The Voice Teens (Philippine TV series) season 2

The finale was aired on August 15 to 16, 2020. Heart Salvador of Kamp Kawayan, Cydel Gabutero of FamiLEA, Isang Manlapaz of Team Apl, and Kendra Aguirre of Team Sarah were declared as co-champions, as the finale ended up being pre-recorded instead of being staged live due to COVID-19 pandemic-induced restrictions.^[2][3][4][5]

Changes

Coaches' Line-up

The coaches of the second season of The Voice Teens

Lea Salonga

Bamboo Mañalac

Sarah Geronimo

apl.de.ap

In her column on December 19, 2019, it was confirmed that Lea Salonga will return to the show, alongside Bamboo Mañalac and Sarah Geronimo. They returned for their eighth, eighth, and seventh season of the franchise, respectively. It was also published that Apl.de.ap, one of the original coaches of The Voice of the Philippines, along with Salonga, Mañalac, and Geronimo, is set to return for his third season in the franchise, after four years of hiatus, replacing Sharon Cuneta.^[6]

Hosts

Luis Manzano returned as host while Alex Gonzaga replaced her sister, Toni Gonzaga, as host. The two have previously teamed up on the

Several mechanics were changed since the first season. A new feature added in the Blind Auditions this season is the Block. Each coach is given two blocks to prevent one coach from getting a contestant.[6] Also, each teams were increased to 16 members each, bringing the total of artists to 64.

Following the return of Apl.de.ap in the coaching panel, a monitor was installed on his red chair just like in the previous seasons of The Voice of the Philippines. This is to help him see the artists while performing since he is legally blind.^[7] The monitor turns on only upon pressing his button.

It was announced that the format of the live shows was supposed to change, but no further details were given. However, the Live Shows were changed to a pre-recorded work from home finale as a result of difficulties/restrictions caused the coronavirus pandemic.

Online show

The online show entitled The Voice Teens DigiTV returns with

However, when the show resumed airing following the launch of Kapamilya Channel, The Voice Teens DigiTV resumed live via Zoom.

Community quarantine suspension

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the government announced on March 12, 2020, that Metro Manila would be locked down on March 15, 2020. Due to this, the March 14 and 15 episodes aired without a live feed of The Voice Teens DigiTV, while the March 15 episode lasted for 105 minutes instead of 75.

However, when the entire Luzon was placed under an

Teams

Blind auditions

The Blind auditions were taped from December 14, 2019, to December 18, 2019. Around 120 artists auditioned for this season.^[6] A new feature within the Blind Auditions this season is the Block, which each coach can use twice to prevent one of the other coaches from getting a contestant.

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Episode 1 (February 8)

The coaches performed a cover of "Superheroes" at the start of the show.

Notes

a.^ Lea pressed her block button for Apl.de.ap. Based on the actual taping order, Lea had no blocks left at that moment. Therefore, Apl.de.ap was still able to turn and get the artist.

Episode 2 (February 9)

Episode 3 (February 15)

Episode 4 (February 16)

Episode 5 (February 22)

Episode 6 (February 23)

Note: This timeslot aired at 8:45 p.m. of the pilot episode of 24/7 which runs for 105 minutes instead of 75.

Episode 7 (February 29)

Episode 8 (March 1)

This episode returned to the 8:15 p.m. timeslot while 24/7 runs for 75 minutes.

Episode 9 (March 7)

Episode 10 (March 8)

Episode 11 (March 14)

For this episode and the following episode, the episode aired without a feed of The Voice Teens DigiTV due to the community quarantine being implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8] However, the livestream of the televised series continued on Facebook and YouTube.^[9]

Notes

a.^ Lea pressed her block button for Apl.de.ap but he did not turn.

Episode 12 (March 15)

This episode aired particularly longer from the usual 75 minutes to 100 minutes due to the postponement of Everybody Sing! because of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced Community quarantine.^[10]

Notes

a.^ Lea pressed her block button for Bamboo but he did not turn.

Episode 13 (June 13)

Despite being taped before the enhanced community quarantine, the airing of the episode was postponed from March 21 to June 13, 2020, due to the

Notes

a.^ Lea pressed her block button for Bamboo but he did not turn.

Episode 14 (June 14)

Episode 15 (June 20)

Episode 16 (June 21)

At the end of the blind auditions, Bamboo was not able to use his second block.

The Battles

The Battles were filmed on February 24 and 25, 2020, with the band rehearsals filmed a week prior. The reveal of the battle pairings and the piano rehearsals took place in Aqua Planet in Pampanga and Enchanted Kingdom in Santa Rosa, Laguna. The power to steal continued this season though the coaches had one steal. Nine artists per team advanced to the Knockouts.^[11]

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The Knockouts

The Knockouts were filmed on February 28 and 29, 2020. The remaining artists were grouped into three by their respective coaches with one artist advancing to the Live Shows (which eventually was abolished in favor for the prerecorded Finale due to pandemic-induced restrictions) per group. Each artist got to pick their song. At the end of this round, three artists remained on each group with twelve artists overall advancing to the next round.^[11]

Lea Salonga was absent during the taping of her team's Knockout performances due to her tonsillitis. Salonga watched the recorded performances of her team on a later date to pick the winner for each Knockout grouping.^[11]

Tyson Venegas of Team Apl left the competition prior to the Knockouts due to undisclosed reasons. As a result, there were only two Knockout groups on Team Apl with one group composing of five artists with two artists being selected to advance to the next round.

With the advancement of Kate Campo, she became the first stolen artist to advance to the Finals in the entire Philippine franchise of The Voice. Furthermore, the advancement of Heart Salvador, Kate Campo and Rock Opong made Kamp Kawayan the first team to have 3 comeback artists to advance to the Finals in the entire Philippine franchise of The Voice.

Finale

The live shows were originally slated to start in May 2020.^[11] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing a three-month long lockdown across Luzon and the non-renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise, the shows were postponed for a few months, eventually being abolished due to the circumstances. As a result, all of the remaining contestants advanced to the prerecorded finale.

Finale (August 15 & 16)

Due to the travel restrictions, the artists and the coaches had to record their performances at their homes, following the instructions of the technical staff. The finale was taped on the first week of August 2020.^{[12][13][14][15]}

The winners of each team were determined by the four coaches themselves since the finale was prerecorded, featuring no interactive viewer voting component, and therefore, no results shows.

Each team performed as a group with their coach. Afterwards, each coach was given 100 points to divide among the three artists. Half of the artist's score was composed of the score given by their coach while the other half was composed of the scores given by the other coaches. The artists with the highest score in their respective teams were named the winners.

With her victory as one of the grand champions of the season, Heart Salvador of Kamp Kawayan, who was a semifinalist on the same team in the third season of The Voice Kids became the first comeback artist to become a grand champion in the entire Philippine franchise of The Voice

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Notable artists

Television ratings for the second season of The Voice Teens on ABS-CBN were gathered from Kantar Media, where its survey ratings are gathered from urban and rural households all over the Philippines.

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