The Voice of Poland explained

Genre:Talent show
Creator:John de Mol
Roel van Velzen
Director:Rinke Rooyens
Presenter:
Judges:
Theme Music Composer:Martijn Schimmer
Country:Poland
Language:Polish
Num Seasons:15
Company:Talpa (2011–2019)
ITV Studios (2020–present)
Rochstar
Network:TVP 2
Last Aired:present
Related:The Voice Kids
The Voice Senior
The Voice (franchise)

The Voice of Poland is a Polish reality talent show that premiered on September 3, 2011, on the TVP 2 television network. The Voice of Poland is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol.[1]

Selection process and format

The Blind Auditions

The blind auditions feature approximately 100 contestants who were selected during non-televised production pre-castings. At the beginning of the performance, the coaches have their backs turned to the participants, and if one of the coaches wants to take on a participant, they press their buttons and turn around to the singer who is automatically placed on his team. If more than one coach is turned around, the singer chooses the coach they want to work with. In the first four seasons and from the tenth, blind auditions end with the selection of 12 contestants. The size of the teams, however, varied over the seasons (13 in seasons 5 and 9; 14 in seasons 6 to 8; and 15 in season 14).

From the eleventh season during blind auditions, each coach can "block" another. The coach against whom the block was used loses the chance to invite that participant to their team. Each coach can use this feature only twice. If a coach uses a "block" against another coach and they do not turn around - the "block" is considered unused; this means that the block can be used as long as the coach who uses it actually "blocks" someone. "Block" buttons can be used both during and after a contestant's performance. In the fourteenth season, coaches will be able to use their block button only after a contestant's performance, unlike in the previous seasons.

The Battles round

This is followed by battles in which the coaches choose two people from their team (when the number of participants in a team is uneven, one of the battles is played by a trio, not a duo) who sing the same song together. The coach decides who moves on to the next stage and who drops out of the program. In the first season, coaches were assisted by invited specialists who were supposed to help them make the decision. From the second season onwards, the other coaches can make a "steal", i.e. take the loser to their team (by pressing their button). If more than one coach wants to steal a participant, that participant has the right to choose which team they want to go to.

In the seventh season, the "stealing" system has changed to what is known as the "hot chairs". Each coach can ultimately steal only one contestant (who sits on the hot seat assigned to that coach's team), because when "stealing" another contestant, the previously stolen person is replaced and dropped out of the competition; from the seventh to ninth seasons, each coach could steal (press the button and take over a contestant) up to three times, but from the tenth season, coaches can press the button to steal a contestant without any limitations. The battles therefore end with seven participants advancing to the next stage. During the ninth season, there was the first ever elimination of all participants from a team in one battle.

In season 14, battles have been divided into 2 parts: pre-battle and the main battle. During the pre-battle, the coaches pick three of their artists in a singing match and then select two of them to advance to the main battle to perform as a duo. During the main battle, the winning artists will battle once again, performing a different song. The coach select one of them to advance to the next round, while the other will be eliminated. At the end of this round, five artists will remain on each team. For the first time since the inaugural season, there are no steals during the battles round.

The Knockouts round

The battles are followed by the knockout round (in the first edition: overtime), in which the coaches eliminate more people who do not advance to the live episodes. During first six seasons, each of the coaches selected three people from his or her team (six people in the first season, seven people in the second season, eight people in seasons three to five, and nine people in the sixth season) who automatically qualified for the live shows. The coaches divided the others into threes (into two duos by the second season), and one person from each would move on to the next stage. Since the seventh season, all contestants have to sing - the first four from each team are automatically put in the hot seats, and after subsequent performances of the remaining three, the coach decides whether a given contestant stays in the show or not. Four (five in the first, second and sixth seasons) finalists from each team qualify for the live episodes. In the fourteenth season, five contestants will compete for the place in the live shows, but only four of them will advance to the next stage.

The Live Shows

When the teams consist of five, four, or three contestants, the coach chooses from among the two contestants with the fewest votes from the viewers (who decide by sending text messages) the person who drops out of the show. Each live episode ends with the elimination of one person from each group. In eleventh season due to the coronavirus pandemic episodes were previously recorded and the elimination rules were changed. Once all participants from a given team sang their songs, the coaches scored the performances, awarding them from one to ten points. The coach of that team would then select one participant to move on to the next stage (regardless of the score). The participant with the lowest number of points was eliminated from the remaining three or two (in case of a tie, the points from the coach of the evaluated team were decisive).

In the semi-finals (when the team is made up of two people), the coach divides 100 points between the contestants and then everyone is credited with as many points as the percentage of votes they get from the viewers. In the fifth season, while the semi-final took the form of what is known in the international format as "Cross Battles", which involved contestants dueling between teams. In the semi-final of the eleventh season the deciding factor was the total number of points awarded by all the coaches.

The Final

Four participants (one from each team, with the exception of the fifth season), and the winner is chosen by viewers in an SMS vote. Voting is divided into three rounds; after each round, the person with the fewest number of votes drops out. In the first round the finalists sing a foreign language song followed by a duet with their coach; in the second round the repertoire consists of Polish songs; in the third round the remaining two contestants sing their own songs. In the fourteenth season all contestants who will advance to the live shows will sing along with the finalists.

Coaches

Key

Coach

Contestant

Timeline

Coach !! colspan="15"
Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Andrzej Piasecznycolspan="7"
Ania Dąbrowskacolspan="14"
Nergalcolspan="14"
Kayahcolspan="14"
Tomson & Baroncolspan="6"
Justyna Steczkowska
Marek Piekarczyk
Patrycja Markowskacolspan="6"
Maria Sadowskacolspan="7"
Edyta Górniakcolspan="4"
Natalia Kukulskacolspan="8"
Michał Szpak
Grzegorz Hyżycolspan="6"
Piotr Cugowskicolspan="6"
Kamil Bednarekcolspan="5"
Margaretcolspan="5"
Urszula Dudziakcolspan="4"
Sylwia Grzeszczakcolspan="3"
Lanberrycolspan="3"
Kuba Badach

Line-up of coaches

Hosts

Key

Main presenter

Backstage presenter

Contestant

Timeline

Host! colspan="15"
Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Hubert Urbańskicolspan="14"
Magdalena Mielcarzcolspan="10"
Tomasz Kammel
Marikacolspan="11"
Halina Mlynkovacolspan="9"
Barbara Kurdej-Szatancolspan="6"
Małgorzata Tomaszewskacolspan="2"
Paulina Chylewska
Timeline of backstage hosts
HostSeasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Mateusz Szymkowiak colspan="14"
colspan="6"
Iga Krefftcolspan="13"
Marta Siurnik colspan="10"
ReZigiuszcolspan="9"
Łukasz Jakóbiakcolspan="8"
Marcelina Zawadzkacolspan="5"
Krzysztof Jankowskicolspan="6"
Adam Zdrójkowskicolspan="4"
Wiktoria Gąsiewskacolspan="5"
Ewa Zawadacolspan="4"
Małgorzata Tomaszewskacolspan="4"
Aleksander Sikora
Michał Szczygiełcolspan="3"
Jan Dąbrowski

Gallery

Coaches and their finalists

Color key
  • Winner
  • Runner-up
  • Third place
  • Fourth place
    SeasonCoaches
    1Team AndrzejTeam KayahTeam NergalTeam Ania
    Antoni SmykiewiczMateusz KrautwurstDamian UkejePiotr Niesłuchowski
    Rafał BrzozowskiFilip MoniuszkoMonika UrlikAleksandra Galewska
    Katarzyna LisowskaEdyta StrzyckaEwelina KordyKarolina Charko
    Ian Rooth Kaja DomińskaAres ChadzinikolauEwa Szlachcic
    Ewa KłosowiczMaciej MoszyńskiFilip SałapaKatarzyna Klimczyk
    2Team JustynaTeam Tomson & BaronTeam PatrycjaTeam Marek
    Michał SobierajskiDorota OsińskaNatalia NykielNatalia Sikora
    Monika SzczotKasia DereńŻaneta LuberaJuliusz Kamil
    Beata DoboszMichał JabłońskiJustyna PanfilewiczWojciech Gruszczyński
    Michalina BrudnowskaMateusz GrędzińskiJan TraczykMagdalena Bałdych
    Bartłomiej KawałekAnna OznerJurand WójcikBarbara Janyga
    3Team EdytaTeam Tomson & BaronTeam MariaTeam Marek
    Jagoda KretArkadiusz KłusowskiMateusz ZiółkoErnest Staniaszek
    Olga JankowskaMichał GrobelnyKatarzyna StanekMarzena Ugorna
    Maia LasotaNatalia KrakowiakJoanna SmajdorNella Marczewski
    Maria RodriguezMichał MalickiOksana PredkoMagdalena Meisel
    4Team MarekTeam JustynaTeam Tomson & BaronTeam Maria
    Aleksandra WęglewiczKatarzyna SawczukMaja GawłowskaJuan Carlos Cano
    Michał KarpackiArtur KryvychKamil BijośMonika Pilarczyk
    Dominika KobiałkaMichał RudaśPaulina RomaniukMarta Dryll
    Justyna KunyszMichał SzycWojciech BaranowskiSandra Mika
    5Team Tomson & BaronTeam EdytaTeam JustynaTeam Marek
    Natalia LubranoPrzemysław RadziszewskiAleksandra NizioMagdalena Paradziej
    Justyna JanikIga KozackaGracjan KalandykŻaneta Łabudzka
    Marta "Sarsa" MarkiewiczJerzy GrzechnikAgnieszka TwardowskaTomasz Fridrych
    Natalia PodwinSandra RusinKarol DziedzicŁukasz Szemraj
    6Team Tomson & BaronTeam MariaTeam EdytaTeam Andrzej
    Tobiasz StaniszewskiKrzysztof IwaneczkoAna AndrzejewskaWilliam Prestigiacomo
    Julia i Jędrzej SkibowieKatarzyna MalendaJulia BogdańskaMaciej Grenda
    Anna KłysPatryk SkoczyńskiKatarzyna MiśkowiecPiotr Tłustochowicz
    Marta MoszczyńskaAsteya DecMarcin CzyżewskiKarolina Leszko
    Patryk GlinkaSabina NycekDaniel Cebula-OryniczKrzysztof Bobecki
    7Team Tomson & BaronTeam NataliaTeam AndrzejTeam Maria
    Weronika CuryłoAnia KarwanMateusz GrędzińskiKatarzyna Góras
    Marcelina MrózDamian RybickiSami HarbMateusz Guzowski
    Tomasz TrzeszczyńskiPatryk WasilewskiŁukasz BąkowskiEwelina Przybyła
    Filip LatoOlga BarejAnia WaszkiewiczAga Damrych
    8Team AndrzejTeam MariaTeam MichałTeam Tomson & Baron
    Michał SzczygiełMaja KapłonMarta GałuszewskaŁukasz Łyczkowski
    Artur Wołk-LewanowiczMagdalena "Meg" KrzemieńAga DębowskaSabina Mustaeva
    Martyna PawłowskaAsia "Azzja" MądryJacek WolnyJelena Matula
    Dave AdamaszwiliBrian FentressMagdalena DąbkowskaMagdalena Janicka
    9Team GrzegorzTeam PatrycjaTeam MichałTeam Piotr
    Ania DekoMarcin SójkaNatalia ZastępaMaksymilian Kwapień
    Aleksandra TockaGosia PaukaIzabela SzafrańskaDiana Ciecierska
    Natalia Capelik-MuiangaMaksymilian ŁapińskiWioleta MarkowskaMario Szaban
    Nicole KuleszaDawid DubajkaNatalia SmagackaAleksandra Smerechańska
    10Team MichałTeam Tomson & BaronTeam MargaretTeam Kamil
    Daria ReczekAlicja SzemplińskaTadeusz SeibertDamian Kulej
    Jakub DąbrowskiBartosz DeryłoStanisław ŚlęzakKasjan Cieśla
    Piotr SzewczykPatryk ŻywczykSonia MichalczukJulia Olędzka
    Magdalena OllarAdrian BurekSonia HornatkiewiczAda Nasiadka
    11Team EdytaTeam MichałTeam UrszulaTeam Tomson & Baron
    Anna Gąsienica-ByrcynKrystian OchmanJędrzej SkibaAdam Kalinowski
    Anna NadkiernicznaMikołaj MacioszczykMartyna ZygadłoNatalia Szczypuła
    Ignacy BłażejowskiMateusz PsonakAnna MalekBartosz Utracki
    Marta BielawskaWojciech LechończakSylwia WysockaMichał Bober
    12Team SylwiaTeam Tomson & BaronTeam JustynaTeam Marek
    Rafał KozikWiktor DydułaMarta BurdynowiczBartosz Madej
    Julia StolpePaulina GołębiowskaMonika Wiśniowska-BaselKarolina „Kay Ra” Robinson
    Igor KowalskiWiktor KowalskiAdrianna Owczarczyk i Paulina SzymlekAnna Hnatowicz-Cholewa
    Daniel HawesElżbieta ŁobodaDaniel JodłowskiKarolina Piątek
    13Team Tomson & BaronTeam JustynaTeam LanberryTeam Marek
    Dominik DudekEwelina GancewskaŁukasz DrapałaKonrad Baum
    Tetiana "Aelin" DiachenkoJulianna OlańskaNorbert Wronka Bogdan Świerczek
    Evgen PeltekZofia KurowskaAnna BuczkowskaJulia Szarlińska
    Martin RybczyńskiSandra ReizerDaria WaleriańczykNobesuthu Lisa Khumalo
    14
    Becky SangoloMaja WalentynowiczJan GórkaAntoni Zimnal
    Paweł KoziczBartosz MichniewiczDaniel BorzewskiMichał Sołtan
    Łukasz SamburskiMax MiszczykDamazy WachułaNicola Muller
    Monika KluszczyńskaOliwia SkrzypczykMartyna LasieckaDominika Krassowska
    15
    Team Tomson & Baron Team LanberryTeam KubaTeam Michał
    Upcoming season

    Series overview

    Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors

    Season! scope="col" style="width:15%"
    YearWinnerRunner-upThird placeFourth place Winning coachMain hosts
    12011Damian UkejeAntoni SmykiewiczPiotr NiesłuchowskiMateusz KrautwurstNergalHubert UrbańskiMagdalena Mielcarz
    22013Natalia SikoraDorota OsińskaMichał SobierajskiNatalia NykielMarek PiekarczykTomasz KammelMarika
    3Mateusz ZiółkoErnest StaniaszekArkadiusz KłusowskiJagoda KretMaria Sadowska
    42014 CanoKatarzyna SawczukMaja GawłowskaAleksandra Węglewicz
    5Aleksandra NizioPrzemysław RadziszewskiGracjan KalandykMagdalena ParadziejJustyna SteczkowskaMagdalena Mielcarz
    62015Krzysztof IwaneczkoTobiasz StaniszewskiAna AndrzejewskaWilliam PrestigiacomoMaria SadowskaHalina Mlynkova
    72016Mateusz GrędzińskiWeronika CuryłoAnna KarwanKatarzyna GórasAndrzej PiasecznyBarbara
    Kurdej-Szatan
    82017Marta GałuszewskaŁukasz ŁyczkowskiMichał SzczygiełMaja Kapłon
    92018Marcin SójkaNatalia ZastępaAnna DekoMaksymilian KwapieńPatrycja Markowska
    102019Alicja SzemplińskaDaria ReczekTadeusz SeibertDamian KulejMaciej Musiał
    112020Krystian OchmanAdam KalinowskiAnna ByrcynJędrzej SkibaMichał Szpak
    122021Marta BurdynowiczBartosz MadejRafał Kozik Wiktor DydułaJustyna SteczkowskaMałgorzata
    Tomaszewska
    132022Dominik DudekŁukasz DrapałaKonrad Baum Ewelina GancewskaTomson & Baron
    142023Jan GórkaAntoni Zimnal Becky Sangolo Maja Walentynowicz LanberryTomasz Kammel
    152024Upcoming seasonPaulina ChylewskaMaciej Musiał

    Season 1 (2011)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 1. The judges for season 1 were Ania Dąbrowska, Adam "Nergal" Darski, Kayah and Andrzej Piaseczny. The show was hosted by Hubert Urbański, Magdalena Mielcarz and Mateusz Szymkowiak. The winner of the first series in 2011 was Damian Ukeje from Team Nergal.

    Season 2 (2013)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 2. The second season premiered on March 2, 2013. The judges were Justyna Steczkowska, Patrycja Markowska, Marek Piekarczyk and Tomson & Baron from Afromental. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Marika and Maciej Musiał. The winner of the second series was Natalia Sikora from Team Marek.

    Season 3 (2013)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 3. The third season premiered on September 7, 2013. The judges were Marek Piekarczyk, Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska and Edyta Górniak. Tomasz Kammel, Marika and Maciej Musiał returned. The winner of the third series was Mateusz Ziółko from Team Maria.

    Season 4 (2014)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 4. The fourth season premiered on March 1, 2014. The judges were Justyna Steczkowska, Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska and Marek Piekarczyk. All hosts from the previous season returned. The winner of the fourth series was Juan Carlos Cano from Team Maria.

    Season 5 (2014)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 5. The fifth season premiered on September 6, 2014. The judges were Justyna Steczkowska, Tomson & Baron, Edyta Górniak and Marek Piekarczyk. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Magdalena Mielcarz and Maciej Musiał. The winner of the fifth series was Aleksandra Nizio from Team Justyna.

    Season 6 (2015)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 6. The sixth season premiered on September 5, 2015. The judges were Edyta Górniak, Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska and Andrzej Piaseczny. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Halina Mlynkova and Maciej Musiał. The winner of the sixth series was Krzysztof Iwaneczko from Team Maria.

    Season 7 (2016)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 7. The seventh season premiered on September 3, 2016. The judges were Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska, Andrzej Piaseczny and Natalia Kukulska, who replaced Edyta Górniak. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Barbara Kurdej-Szatan and Maciej Musiał. The winner of the seventh series was Mateusz Grędziński from Team Andrzej.

    Season 8 (2017)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 8. The eighth season premiered on September 2, 2017. The judges were Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska, Andrzej Piaseczny and Michał Szpak, who replaced Natalia Kukulska. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Maciej Musiał and Barbara Kurdej-Szatan. The winner of the eight series was Marta Gałuszewska from Team Michał.

    Season 9 (2018)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 9. The ninth season premiered on September 1, 2018. Michał Szpak became the coach again. Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska and Andrzej Piaseczny resigned from the function of coaches, and their place was taken by: Patrycja Markowska returning to the program, who previously acted as a coach in the second edition of the program, and debuting in this role Grzegorz Hyży and Piotr Cugowski. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Barbara Kurdej-Szatan and Maciej Musiał.The winner of the ninth series was Marcin Sójka from Team Patrycja.

    Season 10 (2019)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 10. The tenth season premiered on September 7, 2019. Michał Szpak became a coach again. Patrycja Markowska, Piotr Cugowski and Grzegorz Hyży were replaced by Kamil Bednarek, Margaret and Tomson & Baron returning after a one-season break. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Marcelina Zawadzka and Maciej Musiał. Barbara Kurdej-Szatan resigned from the function of presenter. The winner of the tenth series was Alicja Szemplińska from Team Tomson & Baron.

    Season 11 (2020)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 11. The eleventh season premiered on September 12, 2020. Michał Szpak and Tomson & Baron became the coaches again. Margaret and Kamil Bednarek were replaced by Edyta Górniak, returning after a five-year break and a new coach Urszula Dudziak. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Maciej Musiał and Małgorzata Tomaszewska. Marcelina Zawadzka resigned from the function of presenter. The winner of the eleventh series was Krystian Ochman from Team Michał.

    Season 12 (2021)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 12. The twelfth season premiered on September 11, 2021. Tomson & Baron became the coaches again. Michał Szpak, Urszula Dudziak and Edyta Górniak were replaced by Justyna Steczkowska and Marek Piekarczyk, both returning after seven-year break and a new coach Sylwia Grzeszczak. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Małgorzata Tomaszewska, Aleksander Sikora and Michał Szczygieł. Maciej Musiał and Adam Zdrójkowski resigned from the function of the hosts. The winner of the twelfth series was Marta Burdynowicz from Team Justyna.

    Season 13 (2022)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 13.

    The thirteenth season premiered on September 3, 2022. On June 19, 2022, Justyna Steczkowska confirmed that she would return as a coach in the thirteenth season. On August 7, 2022, it was announced that Tomson & Baron, Marek Piekarczyk and a new coach Lanberry would join Justyna Steczkowska as coaches this season. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Małgorzata Tomaszewska and Aleksander Sikora. The winner of the thirteenth series was Dominik Dudek from Team Tomson & Baron.

    Season 14 (2023)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 14. The fourteenth season premiered on September 2, 2023. On August 8, 2023, it was confirmed that all coaches from the previous season would return in the upcoming season, making it the first time in the history of the show, when there is not any change in the coaching line-up. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, who was joined by Aleksander Sikora during the Live shows. The winner of the fourteenth series was Jan Górka from Team Lanberry.

    Season 15 (2024)

    See main article: The Voice of Poland season 15. The fifteenth season is set to premiere on September 7, 2024. Among the coaches from the previous season, Tomson & Baron and Lanberry will return for their thirteenth and third seasons, respectively. Michał Szpak will return as a coach for his fifth season after a three-season hiatus. Additionally, Kuba Badach will join the panel this season as a new coach. On August 2, 2024, it was confirmed that Paulina Chylewska would make her debut as the main host, replacing Tomasz Kammel. On August 5, 2024, it was announced that Maciej Musiał would return as the second host after a three-season hiatus, replacing Aleksander Sikora.

    External links

    Official website

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: The Voice of Poland.