Holos Krainy (in Ukrainian Голос країни; meaning The Voice of the Country) is a Ukrainian reality talent show that premiered on the 1+1 network on 22 May 2011. Holos Krainy 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. It was the second international adaptation of the programme, after the American version. There is also a children version of the same show, Holos. Dity.^[1]

The Voice is a reality television series that features four coaches looking for a talented new artist, who could become a global superstar. The show's concept is indicated by its title: the coaches do not judge the artists by their looks, personalities, stage presence, or dance routines—only their vocal ability. It is this aspect that differentiates The Voice from other reality television series such as The X Factor, and Ukraine's Got Talent. The competitors are split into four teams, which are mentored by the coaches who in turn choose songs for their artists to perform. There is no specific age range and anyone can audition; if a coach likes what they hear, a button press allows their chair to spin around and face the performer, signifying that they would like to mentor them. If more than one does so, then the artist selects a coach. However, if no coach turns around then the artist is sent home.

There are five different stages: producers' auditions, Blind auditions, Battle phase, Knockout stage, and live shows.

The Blind Auditions

After the preliminary casting, which is directed by the show's music producer, the selected contestants advance to the next round - the "Blind Auditions". As part of the "blind auditions", four mentors select participants for their team without seeing them, sitting with their backs to the stage and hearing only their voices. If an artist's vocal impresses one of the coaches, while the music is playing, he turns his chair towards the stage. If one coach turns to the vocalist, then the participant automatically becomes part of his/her team, if there are several, the participant chooses which team to join. Each coach needs to recruit 14 artists in their teams for the first six seasons. In season 7, coaches' teams were raised to 16 per team. In season 13, coaches need to recruit only 10 artists in their teams.

In season 8, the rules change: a participant who has not deployed a single chair immediately leaves the stage, but this is canceled in the following season. In season 9, a "block" is introduced: a coach has the right to "block" one of the other coaches once in the entire duration of the blind auditions, that is, to prevent one coach from getting an artist into his/her team. The coaches are allowed to use it once in the entire blind auditions. Starting from season 11, the block button was removed.

The Battle Rounds

The coach divides their members into pairs. The coach provides each duet with a composition for performance, which will be performed in a special "vocal ring". After the performance, each coach listens to the opinions of other mentors and chooses the winner of the battle. The loser is initially eliminated from the show for the first two seasons, but starting from season 3, coaches have the opportunity to "steal" one participant from another team who lost a battle, saving him/her from being eliminated.

In season 7, a new rule is added - the steal room. This was first adopted in the seventh season of The Voice of Holland. If the coach "stole" one of the participants, then he goes to a special room, in which he sits on a chair corresponding to the mentor who "stole" him. If then the same mentor steals another artist, then the one currently seated will be eliminated and will be replaced by the newly-stolen artist. In season 12, the coaches are allowed to save their own artist, though they can only do it once in the entire battle rounds.

In season 13, the coaches divides into four groups (2 groups of pairs and 2 groups of trios) to sing a song together. Four contestants remain in each team and advance to the cross battles, with each battle group can have one, multiple, or no winners.

The Knockouts

In season 3, a new stage appeared - "Super Battles" ("Knockouts"). The participants who remained after the vocal battles are distributed by the mentor into pairs (4 pairs from each team). At this stage, the participants themselves choose the compositions with which they will fight for participation in live broadcasts. Also, in each pair, the participants perform separately, in turn. In each knockout, the coach determines the winner, who will advance to the live shows. The other artist will be eliminated.

Starting from season 6, the trainer does not divide the participants into pairs, but “chairs” are introduced. After the participant's performance, the mentor either offers to give the artist a chair or immediately sends him home. Only four from each team will advance to the live shows. In season 10, each mentor has the opportunity to "steal" one artist from other teams, whom the mentor initially eliminated the artist. In season 11, one eliminated artist from each team will be saved by public voting. In season 12, only three chairs were given per team and only three per team advanced to the live shows.

In season 13, the knockouts were replaced by the cross-battles. In the cross battles, one contestant from one team gets paired with a contestant from another team and both artists sing to win the audience vote. The winner of each cross battle moves to the final, while the other artist is eliminated from the competition. Also, due to the results of this round being solely for the artist, it was not guaranteed that all coaches would be represented in the finale. However, every coach had at least one artist on their team that won the cross battle and advanced to the finale.

The Live Shows

On live broadcasts, the participants perform solo. The further participation of artists in the project is decided by viewers by SMS voting. The participant with the largest number of audience votes in each team automatically goes to the next round, and the coach selects one of the remaining 3 or 4 participants in the project. In the Semi-final of the project, the participants who will go further are determined by the sum of points from the audience (as a percentage of votes per team) and a mentor (who distributes 100% between their wards). Each team in the Superfinal is represented by one participant. The final voting takes place in three rounds, in each of which one participant is eliminated. Votes are canceled after each round. The participant who takes first place in the final vote becomes the winner of the show.

The winner receives a contract with the record company Universal Music. Since the seventh season, the rules have changed. Now the winner of the show gets an apartment in Kyiv.

  – Winning coach and contestant

  – Runner-up coach and contestant

  – Third place coach and contestant

  – Fourth place coach and contestant

• These are each of the coaches teams throughout the seasons on the live shows. Winners are in bold, finalists are listed first and eliminated artists are in small font.

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

• Presenters gallery
• Andriy Domansʹkyy (2011–2013)
• Kateryna Osadcha (2011–2013, 2016–present)
• Olʹha Freymut (2014–2015)
• Yuriy Horbunov (2015–present)