The Voice of Germany is a German casting show that has been broadcast by TV stations ProSieben and Sat.1 since November 2011.
The aspiring singers have to prove their singing talent to the audience and the jury, also known as coaches, over a total of four rounds.
Each season begins with the blind auditions. Around 150 candidates sing in these auditions. The interesting thing about the blind auditions is that the coaches (singer and songwriter Mark Forster, actress and singer Yvonne Catterfeld, songwriter, guitarist and singer Samu Haber and Smudo and Michi Beck from the Fantastischen Vier) only use their hearing to decide who goes through to the next round and who does not. The coaches sit with their backs to the candidates, so they only hear their voices. If only one coach turns around, the candidate is automatically in their team. If several coaches vote for a candidate, he or she decides which team he or she wants to be in.
At the end of the blind auditions, each coach has a group of 16 participants who then compete against each other in battles.
A total of 3000 LED-Strips B from Schnick-Schnack-Systems were installed in the studio (stairs: 400, logo: 450, clusters: 500, borders: 1650). The power and data supply is provided by 30 Long Distance Controllers.
