[1] Both singers and songwriters Mark Forster and Nico Santos returned as coaches for their fifth and second seasons, respectively, and two new coaches joined: singers and songwriters Johannes Oerding, and Sarah Connor, who replaced Samu Haber & Rea Garvey, and Stefanie Kloss & Yvonne Catterfeld.
[3] Thore Schölermann and Lena Gercke returned as hosts for their tenth and seventh seasons, respectively.
Sebastian Krenz was named The Voice of Germany on December 19, 2021, this marked Johannes Oerding’s first and only win as a coach.
[5] On 15 June 2021, it was rumored that Johannes Oerding and Sarah Connor would be joining the show as new coaches, whereas Mark Forster and Nico Santos would be returning.
[6] On 25 June 2021, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced that Forster, Santos, Oerding and Connor would be the coaches for the eleventh season, alongside Elif Demirezer who became this year's fifth coach, mentoring unsuccessful auditioners as well as eliminated artists from later rounds of the competition, on the online version The Voice: Comeback Stage by SEAT.
Sarah Connor participated in the recordings via video link after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Elif selects a total of three further participants from all groups for the fourth round of the Comeback Stage.
[15] On the afternoon of November 28, it was announced that Anouar Chauech from Sarah Connor's team would not be admitted to the Sing Offs because he had repeatedly violated values and rules.
The two winners compete in the live shows against the talents of the main coaches (Forster, Santos, Connor, and Oerding), singing for a chance to win the eleventh season of The Voice of Germany.
[20] An initially planned guest appearance by Ed Sheeran was canceled shortly before the broadcast due to COVID-19 cases in his environment.