'' The Voice UK'' is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eighth series began airing on 5 January 2019 and concluded on 6 April 2019, presented by Emma Willis on

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

will.i.am William James Adams Jr. (born March 15, 1975), known professionally as will.i.am (pronounced "Will-I-am"), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the founding and lead member of the musical group Black Eyed Peas. ...

, Jennifer Hudson,

Sir Tom Jones Sir Thomas Jones Woodward (born 7 June 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas (1967–2011). Jones's ...

and Olly Murs returned for their eighth, third, seventh and second series, respectively. On 6 April 2019, Molly Hocking was announced the winner of the season, marking the Olly Murs' first win as coach.

Coaches

On 1 November 2018, it was announced that Vick Hope (last series' backstage reporter and ''The V Room'' host) would be replaced by AJ Odudu. On 9 March 2019, the guest mentors for the knockout round were announced to be:

James Arthur James Arthur (born 2 March 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", was released by Syco Music after the fin ...

to help Sir Tom Jones,

Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Scherzinger (; born Nicole Prascovia Elikolani Valiente, June 29, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and television personality. She is best known as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, one of the best-selling g ...

to help will.i.am,

Olly Alexander Oliver Alexander Thornton (born 15 July 1990) is a British singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of Years & Years and for his performance as Ritchie Tozer in the Channel 4 drama series, ''It's a Sin''. Early life Alexander w ...

(of Years & Years) to help Jennifer Hudson and

Anne-Marie Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer. She has attained charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's "Rockabye (song), Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm (Anne-Marie song ...

to help Olly Murs.

Teams

Colour key: * Winner * Runner-up * Third place * Fourth place * Eliminated in the Semi-Final * Eliminated in the Knockouts * Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles * Eliminated in the Battles

Blind auditions

It was announced by

that the eighth series would begin broadcasting on 5 January 2019. ;Colour key

Episode 1 (5 January)

The series premiere aired on from 8:30pm until 9:35pm.

Episode 2 (12 January)

Episode 3 (19 January)

Episode 4 (26 January)

Episode 5 (2 February)

Episode 6 (9 February)

Episode 7 (16 February)

Battle rounds

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Episode 1 (23 February)

Episode 2 (2 March)

Episode 3 (9 March)

Knockouts

A new voting system called ''Lifeline vote'' was introduced this year, which would save one contestant from the 16 eliminated acts based on the public's vote. The act who was saved by lifeline vote would be revealed at the beginning of the live Semi-final.

Episode 1 (16 March)

Episode 2 (23 March)

Live shows

The live shows began on 30 March 2019.

Results summary

; Team’s colour key : Team Will : Team JHud : Team Tom : Team Olly ;Result's colour key : Artist received the most public votes : Artist received the fewest votes and was eliminated

Week 1: Semi-final (30 March)

*Musical guest: Donel Mangena ("Planets") With the eliminations of Emmanuel Smith, Moya, NXTGEN and Nicole Dennis, will.i.am and Jennifer Hudson no longer have any artists remaining on their teams. This is the first time in all eight seasons that will.i.am does not have an artist represented in the final. This is also the first time in the show's history that only two coaches are represented in the final. With the advancements of Bethzienna Williams and Jimmy Balito, this is the first time that a stolen artist, who is representing the finals, did not originally earn a chair turn by their coach in the blind auditions.

Week 2: Final (6 April)

*Musical guest: Ruti ("Racing Cars") Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – " Gimme Some Lovin'"

Reception

Ratings

Official ratings are 28-day figures, include viewers watching on PC and mobile devices, and are taken from BARB.

References

External links

Official website
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