“The Voice of Germany”
These well-known musicians took part
Max Giesinger (left) and Michael Schulte have already appeared on the “The Voice” stage.
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“TVOG” is going into the next round. The music show helped some musicians achieve success – they didn’t even have to win the show.
Michael Schulte
At the end of 2011, Michael Schulte (33) was a candidate on the show. He joined the Rea Garvey (50) team and made it into the live shows in 2012. In the final of the best four talents, he ultimately took third place. He then released his album “Wide Awake”. This was followed by participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon in 2018, where he took an impressive fourth place for Germany with “You Let Me Walk Alone”. In 2020 he celebrated a small “The Voice” comeback as coach of the Comeback Stage, which offered a second chance for talents who had been eliminated. In 2022 he also appeared on the “The Voice” stage with Max Giesinger, and together they performed their duet “More To This Life” in the semifinals. At the end of September 2023, Schulte will release his seventh album, “Remember Me”.
Max Giesinger
In season one, Max Giesinger (34) also made it to the final. His coach was Xavier Naidoo (51). In February 2012 he reached fourth place behind his friend Michael Schulte. The two finalists then founded a men’s shared apartment that would last for many years, first in Mannheim and later in the middle of the Hamburg neighborhood. This was followed by his debut album “Learn to Run” and his second record “The Boy Who Runs”, which featured his hit “80 Million”. In November 2021 he released his fourth studio album, “Vier”. He not only remained loyal to “The Voice Universe” through the appearance with Schulte in 2022, he was a coach on “The Voice Kids” twice.
Ivy Quainoo
The winner of the first season was also able to gain a foothold in the music business: Ivy Quainoo (31) won in Team BossHoss and then released her single “Do You Like What You See” and her first album “Ivy”. She then appeared in numerous TV shows with guest appearances, including “GNTM” and the live shows of “The Voice of Germany”. In 2015 she attended acting school in New York to pursue her second passion. In 2020 she was supposed to take part in the play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”, but the premiere had to be canceled due to the corona pandemic. She has been appearing in the musical “Hamilton” in Hamburg since October 2022. She plays Eliza Hamilton, the female lead. She was most recently seen in the Disney+ series “Sam – a Saxon”, in which she plays a lawyer and for which she also worked on the soundtrack.
Nick Howard
The British singer-songwriter Nick Howard (41) got his music career rolling before “The Voice”. He released two albums before participating in the second season. Accordingly, the coaches were enthusiastic about his talent and he chose Rea Garvey’s team. In the end he won the season and his single “Unbreakable” climbed to number five in the charts. He most recently released the single “Rollercoaster” in 2023.
Mathea
Singer Mathea (25) took part in the sixth season of “The Voice of Germany”. The Austrian was eliminated from team Yvonne Catterfeld (43) in the sing-offs. Her debut single “2x” made it to number one in the charts in her home country and also stayed in the German charts for a long time. After her debut album “M” (2020), she worked with well-known artists, including Mark Forster (40), with whom she recorded the song “Willst du mich”. “The Last Song” was created with Clueso (43), and the song was released on the singer’s album “Album”.
Zoe Wees
Not only “The Voice of Germany”, but also the spin-off “The Voice Kids” has helped some musical talents to have a career. Zoe Wees (21) fought her way to the third round of the music show in 2017 as part of Team Sasha (51). With “Control” she landed a hit in 2020, which helped her gain fame beyond Germany’s borders. In addition to her chart successes here, the Hamburg native was also pleased about her song’s gold status in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy. In 2021, she also appeared with Sam Smith (31) at a streaming concert at the Abbey Road Studios and on the US show “The Late Late Show with James Corden”. In 2021 she also released her singles “Girls Like Us” and “Love Me Now” with the international DJ Kygo (32), followed in 2022 by “Do It Better” DJ Felix Jaehn (29).
Mike Singer
One of the most famous former “The Voice Kids” participants is Mike Singer (23). In 2013, he only made it to the second round of the music show. The then 13-year-old got a place in coach Lena Meyer-Landrut’s (32) team in the blind auditions of the first season. However, he had to give this up again in the following battles. A year later, he released his English-language debut album and became increasingly a social media star. His three following albums “Karma” (2017), “Deja Vu” (2018) and “Trip” (2019) all made it to number one in the German album charts. The musician also took second place in “The Masked Singer” in 2020 dressed as Wuschel, sat on the jury for the 18th season of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” in 2021 and danced for the title “Dancing Star 2022” on “Let’s Dance” ( seventh place). His sixth album “Emotions” (2022) also made it to number one in the album charts.