The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series began airing on 7 January 2017, with Emma Willis hosting the main show, and Cel Spellman presenting online spin-off show The V Room. It is the first series to air on ITV since its move from BBC One. Of the four coaches from the previous series, only will.i.am returned, which marks his sixth series as a coach, Former coach Sir Tom Jones also returned to the show after a series hiatus, replacing Paloma Faith for his fifth series, and Jennifer Hudson and Gavin Rossdale joined as new coaches on the show, replacing Boy George and Ricky Wilson. Mo Adeniran won the competition, marking Jennifer Hudson's first and only win as a coach. Additionally, JHud became the first new coach to win on her first attempt, as well as, the first female coach to win a series of the show.
Coaches and presenters
On 13 November 2015, Ricky Wilson announced that the fifth series would be his last as a coach. However, on 24 March 2016, it was revealed that he could make a return to the show. On 3 July 2016, coach will.i.am, who had his doubts about returning for his sixth series, confirmed that he will return for the new series. On 5 July 2016, Boy George announced his departure from the show after just one series. Former coach, Sir Tom Jones hinted that he could possibly return to the programme after the show had moved to ITV. On 17 July 2016, another former coach, Jessie J, ruled herself out of returning to The Voice UK for the sixth series, after speculation of her returning to the show. Wilson later confirmed that he would not be involved with the show for series 6 later in the month. On 28 September, the coaching line-up was confirmed as will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Gavin Rossdale, with Jones also returning. On her appointment, Hudson commented, "I couldn't be more excited to join the amazing panel of coaches on The Voice UK! The UK has always been so supportive of me since the beginning of my career so I’m really looking forward to sharing my point of view with the contestants and especially Team JHUD. Discovering new artists has always been important to me and the UK has no shortage of talent, so I can only imagine what this experience will be like for everyone involved. I can't wait to get going and start developing each individual’s own sound!"
Emma Willis announced that she would return to present the show alone, without her co-host Marvin Humes' involvement. On 8 August 2016, it was announced that a planned ITV2 unnamed spinoff show had been scrapped. However, in October 2016, it was announced that Cel Spellman would be presenting an online spin-off show titled The V Room that would be available on-demand via ITV Hub and feature exclusive content across social media sites and the show's mobile app.
Teams
Colour key: Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth 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 40 artists will.i.am Michelle John Jason Jones Tanya Lacey Hayley Eccles Clara Hurtado Lia White Tim Gallagher Victoria Kerley Lawrence Hill Jazmin Sawyers Shakira Lueshing Jennifer Hudson Mo Adeniran Jamie Miller Jack Bruley Tim Gallagher David Jackson Georgie Braggins Diamond Liza Baker Kit Rice Stacey Skeete Israel Allen Sir Tom Jones Into The Ark Craig Ward Nadine McGhee Capital B Dannii Barnes Victoria Kerley Linda Jennings Septimus Prime Ryhann Thomas Lucy Kane Charlie Drew Gavin Rossdale Max Vickers Truly Ford Sarah Morgan Keziah Rodell Diamond Carter Tanya Lacey Ruth Lockwood Hadleigh Ford Millicent Weaver Bosie
Blind auditions There was a change to the blind auditions format for 2017; if all the coaches reject an auditionee they keep their back to the singer and will not say what they thought about their performance, as well as not being able to meet them. The blind auditions began filming on 19 October 2016 at dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford.
Each coach has the length of the artist's performance to decide if they want 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 had all four chairs turned
Episode 1 (7 January) The series premiere aired from 8.00pm until 9.35pm.
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Under Pressure"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am JHud Tom Gavin 1 Jason Jones 31"Pillowtalk" 2 Jenny Jones18"Dangerous Woman" — — — — 3 Into the Ark 20–25"Burning Love" — 4 Diamond 18 "If I Ain't Got You" — 5Rachel Rose27"Love Me Like You Do" — — — — 6Jamie Grey28"Never Ever" — — — — 7 Truly Ford 22 "Dakota" — — 8 Max Vickers 24 "You Can Call Me Al" — — — 9 Mo Adeniran 21 "Iron Sky"
Episode 2 (14 January) This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin 1 Capital B 20–21"His Eye Is on the Sparrow" —— 2Chelsea Baldwin29 "Vissi d'arte" — — — — 3 Charlie Drew 28"One Dance" —— 4 Georgie Braggins 21 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"— — 5 Jamie Miller 19 "Let It Go" — — 6 Carter 29 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" — 7Shannon Kitchen18"Roxanne" — — — — 8Ben Fernihough40"Trouble" — — — — 9 Michelle John 43 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" — — —
Episode 3 (21 January) This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin 1April Sullivan23"Don't Rain on My Parade" — — — — 2 Millicent Weaver 18"Where Is My Mind?" — — — 3 David Jackson 29 "All I Want" — 4Kevin Prone25"Cinema Paradiso Love" — — — — 5 Craig Ward 31 "She's Always a Woman" — 6Gino Eccles54"You Are So Beautiful" — — — — 7 Hayley Eccles 22 "Upside Down" — — — 8 Jazmin Sawyers 22 "Here"/"Glory Box" — — — 9 Sarah Morgan 16 "Missed" — —
Episode 4 (28 January) This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin 1 Jack Bruley 20 "Tennessee Whiskey" — — — 2Ryan James26"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" / "Superstition" — — — — 3 Hadleigh Ford 38 "This Year's Love" — — — 4 Liza Baker 44 "Alone" — — — 5Jon Middleton19"You're Beautiful" — — — — 6 Clara Hurtado 20 "Latch" 7 Ryhann Thomas 28 "I Swear" — — — 8Chantelle Jackson23"Don't Let Go (Love)" — — — — 9 Tanya Lacey 31 "All the Man That I Need" — —
Episode 5 (4 February) This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin 1 Shakira Lueshing 28 "Freak of the Week" — — — 2 Lawrence Hill 25 "Save Tonight" — — — 3Tom Johnston22"Hometown Glory" — — — — 4Zara Okro18"Alive" — — — — 5 Bosie 21-21 "Wicked Game" — — — 6Scarlet Thomas-Perry 22"Syrup & Honey" — — — — 7 Dannii Barnes 20 "Tears" — — — 8 Lucy Kane 20 "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" — — 9 Miss Cherry Bomb40"Diamonds Are Forever" — — — — 10 Israel Allen 26 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" — —
Episode 6 (11 February) This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.20pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin 1Tom Seals23"Mess Around" — — — — 2 Stacey Skeete 27 "Shackles (Praise You)" — — 3 Lia White 17 "FourFiveSeconds" — — 4 Ciara Harvie18"Nessun dorma" — — — — 5 Sam O’Hara25"Don't Worry Baby" — — — — 6 Keziah Rodell 20 "Work Song" 7Hannah Ormerod27"Wake Me Up" — — — — 8 Septimus Prime 19 "Love Yourself"—— — 9 Nadine McGhee 18 "Lay Me Down"—— —
Episode 7 (18 February) This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.20pm.
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin 1Paul Woodley31"Come Together" — — — — 2Abi Phillips22"Girl Crush" — — — — 3 Kit Rice 25 "Ain't No Sunshine" — — 4Kelly Irwin16"All I Could Do Was Cry" — rowspan=6 — — 5 Tim Gallagher 23 "Crash" 6Gavin Ellis30"Tears in Heaven" — — — 7 Linda Jennings 49 "The Long and Winding Road" 8 Victoria Kerley 16 "Treat You Better" rowspan=2 9 Ruth Lockwood 23 "Toxic"
Battle rounds Filming for the battles began in December 2016 at MediaCityUK, following the taping of the blind auditions. Each coach has only one steal. The first part of the battle rounds was broadcast on 25 February 2017 with part two airing on 26 February 2017. The first part of the battle rounds was broadcast on 25 February 2017 with part two airing on 26 February 2017. First episode aired from 8.30pm until 10.30pm,
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 JHud Tom Gavin Episode 1 Jennifer Hudson 1 David Jackson "It's Your World" Israel Allen — — — will.i.am 2 Clara Hurtado "Bad Blood" Shakira Lueshing — — — Gavin Rossdale 3 Keziah Rodell "Why" Bosie — — — Tom Jones 4 Dannii Barnes "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Charlie Drew — — — Gavin Rossdale 5 Max Vickers "My Favourite Game" Millicent Weaver — — — Jennifer Hudson 6 Jamie Miller "Perfect Strangers" Stacey Skeete — — — Gavin Rossdale 7 Truly Ford "Go Your Own Way" Hadleigh Ford — — — will.i.am 8 Lia White "Final Song" Victoria Kerley — — Tom Jones 9 Nadine McGhee "Time After Time" Lucy Kane — — rowspan=2 — Jennifer Hudson 10 Mo Adeniran "A Change Is Gonna Come" Diamond — Episode 2 Gavin Rossdale 1 Carter "Superstition" Tanya Lacey — rowspan=10 rowspan=10 will.i.am 2 Hayley Eccles "Hold My Hand" Jazmin Sawyers rowspan=9 — Jennifer Hudson 3 Jack Bruley "Ex-Factor" Kit Rice will.i.am 4 Michelle John "Nowhere to Run" Tim Gallagher Tom Jones 5 Capital B "I Wanna Be the Only One" Ryhann Thomas rowspan=6 Jennifer Hudson 6 Georgie Braggins "Something" Liza Baker Tom Jones 7 Craig Ward "I'm Yours" Septimus Prime will.i.am 8 Jason Jones "Long Train Runnin'" Lawrence Hill Tom Jones 9 Into The Ark "More Than Words" Linda Jennings Gavin Rossdale 10 Sarah Morgan "Young and Beautiful" Ruth Lockwood
Live knockouts For the first time, the knockouts were recorded live, with the remaining six contestants in each team standing on stage together, stepping forward one by one to sing for 90 seconds. Emma Willis, the programme's presenter, commented, "The knockouts are live… Should I be saying this? I don't know if I should, It will be very immediate, when it's pre-recorded, they edit the show and put it out. This time it will be live so everything will be seen." First episode aired from 8.30pm until 9.45pm, second episode aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm, third episode aired from 8.30 until 9.45pm and fourth and last aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm.
In a new twist, viewers were able to vote for their favourite acts to go through to the live show, with each coach being able to save one act. Plus, each coach performed during the knockout rounds.
Ep. 1 Musical guest: Sir Tom Jones ("You Can Leave Your Hat On") Ep. 2 Musical guest: Jennifer Hudson ("Remember Me") Ep. 3 Musical guest: Bush ('Mad Love') Ep. 4 Musical guest: will.i.am ("FIYAH")