Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
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reality
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talent show
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that premiered on January 29, 2012, on the LNK. ''Lietuvos balsai'' is part of the international syndication '' The Voice'' based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as ''
The Voice of Holland
''The Voice of Holland'', also known by its acronym ''TVOH'', is a Dutch singing reality competition television series that became a global TV format franchise, created by media tycoon John de Mol Jr. and musician Roel van Velzen in the Net ...
'', created by Dutch television producer
John de Mol Jr.
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Format
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 series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.
Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with a combination of public and jury vote deciding who advances onto the next round.
In the final phase, the remaining contestants (top 8) compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the final 4 phase. With one team member remaining for each coach, the (final 4) contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote.
Presenters
Presenters' timeline
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* Skonsmanaitė only presented in the Live Shows phase.
Backstage presenters' timeline
All versions' coaches
Series overview
Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
Kids version
''Lietuvos balsas. Vaikai'' (The Voice of Lithuania. Kids) is the junior version of ''Lietuvos Balsas'' and is also broadcast on LNK. The kids' show was confirmed to be in production in June 2018. The first season premiered on 6 January 2019 with Donatas Montvydas,
Mantas Jankavičius
Mantas Jankavičius (born 20 May 1980) is a Lithuanian singer and actor.
Biography
Born in Vilnius, he later moved with his parents to Kėdainiai. With 13 years, he started singing Kėdainiai rock band "Silence Zone". At the age of 19 years, he r ...
and Monika Marija (''The Voice'' season 5 winner) as coaches; and Rolandas Mackevičius as host. Filming for the second season began in August 2019. The live shows for this season were held at an empty auditorium due to
COVID-19
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. As of May 2025, season 4 has yet to be confirmed.
Seniors version
''Lietuvos balsas. Senjorai'' (The Voice of Lithuania. Senior) is the senior version of ''Lietuvos Balsas'', designed exclusive to people of more than 60 years old and is also broadcast on LNK. The senior edition was confirmed to be in production in early January 2019. On June 24, 2019, it was announced that Justinas Jarutis,
Inga Jankauskaitė
Inga Jankauskaitė (born 10 January 1981) is a Lithuanian actress, singer, and piano player.
Career
Jankauskaitė was as a radio DJ at radio stations Kauno fonas and Ultra vires. After graduation from the Juozas Naujalis Music Academy in 199 ...
, Monika Marija and
Mantas Jankavičius
Mantas Jankavičius (born 20 May 1980) is a Lithuanian singer and actor.
Biography
Born in Vilnius, he later moved with his parents to Kėdainiai. With 13 years, he started singing Kėdainiai rock band "Silence Zone". At the age of 19 years, he r ...
would become coaches for the first season. Rolandas Mackevičius also host the senior's version.
The winner of the first season is Gedeminas Jepšas from team Monika Marija.
Generations version
In 2021, ''Lietuvos balsas. Kartos'' was announced to be broadcast in 2022. This version is "The Voice of Lithuania: Generations", where groups of family members of several ages perform together. Although this version is airing first, the original network of this new idea was
Seven Network
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, owner of the Australian ''The Voice''. In November 2021, a brand new coaching panel was announced: the first-ever trio on the Lithuanian version,
69 Danguje
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Vaidas Baumila
Vaidas Baumila (Vaidotas Baumila) is a Lithuanian singer and actor. He represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Monika Linkytė with the song " This Time".
He became known after finishing third in the TV3 Channel 3 or ...