The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourteenth series premiered on 22 August 2026 on ITV1. Emma Willis returned to present the series, whilst will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, and Tom Fletcher & Danny Jones returned as coaches. Former The Voice Australia coach Kelly Rowland debuted as a coach this series, replacing LeAnn Rimes.
Coaches and host
On 3 May 2025, it was announced that of the previous edition's four coaches, will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, and Tom Fletcher & Danny Jones would return for their fourteenth, thirteenth, and second series, respectively. LeAnn Rimes subsequently announced her departure from the panel, and the following month, it was announced that Kelly Rowland would debut on the panel as her replacement. Emma Willis returned for her twelfth series as presenter.
In June 2026, it was hinted that duo coaches Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones might not return for the following series. It was later confirmed by ITV in September 2026 that Fletcher and Jones would not return to the show.
In September 2026, Sir Tom Jones confirmed that he would not return as a coach for series 15, having been "fired" by ITV as part of an effort to "refresh" the show. Jones stated that he did not want to leave, adding that "there's never a good time to fire an 86-year-old who's still pretty good at his job".
It was also announced that Willis would not return for the fifteenth series after serving as the presenter for twelve series. Her departure came after she landed the role as presenter of Strictly Come Dancing.
Guest advisors The guest advisors for the Battles were revealed on 27 September 2026. Team Will's guest advisor was upcoming coach Cheryl, while Team Kelly's advisor was former The Voice Australia coach Delta Goodrem. Team Tom's advisor was Paloma Faith, who previously served as an advisor in series 12. Team Tom & Danny's advisors were fellow McFly bandmates Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd.
Production Auditions for the fourteenth series began taking place throughout June and July 2025. In June 2025, it was announced that the show would not air in autumn 2025 and would instead would return at a later date in 2026, skipping its annual autumn slot (held since series 11). However, the show was pushed backed a second time with ITV announcing that the show will launch in the summer.
This year the callbacks were axed and were replaced by the battles which last took place in series 10. On 6 August 2026, ITV released the first trailer for the series. This series featured the introduction of the "Rewind" twist, which gave the coaches the opportunity to bring an artist back if they had failed to turn for them.
Teams Colour key
Winner Runner-up Eliminated in the Semi-Final Eliminated in the Battles
Coach Top 32 Artists will.i.am Diogo Ferreira Sonna Rele BMG Triple Threat Teodora Sava Naná Ardú Bella Popera Kelly Rowland Monique Nicholson-Porter Ray Gelato Lascel Wood Aaren James Cris Quammie Samantha Udeke Turah Sadiq Jessica Beth Sir Tom Jones Cate McHugh Vadé Amália Estradas Harry Linacre Eric & Jensen Dakari Love Molly J Robbie McMinn Danny Jones Ellie Harney Ross McGuire Ciiara Nyx Finlay McKillop Jack Algar Frank Raven Regan Preece Adam Tucker
Blind auditions The Blind Auditions began on 22 August 2026. During each audition, each artist performs in front of the coaches, who have their chairs faced towards the audience. If a coach is interested in having the artist on their team, they can press their button to face the artist. If only one coach presses their button, the artist is defaulted to their team; however, if multiple coaches press their button, the choice is given to the artist who elects a coach after each turned coach has pitched.
New this season, each coach has a "rewind" to save an artist from elimination. will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones did not use their rewind. Each coach ends up with 8 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 32 artists advancing to the battles.
+ 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 was originally eliminated with no coach pressing their button, but was saved by the "Rewind" Artist eliminated with no coach pressing their "I WANT YOU" button Artist received an "All Turn"
Episode 1 (22 August) Coach performance: Kelly Rowland & Sir Tom Jones — "Fever" Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Kelly Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1 Ellie Harney 24 "Idontwannabeyouanymore" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Cate McHugh 31 "Die with a Smile" — — ✔ — 3 Katie Mittell 42 "Wicked Game" — — — — 4 Monique Nicholson-Porter 32 "POV" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Ray Gelato 63 "A Pizza You" (original song) — ✔ — ✔ 6 Diogo Ferreira 27 "All I Want" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Katie Mittell previously auditioned in both series of the Welsh version, she did not manage a chair turn on the first series, and was eliminated in the semi-finals during the second series.
Episode 2 (29 August) Coach performance: Sir Tom Jones — "Tower of Song" Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Kelly Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1 Vadé (Roy, Jermaine, Joseph, JJ and Phil) 33–42 "Kiss from a Rose" — — ✔ — 2 Ross McGuire 23 "One Life" — — — ✔ 3 Kieran the Chanter 25 "Mamma Mia" — — — — 4 Amália Estradas 22 "Lonely" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 5 Sonna Rele 40 "My All" ✔ ✔ — ✔ 6 Kay-Lee Equeall 26 "The Night We Met" — — — — 7 Lascel Wood 34 "I Know Where I've Been" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Lascel Wood previously auditioned in front of Rowland during the eighth series of The X Factor.
Episode 3 (5 September) Coach performance: Kelly Rowland — "When Love Takes Over" Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Kelly Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1 BMG(Chidi, Kingxton, Bubu) 30–33 "Badman" (original song) ✔ ✔ — ✔ 2 Ciiara Nyx 19 "Glory Box" — ✔ — ✔ 3 Grace Kennedy 67 "Nutbush City Limits" — — — — 4 Rosie Botham 24 "A Sunday Kind of Love" — — — — 5 Finlay McKillop 26 "The Music of the Night" — — — ✔ 6 Harry Linacre 30 "Sweet Dreams" — — ✔ — 7 Aaren James 24 "How Do I Say Goodbye" — ✔ ✔ —
Episode 4 (12 September) Coach performance: Tom Fletcher & Danny Jones — "Shine a Light" Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Kelly Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1 Cris Quammie 43 "Try a Little Tenderness" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 2 Triple Threat 25–46 "More Than That" (original song) ✔ ✔ — — 3 Jack Algar 17 "House of the Rising Sun" — — — ✔ 4 Tiffany Bell 31 "Leave the Door Open" — — — — 5 Matt McClafferty 28 "Unlucky in Love" (original song) — — — — 6 Eric & Jensen 24 & 20 "Ain't Far From It" — — ✔ — 7 Teodora Sava 23 "Oscar Winning Tears" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 5 (19 September) Coach performance: Sir Tom Jones — "It's Not Unusual" Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Kelly Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1 Naná 39 "I Will Survive" (in Spanish) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Samantha Udeke 20 "Open Arms" — ✔ — — 3 Frank Raven 17 "West Coast" — — — ✔ 4 Kacey-Leigh 20 "Elastic Heart" — — — — 5 Dakari Love 27 "No Time to Die" — — ✔ — 6 Latyno BBI 23 "X" — — — — 7 Ardú 27–34 "Anxiety" / "Somebody That I Used to Know" ✔ — — — 8 Molly J 29 "Dangerously in Love" ✔ ✔ ✔ —
Episode 6 (3 October) Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Kelly Tom J. Tom F. & Danny 1 Regan Preece 18 "Something in the Orange" — — ✔ ✔ 2 Nikko 33 "Temperature" (original song) — — — — 3 Turah Sadiq 21 "When You Believe" — ✔ — — 4 Bella Popera(Julia, Ciara and Eleanor) 31–34 "La donna è mobile" ✔ — — — 5 Robbie McMinn 19 "If You Lose Her" rowspan="4" — ✔ — 6 Jessica Beth 30 "Pink Pony Club" ✔ rowspan="3" — 7 Jeanette Akua 33 "Stay" rowspan="2" — 8 Adam Tucker 30 "Feel" ✔
Battles The Battles returned after last being present in the tenth series.. This series, the battles took place in a private room, without an audience, each coach had their own celebrity advisor to help them make their decisions. Team Will had upcoming coach Cheryl, Team Kelly had former The Voice Australia colleague Delta Goodrem, Team Tom had former coach Paloma Faith, and Team Tom & Danny had McFly bandmates Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd. Teams Will and Tom performed the first episode while Teams Kelly and Tom & Danny performed the next.
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