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 series, marking Olly Murs' first win as coach.
Coaches
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.
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.
Teams Colour key:
Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Eliminated in the Semi-Final Eliminated in the Knockouts Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles Eliminated in the Battles
CoachTop 40 Artistswill.i.amEmmanuel SmithNXTGENChristina EllinasIliannaGabriel DryssCallum ButterworthShivon KaneSeth OraekiKhadijaNyema KalfonBrieya MayJennifer HudsonNicole DennisMoyaSarah TuckerRemember MondayBukky OrontiConnie Lamb Bethzienna WilliamsLuke SwatmanCraig ForsythGisela GreenKieron SmithSir Tom JonesDeana WalmsleyBethzienna WilliamsCedric NealAyanam UdomaRoger SamuelsEquip to Overcome Jimmy BalitoGrace LatchfordMarina SimioniPeter DoneganMike PlattOlly MursMolly HockingJimmy BalitoStefan MahendraGeorgia BrayHarrisen Larner-MainEva Campbell Callum Butterworth Connie LambLauren HopeNikki AmbersFlat Pack
Blind auditions It was announced by ITV that the eighth series would begin broadcasting on 5 January 2019.
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 (5 January) The series premiere aired on from 8:30pm until 9:35pm.
ArtistOrderAgeSongCoaches and artists choiceswill.i.amJHudTomOlly Mike Platt 1 32 "Show Me Heaven" Heidi Lewis 2 17 "Lost Without You" — — — — Remember Monday 3 24 "Kiss from a Rose" Brieya May 4 16 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" — — Liam Walker 5 36 "Landslide" — — — — Peter Donegan 6 35 "Bless the Broken Road" — — — Molly Hocking 7 17 "You Take My Breath Away" — Nicole Dennis 8 24 "Never Enough" —
Episode 2 (12 January) ArtistOrderAgeSongCoaches and artists choiceswill.i.amJHudTomOlly Bukky Oronti 1 16 "Say Something" — — Dean Mac 2 27 "Pony" — — — — Connie Lamb 3 17 "Skyscraper" — — Cedric Neal 4 43 "Higher Ground" Chris Daley 5 35 "Lucky Man" — — — —Flat Pack636-43"Luck Be a Lady" — — — Grace Latchford717"Love Says" — — —Emmanuel Smith829"Hallelujah"
Episode 3 (19 January) ArtistOrderAgeSongCoaches and artists choiceswill.i.amJHudTomOlly Luke Swatman 1 35 "Il Mare Calmo Della Sera" — — Christina Ellinas 2 27 "Lullaby" — Lauz 3 17 "A Little Less Conversation" — — — — Harrisen Larner-Main 4 25 "Have a Little Faith in Me" — — Holly Lefevre 5 23 "You Are the Reason" — — — — Jimmy Balito 6 23 "Higher Love" — — NXTGEN 7 21 "Cry Me a River" — — Sarah Tucker 8 34 "In My Blood"
Episode 4 (26 January) ArtistOrderAgeSongCoaches and artists choiceswill.i.amJHudTomOlly Eden Kavanagh 1 24 "They Just Keep Moving The Line" — — — — Callum Butterworth 2 17 "Mercy" — — — Stefan Mahendra 3 23 "Redbone" — — Robin Martin 4 41 "You Gotta Be" — — — — Jack Morlen 5 23 "Scared to Be Lonely" — — — — Ilianna 6 21 "Location" — — — Craig Forsyth 7 28 "The Impossible Dream" — — — Bethzienna Williams 8 28 "Cry to Me" — — — Roger Samuels 9 43 "Footprints in the Sand" — —
Episode 5 (2 February) ArtistOrderAgeSongCoaches and artists choiceswill.i.amJHudTomOlly Equip To Overcome 1 20 "Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2" — Sherie Harthill 2 37 "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)" — — — — Eva Campbell 3 16 "Teardrop" — — — Khadija 4 21 "Underwater Love" — — — Craig Roystone 5 21 "This Is The Last Time" — — — — Nikki Ambers 6 22 "Better Now" — — Seth Oraeki 7 17 "Jealous" —— Moya 8 27 "Grace"
Episode 6 (9 February) ArtistOrderAgeSongCoaches and artists choiceswill.i.amJHudTomOlly Nyema Kalfon 1 22 "Answerphone" — — Gabriel Dryss 2 16 "Treasure" — — — Clare McCulloch 3 34 "Hard to Handle" — — — — Gisela Green 4 27 "Best Part" — Stephanie Hill 5 24 "I Could Have Danced All Night" — — — — Georgia Bray6 21 "Firework" — — — Jack Hawitt7 29 "Diamonds" — — — — Kenza Blanka8 34 "Papaoutai" — — — — Deana Walmsley9 23 "Back to Black" —
Episode 7 (16 February) ArtistOrderAgeSongCoaches and artists choiceswill.i.amJHudTomOlly Shivon Kane 1 19 "Fine Line" — — — Amy Hawthorn 2 29 "Best of My Love" rowspan=10 — — — Philippa Akers 3 27 "Ain't Nobody" — — — Ayanam Udoma 4 27 "Wonderwall" — — Kieron Smith 5 26 "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" — — Chloe Jones6 25 "Call Me" rowspan=6 — — Ryan Simpson7 25 "New Shoes" — — GGMK8 17 "Forget You" — — Rainy Hall9 32 "Run to You" — — Lauren Hope1020 "Addicted to Love" — Marina Simioni11 27 "Show Me Love" rowspan=1
Battle rounds
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 1 (23 February)
Order Coach Artists Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am JHud Tom Olly 1 Sir Tom Jones Cedric Neal Mike Platt "Jumpin' Jack Flash" — — — 2 will.i.am Ilianna Brieya May "American Boy" — — — 3 Jennifer Hudson Remember Monday Kieron Smith "Home" — — — 4 Olly Murs Molly Hocking Connie Lamb "With You" — — 5 will.i.am Christina Ellinas Nyema Kalfon "Confident" rowspan=3 — — 6 Olly Murs Georgia Bray Flat Pack "Hit the Road Jack" — — 7 Sir Tom Jones Roger Samuels Jimmy Balito "Let It Be"
Episode 2 (2 March)
Order Coach Artists Song Coaches' and artists choices will.i.am JHud Tom Olly 1 will.i.am Emmanuel Smith Khadija "Fallin'" rowspan=6 — rowspan=6 2 Olly Murs Eva Campbell Callum Butterworth "This Town" — 3 Jennifer Hudson Moya Bethzienna Williams "Never Tear Us Apart" rowspan=4 4 will.i.am NXTGEN Seth Oraeki "Youngblood" rowspan=3 5 Jennifer Hudson Bukky Oronti Gisela Green "Best Thing I Never Had" 6 Sir Tom Jones Deana Walmsley Peter Donegan "Make You Feel My Love"
Episode 3 (9 March)
+ Order Coach Artists Song Coaches' and artists choiceswill.i.amJHudTomOlly 1 Sir Tom Jones Equip to Overcome Marina Simioni "Team" rowspan=7 rowspan=7 rowspan=7 rowspan=7 2 Olly Murs Stefan Mahendra Nikki Ambers "We Don't Talk Anymore" 3 Sir Tom Jones Ayanam Udoma Grace Latchford "Breakfast At Tiffany's" 4 Jennifer Hudson Sarah Tucker Craig Forsyth "Against All Odds" 5 will.i.am Gabriel Dryss Shivon Kane "Feels" 6 Olly Murs Harrisen Larner-Main Lauren Hope "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" 7 JHud Nicole Dennis Luke Swatman "Your Song"
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.
Episode 1 (16 March) Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Sir Tom Jones Deana Walmsley "Dusk Till Dawn" Advanced 2 Roger Samuels "Grace" Eliminated 3 Equip to Overcome "When Love Takes Over" 1 Jennifer Hudson Connie Lamb "2002" 2 Moya "Woman" Advanced 3 Sarah Tucker "The Edge of Glory" Eliminated 1 will.i.am NXTGEN "Runnin' (Lose It All)" Advanced 2 Callum Butterworth "Mirrors" Eliminated 3 Gabriel Dryss "Just Got Paid" 1 Olly Murs Eva Campbell "Unstoppable" 2 Harrisen Larner-Main "You Get What You Give" 3 Jimmy Balito "High and Dry" Advanced
Episode 2 (23 March) Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 Olly Murs Georgia Bray "Black and Gold" Eliminated 2 Molly Hocking "Human" Advanced 3 Stefan Mahendra "God Is a Woman" Eliminated 1 Jennifer Hudson Nicole Dennis "Because of You" Advanced 2 Remember Monday "Jailbreaker" Eliminated 3 Bukky Oronti "Set Fire to the Rain" 1 will.i.am Ilianna "Street Life" 2 Emmanuel Smith "Made a Way" Advanced 3 Christina Ellinas "Pretty Hurts" Eliminated 1 Sir Tom Jones Ayanam Udoma "Thunder" 2 Bethzienna Williams "River" Saved by Lifeline vote 3 Cedric Neal "Bridge over Troubled Water" Advanced
Live shows The live shows began on 30 March 2019.
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
+ Weekly results per artist Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Round 1 Round 2 Molly Hocking1st26.8%1st38.49% Winner55.2% Deana Walmsley 3rd15.21% 2nd29.54% Runner-up44.8% Jimmy Balito 2nd17.69% 3rd19.66% Eliminated(Week 2) Bethzienna Williams 4th12.2% 4th12.31% Cedric Neal 5th8.54% Eliminated(Week 1) Emmanuel Smith 6th7.36% Nicole Dennis 7th4.63% NXTGEN 8th4.37% Moya 9th3.19%
Week 1: Semi-final (30 March) Musical guest: Donel Mangena ("Planets") 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.
+ Order Coach Artist Song Result 1 will.i.amEmmanuel Smith"Giant"Eliminated 2 Jennifer HudsonNicole Dennis"Dream On" 3 Sir Tom Jones Deana Walmsley "Autumn Leaves" Advanced 4 Bethzienna Williams "You Don't Own Me" 5 Olly Murs Jimmy Balito "Fix You" 6 Jennifer HudsonMoya"I Will Wait"Eliminated 7 will.i.amNXTGEN"Embrace" 8 Sir Tom JonesCedric Neal"High Hopes" 9 Olly Murs Molly Hocking "I'll Never Love Again" Advanced
Week 2: Final (6 April) Musical guest: Ruti ("Racing Cars")
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Gimme Some Lovin'" + Order Coach Artist First song Order Duet (with Coach) Order Winners single Result 1 Olly Murs Jimmy Balito "The Best" 5 "All Right Now" N/A N/A 3rd Place 2 Sir Tom Jones Bethzienna Williams "Call Out My Name" 6 "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" N/A N/A 4th Place 3 Sir Tom Jones Deana Walmsley "Hometown Glory" 7 "I Believe" 9 "Autumn Leaves" Runner-up 4 Olly Murs Molly Hocking "Someone You Loved" 8 "Stars" 10 "I'll Never Love Again"Winner
Reception
Ratings Official ratings are 28-day figures, include viewers watching on PC and mobile devices, and are taken from BARB.
Episode Date Official ratings ITVweekly rank Blind auditions 1 5 January 6.36 13 Blind auditions 2 12 January 5.8719 Blind auditions 3 19 January 5.8818 Blind auditions 4 26 January 6.1216 Blind auditions 5 2 February 5.84 Blind auditions 6 9 February 5.53 Blind auditions 7 16 February 5.54 Battle Rounds 1 23 February 5.12 14 Battle Rounds 2 2 March 4.87 Battle Rounds 3 9 March 4.6317 Knockout Rounds 1 16 March 4.69 Knockout Rounds 2 23 March 4.2116 Live Semi-Final 30 March 13 Live Final 6 April 5.36 15
References
External links Official website