The first season of the Italian singing competition The Voice Senior started to air on 27 November 2020, on Rai 1. The coaches are: Al Bano with his daughter Jasmine, forming the Carrisi couple, Clementino, Gigi D'Alessio and Loredana Bertè.
Antonella Clerici is the host of the programme.
Erminio Sinni was announced as the winner, marking Loredana Bertè's first win as a coach.
Coaches
In October 2020 it was announced that Gigi D'Alessio, Clementino, and Loredana Bertè will be the coaches for the first season of the show. On the same day, it was announced that Al Bano would coach with his daughter, Jasmine Carrisi, as a duo coach.
Teams
Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Eliminated in the Final Eliminated in the Knockouts Eliminated in the Best of six
Coaches Top 36 artists I Carrisi Rita Mammolotti Tony Reale Gianni PeraGennaro Vilardi Ann Harper Alida Ferrarese Paolo Barabani Gianni Dego Ruggero Scandiuzzi Clementino Alan FarringtonRoberto Tomasi Pietro Dall'Oglio Michele Lapenna Ambra Mattioli Franklin Montague Viviana Stuc Gigi Epifani Alfonso Di Berardino Gigi D'Alessio Elena Ferretti Marco Guerzoni Laura Grey Nello Buongiorno Giancarlo Cajani Perla Trivellini Rodolfo Maria Gordini Silvana Lorenzetti Marco Francini Loredana Bertè Erminio Sinni Giovanna Sorrentino Roberta Cappelletti Giulio Todrani Laura Fedele Massimo Vita Caterina Greco Emilia Mascolo Isabella Marelli
Blind auditions Blind auditions premiered on 27 November, each coach must have nine artists on their team at the end of the blind auditions. Each coach is given one "block" to use in the entire blind auditions. At the end of the blind auditions, Gigi didn't use block.
+ Blind auditions color key ✔ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to a coach's team Artist elected this coach's team Artist eliminated as no coach pressing their button The artist was selected for a team in the blind auditions, but was not chosen by his coach to advance to the knockouts. ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Al Bano & Jasmine ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Clementino ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Gigi ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Loredana
+ Blind auditions results Episode Order Artist Song Coaches' and artist's choices I Carrisi Clementino Gigi Loredana Episode 11Giancarlo Cajani"Uno su mille" ✔ ✔✔ ✔2Rita Mammolotti"Sono come tu mi vuoi"✔ ✔ - ✔3Viviana Stucchi"Musica (e il resto scompare)" ✔✔ - ✔4Erminio Sinni"A mano a mano" ✔ ✔ ✔✔5Tony Reale"Just a Gigolo"✔ ✔ - -6Giovanna Sorrentino"Sola" ✔ ✔ ✔✔7Pietro Dall'Oglio"Good Times" ✔✔ - -8Agata Papiri"Bésame mucho" - - - -9Elena Ferretti"Ti sento" ✔ ✔✔ ✔10Alan Farrington"Cold Little Heart" -✔ ✔ ✔11Riccardo Azzurri"Via" - - - -12Ann Harper"The Best"✔ ✔ - -13Laura Grey"O' surdato 'nnammurato" - -✔ ✔ Episode 21Roberto Tomasi"Fai rumore" ✔✔ ✔ ✔2Gianni Pera"Your Song"✔ ✔ -✘3Roberta Cappelletti"Volevo scriverti da tanto" ✔ ✔ ✔✔4Ambra Mattioli"Heroes" ✔✔ - -5Perla Trivellini"Sono bugiarda" - -✔ ✔6Giulio Todrani"To Love Somebody" ✔ ✔ ✔✔7Giorgio Biagioli"Il mondo" - - - -8Michele Lapenna"Diavolo in me" -✔ ✔ ✔9Paolo Barabani"Su di noi"✔ ✔ - -10Alida Ferrarese"Torneremo ancora"✔ ✔ ✔ ✔11Rodolfo Maria Gordini"Grande amore" ✔ ✔✔ ✔12Silvana Lorenzetti"I Say a Little Prayer" - - ✔ -13Caterina Greco"'A finestra" - ✔ -✔14Gigi Epifani"Che colpa abbiamo noi" - ✔ - -15Laura Fedele"Paint It Black" ✔ ✔✘✔ Episode 31Emilia Mascolo"America" ✔ ✔ ✔✔2Gianni Dego"Granada" ✔ - - -3Ruggero Scandiuzzi"I tuoi particolari"✔ ✔ - -4Nello Buongiorno"Io amo" ✔ ✔✔ ✔5Minnena Stangoni"Senza fare sul serio" - - - -6Marco Francini"Meraviglioso" ✔ ✔✔ -7Marco Guerzoni"Are You Gonna Go My Way" - - ✔ ✔8Giovanna Marinuzzi"Niente da capire" - - rowspan=6 -9Franklin Montague"Could You Be Loved" - ✔✘10Gennaro Vilardi"Tu vuò fà l'americano"✔ ✔ -11Massimo Vita"Human" rowspan=3 ✔✔12Isabella Marelli"It's My Life" ✔✔13Alfonso Di Berardino"Perfect" ✔
Knockouts In this round, where also labelled as the "semi-finals", each coach groups his/her artists into two groups of three. Each coach can advance one artist to the final phase; at the end of each round, two artists per team will advance to the finals.
Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Final Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated EpisodeCoachOrderArtistSongResult Episode 4 (18 December)Loredana Bertè1Erminio Sinni"La sera dei miracoli"Advanced2Laura Fedele"I say I' sto ccà"Eliminated3Massimo Vita"Diamante"EliminatedI Carrisi4Tony Reale"St. Tropez Twist"Advanced5Ann Harper"Ogni volta"Eliminated6Alida Ferrarese"Emozioni"EliminatedClementino7Ambra Mattioli"Space Oddity"Eliminated8Franklin Montague"Che sarà"Eliminated9Roberto Tomasi"Gli amori"AdvancedGigi D'Alessio10Elena Ferretti"Come saprei"Advanced11Perla Trivellini"Splendido splendente"Eliminated12Giancarlo Cajani"La mia storia tra le dita"EliminatedClementino13Pietro Dall'Oglio"Quelli che benpensano"Eliminated14Alan Farrington"(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay"Advanced15Michele Lapenna"Corazón espinado"EliminatedLoredana Bertè16Giovanna Sorrentino"Back to Black"Advanced17Roberta Cappelletti"Città vuota"Eliminated18Giulio Todrani"It's Not Unusual" EliminatedGigi D'Alessio19Nello Buongiorno"Mille giorni di te e di me"Eliminated20Laura Grey"Tammurriata nera"Eliminated21Marco Guerzoni"Malo"AdvancedI Carrisi22Gianni Pera"Canzone per te"Eliminated23Gennardo Vilardi"Rose rosse"Eliminated24Rita Mammolotti"Amami"Advanced
Final
The final was broadcast on December 20, 2020. In the first phase of the final, the eight talents who reached the final first performed in groups with their coach and then performed a cover assigned by their coach. At the end of the first stage, only three players from any team qualified for the second stage of the final. At the end of the second and final phase, the winner of the first edition of The Voice Senior was announced.
Gianna Nannini performed the song "Sei nell'anima" together with the 8 finalists.
Artist advanced to the Super-Final Artist advanced the Super-Final
Round 1
Order Coach Artist Performance with the coach Song Public Votes1I CarrisiRita MammolottiNel blu dipinto di blu""Vita spericolata"3,90%2Tony Reale"Stasera mi butto"6,50%3Loredana BertèErminio Sinni"Ragazzo mio""Bella senz'anima"33,60%4Giovanna Sorrentino"Non ti scordar mai di me"6,74%5ClementinoAlan Farrington"Svalutation""Come Together"8,32%6Roberto Tomasi"Portami via"7,85%7Gigi D'AlessioMarco Guerzoni"Caruso""L'ombelico del mondo"17,50%8Elena Ferretti"Adagio"15,60%
Round 2
Order Coach Artist Song Public Votes1Loredana BertèErminio Sinni"A mano a mano"53,71%2Gigi D'AlessioMarco Guerzoni"Io so che ti amerò"21,56%3Elena Ferretti"Ti sento"24,73%
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