The Voice of Poland is a Polish reality talent show that premiered on September 3, 2011, on the TVP 2 television network. The Voice of Poland is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol.[1]

The Voice of Poland
GenreTalent show
Created byJohn de Mol
Roel van Velzen
Directed byRinke Rooyens
Presented by
Judges
Theme music composerMartijn Schimmer
Country of originPoland
Original languagePolish
No. of seasons15
Production
Production companiesTalpa (2011–2019)
ITV Studios (2020–present)
Rochstar
Original release
NetworkTVP 2
ReleaseSeptember 3, 2011 (2011-09-03) –
present
Related
The Voice Kids
The Voice Senior
The Voice (franchise)

Selection process and format

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The Blind Auditions

The blind auditions feature approximately 100 contestants who were selected during non-televised production pre-castings. At the beginning of the performance, the coaches have their backs turned to the participants, and if one of the coaches wants to take on a participant, they press their buttons and turn around to the singer who is automatically placed on his team. If more than one coach is turned around, the singer chooses the coach they want to work with. In the first four seasons and from the tenth, blind auditions end with the selection of 12 contestants. The size of the teams, however, varied over the seasons (13 in seasons 5 and 9; 14 in seasons 6 to 8; and 15 in season 14).

From the eleventh season during blind auditions, each coach can "block" another. The coach against whom the block was used loses the chance to invite that participant to their team. Each coach can use this feature only twice. If a coach uses a "block" against another coach and they do not turn around - the "block" is considered unused; this means that the block can be used as long as the coach who uses it actually "blocks" someone. "Block" buttons can be used both during and after a contestant's performance. In the fourteenth season, coaches will be able to use their block button only after a contestant's performance, unlike in the previous seasons.

The Battles round

This is followed by battles in which the coaches choose two people from their team (when the number of participants in a team is uneven, one of the battles is played by a trio, not a duo) who sing the same song together. The coach decides who moves on to the next stage and who drops out of the program. In the first season, coaches were assisted by invited specialists who were supposed to help them make the decision. From the second season onwards, the other coaches can make a "steal", i.e. take the loser to their team (by pressing their button). If more than one coach wants to steal a participant, that participant has the right to choose which team they want to go to.

In the seventh season, the "stealing" system has changed to what is known as the "hot chairs". Each coach can ultimately steal only one contestant (who sits on the hot seat assigned to that coach's team), because when "stealing" another contestant, the previously stolen person is replaced and dropped out of the competition; from the seventh to ninth seasons, each coach could steal (press the button and take over a contestant) up to three times, but from the tenth season, coaches can press the button to steal a contestant without any limitations. The battles therefore end with seven participants advancing to the next stage. During the ninth season, there was the first ever elimination of all participants from a team in one battle.

In season 14, battles have been divided into 2 parts: pre-battle and the main battle. During the pre-battle, the coaches pick three of their artists in a singing match and then select two of them to advance to the main battle to perform as a duo. During the main battle, the winning artists will battle once again, performing a different song. The coach select one of them to advance to the next round, while the other will be eliminated. At the end of this round, five artists will remain on each team. For the first time since the inaugural season, there are no steals during the battles round.

The Knockouts round

The battles are followed by the knockout round (in the first edition: overtime), in which the coaches eliminate more people who do not advance to the live episodes. During first six seasons, each of the coaches selected three people from his or her team (six people in the first season, seven people in the second season, eight people in seasons three to five, and nine people in the sixth season) who automatically qualified for the live shows. The coaches divided the others into threes (into two duos by the second season), and one person from each would move on to the next stage. Since the seventh season, all contestants have to sing - the first four from each team are automatically put in the hot seats, and after subsequent performances of the remaining three, the coach decides whether a given contestant stays in the show or not. Four (five in the first, second and sixth seasons) finalists from each team qualify for the live episodes. In the fourteenth season, five contestants will compete for the place in the live shows, but only four of them will advance to the next stage.

The Live Shows

When the teams consist of five, four, or three contestants, the coach chooses from among the two contestants with the fewest votes from the viewers (who decide by sending text messages) the person who drops out of the show. Each live episode ends with the elimination of one person from each group. In eleventh season due to the coronavirus pandemic episodes were previously recorded and the elimination rules were changed. Once all participants from a given team sang their songs, the coaches scored the performances, awarding them from one to ten points. The coach of that team would then select one participant to move on to the next stage (regardless of the score). The participant with the lowest number of points was eliminated from the remaining three or two (in case of a tie, the points from the coach of the evaluated team were decisive).

In the semi-finals (when the team is made up of two people), the coach divides 100 points between the contestants and then everyone is credited with as many points as the percentage of votes they get from the viewers. In the fifth season, while the semi-final took the form of what is known in the international format as "Cross Battles", which involved contestants dueling between teams. In the semi-final of the eleventh season the deciding factor was the total number of points awarded by all the coaches.

The Final

Four participants (one from each team, with the exception of the fifth season), and the winner is chosen by viewers in an SMS vote. Voting is divided into three rounds; after each round, the person with the fewest number of votes drops out. In the first round the finalists sing a foreign language song followed by a duet with their coach; in the second round the repertoire consists of Polish songs; in the third round the remaining two contestants sing their own songs. In the fourteenth season all contestants who will advance to the live shows will sing along with the finalists.

Coaches

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  Coach
  Contestant

Timeline

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Timeline of coaches
Coach Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Andrzej Piaseczny
Ania Dąbrowska
Nergal
Kayah
Tomson & Baron
Justyna Steczkowska
Marek Piekarczyk
Patrycja Markowska
Maria Sadowska
Edyta Górniak
Natalia Kukulska
Michał Szpak
Grzegorz Hyży
Piotr Cugowski
Kamil Bednarek
Margaret
Urszula Dudziak
Sylwia Grzeszczak
Lanberry
Kuba Badach
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Line-up of coaches

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Hosts

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  Main presenter
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  Contestant

Timeline

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Timeline of main hosts
Host Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Hubert Urbański
Magdalena Mielcarz
Tomasz Kammel
Marika
Halina Mlynkova
Barbara Kurdej-Szatan
Maciej Musiał
Małgorzata Tomaszewska
Paulina Chylewska
Timeline of backstage hosts
Host Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Mateusz Szymkowiak
Maciej Musiał
Iga Krefft
Marta Siurnik
ReZigiusz
Łukasz Jakóbiak
Marcelina Zawadzka
Krzysztof Jankowski
Adam Zdrójkowski
Wiktoria Gąsiewska
Ewa Zawada
Małgorzata Tomaszewska
Aleksander Sikora
Michał Szczygieł
Jan Dąbrowski
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Coaches and their finalists

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Color key
  Winner
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
Season Coaches
1 Team Andrzej Team Kayah Team Nergal Team Ania
Antoni Smykiewicz Mateusz Krautwurst Damian Ukeje Piotr Niesłuchowski
Rafał Brzozowski Filip Moniuszko Monika Urlik Aleksandra Galewska
Katarzyna Lisowska Edyta Strzycka Ewelina Kordy Karolina Charko
Ian Rooth (Michał Korzeniowski) Kaja Domińska Ares Chadzinikolau Ewa Szlachcic
Ewa Kłosowicz Maciej Moszyński Filip Sałapa Katarzyna Klimczyk
2 Team Justyna Team Tomson & Baron Team Patrycja Team Marek
Michał Sobierajski Dorota Osińska Natalia Nykiel Natalia Sikora
Monika Szczot Kasia Dereń Żaneta Lubera Juliusz Kamil
Beata Dobosz Michał Jabłoński Justyna Panfilewicz Wojciech Gruszczyński
Michalina Brudnowska Mateusz Grędziński Jan Traczyk Magdalena Bałdych
Bartłomiej Kawałek Anna Ozner Jurand Wójcik Barbara Janyga
3 Team Edyta Team Tomson & Baron Team Maria Team Marek
Jagoda Kret Arkadiusz Kłusowski Mateusz Ziółko Ernest Staniaszek
Olga Jankowska Michał Grobelny Katarzyna Stanek Marzena Ugorna
Maia Lasota Natalia Krakowiak Joanna Smajdor Nella Marczewski
Maria Rodriguez Michał Malicki Oksana Predko Magdalena Meisel
4 Team Marek Team Justyna Team Tomson & Baron Team Maria
Aleksandra Węglewicz Katarzyna Sawczuk Maja Gawłowska Juan Carlos Cano
Michał Karpacki Artur Kryvych Kamil Bijoś Monika Pilarczyk
Dominika Kobiałka Michał Rudaś Paulina Romaniuk Marta Dryll
Justyna Kunysz Michał Szyc Wojciech Baranowski Sandra Mika
5 Team Tomson & Baron[a] Team Edyta Team Justyna[b] Team Marek
Natalia Lubrano Przemysław Radziszewski Aleksandra Nizio Magdalena Paradziej
Justyna Janik Iga Kozacka Gracjan Kalandyk Żaneta Łabudzka
Marta "Sarsa" Markiewicz Jerzy Grzechnik Agnieszka Twardowska Tomasz Fridrych
Natalia Podwin Sandra Rusin Karol Dziedzic Łukasz Szemraj
6 Team Tomson & Baron Team Maria Team Edyta Team Andrzej
Tobiasz Staniszewski Krzysztof Iwaneczko Ana Andrzejewska William Prestigiacomo
Julia i Jędrzej Skibowie Katarzyna Malenda Julia Bogdańska Maciej Grenda
Anna Kłys Patryk Skoczyński Katarzyna Miśkowiec Piotr Tłustochowicz
Marta Moszczyńska Asteya Dec Marcin Czyżewski Karolina Leszko
Patryk Glinka Sabina Nycek Daniel Cebula-Orynicz Krzysztof Bobecki
7 Team Tomson & Baron Team Natalia Team Andrzej Team Maria
Weronika Curyło Ania Karwan Mateusz Grędziński Katarzyna Góras
Marcelina Mróz Damian Rybicki Sami Harb Mateusz Guzowski
Tomasz Trzeszczyński Patryk Wasilewski Łukasz Bąkowski Ewelina Przybyła
Filip Lato Olga Barej Ania Waszkiewicz Aga Damrych
8 Team Andrzej Team Maria Team Michał Team Tomson & Baron
Michał Szczygieł Maja Kapłon Marta Gałuszewska Łukasz Łyczkowski
Artur Wołk-Lewanowicz Magdalena "Meg" Krzemień Aga Dębowska Sabina Mustaeva
Martyna Pawłowska Asia "Azzja" Mądry Jacek Wolny Jelena Matula
Dave Adamaszwili Brian Fentress Magdalena Dąbkowska Magdalena Janicka
9 Team Grzegorz Team Patrycja Team Michał Team Piotr
Ania Deko Marcin Sójka Natalia Zastępa Maksymilian Kwapień
Aleksandra Tocka Gosia Pauka Izabela Szafrańska Diana Ciecierska
Natalia Capelik-Muianga Maksymilian Łapiński Wioleta Markowska Mario Szaban
Nicole Kulesza Dawid Dubajka Natalia Smagacka Aleksandra Smerechańska
10 Team Michał Team Tomson & Baron Team Margaret Team Kamil
Daria Reczek Alicja Szemplińska Tadeusz Seibert Damian Kulej
Jakub Dąbrowski Bartosz Deryło Stanisław Ślęzak Kasjan Cieśla
Piotr Szewczyk Patryk Żywczyk Sonia Michalczuk Julia Olędzka
Magdalena Ollar Adrian Burek Sonia Hornatkiewicz Ada Nasiadka
11 Team Edyta Team Michał Team Urszula Team Tomson & Baron
Anna Gąsienica-Byrcyn Krystian Ochman Jędrzej Skiba Adam Kalinowski
Anna Nadkierniczna Mikołaj Macioszczyk Martyna Zygadło Natalia Szczypuła
Ignacy Błażejowski Mateusz Psonak Anna Malek Bartosz Utracki
Marta Bielawska Wojciech Lechończak Sylwia Wysocka Michał Bober
12 Team Sylwia Team Tomson & Baron Team Justyna Team Marek
Rafał Kozik Wiktor Dyduła Marta Burdynowicz Bartosz Madej
Julia Stolpe Paulina Gołębiowska Monika Wiśniowska-Basel Karolina „Kay Ra” Robinson
Igor Kowalski Wiktor Kowalski Adrianna Owczarczyk i Paulina Szymlek Anna Hnatowicz-Cholewa
Daniel Hawes Elżbieta Łoboda Daniel Jodłowski Karolina Piątek
13 Team Tomson & Baron Team Justyna Team Lanberry Team Marek
Dominik Dudek Ewelina Gancewska Łukasz Drapała Konrad Baum
Tetiana "Aelin" Diachenko Julianna Olańska Norbert Wronka Bogdan Świerczek
Evgen Peltek Zofia Kurowska Anna Buczkowska Julia Szarlińska
Martin Rybczyński Sandra Reizer Daria Waleriańczyk Nobesuthu Lisa Khumalo
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Becky Sangolo Maja Walentynowicz Jan Górka Antoni Zimnal
Paweł Kozicz Bartosz Michniewicz Daniel Borzewski Michał Sołtan
Łukasz Samburski Max Miszczyk Damazy Wachuła Nicola Muller
Monika Kluszczyńska Oliwia Skrzypczyk Martyna Lasiecka Dominika Krassowska
15
Team Tomson & Baron Team Lanberry Team Kuba Team Michał
Kacper Andrzejewski Izabela Płóciennik Anna Iwanek Klaudia Stelmasiak
Julia Konik-Rańda Yaroslav Rohalskyi Maciej Rumiński Mikołaj Przybylski
Natalia Tul Aleksandra Leśniewicz Adrianna Ropela Bartłomiej Michałek
Alicja Kalinowska Maciej Kita Julia Jadczyszyn Iga Ośko

Series overview

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Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors

The Voice series overview
Season Year Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Winning coach Main hosts
1 2011 Damian Ukeje Antoni Smykiewicz Piotr Niesłuchowski Mateusz Krautwurst Nergal Hubert Urbański Magdalena Mielcarz
2 2013 Natalia Sikora Dorota Osińska Michał Sobierajski Natalia Nykiel Marek Piekarczyk Tomasz Kammel Marika
3 Mateusz Ziółko Ernest Staniaszek Arkadiusz Kłusowski Jagoda Kret Maria Sadowska
4 2014 Juan Carlos Cano Katarzyna Sawczuk Maja Gawłowska Aleksandra Węglewicz
5 Aleksandra Nizio Przemysław Radziszewski Gracjan Kalandyk Magdalena Paradziej Justyna Steczkowska Magdalena Mielcarz
6 2015 Krzysztof Iwaneczko Tobiasz Staniszewski Ana Andrzejewska William Prestigiacomo Maria Sadowska Halina Mlynkova
7 2016 Mateusz Grędziński Weronika Curyło Anna Karwan Katarzyna Góras Andrzej Piaseczny Barbara
Kurdej-Szatan
8 2017 Marta Gałuszewska Łukasz Łyczkowski Michał Szczygieł Maja Kapłon Michał Szpak
9 2018 Marcin Sójka Natalia Zastępa Anna Deko Maksymilian Kwapień Patrycja Markowska
10 2019 Alicja Szemplińska Daria Reczek Tadeusz Seibert Damian Kulej Tomson & Baron Maciej Musiał
11 2020 Krystian Ochman Adam Kalinowski Anna Byrcyn Jędrzej Skiba Michał Szpak
12 2021 Marta Burdynowicz Bartosz Madej Rafał Kozik Wiktor Dyduła Justyna Steczkowska Małgorzata
Tomaszewska
13 2022 Dominik Dudek Łukasz Drapała Konrad Baum Ewelina Gancewska Tomson & Baron
14 2023 Jan Górka Antoni Zimnal Becky Sangolo Maja Walentynowicz Lanberry Tomasz Kammel
15 2024 Current season Paulina Chylewska Maciej Musiał

Season 1 (2011)

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The judges for season 1 were Ania Dąbrowska, Adam "Nergal" Darski, Kayah and Andrzej Piaseczny. The show was hosted by Hubert Urbański, Magdalena Mielcarz and Mateusz Szymkowiak. The winner of the first series in 2011 was Damian Ukeje from Team Nergal.

Season 2 (2013)

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The second season premiered on March 2, 2013. The judges were Justyna Steczkowska, Patrycja Markowska, Marek Piekarczyk and Tomson & Baron from Afromental. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Marika and Maciej Musiał. The winner of the second series was Natalia Sikora from Team Marek.

Season 3 (2013)

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The third season premiered on September 7, 2013. The judges were Marek Piekarczyk, Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska and Edyta Górniak. Tomasz Kammel, Marika and Maciej Musiał returned. The winner of the third series was Mateusz Ziółko from Team Maria.

Season 4 (2014)

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The fourth season premiered on March 1, 2014. The judges were Justyna Steczkowska, Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska and Marek Piekarczyk. All hosts from the previous season returned. The winner of the fourth series was Juan Carlos Cano from Team Maria.

Season 5 (2014)

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The fifth season premiered on September 6, 2014. The judges were Justyna Steczkowska, Tomson & Baron, Edyta Górniak and Marek Piekarczyk. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Magdalena Mielcarz and Maciej Musiał. The winner of the fifth series was Aleksandra Nizio from Team Justyna.

Season 6 (2015)

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The sixth season premiered on September 5, 2015. The judges were Edyta Górniak, Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska and Andrzej Piaseczny. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Halina Mlynkova and Maciej Musiał. The winner of the sixth series was Krzysztof Iwaneczko from Team Maria.

Season 7 (2016)

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The seventh season premiered on September 3, 2016. The judges were Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska, Andrzej Piaseczny and Natalia Kukulska, who replaced Edyta Górniak. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Barbara Kurdej-Szatan and Maciej Musiał. The winner of the seventh series was Mateusz Grędziński from Team Andrzej.

Season 8 (2017)

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The eighth season premiered on September 2, 2017. The judges were Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska, Andrzej Piaseczny and Michał Szpak, who replaced Natalia Kukulska. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Maciej Musiał and Barbara Kurdej-Szatan. The winner of the eight series was Marta Gałuszewska from Team Michał.

Season 9 (2018)

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The ninth season premiered on September 1, 2018. Michał Szpak became the coach again. Tomson & Baron, Maria Sadowska and Andrzej Piaseczny resigned from the function of coaches, and their place was taken by: Patrycja Markowska returning to the program, who previously acted as a coach in the second edition of the program, and debuting in this role Grzegorz Hyży and Piotr Cugowski. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Barbara Kurdej-Szatan and Maciej Musiał.The winner of the ninth series was Marcin Sójka from Team Patrycja.

Season 10 (2019)

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The tenth season premiered on September 7, 2019. Michał Szpak became a coach again. Patrycja Markowska, Piotr Cugowski and Grzegorz Hyży were replaced by Kamil Bednarek, Margaret and Tomson & Baron returning after a one-season break. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Marcelina Zawadzka and Maciej Musiał. Barbara Kurdej-Szatan resigned from the function of presenter. The winner of the tenth series was Alicja Szemplińska from Team Tomson & Baron.

Season 11 (2020)

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The eleventh season premiered on September 12, 2020. Michał Szpak and Tomson & Baron became the coaches again. Margaret and Kamil Bednarek were replaced by Edyta Górniak, returning after a five-year break and a new coach Urszula Dudziak. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Maciej Musiał and Małgorzata Tomaszewska. Marcelina Zawadzka resigned from the function of presenter. The winner of the eleventh series was Krystian Ochman from Team Michał.

Season 12 (2021)

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The twelfth season premiered on September 11, 2021. Tomson & Baron became the coaches again. Michał Szpak, Urszula Dudziak and Edyta Górniak were replaced by Justyna Steczkowska and Marek Piekarczyk, both returning after seven-year break and a new coach Sylwia Grzeszczak. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Małgorzata Tomaszewska, Aleksander Sikora and Michał Szczygieł. Maciej Musiał and Adam Zdrójkowski resigned from the function of the hosts. The winner of the twelfth series was Marta Burdynowicz from Team Justyna.

Season 13 (2022)

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The thirteenth season premiered on September 3, 2022. On June 19, 2022, Justyna Steczkowska confirmed that she would return as a coach in the thirteenth season. On August 7, 2022, it was announced that Tomson & Baron, Marek Piekarczyk and a new coach Lanberry would join Justyna Steczkowska as coaches this season. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Małgorzata Tomaszewska and Aleksander Sikora. The winner of the thirteenth series was Dominik Dudek from Team Tomson & Baron.

Season 14 (2023)

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The fourteenth season premiered on September 2, 2023. On August 8, 2023, it was confirmed that all coaches from the previous season would return in the upcoming season, making it the first time in the history of the show, when there is not any change in the coaching line-up. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, who was joined by Aleksander Sikora during the Live shows. The winner of the fourteenth series was Jan Górka from Team Lanberry.

Season 15 (2024)

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The fifteenth season is set to premiere on September 7, 2024. Among the coaches from the previous season, Tomson & Baron and Lanberry will return for their thirteenth and third seasons, respectively. Michał Szpak will return as a coach for his fifth season after a three-season hiatus. Additionally, Kuba Badach will join the panel this season as a new coach. On August 2, 2024, it was confirmed that Paulina Chylewska would make her debut as the main host, replacing Tomasz Kammel. On August 5, 2024, it was announced that Maciej Musiał would return as the second host after a three-season hiatus, replacing Aleksander Sikora.winner of the fourteenth series was TBA from TBA

Notes

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  1. ^ No contestant from Tomson & Baron's team moved on to the finale.
  2. ^ Two contestants from Justyna's team won a place in the finale.

References

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  1. ^ "The Voice of Poland".
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