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The Voice UK series 8

The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eighth series began airing on 5 January 2019 and concluded on 6 April 2019, presented by Emma Willis on ITV. will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned for their eighth, third, seventh and second series, respectively.

On 6 April 2019, Molly Hocking was announced the winner of the season, marking the Olly Murs' first win as coach.

Coaches

Coaches for series 8 of The Voice UK

On 1 November 2018, it was announced that Vick Hope (last series' backstage reporter and The V Room host) would be replaced by AJ Odudu.[1]

On 9 March 2019, the guest mentors for the knockout round were announced to be: James Arthur to help Sir Tom Jones, Nicole Scherzinger to help will.i.am, Olly Alexander (of Years & Years) to help Jennifer Hudson and Anne-Marie to help Olly Murs.[2]

Teams

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Blind auditions

It was announced by ITV that the eighth series would begin broadcasting on 5 January 2019.[3]

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Episode 1 (5 January)

The series premiere aired on from 8:30pm until 9:35pm.

Episode 2 (12 January)

Episode 3 (19 January)

Episode 4 (26 January)

Episode 5 (2 February)

Episode 6 (9 February)

Episode 7 (16 February)

Battle rounds

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Episode 1 (23 February)

Episode 2 (2 March)

Episode 3 (9 March)

Knockouts

A new voting system called Lifeline vote was introduced this year, which would save one contestant from the 16 eliminated acts based on the public's vote. The act who was saved by lifeline vote would be revealed at the beginning of the live Semi-final.[4]

Episode 1 (16 March)

Episode 2 (23 March)

Live shows

The live shows began on 30 March 2019.[5]

Results summary

Team’s colour key
  Team Will
  Team JHud
  Team Tom
  Team Olly
Result's colour key
  Artist received the most public votes
  Artist received the fewest votes and was eliminated

Week 1: Semi-final (30 March)

With the eliminations of Emmanuel Smith, Moya, NXTGEN and Nicole Dennis, will.i.am and Jennifer Hudson no longer have any artists remaining on their teams. This is the first time in all eight seasons that will.i.am does not have an artist represented in the final. This is also the first time in the show's history that only two coaches are represented in the final. With the advancements of Bethzienna Williams and Jimmy Balito, this is the first time that a stolen artist, who is representing the finals, did not originally earn a chair turn by their coach in the blind auditions.

Week 2: Final (6 April)

Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Gimme Some Lovin'"

Reception

Ratings

Official ratings are 28-day figures, include viewers watching on PC and mobile devices, and are taken from BARB.[6]

References

  1. ^ "AJ Odudu is the new Backstage Reporter for The Voice UK". www.itv.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The Voice 2019 guest mentors revealed". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ ITV (4 December 2017). "The Voice returns in January!". ITV plc. United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ^ "The Voice introduces new lifeline vote". BT. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  5. ^ "The Voice UK 2019 Voting Stats". ITV. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Four-screen dashboard (see relevant week)". BARB.

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