The Voice Generations (Philippine TV series)

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 replacing Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis. The show concluded on December 10, 2023 with a total of 16 episodes.

Development
On January 7, 2023, GMA Network announced its series lineup for 2023, which included The Voice Generations, a spin-off of the 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.

Coaches and host
Dingdong Dantes was announced as the series's host in a broadcast of All-Out Sundays on April 2, 2023.

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 Filipino boy band SB19.

The show also livestreams via YouTube and Facebook accounts. 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.

Blind auditions
The season begins with the blind auditions, the first televised stage in the show. In the stage, the four coaches are seated in chairs that face the audience and away from the artists. The coaches judge the artists solely on their "vocal ability", and if they are interested in working with the artist, the coaches would press their button to face the artist. If multiple coaches turn, the artist would elect a coach's team to join. If only one coach turns, the artists are defaulted to that coach's team. At the end of the round, each coach will end up with a team that will advance to the next round.

Competitions
Following the blind auditions, the artists will compete in the sing-offs, the battles, semi-finals and the live finale.

Teams

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 * Winner
 * Finalist
 * Eliminated in the Semi-Finals
 * Eliminated in the Battles
 * Eliminated in the Sing-offs

Blind auditions
The show began with the blind auditions on August 27, 2023. In each audition, the artists sing their piece in front of the coaches, whose chairs are facing the audience. If a coach is interested in working with the artists, they may press their button to face the act. If a sole coach presses his/her respective button, the artists automatically become part of his/her team. If multiple coaches turn, the act will decide which team they will join. Each coach is tasked to form a team of five acts; Chito leads Parokya ni Chito; Billy leads Team Bilib; Julie leads JuleSquad; and Stell leads StellBound. At the end of the round, a total of 20 acts advance to the next round. Out of 20 acts, 4 of them are four-chair turners.

Episode 1 (August 27)
The broadcast began with the coaches performing "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.

Sing-offs
The second stage of the show, the Sing-offs, started airing on October 1, 2023. 20 artists will compete in the round. Per episode, the coaches backstage will select an envelope and whoever gets the show's logo will have his/her team perform in that episode. The coaches are also responsible in the order of the performances of their artists. In this stage, each group performs for their coaches with a song of their choice. At the end of the round, each coach will select four of their groups, to advance to the battle with a total of 16 artists.


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Battles
The Battles started airing on October 29, 2023. After the sing-off round, each coach had 4 groups for the Battles. The same with the sing-offs, per episode, the coaches backstage will select an envelope, but this time, two coaches will have their teams perform in that episode. The contestants were not told who they were up against until the day of the Battle. Each artist sang a song of the coach's choice, back to back, and each battle concluded with the respective coach eliminating one of the two groups. At the end of this round, only 8 groups will advance to the next round.

Coaches bring their advisors to help their teams: Parokya ni Edgar for Parokya ni Chito, Zack Tabudlo for Team Bilib, Christian Bautista for JuleSquad, and SB19 for StellBound.


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Semi-finals
The Semi-finals began airing on November 26, 2023. The 8 remaining groups sing different songs for a place in the Grand Finals. After the performances, the coach will select one group from their team to advance to the grand finals

Grand finals
The Grand finals aired live on December 10, 2023. Each coach has one artist on their team. The artists compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote.

The prizes for the winner are the trophy, Recording and management contract from UMG Music and one million Philippine pesos.

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.