The Voice of Germany season 4

The Voice of Germany (season 4) is a German reality talent show that premiered on 9 October 2014 on ProSieben and Sat.1. Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. It is part of an international series. Only one judge from season 3, Samu Haber, singer of the Finnish pop-rock band Sunrise Avenue was retained for season 4. The other three judges of season 3, Nena, The BossHoss and Max Herre were replaced. Nena and The BossHoss had served for the program's all three previous seasons and Herre had been a new judge in season 3. They were replaced by the returning judge, the Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist Rea Garvey, a judge for seasons 1 and 2 coming back after a hiatus of a year. Stefanie Kloß lead singer of the band Silbermond resided for the first time in the series. So did the two collaborating judges sitting together, the German artists Michi Beck and Smudo both part of German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. On 12 December 2014, Charley Ann Schmutzler was announced the winner of the season, marking Michi & Smudo's first win as a coach and the second duo coach to win in the show's history. Also, Schmutzler became the first winning artist to have only received one chair turn in the blind auditions.

Teams

 * Winner
 * Runner-up
 * Third place
 * Fourth place
 * Eliminated in the Semi-final
 * Eliminated in the Quarterfinal
 * Stolen in the Knockout rounds
 * Eliminated in the Knockout rounds
 * Stolen in the Battle rounds
 * Eliminated in the Battle rounds

The second phase: The Battle Rounds
For this first time, this series will see the Steal Deal where eliminated contestants can be stolen by other coaches.


 * Key
 * Crystal Clear app clean.svg – Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button
 * – Artist defaulted to this coaches team
 * – Artist elected to join this coaches team
 * – Battle winner
 * – Battle loser
 * - Battle loser but was saved by another coach

The third phase: The Knockout Round
Three contestants sing an individual song and the coach decides which contestant will advance to the Live Shows.

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The fourth phase: The Live shows
The live shows started on 21 November 2014. All Live shows were broadcast on Sat.1. In the first two live shows the four remaining contestants of every team were split in groups of two. After all the contestants in each group had sung their individual songs, the responsible coach had to award 20, 30 & 50 points to these contestants. After this a televoting had been held, which made up 50% of voting. The contestant with the most points advanced to final.

In the Semifinal and Final the coach didn't vote and only the public decided who will advance and win The Voice of Germany 2014.

Episode 16 (Semifinal): December 5, 2014
The semifinal saw the introduction of "The Cross-Battles". Two contestant of different teams sing an individual song. The contestant with the most public votes advances to the final. After the announcement of the finalist, the winning contestant sang his winning song. All songs, also the ones which were not presented live, were released on iTunes. Every download counted as two phone calls from the public in the final voting.