The Voice UK series 11

The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eleventh series premiered on 3 September 2022 on ITV. will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned as coaches, whilst Emma Willis returned as presenter.^[1]

The Voice UK
Series 11
Hosted by	Emma Willis
Coaches	will.i.am Anne-Marie Sir Tom Jones Olly Murs
Winner	Anthonia Edwards
Winning coach	Sir Tom Jones
Runner-up	David Adeogun
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original network	ITV YouTube
Original release	3 September (2022-09-03) – 29 October 2022 (2022-10-29)
Series chronology

On 29 October 2022, Anthonia Edwards was announced as the winner of the season, marking Tom Jones' third win as a coach and the second coach in any variation of the British version of The Voice to win more than two seasons, after Pixie Lott on the Kids' version. For the first time, the first artist to perform in the Blind Auditions went on to win the entire season which, including the final, was pre-recorded.

Coaches

Coaches for series 11 of The Voice UK

will.i.am

Anne-Marie

Sir Tom Jones

Olly Murs

In October 2021, it was confirmed that will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs would return for their eleventh, second, tenth and fifth series as coaches, respectively, whilst it was announced that Emma Willis would return for her ninth series as presenter and that AJ Odudu would not return to present the show on the ITV Hub.^[2]

Production

Auditions for the eleventh series opened in March 2021 and closed in July 2021.^[3] The series aired in the autumn for the first time in the show's history due to the cancellation of The X Factor in July 2021. It was also announced that the battle rounds had been axed and would be replaced by the "Callbacks" which aired on 15 October 2022 and the final will air on 29 October 2022.^[4][2]

The series began filming at Dock10 at MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester in October 2021.^[5] Also, the entire series was pre-recorded, including the grand final.^[6] The first trailer for the series premiered on 18 August 2022.^[7]

The blocked feature would be returning to the blind auditions, which allows for a coach to prevent another coach from getting an artist. Like last season, each coach will only receive one block.

Teams

Colour key

•   Winner
•   Runner-up
•   Third place
•   Eliminated in the Semi-Final
•   Eliminated in the Callbacks

Coach	Top 40 Artists
will.i.am
	Naomi Johnson	Rain Castillo	Noèva	Eddy Pop	Rhianna Keane
	Smokiecoco	Kira Mac	Cleo Clayton	Niamh Nolan	Hatice Tuzun
Anne-Marie
	Mark Howard	Kai Benjamin	Triniboi Joocie	Harrison James	Monroe
	Hannah Rowe	Lucas Miles	Mila Lake	Olivia Mason	Ruby Joyce
Sir Tom Jones
	Anthonia Edwards	Rachel Modest	Jake Of Diamonds	Lee Jones	Clare Cordell
	Rhys Christian	Thomas & Emilie	Francesca Fairclough	Tobi Kaye	Jamie Andrew
Olly Murs
	David Adeogun	Marc Halls	Shaka	Benjamin Moss	Beatty Brothers
	Andres Cruz	Tom Hartley-Booth	Abela Brother	Olivia Mulqueeney	Rodwell Ndengeya

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 (3 September)

• Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Higher Love" (Whitney Houston cover)
• Coach performance: Sir Tom Jones - "I Won't Crumble with You If You Fall"

First episode results

Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
				will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Anthonia Edwards	1	25	"Unconditionally"	✔	✔	✔	✔
Charlotte Riby	2	35	"Somebody Else's Guy"	–	–	–	–
Lucas Miles	3	19	"I Guess I'm in Love"	–	✔	–	–
David Adeogun	4	20	"In the Silence"	–	–	1	✔
Thomas & Emilie	5	25 & 30	"Bring Him Home"	✔	✔	✔
Sandy Grigelis	6	27	"Good 4 U"	–	–	–	–
Cleo Clayton	7	23	"On My Mind"	✔	–	–	–
Mark Howard	8	27	"Anywhere Away from Here"	✔	✔	✔	✔

• ^1 Tom tried to block Olly, but was not possible, since Olly had already blocked him.

Episode 2 (10 September)

• Coach performance: Olly Murs - "Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond cover; dedicated to the audience who returned after the COVID-19 pandemic in England and to Murs's late X Factor co-host Caroline Flack who committed suicide in February 2020)

Second episode results

Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
				will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Beatty Brothers	1	32 & 27	"You Are the Reason"	✔	–	✔	✔
Richard Hadfield	2	27	"I Who Have Nothing"	–	–	–	–
Harrison James	3	24	"2002"	✔	✔	✔
Shaka	4	27	"Good Luck"	–	–	–	✔
Lee Jones	5	50	"Hold My Girl"	–	–	✔	–
Tom Collins	6	24	"Dakota"	–	–	–	–
Rain Castillo	7	22	"Simmer"	✔	✔	✔	–
Rachel Modest	8	45	"For All We Know"	✔	✔	✔	✔

Episode 3 (17 September)

• Coach performance: Anne-Marie - "Our Song"

Third episode results

Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
				will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Benjamin Moss	1	27	"Hallelujah I Love Her So"	–	–	–	✔
Kai Benjamin	2	18	"7 Rings"	✔	✔	✔	✔
Jordan Spencer	3	26	"A Million Dreams"	–	–	–	–
Noèva	4	31	"A Woman's Worth"	✔	–	✔	–
Marc Halls	5	35	"Drivers License"	–	–	✔	✔
Alicia Hooper	6	34	"All I Know So Far"	–	–	–	–
Eddy Pop	7	28	"Breakeven"	✔	–	✔	–
Clare Cordell	8	31	"Ain't No Way"	–	–	✔	✔

Episode 4 (24 September)

• Coach performance: Olly Murs - "Livin' On a Prayer" (Bon Jovi cover; audience sing-a-long)/"Feeling Good" (Michael Bublé cover)

Fourth episode results

Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
				will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Andres Cruz	1	24	"Don't Go Yet"	–	–	✔	✔
Jordan Brook	2	26	"Amazed"	–	–	–	–
Rhys Christian	3	30	"So Sick"	–	–	✔	–
Monroe	4	30-36	"What's Up?"	✔	✔	✔
Mandeep Singh	5	26	"Touch the Sky"	–	–	–	–
Rhianna Keane	6	22	"Leave the Door Open"	✔	–	–	–
Aaron Bolton	7	35	"Teenage Dirtbag"	–	–	–	–
Hannah Rowe	8	19	"Don't Leave Me Lonely"	–	✔	–	–
Jake of Diamonds	9	28	"Words" (original song)	–	–	✔	✔

Episode 5 (1 October)

Fifth episode results

Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
				will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Triniboi Joocie	1	32	"Bottle Over Head"	–	✔	–	✔
Aaron Garrett	2	36	"This Old Heart of Mine"	–	–	–	–
Francesca Fairclough	3	27	"Everybody's Changing"	–	–	✔	✔
Smokiecoco	4	21 & 24	"These Words"	✔	–	–	–
Amanda Lepusinka	5	29	"Castles"	–	–	–	–
Mila Lake	6	16	"You Can't Stop the Girl"	–	✔	✔	✔
Anthony Hughes	7	29	"Butter"	–	–	–	–
Tom Hartley-Booth	8	33	"God Only Knows"	–	–	–	✔
Kira Mac	9	26	"Nothing Else Matters"	✔	–	–	–

Episode 6 (8 October)

Sixth episode results

Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
				will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Tobi Kaye	1	34	"I'm Getting Ready"	–	✔	✔	–
Helen Leahey	2	34	"Where the Wild Roses Grow"	–	–	–	–
Abela Brother	3	26	"Beggin'"	✔	–	–	✔
Olivia Mason	4	21	"Killing Me Softly"	✔	✔	✔	✔
Naomi Johnson	5	26	"Emotions"	✔	–	–	–
Steven Hastings	6	30	"Learn to Fly"	–	–	–	–
Ruby Joyce	7	18	"Linger"	–	✔	–	–
Olivia Mulqueeney	8	16	"Good Without"	–	Team full	–	✔
Niamh Nolan	9	25	"Shallow"	✔		✔	–

Episode 7 (15 October)

Seventh episode results

Artist	Order	Age	Song	Coaches and artists choices
				will.i.am	Anne-Marie	Tom	Olly
Rodwell Ndengeya	1	23	"The Blower's Daughter"	–	Team full	–	✔
Hatice Tuzun	2	24	"Flowers"	✔		✔	Team full
Jamie Andrew	3	31	"Dangerous Woman"	Team full		✔

Callbacks

Guest mentors for series 11 of The Voice UK

David Guetta for Team Will

MNEK for Team Anne-Marie

Tom Grennan for Team Tom

James Arthur for Team Olly

For this season of the Voice, the show replaced the usual 'Battles' round with 'The Callbacks', which is a twist to the show first adopted by the tenth season of The Voice Australia. The Callbacks aired on 15 October. In this round, each coach brought in a mentor for their team. David Guetta, MNEK, Tom Grennan, and James Arthur were invited by will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Tom Jones, and Olly Murs, respectively.

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 three or four artists of the same group finished their performances, the coaches will have to choose one to advance to the semi-final. A total of three artists were taken through to the semi-final per coach.

The Callbacks colour key

	Artist advanced to the Semi-Finals
	Artist was eliminated

Callbacks Results

Episode	Order	Coach	Winner	Song	Losers
Episode 7 (15 October)	1	will.i.am	Noèva	"Without You"	Cleo Clayton
					Rhianna Keane
					Eddy Pop
	2		Rain Castillo	"Decline"	Smokiecoco
					Hatice Tuzun
	3		Naomi Johnson	"Black Hole"	Kira Mac
					Niamh Nolan
	4	Olly Murs	Shaka	"Every Little Step"	Andres Cruz
					Benjamin Moss
	5		Marc Halls	"Total Eclipse Of The Heart"	Tom Hartley-Booth
					Abela Brother
	6		David Adeogun	"Sandcastles"	Beatty Brothers
					Olivia Mulqueeney
					Rodwell Ndengeya
	7	Anne-Marie	Triniboi Joocie	"I Don't Care"	Harrison James
					Ruby Joyce
	8		Mark Howard	"Better Off Without You"	Mila Lake
					Lucas Miles
					Hannah Rowe
	9		Kai Benjamin	"Waterfalls"	Olivia Mason
					Monroe
	10	Tom Jones	Anthonia Edwards	"Pride (In The Name Of Love)"	Lee Jones
					Tobi Kaye
	11		Jake Of Diamonds	"Fields Of Gold"	Jamie Andrew
					Francesca Fairclough
					Thomas & Emilie
	12		Rachel Modest	"Border Song"	Rhys Christian
					Clare Cordell

Show details

Results summary

Colour key

•   Team Will
•   Team Anne-Marie
•   Team Tom
•   Team Olly

Result's colour key

•   Artist received the most public votes
•   Artist was eliminated

Weekly Results

Contestant		Week 1	Week 2
			Round 1	Round 2
	Anthonia Edwards	Safe	Safe	Winner
	David Adeogun	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
	Mark Howard	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Naomi Johnson	Safe	Eliminated
	Jake of Diamonds	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Kai Benjamin	Eliminated
	Marc Halls	Eliminated
	Noèva	Eliminated
	Rachel Modest	Eliminated
	Rain Castillo	Eliminated
	Shaka	Eliminated
	Triniboi Joocie	Eliminated

Week 1: Semi-final (22 October)

The Semi-final aired on 22 October 2022. The 12 contestants that had advanced from the Callbacks competed for their spots in the Finale of this season. Each coach will have to choose one artist out of three to take through to the Final. This episode was pre-recorded.

Semi-final Results

Episode	Order	Coach	Artist	Song	Result
Episode 8 (22 October)	1	Olly Murs	David Adeogun	"Easy on Me"	Saved
	2		Shaka	"Take My Breath"	Eliminated
	3		Marc Halls	"Chandelier"	Eliminated
	4	Anne-Marie	Triniboi Joocie	"Obeyah" (Original Song)	Eliminated
	5		Mark Howard	"Half a Man"	Saved
	6		Kai Benjamin	"Feel Good Inc."	Eliminated
	7	will.i.am	Rain Castillo	"Sorry"	Eliminated
	8		Noèva	"The Scientist"	Eliminated
	9		Naomi Johnson	"Bang Bang"	Saved
	10	Tom Jones	Rachel Modest	"Anytime You Need a Friend"	Eliminated
	11		Jake Of Diamonds	"Human"	Eliminated
	12		Anthonia Edwards	"Praying"	Saved

Week 2: The Final (29 October)

The Final aired on 29 October 2022. Same as all the other episodes this season, the Final is also pre-recorded, with the audience and a virtual audience via Zoom voting for the final two and the winner.

• Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Shine" (Emeli Sandé)
• Musical guest: Craig Eddie ("The Outside")

Performances & Results

Order	Coach	Artist	First song	Order	Duet (with Coach)	Order	Winners single	Result
1	Anne-Marie	Mark Howard	"One Last Time"	5	"Viva Forever"	N/A (already eliminated)		Third place
2	Olly Murs	David Adeogun	"You'll Never Walk Alone"	7	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	9	"Diamonds"	Runner-up
3	will.i.am	Naomi Johnson	"Fighter"	6	"Crazy in Love"	N/A (already eliminated)		Third place
4	Tom Jones	Anthonia Edwards	"When the Party's Over"	8	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	10	"Anyone"	Winner