The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eleventh series premiered on 3 September 2022 on ITV. will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches, whilst Emma Willis returned as presenter.
On 29 October 2022, Anthonia Edwards was announced as the winner of the series, marking Tom Jones' third win as a coach and the second coach in any variation of the British version of The Voice to win more than two series, after Pixie Lott on the Kids' version. Edwards is also first artist to perform first in the Blind Auditions, and win the entire series. The final was pre-recorded.
Coaches
In October 2021, it was confirmed that will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs would return for their eleventh, second, tenth and fifth series as coaches, respectively, whilst it was announced that Emma Willis would return for her ninth series as presenter and that AJ Odudu would not return to present the show on the ITV Hub.
Production Auditions for the eleventh series opened in March 2021 and closed in July 2021. The series aired in the autumn for the first time in the show's history due to the cancellation of The X Factor in July 2021. It was also announced that the battle rounds had been axed and would be replaced by the "Callbacks" which aired on 15 October 2022 and the final will air on 29 October 2022.
The series began filming at Dock10 at MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester in October 2021. Also, the entire series was pre-recorded, including the grand final. The first trailer for the series premiered on 18 August 2022.
The blocked feature would be returning to the blind auditions, which allows for a coach to prevent another coach from getting an artist. Like last season, each coach will only receive one block.
Teams Colour key Winner Runner-up Third place Eliminated in the Semi-Final Eliminated in the Callbacks
Coach Top 40 Artists will.i.am Naomi Johnson Rain Castillo Noèva Eddy Pop Rhianna Keane Smokiecoco Kira Mac Cleo Clayton Niamh Nolan Hatice Tuzun Anne-Marie Mark Howard Kai Benjamin Triniboi Joocie Harrison James Monroe Hannah Rowe Lucas Miles Mila Lake Olivia Mason Ruby Joyce Sir Tom Jones Anthonia Edwards Rachel Modest Jake Of Diamonds Lee Jones Clare Cordell Rhys Christian Thomas & Emilie Francesca Fairclough Tobi Kaye Jamie Andrew Olly Murs David Adeogun Marc Halls Shaka Benjamin Moss Beatty Brothers Andres Cruz Tom Hartley-Booth Abela Brother Olivia Mulqueeney Rodwell Ndengeya
Blind Auditions + Blind auditions colour key ✔ Coach pressed "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" ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was "blocked" by another coach from getting the artist Blocked by will.i.am Blocked by Anne-Marie Blocked by Tom Blocked by Olly
Episode 1 (3 September) Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Higher Love" (Whitney Houston cover) Coach performance: Sir Tom Jones - "I Won't Crumble with You If You Fall"
+ First episode results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Anthonia Edwards 1 25 "Unconditionally" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Charlotte Riby 2 35 "Somebody Else's Guy" – – – – Lucas Miles 3 19 "I Guess I'm in Love" – ✔ – – David Adeogun 4 20 "In the Silence" – – bgcolor="#fbceb1" ✔ Thomas & Emilie 5 25 & 30 "Bring Him Home" ✔ ✔ ✔ bgcolor="#d0f0c0" Sandy Grigelis 6 27 "Good 4 U" – – – – Cleo Clayton 7 23 "On My Mind" ✔ – – – Mark Howard 8 27 "Anywhere Away from Here" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Tom tried to block Olly, but was not possible, since Olly had already blocked him.
Episode 2 (10 September)
Coach performance: Olly Murs - "Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond cover; dedicated to the audience who returned after the COVID-19 pandemic in England and to Murs's late X Factor co-host Caroline Flack who committed suicide in February 2020)
+ Second episode results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Beatty Brothers 1 32 & 27 "You Are the Reason" ✔ – ✔ ✔ Richard Hadfield 2 27 "I Who Have Nothing" – – – – Harrison James 3 24 "2002" ✔ ✔ ✔ bgcolor="FFB7CE" Shaka 4 27 "Good Luck" – – – ✔ Lee Jones 5 50 "Hold My Girl" – – ✔ – Tom Collins 6 24 "Dakota" – – – – Rain Castillo 7 22 "Simmer" ✔ ✔ ✔ – Rachel Modest 8 45 "For All We Know" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 3 (17 September)
Coach performance: Anne-Marie - "Our Song"
+ Third episode results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Benjamin Moss 1 27 "Hallelujah I Love Her So" – – – ✔ Kai Benjamin 2 18 "7 Rings" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Jordan Spencer 3 26 "A Million Dreams" – – – – Noèva 4 31 "A Woman's Worth" ✔ – ✔ – Marc Halls 5 35 "Drivers License" – – ✔ ✔ Alicia Hooper 6 34 "All I Know So Far" – – – – Eddy Pop 7 28 "Breakeven" ✔ – ✔ – Clare Cordell 8 31 "Ain't No Way" – – ✔ ✔
Episode 4 (24 September)
Coach performance: Olly Murs - "Livin' On a Prayer" (Bon Jovi cover; audience sing-a-long)/"Feeling Good" (Michael Bublé cover)
+ Fourth episode results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Andres Cruz 1 24 "Don't Go Yet" – – ✔ ✔ Jordan Brook 2 26 "Amazed" – – – – Rhys Christian 3 30 "So Sick" – – ✔ – Monroe 4 30-36 "What's Up?" ✔ ✔ ✔ bgcolor="#afeeee" Mandeep Singh 5 26 "Touch the Sky" – – – – Rhianna Keane 6 22 "Leave the Door Open" ✔ – – – Aaron Bolton 7 35 "Teenage Dirtbag" – – – – Hannah Rowe 8 19 "Don't Leave Me Lonely" – ✔ – – Jake of Diamonds 9 28 "Words" (original song) – – ✔ ✔
Episode 5 (1 October) + Fifth episode results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Triniboi Joocie 1 32 "Bottle Over Head" – ✔ – ✔ Aaron Garrett 2 36 "This Old Heart of Mine" – – – – Francesca Fairclough 3 27 "Everybody's Changing" – – ✔ ✔ Smokiecoco 4 21 & 24 "These Words" ✔ – – – Amanda Lepusinka 5 29 "Castles" – – – – Mila Lake 6 16 "You Can't Stop the Girl" – ✔ ✔ ✔ Anthony Hughes 7 29 "Butter" – – – – Tom Hartley-Booth 8 33 "God Only Knows" – – – ✔ Kira Mac 9 26 "Nothing Else Matters" ✔ – – –
Episode 6 (8 October) + Sixth episode results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Tobi Kaye 1 34 "I'm Getting Ready" – ✔ ✔ – Helen Leahey 2 34 "Where the Wild Roses Grow" – – – – Abela Brother 3 26 "Beggin'" ✔ – – ✔ Olivia Mason 4 21 "Killing Me Softly" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Naomi Johnson 5 26 "Emotions" ✔ – – – Steven Hastings 6 30 "Learn to Fly" – – – – Ruby Joyce 7 18 "Linger" – ✔ – – Olivia Mulqueeney 8 16 "Good Without" – rowspan="2" – ✔ Niamh Nolan 9 25 "Shallow" ✔ ✔ –
Episode 7 (15 October) + Seventh episode results Artist Order Age Song Coaches and artists choices will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly Rodwell Ndengeya 1 23 "The Blower's Daughter" – rowspan="3" – ✔ Hatice Tuzun 2 24 "Flowers" ✔ ✔ rowspan="2" Jamie Andrew 3 31 "Dangerous Woman" ✔
Callbacks
For this season of the Voice, the show replaced the usual 'Battles' round with 'The Callbacks', which is a twist to the show first adopted by the tenth season of The Voice Australia. The Callbacks aired on 15 October. In this round, each coach brought in a mentor for their team. David Guetta, MNEK, Tom Grennan, and James Arthur were invited by will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Tom Jones, and Olly Murs, respectively.
In the Callbacks, the coaches divided their 10 contestants selected in the Blind Auditions into three groups where they were given the same song to sing in their own styles. After all three or four artists of the same group finished their performances, the coaches will have to choose one to advance to the semi-final. A total of three artists were taken through to the semi-final per coach.
+ The Callbacks colour key Artist advanced to the Semi-Finals Artist was eliminated + Callbacks Results Episode Order Coach Winner Song Losers Episode 7 1 will.i.am Noèva "Without You" Cleo Clayton Rhianna Keane Eddy Pop 2 Rain Castillo "Decline" Smokiecoco Hatice Tuzun 3 Naomi Johnson "Black Hole" Kira Mac Niamh Nolan 4 Olly Murs Shaka "Every Little Step" Andres Cruz Benjamin Moss 5 Marc Halls "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" Tom Hartley-Booth Abela Brother 6 David Adeogun "Sandcastles" Beatty Brothers Olivia Mulqueeney Rodwell Ndengeya 7 Anne-Marie Triniboi Joocie "I Don't Care" Harrison James Ruby Joyce 8 Mark Howard "Better Off Without You" Mila Lake Lucas Miles Hannah Rowe 9 Kai Benjamin "Waterfalls" Olivia Mason Monroe 10 Tom Jones Anthonia Edwards "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" Lee Jones Tobi Kaye 11 Jake Of Diamonds "Fields Of Gold" Jamie Andrew Francesca Fairclough Thomas & Emilie 12 Rachel Modest "Border Song" Rhys Christian Clare Cordell
Show details Results summary Colour key
Team Will Team Anne-Marie Team Tom Team Olly
Result's colour key Artist received the most public votes Artist was eliminated
+ Weekly Results Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Round 1 Round 2 Anthonia Edwards Safe Safe Winner David Adeogun Safe Safe Runner-up Mark Howard Safe Eliminated Eliminated(Week 2) Naomi Johnson Safe Eliminated Jake of Diamonds Eliminated Eliminated(Week 1) Kai Benjamin Eliminated Marc Halls Eliminated Noèva Eliminated Rachel Modest Eliminated Rain Castillo Eliminated Shaka Eliminated Triniboi Joocie Eliminated
Week 1: Semi-final (22 October)
The Semi-final aired on 22 October 2022. The 12 contestants that had advanced from the Callbacks competed for their spots in the Finale of this season. Each coach will have to choose one artist out of three to take through to the Final. This episode was pre-recorded.
+ Semi-final Results Episode Order Coach Artist Song ResultEpisode 8 1Olly Murs David Adeogun "Easy on Me" Saved 2 Shaka "Take My Breath" Eliminated 3 Marc Halls "Chandelier" Eliminated 4Anne-Marie Triniboi Joocie "Obeyah" (Original Song) Eliminated 5 Mark Howard "Half a Man" Saved 6 Kai Benjamin "Feel Good Inc." Eliminated 7will.i.am Rain Castillo "Sorry" Eliminated 8 Noèva"The Scientist" Eliminated 9 Naomi Johnson "Bang Bang" Saved 10Tom Jones Rachel Modest "Anytime You Need a Friend" Eliminated 11 Jake Of Diamonds "Human" Eliminated 12 Anthonia Edwards "Praying" Saved
Week 2: The Final (29 October) The Final aired on 29 October 2022. Same as all the other episodes this season, the Final is also pre-recorded, with the audience and a virtual audience via Zoom voting for the final two and the winner.
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Shine" (Emeli Sandé) Musical guest: Craig Eddie ("The Outside")
+ Performances & Results Order Coach Artist First song Order Duet (with Coach) Order Winners single Result 1 Anne-Marie Mark Howard"One Last Time"5"Viva Forever" N/A (already eliminated)Third place 2 Olly Murs David Adeogun "You'll Never Walk Alone"7"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"9"Diamonds"Runner-up 3 will.i.am Naomi Johnson "Fighter"6"Crazy in Love" N/A (already eliminated)Third place 4 Tom Jones Anthonia Edwards "When the Party's Over"8"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"10"Anyone"Winner
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