The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The thirteenth series premiered on 31 August 2024 on ITV1. Emma Willis returned to present the series, whilst will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones returned as coaches, along with The Voice Australia coach LeAnn Rimes, and Tom Fletcher & Danny Jones, with the latter two serving as the programme's first duo coach.
On 26 October 2024, AVA was announced the winner of the series, marking Tom Fletcher & Danny Jones' first win as coaches. Fletcher and Jones became the first duo on the UK version of The Voice to win a series and became the third coach to win on their debut series, following Jennifer Hudson and Anne-Marie. It also marks Jones' second win on the UK franchise following the third series of the Kids edition.
Coaches
Prior to the beginning of the previous series, Olly Murs announced that he had been axed from the show, and that the twelfth series would be his last as a coach. The following month, it was announced that Anne-Marie had also been axed from the series with the show's producers reportedly wanting to "refresh the show".
Emma Willis returned for her eleventh series as presenter, whilst will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones returned for their thirteenth and twelfth series as coaches respectively. In February 2024, LeAnn Rimes was announced as Anne-Marie's replacement, whilst Murs was replaced by both McFly singers Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, the latter of whom served as a coach on the spin-off version The Voice Kids since its inception. The pair made up the show's first ever "double chair", a format that has previously been used in other versions of The Voice franchise, which saw them share the same chair and make decisions throughout the series collaboratively. This also marked the first time since the sixth season to feature two new coaches.
Production Auditions for the thirteenth series began taking place throughout June and July 2023 with online applications closing in October 2023. The series was again pre-recorded, with filming beginning in February 2024 and concluding in June.
Teams Colour key
Winner Runner-up Eliminated in the Semi-Final Eliminated in the Callbacks Withdrew
Coach Top 40 Artists will.i.am Storry ESNCE MiC LOWRY Aaliyah Zhané Amber Drameh Kevon Bennett Matty Scott Olivier Twin MCS Alya LeAnn Rimes Deb Orah Conor McLoughlin Lois Morgan Gay CHLOEJET Harry James Haydn Bardoe Joy Farrukh Kailun Dennie Nathan Grisdale ONOSE Sir Tom Jones Billy & Louie Ace Hollie Peabody Aaron Delano Abdul Omoba Eda Nives Jack McGee Kealeigh Robertson Kuill Cameron Zalika Henry Danny Jones AVA Kyra Smith Olivia Rogers Bette Reynolds Billy Lockett Calum Jones James Barlow Roisin McCarney Stan Buckroyd The Twins
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 (31 August)
Coach performance: "Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am LeAnn Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1MiC LOWRY 28–29 "Just a Friend 2002" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Harvey Powell18 "Unsteady" — — — — 3 Joy Farrukh 56 "Your Song" —✔ — — 4Kyra Smith20 "Golden Slumbers" — — ✔✔ 5 Kevon Bennett 32 "I Feel Good"✔ — — — 6 Danielle Maihallet 34 "Ave Maria" — — — — 7Zalika Henry 35 "Daylight" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8Billy Lockett 32 "I Could Use a Friend" (original) ✔ ✔ ✔✔
In Zalika Henry's audition, will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Tom & Danny switched seats to Danny Jones, Tom Fletcher and will.i.am & Sir Tom Jones respectively.
Episode 2 (7 September) Coach performance: LeAnn Rimes & Tom Jones — "Let It Be Me"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am LeAnn Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1Deb Orah 28 "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Romz 24 "Shake It" (original) — — — — 3 Kuill Cameron 30 "Don't Give Up" — —✔ — 4 Haydn Bardoe 21 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" — ✔ — ✔ 5Storry — "You Don't Know Me (Nah Nah)" (original) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6Aaron Gardiner25"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"———— 7 Lois Morgan Gay23"My Mind"—✔—— 8 AVA 20 "Damn Your Eyes"✔✔✔✔
Episode 3 (14 September)
Coaches performance: "Mama Told Me Not to Come"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am LeAnn Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1Billy & Louie 20 "Run to You"✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2Paul Connor18 "Spit of You"— — — — 3 Amber Drameh 27 "Ex-Factor"✔ — — — 4 Twin MCS 39"Long Time Coming" (original)✔—✔✔ 5 The Celtic Harps29–35"The Irish Rover" — — — — 6 Nathan Grisdale29"I Promise" (original)—✔—— 7Calum Jones23"Best of You"—✔—✔ 8Ace 20 "Ain't No Way"✔✔✔✔
Episode 4 (21 September) Coach performance: Tom Fletcher & Danny Jones — "All About You"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am LeAnn Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1 Kailun Dennie 25 "She's Always a Woman" — ✔ ✔ — 2 Jess Hernandez 22 "On My Love" — ——— 3 Stan Buckroyd 21 "Vampire" — ✔ — ✔ 4 ESNCE 20 "Water" ✔ — — — 5 Eda Nives 26 "Anyone" — — ✔ — 6 Tony Henry 63 "Nella Fantasia" ———— 7 Olivier 23 "Thriller" (original) ✔ ✔ —— 8Aaron Delano 25 "I'm Kissing You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 5 (28 September) Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am LeAnn Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1 Matty Scott 20 "Heartbreak Anniversary" ✔ — — — 2 Nyime Awe 36 "Through The Fire" — — — — 3 Roisin McCarney28 "Call Me" — — — ✔ 4CHLOEJET 23 "Escapism" ✔ ✔ — — 5 Jack McGee 20 "Yellow" — — ✔ — 6 Sinead McElroy 18 "Golden Hour" — — — — 7 Abdul Omoba 24 "Iron Sky" — — ✔ — 8 Bette Reynolds 76 "Rapper's Delight" — — —✔9Conor McLoughlin27 "I See Fire" ✔✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 6 (5 October) Coach performance: LeAnn Rimes — "How Do I Live" Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am LeAnn Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1Aaliyah Zhané26 "Cuz I Love You"✔——✔ 2Iwan Hughes24 "Strangers"———— 3 Olivia Rogers18 "Lay All Your Love on Me"——— ✔ 4ONOSE 26 "Chasing Cars"—✔ ✔✔ 5Temi Busari20 "Toast/Shining" (original)———— 6Kealeigh Robertson23 "Train Wreck"—— ✔— 7Alya18 "Earned It" ✔——— 8The Twins38 "Don't Let Go (Love)" rowspan="4" —— ✔ 9Hollie Peabody21 "Lose You to Love Me"—✔—
Episode 7 (12 October) Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am LeAnn Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1 James Barlow22 "Too Close" rowspan="2" ✔ rowspan="2" ✔ 2 Harry James 28 "Hold Me Closer" ✔ rowspan="2" Callbacks
For this season, the 'Callbacks' returned. This stage aired on 12 October, following the final round of blind auditions. In this round, each coach brought in a mentor for their team. AI "Fyilicia", Griff, Hannah Waddingham, and Perrie Edwards served as mentors for Teams Will, LeAnn, Tom, and Tom & Danny, respectively. will.i.am became the first coach in the entire franchise of The Voice to feature artificial intelligence as a mentor to a team. Alya 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.
This stage of the competition was filmed at St George's Hall in Liverpool.
+ The Callbacks colour key Artist advanced to the semi-finals Artist was eliminated
+ Callbacks Results Episode Order Coach Winner Song Losers Episode 7 1 Sir Tom Jones rowspan="3" "Used to Be Young" Zalika Henry Eda Nives Kuill Cameron 2 Hollie Peabody "Everytime" Kealeigh Robertson Jack McGee Abdul Omoba 3Billy & Louie "One Day I'll Fly Away" Aaron Delano Ace 4 will.i.am MiC LOWRY "What You Won't Do for Love" Matty Scott ESNCE 5 rowspan="3" "Murder She Wrote" Twin MCS Kevon Bennett Olivier 6 Storry "My Song" Amber Drameh Aaliyah Zhané 7 Tom & Danny AVA "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Stan Buckroyd Roisin McCarney 8 rowspan="4" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" James Barlow The Twins Bette Reynolds Calum Jones 9 Kyra Smith"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Billy Lockett Olivia Rogers 10 LeAnn Rimes Conor McLoughlin "Trouble" Nathan Grisdale Kailun Dennie 11 rowspan="4" "Love on the Brain" ONOSE CHLOEJET Harry James Haydn Bardoe 12 Lois Morgan Gay"Nothing Compares 2 U" Joy Farrukh Deb Orah
Show details Results summary Colour key
Team Will Team LeAnn Team Tom Team Tom & Danny
Result's colour key Artist received the most public votes Artist was eliminated
+ Weekly results Contestant Week 1 Week 2 AVA SafeWinner Billy & Louie SafeFinalist Deb Orah SafeFinalist Storry SafeFinalist Ace Eliminated Eliminated(Week 1) Conor McLoughlin Eliminated ESNCE Eliminated Hollie Peabody Eliminated Kyra Smith Eliminated Lois Morgan Gay Eliminated MiC LOWRY Eliminated Olivia Rogers Eliminated
Week 1: Semi-final (19 October) The Semi-final aired on 19 October 2024. 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. With the advancements of Deb Orah, Storry, Billy & Louie and AVA, the thirteenth series marks the first time in The Voice UK history where every finalist was originally a four-chair turn in the Blind Auditions.
+ Performances in the semi-final episode Episode Order Coach Artist Song Result Episode 8 1 LeAnn Rimes Deb Orah "Bridge over Troubled Water"Saved 2 Conor McLoughlin "Better Man" Eliminated 3 Lois Morgan Gay"A Case of You" Eliminated 4 will.i.am ESNCE "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" Eliminated 5 Storry "Run" (original) Saved 6 MiC LOWRY "The Boy Is Mine" Eliminated 7 Sir Tom Jones Ace "I'd Rather Go Blind" Eliminated 8 Hollie Peabody "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Eliminated 9 Billy & Louie "Freedom! '90 Saved 10 Tom & Danny Kyra Smith "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" Eliminated 11 Olivia Rogers "Alone" Eliminated 12 AVA"God Only Knows" Saved
Week 2: Final (26 October) Coach performance: "Fortunate Son" Musical performance: Perrie — "Forget About Us"; HUNNI — "Heartbeat"
+ Performances in the final episode Order Coach Artist First song Order Duet (with Coach) Result 1 LeAnn Rimes Deb Orah "Holy Water/Jesus Walks " 7 "Nina Cried Power" Finalist 2 Sir Tom JonesBilly & Louie "Fall on Me" 6 "Farther Along" 3 will.i.am Storry "Forever Young" 5 "Cry Me a River" 4 Tom & Danny AVA "The Long and Winding Road" 8 "The Reason" Winner
Ratings EpisodeAir date Total viewers(millions) ITVWeekly rank Blind Auditions 1 2.97 10 Blind Auditions 2 3.20 12 Blind Auditions 3 2.75 10 Blind Auditions 4 2.35 11 Blind Auditions 5 2.91 10 Blind Auditions 6 2.79 12 Blind Auditions 7 & Callbacks 2.68 12 Semi Final 2.54 16 Final 2.62 13
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