The Voice Senior (German TV series) season 2

The second season of the German talent show The Voice Senior premiered on November 24, 2019 on Sat.1.^[1] The coaches were the duo Alec Völkel and Sascha Vollmer of the band The BossHoss, the singer and actress Yvonne Catterfeld, the singer Sasha Schmitz all returning for their second season and with the new coach singer Michael Patrick Kelly, replacing Mark Forster. Lena Gercke and Thore Schölermann returned for their second season as hosts.^[2]

The Voice Senior
Season 2
Hosted by	Lena Gercke Thore Schölermann
Coaches	Sasha Schmitz The BossHoss Yvonne Catterfeld Michael Patrick Kelly
Winner	Monika Smets
Winning coach	Sasha Schmitz
Release
Original network	Sat.1
Original release	November 24 (2019-11-24) – December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)
Season chronology

Monika Smets was named the winner of the season on December 15, 2019; making her the first female winner, marking Sasha Schmitz's second win as a coach on The Voice Senior.

Coaches and hosts

The Voice Senior season 2 coaches

Sasha Schmitz

The BossHoss

Yvonne Catterfeld

Michael Patrick Kelly

On May 22, 2019, it was announced that Michael Patrick Kelly would not be returning as a coach on the ninth season of The Voice of Germany but instead will switch to coach on The Voice Senior, replacing Mark Forster.^[3] Sasha Schmitz, The BossHoss and Yvonne Catterfeld all returned for their second season as coaches.^[4]

Lena Gercke and Thore Schölermann also returned as hosts.

Teams

Colour key

Winner   Finalist

Eliminated in the Final   Eliminated in the Sing Offs   Withdrew

Coach	Top 19 artists
Michael Patrick Kelly
	Silvia Christoph	Eva Norel	Dieter Waldhelm	Dr. Rainer Bach	Lutz Adam
The BossHoss
	Dieter Bürkle	Renate Akkermann	Jörg Ahlich	David Warwick	Agata Mongiovi Bonafe
Yvonne Catterfeld
	Dennis Legree	Michael Poteat	John Wiseman	Thomas Nestler
Sasha Schmitz
	Monika Smets	Claus Diercks	Twinset	Jenny Evans	Lutz Hiller

Blind auditions

The auditions for the second season took place from February 2019 to March 2019 but not shown on television. The blind auditions was recorded from June 20 to June 21 2019 at Studio Adlershof in Berlin and was broadcast on Sundays from November 24 until December 1, 2019.^[5]

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 (November 24)

The first blind audition episode was broadcast on November 24, 2019.

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
				Michael Patrick	BossHoss	Yvonne	Sasha
1	Renate Akkermann	80	"Schau mich bitte nicht so an"	–	✔	✔	–
2	Dieter Bürkle	75	"Delilah"	–	✔	✔	✔
3	Eva Norel	67	"All by Myself"	✔	✔	✔	✔
4	Cilli Hagedorn-Benzler	94	"Der erste Lack ist ab"	–	–	–	–
5	Twinset (Ernst Turba & Rüdiger Zaczyk)	66/61	"She Loves You"	✔	–	✔	✔
6	Dennis Legree	65	"Unchained Melody"	✔	✔	✔	✔
7	Lutz Adam	66	"Amarillo by Morning"	✔	–	✔	✔
8	Silvia Christoph	68	"Piece of My Heart"	✔	✔	✔	–
9	Juandalynn R. Abernathy	64	"Almost There"	–	–	–	–
10	Lutz Hiller	62	"St. Pauli"	–	–	–	✔
11	John Wiseman	81	"My Way"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 2 (December 1)

The second and final blind audition episode was broadcast on December 1, 2019.

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
				Michael Patrick	BossHoss	Yvonne	Sasha
1	Jörg Ahlich	60	"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"	–	✔	–	✔
2	Michael Poteat	60	"Just Once"	✔	✔	✔	✔
3	Jenny Evans	65	"Alone Again (Naturally)"	–	✔	–	✔
4	Dieter Waldhelm	80	"Granada"	✔	–	–	–
5	David Warwick	65	"She"	✔	✔	–	–
6	Renate Remmelt	69	"Siebentausend Rinder"	–	–	–	–
7	Agata Mongiovi Bonafe	60	"Chain of Fools"	✔	✔	✔	✔
8	Monika Smets	68	"Lascia ch'io pianga"	–	✔	–	✔
9	Dr. Rainer Bach	71	"Ich Möcht So Gern Dave Dudley Hörn"	✔	–	–	–
10	Lore Duwe	84	"Über Sieben Brücken Musst Du Gehen"	–	–	–	–
11	Thomas Nestler	63	"White Christmas"	–	–	✔	–
12	Claus Diercks	66	"Hoochie Coochie Man"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Sing offs

The sing offs was recorded on August 16, 2019 in Berlin and was broadcast on December 8, 2019.

Color key

	Artist was saved by his/her coach and advanced to the Final
	Artist was eliminated

Episode	Coach	Order	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 3 (December 8)	Michael Patrick	1	Lutz Adam	"Blowin' in the Wind"	Eliminated
		2	Dr. Rainer Bach	"Shotgun"	Eliminated
		3	Silvia Christoph	"Nutbush City Limits"	Advanced
		4	Dieter Waldhelm	"Wenn ich einmal Reich wär"	Eliminated
		5	Eva Norel	"Hero"	Advanced
	BossHoss	1	Agata Mongiovi Bonafe	"Ain't Nobody"	Eliminated
		2	Dieter Bürkle	"Bridge over Troubled Water"	Advanced
		3	David Warwick	"Piano Man"	Eliminated
		4	Renate Akkermann	"Die Liebe Bleibt"	Advanced
		5	Jörg Ahlich	"The Final Countdown"	Eliminated
	Yvonne	1	John Wiseman	"The Impossible Dream"	Eliminated
		2	Michael Poteat	"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"	Advanced
		3	Thomas Nestler	"Junge komm bald wieder"	Eliminated
		4	Dennis Legree	"Circle of Life"	Advanced
	Sasha	1	Claus Diercks	"Trouble"	Advanced
		2	Jenny Evans	"Close to You"	Eliminated
		3	Twinset	"Bye Bye Love"	Eliminated
		4	Monika Smets	"Ave Maria"	Advanced

Final

The Final was broadcast on December 15, 2019 and unlike the first season, will be broadcast entirely as a live show. Each coach has in his/her team 2 artists.

In the first round the coach decides which one act remains and the other act will then be eliminated. The final round is chosen the winner by the public at home by televoting.

Coach	Artist	Round 1			Round 2
		Order	First Song	Coach decision	Order	Second Song	Result
The BossHoss	Dieter Bürkle	1	"Sex Bomb"	Advanced	9	"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"	Runner-up
	Renate Akkermann	2	"Liebe mich"	Eliminated
Michael Patrick Kelly	Silvia Christoph	3	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	Advanced	10	"Somebody to Love"	Runner-up
	Eva Norel	4	"Greatest Love of All"	Eliminated
Yvonne Catterfeld	Michael Poteat	5	"September"	Eliminated
	Dennis Legree	6	"Georgia on My Mind"	Advanced	11	"A Change Is Gonna Come"	Runner-up
Sasha Schmitz	Monika Smets	7	"Exsultate, jubilate: Alleluja (KV165)"	Advanced	12	"Adeste Fidelis"	Winner
	Claus Diercks	8	"Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"	Eliminated

Non-competition performances

Order	Performer	Song
1	Anisa Celik & Davit Nikalayan from The Voice Kids Niklas Schregel & Oxa from The Voice of Germany Dan Lucas from The Voice Senior	"Don’t Stop Believin’"
2	Max Giesinger & Lotte	"Auf das, was da noch kommt"

Elimination chart

Overall

Color key

Artist's info

Artist from Team Michael Patrick   Artist from Team BossHoss   Artist from Team Yvonne   Artist from Team Sasha

Result details

Winner   Finalist   Artist was saved by their coach   Artist was eliminated   Artist was withdrew

sing offs and final results per week

Artist		Sing Offs	Final
			Round 1	Round 2
	Monika Smets	Safe	Safe	Winner
	Silvia Christoph	Safe	Safe	Finalist
	Dieter Bürkle	Safe	Safe	Finalist
	Dennis Legree	Safe	Safe	Finalist
	Claus Diercks	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Final)
	Michael Poteat	Safe	Eliminated
	Eva Norel	Safe	Eliminated
	Renate Akkermann	Safe	Eliminated
	Twinset	Eliminated	Eliminated (Sing Offs)
	Jenny Evans	Eliminated
	John Wiseman	Eliminated
	Thomas Nestler	Eliminated
	Jörg Ahlich	Eliminated
	David Warwick	Eliminated
	Agata Mongiovi Bonafe	Eliminated
	Dieter Waldhelm	Eliminated
	Dr. Rainer Bach	Eliminated
	Lutz Adam	Eliminated
	Lutz Hiller	Withdrew (Sing Offs)

Team

Color key

Artist's info

Artist from Team Michael Patrick   Artist from Team BossHoss   Artist from Team Yvonne   Artist from Team Sasha

Result details

Winner   Finalist   Artist was eliminated   Artist was withdrew

Artist		Sing Offs	Final
			Round 1	Round 2
	Silvia Christoph	Advanced	Advanced	Finalist
	Eva Norel	Advanced	Eliminated
	Dieter Waldhelm	Eliminated
	Dr. Rainer Bach	Eliminated
	Lutz Adam	Eliminated
	Dieter Bürkle	Advanced	Advanced	Finalist
	Renate Akkermann	Advanced	Eliminated
	Jörg Ahlich	Eliminated
	David Warwick	Eliminated
	Agata Mongiovi Bonafe	Eliminated
	Dennis Legree	Advanced	Advanced	Finalist
	Michael Poteat	Advanced	Eliminated
	John Wiseman	Eliminated
	Thomas Nestler	Eliminated
	Monika Smets	Advanced	Advanced	Winner
	Claus Diercks	Advanced	Eliminated
	Twinset	Eliminated
	Jenny Evans	Eliminated
	Lutz Hiller	Withdrew (Sing Offs)

Ratings

Episode		Date	Timeslot	Viewers (in millions)		Share (in %)		Source
				Total	14 - 49 Years	Total	14 - 49 Years
1	"Blind Auditions"	November 24, 2019 (2019-11-24)	Sunday 20:15pm	2.48	1.07	8.1	9.6	[6]
2		December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01)		1.93	0.73	6.3	7.3	[7]
3	"Sing Offs"	December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)		1.57	0.49	5.6	5.5	[8]
4	"Final"	December 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)		1.62	0.50	5.7	5.4	[9]