The Voice of Germany (season 3) is a German reality talent show that premiered on 17 October 2013 on ProSieben and Sat.1. Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. It is part of an international series. Xavier Naidoo and Rea Garvey have been replaced with Max Herre and Samu Haber, singer of the Finnish pop-rock band Sunrise Avenue. This season adopted the Knockout round as seen in the US version of The Voice.
On 20 December 2013, Andreas Kümmert was declared the winner of the season marking Max Herre's first and only win as a coach and the first new coach to win on his first attempt.
For this first time, this series will see the Steal Deal where eliminated contestants can be stolen by other coaches.
Two contestants sing an individual song and the coach decides which contestant will advance to the Live Shows.
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The live shows started on 29 November 2013 and concluded with the Final on 20 December 2013. All Live shows were broadcast on Sat.1. In the first two live shows the six remaining contestants of every team were split in groups of three. After all the contestants in each group had sung their individual songs, the responsible coach had to award 20, 30 & 50 points to these contestants. After this a televoting had been held, which made up 50% of voting. The contestant with the most points advanced to final.
In the Semifinal and Final the coach didn't vote and only the public decided who will advance and win The voice of Germany 2013.
The semifinal saw the introduction of "The Cross-Battles". Two contestant of different teams sing an individual song. The contestant with the most public votes advances to the final. After the announcement of the finalist, the winning contestant sang his winning song. All songs, also the ones which were not presented live, were released on iTunes. Every download counted as two phone calls from the public in the final voting.