The eighth season of the talent show The Voice of Germany premiered on October 18, 2018 on ProSieben and on October 21, 2018 on Sat.1. Michi & Smudo, Yvonne Catterfeld and Mark Forster returned for their fifth, third and second seasons respectively. Michael Patrick Kelly was declared as the new coach, joining the show for the first time, replacing Samu Haber. Both hosts returned Thore Schölermann returning for his seventh season and Lena Gercke returning for her fourth season.
On December 16, 2018, Samuel Rösch was crowned the winner of The Voice of Germany 2018, marking Michael Patrick Kelly's first and only win as a coach.
Coaches and hosts
On May 19, 2018, it was announced that after 2 years Samu Haber would not be returning to the show. On June 20, 2018, it was announced that Haber was replaced by new coach Michael Patrick Kelly and returning coaches Michi & Smudo, Yvonne Catterfeld and Mark Forster.
Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke both returned as hosts.
Teams Colour key:
Coach Top 76 Artists Michael Patrick Kelly Samuel Rösch Bernarda Brunović Matthias Nebel Chantal Dorn Sümeyra Stahl Liam Blaney Monica Lewis-Schmidt Ludmila Larusso Guido Goh Maria Pasqua Casti Laura Neels Mario Geckeler Fabian Riaz Jélila Bouraoui Philipp von Unold Samuele Di Dio Lena Rotermund Amanda Lena Jakucs Gaby Schwager Taylor Shore Michi & Smudo Eros Atomus Isler Coby Grant Clifford Dwenger Sascha Coles Jeanie Celina Schultheiß Eun Chae Rhee Fabrice Richter-Reichhelm Kaye-Ree Alexander Eder Lia Joham Malin Lewis Sebastian Stipp Cem Kücük Seda Acar Mascha Winkels Felicia Peters Igor Quennehen Steffen Frommberger Kinga Noémi Balla Karina Klüber Yvonne Catterfeld Benjamin Dolic Linda Alkhodor James Smith Jr. Nora Brandenburger Hugo Gonzalez Morales Andreas Hauser Malin Lewis Flavio Baltermia Patrice Gerlach Giuliano De Stefano Sascha Coles Chantal Dorn Mattis Laustroer Florian Alexander Kurz Luka Nozza Stefan Celar Abdullah Azad Doriane Kamdem Mabou Juliane Götz Shireen Nikolic Mark Forster Jessica Schaffler Diana Babalola Rahel Maas Damiano Maiolini Misses Melaza Felicitas Mayer Laura Neels Dominik Hartz Kira Mesterheide Alessandro Rütten Alexandre Heitz Melissa Muamba Sinem Uraz John Alexander Garner III Penni Jo Blatterman Lars Kamphausen Debora Vater Johannes Holfeld Judith Jandl Mark Agpas
Blind Auditions Episode 1 (October 18) Order Artist Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Patrick Michi and Smudo Yvonne Mark 1 Alessandro Rütten "In My Blood (Shawn Mendes song)" 2 Sümeyra Stahl "Shake Away" – – 3 Matthias Nebel "Bed of Roses" 4 Samantha Krug "For You" – – – – 5 Nora Brandenburger "One Night Only (song)" – 6 Alexander Eder "Your Man" – – 7 Eva Kaufmann "Ohne dich schlaf ich heut Nacht nicht ein" – – – – 8 Gaby Schwager "Scarborough Fair (ballad)" – 9 Coby Grant "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
Episode 3 (October 25) Order Artist Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Patrick Michi and Smudo Yvonne Mark 1 Judith Jandl "License to Kill" 2 James Smith Jr. "Finesse" – 3 Christina Lindner "Dude Looks Like a Lady" – – – – 4 Fabian Riaz "You Let Me Walk Alone" 5 Seda Acar "Fell in Love with a Boy" – – 6 Alexandre Heitz "Papaoutai" – 7 Clifford Dwenger "You Can Do It" 8 Kendra Pilling "IDGAF" – – – – 9 Melissa Muamba "I Would Die 4 U" – 10 Mario Nowack "Real to Me" – – – – 11 Eros Atomus Isler "Bette Davis Eyes" – –
Episode 5 (November 1) Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Patrick Michi & Smudo Yvonne Mark 1 Philipp von Unold 22 "Supermarket Flowers" – – 2 Kathrin Kay-Ree 39 "Is This Love" 3 Kira Mesterheide 22 "The Drugs Don't Work" – – 4 Philipp Fixmer 30 "Paradize" – – – – 5 Benjamin Dolic 21 "No Tears Left To Cry" – – 6 Eun Chae Rhee 23 "Gangnam Style" – – 7 Sirio Meier 20 "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" – – – – 8 Damiano Maiolino 27 "You Are The Reason" – – 9 Ute Spiegel 50 "Heart of Stone" – – – – 10 Mark Agpas 38 "Come Together"
Episode 8 (November 11) Order Artist Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Patrick Michi and Smudo Yvonne Mark 1 Debora Vater "Can't Fight This Feeling" 2 Taylor Shore "Incomplete" – – 3 Alina Kubina "I Miss You" – – – – 4 Fabrice Richter-Reichhelm "Weltwunder" – – 5 Maria Pasqua Casti "The Middle" – – 6 Chantal Dorn "You Are So Beautiful" – – 7 Luana Jil Kälin "Steady As She Goes" – – – – 8 Lars Kamphausen "Traum" – – 9 Susanne Czech "Water Under the Bridge" – – – – 10 Luka Nozza "Just For Tonight" – – – 11 Hugo Gonzalez Morales "Rush" – – 12 Kevin Owen "Whataya Want from Me" – – – – 13 Sinem Uraz "Isyan"
Sing Off The Sing Off determines which three artists from each team will advance to the final round of competition, the Semi Final. In this round, after an artist performs, he or she will sit in one of three seats above the stage. The first three artists performing from each team will sit down, but once the fourth artist performs, a coach has the choice of replacing the fourth artist with any artist sitting down or eliminating them immediately. Once all artists have performed, those who remain seated will advance to the Semi Final. The two Sing Off episodes was broadcast on 2 and 6 December.
Color key – Contestant was eliminated, either immediately or switched with another contestant – Contestant was not switched out and advanced to the Semi-final
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result Episode 14 1 Lia Joham "Believer" Eliminated 2 Alexander Eder "Ring of Fire" Eliminated 3 Kaye-Ree "Grenade" Eliminated 4 Fabrice Richter-Reichhelm "Keinen Zentimeter" Eliminated 5 Eun Chae Rhee "Toxic" Eliminated 6 Eros Atomus Isler "Roxanne" Advanced 7 Jeanie Celina Schultheiß "Genie in a Bottle" Eliminated 8 Sascha Coles "Breaking the Habit" Eliminated 9 Coby Grant "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Advanced 10 Clifford Dwenger "Niggas in Paris" Advanced 1 Alessandro Rütten "Hotter than Hell" Eliminated 2 Kira Mesterheide "Jealous" Eliminated 3 Dominik Hartz "Bye Bye" Eliminated 4 Jessica Schaffler "Human" Advanced 5 Laura Neels "Don't Leave Me Alone" Eliminated 6 Rahel Maas "Zu Dir" Advanced 7 Damiano Maiolini "She Said" Eliminated 8 Diana Babalola "Nutbush City Limits" Advanced 9 Felicitas Mayer "If I Wasn't Your Daughter" Eliminated 10 Misses Melaza "Despacito" Eliminated Episode 15 1 Guido Goh "With or Without You" Eliminated 2 Maria Pasqua Casti "Happy Now" Eliminated 3 Monica Lewis-Schmidt "Ain't Nobody" Eliminated 4 Liam Blaney "Shotgun" Eliminated 5 Ludmila Larusso "Who Wants to Live Forever" Eliminated 6 Samuel Rösch "Auf anderen Wegen" Advanced 7 Sümeyra Stahl "No Roots" Eliminated 8 Matthias Nebel "Breakeven" Advanced 9 Chantal Dorn "Lovesong" Eliminated 10 Bernarda Brunovic "Lady Marmalade" Advanced 1 Giuliano De Stefano "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Eliminated 2 Patrice Gerlach "Bubbly" Eliminated 3 Linda Alkhodor "Tell Me You Love Me" Advanced 4 James Smith Jr. "Earned It" Advanced 5 Flavio Baltermia "I'm All Over It" Eliminated 6 Malin Lewis "Brand New Me" Eliminated 7 Andreas Hauser "Summer Is A Curse" Eliminated 8 Benjamin Dolic "Stay" Advanced 9 Hugo Gonzalez Morales "XO" Eliminated 10 Nora Brandenburger "When We Were Young" Eliminated
Live Shows Week 1: Semifinals (December 9) The semi final aired on December 9, 2018 – with three acts from each team performing. The public chose one artist from each team to advance to the final. Group performance: Rita Ora and Top 12 - "Let You Love Me"
Order Coach Artist Song Voting Result 1 Mark Forster Diana Babalola "Crazy" 16,7% Eliminated 2 Rahel Maas "Schön Genug" 26,2% Eliminated 3 Jessica Schaffler "Head Above Water" 56,1% Advanced 4 Michi Beck & Smudo Eros Atomus Isler "Another Love" 37,6% Advanced 5 Clifford Dwenger "California Love" 31,0% Eliminated 6 Coby Grant "Let It Go" 31,4% Eliminated 7 Yvonne Catterfeld James Smith Jr. "Summer Love"9,9% Eliminated 8 Linda Alkhodor "Scars to Your Beautiful" 31,6% Eliminated 9 Benjamin Dolic "Can't Help Falling in Love" 58,5% Advanced 10 Michael Patrick Kelly Matthias Nebel "Wrecking Ball" 19,8% Eliminated 11 Samuel Rösch "Der Weg" 47,0% Advanced 12 Bernarda Brunovic "Free Your Mind" 33,2% Eliminated
Week 2: Finale (December 16) The final aired on December 16, 2018 – with one artist from each team performing. Coach Artist Order Solo Song Order Duet Song(with coach) Order Duet Song Voting Result Mark Forster Jessica Schaffler 5 "A Million Dreams" 9 "Einmal" 1 "Half Good As You"(with Tom Odell) 14.99% Third place Michi Beck & Smudo Eros Atomus Isler 7 "Fly Me To The Moon" 2 "Zusammen" 11 "Thursday"(with Jess Glynne) 13.52% Fourth place Michael Patrick Kelly Samuel Rösch 3 "In Diesem Moment" 6 "Auf Uns" 10 "Love Someone"(with Lukas Graham) 54.89% Winner Yvonne Catterfeld Benjamin Dolic 12 "She's Out of My Life" 4 "Creep" 8 "Ruin My Life"(with Zara Larsson) 16.60% Runner-up
Elimination Chart
Overall Color key Artist's info
Result details
+Live show results per week Artist Week 1 Week 2 Finale Samuel Rösch SafeWinner Benjamin Dolic SafeRunner-up Jessica Schaffler Safe3rd Place Eros Atomus Isler Safe4th Place Bernarda Brunović Eliminated Eliminated (Semi Final) Matthias Nebel Eliminated Linda Alkhodor Eliminated James Smith Jr. Eliminated Coby Grant Eliminated Clifford Dwenger Eliminated Rahel Maas Eliminated Diana Babalola Eliminated
Team Color key Artist's info
Result details
Artist Week 1 Week 2 Finale Samuel Rösch Advanced Winner Bernarda Brunović Eliminated Matthias Nebel Eliminated Eros Atomus Isler Advanced Fourth place Coby Grant Eliminated Clifford Dwenger Eliminated Benjamin Dolic Advanced Runner-up Linda Alkhodor Eliminated James Smith Jr. Eliminated Jessica Schaffler Advanced Third place Rahel Maas Eliminated Diana Babalola Eliminated
References
External links Official website on ProSieben.de The Voice of Germany on fernsehserien.de