The Voice of Germany season 13 explained

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The thirteenth season of the talent show The Voice of Germany premiered on 21 September 2023. The show was broadcast by two local TV stations, ProSieben and Sat.1, during the Blind Auditions and the Battles. The rest episodes of the season were broadcast by Sat.1 only.

Giovanni Zarrella, Bill & Tom Kaulitz, Shirin David and former The Voice Australia and The Voice Kids UK coach Ronan Keating joined the show as new coaches this season, replacing the four coaches in the previous season. Thore Schölermann returned for his twelfth season as host, with Melissa Khalaj returning for her second season as host.[1]

Malou Lovis Kreyelkamp was named The Voice of Germany on December 8, 2023, making her the first winning artist to have a coach blocked in their blind audition. This marked Bill & Tom Kaulitz's first and only win as coaches. Also, Bill & Tom became the fourth duo coach to win The Voice of Germany.

Panelists

Coaches

On 6 June 2023, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that all four coaches from the previous season; Rea Garvey, Stefanie Kloß, Peter Maffay, and Mark Forster; would depart the panel for the upcoming thirteenth season. This marks the first season to have all coaches from the previous panel replaced. At the same time, it was announced that Giovanni Zarrella, Bill & Tom Kaulitz, Shirin David, and Ronan Keating would all join the panel for this season.[2]

In the live semi-finals, Kool Savas, who served as a coach on The Voice Rap, joined as a coach to mentor his artist, Leon "Ezo" Weick, who had won The Voice Rap prior to the semi-finals.

Hosts

Both Thore Schölermann and Melissa Khalaj returned as hosts from last season.

Teams

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     Winner                                   Eliminated in the Live shows
     Runner-up                                   Eliminated in the Teamfights
     Third place                                   Eliminated in the Battle rounds
     Fourth place                              
     Fifth place                              
Coaches! scope="col" style="width:85%" colspan="5"
Top 71 Artists
Giovanni Zarrella
Desirey Sarpong AgyemangSorlo HoffmannJohann BardowicksLizi GozalishviliImpulso Tenors
Elias BiecheleLaura SchopfDan MuddCarlotta BachAnna Vichery
Lauren MaceJulia SzatmáriMarius HofPatrick SchmittKevin Smith
Nicole ScholzCharles JohnsonThomas Schmidbauer
Bill & Tom Kaulitz
Malou Lovis KreyelkampJoel Marques CunhaMarc AltergottNaomi MbiyeyaNiclas Scholz
Tatjana FalknerSebastian ZierofAlina ZamalievaPhilip HoffmannKristin Witte
Cemre PolatFelix DeegSina LeckingMax Schrut Luna Cavari
Franziska BittnerAngela PeltnerCäcilia Kubi
Shirin David
Joy EsquiviasKim SchutziusDanilo TimmFinja BernauLorenz Haase
Richard VaupelFritz Speck Linus NehrigYang GeMoritz Steckenstein
Rudy ChopperSüleyman AtarChayane CoetzeeRouven GruberLuca Grace Kampmann
Justyna ChaberekKevin Derbas
Ronan Keating
Egon HerrnlebenEmely MylesKimmy June Susan AlbersAnna Ebner
Alex SeegerAnne MostersSimon SchmerbeckJaqueline BloemFelix Brückner & Kai Nötting
Annemarie SchmidtPriti PawarKatharina Bongard & Arestak BabakyanVikrant SubramanianOskar Jelitto
Valentina FrancoLisa ChristTheresa Steininger
Kool Savas
Leon "Ezo" Weick

Blind Auditions

The Blind Auditions began broadcasting 21 September 2023, being broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Friday on Sat.1. New this season are the blocks, which were first introduced on the fourteenth season on the American version of the show. Each coach is allowed to block another coach thrice. Only one block is allowed per audition; once a coach already used their block, the other coaches are not allowed to use their block.

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 ✔ 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 pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist
  • Blocked by Giovanni
  • Blocked by Bill & Tom
  • Blocked by Shirin
  • Blocked by Ronan
Episode! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:02%"
OrderArtistAgeSongCoach's and artist's choices
GiovanniBill & TomShirin Ronan
Episode 1
1Carlotta Bach17"Ave Maria"
2Danilo Timm35"Landslide"
3Chiara Vogel 21"I'm Outta Love"
4Max Schrut30"Geile Zeit"
5Luca Grace Kampmann24"Valerie"
6Umut Uysaler 26"Someone Like You"
7Felix Brückner & Kai Nötting32"Wildberry Lillet"
8Sorlo Hoffmann25"Hinter dem Burnout"
9Roberta Lorenza55"I Maschi"
10Yang Ge 34"Truth Hurts"
Episode 2
1Kim Schutzius29"When You Believe"
2Cheyenne Kadlubek 22"Masterpiece"
3Fritz Speck⁠18"5 Meter Mauern"
4Judy Rafat74"Smile"
5Marc Altergott 16"A Song for You"
6Tana Wüthrich23"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
7Niclas Scholz22"Ace of Spades"
8Priti Pawar27"Barbie Girl"
9Dennis Buskohl31"Bilder Von Dir"
10Theresa Steininger20"Welcome to Burlesque"
11Impulso Tenors2558"Il mondo"
Episode 3
1Joel Marques Cunha25"Way Down We Go"
2Ioanna Gkrigkorian18"Bang Bang"
3Kevin Smith39"Auf uns"
4Lorenz Haase22"Eure Kinder"
5Mirella Janev21"Mad World"
6Elias Biechele17"You Will Be Found"
7Patrice Godefroid73"You'll Never Walk Alone"
8Patrick Schmitt41"Abenteuerland"
9Richard Vaupel20"Can't Wait Until Tonight"
10Lucie Fadinger37"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
11Anne Mosters17"Love in the Dark"
Episode 4
1Lisa Christ18"Voyage Voyage"
2Leandro MendozaN/A"Un-Break My Heart"
3Linus Nehrig19"Kiss Me"
4Chayane Coetzee25 "Billie Jean"
5Laura Schopf22"Goodbye My Lover"
6Egon Herrnleben39"Whiskey in the Jar"
7Sabrina Sauder38"Wer Liebe lebt"
8Thomas Schmidbauer34"I'll Be Waiting"
9Sven Ablaß52"Stark"
10Desirey Sarpong Agyemang20"You Broke Me First"
11Valentin Schöppner 23"Perfect"
12Alina Zamalieva18"Nessun dorma"
Episode 5
1Johann Bardowicks25"City of Stars"
2Sebastian Zierof39"Into the Unknown"
3Anna Zivkov N/A"Side to Side"
4Charles Johnson64"Purple Rain"
5Emely Myles33"Cuz I Love You"
6Philipp Krenn29 "Umbrella"
7Joy Esquivias25"Symphony"
8Amanda Morena28"Chöre"
9Cemre Polat25"Kleiner Finger Schwur"
10Kei Lorenz21"Bad Memories"
11Susan Albers39"I Have Nothing"
Episode 6
1Kevin Derbas26"Rise Like a Phoenix"
2Bianca Schnelle35"Er Gehört Zu Mir"
3Valentina Franco36"Runaway"
4Malou Lovis Kreyelkamp24"Rainbow Connection"
5Patrick SmithN/A"Jessie"
6Maximilian Qunaj31"Sneak Preview"
7Jaqueline Bloem34"All of Me"
8Majanko Bauer27"Breakeven"
9Cäcilia Kubi31"Durch den Monsun"
10Alexander Fechtig31"You're Beautiful"
11Julia Szatmári36"Feels Like Home"
12Rouven Gruber 20"Ich Will Wur"
Episode 7
1Justyna Chaberek34"How Will I Know"
2Sina Lecking21"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
3Manfred LohuisN/A"Human"
4Marcel Rainprecht22"More Than Words"
5Lizi Gozalishvili 19"Earth Song"
6Simon Schmerbeck22"I Guess I'm in Love"
7Tatjana Falkner25"Holding Out for a Hero"
8Dario PellinoN/A"Late Night Talking"
9Vikrant Subramanian34"Both Sides, Now"
10Tobias EnzlN/A"Bierle In Da Sun"
11Angela Peltner43"Leuchtturm"
12Alex Seeger24"Dancing Queen"
Episode 8
1Naomi Mbiyeya19"Für Immer Ab Jetzt"
2Katharina Bongard & Arestak Babakyan37 & 30"Fall on Me"
3Manuela Tayler39"Piece of My Heart"
4Finja Bernau 20 "Denkmal"
5Vivien Barman24"Don't Start Now"
6Philip Hoffmann24"Circle of Life"
7Johanna Löhr18"Let It Go"
8Marius Hof27"Was Du Liebe Nennst"
9Kristin Witte20"Gold"
10Adil MadougouN/A"Fly Me to the Moon"
11Gabi Steinbach N/A"Rolling in the Deep"
12Dan Mudd44"Hoochie Coochie Man"
Episode 9
1Annemarie Schmidt23"Afterglow"
2Anna Vichery39"Ich hätt getanzt heut Nacht"
3Joao Rodrigues-Pio25"Ex's & Oh's"
4Lanya Al Gumur21"How You Like That"
5Anna Ebner19"Rest der Welt"
6Asja Ahatovic25"Domino"
7Felix Deeg21"Escape"
8Selina Schlier26"Feel It Still"
9Oskar Jelitto17"Never Gonna Give You Up"
10Luna Cavari26"I See Red"
11Lauren Mace38"Flowers"
12Dave Schaefer55"All Right Now"
13Kimmy June28"Jolene"
Episode 10
1Rudy Chopper28"Unholy"
2Franziska Bittner23"Rinnsteinprinzessin"
3Sandra Exner-Niebergall52"Sleeping in My Car"
4Süleyman Atar25"Stärker"
5Moritz Steckenstein37"I'm Like A Bird"
6Aquilla Fearon50"You Are the Reason"
7Nicole Scholz27"Call Me"

Battles

The Battles began broadcasting on 20 October 2023, being broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Friday on Sat.1. Coaches are divided into pairs (one trio in the case of Shirin's team, as she has only 17 artists in her team). 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 to remain nine artists on their team after the battles. This is the first time since season 2 that there are no steals in this phase.

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     Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Teamfights
     Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
EpisodeCoachOrderWinner(s)SongLoser(s)
Episode 10
Shirin 1Kim Schutzius"No Air"Justyna Chaberek
Kevin Derbas
Giovanni2Lizi Gozalishvili"Prisoner"Nicole Scholz
Bill & Tom3Joel Marques Cunha"Impossible"N/A
Marc Altergott
Episode 11
Ronan1Anne Mosters"Hold Me Like You Used To"Valentina Franco
Bill & Tom2Sebastian Zierof"Because the Night"Cäcilia Kubi
Shirin3Lorenz Haase "Nein"N/A
Finja Bernau
Giovanni4Dan Mudd"Senza una donna (Without a Woman)"Charles Johnson
Ronan5N/A"If the World Was Ending"Lisa Christ
Oskar Jelitto
Giovanni6Laura Schopf"The Joker and the Queen"Thomas Schmidbauer
Ronan7Jaqueline Bloem"Lady Marmalade"Theresa Steininger
Bill & Tom8Alina Zamalieva"The Phantom of the Opera"N/A
Niclas Scholz
Episode 12
Giovanni 1Elias Biechele"A Million Dreams"N/A
Johann Bardowicks
Shirin 2Linus Nehrig"Best Part of Me"N/A
Joy Esquivias
Bill & Tom3N/A"Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen"Angela Peltner
Franziska Bittner
Giovanni4Sorlo Hoffmann"Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"Kevin Smith
Ronan5Simon Schmerbeck"Rule the World"Vikrant Subramanian
Shirin6Richard Vaupel"I'm Not the Only One"Luca Grace Kampmann
Ronan7N/A"One"Katharina Bongard & Arestak Babakyan
Priti Pawar
Bill & Tom8Malou Lovis Kreyelkamp"Everytime"Luna Cavari
Episode 13
Shirin1Fritz Speck⁠"Komet"Rouven Gruber
Ronan2Kimmy June"I Don't Wanna Fight"Annemarie Schmidt
Shirin3N/A"Africa"Chayane Coetzee
Süleyman Atar
Bill & Tom4Naomi Mbiyeya"Weinst Du"Max Schrut
Ronan 5Emely Myles"Cake by the Ocean"Felix Brückner & Kai Nötting
Bill & Tom6N/A"Fast Car"Sina Lecking
Felix Deeg
Ronan7Alex Seeger"99 Luftballons"N/A
Anna Ebner
Giovanni8N/A"Zusammen"Marius Hof
Patrik Schmitt
Episode 14
Shirin1Danilo Timm"Take On Me"Moritz Steckenstein
Giovanni2N/A"Why"Lauren Mace
Julia Szatmári
Bill & Tom3Philip Hoffmann"Broken Strings"Cemre Polat
Giovanni4Desirey Sarpong Agyemang"Firework"N/A
Carlotta Bach
Ronan5Susan Albers"Bring Me to Life"N/A
Egon Herrnleben
Bill & Tom6Tatjana Falkner"Crush"Kristin Witte
Shirin7Yang Ge"Rich Girl"Rudy Chopper
Giovanni8Impulso Tenors"Time To Say Goodbye"Anna Vichery

Teamfights

The teamfights were recorded from 23 and 24 July 2023. It began broadcasting only by Sat.1 on Friday nights starting 10 November 2023. [3] In this stage of the competition, a new mode was introduced: 12 artists appeared in each of three rounds. First, one artist per team sang and took a seat on one of four chairs called "hotseat". Once these seats were occupied, the next artist challenged one of the seated artists, and after the artists' performance, the studio audience decided who was allowed to take the seat. This process was repeated until all 12 had been performing. At the end of each episode, the 4 artists seated at the end of each episode, from any team, advanced to the semi-final. A coach had the possibility to lose all of their artists, or bring all of their artists to the semi-finals. However, every coach was represented in the semi-finals and every coach did not bring their entire team to the semi-finals after this round.

Color key
      Artist was immediately eliminated after losing the challenge
      Artist was seated, but swapped out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
      Artist was seated and advanced in the semi-final
EpisodeCoachOrder ArtistSongChallenged ArtistHotseat
Episode 15
Shirin1Yang Ge"Poker Face"Put in Hot-seat 1
Giovanni2Carlotta Bach"You Raise Me Up"Put in Hot-seat 2
Ronan3Jaqueline Bloem"Not Fair"Put in Hot-seat 3
Bill & Tom4Alina Zamalieva"Adagio g-Moll"Put in Hot-seat 4
Shirin5Joy Esquivias"Chandelier"Jaqueline BloemPut in Hot-seat 3
Giovanni6Dan Mudd"Someone You Loved"Yang GePut in Hot-seat 1
Ronan7Simon Schmerbeck"Falling"Carlotta BachPut in Hot-seat 2
Bill & Tom8Philip Hoffman"Tattoo"Joy EsquiviasEliminated
Shirin9Linus Nehrig"Can I Be Him"Dan MuddEliminated
Giovanni10Desirey Sarpong Agyemang"Flashlight"Alina ZamalievaPut in Hot-seat 4
Ronan11Egon Herrnleben"Livin' On A Prayer"Dan MuddPut in Hot-seat 1
Bill & Tom12Joel Marques Cunha"Leave a Light On"Simon SchmerbeckPut in Hot-seat 2
Episode 16
Bill & Tom1Sebastian Zierof"Music"Put in Hot-seat 1
Ronan2Emely Myles"Respect"Put in Hot-seat 2
Giovanni3Laura Schopf"Lost Without You"Put in Hot-seat 3
Shirin4Fritz Speck"Meine Soldaten"Put in Hot-seat 4
Bill & Tom5Naomi Mbiyeya"Spring Nicht"Laura SchopfPut in Hot-seat 3
Ronan6Alex Seeger"All I Want"Sebastian ZierofEliminated
Giovanni7Elias Biechele"Say Something"Fritz SpeckPut in Hot-seat 4
Shirin8Richard Vaupel"Jealous"Sebastian ZierofPut in Hot-seat 1
Bill & Tom9Marc Altergott"If I Ain't Got You"Richard VaupelPut in Hot-seat 1
Ronan10Anne Mosters"Reflection"Marc AltergottEliminated
Giovanni11Impulso Tenors"The Prayer"Naomi MbiyeyaEliminated
Shirin12Kim Schutzius"Easy on Me"Elias Biechele Put in Hot-seat 4
Episode 17
Shirin1Danilo Timm"Ocean Eyes"Put in Hot-seat 1
Bill & Tom2Tatjana Falkner"My Happy Ending"Put in Hot-seat 2
Giovanni3Lizi Gozalishvili"Since U Been Gone"Put in Hot-seat 3
Ronan4Kimmy June"Girl Crush"Put in Hot-seat 4
Shirin5Lorenz Haase"Paradise"Tatjana FalknerPut in Hot-seat 2
Bill & Tom6Malou Lovis Kreyelkamp"Don't Watch Me Cry"Lizi GozalishviliPut in Hot-seat 3
Giovanni7Johann Bardowicks"Fix You"Kimmy JuneEliminated
Ronan8Anna Ebner"Das Leichteste der Welt"Danilo TimmEliminated
Shirin9Finja Bernau"Verlierer"Kimmy JunePut in Hot-seat 4
Bill & Tom10Niclas Scholz"Human"Lorenz HaasePut in Hot-seat 2
Giovanni 11Sorlo Hoffmann"In diesem Moment"Malou Lovis KreyelkampEliminated
Ronan12Susan Albers"Skyscraper"Niclas ScholzEliminated

Semi-final

The semi-final aired on 1 December. All decisions are made by television viewers via televoting. Due to the teamfights round prior to the semi-finals, this season is the first to feature an uneven amount of artists from each team entering the semi-finals: Team Giovanni has one artist, Team Ronan has two, Team Shirin has four, and Team Bill & Tom has five. Unlike the previous season, this season will feature 5 finalists once again.

The winner of the spin-off series The Voice Rap, Leon "Ezo" Weick, who is coached by Kool Savas, also made it to the semi-finals. Weick previously made it to the Sing-off in the 10th season of The Voice of Germany in 2020 on Team Nico.

Due to votes being solely for the artist, it was not guaranteed that each coach would be represented in the finale. However, all four main coaches successfully brought their team to the finale. Ronan Keating, with the advancements of Egon Herrnleben and Emely Myles, became the third coach to successfully bring two artists to the finale in the history of the show. However, with the elimination of Leon "Ezo" Weick, Kool Savas no longer had an artist on his team, marking the first instance since season 5 that not all coaches are represented in the finale.

To start off the semi-final, the semi-finalists performed with Michael Schulte, singing "Waterfall".

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     Artist was advanced to the finale from the public's vote
     Artist was eliminated
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CoachArtistSongResult
1Bill & TomJoel Marques Cunha"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"Eliminated
2RonanEgon Herrnleben"Don't Stop Believin'"Advanced
3Shirin Kim Schutzius"Bleeding Love"Eliminated
4Kool SavasLeon "Ezo" Weick"Astronaut"Eliminated
5ShirinJoy Esquivias"Grenade"Advanced
6Bill & TomNaomi Mbiyeya"Fragen Fragen Fragen"Eliminated
7ShirinDanilo Timm"Grace Kelly"Eliminated
8Bill & TomMarc Altergott"Stop and Stare"Eliminated
9GiovanniDesirey Sarpong Agyemang"Fallin'"Advanced
10ShirinFinja Bernau"Lila Wolken"Eliminated
11RonanEmely Myers"I'll Never Love Again"Advanced
12Bill & TomNiclas Scholz"I Want It All"Eliminated
13Bill & TomMalou Lovis Kryvelkamp"People Help the People"Advanced

Finale

The finale aired on 8 December. Unlike the previous season, this season featured five finalists once again who competed for the public's vote to be declared the winner of the season.

The show invited famous singer-songwriters including Nico Santos, Giant Rooks, James Blunt, Emeli Sandé, and Joy Denalane to duet with the finalists. Former coach Rea Garvey performed his song "Perfect in My Eyes" with the finalists at the start of the show.

Malou Lovis Kreyelkamp from Team Bill & Tom won the season, Marking Bill & Tom Kaulitz's first win as coaches. Bill & Tom also became the sixth new coach to win on their first season, following Max Herre in season 3, Michi Beck & Smudo in season 4, Michael Patrick Kelly in season 8, Alice Merton in season 9, and Johannes Oerding in season 11.

CoachArtistOrderOriginal Song
OrderDuet Song
VotingResult
Giovanni ZarrellaDesirey Sarpong Agyemang1"Break of Day"8"Number 1"
(with Nico Santos)
20,24%Runner-up
Ronan KeatingEgon Herrnleben6"Monsters"2"Somebody Like You"
(with Giant Rooks)
18,75%3rd Place
Bill & Tom KaulitzMalou Lovis Kreyelkamp3"Glacier Rivers"9"All the Love That I Ever Needed"
(with James Blunt)
28,62%Winner
Shirin DavidJoy Esquivias 7 "Promenade"4"All This Love"
(with Emeli Sandé)
18,15%4th Place
Ronan KeatingEmely Myles10"We Got This"5"Happy"
(with Joy Denalane)
14,25%5th Place

Elimination Chart

Coaches color key
  • Artist from Team Giovanni
  • Artist from Team Bill & Tom
  • Artist from Team Shirin
  • Artist from Team Ronan
  • Artist from Team Kool Savas
  • Results color key
    • Winner
    • Runner-up
    • Third place
    • Fourth place
    • Fifth place
    • Artist was saved by the public vote
    • Artist was eliminated
  • Overall Results
    ArtistWeek 1
    Semi-Final
    Week 2
    Final
    Malou Lovis KreyelkampSafeWinner
    Desirey Sarpong AgyemangSafeRunner-up
    Egon HerrnlebenSafe3rd Place
    Joy EsquiviasSafe4th Place
    Emely MylesSafe5th Place
    Marc AltergottEliminatedEliminated
    (Semi-Final)
    Finja BernauEliminated
    Joel Marques CunhaEliminated
    Naomi MbiyeyaEliminated
    Niclas ScholzEliminated
    Kim SchutziusEliminated
    Danilo TimmEliminated
    Leon "Ezo" WeickEliminated

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 2023-09-14 . „The Voice of Germany“ 2023: Coaches, Talente, Sendetermine und Regeln . 2023-09-19 . bild.de . de.
    2. Web site: Heichel . Michelle . "The Voice of Germany" 2023: Das ist die neue Jury . 2023-09-19 . Augsburger Allgemeine . de.
    3. Web site: The Voice of Germany . tvtickets.de . 2022-07-10 . 2023-11-04.