La Voz (American season 2)
The second season of La Voz began on January 19, 2020 on Telemundo. The coaching panel consisted of Wisin, Alejandra Guzmán, Luis Fonsi and Carlos Vives who all returned from the previous season. Also, Jorge Bernal and Jacqueline Bracamontes returned as hosts. Meanwhile, Nastassja Bolívar replaced :es:Jéssica Cediel|Jéssica Cediel as the backstage reporter. For the first time in its history, this season featured a fifth coach, Mau y Ricky, who selected contestants to participate in The Comeback Stage.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, Telemundo announced that the Live Shows would be postponed until further notice. In July, it was confirmed that the show would return Sunday, July 26 at 9pm/8c.
Coaches
In October 2019, it was officially announced that the show was renewed for a second season and would premiere January 19, 2020. The coaching panel remained the same, with Wisin, Alejandra Guzmán, Luis Fonsi, and Carlos Vives all returning alongside Jorge Bernal, and Jacqueline Bracamontes who returned as hosts. Backstage reporter, :es:Jéssica Cediel|Jéssica Cediel did not return for the second season. Later, it was announced Nastassja Bolívar would replace Cediel. This season featured The Comeback Stage as seen on season 15 & season 16 of The Voice, with duo Mau y Ricky as coach.The advisors for the Battle round include: Mario Domm for Team Wisin, Jesse & Joy for Team Guzmán, Karol G for Team Fonsi, and Sebastián Yatra for Team Vives.
Teams
; Color keyBlind auditions
In the Blind Auditions, each coach had to complete their teams with 12 contestants. Each coach had two Blocks to prevent another of the coaches from getting a contestant. Six participants who got no chair turn were chosen to participate on The Comeback Stage.;Color key
' | Coach pressed "QUIERO TU VOZ" button |
Artist defaulted to a coach's team | |
Artist elected a coach's team | |
Artist was eliminated and was not invited back for "The Comeback Stage" | |
Artist was eliminated, but got a second chance to compete in "The Comeback Stage" | |
' | Coach pressed the "QUIERO TU VOZ" button, but was blocked by Wisin from getting the artist |
' | Coach pressed the "QUIERO TU VOZ" button, but was blocked by Guzmán from getting the artist |
' | Coach pressed the "QUIERO TU VOZ" button, but was blocked by Fonsi from getting the artist |
Coach pressed the "QUIERO TU VOZ" button, but was blocked by Vives from getting the artist |
Episode 1 (January 19)
Episode 2 (January 26)
Episode 3 (February 2)
Episode 4 (February 9)
Episode 5 (February 16)
Episode 6 (February 23)
Episode 7 (March 1)
The Battles
The Battle Rounds started on March 8. Season two advisors include: Mario Domm for Team Wisin, Jesse & Joy for Team Guzmán, Karol G for Team Fonsi, and Sebastián Yatra for Team Vives. The coaches can steal one losing artist from other coaches. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Cross Battles.Color key:
Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Cross Battles | |
Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Cross Battles | |
Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
The Comeback Stage
For this season, the show added a brand new phase of competition called The Comeback Stage that was exclusive to the Telemundo App, La Voz YouTube Channel, Instagram, Twitter and Telemundo.com. After failing to turn a chair in the blind auditions, artists had the chance to be selected by fifth coach Mau y Ricky to become a member of their six-person team. The Comeback Stage consists of three rounds: The Battles, Semifinals and Finale. In the Finale, the public decides who wins, who will officially join one of the four main teams for the Live Shows.The first episode explained the format of The Comeback Stage. The Digital Episodes were available every Monday at 10am/9c on Twitter Live, and were later available on all other digital platformsz
The Battles
Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Semifinals | |
Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
Semifinals
Artists won the Semifinals and advanced to the Finale | |
Artist lost the Semifinals was eliminated |
Finale
Artist received majority of Public's votes and won The Comeback Stage | |
Artist was eliminated |
The Final Phase (Live Shows)
The Live Shows were originally scheduled to start April 5, but due to the COVID-19 outbreak they were delayed until further notice. It wasn’t until July, that Telemundo announced that the return was officially on Sunday, July 26. But due to the pandemic, everything had pre-recorded earlier on the same day they were aired to be able to follow and comply with health regulations.This season, phone calls and text messaging voting methods were removed, leaving Telemundo.com, Telemundo App and Xfinity X1 as the only options for voting.
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Artist was saved by the Public's votes | |
Artist was eliminated |
Week 1 & 2: Cross Battles (July 26 & August 2)
This season, the Playoffs were replaced by the Cross Battles which compromised episodes 12 and 13. Also, this season the beginning of the "Live Shows" featured a Top 28 instead of a Top 32. Each night featured seven pairs, where coaches selected an artist from their team, then challenged a fellow coach to compete against, and this coach selected an artist as well. The public was then to vote and choose the winner of each cross battle. The results for the first night where announced at the beginning of the second cross battle episode, followed by the performances of the last seven pairs. The artist that was voted to win the cross battle advanced, with the other artist being automatically eliminated.Week 3: Semifinals (August 9)
At the beginning of the episode, the results for the second night of Cross Battles were announced.Week 4: Finale (August 16)
Elimination Chart
Overall
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;Result details
Teams
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;Results details
Artists' appearance on other shows
- Adrián Torres, Jose Class and Albin St. Rose all competed on the show's first season but failed to turn any chairs.
- Steven Sibaja participated in the eight season of Mexican version where he was part of Team Belinda.
- Maria Cristina Bravo and Gabriel Carrero competed in the second season of La Banda, but failed to reach the second and third phase of the competition, respectively.
- Angely Rabsatt competed on the second season of La Voz Kids and reached the semifinals on team Royce.
- Janine Rivera participated on the tenth season of Estrella TV's show Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento where she reached the finale.
- Emily Piriz participated in season 13 of American Idol where she placed 12th place.
- Setareh Khatibi appeared on the sixth season of Nuestra Belleza Latina and finished second.
- Julio Cesar Castillo competed in the third season of the U.S English version, but was eliminated in the Live Playoffs.
- Karen Galera competed on the sixteenth season of the U.S English version, but was eliminated during the Live Cross Battles.
- Brian Cruz won the second season of La Banda where he was part of the band named MIX5.