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New Judges of “The Voice Arab” Season 5 Revealed


Mon 29 Jul 2019 | 01:01 PM
Yara Sameh

The official spokesman of MBC Group, Mazen Hayek announced Monday the new judges of the Arabic version of “The Voice” Season 5.

The spokesman announced via “Twitter” that the judges are superstars Ahlam, Mohamed Hamaki, Samira Said, and Ragheb Alama.

The show will be hosted by Jeddah-based presenter Yasser Al-Saqqaf, and Nareen Faraj and directed by Janan Manadour.

Ahlam and Hamaki will be the only remaining judges from the previous season، season 4, after Lebanese superstars Assi El Hallani and Elissa left.

The new season is set to be premiered early August aired on MBC.

Noteworthy، 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 Arab world's version of The Voice debuted on September 14، 2012 and was broadcast worldwide from Beirut، Lebanon via MBC 1، a pan-Arabian television station.

The format of The Voice: Ahla Sawt will have three stages: 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 select 12 singers to form their team from a group of 100 contestants.

Once the blind auditions finish, the battle rounds will begin and 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 the contestants who will stay and who will be eliminated. After a series of eliminations, live performances will be staged and the public can decide the singer who will represent the Arab World as "The Voice."