The first season premiered on 29 October 2011, on RTP1, with the finale airing on 25 February 2012, crowning Denis Filipe as the winner. The show came back in 2014 with its second season with new coaches, a new co-host, a new show name, and new Repórteres V (backstage hosts). The winner of the second season was Rui Drumond. RTP1 later announced the first season of The Voice Kids and the third season of the main show, which premiered on 11 October 2015 with a new coach, Aurea. In its third season, the show proved to be a hit and was subsequently renewed for a fourth season, which was premiered in 2016.[1]
The show is hosted by Catarina Furtado since the inaugural season, and, in the second season, Vasco Palmeirim joined her to conduce the competition.[2] The show also features backstage hosts, called Repórteres V. Diogo Beja was the first Repórter V back in 2011, being replaced in the second season by Laura Figueiredo, Mariana Monteiro, and Pedro Fernandes. In the third season, Jani Gabriel became the only Repórter V.
Each season begins with the "blind auditions" (provas cegas), where coaches form their team of artists whom they mentor through the remainder of the season. The coaches' chairs are faced toward the audience during artists' performances; those interested in an artist press their button, which turns their chair towards the artist and illuminates the bottom of the chair to read "I want you." After the performance, an artist is either defaulted to the only coach who turned around or selects their coach if more than one expresses interest.
In the "battles" round (batalhas), each coach pairs two of their team members to perform together and then chooses one to advance in the competition. A new element was added in season two; coaches were given two "steals", allowing each coach to save two individuals who were eliminated during a battle of another team.
The "knockouts" round (Tira-Teimas) was introduced in season two, where a pair of artists within a team are selected to go directly to the live shows without performing, and the other artists will have to perform. Only six artists go to the live shows.
In the live shows phase of the competition, artists perform against each other. People's votes help decide who stays on the show and who leaves.
The third season of The Voice Portugal began in October 2015. All panelists from last season returned except Reininho, who was replaced by a new coach, Aurea.
The fourth season was announced at the end of the third season, in January 2016, and premiered nine months later, in October. The hosts and coaches remained the same.
The sixth season of The Voice Portugal began in September 2018 with the same panelists as last season. In this season, there were five finalists, one per team and one voted by the public after being eliminated in the semi-final.
Coaching teams
Coaches
Artists
Mickael Carreira
Gonçalo Lopes
Gabriel Gomes
Elsa Frias
Hugo Baptista
Salvador Simão
Jaissa Nogueira
Inês Marcelino
Alicia Correia
Vanessa Monteiro
José Pestana
Joana Brito Silva
João Branco
Francisca Gomes
Luna Costa
Rúben Pires
Aurea
Soraia Cardoso
João Palma
Márcia Trabulo
Leo
Pedro Camões
Pedro Cau
Di Noise
Francisco Moreira
Hugo Baptista
Rita Coelho
Beatriz Cassona
Ivo Arantes
Maria Damasceno
Anna Ermakova
Cristina Moreira
Marisa Liz
Marvi
Diana Castro
Isaías Manhiça
Gonçalo Santos
David Dias
Tyler Faraday
Vanessa Monteiro
Marília Lopes
Francisco Moreira
Nicole Silva
Bruno Almeida
José Bonifácio
Carolina Leite
Sara Dominguez
Carlos Pereira
Anselmo Ralph
Vânia Dilac
Joana Couto
Zé Maia Rodrigues
Nuel
Inês Ribeiro
João Pereira
Márcia Branco
Joana Carvalhas
José Pestana
Joana Lisboa
Eva Spitzer
Candy June
Bárbara Parreira
Filipa Faria
Catarina Mendes
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists. After the Knockouts, two artists came back, one chosen by the coach and the other by the public.
Season 7 (2019–2020)
The seventh season of The Voice Portugal began on 13 October 2019. Liz and Aurea remained as coaches, alongside debutants Diogo Piçarra and António Zambujo, who replaced Carreira and Ralph. From this season on, bands can participate. For the first time in the competition, the knockouts phase was live, instead of being pre-recorded, and included public voting.
Coaching teams
Coaches
Artists
Diogo Piçarra
Joana Alegre
Gabriel Silva
Pedro do Vale
Caroletta
Joana Oliveira
Diogo Machado
Ariana Abreu
Miguel Dias
Rita Rice
Gerson Santos
Marta & Fábio Costa
Flaviana Borges
Isaac Pimenta
Miguel Leite
Carolina Cardetas
Leandro Noronha
Marisa Liz
Sebastião Oliveira
Francisco Sequeira
Filipa Maldonado
Marisa Oliveira
Gerson Santos
Projeto 65
Catarina Clau
Hugo Vasconcelos
Rita Rice
Vânia Blubird
Inês Lucas
Michele Mara
Little Mess
Joana Pereira
Michel William
António Zambujo
Rita Sanches
Carolina Pinto
Michael Cranmer
Matheus Paraízo
Serenela Duarte
Sofia Grácio
Mário Nobre
BEH Trio
Leonor Líbano Monteiro
Joana Abreu
Débora D'Oliveira
Margarida Andrade
Marisa Lopes
Rodolfo Figueiredo
Soraia Guerreiro
Aurea
Gabriel de Rose
Wesley Seme
Victor Estanga
Nuno Esperto
Vânia Blubird
João Wilson
Vitória Leuca
Maria Novaes
Miguel Dias
BEH Trio
Renata Ferraz
Joana Duarte
Sofia Melo
Júlia Ribeiro
Raquel Pompilho
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists.
Season 8 (2020–2021)
The eighth season of The Voice Portugal began on 27 September 2020. Liz, Aurea, Piçarra, and Zambujo remained as coaches. For the first time in the competition, in the battles phase, each artist sang a different song instead of singing one together, due to the procedures of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. This season marks the first stolen artist to win The Voice Portugal.
Coaching teams
Coaches
Artists
Aurea
Tiago Barbosa
Miguel & João
Catarina Archer
Nelson Sousa
Alicia Camps
Rita Laranjeira
Filipa Canhão
Beatriz Costa
Natacha Oliveira
Rodrigo Marques
Beatriz Carvalho
Renata Marinho
Tatiana Oliveira
Bruno Almeida
António Alves
Diogo Piçarra
Diogo Leite
Jéssica Ângelo
Gonçalo Bilé
Kevin Lopes
Paloma & Jorginho
Catarina Pereira
Lázaro Menino
Ricardo Bento
Tiago Braga
Tiago Barbosa
Sebastião Burnay
Twiin
Isabel Leite
Adriana Fernandes
Tiago Teixeira Barbosa
Marisa Liz
Luís Trigacheiro
Luciana & Pri
João Amaral
Rafaela Monteiro
Susana Costa
Favela Lacroix
Carina Leitão
Laura Varges
Sara Leite
Íris Silva
Joelisa
Ema Monteiro
Filipe Santos
Gabriel Leo
Cláudia Brito
António Zambujo
Tiago Silva
Mariana Rebelo
Mari Segura
Íris Silva
Maria Casal Ribeiro
Francisco Vicente
Patrícia Pratas
Talita Cayolla
Márcio Gonçalves
Tiago Braga
Luís Trigacheiro
Cheila Teixeira
Kiara Timas
Paulo Andrade
Andor Violeta
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists. Underlined names received a Wildcard from their coaches and came back to the Live Knockouts.
Season 9 (2021–2022)
The ninth season of The Voice Portugal began on 17 October 2021. Aurea, Liz, Piçarra, and Zambujo remained as coaches.
Coaching teams
Coaches
Artists
Marisa Liz
João Leote
João Neves
Inês Marques Lucas
Miguel Dias
Inês Martins
Pedro Tavares
Diana Gil
Juliana Oliveira
Marta Lys
Edmundo Inácio
Antonina
Lika
Andreia Rio
Maria Mendonça
Mariana Barnabé
Rita Raposo
António Zambujo
Rodrigo Lourenço
Maria Inês Graça
Beatriz Cepeda
Rui Taipa
Márcio Gonçalves
Rita Medeiros
Maria Pereira
Fernando Leal
João Tinoco
Sara Badalo
Ava Vahneshan
Clara Martinez
Daniel Cerca
Maria João Jones
Maria Pia Soutinho
Aurea
Mariana Rocha
Francisca Oliveira
Huca
Rui Pedro
Matilde Jacob
Sara Badalo
Beatriz Lopes
Fred Marques
Ika
Daniel Luz
Edson Daniel
Maria Teresa Passão
Mariana Silva
Sara & Tiago
Tiago Ribeiro
Diogo Piçarra
Daniel Fernandes
Edmundo Inácio
Aliança Velha
Matheus Alcântara
Francisca Rocha
Lusitana
João Vieira
António Gameiro
Flávio Soares
Inês Marques Lucas
Márcio Gonçalves
Arpen
Cláudio Pereira
Maria Pires
Sofia Costa
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists. Underlined names are artists named to come back for a Four-way knockout.
Season 10 (2022–2023)
The tenth season of The Voice Portugal began recording on 5 September, with the confirmation that Liz and Piçarra would return as coaches, while Aurea and Zambujo were replaced by The Voice Kids coach Carolina Deslandes and new coach Dino D'Santiago. The season began airing on 25 September 2022.
This season introduced a new dynamic to the battles. Each coach could decide to do battles in pairs or groups, and the only rule was they needed to keep seven artists on their teams; hence, a battle could have one, many, or no one as winner. Apart from that, the steals were removed.
To replace the knockouts round, a new phase, called "Cross battles", was established. An artist of one team competes against an artist of another team, and the viewers' votes decide the winner of the battle. At the end of the round, each coach saved one eliminated artist from their own team.
The dynamic of the lives shows also changed this season. Starting in the fourth live show (when the Top 10 artists remain in contest), the decision of who passes through to the next episode is solely of the public; that means the artists who receive the most votes, regardless of team, advance to the next episode. This means that, for the first time ever in The Voice Portugal, a coach could have not had their team represented in the finale, which eventually did not happen. Also, contrary to the previous four seasons, there were only four finalists.
Coaching teams
Coaches
Artists
Marisa Liz
Gustavo Reinas
Rúben Torres
João Ribeiro
António Ataíde
Jorge Cruz
Maria Inês Gonçalves
Ricardo Dias
Alícia Barros
Cláudio Braga
Daniel Vargas
Diogo Carvalho
Michel Lopes
Pedro Lunet
Sherley Paredes
Dino d'Santiago
Coastel
Soraia Morais
Diogo Carapinha
Vincente Augusto
Lourenço Ataíde
Fernanda de Lima
Joana Homem de Sá
Aline Abbadia
Diogo Madeira
Fábio Leitão
Khira
Miguel Bandeirinha
Rute Lopes
Victoria Shpak
Diogo Piçarra
Rebeca Reinaldo
Wander Isaac
Isaac Costa
Clara de Gail
Gaby Araújo
Good Habits
Matilde Leite
Bibash Upreti
Bruna Guerreiro
Carolina Brandão
Catarina Lameira
Diana Costa
Luís Barbosa
Triova Voices
Carolina Deslandes
Paulo Lapa
Sasha Silva
Beatriz Santos
Margarida & Tomás
Francisco Barata
Alexandre Martins
Pilmaiquén Jenny
Alícia Rosa
Ana Rita Conceição
Annie Pereira
Diogo Freitas
Filipe Carriço
Luísa Vidal
Manuel Ortigoso
Note: Underlined names are artists saved by their coach during the Live Cross Battles.
Applications for the eleventh season of The Voice Portugal opened in May 2023 and the blind auditions' recording began on 10 July. The same day, it was confirmed that Zambujo would return as coach after a one-season hiatus, along with The Voice Kids coach Fernando Daniel, The Voice Gerações coach Sara Correia, and debutant Sónia Tavares. The season began airing on 17 September 2023.
On 19 June 2024, it was confirmed that Daniel, Tavares, and Correia would return as coaches for the upcoming twelfth season. In the meantime, Zambujo was replaced by The Voice Kids coach Nininho Vaz Maia. The same day, filming began for the blind auditions. The season began airing on 22 September 2024.
Ratings
The Voice Portugal : Viewers per episode (thousands)
In 2022, it was announced that RTP1 would broadcast a new spin-off version of The Voice Portugal, called The Voice Gerações. The intention of this version is to have family or friend groups, consisting of singers of all ages, competing.
On 3 July 2022, the coaches for this version were announced to be Carreira, Ralph, Bárbara Bandeira and Simone de Oliveira. The first series was won by Rodrigo & Teresa from Team Anselmo.
In April 2023, it was announced in the official Instagram page of the program that The Voice Gerações would return for a second season.[14] On 4 June, it was announced, during a live episode of The Voice Kids season four, that Sara Correia would replace Bandeira as a coach, while Carreira, Oliveira, and Ralph would remain as coaches. Additionally, unlike the first season, the "block" buttons would be featured in this season. Presented by Furtado and Palmeirim, and Catarina Maia in the backstage, the season began on 2 July. Three episodes later, on 23 July, Todagente from Team Anselmo won the competition. With Ralph's win, he became the third coach, behind Marisa Liz and Fernando Daniel, to win three times within all versions of the show.
