La Voz (Spanish for The Voice) is a Mexican singing competition television series broadcast on TV Azteca. It is based on the format of The Voice originated in the Netherlands and part of the international franchise The Voice created by television producer John de Mol.The show premiered September 11, 2011, on Televisa’s El Canal de Las Estrellas who produced seven seasons before the shows’ rights were acquired by TV Azteca in 2019.
Mexico was the first Spanish-speaking country to adapt this format and the first among 6 globally. The series' first episode scored a rating of 28.2/47.1, surpassing Spanish-language TV series La Academia rating of 9.6/17. The second season began on September 9, 2012 as scheduled, though was slightly delayed before the airing of its final episode due to the death of judge Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash in Iturbide, Nuevo León on December 9, 2012, dedicating an entire episode as a tribute to the late singer. The last series produced by Televisa had Lele Pons as host and Maluma, Anitta, Carlos Rivera and Natalia Jiménez as jury. In 2019, the license of The Voice format was acquired from Televisa to TV Azteca. A new edition has been announced for this season under a different title (La Voz instead of La Voz... México) with the leadership of Jimena Pérez[6] and with Ricardo Montaner, Yahir, Belinda and Lupillo Rivera as Coaches.