The fifth season of The Voice began on 1 May 2016. Jessie J, Delta Goodrem and The Madden Brothers returned as coaches with Ronan Keating replacing Ricky Martin. Sonia Kruger became solo host of the season after Darren McMullen left the series.
Alfie Arcuri from Team Delta won the competition, marking Goodrem's first victory as a coach and the second female coach after Jessie J to win a season. Adam Ladell, also from Team Delta, finished as runner-up, while Tash Lockhart and Ellen Reed finished in third and fourth place, respectively. This season was the last to feature The Madden Brothers and Jessie J as coaches. This is also the first series where the first artist to auditon, in this case Arcuri, ended up winning the series.
Coaches and host Of the coaches from the previous season, Jessie J, Delta Goodrem, and The Madden Brothers returned. Ricky Martin departed the series and was replaced by Boyzone member Ronan Keating. During the third live show, The Madden Brothers were absent due to touring commitments & were replaced by sister duo The Veronicas.
Teams Color key
Coach Top 48 Ronan Keating Tash Lockhart Mitch Gardner Georgia Wiggins Emad Younan Georgia Carey Kayleigh Killick Nina Ferro Sam Trenwith Adam Ladell Mikaela Dean Astrid Ripepi Elswijk Nic Jeffries Sarah Browne Jessie J Ellen ReedJack PellowMikaela DeanBrianna Holm Ashleigh Marshall The Koi Boys Maddison McNamara Nada-Leigh & Jasmin Aaliyah Warren Calvin Swart Carmel Rodrigues Claire Howell Ilisavani Cava Delta Goodrem Alfie Arcuri Adam LadellKim SheehyElle Murphy Marcia Howard Calvin Swart Maryann Wright Shirin Majd Tash Lockhart Andrew McKinnon Ben Logan Crissy Ashcroft Maxon Natasha Hoeberigs The Madden Brothers Andrew LoadsmanAaliyah WarrenLane Sinclair Lexi Clark Blake Morgan Carmel Rodrigues Nazzereene Taleb Talia Giancaspro Georgia Wiggins Maddison McNamara Casey Rose Don Leaton Kylie Jane Nathan Lamont.
Blind auditions
Color key Coach hit the "I/WE WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this team Artist elected to join this team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing "I/WE WANT YOU" button Artist received an 'All Turn'.
Episode 1 (1 May) The coaches performed a cover of "Hello" together at the start of the show.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1 Alfie Arcuri27"Scars" 2Blake Morgan21"Talk Is Cheap" — — — 3Claire Fabri20"I Kissed a Girl" — — — —4Jack Pellow22"From Eden" —5 Maddison McNamara21"Gone" 6Ace Avenue26"When You Say Nothing at All" — — — —7Lexi Clark19"Nothing's Real but Love" —
Episode 2 (2 May)
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1Elle Murphy19"Devil Inside" — 2Jay Parrino30"Whole Lotta Love" — — — —3Tash Lockhart22"Turning Tables" — —4Claire Howell18"Who You Are" 5Truman Mullins24"Latch" — — — —6Maryann Wright25"Maybe This Time" — —7Lane Sinclair21"When You Were Young" — 8Georgia Carey21"Let It Go"
Episode 3 (3 May)
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1Sam Trenwith21"I Don't Wanna Be" — —2Nina Ferro42"Why" — 3Mitchell Cox26"This Is The Moment" — — — —4Sarah Jane28"How Deep Is Your Love" — — — —5Mitch Gardner19"Only Love" — —6Ben Logan44"Caruzo" — — —7Jordan Welshman20"Amnesia" — — — —8Brianna Holm20"Creep"
Episode 4 (9 May)
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1Andrew Loadsman30"Demons" 2Alexandra Younes20"Hate on Me" — — — —3Calvin Swart20"Style" — — 4Casey Rose*22"Poker Face" — — 5Marcia Howard55"Fields of Gold" — — —6Col Usher39"When Love Comes to Town" — — — —7Aaliyah Warren17"Runnin' (Lose It All)" — — 8Adam Ladell16"Trouble" Casey Rose originally was a duo with Barnaby, however, the coaches told her that she is better off alone. They gave her the decision to split and become a solo or continue as a duet with Barnaby and be eliminated in the battles. She, with Barnaby’s approval, chose to split, however, Casey was still eliminated in the battles after choosing to go with team Madden Brothers.
Episode 5 (10 May)
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1Don Leaton 18"High Hopes" — 2Susan Songsuk23"One Night Only" — — — —3Ashleigh Marshall16"Reflection" — 4Bella Maree 18"I'd Rather Go Blind" — — — —5Emad Younan39"Only You" — — —6Emily Markham21"9 to 5" — — — —7Maxon27"Wings" — — —8Ilisavani Cava22"I'm Not the Only One" — —
Episode 6 (15 May)
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1Carmel Rodrigues16"Part of Your World" — — 2Mikaela Dean 21 "Changing" — — —3Nathan Lamont22"Like I'm Gonna Lose You" — — 4Clancy Dunn76"Can't Help Falling in Love" — — — —5Micah Rothwell21"The House of the Rising Sun" — — — —6Crissy Ashcroft49"When the War Is Over" — — —7Kate Van Elswijk19"People Help the People" — — —8Kayleigh Killick27"We Found Love" — —
Episode 7 (16 May) Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1Kayla Piscopo16"Titanium" — — — —2Kim Sheehy28"She Used To Be Mine" — —3Dem & Amy Kwong21/23"If I Were a Boy" — — — —4Stephen Ward21"With a Little Help from My Friends" — — — —5Kylie Jane Howard24"What I Did for Love" — — 6Codi KayeN/A"When We Were Young" — — — —7Cody BellN/A"How Will I Know" — — — —8David O'BrienN/A"Babylon" — — — —9Shirin Majd34"Ave Maria" — — —10Talia Giancaspro30"Angel" — — — 11 The Koi BoysN/A"Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)"
Episode 8 (22 May) Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1Jasmin Jade Nasser21"Almost Is Never Enough" — —2Nada-Leigh Nasser23"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" — — —3Blake Tailor20"Lonely Boy" — — — —4Astrid Ripepi24"Fallin'" — — —5Nic Jeffries32"Bridge Over Troubled Water" 6Nazzereene Taleb19"Gravity" — — — 7Pascoe Braun52"When the Saints Go Marching In" — — — —8Georgia Wiggins16"All I Want" — —
Episode 9 (23 May) Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1Natasha Hoeberigs23"Cry Me a River" — rowspan="11" 2Beau Lamshed25"Dangerous" — — —3Sarah Browne32"Make You Feel My Love" — —4Billie Court41"Proud Mary"rowspan="8" — —5Nick Tabone24"Bloodstream" — —6Andrew McKinnon19"Resolution" — 7Katrina NoelaN/A"Habanera" —rowspan="5" 8JayceeN/A"Higher Ground" —9Victor Johl25"When I Get You Alone" —10Ellen Reed27"Chandelier"
Battle rounds Color key
Episode 10 (29 May) The first episode of the Battle Rounds was first broadcast on 29 May 2016. The coaches opened the show performing a cover of "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" together.
Order Coach Winner Battle Song Loser 'Steal' result Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1 Ronan KeatingSam Trenwith "Harder to Breathe" Mikaela Dean 2 Jessie JAshleigh Marshall "Colours of the Wind"Carmel Rodriguez — — 3 Delta GoodremElle Murphy "What Kind of Man" Tash Lockhart — 4 The MaddensBlake Morgan "Stitches"Don Leaton — — — 5 Ronan KeatingNina Ferro "All I Ask"Nic Jeffries — — —6 Jessie JJack Pellow "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"Calvin Swart — —7 Delta GoodremMaryann Wright "Memory"Natasha Hoeberigs — — —8 The MaddensLane Sinclair "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"Georgia Wiggins — —
Episode 11 (30 May) The second episode of the Battle Rounds was first broadcast on 30 May 2016.
Order Coach Winner Battle Song Loser 'Steal' result Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1 Jessie JThe Koi Boys "Uptown Funk"Ilisavani Cavarowspan="9" — —2 Ronan Keating Kayleigh Killick "Never Forget You"Astrid Ripepi — — —3 Delta GoodremKim Sheehy "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"Maxon — —4 The MaddensAndrew Loadsman "I Will Wait"Nathan Lamont — — 5 Ronan KeatingEmad Younan "Dancing in the Dark"Sarah Browne — — —6 The MaddensNazzereene Taleb "Stole the Show"Maddison McNamara — 7 Delta GoodremMarcia Howard "Wicked Game"Crissy Ashcroftrowspan="3" —8 Jessie J Nada-Leigh Nasser* "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" Jasmin Jade Nasser* — — Finding it difficult to choose a battle winner between Nada-Leigh and Jasmin Jade, Jessie J chose both of them to advance as a duo with approval from the producers.
Episode 12 (5 June) The third episode of the Battle Rounds will be broadcast on 5 June 2016.
Order Coach Winner Battle Song Loser 'Steal' result Ronan Jessie Delta Joel & Benji1 The MaddensLexi Clark "Ex's & Oh's"Casey Roserowspan="9" rowspan="9" — 2 Delta GoodremAlfie Arcuri "Drag Me Down"Andrew McKinnon —3 Jessie JBrianna Holm "Smells Like Teen Spirit"Aaliyah Warren — 4 Ronan KeatingGeorgia Carey "Believe"Kate Van Elswijk —rowspan="6" 5 Delta GoodremShirin Majd "The Prayer"Ben Logan 6 The MaddensTalia Giancaspro "Not Ready to Make Nice"Kylie Jane —7 Ronan KeatingMitch Gardner "Firestone"Adam Ladell 8 Jessie JEllen Reed "Unconditionally"Claire Howellrowspan="2"
Super Battle round Each coach splits their team into two groups of four. Those four artists then take to the stage together and each perform a different song in a head-to-head duel. Two go through to the Live Shows, while two are eliminated, with no saves available. Plus, the songs in each Super Battle have a theme picked by the coaches.
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Episode 13 (6 June) The Super Battle round was first broadcast on 6 June 2016.
The Super Battles
Order Coach Theme Winners Losers Contestant Song Contestant Song 1 Jessie J The King of Pop (Michael Jackson) Mikaela Dean "They Don't Care About Us" The Koi Boys "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" Jack Pellow "Billie Jean"Ashleigh Marshall "Ben" 2 The Maddens Girls & BoysAndrew Loadsman "Lean On" Blake Morgan "Dark Horse"Aaliyah Warren "7 Years" Nazzereene Taleb "Earned It" 3 Delta Goodrem Stage and Screen Elle Murphy "Skyfall" Maryann Wright "I Don't Know How to Love Him" Adam Ladell "Safe & Sound" Shirin Majd "Habanera" 4 Ronan Keating Songs of Ireland Emad Younan "Danny Boy" Georgia Carey "Someone New" Georgia Wiggins "Zombie" Nina Ferro "With or Without You" 5 The Maddens American Anthems Lane Sinclair "I'm On Fire" Carmel Rodrigues "I'd Do Anything for Love" Lexi Clark "Seven Nation Army" Talia Giancaspro "Jolene" 6 Delta Goodrem Homegrown Hits Alfie Arcuri "Red" Calvin Swart "Remind Me" Kim Sheehy "Everyone's Waiting" Marcia Howard "Throw Your Arms Around Me" 7 Ronan Keating Legends and Legacies Tash Lockhart "Heroes" Kayleigh Killick "Tears Dry on Their Own" Mitch Gardner "Blackbird" Sam Trenwith "It's a Man's World" 8 Jessie J Battle of the Brits Brianna Holm "The Scientist" Maddison McNamara "Jealous" Ellen Reed "Hold My Hand" Nada-Leigh & Jasmin "Wings"
The Live Shows
Episode 14 (13 June)
The first episode of the Live shows was first broadcast on 13 June 2016. Each of the coach's four artists performed a song. Each coach then saved one of their artists, guaranteeing them a performance in the second live show. The remaining artists faced the public vote all week. Then, the artist with the fewest votes from each team was eliminated during Live Show two before they got a chance to perform.
OrderCoachContestantSongResult 1 Jessie J Ellen Reed "Ghost" Saved by public 2 Brianna Holm "Samson" Eliminated 3 Jack Pellow "Blame It on Me" Saved by public 4 Mikaela Dean "Take Me Home" Saved by coach 5 The Maddens Lexi Clark "Rumour Has It" Eliminated 6 Aaliyah Warren "Welcome to the Black Parade" Saved by coach 7 Andrew Loadsman "Say Something" Saved by public 8 Lane Sinclair "Video Games" Saved by public 9 Ronan Keating Tash Lockhart "Be the One" Saved by public 10 Mitch Gardner "Down Under" Saved by coach 11 Georgia Wiggins "Hide Away" Saved by public 12 Emad Younan "Vincent" Eliminated 13 Delta Goodrem Elle Murphy "Somebody to Love" Eliminated 14 Kim Sheehy "Hearts a Mess" Saved by public 15 Alfie Arcuri "Pillowtalk" Saved by coach 16 Adam Ladell "Imagine" Saved by public
Episode 15 (19 June)