The ninth season of The Voice began airing on 24 May 2020. For the first time in the show's history all of the coaches returned: Delta Goodrem for her eighth, Kelly Rowland and Boy George for their fourth and Guy Sebastian for his second. Following the exit of Sonia Kruger, Darren McMullen, who hosted the first four seasons, returns with new co-host, Renee Bargh.
Chris Sebastian from Team Kelly won the competition on 19 July 2020, marking the second All-Star to win, as well as Kelly Rowland's second and final victory as a coach in her fourth, and final, season on The Voice Australia.
Coaches and hosts
Right after the end of the eighth season, the series was renewed for a ninth season and was announced that all coaches would return the new season. Darren McMullen, who exited as host following the conclusion of the fourth season, returns as host, alongside new co-host Renee Bargh, following the exit of Sonia Kruger.
In June 2020 the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Marcia Hines and The Veronicas were to fill in as guest mentors for Rowland and Boy George respectively, who will be mentoring their acts remotely from the US and UK because of travel restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams Colour key
+ Season nine coaching teams CoachTop 49 Guy Sebastian Johnny Manuel Timothy Bowen Adam Ludewig Matt Gresham Stephanie Cole Josh Pywell Soma Sutton Wolf Winters Elyse Sene-Lefao Jimi the Kween Bukhu Ganburged Kirby Burgess Luke Biscan Natalie Gauci Xy Latu Delta Goodrem Stellar Perry Jesse Teinaki Clarissa Spata Goldi Steve Clisby Claudia Harrison Emmagen Rain Graeme IsaakoElishia SemaanJanie GordonMatt EvansMatt Gresham Callum Gleeson Maddy Thomas Boy George Siala Robson Masha Mnjoyan Angela Fabian Elyse Sene-Lefao Virginia Lillye † Nathan Isaac Roxane LeBrasse Sapphire Tamalemai Caleb Jago-Ward Clarissa Spata Despina Savva Andy Dexterity Jonathon Welch Ricky Muscat Sebastian Coe Kelly Rowland Chris Sebastian Mark Furze Alex Weybury Despina Savva Lyric McFarland Bo'NessElishia SemaanJimi the Kween Ella Monnery Masha Mnjoyan Sapphire Tamalemai Soma Sutton Charlie McFarlane Emma Mylott Mason Lloyde Due to COVID-19 and international travel restrictions, Caleb Jago-Ward and Ella Monnery could not travel from New Zealand to perform in the Playoffs. Elyse Sene-Lefao and Jimi the Kween were chosen to replace them, respectively.
Blind auditions In the Blind Auditions, each coach had to complete their teams with 12 contestants. New this season, each coach had two Blocks to prevent another of the coaches from getting a contestant.
+ Season nine blind auditions colour key Coach hit the "I WANT YOU" button Coach hit the "I WANT YOU" button despite the lack of spaces in his/her team Artist defaulted to this team Artist elected to join this team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing "I WANT YOU" button Artist received a 'Four-Chair Turn'. Artist is an 'All Star' contestant. ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist Blocked by Guy Blocked by Delta Blocked by George Blocked by Kelly
Episode 1 (24 May)
+ Episode one blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Adam Ludewig 16 "Leave a Light On" 2 Despina Savva 14 "Idontwannabeyouanymore" 3 Roxane LeBrasse 37 "Best of My Love" 4 Virginia Lillye 50 "Barracuda" — — 5 Josh Pywell 28 "Run to Paradise" — — 6 Jon Wiza 28 "Don't Stop Believin'" — — — — 7 Stellar Perry 36 "Always Remember Us This Way" ✘
Episode 2 (25 May)
+ Episode two blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Janie Gordon 21 "Songbird" 2 Stephanie Cole 23 "The Middle" — — 3 Chris Sebastian 31 "Jealous" 4 Charlie McFarlane 22 "Sign of the Times" — — 5 Jimi the Kween 27 "Wicked Game" 6 Megan Vuillemain 26 "Emotion" — — — — 7 Timothy Bowen 30 "I Can't Make You Love Me"
Episode 3 (26 May)
+ Episode three blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Jesse Teinaki 28 "When the Party's Over" 2 Phoebe Jay 17 "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" — — — — 3 Luke Biscan 31 "Resolution" — — 4 Sebastian Coe 14 "Sucker"—— — 5 Ella Monnery 23 "Higher Love" — 6 Olivia Kelly 18 "Video Games" — — — — 7 Bukhu Ganburged 35 "Mother and Father"
Episode 4 (31 May)
+ Episode four blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Siala Robson 18 "Other Than You" (original song) 2 Kirby Burgess 31 "Maybe This Time" — — 3 Emmagen Rain 12 "Somethin' Bad"— —— 4 Matt Gresham 31 "Bruises" ✘ — 5 Jake Meywes 26 "Feeling Good" — — — — 6 Matt Evans 23 "Need You Tonight"— 7 Masha Mnjoyan 24 "All by Myself"
Episode 5 (1 June)
+ Episode five blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Caleb Jago-Ward 26 "Confide in Me" — 2 Georgia Caine 21 "The River" — — — — 3 Maddy Thomas 15 "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart"— 4 Carina Grace 55 "It's Raining Men" — — — — 5 Soma Sutton 26 "Hello" — 6 Joshua Jake 24 "Happier" — — — — 7 Alex Weybury 26 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" ✘ ✘
Episode 6 (2 June)
+ Episode six blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Angela Fabian 50 "Amazing Grace"— 2 Elishia Semaan 25 "Never Really Over"— —— 3 Dylan Marguccio 15 "I Want You Back" — — — — 4 Natalie Gauci 38 "The Greatest" — — 5 Jessica Fraser 19 "Don't Start Now" — — — — 6 Paul Stevens 79 "In My Life" — — — — 7 Xy Latu 41 "Higher Ground"
Episode 7 (7 June)
+ Episode seven blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Claudia Harrison 18 "O Mio Babbino Caro" 2 Emma Mylott 25 "Bang Bang" — — — 3 Nicole Ferreira 28 "Dancing on My Own" — — — — 4 Bo'Ness 16 "Dumb Things" — — 5 Lyric McFarland 35 "Good as Hell" x "So Good" — — 6 Andy Dexterity 34 "Imagine" 7 Johnny Manuel 35 "Home" ✘
Episode 8 (8 June)
+ Episode eight blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Jonathon Welch 61 "This Is the Moment"— — 2 Sarah Vellios 34 "A Whole New World" — — — — 3 Ricky Muscat 36 "Maria Maria"—— 4 Billie Kid 37 "Finesse" — — — — 5 Callum Gleeson 32 "The Loco-Motion"— — — 6 Koby Lee 36 "Perfect Illusion" — — — — 7 Mark Furze 33 "Blow"
Episode 9 (14 June)
+ Episode nine blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Graeme Isaako 30 "Bad" — — 2 Stephen Lean 18 "If I Can't Have You" — — — — 3 Elyse Sene-Lefao 19 "Big White Room" — ✘ ✘ 4 The Lions Den "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" rowspan="5" — — — 5 Nathan Isaac 23 "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" — 6 Ula Venckus 16 "Youngblood" — — — 7 Ashley Burke "Stay" — — — 8 Clarissa Spata 38 "Nessun dorma" ✘ —
Episode 10 (15 June)
+ Episode ten blind auditions Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices Guy Delta George Kelly 1 Steve Clisby 74 "Magic" rowspan="4" rowspan="10" 2 Lucy Griffiths 16 "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" rowspan="9" — 3 Mason Lloyde 28 "Take On Me" 4 Kat Jade 30 "If I Were a Boy" — 5 Wolf Winters* 32 "The Sound of Silence" — 6 Penelope Pettigrew 31 "Alive" rowspan="2" — 7 Sapphire Tamalemai 16 "Runnin' (Lose It All)"
Guy turned his chair for Wolf Winters despite already having a full team. Producers allowed him to keep Wolf as the 13th member of his team with the condition of losing two artists in a three-way battle in the next round.
Battle rounds The Battle rounds started on 21 June. The coaches can save two losing artists from any team, including their own. Contestants who win their battle or are saved will advance to the playoffs.
+ Season nine battle rounds colour key Artist won the Battle and advanced to the playoffs Artist lost the Battle but was saved by their coach or another coach, and advanced to the playoffs Artist lost the Battle and was originally eliminated, however, received the Coach Comeback, advancing to the playoffs Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated + Season nine battle rounds Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Save' result Guy Delta George KellyEpisode 11 Boy George 1 Virginia Lillye "Call Me" Clarissa Spata – – Delta Goodrem 2 Graeme Isaako "Dirrty" Elishia Semaan – – – Kelly Rowland 3 Alex Weybury "The Best" Mason Lloyde – – – – Guy Sebastian 4 Stephanie Cole "Scared to Be Lonely" Kirby Burgess – – – – Kelly Rowland 5 Lyric McFarland "Rehab" Soma Sutton – – – Guy Sebastian 6 Johnny Manuel "Earth Song" Bukhu Ganburged – – – – Episode 12 Boy George1 Siala Robson "Teenage Fantasy" Despina Savva – – Delta Goodrem 2 Claudia Harrison "Dreams" Maddy Thomas – – – rowspan="6" Guy Sebastian 3 Wolf Winters "Old Town Road" Natalie Gauci – – – Xy Latu – – – Boy George 4 Roxane LeBrasse "Queen of the Night" Ricky Muscat – – – Kelly Rowland 5 Bo'Ness "Circles" Charlie McFarlane – – – Delta Goodrem 6 Stellar Perry "Slide Away" Matt Gresham – –Episode 13 Kelly Rowland 1 Chris Sebastian "Titanium" Sapphire Tamalemai rowspan="7" – rowspan="7" Boy George 2 Caleb Jago-Ward "Bohemian Rhapsody" Andy Dexterity – – Delta Goodrem 3 Jesse Teinaki "Human" Steve Clisby – Boy George 4 Angela Fabian "Stand by Me" Jonathon Welch rowspan="4" – Guy Sebastian 5 Josh Pywell "Love Is a Battlefield" Jimi the Kween – Delta Goodrem 6 Janie Gordon* "Lover" Matt Evans* Episode 14 Kelly Rowland 1 Mark Furze "You Oughta Know" Emma Mylott rowspan="6" rowspan="6" – rowspan="6" Delta Goodrem 2 Emmagen Rain "Footloose" Callum Gleeson – Guy Sebastian 3 Timothy Bowen "It Must Have Been Love" Luke Biscan – Boy George 4 Nathan Isaac "Physical" Sebastian Coe – Kelly Rowland 5 Ella Monnery "Respect" Masha Mnjoyan Guy Sebastian 6 Adam Ludewig "Wrecking Ball" Elyse Sene-Lefao
Delta could not decide on a winner between Janie and Matt. With approval from the producers, she suggested they become a duo, and both artists agreed. The duo adopted the stage name "Goldi".
Playoffs The Playoffs started on 5 July. In the Playoffs, each coach pairs two of their artists together, with each artist singing an individual song following a theme. After all of their team's playoffs were done, the coaches chose one of their losing artists as a wildcard. The top 20 contestants who win their Playoff or are chosen as a Wildcard move on to the Showdowns. Due to COVID-19 and travel restrictions, Kelly and George mentored their artists remotely, with Marcia Hines and The Veronicas filling in as guest mentors respectively. Artists Caleb Jago-Ward from Team George and Ella Monnery from Team Kelly were unable to continue on the competition also due to travel restrictions, being stuck in New Zealand. Coaches George and Kelly were allowed to bring back an eliminated Battle loser to fill in for Caleb and Ella, George choosing Elyse Sene-Lefao and Kelly chose Jimi the Kween.
+ Season nine playoffs color key Artist won the Playoff and advanced to the Showdowns Artist lost the Playoff but was chosen as a wildcard and advanced to the Showdowns Artist lost the Playoff and was eliminated
Episode 15 (5 July)