fifth coach for the Comeback Stage of the competition. This would increase the number of finalists from 4 to 5. In June 2020, it was announced that Sido and Merton would not be in the anniversary series of The Voice of Germany. On 17 July 2020, it was announced that the anniversary season will include six coaches: 2 solo coaches and 2 duo coaches. The two solos were Forster and Santos and the two duos were Catterfeld & Kloss and Haber & Garvey. On 21 July 2020, it was announced that Michael Schulte would be the new Comeback Stage coach. On 9 June 2021, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that Garvey, Haber, Kloss and Catterfeld would not be returning for the eleventh season. On 25 June 2021, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that Johannes Oerding and Sarah Connor as new coaches of the eleventh season, with Forster and Santos returning, and Elif Demirezer as the new "Comeback Stage" coach. On 13 April 2022, it was announced that Santos, Connor and Oerding would not be returning for the twelfth season, whereas Forster would be continuing. On 12 May 2022, it was announced that Garvey and Kloss would be returning as coaches for the twelfth series, and Peter Maffay was confirmed as the new coach. In addition, after 3 seasons, it was confirmed that there would be no Comeback Stage coach. Hence, the number of finalists would be down to 4 once again. Notes Rea Garvey and Samu Haber featured together as a duo coaching team in the tenth season. Stefanie Kloss and Yvonne Catterfeld featured together as a duo coaching team in the tenth season. Nico Santos featured as the "Comeback Stage" coach in the ninth season, and then as a main coach from the tenth season onwards. Michael Schulte was the "Comeback Stage" coach in the tenth season. Elif is the "Comeback Stage" coach in the eleventh season. Presenters Stefan Gödde was announced as the host of the program in July 2011. Since season two, actor Thore Schölermann hosts the show. From the fifth season until the eleventh season, Schölermann and model Lena Gercke hosted together the show. Since season 12, Schölermann and Melissa Khalaj will host together the show. From season one until season four, Doris Golpashin was as the show's social media correspondent during the live shows. In the tenth season TV presenter Annemarie Carpendale hosted the show, only for