The Voice of Germany

Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, which was created by John de Mol, Germany comes with it's own version - The Voice of Germany.

German international superstar Nena, singer-songwriter Xavier Naidoo, Irish singer Rea Garvey and the boys from The Bosshoss are the judges and coaches of the talents.

Unlike other talent shows, The Voice of Germany concentrates only on the talents voices. Age, look and on-stage presence doesn't matter in the first shows - the blind auditions, where the judges only hear but can't see the talents. Each judge has the length of the talent's performance to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer, the singer has the final choice of coach.

Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving four acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining one of two acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team.

In the final phase, the remaining contestants - final 8 - compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the final 4 phase. With one team member remaining for each coach, the contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote.