The first season of the German talent show The Voice Senior premiered on December 23, 2018 on Sat.1. The coaches were the duo Alec Völkel and Sascha Vollmer of the band The BossHoss, the singer and actress Yvonne Catterfeld, the singer and songwriter Mark Forster and the singer Sasha Schmitz. The hosts were Lena Gercke and Thore Schölermann.
Dan Lucas was named the winner of the season on January 4, 2019; making him the first contestant to win the show and Sasha Schmitz first win as a coach on The Voice Senior.
Coaches and hosts
On June 29, 2018; the coaching panel for the first season was confirmed with Mark Forster, The BossHoss, Yvonne Catterfeld, all of whom have been coaches in the adult version; and Sasha Schmitz, who was previously a coach on The Voice Kids.
Current hosts of The Voice of Germany, Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke, appointed as hosts for the first season.
Teams Colour key
Coach Top 20 artists Mark Forster Joerg Kemp Giselle Rommel Matteo Comis Charles Duncan Elvira Slawinski The BossHoss Willi Stein Wolfgang Schorer Steffen Martin Heike Grammbitter Hildegard Gutt Yvonne Catterfeld Fritz Bliesener Janice Harrington Eduardo Villegas Geff Harrison Anna Greene Dell'Era Sasha Schmitz Dan Lucas Gabriele Treftz Walter Golczyk Barbara Parzeczewski Michael Dixon
Blind auditions The two episodes of blind audition was broadcast on 23 and 28 December 2018 in Sat.1. Color key Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button Artist received a wildcard
Episode 1 (December 23) The first blind audition episode was broadcast on December 23, 2018.
Order Artist Age Song Mark BossHoss Yvonne Sasha 1 Walter Golczyk 75 "Hard to Handle" 2 Gabriele Treftz 78 "Für Mich Soll's Rote Rosen Regnen" 3 Steffen Martin 64 "Junge" — 4 Nicolasa Antiquera-Mall 61 "One More Light" — — — — 5 Fritz Bliesener 80 "’O sole mio" 6 Janice Harrington 76 "Honky Tonk Women" — 7 Matteo Comis 62 "You to Me Are Everything" — — 8 Giselle Rommel 77 "Ich Liebe Das Leben" — — 9 Thomas 'Thommy' Klemt 74 "Blue Suede Shoes" — — — — 10 Heike Grammbitter 63 "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" — 11 Dan Lucas 64 "You're the Voice"
Episode 2 (December 28) The second blind audition episode was broadcast on December 28, 2018.
Order Artist Age Song Mark BossHoss Yvonne Sasha 1 Wolfgang Schorer 61 "Born to Be Wild" 2 Eduardo Villegas 65 "Fragile" — — 3 Birgit Rüssmann 66 "No No Never" — — — — 4 Geff Harrison 71 "A Whiter Shade of Pale" 5 Joerg Kemp 64 "Still" — — 6 Willi Stein 68 "Maria" — — 7 Barbara Parzeczewski 65 "Walking By Myself" — — 8 Charles Duncan 78 "That's Life" — — — 9 Anna Greene Dell'Era 61 "Rise Up" — 10 Christian Herden 63 "Hier spricht dein Herz" — — — — 11 Elvira Slawinski 68 "Ich Will Keine Schokolade" — — — 12 Michael Dixon 68 "A House Is Not A Home" 13 Hildegard Gutt 80 "Adieu" — — — —
Sing offs The episode of sing offs was broadcast on 30 December 2018 in Sat.1. In this phase determines which two artists from each team will advance to the Final. When all artists have sung the coach decides who goes through.
Color key Artist was saved by his/her coach and advanced to the Final Artist was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result Episode 3 1 Dan Lucas "Don't Stop Believin'" Advanced 2 Barbara Parzeczewski "Proud Mary" Eliminated 3 Michael Dixon "What the World Needs Now Is Love" Eliminated 4 Walter Golczyk "Roll Over Beethoven" Eliminated 5 Gabriele Treftz "Für Immer" Advanced 1 Eduardo Villegas "Corazón Espinado" Eliminated 2 Janice Harrington "Hound Dog" Advanced 3 Geff Harrison "The First Cut Is the Deepest" Eliminated 4 Anna Greene Dell'Era "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" Eliminated 5 Fritz Bliesener "Il mare calmo della sera" Advanced 1 Elvira Slawinski "Morgens Immer Müde" Eliminated 2 Charles Duncan "Make You Feel My Love" Eliminated 3 Joerg Kemp "Auf anderen Wegen" Advanced 4 Giselle Rommel "Musik liegt in der Luft" Advanced 5 Matteo Comis "It's Not Unusual" Eliminated 1 Hildegard Gutt "Eins und Eins, das macht Zwei" Eliminated 2 Steffen Martin "Du schreibst Geschichte" Eliminated 3 Heike Grammbitter "Oh! Darling" Eliminated 4 Willi Stein "Torna a Surriento" Advanced 5 Wolfgang Schorer "Smoke on the Water" Advanced
Final The stage performances of the finale were recorded on December 1, 2018 in Berlin and on January 4, 2019 was broadcast. Only the announcement of the decision audience via televoting was broadcast live, but in a smaller studio with no presence of the coaches and the audience.
The contestants are mentored by their coach and choose a song that they want to sing in the final. In the first round the coach decides which one act remains and the other act will then be eliminated. The final round is chosen the winner by the public at home by televoting.
Coach Artist Round 1 Round 2 Order First Song Coach decision Order Second Song Viewers Voting Result Yvonne Catterfeld Janice Harrington 1 "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" Eliminated colspan="4" Fritz Bliesener 2 "The Prayer" Advanced 12 "Caruso" 17.5% Runner-up Mark Forster Giselle Rommel 3 "Ich glaub 'ne Dame Werd' ich Nie" Eliminated colspan="4" Joerg Kemp 4 "Eiserner Steg" Advanced 9 "In Meinem Leben" 6.5% Third Place The Bosshoss Wolfgang Schorer 5 "Highway to Hell" Eliminated colspan="4" Willi Stein 6 "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" Advanced 10 "One Moment in Time" 6.0% Fourth Place Sasha Schmitz Gabriele Treftz 7 "Lili Marleen" Eliminated colspan="4" Dan Lucas 8 "Alone" Advanced 11 "Help!" 70.0% Winner
Elimination chart
Overall Color key Artist's info
Result details
+sing offs and final results per week Artist Sing Offs Final Round 1 Round 2 Dan Lucas Safe SafeWinner Fritz Bliesener Safe SafeRunner-up Joerg Kemp Safe SafeThird Place Willi Stein Safe SafeFourth Place Gabriele Treftz Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Final) Wolfgang Schorer Safe Eliminated Giselle Rommel Safe Eliminated Janice Harrington Safe Eliminated Steffen Martin Eliminated Eliminated (Sing Offs) Heike Grammbitter Eliminated Hildegard Gutt Eliminated Matteo Comis Eliminated Charles Duncan Eliminated Elvira Slawinski Eliminated Eduardo Villegas Eliminated Geff Harrison Eliminated Anna Greene Dell'Era Eliminated Walter Golczyk Eliminated Barbara Parzeczewski Eliminated Michael Dixon Eliminated
Team Color key Artist's info
Result details
Artist Sing Offs Final Round 1 Round 2 Joerg Kemp Advanced Advanced Third Place Giselle Rommel Advanced Eliminated Matteo Comis Eliminated Charles Duncan Eliminated Elvira Slawinski Eliminated Willi Stein Advanced Advanced Fourth Place Wolfgang Schorer Advanced Eliminated Steffen Martin Eliminated Heike Grammbitter Eliminated Hildegard Gutt Eliminated Fritz Bliesener Advanced Advanced Runner-up Janice Harrington Advanced Eliminated Eduardo Villegas Eliminated Geff Harrison Eliminated Anna Greene Dell'Era Eliminated Dan Lucas Advanced Advanced Winner Gabriele Treftz Advanced Eliminated Walter Golczyk Eliminated Barbara Parzeczewski Eliminated Michael Dixon Eliminated
Ratings Episode Date Timeslot Viewers Share(in %) Source Total 14 - 49 Years Total 14 - 49 Years 1 Sunday 20:15pm 3.13 1.42 9.9 13.1 2 Friday 20:15pm 2.16 0.90 7.6 10.6 3 Sunday 20:15pm 2.30 0.92 7.5 9.2 4 Friday 20:15pm 2.20 0.81 7.8 9.7
References
External links Official website on Sat1.de The Voice Senior on fernsehserien.de