The Voice of Korea (season 3)

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The Voice of Korea
Season 3
Hosted byJang Sungkyu
Judges
WinnerKim Ji-hyun
Runner-upPark Daeun
Release
Original network
Original releaseMay 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)

The third season of the South Korean reality television series The Voice of Korea premiered in May 2020 after a seven-year hiatus. Sung Si-kyung, Kim Jong-kook, BoA, and Dynamic Duo were introduced as the new coaches of the show. The show is hosted by Jang Sungkyu.

Changes

Coaches' line-up

The coaches of the third season of The Voice of Korea
Sung Si-kyung
Kim Jong-kook
BoA
Dynamic Duo

None of the coaches from the previous season has returned. In April 2020, Sung Si-kyung, Kim Jong-kook, BoA, and Dynamic Duo were announced as the four new coaches.[1]

Host

Jang Sung-kyu was announced as the new host, replacing Kim Jin-pyo.

Mechanics

Block

A new feature added in the blind auditions this season is the Block. Each coach is given one block to prevent one coach from getting an artist.[2] Also, each teams were decreased from 12 to 8 members each, bringing the total of artists to 32.

The Sing-Offs

The Knockout rounds were removed in favor of the Sing-Offs. In the Sing-Offs, one artist from each team is chosen by their coach to directly advance to the semi-finals without performing. The remaining artists perform a short piece in a capella. The winning artist proceeds to the semi-finals.

Teams

Color key
  •   Winner
  •   Runner-up
  •   Third place
  •   Fourth place
  •   Eliminated in Semi-Final
  •   Eliminated in the Sing Offs
  •   Eliminated in the Battle rounds

Coaches Top 32 artists
Sung Sikyung
Jeon Chulmin Kim Yeji Hong Joohyun Lee Jihea
Lee Nayoung Lee Ah Young Kwon Mihee Son Junhyuk
Kim Jongkook
Park Daeun Jung Yujin Kim Chanho Jung Jooyoung & Lim Hanna
Kim Yunseol Kwon Eunjung Kim Younghob Park Joohee
BoA
Kim Jihyun Lee Saebom Doo Sunjung DAE JONG CHO
Hwang Jooho Oh Sewoong Ra Dajeong OF US
Dynamic Duo
Kim Minkyung Park Changin Kyung Dasom Kim Narae
Jo Yekyul Kim Yejoon Yoo Jiwon Im Haena

Blind auditions

A new feature in the blind auditions this season is the Block. Each coach can use it once to prevent one of the other coaches from getting an artist.

The blind auditions were taped without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.

Color key
 ✔  Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button
     Artist defaulted to a coach's team
     Artist elected a coach's team
     Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button
 ✘ Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Sung Si-kyung from getting the artist
 ✘ Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Kim Jong-kook from getting the artist
 ✘ Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by BoA from getting the artist
 ✘ Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Dynamic Duo from getting the artist

Episode 1 (May 29, 2020)

Order Artist Song Original Artist Coach's and artist's choices
Si-kyung Jong-kook BoA Dynamic Duo
1 Park Changin Night after night Insooni ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
2 OF US Late Night Noel - ✔ ✔ -
3 Park Hyeyeon Don't Live Like That Park Mikyung - - - -
4 Jung Yujin[a] Love, ing Ben ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
5 Hwang Jooho Only You Huh Gak ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
6 Hong Joohyun Lost Child Lena Park ✔ ✔ - -
7 Jo Yekyul[b] Song Of Gra'Sona Let's Play - ✔ ✔ ✔
8 Kim Yeji Shinchon Blue Lee Jae Min ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
  1. Former member of The Ark
  2. Member of Yegyul Band

Episode 2 (June 5, 2020)

Order Artist Song Original Artist Coach's and artist's choices
Si-kyung Jong-kook BoA Dynamic Duo
1 Lee Saebom[a] Warning Tashannie - - ✔ ✔
2 Kim Chanho If it is you Jung Seung-hwan ✔ ✔ ✔ -[b] X 3 Uhm Heana Please Jeon In-kwon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Kim Eunbi[c] HIP MAMAMOO - - - -
5 Lee Jihea[d] All About You Taeyeon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
6 Park Daeun[e] Blue Cocktail Scent Han Youngae ✔ ✔ - ✔
7 Jeon Chulmin[f] Beautiful Fact Boohwal ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
8 Yoo Jiwon Make Up (ft. Crush) Sam Kim ✔ - ✔ ✔
9 Kim Jihyun Please Lee So-ra ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
  1. Participant on the third season of I Can See Your Voice
  2. BoA pressed her block button for Dynamic Duo, but they did not spin yet they are blocked in the episode because they do not have a logic namely invalid block.
  3. Contestant on Superstar K2
  4. Contestant on Superstar K4
  5. Participant on the fourth season of I Can See Your Voice
  6. The Winner on Kim bamsoo episode of the second season of Hidden Singer

Episode 3 (June 12, 2020)

Order Artist Song Original Artist Coach's and artist's choices
Si-kyung Jong-kook BoA Dynamic Duo
1 Lee Woongyeol[a] One Man Kim Jong-kook - - - -
2 Doo Sunjung Dalla Dalla Itzy ✔ - ✔ ✔
3 DAE JONG CHO Tell me that you love me M to M - - ✔ -
4 Son Junhyuk[b] Last Love Kim Bum-soo ✔ - - -
5 Lee Nayoung Only One BoA ✔ ✔ ✔ -
6 Kim Narae[c] Nocturne Kim Yuna ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
7 Kim Yunseol[d] Only I Didn't Know IU - ✔ ✔ -
8 Seong Yubin[e] Passing Kim Bumsoo - - - -
9 Kim Minkyung[f] Don't Know You Heize ✔ - - ✔
10 Kim Youngheum[g] My Love by My Side Hyunsik & Hakchul ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
  1. Participant on the fourth season of I Can See Your Voice
  2. Former member M to M
  3. Former member EYE TO EYE
  4. The Winner on the 6th episode of seventh season of I Can See Your Voice
  5. Actor Lee Taesung brother
  6. Contestant on MIXNINE
  7. Appeared on second season of Vocal Play

Episode 4 (June 19, 2020)

Order Artist Song Original Artist Coach's and artist's choices
Si-kyung Jong-kook BoA Dynamic Duo
1 Jung Jooyoung & Lim Hanna Love Me Right Exo ✔ ✔ - -
2 Kwon Mihee Nocturne Kim Yuna ✔ - - -
3 Kyung Dasom Latata (G)I-dle ✔ - - ✔
4 Park Joohee Bounced Farewell Kim Hyun-jung - ✔ - -
5 Kwon Eunjung Peek-a-Boo Red Velvet - ✔ - -
6 Oh Sewoong I'm Your Man (Korean ver.) 2PM - Team full ✔ -
7 Ra Dajeong Decalcomanie Mamamoo ✔ ✘[a] ✔ -
9 Lee Ah Young Clockwork Lim Jeong-hee ✔ Team full Team full -
10 Kim Yejoon[b] Beautiful Crush Team full ✔
  1. Jong Kook has already completed his team but was able to turn since the audition was taped before he completed his eight artists.
  2. Contestant on Under Nineteen

The Battles

The advisors for this round are Kim Johan for Team Sung Sikyung, Lyn for Team Kim Jongkook, Jang Jin-young for Team BoA, and Sunwoo Junga for Team Dynamic Duo. Artists who win their battle advance to the Sing-Off Rounds.

Color key:

       Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Sing-Off
       Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episodes Coach Order Winner Song Original Artist Loser
Episode 4
(June 19, 2020)		 Kim Jong-kook 1 Jung Yujin I Will Go to You Like the First Snow Ailee Park Joohee
BoA 2 DAE JONG CHO Love In The Ice TVXQ OF US
Dynamic Duo 3 Park Changin Night Train In Halee Uhm Heana
Episode 5
(June 26, 2020)		 Dynamic Duo 1 Kim Narae D(half moon) Dean Yoo Jiwon
BoA 2 Lee Saebom 1, 2, 3, 4 Lee Hi Ra Dajeong
Sung Si-kyung 3 Jeon Chulmin Lean On Shin Yong Jae Son Junhyuk
Dynamic Duo 4 Kim Minkyung Can't Love You Anymore IU & Oh Hyuk Kim Yejoon
Kim Jong-kook 5 Park Daeun Last station of the farewell Son Sihyang Kim Younghob
Sung Si-kyung 6 Kim Yeji Walking Along With You Cho Yong-pil Kwon Mihee
Episode 6
(July 3, 2020)		 BoA 1 Doo Sunjung Twenty Five, Twenty One Jaurim Oh Sewoong
Sung Si-kyung 2 Lee Jihea Na Won Ju Baek Ji-young Lee Ah Young
Kim Jong-kook 3 Jung Jooyoung & Lim Hanna Very Nice Seventeen Kwon Eunjung
Sung Si-kyung 4 Hong Joohyun How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love AKMU Lee Nayoung
BoA 5 Kim Jihyun Run With Me SWJA (sunwoojunga) Hwang Jooho
Kim Jong-kook 6 Kim Chanho Human, Love Kim Bum-soo & Lena Park Kim Yunseol
Dynamic Duo 7 Kyung Dasom The Secret Garden Lee Sangeun Jo Yekyul

The Sing-Offs

In the Sing-Offs, one artist from each team is chosen by their coach to directly advance to the semi-finals without having to perform on this round. The remaining artists perform a short piece in a capella. The winning artist proceeds to the semi-finals.

Color key
       Artist was chosen to advance directly to the Semi-Final
       Artist won the Sing-Off and advanced to the Semi-Final
       Artist lost the Sing-Off and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Artist Song Original Artist
Episode 6
(July 3, 2020)		 Kim Jong-kook - Jung Yujin Advanced directly to the semi-finals
1 Kim Chanho Good Person Park Hyo-shin
2 Jung Jooyoung & Lim Hanna Thank You (For Saving My Life) Cho Kyuchan
3 Park Daeun It's Not Love If It Hurts Too Much Kim Gwangsuk
BoA - Kim Jihyun Advanced directly to the semi-finals
4 Doo Sunjung Whistling Lee Moon-sae
5 Lee Saebom Energetic Wanna One
6 DAE JONG CHO For My Love M.Street
Dynamic Duo - Park Changin Advanced directly to the semi-finals
7 Kim Minkyung Every Moment of You Sung Si-kyung
8 Kim Narae Always Don Spike & Lena Park
9 Kyung Dasom And July Heize
Sung Si-kyung - Kim Yeji Advanced directly to the semi-finals
10 Hong Joohyun Fool Park Hyo-shin
11 Lee Jihea Knot Ha Dong Qn
12 Jeon Chulmin A Daily Song Hwang Chi-yeul

Live shows

Semi-final (July 10, 2020)

Color key
       Artist won the Semi-Final and advanced to the Final
       Artist lost the Semi-Final and was eliminated
Order Coach Artist Song Original Artist
1 Kim Jong-kook Jung Yujin Living In the Same Time Naul
2 Park Daeun Fake Love BTS
3 Dynamic Duo Park Changin Solo Jennie
4 Kim Minkyung Hush Miss A
5 Sung Si-kyung Jeon Chulmin Beautiful Moment Instrumenta K.Will
6 Kim Yeji Tomboy Hyukoh
7 BoA Kim Jihyun What's the matter Kim Hyunchul
8 Lee Saebom Tempo Exo

Final (July 10, 2020)

Color key:

       Winner
       Runner-up
       Third place
       Fourth place
Order Coach Artist Song Original Artist Public Vote (%)
1 Dynamic Duo Kim Minkyung You're Just At A Higher Place Than Me Shin Seung-hun 9
2 Kim Jong-kook Park Daeun The Night Alone Kim Kwang-seok 27
3 Sung Si-kyung Jeon Chulmin When Spring Comes Big Mama King 25
4 BoA Kim Jihyun Hidden Road Yoo Jae-ha 39
Non-competition performances
Order Performers Song Original Artist
1 Kim Younghob & Park Joohee (Team Jong-kook), Doo Sunjung & Ra Dajeong (Team BoA), Yoo Jiwon & Uhm Heana (Team Dynamic Duo), Lee Jihea & Hong Joohyun (Team Si-kyung) Whenever Toy

Ratings

Episode Air date AGB Ratings
Mnet tvN Sum
1 May 29, 2020 0.4% 2.0% 2.4%
2 June 5, 2020 0.4% 1.7% 2.1%
3 June 12, 2020 0.6% 1.6% 2.2%
4 June 19, 2020 0.7% 1.3% 2.0%
5 June 26, 2020 0.5% 1.2% 1.7%
6 July 3, 2020 0.4% 1.6% 2.0%
7 July 10, 2020 0.5% 1.0% 1.5%

References

  1. "7년만 귀환 '보이스 코리아', 엠넷 오디션 프로 자존심 회복할까[종합]". Sports Seoul (in Korean). 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  2. "Mnet 'The Voice of Korea 2020' First broadcast on the 29th! BoA is coming". www.smentertainment.com. 2020-05-09. Archived from the original on 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-17.