# The Voice Senior (German TV series) season 1

The first season of the German talent show The Voice Senior premiered on December 23, 2018 on Sat.1. The coaches were the duo Alec Völkel and Sascha Vollmer of the band The BossHoss, the singer and actress Yvonne Catterfeld, the singer and songwriter Mark Forster and the singer Sasha Schmitz. The hosts were Lena Gercke and Thore Schölermann.
Dan Lucas was named the winner of the season on January 4, 2019; making him the first contestant to win the show and Sasha Schmitz first win as a coach on The Voice Senior.

## Coaches and hosts

On June 29, 2018; the coaching panel for the first season was confirmed with Mark Forster, The BossHoss, Yvonne Catterfeld, all of whom have been coaches in the adult version; and Sasha Schmitz, who was previously a coach on The Voice Kids.
Current hosts of The Voice of Germany, Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke, appointed as hosts for the first season.

## Teams

Colour key
| Coach | Top 20 artists | Top 20 artists | Top 20 artists | Top 20 artists | Top 20 artists |
| Mark Forster | | | | | |
| Mark Forster | Joerg Kemp | Giselle Rommel | Matteo Comis | Charles Duncan | Elvira Slawinski |
| The BossHoss | | | | | |
| The BossHoss | Willi Stein | Wolfgang Schorer | Steffen Martin | Heike Grammbitter | Hildegard Gutt |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | | | | | |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | Fritz Bliesener | Janice Harrington | Eduardo Villegas | Geff Harrison | Anna Greene Dell'Era |
| Sasha Schmitz | | | | | |
| Sasha Schmitz | Dan Lucas | Gabriele Treftz | Walter Golczyk | Barbara Parzeczewski | Michael Dixon |

## Blind auditions

The two episodes of blind audition was broadcast on 23 and 28 December 2018 in Sat.1.

### Episode 1 (December 23)

The first blind audition episode was broadcast on December 23, 2018.
| 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 | Mark | BossHoss | Yvonne | Sasha |
| 1 | Walter Golczyk | 75 | "Hard to Handle" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Gabriele Treftz | 78 | "Für Mich Soll's Rote Rosen Regnen" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Steffen Martin | 64 | "Junge" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 4 | Nicolasa Antiquera-Mall | 61 | "One More Light" | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Fritz Bliesener | 80 | "’O sole mio" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Janice Harrington | 76 | "Honky Tonk Women" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 7 | Matteo Comis | 62 | "You to Me Are Everything" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 8 | Giselle Rommel | 77 | "Ich Liebe Das Leben" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 9 | Thomas 'Thommy' Klemt | 74 | "Blue Suede Shoes" | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Heike Grammbitter | 63 | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 11 | Dan Lucas | 64 | "You're the Voice" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 2 (December 28)

The second blind audition episode was broadcast on December 28, 2018.
| 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 | Mark | BossHoss | Yvonne | Sasha |
| 1 | Wolfgang Schorer | 61 | "Born to Be Wild" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Eduardo Villegas | 65 | "Fragile" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| 3 | Birgit Rüssmann | 66 | "No No Never" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Geff Harrison | 71 | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Joerg Kemp | 64 | "Still" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 6 | Willi Stein | 68 | "Maria" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 7 | Barbara Parzeczewski | 65 | "Walking By Myself" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 8 | Charles Duncan | 78 | "That's Life" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 9 | Anna Greene Dell'Era | 61 | "Rise Up" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 10 | Christian Herden | 63 | "Hier spricht dein Herz" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Elvira Slawinski | 68 | "Ich Will Keine Schokolade" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 12 | Michael Dixon | 68 | "A House Is Not A Home" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 13 | Hildegard Gutt | 80 | "Adieu" | — | — | — | — |

## Sing offs

The episode of sing offs was broadcast on 30 December 2018 in Sat.1. In this phase determines which two artists from each team will advance to the Final. When all artists have sung the coach decides who goes through.

### Color key

| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Sasha | 1 | Dan Lucas | "Don't Stop Believin'" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Sasha | 2 | Barbara Parzeczewski | "Proud Mary" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Sasha | 3 | Michael Dixon | "What the World Needs Now Is Love" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Sasha | 4 | Walter Golczyk | "Roll Over Beethoven" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Sasha | 5 | Gabriele Treftz | "Für Immer" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Yvonne | 1 | Eduardo Villegas | "Corazón Espinado" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Yvonne | 2 | Janice Harrington | "Hound Dog" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Yvonne | 3 | Geff Harrison | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Yvonne | 4 | Anna Greene Dell'Era | "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Yvonne | 5 | Fritz Bliesener | "Il mare calmo della sera" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Mark |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Mark | 1 | Elvira Slawinski | "Morgens Immer Müde" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Mark | 2 | Charles Duncan | "Make You Feel My Love" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Mark | 3 | Joerg Kemp | "Auf anderen Wegen" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Mark | 4 | Giselle Rommel | "Musik liegt in der Luft" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | Mark | 5 | Matteo Comis | "It's Not Unusual" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | BossHoss | 1 | Hildegard Gutt | "Eins und Eins, das macht Zwei" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | BossHoss | 2 | Steffen Martin | "Du schreibst Geschichte" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | BossHoss | 3 | Heike Grammbitter | "Oh! Darling" | Eliminated |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | BossHoss | 4 | Willi Stein | "Torna a Surriento" | Advanced |
| Episode 3 (December 30) | BossHoss | 5 | Wolfgang Schorer | "Smoke on the Water" | Advanced |

## Final

The stage performances of the finale were recorded on December 1, 2018 in Berlin and on January 4, 2019 was broadcast. Only the announcement of the decision audience via televoting was broadcast live, but in a smaller studio with no presence of the coaches and the audience.
The contestants are mentored by their coach and choose a song that they want to sing in the final. In the first round the coach decides which one act remains and the other act will then be eliminated. The final round is chosen the winner by the public at home by televoting.
| Coach | Artist | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| Coach | Artist | Order | First Song | Coach decision | Order | Second Song | Viewers Voting | Result |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | Janice Harrington | 1 | "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" | Eliminated | | | | |
| Yvonne Catterfeld | Fritz Bliesener | 2 | "The Prayer" | Advanced | 12 | "Caruso" | 17.5% | Runner-up |
| Mark Forster | Giselle Rommel | 3 | "Ich glaub 'ne Dame Werd' ich Nie" | Eliminated | | | | |
| Mark Forster | Joerg Kemp | 4 | "Eiserner Steg" | Advanced | 9 | "In Meinem Leben" | 6.5% | Third Place |
| The Bosshoss | Wolfgang Schorer | 5 | "Highway to Hell" | Eliminated | | | | |
| The Bosshoss | Willi Stein | 6 | "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" | Advanced | 10 | "One Moment in Time" | 6.0% | Fourth Place |
| Sasha Schmitz | Gabriele Treftz | 7 | "Lili Marleen" | Eliminated | | | | |
| Sasha Schmitz | Dan Lucas | 8 | "Alone" | Advanced | 11 | "Help!" | 70.0% | Winner |

## Elimination chart
### Team
#### Color key
#### Result details

| Artist | Artist | Sing Offs | Final | Final |
| Artist | Artist | Sing Offs | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| | Joerg Kemp | Advanced | Advanced | Third Place |
| | Giselle Rommel | Advanced | Eliminated | |
| | Matteo Comis | Eliminated | | |
| | Charles Duncan | Eliminated | | |
| | Elvira Slawinski | Eliminated | | |
| | Willi Stein | Advanced | Advanced | Fourth Place |
| | Wolfgang Schorer | Advanced | Eliminated | |
| | Steffen Martin | Eliminated | | |
| | Heike Grammbitter | Eliminated | | |
| | Hildegard Gutt | Eliminated | | |
| | Fritz Bliesener | Advanced | Advanced | Runner-up |
| | Janice Harrington | Advanced | Eliminated | |
| | Eduardo Villegas | Eliminated | | |
| | Geff Harrison | Eliminated | | |
| | Anna Greene Dell'Era | Eliminated | | |
| | Dan Lucas | Advanced | Advanced | Winner |
| | Gabriele Treftz | Advanced | Eliminated | |
| | Walter Golczyk | Eliminated | | |
| | Barbara Parzeczewski | Eliminated | | |
| | Michael Dixon | Eliminated | | |

## Ratings

| Episode | Episode | Date | Timeslot | Viewers (in millions) | Viewers (in millions) | Share (in %) | Share (in %) | Source |
| Episode | Episode | Date | Timeslot | Total | 14 - 49 Years | Total | 14 - 49 Years | Source |
| 1 | "Blind Auditions" | December 23, 2018 (2018-12-23) | Sunday 20:15pm | 3.13 | 1.42 | 9.9 | 13.1 | |
| 2 | "Blind Auditions" | December 28, 2018 (2018-12-28) | Friday 20:15pm | 2.16 | 0.90 | 7.6 | 10.6 | |
| 3 | "Sing Offs" | December 30, 2018 (2018-12-30) | Sunday 20:15pm | 2.30 | 0.92 | 7.5 | 9.2 | |
| 4 | "Final" | January 4, 2019 (2019-01-04) | Friday 20:15pm | 2.20 | 0.81 | 7.8 | 9.7 | |