The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eighth series began airing on 5 January 2019 and concluded on 6 April 2019, presented by Emma Willis on ITV. will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned for their eighth, third, seventh and second series, respectively.
On 6 April 2019, Molly Hocking was announced the winner of the series, marking Olly Murs’ first win as coach.
Coaches
Coaches for series 8 of The Voice UK
On 1 November 2018, it was announced that Vick Hope (last series’ backstage reporter and The V Room host) would be replaced by AJ Odudu.[1]
On 9 March 2019, the guest mentors for the knockout round were announced to be: James Arthur to help Sir Tom Jones, Nicole Scherzinger to help will.i.am, Olly Alexander (of Years & Years) to help Jennifer Hudson and Anne-Marie to help Olly Murs.[2]
Teams
Colour key:
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
- Fourth place
- Eliminated in the Semi-Final
- Eliminated in the Knockouts
- Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles
- Eliminated in the Battles
| Coach | Top 40 Artists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | ||||||
| Emmanuel Smith | NXTGEN | Christina Ellinas | Ilianna | Gabriel Dryss | Callum Butterworth | |
| Shivon Kane | Seth Oraeki | Khadija | Nyema Kalfon | Brieya May | ||
| Jennifer Hudson | ||||||
| Nicole Dennis | Moya | Sarah Tucker | Remember Monday | Bukky Oronti | Connie Lamb | |
| Luke Swatman | Craig Forsyth | Gisela Green | Kieron Smith | |||
| Sir Tom Jones | ||||||
| Deana Walmsley | Bethzienna Williams | Cedric Neal | Ayanam Udoma | Roger Samuels | Equip to Overcome | |
| Grace Latchford | Marina Simioni | Peter Donegan | Mike Platt | |||
| Olly Murs | ||||||
| Molly Hocking | Jimmy Balito | Stefan Mahendra | Georgia Bray | Harrisen Larner-Main | Eva Campbell | |
| Lauren Hope | Nikki Ambers | Flat Pack | ||||
Blind auditions
It was announced by ITV that the eighth series would begin broadcasting on 5 January 2019.[3]
- Colour key
| ✔ | Coach hit his/her “I WANT YOU” button |
| Artist defaulted to this coach’s team | |
| Artist elected to join this coach’s team | |
| Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her “I WANT YOU” button | |
| Artist Received an “All Turn” |
Episode 1 (5 January)
The series premiere aired on from 8:30pm until 9:35pm.
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | ||||
| Mike Platt | 1 | 32 | “Show Me Heaven” | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Heidi Lewis | 2 | 17 | “Lost Without You” | — | — | — | — |
| Remember Monday | 3 | 24 | “Kiss from a Rose” | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Brieya May | 4 | 16 | “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| Liam Walker | 5 | 36 | “Landslide” | — | — | — | — |
| Peter Donegan | 6 | 35 | “Bless the Broken Road” | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Molly Hocking | 7 | 17 | “You Take My Breath Away” | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nicole Dennis | 8 | 24 | “Never Enough” | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 2 (12 January)
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | ||||
| Bukky Oronti | 1 | 16 | “Say Something” | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| Dean Mac | 2 | 27 | “Pony” | — | — | — | — |
| Connie Lamb | 3 | 17 | “Skyscraper” | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cedric Neal | 4 | 43 | “Higher Ground” | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Chris Daley | 5 | 35 | “Lucky Man” | — | — | — | — |
| Flat Pack | 6 | 36-43 | “Luck Be a Lady” | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Grace Latchford | 7 | 17 | “Love Says” | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Emmanuel Smith | 8 | 29 | “Hallelujah” | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 3 (19 January)
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | ||||
| Luke Swatman | 1 | 35 | “Il Mare Calmo Della Sera” | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Christina Ellinas | 2 | 27 | “Lullaby” | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lauz | 3 | 17 | “A Little Less Conversation” | — | — | — | — |
| Harrisen Larner-Main | 4 | 25 | “Have a Little Faith in Me” | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Holly Lefevre | 5 | 23 | “You Are the Reason” | — | — | — | — |
| Jimmy Balito | 6 | 23 | “Higher Love” | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| NXTGEN | 7 | 21 | “Cry Me a River” | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| Sarah Tucker | 8 | 34 | “In My Blood” | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 4 (26 January)
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | ||||
| Eden Kavanagh | 1 | 24 | “They Just Keep Moving The Line” | — | — | — | — |
| Callum Butterworth | 2 | 17 | “Mercy” | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Stefan Mahendra | 3 | 23 | “Redbone” | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Robin Martin | 4 | 41 | “You Gotta Be” | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Morlen | 5 | 23 | “Scared to Be Lonely” | — | — | — | — |
| Ilianna | 6 | 21 | “Location” | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Craig Forsyth | 7 | 28 | “The Impossible Dream” | — | ✔ | — | — |
| Bethzienna Williams | 8 | 28 | “Cry to Me” | — | ✔ | — | — |
| Roger Samuels | 9 | 43 | “Footprints in the Sand” | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
Episode 5 (2 February)
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | ||||
| Equip To Overcome | 1 | 20 | “Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2” | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Sherie Harthill | 2 | 37 | “Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin’ on Me)” | — | — | — | — |
| Eva Campbell | 3 | 16 | “Teardrop” | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Khadija | 4 | 21 | “Underwater Love” | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Craig Roystone | 5 | 21 | “This Is The Last Time” | — | — | — | — |
| Nikki Ambers | 6 | 22 | “Better Now” | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Seth Oraeki | 7 | 17 | “Jealous” | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| Moya | 8 | 27 | “Grace” | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 6 (9 February)
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | ||||
| Nyema Kalfon | 1 | 22 | “Answerphone” | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| Gabriel Dryss | 2 | 16 | “Treasure” | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Clare McCulloch | 3 | 34 | “Hard to Handle” | — | — | — | — |
| Gisela Green | 4 | 27 | “Best Part” | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Stephanie Hill | 5 | 24 | “I Could Have Danced All Night” | — | — | — | — |
| Georgia Bray | 6 | 21 | “Firework” | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Jack Hawitt | 7 | 29 | “Diamonds” | — | — | — | — |
| Kenza Blanka | 8 | 34 | “Papaoutai” | — | — | — | — |
| Deana Walmsley | 9 | 23 | “Back to Black” | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 7 (16 February)
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | ||||
| Shivon Kane | 1 | 19 | “Fine Line” | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Amy Hawthorn | 2 | 29 | “Best of My Love” | Team full | — | — | — |
| Philippa Akers | 3 | 27 | “Ain’t Nobody” | — | — | — | |
| Ayanam Udoma | 4 | 27 | “Wonderwall” | — | ✔ | — | |
| Kieron Smith | 5 | 26 | “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” | ✔ | — | — | |
| Chloe Jones | 6 | 25 | “Call Me” | Team full | — | — | |
| Ryan Simpson | 7 | 25 | “New Shoes” | — | — | ||
| GGMK | 8 | 17 | “Forget You” | — | — | ||
| Rainy Hall | 9 | 32 | “Run to You” | — | — | ||
| Lauren Hope | 10 | 20 | “Addicted to Love” | — | ✔ | ||
| Marina Simioni | 11 | 27 | “Show Me Love” | ✔ | Team full | ||
Battle rounds
- Colour key
| ✔ | Coach hit his/her “I WANT YOU” button |
| Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
Episode 1 (23 February)
| Order | Coach | Artists | Song | Coaches’ and artists choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | |||||
| 1 | Sir Tom Jones | Cedric Neal | Mike Platt | “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2 | will.i.am | Ilianna | Brieya May | “American Boy” | N/a | — | — | — |
| 3 | Jennifer Hudson | Remember Monday | Kieron Smith | “Home” | — | N/a | — | — |
| 4 | Olly Murs | Molly Hocking | Connie Lamb | “With You” | — | ✔ | — | N/a |
| 5 | will.i.am | Christina Ellinas | Nyema Kalfon | “Confident” | N/a | Team full | — | — |
| 6 | Olly Murs | Georgia Bray | Flat Pack | “Hit the Road Jack” | — | — | N/a | |
| 7 | Sir Tom Jones | Roger Samuels | Jimmy Balito | “Let It Be” | ✔ | N/a | ✔ | |
Episode 2 (2 March)
| Order | Coach | Artists | Song | Coaches’ and artists choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | |||||
| 1 | will.i.am | Emmanuel Smith | Khadija | “Fallin’” | N/a | Team full | — | Team full |
| 2 | Olly Murs | Eva Campbell | Callum Butterworth | “This Town” | ✔ | — | ||
| 3 | Jennifer Hudson | Moya | Bethzienna Williams | “Never Tear Us Apart” | Team full | ✔ | ||
| 4 | will.i.am | NXTGEN | Seth Oraeki | “Youngblood” | Team full | |||
| 5 | Jennifer Hudson | Bukky Oronti | Gisela Green | “Best Thing I Never Had” | ||||
| 6 | Sir Tom Jones | Deana Walmsley | Peter Donegan | “Make You Feel My Love” | ||||
Episode 3 (9 March)
| Order | Coach | Artists | Song | Coaches’ and artists choices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly | |||||
| 1 | Sir Tom Jones | Equip to Overcome | Marina Simioni | “Team” | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |
| 2 | Olly Murs | Stefan Mahendra | Nikki Ambers | “We Don’t Talk Anymore” | ||||
| 3 | Sir Tom Jones | Ayanam Udoma | Grace Latchford | “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” | ||||
| 4 | Jennifer Hudson | Sarah Tucker | Craig Forsyth | “Against All Odds” | ||||
| 5 | will.i.am | Gabriel Dryss | Shivon Kane | “Feels” | ||||
| 6 | Olly Murs | Harrisen Larner-Main | Lauren Hope | “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” | ||||
| 7 | JHud | Nicole Dennis | Luke Swatman | “Your Song” | ||||
Knockouts
A new voting system called Lifeline vote was introduced this year, which would save one contestant from the 16 eliminated acts based on the public’s vote. The act who was saved by lifeline vote would be revealed at the beginning of the live Semi-final.[4]
Episode 1 (16 March)
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Tom Jones | Deana Walmsley | “Dusk Till Dawn” | Advanced |
| 2 | Roger Samuels | “Grace” | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Equip to Overcome | “When Love Takes Over” | ||
| 1 | Jennifer Hudson | Connie Lamb | “2002” | |
| 2 | Moya | “Woman” | Advanced | |
| 3 | Sarah Tucker | “The Edge of Glory” | Eliminated | |
| 1 | will.i.am | NXTGEN | “Runnin’ (Lose It All)” | Advanced |
| 2 | Callum Butterworth | “Mirrors” | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Gabriel Dryss | “Just Got Paid” | ||
| 1 | Olly Murs | Eva Campbell | “Unstoppable” | |
| 2 | Harrisen Larner-Main | “You Get What You Give” | ||
| 3 | Jimmy Balito | “High and Dry” | Advanced |
Episode 2 (23 March)
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olly Murs | Georgia Bray | “Black and Gold” | Eliminated |
| 2 | Molly Hocking | “Human” | Advanced | |
| 3 | Stefan Mahendra | “God Is a Woman” | Eliminated | |
| 1 | Jennifer Hudson | Nicole Dennis | “Because of You” | Advanced |
| 2 | Remember Monday | “Jailbreaker” | Eliminated | |
| 3 | Bukky Oronti | “Set Fire to the Rain” | ||
| 1 | will.i.am | Ilianna | “Street Life” | |
| 2 | Emmanuel Smith | “Made a Way” | Advanced | |
| 3 | Christina Ellinas | “Pretty Hurts” | Eliminated | |
| 1 | Sir Tom Jones | Ayanam Udoma | “Thunder” | |
| 2 | Bethzienna Williams | “River” | Saved by Lifeline vote | |
| 3 | Cedric Neal | “Bridge over Troubled Water” | Advanced |
Live shows
The live shows began on 30 March 2019.[5]
Results summary
- Team’s colour key
- Team Will
- Team JHud
- Team Tom
- Team Olly
- Result’s colour key
- Artist received the most public votes
- Artist received the fewest votes and was eliminated
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||
| Molly Hocking | 1st 26.8% |
1st 38.49% |
Winner 55.2% | ||
| Deana Walmsley | 3rd 15.21% |
2nd 29.54% |
Runner-up 44.8% | ||
| Jimmy Balito | 2nd 17.69% |
3rd 19.66% |
Eliminated (Week 2) | ||
| Bethzienna Williams | 4th 12.2% |
4th 12.31% | |||
| Cedric Neal | 5th 8.54% |
Eliminated (Week 1) | |||
| Emmanuel Smith | 6th 7.36% | ||||
| Nicole Dennis | 7th 4.63% | ||||
| NXTGEN | 8th 4.37% | ||||
| Moya | 9th 3.19% | ||||
Week 1: Semi-final (30 March)
- Musical guest: Donel Mangena (“Planets”)
With the eliminations of Emmanuel Smith, Moya, NXTGEN and Nicole Dennis, will.i.am and Jennifer Hudson no longer have any artists remaining on their teams. This is the first time in all eight seasons that will.i.am does not have an artist represented in the final. This is also the first time in the show’s history that only two coaches are represented in the final. With the advancements of Bethzienna Williams and Jimmy Balito, this is the first time that a stolen artist, who is representing the finals, did not originally earn a chair turn by their coach in the blind auditions.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | will.i.am | Emmanuel Smith | “Giant” | Eliminated |
| 2 | Jennifer Hudson | Nicole Dennis | “Dream On” | |
| 3 | Sir Tom Jones | Deana Walmsley | “Autumn Leaves” | Advanced |
| 4 | Bethzienna Williams | “You Don’t Own Me” | ||
| 5 | Olly Murs | Jimmy Balito | “Fix You” | |
| 6 | Jennifer Hudson | Moya | “I Will Wait” | Eliminated |
| 7 | will.i.am | NXTGEN | “Embrace” | |
| 8 | Sir Tom Jones | Cedric Neal | “High Hopes” | |
| 9 | Olly Murs | Molly Hocking | “I’ll Never Love Again” | Advanced |
Week 2: Final (6 April)
- Musical guest: Ruti (“Racing Cars”)
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – “Gimme Some Lovin’”
| Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Duet (with Coach) | Order | Winners single | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olly Murs | Jimmy Balito | “The Best” | 5 | “All Right Now” | N/A | N/A | 3rd Place |
| 2 | Sir Tom Jones | Bethzienna Williams | “Call Out My Name” | 6 | “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” | N/A | N/A | 4th Place |
| 3 | Sir Tom Jones | Deana Walmsley | “Hometown Glory” | 7 | “I Believe” | 9 | “Autumn Leaves” | Runner-up |
| 4 | Olly Murs | Molly Hocking | “Someone You Loved” | 8 | “Stars” | 10 | “I’ll Never Love Again” | Winner |
Reception
Ratings
Official ratings are 28-day figures, include viewers watching on PC and mobile devices, and are taken from BARB.[6]
| Episode | Date | Official ratings | ITV weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind auditions 1 | 5 January | 6.36 | 13 |
| Blind auditions 2 | 12 January | 5.87 | 19 |
| Blind auditions 3 | 19 January | 5.88 | 18 |
| Blind auditions 4 | 26 January | 6.12 | 16 |
| Blind auditions 5 | 2 February | 5.84 | |
| Blind auditions 6 | 9 February | 5.53 | |
| Blind auditions 7 | 16 February | 5.54 | |
| Battle Rounds 1 | 23 February | 5.12 | 14 |
| Battle Rounds 2 | 2 March | 4.87 | |
| Battle Rounds 3 | 9 March | 4.63 | 17 |
| Knockout Rounds 1 | 16 March | 4.69 | |
| Knockout Rounds 2 | 23 March | 4.21 | 16 |
| Live Semi-Final | 30 March | 13 | |
| Live Final | 6 April | 5.36 | 15 |
References
- ^ “AJ Odudu is the new Backstage Reporter for The Voice UK”. www.itv.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ “The Voice 2019 guest mentors revealed”. Radio Times. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ ITV (4 December 2017). “The Voice returns in January!”. ITV plc. United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ “The Voice introduces new lifeline vote”. BT. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ “The Voice UK 2019 Voting Stats”. ITV. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ “Four-screen dashboard (see relevant week)”. BARB.