The Voice UK series 12

The Voice UK
Series 12
Hosted byEmma Willis
Coaches
WinnerJen & Liv
Winning coachEmma Willis
(will.i.am)
Runners-up
  • Jolie Stevens
  • Callum Doignie
  • Hope Winter
No. of episodes9
Release
Original networkITV1
Original release4 November (2023-11-04) –
30 December 2023 (2023-12-30)
Series chronology
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Series 11
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Series 13

The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The twelfth series of The Voice UK premiered on 4 November 2023 on ITV. will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches, whilst Emma Willis again returned as presenter. It was the final series to feature Murs and Anne-Marie as coaches, following their axing from the show after six and three series as coaches, respectively.

On 30 December 2023, Jen & Liv were announced as the winner of the season, marking will.i.am's second win as a coach on the adult version of the show. Their win marks the second occurrence that a duo won a variation of The Voice UK, the first being done by Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro in the seventh series of The Voice Kids, who were also on Team will.i.am. It also marks the first time in any variation ever that a winning act had a different coach turn their official coach's chair during their audition (as host Willis sat in will.i.am's chair for their audition).

Coaches

Coaches for series 12 of The Voice UK

will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs will return as coaches, whilst Emma Willis will return as the show's presenter.[1]

In September 2023, it was confirmed by Olly Murs himself that since he had been axed from the show for future series, this would be his last as a coach.[2] Speaking of his axing, Murs said he was "gutted" and added that receiving the news was a "bit of a shock".[3][4]

In October 2023, a week prior to the show's premiere, it was announced that the twelfth series would also be Anne-Marie's last and that she had been "axed from the series" as part of producers' plans to "refresh the show".[5][6]

Production

Auditions for the twelfth series were held via the usual online application process, as well as various pubs, karaoke bars and open mic nights throughout 2022.[7][8] Groups were invited to apply for the first time along with the usual soloists, duos and trios.[9] Applications closed in September 2022, and began filming at Dock10 in December 2022.[10][11]

The first trailer for the series was revealed in October 2023, and featured all four coaches singing along to "Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa, before pushing their buttons and turning around in their chairs.

The series was again pre-recorded, and began on 4 November 2023, the latest the show has ever launched, due to ITV's coverage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[12]

Teams

Colour key

  •   Winner
  •   Finalist
  •   Eliminated in the Semi-Final
  •   Eliminated in the Callbacks
  •   Withdrew
Coach Top 40 Artists
will.i.am
Jen & Liv THePETEBOX Katie Coleman Sese Foster Hayley Chart
Laville Matt Green Zaza Shane Brierley Cleo Stewart
Anne-Marie
Jolie Stevens Deja Vu Nia Ekanem Lil Shakz Chinchilla
Ryan Barton Gwannty The Skylarks Valntna Rachel Burnett
Sir Tom Jones
Callum Doignie Bianca White AV4C Jerusha Frimpong Fatt Butcher
Daisy Gill Keilah Rebekah Jazz Morley Brendan Sherk Adaeze
Olly Murs
Hope Winter Kelly Hastings Stan Urban Marta Spizhenko The Ashatones
Sheridan Coldstream Jack Desmond Jess Hayes Simon Simms Imisi Peletu

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 their "I WANT YOU" button
Artist received an "All Turn"

Episode 1 (4 November)

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly
1 Deja Vu 19–25 "Unholy"
2 Mitchell Chambers 29 "She Used to Be Mine"
3 Jerusha Frimpong 27 "Wish I Didn't Miss You"
4 Laville 36 "Perfect Ruin"
5 Yoni Shine 16 "Let It Go"
6 Stan Urban 79 "Little Queenie"
7 Lil Shakz 18 "Minimal Things" (original song)
8 Hope Winter 23 "Mirror"

Episode 2 (11 November)

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly
1 Liam Palmer 19 "XO"
2 Jen & Liv 21 & 23 "Woman" [a]
3 Callum Doignie 28 "Traitor"
4 Sese Foster 31 "Thinking Out Loud"
5 Pete Restrick 31 "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
6 Chinchilla 25 "I Put a Spell on You"
7 Sheridan Coldstream 59 "Listen Before I Go"
8 Bianca White 35 "Chains"
  1. ^ The show's presenter, Emma Willis, took will.i.am's place as coach for this performance

Episode 3 (18 November)

  • Coach performance: Tom Jones & Anne-Marie — "Stand By Me"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly
1 AV4C 32–39 "All My Life"
2 THePETEBOX "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"
3 Mariama Goodman 44 "Out Here on My Own"
4 Gwannty 29 "Essence"
5 Marta Spizhenko 33 "Not About Angels"
6 Kurtis Joinson 27 "Damn Your Eyes"
7 Nia Ekanem 30 "Let It Be"
8 Fatt Butcher 32 "This Woman's Work"

Episode 4 (25 November)

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly
1 Daisy Gill 24 "In the Name of Love"
2 Albert Stott 18 "My Heart Goes (La Di Da)"
3 Ryan Barton 31 "Just the Two of Us"
4 Hayley Chart 52 "Sinnerman"
5 The Ashatones 28–30 "About Damn Time"
6 Scarlette Von B 26 "Blue Jeans"
7 Katie Coleman 28 "Natural Woman"
8 Kelly Hastings 41 "Bird Set Free"

Episode 5 (2 December)

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly
1 Liam Price 34 "Stop!"
2 Jolie Stevens 19 "Clearly"
3 Matt Green 34 "Take Me Back to London"
4 Keilah Rebekah 23 "You Say"
5 Jack Desmond 22 "A Thousand Miles"
6 Jess Hayes 25 "The Dark End of the Street"
7 Bob Strachan 44 "Folsom Prison Blues"
8 Zaza 30 "Back to Life"
9 Jazz Morley 33 "Landslide"

Episode 6 (9 December)

  • Coach performance: Anne-Marie — "Psycho"
Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly
1 Cleo Stewart 30 "Heaven"
2 Kim Palmer 30 "It Must Have Been Love"
3 Simon Simms 28 "Bibia Be Ye Ye"
4 The Skylarks 16 & 44 "Dancing in the Dark"
5 Shannon Hurst 26 "The Joke"
6 Valntna 31 "I'm Going Down"
7 Brendan Shek 24 "All For You"
8 Imisi Peletu 21 "Moon River"
9 Shane Brierley 17 "Heal" Team full

Episode 7 (16 December)

Order Artist Age Song Coaches and artists choices
will.i.am Anne-Marie Tom Olly
1 Adaeze 18 "When You Were Mine" Team full Team full
2 Rachel Burnett 19 "Unintended" Team full

Callbacks

Guest mentors for series 12 of The Voice UK
Paloma Faith for Team Will
Clara Amfo for Team Anne-Marie
Raye for Team Anne-Marie
Jamie Cullum for Team Tom
Luke Evans for Team Olly

For this season, the 'Callbacks' returned. This stage aired on 16 December, following the final round of blind auditions. In this round, each coach brought in a mentor for their team. Paloma Faith, Clara Amfo and Raye, Jamie Cullum, and Luke Evans were invited by will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Tom Jones, and Olly Murs, respectively. Cleo Stewart from Team Will withdrew from the competition prior to the Callbacks.[13]

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 artists of the same group finished their performances, the coaches had 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
(16 December)
1 Olly Murs Stan Urban "Hound Dog" Jess Hayes
Simon Simms
The Ashatones
2 Kelly Hastings "Ordinary World" Marta Spizhenko
Sheridan Coldstream
3 Hope Winter "Feels Like This" Imisi Peletu
Jack Desmond
4 will.i.am Jen & Liv "ABCDEFU" Sese Foster
Shane Brierley
5 Katie Coleman "She Blinded Me with Science" Matt Green
THePETEBOX
6 "Ordinary People" Hayley Chart
Laville
Zaza
7 Anne-Marie "Glimpse of Us" Gwannty
Rachel Burnett
Valntna
8 Deja Vu "Lucky" The Skylarks
Jolie Stevens
9 Nia Ekanem "Virtual Insanity" Chinchilla
Lil Shakz
Ryan Barton
10 Sir Tom Jones Callum Doignie "A House Is Not a Home" Fatt Butcher
Jazz Morley
11 AV4C "Angel of Mine" Brendan Sherk
Bianca White Keilah Rebekah
12 "California Dreamin'" Adaeze
Daisy Gill
Jerusha Frimpong

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
Jen & Liv Safe Winner
Callum Doignie Safe Finalist
Hope Winter Safe Finalist
Jolie Stevens Safe Finalist
Deja Vu Eliminated Eliminated
(Week 1)
Nia Ekanem Eliminated
Katie Coleman Eliminated
THePETEBOX Eliminated
Kelly Hastings Eliminated
Stan Urban Eliminated
AV4C Eliminated
Bianca White Eliminated

Week 1: Semi-final (23 December)

The Semi-final aired on 23 December 2023. The 12 contestants who advanced from the Callbacks competed, with each coach having to select one artist out of three to take through to the final.

Performances in the semi-final episode
Episode Order Coach Artist Song Result
Episode 8
(23 December)
1 Sir Tom Jones AV4C "Stand Up" Eliminated
2 Callum Doignie "Control" Saved
3 Bianca White "Rescue" Eliminated
4 Olly Murs Stan Urban "Johnny B. Goode" Eliminated
5 Kelly Hastings "Impossible" Eliminated
6 Hope Winter "Jealous Guy" Saved
7 will.i.am THePETEBOX "Heat Waves" Eliminated
8 Katie Coleman "Firebabe" Eliminated
9 Jen & Liv "Sway" Saved
10 Anne-Marie Deja Vu "Beautiful Liar" Eliminated
11 Jolie Stevens "What Now" Saved
12 Nia Ekanem "Everybody Hurts" Eliminated

Week 2: Final (30 December)

The final aired on 30 December 2023. As in the previous series, the final was pre-recorded with the audience voting for the winner. For the first time in the show's history, there was only the winner reveal, with the remaining finalists placing as runners-up, instead of than fourth and third placements.

Performances in the final episode
Order Coach Artist First song Order Duet (with Coach) Result
1 Olly Murs Hope Winter "No Peace" 6 "I'll Be Waiting" Finalist
2 Sir Tom Jones Callum Doignie "Breakaway" 7 "Bird on the Wire"
3 Anne-Marie Jolie Stevens "Forever" 5 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
4 will.i.am Jen & Liv "I'm Every Woman" 8 "Break My Soul" Winners

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