The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourth series started on 10 January 2015.[1]Emma Willis and Marvin Humes returned as hosts, alongside coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, and Ricky Wilson. Kylie Minogue did not return because of her touring commitments, and was replaced by Rita Ora.[2] On 4 April 2015, Stevie McCrorie was announced the winner of the season, making him the first winner to have received an all-chair turn in the blind auditions. It was also Ricky Wilson's first win as coach.
On 22 March 2014, Kylie Minogue confirmed that she would not be returning for another series; when asked if she would return under different circumstances, she said "I would have to think about it really seriously as I did for this series".[3] Two days later, the BBC confirmed that she was not quitting the show,[4] but on 11 April 2014, Minogue tweeted that she would not be returning[5] and on 23 September, it was announced that Rita Ora would replace her.
Promotion
Promotional photos were released on 18 December 2014, including photos of: the coaches (Wilson, Jones, Ora & will.i.am); the presenters (Willis & Humes); and singular shots of each coach.[6]
On 20 December 2014, the first trailer for the series premiered following the final of Strictly Come Dancing at 19:55. The trailer features the four coaches sitting at a bar, when a crow singing behind them catches their attention. They begin to sing along with the crow until a waiter brings over a cooked chicken that they have ordered. Despite thinking the crow would be annoyed, he continues to sing with the group then joining in.[7]
Note: Italicized names are stolen artists (names struck through within former teams).
Blind auditions
Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they wanted 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 (10 January)
The 90-minute premiere of the series was broadcast on 10 January 2015 from 7.00pm until 8.30pm. This was the first year that the first act got less than 4 turns.
The battle rounds will consist of two 2 hour shows on 28 February and 7 March. In a change for the fourth series, the coaches will be allowed to steal two artists each, as opposed to just the one in the previous two series.[8] The eighth episode was 120 minutes long, and aired from 7.15pm until 9.15pm and The ninth episode was 120 minutes long, and aired from 7.30pm until 9.30pm.
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
The Knockout rounds aired on 14 and 15 March 2015. Teams of 8 after the battles were stripped down to 3 for the live shows. The tenth episode was 75 minutes long, and aired from 7.15pm until 8.30pm and eleventh episode was 75 minutes long, and aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm.
Colour key:
Artist won the Knockouts and advanced to the Live shows
Artist given 'Fast Pass' by their coach and did not face the public vote
Artist received the fewest votes and was eliminated
Artist won the competition
Weekly results per artist
Contestant
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Round 1
Round 2
Stevie McCrorie
Fast Pass
Safe
Safe
Winner (week 3)
Lucy O'Byrne
Fast Pass
Safe
Safe
Runner-up (week 3)
Emmanuel Nwamadi
Safe
Safe
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 3)
Sasha Simone
Fast Pass
Safe
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 3)
Joe Woolford
Safe
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 2)
Karis Thomas
Fast Pass
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 2)
Sheena McHugh
Safe
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 2)
Vikesh Champaneri
Safe
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 2)
Autumn Sharif
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 1)
Clark Carmody
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 1)
Howard Rose
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 1)
Lara Lee
Eliminated
Eliminated (week 1)
Live show details
Week 1: Quarter-final (21 March)
After all three artists from each team have performed, the coach will then have to decide which artist they want to give a "fast pass" to and put straight through to the semi-final. The voting lines for the remaining artists will then open after all twelve artists have performed, in a format change compared to previous series, the four artists with the fewest votes, regardless of which team, will leave the competition.
The first part of the show was 115 minutes long, and aired from 7.30pm until 9.25pm. The second part was 35 minutes long, and aired from 9.35pm until 10.10pm.
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches ("Unbelievable")
After all eight artists from each team have performed, the four artists with the most viewer votes advance to the live final, regardless of their team. Because of the format change, with the eliminations of Karis Thomas and Joe Woolford, Rita Ora no longer has any artists remaining on her team. She became the first coach in The Voice UK history to not have an artist in the final.
This episode was 125 minutes long and aired from 7.00pm until 9.05pm.
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