The Voice Ahla Sawt
| The Voice: Ahla Sawt ذا فويس: أحلى صوت | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | John de Mol |
| Presented by |
Aimée Sayah Mohammad Kareem Nadine Njeim Arwa Gouda |
| Judges |
Assi El Helani (1-present) Sherine (1-3) Saber Rebaï (1-3) Kazem al-Saher (1-3) Elissa (4-present) Ahlam (4-present) Mohamed Hamaki (4-present) |
| Country of origin |
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| Original language(s) | Arabic |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 56 |
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| Original network | Middle East Broadcasting Center, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International |
| Original release | 14 September 2012 – present |
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The Voice: Ahla Sawt (Arabic: ذا فويس: أحلى صوت) is the Arabic version of Dutch show The Voice of Holland created by John de Mol and produced by Talpa Media Group. The first season of Arab world's version of The Voice debuted on September 14, 2012 and was broadcast worldwide from Beirut, Lebanon via MBC 1, a pan-Arabian television station.[1] Through an agreement, the show was also simulcast via LBCI's channels. This season's main host is Egyptian actor Mohammad Kareem [2] and Arwa Gouda. Nadine Njeim will host from backstage.
The format of The Voice: Ahla Sawt will have three stages, which are the blind auditions, the battle rounds, and the live performances. In the blind auditions, each contestant will be allowed to sing for 90 seconds with each of the coaches having their backs to the singer. When a coach wants a singer on their team, the coach presses a red button that results in the chair being turned around to reveal who the singer is to that coach and the singer joining their team. If two or more coaches turn around for that singer, the singer gets to decide which team they want to join. Each coach will have select 12 singers to form their team from a group of 100 contestants.[3]
Once the blind auditions finish, the battle rounds will begin where the coaches will pair two singers on each team to compete against each other singing the same song on stage. The coaches will then have to decide which contestant will stay and which will be eliminated. After a series of eliminations, live performances will occur where the public can decide which singer will represent the Arab World as "The Voice."
The winner of season 1 of The Voice Ahla Sawt was Murad Bouriki from Team Assi who received the highest number of votes beating out Yousra Mahnouch, Farid Ghannam, and Qusai Hatem.
Due to the high ratings and the big popularity the series got in the Arab World, MBC renewed the show for a second season to be aired in 2013. All 4 coaches of season 1 will be back for season 2. The second season premiered on Saturday, December 28, 2013.
The Voice Ahla Sawt seasons 1 and 2 were produced by Sony Pictures Television Arabia for MBC and Season 3 was produced by Talpa Middle East.
In season two, during an intense finale which drew millions of viewers across the Middle East and saw guest star Ricky Martin take the stage to perform his new songs “Adrenalina” and “Come With Me, Iraq's Sattar Saad from Team Kazem won the title after receiving the highest number of votes beating out Iraq’s Simor Jalal, Egypt’s Wahm and Syria’s Hala Al Kaseer.[4][5]
All four coaches once again returned for season three of The Voice Ahla Sawt, which started airing on MBC on September 26, 2015.
On December 26, 2015, the winner of season three was Jordan's Nedaa Sharara from Team Sherine who beat out Lebanon's Christine Said from Team Kazem, Iraq's Ali Yousef from Team Assi, and Tunisia's Hamza Fadlaoui from Team Saber.
In 2015, a spin-off of the show featuring children as contestants debuted under the title The Voice Kids - Ahla Sawt.
In 2018, there was a change in the judging panel. The season 4 judges are Elissa, Mohamed Hamaki, Assi El Helani (who did not change since season 1) and Ahlam. The title was won by Iraqi contestant Doumou' Tahseen from Team Ahlam.
The Voice coaches
Series overview
Color key
- Team Kazem al-Saher
- Team Sherine
- Team Saber Rebaï
- Team Assi El Helani
- Team Mohamed Hamaki
- Team Ahlam
- Team Elissa
| Season | Period | Winner | Runner-up | Other finalists | Winning coach | Host(s) | Coaches | |||
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| 1 | 14/09/2012 14/12/2012 |
Mourad Bouriki | Yousra Mahnouch | Qusai Hatem | Assi El Helani | Mohammed Kareem Arwa Goudeh Nadine Njeim |
Kazem | Sherine | Saber | Assi |
| Fareed Ghannam | ||||||||||
| 2 | 28/12/2013 29/03/2014 |
Sattar Saad | Hala Al Quasser | Simour Jalal | Kazem al-Saher | Mohammed Kareem Aimée Sayah Nadine Njeim | ||||
| Wahm | ||||||||||
| 3 | 27/09/2015 26/12/2015 |
Nedaa Sharara | Christine Saïd | Ali Youssef | Sherine | Aimée Sayah | ||||
| Hamza Al Fadlaoui | ||||||||||
| 4 | 10/02/2018 12/05/2018 |
Dumu' Tahseen | Issam Sarhan | Yusuf Sultan | Ahlam | Nardine Farag Badr Al Zaidan |
Hamaki | Ahlam | Elissa | |
| Hela Melki | ||||||||||
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29 March 2014 |
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26 December 2015 |
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12 May 2018 |
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The Voice Finalists
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- – Winning coach and their team.
- Winners are in bold, finalists in finale listed first, eliminated artists are in small font.
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| Stolen contestants italicized | ||||
