The Voice franchise

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reality television series format singing competition format television franchise

The Voice franchise is an international reality television singing competition format, originating in the Netherlands, in which contestants are judged primarily through blind auditions by celebrity coaches.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
The Voice franchise canonical	5
The Voice	4
The Voice (franchise)	2
La Voz (Spain)	1
The Voice of China	1
The Voice of Italy	1
The Voice of Vietnam	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1235652 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Voice franchise
Context triple: [The Voice (U.S. version), partOfFranchise, The Voice franchise]

A. The Voice
The Voice is the nickname given to Whitney Houston in recognition of her extraordinary vocal talent, power, and technical mastery.
B. The Voice (U.S. version)
The Voice (U.S. version) is an American reality television singing competition where aspiring vocalists are mentored by celebrity coaches and compete through blind auditions, battles, and live performances.
C. The Voice Kids
The Voice Kids is a British television singing competition in which young contestants showcase their vocal talents before a panel of celebrity coaches.
D. The Voice Australia
The Voice Australia is a popular Australian reality television singing competition where aspiring vocalists are mentored and judged by celebrity coaches.
E. The Voice UK
The Voice UK is a British television singing competition in which aspiring vocalists are mentored and judged by a panel of celebrity coaches.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Voice franchise
Target entity description: The Voice franchise is an international reality television singing competition format, originating in the Netherlands, in which contestants are judged primarily through blind auditions by celebrity coaches.

A. The Voice
The Voice is the nickname given to Whitney Houston in recognition of her extraordinary vocal talent, power, and technical mastery.
B. The Voice (U.S. version)
The Voice (U.S. version) is an American reality television singing competition where aspiring vocalists are mentored by celebrity coaches and compete through blind auditions, battles, and live performances.
C. The Voice Kids
The Voice Kids is a British television singing competition in which young contestants showcase their vocal talents before a panel of celebrity coaches.
D. The Voice Australia
The Voice Australia is a popular Australian reality television singing competition where aspiring vocalists are mentored and judged by celebrity coaches.
E. The Voice UK
The Voice UK is a British television singing competition in which aspiring vocalists are mentored and judged by a panel of celebrity coaches.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	reality television series format ⓘ singing competition format ⓘ television franchise ⓘ
aim	discover singing talent ⓘ emphasize vocal ability over appearance ⓘ
basedOn	The Voice of Holland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Netherlands ⓘ
creator	John de Mol ⓘ Roel van Velzen ⓘ
developedBy	Talpa Content ⓘ linked to: Talpa Media Talpa Media ⓘ
distributor	ITV Studios ⓘ linked to: ITV
firstBroadcastYear	2010 ⓘ
firstShowInFranchise	The Voice of Holland ⓘ
formatFeature	battle rounds ⓘ blind audition chairs facing away from contestants ⓘ blind auditions ⓘ celebrity coaches ⓘ chair turn mechanism ⓘ coaches’ teams ⓘ knockout rounds ⓘ live performance shows ⓘ mentoring by coaches ⓘ public voting ⓘ steal mechanism in battle rounds ⓘ
genre	music competition ⓘ reality television ⓘ talent show ⓘ
hasNationalVersion	La Voz (Spain) ⓘ linked to: The Voice franchise The Voice (U.S.) ⓘ linked to: The Voice (U.S. version) The Voice Australia ⓘ The Voice Brasil ⓘ The Voice France (The Voice: la plus belle voix) ⓘ The Voice UK ⓘ The Voice of China ⓘ linked to: The Voice franchise The Voice of Germany ⓘ The Voice of Greece ⓘ The Voice of Holland ⓘ The Voice of India ⓘ linked to: The Voice India (judge) The Voice of Indonesia ⓘ The Voice of Italy ⓘ linked to: The Voice franchise The Voice of Russia (Golos) ⓘ The Voice of Vietnam ⓘ linked to: The Voice franchise
hasSpinOff	The Voice Kids ⓘ The Voice Kids (various national versions) ⓘ linked to: The Voice Kids The Voice Senior ⓘ The Voice Senior (various national versions) ⓘ linked to: The Voice Senior The Voice Teens ⓘ The Voice Teens (various national versions) ⓘ linked to: The Voice Teens
inspiredOtherShows	The Voice Kids franchise ⓘ linked to: The Voice Kids The Voice Senior franchise ⓘ linked to: The Voice Senior
notableElement	coaches compete against each other ⓘ winner typically receives recording contract ⓘ
originalLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
originalNetworkForFirstShow	RTL 4 ⓘ
productionCompany	Talpa Media ⓘ
startPeriod	2010s ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Voice (U.S. version) → partOfFranchise → The Voice franchise ⓘ

The Voice Australia → partOf → The Voice franchise ⓘ

The Voice of Holland → format → The Voice franchise ⓘ

The Voice of Holland → isPartOf → The Voice ⓘ