The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The tenth series premiered on 2 January 2021, on ITV. will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches for their tenth, ninth and fourth series, respectively. Singer Anne-Marie joined the coaching panel, replacing exiting coach Meghan Trainor. Meanwhile, Emma Willis returned for her eighth series as host.
Filming of the auditions took place in late 2020 at the Dock10 Studios, where COVID-19 safety protocols were introduced; such as the coaches' chairs being socially distanced, a virtual audience and the band wearing PPE. Filming of the Battles and Semi-finals took place in January and February 2021.
On 20 March 2021, Craig Eddie was announced the winner of the series, marking Anne-Marie's first and only win as a coach and the second female coach to win in the show's history, following Jennifer Hudson. She is also the second new coach to win on her first attempt, after Hudson. It was the final series to feature a live final, as from the 11th series onwards, the entire show was filmed in advance prior to broadcast.
Coaches
On 12 October 2020, it was announced will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs would return to the show as coaches for their tenth, ninth and fourth series, respectively. They are joined by a new coach, singer-songwriter Anne-Marie, who replaces former coach Meghan Trainor, who did not return for her second series due to her pregnancy as well as travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each coach also had mentors for the semi-finals. Danny O'Donoghue for Team Will, Leigh-Anne Pinnock for Team Anne-Marie, Melanie C for Team Tom, and James Bay for Team Olly.
Production On 10 December 2020, ITV announced the tenth series of The Voice UK would premiere on 2 January 2021.
ITV also announced the blocked feature would be coming to the blind auditions, which allows for a coach to prevent another coach from getting an artist. Each coach will only receive one block.
Teams Colour key
Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Eliminated by the public vote Eliminated in the semi-finals Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles Eliminated in the Battles Withdrew
Coach Top 40 Artists will.i.am Okulaja Nadia Eide Jérémy Levif BrokenPen Adeniké Adewale Lauren Drew Janel Antoneshia Stephanee Leal Victoria Heath Benjamin Haycock Kezia Anne-Marie Craig Eddie Leona Jørgensen Meg Birch Wayne & Morgan Stephanee Leal Sweeney Jason Hayles Lauren Drew Cameron Ledwidge James Robb Chanel Yates Sir Tom Jones Hannah Williams Benjamin Warner Jake O'Neill Leah Cobb Mariam Davina Midé Wura Psalm Harmony Esther Cole 2ché Sami Nathan Olly Murs Grace Holden Jordan & Wesley Nathan Smoker Andrew Bateup Jason Hayles Joe Topping Leah Cobb Matt Croke Chantelle Padden Tascha Jerawan Alex Harry
Blind Auditions + Blind auditions colour key ✔ Coach pressed "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" ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was "blocked" by another coach from getting the artist Blocked by will.i.am Blocked by Anne-Marie Blocked by Tom Blocked by Olly
Episode 1 (2 January) + First blind auditions results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Mariam Davina 1 18 "Anyone" – ✔ ✔ ✔ Billy Beech 2 17 "Falling Like the Stars" – – – – Nathan Smoker 3 20 "Can't Pretend" – ✔ ✔ ✔ Lauren Drew 4 27 "Mamma Knows Best" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Okulaja 5 17 "Everything I Wanted" ✔ – – – Drew Thomas 6 27 "Exile" – – – – Jérémy Levif 7 29 "How Long Will I Love You?" ✔ ✔ ✔ bgcolor="#afeeee" Hannah Williams 8 38 "Stay with Me" – – ✔ ✔
Tom tried to block Olly, but was not possible, since will.i.am had already blocked him.
Episode 2 (9 January) + Second blind auditions results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Joe Topping 1 42 "Forever Young" – – bgcolor="#fbceb1" ✔ Yana Bing 2 21 "Stupid Love" – – – – Esther Cole 3 21 "Let Me Down Slowly" – – ✔ ✔ Leona Jørgensen 4 26 "Sunflower" – ✔ – – Kezia 5 33 "Your Love Is King" ✔ – – – Kim Jennett 6 25 "Losing My Religion" – – – – Matt Croke 7 33 "Come What May" – – – ✔ Benjamin Haycock 8 24 "Restlessness" (original song) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 3 (16 January) + Third blind auditions results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Jordan & Wesley 1 27-30 "Go Get It" – ✔ – ✔ Chanel Yates 2 21 "Adore You"– ✔–– Rebecca Watkins 3 30 "Back in Black" – – – – Wura 4 31 "Strange" – – ✔ – Sweeney 5 30 "Bad Blood" – ✔ ✔ bgcolor="#d0f0c0" Sonny Price 6 25 "Break My Heart Again" – – – – Alex Harry 7 27 "Idontwannabeyouanymore"––– ✔ Janel Antoneshia 8 27 "Love & Hate" ✔ – – ✔
Episode 4 (23 January) + Fourth blind auditions results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly BrokenPen 1 28 "I Can" ✔ ✔ – – Leah Cobb 2 16 "Ex's & Oh's" – – – ✔ Laura Sidney 3 25 "With One Look" – – – – James Robb 4 27 "Shape of My Heart" – ✔ – ✔ Midé 5 33 "My Love" – – ✔ – Jamie Leigh Nelson 6 34 "Set You Free" – – – – Jake O'Neill 7 23 "I Want Love" – – ✔ – Grace Holden 8 18 "Wherever You Will Go" – – – ✔
Episode 5 (30 January) + Fifth blind auditions results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Benjamin Warner 1 23 "Make Me Feel"–– ✔– Gwenaelle Noval 2 16 "When We Were Young" – – – – Jason Hayles 3 34 "No Church in the Wild" – ✔ – bgcolor="FFB7CE" Joel Baker 4 30 "Nothing Compares 2 U" – – – – Adeniké Adewale 5 28 "Get Here" ✔––– Andrew Bateup 6 31 "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" – – ✔ ✔ Julia Rose 7 18 "Tiny Dancer" – – – – Dee Dee Walker 8 24 "Wake Me Up" – – – – Cameron Ledwidge 9 18 "Heather" – ✔ – – Victoria Heath 10 37 "One" ✔–––
Episode 6 (6 February) + Sixth blind auditions results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Meg Birch 1 25 "If I Go" – ✔ ✔ – Ella Young 2 19 "Defying Gravity" – – – – Stephanee Leal 3 25 "Runnin' (Lose It All)" ✔ ✔ – – Jake McKechnie 4 16 "Broken Strings" – – – – Psalm Harmony 5 20-24 "Spirit" – – ✔ – Wayne & Morgan 6 32-43 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"– ✔–– Owen Hughes 7 22 "Don't Start Now" – – – – Liam Hannigan 8 25 "Let Her Go" – – – – Chantelle Padden 9 24 "When I Look at You" ✔ – – ✔
Episode 7 (13 February) + Seventh blind auditions results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Tascha Jerawan 1 21 "White Flag" – – ✔ ✔ 2ché 2 27 "Heaven" – – ✔ rowspan="8" Hannah Hocking 3 30 "All the Man That I Need" – – – Nadia Eide 4 32 "Now We Are Free" ✔ ✔ – Craig Eddie 5 22 "Make It Rain" rowspan="5" ✔ – Joanne Harper 6 27 "If I Were a Boy" rowspan="4" – Adam Strong 7 32 "Rise Like a Phoenix" – Nnenna King 8 23 "Lost in Japan" – Sami Nathan 9 31 "At Last" ✔
Battle rounds + Battle rounds colour key ✔ Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Artist won the Battle and advanced to the semi-finals Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the semi-finals Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode 1 (20 February)
+ First battle round results Order Coach Artists Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly 1 Anne-Marie Wayne & Morgan Lauren Drew "Respect" ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 will.i.am Jérémy Levif Kezia "Clocks" rowspan=9 — — — 3 Sir Tom Jones Hannah Williams Sami Nathan "Cry Me a River" — — 4 Olly Murs Nathan Smoker Leah Cobb "Stop This Flame" — ✔ 5 Anne-Marie Sweeney Chanel Yates "Close" rowspan="7" — 6 will.i.am BrokenPen Benjamin Haycock "Hall of Fame" — — 7 Olly Murs Joe Topping Alex Harry "Think Twice" — 8 Sir Tom Jones Benjamin Warner 2ché "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" — — 9 will.i.am Nadia Eide Stephanee Leal "Love Is a Battlefield" ✔ — 10 Olly Murs Jordan & Wesley Tascha Jerawan "Hello"
Episode 2 (27 February)
+ Second battle round results Order Coach Artists Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly 1 Olly Murs Grace Holden Chantelle Padden "Breakaway" rowspan="10" rowspan="10" rowspan="10" 2 will.i.am Janel Antoneshia Okulaja "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" — 3 Sir Tom Jones Midé Esther Cole "Happier" — 4 Anne-Marie Meg Birch Jason Hayles "These Days" ✔ 5 Sir Tom Jones Wura Jake O'Neill "What's Going On" rowspan="6" 6 Anne-Marie Craig Eddie James Robb "This City" 7 Olly Murs Andrew Bateup Matt Croke "Always" 8 Anne-Marie Leona Jørgensen Cameron Ledwidge "Beautiful People" 9 will.i.am Adeniké Adewale Victoria Heath "Run to You" 10 Sir Tom Jones Mariam Davina Psalm Harmony "Wonder"
Although Janel Antoneshia won the battle, she later withdrew from the show for personal reasons. Will selected Okujala, who Janel had defeated in the battle rounds, to take her place for the semi-final. Although Wura won the battle, she later withdrew from the show for personal reasons. Jones selected Jake O'Neill, who Wura had defeated in the battle rounds, to take her place for the semi-final.
Show details
Results summary Colour key
Team Will Team Anne-Marie Team Tom Team Olly Artist received the most public votes Artist was eliminated
+ Weekly results per artist Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Public vote Week 3 Round 1 Round 2 Craig Eddie Safe Safe SafeWinner Grace Holden Safe Safe Safe Runner-up Hannah Williams Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated(Week 3) Okulaja Safe Safe Eliminated Benjamin Warner Safe Eliminated Eliminated(Public Vote) Jordan & Wesley Safe Eliminated Leona Jørgensen Safe Eliminated Nadia Eide Safe Eliminated Andrew Bateup Eliminated Eliminated(Week 2) BrokenPen Eliminated Jake O’Neill Eliminated Jérémy Levif Eliminated Leah Cobb Eliminated Meg Birch Eliminated Nathan Smoker Eliminated Wayne & Morgan Eliminated Adeniké Adewale Eliminated Eliminated(Week 1) Jason Hayles Eliminated Joe Topping Eliminated Lauren Drew Eliminated Mariam Davina Eliminated Midé Eliminated Stephanee Leal Eliminated Sweeney Eliminated
Week 1: Semi-final 1 (6 March) + Week 1 semi-final results Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 will.i.am Lauren Drew "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" Eliminated 2 Adeniké Adewale "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Eliminated 3 Nadia Eide "The Show Must Go On" Advanced to the public vote 4 Sir Tom Jones Mariam Davina "Breathing Underwater" Eliminated 5 Benjamin Warner "All Night Long (All Night)" Advanced to the public vote 6 Midé "Sweet Creature" Eliminated 7 Anne-Marie Leona Jørgensen "Holy" Advanced to the public vote 8 Stephanee Leal "Blinding Lights" Eliminated 9 Sweeney "Cry Me a River" Eliminated 10 Olly Murs Joe Topping "I Won't Give Up" Eliminated 11 Jason Hayles "Bloodstream" Eliminated 12 Jordan & Wesley "The Climb" Advanced to the public vote
Week 2: Semi-final 2 (13 March) + Week 2 semi-final results Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Olly Murs Nathan Smoker "All Goes Wrong" Eliminated 2 Andrew Bateup "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Eliminated 3 Grace Holden "I'm with You" Advanced to the public vote 4 Sir Tom Jones Hannah Williams "Gravity" Advanced to the public vote 5 Leah Cobb "Be My Baby" Eliminated 6 Jake O'Neill "This Year's Love" Eliminated 7 will.i.am BrokenPen "Con Calma" Eliminated 8 Jérémy Levif "Always Be My Baby" Eliminated 9 Okulaja "Can't Hold Us" Advanced to the public vote 10 Anne-Marie Wayne & Morgan "September" Eliminated 11 Meg Birch "Why Her Not Me" Eliminated 12 Craig Eddie "lovely" Advanced to the public vote
Public vote + Public vote results Coach Artist Result will.i.am Nadia Eide Eliminated Okulaja Advanced Anne-Marie Leona Jørgensen Eliminated Craig Eddie Advanced Sir Tom Jones Benjamin Warner Eliminated Hannah Williams Advanced Olly Murs Jordan & Wesley Eliminated Grace Holden Advanced
Week 3: Final (20 March) Musical guest: Blessing Chitapa ("I Smile")