The Voice of Ireland is an Irish reality talent show. The third series began airing on 5 January 2014 on RTÉ One. Kathryn Thomas presents the main show, while Eoghan McDermott co-presents. Bressie, Kian Egan and Jamelia returned as coaches while Dolores O'Riordan replaced Sharon Corr who left after the second series. The first episode aired on 5 January. After the show Jamelia and Dolores quit and were replaced by Una Foden/Healy and Rachel Stevens The Blind auditions took place on 18, 19 and 20 October at The Helix. An addition this season is that RTÉ 2fm have selected 5 wildcards to audition.
Cavan singer and guitarist Brendan McCahey was crowned the 2014 Voice of Ireland on 28 April 2014. He was victorious with his version and now single You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover. He was coached by Bressie and performed with Jerry Fish in the final.
Teams
Color key Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Eliminated in the Live shows Artist was stolen by another coach (Name is strikethroughed) Eliminated in the Battles Artist withdrew from the competition
Coaches Top 41 artists Jamelia Laura May Lenehan Gavin Murray Aisling Connolly Remy Naidoo Martin McInerney Daisy Valenzuela Catherine Hughes Leah McConnell Kelly Hannon Emma Collins Malachy Gaughan Kian Egan Jay Boland Paddy Molloy Danica Holland Laura O'Connor Craig McMorrow Pauric McLaughlin Aisling Connolly Dagan Vickers Daragh Kiely Jamie Hartigan Christopher Stoodley Dolores O'Riordan Kellie Lewis Mariah Butler Michelle Revins Emma Walsh Peter Whitford John Hogan Pauric McLaughlin Thomas Kinney Anna O'Hanlon Sean Sunderland Jamie Stanton Nella Dwyer Bressie Brendan McCahey Jamie Stanton Sarah Sylvia Ciara Donnelly Pádraig Byrne Kedar Friis-Lawrence Roel Villones Caoin Fitzpatrick Heather Stuart Emma Walsh Paddy Reilly
Blind Auditions The Blind auditions took place on 18, 19 and 20 October at The Helix. The coaches choose teams of artists through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they want that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist gets to choose their coach. This series, each coach gets to pick ten artists to join their team. Once the coaches have picked their team, they are to pit them against each other in the ultimate sing off; The Battles. An addition this season is that RTÉ 2fm have selected 5 wildcards to audition.
Color 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
Blind Auditions 1 Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia1 Gavin Murray "Cheating" 2 Ruth Mac Sweeney "Turn My Swag On" 3 Danica Holland "Do It like a Dude" 4 Kellie Lewis "Running Up That Hill" 5 Thomas Kinney "Can't Help Falling in Love" 6 Sharon Osigwe "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 7 Lynette Rooney "Redneck Woman" 8 Caoin Fitzpatrick "Made of Stone" 9 Jay Boland "All I Want" 10 Davina Brady "Piece of My Heart" 11 Sean Sunderland "Express Yourself"
Blind Auditions 2 Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia1 Pauric McLaughlin "Feel So Close" 2 Kelly Hannon "Don't You Worry Child" 3 Michéal Kavanagh "You Make It Real" 4 Jamie Hartigan "RIP Thomas" 5 Cassandra McElligott "The Only Exception" 6 Kedar Friis-Lawrence "Don't Look Back in Anger" 7 Jacob Cheikh "At Last" 8 Dagan Vickers "Love Me Again" 9 Mariah Butler "Before He Cheats" 10 Chantelle McNulty "So Good to Me" 11 Rachael Farrell "Lifted" 12 Ciara Donnelly "Lonely Boy"
Blind Auditions 3 Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia 1 Roel Villones "Nella Fantasia" 2 Kayla Kehoe "Royals" 3 Aisling Connolly "Cloudbusting" 4 James Sheridan "TiK ToK" 5 Áine Finlay "You da One" 6 Heather Stuart "Red" 7 Catherine Hughes "Blown Away" 8 Keith Tormay "Hard to Handle" 9 John Hogan "Little Boy Blue" 10 Emma Collins "Touch the Sky" 11 Siobhan McNamara "We Can't Stop" 12 Michelle Revins "Hurt"
Blind Auditions 4 Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia 1 Remy Naidoo "Feel So Close" 2 Dylan Brickley "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" 3 Martin McInerney "Mercy" 4 Aoife Byrne "It's Time" 5 Christopher Stoodley "Home and Away" 6 Aoibheann O'Brien "You Had Me" 7 Pádraig Byrne "Let's Get It On" 8 Alison Rushe "Backtrack" 9 Jamie Stanton "Gold on the Ceiling" 10 Malachy Gaughan "No Scrubs" 11 Cynthia Ediondseri "Spotlight" 12 Brendan McCahey "Starman"
Blind Auditions 5 Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia 1 Laura May Lenehan "Wrecking Ball" 2 Ryan Parsons "Sweet Disposition" 3 Nella Dwyer "Best Song Ever" 4 Paddy Molloy "Dreams" 5 Paula O'Niell "Who Knew" 6 Sarah Sylvia "Jóga" 7 Paddy Ryan "Cosmic Love" 8 Emma Walsh "Young and Beautiful" 9 Daragh Kiely "Wonderwall" 10 David O'Regan "Just the Two of Us" 11 Daisy Valenzuela "Teenage Dream" 12 Jane Wade "Roxanne"
Blind Auditions 6 Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia 1 Laura O'Connor "Hold On, We're Going Home" 2 Peter McGrory "Black" 3 Peter Whitford "Viva Forever" 4 Joanne Prendergast "What Now" 5 Craig McMarrow "Give Me Love" 6 Stephen Rixon "Bring Me to Life" 7 Saira Loughlan "Touch Me" 8 Leah McConnell "Summertime Sadness" 9 Lisa Geraghty "Clarity" 10 Paddy Reilly "Ring of Fire" 11 Anna O'Hanlon "Cry Me a River"
RTÉ 2fm Wildcards Caoin Fitzpatrick Ciara Donnelly Áine Finlay Brendan McCahey Daragh Kiely
Battles The Battle round took place on 15 and 16 December in The Helix. The coaches' mentors included UK singers Sarah Harding and Matt Cardle. There was a new format added to the battles for this series. If an act lost their battle, they are not immediately out of the competition. Each coach has one 'Steal' where they get the opportunity to take one losing act and have them join their team for the live shows. They do this by pressing their 'I Want You' button. 24 acts made it to the Live Shows.
Color key Artist won the Battle and advances to the Finals Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Finals Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated Artist withdrew from the competition
Coach Adviser Artists Steal Bressie Sarah Harding Caoin Fitzpatrick Ciara Donnelly Paddy Reilly Heather Stuart Brendan McCahey Jamie Stanton Kedar Friis-Lawrence Emma Walsh Pádraig Byrne Sarah Sylvia Roel Villones Dolores O'Riordan Fiachna O Braonain John Hogan Anna O'Hanlon Peter Whitford Mariah Butler Jamie Stanton Kellie Lewis Emma Walsh Nella Dwyer Thomas Kinney Sean Sunderland Michelle Revins Pauric McLaughlin Kian Egan Matt Cardle Aisling Connolly Danica Holland Jamie Hartigan Christopher Stoodley Dagan Vickers Pauric McLaughlin Jay Boland Daragh Kiely Laura O'Connor Craig McMarrow Paddy Molloy Jamelia Courtney Rumbold Gavin Murray Malachy Gaughan Catherine Hughes Emma Collins Daisy Valenzuela Aisling Connolly Leah McConnell Martin McInerney Laura May Lenehan Remy Naidoo Kelly Hannon
Battles 1 Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia 1 Jamelia Gavin Murray "No Air" Leah McConnell — — — 2 Bressie Kedar Friis-Lawrence "Wuthering Heights" Caoin Fitzpatrick — — — 3 Dolores O'Riordan John Hogan "Losing My Religion" Nella Dwyer — — — 4 Jamelia Martin McInerney "La La La" Malachy Gaughan — — — 5 Kian Egan Jay Boland "Just Give Me a Reason" Aisling Connolly — —
Battles 2 Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia 1 Kian Egan Danica Holland "As" Daragh Kiely — — 2 Dolores O'Riordan Peter Whitford "Breakeven" Anna O'Hanlon — — Thomas Kinney — — 3 Bressie Ciara Donnelly "My Hero" Emma Walsh 4 Jamelia Laura May Lenehan "Roar" Catherine Hughes 5 Kian Egan Laura O'Connor "Love the Way You Lie" Jamie Hartigan —
Battles 3 Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia 1 Dolores O'Riordan Mariah Butler "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Sean Sunderland — — 2 Kian Egan Craig McMarrow "Apologize" Christopher Stoodley — 3 Bressie Pádraig Byrne "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Paddy Reilly — 4 Dolores O'Riordan Michelle Revins "Nothing Else Matters" Jamie Stanton — 5 Jamelia Remy Naidoo "Elastic Heart" Emma Collins —
Battles 4 Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia 1 Jamelia Daisy Valenzuela "Fighter" Kelly Hannon — 2 Kian Egan Paddy Molloy "Radioactive" Dagan Vickers 3 Bressie Sarah Sylvia "She Keeps Me Warm" Heather Stuart — 4 Dolores O'Riordan Kellie Lewis "True Colors" Pauric McLaughlin 5 Bressie Brendan McCahey "Everytime You Go Away" Roel Villones
The Live Shows The Live Shows aired live on RTÉ One from The Helix in a two-hour-long show every Sunday evening from mid-March to the end of April. The 24 contestants were narrowed down to just four by public voting and the grand-final saw each remaining act release their single with a famous musician. The winner of the show received a recording contract with Universal Music and the title of 'The Voice of Ireland'.
Results summary Color keys Artist's info Artist from Team Bressie Artist from Team Jamelia Artist from Team Dolores Artist from Team Kian
Result details
Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Artist advanced to the finals
Artist was saved by the public Artist was saved as a wildcard Artist was in the bottom two Artist received the fewest of the public's vote and was eliminated Artist did not perform on that particular week
Artist Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Top 10 Semi-Final Final Brendan McCahey Safe Safe Safe Advanced Winner Kellie Lewis Safe Safe Safe Advanced Runner-Up Laura May Lenehan Safe Safe Safe Advanced Third Place Jamie Stanton Safe Safe Safe Advanced Fourth Place Jay Boland Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 6) Paddy Molloy Safe Wildcard Safe Eliminated Danica HollandBottom two Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 5) Mariah Butler Safe Safe Eliminated Gavin MurrayBottom two Wildcard Eliminated Aisling Connolly Bottom two Safe Eliminated Remy Naidoo Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 4) Sarah SylviaBottom two Eliminated Michelle RevinsBottom two Eliminated Emma Walsh Bottom two Eliminated Eliminated (Week 3) Laura O'ConnorBottom two Eliminated Ciara DonnellyBottom two Eliminated Martin McInerney Eliminated Eliminated (Week 2) Pádraig Byrne Eliminated Craig McMorrow Eliminated Peter Whitford Eliminated Daisy Valenzuela Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1) Kedar Friis-Lawrence Eliminated John Hogan Eliminated Pauric McLaughlin Eliminated
Live show details Color key Artist was saved by the public's vote Artist was part of the bottom two in his/her team and saved by his/her coach Artist was saved by the public vote as a wildcard Artist was eliminated
Live Show 1 (16 March) Guest performer: Kian Egan ("Home")
+ Artists' performances on the first live show Order Coach Artist SongCoaches' scores Result Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia Total 1 Kian Egan Jay Boland "Happy" 7 7 6 20 Safe 2 Pauric McLaughlin "Revelate" 6 7 6 19 Eliminated 3 Laura O'Connor "Move" 6 6 7 19 Kian's choice 4 Dolores O'Riordan Michelle Revins "Come as You Are" 8 7 8 23 Dolores's choice 5 John Hogan "Freaky Wild" (original song) 6 6 6 18 Eliminated 6 Kellie Lewis "Wings" 7 9 6 22 Safe 7 Jamelia Gavin Murray "Of the Night" 8 6 6 20 Jamelia's choice 8 Laura May Lenehan "Picking Up the Pieces" 8 6 8 22 Safe 9 Daisy Valenzuela "Just Dance" 6 6 6 18 Eliminated 10 Bressie Sarah Sylvia "Clarity" 8 7 7 22 Bressie's choice 11 Kedar Friis-Lawrence "Another Love" 5 6 6 17 Eliminated 12 Brendan McCahey "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" 7 8 9 24 Safe