Series synopsis
The Voice UK is a British reality television series that premiered on BBC One on March 24, 2012. It was created by John de Mol, Roel van Velzen. It stars Emma Willis, will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson and Gavin Rossdale.
A vocal contest reality series featuring people with real talent and great voices. Only the very best singers make it through the the blind auditions, the decisions from the four celebrity coaches are based solely on the voices they hear - and nothing else.
Premise
A vocal contest reality series featuring people with real talent and great voices. Only the very best singers make it through the the blind auditions, the decisions from the four celebrity coaches are based solely on the voices they hear - and nothing else.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Emma Willis as Self - Host
- will.i.am as Self - Coach
- Jennifer Hudson as Self - Coach
- Gavin Rossdale as Self - Coach
- Marvin Humes as Self - Host
- Tom Jones as Self - Coach
- Rita Ora as Self - Coach
- Ricky Wilson as Self - Coach
Supporting cast
- Danny O'Donoghue as Self - Coach
- Kylie Minogue as Self - Coach
- Holly Willoughby as Self - Host
- Jessie J as Self - Coach
- Paloma Faith as Self - Coach
- Reggie Yates as Self - Host
- Boy George as Self - Coach
- Olly Murs as Self - Coach
- Meghan Trainor as Self - Coach
- Anne-Marie as Self - Coach
- LeAnn Rimes as Self - Coach
- Tom Fletcher as Self - Coach
Guest cast
- Jordan Gray as Herself
- Hannah Waddingham as Herself - Guest Mentor
- Griff as Herself - Guest Mentor
- Perrie Edwards as Herself - Guest Mentor
- Olivia Irvin as Self
- Jenna Cole as Self
- Charlotte Steele as Self - Contestant
- Lauren Byrne as Self - Contestant
- Holly-Anne Hull as Self - Contestant
- Stevie McCrorie as Self - Contestant
- Joe Woolford as Self - Contestant
- Esmee Denters as Self - Contestant
Episodes
This series spans 13 seasons with 175 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 17 | March 24, 2012 | June 2, 2012 |
| Season 2 | 15 | March 30, 2013 | June 22, 2013 |
| Season 3 | 15 | January 11, 2014 | April 5, 2014 |
| Season 4 | 15 | January 10, 2015 | April 4, 2015 |
| Season 5 | 15 | January 9, 2016 | April 9, 2016 |
| Season 6 | 17 | January 7, 2017 | April 2, 2017 |
| Season 7 | 14 | January 6, 2018 | April 7, 2018 |
| Season 8 | 14 | January 5, 2019 | April 6, 2019 |
| Season 9 | 14 | January 4, 2020 | November 14, 2020 |
| Season 10 | 12 | January 2, 2021 | March 20, 2021 |
| Season 11 | 9 | September 3, 2022 | October 29, 2022 |
| Season 12 | 9 | November 4, 2023 | December 30, 2023 |
| Season 13 | 9 | August 31, 2024 | October 26, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 Hopeful artists face the blind auditions, and the four coaches give a group performance. |
March 24, 2012 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 The coaches battle it out to win over the most outstanding voices for their team. |
March 31, 2012 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates host the penultimate round of blind auditions. |
April 7, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 Hopeful artists face the blind auditions, and the four coaches give a group performance. |
March 30, 2013 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates return to present the next set of blind auditions. |
April 6, 2013 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am, Danny O'Donoghue and Jessie J continue to build their teams. |
April 13, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 Kylie Minogue and Ricky Wilson join the coaching team for the first blind auditions. |
January 11, 2014 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 Emma Willis and Marvin Humes present the second round of blind auditions. |
January 18, 2014 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 Emma Willis and Marvin Humes present the third round of blind auditions. |
January 25, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 The singing contest returns for a fourth series as Rita Ora joins the panel. |
January 10, 2015 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 The coaches assess the vocal talents of another ten hopefuls. |
January 17, 2015 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 To Sir Tom's delight, this edition sees many Welsh faces behind the spinning chairs. |
January 24, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blind Auditions 1 | January 9, 2016 |
| 2 | Blind Auditions 2 | January 16, 2016 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 Hopefils include a Dubliner with a unique voice, an eccentric rocket and a charity worker. |
January 23, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 As the auditions get under way, the singing hopefuls will have to truly command the stage if they want to get those infamous red chairs spinning. |
January 7, 2017 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 Judges Jennifer Hudson, Gavin Rossdale, will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones, appraises the talents of more would-be pop icons in the blind auditions, judging the contestants vocal ability alone. |
January 14, 2017 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 The contest heats up as the blind audtitions continue and coaches will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Gavin Rossdale and Sir Tom Jones search for a superstar. There are more twists and turns as the veterans of the music industry pitch against each other to fill their teams with the finest vocal talent. Can the singing hopefuls handle the pressure and produce the performance they need in pursuit of an incredible record deal with Polydor? |
January 21, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 Emma Willis hosts the seventh series of the singing contest, which this year sees Olly Murs joining returning coaches Will.i.am, Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson on the famous spinning chairs. The search for a star kicks off, as usual, with the first in a series of rounds of blind auditions, as the panel listen to each contestant with their backs turned, ensuring that they judge the performance on the strength of vocal ability alone. Those who succeed here will progress to the Battle and Knockout phases. |
January 6, 2018 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 Spinning-chair singing contest, in which celebrity `coaches' seek out the nation's best vocal talent. But there is a simple twist - with the four coaches selecting their teams through `blind auditions', looks play no part in the selection process, meaning each singer is chosen on vocal ability alone. |
January 13, 2018 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 The Blind Auditions continue in the third instalment of 'The Voice UK'. With spaces on their teams filling up, the competition is getting tougher as coaches will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Olly Murs and Sir Tom Jones continue their quest to find the nation's best vocal talent. The acts will be hoping to secure a place on the coaches' teams and earn their chance to win a recording contract with Polydor Records. |
January 20, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blind Auditions 1 | January 5, 2019 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 The Blind Auditions continue in the second instalment of The Voice UK. The competition heats up as will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Olly Murs and Sir Tom Jones search for a singing superstar. There will be more twists and turns from the infamous red chairs with the coaches pitching against each other to fill their teams with the finest vocal talent. Will the singing hopefuls produce the performance they need to secure a coveted record contract with Polydor? |
January 12, 2019 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 Coaches will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs return to the infamous red chairs for the third instalment of the Blind Auditions. Their quest is to find the next singing superstar, but can the auditioning acts give the performance of their lives, secure a chair turn and a coveted place on a coach’s team? |
January 19, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 Olly Murs, Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am are joined in their iconic red chairs by Meghan Trainor as the search for a superstar begins once more. Hopeful singers fight to make the chairs turn for the chance of winning a life-changing record contract. |
January 4, 2020 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 The blind auditions continue in the second instalment of The Voice. The competition heats up as will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, Olly Murs and brand new coach Meghan Trainor search for a singing superstar. |
January 11, 2020 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 Coaches will.iam, Sir Tom Jones, Olly Murs and Meghan Trainor return to the infamous red chairs for the third instalment of the Blind Auditions for the Voice UK. |
January 18, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 There is a new coach on the panel as the blind auditions begin once more. Olly Murs, Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am are joined in the red chairs by Anne-Marie as hopeful singers fight to make the chairs turn for a chance of winning a record contract. |
January 2, 2021 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 The blind auditions continue and the competition heats up as will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, Olly Murs and new coach Anne-Marie search for a singing superstar, and the coaches pitch against each other to fill their teams with the finest vocal talent. |
January 9, 2021 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 Coaches will.iam, Sir Tom Jones, Olly Murs and Anne-Marie return to the infamous red chairs for the third instalment of the Blind Auditions for the Voice UK on ITV. |
January 16, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 Emma Willis hosts the return of the spinning-chair singing contest, with Anne-Marie Olly Murs, Tom Jones and Will.i.am on the coaching panel once again. In the opening edition the four mentors will be selecting their teams through blind auditions, where looks play no part in the selection process and each singer is chosen on vocal ability alone |
September 3, 2022 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions 2 The Blind Auditions continue, with more twists and turns from the infamous red chairs as the coaches pitch against each other to pick the finest vocal talent for their teams. |
September 10, 2022 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions 3 Coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, Olly Murs and Anne-Marie return to the red chairs for the third instalment of the Blind Auditions. |
September 17, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions 1 Emma Willis returns to host the reality talent show where unsigned singers compete to win a recording contract, a huge cash prize, and an all-inclusive luxury five-star holiday to Mauritius. |
November 4, 2023 |
| 2 | Blind Auditions 2 | November 11, 2023 |
| 3 | Blind Auditions 3 | November 18, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Blind Auditions (1) Emma Willis returns as the host of the reality singing talent show as will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones are joined by new coaches LeAnn Rimes and Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones from McFly. |
August 31, 2024 |
| 2 |
Blind Auditions (2) Emma Willis hosts as the coaches return for the third round of Blind Auditions. |
September 7, 2024 |
| 3 |
Blind Auditions (3) Coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, LeAnn Rimes and coach duo Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones from McFly return to select more singers from the third round of Blind Auditions. |
September 14, 2024 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 24, 2012 |
| Last aired | October 26, 2024 |
| Runtime | 120 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Saturday |