The fifteenth season of the talent show The Voice of Germany premiered on 25 September 2025. The show is broadcast by two local TV stations, ProSieben and Sat.1, during the Blind Auditions and the Battles.
Shirin David, Rea Garvey, Nico Santos, and duo Michi & Smudo returned as coaches after one, two, three, and six-season hiatuses, respectively. Calum Scott is the new "Comeback Stage" coach, selecting contestants to participate in The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT. Thore Schölermann returned for his fourteenth season as host, with Melissa Khalaj returning for her fourth season as host.
Anne Mosters won the season with the closest margin of victory in the show's history (1,58%), marking Nico Santos' first win as a coach. Mosters became the first "All Star" contestant in the history of the show to win a season (she previously competed in the thirteenth season and was eliminated in teamfights). Additionally, Mosters became the second artist to win a season that had a coach blocked in their blind audition (Michi & Smudo blocking Shirin), following Malou Lovis Kreyelkamp in the thirteenth season.
Panelists Coaches
In April 2025, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that all four coaches from the previous season; Mark Forster, Yvonne Catterfeld, Kamrad, and Samu Haber; would depart the panel for the upcoming fifteenth season. This marks the third season to have all coaches from the previous panel replaced, following season 13 and 14. On 20 April 2025, it was announced that previous coaches Rea Garvey, duo Michi & Smudo, Nico Santos, and Shirin David will return as coaches for their eighth, sixth, third, and second seasons, respectively.
On 19 August 2025, it was announced that Calum Scott would be featured as a coach for the "Comeback Stage", which was last present in season 11.
Hosts Both Thore Schölermann and Melissa Khalaj returned as hosts from last season.
Teams
+ Coaching teams Coaches Top 76 Artists Rea Garvey Max Pesé Andrea Galleti Brunel Raherinandrasana Cara Kienzle Christian "Keule" Haas Joy Krüger Linus Bruhn Luise Neubig Trio ELBA Tobias Dietzek Alicia & David Boysie White John Cadelina Julia Wolf Ryan Bridge Madrid Sarah Hübers Viviana Milioti Michi & SmudoBernarda Brunović Clifford Dwenger Karl Frierson II Lisa Asante Amelie Fritz Jazzy Gudd Lily MacKay Samira Hofbauer Simone Kotowski Christopher Mathis Denisa Allegra Felix Hellwig Jermain Joewaia Burford Kevin Scheiwiller Marlon Ernst Pascal Wulfes Rita van Nek Shirin David Oxa Vasco José Mano Ereza Denia Weber Joelisa Serwah André Dustin Lukat Igor Santos Barbosa Maël & Jonas Maesra Vincent Rinne Daiana Vashakidze Friedrich Häntzschel Jasmine Lajeunesse Kamai Karic Manuël Stepanov Marin Vrdoljak Selina Yek Nico Santos Anne Mosters Greta Heimann Marvin Tapper Louk Jones Lara Samira Will Tina Ruseva Laura Kensy Olena Slobodyska Zeynep Avci Sophia Brabetz Rachel Leggio Eugenie Moine Ikaros Luciana Da Silva Alves Marc Spitze Nadia & Annika Schüler Svenia Ribeiro Calum Scott Joelisa Serwah André Vincent Rinne Lara Samira Will Denia Weber Tina Ruseva Sophia Brabetz Rachel Leggio Salvatore Tocco Tobias Dietzek Gwendolin Reinicke Benedikt Froihofer Aura Ray
Blind Auditions The Blind Auditions began broadcasting on 25 September 2025, and is broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Friday on Sat.1. This season, the blocks returned, but with a twist. Unlike the previous seasons, each coach now only has two blocks that they can use to block another coach. However, they can choose to use the block at any time, even during their pitch. Only one block is allowed per audition; once a coach already used their block, the other coaches are not allowed to use their block. In addition, this season introduced the Joker. Each coach has a coin and is only allowed to use it once to try to further convince the artist to join their team. Each coach has seventeen spots to fill on their team, and, unlike last season, each coach filled their team. This is the second season in The Voice of Germany history where at least one coach (Shirin David in this case) does not have a one-chair turn on their team.
Like season 11 and season 13, the coaches perform separately in the first episode before the Blind Auditions, performing their own songs. Michi & Smudo performed "Aufhören", with Nico Santos joining them toward the conclusion of the song. Santos then opened his performance with "Play With Fire", with Rea Garvey joining him during the conclusion of the performance. Garvey then performed "The One". Shirin David performed last with "Bauch Beine Po".
+ 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 with no coach pressing their button Artist received an 'All Turn'. Coach used Joker on this artist Artist was eliminated, but got a second chance to compete in "Comeback Stage" Artist is an 'Allstar' contestant ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist: Blocked by Rea Blocked by Michi & Smudo Blocked by Shirin Blocked by Nico
+ Blind auditions results Episode Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Rea Smudo Shirin Nico Episode 1 1 Greta Heimann 20 "Eiserner Steg" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ 2 Ereza 21 "I Got You (I Feel Good)" – ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Maël & Jonas 29 & 23 "I Swear to God"✘ –✔ ✔ 4 Nomi Rais 47 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" – – – – 5 Max Pesé 20 "Hallelujah I Love Her So"✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Duo Schmidtreissend 56 & 49 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" – – – – 7 Mabella 25 "Prisoner" – – – – 8 Lily MacKay 45 "Greatest Love of All" – ✔ – – 9 Christian "Keule" Haas 59 "You Shook Me All Night Long" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Friedrich Häntzschel 20 "Moodswings" – ✔ ✔ – 11 Shoger Panosyan 21 "Popular" – – – – 12 Vasco José Mano 28 "Stone Cold" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 2 1 Daiana Vashakidze 30 "Toxic" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Selina Yek 35 "Hungriges Herz" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Florian Huber 23 "Dance with Somebody" – – – – 4 Joy Krüger 21 "Listen to Your Heart" ✔ – – ✔ 5 Johan Smits 64 "In the Ghetto" – – – – 6 EES 41 "Oliver Twist" – – – – 7 Anne Mosters 19 "Because of You" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ 8 Felix Hellwig 23 "Basket Case" – ✔ – – 9 Igor Santos Barbosa 28 "My Heart Will Go On" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Laura Kensy 25 "Wie du manchmal fehlst" – ✔ ✔ ✔ 11 Corrado La Rosa 45 "Più bella cosa" – – – – 12 Bernarda Brunović 32 "Fighter" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 3 1 Tina Ruseva 20 "Do It like a Dude"✘ ✔ ✔✔ 2 Linus Bruhn 26 "July"✔ – –✘ 3 Boysie White 66 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Verena Zerbes 26 "Forget Me" – – – – 5 Jan Lichterfeld 27 "Piano Man" – – – – 6 Maesra 18 "Statement" – ✔✔ ✔ 7 Oxa 35 "Earth Song" ✔ ✔✔ ✔ 8 Brunel Raherinandrasana 35 "Soulman"✔ ✔ – – 9 Mario Albers 34 "Ein Stern" – – – – 10 Joelisa Serwah André 23 "Pacify Her"– ✔✔ ✔ 11 Sinit Bezabeh 23 "Stadt" – – – – 12 Lisa Asante 25 "Let It Go" ✔✔ ✔ ✔ 13 Marvin Tapper 18 "September" ✔ – –✔ Episode 4 1 Karl Frierson II 57 "My Girl" –✔ – ✔ 2 Deven Schulz 17 "Love in Portofino" – – – – 3 Svenia Ribeiro 31 "Sex on Fire" ✔ – –✔ 4 Trio ELBA 30, 39 & 33 "Verbovaya Doshchechka"✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Jazzy Gudd 35 "Ich hass dich" – ✔ – – 6 Luka Dakovic 28 "Too Sweet" – – – – 7 Vincent Rinne 20 "Meer" ✔ ✔✔ ✘ 8 Denisa Allegra 46 "I Will Survive" –✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Flintsbacher Zwoagsang 28 & 33 "Weus'd a Herz hast wia a Bergwerk" – – – – 10 John Cadelina 36 "If You're Not the One"✔––✔ 11 Dustin Lukat 33 "Nur ein Wort"–✔ ✔– 12 Lara Samira Will 24 "Your Song" ✘✔✔✔ Episode 5 1 Luciana Da Silva Alves 18 "No More Drama" – ✔ – ✔ 2 Antonio Calanna 34 "Left Outside Alone" – – – – 3 Viviana Milioti 28 "Who Wants To Live Forever" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Rita van Nek 76 "Sailing" – ✔ – ✔ 5 Marin Vrdoljak 29 "Lonely" – – ✔ ✔ 6 Judith Klingholz 22 "Pity Party" – – – – 7 Sarah Hübers 29 "Wieder genauso" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Tobias Dietzek 29 "The Final Countdown" ✔ ✔ – – 9 Denia Weber 23 "Heart of Stone" ✔ – ✔ ✔ 10 Aura Ray 23 "Good Luck, Babe!" – – – – 11 Christopher Mathis 31 "Ich laufe" – ✔ – – 12 Clifford Dwenger 32 "DNA" – ✔ – ✔ Episode 6 1 Kamai Karic 18 "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Ikaros 23 "Something in the Orange" ✔ ✔ – ✔ 3 Alicia & David 27 & 25 "Fata Morgana" ✔ – – ✔ 4 Lars Hagen 49 "Die weißen Tauben sind müde" – – – – 5 Rachel Leggio 25 "A chi mi dice" ✔ ✔ – ✔ 6 Kevin Scheiwiller 33 "Little Lion Man" – ✔ – – 7 Nadia & Annika Schüler 22 & 52 "Nur kurz glücklich" – – ✔ ✔ 8 Dieter Adam 80 "My Way" – – – – 9 Tiziana Rose 25 "That's So True" – – – – 10 Marlon Ernst 27 "Was immer du willst" – ✔✔ ✔ 11 Louk Jones 33 "Crawling" ✔ – – ✔ Episode 7 1 Ryan Bridge Madrid 36 "Titanium" ✔ – ✔ ✔ 2 Simone Kotowski 61 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" ✔ ✔ – – 3 Aeneas Prepoudis 21 "Pompeii" –– – – 4 Zeynep Avci 42 "Unutamam" ✔ – ✘ ✔ 5 Julia Wolf 22 "Heartbreaker" ✔ ✔ – – 6 Salvatore Tocco 20 "Birds of a Feather" – – – – 7 Olena Slobodyska 30 "La Voix" – – ✔ ✔ 8 Manuël Stepanov 23 "So Sick" – – ✔ ✔ 9 Pascal Wulfes 29 "Jealous" ✔ ✔ – ✔ 10 Gwendolin Reinicke 30 "True Colors" – – – – 11 Sophia Brabetz 28 "Dynamite" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 12 Benedikt Froihofer 20 "Yesterday" – – – – Episode 8 1 Luise Neubig 19 "Million Years Ago" ✔ – ✔ – 2 Neo Schneider 18 "Unikat" – – – – 3 Samira Hofbauer 37 "Anyone" – ✔ – ✔ 4 Miriam Schüler 29 "I'm So Excited" – – – – 5 Marc Spitze 27 "Best of You" – ✔ – ✔ 6 Jermain Joewaia Burford 35 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" – ✔ – – 7 Anke Seiwald 44 "Für Frauen ist das kein Problem" – – – – 8 Andrea Galleti 31 "Rolling in the Deep" ✔ ✔ – – 9 Amelie Fritz 21 "It's a Lovely Day Today" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Marcos Dreher 50 "Baby Can I Hold You" – rowspan=4 – – 11 Cara Kienzle 23 "Hässlich" ✔ – – 12 Jasmine Lajeunesse 38 "Kiss" rowspan=2 ✔ ✔ 13 Eugenie Moine 21 "New Rules" ✔ Nico unintentionally hit the Rea block button when leaning on his podium, nonetheless, the block remained. Michi & Smudo originally blocked Shirin, but after the performance they took it back and the block was removed making Shirin eligible to be picked During the episode, comeback stage coach Calum Scott surprised the coaches by performing his own song, "You Are the Reason", which earned him a four-chair turn.
Battles
The Battles began broadcasting on 23 October 2025, being broadcast on Thursday on ProSieben (first week only) and every Friday on Sat.1. Artists are divided into pairs (with each team having one trio due to having seventeen artists) to perform a song together. Each coach could select any number of candidates of each battle into the next phase, with each battle having one, multiple, or no winner. Each coach has nine artists on their team after the battles.
This season, a guest coach is present in each episode of the round: Joy Denalane for the first, Tim Bendzko for the second, Cro for the third, and Álvaro Soler for the fourth. In each respective episode, the guest coach awards one battle the "Battle of the Night" in terms of performance quality. The coach that has those artists on his/her team therefore gains an advantage in teamfights: the coach can block a challenging coach. The battle recipients of the awards were Joelisa Serwah André & Igor Santos Barbosa from Team Shirin, Oxa & Vasco José Mano from Team Shirin, Greta Heimann & Marvin Tapper from Team Nico, and Bernarda Brunović & Clifford Dwenger from Team Michi & Smudo.
+ Battle rounds color key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Teamfights Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated Artist lost the Battle, but got a second chance to compete in "Comeback Stage" Battle was declared the "Battle of the Night" by that episode's guest coach