The Voice UK series 12
The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The twelfth series of The Voice UK premiered on 4 November 2023 on ITV. will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches, whilst Emma Willis again returned as presenter.
On 30 December 2023, Jen & Liv were announced as the winner of the series, marking will.i.am's second win as a coach on the adult version of the show. Their win marks the second occurrence that a duo won a variation of The Voice UK, the first being done by Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro in the seventh series of The Voice Kids, who were also on Team will.i.am. It also marks the first time in any variation ever that a artist had a different coach turn their official coach's chair during their audition.
Coaches
will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches, whilst Emma Willis returned as the show's presenter.In September 2023, it was confirmed by Olly Murs himself that since he had been axed from the show for future series, this would be his last as a coach. Speaking of his axing, Murs said he was "gutted" and added that receiving the news was a "bit of a shock".
In October 2023, a week prior to the show's premiere, it was announced that the twelfth series would also be Anne-Marie's last and that she had been "axed from the series" as part of producers' plans to "refresh the show".
Production
Auditions for the twelfth series were held via the usual online application process, as well as various pubs, karaoke bars and open mic nights throughout 2022. Groups were invited to apply for the first time along with the usual soloists, duos and trios. Applications closed in September 2022, and began filming at Dock10 in December 2022.The first trailer for the series was revealed in October 2023, and featured all four coaches singing along to "Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa, before pushing their buttons and turning around in their chairs.
The series was again pre-recorded, and began on 4 November 2023, the latest the show has ever launched, due to ITV's coverage of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
The blocked feature would not be returning to the blind auditions due to the controversiality of the button over the media.
Teams
Colour key
- Winner
- Finalist
- Eliminated in the Semi-Final
- Eliminated in the Callbacks
- Withdrew
Blind auditions
Episode 1 (4 November)
- Coach performances: "Stairway to Heaven"
- *will.i.am — "Let's Get It Started"
- *Tom Jones with Stan Urban — "Great Balls of Fire"
Episode 2 (11 November)
- Coach performances:
- *Tom Jones — "Sex Bomb"
- *Olly Murs — "Heart Skips a Beat"
- *Anne-Marie — "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)"
Episode 3 (18 November)
- Coach performance: Tom Jones & Anne-Marie — "Stand By Me"
Episode 4 (25 November)
- Coach performance—"Rock Around the Clock"
Episode 5 (2 December)
- Coach performance: Olly Murs & will.i.am — "Troublemaker"
Episode 6 (9 December)
- Coach performance: Anne-Marie — "Psycho"
Callbacks
For this season, the 'Callbacks' returned. This stage aired on 16 December, following the final round of blind auditions. In this round, each coach brought in a mentor for their team. Paloma Faith, Clara Amfo and Raye, Jamie Cullum, and Luke Evans were invited by will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Tom Jones, and Olly Murs, respectively. Cleo Stewart from Team Will withdrew from the competition prior to the Callbacks.In the Callbacks, the coaches divided their 10 contestants selected in the blind auditions into three groups, where they were given the same song to sing in their own styles. After all artists of the same group finished their performances, the coaches had to choose one to advance to the semi-final. A total of three artists were taken through to the semi-final per coach.
| Artist advanced to the semi-finals | |
| Artist was eliminated |
| Episode | Order | Coach | Winner | Song | Losers |
| Episode 7 | 1 | Olly Murs | Stan Urban | "Hound Dog" | Jess Hayes |
| Episode 7 | 1 | Olly Murs | Stan Urban | "Hound Dog" | Simon Simms |
| Episode 7 | 1 | Olly Murs | Stan Urban | "Hound Dog" | The Ashatones |
| Episode 7 | 2 | Olly Murs | Kelly Hastings | "Ordinary World" | Marta Spizhenko |
| Episode 7 | 2 | Olly Murs | Kelly Hastings | "Ordinary World" | Sheridan Coldstream |
| Episode 7 | 3 | Olly Murs | Hope Winter | "Feels Like This" | Imisi Peletu |
| Episode 7 | 3 | Olly Murs | Hope Winter | "Feels Like This" | Jack Desmond |
| Episode 7 | 4 | will.i.am | Jen & Liv | "ABCDEFU" | Sese Foster |
| Episode 7 | 4 | will.i.am | Jen & Liv | "ABCDEFU" | Shane Brierley |
| Episode 7 | 5 | will.i.am | Katie Coleman | "She Blinded Me with Science" | Matt Green |
| Episode 7 | 5 | will.i.am | THePETEBOX | "She Blinded Me with Science" | Matt Green |
| Episode 7 | 6 | will.i.am | rowspan="3" | "Ordinary People" | Hayley Chart |
| Episode 7 | 6 | will.i.am | Laville | "Ordinary People" | - |
| Episode 7 | 6 | will.i.am | Zaza | "Ordinary People" | - |
| Episode 7 | 7 | Anne-Marie | rowspan="3" | "Glimpse of Us" | Gwannty |
| Episode 7 | 7 | Anne-Marie | Rachel Burnett | "Glimpse of Us" | - |
| Episode 7 | 7 | Anne-Marie | Valntna | "Glimpse of Us" | - |
| Episode 7 | 8 | Anne-Marie | Deja Vu | "Lucky" | The Skylarks |
| Episode 7 | 8 | Anne-Marie | Jolie Stevens | "Lucky" | The Skylarks |
| Episode 7 | 9 | Anne-Marie | Nia Ekanem | "Virtual Insanity" | Chinchilla |
| Episode 7 | 9 | Anne-Marie | Nia Ekanem | "Virtual Insanity" | Lil Shakz |
| Episode 7 | 9 | Anne-Marie | Nia Ekanem | "Virtual Insanity" | Ryan Barton |
| Episode 7 | 10 | Sir Tom Jones | Callum Doignie | "A House Is Not a Home" | Fatt Butcher |
| Episode 7 | 10 | Sir Tom Jones | Callum Doignie | "A House Is Not a Home" | Jazz Morley |
| Episode 7 | 11 | Sir Tom Jones | AV4C | "Angel of Mine" | Brendan Sherk |
| Episode 7 | 11 | Sir Tom Jones | Bianca White | "Angel of Mine" | Keilah Rebekah |
| Episode 7 | 12 | Sir Tom Jones | rowspan="3" | "California Dreamin'" | Adaeze |
| Episode 7 | 12 | Sir Tom Jones | Daisy Gill | "California Dreamin'" | - |
| Episode 7 | 12 | Sir Tom Jones | Jerusha Frimpong | "California Dreamin'" | - |
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Show details
Results summary
;Colour key- Team Will
- Team Anne-Marie
- Team Tom
- Team Olly
Week 1: Semi-final (23 December)
The Semi-final aired on 23 December 2023. The 12 contestants who advanced from the Callbacks competed, with each coach having to select one artist out of three to take through to the final.| Episode | Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| Episode 8 | 1 | Sir Tom Jones | AV4C | "Stand Up" | Eliminated |
| Episode 8 | 2 | Sir Tom Jones | Callum Doignie | "Control" | Saved |
| Episode 8 | 3 | Sir Tom Jones | Bianca White | "Rescue" | Eliminated |
| Episode 8 | 4 | Olly Murs | Stan Urban | "Johnny B. Goode" | Eliminated |
| Episode 8 | 5 | Olly Murs | Kelly Hastings | "Impossible" | Eliminated |
| Episode 8 | 6 | Olly Murs | Hope Winter | "Jealous Guy" | Saved |
| Episode 8 | 7 | will.i.am | THePETEBOX | "Heat Waves" | Eliminated |
| Episode 8 | 8 | will.i.am | Katie Coleman | "Firebabe" | Eliminated |
| Episode 8 | 9 | will.i.am | Jen & Liv | "Sway" | Saved |
| Episode 8 | 10 | Anne-Marie | Deja Vu | "Beautiful Liar" | Eliminated |
| Episode 8 | 11 | Anne-Marie | Jolie Stevens | "What Now" | Saved |
| Episode 8 | 12 | Anne-Marie | Nia Ekanem | "Everybody Hurts" | Eliminated |
Week 2: Final (30 December)
- Coach performance: "When Doves Cry"/"Kiss"
- Musical performance: Raye — "Oscar Winning Tears"; Anthonia Edwards — "All I Do Is Try"
| Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Duet | Result |
| 1 | Olly Murs | Hope Winter | "No Peace" | 6 | "I'll Be Waiting" | Finalist |
| 2 | Sir Tom Jones | Callum Doignie | "Breakaway" | 7 | "Bird on the Wire" | Finalist |
| 3 | Anne-Marie | Jolie Stevens | "Forever" | 5 | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | Finalist |
| 4 | will.i.am | Jen & Liv | "I'm Every Woman" | 8 | "Break My Soul" | Winners |