Claudia Emmanuela Santoso was named the winner of the season on November 10, 2019; making her the third foreigner contestant (first artist born completely outside of Europe) to win in the show's history, marking Alice Merton's first and only win. She is the first and (so far) only female coach, as well as the youngest coach to win a season of The Voice of Germany.
On April 7, 2019, it was announced that after 5 years Michi & Smudo would not be returning to the show.[5] On May 6, 2019, it was announced that after 3 years Yvonne Catterfeld would not be returning as a coach, though she confirmed she would remain on The Voice Senior.[6] On May 22, 2019, it was announced that Michael Patrick Kelly would also not be returning as a coach but instead will switch to coach on the second season of The Voice Senior.[7] On May 26, 2019, it was announced that Rea Garvey would be returning for his fifth season after a three-year hiatus, along with new coaches Alice Merton and Sido and returning coach Mark Forster.[8] Therefore, for the first time in the history of The Voice of Germany, there are no duo coaches on the panel. It was announced on August 21, 2019 that Nico Santos would become a fifth coach, mentoring unsuccessful auditioners on an online version in a new round called The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT.[9]
A new round this season, entitled "Comeback Stage by SEAT", saw artists who did not turn a chair in the Blind Auditions as well as eliminated artists from later rounds of the competition, get a second chance to return to the competition for the live shows. The artists remained, mentored by Nico Santos, competed against each other in a digital companion series, with the winners securing a spot in the Live Shows. In addition, the number of finalists were increased from 4 to 5 this season.
Teams
Main Competition
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Fifth place
Eliminated in the Semi-final
Eliminated but selected to participate in Comeback Stage
Eliminated in the Sing Off
Stolen in the Battle rounds
Eliminated in the Battle rounds or stolen and later eliminated
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams). The Grey names are eliminated artists selected to participate in Comeback Stage and the Underlined name is its winner who advanced in the Live Shows.
Blind auditions
The auditions for the ninth season took place from February 2019 to March 2019 but not shown on television. The blind auditions were recorded from June 7, 2019 to June 12, 2019 at Studio Adlershof in Berlin and were broadcast from September 12, 2019 until October 10, 2019, being broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Sunday on Sat.1.[10][11]
Color key
✔
Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button
✔
Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button, despite the lack of places in his/her team
Artist defaulted to this coach's team
Artist elected to join this coach's team
Artist was eliminated and was not invited back for "Comeback Stage"
Artist was eliminated, but got a second chance to compete in "Comeback Stage"
Episode 1 (September 12)
The first blind audition episode was broadcast on September 12, 2019 on ProSieben.
The battle rounds were recorded from August 5, 2019 to August 7, 2019 in Berlin and were broadcast from October 13, 2019 until October 24, 2019, being broadcast like the blind auditions every Thursday on ProSieben and every Sunday on Sat.1.
The coaches can steal one losing artist from other coaches. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Sing-off. New to this season, is the introduction of the Steal Room. While steals have returned, each artist that is stolen this season will sit in a designated seat in the Steal Room as they watch the other performances. If a coach has stolen one artist but later decides to steal another, the first artist will be replaced and eliminated by the newly-stolen artist.
Color key
Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Sing-offs
Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Sing-offs
Artist lost the Battle and was stolen by another coach, but was later switched with another artist and eliminated
Artist lost the Battle but got a second chance to compete in "Comeback Stage"
^ Coach Sido didn't pick a winner, because he thought both artists didn't manage to listen to his instructions.
Sing offs
The sing offs were recorded in Berlin from September 10, 2019 to September 11, 2019 and were broadcast in two episodes on October 27, 2019 on Sat.1 and on October 31, 2019 on ProSieben. This season's advisors were Natasha Bedingfield for Team Mark, Ryan Tedder for Team Alice, James Blunt for Team Sido and Michael Schulte for Team Rea.[12]
The Sing Off determines which two artists from each team will advance to the final round of competition, the Live Shows. In this round, after an artist performs, he or she will sit in one of two hot-seats above the stage. The first two artists performing from each team will sit down, but once the third artist performs, a coach has the choice of replacing the third artist with any artist sitting down or eliminating them immediately. Once all artists have performed, those who remain seated will advance to the Live Shows.
Color key
Artist was immediately eliminated after performance without given a chair
Artist was given a chair but swapped out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
Artist was given a chair and made the final two of their own team
Artist lost the Sing Off but got a second chance to compete in "Comeback Stage"
For this season, the show added a brand new phase of competition called The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT that was exclusive to thevoiceofgermany.de. It was shown for the first time in the fifteenth season of the American version. After failing to turn a chair in the blind auditions or eliminated from battles and sing offs, artists had the chance to be selected by fifth coach Nico Santos to become a member of his ten-person team.[13] The two winners competed in the Live Shows against the talents of the coaches Alice Merton, Rea Garvey, Sido and Mark Forster live on television for a chance to win the ninth season of The Voice of Germany.
First round
During the first round of competition, the six selected artists from Blind Auditions went head to head, two artists per episode, and Santos selected a winner to move on to the next round.
Artist won the battle and advanced to the next round
In the third round, Santos brought back two artists who were eliminated during the Battle rounds, giving them a chance to re-enter in the competition. These artists faced off against the two artists from the second round.
Artist won the battle and advanced to the final round
In the final round, the two winners of the third round competed against two eliminated artists from the Sing Offs. From these four artists, two advanced in the Live Shows.
Artist won The Comeback Stage and advanced to the Live Shows
The final aired on November 10, 2019. In the final week, the five finalists performed a solo cover song, an original duet song with their coach and a duet with a special guest.
Like the previous seasons, the finalists and a wildcard winner chosen by the audience, went on a concert tour in December across Germany. This tour began on December 6, 2019 and had nineteen stops.[14] The tour featured the top finalists from each team, including Claudia Emmanuela Santoso, Erwin Kintop, Lucas Rieger, Fidi Steinbeck and Freschta Akbarzada and the wildcard winner, Mariel Kirschall.
The tour began on December 6, 2019 in Braunschweig and ended on December 30, 2019 in Bielefeld.
^ Mark Agpas withdrew before the Battle Stage in the eighth season, but Mark Forster gave him a second chance and he advanced to the Battle Stage this season without auditioning.
Luke Voigtmann participated in season 4, but no one coach turned for him.
Ratings
Timeslot are CEST (UTC+2) for episodes 1 to 13 and CET (UTC+1) for episodes 14 to 17.
