The Voice of Nepal is a Nepalese reality show and the Nepalese format of the international TV singing reality series called The Voice. The show usually has four different coaches (judges), who eventually form four different teams after the selection event called the Blind Audition. Each team has to go through the battle round where contestants are paired with one another within the same team and only half of the total selected contestants from the blind audition are selected for the knockout round. During the knockout round, based on The Voice format, only the best and strongest contestants who their respective coach consider the best overall are selected by their coaches. They also have the sole right to do this on his or her own and take them to the live round (Voting Round). During the live round event, through a series of voting episodes, only one contestant with the most popular vote will advance to the grand finale. The first season of the voice of Nepal was won by CD Vijaya Adhikari from Team Deep, season 2 was won by Ram Limbu from Team Pramod and season 3 was won by Kiran Gajmer from Team Pramod.[1] The Grand Finale of season 1 was held on 14 December 2018 in Quatar stadium, the second season's Grand finale was held at Taragaon Open Field Chuchchepati Kathmandu on 7 December 2019 and the third season's Grand Finale was held in The Voice Studio, Dhumbarahi. The voice of Nepal was bought by Himalaya Television.
The host of the new series is Sushil Nepal (2018 onwards) and Oshin Sitoula (2018), the coaches are Deep Shrestha (season 1 onwards), Sanup Poudel (season 1), Abhaya Subba (season 1), Pramod Kharel (season 1, onwards), Raju Lama (season 2 onwards), Astha Raut (season 2), Trishna Gurung (season 3), Prabisha Adhikari (season 4), and Rajesh Payal Rai, aka Mula, (season 4). The series is directed by Laxman Paudyal, the former director of season one of Nepal's first international franchise singing reality show, Nepal Idol.[2][3][4]
The audition for the show (season 1) was taken using The Voice of Nepal app for iOS and Android. In total, 12,000 digital clips were received within 30 days, and it took 20 more days to select 108 participants, among whom include non-resident Nepali from Japan, Australia, Dubai, and India.[5][6][7]
The first episode was broadcast on Kantipur TV and on Ramailo HD on 25 August 2018. The show times are every Saturday and Sunday 9:00 pm (NPT) onward. [citation needed]
Blind auditions
Episode 1 (August 25)
Color key
✔
Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
Artist defaulted to a coach's team
Artist elected a coach's team
Artist eliminated with no coach pressing their button
The audition for The Voice of Nepal (season 2) was taken from The Voice of Nepal app for iOS and Android, and, for the first time, through various social media like Facebook as well. The coaches are Deep Shrestha, Pramod Kharel, Astha Raut and Raju Lama and the series is directed by Laxman Paudyal, the former director of season one of Nepal's first international franchise singing reality show, Nepal Idol. Abhaya Subba and Sanup Poudel were replaced in the season.
Blind auditions for The Voice of Nepal season 3 started on 19 March 2021 on Himalaya HD Television; the final audition ended on Saturday, 17 April with more than 150 contestants anticipated throughout the audition round. As usual, for the battle round, this season's coaches have successfully secured 64 top performers through the audition round.anuska
Battle Round (02)
The new episode (Battle Round) started on 24 April 2021 and ended on 15 May of the same year, where all 16 selected performers from each coach battled against each other in pairs; only nine including one steal were able to advance to the knockout round.
Knockout round (03)
The Knockout Round was started on Friday, 4 June and was aired until 25 June 2021. All nine selected contestants from each coach, including steal, were divided into three different groups; only one outstanding performer from each divided group, in total three, were selected for the live round.
Live Round (04)
The Live Round started 2 July and lasted until Saturday, 17 July. All three contestants from each coach went through a voting format where the contestants with the lowest vote had to leave the show every week and only one final contestant advanced to the Grand Finale.
Grand Finale or Final Round (05)
Only one contestant who advanced to the Finale from the live round through voting from each coach was able to join this round. All four remaining total contestants from four different coaches battled against each other; the talent with the highest worldwide vote was declared as the winner of The Voice of Nepal season 3.
Battle Round
Episode 11 (April 24)
Order
Coach
Winner
Song
Loser
Coaches' and artists choices
Deep
Trishna
Raju
Pramod
1
Trishna
"Top Raj"
"Subash Timro"
"Sandesh Sitaula"
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—
2
Raju
"Tara Shrees Magar"
"Sadhai Sadhai Aai Rahancha"
"Niharika Gyawali-steal by pramod"
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—
3
Pramod
"Utsav Nepal"
"Oh Amira"
"Srijasu Shrestha"
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—
—
4
Deep
"Sujita Yonzon"
"Maya Namara Hai Maya Namara"
"Bibek Ruchal"
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Episode 12 (April 25)
Order
Coach
Winner
Song
Loser
Coaches' and artists choices
Deep
Trishna
Raju
Pramod
1
Trishna
"Jwala Rai"
"Hurukkai Bhayema"
"Ajay Karki"
—
—
—
2
Raju
"Urmila Kusunda"
"Runna Bhanthe Kahile"
"Nirmala Ghale"
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—
—
3
Pramod
"Dharmendra Sunar"
"Parkha Parkha Mayalu"
"Barsha Thapa"
—
—
—
4
Deep
"Ishan Rai"
"Maisab Le"
"Dhruba Bk"
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—
—
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Episode 13 (April 30)
Order
Coach
Winner
Song
Loser
Coaches' and artists choices
Deep
Trishna
Raju
Pramod
1
Trishna
"Shreya Nepal"
"Kanchi Hey Kanchi"
"Santosh Kumar Baniya"
—
—
—
2
Raju
"Sonam Galtso Sherpa"
"Komal tyo timro"
"Abhishek Khadgi"
—
—
—
3
Pramod
"Melina Mainali"
"Ma Timilai Maya Garchu"
"Prabhu Bikram Thapa"
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—
—
4
Deep
"Jenish Rai"
"Aansu ko Artha"
"Arman Lama"
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—
—
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Episode 14 (May 01)
Order
Coach
Winner
Song
Loser
Coaches' and artists choices
Deep
Trishna
Raju
Pramod
1
Trishna
"Sagar Hamal"
"Sirfula Siraima"
"Rojan Pariyar"
—
—
—
2
Raju
"Samrat Rajbhandari"
"Gahiro..."
"Subash Lama"
—
—
—
3
Pramod
"Deeksha Thapa"
"Tadha Bhaye pani"
"Dhruba Tamang-Steal by Raju"
—
—
—
4
Deep
"Govin Pun"
"Jhel pani sahula"
"Sarmila Acharya"
—
—
—
—
Episode 15 (May 07)
Order
Coach
Winner
Song
Loser
Coaches' and artists choices
Deep
Trishna
Raju
Pramod
1
Trishna
"Suraksha Malla"
"Timi Aayeu"
"Suman Nepali"
—
—
—
2
Raju
"Bijaya Thada Magar"
"Din Ra Raat"
"Kapil Pun"
—
—
—
3
Pramod
"Kiran Gajmer"
"Janam Janam Jiyula Sangai"
"Suraksha Sinchuri-steal by Trishna"
—
—
—
4
Deep
"Priya Gurung"
"Naboli Naboli"
"Umesh Chhetri"
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—
—
—
Episode 16 (May 08)
Order
Coach
Winner
Song
Loser
Coaches' and artists choices
Deep
Trishna
Raju
Pramod
1
Trishna
Afrita Khadgi
Timro Yaad
Shriya Rawal Chetri
—
—
—
2
Raju
Nabin Gazmer
Halla Chalecha
Yog Bahadur Tamang
—
—
—
3
Pramod
Ravi Gahatraj
Mayaa..
Sanju Moktan
—yes
—
—
4
Deep
Bijay Bhandari
Badha Mayale
Pramila (Sangeeta) Ranapayali
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—
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Episode 17 (May 14)
Order
Coach
Winner
Song
Loser
Coaches' and artists choices
Deep
Trishna
Raju
Pramod
1
Trishna
"Karna Raj Giri"
"Aaj hamro bhet bhako din"
"Sameera Thapaliya"
—
—
—
2
Raju
"Sandeep Rai"
"Nachaheko hoina timi lai"
"Kushal Shrestha-steal by Deep"
—
—
—
3
Pramod
"Sudita Rai"
" Manchheko Maya Yaha khola ko pani jasto "
"Abhishek Baraily Biswokarma"
—
—
—
4
Deep
"Sunil Thapa Magar"
" korera prem patra mayalu lai dina"
"Sova Tamang"
—
—
—
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Episode 18 (May 15)
Order
Coach
Winner
Song
Loser
Coaches' and artists choices
Deep
Trishna
Raju
Pramod
1
Trishna
"Abhi Dong"
"Timro Man ma lukeko kura"
" Elina Udas"
—
—
—
2
Raju
"Ganbir Budha Magar"
"maile Socheko jastai, maile khojeko jastai"
"Laxmi Syangtan"
—
—
—
3
Pramod
"Bikki Pariyar"
"Kahile aauchha hola tyo yek din- Daiba Hai"
" Ashim Thapa "
—
—
—
4
Deep
"Aryan Tamang"
"Namana laaj "
"Laboni Chakraborti"
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Coaches' teams after the Battle Round. (Stolen artists at the bottom).
The digital audition for season 4 was started from April 29 to May 15, 2022.
There are four coaches in this season :- Pramod Kharel, Raju Lama, Prabisha Adhikari & Rajesh Payel Rai.
Among the four coaches, Pramod kharel has won three voice winning awards including the voice of Nepal kids.
Finalists:-
Team Pramod-Yogesh Magar
Team Raju-Karan Rai winner's season 4
Team Prabisha-Shahil Limbu
Team Rajesh-Sabina Yonghan limbu. The winner of the Season 4 VON is Karan Rai.[8]
Season 4
Team Pramod
Team Prabisha
Team Raju
Team Rajesh
Winner
Karan Rai
1st runner up
Sabina Yonghang
2nd runner up
Yogesh Thapa Magar
3rd runner up
Sahil Limbu
Season 5
The official Facebook page of The Voice of Nepal (VON) revealed the announcement for the digital audition of season 5. The season introduced two fresh faces: Milan Newar from VON Kids and Uday Sotang, who joined as the new coaches alongside Pramod Kharel and Rajesh Payal Rai.
The winner of The Voice of Nepal season 5 was Binod Rai, who was from team Milan. The runner-ups were Makar Bahadur Yonjan from team Rajesh, Kumar Prayas Rai from team Uday, and Nogen Limbu from team Pramod, respectively.[9]
Season 6
The official Facebook page of The Voice of Nepal (VON) revealed the announcement for the digital audition of season 6.
The Voice Kids
The Voice of Kids is a junior version of The Voice of Nepal based on the original Dutch version. Digital auditions were opened in April 2021. Two coaches were also announced during the Grand Finale of The Voice of Nepal season 3. Prabisha Adhikari and Pramod Kharel were announced as the first two coaches of The Voice of Kids season 1. Raju Lama and Milan Newar were also announced through the official social media platforms of the show as the final two coaches. Contestants are required to be between the ages of 6 and 14. On February 24, 2023, it was announced that Sushant KC is the newest coach replacing Raju Lama. The Voice of Kids Season 3 was announced by Social Media platform. In this season Chhewang Lama and Melina Rai entered as new Coaches replacing Sushant KC and Prabisha Adhikari from Season 2.
Prior to the start of the second season, Abhaya Subba published a video titled "Dear Voice of Nepal, Give the right reasons.....", alleging malpractice in the management of the show.[10] She asserted that the show annexed her as the judge in the second season without prior informing them.
After end of the second season, Top 4 contestant Bikash Limbu was rejected for the world tour which created controversy among show makers; the tour company and management department denied to clarify this controversy.
