| The Voice of Ireland | |
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | John de Mol |
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| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 71 |
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| Producer | Screentime Shinawil Productions |
| Production location | The Helix |
| Running time | 72–104 minutes (inc. adverts) |
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| Network | RTÉ One |
| Release | 8 January 2012 – 24 April 2016 |
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The Voice of Ireland is the Irish edition of the international TV franchise The Voice, a reality singing competition created by media tycoon John de Mol. The first series began airing from 8 January 2012 on RTÉ One.[1] The coaches originally were Bressie, Sharon Corr, Kian Egan and Brian Kennedy. Kennedy left after the first series and was replaced by Jamelia. After the second series, Corr quit the show owing to other commitments and was replaced by Dolores O'Riordan. Following series 3, Dolores and Jamelia quit. The coaches for series 4 were Bressie, Una Healy, Kian Egan and Rachel Stevens. The show was hosted by Kathryn Thomas[2] and co-hosted by Eoghan McDermott, who also presented backstage show The Voice After Party in Series 3.
The series was part of The Voice franchise and was based on a similar competition format in the Netherlands entitled The Voice of Holland. The show replaced The All Ireland Talent Show. One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.
The TV show "blind" auditions were held at the Helix, and were broadcast for the first five weeks of the series. The Battle Phase was broadcast over three weeks from the second week of February to the last week of February each year. The winner of the show is offered a recording contract with Universal Music Ireland worth €100,000.
The current and final holder of the crown The Voice of Ireland is the series 5 champion, Michael Lawson. To date, all five winners of the Irish version of the franchise have been males.
On 3 August 2016, it was announced that the show was going to be replaced by an Irish version of Strictly Come Dancing.[3]
- ^ "The Voice of Ireland begins Sunday". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Finn, Melanie (2 September 2011). "How Kathryn won Voice gig by a hair's breadth". Evening Herald. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "RTÉ drops The Voice for Dancing with the Stars". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.