Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.

[2] From season 8 onwards, coaches have the freedom to select an unlimited number of contestants to form their respective teams.

Each coach is given, usually, two "steals" to save an artist from another team who lost their respective battle.

Each artist that is stolen will sit in a designated seat, on the backstage, but if a coach decides to steal another one, the former will be eliminated and replaced by the latter.

Each artist had to sing, a song of their choice, in order to convince their respective coach to pick them for the live shows.

In season 11 the rules were changed again: after each contestant's solo performance, the respective coach will have to decide either the artist qualify for the next round, is directly eliminated, or is sent to the "Danger Zone" – at risk of elimination.

After all members from one team have concluded their performances, the coach will save a number of artists from the "Danger Zone" to move on to the Playoffs.

Contestants who are sent to the "Danger Zone" and not chosen by their coach are eliminated, but have a chance to be saved.

In the live shows, the surviving acts from each team again perform and the public votes for their favorite, in order to advance to the next episode.

Therefore, the battle pairings were completely random, and would only be revealed when the coaches appeared with their selected artists on stage.

Due to this round, it would not be guaranteed if a coach would have a remaining contestant to fight for in the final, which happened for the first time in the show with Lubo Kirov's team in the eighth season.