The ninth season of the talent show The Voice of Germany premiered on September 12, 2019 on ProSieben and on September 15, 2019 on Sat.1. The coaches were the singer and songwriter Mark Forster returning for his third season, while songwriter and singer Rea Garvey, who last coached in the fifth season returned alongside new coaches, pop musician Alice Merton and rapper Sido, who replaced Michi & Smudo, Yvonne Catterfeld and Michael Patrick Kelly. For the first time in its history, the show featured a fifth coach, Nico Santos, who selected contestants to participate in The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT. Meanwhile hosts Thore Schölermann returned for his eighth season and Lena Gercke returned for her fifth season.
Claudia Emmanuela Santoso was named the winner of the season on November 10, 2019; making her the third foreigner contestant (first artist born completely outside of Europe) to win in the show's history, marking Alice Merton's first and only win. She is the first and (so far) only female coach, as well as the youngest coach to win a season of The Voice of Germany.
Coaches and hosts
On April 7, 2019, it was announced that after 5 years Michi & Smudo would not be returning to the show. On May 6, 2019, it was announced that after 3 years Yvonne Catterfeld would not be returning as a coach, though she confirmed she would remain on The Voice Senior. On May 22, 2019, it was announced that Michael Patrick Kelly would also not be returning as a coach, instead he would be transferring to the panel of the second season of The Voice Senior. On May 26, 2019, it was announced that Rea Garvey would be returning for his fifth season after a three-year hiatus, along with new coaches Alice Merton and Sido and returning coach Mark Forster. Therefore, for the first time in the history of The Voice of Germany, there are no duo coaches on the panel. This is also the first time since season 4 to have two debuting coaches.
Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke both remained on the show as hosts.
A new round this season, entitled "Comeback Stage by SEAT", saw artists who did not turn a chair in the Blind Auditions as well as eliminated artists from later rounds of the competition, get a second chance to return to the competition for the live shows. On August 21, 2019, it was announced that Nico Santos would become a fifth coach, mentoring unsuccessful auditioners on an online version in The Comeback Stage. The artists remained, mentored by Nico Santos, competed against each other in a digital companion series, with the winners securing a spot in the Live Shows. In addition, the number of finalists were increased from 4 to 5 this season.
Teams
Coach Top 81 Artists Mark Forster Fidi Steinbeck Oxa Maciek David Maresch Farman Isajew Anika Loffhagen Nastja Isabella Zahour Tori Roe Jannik Föste Stefanie Stuber Jo Marie Dominiak Sally Haas Siar Yildiz Sophie-Charlotte Lewing Judith Jensen Janet Gizaw Dalja Heiniger Jenny Rizzo Sabina Noronha Saenab Sahabuddin Veronika Twerdy Mark Agpas Jean-Baptiste Eumann Lukas Linder Julian Mauro Alice Merton Claudia Emmanuela Santoso Mariel Kirschall Herculano Marques Marie Weiss Nicolas Granados Chiara Autenrieth Frederic Dorra Noemi Treude Luke Voigtmann Bastian Springer Linus Hemker Sally Haas Lucie Patt Patrick Rust Judith Jensen Chiara Alessia Innamorato Maria Nissen Emma & Felix Kohlhoff Barbara Kabangu Ann-Christin Klos Kaan Bülte colspan="4" Sido Freschta Akbarzada Larissa Pitzen Lucas Rieger Phillip & Danny Katja Wiegand Selina Schulz Giulia Grimaudo Denis Henning Veronika Rzasa Bastian Springer Siar Yildiz Sophie-Charlotte Lewing Tyrone Frank Janet Gizaw Chiara Alessia Innamorato Amanda Braga Gomes Torrado Jo Marie Dominiak Ina Freund Princess Igbokwe Madline Wittenbrink Seyran Ismayilkhanov colspan="4" Rea Garvey Erwin Kintop Marita Hintz Niklas Schregel Andrew Telles Christian Haas Lucie Patt Anri Coza Lea Herdt Jakob Rauno Anna Strohmayr Philipp Fixmer Nastja Isabella Zahour Giulia Grimaudo Patrick Rust Tyrone Frank Rebecca Selje Simona Steinemann Oliver Frauenrath Madeline Henning Allan Garnelis Marvin Merkhofer colspan="4" Nico Santos Lucas Rieger Celine Abeling Niklas Schregel Philipp Fixmer Linus Hemker Tina Trummer Bastian Stein Heidi & Martin Bordt Jan-Luca Ernst Dario Denegri
Blind auditions The auditions for the ninth season took place from February 2019 to March 2019 but not shown on television. The blind auditions were recorded from June 7, 2019 to June 12, 2019 at Studio Adlershof in Berlin and were broadcast from September 12, 2019 until October 10, 2019, being broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Sunday on Sat.1.
Color key Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button, despite the lack of places in his/her team Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist was eliminated and was not invited back for "Comeback Stage" Artist was eliminated, but got a second chance to compete in "Comeback Stage"
Episode 1 (September 12) The first blind audition episode was broadcast on September 12, 2019 on ProSieben.
Coaches Performance: Alice Merton: "No Roots", Sido: "Tausend Tattoos", Rea Garvey: "Is It Love", Mark Forster: "Chöre"
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Alice Sido Rea 1 Marita Hintz 17 "Don't Watch Me Cry" 2 Lucas Rieger 18 "Got My Mojo Working" – – 3 Lucie Patt 21 "Lost Boy" – – 4 Philipp Patt 24 "Let Me Down Slowly" – – – – 5 Stefanie Stuber 23 "Ghost Walking" 6 Freddy Kaps 25 "Bis ans Ende der Welt" – – – – 7 Veronika Rzasa 27 "Chandelier" – 8 Tina Trummer 36 "Hands Clean" – – – – 9 Roman Rupp, Julian Sirowatka & Julian Koch 27/28/26 "Believer" – – – – 10 Claudia Emmanuela Santoso 18 "Never Enough"
Episode 2 (September 15) The second blind audition episode was broadcast on September 15, 2019 on Sat.1.
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Alice Sido Rea 1 Noemi Treude 25 "One Day / Reckoning Song" – – 2 Tyrone Frank 22 "Mockingbird" 3 Alexander Borges 31 "Herz über Kopf" – – – – 4 Jo Marie Dominiak 23 "Bonnie & Clyde" – 5 Dario Denegri 23 "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" – – – – 6 Anika Loffhagen 39 "Shallow" 7 Christian Haas 53 "Killing in the Name" – – 8 Laura Artmann 28 "New Rules" – – – – 9 Frederic Dorra 16 "Für immer ab jetzt" – 10 Ina Freund 27 "Church Bells" – – 11 Niklas Cremerius 27 "Hello" – – – – 12 Niklas Schregel 25 "Scars"
Episode 3 (September 19) The third blind audition episode was broadcast on September 19, 2019 on ProSieben.
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Alice Sido Rea 1 Stiletto Stohl 53 "You Shook Me All Night Long" – – – – 2 Philipp Fixmer 20 "Power Over Me" 3 Sally Haas 19 "Riptide" – – 4 Janina Mahnken 30 "Raise Your Glass" – – – – 5 Denis Henning 36 "Love Someone" – 6 Angelo Nastro & Andre Heller 39/40 "Hür niemols op ze singe" – – – – 7 Oxa 29 "Toy" – – – 8 Erwin Kintop 23 "You Deserve Better" 9 Selina Schulz 20 "OG Luv Kush Pt. 2" – – 10 Sandra Siebert 38 "Open Your Eyes" – – – – 11 Linus Hemker 20 "Someone You Loved" – 12 Fidi Steinbeck 34 "Durch den Sturm"
Episode 4 (September 22) The fourth blind audition episode was broadcast on September 22, 2019 on Sat.1.
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Alice Sido Rea 1 Madeline Henning 30 "One and Only" 2 Farman Isajew 24 "Fantasie Part 1" 3 Max Grubmüller 38 "Dancing in the Dark" – – – – 4 Nastja Isabella Zahour 24 "Sax" – – 5 Jannik Föste 29 "Flash mich" – 6 Adrian Buljat 35 "Wenn das Liebe ist" – – – – 7 Kaan Bülte 28 "Loving You" – – – 8 Celine Abeling 22 "An guten Tagen" – – – – 9 Veronika Twerdy 32 "Dynamite" – – 10 Marvin Merkhofer 26 "My Hero" – – 11 Freschta Akbarzada 23 "I Look to You"
Episode 5 (September 26) The fifth blind audition episode was broadcast on September 26, 2019 on ProSieben.
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Alice Sido Rea 1 Lea Herdt 19 "Sunday Morning" – 2 Phillip & Danny 23/27 "Deine Mutter" – – 3 Can Sisamci 17 "Kartenhaus" – – – – 4 Maria Nissen 28 "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" – – 5 Seyran Ismayilkhanov 39 "Aya Benzer" 6 Jenny Rizzo 33 "Always" – – – 7 Jan-Luca Ernst 20 "Last Resort" – – – – 8 Marie Weiss 24 "Halt mich" 9 Janina Hirch 22 "Mother's Heart" – – – – 10 Tino Standhaft 56 "The Needle and the Damage Done" – – – – 11 Maciek 26 "Hey Ya!" – 12 Anna Strohmayr 22 "Nothing Compares 2 U"
Episode 6 (September 29) The sixth blind audition episode was broadcast on September 29, 2019 on Sat.1.
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Alice Sido Rea 1 Ann-Christin Klos 27 "Came Here for Love" – – – 2 Bastian Stein 16 "Nur bei dir bin ich sicher" – – – – 3 Andrew Telles 36 "Tennessee Whiskey" 4 Giulia Grimaudo 19 "Hiding My Heart" – 5 Madline Wittenbrink 30 "Like the Way I Do" – – 6 Barbara Alli 37 "Fever" – – – – 7 Emma & Felix Kohlhoff 20/24 "Falling Slowly" – – 8 Dalja Heiniger 20 "Sie ist weg" – – 9 Dominik Wrobel 25 "Join Me" – – – – 10 Katja Wiegand 38 "Bilder von dir" – 11 Jakob Rauno 23 "Zuhause" – – 12 Ayla Rönisch 17 "Daddy's Little Girl" – – – – 13 Tori Roe 23 "Take Me to Church"
Episode 7 (October 3) The seventh blind audition episode was broadcast on October 3, 2019 on ProSieben.
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Alice Sido Rea 1 Nicolas Granados 18 "Latch" 2 Chiara Alessia Innamorato 23 "I'll Fight" – – 3 Patrick Bulluck 28 "Jack's Lament" – – – – 4 Amanda Braga Gomes Torrado 27 "All the Things She Said" – – – 5 Allan Garnelis 41 "This Is the Last Time" – – 6 Anthony Utama 30 "Pieces" – – – – 7 Chiara Autenrieth 20 "Yours" – 8 Heidi & Martin Bordt 26/22 "Bis meine Welt die Augen schliesst" – – – – 9 Jean-Baptiste Eumann 25 "Eisberg" – – – 10 Anri Coza 46 "Run to You" – – 11 Nora Tushi 19 "Without Me" – – – – 12 David Maresch 19 "Mit jedem deiner Fehler"
Episode 8 (October 6) The eighth blind audition episode was broadcast on October 6, 2019 on Sat.1.
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Alice Sido Rea 1 Barbara Kabangu 20 "Dancing with a Stranger" – – – 2 Nina Jansen 36 "Wir beide" – – – – 3 Bastian Springer 21 "No Matter What" – – 4 Simona Steinemann 42 "Hunting High and Low" – – 5 Luke Voigtmann 22 "Why Georgia" – – 6 Siar Yildiz 19 "Sweet but Psycho" – – 7 Judith Jensen 22 "Steine" 8 Sabina Noronha 29 "I'll Never Love Again" – – – 9 Charnée Drake 33 "Before He Cheats" – – – – 10 Lukas Linder 26 "Heute hier, morgen dort" – 11 Domenico Antonio Straface 24 "Musica è" – – – –
Episode 9 (October 10) The ninth and final blind audition episode was broadcast on October 10, 2019 on ProSieben.
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Alice Sido Rea 1 Sophie-Charlotte Lewing 19 "Jailhouse Rock" – – 2 Oliver Frauenrath 19 "Frische Luft" – – – 3 Saenab Sahabuddin 40 "How Do I Live" – – 4 Fabian Haugg 26 "Hold My Girl" – – – – 5 Larissa Pitzen 23 "Still Got the Blues (For You)" – – – 6 Herculano Marques 48 "Song Sung Blue" – – 7 Rebecca Selje 22 "Suitcase" – – 8 Benjamin Eberling 39 "Probier's mal mit Gemütlichkeit" – – – – 9 Patrick Rust 27 "Somebody Like You" – – – 10 Janet Gizaw 28 "Dance with My Father" – – 11 Mariel Kirschall 16 "Desperado" rowspan="3" – 12 Liza Anthimidou 35 "Ohne Dich" – rowspan="3" – 13 Julian Mauro 24 "Was du Liebe nennst" – 14 Princess Igbokwe 23 "American Boy" –
Battle rounds The battle rounds were recorded from August 5, 2019 to August 7, 2019 in Berlin and were broadcast from October 13, 2019 until October 24, 2019, being broadcast like the blind auditions every Thursday on ProSieben and every Sunday on Sat.1.