The third season of the Italian singing competition The Voice Kids began airing on 15 November 2024, on Rai 1. Shortly prior to the season airing, the panel was confirmed to be the same as the previous season, with Arisa, Clementino, Gigi D'Alessio, and Loredana Bertè all returned as returned as coaches. Additionally, Antonella Clerici returned for her third consecutive season as host.
Thirteen-year-old Melissa Memeti won the season on 20 December, marking Bertè's second win as a coach on The Voice Kids (his third overall after her win on the first season of The Voice Senior). Ten-year-old finalist Leonardo Giovannangeli was later selected to represent Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
Coaches The coaches of the third season of The Voice Kids were Clementino, Gigi D'Alessio and Loredana Bertè, who returned for their third seasons. Alongside them Arisa returned for her second season.
Teams
Winner Finalists Eliminated in the Final Eliminated in the Battles
Coaches Top 36 artists ArisaNiccolò FranceschiniAlessio DistefanoAnnamaria MihalacheAurora Di ProfioAurora GalanteEmma MilaniFlaminia OcchipintiGiorgia AllegriniGiulia Fina ClementinoRiccardo CallegariBenedetta MunegliaLeonardo GiovannangeliAlessandra ColacarloAlessandro PompeoCecilia CataldoFederica Lo PortoIsabel DurastanteSilvano Fava Gigi D'AlessioMaria Sofia CoronaFrancesco MaugeriSofia MonegatoDennis BennicasaElisa CasellaFrancesco Paolo ScelzoLinda RoretiNausica SperanziniTommaso Aiello Loredana Bertè Melissa Memeti Carol Cadeo Gabriel Jimenez Martinez Asia Bavaro Benedetta Morzetta Marco Della Mura Martina Panarello Sara Ghinassi Viola Vivo
Blind auditions The blind auditions premiered on 15 November 2024. Each coach must have nine artists on their team at the end of the blind auditions. Each coach is given one "block" to use in the entirety of the blind auditions. Additionally, each coach has one "super pass" to award to an artist which defaults the artist to their team and automatically advances them to the final.
+ Blind auditions color key ✔ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to a coach's team Artist elected this coach's team Artist eliminated as no coach pressing their button The artist received the "Super Pass" and advanced to the final ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was super blocked by Arisa ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was super blocked by Clementino ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was super blocked by Gigi ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was super blocked by Loredana
+ Blind auditions results Episode Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Arisa Clementino Gigi Loredana Episode 1 1 Emma Milani13Galbiate"" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Annamaria Mihalache11Vetralla"" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ 3 Alessandro Pompeo10Montescaglioso"Rock 'n' Roll Robot" ✔ ✔ — — 4 Melissa Memeti13Casoli"Listen" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Giulia Fina10San Donaci"Viva la pappa col pomodoro" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Alessio Distefano12Sesto San Giovanni"Sweet Child o' Mine" ✔ 7 Livia Fanara8Canicattì"" — — — — 8 Francesco Maugeri12Niscemi"Voilà" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Asia Bavaro12Bari"Sogna, ragazzo, sogna" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Antonino Pizzardi10Niscemi"Casa mia" — — — — 11 Cecilia Cataldo14Matera"Don't Stop Me Now" — ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 2 1 Maria Sofia Corona13San Sperate"Your Love" ✔ 2 Silvano Fava10Bologna"" — ✔ — — 3 Aurora Di Profio11Montesilvano"Ovunque sarai" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Francesca Quero10Massafra"La sirenetta" — — — — 5 Marco Della Mura14Corigliano-Rossano"Granada" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ 6 Sofia Monegato13Asolo"Something's Got a Hold on Me" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Tommaso Aiello14Decimomannu"" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Federico Thinh Fantini14Milan"Shake It Off" — — — — 9 Benedetta Morzetta10Empoli"La noia" — — — ✔ 10 Sara Ghinassi13Faenza"What Was I Made For?" — — ✔ ✔ 11 Luca Oliveira12Naples"M' manc" — — — — 12 Alessandra Colacarlo14Casoli"" — ✔ — — Episode 3 1 Dennis Benincasa13Pontedera"" — ✘ ✔ ✔ 2 Isabel Durastante8L'Aquila"Dance Monkey" — ✔ ✔ — 3 Giorgia Allegrini14Bari"Oro"✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Giovanni Iannone11Naples"Un amore così grande" — — — — 5 Linda Loreti12Assisi"Sei nell'anima" — ✔ ✔ — 6 Gabriel Jimenez Martinez12Genoa"Let It Be" — ✔ 7 Flaminia Occhipinti10Vittoria""✔ — — — 8 Francesco Paolo Scelzo13Salsomaggiore Terme"Abbracciame" — ✔ ✔ — 9 Vittoria Cuciniello12Scafati"Ma non tutta la vita" — — — — 10 Riccardo Callegari12Medicina"Lose Yourself" — ✔ 11 Martina Panarello13Rome"" — — ✔ ✔ 12 Nicolò Martini11Canelli"Ma che idea" — — — — 13 Federica Lo Porto12Palermo"Tutta colpa mia" — ✔ — — Episode 41Niccolò Franceschini14Rieti"" ✔✔✔✔2Nausica Speranzini11Molfetta"Un amore da favola"✔— ✔—3Dario Mattia11Bitonto"Dove si balla"————4Benedetta Muneglia13Vittoria""— ✔✔✔5Giorgia Cangemi10Partinico"Come un ragazzo"————6Viola Vivo9Taggia"Distratto"✔—— ✔7Leonardo Giovannangeli10Rome"The Way You Make Me Feel"✔ ✔✔✔8Aurora Galante12Montesilvano"" ✔ rowspan="5" ✔✔9 Azzurra Chiara Galasso 11 Francavilla al Mare "Portami a ballare" rowspan="4" — —10Elisa Casella13Velletri"Set Fire to the Rain" ✔✔11 Vittoria Ganzerli 13 Curtatone "Perdere l'amore" rowspan="2" —12Carol Cadeo10Rome"Nessun dolore"✔
Battles The battles, also dubbed as the semi-final, saw the 32 remaining contestants compete, which determined the 12 young finalists of the program. The challenges took place between three competitors from the same team who each battle performing the track assigned to them by their coach, who at the end of the performances decided the finalist of the three, eliminating the other two. At the end of the challenges, two competitors per team made it to the final, joining the finalist decreed at the Blind Auditions, through the use of the Super Pass. The battles aired on February 7, 2026. Artist won the battle and advanced to the final Artist lost the battle and was eliminated EpisodeCoachOrderArtistSongResultEpisode 5Loredana Bertè1Sara Ghinassi"Il mio canto libero"Eliminated2Carol Cadeo"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"Advanced3Viola Vivo"Se piovesse il tuo nome"Eliminated4Asia Bavaro"Beggin'"EliminatedGigi D'Alessio5Linda Loreti"Grande, grande, grande"Eliminated6Francesco Maugeri"La rondine"Advanced7Dennis Benincasa""Eliminated8Elisa Casella"Meraviglioso amore mio"EliminatedArisa9Flaminia Occhipinti""Eliminated10Aurora Di Profio"Try"Eliminated11Aurora Galante""Eliminated12Annamaria Mihalache"Beautiful"AdvancedClementino13Federica Lo Porto"Amare"Eliminated14Silvano Fava"Rosamunda"Eliminated15Leonardo Giovannangeli"Believer"Advanced16Alessandra Colacarlo""EliminatedLoredana Bertè17Marco Della Mura"Con te partirò"Eliminated18Benedetta Morzetta"Sinceramente"Eliminated19Melissa Memeti"Greatest Love of All"Advanced20Martina Panarello"Mentre tutto scorre"EliminatedGigi D'Alessio21Francesco Paolo Scelzo"Rossetto e caffè"Eliminated22Nausica Speranzini"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"Eliminated23Tommaso Aiello"Follia d'amore"Eliminated24Sofia Monegato""AdvancedArisa25Giulia Fina"Ma che freddo fa"Eliminated26Emma Milani"Mercy"Eliminated27Giorgia Allegrini""Eliminated28Niccolò Franceschini"Poetica"AdvancedClementino29Alessandro Pompeo""Eliminated30Isabel Durastante"Flowers"Eliminated31Benedetta Muneglia""Advanced32Cecilia Cataldo"Hopelessly Devoted to You"Eliminated
Final The final, aired on December 20, 2024, consisted of two rounds. In the first phase of the final, the twelve talents who reached the final must perform a cover assigned by their coach. At the end of the first phase, only four, one from each team, will advance on the second phase of the final. At the end of the second and final phase, the winner of the third season of The Voice Kids was announced.
First round Artist advanced to the Top 4 Artist was eliminated EpisodeCoachOrderArtistSongResultEpisode 6Arisa1Annamaria Mihalache""EliminatedGigi D'Alessio2Maria Sofia Corona"My Heart Will Go On"AdvancedLoredana Bertè3Carol Cadeo"Briciole"EliminatedClementino4Leonardo Giovannangeli"Beautiful Things"EliminatedGigi D'Alessio5Francesco Maugeri"La donna cannone"EliminatedArisa6Alessio Distefano"The Final Countdown"EliminatedClementino7Riccardo Callegari"Penso positivo"AdvancedLoredana Bertè8Melissa Memeti"I Have Nothing"AdvancedGigi D'Alessio9Sofia Monegato""EliminatedLoredana Bertè10Gabriele Jimenez Martinez"Your Song"EliminatedClementino11Benedetta Muneglia"Perdono"EliminatedArisa12Niccolò Franceschini""Advanced Second round Winner Finalists EpisodeCoachOrderArtistSongResultEpisode 6Gigi D'Alessio1Maria Sofia Corona"Your Love"FinalistsArisa2Niccolò Franceschini""Clementino3Riccardo Callegari"Lose Yourself"Loredana Bertè4Melissa Memeti"Listen"Winner
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