The first season of the Romanian reality talent show Vocea României Junior premiered on February 26, 2017 on Pro TV with Andra, Inna and Marius Moga as coaches.
The season finale aired on April 9, 2017. Maia Mălăncuș mentored by Marius Moga, was declared winner of the season.
Coaches and presenters
Hosts In July 2016 Mihai Bobonete and Robert Tudor were confirmed hosts for the Voice of Romania Junior.
Coaches In June 2016 pop singer and judge at Românii au talent, Andra, singer, dancer and philanthropist, Inna and R'n'B musician, composer and adult show coach, Marius Moga were confirmed coaches for the Voice of Romania Junior.
Selection process
Pre-selections took place in the following cities: Date Audition venue LocationMarch 5, 2016Hotel KronwellBrașovMarch 12, 2016Hotel ContinentalTimișoaraMarch 19, 2016 Hotel UnireaIașiMarch 26, 2016Golden Tulip Ana DomeCluj-NapocaApril 2–3, 2016Hotel Ibis Gara de NordBucharest
Teams Colour key: Winner Runner-up Third Place Eliminated in the Semi-final Eliminated in the Battles + Coaches Top 27 artists Andra Karina Ștefan Jessica Lăzărescu Teodor Danci Ioana Bulgaru David Gheorghe Daria Oprea Melanie Șerban Maria Răducanu Giulia Tabără Marius Moga Maia MălăncușJennifer DumitrașcuTheodor Andrei Denisa Davidescu Daria Rotaru Adrian Ivan Diana Movilă Ioan Ciurea Estera Lepădatu InnaAndrei CiurezAlexia NiculaeVoicu Dumitraș Astrid Muthu Andreea Sălăvăstru Ștefan Badea George Rotaru Sonia Apostol Eva Margină-Mileah
Blind Auditions 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
Episode 1 (February 26) The first episode of The Blind Auditions aired on February 26, 2017. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andra Moga Inna1Jessica Lăzărescu12Târgu Jiu, Gorj"Suus" 2Francesca Hojda13Sighetul Marmației, Maramureș"She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" — — —3Ioan Ciurea7Brașov, Brașov"Durli-Durli-Da" —4Eva Margină-Mileah12Bucharest"Jolene" — — 5Ana Maria Țîrcă13Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea"Something's Got a Hold on Me" — — —6Andrei Ciurez12Craiova, Dolj"Highway to Hell" — — 7Daria Rotaru11Brașov, Brașov"Sweet People" — —8Daria Radu9Ploiești, Prahova"Acapella" — — —9Ștefan Badea11Schitu Golești, Argeș"Belle" — — 10Karina Ștefan11Timișoara, Timiș"Proud Mary"
Episode 2 (March 5) The second episode of the Blind Auditions aired on March 5, 2017. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andra Moga Inna 1 Maia Mălăncuș 9 Iași, Iași "Bang Bang" 2 Diana Mălăncuș 13 Iași, Iași "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" — — — 3 George Rotaru 13 Brăila, Brăila "When I Was Your Man" — — 4 Adina Bostan 8 Galați, Galați "Lupii" — — — 5 Alexia Niculae 10 Mioveni, Argeș "Evil Like Me" — 6 Adrian Ivan 12 Brașov, Brașov "Billionaire" — — 7 Daria Oprea 14 Bucharest "Runnin' (Lose It All)" — — 8 Theodor Andrei 11 Bucharest "I Hate Myself for Loving You" — — 9 Maria Răducanu 9 Bucharest "Necessary Evil" 10 David Burlacu 11 Constanța, Constanța"Everybody Hurts" — — —
Episode 3 (March 12) The third episode of the Blind Auditions aired on March 12, 2017. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andra Moga Inna1 Melanie Șerban 9 — "Who's Lovin' You" 2 Carla Sabău 8 Zalău, Sălaj "De-ai fi tu salcie la mal" — — — 3 Astrid Muthu 10 Oradea, Bihor "Canção do mar" — — 4 Oliver Lepădatu 8 Bucharest "Fly Me to the Moon" — — — 5 Esra Lepădatu 10 Bucharest "Tomorrow" — — 6 Denisa Davidescu 12 Bucharest "Show Me How You Burlesque" — 7 Darius Drăgoi 11 Bucharest "Stitches" — — — 8 Ioana Bulgaru 12 Galați, Galați "I'm Not the Only One" — —9 David Gheorghe 13 Bucharest "Summertime" 10 Beatrice Florea 11 Iași, Iași "Raggamuffin" — — — 11 Sonia Apostol 14 Bucharest "Cheap Thrills" — —
Episode 4 (March 12) The final episode of the Blind Auditions aired on March 19, 2017. Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and contestant's choices Andra Moga Inna 1 Giulia Tabără 9 Giurgiu, Giutgiu "If I Ain't Got You" — 2 Andreea Irena Fabri 12 Nădlac, Arad "Ardelean show — — — 3 Voicu Dumitraș 12 Timișoara, Timiș "Hurt" — — 4 Jennifer Dumitrașcu 14 Bucharest "Nobody's Perfect" — 5 Alexandru Burloi 12 — "Mon mec à moi" — — — 6 Dalia Dobre 13 — "Whole Lotta Love" — — — 7 Teodor Danci 13 Constanța, Constanța "Chains" — 8 Diana Movilă 10 Galați, Galați "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" — 9 Antonio Fernando Pican 13 Moreni, Dâmbovița "Mă ucide ea" — — — 10 Thea Marconi 11 Timișoara, Timiș "I Will Never Let You Down" — — — 11 Andreea Sălăvăstru 13 Iași, Iași "That Man" — —
Battle rounds After the Blind auditions, each coach had nine contestants for the Battle rounds. The Battles rounds aired on March 26. Coaches began narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants. Each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating the two contestants. Colour key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Semi-final Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Coach Order Winner Song Losers Marius Moga1 Maia Mălăncuș "Tot mai sus" Ioan Ciurea Esra LepădatuAndra2 Teodor Danci "Flashlight" Maria Răducanu Giulia TabărăInna3 Andrei Ciurez "Ochii tăi" Sonia Apostol Eva Margină-Mileah Marius Moga4 Theodor Andrei "Black or White" Diana Movilă Adrian Ivan Andra5 Karina Ștefan "Chandelier" Melanie Șerban Daria Oprea Inna6 Voicu Dumitraș "Love Yourself" Ștefan Badea George Rotaru Marius Moga7 Jennifer Dumitrașcu"Empire State of Mind" Denisa Davidescu Daria Rotaru Andra8 Jessica Lăzărescu "All of Me" David Gheorghe Ioana Bulgaru Inna9 Alexia Niculae "No" Astrid Muthu Andreea Sălăvăstru
Show details Results summary Team's colour key Team Andra Team Moga Team Inna Result's colour key Artist received the most public votes Artist was eliminated Runner-up Artist received the least public votes + Results per artist Contestant Semi-final Final Maia Mălăncuș Safe Winner (Week 2) Karina Ștefan Safe Runner-up (Week 2) Andrei Ciurez Safe Third Place (Week 2) Theodor Andrei Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1) Jennifer Dumitrașcu Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1) Voicu Dumitraș Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1) Alexia Niculae Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1) Teodor Danci Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1) Jessica Lăzărescu Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1)
Live Shows Semi-final (April 2) The semi-final aired on April 2.
Coach Order Artist Song ResultAndra 1 Teodor Danci "Thinking Out Loud" Eliminated 2 Karina Ștefan "Roar" Advanced 3 Jessica Lăzărescu "Adagio" Eliminated Inna 4 Voicu Dumitraș "Writing's on the Wall" Eliminated 5 Alexia Niculae "Wrecking Ball" Eliminated 6 Andrei Ciurez "Whataya Want from Me" Advanced Marius Moga 7 Maia Mălăncuș "Stone Cold" Advanced 8 Theodor Andrei "Dream On" Eliminated 9 Jennifer Dumitrașcu "Hero" Eliminated
+OrderArtistSong1 Team Moga, Team Andra and Team Inna "It's a Hard-Knock Life"
Final (April 9) The final show aired on April 9. This week, the three finalists performed a solo song, a duet with a special guest and a duet with their coach. The public vote determined the winner. Coach Artist Order Solo Song Order Duet Song (with coach) Order Duet Song (with special guest) Result Inna Andrei Ciurez 1 "Beat It" 4 "Bop Bop" 7 "Pleacă" (with Vunk) Third Place Andra Karina Ștefan 5 "Ain't Nobody" 2 "Iubirea schimbă tot" 9 "Cuvintele tale" (with Nicole Cherry) Runner-up Marius Moga Maia Mălăncuș 8 "Girl on Fire" 6 "Pe barba mea" 3 "K la meteo" (with What's Up?) Winner
+ Order Artist Song 1 Laura Bretan "I Dreamed a Dream" 2 Feli "Timpul"
Ratings Episode Original airdate Time slot (ET) Rank Viewers Rank Adults (18–49) Source Rating Share 1 "The Blind Auditions Premiere" Sunday 8:30 p.m. 1 1.969 1 12.6 27.6 2 "The Blind Auditions, Part 2" 3 1.302 2 8.0 17.6 3 "The Blind Auditions, Part 3" 1 1.836 1 11.3 22.0 4 "The Blind Auditions, Part 4" 5 "The Battles" 6 "Semi-final" 7 "Final" 1 1.4162 8.0 18.5
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