The Voice of Poland is a Polish reality talent show that premiered on September 3, 2011, on the TVP 2 television network. The Voice of Poland is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. Selection process and format The Blind Auditions The blind auditions feature approximately 100 contestants who were selected during non-televised production pre-castings. At the beginning of the performance, the coaches have their backs turned to the participants, and if one of the coaches wants to take on a participant, he turns to face him and the singer is automatically placed on his team. If more than one coach is turned away, the singer chooses the coach they want to work with. In the first four editions and from the tenth, blind auditions end with the selection of 12 contestants. The size of the teams, however, varied over the editions: in the fifth and ninth, the teams had 13 members each, and in the sixth, seventh and eighth, 14. From 11. edition during blind auditions, each coach can "block" another. The coach against whom the lockout was used loses the ability to invite that participant to his team. Each coach can use this feature at most twice. If a trainer uses a "block" against another judge and he/she does not turn around - the "block" is considered unused; this means that the trainer in question can use it as long as he or she actually "blocks" someone. "Block" buttons can be used both during and after a contestant's performance. The Battles round This is followed by battles in which the coaches choose two people from their team (when the number of participants in a team is odd, one of the battles is played by a trio, not a duo) who sing the same song together. The coach decides who moves on and who drops out of the program. In the first edition, coaches were assisted in their decision making by invited specialists. From the second edition onwards, the other coaches can make a "steal", i.e. take the loser to their team (by pressing their button). If more than one coach wants to steal a participant, that participant has the right to choose which team they want to go to. In the seventh edition, the "stealing"