The Voice of Italy is a reality singing competition and Italian version of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol Jr. The inaugural season was in 2013 with the first episode airing on Rai 2 on March 7, 2013, the series ended on June 7, 2019, after 6 seasons. The show was also broadcast via radio on Radio Rai and RTL 102.5. In the summer of 2020, Rai 1 announced a new version of the show, the format of The Voice Senior on air in autumn with Antonella Clerici as TV host.
It was hosted by the TV actor Fabio Troiano and the four judges were Raffaella Carrà, Noemi, Piero Pelù and Riccardo Cocciante. The winner of the series was Elhaida Dani from Team Cocciante. The program was renewed for a second season with the first episode broadcast on 12 March 2014 with Federico Russo hosting the show. Three of the judges returned; Carrà, Pelù and Noemi, however Riccardo Cocciante was replaced by J-Ax.
Sister Cristina Scuccia triumphed in the 2014 final for Team J-Ax. The nun, Suor Cristina Scuccia, recited the prayer 'Our Father' on stage after winning. On the third season, Raffaella Carrà was replaced by Roby and Francesco Facchinetti as judge, while Fabio Curto was the winner. From that competition, it remained in the overall impression and reaction of the judges - an outstanding performance of Janis Joplin's "Kozmic blues" famous song - by Gianna Chilla.
In March 2020, Rai 2 announced that they had no plans for a seventh season. In July 2020, Rai 1 announced the senior version of the show, participation is only open for candidates of more than 60 years old, which caused rumours that The Voice of Italy was cancelled to make way for The Voice Senior.
Format One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.
The series consists 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. 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.
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 acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with a combination of public and jury vote deciding who advances onto the next round. In the final phase, the remaining contestants (top 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 (final 4) contestants compete against each other in the final with the outcome decided solely by the public vote.
Coaches and hosts Coaches The four positions in the coaching panel is covered by four singers who are part of the Italian music scene. The original panel consisted of Litfiba singer Piero Pelù, Italian music icons Raffaella Carrà and Riccardo Cocciante and former The X Factor contestant Noemi. After winning as coach in the first season, Cocciante left the show and in the second season and was replaced by rapper J-Ax, former singer of Articolo 31, who was also triumphant at the end of the season with his winner, Cristina Scuccia. In the third season, Raffaella Carrà left the program and her position was filled by the father-and-son duo Roby and Francesco Facchinetti, the first-ever duo coach on the show. The fourth season saw the return of Carrà and the arrival of three new coaches: rapper Emis Killa, former 883 singer Max Pezzali and singer-songwriter Dolcenera. At the end of the fourth season, Carrà announced that she was leaving the program forever. None of the season four coaches returned for the next season. In November 2017, Al Bano announced his retirement as well as his new role as a coach on the fifth season. Francesco Renga and Cristina Scabbia were also confirmed as coaches for season five, along with returning coach J-Ax. The sixth season in 2019 again saw the total renewal of the panel, with new coaches Elettra Lamborghini, Gigi D'Alessio, Gué Pequeno and Morgan, who was previously a judge on The X Factor.
Coaches Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 Noemi colspan="3" Piero Pelù colspan="3" Raffaella Carrà colspan="2" Riccardo Cocciante colspan="5" J-Ax colspan="1" Roby and Francesco Facchinetti colspan="2" colspan="3" Dolcenera colspan="3" colspan="2" Emis Killa colspan="3" colspan="2" Max Pezzali colspan="3" colspan="2" Al Bano colspan="4" Cristina Scabbia colspan="4" Francesco Renga colspan="4" Elettra Lamborghini colspan="5" Gigi D'Alessio colspan="5" Gué Pequeno colspan="5" Morgan colspan="5"
Hosts In the first season, the host was actor Fabio Troiano, with radio host Carolina Di Domenico serving at the liveshows in the role of V-Reporter. From the second to the fourth edition, radio and television presenter Federico Russo hosted the program, while the part relating to the web is entrusted to his colleague Valentina Correani from season two to three. Correani was replaced in the fourth edition by Alessandra "Angelina" Angeli. In the fifth edition, Federico Russo was replaced by Costantino della Gherardesca, who assumed all the duties of the main and backstage host. In the sixth season, Simona Ventura was announced as the new host.
Presenter Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fabio Troiano colspan="5" Carolina Di Domenico colspan="5" Federico Russo colspan="2" Valentina Correani colspan="3" Alessandra Angeli colspan="3" colspan="2" Costantino della Gherardesca colspan="4" Simona Ventura colspan="5"
Key Main presenter Backstage presenter
Coaches and finalists Color key Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place
Season Coaches and their finalists 1 Piero Pelù Raffaella Carrà Riccardo Cocciante Noemi Timothy CavicchiniFrancesco GuastiCristina BalestriereDanny LositoMarco Cantagalli Veronica De SimoneManuel ForestaEmanuele LucasStefania TascaMatteo Lotti Elhaida DaniMattia LeverLorenzo CampaniGiulia SaguattiDonato Perrone Silvia CapassoGiuseppe SciannaDiana WinterFlavio CapassoGiuliana Danzè 2 Piero Pelù Raffaella Carrà J-Ax Noemi Giacomo VoliDaria BiancardiEsther OluloroGiulia DaganiClaudia Megré Tommaso PiniGiuseppe MaggioniFederica BudaLuna PalumboFrancesco Marotta Cristina ScucciaDylan MagonValerio JovineCarolina RussiDebby Lou Giorgia PinoStefano CoronaGianmarco DottoriAndrea ManchieroGianna Chillà 3 J-Ax Noemi Roby and Francesco Facchinetti Piero Pelù Carola CampagnaSara Vita FellineMaurizio Di CesareRaffaele EspositoFrancesca Cini Thomas ChevalKeeniatta BairdAndrea OrchiMariangela De SantisDaniel Petrarulo Fabio CurtoSarah Jane OlogChiara Dello IacovoAlberto SlittiAlessia Labate Roberta CarreseIra GreenMarco De VincentiisAlessandra SalernoTommaso Gregianin 4 Emis Killa Raffaella Carrà Max Pezzali Dolcenera Charles KablanFrances Alina AscioneRoberta NastiGiuliana Ferraz Tanya BorgeseSamuel PietrasantaBeatrice FerrantinoFoxy Ladies Elya ZamboliniWolfDavide CarboneFrancesca Basaglia Alice PabaJoe CrociGiorgia AlòEdith Brinca 5 Francesco Renga J-Ax Cristina Scabbia Al Bano Asia SagripantiMirco Pio ConiglioDeborah XhakoMarica Fortugno Beatrice PezziniAntonio MarinoRiccardo GiacominiAndrea Tramacere Andrea ButturiniElisabetta EnehAlessandra MachellaLaura Ciriaco Maryam TancrediTekemayaMara SottocornolaRaimondo Cataldo 6 Morgan Elettra Lamborghini Gué Pequeno Gigi D'Alessio DiabloMatteo CamelliniErica Bazzeghini Miriam AyabaAndrea BertéGreta Giordano Brenda Carolina LawrenceFrancesco Da VinciIlenia Filippo Carmen PierriEliza GDomenico Iervolino
Season summary Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
+ The Voice of Italy series overview Season Aired Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Winning coach Presenters Coaches (chairs' order) Main Backstage 1 2 3 4 1 2013 Elhaida Dani Timothy Cavicchini Veronica Simone Silvia Capasso Riccardo Cocciante Fabio Troiano Carolina Di Domenico Piero Raffaella Riccardo Noemi 2 2014 Cristina Scuccia Giacomo Voli Tommaso Pini Giorgia Pino J-Ax Federico Russo Valentina Correani J-Ax 3 2015 Fabio Curto Roberta Carrese Carola Campagna Thomas Cheval Roby & Francesco J-Ax Noemi Roby & Francesco Piero 4 2016 Alice Paba Charles Kablan Elya Zambolin Tanya Borgese Dolcenera Alessandra Angeli Emis Raffaella Max Dolcenera 5 2018 Maryam Tancredi Beatrice Pezzini Andrea Butturini Asia Sagripanti Al Bano Costantino della Gherardesca Francesco J-Ax Cristina Al Bano 6 2019 Carmen Pierri Brenda Lawrence Miriam Ayaba Diablo Gigi D'Alessio Simona Ventura Morgan Elettra Gué Gigi
Senior spin-off
From November 27, 2020, a spin-off of the program, The Voice Senior, was broadcast on Rai 1, where competitors over the age of 60 participate.
Kids version
The Voice Kids is the spin-off where kids ages 7–14 participate. The program is broadcast on Rai 1.
Generations version Before the finale of the fourth season of The Voice Senior, it was announced that the show would air a Generations spinoff, where family or friend groups consisting in singers of all ages are the ones who can apply. The spinoff originated from the Australian version of the show.
The first season premiered 12 April 2024 with Arisa, Clementino, Gigi D'Alessio, and Loredana Bertè as coaches. Antonella Clerici hosted the spinoff. The winner of the inaugural season was Gino & Noemi from Team Clementino.
The second season premiered on 6 March 2026. Arisa and Bertè returned as coaches alongside Clementino who, this season, is a duo coach with Rocco Hunt. Meanwhile, D'Alessio was replaced by Nek. The winner of the second season was Jessica & Gilda from Team Loredana.
+ The Voice Generations series overview Season Aired Winner Other finalists Winning coach Presenter Coaches (chairs' order) 1 2 3 4 1 2024 Gino & Noemi Alessandra & Giuseppe Vocalist Clementino Antonella Clerici Arisa Clementino Gigi Loredana 2 2026 Jessica & Gilda Antonio & Flora Francesco & Paola Matilde & Sara Loredana Bertè Rocco Arisa Nek
Coaches and finalists Color key Winner in bold, finalists in italic. Winner Runner(s)-up
Season Coaches and their finalists 1 Arisa Clementino Gigi D'Alessio Loredana Bertè Alessandra & ConsueloGiuseppe & Giovanna Gino & NoemiAnna & Erika Soul-Food VocalistRaffaella & Andrea Nicolò, Gaia & GiuseppeLilla & Ornella 2 Clementino Arisa Nek Loredana Bertè Antonio & FloraDorotea & MaddalenaMatteo & Michele Francesco & PaolaRoberta & AliceMariagrazia & Gennaro Matilde & SaraMia, Maddalena, Manuel & MarcoTommaso & Lorenza Jessica & GildaLiliana & FrancescoManuela & Ennio
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