The third season of the Philippine reality singing competition The Voice Teens premiered on February 17, 2024, on the Kapamilya Channel. The season is hosted by Robi Domingo and Bianca Gonzalez, who debut as presenters in the spin-off. This season's coaching panel consists of Bamboo Mañalac, who returns for his third season, and debuting coaches KZ Tandingan and Martin Nievera, who previously debuted as coaches on the fifth season of The Voice Kids.[1]
With the coaching panel reduced, the season is the first Teens season to feature three coaches. This season also marks as the final season of The Voice franchise in ABS-CBN as the entire franchise is now being transferred to GMA Network.
Jillian Pamat of Kamp Kawayan was named the winner of the competition on the season finale aired on May 19, 2024. Her victory marks Mañalac's first solo and second consecutive win as a coach in the Teens version.
On December 15, 2023, during the ABS-CBN Christmas Special, it was announced that The Voice Teens would return for a third season on the Kapamilya Channel as part of its program lineup for the first quarter of 2024.[2][3] On February 5, 2024, it was announced that the season will premiere on February 17.[4]
The auditions were open for applicants aged 13 to 17. In addition to on-ground auditions held throughout the Philippines, online auditions were also opened from January 15 to 26, 2024.[citation needed]
Of the four coaches that appeared in the previous season, only Bamboo Mañalac returned as a coach, marking the departure of apl.de.ap, Sarah Geronimo, and Lea Salonga from the judging panel. KZ Tandingan, and Martin Nievera, who debuted as coaches in the fifth season of The Voice Kids, reprise their roles as coaches for the season. With the coaching panel reduced to three, the season is the first to feature a smaller judging panel and the first to feature one female coach.[7]
Robi Domingo and Bianca Gonzalez served as the presenters for the season, reprising their roles from the fifth Kids season, replacing hosts Alex Gonzaga and Luis Manzano. Jeremy Glinoga returned as a presenter for the companion show for his second Teens season and fourth season overall.[8] He is joined by Lorraine Galvez, a contestant from the first season. Glinoga and Galvez are also the backstage hosts during the primetime airing.[9] Isang Manlapaz and Kendra Aguirre, the winners of the previous season, join the companion show as presenters.[10]
The season began with the blind auditions on February 17, 2024. In each audition, each artist performs their piece in front of the panel of coaches, whose chairs are facing the audience. If a coach is interested in working with the artist, they may opt to press the button to face the artist. An artist is defaulted to a coach when only one coach turns; if multiple coaches turn, the coaches compete for the artist, who will later choose their coach. Each coach has two "blocks" to prevent another coach from getting an artist. This season, each coach ends up with 21 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 63 artists advancing to the battles, with Nievera leading MarTeam, Tandingan leading Team Supreme, and Mañalac leading Kamp Kawayan.
Prior to the start of the blind auditions, Bamboo performed "Himala" by Rivermaya.
The show only aired one episode for the week due to Holy Week pre-empting regular programming on Holy Saturday.
The second stage of the show, the Battles, started airing on April 7, with 63 artists advancing to this round. For the first time in the history of the show, the coaches pit three of their artists in a singing match and then select one of them to advance to the Knockouts. The ability to steal an artist from other teams continued this season. Coaches have only one steal, with the steals done on-stage.
At the end of this round, eight artists remained on each team; seven were the battle winners, and one from a steal. In total, 24 artists advanced to the knockouts.
The third stage of the show, the Knockouts, aired starting April 21. 24 artists competed in the round. For the first time ever in this version, there will be a four-way knockout, as the coach needs to divide their teams into two. In each group, two will be picked by their coaches, while the other two will be eliminated. The top four Artists per team will advance to the Live Shows.
The live shows began airing on May 4, 2024. The live shows return after being absent in the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Voting takes place through joinnow.ph and opens after each team performs and close before the next team takes the stage.
Held at the ABS-CBN Studios, the Top 12 artists competed for public votes to advance to the semifinals. Within each team, the contestant with the most votes moved forward automatically. The coaches then each selected one additional artist from their remaining three team members to join them in the semifinals. Team Supreme and MarTeam performed in the first episode, while Kamp Kawayan performed in the latter. The results were also announced during the Sunday episode.
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Held at the ABS-CBN Studios, the Top 6 artists competed to advance in The Final Showdown. The coaches and the public have a 50-50 stay who will advance to the grand finals. For each coach's score, 100 points will be divided between two team artists. Whoever gets the highest combined scores will advance to The Final Showdown. Kamp Kawayan and Team Supreme performed in the first episode, while MarTeam performed in the latter. The results were also announced during the Sunday episode.
However, Coach KZ Tandingan was unable to appear physically during the entire week due to being ill, and instead, appeared via a video screen.
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The live finale aired from May 18 to 19. The finale was contested by the three finalists from each team. Before the final showdown, the artists each randomly picked an envelope from a fishbowl to determine the performance order. There are two voting periods this week. The first voting period closes at Sunday midnight. The artist with the highest combined votes from both periods will be crowned the winner.
Jillian Pamat won the competition, marking Bamboo Mañalac's second consecutive and fourth overall win as a coach. Coincidentally, Steph Lacuata became the second consecutive comeback artist to place as a runner up after Kate Campo from the second season of The Voice Teens.
Lastly, this was the final season of Mañalac as a coach on all editions of the Philippine franchise of The Voice after serving as a coach for 10 consecutive seasons and being the only remaining coach since the inaugural season of the Philippine franchise.
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