The Voice of Germany (season 1)

The Voice of Germany (season 1) is a German reality talent show that premiered on 24 November 2011 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.
Development, production and marketing.
In April 2011, ProSieben announced its intention to bring an adaptation of "The Voice of Holland" to the Germany. In July 2011, ProSieben began announcements of the coaches/judges for the series. First to sign on were Nena and Xavier Naidoo. Rea Garvey and "Boss Burns" (Alec Völkel) &amp; "Hoss Power" (Sascha Vollmer) came on board in late August 2011.
Stefan Gödde is the show's host. Doris Golpashin is hosting backstage special for the official website.
Season 1 premiered on ProSieben on 24 November 2011. RTL took on a ratings fight when they programmed their successful talent show "Das Supertalent" against newcomer "The Voice of Germany". While RTL could win the battle overall with 5.83 million viewers (18.1% market share) compared to "The Voice of Germany's" 3.89 million viewers (12.4% market share), the ProSieben show won among the target group 14-49 with 3.06 million viewers (23.8% market share) against "Das Supertalent's" 2.99 million viewers (22.8% market share). The following day, "The Voice of Germany" aired on Sat.1 for the first time.
On Sat.1, "The Voice of Germany" extended its viewers to 4.36 million viewers (14.3% market share) overall and in the target group 14-49 the viewers were almost the same with 3.05 million viewers (26.6% market share).
The show saw a significant drop in ratings during the live shows.
The final was watched by 4.01 million viewers, a market share of 12.9%.
The first phase: The Blind Auditions.
The castings to the first season took place in June and July, 2011, however, were not shown on television. About 150 the singers – more than three-quarters of them with experience of the stage – were invited to the Blind Auditions. These were taped at the end of August and at the beginning of September, 2011 in Berlin and were emitted from 24 November to 9 December 2011 in six telecasts. The jury chose 64 candidates in the second phase, in the Nena and Rea Garvey with 16, The BossHoss with 15 and Xavier Naidoo with 17 candidates entered.
The second phase: The Battle Rounds.
The Battle Round was taped in September, 2011 in Berlin and is emitted from the 15th to the 23rd of December in four telecasts. After the end of the Battles every coach had only six candidates, for the rest. Two teams, Xavier and The BossHoss, had to organise a Trio-Battle on account of her odd candidate number. With these The BossHoss were allowed to do two candidates to wide decrees, Xavier, nevertheless, only one. Remained 24 candidates entered in the live shows.
Episode 10: December 23, 2011.
Sing-off.
Each coach nominate 5 singers from their group to advance to the live shows. The 3 remaining singers per group will do a sing-off for the remaining live show spot.
The third phase: The Live Shows.
The seven live shows will take place between the 5th of January and the 10th of February, 2012. The first show is broadcast by ProSieben on Thursday 5th and the other six by Sat.1 every Friday evening. During the first show the contestants of Xavier Naidoo and The Boss Hoss perform. During the second show the contestants who sing are from Teams Nena and Rea Garvey. After each of these shows, in each team, two contestants are automatically sent to the next round thanks to the votes of the audience, two are voted off and two are chosen by their coaches to stay. After the first two shows, only 16 singers will remain and perform in the third (for teams Boss Hoss and Xavier Naidoo) or fourth (for teams Nena and Rea Garvey) live show. The third show will air on Jan 13 and the fourth, on Jan 20. During the fifth show, on Jan 27, the 12 remaining contestants will perform (3 from each team). During the halffinale, on Feb 3, the 8 remaining contestants will perform (2 from each team). During the finale, on Feb 10, the 4 remaining contestants will perform (1 from each team).
Episode 11: January 5, 2012.
Team Xavier and Team BossHoss performed.
Episode 12: January 6, 2012.
Team Nena and Team Rea performed.
Episode 13: January 13, 2012.
Team Xavier and Team BossHoss performed.
Episode 14: January 20, 2012.
Team Nena and Team Rea performed.
Episode 16: February 3, 2012.
The remaining acts will perform in a battle and both will perform an entire new song each.
Episode 17: February 10, 2012.
Each contestant perform a longer version of his winner's song, a duet with the coach and a celebrity duet.