The eight season of the Romanian reality talent show Vocea României premiered on ProTV on September 7, 2018. Pavel Bartoș returned as host, while Irina Fodor replaced Lili Sandu as the social media correspondent. Laura Giurcanu was the vlogger of the show. Tudor Chirilă and Smiley returned as coaches, while Irina Rimes and Andra replaced Loredana Groza and Adrian Despot as coaches.
The season finale aired on December 14, 2018. Bogdan Ioan, mentored by Smiley, was declared winner of the season. It was Smiley's third victory as a coach.
Auditions
The open call auditions were held in the following locations: Date Audition venue LocationFebruary 25, 2018Golden Tulip Ana DomeCluj-NapocaMarch 4, 2018Hotel IntercontinentalIașiMarch 11, 2018Hotel NHTimișoaraMarch 24–25, 2018Hotel IBIS Gara de NordBucharest
Teams Color key
+ Coaches Top 58 artists Tudor Chirilă Alma Boiangiu Romanița Fricosu Lavinia Rusu Mihai Meiroș Daria Tănasă Dana OlteanuLuciana RăducanuCristian AlexaMara CăptaruAlexandra CuzaTeodora StoicaLuiza CoboriOrigen TodoranMaria PopDombi Enescu ȘandorJoel Benson Irina RimesDora GaitanoviciAlexa DraguAlina StatieEva TimușAntinia SimionMara CăptaruGabriela MunteanuFeihong BasiguMaria AndriciOana TăbultocȘtefania RomanOdri BârcăEduard MalereuSilvia VîrlanLăcrămioara Bradoschi AndraCéline Mădălina CocaRenate GradSilviu MurariuSara ChiavegatoNicoleta OanceaIzabela Barbu Cristina BudeanuElena HasnaDiana StratClaudia PopinăClaudia NegruțSilvia PredaMihai TurbatuMaria UdreaFlorian Popa SmileyBogdan IoanVitalie MaciunschiSorina BicăLetiția RomanGeanina MilitaruAndrei VoicuDiana Strat Dalina NemeșSilviu MurariuLavinia RusuDaria MireaMihnea VîlceanuEvelina GăvanAndreea PopaClaudiu FălămașLina Sandén Note: Italicized names are stolen contestants (names struck through within former teams).
Blind auditions
Color key Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to a coach's team Artist elected a coach's team Artist was eliminated Coach pressed the "I want you" button, but was blocked by Tudor from getting the artist Coach pressed the "I want you" button, but was blocked by Irina from getting the artist Coach pressed the "I want you" button, but was blocked by Andra from getting the artist Coach pressed the "I want you" button, but was blocked by Smiley from getting the artist
Episode 1 (September 7) The first episode aired on September 7, 2018. The coaches performed "We Will Rock You" at the start of the show. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Tudor Irina Andra Smiley 1Alexa Dragu18Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" 2Diana Petrescu – –"Walking in Memphis" — — — —3Claudiu Fălămaș27Sibiu, Sibiu"Jérusalem" — — — 4Marina Vlad20 Craiova, Dolj"Un actor grăbit" — — — —5Bogdan Ioan28Constanța, Constanța"Earth Song"
Episode 2 (September 8) The second episode aired on September 8, 2018. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Tudor Irina Andra Smiley1Horațiu Boșca40Cluj-Napoca, Cluj"L-O-V-E" — — — —2Maria Pop22Tăuții-Măgherăuș, Maramureș"Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" — —3Sara Chiavegato19 Italy "Crazy in Love" 4Gabriel Ciubotă24Ploiești, Prahova"Let Her Go" — — — —5Antinia Simion20Alba Iulia, Alba"Ex's & Oh's" — —6Claudia Popină28Bucharest"Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" — —7Lina Sandén 33Malmö, Sweden "Wake Me Up" — — 8Matei Blaga20Constanța, Constanța"This Love" — — — —9Romanița Fricosu31Pitești, Argeș"Nu sunt perfectă" — —10Lăcrămioara Bradoschi29Ploiești, Prahova"Don't You Remember" — — —
Episode 3 (September 14) The third episode aired on September 14, 2018. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Tudor Irina Andra Smiley1Vitalie Maciunschi32Chișinău, Moldova "Le Temps des Cathédrales (Notre Dame de Paris)" 2Claudia Negruț29Timișoara, Timiș"Upside Down" — 3Marina Carpen19Atena, Greece"Nu mă uita" — — — —4Rareș Mariș17Cluj-Napoca, Cluj"Let It Go" — — — —5Dora Gaitanovici18Buzău, Buzău"One More Try" 6Virgil-Marius Pop 48Șimleu Silvaniei, Sălaj"Carrie" — — — —7Origen Todoran32Cluj-Napoca, Cluj"Another Love" — —8Diana Start22Bacău, Bacău"Nobody's Perfect" — — —9Laura Furău33 –"Raggamuffin" — — — —10Alina Statie23Balș, Olt "Breakeven" — — —11Mădălina Ignat21Botoșani, Botoșani"Raggamuffin" — — — —12Alma Boiangiu26Bucharest"Wonderwall" —
Episode 4 (September 21) The fourth episode aired on September 21, 2018. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Tudor Irina Andra Smiley1Nicoleta Oancea20Bucharest"Can't Stop the Feeling!" — — 2Alina Voicu18Bacău, Bacău"All About That Bass" — — — —3Alexandru Dobre31 –"Save Room" — — — —4Renate Grad30Vișeu de Sus, Maramureș"I Will Always Love You" 5Sorina Bică20Craiova, Dolj"You Shook Me All Night Long" — 6Andrei Timofte26 –"Sex Bomb" — — — —7Daria Tănasă18Bacău, Bacău "Ain't No Other Man" –8Letiția Moisescu35Alba Iulia, Alba"Non, je ne regrette rien" — — — —9Cristian Alexa17Focșani, Vrancea"Billionaire" — —10Cristina Holstein –Berlin, Germany "O mio babbino caro" — — — —11Eduard Malereu22Chișinău, Moldova"Perfect" — — —12Andra Mihalache16Bucharest"Whataya Want from Me" — — — —13Odri Bârcă23Chișinău, Moldova "Issues" 14Adrian Mădălin Manu31 –"Everything" — — — —15Lavinia Rusu17Chișinău, Moldova "Wrecking Ball" — —
Episode 5 (September 28) The fifth episode aired on September 28, 2018. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Tudor Irina Andra Smiley1Dombi Enescu Șandor52Eforie Sud, Constanța"I Got You (I Feel Good)" 2Iris Gămulescu19Brașov, Brașov"Welcome to Burlesque" — — — —3Luiza Cobori35Pucioasa, Dâmbovița"Mad About You" — —4Tatiana Cioban29Coșnița, Moldova "A Woman's Worth" — — — —5Feihong Basigu19Pitești, Argeș / Jilin, China"Fly Me to the Moon" — —6Nadejda Anghel21Chișinău, Moldova "What About Us" — — — —7Elena Hasna17Târgu Jiu, Gorj"Dangerous Woman" — — —8Letiția Roman16Bucharest"Jealous" — 9Andrei Zic24Chișinău, Moldova"Who You Are" — — — —10Andreea Popa21Bucharest"Rise Up" – 11Mihai Turbatu16Slatina, Olt"You Are So Beautiful" — — —12Maria Ilinca18 –"Million Reasons" — — — —13Oana Tăbultoc17Botoșani, Botoșani"Anywhere" — — –14Céline Mădălina Coca31Bucharest / Paris, France "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
Episode 6 (October 5) The sixth episode aired on October 5, 2018. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Tudor Irina Andra Smiley1Mara Căptaru16Bucharest"Creep" 2Marius Deneș24Bucharest"Historia de un Amor" — — — —3Mihnea Vîlceanu21Timișoara, Timiș"Whatever It Takes" — — 4Diana Lera20 Focșani, Vrancea"Smells Like Teen Spirit" — — — —5Eva Timuș16Chișinău, Moldova "Skyfall" — — —6Sever Solnițaru22Pitești, Argeș"Sex on Fire" — — — —7Cristina Budeanu27Clinceni, Ilfov"One Night Only" — —6Evelina Malancă20Chișinău, Moldova "Rise like a Phoenix" — — — —7Silvia Preda27Brașov, Brașov"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" — —8Maria Andrici18Iași, Iași"Cine te crezi?" — — —9Marina Ciorăneanu43Bucharest"Lost on You" — — — —10Silviu Murariu21Cluj-Napoca, Cluj"She's Out of My Life"
Episode 7 (October 12) The seventh episode aired on October 12, 2018. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Tudor Irina Andra Smiley1Izabela Barbu 50Bucharest"Summertime" 2Cătălin Manea23Bucharest"Too Good at Goodbyes" – – – –3Ștefania Roman34Bucharest"Sympathique" – – –4Daria Mirea17Craiova, Dolj"That Man" – 5Georgiana Capanu21Curtea de Argeș, Argeș"Tu nu ai avut curaj" – – – –6Joel Benson33Timișoara, Timiș / Bengaluru, India "Thinking Out Loud" – 7Gabriela Munteanu18Galați, Galați"Bolnavi amândoi" – – 8Andreea Ghercă 28 Buzău, Buzău"Clown" – – – –9Luciana Răducanu36Bucharest"Bohemian Rhapsody" 10Florin Cristian 24 Brăila, Brăila"You're Beautiful" – – – –11Brigitta Bajka 20Brașov, Brașov"Locked Out of Heaven" – – – –12Dalina Nemeș19Baia Mare, Maramureș"Photograph" – 13Doina Sclifos 28Chișinău, Moldova"Riptide" – – – –14Maria Udrea18Bolintin Vale, Giurgiu"Do It like a Dude" –
Episode 8 (October 19) The eighth and last blind audition episode aired on October 19, 2018. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Tudor Irina Andra Smiley1Evelina Găvan25Brașov, Brașov"Use Somebody" – – – 2Sandra Tudorache16Ploiești, Prahova"Scared to Be Lonely" – – –rowspan="2" 3Antonia Stancu22Bucharest"Friends" – – –4Geanina Militaru29Bucharest"Oops!... I Did It Again" 5Sonia Apostol16Bucharest"Kisses Back" – – –rowspan="11" 6Florian Popa28Constanța, Constanța"Tu ești primăvara mea" – 7Ilona Artene23Aars, Denmark "Hurt" – –rowspan="8" 8Alexandra Cuza24Suceava, Suceava"I Put a Spell on You" 9Mihail Karaghiannis23Bucharest"Beggin'" – –10Agatha Gazda16Siret, Suceava"Jolene" – –11Mihai Meiroș32Bucharest"Skin" –12Cristina Mircea19London, United Kingdom "Toy" rowspan="3" –13Andreea Roșianu22 Sibiu, Sibiu"Be the One" –14Silvia Vîrlan34Bucharest"Love on the Brain" 15Teodora Stoica20Vâlcea, Vâlcea"Royals"
The Battles After the Blind auditions, Team Andra and Team Irina had fourteen contestants, while Team Tudor and Team Smiley had fifteen contestants for the Battle rounds. The Battles rounds started with episode 9 on October 26, 2018. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants. Each battle concluding with the respective coach advancing one of the two or three contestants. Each coach could steal one losing contestant from another team.
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 Live shows Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode 9 (26 October) The ninth episode aired on October 26, 2018. Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Tudor Irina Andra SmileyIrina Rimes1 Dora Gaitanovici "The Way You Make Me Feel" Lăcrămioara Bradoschi — — —Tudor Chirilă2 Cristian Alexa "In My Blood" Joel Benson — — —Smiley3 Geanina Militaru "Free Your Mind" Andreea Popa — — —rowspan="2" Lavinia Rusu — —Andra4 Renate Grad "În lipsa ta" Florian Popa rowspan="4" — —Irina Rimes5 Alexa Dragu "I Wish" Silvia Vîrlan — —Tudor Chirilă6 Mihai Meiroș "Tennessee Whiskey" Dombi Enescu Șandor — — —Smiley7 Vitalie Maciunschi "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Evelina Găvan — —
Episode 10 (2 November) The tenth episode aired on November 2, 2018. Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Tudor Irina Andra SmileyAndra1 Sara Chiavegato "Fighter" Maria Udrea rowspan="8" — —Tudor Chirilă2 Daria Tănasă "These Days" Maria Pop — —Irina Rimes3 Gabriela Munteanu "Vals" Eduard Malereu — —Smiley4Letiția Roman "Sunday Morning" Mihnea Vîlceanu — —Andra5Elena Hasna "Need You Now" Mihai Turbatu — —Tudor Chirilă6 Luciana Răducanu "Honky Tonk Women" Origen Todoran — — —Smiley7Sorina Bică "Say Something" Silviu Murariu
Episode 11 (9 November) The eleventh episode aired on November 9, 2018. Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Tudor Irina Andra SmileyIrina Rimes1 Alina Statie "Believer" Odri Bârcă rowspan="8" rowspan="8" —Tudor Chirilă2 Dana Olteanu "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" Luiza Cobori — —Andra3 Cristina Budeanu "Tears" Silvia Preda — —Smiley4 Bogdan Ioan "Done for Me" Daria Mirea —Irina Rimes5 Feihong Basigu "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Ștefania Roman —Andra6 Nicoleta Oancea "One Last Time" Claudia Negruț — —Tudor Chirilă7 Alma Boiangiu "Grenade" Mara Căptaru
Episode 12 (16 November) The twelfth episode aired on November 16, 2018. Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Tudor Irina Andra SmileyIrina Rimes1Antinia Simion "In the Name of Love" Oana Tăbultoc rowspan="9" rowspan="9" rowspan="9" —Andra2Izabela Barbu "Cry Baby" Claudia Popină —Smiley3Dalina Nemeș "Roar" Lina Sandén Tudor Chirilă4 Romanița Fricosu "Hound Dog" Alexandra Cuza — Teodora Stoica —Irina Rimes5Eva Timuș "Don't Let Me Down" Maria Andrici —Smiley6Andrei Voicu "Set Fire to the Rain" Claudiu Fălămaș Andra7Céline Mădălina Coca "Sign of the Times" Diana Strat
Knockout rounds