The Voice of Ireland is an Irish reality talent show. It began airing on 8 January 2012. It replaced The All Ireland Talent Show. The Voice of Ireland aired on RTÉ One. Kathryn Thomas presented the main show, while Eoghan McDermott co-presented. Bressie, Kian Egan, Sharon Corr and Brian Kennedy were the coaches. Pat Byrne, mentored by Bressie, won the series.
Auditions for this series took place at the end of 2011. The Blind Auditions took place at The Helix, Dublin, between 26 and 31 October in front of a live audience. On Thursday, 24 November and Friday, 25 November, each coach's artists performed at The Helix for The Battle Rounds. The Live Shows began on 4 March. This series included Lucy O'Byrne, who would later appear as runner-up on the British series of The Voice.
Teams Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Eliminated in the Live shows Eliminated in the Battles
Coaches Top 48 artists Brian Kennedy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Claire O'Loughlin Sinead Fox Brendan Keeley Alan Fitzsimons Richie Hayes Colin Hand Angela Shanny Lindsay Hamilton Neil McGrath Lata McCarthy Conor Ryan Kian Egan Kyle Kennedy Graham Dowling Elliot Canavan Doyle Liam Geddes Sharon Gaynor Jim Devine Lucy O'Byrne Sandra Jane Hyland Christina Foran Stephen Griffin Siobhan McKenna Lorna Jordan Sharon Corr Fauve Chapman Kellie Blaise Nollaig O'Connor Kevin Keeley Kim Hayden Vanessa Whelan Onya Gray Kate Donohoe Alan Lawlor Ingrid Madsen Alibhne Hession Dan Twomey Bressie Gavin Kenny Jessica Pritzel Gari Deegan Kiera Byrne Conor Quinn Pat Byrne Rory Quinn Kate Gilmore Dervla Magennis Carolann Haskins Nikita O'Rowe Dara Molloy
Blind Auditions The Blind Auditions took place at The Helix, Dublin, between 26 and 31 October in front of a live audience. The coaches choose teams of artists through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they want that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist gets to choose their coach. Once the coaches have picked their team, they are to pit them against each other in the ultimate sing off; The Battles.
Color key Coach hit his/her "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 his or her "I WANT YOU" button
Blind Auditions 1 Order Artist Song Coaches' and artists' choices Bressie Sharon Kian Brian1Onya Gray "Running Up That Hill" 2 Darren Bates "Patience" 3 Kate Donohoe "Mustang Sally" 4 Conor Quinn "9 Crimes" 5 Kim Burke "Price Tag" 6 Chris Currid "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" 7Christina Foran "Go Your Own Way" 8Angela Shanny "Listen" 9Gavin Kenny "Hurt" 10Dan Twomey "Nella Fantasia" 11Gari Deegan "Forget You" 12Sinead Fox "Smile" 13 Stephen Griffin "Everything" 14 Tara Blaise "Livin' on a Prayer"
Blind Auditions 2 Order Artist Song Coaches' and artists' choices Bressie Sharon Kian Brian1Nikita O'Rowe "Never Forget You" 2 Laura Rice "Dynamite" 3Conor Ryan "At Last" 4Liam Geddes "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" 5 Leighann Mitchell "Firework" 6Jessica Pritzel "Billie Jean" 7Richie Hayes (Son) "I Wish" 8 Dick Hayes (Father) "Wind Beneath My Wings" 9Ailbhne Hession "I'll Be There" 10 Dara Molloy "I Will Always Love You" 11 Neil McGrath "Use Somebody" 12 Brían Doyle "Your Song" 13Kellie Blaise "Fallin'" 14 Siobhan McKenna "Listen"
Blind Auditions 3 Order Artist Song Coaches' and artists' choices Bressie Sharon Kian Brian 1 Emma Jane Reilly "Halo" 2 Rory Quinn "Man in the Mirror" 3 Annie Gribbin "The Island" 4 Nollaig O'Connor "With or Without You" 5 Emma Wigglesworth "You Got the Love" 6 Lucy O'Byrne "Smile" 7 Mike Bartlett "All I Want Is You" 8 Vanessa Whelan "Rule the World" 9 Lindsay Hamilton "Faith" 10 Lorna Jordan "Summer Fly" 11 Brendan Keeley "Sometimes When We Touch" 12 Sandra Jane Hyland "Imagine" 13 Ellie McMahon "Black and Gold" 14 Lata McCarthy "Nella Fantasia" 15 Kiera Byrne "Ride On"
Blind Auditions 4 Order Artist Song Coaches' and artists' choices Bressie Sharon Kian Brian 1 Megan O'Riordan "Price Tag"/"Where Is the Love?" 2 Alan Lawlor "Everything" 3 Olivia Luc "True Colors" 4 Claire O'Loughlin "Alone" 5 Liam McCarthy "Forget You" 6 Joanne McGrath "Killing Me Softly with His Song" 7 Pat Byrne "The River" 8 Fauve Chapman "Wonderwall" 9 Jim Devine "Better" 10 Brian Masterson "Mustang Sally" 11 Graham Dowling "Come Together" 12 Ryan O'Shaughnessy "The Power of Love" 13 Kevin Keeley "Travelin' Soldier" 14 Kate Gilmore "Use Somebody"
Blind Auditions 5 Order Artist Song Coaches' and artists' choices Bressie Sharon Kian Brian 1 Ellen Maguire "Beautiful Disaster" 2 Carolann Haskins "Last Name" 3 Elliot Canavan Doyle "9 Crimes" 4 Kyle Kennedy "Just the Way You Are" 5 Nicole Chaney "Flashdance... What a Feeling" 6 Jenny McCabe "Hurt" 7 Alan Fitzsimons "True Colors" 8 Fearghal Kelly "Cry Me a River" 9 Kim Hayden "I Will Always Love You" 10 Dervla Magennis "At Last" 11 Eric Campbell "Don't Stop Believin'" 12 Sharon Gaynor "Think" 13 Joe Kavanagh "Nella Fantasia" 14 Ingrid Madsen "I Can't Make You Love Me" 15 Colin Hand "Smile"
Battles On Thursday, 24 November and Friday, 25 November, each coach's artists performed at The Helix for The Battle Rounds. Each team of artists were mentored and developed by their coach. In this stage, two artists from the same team, battle against each other by singing the same song, with the coach choosing which artist to send through to the live shows.
Color key Artist won the Battle and advances to the Live shows Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Coach Adviser Artists Bressie Ruth-Anne Cunningham Dara Molloy Gavin Kenny Jessica Pritzel Dervla Magennis Conor Quinn Carolann Haskins Pat Byrne Rory Quinn Kate Gilmore Gari Deegan Nikita O'Rowe Kiera Byrne Sharon Corr Don Mescall Kate Donohoe Dan Twomey Ingrid Madsen Ailbhne Hession Alan Lawlor Fauve Chapman Kellie Blaise 'Vanessa Whelan Kevin Keeley Kim Hayden Nollaig O'Connor Onya Gray Kian Egan Priscilla Samuels Liam Geddes Graham Dowling Sharon Gaynor Kyle Kennedy Christina Foran Jim Devine Stephen Griffin Sandra Jane Hyland Siobhan McKenna Lucy O'Byrne Elliot Canavan Doyle Lorna Jordan Brian Kennedy Eddi Reader Alan Fitzsimons Lindsay Hamilton Brendan Keeley Angela Shanny Colin Hand Conor Ryan Lata McCarthy Sinead Fox Neil McGrath Claire O'Loughlin Ryan O'Shaughnessy Richie Hayes
Battles 1 Order Coach Winner Song Loser 1 Kian Egan Liam Geddes "Yellow" Stephen Griffin 2 Bressie Pat Byrne "If It Makes You Happy" Dara Molloy 3 Brian Kennedy Alan Fitzsimons "Everybody Hurts" Lata McCarthy 4 Sharon Corr Kellie Blaise "Shout" Kate Donohoe 5 Bressie Gavin Kenny "Everlasting Love" Rory Quinn 6 Kian Egan Graham Dowling "Moves like Jagger" Sandra Jane Hyland 7 Brian Kennedy Sinead Fox "I Try" Lindsay Hamilton 8 Sharon Corr Vanessa Whelan "Con te partirò" Dan Twomey
Battles 2 Order Coach Winner Song Loser 1 Kian Egan Sharon Gaynor "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Siobhan McKenna 2 Sharon Corr Kevin Keeley "Need You Now" Ingrid Madsen 3 Bressie Jessica Pritzel "My Immortal" Kate Gilmore 4 Brian Kennedy Brendan Keeley "Dirty Old Town" Neil McGrath 5 Bressie Gari Deegan "Don't Upset the Rhythm (Go Baby Go)" Dervla Magennis 6 Brian Kennedy Claire O'Loughlin "Nothing Compares 2 U" Angela Shanny 7 Kian Egan Kyle Kennedy "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" Lucy O'Byrne 8 Sharon Corr Kim Hayden "Sober" Ailbhne Hession
Battles 3 Order Coach Winner Song Loser 1 Sharon Corr Nollaig O'Connor "Wild Horses" Alan Lawlor 2 Bressie Conor Quinn "How to Save a Life" Nikita O'Rowe 3 Brian Kennedy Ryan O'Shaughnessy "One" Colin Hand 4 Kian Egan Elliot Canavan Doyle "Creep" Christina Foran 5 Sharon Corr Fauve Chapman "Born This Way" Onya Gray 6 Brian Kennedy Richie Hayes "Crazy Love" Conor Ryan 7 Kian Egan Jim Devine "I Can't Make You Love Me" Lorna Jordan 8 Bressie Kiera Byrne "Standing in the Way of Control" Carolann Haskins
Live shows The Live Shows began on 4 March. The remaining artists competed against each other in live TV broadcasts at The Helix, with the viewers helping decide who advances and who exits the competition. When one artist remains for each coach, the artists will compete against each other in the finale on 29 April. The winner of the show will become The Voice of Ireland and get offered a contract with Universal Music worth €100,000.
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Artist Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Quarter-Final Semi-Final FinalPat ByrneSafe Safe Safe Public's choiceSafeWinnerRichie HayesSafe Safe Safe Public's choiceSafeRunner-up Vanessa Whelan Safe Safe SafePublic's choiceSafeThird place Jim Devine Safe Safe Safe Public's choice SafeFourth placeConor QuinnSafe Safe Safe Bressie's choice Eliminated Eliminated (Semi-final) Kim Hayden Safe Safe Bottom twoSharon's choiceEliminated Sharon Gaynor Safe Safe Bottom twoKian's choiceEliminated Alan FitzsimonsSafe Bottom two Bottom two Brian's choiceEliminatedBrendan KeeleySafe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 7)Kiera ByrneSafe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated Kevin Keeley Safe Bottom two SafeEliminated Liam Geddes Safe Bottom two SafeEliminated Nollaig O'Connor Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 6) Elliot Canavan Doyle Bottom two Safe EliminatedSinead FoxBottom two Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 5)Gari DeeganSafe Safe Eliminated Kellie Blaise Bottom two Eliminated Eliminated (Week 4) Graham Dowling Safe EliminatedClaire O'LoughlinSafe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 3)Jessica PritzelBottom two Eliminated Fauve Chapman Eliminated Eliminated (Week 2) Kyle Kennedy EliminatedRyan O'ShaughnessyEliminated Eliminated (Week 1)Gavin KennyEliminated
Live show details Artist was saved by the public's vote Artist was part of the bottom group in his/her team and saved by his/her coach Artist was eliminated
Live Show 1 (4 March) Guest performer: Royseven ("We Should Be Lovers") Teams competing: Team Bressie and Team Brian
+ Artists' performances on the first live show Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Brian Kennedy Alan Fitzsimons "Purple Rain" Safe 2 Bressie Gari Deegan "The Tracks of My Tears" Safe 3 Brian Kennedy Sinead Fox "Shine" Bottom two 4 Bressie Kiera Byrne "Titanium" Safe 5 Brian Kennedy Richie Hayes "What About Me" Safe 6 Bressie Conor Quinn "Feeling Good" Safe 7 Brian Kennedy Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Baby" Eliminated 8 Bressie Gavin Kenny "Smooth" Eliminated 9 Brian Kennedy Claire O'Loughlin "Un-Break My Heart" Safe 10 Bressie Jessica Pritzel "Something" Bottom two 11 Brian Kennedy Brendan Keeley "The Whole of the Moon" Safe 12 Bressie Pat Byrne "You Do Something to Me" Safe
Live Show 2 (11 March) Coaches performance: "Wake Up" (Performed by all four coaches) Guest performer: Bressie ("Breaking My Fall") Teams competing: Team Sharon and Team Kian
+ Artists' performances on the second live show Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Kian Egan Elliot Canavan Doyle "Take On Me" Bottom two 2 Sharon Corr Fauve Chapman "Video Games" Eliminated 3 Kian Egan Graham Dowling "Sex on Fire" Safe 4 Sharon Corr Kellie Blaise "My Funny Valentine" Bottom two 5 Kian Egan Kyle Kennedy "Superstition" Eliminated 6 Sharon Corr Kim Hayden "Fix You" Safe 7 Kian Egan Sharon Gaynor "All by Myself" Safe 8 Sharon Corr Keven Keeley "Crossfire" Safe 9 Kian Egan Jim Devine "Time After Time" Safe 10 Sharon Corr Vanessa Whelan "Somewhere" Safe 11 Kian Egan Liam Geddes "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" Safe 12 Sharon Corr Nollaig O'Connor "Shake It Out" Safe
Live Show 3 (18 March) Guest performer: Rizzle Kicks ("Mama Do the Hump") Teams competing: Team Brian and Team Bressie Team performance: Brian Kennedy and Team Brian ("Life Love and Happiness")