The Voice: On the Street
ITV Studios America
A Global Videocast
Season One
12 Episodes
30 Min
Confidential
Ember20
Concept
Logline
A global, social-first digital extension of The Voice that takes the franchise out of the studio and onto the streets of the world — where everyday people are stopped and asked to perform on the spot. City by city, across America and around the globe, The Voice: On the Street searches for raw, unpolished voices worthy of one title: The Voice of Their City.
Overview
At a Glance
FormatGlobal Videocast / Social-First Digital Series
PlatformSocial Media & Streaming — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube
Duration30 minutes per episode
StructureTwo phases per episode: Street Run (15 min) → City Finals (15 min)
Street Phase15-minute city blitz — multiple performers of varying ability, approached on the spot, no warning
Finalists4 selected by producers from the street phase per city
Finals VenueIconic outdoor landmark — unique to each featured city
Finals MusicLive accompaniment: acoustic guitar, drums, basic beats — stripped back by design
Winner SelectionApplause Meter — real-time decibel (dB) reading. No judges. No panels. Just noise.
Prize$1,000 cash + the permanent title of The Voice of Their City
Season One12 episodes — 6 American cities, 6 European cities
Episode Structure
The Format
01
The Street Run

Each 30-minute episode opens with a fast, chaotic 15-minute blitz through public spaces — plazas, markets, parks, transit hubs. The production team moves at pace, approaching everyday people and asking them to sing right then and there.

No audition. No warning. No preparation. The range of talent is the show — some performers will be rough. Some middling. And one or two will stop you cold. That contrast is the hook that makes the Finalists extraordinary.

Phase Details
  • 15-minute window per city location
  • Multiple performers — deliberately varying in talent level
  • A cappella or with whatever the performer has on them
  • Filmed guerrilla-style: authentic, fast, social-ready
  • Every clip engineered for short-form platforms
02
The City Finals

From the street run, producers select four Finalists — the voices that cut through. The second 15 minutes belong to them. These four are brought to a Finals Venue: an iconic outdoor location that defines the character of that city.

Each Finalist performs one song. This time with live accompaniment — acoustic guitar, drums, basic beats. Still stripped down. Still honest. Just enough to let the voice truly soar without production obscuring what matters.

Phase Details
  • 4 Finalists selected from the street phase
  • One song each, performed live before a crowd
  • Live accompaniment: acoustic guitar, drums, basic beats
  • Intentionally lo-fi — the voice is the production
  • Live crowd gathered at iconic outdoor venue
The Deciding Mechanism
The Applause Meter

There are no judges. No panels. No callbacks. No deliberation. The crowd decides — and the decision is measured in science.

After each Finalist performs, a calibrated Applause Meter reads the crowd’s reaction in real-time, displaying the peak decibel (dB) level generated by the audience. The reading is live and visible to both the crowd and the performer on a large-format display at the venue.

When all four Finalists have performed, the dB scores are revealed side by side. The highest reading wins. No subjectivity. No politics. One number. One winner.

The objectivity of the mechanism is the drama. The crowd knows every decibel counts — it turns passive spectators into active participants. This is their vote, measured in noise.

The Rule
Loudest Crowd = The Winner
Determined by peak decibel (dB) reading — live, in full view of the audience
Live Applause Meter — City Finals
Awaiting performers…
★ Marcus T. Los Angeles, CA dB
◆ The Voice of Los Angeles
Deja R. Los Angeles, CA dB
Tommy V. Los Angeles, CA dB
Aisha M. Los Angeles, CA dB
60 dB75 dB90 dB105 dB120 dB
Reference Scale
60 dB — Normal conversation
85 dB — Busy restaurant crowd
95 dB — Loud bar / sporting event cheer
105 dB — Stadium crowd roar
114+ dB — Concert-level crowd response
The Reward
The Prize
$1,000
+
The Voice of Their City
The cash is a reward. The title is the legacy. Every winner is permanently archived as the Voice of Their City on the show’s global platform — a record celebrated by their community, their city, and the franchise forever.
Global Reach
Featured Cities

Season One spans 12 episodes across two continents — six American cities, six European cities. Each episode is its own world: a new street, a new crowd, a new iconic Finals Venue, a new Voice.

🇺🇸  America — 6 Cities
Los Angeles
California
New York
New York
Chicago
Illinois
Nashville
Tennessee
Miami
Florida
Portland
Oregon
🇪🇺  Europe — 6 Cities
London
United Kingdom
Paris
France
Barcelona
Spain
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Berlin
Germany
Rome
Italy
The Cast
The People Behind the Voices

The result is immediate, emotional, and highly addictive. These are not polished contestants or pre-packaged reality hopefuls. They are bartenders, nurses, construction workers, students, parents, bus drivers, and local legends whose voices stop people in their tracks. Each episode creates a winner chosen by the audience. That performer receives $1,000 and advances to the season’s next stage.

🍺
Bartenders

Hidden talent behind every pour — voices that fill a room without a microphone.

🩺
Nurses

Healing voices on and off the ward — strength and soul in equal measure.

🦺
Construction Workers

Voices that stop people in their tracks — raw power that no studio could manufacture.

🚌
Bus Drivers

Local legends on every route — the person everyone on the bus didn’t know they needed to hear.

📚
Students

Untrained, unfiltered, and utterly fearless — the next generation caught mid-stride.

👨‍👩‍👧
Parents

A voice they’ve been carrying for years — finally heard on a stage that came to them.

🎸
Local Legends

Everyone in the neighborhood already knows — now the world gets to find out why.

✂️
Everyone Else

The hairdresser, the mailman, the teacher. The voice no one saw coming — the one that wins.

Not polished contestants. Not pre-packaged hopefuls.
Real people. Real voices. Real moments.
Reach & Distribution
The Content Ecosystem

The Voice: On the Street is built as a YouTube series first — long-form episodes that live permanently and grow through search and recommendation. From that single production, a full short-form clipping campaign deploys across Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok simultaneously, turning every episode into dozens of standalone viral moments. Each clip drives audiences back to the full episode and to local Voice franchise pages — creating a continuous discovery loop.

THE VOICE ON THE STREET FULL EPISODE YOUTUBE PRIMARY HOME S YT SHORTS CLIPS <60 SEC INSTAGRAM REELS + STORIES TIKTOK SHORT CLIPS CLIPPING CAMPAIGN AUTOMATED HIGHLIGHTS BEST MOMENTS · REACTIONS · REVEALS LOCAL VOICE FRANCHISE FEEDER ↑ ONE EPISODE → DOZENS OF CLIPS → FOUR PLATFORMS → ONE FRANCHISE
YouTube

Full 30-minute episodes. The permanent home. Searchable, shareable, evergreen.

Instagram Reels

Best street moments, Applause Meter reveals, and winner reactions — optimized for vertical feed.

TikTok

Raw street performances, crowd reactions, and surprising talent drops — built for discovery.

YouTube Shorts

Sub-60-second highlights fed directly into YouTube's recommendation engine alongside full episodes.

Clipping Campaign

An innovative, always-on clipping strategy turns every episode into a wave of shareable micro-content — fueling the algorithm on every platform simultaneously.

For the Development Executive
Why It Works
The Voice IP, Extended

Leverages one of the most recognizable franchises in television history and extends it into the digital-native space without cannibalizing the mothership. A brand halo, not a competitor.

Social-First by Design

Every segment — the street run, individual performances, the Finals reveal — is engineered to live as standalone short-form content on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

Zero Subjectivity

The Applause Meter eliminates every form of controversy around judging. The crowd votes with noise. A decibel reading is final, visual, and dramatic. Democracy measured in physics.

Built to Travel

Season One is 12 episodes: 6 American cities, 6 European cities. No permanent set, no studio, no standing cast. The format packs up and moves, reflecting the music culture of every city it lands in.

Low Barrier, High Drama

The contrast between street-level raw talent and the Finalists creates natural narrative tension without a single producer note. Real life does the heavy lifting.

Community Ownership

Each city’s winner becomes a permanent record. Local pride, local social amplification, and local media interest follow every episode. The city becomes a stakeholder in its own Voice.