# The Voice UK series 8

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. will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones 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 to help Sir Tom Jones, Nicole Scherzinger to help will.i.am, Olly Alexander (of Years & Years) to help Jennifer Hudson and Anne-Marie 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
| Coach | Top 40 Artists | Top 40 Artists | Top 40 Artists | Top 40 Artists | Top 40 Artists | Top 40 Artists |
| will.i.am | | | | | | |
| will.i.am | Emmanuel Smith | NXTGEN | Christina Ellinas | Ilianna | Gabriel Dryss | Callum Butterworth |
| will.i.am | Shivon Kane | Seth Oraeki | Khadija | Nyema Kalfon | Brieya May | |
| Jennifer Hudson | | | | | | |
| Jennifer Hudson | Nicole Dennis | Moya | Sarah Tucker | Remember Monday | Bukky Oronti | Connie Lamb |
| Jennifer Hudson | Bethzienna Williams | Luke Swatman | Craig Forsyth | Gisela Green | Kieron Smith | |
| Sir Tom Jones | | | | | | |
| Sir Tom Jones | Deana Walmsley | Bethzienna Williams | Cedric Neal | Ayanam Udoma | Roger Samuels | Equip to Overcome |
| Sir Tom Jones | Jimmy Balito | Grace Latchford | Marina Simioni | Peter Donegan | Mike Platt | |
| Olly Murs | | | | | | |
| Olly Murs | Molly Hocking | Jimmy Balito | Stefan Mahendra | Georgia Bray | Harrisen Larner-Main | Eva Campbell |
| Olly Murs | Callum Butterworth | Connie Lamb | Lauren Hope | Nikki Ambers | Flat Pack | |

## Blind auditions

It was announced by ITV that the eighth series would begin broadcasting on 5 January 2019.

### Episode 1 (5 January)

The series premiere aired on from 8:30pm until 9:35pm.
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices |
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly |
| Mike Platt | 1 | 32 | "Show Me Heaven" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Heidi Lewis | 2 | 17 | "Lost Without You" | — | — | — | — |
| Remember Monday | 3 | 24 | "Kiss from a Rose" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Brieya May | 4 | 16 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| Liam Walker | 5 | 36 | "Landslide" | — | — | — | — |
| Peter Donegan | 6 | 35 | "Bless the Broken Road" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Molly Hocking | 7 | 17 | "You Take My Breath Away" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nicole Dennis | 8 | 24 | "Never Enough" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 2 (12 January)

| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices |
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly |
| Bukky Oronti | 1 | 16 | "Say Something" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| Dean Mac | 2 | 27 | "Pony" | — | — | — | — |
| Connie Lamb | 3 | 17 | "Skyscraper" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Cedric Neal | 4 | 43 | "Higher Ground" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Chris Daley | 5 | 35 | "Lucky Man" | — | — | — | — |
| Flat Pack | 6 | 36-43 | "Luck Be a Lady" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Grace Latchford | 7 | 17 | "Love Says" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Emmanuel Smith | 8 | 29 | "Hallelujah" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 3 (19 January)

| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices |
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly |
| Luke Swatman | 1 | 35 | "Il Mare Calmo Della Sera" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Christina Ellinas | 2 | 27 | "Lullaby" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lauz | 3 | 17 | "A Little Less Conversation" | — | — | — | — |
| Harrisen Larner-Main | 4 | 25 | "Have a Little Faith in Me" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Holly Lefevre | 5 | 23 | "You Are the Reason" | — | — | — | — |
| Jimmy Balito | 6 | 23 | "Higher Love" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| NXTGEN | 7 | 21 | "Cry Me a River" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ |
| Sarah Tucker | 8 | 34 | "In My Blood" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 4 (26 January)

| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices |
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly |
| Eden Kavanagh | 1 | 24 | "They Just Keep Moving The Line" | — | — | — | — |
| Callum Butterworth | 2 | 17 | "Mercy" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Stefan Mahendra | 3 | 23 | "Redbone" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Robin Martin | 4 | 41 | "You Gotta Be" | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Morlen | 5 | 23 | "Scared to Be Lonely" | — | — | — | — |
| Ilianna | 6 | 21 | "Location" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Craig Forsyth | 7 | 28 | "The Impossible Dream" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| Bethzienna Williams | 8 | 28 | "Cry to Me" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| Roger Samuels | 9 | 43 | "Footprints in the Sand" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |

### Episode 5 (2 February)

| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices |
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly |
| Equip To Overcome | 1 | 20 | "Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Sherie Harthill | 2 | 37 | "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)" | — | — | — | — |
| Eva Campbell | 3 | 16 | "Teardrop" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Khadija | 4 | 21 | "Underwater Love" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Craig Roystone | 5 | 21 | "This Is The Last Time" | — | — | — | — |
| Nikki Ambers | 6 | 22 | "Better Now" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Seth Oraeki | 7 | 17 | "Jealous" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| Moya | 8 | 27 | "Grace" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 6 (9 February)

| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices |
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly |
| Nyema Kalfon | 1 | 22 | "Answerphone" | ✔ | — | ✔ | — |
| Gabriel Dryss | 2 | 16 | "Treasure" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Clare McCulloch | 3 | 34 | "Hard to Handle" | — | — | — | — |
| Gisela Green | 4 | 27 | "Best Part" | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Stephanie Hill | 5 | 24 | "I Could Have Danced All Night" | — | — | — | — |
| Georgia Bray | 6 | 21 | "Firework" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Jack Hawitt | 7 | 29 | "Diamonds" | — | — | — | — |
| Kenza Blanka | 8 | 34 | "Papaoutai" | — | — | — | — |
| Deana Walmsley | 9 | 23 | "Back to Black" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 7 (16 February)

| Artist | Order | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices | Coaches and artists choices |
| Artist | Order | Age | Song | will.i.am | JHud | Tom | Olly |
| Shivon Kane | 1 | 19 | "Fine Line" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Amy Hawthorn | 2 | 29 | "Best of My Love" | Team full | — | — | — |
| Philippa Akers | 3 | 27 | "Ain't Nobody" | Team full | — | — | — |
| Ayanam Udoma | 4 | 27 | "Wonderwall" | Team full | — | ✔ | — |
| Kieron Smith | 5 | 26 | "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" | Team full | ✔ | — | — |
| Chloe Jones | 6 | 25 | "Call Me" | Team full | Team full | — | — |
| Ryan Simpson | 7 | 25 | "New Shoes" | Team full | Team full | — | — |
| GGMK | 8 | 17 | "Forget You" | Team full | Team full | — | — |
| Rainy Hall | 9 | 32 | "Run to You" | Team full | Team full | — | — |
| Lauren Hope | 10 | 20 | "Addicted to Love" | Team full | Team full | — | ✔ |
| Marina Simioni | 11 | 27 | "Show Me Love" | Team full | Team full | ✔ | Team full |

## Battle rounds
### Episode 1 (23 February)

| Order | Coach | Artists | Artists | Song | Coaches' and artists choices | Coaches' and artists choices | Coaches' and artists choices | Coaches' and artists choices |
| Order | Coach | Artists | Artists | Song | will.i.am | Jennifer | Tom | Olly |
| 1 | Sir Tom Jones | Cedric Neal | Mike Platt | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | will.i.am | Ilianna | Brieya May | "American Boy" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Jennifer Hudson | Remember Monday | Kieron Smith | "Home" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Olly Murs | Molly Hocking | Connie Lamb | "With You" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 5 | will.i.am | Christina Ellinas | Nyema Kalfon | "Confident" | — | Team full | — | — |
| 6 | Olly Murs | Georgia Bray | Flat Pack | "Hit the Road Jack" | — | Team full | — | — |
| 7 | Sir Tom Jones | Roger Samuels | Jimmy Balito | "Let It Be" | ✔ | Team full | — | ✔ |

### Episode 2 (2 March)

| Order | Coach | Artists | Artists | Song | Coaches' and artists choices | Coaches' and artists choices | Coaches' and artists choices | Coaches' and artists choices |
| Order | Coach | Artists | Artists | Song | will.i.am | Jennifer | Tom | Olly |
| 1 | will.i.am | Emmanuel Smith | Khadija | "Fallin'" | — | Team full | — | Team full |
| 2 | Olly Murs | Eva Campbell | Callum Butterworth | "This Town" | ✔ | Team full | — | Team full |
| 3 | Jennifer Hudson | Moya | Bethzienna Williams | "Never Tear Us Apart" | Team full | Team full | ✔ | Team full |
| 4 | will.i.am | NXTGEN | Seth Oraeki | "Youngblood" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |
| 5 | Jennifer Hudson | Bukky Oronti | Gisela Green | "Best Thing I Never Had" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |
| 6 | Sir Tom Jones | Deana Walmsley | Peter Donegan | "Make You Feel My Love" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |

### Episode 3 (9 March)

| Order | Coach | Artists | Artists | Song | Coaches' and artists choices | Coaches' and artists choices | Coaches' and artists choices | Coaches' and artists choices |
| Order | Coach | Artists | Artists | Song | will.i.am | Jennifer | Tom | Olly |
| 1 | Sir Tom Jones | Equip to Overcome | Marina Simioni | "Team" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |
| 2 | Olly Murs | Stefan Mahendra | Nikki Ambers | "We Don't Talk Anymore" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |
| 3 | Sir Tom Jones | Ayanam Udoma | Grace Latchford | "Breakfast At Tiffany's" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |
| 4 | Jennifer Hudson | Sarah Tucker | Craig Forsyth | "Against All Odds" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |
| 5 | will.i.am | Gabriel Dryss | Shivon Kane | "Feels" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |
| 6 | Olly Murs | Harrisen Larner-Main | Lauren Hope | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |
| 7 | JHud | Nicole Dennis | Luke Swatman | "Your Song" | Team full | Team full | Team full | Team full |

## 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)

| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Sir Tom Jones | Deana Walmsley | "Dusk Till Dawn" | Advanced |
| 2 | Sir Tom Jones | Roger Samuels | "Grace" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Sir Tom Jones | Equip to Overcome | "When Love Takes Over" | Eliminated |
| 1 | Jennifer Hudson | Connie Lamb | "2002" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Jennifer Hudson | Moya | "Woman" | Advanced |
| 3 | Jennifer Hudson | Sarah Tucker | "The Edge of Glory" | Eliminated |
| 1 | will.i.am | NXTGEN | "Runnin' (Lose It All)" | Advanced |
| 2 | will.i.am | Callum Butterworth | "Mirrors" | Eliminated |
| 3 | will.i.am | Gabriel Dryss | "Just Got Paid" | Eliminated |
| 1 | Olly Murs | Eva Campbell | "Unstoppable" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Olly Murs | Harrisen Larner-Main | "You Get What You Give" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Olly Murs | Jimmy Balito | "High and Dry" | Advanced |

### Episode 2 (23 March)

| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Olly Murs | Georgia Bray | "Black and Gold" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Olly Murs | Molly Hocking | "Human" | Advanced |
| 3 | Olly Murs | Stefan Mahendra | "God Is a Woman" | Eliminated |
| 1 | Jennifer Hudson | Nicole Dennis | "Because of You" | Advanced |
| 2 | Jennifer Hudson | Remember Monday | "Jailbreaker" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Jennifer Hudson | Bukky Oronti | "Set Fire to the Rain" | Eliminated |
| 1 | will.i.am | Ilianna | "Street Life" | Eliminated |
| 2 | will.i.am | Emmanuel Smith | "Made a Way" | Advanced |
| 3 | will.i.am | Christina Ellinas | "Pretty Hurts" | Eliminated |
| 1 | Sir Tom Jones | Ayanam Udoma | "Thunder" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Sir Tom Jones | Bethzienna Williams | "River" | Saved by Lifeline vote |
| 3 | Sir Tom Jones | Cedric Neal | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Advanced |

## 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
Weekly results per artist :
| Contestant | Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 2 |
| Contestant | Contestant | Week 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| | Molly Hocking | 1st 26.8% | 1st 38.49% | Winner 55.2% |
| | Deana Walmsley | 3rd 15.21% | 2nd 29.54% | Runner-up 44.8% |
| | Jimmy Balito | 2nd 17.69% | 3rd 19.66% | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| | Bethzienna Williams | 4th 12.2% | 4th 12.31% | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| | Cedric Neal | 5th 8.54% | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| | Emmanuel Smith | 6th 7.36% | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| | Nicole Dennis | 7th 4.63% | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| | NXTGEN | 8th 4.37% | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| | Moya | 9th 3.19% | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |

#### 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.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | will.i.am | Emmanuel Smith | "Giant" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Jennifer Hudson | Nicole Dennis | "Dream On" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Sir Tom Jones | Deana Walmsley | "Autumn Leaves" | Advanced |
| 4 | Sir Tom Jones | Bethzienna Williams | "You Don't Own Me" | Advanced |
| 5 | Olly Murs | Jimmy Balito | "Fix You" | Advanced |
| 6 | Jennifer Hudson | Moya | "I Will Wait" | Eliminated |
| 7 | will.i.am | NXTGEN | "Embrace" | Eliminated |
| 8 | Sir Tom Jones | Cedric Neal | "High Hopes" | Eliminated |
| 9 | Olly Murs | Molly Hocking | "I'll Never Love Again" | Advanced |

#### Week 2: Final (6 April)

* Musical guest: Ruti ("Racing Cars")
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Gimme Some Lovin'"
| Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Duet (with Coach) | Order | Winners single | Result |
| 1 | Olly Murs | Jimmy Balito | "The Best" | 5 | "All Right Now" | N/A | N/A | 3rd Place |
| 2 | Sir Tom Jones | Bethzienna Williams | "Call Out My Name" | 6 | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | N/A | N/A | 4th Place |
| 3 | Sir Tom Jones | Deana Walmsley | "Hometown Glory" | 7 | "I Believe" | 9 | "Autumn Leaves" | Runner-up |
| 4 | Olly Murs | Molly Hocking | "Someone You Loved" | 8 | "Stars" | 10 | "I'll Never Love Again" | Winner |

## Reception
### Ratings

Official ratings are 28-day figures, include viewers watching on PC and mobile devices, and are taken from BARB.
| Episode | Date | Official ratings | ITV weekly rank |
| Blind auditions 1 | 5 January | 6.36 | 13 |
| Blind auditions 2 | 12 January | 5.87 | 19 |
| Blind auditions 3 | 19 January | 5.88 | 18 |
| Blind auditions 4 | 26 January | 6.12 | 16 |
| Blind auditions 5 | 2 February | 5.84 | 16 |
| Blind auditions 6 | 9 February | 5.53 | 16 |
| Blind auditions 7 | 16 February | 5.54 | 16 |
| Battle Rounds 1 | 23 February | 5.12 | 14 |
| Battle Rounds 2 | 2 March | 4.87 | 14 |
| Battle Rounds 3 | 9 March | 4.63 | 17 |
| Knockout Rounds 1 | 16 March | 4.69 | 17 |
| Knockout Rounds 2 | 23 March | 4.21 | 16 |
| Live Semi-Final | 30 March | 4.21 | 13 |
| Live Final | 6 April | 5.36 | 15 |