''The Voice'' () is a

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reality show Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

style singing competition broadcast by

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...

, and also selects Hong Kong's representative to the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals. The first season was presented by

cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") is a genre of pop music sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption. The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hon ...

singer Prudence Liew and aired from July 19, 2009 to February 7, 2010. Wen Wang (王雯) was the winner. Sammy Leung and

Kristal Tin Kristal Tin Yui Nei (, born 28 September 1977) is a Hong Kong singer and a former TVB actress. Career Tin's career began with a first-place award in a singing contest in 1993. After the competition, she was offered a contract at Asia Televi ...

were the main presenters starting season two, which aired May 9, 2010 to September 12, 2010. Mag Lam was the winner. Season 3 premiered on August 14, 2011 following the conclusion of the talk show, ''Say What'' (吹水同鄉會).

Format

Contestants sing one song per round of competition, which depending on the length, will be broadcast within one or two episodes. After their individual performances, a panel of judges (between four and six, depending on the round) will critique and score each contestant. During the first half of the season, the scoring structure is on a five-point scale, with the final score being the sum of the judges total. As for the latter half of the season, each judge can award up to 100 points, with the final score being the average of the judges' scores. Depending on the round of competition, contestants are eliminated based on one of three pre-set criteria: * Having a set number of the lowest scoring contestants (usually between two and four) eliminated; * Having a minimum score threshold where a contestant must achieve in order to survive the round; * In dual rounds, contestants that score lower than their challengers are eliminated. If two contestants are battling against each other, the lower scoring contestant is eliminated. However, there are some rounds where no contestants are eliminated and instead they are competing for prizes.

Season 1 (2009-2010)

An open audition call selects 100 contestants to enter the preliminaries of the show, which is broadcast in the first episode of the program. From there, the six judges responsible for the preliminaries each select five contestants as the final 30 to be on the show. At the halfway point of the season, contestants eliminated during the first half had an opportunity to re-join the competition in what is called "The Resurrection Battle". During this round, the four highest scoring contestants are re-instated in the competition.

Guest presenters

Gary Chaw Gary Chaw (; born 9 July 1979 in Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia), also known as Gary Cao or Cao Ge or by his alter ego Cao Xiaoge, is a Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter based in Taiwan, who has had achieved success in Taiwan, Mainland China, ...

(Episodes 4-6; 28) * Sammy Leung (Episodes 7-11; 28; Graduation concert) *

Louis Cheung Louis Cheung (; born 11 January 1980) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is an alumnus of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in acting. His first play was in 1997, and he has performed in a total of more than 20 ...

(Episodes 12, 16-28; Graduation concert) * Amigo Choi (Episodes 13-15) *

Harlem Yu Harlem Yu (; born 28 July 1961) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, television host and businessman. He has been hosting television shows in Taiwan since 1994 and in China since 2011, and served as a coach for three seasons of '' The Voice of Chi ...

(Episodes 24-25) *King Kong (Episodes 26-27) Season 1 main presenter Prudence Liew was relieved of her hosting duties as of episode 26. Liew, who is signed under the

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label Cinepoly Records, is part of the group of

singers banned from appearing on

programming as part of the conflict between the television station and the

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over song royalties. Her replacement presenter for episodes 26 to 27 was Hong Kong based Taiwanese presenter King Kong ( 金剛).Yahoo.com.
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Judges

Results

*Winner: Wen Wang 王雯 *''First Runner-Up'': Cherry Ho 何紫慧 *''Second Runner-Up'': Wen Chao 趙文 *Most Outstanding Singer Award: Cherry Ho 何紫慧 *Most Popular Award: Alfred Hui 許廷鏗 *Most Vastly Improved Award: Auston Lam 林師傑 *Most Moving Performance Award: Wei Han 韓煒 *Hong Kong's Representative to '' International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship 2009'': Hong Kin Chan 陳康健 **Hong Kin Chan pulled out of competing at ''New Talent'' due to sickness, therefore no Hong Kong representative competed in the contest for the first time in the history of ''New Talent Singing Awards''. During episodes 16 to 20 of season one, several singing competition winners from

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and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

challenged the original Hong Kong contestants in a dual round. Each challenger battled against two local contestants. If the challenger can win both rounds or at least win one round and tie one round, they were then invited to compete in ''The Voice'' for the remainder of the season. Two of these challengers ended up in the top three at the end of season one, with Wen Wang 王雯 winning the competition and Wen Chao 趙文 in third place.

Season 2 (2010)

The show went through a makeover for season 2. The major difference being the open audition call now selects twenty contestants, cancelling the preliminary round of 100 competitors. The season premiere began with these twenty contestants. Also, no Resurrection Battle took place this season.

Guest presenters

* Mimi Lo (Episode 13) * Louis Yuen (Episode 16-17)

Judges

Results

*Winner: (15) Mag Lam 林欣彤 *''First Runner-Up'': (4)

Hubert Wu Hubert Wu (; born 27 March 1990) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. Wu was the first runner-up of ''The Voice (Hong Kong)'' Season 2, winner of ''New Talent Singing Awards 2010'', and is currently signed with :zh:邵氏兄弟, Shaw Bro ...

胡鴻鈞 *''Second Runner-Up'': (6) Sheldon Lo 羅孝勇 *Internet Popularity Award: (15) Mag Lam 林欣彤 *Most Vastly Improved Award: (4) Hubert Wu 胡鴻鈞 *Favourite Song Performance Award: ** (15) Mag Lam 林欣彤 ''performing "愛請問怎麼走"'' ** (10) James Ng 吳業坤 ''performing "夢一場"'' ** (7) Vivian Chan 陳慧敏 ''performing "歲月的童話"'' *Hong Kong's Representative to '' International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship 2010'': (4) Hubert Wu 胡鴻鈞

Season 3 (2011)

Season 3 saw some minor changes in the rules and regulations. An age restriction was added limiting applicants to between the ages of 15 and 30. Also, vocal group entries of up to eight people are now allowed to compete. The season premiere was aired on August 14, 2011 and began with 18 contestants.

Judges

Results

*Winner: (18) Jerry Liu 廖仲謙 *''First Runner-Up'': (1) Jay Fung 馮允謙 *''Second Runner-Up'': (3) Carrie Tam 譚嘉儀 *Internet Popularity Award: (1) Jay Fung 馮允謙 *Most Vastly Improved Award: (3) Carrie Tam 譚嘉儀 *Favourite Song Performance Award: ** (1) Jay Fung 馮允謙 ft. Sheldon Lo 羅孝勇 ''performing "I'm Yours"'' ** (18) Jerry Liu 廖仲謙 ''performing "我的天"'' ** (3) Carrie Tam 譚嘉儀 ''performing "多得他"'' *Hong Kong's Representative to '' International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship 2011'': (18) Jerry Liu 廖仲謙

References

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Format

Season 1 (2009-2010)

Guest presenters

Judges

Results

Season 2 (2010)

Guest presenters

Judges

Results

Season 3 (2011)

Judges

Results

See also

References