The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourth series started on 10 January 2015. Emma Willis and Marvin Humes returned as hosts, alongside coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, and Ricky Wilson. Kylie Minogue did not return because of her touring commitments, and was replaced by Rita Ora. On 4 April 2015, Stevie McCrorie was announced the winner of the series, making him the first winner to have received an all-chair turn in the blind auditions. It was also Ricky Wilson's first win as coach.
Coaches
On 22 March 2014, Kylie Minogue confirmed that she would not be returning for another series; when asked if she would return under different circumstances, she said "I would have to think about it really seriously as I did for this series".
Two days later, the BBC confirmed that she was not quitting the show, but on 11 April 2014, Minogue tweeted that she would not be returning and on 23 September, it was announced that Rita Ora would replace her.
Promotion Promotional photos were released on 18 December 2014, including photos of: the coaches (Wilson, Jones, Ora & will.i.am); the presenters (Willis & Humes); and singular shots of each coach.
On 20 December 2014, the first trailer for the series premiered following the final of Strictly Come Dancing at 19:55. The trailer features the four coaches sitting at a bar, when a crow singing behind them catches their attention. They begin to sing along with the crow until a waiter brings over a cooked chicken that they have ordered. Despite thinking the crow would be annoyed, he continues to sing with the group then joining in.
Teams Colour key: Winner Runner-up Third place Eliminated in the Live shows Eliminated in the Knockouts Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles Eliminated in the Battles
Coach Top 48 Artists will.i.am Lucy O'Byrne Sheena McHughVikesh Champaneri Esmée Denters Brooklyn Lammiman Jake Shakeshaft Newtion Matthews Ryan Green Joyful Soundz Karl Loxley Hollie Barrie Andrew Marc Rozzy Turner Stephen Cornwell Rita OraJoe WoolfordKaris ThomasClark CarmodyLiss JonesDTwinzMitch MillerShellyann Evans Hannah Wildes Olivia Lawson Ryan Green Morven Brown The Mac Bros NK Vanessa Hunt Sir Tom JonesSasha SimoneHoward RoseLara Lee Rosa Iamele Sharon Murphy Daniel Duke Joyful Soundz Karl Loxley Claudia Rose Kim Alvord Lisa Ward Cai Williams Stephanie Webber Roisin Geraghty-McDonagh Ricky WilsonStevie McCrorieEmmanuel Nwamadi Autumn Sharif Letitia George Hannah Symons Christina Matovu Claudia Rose Olivia Lawson Hannah Wildes Shellyann Evans Vikesh Champaneri Classical Reflection Jade Hewitt Tim Arnold
Blind auditions Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they wanted that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist will choose their coach.
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 (10 January) The 90-minute premiere of the series was broadcast on 10 January 2015 from 7.00pm until 8.30pm. This was the first year that the first act got less than 4 turns.
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Ready to Go" Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am Rita Tom Ricky 1 Letitia George 24 "Stay with Me" — 2 Lucy O'Byrne 23 "Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana" — — 3 Howard Rose 27 "My Generation" — — 4 Emilie Cunliffe 16"Clarity" — — — — 5 Ryan Green 17 "Magic" — — — 6 Paul Cullinan 48"Mustang Sally" — — — — 7Hannah Symons26"Powerless" 8 Matt Eaves 30"House of the Rising Sun" — — — — 9 Stephen McLaughlin 16"Piece of My Heart" — — — — 10Stevie McCrorie29"All I Want"
Episode 2 (17 January) The second episode was broadcast on 17 January 2015, and 85 minutes long, airing from 7.00pm until 8.25pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am Rita Tom Ricky 1 Jade Hewitt 27 "Here for the Party" — — 2 Marc Armstrong 36"Jealous Guy" — — — — 3 Classical Reflection 19 "Nella Fantasia" — — — 4 Jake Shakeshaft 19 "Thinking Out Loud" — 5 Billy Bottle and Martine 33 & 34"The Power" — — — — 6 Mitchell Noakes 19"Heartbreak Hotel" — — — — 7 Sasha Simone 25 "XO"/"Royals" — — 8 Shellyann Evans 26 "Kiss from a Rose" — — — 9 Tom Carpenter 20"Suit and Tie" — — — — 10 Clark Carmody 26 "I'm Not the Only One" — —
Episode 3 (24 January) The third episode was broadcast on 24 January 2015, and 85 minutes long, broadcast from 7.00pm until 8.25pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am Rita Tom Ricky 1Stephanie Webber25"Mama's Broken Heart" 2 Josh McDonough 19"Waves" — — — — 3 Otty Warmann 32"Express Yourself" — — — — 4 Joe Woolford 19 "Lights" — 5 Daniel Duke 24 "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" — 6 Shirleymarie 31"Here You Come Again" — — — — 7 Liss Jones 24 "Dark Horse" — 8 James Duke 24"Love Story"/"Sugar, We're Going Down" — — — — 9 Dene Michael 57"Never Give Up on a Good Thing" — — — — 10 Emmanuel Nwamadi 23 "The Sweetest Taboo" — — — 11Esmée Denters26"Yellow"
Episode 4 (31 January) The fourth episode was broadcast on 31 January 2015, and was 90 minutes long, airing from 7.00pm until 8.30pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am Rita Tom Ricky 1 Tim Arnold 39 "Running Up That Hill" — — — 2 Kim Alvord 24 "Scream (Funk My Life Up)" — — — 3Dawn Allen48"Wish I Didn't Miss You" — — — — 4 Ross Harris 23"Good Kisser" — — — — 5 The Mac Bros 24 "Bohemian Rhapsody"/"Johnny B. Goode"/"Oh My God" — — — 6Hollie Barrie30"Timber" 7 Ciaran O'Driscoll25"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" — — — — 8 Morven Brown 17 "Afterglow" — — — 9 Oli Bond17"All Along the Watchtower" — — — — 10 Rosa Iamele 16 "White Noise" — — 11 Sharon Murphy 52 "Forever Young" — — 12 DTwinz 23 "Shy Guy" — 13 Cai Williams 34 "Licence to Kill" — — — 14 Stephen Bloy 44"Bring Him Home" — — — — 15 Olivia Lawson 17 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" —
Episode 5 (7 February) The fifth episode was broadcast on 7 February 2015, and was 85 minutes long, airing from 7.15pm until 8.40pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am Rita Tom Ricky 1 Newtion Matthews 30 "Who Did That To You?" — — — 2 Hannah Wildes 24 "All Good Things (Come to an End)" — 3 Alex David Charles 52"I Wish" — — — — 4 Karis Thomas 16 "Right to Be Wrong" — — — 5 Harris Hameed 16"Apologize" — — — — 6 Stephen Cornwell 23 "She Looks So Perfect" — — 7 Kate Flynn 23"Best of You" — — — — 8 Krazy Horse 70"Bad Moon Rising" — — — — 9 Vikesh Champaneri 19 "Hometown Glory" — 10 Rozzy Turner 33 "Bang Bang" — — — 11 Brooklyn Lammiman 19 "Super Bass" — 12 Nathan Moore 49"Seven Nation Army" — — — — 13 Claudia Rose 17 "Love You I Do" — —
Episode 6 (14 February) The sixth episode was broadcast on 14 February 2015, and was 80 minutes long, airing from 7.15pm until 8.35pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am Rita Tom Ricky 1 Karl Loxley 24 "Nessun Dorma" — — — 2 Si Genaro 43"Falling Slowly" — — — — 3 Mia Sylvester 27"Addicted To You" — — — — 4 Keedie Green 41"Titanium" — — — — 5 Lara Lee 29 "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" — — —6Joyful Soundz39 & 34"You're All I Need To Get By" — — — 7 The Rise 33 & 32"Pop" — — — — 8 Susan Lovejoy 49"MacArthur Park" — — — — 9 NK 21 "Me and My Broken Heart" — 10 Damian Dalton Smith 39"Folsom Prison Blues" — — — — 11 Christina Matovu 24 "If I Go" — — — 12Sheena McHugh26"Hold On, We're Going Home"
Episode 7 (21 February) The seventh episode was broadcast on 21 February 2015, and was 85 minutes long, airing from 7.00pm until 8.25pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am Rita Tom Ricky 1 Vanessa Hunt 26 "Sunshine of Your Love" — 2 Matt Baker 32"Are You Gonna Go My Way" — — — — 3 Autumn Sharif 19 "Crying for No Reason" — — 4 Kyle Parry 27"Try" — — — rowspan="11" 5 Michelle Gee 40"I Feel For You" — — — 6 Sarah Dunn 33"Barbie Girl" — — — 7 Mitch Miller 26 "Fancy" — — 8 JoCee 23"Show Me Love" — rowspan="7" — 9 Craig Bunch 35"With a Little Help from My Friends" — — 10 Roisin Geraghty-McDonagh 25 "Coat of Many Colours" — 11 Annelies Kruidenier 20"Chandelier" — — 12 Charlotte Turnbull 18"Gecko (Overdrive)" — — 13 Lisa Ward 26 "Weak" 14 Andrew Marc 48 "What's Love Got to Do with It" rowspan="1"
Battle rounds The battle rounds will consist of two 2 hour shows on 28 February and 7 March. In a change for the fourth series, the coaches will be allowed to steal two artists each, as opposed to just the one in the previous two series. The eighth episode was 120 minutes long, and aired from 7.15pm until 9.15pm and The ninth episode was 120 minutes long, and aired from 7.30pm until 9.30pm.
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 Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result will.i.am Rita Tom Ricky Episode 1will.i.am 1 Newtion Matthews "Shout" Joyful Soundz — —Ricky Wilson 2 Christina Matovu "Love Runs Out" Jade Hewitt — — — Rita Ora 3 Joe Woolford "I Won't Give Up" Ryan Green —will.i.am 4 Brooklyn Lammiman "Paradise City" Rozzy Turner — — —Tom Jones 5 Rosa Iamele "Halo" Claudia Rose — Ricky Wilson 6 Hannah Symons "Edge of Seventeen" Shellyann Evans — — Rita Ora 7 Clark Carmody "Everytime" Olivia Lawson — — Tom Jones 8 Sharon Murphy "Blame It on Me" Roisin Geraghty-McDonagh — — rowspan="5" Rita Ora 9 Mitch Miller "Express Yourself" Morven Brown — —Tom Jones10 Howard Rose "You Make My Dreams" Stephanie Webber — — Ricky Wilson 11 Stevie McCrorie "Demons" Tim Arnold — — —will.i.am 12 Lucy O'Byrne "Memory" Karl Loxley — Episode 2 Ricky Wilson 1Letitia George "Under Pressure" Vikesh Champaneri — rowspan="12" rowspan="12" will.i.am 2 Jake Shakeshaft "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" Stephen Cornwell rowspan="11" —Rita Ora 3Liss Jones "Straight Up" Vanessa Hunt Tom Jones 4 Daniel Duke "Am I Wrong" Cai Williams —will.i.am 5 Sheena McHugh "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" Hollie Barrie —Ricky Wilson 6Autumn Sharif "If I Ain't Got You" Hannah Wildes will.i.am 7 Esmee Denters "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" Andrew Marc rowspan="6" Rita Ora 8 DTwinz "Maps" The Mac BrosTom Jones 9 Sasha Simone "The Tracks of My Tears" Lisa WardRita Ora 10 Karis Thomas "Don't Speak" NKTom Jones 11 Lara Lee "My Kind of Love" Kim AlvordRicky Wilson 12 Emmanuel Nwamadi "The Living Years" Classical Reflection
Knockout rounds The Knockout rounds aired on 14 and 15 March 2015. Teams of 8 after the battles were stripped down to 3 for the live shows. The tenth episode was 75 minutes long, and aired from 7.15pm until 8.30pm and eleventh episode was 75 minutes long, and aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm.
Colour key: Artist won the Knockouts and advanced to the Live shows Artist lost the Knockouts and was eliminated