ibitoye Michel Kotcha Larisa Ciortan Nora Deneș Diana Cazan Diana Hetea Ruxandra Anania Sergiu Ferat Cristina Popa Tudor Ion Alina Colțan Ana Maria Ababei Nicoleta Hăpăianu Andreea Vătavu Ștefan Liche Loredana Groza Antonio Fabrizi Mihai Dragomir Rait Florentina Ciună Cristina Vasopol Iulian Selea Bogdan Vlădău Gabriela Amzaru Alexandra Mitroi Daniel Bălan Diana Hetea Alin Pascal Sara Maria Mihali Tonina Tarnosche Biu Marquetti Elena Niciu Note: Italicized names are stolen contestants (names struck through within former teams).
Blind auditions The first phase of the competition, the blind auditions, taped July 25–26 and August 3–4, 2015, at the Kentauros Studios, Ștefăneștii de Jos, began airing when the season premiered on September 18, 2015. 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 18) The first of seven pre-recorded audition episodes aired on Friday, September 18, 2015. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Claudia Andas 39 Bucharest "The Best" 2 Florin Cruceru 31 Bucharest "Billionaire" — — — 3 Angela Bîtlan 19 Galați, Galați "Because You Loved Me" — — — — 4 Ovidiu Turcu 31 Bucharest "The Great Pretender" — 5 Biu Marquetti 40 Bucharest "Sólo se vive una vez" — — — 6 Liviu Bazu 62 Mentana, Italy "My Way" — — — — 7 Ali Hamid Aṣer Dan 21 Bucharest "Buffalo Soldier" — — — — 8 Cristina Vasopol 35 Galați, Galați "Cry Baby" 9 Alexandra Boghici 27 Galați, Galați "Stop!" — — — — 10 Michel Kotcha 23 Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast "Forget You" 11 Cristina Stroe 23 Bucharest "Dor de viață" — — 12 Roxana Sorina Tătaru 38 Ploiești, Prahova "Saving All My Love for You" — — — — 13 Diana Cazan 27 Craiova, Dolj "Clown" —
Episode 2 (September 25) The second episode aired on September 25, 2015. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Ștefan Liche 16 Bacău, Bacău "De-ai fi tu salcie la mal" — 2 Cristina Bălan 34 Bucharest "Down on My Knees" 3 Mihai Baneș 46 Oradea, Bihor "L-O-V-E" — — — — 4 Jessie Baneș 19 Oradea, Bihor "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" — — — 5 Cristina Lupu 24 Bucharest "That Don't Impress Me Much" — 6 Ion Oprea Cortez 48 Bucharest "Englishman in New York" — — — — 7 Daniel Bălan 23 Bucharest "La bohème" 8 Gioconda Mimi Danilescu 51 Bucharest "I'm So Excited" — — — — 9 Ana Maria Ababei 20 Iași, Iași "Love Me like You Do" — — 10 Tudor Ion 26 Bucharest "So Sick" — — — 11 Laura Bodorin 22 Chișinău, Moldova "Crazy" — — — — 12 Elie Haddad 33 Bucharest "Enter Sandman" — — — — 13 Roxana Morar 17 Brașov, Brașov "Under" — —
Episode 3 (October 2) The third episode was aired on October 2, 2015. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Sabrina Stroe 18 Brașov, Brașov "Billie Jean" — — 2 Armand Murzea 36 Bucharest "Your Man" — — — 3 Daniela Bayer 48 Ploiești, Prahova "Respect" — — — — 4 Bogdan Vlădău 35 Bucharest "Use Somebody" — — 5 Mădălina Rusu 17 Gherla, Cluj "Proud Mary" — — — 6 Iulia Stoica 21 Sibiu, Sibiu "I Want to Break Free" — — — — 7 Mihai Dragomir Rait 35 Bucharest "Zaraza" — 8 Andreea Vătavu 24 Galați, Galați "Hey Mama" — — 9 Robert Pascari 27 Gura Humorului, Suceava "Take On Me" — — — — 10 Doina Spătaru 29 Chișinău, Moldova "Valerie" — — — — 11 Andrei Vitan 24 Brașov, Brașov "Feeling Good" 12 Răzvan Munteanu 31 Timișoara, Timiș "White Wedding" — — — — 13 Florentina Ciună 27 Bucharest "Fallin'"
Episode 4 (October 9) The fourth episode aired on October 9, 2015. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Elvis Silitră 21 Bucharest "Time Is Running Out" 2 Alina Colțan 28 Craiova, Dolj "Empire State of Mind" — — — 3 Theodor Rusu 25 Bucharest "Enjoy the Silence" — — — — 4 Irina Pelin 24 Craiova, Dolj "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" — — — 5 Corina Cojocaru 23 Bucharest "Mercy" — — — — 6 Antonio Fabrizi 36 Bucharest "Caruso" 7 Florina Călin 33 Bucharest "Nobody's Wife" — — — 8 Elena Buga 26 Chișinău, Moldova "Welcome to Burlesque" — — — — 9 Filip Emanuel Dongo 18 Tomnatic, Timiș "Here Without You" — — — — 10 Larisa Ciortan 26 Constanța, Constanța "Smells like Teen Spirit" 11 Robert-Nicolae Feraru 17 Bucharest "Oameni" — — — — 12 Lorena Stoian 18 Bucharest "See You Again" — — — 13 Adrian Stănescu 22 Tărtășești, Dâmbovița "Purple Rain" —
Episode 5 (October 16) The fifth episode aired on October 16, 2015. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Tincuța Fernea 16 Satu Mare, Satu Mare "When I Was Your Man" — — 2 Alin Pascal 34 Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud "Historia de un amor" — — — 3 Speranța Vasiliu 47 Iași, Iași "Mon mec à moi" — — — — 4 Tomi Weissbuch 17 Bucharest "Thinking Out Loud" — — — 5 Nicoleta Hăpăianu 18 Timișoara, Timiș "Say You Love Me" — 6 Cătălina Antal 24 Bucharest "All I Could Do Was Cry" — — — — 7 Ionuț Botea 35 Deta, Timiș "Locked Out of Heaven" — — — — 8 Elena Niciu 33 Petroșani, Hunedoara "Non, je ne regrette rien" — — 9 Andreea Oprea 17 Bucharest "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" — — — 10 Gabriel Ionuț Cîndea 22 Orăștie, Hunedoara "Home" — — — — 11 Alexandra Mitroi 24 Timișoara, Timiș "Can't Remember to Forget You" — — — 12 Andreea Cârstea 20 Brașov, Brașov "Seven Nation Army" — — — — 13 Ruxandra Anania 36 Bucharest "This World"
Episode 6 (October 23) The sixth episode was aired on October 23, 2015. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Iulian Selea 16 Pitești, Argeș "Take Me to Church" — — — 2 Paula Rotar 23 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj "Sail" — 3 Robert Pița 17 Brașov, Brașov "N'oubliez jamais" — — — — 4 Nora Deneș 33 Baia Mare, Maramureș "Highway to Hell" 5 Adrian Tănase 24 Bucharest "When a Man Loves a Woman" — 6 Diana Culic 27 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj "FourFiveSeconds" — — — — 7 Aurelian-Ionuț Faur 29 Târgoviște, Dâmbovița "Suspicious Minds" — — — — 8 Luciana Ștefan 22 Bucharest "Trouble with My Baby" — — 9 Tobi Ibitoye 22 Lagos, Nigeria "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" — — 10 Raluca Dumitrescu 20 Arad, Arad "Oh! Darling" — — — — 11 Tonina Tarnosche 28 Bucharest "Walking in Memphis" — — — 12 Mircea Crîșmăreanu 39 Brașov, Brașov "Unchain My Heart" — — — — 13 Delia Pitu 21 Constanța, Constanța "If I Ain't Got You" — —
Episode 7 (October 30) The seventh and last blind audition episode aired on October 30, 2015. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga 1 Diana Hetea 36 Timișoara, Timiș "Make You Feel My Love" 2 Gabriela Amzaru 16 Călărași, Călărași "Ileană" — — 3 Alex Florea 23 Constanța, Constanța "Bed of Roses" — — 4 Claudia Hallo 28 Bucharest "Waiting All Night" — — — — 5 Florin Gheorghe Mureșan 42 Deva, Hunedoara "Delilah" — — — — 6 Ioana Sapianu 26 Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș "Radioactive" — — 7 Sergiu Ferat 35 Bacău, Bacău "Man in the Mirror" — — — 8 Florin Voșloban 34 Reghin, Mureș "Hey Brother" — — — — 9 Sara Maria Mihali 17 Baia Mare, Maramureș "Rise Like a Phoenix" — — 10 Adriana Gavrilă 21 Călărași, Călărași "Spune-mi" — — — — 11 Cristina Popa 31 Bucharest "Lean On" — — — 12 Sebastian Tudor 18 Roman, Neamț "Wake Me Up!" — — — — 13 Cristina Baban 29 Chișinău, Moldova "Wrecking Ball" — — — — 14 Andreea Manasia 21 Bucharest "If I Were a Boy" — — —
The battles After the blind auditions, each coach had fourteen contestants for the battle rounds, which aired November 6–20, 2015. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants. Each episode featured nine 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.
Color key: Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode 8 (6 November) The eighth episode aired on November 6, 2015. Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga Loredana Groza 1 Bogdan Vlădău "Kids" Elena Niciu — — — Smiley 2 Diana Cazan "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Ștefan Liche — — — 3 Larisa Ciortan "Give It to Me Right" Andreea Vătavu — — — Marius Moga 4 Alex Florea "Crazy" Ioana Sapianu — — — Tudor Chirilă 5 Claudia Andas "Rolling in the Deep" Florina Călin — — — Smiley 6 Ruxandra Anania "Crazy in Love (2014 Remix)" Nicoleta Hăpăianu — — — Loredana Groza 7 Cristina Vasopol "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" Diana Hetea — — Tudor Chirilă 8 Armand Murzea "Losing My Religion" Adrian Stănescu — — — Marius Moga 9 Andrei Vitan "Need You Now" Jessie Baneș — — —
Episode 9 (13 November) The ninth episode aired on November 13, 2015. Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Tudor Loredana Smiley Moga Smiley 1 Michel Kotcha "Master Blaster (Jammin')" Ana Maria Ababei — — — Tudor Chirilă 2 Roxana Morar "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Delia Pitu — — Loredana Groza 3 Mihai Dragomir Rait "That's Amore" Biu Marquetti — — — Marius Moga 4 Tomi Weissbuch "You're the One That I Want" Mădălina Rusu — — — Tudor Chirilă 5 Cristina Bălan "Sober" Paula Rotar — — — Smiley 6 Nora Deneș "Hound Dog" Alina Colțan — — — Marius Moga 7 Elvis Silitră "Creep" Florin Cruceru — — — Loredana Groza 8 Gabriela Amzaru "Next to Me" Tonina Tarnosche — — — Tudor Chirilă 9 Cristina Lupu "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" Ovidiu Turcu — — —
Episode 10 (20 November) The tenth episode aired on November 20, 2015.