The Voice Senior (Italian TV series) season 6
| The Voice Senior | |
|---|---|
| Season 6 | |
 Promotional poster featuring coaches (clockwise from left) Arisa, Clementino & Hunt, Nek, and Bertè | |
| Presented by | Antonella Clerici |
| Coaches | |
| Winner | Francesco De Siena |
| Winning coach | Nek |
| Runner-up | Pierluigi Lunedei |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rai 1 |
| Original release | 14 November – 19 December 2025 |
The sixth season of the Italian singing competition The Voice Senior began airing on 14 November 2025, on Rai 1.[1][2] Arisa and Loredana Bertè returned as coaches from the previous season, along with Clementino who, this season, became a duo coach with Rocco Hunt. Nek was announced to replace exiting coach Gigi D'Alessio for the season.[3]
Francesco De Siena was named the winner of the season, marking Nek's first win as a coach. With De Siena's win, Nek became the first coach on the senior version of the show to win on their debut season.
Coaches
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Following the conclusion of the fifth season in early 2025, Rai 1 announced that The Voice Senior would for its sixth season. After, it was confirmed that Loredana Bertè and Arisa would return for their sixth and third seasons on the show, respectively. Clementino also returned for his sixth season, but joined this season as a duo coach with debuting coach Rocco Hunt. Gigi D'Alessio exited the panel this season and was replaced by debuting coach Nek.[4]
Teams
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
- Fourth place
- Eliminated in the Final
- Eliminated in the Knockouts
- Eliminated in the Cut
| Coaches | Top 40 Artists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clementino & Rocco Hunt | ||||||
| Pierluigi Lunedei | Carmelo Sciplino | Cosimo Ventruti | Anthony Jaffa | Alessandra Aldrelli | ||
| Flora Faja | Felicita Farina | Giuseppe De Rosa | Franco Romanelli | Elisabetta La Farina | ||
| Arisa | ||||||
| Giovanna Russo | Anna Rossicchi | Sonia Milan | Roberta Cavalli e Pasquale Di Monte | Giuseppe Nucci | ||
| Tiziana Rosati | Patrizia Palmieri | Renzo Dell'Erba | Anna Maria Facciolà | Ottavio Nuzzolese | ||
| Nek | ||||||
| Francesco De Siena | Tiziano Cavaliere | Jacqueline Schweitzer | Franco Rapillo | Mauro Cianciabella | ||
| Lorena Lovison | Raffaele Dell'Erba | Tiziano Cantatore | Paola Troilo | Alessandro Casalini | ||
| Loredana Bertè | ||||||
| Gabriella Vai | Francesca De Fazi | Francesca Visentini | Maria Masullo | Glori Sorgato | ||
| Marcello Monti | Nancy Cuomo | Elisa Albonico | Paola Conte | Giancarlo Del Vecchio | ||
Blind auditions
The blind auditions premiered on 14 November 2025. Each coach must have ten artists on their team at the end of the blind auditions. Each coach is given one "block" to use in the entire blind auditions, and a "Second Chance" button which allows them to press the button for an artist that failed to make a team after his/her audition. The artist then auditions a second time with the goal of advancing. Ultimately, only Arisa and Nek used their "Second Chance" buttons during the blind auditions.
| ✔ | Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to a coach's team | |
| Artist elected this coach's team | |
| Artist eliminated as no coach pressing their button | |
| The artist was selected for a team in the blind auditions, but was not chosen by his coach to advance to the knockouts. | |
| 🟢 | Coach pressed the "Second Chance" button after artist was previously eliminated |
| ✘ | 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 | Song | Coaches' and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleme & Rocco | Arisa | Nek | Loredana | ||||
| Episode 1 (14 November) |
1 | Gabriella Vai | "Se stasera sono qui" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Patrizia Palmieri | "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 3 | Raffaele Dell'Erba | "Se stiamo insieme" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Renzo Dell'Erba | "Tre settimane da raccontare" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 5 | Anthony Jaffa | "Shake a Tail Feather" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 6 | Alessandra Aldrelli | "America" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Ottavio Nuzzolese | "Futura" | – | 🟢 | – | – | |
| 8 | Tiziano Cavaliere | "I Shot the Sheriff" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 9 | Giancarlo Del Vecchio | "Through the Barricades" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 10 | Felicita Farina | "La pelle nera" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 11 | Tiziano Cantatore | "Blowin' in the Wind" | – | – | ✔ | – | |
| Episode 2 (21 November) |
1 | Franco Rapillo | "Una città per cantare" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Carmelo Sciplino | "Fly Me to the Moon" | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Maria Masullo | "E la luna bussò" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Jacqueline Schweitzer | "Milord" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 5 | Paola Conte | "Io domani" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 6 | Cosimo Ventruti | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Giovanna Russo | "Insieme" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | |
| 8 | Giovanni Cannarozzo | "Nun è peccato" | – | – | – | – | |
| 9 | Roberta Cavalli & Pasquale Di Monte | "Storie brevi" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 10 | Anna Rossicchi | "L'amore si odia" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 11 | Sergio Gaffurini | "Gelosia" | – | – | 🟢 | – | |
| 12 | Glori Sorgato | "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 3 (28 November) |
1 | Pierluigi Lunedei | "Chissà se lo sai" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Paola Troilo | "Nessun dorma" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 3 | Francesco De Siena | "Avrai" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | |
| 4 | Francesca De Fazi | "Ticket to Ride" | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | |
| 5 | Giuseppe Nucci | "La nuova stella di Broadway" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| 6 | Mauro Cianciabella | "Relax" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | |
| 7 | Nancy Cuomo | "Città vuota" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 8 | Sergio Gaffurini | "Io che non vivo (senza te)" | – | – | – | – | |
| 9 | Flora Faja | "Georgia on My Mind" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 10 | Roberto Stafoggia | "Con tutto l'amore che posso" | – | – | – | – | |
| 11 | Francesca Visentini | "Per Elisa" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 12 | Sonia Milan | "Wild World" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 13 | Maria Marino | "Ci vorrebbe il mare" | – | – | – | – | |
| 14 | Giuseppe De Rosa | "Fiore di maggio" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – | |
| Episode 4 (5 December) |
1 | Tiziana Rosati | "Maledetta primavera" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Anna Maria Facciolà | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Elsa Albonico | "Ma mi..." | ✔ | ✔ | – | ✔ | |
| 4 | James Schiebler | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | – | – | – | – | |
| 5 | Alessandro Casalini | "Senza parole" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
| 6 | Franco Romanelli | "Wild Wild West" | ✔ | – | ✔ | – | |
| 7 | Lorena Lovison | "Il cielo in una stanza" | – | – | ✔ | – | |
| 8 | Elisabetta La Farina | "Moonlight Shadow" | ✔ | ✔ | Team full | – | |
| 9 | Ottavio Nuzzolese | "Chiamami ancora amore" | Team full | ✔ | – | ||
| 10 | Marcello Monti | "Smoke on the Water" | Team full | ✔ | |||
Knockouts
The knockouts, also labelled as the semi-finals, aired on 12 December. In this round, each coach groups his/her artists into two groups of three. Each coach can advance one or two artists to the final phase. At the end of each round, three artists per team advanced to the finals.
| Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Final | |
| Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 5 (12 December) |
Nek | 1 | Francesco De Siena | "La sera dei miracoli" | Advanced |
| 2 | Jacqueline Schweitzer | "Tu sì 'na cosa grande" | Advanced | ||
| 3 | Mauro Cianciabella | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | Eliminated | ||
| Arisa | 4 | Giovanna Russo | "L'immensità" | Advanced | |
| 5 | Giuseppe Nucci | "Una carezza in un pugno" | Eliminated | ||
| 6 | Anna Rossicchi | "Cinque giorni" | Advanced | ||
| Cleme & Rocco | 7 | Pierluigi Lunedei | "Io vivrò (senza te)" | Advanced | |
| 8 | Flora Faja | "Moon River" | Eliminated | ||
| 9 | Cosimo Ventruti | "La donna del mio amico" | Advanced | ||
| Loredana Bertè | 10 | Maria Masullo | "Donna" | Eliminated | |
| 11 | Francesca Visentin | "What's Up?" | Advanced | ||
| 12 | Gabriella Vai | "La compagnia" | Advanced | ||
| Nek | 13 | Lorena Lovison | "Mi sei scoppiato dentro il cuore" | Eliminated | |
| 14 | Tiziano Cavaliere | "Walking on the Moon" | Advanced | ||
| 15 | Franco Rapillo | "La costruzione di un amore" | Eliminated | ||
| Cleme & Rocco | 16 | Carmelo Sciplino | "Just the Way You Are" | Advanced | |
| 17 | Alessandra Aldrelli | "Amami" | Eliminated | ||
| 18 | Anthony Jaffa | "What a Wonderful World" | Eliminated | ||
| Arisa | 19 | Tiziana Rosati | "Noi due nel mondo e nell'anima" | Eliminated | |
| 20 | Sonia Milan | "Chiquitita" | Advanced | ||
| 21 | Roberta Cavalli e Pasquale Di Monte | "Vattene amore" | Eliminated | ||
| Loredana Bertè | 22 | Marcello Monti | "Take the Long Way Home" | Eliminated | |
| 23 | Glori Sorgato | "La casa del sole" | Eliminated | ||
| 24 | Francesca De Fazi | "Piece of My Heart" | Advanced |
Final
The final was broadcast on 19 December 2025. In the first phase of the final, the twelve talents who reached the final must perform a cover assigned by their coach. At the end of the first phase, only four, from any team, will advance on the second phase of the final. At the end of the second and final phase, the winner of the sixth edition of The Voice Senior was announced.
Following the first round, Loredana Bertè no longer has any artists on her team, marking her third consecutive season without a grand finalist. Francesco De Siena was announced as the winner of the season following all performances, marking Nek's first win as a coach; Nek subsequently became the first coach on The Voice Senior to win on their debut season.
| Artist advanced to the Super-Final | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Round 1
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Public Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nek | Francesco De Siena | "Era già tutto previsto" | 23,39% |
| 2 | Loredana Bertè | Gabriella Vai | "A chi" | 2,61% |
| 3 | Arisa | Anna Rossicchi | "Gli uomini non cambiano" | 6,59% |
| 4 | Cleme & Rocco | Pierluigi Lunedei | "Stella di mare" | 21,72% |
| 5 | Loredana Bertè | Francesco Visentin | "Crazy" | 6,36% |
| 6 | Cleme & Rocco | Cosimo Ventruti | "Meraviglioso" | 5,39% |
| 7 | Arisa | Giovanna Russo | "Adagio" | 12,67% |
| 8 | Nek | Tiziano Cavaliere | "Jamming" | 4,91% |
| 9 | Arisa | Sonia Milan | "Domani è un altro giorno" | 3,08% |
| 10 | Nek | Jacqueline Schweitzer | "Ne me quitte pas" | 1,74% |
| 11 | Cleme & Rocco | Carmelo Sciplino | "Quanno piove" | 8,80% |
| 12 | Loredana Bertè | Francesca De Fazi | "Respect" | 2,76% |
Round 2
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Public Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleme & Rocco | Pierluigi Lunedei | "Chissà se lo sai" | 29,96% |
| 2 | Arisa | Giovanna Russo | "L'immensità" | 22,02% |
| 3 | Cleme & Rocco | Carmelo Sciplino | "Fly Me to the Moon" | 13,26% |
| 4 | Nek | Francesco De Siena | "La sera dei miracoli" | 34,75% |
References
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- ^ AdnKronos (14 November 2025). "The voice senior, stasera 14 novembre: anticipazioni prima puntata - QuotidianodiFoggia.it". Quotidiano di Foggia (in Italian). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ^ "Antonella Clerici torna con The Voice Senior: Nek e Rocco Hunt le novità". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 11 November 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
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