The Voice Brasil (season 10)
The tenth season of "The Voice Brasil", premieres on TV Globo on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, in the (BRT / AMT) slot, immediately following the special re-airing of the telenovela "Império" (2014). Claudia Leitte returned to the panel after a five-year hiatus, along with returning coaches Carlinhos Brown, Iza, Lulu Santos and Michel Teló, thus making it the first season to have five coaches. The season introduced "The Comeback Stage", where artists eliminated from the Blind Auditions, Knockouts, and Battles are selected and coached by Teló to form his team that will ultimately join  the main competition in the "Cross Battles" round (which made a return for the first time since season seven). However, this season's Cross Battles were pre-recorded and, as result, does not feature the public vote component. Instead, the winner is determined by the three coaches not involved in the Battle. Giuliano Eriston was announced the winner of the season on December 23, 2021. This marked Michel Teló’s sixth victory in seven seasons as a coach. Blind Auditions. In the Blind auditions, each coach had to complete their teams with 18 contestants. Each coach had two Blocks to  prevent another of the coaches from getting a contestant. Some participants who got no chair turn were chosen to participate in "The Comeback Stage". Note: At the end of the blind auditions, Iza did not use her second block. Auditions not shown. Due to the large number of auditions (over 70) for just four episodes of blind auditions, TV Globo put some presentations available on the program's website, within the platform "Gshow". In total, 24 auditions were not broadcast, six from each team. Knockouts. For this phase, each coach selected six team members to sing in knockouts of two . Each coach was allowed to steal one losing artist from another coach, while the fifth coach, Teló, was able to steal two. Battles. For the battles round, each coach divides their artists in pairs to sing the same song. The 'steals' were removed for the first time this season, and only the fifth coach, Teló, could select eliminated artists to participate in the "Comeback Stage". Contestants who win their battle advance to the Cross battles. The Comeback Stage. This season's fifth coach, Michel Teló, had to select artists to form his team: five artists who did not make a  team during the Blind auditions, two eliminated artists from the Knockouts, and ten from the Battles. Unlike other countries' "Comeback Stages", this version has only one elimination round (the battles), to be broadcast exclusively on the network's website, "Gshow". The intention is only to create an eight-member team to join the main competition for the Cross Battles (adding a fifth chair on the coaching panel), and compete to win the tenth season of "The Voice Brasil" just like a regular team. Cross Battles. For this round, coaches select an artist from their team, then challenge a fellow coach  to compete against, and this coach selects an artist as well. The winner of the battle is decided by the three coaches not involved in the battle. Out of their eight team members, the coaches only chose four to participate in the phase, while the other four were sent automatically to the Remix. Coaches' names in bold means they were the challenger of the battle. Team Teló joins the main competition in this phase. Remix. In this phase, first, each coach was able to send three of their team artists automatically to the live shows, as presented in the table  below. Then, the remaining artists performed for their coach, who could only choose two artists to continue on the team. By default, Lulu did not need to choose since he only had two artists remaining on his team, and Iza did not choose as well, because her team had only one artist remaining. The order of the coaches choosing their artists was set by the number of wins each coach had on the Cross Battles. Finally, in the Repechage, the coaches had to finish their teams of six members. Brown, Claudia, Lulu, and Teló chose one artist to be on  their teams, while Iza chose two. Again, the order of choosing was set by the number of wins on the Cross Battles. Ratings and reception. Brazilian ratings. All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.