The Voice Kids (Italian TV series) season 4
| The Voice Kids | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
Promotional poster featuring coaches (clockwise from left) Nek, Clementino & Hunt, Bertè, and Arisa | |
| Presented by | Antonella Clerici |
| Coaches | |
| Winner | Matteo Trullu |
| Winning coach | Nek |
| Runners-up | Briana Samira Camara Andrea Ronga Francesca Lanza |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rai 1 |
| Original release | 10 January – 14 February 2026 |
The fourth season of the Italian singing competition The Voice Kids began airing on 10 January 2026, on Rai 1. Shortly prior to the season airing, the panel was confirmed to be the same as the sixth season of The Voice Senior. Arisa and Loredana Bertè returned as coaches from the previous season, along with Clementino who, this season, became a duo coach with Rocco Hunt. Meanwhile, Nek replaced exiting coach Gigi D'Alessio. Additionally, Antonella Clerici returned for her fourth consecutive season as host.[1]
Matteo Trullu won the season on 14 February, marking Nek's first win as a coach on The Voice Kids (his second overall after his win on the sixth season of The Voice Senior). Nek also became the first coach on The Voice Kids to win on their debut season.
Coaches
Following the conclusion of the sixth season of The Voice Senior in late 2025, Rai 1 announced that The Voice Kids would be next to air in early 2026. It was confirmed shortly after that Loredana Bertè and Arisa would return for their fourth and third seasons on the show, respectively. Clementino also returned for his fourth season, but joined this season as a duo coach with Rocco Hunt. Gigi D'Alessio exited the panel this season and was replaced by coach Nek; the panel this season is the same as the sixth season of The Voice Senior.
Teams
- Winner
- Finalists
- Eliminated in the Final
- Eliminated in the Battles
| Coaches | Top 40 Artists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clementino & Rocco Hunt |
Andrea Ronga | Annagiulia Fusco | Francesco Ambrosi | Raffaello Digilio | Davide Falciasecca |
| Francesco Halilaj | Gabriele Lanciotti | Graziano Caforio | Michela Salluce | Patrizia Vavassori | |
| Arisa | Francesca Lanza | Fabiana Andreone | Ginevra Sergio | Maria Rosaria Rondina | Anna Tiozzo Canela |
| Chiara Fraiegari | Gabriele Angelo Montalva | Lavinia Gorirossi | Rebecca Badaloni | Viola Bellini | |
| Nek | Matteo Trullu | Giovanni Frassi | Leonardo Zambelli | Miriam Bruno | Adriana Anais Agnello |
| Alessia Cecere | Emma Metrangolo | Giacomo Buttiglioni | Silvia Ferraro | Ylenia Damiani | |
| Loredana Bertè | Briana Samira Camara | Emma Baggetta | Maya Verga | Riccardo Pezzicoli | Chiara Adrianne Mazzella |
| Enola Carbonaro | Ginevra Cardella | Martina Galia | Serena Marku | Simona Forte | |
| Note: Bold names are recipients of the 'Super Pass'. | |||||
Blind auditions
The blind auditions premiered on 10 January 2026. Each coach must have nine artists on their team at the end of the blind auditions. Each coach is given one "block" to use in the entirety of the blind auditions. Additionally, each coach has one "super pass" to award to an artist which defaults the artist to their team and automatically advances them to the final.[2]
| ✔ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to a coach's team | |
| Artist elected this coach's team | |
| Artist eliminated as no coach pressed their button | |
| Artist received the "Super Pass" and advanced to the final | |
| ✘ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Cleme & Rocco |
| ✘ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Arisa |
| ✘ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Nek |
| ✘ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Loredana |
| Episode | Order | Artist (age) | Song | Coaches' and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleme & Rocco | Arisa | Nek | Loredana | ||||
| Episode 1 (10 January) |
1 | Francesca Lanza (12) | "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Giovanni Frassi (11) | "Ovunque sarai" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — | |
| 3 | Emma Baggetta (13) | "E poi" | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Raffaello Digilio (10) | "I tuoi particolari" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — | |
| 5 | Emma Metrangolo (10) | "La prima cosa bella" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | |
| 6 | Maya Verga (10) | "La mia storia tra le dita" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Alessio Lapertosa (11) | "Se bruciasse la città" | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Alessia Cecere (14) | "Se telefonando" | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 9 | Francesco Halilaj (10) | "T'appartengo" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 10 | Graziano Caforio (14) | "Portami a ballare" | ✔ | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Andrea Motta (11) | "Balorda nostalgia" | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Serena Marku (11) | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 2 (17 January) |
1 | Ginevra Cardella (12) | "Un'emozione da poco" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Gabriele Angelo Montalva (13) | "My Way" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Adriana Anais Agnello (7) | "(Out Here) On My Own" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Leonardo Zambelli (10) | "Volevo essere un duro" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 5 | Anna Tiozzo Canela (8) | "Meraviglioso amore mio" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 6 | Davide Rossoni (12) | "Come mai" | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Ginevra Sergio (13) | "Amare" | — | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | |
| 8 | Davide Scalzo (11) | "A me mi piace" | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Briana Samira Camara (11) | "Beat It" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 10 | Andrea Ronga (13) | "Nu juorno buono" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 11 | Maksym Zhukovskyy (13) | "Born with a Broken Heart" | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Riccardo Pezzicoli (12) | "Melodrama" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ | |
| 13 | Michela Salluce (11) | "If I Ain't Got You" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — | |
| Episode 3 (24 January) |
1 | Francesco Ambrosi (12) | "Se t'innamori muori" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 2 | Ylenia Damiani (11) | "Eco" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Martina Galia (11) | "La cura per me" | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Lavinia Gorirossi (11) | "Easy on Me" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 5 | Rebecca Badaloni (13) | "La donna cannone" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | |
| 6 | Paolo Mazza (9) | "The Show Must Go On" | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Simona Forte (12) | "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 8 | Miriam Bruno (12) | "Bring Me to Life" | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✘ | |
| 9 | Giuseppe Bucolo (14) | "Pianeti" | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Gabriele Lanciotti (13) | "Supereroi" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | |
| 11 | Patrizia Vavassori (13) | "Vertebre" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 12 | Serena Castellani (13) | "Anema e core" | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | Fabiana Andreone (14) | "Hurt" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 4 (31 January) |
1 | Giacomo Buttiglioni (9) | "Pastello bianco" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| 2 | Chiara Fraiegari (13) | "Canta ancora" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Davide Falciasecca (12) | "Esseri umani" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ | |
| 4 | Viola Bellini (10) | "Meravigliosa creatura" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ | |
| 5 | Emanuele Zollino (13) | "Dieci ragazze" | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Silvia Ferraro (13) | "La musica è finita" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | |
| 7 | Annagiulia Fusco (11) | "Human" | ✔ | — | ✘ | ✘ | |
| 8 | Maria Rosaria Rondina (12) | "Due vite" | Team full | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 9 | Enola Carbonaro (13) | "Smooth Operator" | Team full | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| 10 | Tommaso Bandini (14) | "Tu con chi fai l'amore" | — | — | |||
| 11 | Matteo Trullu (13) | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Nicolò Loche (10) | "90min" | Team full | — | |||
| 13 | Chiara Adrianne Mazzella (13) | "Brava" | ✔ | ||||
Battles
The battles, also dubbed as the semi-final, saw the 36 remaining contestants compete, which determined the 16 young finalists of the program. The challenges took place between three competitors from the same team who each battle performing the track assigned to them by their coach, who at the end of the performances decided the finalist of the three, eliminating the other two. At the end of the challenges, three competitors per team made it to the final, joining the finalist decreed at the Blind Auditions, through the use of the Super Pass. The battles aired on February 7, 2026.
| Artist won the battle and advanced to the final | |
| Artist lost the battle and was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 4
(December 15) |
Nek | 1 | Silvia Ferraro | "Il cielo in una stanza" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Giacomo Buttiglioni | "Un mondo a parte" | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | Giovanni Frassi | "Non dirgli mai" | Advanced | ||
| Arisa | 4 | Francesca Lanza | "Nessun dolore" | Advanced | |
| 5 | Lavinia Gorirossi | "Tintarella di luna" | Eliminated | ||
| 6 | Chiara Fraiegari | "Tutta colpa mia" | Eliminated | ||
| Clementino & Rocco Hunt | 7 | Francesco Ambrosi | "Caruso" | Advanced | |
| 8 | Davide Falciasecca | "Fai rumore" | Eliminated | ||
| 9 | Graziano Caforio | "Perdere l'amore" | Eliminated | ||
| Loredana Bertè | 10 | Ginevra Cardella | "A mano a mano" | Eliminated | |
| 11 | Maya Verga | "Vivimi" | Advanced | ||
| 12 | Chiara Adrianne Mazzella | "Hopelessly Devoted to You" | Eliminated | ||
| Arisa | 13 | Fabiana Andreone | "Di sole e d'azzurro" | Advanced | |
| 14 | Anna Tiozzo Canela | "Voilà" | Eliminated | ||
| 15 | Viola Bellini | "Quando nasce un amore" | Eliminated | ||
| Loredana Bertè | 16 | Serena Marku | "Run to You" | Eliminated | |
| 17 | Martina Galia | "La tua ragazza sempre" | Eliminated | ||
| 18 | Briana Samira Camara | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | Advanced | ||
| Nek | 19 | Adriana Anais Agnello | "Ci pensiamo domani" | Eliminated | |
| 20 | Matteo Trullu | "Maniac" | Advanced | ||
| 21 | Alessia Cecere | "Comunque andare" | Eliminated | ||
| Clementino & Rocco Hunt | 22 | Raffaello Digilio | "Una finestra tra le stelle" | Advanced | |
| 23 | Patrizia Vavassori | "Dimmi come..." | Eliminated | ||
| 24 | Gabriele Lanciotti | "Il filo rosso" | Eliminated | ||
| Arisa | 25 | Rebecca Badaloni | "Incancellabile" | Eliminated | |
| 26 | Gabriele Angelo Montalva | "Die with a Smile" | Eliminated | ||
| 27 | Maria Rosaria Rondina | "O forse sei tu" | Advanced | ||
| Nek | 28 | Ylenia Damiani | "Bruci la città" | Eliminated | |
| 29 | Emma Betrangolo | "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" | Eliminated | ||
| 30 | Leonardo Zambelli | "Incoscienti giovani" | Advanced | ||
| Loredana Bertè | 31 | Enola Carbonaro | "Careless Whisper" | Eliminated | |
| 32 | Riccardo Pezzicoli | "Ciao ciao" | Advanced | ||
| 33 | Simona Forte | "Over the Rainbow" | Eliminated | ||
| Clementino & Rocco Hunt | 34 | Michela Salluce | "La voce del silenzio" | Eliminated | |
| 35 | Francesco Halilaj | "Vieni nel mio cuore" | Eliminated | ||
| 36 | Andrea Ronga | "Stan" | Advanced |
Final
The final was broadcast on 14 February 2026. In the first phase of the final, the sixteen talents who reached the final must perform a cover assigned by their coach. At the end of the first phase, only four, one from each team, will advance on the second phase of the final. At the end of the second and final phase, the winner of the fourth edition of The Voice Kids was announced.
References
- ^ "The Voice Kids - Sito Regolamenti - Rai". www.rai.it. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "La quarta edizione di The Voice Kids con Antonella Clerici". RAI Ufficio Stampa. Retrieved 10 January 2026.