# The Voice Senior (Polish TV series)

The Voice Senior is a Polish reality talent show premiered on December 7, 2019, on the TVP 2 television network. The Voice Senior is part of the international syndication The Voice and The Voice Kids based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. However, participation is only open for candidates of more than 60 years old.

## Format

The show consists of four different phases: production auditions, blind auditions, the "sing-off", and the live finale. The production auditions are not filmed, and this is where contestants are selected to go to the blind auditions.

### Blind auditions

The contestants sing during the blind audition while the chairs of the coaches are turned over. Each candidate has the chance to sing a song of their choice for about a minute and a half. Coaches can only choose the contestant on the basis of musicality and voice by pressing the button, causing their chairs to turn around and facing the artist. If two or more coaches want the same artist, the artist chooses which coach they want to continue in the program. The blind auditions end when all teams are full.

### Semifinal

Each coach pairs two or three singers from his team who have to compete against each other by performing a song chosen by the coach. After the performances, the coach chooses one contestant from each pair to advance to the next round.

### Live finale

The remaining contestants from each team will be in the final. The live finale will be broadcast live on TVP 2. The contestants are mentored by their coach and choose a song that they want to sing in the final. The coach then decides one act to remain; the other act will then be eliminated. The final winner is chosen by the public at home by televoting.

## Coaches

On 19 July 2019, it was announced that Marek Piekarczyk, Urszula Dudziak, Alicja Majewska and Andrzej Piaseczny would become coaches for the show's first season, with Tomasz Kammel joining Marta Manowska to be hosts. On 17 August 2020, it was announced that Majewska and Piaseczny would return as coaches for season two, while new coaches Izabela Trojanowska and Witold Paszt would replace Piekarczyk and Dudziak. On 18 August 2021, it was announced that Majewska and Paszt would return as coaches alongside new coaches Piotr Cugowski and Maryla Rodowicz for the third season. On 16 August 2022, it was announced that Rodowicz and Cugowski would return as coaches, while Paszt and Majewska would be replaced by Alicja Węgorzewska and Tomasz Szczepanik in season four. On August 15, 2023, it was confirmed that Rodowicz, Szczepanik and Węgorzewska would return as coaches in the fifth season, joined by Halina Frąckowiak, who replaced Cugowski. On August 12, 2024, it was announced that the entire coaching panel from season 5 was replaced by Andrzej Piaseczny, returning as a coach after his three-year hiatus, alongside three debutants, Robert Janowski, Małgorzata Ostrowska, and Tatiana Okupnik.

### Timeline

| Coach | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Coach | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Alicja Majewska | | | | | | |
| Andrzej Piaseczny | | | | | | |
| Marek Piekarczyk | | | | | | |
| Urszula Dudziak | | | | | | |
| Witold Paszt † | | | | | | |
| Izabela Trojanowska | | | | | | |
| Maryla Rodowicz | | | | | | |
| Piotr Cugowski | | | | | | |
| Alicja Węgorzewska | | | | | | |
| Tomasz Szczepanik | | | | | | |
| Halina Frąckowiak | | | | | | |
| Robert Janowski | | | | | | |
| Małgorzata Ostrowska | | | | | | |
| Tatiana Okupnik | | | | | | |

### Gallery

* Current coaches
* Tatiana Okupnik (6–)
* Małgorzata Ostrowska (6–)
* Robert Janowski (6–)
* Andrzej Piaseczny (1–2, 6–)
* Former coaches
* Halina Frąckowiak (5)
* Alicja Węgorzewska (4–5)
* Tomasz Szczepanik (4–5)
* Maryla Rodowicz (3–5)
* Piotr Cugowski (3–4)
* Witold Paszt (2–3)
* Alicja Majewska (1–3)
* Izabela Trojanowska (2)
* Urszula Dudziak (1)
* Marek Piekarczyk (1)

### Line-up of coaches

Coaches' line-up by chairs order :
| Season | Year | Coaches | Coaches | Coaches | Coaches |
| Season | Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 2019 | Marek | Ula | Alicja | Andrzej |
| 2 | 2021 | Andrzej | Alicja | Witold | Izabela |
| 3 | 2022 | Piotr | Maryla | Witold | Alicja |
| 4 | 2023 | Alicja | Tomasz | Maryla | Piotr |
| 5 | 2024 | Alicja | Maryla | Tomasz | Halina |
| 6 | 2025 | Andrzej | Małgorzata | Tatiana | Robert |

## Hosts
### Key

    Main presenter
    Backstage presenter

### Timeline

Timeline of hosts :
| Host | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Host | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Marta Manowska | | | | | | |
| Tomasz Kammel | | | | | | |
| Marek Grąbczewski | | | | | | |
| Janina Busk † | | | | | | |
| Rafał Brzozowski | | | | | | |
| Małgorzata Tomaszewska | | | | | | |
| Robert Stockinger | | | | | | |

## Coaches and finalists

* Winner
* Runner-up
| Season | Coaches and their finalists | Coaches and their finalists | Coaches and their finalists | Coaches and their finalists |
| 1 | Team Marek | Team Ula | Team Alicja | Team Andrzej |
| 1 | Władysław Jarecki | Elżbieta Szymańska, Jolanta Szydłowska-Cichoń, Krystyna Szydłowska | Janusz Sztyber | Bogumiła Kucharczyk-Włodarek |
| 1 | Kazimierz Kiljan | Waldemar Wiśniewski | Jadwiga Kocik | Mieczysław Pernach |
| 2 | Team Andrzej | Team Alicja | Tean Witold | Team Izabela |
| 2 | Barbara Parzeczewska | Raisa Misztela | Andrzej Pawłowski | Andrzej Nosowski |
| 2 | Anna Tchórzewska | Kazimierz Górecki | Ewa Olszewska | Andrzej Szpak |
| 3 | Team Piotr | Team Maryla | Team Witold | Team Alicja |
| 3 | Jerzy Herman | Larysa Tsoy | Krzysztof Prusik | Andrzej Biliński |
| 3 | Grażyna Rutkowska-Kusa | Ryszard Wagner | Aleksandra Matusiak-Kujawska, Bożena Wesołowska, Bernard Łyżwiński, Lech Sawicki | Iwona Dołowska |
| 4 | Team Alicja | Team Tomasz | Team Maryla | Team Piotr |
| 4 | Andrzej Raniszewski | Hanna Tabiszewska | Zbigniew Zaranek | James Brierley † |
| 4 | Wioletta Malenda | Marzena Buczek | Janusz Łuszczak | Marian Tarnowski |
| 5 | Team Alicja | Team Maryla | Team Tomasz | Team Halina |
| 5 | Tadeusz Talarek | Roman Wojciechowski | Piotr Sałata | Regina Rosłaniec-Bavcevic |
| 5 | Małgorzata Kraszkiewicz | Lucyna Mazur | Wojciech Kwiatkowski | Róża Frąckiewicz |
| 6 | Team Andrzej | Team Małgorzata | Team Tatiana | Team Robert |
| 6 | Bożena Gloc | Krzysztof Warzecha | Ewa Ihalainen | Wojciech Bardowski |
| 6 | Eugenia Kasprzycka | Maria Larmes | Marian Rain | Bogusław Buczkowski |

## Series overview

Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors
The Voice series overview :
| Season | Year | Winner | Runners-up | Runners-up | Runners-up | Winning coach | Main hosts | Main hosts |
| 1 | 2019 | Jola, Krystyna & Ela | Bogumiła Włodarek | Janusz Sztyber | Władysław Jarecki | Urszula Dudziak | Marta Manowska | Tomasz Kammel |
| 2 | 2021 | Barbara Parzeczewska | Andrzej Nosowski | Andrzej Pawłowski | Raisa Misztela | Andrzej Piaseczny | Marta Manowska | Rafał Brzozowski |
| 3 | 2022 | Krzysztof Prusik | Andrzej Biliński | Jerzy Herman | Larysa Tsoy | Witold Paszt | Marta Manowska | Rafał Brzozowski |
| 4 | 2023 | Zbigniew Zaranek | Andrzej Raniszewski | Hanna Tabiszewska | James Brierley | Maryla Rodowicz | Małgorzata Tomaszewska | Rafał Brzozowski |
| 5 | 2024 | Regina Bavcevic | Piotr Sałata | Roman Wojciechowski | Tadeusz Talarek | Halina Frąckowiak | Marta Manowska | Rafał Brzozowski |
| 6 | 2025 | Wojciech Bardowski | Bożena Gloc | Ewa Ihalainen | Krzysztof Warzecha | Robert Janowski | Marta Manowska | Robert Stockinger |
| 7 | 2026 | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | Upcoming season | Upcoming season |

### Season 1 (2019)

The show premiered on December 7, 2019. The judges for season 1 were Andrzej Piaseczny, Alicja Majewska, Urszula Dudziak and Marek Piekarczyk. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Marta Manowska and Janina Busk. The winners of the first series were Jola, Krystyna & Ela Szydłowskie from Team Urszula.

### Season 2 (2021)

The second season of the show premiered on January 2, 2021. Alicja Majewska and Andrzej Piaseczny returned as the coaches in the second season, but Urszula Dudziak and Marek Piekarczyk are replaced by Witold Paszt and Izabela Trojanowska, as new coaches. The show was hosted by Rafał Brzozowski and Marta Manowska. Tomasz Kammel resigned from the function of presenter. The winner of the second series was Barbara Parzeczewska from Team Andrzej.

### Season 3 (2022)

The third season of the show premiered on January 1, 2022. Alicja Majewska and Witold Paszt returned as the coaches in the third season, but Andrzej Piaseczny and Izabela Trojanowska were replaced by Maryla Rodowicz and Piotr Cugowski, as new coaches. The show was hosted by Rafał Brzozowski and Marta Manowska. The winner of the third series was Krzysztof Prusik from Team Witold.

### Season 4 (2023)

The fourth season of the show premiered on January 7, 2023. On August 16, 2022, it was announced that Maryla Rodowicz and Piotr Cugowski would return as the coaches, meanwhile Alicja Majewska and Witold Paszt would be replaced by Alicja Węgorzewska and Tomasz Szczepanik as a new coaches. The show was hosted by Rafał Brzozowski and Małgorzata Tomaszewska, who replaced Marta Manowska. The winner of the fourth series was Zbigniew Zaranek from Team Maryla.

### Season 5 (2024)

The fifth season premiered on 6 January 2024. On August 15, 2023, it was announced that Rodowicz, Szczepanik and Węgorzewska would return as coaches for their third, second and second season, respectively, joined by a new coach Halina Frąckowiak, who replaced Cugowski. The show will be hosted by Marta Manowska, replacing Małgorzata Tomaszewska, and Rafał Brzozowski. The winner of the fifth series was Regina Rosłaniec-Bavcevic from Team Halina.

### Season 6 (2025)

The sixth season premiered on 4 January 2025. On 11 August 2024, it was announced that Marta Manowska would reprise her role as the main host, alongside Robert Stockinger, who is set to make his debut as the second main host in the upcoming season. On 12 August 2024, Andrzej Piaseczny was announced to be returning as a coach after a three-year hiatus. At the same time, Robert Janowski, Małgorzata Ostrowska, and Tatiana Okupnik, were announced to debut coaches. The winner of the sixth series was Wojciech Bardowski from Team Robert.