The eleventh season of The Voice – Norges beste stemme (The Voice – Norway's Best Voice) is a talent show which premiered on 9 January 2026. Only Espen Lind returned as a coach from the previous season. Jarle Bernhoft returned for his third season as a coach, following a one-season hiatus. Debutants Ingebjørg Bratland and Marion Raven joined the panel as coaches this season. Additionally, Siri Avlesen-Østli returned for her fifth season as host.
Eskil Fossum won the competition on 29 May 2026, marking Ingebjørg Bratland's first win as a coach. Fossum became the second one-chair turn artist to win in the show's history, after Erlend Gunstveit in the sixth season. With Fossum's win, Bratland became the fourth coach to win on his/her debut season. Additionally, Bratland was the first coach in the show's history (and second worldwide) to have all finalists on his/her team.
Coaches
Of the four coaches in the previous season, only Espen Lind returned, marking his eighth season as a coach. Jarle Bernhoft returned for his third season as a coach following a one-season hiatus, replacing Yosef Wolde-Mariam. Ingebjørg Bratland and Marion Raven both joined the panel as debuting coaches, following the exits of Gabrielle Leithaug and Eva Weel Skram.
Teams Colour key
Winner Runner-Up Third Place Eliminated in the Semi-final Eliminated in the Playoffs Eliminated in the Knockouts Stolen in the Battles Eliminated in the Battles
+ Coaching teams Coaches Top 50 Artists Ingebjørg Bratland Eskil Fossum André Nesheim Nora Banne Sofia Loise Nora Hansen Alisa Ilinskaya Lina Randen Rebekka Vedøy Joakim Bjermeland Gina Eickstedt Vegard Eidsheim Eirik Fredsrud Anna Hjelen Elise Olsen Espen Lind Trym Bjønnes Leo Blix Magnus Pedersen Peter Estdahl Tiril Beisland Mathilda Bonnevier Fredrick Kaasa Maja Sasinia Nora Hansen Marie Lerkendal Edvard Aadland Johanne Møllerbråten Emily Riccardi Adrian Røren Marion Raven Birgitte Velsvik Betina Linstad Thea Meyer Maia Milano Joakim Bjermeland Håvard Husevåg Andreas Johansen Oliver Pettersen Tiril Beisland Sofia Berntsen Mads Henriksen Thomas Isaksen Marion Range Synnøve Stulien Vanja Vatle Jarle Bernhoft Anders Strøm Selma Poole Sara Tveit Mikael Zakariassen Samuel Balsnes Gina Eickstedt Marie Lerkendal André Søfteland Peter Estdahl Håvard Husevåg André Nesheim Frimann Bustad Sven Henriksen Sylvia Morgan Rebecka Skilbred
Blind auditions The blind auditions began on 9 January. In the round, artists perform for the four coaches, whose chairs are turned away from the artist. If a coach is interested in working with the artist, he/she presses a button to turn their chair. If only one coach turns, the artist defaults to his/her team. If multiple coaches turn, the artist picks his/her team. At the end of the blind auditions, each coach was to have twelve artists on his/her team. However, at the end of the blind auditions, Marion Raven and Jarle Bernhoft each had thirteen artists on their team.
+ Blind auditions colour key ✔ Coach pressed the "JEG VELGER DEG" (I Want You) button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button Artist received an 'All Turn'.
Episode 1 (9 January)
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ingebjørg Espen Marion Jarle 1 Maia Milano 19 "Voilà" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Trym Bjønnes 44 "Birds" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Olly Jacobsen "What a Wonderful World" — — — — 4 Joakim Bjermeland 33 "Undercover" ✔ — ✔ — 5 Vegard Eidsheim 19 "Love Like This" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 6 Selma Poole 18 "If You Wait" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Louisa Wergeland "Dive" — — — — 8 Marie Lerkendal 33 "Jorda" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 2 (16 January)
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ingebjørg Espen Marion Jarle 1 Mikael Zakariassen 21 "Heal" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Dorthea Flo "She Used to Be Mine" — — — — 3 Nora Banne 25 "Remedy" ✔ — ✔ — 4 Betina Linstad 19 "Love the Hell Out of You" — — ✔ — 5 Adrian Røren 25 "Selvskudd" — ✔ — — 6 Ida Brevik "Too Sweet" — — — — 7 Sofia Loise 26 "All the Things I Want to Tell U" (original song) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Marion Range 34 "Don't Forget Me" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Leo Blix 39 "No Surprises" ✔ ✔ ✔ —
Episode 3 (23 January)
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ingebjørg Espen Marion Jarle 1 André Søfteland 45 "I (Who Have Nothing)" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Lina Randen 21 "Hvis jeg var en Fugl" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 3 Nora Rosenberg "Mirror" — — — — 4 Eskil Fossum 23 "Die Alone" ✔ — — — 5 Tiril Beisland 23 "For Love" (Original Song) — — ✔ — 6 Anders Strøm 34 "Wondering Why" ✔ ✔ — ✔ 7 Sara Tveit 19 "Yebba's Heartbreak" — — — ✔ 8 Irina Veivåg "Tears Dry on Their Own" — — — — 9 Magnus Pedersen 28 "Something in the Orange" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 4 (30 January)
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ingebjørg Espen Marion Jarle 1 Samuel Balsnes 20 "Brown Eyed Lover" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Rebekka Vedøy 30 "Cowboy Take Me Away" ✔ — — — 3 Maja Sasinia 23 "Mellabar" (original song) ✔ ✔ ✔ — 4 Thea Meyer 29 "Whole Lotta Love" — — ✔ — 5 Anna Sælen "All I Want" — — — — 6 Fredrick Kaasa 35 "Both Sides, Now" — ✔ ✔ — 7 Andreas Mørland "Vår Beste Dag" — — — — 8 Mari Stinussen "Hypotheticals" — — — — 9 Elise Olsen 27 "The Closest Thing to Crazy" ✔ — ✔ —
Episode 5 (6 February)
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ingebjørg Espen Marion Jarle 1 Oliver Pettersen 22 "Monsters" ✔ — ✔ — 2 Alisa Ilinskaya 29 "Seven Nation Army" ✔ — — — 3 Helene Blom-Ohlsen "How to Disappear Completely" — — — — 4 Mathilda Bonnevier 26 "The Lion's Roar" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 5 Sandra Szabo "Don't Stop Believin'" — — — — 6 Frimann Bustad 27 "How I Like It" (original song) ✔ — — ✔ 7 Madeleine Christensen "Rise Up" — — — — 8 Mads Henriksen 29 "Forever Young" — — ✔ — 9 Nora Hansen 33 "Folk i Husan" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 6 (13 February)
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ingebjørg Espen Marion Jarle 1 Johanne Møllerbråten 28 "Liten Egoist" (original song) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Trym Hagaliam "Folsom Prison Blues" — — — — 3 Sylvia Morgan 23 "Levitating" — — — ✔ 4 Thomas Isaksen 43 "All My Love" — — ✔ — 5 Sol Geirsdottir "Trøllabudin" — — — — 6 André Nesheim 30 "Turning Tables" ✔ ✔ — ✔ 7 Vanja Vatle 25 "In the Stars" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 8 Hanne Boudreaux "Devil Wears Denim" — — — — 9 Anna Hjelen 21 "Funeral" ✔ — ✔ —
Episode 7 (20 February)
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ingebjørg Espen Marion Jarle 1 Birgitte Velsvik 42 "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 2 Sara Helen "Heart on the Table" (original song) — — — — 3 Eirik Fredsrud 29 "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" ✔ — — — 4 Rakel Mitrovic "Part of Your World" — — — — 5 Rebecka Skilbred 29 "Sweet Little Rainbows"——— ✔ 6 Edvard Aadland 25 "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Synnøve Stulien 23 "Evidence" — — ✔ — 8 Ella Leinsvang "White Horse" — — — — 9 Håvard Husevåg 27 "Bed I Made" ✔ — —✔
Episode 8 (27 February)
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ingebjørg Espen Marion Jarle 1 Emily Riccardi "Wish You Well" — ✔✔ — 2 Sofia Berntsen "Save Me a Seat" (original song) — — ✔ — 3 Gina Eickstedt 29 "October Sky" ✔ — ✔ — 4 Benjamin Christensen "He's a Tramp" — — — — 5 Peter Estdahl "When" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Henry Liadal "Summertime Sadness" — — — — 7 Sven Henriksen "Chocolate Jesus" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Trygve Julian "Unchained Melody" — — — — 9 Andreas Johansen "Twilight" — — ✔ —
Battles The battles aired from 6 March to 27 March. In this round, each coach pairs two of their artists to sing a duet. The coach then selects one artist to move on while the other is either stolen by another coach or eliminated. Each coach has two steals.
+ Battles color key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle, but was stolen by another coach, and, advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
+ Battles results Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal result Ingebjørg Espen Marion Jarle Episode 9 Ingebjørg 1 Nora Banne "Drivers License" Gina Eickstedt — — Jarle 2 André Søfteland "Easy Lover" Frimann Bustad — — — Espen 3 Magnus Pedersen "Bak en fasade" Johanne Møllerbråten — — — Marion 4 Birgitte Velsvik "Defying Gravity" Marion Range — — — Ingebjørg 5 Alisa Ilinskaya "MMMBop" Elise Olsen — — — Jarle 6 Sara Tveit "Lover, Please Stay" Peter Estdahl Episode 10 Jarle 1 Mikael Zakariassen "Hold Back the River" André Nesheim — — Espen 2 Maja Sasinia "That's So True" Emily Riccardi — — — Marion 3 Betina Linstad "Good Luck, Babe!" Synnøve Stulien — — —Tiril Beisland — — Ingebjørg 4 Eskil Fossum "Death with Dignity" Vegard Eidsheim — — — Jarle 5 Anders Strøm "The Boys Are Back in Town"Sven Henriksen — — — Marion 6 Oliver Pettersen "If You Love Her"Vanja Vatle — — — Episode 11 Jarle 1 Selma Poole "Morning is Made" Håvard Husevåg — — Espen 2 Mathilda Bonnevier "Maniac" Adrian Røren — — — Ingebjørg 3 Rebekka Vedøy "Need You Now" Anna Hjelen — — — Marion 4 Thea Meyer "Somewhere Out There" Thomas Isaksen — — — 5 Maia Milano "I Love You, I'm Sorry" Sofia Berntsen — — — Espen 6 Trym Bjønnes "Little Blue" Nora Hansen — — Episode 12 Espen 1 Leo Blix "Don't Give Up" Marie Lerkendal — — Ingebjørg 2 Lina Randen "Ingen here Den" Eirik Fredsrud — — — Jarle 3Samuel Balsnes "How Deep Is Your Love" Sylvia Morgan — — — Rebecka Skilbred — — — Marion 4 Andreas Johansen "My Silver Lining" Mads Henriksen — — — Espen 5 Fredrick Kaasa "Dust in the Wind" Edvard Aadland — — — Ingebjørg 6 Sofia Loise "/Golden"Joakim Bjermeland — — —
Knockouts The knockouts began airing on 10 April. In this round, each coach pairs two of their artists to sing separate songs. Their coach then selects one artist to move on and the other is eliminated. There are no steals in the round.
Color key: Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Live Shows Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Song Artists Song Episode 13 Ingebjørg 1 "Loud" Nora Banne Nora Hansen "Jeg reiser alene" Espen 2 "Miracle Love" Peter Estdahl Maja Sasinia "Alt feil" Marion 3 "Edge of Seventeen" Thea Meyer Oliver Pettersen "I Can't Do This" Jarle 4 "The Spirit Carries On" Anders Strøm Marie Lerkendal "Vi Lovar (Besvärjelse)" Episode 14 Ingebjørg 1 "Ta det meg med" Sofia Loise Rebekka Vedøy "Any Man of Mine Espen 2 "When You Were Young" Leo Blix Tiril Beisland "So Easy (To Fall in Love)" Marion 3 "My Way" Birgitte Velsvik Joakim Bjermeland "Litt Lengre" Jarle 4 "Die on This Hill" Selma Poole Gina Eickstedt "Paper Hearts" Episode 15 Espen 1 "Hjerteknuser" Magnus Pedersen Fredrick Kaasa "Wichita Lineman" Marion 2 "Vi er perfekt men verden er ikke det" Maia Milano Andreas Johansen "Alonica" Ingebjørg 3 "Used to Be" André Nesheim Lina Haug "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" Jarle 4 "Worth It" Sara Tveit Andre Søfteland "With a Little Help from My Friends" Episode 16Espen 1"Mad World"Trym BjønnesMathilda Bonnevier"Nothing You Can Take From Me"Marion 2"Ghost Story"Betina LinstadHåvard Husevåg"Everglow"Ingebjørg 3"Orange Juice"Eskil FossumAlisa Ilinskaya"Evergreen"Jarle 4"I'm Not The Only One"Mikael ZakariassenSamuel Balsnes"Look Who's Laughing Now"
The Quarterfinals The Live Shows began airing on 8 May. In this round, the artist pick a song and only four move on out of the eight allowed. At the end of the round, Teams Ingebjørg and Espen both had three artists each advance to the semifinals and Teams Marion and Jarle had one artist each advance.
Color key: Artist received enough votes and advanced to the Semi-Finals Artist lost the quarterfinals and was eliminated