The Voice UK (series 10)
The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The tenth series premiered on 2 January 2021, on ITV. will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches for their tenth, ninth and fourth series, respectively. Singer Anne-Marie joined the coaching panel, replacing exiting coach Meghan Trainor. Meanwhile, Emma Willis returned for her eighth series as host.
The Voice UK | |
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Series 10 | |
Hosted by | Emma Willis (ITV) AJ Odudu (ITV Hub) |
Coaches | |
Winner | Craig Eddie |
Winning coach | Anne-Marie |
Runner-up | Grace Holden |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Original release | 2 January – 20 March 2021 |
Series chronology |
Filming of the auditions took place in late 2020 at the Dock10 Studios, where COVID-19 safety protocols were introduced; such as the coaches' chairs being socially distanced, a virtual audience and the band wearing PPE. Filming of the Battles and Semi-finals took place in January and February 2021.
On 20 March 2021, Craig Eddie was announced the winner of the season, marking Anne-Marie's first win as a coach and the second female coach to win in the show's history, following Jennifer Hudson. She is also the second new coach to win on her first attempt, following Jennifer Hudson.
Coaches
On 12 October 2020, it was announced will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs would return to the show as coaches for their tenth, ninth and fourth series, respectively.[1] They are joined by a new coach, singer-songwriter Anne-Marie, who replaces former coach Meghan Trainor, who did not return for her second series due to her pregnancy as well as travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Production
On 10 December 2020, ITV announced the tenth series of The Voice UK would premiere on 2 January 2021.[2]
ITV also announced the blocked feature would be coming to the blind auditions, which allows for a coach to prevent another coach from getting an artist. Each coach will only receive one block.[3]
Teams
- Colour key
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
- Fourth place
- Eliminated by the public vote
- Eliminated in the semi-finals
- Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles
- Eliminated in the Battles
- Withdrew
Coach | Top 40 Artists | |||||
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will.i.am | ||||||
Okulaja | Nadia Eide | Jérémy Levif | BrokenPen | Adeniké | Lauren Drew | |
Janel Antoneshia | Victoria Heath | Benjamin Haycock | Kezia | |||
Anne-Marie | ||||||
Craig Eddie | Leona Jørgensen | Meg Birch | Wayne & Morgan | Stephanee Leal | Sweeney | |
Cameron Ledwidge | James Robb | Chanel Yates | ||||
Sir Tom Jones | ||||||
Hannah Williams | Benjamin Warner | Jake O'Neill | Leah Cobb | Mariam Davina | Midé | |
Wura | Psalm Harmony | Esther Cole | 2ché | Sami Nathan | ||
Olly Murs | ||||||
Grace Holden | Jordan & Wesley | Nathan Smoker | Andrew Bateup | Jason Hayles | Joe Topping | |
Matt Croke | Chantelle Padden | Tascha Jerawan | Alex Harry | |||
Blind Auditions
✔ | 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 |
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Episode 1 (2 January)
Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
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will.i.am | Anne-Marie | Tom | Olly | ||||
Mariam Davina | 1 | 18 | "Anyone" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Billy Beech | 2 | 17 | "Falling Like the Stars" | – | – | – | – |
Nathan Smoker | 3 | 20 | "Can't Pretend" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Lauren Drew | 4 | 27 | "Mamma Knows Best" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Okulaja | 5 | 17 | "Everything I Wanted" | ✔ | – | – | – |
Drew Thomas | 6 | 27 | "Exile" | – | – | – | – |
Jérémy Levif | 7 | 29 | "How Long Will I Love You?" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
Hannah Williams | 8 | 38 | "Stay with Me" | – | – | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 2 (9 January)
Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
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will.i.am | Anne-Marie | Tom | Olly | ||||
Joe Topping | 1 | 42 | "Forever Young" | – | – | ✘ | ✔ |
Yana Bing | 2 | 21 | "Stupid Love" | – | – | – | – |
Esther Cole | 3 | 21 | "Let Me Down Slowly" | – | – | ✔ | ✔ |
Leona Jørgensen | 4 | 26 | "Sunflower" | – | ✔ | – | – |
Kezia | 5 | 33 | "Your Love Is King" | ✔ | – | – | – |
Kim Jennett | 6 | 25 | "Losing My Religion" | – | – | – | – |
Matt Croke | 7 | 33 | "Come What May" | – | – | – | ✔ |
Benjamin Haycock | 8 | 24 | "Restlessness" (original song) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 3 (16 January)
Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
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will.i.am | Anne-Marie | Tom | Olly | ||||
Jordan & Wesley | 1 | 27-30 | "Go Get It" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ |
Chanel Yates | 2 | 21 | "Adore You" | – | ✔ | – | – |
Rebecca Watkins | 3 | 30 | "Back in Black" | – | – | – | – |
Wura | 4 | 31 | "Strange" | – | – | ✔ | – |
Sweeney | 5 | 30 | "Bad Blood" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
Sonny Price | 6 | 25 | "Break My Heart Again" | – | – | – | – |
Alex Harry | 7 | 27 | "Idontwannabeyouanymore" | – | – | – | ✔ |
Janel Antoneshia | 8 | 27 | "Love & Hate" | ✔ | – | – | ✔ |
Episode 4 (23 January)
Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
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will.i.am | Anne-Marie | Tom | Olly | ||||
BrokenPen | 1 | 28 | "I Can" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – |
Leah Cobb | 2 | 16 | "Ex's & Oh's" | – | – | – | ✔ |
Laura Sidney | 3 | 25 | "With One Look" | – | – | – | – |
James Robb | 4 | 27 | "Shape of My Heart" | – | ✔ | – | ✔ |
Midé | 5 | 33 | "My Love" | – | – | ✔ | – |
Jamie Leigh Nelson | 6 | 34 | "Set You Free" | – | – | – | – |
Jake O'Neill | 7 | 23 | "I Want Love" | – | – | ✔ | – |
Grace Holden | 8 | 18 | "Wherever You Will Go" | – | – | – | ✔ |
Episode 5 (30 January)
Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
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will.i.am | Anne-Marie | Tom | Olly | ||||
Benjamin Warner | 1 | 23 | "Make Me Feel" | – | – | ✔ | – |
Gwenaelle Noval | 2 | 16 | "When We Were Young" | – | – | – | – |
Jason Hayles | 3 | 34 | "No Church in the Wild" | – | ✔ | – | ✘ |
Joel Baker | 4 | 30 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | – | – | – | – |
Adeniké | 5 | 28 | "Get Here" | ✔ | – | – | – |
Andrew Bateup | 6 | 31 | "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" | – | – | ✔ | ✔ |
Julia Rose | 7 | 18 | "Tiny Dancer" | – | – | – | – |
Dee Dee Walker | 8 | 24 | "Wake Me Up" | – | – | – | – |
Cameron Ledwidge | 9 | 18 | "Heather" | – | ✔ | – | – |
Victoria Heath | 10 | 37 | "One" | ✔ | – | – | – |
Episode 6 (6 February)
Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
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will.i.am | Anne-Marie | Tom | Olly | ||||
Meg Birch | 1 | 25 | "If I Go" | – | ✔ | ✔ | – |
Ella Young | 2 | 19 | "Defying Gravity" | – | – | – | – |
Stephanee Leal | 3 | 25 | "Runnin' (Lose It All)" | ✔ | ✔ | – | – |
Jake McKechnie | 4 | 16 | "Broken Strings" | – | – | – | – |
Psalm Harmony | 5 | 20-24 | "Spirit" | – | – | ✔ | – |
Wayne & Morgan | 6 | 32-43 | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | – | ✔ | – | – |
Owen Hughes | 7 | 22 | "Don't Start Now" | – | – | – | – |
Liam Hannigan | 8 | 25 | "Let Her Go" | – | – | – | – |
Chantelle Padden | 9 | 24 | "When I Look at You" | ✔ | – | – | ✔ |
Episode 7 (13 February)
Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | |||
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will.i.am | Anne-Marie | Tom | Olly | ||||
Tascha Jerawan | 1 | 21 | "White Flag" | – | – | ✔ | ✔ |
2ché | 2 | 27 | "Heaven" | – | – | ✔ | Team full |
Hannah Hocking | 3 | 30 | "All the Man That I Need" | – | – | – | |
Nadia Eide | 4 | 32 | "Now We Are Free" | ✔ | ✔ | – | |
Craig Eddie | 5 | 22 | "Make It Rain" | Team full | ✔ | – | |
Joanne Harper | 6 | 27 | "If I Were a Boy" | Team full | – | ||
Adam Strong | 7 | 32 | "Rise Like a Phoenix" | – | |||
Nnenna King | 8 | 23 | "Lost in Japan" | – | |||
Sami Nathan | 9 | 31 | "At Last" | ✔ | |||
Battle rounds
✔ | Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button |
Artist won the Battle and advanced to the semi-finals | |
Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the semi-finals | |
Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
Episode 1 (20 February)
Order | Coach | Artists | Song | Coaches' and artists choices | ||||
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will.i.am | Anne-Marie | Tom | Olly | |||||
1 | Anne-Marie | Wayne & Morgan | Lauren Drew | "Respect" | ✔ | — | — | — |
2 | will.i.am | Jérémy Levif | Kezia | "Clocks" | Team full | — | — | — |
3 | Sir Tom Jones | Hannah Williams | Sami Nathan | "Cry Me a River" | — | — | — | |
4 | Olly Murs | Nathan Smoker | Leah Cobb | "Stop This Flame" | — | ✔ | — | |
5 | Anne-Marie | Sweeney | Chanel Yates | "Close" | — | Team full | — | |
6 | will.i.am | BrokenPen | Benjamin Haycock | "Hall of Fame" | — | — | ||
7 | Olly Murs | Joe Topping | Alex Harry | "Think Twice" | — | — | ||
8 | Sir Tom Jones | Benjamin Warner | 2ché | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | — | — | ||
9 | will.i.am | Nadia Eide | Stephanee Leal | "Love Is a Battlefield" | ✔ | — | ||
10 | Olly Murs | Jordan & Wesley | Tascha Jerawan | "Hello" | Team full | — |
Episode 2 (27 February)
Order | Coach | Artists | Song | Coaches' and artists choices | ||||
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will.i.am | Anne-Marie | Tom | Olly | |||||
1 | Olly Murs | Grace Holden | Chantelle Padden | "Breakaway" | Team full | Team full | Team full | — |
2 | will.i.am | Janel Antoneshia | Okulaja | "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" | — | |||
3 | Sir Tom Jones | Midé | Esther Cole | "Happier" | — | |||
4 | Anne-Marie | Meg Birch | Jason Hayles | "These Days" | ✔ | |||
5 | Sir Tom Jones | Wura | Jake O'Neill | "What's Going On" | Team full | |||
6 | Anne-Marie | Craig Eddie | James Robb | "This City" | ||||
7 | Olly Murs | Andrew Bateup | Matt Croke | "Always" | ||||
8 | Anne-Marie | Leona Jørgensen | Cameron Ledwidge | "Beautiful People" | ||||
9 | will.i.am | Adeniké | Victoria Heath | "Run to You" | ||||
10 | Sir Tom Jones | Mariam Davina | Psalm Harmony | "Wonder" |
- Although Janel Antoneshia won the battle, she later withdrew from the show for personal reasons. Will selected Okujala, who Janel had defeated in the battle rounds, to take her place for the semi-final.
- Although Wura won the battle, she later withdrew from the show for personal reasons. Jones selected Jake O'Neill, who Wura had defeated in the battle rounds, to take her place for the semi-final.
Show details
Results summary
- Colour key
- Team Will
- Team Anne-Marie
- Team Tom
- Team Olly
- Artist received the most public votes
- Artist was eliminated
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Public vote | Week 3 | |||
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Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||
Craig Eddie | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | ||
Grace Holden | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | ||
Hannah Williams | — | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||
Okulaja | — | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | |||
Jordan & Wesley | Safe | — | Eliminated | Eliminated (Public Vote) | |||
Leona Jørgensen | Safe | — | Eliminated | ||||
Nadia Eide | Safe | — | Eliminated | ||||
Benjamin Warner | Safe | — | Eliminated | ||||
Meg Birch | — | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||
Wayne & Morgan | — | Eliminated | |||||
BrokenPen | — | Eliminated | |||||
Jérémy Levif | — | Eliminated | |||||
Jake O’Neill | — | Eliminated | |||||
Leah Cobb | — | Eliminated | |||||
Andrew Bateup | — | Eliminated | |||||
Nathan Smoker | — | Eliminated | |||||
Jason Hayles | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||
Joe Topping | Eliminated | ||||||
Stephanee Leal | Eliminated | ||||||
Sweeney | Eliminated | ||||||
Mariam Davina | Eliminated | ||||||
Midé | Eliminated | ||||||
Adeniké | Eliminated | ||||||
Lauren Drew | Eliminated |
Week 1: Semi-final 1 (6 March)
Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
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1 | will.i.am | Lauren Drew | "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" | Eliminated |
2 | Adeniké | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Eliminated | |
3 | Nadia Eide | "The Show Must Go On" | Advanced to the public vote | |
4 | Sir Tom Jones | Mariam Davina | "Breathing Underwater" | Eliminated |
5 | Benjamin Warner | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Advanced to the public vote | |
6 | Midé | "Sweet Creature" | Eliminated | |
7 | Anne-Marie | Leona Jørgensen | "Holy" | Advanced to the public vote |
8 | Stephanee Leal | "Blinding Lights" | Eliminated | |
9 | Sweeney | "Cry Me a River" | Eliminated | |
10 | Olly Murs | Joe Topping | "I Won't Give Up" | Eliminated |
11 | Jason Hayles | "Bloodstream" | Eliminated | |
12 | Jordan & Wesley | "The Climb" | Advanced to the public vote |
Week 2: Semi-final 2 (13 March)
Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
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1 | Olly Murs | Nathan Smoker | "All Goes Wrong" | Eliminated |
2 | Andrew Bateup | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Eliminated | |
3 | Grace Holden | "I'm with You" | Advanced to the public vote | |
4 | Sir Tom Jones | Hannah Williams | "Gravity" | Advanced to the public vote |
5 | Leah Cobb | "Be My Baby" | Eliminated | |
6 | Jake O'Neill | "This Year's Love" | Eliminated | |
7 | will.i.am | BrokenPen | "Con Calma" | Eliminated |
8 | Jérémy Levif | "Always Be My Baby" | Eliminated | |
9 | Okulaja | "Can't Hold Us" | Advanced to the public vote | |
10 | Anne-Marie | Wayne & Morgan | "September" | Eliminated |
11 | Meg Birch | "Why Her Not Me" | Eliminated | |
12 | Craig Eddie | "lovely" | Advanced to the public vote | |
Public vote
Coach | Artist | Result |
---|---|---|
will.i.am | Nadia Eide | Eliminated |
Okulaja | Advanced | |
Anne-Marie | Leona Jørgensen | Eliminated |
Craig Eddie | Advanced | |
Sir Tom Jones | Benjamin Warner | Eliminated |
Hannah Williams | Advanced | |
Olly Murs | Jordan & Wesley | Eliminated |
Grace Holden | Advanced |
Week 3: Final (20 March)
- Musical guest: Blessing Chitapa ("I Smile")
Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Duet (with Coach) | Order | Winners single | Result |
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1 | Olly Murs | Grace Holden | "Before You Go" | 5 | "Rule the World" | 9 | "Dream Catch Me" | Runner-up |
2 | Sir Tom Jones | Hannah Williams | "Little Runaway" | 8 | "To Love Somebody" | N/A (already eliminated) | Eliminated | |
3 | will.i.am | Okulaja | "Counting Stars" | 6 | "Where Is the Love?" | Eliminated | ||
4 | Anne-Marie | Craig Eddie | "Train Wreck" | 7 | "Don't Speak" | 10 | "Come Waste My Time" (original song) | Winner |
References
- "The Voice: Anne-Marie to replace Meghan Trainor as coach". BBC News. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- Gordon, Naomi (10 December 2020). "When does The Voice UK 2021 start?". Radio Times. United Kingdom: Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- Mandy, Michael (24 December 2020). "Brand new coach on The Voice UK 2021". ITV. United Kingdom: ITV. Retrieved 24 December 2020.