The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The twelfth series of The Voice UK premiered on 4 November 2023 on ITV. will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches, whilst Emma Willis again returned as presenter.
On 30 December 2023, Jen & Liv were announced as the winner of the series, marking will.i.am's second win as a coach on the adult version of the show. Their win marks the second occurrence that a duo won a variation of The Voice UK, the first being done by Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro in the seventh series of The Voice Kids, who were also on Team will.i.am. It also marks the first time in any variation ever that a artist had a different coach turn their official coach's chair during their audition (as host Willis sat in will.i.am's chair for Jen & Liv's audition).
Coaches
will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches, whilst Emma Willis returned as the show's presenter.
In September 2023, it was confirmed by Olly Murs himself that since he had been axed from the show for future series, this would be his last as a coach. Speaking of his axing, Murs said he was "gutted" and added that receiving the news was a "bit of a shock".
In October 2023, a week prior to the show's premiere, it was announced that the twelfth series would also be Anne-Marie's last and that she had been "axed from the series" as part of producers' plans to "refresh the show".
Production Auditions for the twelfth series were held via the usual online application process, as well as various pubs, karaoke bars and open mic nights throughout 2022. Groups were invited to apply for the first time along with the usual soloists, duos and trios. Applications closed in September 2022, and began filming at Dock10 in December 2022.
The first trailer for the series was revealed in October 2023, and featured all four coaches singing along to "Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa, before pushing their buttons and turning around in their chairs.
The series was again pre-recorded, and began on 4 November 2023, the latest the show has ever launched, due to ITV's coverage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
The blocked feature would not be returning to the blind auditions due to the controversiality of the button over the media.
Teams Colour key Winner Finalist Eliminated in the Semi-Final Eliminated in the Callbacks Withdrew
Coach Top 40 Artists will.i.am Jen & Liv THePETEBOX Katie Coleman Sese Foster Hayley Chart Laville Matt Green Zaza Shane Brierley Cleo Stewart Anne-Marie Jolie Stevens Déjà Vu Nia Ekanem Lil Shakz Chinchilla Ryan Barton Gwannty The Skylarks Valntna Rachel Burnett Sir Tom Jones Callum Doignie Bianca White AV4C Jerusha Frimpong Fatt Butcher Daisy Gill Keilah Rebekah Jazz Morley Brendan Sherk Adaeze Olly Murs Hope Winter Kelly Hastings Stan Urban Marta Spizhenko The Ashatones Sheridan Coldstream Jack Desmond Jess Hayes Simon Simms Imisi Peletu
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 their "I WANT YOU" button Artist received an "All Turn"
Episode 1 (4 November) Coach performances: "Stairway to Heaven" will.i.am — "Let's Get It Started" Tom Jones with Stan Urban — "Great Balls of Fire"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly 1 Déjà Vu 19–25 "Unholy" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Mitchell Chambers 29 "She Used to Be Mine" — — — — 3 Jerusha Frimpong 27 "Wish I Didn't Miss You" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 4 Andre Laville 36 "Perfect Ruin" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Yoni Shine 16 "Let It Go" — — — — 6 Stan Urban 79 "Little Queenie" — — — ✔ 7 Lil Shakz 18 "Minimal Things" (original song) — ✔ — — 8 Hope Winter 23 "Mirror" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 2 (11 November) Coach performances: Tom Jones — "Sex Bomb" Olly Murs — "Heart Skips a Beat" Anne-Marie — "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly 1 Liam Palmer 19 "XO" — — — — 2 Jen & Liv 21 & 23 "Woman" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Callum Doignie 28 "Traitor" — — ✔ — 4 Sese Foster 31 "Thinking Out Loud" ✔ ✔ — — 5 Pete Restrick 31 "Love Will Tear Us Apart" — — — — 6 Chinchilla 25 "I Put a Spell on You" ✔ ✔ — ✔ 7 Sheridan Coldstream 59 "Listen Before I Go" — — — ✔ 8 Bianca White 35 "Chains" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 3 (18 November) Coach performance: Tom Jones & Anne-Marie — "Stand By Me"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly 1 AV4C 32–39 "All My Life" — — ✔ — 2 THePETEBOX — "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Mariama Goodman 44 "Out Here on My Own" — — — — 4 Gwannty 29 "Essence" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Marta Spizhenko 33 "Not About Angels" — — — ✔ 6 Kurtis Joinson 27 "Damn Your Eyes" — — — — 7 Nia Ekanem 30 "Let It Be" — ✔ — — 8 Fatt Butcher 32 "This Woman's Work" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 4 (25 November) Coach performance—"Rock Around the Clock"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly 1 Daisy Gill 24 "In the Name of Love" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Albert Stott 18 "My Heart Goes (La Di Da)" — — — — 3 Ryan Barton 31 "Just the Two of Us" — ✔ — ✔ 4 Hayley Chart 52 "Sinnerman" ✔ — — ✔ 5 The Ashatones 28–30 "About Damn Time" — — — ✔ 6 Scarlette Von B 26 "Blue Jeans" — — — — 7 Katie Coleman 28 "Natural Woman" ✔ — — — 8 Kelly Hastings 41 "Bird Set Free" — — — ✔
Episode 5 (2 December) Coach performance: Olly Murs & will.i.am — "Troublemaker"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly 1 Liam Price 34 "Stop!" — — — — 2 Jolie Stevens 19 "Clearly" — ✔ — — 3 Matt Green 34 "Not Take Me Back to London" (original song) ✔ ✔ — — 4 Keilah Rebekah 23 "You Say" — — ✔ ✔ 5 Jack Desmond 22 "A Thousand Miles" — — — ✔ 6 Jess Hayes 25 "The Dark End of the Street" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Bob Strachan 44 "Folsom Prison Blues" — — — — 8 Zaza 30 "Back to Life" ✔ — — — 9 Jazz Morley 33 "Landslide" — — ✔ ✔
Episode 6 (9 December) Coach performance: Anne-Marie — "Psycho"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly 1 Cleo Stewart 30 "Heaven" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Kim Palmer 30 "It Must Have Been Love" — — — — 3 Simon Simms 28 "Bibia Be Ye Ye" — ✔ — ✔ 4 The Skylarks 16 & 44 "Dancing in the Dark" — ✔ — — 5 Shannon Hurst 26 "The Joke" — — — — 6 Valntna 31 "I'm Going Down" — ✔ — ✔ 7 Brendan Sherk 24 "All For You" — — ✔ ✔ 8 Imisi Peletu 21 "Moon River" — — — ✔ 9 Shane Brierley 17 "Heal" ✔ — —
Episode 7 (16 December) Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly 1 Adaeze 18 "When You Were Mine" rowspan="2" ✔ ✔ rowspan="2" 2 Rachel Burnett 19 "Unintended" ✔
Callbacks
For this season, the 'Callbacks' returned. This stage aired on 16 December, following the final round of blind auditions. In this round, each coach brought in a mentor for their team. Paloma Faith, Clara Amfo and Raye, Jamie Cullum, and Luke Evans were invited by will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Tom Jones, and Olly Murs, respectively. Cleo Stewart from Team Will withdrew from the competition prior to the Callbacks.
In the Callbacks, the coaches divided their 10 contestants selected in the blind auditions into three groups, where they were given the same song to sing in their own styles. After all artists of the same group finished their performances, the coaches had to choose one to advance to the semi-final. A total of three artists were taken through to the semi-final per coach.
+ The Callbacks colour key Artist advanced to the semi-finals Artist was eliminated
+ Callbacks Results Episode Order Coach Winner Song Losers Episode 7 1 Olly Murs Stan Urban "Hound Dog" Jess Hayes Simon Simms The Ashatones 2 Kelly Hastings "Ordinary World" Marta Spizhenko Sheridan Coldstream 3 Hope Winter "Feels Like This" Imisi Peletu Jack Desmond 4 will.i.am Jen & Liv "ABCDEFU" Sese Foster Shane Brierley 5 Katie Coleman "She Blinded Me with Science" Matt Green THePETEBOX 6 rowspan="3" "Ordinary People" Hayley Chart Laville Zaza 7 Anne-Marie rowspan="3" "Glimpse of Us" Gwannty Rachel Burnett Valntna 8 Déjà Vu "Lucky" The Skylarks Jolie Stevens 9 Nia Ekanem "Virtual Insanity" Chinchilla Lil Shakz Ryan Barton 10 Sir Tom Jones Callum Doignie "A House Is Not a Home" Fatt Butcher Jazz Morley 11 AV4C "Angel of Mine" Brendan Sherk Bianca White Keilah Rebekah 12 rowspan="3" "California Dreamin'" Adaeze Daisy Gill Jerusha Frimpong
Show details Results summary Colour key
Team Will Team Anne-Marie Team Tom Team Olly
Result's colour key Artist received the most public votes Artist was eliminated
+ Weekly results Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Jen & Liv SafeWinner Callum Doignie Safe Finalist Hope Winter Safe Finalist Jolie Stevens Safe Finalist AV4C Eliminated Eliminated(Week 1) Bianca White Eliminated Déjà Vu Eliminated Katie Coleman Eliminated Kelly Hastings Eliminated Nia Ekanem Eliminated Stan Urban Eliminated THePETEBOX Eliminated
Week 1: Semi-final (23 December) The Semi-final aired on 23 December 2023. The 12 contestants who advanced from the Callbacks competed, with each coach having to select one artist out of three to take through to the final.
+ Performances in the semi-final episode Episode Order Coach Artist Song Result Episode 8 1 Sir Tom Jones AV4C "Stand Up" Eliminated 2 Callum Doignie "Control" Saved 3 Bianca White "Rescue" Eliminated 4 Olly Murs Stan Urban "Johnny B. Goode" Eliminated 5 Kelly Hastings "Impossible" Eliminated 6 Hope Winter "Jealous Guy" Saved 7 will.i.am THePETEBOX "Heat Waves" Eliminated 8 Katie Coleman "Firebabe" Eliminated 9 Jen & Liv "Sway" Saved 10 Anne-Marie Déjà Vu "Beautiful Liar" Eliminated 11 Jolie Stevens "What Now" Saved 12 Nia Ekanem "Everybody Hurts" Eliminated
Week 2: Final (30 December) Coach performance: "When Doves Cry"/"Kiss" Musical performance: Raye — "Oscar Winning Tears"; Anthonia Edwards — "All I Do Is Try" The final aired on 30 December 2023. As in the previous series, the final was pre-recorded with the audience voting for the winner. For the first time in the show's history, there was only the winner reveal, with the remaining finalists placing as runners-up, instead of than fourth and third placements.
+ Performances in the final episode Order Coach Artist First song Order Duet (with Coach) Result 1 Olly Murs Hope Winter "No Peace" 6 "I'll Be Waiting" Finalist 2 Sir Tom Jones Callum Doignie "Breakaway" 7 "Bird on the Wire" 3 Anne-Marie Jolie Stevens "Forever" 5 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" 4 will.i.am Jen & Liv "I'm Every Woman" 8 "Break My Soul" Winners
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