The Voice UK series 8
season of television series (2019)
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 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
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Third place
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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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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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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.
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