'' The Voice of Ireland'' is an Irish

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. It began airing on 8 January 2012. It replaced ''

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''. ''The Voice of Ireland'' aired on

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presented the main show, while

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co-presented.

Bressie Niall Breslin (born 22 October 1980), known as Bressie, is an Irish musician, former Westmeath Gaelic footballer and Leinster Rugby player. Breslin found success as the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter with pop band The Blizzards, as a co-w ...

, Kian Egan, Sharon Corr and Brian Kennedy were the coaches. Pat Byrne, mentored by Bressie, won the series. Auditions for this series took place at the end of 2011. The Blind Auditions took place at The Helix, Dublin, between 26 and 31 October in front of a live audience. On Thursday, 24 November and Friday, 25 November, each coach's artists performed at The Helix for The Battle Rounds. The Live Shows began on 4 March. This series included

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, who would later appear as runner-up on the British series of '' The Voice''.

Teams

: Winner : Runner-up : Third place : Fourth place : Eliminated in the Live shows : Eliminated in the Battles

Blind Auditions

The Blind Auditions took place at The Helix, Dublin, between 26 and 31 October in front of a live audience. The coaches choose teams of artists through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they want that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist gets to choose their coach. Once the coaches have picked their team, they are to pit them against each other in the ultimate sing off; The Battles. ;Color 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

Blind Auditions 1

Blind Auditions 2

Blind Auditions 3

Blind Auditions 4

Blind Auditions 5

Battles

On Thursday, 24 November and Friday, 25 November, each coach's artists performed at The Helix for The Battle Rounds. Each team of artists were mentored and developed by their coach. In this stage, two artists from the same team, battle against each other by singing the same song, with the coach choosing which artist to send through to the live shows. ;Color key : Artist won the Battle and advances to the Live shows : Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

Battles 1

Battles 2

Battles 3

Live shows

The Live Shows began on 4 March. The remaining artists competed against each other in live TV broadcasts at The Helix, with the viewers helping decide who advances and who exits the competition. When one artist remains for each coach, the artists will compete against each other in the finale on 29 April. The winner of the show will become ''The Voice of Ireland'' and get offered a contract with

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worth €100,000.

Results summary

;Artist's info ;Result details

Live show details

: Artist was saved by the public's vote : Artist was part of the bottom group in his/her team and saved by his/her coach : Artist was eliminated

Live Show 1 (4 March)

*Guest performer:

Royseven Royseven are a six-piece alternative rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They are known for songs such as "Dance" and " We Should Be Lovers", and have released two albums to date: '' The Art of Insincerity'' (2006) and '' You Say, We Say'' (2011). ...

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") *Teams competing: Team Bressie and Team Brian

Live Show 2 (11 March)

*Coaches performance: "

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" (Performed by all four coaches) *Guest performer:

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") *Teams competing: Team Sharon and Team Kian

Live Show 3 (18 March)

*Guest performer:

Rizzle Kicks Rizzle Kicks are a British hip hop duo from Brighton, England, consisting of Jordan "Rizzle" Stephens (born 25 January 1992) and Harley "Sylvester" Alexander-Sule (born 1991). Their debut album, '' Stereo Typical'', was released in 2011. As o ...

Mama Do the Hump "Mama Do the Hump" is the third official single taken from British hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks' debut studio album, '' Stereo Typical'' (2011). The single was released in the United Kingdom on 16 December 2011. The track was produced by Fatboy Sl ...

") *Teams competing: Team Brian and Team Bressie *Team performance: Brian Kennedy and Team Brian ("Life Love and Happiness")

Live Show 4 (25 March)

*Guest performer: Pixie Lott (" Kiss the Stars") *Teams competing: Team Kian and Team Sharon *Team performance: Sharon Corr and Team Sharon (" Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)")

Live Show 5 (1 April)

*Guest performer: Olly Murs ("

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") *Teams competing: Team Bressie and Team Brian *Team performance: Bressie and Team Bressie (" All Day and All of the Night")

Live Show 6 (8 April)

*Guest performer: Brian Kennedy ("Best Days") *Teams competing: Team Kian and Team Sharon *Team performance: Kian Egan and Team Kian (" More Than Words")

Quarter-Final (15 April)

*Guest performer:

The Coronas The Coronas are an Irish rock band that originated in Dublin. They release their music by their own independent record label, 3ú Records, and are based between Dublin and London. They have released seven studio albums, '' Heroes or Ghosts'' ...

("Mark My Words") *Teams competing: Team Bressie, Team Brian, Team Kian, and Team Sharon

Semi-final (22 April)

*Guest performers:

Professor Green Stephen Paul Manderson (born 27 November 1983), better known by his stage name Professor Green or simply Pro Green, is an English rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, television personality and mental health activist from London. Growing up on ...

(" Remedy") and Maverick Sabre ("

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") *Teams competing: Team Bressie, Team Brian, Team Kian, and Team Sharon On 22 April 2012, the final four were announced based on a mix of Public's vote and voting of coaches. Both carried equal weight of 100 points for a total of 200 points. The coaches delivered their points in closed envelopes at the end of the live semi-final round. After counting of the Public's votes and adding the coaches', the Final 4 were: Vanessa Whelan, Richie Hayes, Jim Devine, and Pat Byrne, who moved on to the final. The song they performed this week was then available to download on

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and each download counted as a vote for the final.

Final (29 April)

*Guest performer:

Alexandra Burke Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is a British singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fifth series of the British television series ''The X Factor'' in 2008, and has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syc ...

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") *Teams competing: Team Bressie, Team Brian, Team Kian, and Team Sharon *Group performance: The finalists & coaches (" Pride (In the Name of Love)") and The finalists (" A Little Less Conversation")

Ratings

References

External links

The Voice of Ireland – a behind the scenes look with ''Hello!''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Voice of Ireland 1 2012 Irish television seasons