Vocea României (season 3)
The third season of the Romanian reality talent show Vocea României premiered on ProTV on September 28, 2013. Pavel Bartoș and Nicoleta Luciu returned as hosts, with Vlad Roșca as the social media correspondent. All four coaches returned for their third season. The show was moved from its usual Tuesday evening slot to Saturday evening.
This season brought rule changes. During the battle round, opposing coaches have the ability to steal the singer that was sent home by the original coach. If more than one coach hits their button to recruit the singer in question, it is up to the contestant to decide which coach he or she wants to work with. Each coach can save two contestants, which means the battle round will end with nine singers on each team, rather than seven. The sing-off further reduces each team to eight singers for the live shows, rather than six as in the previous season.
The season finale aired on December 26, 2013. :ro:Mihai Chițu|Mihai Chițu, mentored by coach Horia Brenciu, was declared winner of the season. It was Brenciu's second consecutive victory as a coach.
Pre-selections
Pre-selections took place in the following cities:| Location | Date | Venue |
| Cluj-Napoca | Hotel Belvedere | |
| Timișoara | Hotel Continental | |
| Iași | Hotel Unirea | |
| Brașov | Hotel Kronwell | |
| Bucharest | Ramada Bucharest Parc Hotel |
Teams
;Color keyBlind auditions
The first phase of the competition, the blind auditions, taped August 5–8, 2013 at the MediaPro Studios, Buftea, began airing when the season premiered on September 28, 2013.;Color key
| Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button | |
| Artist defaulted to this coach's team | |
| Artist elected to join this coach's team | |
| Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button |
Episode 1 (September 28)
The first of six pre-recorded audition episodes aired on Saturday, September 28, 2013. The season 2 finalists opened the show with a performance of "Don't Stop Believin'".Episode 2 (October 5)
The second episode was aired on October 5, 2013.Episode 3 (October 12)
The third episode was aired on October 12, 2013.Episode 4 (October 19)
The fourth episode was aired on October 19, 2013.Episode 5 (October 26)
The fifth episode was aired on October 26, 2013.Episode 6 (November 2)
The sixth and last blind audition episode aired on November 2, 2013.The battles
After the blind auditions, each coach had fourteen contestants for the battle rounds, taped October 10 and 11, 2013, at the MediaPro Studios, Buftea, and aired November 9–23, 2013. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". Each episode featured eight or ten battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants."Steals" were introduced this season, where each coach could steal two contestants from another team when they lost their battle round. The names of the coaches who attempted to steal each losing contestant are ticked; the chosen coach is highlighted.
The trusted advisors for these episodes are:
- Monica Anghel
- Cornel Ilie
- Șerban Cazan
- Randi
| Artist won the battle and advanced to the next round | |
| Artist lost the battle, but was stolen by another coach | |
| Artist lost the battle and was eliminated |
Episode 7 (9 November)
The seventh episode aired on November 9, 2013.Episode 8 (16 November)
The eighth episode aired on November 16, 2013.Episode 9 (16 November)
The ninth episode aired on November 23, 2013.The Sing-off
At the end of the battle rounds, each coach advanced seven contestants from their team to the live shows, leaving the other two to duel for the eighth and last spot, in an extra round called "the sing-off". The contestants sang their blind audition songs again and the coaches chose one contestant each.Color key:
| Artist won the Sing off and advanced to the Live shows | |
| Artist lost the Sing off and was eliminated |
Live shows
;Color key:| Artist was saved by the public vote | |
| Artist was chosen by their coach | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Live Playoffs (Week 1 & 2)
Four contestants from each team competed in each of the first two live shows, which aired on Sunday, December 1 and Saturday, December 7, 2012, respectively. In either of the two shows, the public vote could save one contestant from each team, the second one being chosen by the coach. The other two contestants were eliminated.Week 1 (December 1)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Top 32 contestants | "Deșteaptă-te, române!" |
| 2 | Stromae | "Alors on danse" |
| 3 | Stromae | "Papaoutai" |
| 4 | :ro:What's UP|What's Up and deMoga Music | "La mulți ani" |
Week 2 (December 7)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Smiley and Dorian | ":ro:Acasă |Can I Get A..." |
| 2 | Edi Stancu Dance Crew | "Bang Bang" |
| 3 | Julie Mayaya and Zaza Band | "Stay" |
Quarterfinals (Week 3)
All 16 remaining contestants competed in the third live show on Saturday, December 14, 2013. Voting proceeded as before.| Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
| Marius Moga | 1 | Andi Grasu | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Eliminated |
| Loredana Groza | 2 | Alina Dorobanțu | "Jolene" | Eliminated |
| Horia Brenciu | 3 | Georgia Dascălu | "Because You Loved Me" | Eliminated |
| Smiley | 4 | Adrian Nour | "Buona sera signorina" | Smiley's choice |
| Loredana Groza | 5 | Florin Mândru | "Runaway Train" | Eliminated |
| Marius Moga | 6 | Jovana Milovanović | "I Will Always Love You" | Moga's choice |
| Horia Brenciu | 7 | Denisa Moșincat | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Eliminated |
| Smiley | 8 | Stella Anița | "Hallelujah" | Eliminated |
| Marius Moga | 9 | Sânziana Niculae | "The Show Must Go On" | Public vote |
| Loredana Groza | 10 | Marius Marin | "Nights in White Satin" | Public vote |
| Horia Brenciu | 11 | Ana-Maria Mirică | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Brenciu's choice |
| Smiley | 12 | Iolanda Moldoveanu | "It's Raining Men" | Eliminated |
| Loredana Groza | 13 | Muneer al-Obeidli | "Hello" | Loredana's choice |
| Smiley | 14 | Claudia Iuga | "Stop!" | Public vote |
| Marius Moga | 15 | Felix Burdușa | "Breathe Easy" | Eliminated |
| Horia Brenciu | 16 | Mihai Chițu | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Public vote |
Semi-final (Week 4)
All eight remaining contestants performed two songs each in the semi-final on Saturday, December 21, 2016. Within each team, the coach and the viewers each had a 50/50 say; the contestant with the highest combined score went on to the final.| Coach | Artist | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song | Result |
| Smiley | Claudia Iuga | 1 | "Iarna " | 9 | "We Don't Need Another Hero " | Eliminated |
| Marius Moga | Jovana Milovanović | 2 | "O Holy Night" | 10 | "Bleeding Love" | Eliminated |
| Horia Brenciu | Ana-Maria Mirică | 3 | "Theme from New York, New York" | 11 | "Vis de iarnă" | Eliminated |
| Loredana Groza | Muneer al-Obeidli | 4 | ":ro:Sanie cu zurgălăi|Sanie cu zurgălăi" | 12 | "Talk Dirty" / "Nour el ain" | Eliminated |
| Smiley | Adrian Nour | 5 | "Joy to the World" | 13 | "The Blower's Daughter" | Advanced |
| Marius Moga | Sânziana Niculae | 6 | "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" | 14 | "Georgia on My Mind" | Advanced |
| Horia Brenciu | Mihai Chițu | 7 | "La Viflaim, colo-n jos" | 15 | "Delilah" | Advanced |
| Loredana Groza | Marius Marin | 8 | "It's Not Unusual" | 16 | "Everybody Loves Somebody" | Advanced |
Week 5: final (December 26)
The top 4 contestants performed in the grand final on Thursday, December 26, 2013. This week, the four finalists performed a solo song, a duet with their coach and a duet with a famous singer. The public vote determined the winner, and that resulted in a victory for Mihai Chițu, Horia Brenciu's second consecutive victory as a coach.| Coach | Artist | Order | Solo song | Order | Duet song | Order | Duet song | Result |
| Horia Brenciu | Mihai Chițu | 7 | "Caruso" | 1 | "'O sole mio" | 11 | Medley : "O clipă de sinceritate" "Păi de ce?" "Ne cunoaștem din vedere" "Unde erai?" "Opriți timpul" | Winner |
| Loredana Groza | Marius Marin | 2 | "Rhythm of My Heart" | 9 | "Unforgettable" | 5 | ":ro:Compact |Cântec pentru prieteni" | Fourth place |
| Smiley | Adrian Nour | 10 | "Loucura" | 6 | "I Can't Dance" | 3 | "A Whole New World" | Third place |
| Marius Moga | Sânziana Niculae | 12 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | 4 | "Hips Don't Lie" | 8 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Runner-up |
* Band that consists of Felix Burdușa, Andrei Loică and Angelo Simonică, former Team Moga contestants.
| Place | Coach | Artist | Result |
| 1 | Horia Brenciu | Mihai Chițu | 37.34% |
| 2 | Marius Moga | Sânziana Niculae | 36.56% |
| 3 | Smiley | Adrian Nour | ? |
| 4 | Loredana Groza | Marius Marin | ? |
Elimination chart
;Color key;Artist info
;Result details
Overall
Controversies
Giulio Vasilescu, a contestant in [|episode 2], claimed that his audition song had been imposed upon him. None of the coaches pressed the "I WANT YOU" button.The Vocea României production team was accused of nepotism in the case of contestant Muneer al-Obeidli by people who stated that Al-Obeidli had had a relationship with one of the producers, Roxana Paulică, and a long-lasting friendship with producer Mona Segall. Al-Obeidli was eliminated in the.
Contestant Romeo Zaharia, eliminated in [|episode 7] by Loredana after his duet with Aurel Niamțu, expressed his dissatisfaction with the coach's choice, claiming that the contest was staged and that Niamțu had been positively discriminated for the sake of diversity. Nico, a friend of Zaharia, has stated that he had threatened to jump off the building, in response to the result.
Niamțu, eliminated in [|episode 10] by his coach, Loredana Groza, claimed that Horia Brenciu, who had noted that all of his performances fell into a single musical genre, the romance, had unfairly and repeatedly criticized him as an excuse to solve a personal dispute with Groza. The contestant has also stated that he considered Brenciu an arrogant, valueless person, even having a live argument with him in the evening of his elimination. Other contestants claimed, on the contrary, that it was Niamțu who was arrogant and that his behavior was difficult to tolerate. In 2014, Niamțu accused ProTV, saying that they had intentionally rejected his son, Ionuț, who had signed up for the fourth season of the show.