The Voice Kids (Philippine TV series) season 3

The third season of The Voice Kids was a Philippine reality singing competition on ABS-CBN. Lea Salonga and Bamboo Mañalac returned to the show as coaches. Sarah Geronimo left the show to focus on her other projects, such as ASAP, and a new album. As a result, Sharon Cuneta replaced her as a coach. Luis Manzano and Robi Domingo returned to host the show; however, Yeng Constantino was replaced by Kim Chiu. Constantino didn't return to the show due to her earlier commitments with some other programs.

The show premiered on May 28, 2016, replacing the fifth season of Pilipinas Got Talent. It airs 7:15 p.m. (PST) every Saturdays; and 7 p.m. (PST) every Sundays.

The show ended on August 28, 2016, with Joshua Oliveros of FamiLea as the winner, the first male grand champion in the show to do so and marking Salonga's first win in the show as coach.

Developments
After the finale of the second season of The Voice Kids, it was announced that the show will have a third season.

Coaches
Lea Salonga confirmed on an interview that she will be returning for the third season of The Voice Kids; Bamboo Mañalac was also confirmed to return to the show. However, it was announced that Sarah Geronimo will no longer serve as a coach on its third season to focus more on her career as an artist. Rumors circulated that Sharon Cuneta will replace Sarah on the show. On May 2, 2016, she confirmed that she is the new The Voice Kids coach.

Hosts
Luis Manzano and Robi Domingo were slated to return as hosts of the show. However, Yeng Constantino was not able to return to the show due to her earlier commitments with It's Showtime as a judge of the segment Tawag ng Tanghalan and with We Love OPM as a mentor and she was replaced by Kim Chiu.

Auditions
The ages of the auditionees were reduced to 6–13 years old; in the previous season, it was 7–13 years old.

Teams

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Winner

Runner-up

Third place
 * Eliminated in the Live shows

Eliminated in the Sing-offs

Eliminated in the Battles

Blind auditions
During the Blind auditions, each coach must now form a team of 24 young artists, instead of the usual 18 during the first and second seasons.

It aired from May 28 to July 16 for 15 episodes with a total of 90 aspiring contestants.


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Episode 1 (May 28)
The first episode was graced by an opening number from the coaches wherein they sang "Heroes" from Alesso.

Among the auditionees this episode was Yessha dela Calzada, who won the fourth season of I-Shine Talent Camp on ABS-CBN as the Performing Arts champion, and Noel Comia Jr. who was cast as young Coby (young James Reid) in This Time.

Episode 3 (June 4)
Among the auditionees this episode was Justin Alva, who previously auditioned in the previous season unsuccessfully.

Episode 7 (June 18)
Among the auditionees was John Carlo Tan who joined Star Circle Quest: Search for the Next Kiddie Superstars, but was eliminated.

The Battles
72 artists advanced to the Battles. This part of the competition followed the format of the previous season wherein three artists pit for one of the eight spots per team in the Sing-offs. The Battles aired on July 17, 2016.


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The Sing-offs
24 artists advanced to the Sing-Offs. This part of the competition followed the format of the previous season wherein remaining artists pit for one of the spots per team in the Live Shows. Instead of having two artists per team, three artists per team advanced to the Live Shows.


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Results summary

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 * Artist's info

Artist from FamiLea

Artist from Kamp Kawayan

Artist from Team Sharon


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Artist was saved after receiving the highest public votes

Artist was eliminated

Artist was proclaimed as the winner

Artist was proclaimed as the runner-up and third placer

Live shows details
The Live shows were held in Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila, Newport City, Pasay from August 20 until August 28, 2016.

This season followed the format from the previous seasons wherein the outcome of the Live shows were solely from the results of the public's votes. For the third season, since there were nine artists, there were some adjustments to the voting system over the course of the semifinals. After the performance of every three artists per coach, the public got to vote on who should advance to the grand finals. Voting was done during the commercial break and closed once the show goes back.

The top three artists (one per team) came from the results of the public votes advanced to the Finals. The public was only allowed to vote once per mobile number per weekend night.


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Week 1: Semifinals (August 20 & 21)
The second night (August 21), the live shows of Coach Lea's three finalists, was also graced by a musical number featuring the champions of the past seasons of The Voice Kids, Lyca Gairanod and Elha Nympha, together with the champions of The Voice of the Philippines, Mitoy Yonting and Jason Dy.

Week 2: Finals (August 27 & 28)
Prior to the announcement of the grand winner, Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla came to the stage and sang Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, and promoted their upcoming film, Barcelona: A Love Untold.

After being announced as the grand champion, Joshua Oliveros sang Salamat by Yeng Constantino.


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Television ratings
Television ratings for the third season of The Voice Kids on ABS-CBN were gathered from two major sources, namely from AGB Nielsen and Kantar Media. AGB Nielsen's survey ratings were gathered from Mega Manila households; it is worth noting that since July 2016, AGB Nielsen expanded their coverage to include urban Luzon. On the other hand, Kantar Media's survey ratings were gathered from urban and rural households all over the Philippines.