The Voice of Germany season 10

The tenth season, also known as the anniversary season of the talent show The Voice of Germany premiered on October 8, 2020 on ProSieben and on October 11, 2020 on Sat.1.

Mark Forster, Yvonne Catterfeld & Stefanie Kloß, Nico Santos, Samu Haber & Rea Garvey are the main coaches this season, while Michael Schulte replaced Santos as The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT's coach.

Thore Schölermann returned for his ninth season as host. Lena Gercke also returned for her sixth season as host, but only hosted the live shows due to her pregnancy. Annemarie Carpendale replaced Gercke in others stages of the season.

Paula Dalla Corte was named the winner of the season on December 20, 2020 and Samu Haber & Rea Garvey became the third duo coach to win The Voice of Germany.

Coaches and hosts
On June 19, 2020, it was announced that Sido would not be returning to the show. On June 25, 2020, it was announced that Alice Merton would also not return. The new panel and hosts were announced on July 17, 2020.

For the first time in The Voice of Germany history as well as the franchise globally, there are 2 duo and 2 solo coaches in the panel, bringing the total number of panelists to 6. Mark Forster, Rea Garvey and Nico Santos returned as coaches for the tenth season, with Santos becoming a main coach after coaching The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT last season and Garvey teamed up with Samu Haber, who rejoined the panel after a two-year hiatus, to form a new duo coach. Meanwhile, Yvonne Catterfeld and Stefanie Kloss reprised their role as coaches after a one-year and four-year hiatus respectively and paired up as a new duo coach.

Thore Schölermann returned for his 9th season as host. It was announced that Lena Gercke would not be returning as host due to her pregnancy, but eventually returned to host the live shows. Annemarie Carpendale replaced Gercke as the host the blind auditions, battle rounds and sing offs. On July 21, 2020, it was announced that season 1's finalist Michael Schulte would become The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT's new coach, mentoring unsuccessful auditioners as well as eliminated artists from later rounds of the competition, on the online version.

This season features 10 contestants who had previously appeared on previous seasons of the show, they are called the "All-stars".

Scouting
The scoutings with the producers began on February 7, 2020 in Hamburg and ended on February 29, 2020 in Berlin but not shown on television. On April 17 and 18, 2020, it was announced that the Last Chance Days which would take place in Berlin was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic in Germany, but the production announced that the participants could send a video to apply for this season.

Teams

 * Main Competition

Winner

Runner-up

Third place

Fourth place

Fifth place

Eliminated in the Semi-final

Eliminated but selected to participate in Comeback Stage

Eliminated in the Sing Off

Stolen in the Battle rounds

Eliminated in the Battle rounds

Withdrew


 * Comeback Stage

Eliminated in the finals

Eliminated in the third rounds

Eliminated in the second rounds

Eliminated in the first rounds

Blind auditions
The blind auditions were recorded from July 17, 2020 to July 22, 2020 at Studio Adlershof in Berlin and were broadcast from October 8, 2020 until November 5, 2020, being broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Sunday on Sat.1.


 * Color key

Episode 1 (October 8)
The first blind audition episode was broadcast on October 8, 2020 on ProSieben.


 * Coaches Performance: "Viva la Vida"

Episode 2 (October 11)
The second blind audition episode was broadcast on October 11, 2020 on Sat.1.


 * Samu and Rea pressed their button but was too late so the turn did not count.

Episode 3 (October 15)
The third blind audition episode was broadcast on October 15, 2020 on ProSieben.

Episode 4 (October 18)
The fourth blind audition episode was broadcast on October 18, 2020 on Sat.1.

Episode 5 (October 22)
The fifth blind audition episode was broadcast on October 22, 2020 on ProSieben.

Episode 6 (October 25)
The sixth blind audition episode was broadcast on October 25, 2020 on Sat.1.

Episode 7 (October 29)
The seventh blind audition episode was broadcast on October 29, 2020 on ProSieben.

Episode 8 (November 1)
The eighth blind audition episode was broadcast on November 1, 2020 on Sat.1.

Episode 9 (November 5)
The ninth and final blind audition episode was broadcast on November 5, 2020 on ProSieben.

Battle rounds
The battle rounds were recorded from September 11, 2020 to September 13, 2020 in Berlin and were broadcast from November 8, 2020 until November 22, 2020, being broadcast like the blind auditions every Thursday on ProSieben and every Sunday on Sat.1.

The coaches can steal two losing artist from other coaches.


 * Color key

Sing offs
The sing offs were recorded in Berlin from October 22, 2020 to October 23, 2020 and were broadcast from November 26, 2020 on ProSieben until December 6, 2020 on Sat.1. Coach Samu Haber was missing on the second day of the recordings, after he tested positive for the Coronavirus. This season's advisors were Joy Denalane for Team Mark, Clueso for Team Yvonne & Stefanie, Lea for Team Nico and David Guetta for Team Samu & Rea.


 * Color key

Comeback Stage
This season's fifth coach, Michael Schulte, mentored selected artists who did not make a team during the Blind Auditions as well as eliminated artists from later rounds of the competition, thus creating new rounds to The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT that was exclusive to thevoiceofgermany.de. The two winners competed in the Live Shows against the talents of the coaches Mark Forster, Yvonne Catterfeld & Stefanie Kloss, Nico Santos and Samu Haber & Rea Garvey live on television for a chance to win the tenth season of The Voice of Germany.

First round
During the first round of competition, the eight selected artists from Blind Auditions went head to head, two artists per episode, and Schulte selected a winner to move on to the next round.

Second round
In the second round, the four remaining artists chose another song to sing, with two of them advancing to the next round.

Third round
In the third round, Schulte brought back two artists who were eliminated during the Battle rounds, giving them a chance to re-enter in the competition. These artists faced off against the two artists from the second round.

Final round
In the final round, the two winners of the third round competed against two eliminated artists from the Sing Offs. From these four artists, two advanced in the Live Shows.

Live shows
The live shows began on December 13, 2020 on Sat.1. Each coach has in his/her team 2 artists. For the first time in the German version, viewers can vote for their favorites artists via online voting on thevoice.de. There is still the possibility of telephone and SMS voting.

Week 1: Semifinal (December 13)
The semi-final was aired on December 13, 2020, with two acts from each team performing. The public chose one artist from each team to advance to the final. On December 8, 2020, it was announced that Noah Sam Honegger will not be participating in the live shows for health reasons and will be replaced by Oliver Henrich.


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Week 2: Final (December 20)
The final aired on December 20, 2020. In the final week, the five finalists performed a solo cover song, an original duet song with their coach and a duet with a special guest.

Elimination chart

 * Coaches color key

Artist from Team Mark

Artist from Team Yvonne & Stefanie

Artist from Team Nico

Artist from Team Samu & Rea

Artist from Team Michael (Comeback Stage)


 * Results color key

Winner

Runner-up

Third place

Fourth place

Fifth Place

Artist was saved by the public vote

Artist was eliminated

Contestants who appeared on previous season

 * George Philippart was already part of The Voice of Germany in the fifth season. As Sabrina, he made it into the battles on Rea Garvey's team.
 * Michelle Schulz was in the sixth season, where she was eliminated in the blind auditions.
 * Gregory Krause was in the first season of The Voice Kids, where he was in team Tim Bendzko and he was eliminated in the battle rounds.
 * Isabel Nolte was in the fourth season of The Voice of Holland, where she was in team Ilse DeLange and she was eliminated in the battle rounds.

Allstar

 * Pamela Falcon competed on the show's first season, where she was mentored by Rea Garvey and was eliminated in the battle rounds.
 * Matthias Nebel was in the eighth season, where he was mentored by Michael Patrick Kelly and was eliminated in the semi-final.
 * Juan Geck was in the seventh season, his coach was Yvonne Catterfeld and was eliminated in the sing offs.
 * Janina Beyerlein was in the team from Samu Haber in the seventh season and was eliminated in the semi-final.
 * Dimi Rompos auditioned for season two, but did not get a chair turn. In the fifth season, she auditioned again in the show and was in team Stefanie Kloss. She was eliminated in the Semi-final.
 * Alex Hartung participated in the fourth season. He was in team Michi Beck & Smudo and was eliminated in the battle rounds, but he was stolen by Rea Garvey and then was eliminated in the first live show.
 * Maciek was in the ninth season, where he was coached by Mark Forster and was eliminated in the sing offs.
 * Keye Katcher was in the second season in team The BossHoss, where he was eliminated in the Semi-final.
 * Michael Caliman was in the sixth season. He was in team Andreas Bourani and was eliminated in the Semi-final.
 * BB Thomaz was in the seventh season, in team Yvonne Catterfeld and she received the fourth place in the final.

Ratings
Timeslot are CEST (UTC+2) for episodes 1 to 5 and CET (UTC+1) for episodes 6 to 19.