The Voice Kids is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth series began airing on 27 December 2021, on ITV. The series was confirmed by ITV and applications opened in August 2020. Emma Willis returns to present the series. Danny Jones, Pixie Lott and will.i.am return as coaches, whilst on 7 February 2021, it was announced that Melanie C would replace Paloma Faith as a coach, who left after one series due to her pregnancy. Filming for the blind auditions began on 13 February 2021, whilst the final was pre-recorded on 13 March 2021, for which public voting was limited to fans in the auditorium. It was announced that the series would contain three episodes – two blind auditions and the final – aired over three consecutive nights, with the show concluding on 29 December.
Torrin Cuthill won the competition, marking Melanie C's first and only win as a coach. For the first time in the show's history, Christmas songs were included.
Teams Colour key: Winner Finalist Eliminated in the Battles
Coach Top 16 Artists will.i.am Leo Gandanzara Angel Lunda Tino D'Souza Sienna Hopkins Melanie C Torrin Cuthill Ndana Chinyoka Mila Hayes Fiona Vargas Pixie Lott Savannah Lily Boak Michaela Mutambira Eva Ossei Gerning Emily Flanagan Danny Jones Aishling Mae Bontoyan Joseph Sheppard Becky Peters Alby Welch
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 as no coach pressed his or her "I WANT YOU" button Artist received an 'All Turn'.
Episode 1 (27 December) + Episode one results Order Artist Age Song Coach's and contestant's choices will.i.am Pixie Danny 1 Michaela Mutambira 11 "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" ✔ – ✔ ✔ 2 Torrin Cuthill 14 "Days Like This" – ✔ – – 3Leo Gandanzara 14 "Park That Benz" (original song) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Tommy Featherstone 12 "Holding Out for a Hero" – – – – 5 Aishling Mae Bontoyan 14 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – – – ✔ 6 Savannah Lily Boak 13 "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" – ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Joseph Sheppard 11 "Teenage Dirtbag" – ✔ – ✔ 8 Archie Horan 9 "Sherry" – – – – 9 Ndana Chinyoka 14 "Cuz I Love You" – ✔ – – 10Angel Lunda 12 "You Raise Me Up" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 2 (28 December)
+ Episode two results Order Artist Age Song Coach's and contestant's choices will.i.am Pixie Danny 1Tino D'Souza 14 "Ave Maria" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Mila Hayes 10 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" – ✔ ✔ – 3 Joshey Newynskyj 9 "Walking in the Air" – – – – 4 Becky Peters 14 "Falling" – – – ✔ 5 Eva Ossei Gerning 11 "A Little Love" ✔ – ✔ – 6 Sienna Hopkins 13 "Sorry Not Sorry" ✔ – – – 7 Alby Welch 13 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" rowspan="4" – – ✔ 8 Emily Flanagan 13 "Danny Boy" – ✔ rowspan="3" 9 Mackenzie Lawlor 14 "Believer" – rowspan="2" 10 Fiona Vargas 13 "Always Remember Us This Way" ✔
Show details Results summary Team's colour key Team Will Team Melanie C Team Pixie Team Danny
Result's colour key Artist received the most public votes Runner-up Third Finalist Artist received the least public votes Artist was eliminated
+ Results per artist Contestant Battles round Grand Final Torrin Cuthill Safe Winner Aishling Mae Bontoyan Safe Runner-up Savannah Lily Boak Safe Third Place Leo Gandanzara Safe Fourth Place Emily Flanagan Eliminated Eliminated (Battles round) Eva Ossei Gerning Eliminated Michaela Mutambira Eliminated Alby Welch Eliminated Becky Peters Eliminated Joseph Sheppard Eliminated Angel Lunda Eliminated Sienna Hopkins Eliminated Tino D'Souza Eliminated Fiona Vargas Eliminated Mila Hayes Eliminated Ndana Chinyoka Eliminated
Final (29 December)
Battles round
+ Battles colour key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Grand Final Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
+ Battles results Order Coach Artists Song 1 Melanie C Torrin Cuthill Ndana Chinyoka Mila Hayes Fiona Vargas "Proud Mary" 2 will.i.am Leo Gandanzara Angel Lunda Tino D'Souza Sienna Hopkins "Just the Way You Are" 3 Danny Jones Aishling Mae Bontoyan Joseph Sheppard Becky Peters Alby Welch "Blackbird" 4 Pixie Lott Savannah Lily Boak Michaela Mutambira Eva Ossei Gerning Emily Flanagan "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"
Grand Final + Final results Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Pixie Lott Savannah Lily Boak "O Holy Night" Third Place 2 will.i.am Leo Gandanzara "Carol of the Bells" (original song) Fourth Place 3 Danny Jones Aishling Mae Bontoyan "Last Christmas" Runner-up 4 Melanie C Torrin Cuthill "Auld Lang Syne" Winner
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