The Voice Teens (Philippine season 2)


The second season of the Philippine reality singing competition The Voice Teens premiered on February 8, 2020 on ABS-CBN. Lea Salonga, Bamboo Mañalac and Sarah Geronimo returned to the show as coaches. The Voice of the Philippines coach apl.de.ap returned to the franchise after four years of hiatus, replacing Sharon Cuneta. The show is hosted by Alex Gonzaga and Luis Manzano – the two have previously worked together as hosts of the first season of The Voice Kids.
On March 21, 2020, the season was suspended until June 2020 due to the Enhanced community quarantine in Luzon done to lower the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Its timeslot was temporarily replaced by the re-run of the Kids' first season of Your Face Sounds Familiar and sixth season of Pilipinas Got Talent until May 3, 2020, when the network was forced off the air 2 days later. The season returned on June 13, 2020, via cable television.

Changes

Coaches' Line-up

In her column on December 19, 2019, it was confirmed that Lea Salonga will return to the show, alongside Bamboo Mañalac and Sarah Geronimo. They will return for their eighth, eighth, and seventh season of the franchise, respectively. It was also published that Apl.de.ap, one of the original coaches of The Voice of the Philippines, along with Salonga, Mañalac, and Geronimo, is set to return for his third season in the franchise, after four years of hiatus, replacing Sharon Cuneta.

Hosts

Luis Manzano returns as host while Alex Gonzaga replaced her sister, Toni Gonzaga, as host. The two have previously teamed up on the first season of The Voice Kids.

Mechanics

Several mechanics were changed since the first season. A new feature added in the Blind Auditions this season is the Block. Each coach are given two blocks to prevent one coach from getting a contestant. Also, each teams were increased to 16 members each, bringing the total of artists to 64.
Following the return of Apl.de.ap in the coaching panel, a monitor was installed on his red chair just like in the previous seasons of The Voice of the Philippines. This is to help him see the artists while performing since he is legally blind. The monitor turns on only upon pressing his button.
It was announced that the format of the live shows will change, but no further details were given.

Online show

The online show entitled The Voice Teens DigiTV returns with Kaladkaren Davila and Jeremy Glinoga. The pair has also previously hosted the online show for the fourth season of The Voice Kids. However, the 11th and 12th episodes were aired without a live feed of DigiTV as part of the country's fight to stop the 2020 Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
However, when the show resumed airing, The Voice Teens DigiTV resumed live via Zoom Video Communications.

Community quarantine suspension

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the government announced on March 12, 2020 that Metro Manila would be locked down on March 15, 2020. Due to this, the March 14 and 15 episodes aired without a live feed of The Voice Teens DigiTV, while the March 15 episode lasted for 100 minutes instead of 75.
However, when the entire Luzon was placed under an enhanced community quarantine, The Voice Teens suspended its telecast from March 21, 2020, despite taping its episodes prior to the enhanced community quarantine, in which the first season of Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids, replaced its timeslot until the temporary closure of ABS-CBN due to the cease and desist order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission on account of its franchise expiration.

Teams

Blind auditions

The blind auditions were taped on December 14, 2019 and ended on December 18, 2019. Around 120 artists auditioned for this season. A new feature within the Blind Auditions this season is the Block, which each coach can use twice to prevent one of the other coaches from getting a contestant.
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' Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
Artist defaulted to a coach's team
Artist elected a coach's team
Artist eliminated with no coach pressing their button
'Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by apl.de.ap from getting the artist
'Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Lea from getting the artist
'Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Sarah from getting the artist
Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Bamboo from getting the artist

Episode 1 (February 8)

The coaches performed a cover of "Superheroes" at the start of the show.
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Episode 2 (February 9)

Episode 3 (February 15)

Episode 4 (February 16)

Episode 5 (February 22)

Episode 6 (February 23)

Note: This timeslot aired at 8:45 p.m. of the pilot episode of 24/7 which runs for 105 minutes instead of 75.

Episode 7 (February 29)

Episode 8 (March 1)

This episode returned to the 8:15 p.m. timeslot while 24/7 runs for 75 minutes.

Episode 9 (March 7)

Episode 10 (March 8)

Episode 11 (March 14)

Starting this episode, The Voice Teens DigiTV is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the livestream of the televised series continues on Facebook and YouTube.
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Episode 12 (March 15)

This episode aired particularly longer from the usual 75 minutes to 100 minutes due to the postponement of Everybody Sing! because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Episode 13 (June 13)

Despite being taped before the enhanced community quarantine, the airing of the episode was postponed from March 21 to June 13, 2020 due to the Enhanced community quarantine in Luzon, in which, reruns of the first season of Your Face Sounds Familiar Kids PH took over its timeslot for the duration of the ECQ. It was further deferred by the cease and desist order caused by the non-renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise. However, it resumed airing on June 13, 2020 via the Kapamilya Channel. The Voice Teens DigiTV also returned.
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Episode 14 (June 14)

Episode 15 (June 20)

Episode 16 (June 21)

At the end of the blind auditions, Bamboo was not able to use his second block.

The Battles

The Battles were filmed on February 24 to 25, 2020, with the band rehearsals filmed a week prior. The pairings of the artist and the piano rehearsals were held in Aqua Planet in Pampanga and Enchanted Kingdom, a theme park at Santa Rosa, Laguna. The power to steal continues this season. Different from the first season, each coach is now allowed to steal only one artist from opposing coaches. Nine artists per team will advance to the Knockout Rounds.
Color key:
Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts
Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockouts
Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

The Knockouts

The Knockout were filmed on February 28 and 29, 2020. Artists are grouped into three by their respective coaches where only one artist will win in each group. Each artist gets to pick their song. The top 12 contestants will then move on to the "Live Shows."
Lea Salonga was absent during the taping of her team's Knockout performances due to tonsillitis. Salonga watched the recorded performances of her team on a later date to pick the winner for each Knockout grouping.
Also, one artist of Team Apl left the competition on this round due to undisclosed reasons.
Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the live shows
Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated

The Live Shows

The live shows was slated to start on May 2020. But due to the coronavirus pandemic and the franchise renewal, it will be postponed by a few months.

Notable artists

Television ratings for the second season of The Voice Teens on ABS-CBN were gathered from Kantar Media, where its survey ratings are gathered from urban and rural households all over the Philippines.