The fifteenth season of The Voice Australia began airing on 2 August 2026. On 24 October 2025, it was revealed that the four coaches from last season; Ronan Keating, Melanie C, Kate Miller-Heidke and Richard Marx; as well as host Sonia Kruger would return. On 8 June 2026, it was announced that Tones and I would join the panel as a fifth coach this season, marking the first instance of five coaches in the history of The Voice Australia.
Similar to the previous five seasons, the finale was pre-recorded and the winner was determined by a viewer poll. Yung Milla from Team Melanie C was declared the winner of the season, marking Melanie C's first win as a coach on the Australian version of The Voice, and second win globally (her first win occurred on the fifth season of The Voice Kids UK). Additionally, Milla became the first rapper in The Voice Australia history to win the show, as well as the second rapper to win a regular season of The Voice globally (after Jose Carlos on the fifteenth season of The Voice of Finland). He was also the first Indigenous Australian artist to win the show.
Overview
Coaches and host In October 2025, it was announced that Kate Miller-Heidke, Melanie C, Ronan Keating, and Richard Marx would return to the show for their third, second, third, and second seasons, respectively, while Sonia Kruger returned for her tenth season. This marked the third time that all coaches returned, and the second time that both the coaches and host returned together.
Additions and changes On 8 June 2026, it was announced that Tones and I would debut as a fifth coach this season, marking the first time on the Australian version of the show to feature five coaches. She serves as a "Second chance" coach giving losing artists in the blind auditions another chance to compete in the competition.
The ultimate block and the battles were removed, while The Showdowns were replaced with the quarterfinals.
Teams Colour key Winner Runner-up 3rd place 4th place Eliminated in the Semifinals Eliminated in the Quarterfinals Stolen in the Knockouts Eliminated in the Knockouts Joined another team Eliminated after Second Chance + Season fifteen coaching teams Coach Top 42 Artists Ronan Keating The 60 Four Leyla Sabo Jamie Koul Phoebe Rose Daisha Auda Sam Cliffe Georgia Dabbous Renee Naccari Brooklyn Sauer Findlay Webb Jerikye Williams Melanie C Yung Milla Taylor Beadle-Williams Jack Hughes Cleo Paladino The 60 Four Litia Keni Charlotte MacPhail Edde Masson Josh McCauley Enza Russo Moniquewa Williams Kate Miller-Heidke Daisha Auda Charlotte June Bertie Anderson Victoria Knight Taylor Beadle-Williams Wave Raiders Madeline Beckett Cris J Lachlann Lawton Fox Stapleton Carla Venkataya Richard Marx Tommy Novak Tika Cetinich Wave Raiders Dicko Cherry Green Jeramie Heitmann Jessica McPherson-Riley Saem Millward Liam O'Neill Benny D Williams Tones and I Georgia Dabbous Dicko Cris J Litia Keni Jamie Koul Carla Venkataya Moniquewa Williams Megan Donnelly Mikayla Durrant Red Roy
Blind auditions The blind auditions aired from 2 to 31 August. In the blind auditions, the coaches complete their teams with 8 artists each. The regular block returned from last season, with each coach receiving two blocks to block another coach from getting an artist; the ultimate block did not return. The coach who is blocked is null and invalid to pitch for the artist. Like the previous season, a coach can block at any time, even during their pitch, as long as the coach turned their chair.
For the first time in the show's history, eliminated artists had the chance to be saved by the fifth coach, Tones and I. She then mentored them on Team Tones. After each coach had 8 artists on their team, the saved artists were sent back into the blind auditions for a second chance, where coaches could fill their teams with as many additional artists as they wanted. Artists that did not receive a chair turn did not have a conversation with the coaches.
This season makes history as having the lowest amount of one chair turns worldwide in a single season, with only 1/39 being a one chair turn: Enza Russo on Melanie C's team.
+ Blind auditions colour key ✔ Coach hit the "I WANT YOU" button Artist joined this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing "I WANT YOU" button Artist was eliminated, but got a second chance to be mentored by Tones and I ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist Blocked by Ronan Blocked by Melanie C Blocked by Kate Blocked by Richard
+ Blind auditions result Episode Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ronan Kate Richard Episode 1 1 Daisha Auda 15 "Cuz I Love You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Red Roy 26 "APT." — — — — 3 Phoebe Rose 17 "Fields of Gold" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 4 Steffi Skidmore 33 "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" — — — — 5 Tommy Novak 36 "Landslide" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Josh McCauley 27 "River" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘ Episode 2 1 Taylor Beadle-Williams 37 "Where Is My Husband!" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Jack Hughes 29 "Wanted Dead or Alive" — ✔ ✔ — 3 Michele Alan 57 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" — — — — 4 Jamie Koul 19 "Jealous" — — — — 5 Charlotte June 22 "This Woman's Work" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 3 1 Sam Cliffe 27 "Ordinary" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Tika Cetinich 35 "Separate Ways" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Matilda Maerz 20 "Bang Bang" — — — — 4 Liam O'Neill 23 "You Found Me" ✔ — — ✔ 5 Litia Keni 18 "Listen" — — — — Episode 4 1 The 60 Four 26 "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Dicko 47 "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" — — — — 3 Victoria Knight 21 "My Immortal" — ✔ ✔ — 4 Benny D Williams 52 "Proud Mary" / "Bust a Move" / "Jump" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Natalie Carboni 42 "You Oughta Know" — — — — 6 Leyla Sabo 12 "Alive" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ Episode 5 1 Charlotte MacPhail 16 "Where Have You Been" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Tomi Gray 36 "Dumb Things" — — — — 3 Lachlann Lawton 32 "Largo al factotum" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Georgia Dabbous 26 "The Hardest Part" — — — — 5 Jessica McPherson-Riley 41 "The Day You Went Away" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 6 1 Cleo Paladino 26 "The Voice Within" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 2 Findlay Webb 23 "Survive" ✔ — — ✔ 3 DOLLIE 31 "Break Free" — — — — 4 Cris J 25 "Ocean Drive" — — — — 5 Jeramie Heitmann 26 "Because You Loved Me" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 7 1 Jess Kelly 38 "When the War Is Over" — — — — 2 Cherry Green 24 "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Renee Naccari 24 "Abracadabra" ✔ — ✔ ✔ 4 Fox Stapleton 18 "Man I Need" — — ✔ ✔ 5 Mikayla Durrant 20 "Silver Springs" — — — — 6 Yung Milla 22 "All My Life" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ Episode 8 1 Wave Raiders 13-15 "Don't Wanna Be Late" (original song) — ✔ ✔ — 2 Claire Smith 61 "Whole Lotta Love" — — — — 3 Moniquewa Williams 33 "Wannabe" — — — — 4 Jerikye Williams 23 "Johnny B. Goode" ✔ — ✔ — 5 Edde Masson 32 "I Turn to You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 9 1 Bertie Anderson 37 "Caught Up" ✔ ✘ ✔ — 2 Megan Donnelly 29 "Light On" — — — — 3 Madeline Beckett 35 "Piece of My Heart" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 4 Brock Edwards 30 "Wagon Wheel" — — rowspan="3" — 5 Brooklyn Sauer 15 "Always Remember Us This Way" ✔ — ✘ 6 Carla Venkataya 18 "The Winner Takes It All" — — Episode 10 1 Saem Millward 19 "New York, New York" rowspan="4" ✔ rowspan="4" ✔ 2 Enza Russo 35 "What Was I Made For?" ✔
Jamie Koul is the brother of previous contestant Zoe Koul who auditioned in season 11 and was eliminated in the Callbacks. Bertie Anderson previously auditioned in the eighth season but failed to manage a chair turn.
Second Chance Artists In this round, after the coaches have filled their teams with eight artists, the artists saved and coached by Tones and I participate in a second blind audition for a chance to continue in the competition.
The four coaches may select additional artists from this round, with no limit on the number of artists they can add to their teams. This time, artists that receive no turns, will be able to have a conversation with the coaches.
With this, this season is the third in which the teams are uneven, following seasons 9 and 10.
+ Second Chances result Episode Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Ronan Kate Richard Episode 10 1 Litia Keni 18 "Listen" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 2 Red Roy 26 "Closer" — — — — 3 Carla Venkataya 18 "The Wizard and I" — ✔ ✔ — 4 Georgia Dabbous 26 "Bust Your Windows" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Episode 11 1 Jamie Koul 19 "Back to Friends" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Moniquewa Williams 33 "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" ✔ ✔ — — 3 Mikayla Durrant 20 "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" — — — — 4 Cris J 25 "Delete" ✔ ✔ ✔ — 5 Megan Donnelly 29 "It Must Have Been Love" — — — — 6 Dicko 47 "Nose on the Grindstone" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ Tones originally planned for Mikayla Durrant to sing "Scar". Durrant vocalised that she did not feel like she connected with the song, and requested to sing a different song.
Knockouts The knockouts aired on 6 and 7 September. In this round, each coach groups their artists into groups of three or four, with each group competing for a place in the quarterfinals. Each coach can advance only three artists to the quarterfinals.
Each coach is also given one steal, which can be used on a losing artist on an opposing team. If multiple coaches use their steal on the same artist, the artist is given the opportunity to choose which coach to join after each coach has pitched to them. Each coach is limited to one steal throughout the round.
+ Knockouts colour key Artist won the Knockout and advanced to the Quarterfinals Artist lost the Knockout, but was stolen by another coach, and, advanced to the Quarterfinals Artist lost the Knockout and was eliminated
+ Knockouts results Episode Order Coach Song Winner Losers Songs 'Save' result Ronan Kate Richard Episode 12 1 Kate "Frozen" Victoria Knight Taylor Beadle-Williams "Juice" — Lachlann Lawton "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" — rowspan="12" — — 2 Ronan "You Stole the Show" Leyla Sabo Georgia Dabbous "Back to Black" — — — Renee Naccari "Midnight Sun" — — — 3 Richard "Without Me" Tika Cetinich Benny D Williams "Hallelujah" — — — Jeramie Heitmann "I'm With You" — — — 4 Ronan "Somebody That I Used to Know" Jamie Koul Findlay Webb "Bad Habits" — — — Jerikye Williams "Until I Found You" — — — Sam Cliffe "Say You Won't Let Go" — — — 5 Richard "All by Myself" Tommy Novak Liam O'Neill "Long Hot Summer" — — — Jessica McPherson-Riley "Love Me like You Do" — — — 6 Melanie C "God Is a Woman" Cleo Paladino The 60 Four "Take Your Mama" — Edde Masson "No Time to Die" — — Episode 13 1 Melanie C "Rebel Yell" Jack Hughes Moniquewa Williams "Jealous Type" rowspan="15" rowspan="15" — — Enza Russo "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" — — 2 Ronan "Need You Now" Phoebe Rose Daisha Auda "At Last" — Brooklyn Sauer "Dancing on My Own" rowspan="12" — 3 Kate "Pillowtalk" Bertie Anderson Cris J "Make You Feel My Love" — Carla Venkataya "Into the Unknown" — Madeline Beckett "Eternal Flame" — 4 Richard N/A Cherry Green "Another One Bites the Dust" — Saem Millward "Fly Me to the Moon" — Dicko "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" — 5 Melanie C "Gangsta's Paradise" Yung Milla Josh McCauley "Another Love" — Charlotte MacPhail "Greedy" — Litia Keni "Favorite Crime" — 6 Kate "Everybody Hurts" Charlotte June Wave Raiders "All the Small Things" Fox Stapleton "Daisies"
Richard opted to not advance any of the three artists in this knockout after he felt none of them "rose to the occasion". As a result, this left him with one less artist for the quarterfinals.
Finals Quarterfinals The quarterfinals aired on 13 and 14 September. In this round, the four artists on each team (three on Team Richard) perform for two spots on their respective team in the semifinal. Each coach decides which artists will advance. Teams Ronan and Richard performed on Sunday, while Teams Melanie C and Kate performed on Monday.