The Voice Kids (German TV series) season 14
| The Voice Kids | |
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| Season 14 | |
Promotional poster featuring coaches Kelly, Leony, HE/RO, and Soler | |
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| Original release | 14 February 2026 – present |
| Season chronology | |
The fourteenth season of the talent show The Voice Kids premiered on 14 February 2026 on JOYN and Sat.1.[1]
Álvaro Soler returned as a coach after a one-season hiatus and was joined by Heiko & Roman Lochmann, Leony, and Michael Patrick Kelly. This season marks the second season on the Kids version to have all four coaches from the previous season replaced, following season 9.[1] Melissa Khalaj returned for her eighth season as host, but was a solo host this season following Thore Schölermann's departure from the show after thirteen seasons.
Panelists
Coaches
On 6 November 2025, Wincent Weiss announced that he would be departing from the show.[2] On 13 November, it was announced that the other three coaches, Ayliva, Clueso and Stefanie Kloß would be departing from the panel and Álvaro Soler would return as a coach after a one-season hiatus. At the same time, it was announced that former coach of The Voice of Germany season 8 and The Voice Senior season 2, Michael Patrick Kelly, would be joining the panel, while Leony and Heiko & Roman Lochmann would debut as coaches.[1] This marks the second complete panel change from the previous season, following season 9.
Hosts
On 5 November, it was announced that Thore Schölermann would not be returning as the presenter of the show after thirteen seasons.[3] Melissa Khalaj returned for her eighth season.
Teams
| Winner | |||||||
| Finalist | |||||||
| Eliminated in the Battles rounds |
| Coaches | Top 48 Kids | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Álvaro Soler | |||||
| Cataleya | Danaya | Fabio | Valentin | Jamie | |
| Susey | Sofia | Ruben | Ella | Sara | |
| Nina & Roman | Ariana | ||||
| Heiko & Roman Lochmann | |||||
| Laurin | Maja | Elena | Illia | Lani | |
| Levy | Sophia & Valentina | Iman | Nisa | Lionella | |
| Lionel | Liam | ||||
| Leony | |||||
| Giulia | Angelina | Marie | Alina | Max | |
| Katharina | Nele | Helena | Elias | Lena | |
| Linsay | Noah | ||||
| Michael Patrick Kelly | |||||
| Renat | Hedi | Fiona | Gina | Nivedh | |
| Johannes | Katelyn | Rowan | Davide | Marlene | |
| Pablo | Lilith | ||||
Blind Auditions
The Blind Auditions began broadcasting 14 February 2026, being broadcast every Saturday on Sat.1 and available for streaming on JOYN. The mute button, introduced in the last season, did not return, however, the joker, introduced in the fifteenth season of the main series, was added to the show.
| ✔ | Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to this coach's team | |
| Artist elected to join this coach's team | |
| Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button | |
| Artist received an 'All Turn'. | |
| Coach used Joker on this artist |
| Episode | Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Álvaro | HE/RO | Leony | Michael Patrick | |||||
| Episode 1 (February 14) |
1 | Renat | 12 | "The Show Must Go On" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Julian | 11 | "Sowieso" | – | – | – | – | |
| 3 | Hedi | 9 | "Für dich" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Cataleya | 11 | "Rise Up" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 5 | Laurin | 12 | "AF1" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 6 | Giulia | 11 | "Sarà perché ti amo" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 7 | Maja1 | 15 | "Jetzt Weinst Du" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 8 | Djego | 15 | "Einen Freund wie mich" | – | – | – | – | |
| 9 | Danaya | 10 | "Halleujah" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 2 (February 21) |
1 | Fiona | 9 | "Starke Mädchen" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ |
| 2 | Fabio2 | 14 | "Mercy" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Elena | 14 | "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| 4 | Angelina | 10 | "Let It Go" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 5 | Janis | 12 | "194 Länder" | – | – | – | – | |
| 6 | Valentin | 11 | "In The Stars" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Gina | 15 | "Golden" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 8 | Illia | 13 | "Virtual Insanity" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 9 | Semira | 15 | "Hey" | – | – | – | – | |
| 10 | Marie | 14 | "Et Bam" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 3 (February 28) |
1 | Alina | 13 | "Skyfall" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Nivedh | 10 | "Hakuna Matata" | ✔ | – | – | ✔ | |
| 3 | Max | 14 | "That's The Way It Is" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Lani | 12 | "Wir beide" | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| 5 | Jamie | 14 | "Photograph" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 6 | Maria | 14 | "Pink Pony Club" | – | – | – | – | |
| 7 | Johannes | 13 | "Plush" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 8 | Levy | 13 | "Auch im Regen" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 9 | Bulut | 12 | "Şımarık" | – | – | – | – | |
| 10 | Susey | 14 | "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 4 (March 7) |
1 | Katharina | 15 | "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Lian | 10 | "I Always Wanted a Brother" | – | – | – | – | |
| 3 | Sofia | 14 | "Easy on Me" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Ruben | 13 | "Stäffisburg" | ✔ | – | – | ✔ | |
| 5 | Sophia & Valentina | 13 | "Schwesterherz" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 6 | Tristan | 14 | "Heart of Gold" | – | – | – | – | |
| 7 | Katelyn | 12 | "Never Enough" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 8 | Nele | 12 | "Mamma Mia!" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 9 | Iman | 14 | "Airwaves" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 5 (March 13) |
1 | Ella | 14 | "Speechless" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Nisa | 14 | "Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann" | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| 3 | Rowan | 12 | "Junge" | ✔ | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 4 | Flavia | 14 | "Glacier Rivers" | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 | Helena | 15 | "Walzer" | – | – | ✔ | – | |
| 6 | Elias | 12 | "Expresso & Tschianti" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Sarah | 15 | "Der Holle Rache Kocht " | ✔ | – | – | – | |
| 8 | Davide | 14 | "Everything I Wanted" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 9 | Isabella | 10 | "Gut Gemacht" | – | – | – | – | |
| 10 | Lionella | 14 | "Easy" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 6 (March 14) |
1 | Lena | 14 | "Lightning" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – |
| 2 | Lionel | 15 | "What Was I Made For?" | – | ✔ | – | – | |
| 3 | Nina & Rowan | 14 & 10 | "Cheek to Cheek" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Marlene | 14 | "That's So True" | – | – | – | ✔ | |
| 5 | Emma | 13 | "Better When I'm Dancin'" | – | – | – | – | |
| 6 | Pablo | 12 | "Aline" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 7 | Liam | 13 | "Runaway Baby" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 8 | Linsay | 15 | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | – | – | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 9 | Elliot | 10 | "Auf den Grund" | – | – | – | – | |
| 10 | Noah | 13 | "Talking to the Moon" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 11 | Lilith | 14 | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | – | – | – | ✔ | |
| 12 | Ariana | 8 | "Elefant (original song)" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
- ^1 Maja auditioned in the last season of the show, but did not receive a chair turn.
- ^2 Fabio auditioned in the last season of the show, but did not receive a chair turn.
Battles
This season reintroduces the Battle rounds, which were last present in season 12.
The battles are new this year, the coaches must put their 12 artists into teams of 4, each team must come up with a "band name". Only one artist from each team will advance to the final, creating a total of 12 artists, 3 in each team, advancing to the finale.
| Artist was chosen by their coach to advance to the Knockouts | |
| Artist was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Team | Winner | Song | Losers |
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References
- ^ a b c "All chairs filled on "The Voice Kids" 2026: These are the coaches in season 14". JOYN. 2025-11-13. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
- ^ "After five years as a coach: Wincent Weiss will leave "The Voice Kids" in 2026". JOYN. 2025-11-06. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
- ^ "Farewell after 12 years: Why Thore Schölermann is leaving "The Voice Kids"". JOYN. 2025-11-05. Retrieved 2025-11-13.