Y Llais (Welsh for The Voice) is a Welsh-language television music competition aimed at discovering new singing talent. The show was renewed for a second series, which began broadcasting on 8 March 2026 on S4C."Y Llais returns to S4C" (press release). S4C. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025. Sian Eleri returned to present the series, while Sir Bryn Terfel, Bronwen Lewis, Aleighcia Scott, and Yws Gwynedd returned as coaches.
On 26 April 2026, drag artist Carrie Sauce was named winner, coached by Sir Bryn Terfel. Carrie Sauce was the first drag queen to win any of the series in The Voice franchise.
Coaches and host
On 9 July 2025, S4C announced that all four coaches from the previous season, Sir Bryn Terfel, Bronwen Lewis, Aleighcia Scott, and Yws Gwynedd, would return for their second series. Sian Eleri returned from last season, to present the show.
Production S4C confirmed the renewal of Y Llais for a second series, with an announcement at the Urdd Eisteddfod in Margam Park on 28 May 2025. The show is again being produced by Boom Cymru, the same company behind the first series."Y Llais confirms coaches for 2026 edition". Senal News. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025. The window for applications from prospective contestants opened on 9 July 2025 and closed on 18 July 2025. Filming was expected to begin later in 2025, with the show airing in early 2026 on S4C, S4C Clic, and BBC iPlayer.
Teams Colour key
Winner Runner-up Eliminated in the Semi-Final Eliminated in the Callbacks
Coach Top 32 Artists Sir Bryn Terfel Carrie Sauce Harry Lloyd-Morgan Jonathan Davies Bryn Williams Heather Dolly Jones Jodana Weekly Rhys Rowlands Tara Camm Bronwen Lewis Cas Jones Grace Sanders Mari Fflur Fychan Chris Owen Jonathan White Maddie Martyn Peters Rhiannon Aleighcia Scott Lywis Katie Ruth Ruth Ceirios Haf Emyr Wyn Williams Erin Hair Williams Garin Fitter Melody Yws Gwynedd Chuts Keila Hughes Ryan Rowe Celyn Mair Igloo Hearts Jade Smith Lily Maya Gittens Siwan Mair Jones
Blind auditions The show began with the Blind Auditions on 8 March, 2026. In each audition, an artist sings their piece (in welsh) in front of the coaches, whose chairs face the audience. If a coach is interested in working with the artist, they may press their button to face the artist. If only one coach presses the button, the artist automatically becomes part of their team. If multiple coaches turn, they will compete for the artist, who will decide which team they will join. This season, each coach ends up with 8 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 32 artists advancing to the callbacks.
+ 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 a "Four Chair Turn"
Episode 1 (8 March)
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Bryn Bronwen Aleighcia Yws 1 Bryn Williams 34 "Iris" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Erin Hair Williams 30 "Y Reddf" — — ✔ — 3 Keila Hughes 19 "Dal Dig" — — — ✔ 4 Ryan Rowe 31 "Tutti Frutti" ✔ ✔ — ✔ 5 Ethan Mei 27 "Dancing in the Moonlight" — — — — 6 Jodana Weekly 38 "Rhywun Yn Rhywle" ✔ — — — 7 Elin Mai 37 "Mai" — — — — 8 Carrie Sauce 31 "Rise Like a Phoenix" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Cat Southall 47 "Saf Ar Dy Draedd" — — — — 10 Ruth "Tennessee Whiskey" — ✔ ✔ — 11 Cas Jones 32 "I Will Always Love You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 2 (15 March)
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Bryn Bronwen Aleighcia Yws 1 Lywis 29 "Crazy" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 2 Mari Fflur Fychan 19 "Pe Bawn i’n Rhydd" ✔ ✔ — — 3 Jacob Lewis 30 "Esgair Llyn" — — — — 4 Katie Ruth 42 "I Want You Back" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Jonathan 31 "Disgyn" — ✔ ✔ — 6 Yingzi Song "Cymru Fach" — — — — 7 Rhys Rowlands 21 "Rhedeg I Paris" ✔ — — — 8 Carys Gwen "Gadael Abertawe" — — — — 9 Igloo Hearts "Brig Y Nos" — — — ✔ 10 Chris Owen 43 "Show Me Heaven" — ✔ — — 11 Rhiannon 35 "Nessun Dorma" — ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 3 (22 March)
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Bryn Bronwen Aleighcia Yws 1 Maddie "Miliwn" — ✔ ✔ — 2 Celyn Mair 25 "Mwynen Merch" — — — ✔ 3 Martyn Peters 39 "Hiraeth" (original song) — ✔ — — 4 Harry Lloyd-Morgan 23 "Pink Pony Club" ✔ — — — 5 Grace Perry 32 "Nutbush City Limits" — — — — 6 Siwan Mair Jones 24 "Gwenwyn" — — — ✔ 7 Josef Gray 22 "Lisa Lân" — — — — 8 Lily Maya Gittens 26 "Meillionen" — — — ✔ 9 Ceirios Haf 37 "Llwybr Lawr I’r Dyffryn" ✔ — ✔ — 10 Keys 25 "Ein Gwlad" — — — — 11 Tara Camm 26 "The Prayer" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 4 (29 March)
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Bryn Bronwen Aleighcia Yws 1 Jonathan Davies 45 "Ti a Dy Ddoniau" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Chuts 28 "Y Bardd o Montreal" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Garin Fitter 29 "Sherry" — — ✔ — 4 Laura Sutton 43 "Stop!" — — — — 5 Emyr Wyn Williams 43 "WAW" — — ✔ ✔ 6 Jade Smith 34 "Cloriau Cudd" — — ✔ ✔ 7 Melody "Runaway Baby" — — ✔ rowspan="5" 8 Dylan Heddwyn Williams 72 "Y Cwm" — — rowspan="4" 9 Heather Dolly Jones 20 "Traitor" ✔ — 10 Saskia Mapp 20 "Synfyfyrio" rowspan="2" — 11 Grace Sanders 36 "Black Velvet" ✔
The Callbacks The second stage of the competition is "The Callbacks". In this round, each coach's team will be narrowed down from eight contestants to three. The contestants perform a selected song, and their coach determines whether they are deserving of a place in the Semi-Finals.
Each coach had an advisor to aid in their decision. Team Bryn had Catty, Team Bronwen had Ian "H" Watkins, Team Aleighcia had Caryl Parry Jones, and Team Yws had Mali Hâf.
+ Callbacks color key Artist advanced to the Semi-Finals Artist was eliminated
+Callbacks ResultsEpisodeOrderCoachArtistSongEpisode 5 1 Yws Siwan Mair "Neidia" Keila May Celyn Mair Chuts 2 Ryan Rowe "Dros Foroedd Gwyllt" Igloo Hearts Jade Smith Lily Maya Gittens 1 Aleighcia Erin Hair Williams "Wade in the Water" Melody Ruth Katie Ruth 2 Garin Fitter "Caerdydd" Ceirios Haf Emyr Wyn Williams Lywis Episode 6 1 Bryn Bryn Williams "Bring Him Home" Tara Camm Heather Dolly Jones Carrie Sauce 2 Harri Lloyd-Morgan "Goleuadau Llundain" Jodana Rhys Rowlands Jonathan Davies 1 Bronwen Maddie "Llosgi" Martyn Peters Mari Fflur Fychan Jonathan White 2 Grace Sanders "One For Sorrow" Chris Owen Rhiannon Cas Jones
Show details Results summary Colour key
Team Bryn Team Bronwen Team Aleighcia Team Yws
Result's colour key Artist received the most public votes Artist was eliminated
+ Weekly results Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Carrie Sauce SafeWinner Cas Jones Safe Finalist Chuts Safe Finalist Lywis Safe Finalist Grace Sanders Eliminated Eliminated(Week 1) Harri Lloyd-Morgan Eliminated Jonathan Davies Eliminated Katie Ruth Eliminated Keila May Eliminated Mari Fflur-Fychan Eliminated Ruth Eliminated Ryan Rowe Eliminated
Week 1: Semi-final (19 April) The Semi-final aired on 19 April 2026. 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 7 1 Yws Gwynedd Ryan Rowe "Sigla Dy Dîn" Eliminated 2 Keila May "Adar y Nefoedd" Eliminated 3 Chuts "Llwytha’r Gwn" Saved 4 Aleighcia Scott Lywis "Rho i Mi Ween" Saved 5 Ruth "Yr Un Hen Ddyn" Eliminated 6 Katie Ruth "Human" Eliminated 7 Sir Bryn Terfel Jonathan Davies "Rhywbeth O’i Le" Eliminated 8 Harri Lloyd-Morgan "Tri O’r Gloch Y Bore" Eliminated 9 Carrie Sauce "Believe" Saved 10 Bronwen Lewis Grace Sanders "Don't Kill My Vibe" Eliminated 11 Mari Fflur-Fychan "Eto" Eliminated 12 Cas Jones "From This Moment On" Saved
Week 2: Final (26 April) The season finale aired on 26 April 2026. The top four contestants who advanced from the semifinals performed a solo song, followed by a duet with their respective coach.
At the end of the episode, the winner was announced following a vote by the live audience.
Carrie Sauce, the alter-ego of 31 year old Oliver Martin, was the first drag queen to win a series in any of The Voice franchises.
+ Performances in the final episode Order Coach Artist Solo song Order Duet (with Coach) Result 1 Aleighcia Scott Lywis "Black and Gold" 5 "Halfway" Finalist 2 Bronwen Lewis Cas Jones "Listen" 6 "Hwylio Drwy’r Nen" 3 Yws Gwynedd Chuts "Hardd" 7 "Dihoeni" 4 Sir Bryn Terfel Carrie Sauce "Cyn I’r Llenni Gau" 8 "Time to Say Goodbye" Winner
+ Non-competition performances Order Performers Song 8.1 Finalists "Aros Amdanat Ti" 8.2 Rose Datta "Gwerthfawr"
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