Remix My Space with Marsai Martin
Channel: HGTV (DStv 177)
TX Time: 21h00
Genre: Reality Makeover, Home Improvement, Reality
Remarkable young people who have made a lasting positive impact in their communities will get the surprise of a lifetime when actress Marsai Martin shows up in their backyard, school or local park with astonishing news that she and her team will give them a personalised bedroom makeover.
In the eight-episode season Marsai, best known from the sitcom Black-ish, will cue her personal passion for interior design to create stunning bedroom overhauls for exceptional, peer-nominated youth who have made a difference in their communities by doing everything from sending care packages to child cancer patients to feeding the homeless or teaching kids how to cook their own nutritious meals.
After surprising each young person with the good news, Marsai's expert design team, including carpenter Joanie Sprague and designer Tiffany Thompson, will create a breathtaking oasis reflective of each teen's interests, individuality, personality and style.
Throughout the season, Marsai will take the teens on field trips to discover more about their interests, including photography, robotics and even sneakers - all so she can incorporate what they love into their new rooms.
In the series premiere, "How Hayley Got Her Groove Back": 15-year-old honours student Hayley, who created a successful match-up program that pairs seniors who need companionship with preschoolers, will get a breathtaking bedroom transformation reflecting her passion for ballet.
In the second episode of the weekly double bill, "Bryan Scores NYC in So-Cal": Marsai tackles emerging football sensation Bryan, a straight-A student who also helps out adults with special needs.
Marsai's own talented team surprises this athlete with a New York City loft-inspired bedroom that shows off his love of the Big Apple.
The Voice 19
Channel: eReality (Openview 108)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Music
Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani return for Season 19, with Carson Daly returning as host.
The show's format features four stages of competition: The first begins with the Blind Auditions, then the Battle Rounds, Knockouts and, finally, the Live Performance Shows.
During the Blind Auditions, the decisions from the musician coaches are based solely on voice and not looks. The coaches hear the artists perform, but they don't get to see them, thanks to rotating chairs.
If a coach is impressed by the artist's voice, he/she pushes a button to select the artist for his/her team.
At this point, the coach's chair will swivel so that he/she can face the artist he/she has selected.
If more than one coach pushes his/her button, the power then shifts to the artists to choose which coach they want to work with. If no coach pushes his/her button, the artist is eliminated from the competition.
Also returning this season is the "block," which adds another layer of excitement during the Blind Auditions.
The coach chairs each have an extra set of buttons with the other three coaches' names. The block button prevents a coach from adding a new artist to their team.
The coaches can only use their block buttons on one artist for the entire first round of the competition.
When a coach hits the block button with the name of the other three coaches, the coach who hit it automatically turns around. The "blocked" coach only discovers they are blocked if they press their button.
The blocked coach's chair will still turn - instead of their lane lighting up with their name, it will say "Blocked." If the coach doesn't press their button, the block is still available for another audition.
Once the teams are set, the battle is on. The coaches dedicate themselves to developing their team of artists, giving them advice and sharing the secrets of their success, along with help from their celebrity advisors.
The coaches enlist music industry heavyweights to prepare their artists for the Battle Rounds - Dua Lipa for Team Kelly, Joe and Kevin Jonas for Team Nick, Ella Mai for Team Legend and Bebe Rexha for Team Blake.
During the Battle Rounds, the coaches will pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together in front of a studio audience.
They are vying for their coach's confidence and decision to take them to the next round.
After each vocal battle, the coach must choose which of his/her singers will advance to the next round of competition.
The losing artist is available to be stolen by another coach or available to be saved by their own coach, but unlike any other season, the team coach can only hit their button to save an artist after it's clear no other coach is going to steal the artist.
If no other coach has attempted to steal the artist by the time he/she gets down the stage steps, the artist's coach can push to save them.
Each coach will have one save and one steal in the Battle Rounds. Artists who won their battle or were stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout Rounds.
In a new twist for the show, the four artists that were saved by their individual coaches during the Battle Rounds will not automatically advance in the competition.
Instead, those artists will compete in the first Four-Way Knockout.
Each of the four artists will receive individualized coaching and rehearsals with their coach and a superstar Mega Mentor in preparation for the Four-Way Knockout.
However, the winner will ultimately be chosen by America.
At the top of the final episode of Knockouts, voting will open for America to choose which of the four artists moves forward in the competition after their performances.
At the top of the first Live Show, Carson will reveal which of the four artists was voted through by America, and that artist will continue to the Live Shows with their original team.
For the remainder of the artists who made it to the Knockouts Round, one superstar Mega Mentor will be on hand to work with all the coaches and their teams as they prepare the artists for this challenge.
In the Knockouts, the artists will be paired against a teammate once more, but this time they will select their own songs to perform individually while their direct competitor watches and waits.
The coaches will choose the winner and the artist not selected will be available to be stolen by another coach.
Each coach will only have one steal in the Knockout Round, making the stakes higher than ever.
Once the Live Performance Shows begin, the top artists will compete each week against each other during a live broadcast.
As always, the television audience will vote to save their favourite artists. The artists with the lowest number of votes will be eligible for the "Instant Save."
These artists will each perform a new song that represents why they should earn the save. America will then have the opportunity to save their favourite performer by voting on "The Voice" app or NBC.com.
The singers with the lowest number of votes will be sent home each week.
In the end, one will be named "The Voice" and will receive the grand prize of a recording contract.