| Genre: | Reality television |
| Creator: | John de Mol |
| Developer: | Talpa Content |
| Director: | Rinke Rooyens |
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| Theme Music Composer: | Martijn Schimmer |
| Country: | Poland |
| Language: | Polish |
| Num Seasons: | 5 |
| Num Episodes: | 45 |
| Producer: | Rochstar |
| Network: | TVP 2 |
| Related: | The Voice of Poland The Voice Kids The Voice (franchise) |
The Voice Senior is a Polish reality talent show premiered on December 7, 2019, on the TVP 2 television network. The Voice Senior is part of the international syndication The Voice and The Voice Kids based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. However, participation is only open for candidates of more than 60 years old.[1]
The show consists of four different phases: production auditions, blind auditions, the "sing-off", and the live finale. The production auditions are not filmed, and this is where contestants are selected to go to the blind auditions.
The contestants sing during the blind audition while the chairs of the coaches are turned over. Each candidate has the chance to sing a song of their choice for about a minute and a half. Coaches can only choose the contestant on the basis of musicality and voice by pressing the button, causing their chairs to turn around and facing the artist. If two or more coaches want the same artist, the artist chooses which coach they want to continue in the program. The blind auditions end when all teams are full.
Each coach pairs two or three singers from his team who have to compete against each other by performing a song chosen by the coach. After the performances, the coach chooses one contestant from each pair to advance to the next round.
The remaining contestants from each team will be in the final. The live finale will be broadcast live on TVP 2. The contestants are mentored by their coach and choose a song that they want to sing in the final. The coach then decides one act to remain; the other act will then be eliminated. The final winner is chosen by the public at home by televoting.
On 19 July 2019, it was announced that Marek Piekarczyk, Urszula Dudziak, Alicja Majewska and Andrzej Piaseczny would become coaches for the show's first season, with Tomasz Kammel joining Marta Manowska to be hosts.[2] On 17 August 2020, it was announced that Majewska and Piaseczny would return as coaches for season two, while new coaches Izabela Trojanowska and Witold Paszt would replace Piekarczyk and Dudziak.[3] On 18 August 2021, it was announced that Majewska and Paszt would return as coaches alongside new coaches Piotr Cugowski and Maryla Rodowicz for the third season.[4] On 16 August 2022, it was announced that Rodowicz and Cugowski would return as coaches, while Paszt and Majewska would be replaced by Alicja Węgorzewska and Tomasz Szczepanik in season four.[5] On August 15, 2023, it was confirmed that Rodowicz, Szczepanik and Węgorzewska would return as coaches in the fifth season, joined by Halina Frąckowiak, who replaced Cugowski.[6] On August 12, 2024, it was announced that the entire coaching panel from season 5 was replaced by Andrzej Piaseczny, returning as a coach after his three-year hiatus, alongside three debutants, Robert Janowski, Małgorzata Ostrowska, and Tatiana Okupnik.[7]
| Coach | Seasons | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Alicja Majewska | colspan="3" | |||||
| Andrzej Piaseczny | ||||||
| Marek Piekarczyk | colspan="5" | |||||
| Urszula Dudziak | colspan="5" | |||||
| Izabela Trojanowska | colspan="4" | |||||
| Witold Paszt † | colspan="3" | |||||
| Maryla Rodowicz | ||||||
| Piotr Cugowski | colspan="2" | |||||
| Alicja Węgorzewska | ||||||
| Tomasz Szczepanik | ||||||
| Halina Frąckowiak | ||||||
| Robert Janowski | ||||||
| Małgorzata Ostrowska | ||||||
| Tatiana Okupnik | ||||||
| Season | Year | Coaches | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 2019 | Marek | Ula | Alicja | Andrzej |
| 2 | 2021 | Andrzej | Alicja | Witold | Izabela |
| 3 | 2022 | Piotr | Maryla | Alicja | |
| 4 | 2023 | Alicja | Tomasz | Maryla | Piotr |
| 5 | 2024 | Maryla | Tomasz | Halina | |
| 6 | 2025 | Tatiana | Andrzej | Małgorzata | Robert |
Main presenter
Backstage presenter
| Host | Seasons | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Marta Manowska | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Tomasz Kammel | colspan="5" | |||||||||
| Marek Grąbczewski | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Janina Busk † | colspan="5" | |||||||||
| Rafał Brzozowski | ||||||||||
| Małgorzata Tomaszewska | colspan="2" | |||||||||
| Robert Stockinger | ||||||||||
| Season | Coaches and their finalists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Marek | Team Ula | Team Alicja | Team Andrzej | |
| Władysław Jarecki | Elżbieta Szymańska, Jolanta Szydłowska-Cichoń, Krystyna Szydłowska | Janusz Sztyber | Bogumiła Kucharczyk-Włodarek | ||
| Kazimierz Kiljan | Waldemar Wiśniewski | Jadwiga Kocik | Mieczysław Pernach | ||
| 2 | Team Andrzej | Team Alicja | Tean Witold | Team Izabela | |
| Barbara Parzeczewska | Raisa Misztela | Andrzej Pawłowski | Andrzej Nosowski | ||
| Anna Tchórzewska | Kazimierz Górecki | Ewa Olszewska | Andrzej Szpak | ||
| 3 | Team Piotr | Team Maryla | Team Witold | Team Alicja | |
| Jerzy Herman | Larysa Tsoy | Krzysztof Prusik | Andrzej Biliński | ||
| Grażyna Rutkowska-Kusa | Ryszard Wagner | Aleksandra Matusiak-Kujawska, Bożena Wesołowska, Bernard Łyżwiński, Lech Sawicki | Iwona Dołowska | ||
| 4 | Team Alicja | Team Tomasz | Team Maryla | Team Piotr | |
| Andrzej Raniszewski | Hanna Tabiszewska | Zbigniew Zaranek | James Brierley | ||
| Wioletta Malenda | Marzena Buczek | Janusz Łuszczak | Marian Tarnowski | ||
| 5 | Team Alicja | Tem Maryla | Team Tomasz | Team Halina | |
| Tadeusz Talarek | Roman Wojciechowski | Piotr Sałata | Regina Rosłaniec-Bavcevic | ||
| Małgorzata Kraszkiewicz | Lucyna Mazur | Wojciech Kwiatkowski | Róża Frąckiewicz | ||
| 6 | TBD | ||||
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| Artist from Team Alicja M. | Artist from Team Izabela | Artist from Team Alicja W. | |||||||||||
| Artist from Team Andrzej | Artist from Team Witold | Artist from Team Tomasz | |||||||||||
| Artist from Team Marek | Artist from Team Maryla | Artist from Team Halina | |||||||||||
| Artist from Team Urszula | Artist from Team Piotr |
| Year | Winner | Runners-up | Winning coach | Hosts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019 | Jola, Krystyna & Ela | Bogumiła Włodarek | Janusz Sztyber | Władysław Jarecki | Urszula Dudziak | Marta Manowska | Tomasz Kammel |
| 2 | 2021 | Barbara Parzeczewska | Andrzej Nosowski | Andrzej Pawłowski | Raisa Misztela | Andrzej Piaseczny | Rafał Brzozowski | |
| 3 | 2022 | Krzysztof Prusik | Andrzej Biliński | Larysa Tsoy | Jerzy Herman | Witold Paszt | ||
| 4 | 2023 | Zbigniew Zaranek | Andrzej Raniszewski | James Brierley | Hanna Tabiszewska | Maryla Rodowicz | Małgorzata Tomaszewska | |
| 5 | 2024 | Regina Bavcevic | Piotr Sałata | Roman Wojciechowski | Tadeusz Talarek | Halina Frąckowiak | Marta Manowska | |
| 6 | 2025 | Upcoming season | Robert Stockinger | |||||
See main article: article and The Voice Senior (Polish season 1). The show premiered on December 7, 2019.The judges for season 1 were Andrzej Piaseczny, Alicja Majewska, Urszula Dudziak and Marek Piekarczyk. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Marta Manowska and Janina Busk. The winners of the first series were Jola, Krystyna & Ela Szydłowskie from Team Urszula.
See main article: article and The Voice Senior (Polish season 2). The second season of the show premiered on January 2, 2021. Alicja Majewska and Andrzej Piaseczny returned as the coaches in the second season, but Urszula Dudziak and Marek Piekarczyk are replaced by Witold Paszt and Izabela Trojanowska, as new coaches. The show was hosted by Rafał Brzozowski and Marta Manowska. Tomasz Kammel resigned from the function of presenter. The winner of the second series was Barbara Parzeczewska from Team Andrzej.
See main article: article and The Voice Senior (Polish season 3). The third season of the show premiered on January 1, 2022. Alicja Majewska and Witold Paszt returned as the coaches in the third season, but Andrzej Piaseczny and Izabela Trojanowska were replaced by Maryla Rodowicz and Piotr Cugowski, as new coaches. The show was hosted by Rafał Brzozowski and Marta Manowska. The winner of the third series was Krzysztof Prusik from Team Witold.
The fourth season of the show premiered on January 7, 2023. On August 16, 2022, it was announced that Maryla Rodowicz and Piotr Cugowski would return as the coaches, meanwhile Alicja Majewska and Witold Paszt would be replaced by Alicja Węgorzewska and Tomasz Szczepanik as a new coaches. The show was hosted by Rafał Brzozowski and Małgorzata Tomaszewska, who replaced Marta Manowska. The winner of the fourth series was Zbigniew Zaranek from Team Maryla.
The fifth season premiered on 6 January 2024. On August 15, 2023, it was announced that Rodowicz, Szczepanik and Węgorzewska would return as coaches for their third, second and second season, respectively, joined by a new coach Halina Frąckowiak, who replaced Cugowski. The show will be hosted by Marta Manowska, replacing Małgorzata Tomaszewska, and Rafał Brzozowski. The winner of the fifth series was Regina Rosłaniec-Bavcevic from Team Halina.
The sixth season is set to premiere in 2025. On August 11, 2024, it was announced that Marta Manowska would reprise her role as the main host, alongside Robert Stockinger, who is set to make his debut as the second main host in the upcoming season. On August 12, 2024, Andrzej Piaseczny, returning after a three-year hiatus, and three debutants, Robert Janowski, Małgorzata Ostrowska, and Tatiana Okupnik, were announced as coaches of the upcoming season.