The Voice of Nepal is a Nepalese reality show and the Nepalese format of the international TV singing reality series called The Voice. The show usually has four different coaches (judges), who eventually form four different teams after the selection event called the Blind Audition. Each team has to go through the battle round where contestants are paired with one another within the same team and only half of the total selected contestants from the blind audition are selected for the knockout round. During the knockout round, based on The Voice format, only the best and strongest contestants who their respective coach considers the best overall are selected by their coaches. They also have the sole right to do this on their own and take them to the live round (Voting Round). During the live round event, through a series of voting episodes, only one contestant with the most popular vote will advance to the grand finale. The first season of the voice of Nepal was won by CD Vijaya Adhikari from Team Deep, season 2 was won by Ram Limbu from Team Pramod and season 3 was won by Kiran Gajmer from Team Pramod. The Grand Finale of season 1 was held on 14 December 2018 in Qatar stadium, the second season's Grand Finale was held at Taragaon Open Field Chuchchepati, Kathmandu on 7 December 2019 and the third season's Grand Finale was held in The Voice Studio, Dhumbarahi. The Voice of Nepal was bought by Himalaya Television.
The host of the new series is Sushil Nepal (2018 onwards) and Oshin Sitoula (2018). The coaches have included
Deep Shrestha (season 1–3) Sanup Poudel (season 1) Abhaya Subba (season 1) Pramod Kharel (season 1–5, 7–) Raju Lama (season 2–4, 6–) Astha Raut (season 2) Trishna Gurung (season 3) Prabisha Adhikari (season 4) Rajesh Payal Rai (season 3 as stand-in, 4-5) Uday Sotang (season 5–6) Khem Century (season 6–) Melina Rai (season 6–).
The series is directed by Laxman Paudyal, the former director of season one of Nepal's first international franchise singing reality show, Nepal Idol.
Line-up of coaches + Coaches' line-up by chairs order Season Year Coaches 1 2 3 4 1 2018 Pramod Sanup Abhaya Deep 2 2019 Astha Raju 3 2021 Deep* Trishna Raju 4 2022 Rajesh Prabisha Raju Pramod 5 2023-2024 Pramod Uday Milan Rajesh 6 2025 Raju Khem Melina Uday 7 2025-2026 Pramod Melina Khem Raju 8 2026-2027 Naren Milan Ekdev *During season 3 (2021), Coach Deep was temporarily out of the show due to having COVID-19. During some of the Knockout rounds, Rajesh Payal Rai took his place as a stand-in coach, leading him to officially be a coach in seasons 4 and 5.
Season summary
+ Teams color key Artist from Team Deep Artist from Team Astha Artist from Team Uday Artist from Team Abhaya Artist from Team Trishna Artist from Team Khem Artist from Team Sanup Artist from Team Rajesh Artist from Team Melina Artist from Team Pramod Artist from Team Prabisha Artist from Team Raju Artist from Team Milan
Season Aired Winner Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place Winning coach Presenter 1 2018 Adhikari Kushal Acharya Saptak Dutraj Shrijay Thapaliya Deep Shrestha Sushil Nepal 2 2019 Ram Limbu Bikash Limbu Sanish Shrestha Aarif RaufPramod Kharel 3 2021 Kiran Gajmer Tara Shrees Magar Aryan Tamang Jwala Rai 4 2022 Karan Rai Sabina Yohang Yogesh Magar Sahil Limbu Raju Lama 5 2023-24 Binod Rai Makar Yonjan Kumar Prayas Rai Nogen Limbu Milan Newar 6 2025 Proshesh Pandey Roshan Rai Pramesh Rai Arpana Acharya Khem Century 7 2025-26 Nita Kumari Thapa Magar Sanjita Dura Punam Gurung Sagar Sansar Rai Raju Lama
Season 2 The audition for The Voice of Nepal (season 2) was taken from The Voice of Nepal app for iOS and Android, and, for the first time, through various social media like Facebook as well. The coaches are Deep Shrestha, Pramod Kharel, Astha Raut and Raju Lama and the series is directed by Laxman Paudyal, the former director of season one of Nepal's first international franchise singing reality show, Nepal Idol. Abhaya Subba and Sanup Poudel were replaced in the season.
The season 2 of the show is broadcast on Himalaya Television. Ram Limbu from Team Pramod Kharel won The Voice of Nepal Season 2. The other finalists were Sanish Shrestha from Team Raju, Bikash Limbu from Team Deep, and Aarif Rauf from Team Astha.
As the winner, Limbu received a cash prize of NPR 1,000,000, a Datsun car, and a music album contract.
Season 3
Blind Audition (01) Blind auditions for The Voice of Nepal season 3 started on 19 March 2021 on Himalaya HD Television; the final audition ended on Saturday, 17 April with more than 150 contestants anticipated throughout the audition round. As usual, for the battle round, this season's coaches have successfully secured 64 top performers through the audition round.
Battle Round (02) The new episode (Battle Round) started on 24 April 2021 and ended on 15 May of the same year, where all 16 selected performers from each coach battled against each other in pairs; only nine including one steal were able to advance to the knockout round.
Knockout round (03) The Knockout Round was started on Friday, 4 June and was aired until 25 June 2021. All nine selected contestants from each coach, including steal, were divided into three different groups; only one outstanding performer from each divided group, in total three, were selected for the live round.
Live Round (04) The Live Round started 2 July and lasted until Saturday, 17 July. All three contestants from each coach went through a voting format where the contestants with the lowest vote had to leave the show every week and only one final contestant advanced to the Grand Finale.
Grand Finale or Final Round (05) Only one contestant who advanced to the Finale from the live round through voting from each coach was able to join this round. All four remaining total contestants from four different coaches battled against each other; the talent with the highest worldwide vote was declared as the winner of The Voice of Nepal season 3. Kiran Gajmer was declared the winner, and with Tara Shrees Magar earning the position of first runner-up, the franchise also got its first female finalist.
Battle Round Episode 11 (April 24) Order Coach Winner Song Loser Coaches' and artists choices Deep Trishna Raju Pramod 1 Trishna "Top Raj Rai""Subash Timro" "Sandesh Sitaula" — — 2 Raju "Tara Shrees Magar""Sadhai Sadhai' Niharika Gyawali — STEAL 3 Pramod "Utsav Nepal" "Oh Amira" x "Mayako Dorile" "Srijasu Shrestha" — — 4 Deep "Sujita Yonzon" "Maya Namara" "Bibek Ruchal" — — —
Episode 12 (April 25) Order Coach Winner Song Loser Coaches' and artists choices Deep Trishna Raju Pramod 1 Trishna "Jwala Rai""Hurukkai Bhayema" "Ajay Karki" — — 2 Raju "Urmila Kusunda""Runna Bhanthe Kahile" "Nirmala Ghale" — — 3 Pramod "Dharmendra Sunar" "Parkha Parkha Mayalu" "Barsha Thapa" — — 4 Deep "Ishan Rai" "Maisaab" "Dhruba BK" — — —
Episode 13 (April 30) Order Coach Winner Song Loser Coaches' and artists choices Deep Trishna Raju Pramod 1 Trishna "Shreya Nepal""Kanchi Hey Kanchi" "Santosh Kumar Baniya" — — 2 Raju "Sonam Galtso Sherpa""Komal tyo timro" "Abhishek Khadgi" — — 3 Pramod "Melina Mainali" "Ma Timilai Maya Garchu" "Prabhu Bikram Thapa" — — 4 Deep "Jenish Rai" "Aansu ko Artha" "Arman Lama" — — —
Episode 14 (May 01) Order Coach Winner Song Loser Coaches' and artists choices Deep Trishna Raju Pramod 1 Trishna "Sagar Hamal""Sirfula Siraima" "Rojan Pariyar" — — 2 Raju "Samrat Rajbhandari""Gahiro..." "Subash Lama" — — 3 Pramod "Deeksha Thapa" "Tadha Bhaye pani" "Dhruba Tamang" — —STEAL 4 Deep "Govin Pun" "Jail pani sahula" "Sarmila Acharya" — — —
Episode 15 (May 07) Order Coach Winner Song Loser Coaches' and artists choices Deep Trishna Raju Pramod 1 Trishna "Suraksha Malla""Timi Aayeu" "Suman Nepali" — — 2 Raju "Bijaya Thada Magar""Din Ra Raat" "Kapil Pun" — — 3 Pramod "Kiran Gajmer" "Janam Janam Jiyula Sangai" "Suraksha Sinchuri" — STEAL 4 Deep "Priya Gurung" "Naboli Naboli" "Umesh Chhetri" — — —
Episode 16 (May 08) Order Coach Winner Song Loser Coaches' and artists choices Deep Trishna Raju Pramod 1 Trishna Afrita KhadgiTimro Yaad Shriya Rawal Chetri — — 2 Raju Nabin GazmerHalla Chalecha Yog Bahadur Tamang — — 3 Pramod Ravi Gahatraj Mayaa.. Sanju Moktan — — 4 Deep Bijay Bhandari Badha Mayale Pramila (Sangeeta) Ranapayali — — —
Episode 17 (May 14) Order Coach Winner Song Loser Coaches' and artists choices Deep Trishna Raju Pramod 1 Trishna "Karna Raj Giri""Aaj hamro bhet bhako din" "Sameera Thapaliya" — — 2 Raju "Sandeep Rai""Nachaheko Hoina" "Kushal Shrestha" STEAL — 3 Pramod "Sudita Rai" " Manchheko Maya" "Abhishek Baraily Biswokarma" — — 4 Deep "Sunil Thapa Magar" "Korera Prem Patra" "Sova Tamang" — — —
Episode 18 (May 15) Order Coach Winner Song Loser Coaches' and artists choices Deep Trishna Raju Pramod 1 Trishna "Abhi Dong""Maya Ta Maya Ho" " Elina Udas" — — 2 Raju "Ganbir Budha Magar""Maile Socheko jastai" "Laxmi Syangtan" — — 3 Pramod "Bikki Pariyar" "Daiba Hey" " Ashim Thapa " — — 4 Deep "Aryan Tamang" "Namana laaj " "Laboni Chakraborti" — — —
Coaches' teams after the Battle Round. (Stolen artists at the bottom). Season Team Trishna Team Deep Team Pramod Team Raju 3 "TopRaj Rai", "Jwala Rai", "Shreya Nepal", "Sagar Hamal", "Suraksha Malla","Abhi Dong", "Karna Raj Giri", "Afrida Khadgi"+"Suraksha Sinchuri-from steal" "Sujita Yonzan", "Ishan Rai", " Jenish Rai", "Govin Pun","Bijay Bhandari", "Sunil Thapa Magar", "Aryan Tamang", "Priya Gurung" "Kushal Shrestha-from steal" "Utsav Nepal", "Dharmendra Sunar", "Melina Mainali", "Deeksha Thapa", "Kiran Gajmer", "Ravi Gahatraj", 'Sudita Rai', "Bikki Pariyar", +"Niharika Gyawali-from steal" "Tara Shresh Magar", "Urmila Kusunda", "Sonam Galtso Sherpa", "Samrat Rajbhandari", "Bijaya Thada Magar"," Nabin Gajmer", "Sandeep Rai", "Ganbir Budha Magar" + "Dhruba Tamang-from steal"
Knockout round Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Trishna Karna Raj Giri "[Samaya le Aaja Malai]" Advanced 2 Suraksha Sinchuri "[ Teenpatey Dada katera]" Eliminated 3 Sagar Hamal "[Timi Bina Mandaina]" 1 Pramod Sudita Rai "[Timi Aayeu]" 2 Kiran Gajmer "[Birsera Feri Malai-Jhapak Taal]" Advanced 3 Melina Mainali "[Yesto Pani Hudo Raicha]" Eliminated 1 Deep* Jenish Rai "[Fulbutte Sari]" Advanced 2 Bijaya Bhandari "[Sunana Timi.]" Eliminated 3 Ishan Rai "[Timro Mutuma]" 1 Raju Ganbir Budha Magar "[Muglan Hera Jadaichu]" 2 Samrat Raj Bhandari "[Bheda Ko Un Jasto]" 3 Sonam Galtso Sherpa "[Nachodnu Yo Saath]" Advanced
Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Trishna Jwala Rai "[Jindagi ko Batoma]" Advanced 2 Suraksha Malla "[its gotta be love..]" Eliminated 3 Shreya Nepal "[Gayina Dajaile.]" 1 Pramod Dharmendra Sunar "[Humla Kahile Motor..]" 2 Ravi Gahatraj "[Babako Topi Ganayo..]" Advanced 3 Bikki Pariyar "[Sayau Juni]" Eliminated 1 Deep* Aryan Tamang "[Timilai ma k bhanu.]" Advanced 2 Sujita Yonzal "[Jahile Samma..]" Eliminated 3 Sunil Thapa Magar "[Aawo Yaad Haru..]" 1 Raju Dhruba Tamang "[Jyanai Khayo tyo mori..]" 2 Urmila Kusunda "[Fula ko Thunga..]" 3 Tara Shrees Magar "[Samjhine Mutu..]" Advanced
Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Trishna Afrida Khadgi "[Muskaan....]" Advanced 2 Abi Dong "[Ko Hun Ma..]" Eliminated 3 Top Raj Rai "[Laayeu Timle..]" 1 Pramod Utsav Nepal "[Man Saili Timi..]" 2 Niharika Gyawali "[Malai Disakeko Dil..]" Advanced 3 Dekshya Thapa "[Priti Basyo...]" Eliminated 1 Deep* Govin Pun "[Samjhanama Dubiyera..]" Advanced 2 Kushal Shrestha "[Dhaka Topi Siraima]" Eliminated 3 Priya Gurung "[Sagar Baru Sukera Jaijala]" 1 Raju Nabin Gajmer "[Fewa Taal Ma Saili..]" 2 Sandesh Rai "[Aansu Piyera..]" 3 Bijay Thada Magar "[Malai Angali deu..]" Advanced
*During some of the Knockouts, decisions were made by stand-in coach Rajesh Payal Rai.