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 series, marking the Olly Murs' first win as coach.

Coaches

On 1 November 2018, it was announced that Vick Hope 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 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
Blind auditions

It was announced by ITV that the eighth series would begin broadcasting on 5 January 2019.
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	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 (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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	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
	Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

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

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;Result's colour key

Week 1: Semi-final (30 March)

Musical guest: Donel Mangena

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

Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Gimme Some Lovin'"

Order	Coach	Artist	First song	Order	Duet	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