The Voice UK series 10 explained

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Host:	Emma Willis (ITV) AJ Odudu (ITV Hub)
Winner:	Craig Eddie
Winner Coach:	Anne-Marie
Runner Up:	Grace Holden

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The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The tenth series premiered on 2 January 2021, on ITV. will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches for their tenth, ninth and fourth series, respectively. Singer Anne-Marie joined the coaching panel, replacing exiting coach Meghan Trainor. Meanwhile, Emma Willis returned for her eighth series as host.

Filming of the auditions took place in late 2020 at the Dock10 Studios, where COVID-19 safety protocols were introduced; such as the coaches' chairs being socially distanced, a virtual audience and the band wearing PPE. Filming of the Battles and Semi-finals took place in January and February 2021.

On 20 March 2021, Craig Eddie was announced the winner of the season, marking Anne-Marie's first and only win as a coach and the second female coach to win in the show's history, following Jennifer Hudson. She is also the second new coach to win on her first attempt, following Jennifer Hudson. It was the final series to feature a live final, as from the 11th series onwards, the entire show has been filmed in advance prior to broadcast.

Coaches

On 12 October 2020, it was announced will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs would return to the show as coaches for their tenth, ninth and fourth series, respectively.^[1] They are joined by a new coach, singer-songwriter Anne-Marie, who replaces former coach Meghan Trainor, who did not return for her second series due to her pregnancy as well as travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Production

On 10 December 2020, ITV announced the tenth series of The Voice UK would premiere on 2 January 2021.^[2]

ITV also announced the blocked feature would be coming to the blind auditions, which allows for a coach to prevent another coach from getting an artist. Each coach will only receive one block.^[3]

Teams

Colour key

Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Eliminated by the public vote
Eliminated in the semi-finals
Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles
Eliminated in the Battles
Withdrew

Coach	Top 40 Artists
will.i.am
	Okulaja	Nadia Eide	Jérémy Levif	BrokenPen	Adeniké	Lauren Drew
	Janel Antoneshia	~~Stephanee Leal~~	Victoria Heath	Benjamin Haycock	Kezia
Anne-Marie
	Craig Eddie	Leona Jørgensen	Meg Birch	Wayne & Morgan	Stephanee Leal	Sweeney
	~~Jason Hayles~~	~~Lauren Drew~~	Cameron Ledwidge	James Robb	Chanel Yates
Sir Tom Jones
	Hannah Williams	Benjamin Warner	Jake O'Neill	Leah Cobb	Mariam Davina	Midé
	Wura	Psalm Harmony	Esther Cole	2ché	Sami Nathan
Olly Murs
	Grace Holden	Jordan & Wesley	Nathan Smoker	Andrew Bateup	Jason Hayles	Joe Topping
	~~Leah Cobb~~	Matt Croke	Chantelle Padden	Tascha Jerawan	Alex Harry

Blind Auditions

**Blind auditions colour key**
✔	Coach pressed "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"
✘	Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was "blocked" by another coach from getting the artist
	Blocked by will.i.am Blocked by Anne-Marie Blocked by Tom Blocked by Olly

Episode 1 (2 January)

Artist! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:05%"
will.i.am	Age	Song	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
Mariam Davina	1	18	"Anyone"	–	✔	✔	✔
Billy Beech	2	17	"Falling Like the Stars"	–	–	–	–
Nathan Smoker	3	20	"Can't Pretend"	–	✔	✔	✔
Lauren Drew	4	27	"Mamma Knows Best"	✔	✔	✔	✔
Okulaja	5	17	"Everything I Wanted"	✔	–	–	–
Drew Thomas	6	27	"Exile"	–	–	–	–
Jérémy Levif	7	29	"How Long Will I Love You?"	✔	✔	✔	✘
Hannah Williams	8	38	"Stay with Me"	–	–	✔	✔

Episode 2 (9 January)

Second blind auditions results
Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
Artist	Order	Age	Song	will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Joe Topping	1	42	"Forever Young"	–	–	✘	✔
Yana Bing	2	21	"Stupid Love"	–	–	–	–
Esther Cole	3	21	"Let Me Down Slowly"	–	–	✔	✔
Leona Jørgensen	4	26	"Sunflower"	–	✔	–	–
Kezia	5	33	"Your Love Is King"	✔	–	–	–
Kim Jennett	6	25	"Losing My Religion"	–	–	–	–
Matt Croke	7	33	"Come What May"	–	–	–	✔
Benjamin Haycock	8	24	"Restlessness" (original song)	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 3 (16 January)

Third blind auditions results
Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
Artist	Order	Age	Song	will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Jordan & Wesley	1	27-30	"Go Get It"	–	✔	–	✔
Chanel Yates	2	21	"Adore You"	–	✔	–	–
Rebecca Watkins	3	30	"Back in Black"	–	–	–	–
Wura	4	31	"Strange"	–	–	✔	–
Sweeney	5	30	"Bad Blood"	–	✔	✔	✘
Sonny Price	6	25	"Break My Heart Again"	–	–	–	–
Alex Harry	7	27	"Idontwannabeyouanymore"	–	–	–	✔
Janel Antoneshia	8	27	"Love & Hate"	✔	–	–	✔

Episode 4 (23 January)

Fourth blind auditions results
Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
Artist	Order	Age	Song	will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
BrokenPen	1	28	"I Can"	✔	✔	–	–
Leah Cobb	2	16	"Ex's & Oh's"	–	–	–	✔
Laura Sidney	3	25	"With One Look"	–	–	–	–
James Robb	4	27	"Shape of My Heart"	–	✔	–	✔
Midé	5	33	"My Love"	–	–	✔	–
Jamie Leigh Nelson	6	34	"Set You Free"	–	–	–	–
Jake O'Neill	7	23	"I Want Love"	–	–	✔	–
Grace Holden	8	18	"Wherever You Will Go"	–	–	–	✔

Episode 5 (30 January)

Fifth blind auditions results
Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
Artist	Order	Age	Song	will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Benjamin Warner	1	23	"Make Me Feel"	–	–	✔	–
Gwenaelle Noval	2	16	"When We Were Young"	–	–	–	–
Jason Hayles	3	34	"No Church in the Wild"	–	✔	–	✘
Joel Baker	4	30	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	–	–	–	–
Adeniké	5	28	"Get Here"	✔	–	–	–
Andrew Bateup	6	31	"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"	–	–	✔	✔
Julia Rose	7	18	"Tiny Dancer"	–	–	–	–
Dee Dee Walker	8	24	"Wake Me Up"	–	–	–	–
Cameron Ledwidge	9	18	"Heather"	–	✔	–	–
Victoria Heath	10	37	"One"	✔	–	–	–

Episode 6 (6 February)

Sixth blind auditions results
Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
Artist	Order	Age	Song	will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Meg Birch	1	25	"If I Go"	–	✔	✔	–
Ella Young	2	19	"Defying Gravity"	–	–	–	–
Stephanee Leal	3	25	"Runnin' (Lose It All)"	✔	✔	–	–
Jake McKechnie	4	16	"Broken Strings"	–	–	–	–
Psalm Harmony	5	20-24	"Spirit"	–	–	✔	–
Wayne & Morgan	6	32-43	"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"	–	✔	–	–
Owen Hughes	7	22	"Don't Start Now"	–	–	–	–
Liam Hannigan	8	25	"Let Her Go"	–	–	–	–
Chantelle Padden	9	24	"When I Look at You"	✔	–	–	✔

Episode 7 (13 February)

Seventh blind auditions results
Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
Artist	Order	Age	Song	will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Tascha Jerawan	1	21	"White Flag"	–	–	✔	✔
2ché	2	27	"Heaven"	–	–	✔	rowspan="8"
Hannah Hocking	3	30	"All the Man That I Need"	–	–	–
Nadia Eide	4	32	"Now We Are Free"	✔	✔	–
Craig Eddie	5	22	"Make It Rain"	✔	–
Joanne Harper	6	27	"If I Were a Boy"	–
Adam Strong	7	32	"Rise Like a Phoenix"		–
Nnenna King	8	23	"Lost in Japan"		–
Sami Nathan	9	31	"At Last"		✔

Battle rounds

**Battle rounds colour key**
✔	Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button
	Artist won the Battle and advanced to the semi-finals
	Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the semi-finals
	Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated

Episode 1 (20 February)

First battle round results
Order	Coach	Artists		Song	Coaches' and artists choices
Order	Coach	Artists		Song	will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
1	Anne-Marie	Wayne & Morgan	Lauren Drew	"Respect"	✔		✔	✔
2	will.i.am	Jérémy Levif	Kezia	"Clocks"	—	—	—
3	Sir Tom Jones	Hannah Williams	Sami Nathan	"Cry Me a River"	—		—
4	Olly Murs	Nathan Smoker	Leah Cobb	"Stop This Flame"	—	✔
5	Anne-Marie	Sweeney	Chanel Yates	"Close"		—
6	will.i.am	BrokenPen	Benjamin Haycock	"Hall of Fame"	—		—
7	Olly Murs	Joe Topping	Alex Harry	"Think Twice"	—
8	Sir Tom Jones	Benjamin Warner	2ché	"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"	—		—
9	will.i.am	Nadia Eide	Stephanee Leal	"Love Is a Battlefield"	✔		—
10	Olly Murs	Jordan & Wesley	Tascha Jerawan	"Hello"

Episode 2 (27 February)

Second battle round results
Order	Coach	Artists		Song	Coaches' and artists choices
Order	Coach	Artists		Song	will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
1	Olly Murs	Grace Holden	Chantelle Padden	"Breakaway"
2	will.i.am	Janel Antoneshia	Okulaja	"If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)"	—
3	Sir Tom Jones	Midé	Esther Cole	"Happier"	—
4	Anne-Marie	Meg Birch	Jason Hayles	"These Days"	✔
5	Sir Tom Jones	Wura	Jake O'Neill	"What's Going On"	rowspan="6"
6	Anne-Marie	Craig Eddie	James Robb	"This City"
7	Olly Murs	Andrew Bateup	Matt Croke	"Always"
8	Anne-Marie	Leona Jørgensen	Cameron Ledwidge	"Beautiful People"
9	will.i.am	Adeniké	Victoria Heath	"Run to You"
10	Sir Tom Jones	Mariam Davina	Psalm Harmony	"Wonder"

Although Janel Antoneshia won the battle, she later withdrew from the show for personal reasons. Will selected Okujala, who Janel had defeated in the battle rounds, to take her place for the semi-final.
Although Wura won the battle, she later withdrew from the show for personal reasons. Jones selected Jake O'Neill, who Wura had defeated in the battle rounds, to take her place for the semi-final.

Show details

Results summary

Colour key

Team Will
Team Anne-Marie
Team Tom
Team Olly
Artist received the most public votes
Artist was eliminated

Contestant! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17%"
Round 1	Week 2	Public vote	Round 2
Week 1	Week 2	Public vote	Week 3
	Craig Eddie		Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
	Grace Holden		Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated
	Hannah Williams		Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Okulaja		Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Benjamin Warner	Safe		Eliminated	Eliminated (Public Vote)
	Jordan & Wesley	Safe		Eliminated
	Leona Jørgensen	Safe		Eliminated
	Nadia Eide	Safe		Eliminated
	Andrew Bateup		Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 2)
	BrokenPen		Eliminated
	Jake O’Neill		Eliminated
	Jérémy Levif		Eliminated
	Leah Cobb		Eliminated
	Meg Birch		Eliminated
	Nathan Smoker		Eliminated
	Wayne & Morgan		Eliminated
	Adeniké	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Jason Hayles	Eliminated
	Joe Topping	Eliminated
	Lauren Drew	Eliminated
	Mariam Davina	Eliminated
	Midé	Eliminated
	Stephanee Leal	Eliminated
	Sweeney	Eliminated

Week 1: Semi-final 1 (6 March)

Week 1 semi-final results
Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	will.i.am	Lauren Drew	"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing"	Eliminated
2		Adeniké	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	Eliminated
3		Nadia Eide	"The Show Must Go On"	Advanced to the public vote
4	Sir Tom Jones	Mariam Davina	"Breathing Underwater"	Eliminated
5		Benjamin Warner	"All Night Long (All Night)"	Advanced to the public vote
6		Midé	"Sweet Creature"	Eliminated
7	Anne-Marie	Leona Jørgensen	"Holy"	Advanced to the public vote
8		Stephanee Leal	"Blinding Lights"	Eliminated
9		Sweeney	"Cry Me a River"	Eliminated
10	Olly Murs	Joe Topping	"I Won't Give Up"	Eliminated
11		Jason Hayles	"Bloodstream"	Eliminated
12		Jordan & Wesley	"The Climb"	Advanced to the public vote

Week 2: Semi-final 2 (13 March)

Week 2 semi-final results
Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
1	Olly Murs	Nathan Smoker	"All Goes Wrong"	Eliminated
2		Andrew Bateup	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Eliminated
3		Grace Holden	"I'm with You"	Advanced to the public vote
4	Sir Tom Jones	Hannah Williams	"Gravity"	style=background:#fdfc8f;"	Advanced to the public vote
5		Leah Cobb	"Be My Baby"	Eliminated
6		Jake O'Neill	"This Year's Love"	Eliminated
7	will.i.am	BrokenPen	"Con Calma"	Eliminated
8		Jérémy Levif	"Always Be My Baby"	Eliminated
9		Okulaja	"Can't Hold Us"	style=background:#fdfc8f;"	Advanced to the public vote
10	Anne-Marie	Wayne & Morgan	"September"	Eliminated
11		Meg Birch	"Why Her Not Me"	Eliminated
12		Craig Eddie	"lovely"	style=background:#fdfc8f;"	Advanced to the public vote

Public vote

Public vote results
Coach	Artist	Result
will.i.am	Nadia Eide	Eliminated
will.i.am	Okulaja	Advanced
Anne-Marie	Leona Jørgensen	Eliminated
Anne-Marie	Craig Eddie	Advanced
Sir Tom Jones	Benjamin Warner	Eliminated
Sir Tom Jones	Hannah Williams	Advanced
Olly Murs	Jordan & Wesley	Eliminated
Olly Murs	Grace Holden	Advanced

Week 3: Final (20 March)

Musical guest: Blessing Chitapa ("I Smile")

Week 3 final results
Coach	Artist	First song	Order	Duet (with Coach)	Order	Winners single	Result
1	Olly Murs	Grace Holden	"Before You Go"	5	"Rule the World"	9	"Dream Catch Me"	Eliminated
2	Sir Tom Jones	Hannah Williams	"Little Runaway"	8	"To Love Somebody"	N/A (already eliminated)		Eliminated
3	will.i.am	Okulaja	"Counting Stars"	6	"Where Is the Love?"	N/A (already eliminated)		Eliminated
4	Anne-Marie	Craig Eddie	"Train Wreck"	7	"Don't Speak"	10	"Come Waste My Time" (original song)	Winner

External links

Official website

Notes and References

News: The Voice: Anne-Marie to replace Meghan Trainor as coach. 25 December 2020. BBC News. 12 October 2020.
Web site: Gordon . Naomi . When does The Voice UK 2021 start? . . . 14 December 2020 . United Kingdom . 10 December 2020.
Web site: Mandy . Michael . Brand new coach on The Voice UK 2021 . . . 24 December 2020 . United Kingdom . 24 December 2020.