The Voice South Africa season 1

The Voice South Africa is a South African television music competition to find new singing talent. The first season began airing on 31 January 2016 on M-Net. The season is hosted by Lungile Radu with Stacy Norman as the V-Reporter, and are joined by coaches Kahn Morbee, Lira, Bobby van Jaarsveld, and Karen Zoid.[1]

The Voice South Africa
Season 1
Hosted byLungile Radu
Stacy Norman
CoachesKahn Morbee
Lira
Bobby van Jaarsveld
Karen Zoid
WinnerRichard Stirton
Winning coachKahn Morbee
Runner-upGavin Edwards
Release
Original networkM-Net
Original release31 January (2016-01-31) –
22 May 2016 (2016-05-22)

Richard Stirton won the first season on 22 May 2016.[2]

Teams

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Colour key:

  •   Winner
  •   Runner-up
  •   Second Runner-up
  •   Eliminated in the Live shows
  •   Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles
  •   Eliminated in the Battles
  •   Artist withdrew from the competition

Blind auditions

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Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they wanted that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist will choose their coach.

Colour key
   Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button
     Artist defaulted to this coach's team
     Artist elected to join this coach's team
     Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button

Blind audition 1 (31 January)

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The series premiere was broadcast on 31 January 2016.

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
Kahn Lira Bobby Karen
1 Mbijana Sibisi 24 "Redemption Song" - -
2 Marcel de Almeida 22 "Push Me to the Floor" - -
3 Thembeka Mnguni 32 "Brand New Me" -
4 Gavin Welsh 38 N/A - - - -
5 Thato Burhali Reynolds N/A N/A - - -
6 Joanna Abatzoglou N/A N/A - - - -
7 El Clay 25 "I'm Not the Only One"
8 Jessica Martins 18 "Pompeii" -
9 Prime Zulu 27 "Give Me One Reason"
10 Jeremy Olivier 40 "All of Me"

References

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  1. ^ "The Voice South Africa | Season 1 | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Richard Stirton wins The Voice SA Season 1!". Richard Stirton wins The Voice SA Season 1!. Retrieved 9 August 2024.