The Voice: Ahla Sawt

The Voice: Ahla Sawt is the Arabic version of Dutch show The Voice of Holland created by John de Mol and produced by Talpa Media Group. The first season of MENA's version of The Voice debuted on 14 September 2012 and was broadcast worldwide from Beirut, Lebanon via MBC 1, a pan-Arabian television station.[1] Through an agreement, the show was also simulcast via LBCI's channels. The first two season's main host was Egyptian actor Mohammad Kareem[2] and Arwa Gouda. Nadine Wilson Njeim hosted from backstage.

The Voice: Ahla Sawt
GenreReality television
Created byJohn de Mol
Presented by
  • Arwa Gouda (2012-14)
  • Mohammad Kareem (2012-14)
  • Nadine Wilson Njeim (2012-14)
  • Aimée Sayah (2015)
  • Momen Nour (2015)
  • Nardin Faraj (2018-19)
  • Badr Al Zaidan (2018)
  • Yasir Al-Saggaf (2019)
Judges
Country of originArab world
Original languageArabic
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes56
Production
Production companiesTalpa (2012–2019)
Sony Pictures Television Arabia (2012-14)
ITV Studios (2020–present)
Release
Original networkMBC 1, LBCI
Original release14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) –
21 December 2019 (2019-12-21)

The format of The Voice: Ahla Sawt has three stages, which are the blind auditions, the battle rounds, and the live performances. In the blind auditions, each contestant will be allowed to sing for 90 seconds with each of the coaches having their backs to the singer. When a coach wants a singer on their team, the coach presses a red button that results in the chair being turned around to reveal who the singer is to that coach and the singer joining their team. If two or more coaches turn around for that singer, the singer gets to decide which team they want to join. Each coach will have to select 12 singers to form their team from a group of 100 contestants.[3]

Once the blind auditions finish, the battle rounds will begin where the coaches will pair two singers on each team to compete against each other singing the same song on stage. The coaches will then have to decide which contestant will stay and which will be eliminated. After a series of eliminations, live performances will occur where the public can decide which singer will represent the Arab World as "The Voice".

The winner of season 1 of The Voice Ahla Sawt was Murad Bouriki from Team Assi who received the highest number of votes beating out Yousra Mahnouch, Farid Ghannam, and Qusai Hatem.

Due to the high ratings and big popularity the series got in the Arab World, MBC renewed the show for a second season which aired in 2013. All 4 coaches of season 1 came back for season 2. The second season premiered on Saturday, 28 December 2013.

The Voice: Ahla Sawt seasons 1 and 2 were produced by Sony Pictures Television Arabia for MBC and Season 3 was produced by Talpa Middle East.

In season two, during an intense finale which drew millions of viewers across the Middle East & North Africa, guest star Ricky Martin took the stage to perform his new songs "Adrenalina" and "Come With Me". Iraq's Sattar Saad from Team Kadim won the title after receiving the highest number of votes beating out Iraq's Simor Jalal, Egypt's Wahm and Syria's Hala Al Kaseer.[4][5]

All four coaches once again returned for season three of The Voice Ahla Sawt, which started airing on MBC on 26 September 2015. On 26 December 2015, the winner of season three was Jordan's Nedaa Sharara from Team Sherine who beat out Lebanon's Christine Said from Team Kadim, Iraq's Ali Yousef from Team Assi, and Tunisia's Hamza Fadlaoui from Team Saber.

In 2015, a spin-off of the show featuring children as contestants debuted under the title The Voice Kids – Ahla Sawt.

In 2018, there was a change in the judging panel. The season 4 judges were Elissa, Mohamed Hamaki, Assi El Helani (who had not been replaced since season 1) and Ahlam. The title was won by Iraqi contestant Doumou' Tahseen from Team Ahlam.

The first episode of the fifth season was broadcast on 21 September 2019. In addition to previous coaches Ahlam and Hamaki, the season saw two new coaches: Moroccan singer Samira Said and Lebanese popstar Ragheb Alama, the latter of whom had the winner team this season.

The Voice coaches

Coaches' timeline
Coaches Seasons
1 2 3 4 5
Assi El Helani
Kadim Al Sahir
Sherine
Saber Rebaï
Ahlam
Mohamed Hamaki
Elissa
Ragheb Alama
Samira Said

Series overview

Color key

  •   Team Kadim
  •   Team Sherine
  •   Team Saber
  •   Team Assi
  •   Team Mohamed
  •   Team Ahlam
  •   Team Elissa
  •   Team Ragheb
  •   Team Samira
Season First aired Last aired Winner Runner-up Other finalists Winning coach Host(s) Coaches (chair's order)
1 2 3 4
1 14 Sep 2012 14 Dec 2012 Mourad Bouriki Fareed Ghanam Qusai Hatem Yousra Mahnouch Assi El Helani Mohammed Kareem Arwa Goudeh Nadine Wilson Njeim Kadim Sherine Saber Assi
2 28 Dec 2013 29 Mar 2014 Sattar Saad Hala Alina Quasser Simour Jalal Wahm Kadim Al Sahir
3 27 Sep 2015 26 Dec 2015 Nedaa Sharara Christine Saïd Ali Youssef Hamza Fadlaoui Sherine Aimée Sayah Moemen Nur
4 10 Feb 2018 12 May 2018 Doumouh Tahsin Issam Sarhan Yusuf Sultan Hela Melki Ahlam Nardine Farag Badr Zaidan Assi Ahlam Elissa Mohamed
5 21 Sep 2019 21 Dec 2019 Mehdi Ayachi Iman Ghani Fahd Mouftakhi Radwan Al Asmar Ragheb Alama Yaser Al Sakkaf Mohamed Ragheb Samira

The Voice finalists
Color key
  – Winning coach and their team.
Winners are in bold, finalists in finale listed first, eliminated artists are in small font.
Season Coaches and their finalists
1 Assi El Helani Saber Rebaï Sherine Kadim Al-Saher
Mourad Bouriki
Mory Hatem
Hassan Amara
Elie Asmar
Marina Chebel
Inas Lattouf		 Qusai Hatem
Lamia Zaïdi
Samer Abu Taleb
Lamia Jamal
Christian Abu Anni
Mona Roukhachi		 Farid Ghannam
Mohammad Adli
Enji Amin
Abdel Azeem Zahabi
Alaa Ahmad
Yousra Mansour 		Yousra Mahnouch
Nour Ereksousi
Xriss Jor
Rouba Khouri
Roni Shemali
Rawdan Katrish
2
Hala Al Qasser
Adnan Bresim
Ghazi Al-Amir
Reem Mehrat
Amer Tawfik
Sahar Seddiki
Rabih Jaber
Nadia Khaless 		Simour Jalal
Mohammed Fares
Marwa Nagy
Samer Al-Saeed
Eyad al-Quassam
Nancy Nasrallah
Aïda Mohammed
Hossam Hosny		 Wahm
Nile
Karar Salah
Khaled El-Khayat
Mohamed Dahleb
Mahmoud Tourabi
Wael Al Muallem
Alaa Fouad 		Sattar Saad
Khaoula Moujahid
Ammar Khattab
Ahmad Hussein
Ghazi Khattab
Ingrid Bawab
Sanae Abdel-Hamid
Mehvan Saleh
3
Ali Yousef
Omar Dean
Nayress Ben Gaga
Rehab Saleh
Ahmed Nasser
Hossam Al Shami 		Hamza Fadhlaoui
Aboud Barmada
Mahrazia Touil
Jad Abi Haydar
Ranine Al Shaar
Abdulsamad Jabran		 Nedaa Sharara
Ghassan Ben Brahim
Eyad Baha'a
Abdulmajeed Ibrahim
Mohamed Al Tayeb
Reham Mustafa		 Christine Said
Najat Rajoui
Radwan Sadek
Tamer Najm
Amjad Shaker
Nasser Atoui
4 Assi El Helani Ahlam Elissa Mohamed Hamaki
Yusuf Sultan
Eya Daghnouj
Maryse Ferzly
Safa Saad
Rita Camilos
Batoul Bani		 Doumouh Tahsin
Faisal Al-Ansari
Olga El Kadi
Souha El Masri
Abdelrahman Al Mofarij
Fouad El Jaritly		 Hela Melki
Khaled Helmi
Hassan El Attar
Ahmed El Hellak
Giana Ghantous
Rabih Hajjar		 Issam Sarhan
Houcine Ben Haj
Chaima Abdelaziz
Rana Atiq
Elyas Mabrouk
Ali Rasheed
5 Ragheb Alama Ahlam Samira Said Mohamed Hamaki
Mehdi Ayachi
Michel Chalhoub
Dua Lahyaoui
Youssef Hennad
Nouha Rhaiem
Charaf Ahmed		 Eman Abdelghani
Rabab Najid
Aida Oulmou
Ibrahim Machwali
Nourhan El Morshdi
Ali al-Shareefi		 Redwan El Asmar
Cindy Latty
Maher Sami
Clara Atallah
Omar Al Attas
Toufic Al Kalash		 Fahd Mouftakhir
Yamane El Haj
Hafida Falkou
Bahaa Khalil
Ahmed Abdelaziz
Wiam Redouane
Stolen contestants italicized

References
  1. "mbc.net".
  2. "The National".
  3. "Alarabiya.net".
  4. "The Iraqi singer Sattar Saad has won Season Two of the Voice Arabia". thenational.ae. March 30, 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. "'The Voice Arabia' Crowns Iraqi Singer Sattar Saad". 30 March 2014.
  6. "Albawaba.com".
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