The Voice of Germany (season 13)
The thirteenth season of the talent show The Voice of Germany premiered on 21 September 2023. The show was broadcast by two local TV stations, ProSieben and Sat.1, during the Blind Auditions and the Battles. The rest episodes of the season were broadcast by Sat.1 only. Giovanni Zarrella, Bill & Tom Kaulitz, Shirin David and former The Voice Australia and The Voice Kids UK coach Ronan Keating joined the show as new coaches this season, replacing the four coaches in the previous season. Thore Schölermann returned for his twelfth season as host, with Melissa Khalaj returning for her second season as host. Panelists

Coaches

On 6 June 2023, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that all four coaches from the previous season; Rea Garvey, Stefanie Kloß, Peter Maffay, and Mark Forster; would depart the panel for the upcoming thirteenth season. At the same time, it was announced that Giovanni Zarrella, Bill & Tom Kaulitz, Shirin David, and Ronan Keating would all join the panel for this season. Hosts
Both Thore Schölermann and Melissa Khalaj returned as hosts from last season. Teams

Blind Auditions 
The Blind Auditions began broadcasting 21 September 2023, being broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Friday on Sat.1. New this season are the blocks, which were first introduced on the fourteenth season on the American version of the show. Each coach is allowed to block another coach thrice. Only one block is allowed per audition; once a coach already used their block, the other coaches are not allowed to use their block. Yang Ge previously participated in the sixth season of The Voice Russia, where she was coached by Dima Bilan. She was brought to the finals, finishing in 4th place. Bill & Tom tried to block Shirin, but was not possible, since Ronan already blocked Giovanni. Shirin blocked Ronan, but Ronan did not press his button, so the block did not count. Bill & Tom tried to block Shirin as well, but was not possible, since Giovanni already blocked Shirin. Battles

The Battles began broadcasting on 20 October 2023, being broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Friday on Sat.1. Coaches are divided into pairs (one trio in the case of Shirin's team, as she has only 17 artists in her team). Each coach could select any number of candidates of each battle into the next phase, with each battle having one, multiple, or no winner. Each coach has to remain nine artists on their team after the battles. This is the first time since season 2 that there are no steals in this phase. References

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2023 German television seasons