The eleventh season of the talent show The Voice of Germany premiered on October 7, 2021 on ProSieben and on October 10, 2021 on Sat.1. Both singers and songwriters Mark Forster and Nico Santos returned as coaches for their fifth and second seasons, respectively, and two new coaches joined: singers and songwriters Johannes Oerding, and Sarah Connor, who replaced Samu Haber & Rea Garvey, and Stefanie Kloss & Yvonne Catterfeld. Elif Demirezer was the new "Comeback Stage" coach, who selected contestants to participate in The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT, replacing Michael Schulte. Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke returned as hosts for their tenth and seventh seasons, respectively.
Sebastian Krenz was named The Voice of Germany on December 19, 2021, this marked Johannes Oerding’s first and only win as a coach.
Coaches and hosts
On 9 June 2021, it was announced that Samu Haber, Rea Garvey, Stefanie Kloss, and Yvonne Catterfeld would not be returning for the eleventh season, and this season would not have a duo coach again. On 15 June 2021, it was rumored that Johannes Oerding and Sarah Connor would be joining the show as new coaches, whereas Mark Forster and Nico Santos would be returning. On 25 June 2021, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that Forster, Santos, Oerding and Connor would be the coaches for the eleventh season, alongside Elif Demirezer who became this year's fifth coach, mentoring unsuccessful auditioners as well as eliminated artists from later rounds of the competition, on the online version The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT.
Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke both remained on the show as hosts. Schölermann did not take part after the quarterfinal, because he and his wife are expecting the birth of their first child. Melissa Khalaj will moderate in his place in the semifinal and Steven Gätjen in the final.
Teams
+ Coaching teams Coaches Top 83 Artists Mark Forster Florian & Charlene The Razzzones Luna Farina Alex Kerski Stefanie Black Karen Tepperis Chris Gogler JOEMISMO Mia Sternberger Peter Hoebertz Mazen Mohsen Marco Spöri Tímea Göghova Nico Lange Patrick Rokitensky Perry Beenen Jakob Wenig Babsi Pak Jonas Eisemann colspan="5" Nico Santos Gugu Zulu Kati Lamberts Jennifer Williams Azarel Gottfried Sang-Ji Lee Julia & Barbara Robin Becker Will Church Roman Pocta Larissa Frank Natascha Ronowski Tillmann Urbaniak Laura & Sophie Taiga Trece Lisa & David Marina Vavoura Maximilian Theiss André Stangier Milijana Mijatović colspan="5" Sarah Connor Katarina Mihaljević Archippe Ombang Joel Zupan JOEMISMO Robert Cotton Noordin Derbali Anouar Chauech Anton Verzani Kira Bernard Hai Mi Trân Luna Farina Jennifer Williams Ann Sophie Oliver Zinhobl Jennifer Hans Raya Despodovska Ilho Cho Laila Ghaleb Sophie Platiel Jacqueline Büthe Ron Jackson Katy Weber colspan="2" Johannes Oerding Sebastian Krenz Ann Sophie Zeynep Avci Linda Elsener Lena Belgart Dirk Weidner Martin Bollig Laura Plösser Alisha Popat Simon Fetzer Matthias Wiesner Anastasia Troska Nadja Fingerhuth Patrick Aretz Naomi Maier Norman Ebel Charline Klimt Max Hofmann Nico Grund colspan="5" Elif Demirezer Linda Elsener Sascha Salvati Lena Belgart Mathis Kloss Will Church JOEMISMO Hai Mi Trân Kira Bernard Roman Pocta Ophundem Nyama Salomé Stresing Christoph Rieger Myriam Benoun Raffi Kerz Felix Breßmer colspan="3"
Blind auditions The blind auditions were recorded from June 25, 2021 to June 30, 2021 at Studio Adlershof in Berlin and were broadcast from October 7, 2021 until November 7, 2021, being broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Sunday on Sat.1.
+ Blind auditions 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 was eliminated, but got a second chance to compete in "Comeback Stage" Artist was eliminated and was not invited back for "Comeback Stage"
+ Blind auditions results Episode Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Mark Nico Sarah Johannes Episode 1 1 Jennifer Williams 63 "I Put a Spell on You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Nico Grund 27 "Supermarket Flowers" ✔ – – ✔ 3 Dan Perry 27 "Killer Queen" – – – – 4 Zeynep Avci 38 "Yalan" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Janine Gierszewsky 21 "Why So Serious" – – – – 6 Archippe Ombang 21 "Count On Me" ✔ – ✔ – 7 Andy Woithe 33 "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" – – – – 8 Laura & Sophie 23/26 "Valerie" ✔ ✔ – ✔ 9 Peter Hoebertz 31 "Wellerman (Sea Shanty)" ✔ – – – 10 Salomé Stresing 23 "Say So" – – – – 11 Katarina Mihaljević 21 "Drivers License" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 2 1 Jennifer Hans 31 "Juice" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Philipp Steffen 39 "Luka" – – – – 3 Natascha Ronowski 25 "One And Only" ✔ ✔ – – 4 Sebastian Krenz 29 "Still Loving You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Katy Weber 20 "Break My Heart" – – ✔ – 6 Fadi Semmo 32 "U Got It Bad" – – – – 7 Anton Verzani 22 "Grüne Augen Lügen Nicht" ✔ – ✔ ✔ 8 The Razzzones 33-38 "Drop It Like It's Hot" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Jeanette Alterino 31 "Come Together" – – – – 10 Karen Tepperis 71 "When We Were Young" ✔ – – – 11 Felix Breßmer 25 "Will We Talk?" – – – – 12 Anouar Chauech 26 "Breathe Easy" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 3 1 Francesco Farina 51 "Adesso tu" – – – – 2 Luna Farina 19 "Wie schön du bist" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Chris Gogler 31 "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" ✔ – – – 4 Will Church 26 "Arcade" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Susanne Seeber 54 "Locked Out of Heaven" – – – – 6 Julia & Barbara 24/28 "Hypnotized" ✔ ✔ – – 7 Daniel Hellmann 35 "Take On Me" – – – – 8 Oliver Zinhobl 27 "This Is The Life" – – ✔ ✔ 9 Martin Bollig 27 "Steine" ✔ – – ✔ 10 Raffi Kerz 21 "Break My Heart" – – – – 11 Ann Sophie 30 "Summertime" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 4 1 Florian & Charlene 35/32 "Mercy" ✔ ✔ – – 2 Azarel Gottfried 24 "Nana Triste" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Philipp Allar 28 "Prisoner" – – – – 4 Stefanie Black 22 "Genau hier" ✔ – – ✔ 5 Florian Schindler 29 "Wasted Love" – – – – 6 Ilho Cho 44 "Highway Star" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Mathis Kloss 16 "Glück Ist Leicht" – – – – 8 Linda Elsener 20 "I Won't Let You Go" ✔ – ✔ ✔ 9 Tillmann Urbaniak 20 "Erfolg ist kein Glück" ✔ ✔ – – 10 Petra Berghaus 53 "Mut" – – – – 11 Gugu Zulu 28 "I Look to You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 5 1 Taiga Trece 35 "Soy Yo" – ✔ – ✔ 2 Romy Wolf 19 "Almost Is Never Enough" – – – – 3 Noordin Derbali 42 "Treat You Better" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Josua Schwab 20 "Pauken" – – – – 5 Naomi Maier 24 "Without Me" ✔ – – ✔ 6 Robin Becker 25 "Keiner Ist Wie Du" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Myriam Benoun 24 "Sunny" – – – – 8 Alex Kerski 24 "Psychosocial" ✔ – – – 9 Jacqueline Büthe 28 "Tell It To My Heart" ✔ – ✔ ✔ 10 Norman Ebel 39 "Katy Perry" – – – ✔ 11 Hao Phan Quoc 18 "Without You" – – – – 12 Robert Cotton 69 "Hey Bartender" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 6 1 Justin Sobot 21 "Hold My Girl" – – – – 2 Kati Lamberts 26 "Bohemian Rhapsody" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Mia Sternberger 27 "2x" ✔ – – ✔ 4 Dustin Lukat 29 "Astronaut" – – – – 5 Raya Despodovska 24 "Russian Roulette" – – ✔ – 6 Roman Pocta 17 "Lonely" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Tímea Göghova 42 "TV Glotzer" ✔ – – ✔ 8 Ophundem Nyama 19 "Get Here" – – – – 9 Marco Spöri 24 "Bruises" ✔ – ✔ ✔ 10 Diolem Turunc 21 "Part Of Me" – – – – 11 Simon Fetzer 52 "Jetzt" ✔ – – ✔ 12 Alisha Popat 34 "Wicked Game" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 7 1 Laura Plösser 25 "Fuckin' Perfect" – – ✔ ✔ 2 JOEMISMO 22 "Qué Pena" ✔ – – – 3 Joel Zupan 27 "Cuz I Love You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Louise Mayer 30 "Better When I'm Dancin'" – – – – 5 Larissa Frank 42 "Blank Space" ✔ ✔ – – 6 Dustin Wessels 23 "Vermissen" – – – – 7 Nico Lange 40 "Stuck on You" ✔ – – – 8 Kira Bernard 17 "Man in the Mirror" – ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Sascha Salvati 36 "Lieb Mich Dann" – – – – 10 Anastasia Troska 27 "Dancing with the Devil" – – – ✔ 11 K'Daanso 32 "Superior" – – – – 12 Matthias Wiesner 36 "Halt Mich" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 8 1 Dirk Weidner 45 "Zünde Alle Feuer" ✔ – – ✔ 2 Hai Mi Trân 20 "Ghost" – – ✔ – 3 Damian & Chris 31/28 "Roller" – – – – 4 Max Hofmann 27 "Last Resort" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Lea-Christin Wilhelmus 38 "Tim Liebt Tina" – – – – 6 André Stangier 21 "Afterglow" – ✔ – ✔ 7 Jill Fischer 26 "Locomotive" – – – – 8 Patrick Rokitensky 32 "Regen und Meer" ✔ – – – 9 Christoph Rieger 27 "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären" – – – – 10 Laila Ghaleb 20 "I Could Have Danced All Night" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 11 Marina Vavoura 17 "Peaches" ✔ ✔ ✔ – 12 Perry Beenen 31 "Superstition" ✔ ✔ – – Episode 9 1 Maximilian Theiss 21 "Stay" ✔ ✔ – ✔ 2 Nadja Fingerhuth 34 "Before He Cheats" – – – ✔ 3 Julian Schmidt 20 "Übermorgen" – – – – 4 Sang-Ji Lee 19 "Godzilla" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Nico Röwenstrunk 47 "Amarillo By Morning" – – – – 6 Jonas Eisemann 26 "Undercover Martyn" ✔ ✔ – ✔ 7 Lilli Venskeviciutė 28 "Uptown Funk" – – – – 8 Mazen Mohsen 27 "Die Gedanken Sind Frei" ✔ – – – 9 Sabine Wagener 26 "Time Is Running Out" – – – – 10 Patrick Aretz 25 "Julia" ✔ – – ✔ 11 Sophie Platiel 26 "1A" – – ✔ – 12 Dominik Poch 30 "Save Your Tears" – – – – 13 Lena Belgart 35 "Nightingale" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 10 1 Anna, Lisa & David 28/23/29 "Midnight Sky" – ✔ – – 2 Faraz Sineh 39 "Ich Will Noch Nicht Nach Hause" – – – – 3 Helin Koyuncu 25 "Lift Me Up" – – – – 4 Ron Jackson 46 "Pony" ✔✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Andreas Langer 29 "Deine Stärken" – – rowspan="7" – 6 Anika Lehmann 35 "Emanuela" – – – 7 Jakob Wenig 26 "City Of Stars" ✔ – – 8 Charline Klimt 29 "Empire State Of Mind" ✔ – ✔ 9 Lukas Schrieber 35 "Herz Über Kopf" – – rowspan="3" 10 Milijana Mijatović 26 "Habits" – ✔ 11 Babsi Pak 45 "Whole Lotta Love" ✔
Sarah pressed her button but was too late so the turn did not count.
Battle rounds The battle rounds were recorded from September 4, 2021 to September 5, 2021 in Berlin and will broadcast from November 11, 2021 until November 21, 2021, being broadcast like the blind auditions every Thursday on ProSieben and every Sunday on Sat.1. Sarah Connor participated in the recordings via video link after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Unlike in previous seasons, each coach initially divided his participants into groups of three. Seven battles took place in Sarah Connor's 21-candidate group, and six battles each in the other three groups of 18 participants. After the rehearsals of each group of three, only two of the three candidates were usually admitted to the battle duels, the third was eliminated. The respective coach selected a participant of each battle directly into the next phase. The defeated battle participants could be taken over by the other coaches via "Steal Deal". Each coach has only one steal throughout the battles, as opposed to two on the previous season. If more than one coach wanted to take on a candidate, the participant chose one of them as his new coach. Elif selected four more participants from all battles for the third phase of the Comeback Stage.
+ Battle rounds color key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Sing-offs Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Sing-offs Artist lost the Battle but got a second chance to compete in "Comeback Stage" Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated Artist eliminated before the battle rounds