The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The second series was hosted by Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates on BBC One and started on 30 March 2013. On 13 November 2012, it was confirmed that all four coaches from last year would return.'Voice' UK: Jessie J, Tom Jones, Danny O'Donoghue, will.i.am to return - The Voice News - Reality TV - Digital Spy
On 22 June 2013, it was announced that Andrea Begley was the winner of The Voice UK, marking Danny O'Donoghue's first and only win as coach.
This was the final series to feature Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue as coaches, and Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates as co-presenters.
Coaches and presenters
Upon the conclusion of the first series, it was reported that Jessie J was of threat to be axed from her position as a coach, after publicly criticising the programme’s production values. Cheryl, Kylie Minogue, Adele, Rihanna and Kelly Rowland were notable names suggested by the media as potential replacements. It was also suggested that Sir Tom Jones may also leave the series, Amidst speculation that Cliff Richard had been lined up to join the coaching line-up, which was later denied by the BBC.
In November 2012, it was confirmed that will.i.am, Jessie J, Sir Tom Jones and Danny O'Donoghue would all be returning as coaches for the second series. Additionally, it was confirmed that both Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates would reprise their duties as presenters.
Production The show's Blind Auditions moved to dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester. It was also confirmed that the live show format would be tweaked for this series,'The Voice' UK Live Shows to be cut back, spinning chairs increased - The Voice News - Reality TV - Digital Spy which included the cutback from six live shows in the first series to only three live shows, and the pre-recorded results show had also been dropped, with the results given on the same night as the performances. On 28 February 2013, four ten-second teaser trailers were posted to the show's official website and YouTube page.
Teams The teams were revealed during the 4 May 2013 episode of the blind auditions.
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Coaches Top 48 Artists will.i.am Leah McFall Cleo Higgins Leanne Jarvis Jordan Lee Davies Lem Knights John Pritchard Moni Tivony Matt Henry Nu-tarna Carla & Barbara Liam Tamne CJ Edwards Emily Worton Jessie J Matt Henry Ash Morgan Sarah Cassidy Danny County Trevor Francis Letitia Grant-Brown Lovelle Hill Adam Barron Lem Knights Alex Buchanan Katie Benbow De' Vide Nate James Sir Tom Jones Mike Ward Joseph Apostol Alys Williams Adam Barron Cherelle Basquine Jamie Bruce Ragsy Emma Jade Garbutt Diva Lareena Mitchell Elise Evans LB Robinson Colin Chisholm Danny O'Donoghue Andrea Begley Karl Michael Mitchel Emms Alex Buchanan Sean Rumsey Abi Sampa Conor Scott Laura Oakes Nadeem Leigh Ricardo Afonso Paul Carden Alice Barlow Smith & Jones
Blind auditions The blind auditions began in Salford, Greater Manchester on 14 December 2012 at dock10, MediaCityUK after moving from BBC Television Centre in London. Each coach had the length of the artists' performance to decide if they wanted that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches have wanted the same artist, then the artist chose their coach. Once the coaches picked their team, they pitted them against each other in the battles.
Colour 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 Artist received an 'All Turn'.
Episode 1 (30 March) The 95-minute first blind audition episode was broadcast on 30 March 2013 and aired from 7.00pm until 8.35pm.
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – Medley of "Rip It Up" / "Johnny B. Goode"/ "Shout" / "Long Tall Sally"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jessie Tom Danny 1Ash Morgan27"Never Tear Us Apart" 2 Danny County 22 "About You Now" — — 3Leanne Jarvis24"Stay with Me" 4 Louis Coupe 16"Learn to Fly" — — — — 5 Andrea Begley 26 "Angel" — — 6Kirsty Crawford 29"Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" — — — — 7 Mike Ward 22 "Don't Close Your Eyes" — 8 Katie Benbow 20 "Feeling Good" — — — 9 Anthony Kavanagh 35"Don't Dream It's Over" — — — — 10Matt Henry34"Trouble"
Episode 2 (6 April) The 90-minute second episode was broadcast on 6 April 2013 and aired from 7.00pm until 8.30pm. Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jessie Tom Danny 1Trevor Francis30"A Change Is Gonna Come" 2 Emma Jade Garbutt 18 "Sweet Child o' Mine" — — — 3Sam Hollyman17"Your Song" — — — — 4Alex Buchanan23"Don't Wake Me Up" 5Lorraine Crosby52"Midnight Train to Georgia" — — — — 6 Ragsy 34 "The Scientist" — — 7 Smith & Jones 19 & 20 "Candy" — — — 8Liam Tamne27"This Woman's Work" 9Kym Mazelle52"Ring of Fire" — — — — 10 Nadeem Leigh 34 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"/"The Blower's Daughter" — — — 11Nick Dixon16"I Won't Give Up" — — — — 12Alys Williams25"The Cave"
Episode 3 (13 April) The 90-minute third episode was broadcast on 13 April 2013 and aired from 6.45pm until 8.15pm. Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jessie Tom Danny 1Cleo Higgins30"Love on Top" 2Barry James Thomas 49"The Boys Are Back In Town" — — — — 3 Mitchel Emms 19 "Best of You" — — — 4Elise Evans18"Something's Got a Hold on Me" 5Emma Louise Jackson23"River Deep – Mountain High" — — — — 6 Conor Scott 18 "Starry Eyed" — — — 7 Amy Wilkinson27"She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" — — — — 8 Diva 41 & 43 "Tell Him" — — 9 Leah McFall 23 "R.I.P." — — 10 Lovelle Hill 22 "Diamonds" — 11 Lem Knights 18 "Do It like a Dude" —
Episode 4 (20 April) The 65-minute fourth episode was broadcast on 20 April 2013 and aired from 8.20pm until 9.25pm. Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jessie Tom Danny 1Alice Fredenham28"The Lady Is a Tramp" — — — — 2 Sarah Cassidy 31 "Let's Stay Together" — 3 Emily Worton 18 "Common People" — — — 4Nick Tatham29"Footloose" — — — — 5Tom Gregory 17"For the First Time" — — — — 6Laura PrescottN/A"Who You Are" — — — — 7 LB Robinson 32 "She's a Lady" — — — 8Carla & Barbara47 & 54"The Flower Duet" 9David KiddN/A"Life on Mars?" — — — — 10 Laura Oakes 22 "Spectrum (Say My Name)" — — — 11Jessica Steele21"Don't You Want Me" — — — — 12Karl Michael26"No More I Love You's"
Episode 5 (27 April) The 85-minute fifth episode was broadcast on 27 April 2013 and aired from 8.05pm until 9.25pm. Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jessie Tom Danny 1 Jamie Bruce 34 "Try a Little Tenderness" — — 2 Jordan Lee Davies 22 "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" —— 3Charlie RyanN/A"Let's Get It On" — — — — 4Aret KapetanovicN/A"Upside Down" — — — — 5 Cherelle Basquine 25 "Call My Name" — — — 6 Ricardo Afonso 38 "Hard to Handle" — — 7 Sean Rumsey 26 "Payphone" — — 8 Alice Barlow 21 "Call Me Maybe" — — 9Katie Evans24"You've Got the Love"/"Feel the Love" — — — — 10 Nu-Tarna 32 & 31 "Part of Me" — — — 11Gemma MarshallN/A"How We Do (Party)" — — — — 12Eva Iglesias39"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" — — — — 13Ant Henson23"All These Things That I've Done" — — — — 14Em BruléeN/A"Hound Dog" — — — — 15Cassie ChanN/A"Too Close" — — — — 16Gill ForsterN/A"Cry to Me" — — — — 17 Nate James 33 "Crazy" — — 18 De' Vide 24 & 33 "My Girl" — — — 19 Lareena Mitchell 33 "Walking on Broken Glass" — — — 20 Colin Chisholm 60 "I Drove All Night" — — — 21 Paul Carden 31 "Locked Out of Heaven" — — —
Episode 6 (4 May) The 80-minute sixth episode was broadcast on 4 May 2013 from 8.05pm until 9.25pm. Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Jessie Tom Danny 1 Adenikè Adenaike 23"Sweet Love" — — — — 2 John Pritchard 31 "Wicked Game" — — — 3 Letitia Grant-Brown 17 "Bust Your Windows" — — — 4 Danny Foster 33"Wannabe" — — — — 5 Jay Aston 51"Time Is Running Out" — — — — 6Moni Tivony32"No Woman, No Cry" 7 Abi Sampa 27 "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" — — — 8 Joseph Apostol 21 "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" — Team Full 9 Brett Davison 28"Fast Car" — — Team Full 10 Bronwen Lewis 19"Fields of Gold" — — 11 Adam Barron 27 "Summertime" — 12 Sophie Mendoza N/A"Daddy" — Team Full 13 Georgia Thursting N/A"Romeo" — 14 Julie E Gordon 39"Creep" — 15 Rita Payne N/A"Billie Jean" — 16 Laine Hines N/A"Baby Jane" — 17 Gemma Louise Edwards N/A"Habanera" — 18 Rob Reynolds 45"Wish You Were Here" — 19 CJ Edwards 24 "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"
Battle rounds The recording of the battle rounds took place on 9 and 10 February 2013 at The Fountain Studios and aired on 11, 12 and 25 May 2013. This year's battle rounds featured a new "steal" twist. After each battle round the losing artist then pitched to the other three coaches on why they should join their team. It was then up to the coaches (who have a limited amount of time) to press their red button to steal the artist. They could press their button as many times as they liked but were only allowed to steal one artist. If more than one coach wanted to steal the same artist then it was up to the artist to decide which team to join. The first battle rounds episode aired from 8.35pm until 9.50pm, the second aired on from 7.00pm until 8.00pm and the third ran for 130 minutes from 7.10pm until 9.20pm (There was no episode on 18 May due to the Eurovision Song Contest).
The battle round advisors were will.i.am working with Dante Santiago, Jessie J with Claude Kelly, Tom Jones with Cerys Matthews and Danny O'Donoghue with Dido.
Colour key Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Knockouts Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result will.i.am Jessie Tom Danny Episode 1 Tom Jones 1 Jamie Bruce "When Love Comes to Town" LB Robinson — — — will.i.am 2 Jordan Lee Davies "Do I Do" Matt Henry — Danny O'Donoghue 3 Andrea Begley "People Help the People" Alice Barlow — Steal used — Jessie J 4 Sarah Cassidy "E.T." Katie Benbow — — — will.i.am 5 Cleo Higgins "Finally" Nu-tarna — — Jessie J 6 Ash Morgan "I Won't Let You Go" Adam Barron — Episode 2 will.i.am 1 Leanne Jarvis "Hero" Carla & Barbara Steal used Steal used — Tom Jones 2 Cherelle Basquine "All About Tonight" Elise Evans — — Jessie J 3 Danny County "Best I Ever Had" De' Vide — — will.i.am 4 Leah McFall "The Way You Make Me Feel" CJ Edwards — Jessie J 5 Lovelle Hill "No Air" Nate James — — Danny O'Donoghue 6 Conor Scott "Some Nights" Smith & Jones — Episode 3 Danny O'Donoghue 1 Mitchel Emms "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" Ricardo Afonso — Steal used Steal used Tom Jones 2 Mike Ward "Landslide" Emma Jade Garbutt — — Jessie J 3 Letitia "Family Affair" Alex Buchanan Tom Jones 4 Joseph Apostol "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Diva — Steal used Danny O'Donoghue5 Abi Sampa "Heaven" Laura Oakes — will.i.am 6 John Pritchard "Easy Lover" Liam Tamne Jessie J 7 Trevor Francis "Soul Man" Lem Knights Tom Jones 8 Alys Williams "Rambling Man" Lareena Mitchell Steal used Danny O'Donoghue9 Sean Rumsey "I'm a Man" Paul Carden will.i.am10 Moni Tivony "Little Talks" Emily Worton Tom Jones 11 Ragsy "Starlight" Colin Chisholm Danny O'Donoghue 12 Karl Michael "Red" Nadeem Leigh
Knockout rounds The recording of the knockout rounds took place at The Fountain Studios on 21 February 2013 and aired on 1 and 2 June 2013. Before each knockout round, the coach chose one artist from their team to get a "fast pass" to the live shows, the remaining six artists from that team were then split up into two groups of three. At the end of each knockout round the coach then decided out of the three artists who won, and therefore made up their three artists to take to the live shows. Episode 1 aired from 8.30pm until 9.40pm, while episode 2 aired from 7.15pm until 8.30pm.
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