La Voz (Spanish season 7)
The seventh season of "La Voz" started airing on 11 September 2020 on Antena 3. Antonio Orozco and Pablo López returned as coaches from the previous season, while Laura Pausini and Alejandro Sanz, who lasted coached in season three and four, respectively, returned to replace Paulina Rubio and Luis Fonsi. Coaches. On 8 November 2019, it was announced that Pablo López and Antonio Orozco would remain on the panel for the seventh season and would be joined by returning coaches Laura Pausini and Alejandro Sanz who would replace Paulina Rubio and Luis Fonsi who left  the panel due to him coaching "La Voz US". This season featured a fifth coach for "The Comeback Stage", Miriam Rodriguez who selected twelve contestants who did not get a chair turn in the Blind auditions. The advisors for this season include: Tini Stoessel for Team Alejandro, Sebastián Yatra for Team Pablo, Carlos Rivera for Team Laura, and Mala Rodríguez for Team Antonio. Blind auditions. In the Blind Auditions, each coach had to complete their teams with 15 contestants. Each coach had three Blocks to prevent another of the coaches from getting a contestant. Twelve participants who got no chair  turn were chosen to participate on "The Comeback Stage". Episode 1 (11 September). At the beginning of the episode, the coaches performed each other songs. Alejandro Sanz sang "Estoy hecho de pedacitos de ti", Pablo López sang "Viveme", Laura Pausini sang "El Patio" and Antonio Orozco sang "No Tengo Nada". The Knockouts. This season, the rules for "Los Asaltos" changed. Each coach had to make three groups of five artists from their team to compete in a Knockout. At the end of all five performances, their coach could only advance with one of the artists. But, each coach has two  steals which they can use to steal losing artists from other teams. Coaches received help from their advisors: Tini Stoessel for Team Alejandro, Sebastián Yatra for Team Pablo, Carlos Rivera for Team Laura, and Mala Rodríguez for Team Antonio. At the end of this round, each coach advanced with five artists into the Battles. The battles. This round started with the Top 20 and each coach had five contestants. Each one granted an artist the "Fast Pass", who advanced to the Playoffs without battling a team member. The remaining artists battled another team member and only one was chosen to  advance. For this round, the advisors from the Knockouts were also present. The "Fast Pass" artist and the two artists from each team who won their battle advanced to the Playoffs. The Comeback Stage. For this season, the show added a brand new phase of competition called "The Comeback Stage" that was exclusive to Atresplayer and show's official YouTube channel. After failing to turn a chair in the blind auditions, artists had the chance to be selected by fifth coach Miriam Rodríguez to become a member of her team. Final phase. This season, the final phase was pre-recorded , instead of live, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During the Playoffs and Semifinal, the public present in the studio voted for their favorites to advance into the next round. In the Finale, they eventually pick who wins the season. Week 1: Playoffs (20 November). The Playoffs started with each team singing a song of their coach. Then, "The Comeback Stage" artists performed and Kelly won with majority of votes from the public; he decided to join Team Laura. Finally, the contestants performed by teams; the public voted for one artist, while each coach chose a second artist to advance  into the Semifinal. Week 2: Semifinal (27 November). The Semifinal started with a virtual performance of all sixty artists that were part of this season. Afterwards, each artist performed, as well as each coach performing with their two semifinalists. At the end of the episode, the public voted for their four favorite artists, from any team, to advance to the Finale. Week 3: Finale (4 December). The Finale started with the Top 4 performing together. Afterwards, each artist performed a song in solo and another one with a special guest. At the end of the episode, the public voted for  their favorite artist, who was crowned the winner of "La Voz 2020". It was not revealed who finished in third place and who finished in fourth, which means the bottom two artists were both considered third placers.