The Voice of Germany season 6

The Voice of Germany is a German reality talent show that premiered its sixth season on October 20, 2016 on ProSieben and Sat.1. Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. It is part of an international series. Andreas Bourani and Michi Beck & Smudo returned as coaches from the previous season, alongside Samu Haber who returned after a one season hiatus, replacing Rea Garvey. Yvonne Catterfeld joined the show as a new coach, replacing Stefanie Kloß from the previous season. The host(s) for this season will be Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke.

The Voice of Germany
Season 6
Hosted by	Thore Schölermann Lena Gercke
Judges	Samu Haber Yvonne Catterfeld Michi Beck & Smudo Andreas Bourani
Winner	Tay Schmedtmann
Winning coach	Andreas Bourani
Runner-up	Robin Resch
Release
Original network	ProSieben and Sat.1
Original release	October 20 (2016-10-20) – December 18, 2016 (2016-12-18)
Season chronology

Tay Schmedtmann was announced as the winner of The Voice of Germany, marking Andreas Bourani's first and only win as a coach.

Coaches and Hosts

On 30 April 2016, it was announced that Rea Garvey would exit the panel and Samu Haber would once again join the coaching panel after a hiatus from the previous season.^[1] On 14 June 2016, it was announced that Michi & Smudo and Andreas Bourani would be returning as coaches, while Stefanie Kloß would exit the show. Yvonne Catterfield was announced to take her place. With Garvey's departure, this is the first season to not feature any coaches from the shows inaugural season. The hosts remained the same for this season.

The Voice of Germany season 6 coaches

Samu Haber

Yvonne Catterfeld

Michi

Smudo

Andreas Bourani

Teams

•   Winner
•   Runner-up
•   Third place
•   Fourth place
•   Eliminated in the Semi-final
•   Eliminated in the Knockout rounds
•   Stolen in the Battle rounds
•   Eliminated in the Battle rounds

Coach	Top 73 Artists
Samu Haber
	Robin Resch	Stas Schurins	Florian Unger	Fabian Ludwig	Laura Ritter	Anna-Lena Schäfer	Dorothea Proschko
	Andreas Steiger	Andrina Travers	Anna-Maria Nemetz	Vanessa Iraci	Bünyamin Yazici	Sem Eisinger	Fabian Blesin
	Vincenzo Iuzzolini	Louisa Jones	Nicole Bührer	Dehua Hu	Maja Endres
Yvonne Catterfeld
	Boris Alexander Stein	Vera Tavares	Friedemann Petter	Mathea Elisabeth Höller	Alessio Loriga	Nico Laska	Vanessa Iraci
	Marie Claudia Apenou	Flávio Martins	Pauline Steinbrecher	Jonny vom Dahl	Darius Zander	Daria Müller	Mimoza, Vjollca & Shkurte Mustafa
	Victoria Mishchenko	Anja Kraml	Artur Molin	Viktoria Andonova	Angelina Schmigelski
Michi & Smudo
	Marc Amacher	Robert Ildefonso	Yasmin Sidibe	Lara Trautmann	Danyal Demir	Jonny vom Dahl	Florentina Krasniqi
	Ruth Lomboto	Lukas Räuftlin	Sally Grayson	Schpresim Ahmeti	Michael Wansch	Marco Pinto	Elena Ancuta Stegaru
	Martin Menzel	Celena Pieper	Georg Stengel	Selina Grinberg	Marijana Maksimovic
Andreas Bourani
	Tay Schmedtmann	Lucie Fischer	Michael Caliman	Bünyamin Yazici	Steven Sylvester Ludkowski	Joel Guzman	Leon Braje
	Daniel Moczarski	Neo Kaliske	Jonas Hug	Anna-Maria Nemetz	Marina Mast	Sarah Maier, Teresa Pleger & Maria Vogl-Fernheim	Jayla Brown
	Daniela Oude Kotte	Sarah Sacher	Adrian Schiele	Homsing Ronra Shinray	Theresa Gratzl	Daniel Ferrer
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams).

Blind Auditions

Episode 1 (October 20)

Order	Artist	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
			Samu	Yvonne	Michi & Smudo	Andreas
1	Danyal Demir	"Pony"	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Vera Tavares	"Oops!... I Did It Again"	–	✔	✔	✔
3	Maggie Jane	"The Real Thing"	–	–	–	–
4	Bünyamin Yazici	"Das ist Dein Leben"	✔	✔	–	✔
5	Michael Wansch	"Confrontation"	–	–	✔	–
6	Diana & Daniela Alexander	"Pendel"	–	–	–	–
7	Darius Zander	"80 Millionen"	✔	✔	–	✔
8	Marina Mast	"Ghost"	✔	–	–	✔
9	Aleksandra Ziolkowska	"Me, Myself & I"	–	–	–	–
10	Marc Amacher	"For What It's Worth"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 2 (October 23)

Order	Artist	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
			Samu	Yvonne	Michi & Smudo	Andreas
1	Mathea Höller	"Ex's & Oh's"	✔	✔	✔	✔
2	Hanna Czarnecka	"Diva's Dance"	–	–	–	–
3	Georg Stengel	"Pocahontas"	–	–	✔	✔
4	Ruth Lomboto	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody"	✔	✔	✔	✔
5	Ruben Dimitri	"Diamonds"	–	–	–	–
6	Dorothea Proschko	"Nobody's Perfect"	✔	✔	–	✔
7	Pauline Steinbrecher	"When We Were Young"	–	✔	–	–
8	Michael Caliman	"Wishing Well"	–	✔	–	✔
9	Pigs Can't Fly	"Here Comes the Sun"	–	–	–	–
10	Stas Schurins	"7 Years"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 4 (October 30)

Order	Artist	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
			Samu	Yvonne	Michi & Smudo	Andreas
1	Sally Grayson	"The Love Cats"	✔	–	✔	✔
2	Anja Kraml	"I'd Rather Go Blind"	✔	✔	✔	✔
3	Lin Gothoni	"Ein Letztes Lied"	–	–	–	–
4	Martin Menzel	"Frauen Regiern' Die Welt"	–	–	✔	✔
5	Marie Claudia Apenou	"No One"	✔	✔	✔	✔
6	Phillip Mandel	"The Take Over, the Breaks Over"	–	–	–	–
7	Andreas Steiger	"Speeding Cars"	✔	✔	–	✔
8	Joel Guzman	"I'm Not the Only One"	✔	✔	✔	✔
9	Louisa Jones	"Dog Days Are Over"	✔	–	–	–
10	Hanna Rohkohl	"Titanium"	–	–	–	–
11	Florian Unger	"Bis Ans Ender der Welt"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 6 (November 6)

Order	Artist	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
			Samu	Yvonne	Michi & Smudo	Andreas
1	Daniela Oude Kotte	"Gravity"	–	–	✔	✔
2	Leon Braje	"Wunderbare Jahre"	✔	✔	✔	✔
3	Gitty	"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"	–	–	–	–
4	Florentina Krasniqi	"This Is What You Came For"	–	–	✔	–
5	Robert Ildefonso	"Lost Stars"	–	✔	✔	–
6	Marco Weichselbraun	"Livin' on a Prayer"	–	–	–	–
7	Maja Endres	"Sexy and I Know It"	✔	–	–	–
8	Jonny vom Dahl	"Durch Die Schweren Zeiten"	✔	✔	–	–
9	Lawrence Pinoyski	"Feel Good Inc."	–	–	–	–
10	Celena Pieper	"Thinking of You"	–	–	✔	–
11	Sarah, Maria & Teresa	"Das Gold Von Morgen"	–	–	✔	✔
12	Fabian Storzum	"One Dance"	–	–	–	–
13	Alessio Loriga	"Schwarz Auf Weiss"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 7 (November 6)

Order	Artist	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
			Samu	Yvonne	Michi & Smudo	Andreas
1	Anna-Lena Schäfer	"Barfuß Am Klavier"	✔	✔	✔	–
2	Angelina Schmigelski	"Piece by Piece"	–	✔	–	–
3	Olaf Klaas	"Unchain My Heart"	–	–	–	–
4	Elena Ancuta Stegaru	"Sax"	✔	✔	✔	✔
5	Nicole Bührer	"Sweet Child o' Mine"	✔	–	–	–
6	Daniel Johnson	"A Sky Full of Stars"	–	–	–	–
7	Boris Alexander Stein	"Im Schneckenhaus"	–	✔	–	–
8	Sarah Sacher	"Liebe Ist"	✔	–	–	✔
9	Artur Molin	"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"	–	✔	–	✔
10	Kai Schernbeck	"If I Could Fly"	–	–	–	–
11	Marco Pinto	"Lego House"	✔	–	✔	–
12	Sem Eisinger	"One Call Away"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Final

Rang	Contestant	Coach	Songs		Televoting round 1	Televoting round 2
1	Tay Schmedtmann	Andreas Bourani	Coverversion	"Sie sieht mich nicht"		53,87 %
			Duet with Coach	"Eisberg"
			Duet with Guest Artist	"Love Me Now" with John Legend
			Winner single	"Lauf Baby Lauf"
2	Robin Resch	Samu Haber	Coverversion	"Photograph"		46,13 %
			Duet with Coach	"Hollywood Hills"
			Duet with Guest Artist	"Say You Won't Let Go" with James Arthur
			Winner single	"Disneyland"
3	Marc Amacher	Michi & Smudo	Coverversion	"Are You Gonna Go My Way"		—
			Duet with Coach	"Ernten was wir säen"
			Duet with Guest Artist	"Breathing Underwater" with Emeli Sandé
4	Boris Alexander Stein	Yvonne Catterfeld	Coverversion	"Demo (Letzter Tag)"		—
			Duet with Coach	"Irgendwas"
			Duet with Guest Artist	"Let's Hurt Tonight" with OneRepublic

Contestants, who appeared in previous seasons

• Florian Pfitzner participated in season 4, but no coach turned for him