The Voice of Germany season 16
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 Promotional poster featuring coaches Garvey, Santos, David, and Michi & Smudo | |
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| Original release | 11 September 2026 |
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The sixteenth season of the talent show The Voice of Germany will premiere on 11 September 2026 and will be broadcast by the local television stations ProSieben and Sat.1.
Nico Santos, Shirin David, Rea Garvey, and duo Michi & Smudo all returned from the previous season for their fourth, third, ninth, and seventh seasons as coaches, respectively.[1]
Thore Schölermann departed the show after serving as host for fourteen seasons. He was replaced by Matthias Killing, who joined Melissa Khalaj as co-host.[2][3]
Panelists
Coaches
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On 27 April 2026, it was announced that Nico Santos, Shirin David, Rea Garvey, and Michi & Smudo would all return from the previous season. This marked the second time that the coaching panel had remained unchanged for more than two consecutive seasons, following season 2.[4][5] It also marked the first time since the second season that no new coach joined the panel.
Hosts
Thore Schölermann was announced to depart the series after his fourteenth season.[2] Melissa Khalaj returned for her fifth full-time season as host, with Matthias Killing joining to co-host with her following Schölermann's departure.[6]
References
- ↑ Naumann, Florentine (2026-04-27). "Die „The Voice of Germany"-Coaches 2026 bleiben unverändert". HNA. Retrieved 2026-05-09.
- 1 2 Kern, Frederic. "After 14 years: Thore Schölermann quits "The Voice of Germany"". MSN. Retrieved 2026-05-09.
- ↑ Köstlin, Christoph. "A dream come true: Matthias Killing is excited about hosting The Voice". MSN. Retrieved 2026-05-09.
- ↑ "Die roten Stühle bleiben besetzt: Shirin David, Nico Santos, Michi Beck & Smudo und Rea Garvey sind die Coaches von "The Voice of Germany" 2026". presseportal.de (in German). 2026-04-27. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
- ↑ Köstlin, Christoph; Nguyen, Dung. "The Voice of Germany 2026: These five coaches are returning". MSN. Retrieved 2026-05-09.
- ↑ K, Maximilian (2026-05-04). ""The Voice of Germany" 2026: Wer ist der neue Moderator der Show?". Joyn (in German). Retrieved 2026-05-13.