The Voice of Germany is a German reality talent show created by John de Mol, based on the concept The Voice of Holland and its international series. It began airing on ProSieben and Sat.1 on 24 November 2011. There are five different stages to the show: producers' auditions, blind auditions, battle rounds, sign offs, and live shows. There have been twelve winners to date: Ivy Quainoo, Nick Howard, Andreas Kümmert, Charley Ann Schmutzler, Jamie-Lee Kriewitz, Tay Schmedtmann, Natia Todua, Samuel Rösch, Claudia Emmanuela Santoso, Paula Dalla Corte, Sebastian Krenz, and the latest Anny Ogrezeanu. The show was originally presented by Stefan Gödde. Since 2012, Thore Schölermann has presented the show. From 2015 until 2021, Schölermann together with Lena Gercke hosted the show. In the tenth season, Annemarie Carpendale replaced Gercke as the new host, for the first stages. In the eleventh season, Melissa Khalaj in the semi-final and Steven Gätjen in the final, replaced Schölermann. Since 2022, Schölermann together with Melissa Khalaj hosted the show. The coaches for the most recent season were Mark Forster, Rea Garvey, Stefanie Kloß and Peter Maffay. Other coaches from previous seasons include Nena, The BossHoss, Xavier Naidoo, Max Herre, Michi Beck & Smudo, Andreas Bourani, Michael Patrick Kelly, Alice Merton, Sido, Yvonne Catterfeld, Samu Haber, Nico Santos, Johannes Oerding and Sarah Connor. In the ninth season, Nico Santos was featured as an off-screen fifth coach for Comeback Stage contestants. Michael Schulte took over as the Comeback Stage coach for the tenth season and Elif Demirezer was in the eleventh season as the Comeback Stage coach. There was no Comeback Stage in the twelfth season. On 5 April 2013, the kids version of the show premiered on Sat.1 and has since continued for ten seasons. The eleventh season has been announced and will begin airing in 2023. On 23 December 2018, a seniors version of the show premiered on Sat.1. Two seasons aired before the show was canceled.