The Voice UK (series 6)

The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series began airing on 7 January 2017, with Emma Willis hosting the main show, and Cel Spellman presenting online spin-off show The V Room. It is the first series to air on ITV since its move from BBC One.[1] will.i.am returned for his sixth series as a coach,[2][3] Sir Tom Jones also returned to the show after a series hiatus, replacing Paloma Faith, and Jennifer Hudson and Gavin Rossdale joined as new coaches on the show, replacing Boy George and Ricky Wilson.[4] Mo Adeniran won the competition and Jennifer Hudson was the winning coach and the first female coach to win the show.

The Voice UK
Series 6
Hosted by
Coaches
WinnerMo Adeniran
Winning mentorJennifer Hudson
Runner-upInto the Ark
Finals venueLH2 Studios
Release
Original network
Original release7 January (2017-01-07) 
2 April 2017 (2017-04-02)
Series chronology

Coaches and presenters

Coaches for series 6 of The Voice UK

On 13 November 2015, Ricky Wilson announced that the fifth series would be his last as a coach.[5] However, on 24 March 2016, it was revealed that he could make a return to the show.[6] On 3 July 2016, coach will.i.am, who had his doubts about returning for his sixth series, confirmed that he will return for the new series.[3] On 5 July 2016, Boy George announced his departure from the show after just one series.[7] Former coach, Sir Tom Jones hinted that he could possibly return to the programme after the show had moved to ITV.[8] On 17 July 2016, another former coach, Jessie J, ruled herself out of returning to The Voice UK for the sixth series, after speculation of her returning to the show.[9] Wilson later confirmed that he would not be involved with the show for series 6 later in the month.[10] On 28 September, the coaching line-up was confirmed as will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Gavin Rossdale, with Jones also returning.[4] On her appointment, Hudson commented, "I couldn't be more excited to join the amazing panel of coaches on The Voice UK! The UK has always been so supportive of me since the beginning of my career so I’m really looking forward to sharing my point of view with the contestants and especially Team JHUD. Discovering new artists has always been important to me and the UK has no shortage of talent, so I can only imagine what this experience will be like for everyone involved. I can't wait to get going and start developing each individual’s own sound!"[11]

Emma Willis announced that she would return to present the show alone, without her co-host Marvin Humes' involvement.[2] On 8 August 2016, it was announced that a planned ITV2 unnamed spinoff show had been scrapped.[12] However, in October 2016, it was announced that Cel Spellman would be presenting an online spin-off show titled The V Room and will be available on-demand via ITV Hub and feature exclusive content across social media sites and the show's mobile app.[13]

Teams

Colour key:

  •   Winner
  •   Runner-up
  •   Third place
  •   Fourth place
  •   Eliminated in the Live shows
  •   Eliminated in the Knockouts
  •   Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles
  •   Eliminated in the Battles
Coach Top 40 artists
will.i.am
Michelle John Jason Jones Tanya Lacey Hayley Eccles Clara Hurtado Lia White
Tim Gallagher Victoria Kerley Lawrence Hill Jazmin Sawyers Shakira Lueshing
Jennifer Hudson
Mo Adeniran Jamie Miller Jack Bruley Tim Gallagher David Jackson Georgie Braggins
Diamond Liza Baker Kit Rice Stacey Skeete Israel Allen
Sir Tom Jones
Into The Ark Craig Ward Nadine McGhee Capital B Dannii Barnes Victoria Kerley
Linda Jennings Septimus Prime Ryhann Thomas Lucy Kane Charlie Drew
Gavin Rossdale
Max Vickers Truly Ford Sarah Morgan Keziah Rodell Diamond Carter
Tanya Lacey Ruth Lockwood Hadleigh Ford Millicent Weaver Bosie
Note: Italicised names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams).

Blind auditions

There was a change to the blind auditions format for 2017; if all the coaches reject an auditionee they keep their back to the singer and will not say what they thought about their performance, as well as not being able to meet them.[14] The blind auditions began filming on 19 October 2016 at dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford.[14][15]

Each coach has the length of the artist's performance to decide if they want that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist will choose their coach.

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 (7 January)

The series premiere aired from 8.00pm until 9.35pm.

  • Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Under Pressure"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
Will JHud Sir Tom Gavin
1 Jason Jones 31 "Pillowtalk"
2 Jenny Jones 18 "Dangerous Woman"
3 Into the Ark 20–25 "Burning Love"
4 Diamond 18 "If I Ain't Got You"
5 Rachel Rose 27 "Love Me Like You Do"
6 Jamie Gray 28 "Never Ever"
7 Truly Ford 22 "Dakota"
8 Max Vickers 24 "You Can Call Me Al"
9 Mo Adeniran 21 "Iron Sky"

Episode 2 (14 January)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am JHud Tom Gavin
1 Capital B 20–21 "His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
2 Chelsea Baldwin 29 "Vissi d'arte"
3 Charlie Drew 28 "One Dance"
4 Georgie Braggins 21 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
5 Jamie Miller 19 "Let It Go"
6 Carter 29 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
7 Shannon Kitchen 18 "Roxanne"
8 Ben Fernihough 40 "Trouble"
9 Michelle John 43 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"

Episode 3 (21 January)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin
1 April Sullivan 23 "Don't Rain on My Parade"
2 Millicent Weaver 18 "Where Is My Mind?"
3 David Jackson 29 "All I Want"
4 Kevin Prone 25 "Cinema Paradiso Love"
5 Craig Ward 31 "She's Always a Woman"
6 Gino Eccles 54 "You Are So Beautiful"
7 Hayley Eccles 22 "Upside Down"
8 Jazmin Sawyers 22 "Here"/"Glory Box"
9 Sarah Morgan 16 "Missed"

Episode 4 (28 January)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin
1 Jack Bruley 20 "Tennessee Whiskey"
2 Ryan James 26 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" / "Superstition"
3 Hadleigh Ford 38 "This Year's Love"
4 Liza Baker 44 "Alone"
5 Jon Middleton 19 "You're Beautiful"
6 Clara Hurtado 20 "Latch"
7 Ryhann Thomas 28 "I Swear"
8 Chantelle Jackson 23 "Don't Let Go (Love)"
9 Tanya Lacey 31 "All the Man That I Need"

Episode 5 (4 February)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin
1 Shakira Lueshing 28 "Freak of the Week"
2 Lawrence Hill 25 "Save Tonight"
3 Tom Johnston 22 "Hometown Glory"
4 Zara Okro 18 "Alive"
5 Bosie 21-21 "Wicked Game"
6 Scarlet Thomas-Perry 22 "Syrup & Honey"
7 Dannii Barnes 20 "Tears"
8 Lucy Kane 20 "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
9 Miss Cherry Bomb 40 "Diamonds Are Forever"
10 Israel Allen 26 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"

Episode 6 (11 February)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.20pm.

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin
1 Tom Seals 23 "Mess Around"
2 Stacey Skeete 27 "Shackles (Praise You)"
3 Lia White 17 "FourFiveSeconds"
4 Ciara Harvie 18 "Nessun dorma"
5 Sam O’Hara 25 "Don't Worry Baby"
6 Keziah Rodell 20 "Work Song"
7 Hannah Ormerod 27 "Wake Me Up"
8 Septimus Prime 19 "Love Yourself"
9 Nadine McGhee 18 "Lay Me Down"

Episode 7 (18 February)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.20pm.

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin
1 Paul Woodley 31 "Come Together"
2 Abi Phillips 22 "Girl Crush"
3 Kit Rice 25 "Ain't No Sunshine"
4 Kelly Irwin 16 "All I Could Do Was Cry" Team full
5 Tim Gallagher 23 "Crash"
6 Gavin Ellis 30 "Tears in Heaven"
7 Linda Jennings 49 "The Long and Winding Road"
8 Victoria Kerley 16 "Treat You Better" Team full
9 Ruth Lockwood 23 "Toxic" Team full

Battle rounds

Filming for the battles began in December 2016 at MediaCityUK, following the taping of the blind auditions. Each coach has only one steal.[16] The first part of the battle rounds will be broadcast on 25 February 2017 with part two airing on 26 February 2017.[17] The first part of the battle rounds will be broadcast on 25 February 2017 with part two airing on 26 February 2017.[18] First episode aired from 8.30pm until 10.30pm,

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 Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result
will.i.am Jennifer Tom Gavin
Episode 1
(25 February)
Jennifer Hudson 1 David Jackson "It's Your World" Israel Allen N/A
will.i.am 2 Clara Hurtado "Bad Blood" Sharika Lueshing N/A
Gavin Rossdale 3 Keziah Rodell "Why" Bosie N/A
Tom Jones 4 Dannii Barnes "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Charlie Drew N/A
Gavin Rossdale 5 Max Vickers "My Favourite Game" Millicent Weaver N/A
Jennifer Hudson 6 Jamie Miller "Perfect Strangers" Stacey Skeete N/A
Gavin Rossdale 7 Truly Ford "Go Your Own Way" Hadleigh Ford N/A
will.i.am 8 Lia White "Final Song" Victoria Kerley N/A
Tom Jones 9 Nadine McGhee "Time After Time" Lucy Kane N/A
Jennifer Hudson 10 Mo Adeniran "A Change Is Gonna Come" Diamond N/A
Episode 2
(26 February)
Gavin Rossdale 1 Carter "Superstition" Tanya Lacey N/A N/A
will.i.am 2 Hayley Eccles "Hold My Hand" Jazmin Sawyers N/A
Jennifer Hudson 3 Jack Bruley "Ex-Factor" Kit Rice N/A
will.i.am 4 Michelle John "Nowhere to Run" Tim Gallagher
Tom Jones 5 Capital B "I Wanna Be the Only One" Rhyann Thomas N/A
Jennifer Hudson 6 Georgie Braggins "Something" Liza Baker
Tom Jones 7 Craig Ward "I'm Yours" Septimus Prime
will.i.am 8 Jason Jones "Long Train Runnin'" Lawrence Hill
Tom Jones 9 Into The Ark "More Than Words" Linda Jennings
Gavin Rossdale 10 Sarah Morgan "Young and Beautiful" Ruth Lockwood

Live knockouts

For the first time, the knockouts were recorded live, with the remaining six contestants in each team standing on stage together, stepping forward one by one to sing for 90 seconds.[19] Emma Willis, the programme's presenter, commented, "The knockouts are live… Should I be saying this? I don't know if I should, It will be very immediate, when it's pre-recorded, they edit the show and put it out. This time it will be live so everything will be seen."[19] First episode aired from 8.30pm until 9.45pm, second episode aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm, third episode aired from 8.30 until 9.45pm and fourth and last aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm.

In a new twist, viewers were able to vote for their favourite acts to go through to the live show, with each coach being able to save one act. Plus, each coach performed during the knockout rounds.

  • Ep. 1 Musical guest: Sir Tom Jones ("You Can Leave Your Hat On")
  • Ep. 2 Musical guest: Jennifer Hudson ("Remember Me")[20]
  • Ep. 3 Musical guest: Bush ('Mad Love')
  • Ep. 4 Musical guest: will.i.am ("FIYAH")
Episode Order Coach Artist Song Public
vote %
Result
Episode 1
(4 March)
1 Jennifer Hudson David Jackson "A Little Respect" 11.07% Eliminated
2 Jack Bruley "To Love Somebody" 1.84% Saved by Coach
3 Tim Gallagher "Want to Want Me" 6.76% Eliminated
4 Georgie Braggins "I Say a Little Prayer" 10.13%
5 Mo Adeniran "Freedom" 22.78% Public's Vote
6 Jamie Miller "Shape of You" 47.42%
Episode 2
(5 March)
1 Tom Jones Nadine McGhee "Secret Love Song Pt. II" 15.71% Saved by Coach
2 Craig Ward "Hold On Tight" 22.77% Public's Vote
3 Victoria Kerley "Find Me" 16.95% Eliminated
4 Capital B "One Day I'll Fly Away" 7.91%
5 Dannii Barnes "False Alarm" 4.04%
6 Into The Ark "Hold On, We're Going Home" 32.62% Public's Vote
Episode 3
(11 March)
1 will.i.am Tanya Lacey "Changing" 17.59% Saved by Coach
2 Hayley Eccles "Need You Now" 8.03% Eliminated
3 Jason Jones "Into You" 18.78% Public's Vote
4 Lia White "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" 14.11% Eliminated
5 Clara Hurtado "Alarm" 13.32%
6 Michelle John "I Can't Make You Love Me" 28.18% Public's Vote
Episode 4
(12 March)
1 Gavin Rossdale Diamond "Wonder" 6.66% Eliminated
2 Sarah Morgan "I Will Always Love You" 21.84% Public's Vote
3 Carter "Sledgehammer" 16.98% Eliminated
4 Truly Ford "Million Reasons" 13.08% Saved by Coach
5 Max Vickers "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" 22.50% Public's Vote
6 Keziah Rodell "Trouble" 18.95% Eliminated

Live shows

The first live show was broadcast on 18 March 2017,[21] with the second on 25 March, and the third and final live shows aired on 1 and 2 April 2017.

Results summary

Team's colour key
  Team Will
  Team JHud
  Team Tom
  Team Gavin
Result's colour key
  Artist given 'Fast Pass' by their coach and did not face the public vote
  Artist received the most public votes
  Artist received the fewest votes and was eliminated
Weekly results per artist
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Saturday Sunday
Round 1 Round 2
Mo Adeniran Fast Pass 1st
24.10%
1st
44.11%
1st
48.67%
Winner
61.80%
Into the Ark Fast Pass 2nd
18.85%
2nd
25.29%
2nd
28.15%
Runner-up
38.20%
Jamie Miller 1st
24.12%
3rd
15.45%
3rd
19.05%
3rd
23.18%
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Michelle John 4th
13.37%
4th
11.09%
4th
11.55%
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Craig Ward 3rd
17.64%
5th
10.91%
Eliminated
(Week 2)
Max Vickers 2nd
22.39%
6th
10.88%
Truly Ford Fast Pass 7th
5.95%
Jason Jones Fast Pass 8th
2.78%
Tanya Lacey 5th
7.71%
Eliminated
(Week 1)
Sarah Morgan 6th
7.56%
Nadine McGhee 7th
5.63%
Jack Bruley 8th
1.58%

Week 1: Quarter-final (18 March)

This episode aired from 8.30pm to 10.30pm.

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 will.i.am Tanya Lacey "Good Luck" Eliminated
2 Jason Jones "I Feel It Coming" Fast pass
3 Michelle John "I'm Every Woman" Advanced
4 Tom Jones Craig Ward "All These Things That I've Done"
5 Nadine McGhee "A Different Corner" Eliminated
6 Into the Ark "Jealous" Fast pass
7 Gavin Rossdale Max Vickers "Lonely Boy" Advanced
8 Truly Ford "Lights" Fast pass
9 Sarah Morgan "Royals" Eliminated
10 Jennifer Hudson Jamie Miller "Love on the Brain" Advanced
11 Jack Bruley "This Love" Eliminated
12 Mo Adeniran "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Fast pass

Week 2: Semi-final (25 March)

This episode aired from 8.30pm to 10:20pm. This marks the first time a female coach had more than one artist in the finale, as Jamie Miller and Mo Adeniran both come from Hudson's team. With the eliminations of Max Vickers and Truly Ford, Gavin Rossdale had no more artists.

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 will.i.am Jason Jones "Use Somebody" Eliminated
2 Gavin Rossdale Max Vickers "Boys Don't Cry"
3 will.i.am Michelle John "Get Here" Advanced
4 Tom Jones Craig Ward "Castle on the Hill" Eliminated
5 Gavin Rossdale Truly Ford "Elastic Heart"
6 Jennifer Hudson Jamie Miller "Stitches" Advanced
7 Mo Adeniran "Human"
8 Tom Jones Into The Ark "Let It Be Me"

Week 3: Final (1/2 April)

Saturday 1

This episode aired from 8:30pm to 10:20pm.

Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Freedom! '90"

Order Coach Artist First song Order Duet (with Coach) Result
1 Jennifer Hudson Jamie Miller "What Do You Mean?" 5 "Runnin'" Advanced
2 Tom Jones Into the Ark "No One" 6 "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
3 will.i.am Michelle John "Purple Rain" 8 "I Feel for You" Eliminated
4 Jennifer Hudson Mo Adeniran "Don't You Worry Child" 7 "Beneath Your Beautiful" Advanced
Sunday 2

This episode aired from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.

Musical guests: John Legend ("Surefire")

Order Coach Artist First song Order Second song Result
1 Jennifer Hudson Jamie Miller "Shape of You" N/A N/A (already eliminated) Eliminated
2 Tom Jones Into the Ark "Hold On, We're Going Home" 4 "Not a One" Runner-up
3 Jennifer Hudson Mo Adeniran "Iron Sky" 5 "Unsteady" Winner

Reception

Ratings

The series went "head-to-head" with the new BBC One talent show, Let It Shine, which premiered on 7 January, the same date as The Voice UK's premiere.[22]

Episode Date Official ratings[23]
(in millions)
ITV
weekly rank[23]
Share Source Duration
Blind auditions 17 January7.061030.0%[24]95
Blind auditions 214 January6.401325.7%[25]90
Blind auditions 321 January6.271225.6%[26]90
Blind auditions 428 January6.721027.3%[27]90
Blind auditions 54 February6.301326.2%[28]90
Blind auditions 611 February6.94928.7%[29]80
Blind auditions 718 February6.481226.8%[30]80
Battle rounds 125 February6.181326.3%[31]120
Battle rounds 226 February4.811618.0%[32]120
Live knockouts 14 March5.8425.1%[33]75
Live knockouts 25 March4.351915.3%[34]75
Live knockouts 311 March5.3117TBATBA75
Live knockouts 412 March4.0219TBATBA75
Live show 118 March4.9716TBATBA120
Live show 225 March4.5917TBATBA110
Live final1 April4.9516TBATBA110
Live final results2 April4.0218TBATBA60
Series average20175.6014 (14.47)TBAN/AN/A
The Winner's Story16 AprilTBATBATBATBA60

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