La Voz (Mexican TV series)
La Voz (Spanish for The Voice) is a Mexican singing competition television series broadcast on Azteca Uno. The show originally premiered September 11, 2011 on Las Estrellas. It is based on the format of The Voice originated in the Netherlands and part of the international franchise The Voice created by television producer John de Mol.[1]
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| Also known as | La Voz... México (former name) |
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | John de Mol |
| Directed by | Miguel Angel Fox José Luis Romero |
| Creative director(s) | Cuquis Razo AcunMedya |
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| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 8 (9 in progress) |
| No. of episodes | 138 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Miguel Angel Fox José Luis Romero |
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| Original network | Las Estrellas |
| Original release | September 11, 2011 – present |
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| Related shows | The Voice (franchise) La Voz Kids La Voz Senior |
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Mexico was the first Spanish-speaking country to adapt this format and the first among 6 globally. The series' first episode scored a rating of 28.2/47.1, surpassing Spanish-language TV series La Academia rating of 9.6/17.[2][3]
The last series produced by Televisa had Lele Pons as host and Maluma, Anitta, Carlos Rivera and Natalia Jiménez as jury. In 2019, the license of The Voice format was acquired from Televisa to TV Azteca. A new edition was announced for this season under a different title (La Voz instead of La Voz... México)[4] with the leadership of Jimena Pérez[5] and with Ricardo Montaner, Yahir, Belinda and Lupillo Rivera as Coaches.[6]
Program
The official website says of the program:
(The Voice... Mexico) is a television program that sets aside the appearance of any competitor, that matters is finding a new voice to the end the program. The Voice... Mexico tries to find candidates with real vocal skills. And for that, four major music stars, are responsible for finding and training the next great Voice of Mexico. "[7]
This program has already become a very famous, because unlike other programs so far, this is divided into three parts and the artist do not have to be locked up almost half a year with teachers in a school.[7]
Format
The series consisted of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. After being acquired by TV Azteca in season 8, the show featured the Blind auditions, Knockouts, Battles and Live Shows.
First Phase – The Blind Auditions
Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach. In the seventh season, the block button was featured where a coach could prevent another coach from getting a contestant.
Second Phase – The Knockout Rounds
In the eight season, the second phase was changed from the Battles to the Knockouts. In this phase three artists from the same team sing an individual song and their coach chooses the winner. The two losing artists are available to Steal by the other three coaches.
Third Phase – The Battles
The Battles were moved to the third stage after season 8. The Battle Rounds remained the same with coaches having two of their artists battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which artist advances to the Live Shows.
Fourth Phase – The Live Performance Shows
In The Live Shows, each artist competes to receive their coach’s and public’s vote. The artists with the highest votes from their team advance to the next round of Live Shows. This repeats throughout the shows until the Semifinal were only one artist from each team advances to the Finale as the Top 4. In the Finale, the highest voted artist wins the title as their country’s The Voice, along with their coach.
Coaches
The show premiered September 11, 2011 with Espinoza Paz, Alejandro Sanz, Lucero, Aleks Syntek as coaches and Mark Tacher as host. For season two, Jacqueline Bracamontes was announced as the replacement of Tacher. Jenni Rivera, Miguel Bosé, Paulina Rubio, and Beto Cuevas were announced as the coaches. For the third season, the coaching panel totally changed again. On August 2013, it was announced that Marco Antonio Solís, Alejandra Guzmán, David Bisbal and Wisin & Yandel would be the coaches. For the fourth season, Yuri, Julión Álvarez were announced as coaches alongside Italian singer Laura Pausini and The Voice Australia coach, Ricky Martin. After a three season absence, Alejandro Sanz returned as coach alongside new coaches, Gloria Trevi, J Balvin, and a duo chair composed of the frontmen of Los Tigres del Norte for season five. For the sixth season Laura Pausini and Yuri returned after a one-season absence joined by Maluma and Carlos Vives which premiered September 7, 2014.[8] Maluma had previously coached the kids version. After five seasons as host, Bracamontes was replaced by YouTube figure Lele Pons for season seven. Maluma was announced to return for his second season with new coaches Anitta and Carlos Rivera.[9] Natalia Jiménez former coach of La Voz Kids USA was announced as the fourth and final coach. Season seven was the last season produced by Televisa after the shows’s rights were acquired by TV Azteca. Season eight premiered March 13, 2019 on the new channel with Jimena Peréz as host. Belinda was tapped as the first coach, followed by Yahir, and Ricardo Montaner. Lupillo Rivera, whose sister also served the same role in season two, was later announced as the final coach. On January 21, 2020 it was announced that Belinda and Montaner would return for their second season as coaches, alongside María José and Christian Nodal who joined the panel. A month later, Eddy Vilard and Sofía Aragón were confirmed as the new hosts replacing Jimena Peréz.
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| 1 | Aleks Syntek | Espinoza Paz | Lucero | Alejandro Sanz |
| 2 | Jenni Rivera † | Beto Cuevas | Paulina Rubio | Miguel Bosé |
| 3 | David Bisbal | Marco Antonio Solís | Alejandra Guzmán | Wisin & Yandel |
| 4 | Yuri | Julión Álvarez | Laura Pausini | Ricky Martin |
| 5 | J Balvin | Gloria Trevi | Los Tigres del Norte | Alejandro Sanz |
| 6 | Yuri | Carlos Vives | Laura Pausini | Maluma |
| 7 | Natalia Jiménez | Carlos Rivera | Anitta | |
| 8 | Lupillo Rivera | Belinda | Yahir | Ricardo Montaner |
| 9 | Ricardo Montaner | María José | Christian Nodal | |
- Current Coaches
Belinda (2019–)
Ricardo Montaner (2019–)
María José (2020–)
Christian Nodal (2020–)
- Former Coaches
Lucero (2011)
Espinoza Paz (2011)
Aleks Syntek (2011)
Miguel Bosé (2012)
Paulina Rubio (2012)
Beto Cuevas (2012)
Jenni Rivera † (2012)
Wisin & Yandel (2013)
Alejandra Guzmán (2013)
Marco Antonio Solís (2013)
David Bisbal (2013)
Ricky Martin (2014)
Julión Álvarez (2014)
Alejandro Sanz (2011, 2016)
Los Tigres del Norte (2016)
Gloria Trevi (2016)
J Balvin (2016)
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Carlos Vives (2017)
Yurí (2014, 2017)
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Anitta (2018)
Carlos Rivera (2018)
Natalia Jiménez (2018).jpg)
Yahir (2019)
Lupillo Rivera (2019)
Coaches' advisors
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| Season | Ricky Martin | Laura Pausini | Julión Álvarez | Yuri |
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| Season | Maluma | Laura Pausini | Carlos Vives | Yuri |
| 6 | No Advisors | |||
| Season | Maluma | Anitta | Carlos Rivera | Natalia Jiménez |
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| Season | Ricardo Montaner | Yahir | Belinda | Lupillo Rivera |
| 8 | No Advisors | |||
| Season | Ricardo Montaner | María José | Belinda | Christian Nodal |
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Manuel Mijares Team Lucero (2011)
David Bisbal Team Espinoza (2011)
Joy Team Syntek (2011)
Ximena Sariñana Team Bosé (2012)
Jesús Navarro Team Paulina (2012)
Espinoza Paz Team Jenni (2012)
Edith Márquez Team Solís (2013)
Alex Ubago Team Pausini (2014).jpg)
Ricardo Montaner Team Julión (2014)
Poncho Lizárraga Team Yuri (2014)
Diego Torres Team Tigres (2016).jpg)
Manuel Carrasco Team Trevi (2016)- Julión Álvarez Team Balvin (2016)
Tommy Torres Team Carlos (2018)
Sofía Reyes Team Natalia (2018)
Coaches and contestants
- – Winning Coach/Contestant. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
- – Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant First listed.
- – 3rd Place Coach/Contestant. Final contestant First listed.
- – 4th Place Coach/Contestant. Final contestant First listed.
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| 2 | Miguel Bosé | Paulina Rubio | Beto Cuevas | Jenni Rivera † |
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| 3 | Wisin & Yandel | Alejandra Guzmán | Marco Antonio Solís | David Bisbal |
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| 4 | Ricky Martin | Laura Pausini | Julión Álvarez | Yuri |
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| 5 | Alejandro Sanz | Los Tigres del Norte | Gloria Trevi | J Balvin |
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| 6 | Maluma | Laura Pausini | Carlos Vives | Yuri |
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| 7 | Maluma | Anitta | Carlos Rivera | Natalia Jiménez |
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| 8 | Ricardo Montaner | Yahir | Belinda | Lupillo Rivera |
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| 9 | Ricardo Montaner | María José | Belinda | Christian Nodal |
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Series overview
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| Season | First aired | Last aired | Network | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | Host | Backstage host | Coaches (chair's order) | ||||
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| 1 | September 11, 2011 | December 18, 2011 | Las Estrellas | Óscar Cruz | Alejandra Orozco | Óscar Garrido | Gabriel Navarro | Alejandro Sanz | Mark Tacher | Cynthia Urias | Syntek | Espinoza | Lucero | Alejandro | |
| 2 | September 9, 2012 | December 16, 2012 | Luz María Ramírez | Miguel & Alejandro | Gerardo Bazúa | Ximena Villalón | Jenni Rivera † | Jacqueline Bracamontes | Jenni † | Beto | Paulina | Bosé | |||
| 3 | September 8, 2013 | December 15, 2013 | Marcos Razo | Willy Espinoza | Carolina Ross | Kate Botello | Marco A. Solís | Lidia Ávila | David | Marco | Guzmán | Wisin & Yandel | |||
| 4 | September 7, 2014 | December 14, 2014 | Guido Rochin | Kike Jiménez | Agina Álvarez | Natalia Sosa | Julión Álvarez | Paty Cantú | Yuri | Julión | Laura | Ricky | |||
| 5 | April 24, 2016 | July 31, 2016 | Yuliana Martínez | Eddy Ray | Poncho Arocha | Jorge Eduardo | J Balvin | Natalia Téllez | Balvin | Gloria | Tigres | Alejandro | |||
| 6 | October 15, 2017 | December 17, 2017 | Luis Adrián Cruz | Leslie Mar | Irlanda Valenzuela | Mayela Orozco | Laura Pausini | Odalys Ramírez | Yuri | Vives | Laura | Maluma | |||
| 7 | September 30, 2018 | December 23, 2018 | Cristina Ramos | Diana Villamonte | Carmen Goett | Delian | Carlos Rivera | Lele Pons | Natalia | Carlos | Anitta | ||||
| 8 | March 12, 2019 | July 1, 2019 | Azteca Uno | Fatima Dominguez | Leo Rosas | Viviann Baeza | Mashiakh & Dara | Lupillo Rivera | Jimena Pérez | N/A | Lupillo | Belinda | Yahir | Ricardo | |
| 9 | June 2, 2020 | TBA 2020 |
Current season | Eddy Vilard | Sofía Aragón | Ricardo | María | Nodal | |||||||
Season 1
| Name | Age | Description | Musical style | Advisors |
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42 years | International Star | Latin pop, Balada romántica, Pop-Rock, Flamenco, Spanish rock |  |
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30 years | Regional Artist | Norteño, Ranchera, Banda sinaloense |  |
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42 years | International Artist | Pop-Rock, Pop, Latin pop, Balada pop |  |
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42 years | International Artist | Pop, Ranchera, Baladas en español | |
Season 2
| Name | Age | Description | Musical style | Advisors |
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43 years | International Star | Norteño, Ranchera, Banda sinaloense, Bachata | |
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56 years | International Star | Pop, Balada, Latin pop |  |
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41 years | International Artist | Pop, Pop-Rock, Latin pop |  |
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45 years | International Artist | Pop, Latin pop, Rock, Pop-Rock, Latin rock |  |
Season 3
| Name | Age | Description | Musical style | Advisors |
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53 years | International Star | Ranchera, Bolero, Balada, Pop, Mexican cumbia |  |
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34 years | International Star | Pop, Balada romántica, Pop latino | |
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45 years | International Artist | Pop, Pop-Rock, Latin pop, Rock | |
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34 – 36 years | Urban Stars | Reggaeton, Latin trap, Urban music |  |
Season 4
| Name | Age | Description | Musical style | Advisors |
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30 years | Regional Artist | Ranchera, Banda sinaloense, Latin pop |  |
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39 years | International Star | Pop-Rock, Balada romántica, Pop, Latin music, Europop |  |
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42 years | International Star | Latin pop, Balada, Latin music, Bachata, Guaracha | |
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50 years | International Artist | Latin Pop, Balada romántica, Pop, Ranchera | |
Season 5
| Name | Age | Description | Musical style | Advisors |
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30 years | Urban Star | Reggaeton, Latin trap, Urban music | |
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48 years | International Artist | Latin pop, Pop-Rock, Reggaeton | |
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58 – 61 years | Regional Artists | Norteño, Ranchera, Cumbia Norteña, Bolero |  |
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47 years | International Star | Latin pop, Balada romántica, Pop-Rock, Flamenco, Spanish rock | |
Season 6
| Name | Age | Description | Musical style |
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42 years | International Star | Pop-Rock, Balada romántica, Pop, Latin music, Europop |
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53 years | International Artist | Latin Pop, Balada romántica, Pop, Ranchera |
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23 years | Urban Star | Reggaeton, Latin trap, Urban music |
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56 years | International Star | Vallenato, Cumbia, Latin pop |
Season 7
| Name | Age | Description | Musical style | Advisors |
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32 years | International Artist | Latin pop, Balada romántica | |
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24 years | Urban Star | Reggaeton, Latin trap, Urban music | |
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36 years | International Star | Latin pop, Pop-Rock | |
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25 years | Urban Star | Reggaeton, Latin pop, Funk carioca | |
Season 8
| Name | Age | Description | Musical style |
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47 years | Regional Artist | Norteño, Ranchera, Banda sinaloense, Mariachi |
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40 years | International Artist | Latin pop, Balada romántica |
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29 years | International Artist | Latin pop, pop rock, dance-pop, electropop |
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61 years | International Star | Latin pop, Balada romántica |
Season 9
| Name | Age | Description | Musical style | Advisors |
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62 years | International Star | Latin pop, Balada romántica | |
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44 years | International Artist | Latin pop, pop rock, Rock, Balada romántica, soul | |
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30 years | International Artist | Latin pop, pop rock, dance-pop, electropop | |
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21 years | International Artist | Ranchera, Banda sinaloense, Mariachi, Latin pop | |
References
- "The Voice of" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 29, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- "Voz drowns out competition". Variety. September 24, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- "'La Voz México' triplica rating de 'La Academia 2011'" (in Spanish). Terra Networks. September 14, 2011.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Jimena Pérez , 'La Choco' confirma ser la conductora de 'La Voz'". www.milenio.com. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- Ayala, Fabiola. "Belinda, Lupillo Rivera, Ricardo Montaner y Yahir, "'coaches' de La Voz de Tv Azteca". Publimetro México (in Spanish). Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- Televisa Networks. "Official site of The Voice Mexico" (in Spanish). Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- "Regresa La Voz México con Laura Pausini, Yuri, Carlos Vives y Maluma".
- "¡Anitta comparte las primeras imágenes junto a Maluma en La Voz México!".