The tenth season of The Voice began airing on 8 August 2021. Due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, Fox Studios has been designated to Disney and Marvel productions, resulting in ITV Studios Australia becoming the new home for The Voice. In August 2020, it was announced Seven Network had picked up the series for its tenth season, set to broadcast in 2021, with Sonia Kruger returning as host. In December of the same year, Seven announced that Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Rita Ora, and Keith Urban were the coaches, replacing Boy George, Delta Goodrem and Kelly Rowland.
The grand finale was prerecorded in April 2021, with four different endings being taped. The show was broadcast on 12 September 2021 with the winner, Bella Taylor Smith, being decided by a viewer poll. Smith’s victory marked Guy Sebastian’s first and only win as a coach. For the first time, an artist that had a coach blocked in his/her blind auditions (Guy Sebastian blocking Jessica Mauboy) went on to win an entire Australian season.
Coaches and Host
On 15 December 2020, Seven announced Guy Sebastian would continue as a coach; Jessica Mauboy and Rita Ora were named as new coaches, replacing Boy George and Delta Goodrem; and Keith Urban, having last been a coach in the first season, returned to the coaching panel, replacing Kelly Rowland. Sonia Kruger, who left as host following the conclusion of the eighth season, returned as host following the exit of Darren McMullen and Renee Bargh.
Teams Colour key Winner Runner-Up 3rd place 4th place Eliminated in the Semifinal Eliminated in the Knockouts Eliminated in the Cut
+ Season ten coaching teams Coach Top 51 Artists Keith Urban Arlo Sim Lau Abend Jediael Cassie McIvor Lozz Benson Darren Constable Drew Walker Abbey Green Dan Eade Seb Szabo JD Smith Shaun Holton Cullen Porthill Brad Myers Rita Ora G-Nat!on Sian Fuller Sofia Watt Tanya George Halimah Kyrgios Adrian Jemale Irena Lysiuk Rebecca O'Connor Milina Mihic Saraya Mauboy-Hudson Zeke Cameron Isaiah Lugo-Hale Jessica Stokes Izrael Read Jessica Mauboy Mick Harrington Ella Monnery Seann Miley Moore Janaki Easwar Evile Jireh Sisifo Laloata Olivia Vasquez Pete Murphy Paris Marie Kala Gare Maddie Grace Bec Caruana Lily Bergqvist Tia Mullins Guy Sebastian Bella Taylor Smith Jordan Fuller Chantel Cofie Penelope Pettigrew Adrian Hood Byron Garn Kelly Matejcic Baylie Carson Julee-Anne Bell Danielle Matthews
Blind auditions In the blind auditions this season the coaches complete their teams without a specific number of members. Also, each coach can block another two times; however, the coach who is blocked is unable to pitch for the artist.
+ Blind auditions colour key ✔ Coach hit the "I WANT YOU" button 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' ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist Blocked by Keith Blocked by Rita Blocked by Jess Blocked by Guy
+ Blind auditions results Episode Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Keith Rita Jess Guy Episode 1 1 Sofia Watt 15 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Olivia Vasquez 25 "Sorry Not Sorry" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Darren Constable 52 "Fortunate Son" ✔ — — ✔ 4 Drew Walker 22 "Down Under" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Joey Chan 55 "Let's Get Loud" — — — — 6 Byron Garn 18 "Before You Go" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Bella Taylor Smith 23 "Ave Maria" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔ Episode 2 1 Adrian Hood 39 "1+1" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Lozz Benson 30 "That Don't Impress Me Much" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 3 Janaki Easwar 12 "lovely" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Jemma Beech 28 "All Fired Up" — — — — 5 Evile Jireh Sisifo Laloata 20 "Fix You" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ 6 Jordan Fuller 19 "Falling" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Sian Fuller 16 "Bruises" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 3 1 Tanya George 27 "You've Got The Love" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Abbey Green 23 "How To Be Lonely" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ 3 Henry Starr Ahomana 26 "Forever" — — — — 4 Dan Eade 29 "Home" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 5 Baylie Carson 29 "Bang Bang" — — — ✔ 6 Blair Dwyer 40 "What You Need" — — — — 7 Cassie McIvor 33 "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 4 1 Jediael 18 "Wonder" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Halimah Kyrgios 31 "Chains" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Pete Murphy 45 "Drivers License" — — ✔ ✔ 4 Tori Darke 30 "The Middle" — — — — 5 Adrian Jemale 21 "Billie Jean" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Kelly Matejcic 31 "Diamonds" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Mick Harrington 32 "Over the Rainbow" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 5 1 Julee-Anne Bell 48 "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Irena Lysiuk 29 "On a Night Like This" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 3 Seb Szabo 24 "Dreams" ✔ ✔ — ✔ 4 Paris Marie 17 "Butterfly" — — ✔ ✔ 5 Kala Gare 23 "Livin' on a Prayer" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Maddie Grace 21 "Rainbow" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 7 Michael Kay 25 "American Boy" — — — — 8 Chantel Cofie 23 "2020" (original song) ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ Episode 6 1 Rebecca O'Connor 45 "Proud Mary" — ✔ ✔ — 2 Milina Mihic 17 "Castles" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Saraya Mauboy-Hudson 17 "Stay" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Brodie Pollard 13 "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" — — — — 5 Zeke Cameron 19 "Let You Love Me" — ✔ ✔ — 6 Rory Eliza 18 "Dance Monkey" — — — — 7 Seann Miley Moore 28 "The Prayer" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔ Episode 7 1 G-Nat!on 16-18 "Teeth" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Bec Caruana 45 "Everybody's Free" — ✔ ✔ — 3 JD Smith 36 "Hello" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 4 Lau Abend 21 "You Broke Me First" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Aaron Lee 28 "My Heart Will Go On" — — — — 6 Danielle Matthews 37 "Zero Gravity" — ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Arlo Sim 18 "My Mind" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 8 1 Isaiah Lugo-Hale 21 "Can't Hold Us" — ✔ ✔ ✘ 2 Lily Bergqvist 14 "Candle in the Wind" — — ✔ — 3 Jessica Stokes 31 "Love Don't Cost a Thing" — ✔ ✔ — 4 Shaun Holton 35 "Best of You" ✔ — — — 5 Tiffany Dell 23 "Love Yourself" — — — — 6 Izrael Read 18 "Heart of Glass" — ✔ — — 7 Cullen Porthill 17 "Monster" ✔ — — — 8 Brad Myers 44 "Flame Trees" ✔ —✔ — 9 Ella Monnery 24 "Little Things" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 9 1 Tia Mullins 18 "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Angus Milne 35 "Castle on the Hill" — — — — 3 Penelope Pettigrew 32 "Alive" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
The Cut In the Cut (filmed in the day after the blind auditions), each artist must immediately face their coach to prove their star power. The coaches divide their teams in groups of a specific theme and the contestants battle it out singing the same song. Each coach can only take five artists through to the Knockouts.
+ The Cut colour key Artist was chosen to advance to the Knockouts Artist was eliminated
+ The Cut results Episode Order Coach Theme Song Winner(s) Loser(s) Episode 9 1 Rita Singers finding themselves "Respect" Halimah Kyrgios Rebecca O'Connor Irena Lysiuk 2 Dancers "Juice" G-Nat!on Jessica Stokes Adrian Jemale 3 Pop singers "Dancing On My Own" Sian Fuller Izrael Read Zeke Cameron Sofia Watt Saraya Mauboy-Hudson Milina Mihic 4 Most original Originals Tanya George Isaiah Lugo-Hale 5 Keith Blues "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" Lozz Benson Drew Walker Dan Eade Brad Myers Darren Constable 6 Vocal storytellers "Video Games" Jediael Arlo Sim 7 Pop singers "Somebody That I Used to Know" Lau Abend Seb Szabo Cullen Porthill Abbey Green 8 Big voices "Wrecking Ball" Cassie McIvor Shaun Holton JD Smith 9 Guy Singer-songwriters "Say You Won't Let Go" Adrian Hood Chantel Cofie 10 Pop singers "This City" Jordan Fuller Byron Garn Kelly Matejcic 11 Technical singers "Into the Unknown" Penelope Pettigrew Baylie Carson12Soulful singers"Time After Time" Bella Taylor Smith Danielle Matthews Julee-Anne Bell 13 Jess Ballad singers "Shallow" Evile Jireh Sisifo Laloata Pete Murphy14Four-chair turns "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Mick Harrington Seann Miley Moore15Young singers"Ain't Nobody" Janaki Easwar Tia Mullins Paris Marie Maddie Grace Lily Bergqvist16Massive voices"One Night Only" Ella Monnery Kala Gare Olivia Vasquez Bec Caruana
Knockouts In the knockouts, each artist must perform to their coach. After each act performs, the coaches have three options: to either send the artist straight to the semi-final, send the artist home, or make a decision at the end of the show when all artists have performed. Each coach can only take two artists through to the semis.
+ Knockouts color key Artist was sent straight to the semi-final Artist advanced to the semi-final at the end of the episode Artist was eliminated at the end of the episode Artist was immediately eliminated
+ Knockout results Episode Order Coach Artist Song Episode 10 1 Keith Cassie McIvor "Skyfall" 2 Guy Jordan Fuller "Anyone" 3 Keith Jediael "Attention" 4 Arlo Sim "Idontwannabeyouanymore" 5 Guy Adrian Hood "Try a Little Tenderness" 6 Keith Lau Abend "Adore You" 7 Guy Penelope Pettigrew "This Ain't Love" 8 Keith Lozz Benson "The Chain" 9 Guy Chantel Cofie "A Thousand Miles" 10 Bella Taylor Smith "The Voice Within" Episode 11 1 Rita G-Nat!on "Bye Bye Bye" 2 Jess Seann Miley Moore "Lonely" 3 Rita Sian Fuller "Complicated" 4 Jess Ella Monnery "Stupid Love" 5 Rita Tanya George "Royals" 6 Jess Evile Jireh Sisifo Laloata "Higher Love" 7 Rita Sofia Watt "Issues" 8 Jess Janaki Easwar "Dusk Till Dawn" 9 Rita Halimah Kyrgios "This Is Me" 10 Jess Mick Harrington "I'm with You"
Finals Semi-final The Semi-finals episode was first broadcast on 5 September 2021. At the end of the episode, the coaches were allowed to take one artist each through to the Grand Finale.
+ Semi-final results Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Keith Arlo Sim "Somewhere Only We Know" Saved By Coach 2 Rita G-Nat!on "7 Rings" 3 Guy Jordan Fuller "Head & Heart" Eliminated 4 Jess Mick Harrington "Superman" Saved By Coach 5 Keith Lau Abend "Lose You to Love Me" Eliminated 6 Jess Ella Monnery "Symphony" 7 Rita Sian Fuller "Drivers License" 8 Guy Bella Taylor Smith "Everybody Hurts" Saved By Coach
Grand Finale The Grand Finale was broadcast on 12 September 2021. Each artist performed a solo song and a duet with their coach. Similar to last season, this was the only episode of the season where the results were determined by public vote and not by the coaches. With Bella Taylor Smith winning, this marks Guy's first win on The Voice.
+ Finale results Coach Contestant Order Solo song Order Duet song Result Keith Urban Arlo Sim 5 "Youngblood" 1 "Heroes" Runner-Up Rita Ora G-Nat!on 2 "Run the World (Girls)" 6 "Express Yourself" 3rd Place Guy Sebastian Bella Taylor Smith 3 "Never Enough" 7 "The Prayer"Winner Jessica Mauboy Mick Harrington 8 "How Do I Live" 4 "Solid Rock" 4th Place
Contestants who appeared on previous season or TV shows Tanya George auditioned for season 4 of the show and didn't turn a chair. Pete Murphy auditioned for season 3 of The X Factor and didn't make it to the live shows. Seann Miley Moore competed on season 12 of The X Factor UK and placed in tenth. Ella Monnery competed on the show's previous season and won the battle rounds. Although, left to New Zealand when borders shut from COVID-19 pandemic. Penelope Pettigrew auditioned on the show's previous season with no chair turned. Adrian Hood competed on season 2 of Australian Idol and was eliminated in the Wild Cards Brodie Pollard appeared in Creative Generation – State Schools Onstage from 2021 to 2024, and auditioned for season 10 of ‘‘The Voice Australia’’ in 2021 but did not turn a chair. Brodie is now better known for their drag persona, ‘’Nikita Nessence’’.
Ratings Colour key: – Highest rating during the season – Lowest rating during the season
+ The Voice season ten consolidated viewership and adjusted position Episode Original airdate Timeslot Total Metro Viewers Night Rank Source 1 8 August 2021 Sunday 7:00 pm 1.329 2 2 9 August 2021 Monday 7:30 pm 1.162 3 3 10 August 2021 Tuesday 7:30 pm 1.066 4 4 15 August 2021 Sunday 7:00 pm 1.226 2 5 16 August 2021 Monday 7:30 pm 1.158 4 6 17 August 2021 Tuesday 7:30 pm 1.165 2 7 22 August 2021 Sunday 7:00 pm 1.177 2 8 23 August 2021 Monday 7:30 pm 1.113 4 9 24 August 2021 Tuesday 7:30 pm 1.108 3 10 29 August 2021 Sunday 7:00 pm 1.167 2 11 30 August 2021 Monday 7:30 pm 1.006 5 12 5 September 2021Sunday 7:00 pm 1.088 3 13 12 September 2021 1.292 2 1.3831
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