# The Voice of Germany season 8

The eighth season of the talent show The Voice of Germany premiered on October 18, 2018 on ProSieben and on October 21, 2018 on Sat.1. Michi & Smudo, Yvonne Catterfeld and Mark Forster returned for their fifth, third and second seasons respectively. Michael Patrick Kelly was declared as the new coach, joining the show for the first time, replacing Samu Haber. Both hosts returned Thore Schölermann returning for his seventh season and Lena Gercke returning for her fourth season.
On December 16, 2018, Samuel Rösch was crowned the winner of The Voice of Germany 2018, marking Michael Patrick Kelly's first and only win as a coach.

## Coaches and hosts

On May 19, 2018, it was announced that after 2 years Samu Haber would not be returning to the show. On June 20, 2018, it was announced that Haber was replaced by new coach Michael Patrick Kelly and returning coaches Michi & Smudo, Yvonne Catterfeld and Mark Forster.
Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke both returned as hosts.

## Teams

Colour key:
| Coach | Top 76 Artists | Top 76 Artists | Top 76 Artists | Top 76 Artists | Top 76 Artists |
| Michael Patrick Kelly | | | | | |
| Michael Patrick Kelly | Samuel Rösch | Bernarda Brunović | Matthias Nebel | Chantal Dorn | Sümeyra Stahl |
| Michael Patrick Kelly | Liam Blaney | Monica Lewis-Schmidt | Ludmila Larusso | Guido Goh | Maria Pasqua Casti |
| Michael Patrick Kelly | Laura Neels | Mario Geckeler | Fabian Riaz | Jélila Bouraoui | Philipp von Unold |
| Michael Patrick Kelly | Samuele Di Dio | Lena Rotermund | Amanda Lena Jakucs | Gaby Schwager | Taylor Shore |
| Michi & Smudo | | | | | |
| Michi & Smudo | Eros Atomus Isler | Coby Grant | Clifford Dwenger | Sascha Coles | Jeanie Celina Schultheiß |
| Michi & Smudo | Eun Chae Rhee | Fabrice Richter-Reichhelm | Kaye-Ree | Alexander Eder | Lia Joham |
| Michi & Smudo | Malin Lewis | Sebastian Stipp | Cem Kücük | Seda Acar | Mascha Winkels |
| Michi & Smudo | Felicia Peters | Igor Quennehen | Steffen Frommberger | Kinga Noémi Balla | Karina Klüber |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | | | | | |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | Benjamin Dolic | Linda Alkhodor | James Smith Jr. | Nora Brandenburger | Hugo Gonzalez Morales |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | Andreas Hauser | Malin Lewis | Flavio Baltermia | Patrice Gerlach | Giuliano De Stefano |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | Sascha Coles | Chantal Dorn | Mattis Laustroer | Florian Alexander Kurz | Luka Nozza |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | Stefan Celar | Abdullah Azad | Doriane Kamdem Mabou | Juliane Götz | Shireen Nikolic |
| Mark Forster | | | | | |
| Mark Forster | Jessica Schaffler | Diana Babalola | Rahel Maas | Damiano Maiolini | Misses Melaza |
| Mark Forster | Felicitas Mayer | Laura Neels | Dominik Hartz | Kira Mesterheide | Alessandro Rütten |
| Mark Forster | Alexandre Heitz | Melissa Muamba | Sinem Uraz | John Alexander Garner III | Penni Jo Blatterman |
| Mark Forster | Lars Kamphausen | Debora Vater | Johannes Holfeld | Judith Jandl | Mark Agpas |
| Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). ||||||

## Blind Auditions
### Episode 5 (November 1)

| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | Coach's and artist's choices | Coach's and artist's choices | Coach's and artist's choices |
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Michael Patrick | Michi & Smudo | Yvonne | Mark |
| 1 | Philipp von Unold | 22 | "Supermarket Flowers" | ✔ | – | ✔ | – |
| 2 | Kathrin Kay-Ree | 39 | "Is This Love" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Kira Mesterheide | 22 | "The Drugs Don't Work" | – | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Philipp Fixmer | 30 | "Paradize" | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Benjamin Dolic | 21 | "No Tears Left To Cry" | – | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Eun Chae Rhee | 23 | "Gangnam Style" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ |
| 7 | Sirio Meier | 20 | "Jenny Don't Be Hasty" | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Damiano Maiolino | 27 | "You Are The Reason" | ✔ | – | – | ✔ |
| 9 | Ute Spiegel | 50 | "Heart of Stone" | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Mark Agpas | 38 | "Come Together" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 8 (November 11)

| Order | Artist | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | Coach's and artist's choices | Coach's and artist's choices | Coach's and artist's choices |
| Order | Artist | Song | Michael Patrick | Michi and Smudo | Yvonne | Mark |
| 1 | Debora Vater | "Can't Fight This Feeling" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Taylor Shore | "Incomplete" | ✔ | – | – | ✔ |
| 3 | Alina Kubina | "I Miss You" | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Fabrice Richter-Reichhelm | "Weltwunder" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ |
| 5 | Maria Pasqua Casti | "The Middle" | ✔ | – | – | ✔ |
| 6 | Chantal Dorn | "You Are So Beautiful" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – |
| 7 | Luana Jil Kälin | "Steady As She Goes" | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Lars Kamphausen | "Traum" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ |
| 9 | Susanne Czech | "Water Under the Bridge" | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Luka Nozza | "Just For Tonight" | – | – | ✔ | – |
| 11 | Hugo Gonzalez Morales | "Rush" | ✔ | – | ✔ | – |
| 12 | Kevin Owen | "Whataya Want from Me" | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Sinem Uraz | "Isyan" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

## Sing Off

The Sing Off determines which three artists from each team will advance to the final round of competition, the Semi Final. In this round, after an artist performs, he or she will sit in one of three seats above the stage. The first three artists performing from each team will sit down, but once the fourth artist performs, a coach has the choice of replacing the fourth artist with any artist sitting down or eliminating them immediately. Once all artists have performed, those who remain seated will advance to the Semi Final. The two Sing Off episodes was broadcast on 2 and 6 December.

### Color key

    – Contestant was eliminated, either immediately or switched with another contestant
    – Contestant was not switched out and advanced to the Semi-final
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 1 | Lia Joham | "Believer" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 2 | Alexander Eder | "Ring of Fire" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 3 | Kaye-Ree | "Grenade" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 4 | Fabrice Richter-Reichhelm | "Keinen Zentimeter" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 5 | Eun Chae Rhee | "Toxic" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 6 | Eros Atomus Isler | "Roxanne" | Advanced |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 7 | Jeanie Celina Schultheiß | "Genie in a Bottle" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 8 | Sascha Coles | "Breaking the Habit" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 9 | Coby Grant | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Advanced |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Michi & Smudo | 10 | Clifford Dwenger | "Niggas in Paris" | Advanced |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 1 | Alessandro Rütten | "Hotter than Hell" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 2 | Kira Mesterheide | "Jealous" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 3 | Dominik Hartz | "Bye Bye" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 4 | Jessica Schaffler | "Human" | Advanced |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 5 | Laura Neels | "Don't Leave Me Alone" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 6 | Rahel Maas | "Zu Dir" | Advanced |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 7 | Damiano Maiolini | "She Said" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 8 | Diana Babalola | "Nutbush City Limits" | Advanced |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 9 | Felicitas Mayer | "If I Wasn't Your Daughter" | Eliminated |
| Episode 14 (December 2) | Mark | 10 | Misses Melaza | "Despacito" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 1 | Guido Goh | "With or Without You" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 2 | Maria Pasqua Casti | "Happy Now" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 3 | Monica Lewis-Schmidt | "Ain't Nobody" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 4 | Liam Blaney | "Shotgun" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 5 | Ludmila Larusso | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 6 | Samuel Rösch | "Auf anderen Wegen" | Advanced |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 7 | Sümeyra Stahl | "No Roots" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 8 | Matthias Nebel | "Breakeven" | Advanced |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 9 | Chantal Dorn | "Lovesong" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Michael Patrick | 10 | Bernarda Brunovic | "Lady Marmalade" | Advanced |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 1 | Giuliano De Stefano | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 2 | Patrice Gerlach | "Bubbly" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 3 | Linda Alkhodor | "Tell Me You Love Me" | Advanced |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 4 | James Smith Jr. | "Earned It" | Advanced |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 5 | Flavio Baltermia | "I'm All Over It" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 6 | Malin Lewis | "Brand New Me" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 7 | Andreas Hauser | "Summer Is A Curse" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 8 | Benjamin Dolic | "Stay" | Advanced |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 9 | Hugo Gonzalez Morales | "XO" | Eliminated |
| Episode 15 (December 6) | Yvonne | 10 | Nora Brandenburger | "When We Were Young" | Eliminated |

## Live Shows
### Week 1: Semifinals (December 9)

The semi final aired on December 9, 2018 – with three acts from each team performing. The public chose one artist from each team to advance to the final.
* Group performance: Rita Ora and Top 12 - "Let You Love Me"
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Voting | Result |
| 1 | Mark Forster | Diana Babalola | "Crazy" | 16,7% | Eliminated |
| 2 | Mark Forster | Rahel Maas | "Schön Genug" | 26,2% | Eliminated |
| 3 | Mark Forster | Jessica Schaffler | "Head Above Water" | 56,1% | Advanced |
| 4 | Michi Beck & Smudo | Eros Atomus Isler | "Another Love" | 37,6% | Advanced |
| 5 | Michi Beck & Smudo | Clifford Dwenger | "California Love" | 31,0% | Eliminated |
| 6 | Michi Beck & Smudo | Coby Grant | "Let It Go" | 31,4% | Eliminated |
| 7 | Yvonne Catterfeld | James Smith Jr. | "Summer Love" | 9,9% | Eliminated |
| 8 | Yvonne Catterfeld | Linda Alkhodor | "Scars to Your Beautiful" | 31,6% | Eliminated |
| 9 | Yvonne Catterfeld | Benjamin Dolic | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | 58,5% | Advanced |
| 10 | Michael Patrick Kelly | Matthias Nebel | "Wrecking Ball" | 19,8% | Eliminated |
| 11 | Michael Patrick Kelly | Samuel Rösch | "Der Weg" | 47,0% | Advanced |
| 12 | Michael Patrick Kelly | Bernarda Brunovic | "Free Your Mind" | 33,2% | Eliminated |

### Week 2: Finale (December 16)

The final aired on December 16, 2018 – with one artist from each team performing.
| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo Song | Order | Duet Song (with coach) | Order | Duet Song (with special guest) | Voting | Result |
| Mark Forster | Jessica Schaffler | 5 | "A Million Dreams" | 9 | "Einmal" | 1 | "Half Good As You" (with Tom Odell) | 14.99% | Third place |
| Michi Beck & Smudo | Eros Atomus Isler | 7 | "Fly Me To The Moon" | 2 | "Zusammen" | 11 | "Thursday" (with Jess Glynne) | 13.52% | Fourth place |
| Michael Patrick Kelly | Samuel Rösch | 3 | "In Diesem Moment" | 6 | "Auf Uns" | 10 | "Love Someone" (with Lukas Graham) | 54.89% | Winner |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | Benjamin Dolic | 12 | "She's Out of My Life" | 4 | "Creep" | 8 | "Ruin My Life" (with Zara Larsson) | 16.60% | Runner-up |

## Elimination Chart
### Team
#### Color key
#### Result details

| Artist | Week 1 | Week 2 Finale |
| Samuel Rösch | Advanced | Winner |
| Bernarda Brunović | Eliminated | |
| Matthias Nebel | Eliminated | |
| Eros Atomus Isler | Advanced | Fourth place |
| Coby Grant | Eliminated | |
| Clifford Dwenger | Eliminated | |
| Benjamin Dolic | Advanced | Runner-up |
| Linda Alkhodor | Eliminated | |
| James Smith Jr. | Eliminated | |
| Jessica Schaffler | Advanced | Third place |
| Rahel Maas | Eliminated | |
| Diana Babalola | Eliminated | |