The Voice South Africa season 1
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| The Voice South Africa | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Hosted by | Lungile Radu Stacy Norman |
| Coaches | Kahn Morbee Lira Bobby van Jaarsveld Karen Zoid |
| Winner | Richard Stirton |
| Winning coach | Kahn Morbee |
| Runner-up | Gavin Edwards |
| Release | |
| Original network | M-Net |
| Original release | 31 January – 22 May 2016 |
The Voice South Africa is a South African television music competition to find new singing talent. The first season began airing on 31 January 2016 on M-Net. The season is hosted by Lungile Radu with Stacy Norman as the V-Reporter, and are joined by coaches Kahn Morbee, Lira, Bobby van Jaarsveld, and Karen Zoid.
Richard Stirton won the first season on 22 May 2016.
Teams[edit]
Colour key:
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Eliminated in the Live shows
- Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles
- Eliminated in the Battles
- Artist withdrew from the competition
Blind auditions[edit]
Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they wanted that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist will choose their coach.
- Colour 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 |
Blind audition 1 (31 January)[edit]
The series premiere was broadcast on 31 January 2016.
- Group performance: The Voice South Africa coaches – The Spirit of the Great Heart - Johnny Clegg"
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kahn | Lira | Bobby | Karen | ||||
| 1 | Mbijana Sibisi | 24 | "Redemption Song" | - | - | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Marcel de Almeida | 22 | "Push Me to the Floor" | - | - | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Thembeka Mnguni | 32 | "Brand New Me" | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Gavin Welsh | 38 | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Thato Burhali Reynolds | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | |
| 6 | Joanna Abatzoglou | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | El Clay | 25 | "I'm Not the Only One" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8 | Jessica Martins | 18 | "Pompeii" | ✔ | - | ✔ | ✔ |
| 9 | Prime Zulu | 27 | "Give Me One Reason" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 10 | Jeremy Olivier | 40 | "All of Me" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |