The Voice Kids | |
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Genre | Talent show |
Created by | John de Mol |
Presented by | Emma Willis |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 7 |
No. of episodes | 41 |
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Running time | 90–120 minutes (inc. adverts) |
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Network | ITV1 |
Release | 10 June 2017 – 15 July 2023 |
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The Voice Kids was a British singing competition television series. Created by John de Mol, it premiered on ITV during the summer television cycle on 10 June 2017. [1] Based on the original The Voice of Holland , and part of The Voice franchise, it aired seven series and aimed to feature young aspiring singers aged 7 to 14. The winners received a monetary prize and a family holiday.
The winners of the seven series were: Jess Folley, Daniel Davies, Sam Wilkinson, Justine Afante, Torrin Cuthill, Israella Chris and Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro.
The series employed a panel of coaches who critiqued the artists' performances and guided their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the series. They also competed to ensure that their act won the competition, thus making them the winning coach. The original panel's coaches, will.i.am, Danny Jones, and Pixie Lott, each guided a champion at least once. Pixie was the victorious mentor four times, while Melanie C also had a member of her team triumph at the show. Three other panel coaches were Jessie J, Paloma Faith, and Ronan Keating.
The show was shortened from eight to three episodes since 2021. On 29 July 2023, it was announced that the show would be on hiatus to make room for another spin-off, putting the children's format in jeopardy. [2] [3]
In early 2016, along with the announcement that The Voice UK would move to ITV under a three-year deal, it was announced that the network had ordered The Voice Kids, a junior spinoff featuring younger aspiring singers, for two series. After attaining high ratings, it was announced that the network had renewed The Voice Kids for three series. [4] In 2021, the battles & the semi-final were axed.
In August 2022 it was announced that The Voice UK and The Voice Kids will return in 2023 on ITV. [5] The seventh series aired in summer 2023, following the same format as the previous seasons.
The open auditions application for the first series closed on 2 September 2016, with the age limit being 7–14 years old. [4] The show began staging producers' audition days in August 2016 across the United Kingdom, [6] with the blind auditions beginning filming in December 2016. [7] For season 5, filming began in February 2021.
There were four phases to the competition:
In the first series, the winner received £30,000 and a family trip to Disneyland Paris. [8] Unlike the adult version, there were no knockouts rounds. When it was previously reported that the adult version's sixth series would feature five live shows (which turned out to be the usual three), reports claimed that there would be three live shows; however, there was only one, the live final.[ contradictory ] In 2021, the battles were axed. The semi-final was pre-recorded at LH2 Studios on 19 February 2017.
In the third series, the winner received £30,000 and the four finalists received a trip to Walt Disney World, Florida on Norwegian Airlines. In the fourth series, the winner received the same £30K prize, and a family trip to Universal Orlando Resort, Florida, also via Norwegian Airlines. For the sixth series, the winner gets the prize money and a family trip to Universal Orlando via TUI Airways.
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Series | Aired | Winner | Other finalists | Winning coach | Presenter | Coaches (chair order) | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
1 | 2017 | Jess Folley | Note: Five artists finished second in series one. [lower-alpha 1] | Pixie Lott | Emma Willis | will.i.am | Pixie | Danny | — | ||
2 | 2018 | Daniel Davies | Note: Five artists finished second in series two. [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||
3 | 2019 | Sam Wilkinson | Keira Laver | Gracie-Jayne Fitzgerald | Lil Shan Shan | Danny Jones | Jessie J | Pixie | Danny | ||
4 | 2020 | Justine Afante | Dara McNicholl | George Elliott | Victoria Alsina | Pixie Lott | Paloma | ||||
5 | 2021 | Torrin Cuthill | Savannah Lily Boak | Leo Gandanzara | Aishling Mae Bontoyan | Melanie C | Melanie C | ||||
6 | 2022 | Israella Chris | Sebastian | Tawana McGrath | Todd Dachtler | Pixie Lott | Ronan | ||||
7 | 2023 | Shanice & Andrea | Hayla-Essen Danns | Will Edgar | Niamh Noade | will.i.am |
On 15 November 2016, it was announced Pixie Lott and Danny Jones from McFly would be coaches along with will.i.am. Of this announcement, Pixie Lott commented, "I can't wait to join The Voice Kids and help discover the next big star. I have such a passion for talented young people and I know the UK will have lots – I can't wait to hear them! I'm looking forward to getting started and working along the sides of my fellow coaches will.i.am and Danny Jones." [7] Jones stated, "I'm pumped about joining The Voice Kids team. There are so many talented kids out there, they just need to be heard and this is a great platform for them. I'm looking forward to finding some fresh talent and coaching them. You never know, there might be a mini McFly out there!" and will.i.am said, "Doing The Voice Kids with Pixie and Danny is going to be dope and I'm really excited to discover just how talented British kids can be." [7]
In December 2018, it was announced that Jessie J would join will.i.am, Jones, and Lott for the third series. [9] Jessie J opted that she would not return to the show's 4th series. In November 2019, it was announced that Paloma Faith would replace Jessie J for the show's fourth season, alongside will.i.am, Lott and Jones. In August 2020, ITV confirmed that series 5 would air in 2021. [10] On 7 February 2021 it was announced that Melanie C would replace Paloma Faith in series 5. [11] In January 2022, it was announced that Ronan Keating would replace Melanie C in series 6. [12] All coaches from series 6 returned for the seventh series in 2023 before the show went on hiatus. [13]
Coaches | Seasons | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
will.i.am | |||||||
Pixie Lott | |||||||
Danny Jones | |||||||
Jessie J | |||||||
Paloma Faith | |||||||
Melanie C | |||||||
Ronan Keating |
Season | will.i.am | Pixie Lott | Danny Jones | — |
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1 | Jake McKechnie Gina Philpot Brooke Layla Perry Cooke | Jess Folley Riccardo Atherton Lewis Blissett Sophia Burridge | Courtney Hadwin Erin LeCount Jessica Richardson Jack Goodacre | |
2 | Sienna-Leigh Campbell Yaroslav Yakubchuk Kori Campbell Mandy Scarlett | Daniel Davies Lilia Slattery Alice Page Will Callan | Drew Gudojc Harry Romer Brooke Burke Lucy Thomas | |
3 | will.i.am | Jessie J | Pixie Lott | Danny Jones |
Lil Shan Shan David Adderley & Ammani Bengo Raphael Higgins-Humes | Keira Laver Amaree Ali Pheobie Lola | Gracie-Jayne Fitzgerald Chloe Dring Liam Price | Sam Wilkinson Conor Marcus Joslyn Plant | |
4 | will.i.am | Paloma Faith | Pixie Lott | Danny Jones |
Victoria Alsina Amos Thakid Savannah Sunique | Dara McNicholl Hayley Karinge Isla Croll | Justine Afante Joshua Regala Rae Harding | George Elliott Blair Gilmour Gracie O'Brien | |
5 | will.i.am | Melanie C | Pixie Lott | Danny Jones |
Leo Gandanzara Angel Lunda Tino Sienna Hopkins | Torrin Cuthill Ndana Chinyoka Mila Hayes Fiona Vargas | Savannah Lily Boak Michaela Mutambira Eva Ossei Gerning Emily Flanagan | Aishling Mae Bontoyan Joseph Sheppard Becky Peters Alby Welch | |
6 | will.i.am | Ronan Keating | Pixie Lott | Danny Jones |
Tawana McGrath Amber Gregg Darcie Mann Carter J Murphy | Sebastian Freya Catherine Lyra Tucker Aimee McKelvie | Israella Chris Eva Norton Lacey Leadbetter Tommy Featherstone | Todd Dachtler Bethany Myleen Chivasa Caelan Edie | |
7 | Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro Theo Hills Tai'jah Dixon Elim Enock | Niamh Noade Danny Bretherton Jarlaith Mervyn Yazmin Asim | Hayla-Essen Danns Tiara-Leigh Ferns Martha Kamugasa Elyssa Tait | Will Edgar Oscar Hartland Alexandra Perez Ramos Abigail Moore |
After the announcement that she would be staying with the adult show, Emma Willis announced in July 2016 [14] that she would be presenting The Voice Kids, which boosted the show's popularity. Of this announcement, Willis commented, "Hosting The Voice Kids will be like being at my house on a Saturday night; lots of kids singing, with me trying to keep some kind of order. Thankfully, the musical genius that is will.i.am is there to bring some expertise to the table. It's going to be pretty awesome." [14]
Presenters | Seasons | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
Emma Willis | |||||||
Cel Spellman | |||||||
Vick Hope | |||||||
AJ Odudu |
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Series | Episode number | Average | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
1 | 4.71 | 3.44 | 4.17 | 4.19 | 3.29 | 2.98 | 3.75 | 3.51 | 3.76 | |
2 | 3.33 | 3.02 | 3.58 | 3.08 | 3.57 | 3.01 | 3.43 | 3.48 | 3.31 | |
3 | 3.78 | 3.33 | 3.55 | 3.43 | 3.47 | 3.64 | 3.59 | 4.01 | 3.60 | |
4 | 3.74 | 3.60 | 4.09 | 3.41 | 3.33 | 3.54 | 3.68 | 4.28 | 3.71 | |
5 | 3.66 | 3.89 | 4.09 | – | 3.89 | |||||
6 | 3.78 | 3.86 | 4.08 | – | 3.91 | |||||
7 | 2.96 | 2.49 | 2.77 | – | 2.74 |
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