Reality TV show
Season of television series
The Voice of Finland (season 1) was the first season of the Finnish reality singing competition based on the international The Voice format. The season premiered on Nelonen on December 30, 2011, and concluded on April 20, 2012.
The coaches were legendary singer Paula Koivuniemi , glam rock singer Michael Monroe , former Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu frontman Lauri Tähkä , and rapper Elastinen . Axl Smith hosted the program,[ 1] [ 2] with Kristiina Komulainen serving as the backstage and social networking correspondent.
The winner of the first season was Mikko Sipola, mentored by Elastinen. The runner-up was Saara Aalto .
The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.
At the end of the blind auditions only Lauri Tähkä had full team of twelve singers. In the following additional auditions broadcast on Radio Aalto, all coaches added one more singer to their teams, leaving Tähkä with one extra.
Each team of contestants is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round. At this stage the coaches were assisted by songwriter and producer Jukka Immonen (Elastinen), the vocalist of Reckless Love Olli Herman (Tähkä), singer-songwriter and producer Lasse Kurki (Koivuniemi), and producer Riku Mattila (Monroe).
In the final phase, the remaining contestants (Final 24) compete against each other in live broadcasts. Within the first live round, the surviving six acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining one of two acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the semi-final. In the semi-final the results are based on a mix of public vote, Spotify listening of the previous week's performances, and voting of coaches. Each carries equal weight of 100 points for a total of 300 points. With one team member remaining for each coach, the (final 4) contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided by Spotify vote and public vote, both with equal weight of 100 points for a total of 200 points.
All four finalists released a single and the winner received a record deal with Universal .[ 3]
The Blind Auditions [ edit ] Key Coach hit his or her "I WANT YOU" button Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button
Contestant defaulted to this coach's team
Contestant elected to join this coach's team
Episode 1: December 30, 2011[ edit ] Episode 2: January 6, 2012[ edit ] Episode 3: January 13, 2012[ edit ] Episode 4: January 20, 2012[ edit ] Episode 5: January 27, 2012[ edit ] Episode 6: February 6, 2012[ edit ] Aired from February 10 to March 2, 2012.
– Battle Winner Week/Order Coach Contestant Contestant Song 1.1 Lauri Tähkä Nelli Järvelä Selja Felin "Sun särkyä anna mä en" 1.2 Michael Monroe Ilmo Ylinärä Kimmo Härmä "Hard to Handle " 1.3 Elastinen Lauri Mikkola Henrika Ignatius "Moves Like Jagger " 1.4 Paula Koivuniemi Tanja Vähäsarja Johanna Mäkelä "Hölmö Rakkaus" 1.5 Lauri Tähkä Heidi Akselin Valerie Nyholm "Only Girl (In the World) " 1.6 Elastinen Bettina Hammarsten Isabella Hammarsten "Lady Marmalade " 2.1 Elastinen Mikko Sipola Laura Malmberg "Wonderwall " 2.2 Michael Monroe Tony Romeo Mikko Herranen "The Flame " 2.3 Lauri Tähkä Jelena Knief Sanna Säntti "Katujen Kuningatar" 2.4 Paula Koivuniemi Nelli Petro Minna Eskola "Crazy " 2.5 Michael Monroe Anna Inginmaa Saara Aalto "True Colors " 2.6 Paula Koivuniemi Jesse Kaikuranta Juho Räisänen "Minä ja Hän" 3.1 Lauri Tähkä Antti Matikainen Markku Kirves "Hetki Lyö" 3.2 Elastinen Pihla Knaapila Eveliina Tammenlaakso "Set Fire to the Rain " 3.3 Michael Monroe Krista Siegfrids Mya Rydman "Because the Night " 3.4 Paula Koivuniemi Sophie Aittola Mia Renwall "Rakkauden Haudalla" 3.5 Lauri Tähkä Minna Lasanen Amanda Löfman "Stop! " 3.6 Elastinen Taru Ratilainen Siiri Nojonen "Just the Way You Are " 4.1 Michael Monroe Toni Hiltunen Toni Eurasto "Feel " 4.2 Paula Koivuniemi Anfisa Proskuryakova Hanna Silander "Hiljaisuus" 4.4 Michael Monroe J-P Salo Heini Särmäkari "Run to You " 4.5 Paula Koivuniemi Aki Louhela Oskari Salovaara "Maybe I'm Amazed " 4.6 Elastinen Lotta Lené Karoliina Kallio "The Power of Love "
Week/Order Coach Contestant Contestant Contestant Song 4.3 Lauri Tähkä Mari Rautanen Ella Tukia Kim Koskinen "Wicked Game "
Episode 1: March 9, 2012[ edit ] Episode 2: March 16, 2012[ edit ] Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Paula Koivuniemi Aki Louhela "I Won't Let You Go " Public vote 2 Elastinen Karoliina Kallio "If I Had You " Eliminated 3 Paula Koivuniemi Anfisa Proskuryakova "Nobody's Perfect " Eliminated 4 Elastinen Mikko Sipola "Use Somebody " Public vote 5 Paula Koivuniemi Tanja Vähäsarja "Vanha sydän" Public vote 6 Elastinen Lauri Mikkola "Open Your Eyes" Elastinen's vote 7 Paula Koivuniemi Nelli Petro "C'est la vie" Paula Koivuniemi's vote 8 Elastinen Taru Ratilainen "Fallin' " Elastinen's vote 9 Paula Koivuniemi Jesse Kaikuranta "Piiloon" Paula Koivuniemi's vote 10 Elastinen Eveliina Tammenlaakso "Respect " Public vote 11 Paula Koivuniemi Sophie Aittola "I Don't Believe You " Eliminated 12 Elastinen Isabella Hammarsten "Rude Boy " Eliminated
Episode 3: March 23, 2012[ edit ] Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Lauri Tähkä Antti Matikainen "Ohikiitävää" Lauri Tähkä's vote 2 Michael Monroe Saara Aalto "Barracuda " Michael Monroe's vote 3 Lauri Tähkä Kim Koskinen "Bed of Roses " Public vote 4 Michael Monroe Mikko Herranen "The Kill " Public vote 5 Lauri Tähkä Amanda Löfman "Like a Prayer " Lauri Tähkä's vote 6 Michael Monroe Toni Hiltunen "Somebody to Love " Eliminated 7 Lauri Tähkä Sanna Säntti "Kuunnellaan vaan taivasta" Eliminated 8 Michael Monroe Kimmo Härmä "Hopeinen Kuu" Michael Monroe's vote
Episode 4: March 30, 2012[ edit ] Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Elastinen Taru Ratilainen "If I Were a Boy " Eliminated 2 Paula Koivuniemi Nelli Petro "Whataya Want From Me " Eliminated 3 Elastinen Eveliina Tammenlaakso "Titanium " Elastinen's vote 4 Paula Koivuniemi Jesse Kaikuranta "Veden alla" Public vote 5 Elastinen Mikko Sipola "Stay " Public Vote 6 Paula Koivuniemi Aki Louhela "Heard It Through The Grapevine " Paula Koivuniemi's vote 7 Elastinen Lauri Mikkola "Bad " Elastinen's vote 8 Paula Koivuniemi Tanja Vähäsarja "Vapaa" Paula Koivuniemi's vote
Episode 5: April 6, 2012[ edit ] Performance Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Michael Monroe Saara Aalto "Je Suis Malade " Public vote 2 Michael Monroe Mikko Herranen "Rakkaudesta " Michael Monroe's vote 3 Michael Monroe Kimmo Härmä "Only Women Bleed " Eliminated 4 Elastinen Mikko Sipola "How You Remind Me " Public Vote 5 Elastinen Lauri Mikkola "Kiss from a Rose " Elastinen's vote 6 Elastinen Eveliina Tammenlaakso "Super Bass " Eliminated 7 Paula Koivuniemi Tanja Vähäsarja "Exodus" Eliminated 8 Paula Koivuniemi Jesse Kaikuranta "Sininen Sointu" Paula Koivuniemi's vote 9 Paula Koivuniemi Aki Louhela "Can't Get Enough " Public vote 10 Lauri Tähkä Antti Matikainen "Koneeseen kadonnut" Eliminated 11 Lauri Tähkä Amanda Löfman "Nothing Else Matters " Lauri Tähkä's vote 12 Lauri Tähkä Kim Koskinen "Live and Let Die " Public vote
Semi-Final: April 13, 2012[ edit ] Competition performances Semi-Final results Team Artist Coach points Spotify points Public points Total points Result Michael Monroe Saara Aalto 70 44 46 160 Advancing to final Michael Monroe Mikko Herranen 30 56 54 140 Eliminated Paula Koivuniemi Jesse Kaikuranta 60 61 55 176 Advancing to final Paula Koivuniemi Aki Louhela 40 39 45 124 Eliminated Lauri Tähkä Kim Koskinen 55 60 82 197 Advancing to final Lauri Tähkä Amanda Löfman 45 40 18 103 Eliminated Elastinen Mikko Sipola 55 45 61 161 Advancing to final Elastinen Lauri Mikkola 45 55 39 139 Eliminated
Finale: April 20, 2012[ edit ] The four finalists each performed a cover song and an original song.
Competition performances Performance Order Coach Contestant Type Song 1 Lauri Tähkä Kim Koskinen Cover "Final Countdown " 2 Michael Monroe Saara Aalto Cover "I'm Gonna Be Strong " 3 Elastinen Mikko Sipola Cover "With or Without You " 4 Paula Koivuniemi Jesse Kaikuranta Cover "Äiti" 5 Lauri Tähkä Kim Koskinen Original song "Särkyneiden tie" 6 Michael Monroe Saara Aalto Original song "My Love" 7 Elastinen Mikko Sipola Original song "Stuck Inside My Head" 8 Paula Koivuniemi Jesse Kaikuranta Original song "Vie mut kotiin"
Final results – Winner – Runner-up – Second/Third runner-up Artist Team Spotify points Public points Total points Result Mikko Sipola Elastinen 28 32 60 Winner Saara Aalto Michael Monroe 26 29 55 First runner-up Jesse Kaikuranta Paula Koivuniemi — — — Second/Third runner-up Kim Koskinen Lauri Tähkä — — — Second/Third runner-up
– Contestant was saved by public's vote – Contestant was saved by coach's vote – Contestant was eliminated
Candidate Battle 1 Battle 2 Battle 3 Battle 4 Show Show Show Semi-Final Final Mikko Sipola — Safe — — Winner Lauri Mikkola Safe — — — Eliminated Eveliina Tammenlaakso — — Safe — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 5) Taru Ratilainen — — Safe — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 4) Karoliina Kallio — — — Safe Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 2) Isabella Hammarsten Safe — — — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 2) Lotta Lene — — — Eliminated (Battle 4) Pihla Knaapila — — Eliminated (Battle 3) Siiri Nojonen — — Eliminated (Battle 3) Laura Malmberg — Eliminated (Battle 2) Bettina Hammarsten Eliminated (Battle 1) Henrika Ignatius Eliminated (Battle 1)
Candidate Battle 1 Battle 2 Battle 3 Battle 4 Show Show Show Semi-Final Final Kim Koskinen — — — Safe Final 4 Amanda Löfman — — Safe — Eliminated Antti Matikainen — — Safe — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 5) Sanna Säntti — Safe — — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 3) Selja Felin Safe — — — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 1) Valerie Nyholm Safe — — — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 1) Ella Tukia — — — Eliminated (Battle 4) Mari Rautanen — — — Eliminated (Battle 4) Markku Kirves — — Eliminated (Battle 3) Minna Lasanen — — Eliminated (Battle 3) Jelena Knief — Eliminated (Battle 2) Heidi Akselin Eliminated (Battle 1) Nelli Järvelä Eliminated (Battle 1)
Candidate Battle 1 Battle 2 Battle 3 Battle 4 Show Show Show Semi-Final Final Jesse Kaikuranta — Safe — — Final 4 Aki Louhela — — — Safe Eliminated Tanja Vähäsarja Safe — — — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 5) Nelli Petro — Safe — — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 4) Anfisa Proskuryakova — — — Safe Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 2) Sophie Aittola — — Safe — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 2) Hanna Silander — — — Eliminated (Battle 4) Oskari Salovaara — — — Eliminated (Battle 4) Mia Renwall — — Eliminated (Battle 3) Juho Räisänen — Eliminated (Battle 2) Minna Eskola — Eliminated (Battle 2) Johanna Mäkelä Eliminated (Battle 1)
Candidate Battle 1 Battle 2 Battle 3 Battle 4 Show Show Show Semi-Final Final Saara Aalto — Safe — — First runner-up Mikko Herranen — Safe — — Eliminated Kimmo Härmä Safe — — — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 5) Toni Hiltunen — — — Safe Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 3) JP Salo — — — Safe Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 1) Krista Siegfrids — — Safe — Eliminated (Live Rounds: Week 1) Heini Särmäkari — — — Eliminated (Battle 4) Toni Eurasto — — — Eliminated (Battle 4) Mya Rydman — — Eliminated (Battle 3) Anna Inginmaa — Eliminated (Battle 2) Tony Romeo — Eliminated (Battle 2) Ilmo Ylinärä Eliminated (Battle 1)
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