The Voice Senior (German TV series) season 1

*The Voice Senior*
The Voice Senior
Season 1
Hosted by	Lena Gercke; Thore Schölermann;
Coaches	Mark Forster; Sasha Schmitz; The BossHoss; Yvonne Catterfeld;
Winner	Dan Lucas
Winning coach	Sasha Schmitz
Runner-up	Fritz Bliesener
Release
Original network	Sat.1
Original release	December 23, 2018 –; January 4, 2019
Season chronology
	Next →; Season 2

The first season of the German talent show The Voice Senior premiered on December 23, 2018 on Sat.1.^[1] The coaches were the duo Alec Völkel and Sascha Vollmer of the band The BossHoss, the singer and actress Yvonne Catterfeld, the singer and songwriter Mark Forster and the singer Sasha Schmitz. The hosts were Lena Gercke and Thore Schölermann.^[2]

Dan Lucas was named the winner of the season on January 4, 2019; making him the first contestant to win the show and Sasha Schmitz first win as a coach on The Voice Senior.

Coaches and hosts

The Voice Senior season 1 coaches

On June 29, 2018; the coaching panel for the first season was confirmed with Mark Forster, The BossHoss, Yvonne Catterfeld, all of whom have been coaches in the adult version; and Sasha Schmitz, who was previously a coach on The Voice Kids.

Current hosts of The Voice of Germany, Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke, appointed as hosts for the first season.

Teams

Colour key

Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place

Eliminated in the Final
Eliminated in the Sing Offs

Coach	Top 20 artists
Mark Forster
Mark Forster	Joerg Kemp	Giselle Rommel	Matteo Comis	Charles Duncan	Elvira Slawinski
The BossHoss
The BossHoss	Willi Stein	Wolfgang Schorer	Steffen Martin	Heike Grammbitter	Hildegard Gutt
Yvonne Catterfeld
Yvonne Catterfeld	Fritz Bliesener	Janice Harrington	Eduardo Villegas	Geff Harrison	Anna Greene Dell'Era
Sasha Schmitz
Sasha Schmitz	Dan Lucas	Gabriele Treftz	Walter Golczyk	Barbara Parzeczewski	Michael Dixon

Blind auditions

The two episodes of blind audition was broadcast on 23 and 28 December 2018 in Sat.1.

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 eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button
	Artist received a wildcard

Episode 1 (December 23)

The first blind audition episode was broadcast on December 23, 2018.^[3]

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
Order	Artist	Age	Song	Mark	BossHoss	Yvonne	Sasha
1	Walter Golczyk	75	"Hard to Handle"	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Gabriele Treftz	78	"Für Mich Soll's Rote Rosen Regnen"	✔	✔	✔	✔
3	Steffen Martin	64	"Junge"	✔	✔	—	✔
4	Nicolasa Antiquera-Mall	61	"One More Light"	—	—	—	—
5	Fritz Bliesener	80	"’O sole mio"	✔	✔	✔	✔
6	Janice Harrington	76	"Honky Tonk Women"	✔	✔	✔	—
7	Matteo Comis	62	"You to Me Are Everything"	✔	✔	—	—
8	Giselle Rommel	77	"Ich Liebe Das Leben"	✔	✔	—	—
9	Thomas 'Thommy' Klemt	74	"Blue Suede Shoes"	—	—	—	—
10	Heike Grammbitter	63	"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"	✔	✔	✔	—
11	Dan Lucas	64	"You're the Voice"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 2 (December 28)

The second blind audition episode was broadcast on December 28, 2018.

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
Order	Artist	Age	Song	Mark	BossHoss	Yvonne	Sasha
1	Wolfgang Schorer	61	"Born to Be Wild"	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Eduardo Villegas	65	"Fragile"	✔	—	✔	—
3	Birgit Rüssmann	66	"No No Never"	—	—	—	—
4	Geff Harrison	71	"A Whiter Shade of Pale"	✔	✔	✔	✔
5	Joerg Kemp	64	"Still"	✔	✔	—	—
6	Willi Stein	68	"Maria"	✔	✔	—	—
7	Barbara Parzeczewski	65	"Walking By Myself"	—	✔	—	✔
8	Charles Duncan	78	"That's Life"	✔	—	—	—
9	Anna Greene Dell'Era	61	"Rise Up"	✔	✔	✔	—
10	Christian Herden	63	"Hier spricht dein Herz"	—	—	—	—
11	Elvira Slawinski	68	"Ich Will Keine Schokolade"	✔	—	—	—
12	Michael Dixon	68	"A House Is Not A Home"	✔	✔	✔	✔
13	Hildegard Gutt	80	"Adieu"	—	—	—	—

Sing offs

The episode of sing offs was broadcast on 30 December 2018 in Sat.1. In this phase determines which two artists from each team will advance to the Final. When all artists have sung the coach decides who goes through.

Color key

	Artist was saved by his/her coach and advanced to the Final
	Artist was eliminated

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result

Episode 3 (December 30)	Sasha	1	Dan Lucas	"Don't Stop Believin'"	Advanced
		2	Barbara Parzeczewski	"Proud Mary"	Eliminated
		3	Michael Dixon	"What the World Needs Now Is Love"	Eliminated
		4	Walter Golczyk	"Roll Over Beethoven"	Eliminated
		5	Gabriele Treftz	"Für Immer"	Advanced

	Yvonne	1	Eduardo Villegas	"Corazón Espinado"	Eliminated
		2	Janice Harrington	"Hound Dog"	Advanced
		3	Geff Harrison	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"	Eliminated
		4	Anna Greene Dell'Era	"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"	Eliminated
		5	Fritz Bliesener	"Il mare calmo della sera"	Advanced

	Mark
		1	Elvira Slawinski	"Morgens Immer Müde"	Eliminated
		2	Charles Duncan	"Make You Feel My Love"	Eliminated
		3	Joerg Kemp	"Auf anderen Wegen"	Advanced
		4	Giselle Rommel	"Musik liegt in der Luft"	Advanced
		5	Matteo Comis	"It's Not Unusual"	Eliminated

	BossHoss	1	Hildegard Gutt	"Eins und Eins, das macht Zwei"	Eliminated
		2	Steffen Martin	"Du schreibst Geschichte"	Eliminated
		3	Heike Grammbitter	"Oh! Darling"	Eliminated
		4	Willi Stein	"Torna a Surriento"	Advanced
		5	Wolfgang Schorer	"Smoke on the Water"	Advanced

Final

The stage performances of the finale were recorded on December 1, 2018 in Berlin and on January 4, 2019 was broadcast. Only the announcement of the decision audience via televoting was broadcast live, but in a smaller studio with no presence of the coaches and the audience.

The contestants are mentored by their coach and choose a song that they want to sing in the final. In the first round the coach decides which one act remains and the other act will then be eliminated. The final round is chosen the winner by the public at home by televoting.

Coach	Artist	Round 1			Round 2
Coach	Artist	Order	First Song	Coach decision	Order	Second Song	Viewers Voting	Result
Yvonne Catterfeld	Janice Harrington	1	"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"	Eliminated
Yvonne Catterfeld	Fritz Bliesener	2	"The Prayer"	Advanced	12	"Caruso"	17.5%	Runner-up
Mark Forster	Giselle Rommel	3	"Ich glaub 'ne Dame Werd' ich Nie"	Eliminated
Mark Forster	Joerg Kemp	4	"Eiserner Steg"	Advanced	9	"In Meinem Leben"	6.5%	Third Place
The Bosshoss	Wolfgang Schorer	5	"Highway to Hell"	Eliminated
The Bosshoss	Willi Stein	6	"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"	Advanced	10	"One Moment in Time"	6.0%	Fourth Place
Sasha Schmitz	Gabriele Treftz	7	"Lili Marleen"	Eliminated
Sasha Schmitz	Dan Lucas	8	"Alone"	Advanced	11	"Help!"	70.0%	Winner

Elimination chart

Overall

Color key
Artist's info

Artist from Team Mark
Artist from Team BossHoss
Artist from Team Yvonne
Artist from Team Sasha

Result details

Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Artist was saved by their coach
Artist was eliminated

sing offs and final results per week
Artist		Sing Offs	Final
Artist		Sing Offs	Round 1	Round 2

	Dan Lucas	Safe	Safe	Winner
	Fritz Bliesener	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
	Joerg Kemp	Safe	Safe	Third Place
	Willi Stein	Safe	Safe	Fourth Place
	Gabriele Treftz	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Final)
	Wolfgang Schorer	Safe	Eliminated
	Giselle Rommel	Safe	Eliminated
	Janice Harrington	Safe	Eliminated
	Steffen Martin	Eliminated	Eliminated (Sing Offs)
	Heike Grammbitter	Eliminated
	Hildegard Gutt	Eliminated
	Matteo Comis	Eliminated
	Charles Duncan	Eliminated
	Elvira Slawinski	Eliminated
	Eduardo Villegas	Eliminated
	Geff Harrison	Eliminated
	Anna Greene Dell'Era	Eliminated
	Walter Golczyk	Eliminated
	Barbara Parzeczewski	Eliminated
	Michael Dixon	Eliminated

Team

Color key
Artist's info

Artist from Team Mark
Artist from Team BossHoss
Artist from Team Yvonne
Artist from Team Sasha

Result details

Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Artist was eliminated

Artist		Sing Offs	Final
Artist		Sing Offs	Round 1	Round 2

	Joerg Kemp	Advanced	Advanced	Third Place
	Giselle Rommel	Advanced	Eliminated
	Matteo Comis	Eliminated
	Charles Duncan	Eliminated
	Elvira Slawinski	Eliminated

	Willi Stein	Advanced	Advanced	Fourth Place
	Wolfgang Schorer	Advanced	Eliminated
	Steffen Martin	Eliminated
	Heike Grammbitter	Eliminated
	Hildegard Gutt	Eliminated

	Fritz Bliesener	Advanced	Advanced	Runner-up
	Janice Harrington	Advanced	Eliminated
	Eduardo Villegas	Eliminated
	Geff Harrison	Eliminated
	Anna Greene Dell'Era	Eliminated

	Dan Lucas	Advanced	Advanced	Winner
	Gabriele Treftz	Advanced	Eliminated
	Walter Golczyk	Eliminated
	Barbara Parzeczewski	Eliminated
	Michael Dixon	Eliminated

Ratings

Episode		Date	Timeslot	Viewers (in millions)		Share (in %)		Source
Episode		Date	Timeslot	Total	14 - 49 Years	Total	14 - 49 Years	Source
1	"Blind Auditions"	December 23, 2018 (2018-12-23)	Sunday 20:15pm	3.13	1.42	9.9	13.1	^[4]
2	"Blind Auditions"	December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28)	Friday 20:15pm	2.16	0.90	7.6	10.6	^[5]
3	"Sing Offs"	December 30, 2018 (2018-12-30)	Sunday 20:15pm	2.30	0.92	7.5	9.2	^[6]
4	"Final"	January 4, 2019 (2019-01-04)	Friday 20:15pm	2.20	0.81	7.8	9.7	^[7]

References

^ ""THE VOICE SENIOR" - DIE GRÖSSTEN GESANGSTALENTE AB 60 JAHREN – AB 23. DEZEMBER IN SAT.1".
^ "Die Coaches für The Voice Senior stehen fest".
^ "The Voice Senior: SAT.1 gibt stimmgewaltigen Senioren den großen Auftritt!".
^ "Von wegen Altersschwäche: "The Voice Senior" feiert tollen Einstand". 24 December 2018.
^ "Von wegen Altersschwäche: "The Voice Senior" feiert tollen Einstand". 24 December 2018.
^ ""The Voice Senior": Sing-Offs lassen Quoten abstürzen". 31 December 2018.
^ ""Voice Senior" zum Finale leicht besser, RTL II mit Filmen erfolgreicher". 5 January 2019.

External links

[1] ""THE VOICE SENIOR" - DIE GRÖSSTEN GESANGSTALENTE AB 60 JAHREN – AB 23. DEZEMBER IN SAT.1".

[2] "Die Coaches für The Voice Senior stehen fest".

[3] "The Voice Senior: SAT.1 gibt stimmgewaltigen Senioren den großen Auftritt!".

[4] "Von wegen Altersschwäche: "The Voice Senior" feiert tollen Einstand". 24 December 2018.

[5] "Von wegen Altersschwäche: "The Voice Senior" feiert tollen Einstand". 24 December 2018.

[6] ""The Voice Senior": Sing-Offs lassen Quoten abstürzen". 31 December 2018.

[7] ""Voice Senior" zum Finale leicht besser, RTL II mit Filmen erfolgreicher". 5 January 2019.

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