La Voz Colombia is a reality television singing competition, originating from the dutch version, which has become a worldwide phenomenon. Over 50 countries now have their own version of The Voice. In this show, Colombians with outstanding singing talent are sought, and will be coached by four great music superstars who will be in charge of finding and training the next "voice" of Colombia. The first season premiered on Caracol TV on October 1, 2012. For the second season, The Voice Colombia , developed by Applicaster. The app offers an aggregated live feed of both broadcaster driven activities and social networks integration. The activities include a variety of gamification events, behind the scenes exclusive content, and various layers of information, to enhance primetime viewership. Show-related tweets and Facebook posts are integrated into the TV app feed during live primetime shows. Parlar TV, Caracol TV's app is available on the and on . The winner of season 1 was Miranda Cardona and the winner of Season 2 was Camilo Martinez.
Format
Participants attempt their shot at the competition in blind auditions, where the judges and future coaches, sit with their backs to the contestants. This format allows the participants to be judged solely on their singing ability and not on physical appearance. Judges can turn their chairs at the press of a button, indicating that they are interested in the performer. If more than one judge turns his/her chair, the contestant can choose a judge who will then become their coach as well. This format is based on the talent showThe Voice. At the second stage, The Battles, coaches are forced to reduce their team by half. They have to pit two of their contestants to sing against each other in a ring. In the end each coach made the decision to eliminate one of them, who left the competition. In this phase, coaches are supported by guest advisors. The third stage is the live shows, which are broadcast live. Each contestant must sing for the coaches. At the end of the show, each coach will be obliged to saves one from his/her team. The elimination consists of the two nominees at risk each week, the audience save one of the nominees and the other two will sing the song with which they performed in the show. The coach will eliminate one. The elimination procedure continues until there is one artists per team in the final. In the second season, the Live Shows had format changed and any coach could have no finalist in the final. Due to a clause in the contract between Caracol and Talpa, the program is not broadcast internationally, with the exception of Spain and Ecuador, due to a special cause. The first season of the show released a compilation CD, Lo Mejor de La Voz Colombia, recorded by 12 of the contestants, and was put on sale in the country, where it was certified platinum. Thanks to the excellent performance of The Voice Colombia in Ecuador, Ecuavisa aired the first season of The Voice Colombia and was one of the only The Voice versions to be transmitted outside the originating country.
Coaches and hosts
In the first season Carlos Vives, Ricardo Montaner, Andrés Cepeda and Fanny Lu were the coaches, while battle advisors were Maia, MR, Amaury Gutiérrez, and Gilberto Santa Rosa. For the second season, Carlos Vives announced that due to several tours and prior commitments he would not return, for which "The gentleman of salsa" Gilberto Santa Rosa replaced him on the coaching panel. The show was hosted by Carlos Ponce, Linda Palma and Diego Sáenz in season 1. Alejandro Palacio replaced Ponce in season 2.
:es:La voz Kids |The Voice Kids is a Colombian kids talent show, based on the Dutch competition The Voice Kids, broadcast by Caracol Television. Each season, 27 contestants, trained by one of the three judges, compete to win COL$300 million and a contract with Universal Music. Participation is only open to children aged 8 to 15. As of July 2020, there is no announcement regarding a sixth season.
Format
The format of The Voice Kids Colombia share the same blind audition rules with the adult version. However, in the Battles, 3 participants from the same team are pit against each other and only one will advance to the next stage. Each coach starts with a team consisting of 27 participants and at the end only 9 remain. The next stage is the Superbattles, where the teams will be reduced again. Each coach must organize 3 battles and choose 3 participants of their team to face each other. Each contestant will be assigned a different song. After that, each coach will have 5 participants to the Live Shows and a daily contestant will leave until the three finalists, one from each team, remain in the final. Starting from the second season, participants who is eliminated in the Super Battles round will have the opportunity to get a quota to return to the competition. Each contestant will sing for the coaches with a free-choice song. In the end, 6 contestants will enter again and can choose the coach they want to go with.
Coaches and hosts
The coaching panel conststs of two coaches from the adult version, Andrés Cepeda and Fanny Lu; while also has its own coach, Maluma. In season 3, Maluma was replaced by Sebastián Yatra. The show was hosted by Alejandro Palacio and Linda Palma in the first two seasons. Laura Tobón replaced Palma from season 3 onward.
Season summary
''The Voice Teens Colombia''
:es:La Voz Teens |The Voice Teens was a Colombian juvenile talent show, based on the Dutch competition, broadcast by Caracol Television. Only airing one season, 24 contestants, trained by one of the three judges, compete to win COL$300 million and a contract with Universal Music. Participation was only open to singers between the ages of thirteen and seventeen years. This was the first-ever Teens version of The Voice franchise. The format of The Voice Teens is adopted from The Voice Kids season 2.
Coaches and hosts
from the adult and kids version joined the coaching panel, along with singer Gusi and ChocQuibTown singer Gloria Martinez. The hosts were Karen Martínez, Catalina Uribe and Laura Tobón.
