The seventh season of the Mexican version of La Voz... México premiere on September 30, 2018 through the channel Las Estrellas. For the first time in 5 seasons, Jacqueline Bracamontes will not be the presenter, and this time the program will be hosted by Lele Pons and Odalys Ramírez behind the scenes. The coaches are Maluma, (for the second time), Carlos Rivera, Anitta and Natalia Jiménez This is the second season of La Voz... México with a jury with a different nationality for each coach (Carlos Rivera is Mexican, Natalia Jimenez is Spanish, Maluma is Colombian and Anitta is Brazilian) after the second edition in 2012 (Paulina Rubio is Mexican, Jenni Rivera is Mexican-American, Beto Cuevas is Chilean and Miguel Bosé is Spanish). In addition, this is the season with the youngest coaches, not only in Mexico, but in the worldwide format.
Coaches and presenters The seventh season has four new coaches Natalia Jiménez, Carlos Rivera, Anitta and Maluma. The show continues to be hosted by Lele Pons and Odalys Ramírez behind the scenes.
Recordings Nine of the ten episodes of this season were recorded in August 2018. This is the first time that almost the entire season was recorded in less than a month; the first probably due to the coaches' schedules. The Grand Final will take place on December 16, with eight participants (two per team).
Teams Key
Coaches Top 48 Maluma Diana Villamonte Ley Memphis Erika Alcocer Paola Guanche Francisco Treviño Nacho Pérez Ariel Vi José Dhalí Gabby Tamez Rosa Lilian El Jeitani B.A.E. Estefanía Martínez Liliana García Anitta Delian Ángel Elizondo Mafer Labastida Morganna Love Jesús De la Rosa Luanna Silva Colette Acuña Diana Campos Norah Montero Maverick López André Eliz Andah Hugo Lezama Marlen Barrera Carlos Rivera Cristina Ramos Guillermo Mendoza Aneeka Mad Rapsodia Dulce Najar Gabby Tamez Rey Cristopher Ale Ramírez Ley Memphis Colette Acuña Luis Ochoa Rolando Lesmo Renné Dacosta Chávez Natalia Jiménez Carmen Goett Adriana y Cristian Maggy Aranda Cindy Coleoni Anthon Mor Norah Montero Luis Ochoa Rosa Michell Cristina Ramos Francisco Treviño Adelaide Pilar Hugo Coronel Aarón Antonio Santiago Jiménez
Blind auditions The goal of each coach will be to choose twelve participants for their teams
Color key ✔ Coach pressed "QUIERO TU VOZ" button Artist defaulted to a coach's team Artist elected a coach's team Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "QUIERO TU VOZ" button Artist in Red, auditioned inside "The Box" ✘ Coach pressed the "QUIERO TU VOZ" button, but was blocked by Natalia from getting the artist ✘ Coach pressed the "QUIERO TU VOZ" button, but was blocked by Carlos from getting the artist ✘ Coach pressed the "QUIERO TU VOZ" button, but was blocked by Anitta from getting the artist ✘ Coach pressed the "QUIERO TU VOZ" button, but was blocked by Maluma from getting the artist
Episode 1 (September 30) The coaches presented "Vivir mi vida" at the beginning of the program.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Natalia Carlos Anitta Maluma 1 Diana Villamonte 23 Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Guillermo Mendoza 32 Mexico City "Te Amaré" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Mafer Labastida 28 Puebla, Puebla "Open Arms" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 4 Marianna Serra 27 Mexico City "Inolvidable" – – – – 5 Maggy Aranda 46 Monterrey, Nuevo León "Back in Black" ✔ — — — 6 Luis Ochoa 22 Tangamandapio, Michoacan "Entre beso y beso" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Joana Berenice 31 Guadalajara, Jalisco "El último beso" — — — — 8 Ley Memphis 69 Mazamitla, Jalisco "House of the Rising Sun" ✔ ✔ ✔* ✔ 9 Norah Montero 24 Mexico City "Vive" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 10 Morganna Love 38 San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato "Habanera" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ 11 Gerardo Meléndez 32 Tonalá, Jalisco "El Negrito Bailarín" — — — — 12 Erika Alcocer 42 Tampico, Tamaulipas "Never Enough" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ Carlos Rivera presses Anitta's button
Episode 2 (October 7) During the program, "Recuérdame" by Carlos Rivera is performed. Cristina Ramos' audition aired on October 7, but her decision was not announced until October 14, during the next audition show.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Natalia Carlos Anitta Maluma 1 Carmen Goett 19 Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo "Amazing Grace" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Emilio Osorio 15 Mexico City "El baño" — — — — 3 Paola Guanche 17 Cancún, Quintana Roo "Girl on Fire" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Dueto Terra 50y56 Guadalajara, Jalisco "Te quiero, te quiero" — — — — 5 Gabby Tamez 25 China, Nuevo León "Si una vez" — ✔ — ✔ 6 Nacho Pérez 29 Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes "Call Out My Name" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Ariel Vi 23 Cerro Azul, Veracruz "Bella" — — — ✔ 8 Enero del Moral 21 San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato "Me cuesta tanto olvidarte" — — — — 9 Luanna Silva 18 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil "Paradinha" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ 10 Marlen Barrera 27 Monterrey, Nuevo León "Toxic" — — ✔ — 11 B.A.E. 20 y 21 Mexico City / Colombia / Venezuela "Andas en Mi Cabeza" — ✔ — ✔ 12 Dulce Najar 30 Mexico City "Mi Peor Error" ✔ ✔ — — 13 Omar Zúñiga 15 Torreón, Coahuila "A quien" — — — — 14 Cristina Ramos 40 Islas Canarias, España "La Traviata" / "It's Raining Men" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 3 (October 14) During the program, "Beautiful" is performed by Lele Pons in a blind audition with a snare drum and a medley of "Algo más" and "Daría" by Natalia Jiménez played on the ukulele.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Natalia Carlos Anitta Maluma 1 Hugo Lezama 47 Minatitlán, Veracruz "Te quiero tal como eres" ✔ – ✔ ✔ 2 Ale Lomelí 20 Ensenada, Baja California "¿Por Qué Terminamos?" – – – – 3 Cindy Coleoni 25 Bacalar, Quintana Roo / Argentina "Don't Speak" ✔ ✔ ✔ – 4 Caro Mancilla 24 Monterrey, Nuevo León "Mediocre" – – – – 5 Francisco Treviño 23 Monterrey, Nuevo León "Lose Yourself" ✔ – – ✔ 6 Rolando Lesmo 29 Querétaro, Querétaro / Cuba "Tardes Negras" – ✔ – – 7 Cellik Hazel Rivera 17 Nacajuca, Tabasco "Por Siempre Tu" – – – – 8 Anthon Mor 16 Mexico City "I'm Still Standing" ✔ ✔ – – 9 Ramón Rodríguez 22 Torreón, Coahuila "No te apartes de mí" – – – – 10 Aneeka 32 San Cristóbal, Venezuela "Sin Combustible" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 11 Renné Dacosta 26 Navojoa, Sonora "Solamente Tú" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 12 Lucca Restori 25 Mexico City "Cama y Mesa" – – – – 13 Adriana Rojas y Cristian Rivera 26 y 28 Mexico City "That's What I Like" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
Episode 4 (October 21) During the program, Anitta performed "Delirio."
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Natalia Carlos Anitta Maluma 1 Guimel Romero 28 Mexico City "Tú sí sabes quererme" – – – – 2 Francisco Morales 22 Mexico City "Human" – – – – 3 Hugo Coronel 19 Mexicali, Baja California "Bachata Rosa" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Ale Ramírez 26 Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León "Cobarde" ✔ ✔ – – 5 Luis Eduardo Chávez 32 Guadalajara, Jalisco "Más que tu Amigo" ✔ ✔ – – 6 Santiago Jiménez 17 Mexico City "No hay nadie más" ✔ — — — 7 Fátima Yesenia Díaz 18 Mexicali, Baja California "Algo Contigo" – – – – 8 Rosa Michell 17 Guamúchil, Sinaloa "Cicatrices" ✔ – ✔ – 9 Alexi Rebolledo 20 Veracruz, Veracruz "Se te olvidó" – – – – 10 Aarón Antonio 21 Mexico City "Déjala que vuelva" ✔ — — — 11 Ángel Elizondo 21 Torreón, Coahuila "Love on Top" — — ✔ — 12 Alex Portillo 28 Mexico City "El color de tus ojos" – – – – 13 Colette Acuña 35 Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas "Culpable o No" ✔ ✔ – –
Episode 5 (October 28) During the program, "El Préstamo" is performed by Maluma.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Natalia Carlos Anitta Maluma 1 Diana Campos 16 Tijuana, Baja California "New Rules" — — ✔ ✔ 2 Jesús de la Rosa 24 Maracaibo, Venezuela "Se Preparó" — — — ✔ 3 Rick Loera 30 Mexico City "I Love Rock 'n Roll" — — — — 4 Rey Cristopher 24 Valladolid, Yucatán "Mi soldedad y yo" ✔ ✔ – – 5 Andrea "Andah" García 30 Mexico city "When We Were Young" ✔ ✔ ✔ – 6 Lilian El Jeitani 18 Querétaro, Querétaro "Amorfoda" — — — ✔ 7 Maverick López 22 Vinaroz, España "Perfect" – ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 André Eliz 19 Ensenada, Baja California "Te boté" — — ✔ — 9 Adelaide Pilar 35 Los Ángeles, California "Tiene Espinas El Rosal" ✔ — — — 10 Liliana García 34 Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas "Ángel" rowspan=5 — — ✔ 11 Estefanía Martínez 23 Monterrey, Nuevo León "De Repente" — — ✔ 12 Mad Rapsodia 23 Mexico city "A Natural Woman" ✔ ✔ ✔ 13 Delian 25 San Diego, California "Friends" rowspan=2 ✔ ✔ 14 José Dhalí 22 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua "Believer" ✔
The Battles The battle round began at the end of episode 5. The coaches will face two contestants from their team in a duet, choosing one to advance to the next round, with the other being eliminated from their team. In addition, each coach is awarded two "steals," giving them the opportunity to save losing contestants. The winning and stolen contestants will advance to the Semifinal round. The co-coaches were Sofía Reyes for Team Natalia, Tommy Torres for Team Carlos, Prince Royce for Team Anitta, and the Piso 21 group for Team Maluma.
Color key: Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Semifinal Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Natalia Carlos Anitta Maluma Episode 5 Natalia Jiménez 1 Carmen Goett "Nessun dorma" Cristina Ramos ✔ ✔ – Episode 6 Maluma 1 Erika Alcocer "El Triste" Liliana García – – – Carlos Rivera 2 Mad Rapsodia "Can't Help Falling in Love" Ley Memphis – – ✔ Anitta 3 Mafer Labastida "Sweet Child o' Mine" Marlen Barrera – – –
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