The Voice Generations is a 2023 Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by GMA Network. Based on the Australian television series The Voice Generations, it is the third spin-off of The Voice of the Philippines. Directed by Johnny Manahan, it was hosted by Dingdong Dantes. It premiered on August 27, 2023 on the network's Sunday Grande sa Gabi line up. The show concluded on December 10, 2023, with a total of 16 episodes.
Overview Development On January 7, 2023, GMA Network announced its series lineup for 2023, which included The Voice Generations, a spin-off of The Voice franchise that first aired in Australia a year prior. The series is the third spin-off of The Voice of the Philippines. Johnny Manahan, who directed the other versions of the series within the Philippines, returned to direct the Generations spin-off. The series was produced by ITV Studios.
On a media conference for the series, GMA Network announced that the series would premiere on August 27, 2023.
Producers' auditions
Online auditions for the series on April 20, 2023, to group acts which consist of two or more natural-born Filipinos aged seven years old and older, with at least two members that have at least a ten-year age gap from one another. It was also required that the members of the acts have an "authentic relationship" with one another. Acts with existing contracts with recording companies or talent managers were prohibited from auditioning.
Auditionees were assisted in their online audition process in dedicated booths at several Sparkle Caravan events. The auditions concluded with an in-person casting call held on June 15, 2023, at GMA Network Studios.
+ On-ground auditions for The Voice Generations Date Venue City GMA Network Center Quezon City Sparkle Caravan Iloilo City Davao City Park Inn by Radisson Davao GMA Network Center Quezon City
Hosts
Dingdong Dantes was announced as the series's host in a broadcast of All-Out Sundays on April 2, 2023. For the YouTube and Facebook livestreams, Crystal Paras and Timmy Albert hosted the pilot episode; Matt Lozano and Shuvee Etrata for episodes 2-5; and Betong Sumaya and Jennie Gabriel for episodes 6-16.
Coaches
The show's panel of coaches was later announced on June 9, 2023, via the network's flagship news program, 24 Oras. The coaching panel consists of Billy Crawford, an actor and recording artist; Chito Miranda, the frontman of Parokya ni Edgar, who previously served as a judge on the second season of Idol Philippines a year prior; Julie Anne San Jose, a singer-songwriter who is regarded as one of the best-selling recording artists in the Philippines; and Stell, a member of the Philippine boy band SB19.
Selection process and format
Blind auditions The season opens with the Blind Auditions, the first televised stage of the competition. In this round, the four coaches sit in chairs facing the audience, with their backs turned to the artists. Judging solely on vocal ability, coaches press a button to turn their chairs if they’re interested in mentoring an artist. If more than one coach turns, the artist chooses whose team to join; if only one coach turns, the artist automatically joins that team. By the end of the round, each coach will have formed a team to advance to the next stage of the competition.
Competitions Following the blind auditions, the artists will compete in the sing-offs, the battles, semi-finals and the live finale.
Coaches' teams Teams Color key
Winner Finalist Eliminated in the semi-finals Eliminated in the battles Eliminated in the sing-offs
Coaches Top 20 artistsChito Miranda Sorority Kris & Cha Twirali The Queens SeendiBilly Crawford P3 Fources Ayta Brothers G-Code IOJ BandJulie Anne San Jose Music & Me Mamaland O Duo Alliyana Trio ChancessStell VocalMyx ForteNors Luntayao Family Mark & Willy Imperial Duo
Blind auditions The show premiered with the Blind Auditions on August 27, 2023. In this stage, artists perform while the coaches sit with their chairs facing the audience. If a coach is interested, they press a button to turn and face the performer. If only one coach turns, the artist automatically joins their team; if multiple coaches turn, the artist chooses which team to join.
Each coach— Chito (Parokya ni Chito), Billy (Team Bilib), Julie (JuleSquad), and Stell (StellBound)— is tasked with building a team of five acts. By the end of the round, 20 acts advanced to the next stage, including four who received turns from all four coaches.
+ Blind auditions color key ✔ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Artists defaulted to a coach's team Artists joined this coach's team Artists were eliminated with no coach pressing their button
Episode 1 (August 27) The broadcast began with the coaches performing "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.
+ First blind audition results Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Chito Billy Julie Stell 1 VocalMyx 13–24 Cagayan de Oro "Haypa" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Alliyana Trio 10–32 Bicol "Emotion" – – ✔ – 3 Fources 12–? Quezon "Alapaap" – ✔ – – 4 The Sons "Himala" – – – – 5 Sorority 16–26 Cebu "Lady Marmalade" ✔ – – –
Episode 2 (September 3) + Second blind audition results Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Chito Billy Julie Stell 1 O Duo 10 & ? "Rolling in the Deep" – – ✔ – 2 Ayta Brothers "All My Life" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 The Glitter 21–31 "Kapayapaan" – – – – 4 ForteNors "Narito Ako" ✔ ✔ – ✔ 5 The Queens 16 & 26 "Hanggang Kailan" ✔ – – ✔
Episode 3 (September 10) + Third blind audition results Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Chito Billy Julie Stell 1 Mamaland 27 & 42 Las Piñas / Cainta, Rizal "Banal Na Aso, Santong Kabayo" – – ✔ ✔ 2 Denians Vocal Ensemble Davao "Iisang Bangka" – – – – 3 Twirali 10–37 "Anak" ✔ – – – 4 IOJ Band "Sana Dalawa Ang Puso Ko" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Imperial Duo Tondo, Manila "When You Believe" – – ✔ ✔
Episode 4 (September 17) + Fourth blind audition results Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Chito Billy Julie Stell 1 P3 23–33 Pampanga "Noypi" ✔ ✔ – – 2 Luntayao Family "Mapa" ✔ – – ✔ 3 Amazing JDF Cebu "Bakit Kung Sino Pa" – – – – 4 Seendi 29–49 "Upuan" ✔ – – – 5 Music & Me Bohol "Makita Kang Muli" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 5 (September 24) + Fifth blind audition results Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Chito Billy Julie Stell 1 Jill & Grace 8 & ? "Fight Song" – – – – 2 G-Code 15–26 "Amakabogera" ✔ ✔ – – 3 Chancess "Tadhana"– rowspan=3 ✔ – 4 Kris & Cha 58 & ? "Yakapin Mo Ako" ✔ rowspan=2 ✔ 5 Mark & Willy 52 & 29 "Ikaw ang Pangarap" ✔
Sing-offs The second stage of the competition, the Sing-offs, began airing on October 1, 2023, featuring 20 artists. At the start of each episode, coaches randomly draw envelopes backstage to determine which team will perform— whoever draws the envelope with the show's logo goes first. Coaches also decide the performance order of their team members.
In this round, artists perform a song of their choice for their respective coach. At the end of the episode, each coach selects four acts to advance to the Battles, narrowing the competition to 16 artists. Color key Artists were chosen by their coach to advance to the battles. Group was eliminated.
+ Sing-offs results Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result Episode 6 Billy Crawford 1 IOJ Band "Eto na Naman" Eliminated 2 G-Code "Salute" Advanced 3 Ayta Brothers "Atin Cu Pung Singsing/Tayo na Lang" Advanced 4 Fources "Iris" Advanced 5 P3 "Can't Help Falling in Love" Advanced Episode 7 Chito Miranda 1 Seendi "Rocketeer" Eliminated 2 Twirali "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Advanced 3 The Queens "New York, New York" Advanced 4 Kris & Cha "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Advanced 5 Sorority "I'm Every Woman" Advanced Episode 8 Julie Anne San Jose 1 Music & Me "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" Advanced 2 O Duo "Where Is the Love?" Advanced 3 Chancess "Hindi Tayo Pwede" Eliminated 4 Mamaland "Rise Up" Advanced 5 Alliyana Trio "Habang May Buhay" Advanced Episode 9 Stell 1 Luntayao Family "We Are the Champions" Advanced 2 Imperial Duo "I Will Always Love You" Eliminated 3 Mark & Willy "Buwan" Advanced 4 VocalMyx "Marupok" Advanced 5 ForteNors "Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas" Advanced
Battles The Battles began airing on October 29, 2023. Following the Sing-offs, each coach entered the round with four groups. As in the previous stage, coaches backstage drew envelopes to determine which teams would perform—this time, two coaches' teams were featured per episode.
Artists were unaware of their matchups until the day of their battle. Each group performed a back-to-back song selected by their coach, and at the end of each battle, one group was eliminated. By the close of the round, only eight groups remained in the competition.
To guide their teams, coaches were joined by advisors: Parokya ni Edgar for Parokya ni Chito, Zack Tabudlo for Team Bilib, Christian Bautista for JuleSquad, and SB19 for StellBound.
Color key Group was chosen by their coach to advance to the semi-finals Group was eliminated.
Episode Coach Order Song Artists Song Order Winner Loser Episode 10 Julie Anne San Jose 2 "Flowers" Mamaland Alliyana Trio "Holding Out for a Hero" 1 Stell 4 "This I Promise You" ForteNors Mark & Willy "Tatsulok" 3 Episode 11 Billy Crawford 2 "Lunod" Fources G-Code "Survivor" 1 Chito Miranda 3 "Against All Odds" Kris & Cha The Queens "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" 4 Episode 12 Chito Miranda 2 "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Sorority Twirali "Sino ang Baliw" 1 Stell 3 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" VocalMyx Luntayao Family "All by Myself" 4 Episode 13 Billy Crawford 2 "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan" P3 Ayta Brothers "One Day" 1 Julie Anne San Jose 4 "Livin' On A Prayer" Music & Me O Duo "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" 3
+ Non-competition performances Order Performers Song 10.1 SB19 "Liham" 11.1 Billy Crawford & Zack Tabudlo "Delulu" 12.1 Parokya ni Edgar "Halaga" 13.1 Julie Anne San Jose & Christian Bautista "Rewrite the Stars"
Semi-finals The Semi-finals began airing on November 26, 2023, featuring the eight remaining groups— two per team— competing for a spot in the Grand Finals. After all performances, each coach selected one group from their team to advance to the Grand Finals, narrowing the competition to the final four.
Group was chosen by their coach to advance to the finals Group was eliminated
Episode Order Coach Artist Song Result Episode 14 1 Billy Crawford Fources "Story of My Life" Eliminated 2 P3 "All I Ask" Billy's choice 3 Stell VocalMyx "Queen of the Night" Stell's choice 4 ForteNors "You Give Love a Bad Name" Eliminated Episode 15 1 Chito Miranda Kris & Cha "Always Remember Us This Way" Eliminated 2 Sorority "Doo Bidoo" Chito's choice 3 Julie Anne San Jose Mamaland "Diamonds" Eliminated 4 Music & Me "Defying Gravity" Julie's choice
+ Non-competition performances Order Performers Song 14.1 Jamie Miller & Stell "Here's Your Perfect" 14.2 Jamie Miller & Julie Anne San Jose "Maybe Next Time" 15.1 Apl.de.ap "I Gotta Feeling" 15.2 Apl.de.ap, Chito Miranda & Billy Crawford "Bebot"
Grand finals The Grand Finals aired live on December 10, 2023, with one finalist representing each coach. The remaining four acts competed head-to-head, with the winner determined exclusively by public vote.
The grand prize included a trophy, a recording and management contract with UMG Philippines, and ₱1 million in cash. Winner Finalist
Episode Order Coach Artist Song Result Episode 16 1 Julie Anne San Jose Music & Me "Hallelujah" Finalist 2 Billy Crawford P3 "Go the Distance" Finalist 3 Stell VocalMyx "Into the Unknown" Winner 4 Chito Miranda Sorority "This Is Me" Finalist
Ratings According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People in television homes, the pilot episode of The Voice Generations earned an 11.1% rating.
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