The Voice UK (series 6)
The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series began airing on 7 January 2017, with Emma Willis hosting the main show, and Cel Spellman presenting online spin-off show The V Room. It is the first series to air on ITV since its move from BBC One. will.i.am returned for his sixth series as a coach, Sir Tom Jones also returned to the show after a series hiatus, replacing Paloma Faith, and Jennifer Hudson and Gavin Rossdale joined as new coaches on the show, replacing Boy George and Ricky Wilson. Mo Adeniran won the competition and Jennifer Hudson was the winning coach and the first female coach to win the show.
Coaches and presenters
On 13 November 2015, Ricky Wilson announced that the fifth series would be his last as a coach. However, on 24 March 2016, it was revealed that he could make a return to the show. On 3 July 2016, coach will.i.am, who had his doubts about returning for his sixth series, confirmed that he will return for the new series. On 5 July 2016, Boy George announced his departure from the show after just one series. Former coach, Sir Tom Jones hinted that he could possibly return to the programme after the show had moved to ITV. On 17 July 2016, another former coach, Jessie J, ruled herself out of returning to The Voice UK for the sixth series, after speculation of her returning to the show. Wilson later confirmed that he would not be involved with the show for series 6 later in the month. On 28 September, the coaching line-up was confirmed as will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Gavin Rossdale, with Jones also returning. On her appointment, Hudson commented, "I couldn't be more excited to join the amazing panel of coaches on The Voice UK! The UK has always been so supportive of me since the beginning of my career so I’m really looking forward to sharing my point of view with the contestants and especially Team JHUD. Discovering new artists has always been important to me and the UK has no shortage of talent, so I can only imagine what this experience will be like for everyone involved. I can't wait to get going and start developing each individual’s own sound!"Emma Willis announced that she would return to present the show alone, without her co-host Marvin Humes' involvement. On 8 August 2016, it was announced that a planned ITV2 unnamed spinoff show had been scrapped. However, in October 2016, it was announced that Cel Spellman would be presenting an online spin-off show titled The V Room and will be available on-demand via ITV Hub and feature exclusive content across social media sites and the show's mobile app.
Teams
Colour key:- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
- Fourth place
- Eliminated in the Live shows
- Eliminated in the Knockouts
- Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles
- Eliminated in the Battles
Blind auditions
Each coach has the length of the artist's performance to decide if they want that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist will choose their coach.
;Colour key
| Coach hit his/her "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'. |
Episode 1 (7 January)
The series premiere aired from 8.00pm until 9.35pm.- Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Under Pressure"
Episode 2 (14 January)
Episode 3 (21 January)
This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.Episode 4 (28 January)
This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.Episode 5 (4 February)
This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.Episode 6 (11 February)
This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.20pm.Episode 7 (18 February)
This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.20pm.Battle rounds
Filming for the battles began in December 2016 at MediaCityUK, following the taping of the blind auditions. Each coach has only one steal. The first part of the battle rounds will be broadcast on 25 February 2017 with part two airing on 26 February 2017. The first part of the battle rounds will be broadcast on 25 February 2017 with part two airing on 26 February 2017. First episode aired from 8.30pm until 10.30pm,;Colour key
| Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button | |
| Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Knockouts | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
Live knockouts
For the first time, the knockouts were recorded live, with the remaining six contestants in each team standing on stage together, stepping forward one by one to sing for 90 seconds. Emma Willis, the programme's presenter, commented, "The knockouts are live… Should I be saying this? I don't know if I should, It will be very immediate, when it's pre-recorded, they edit the show and put it out. This time it will be live so everything will be seen." First episode aired from 8.30pm until 9.45pm, second episode aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm, third episode aired from 8.30 until 9.45pm and fourth and last aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm.In a new twist, viewers were able to vote for their favourite acts to go through to the live show, with each coach being able to save one act. Plus, each coach performed during the knockout rounds.
- Ep. 1 Musical guest: Sir Tom Jones
- Ep. 2 Musical guest: Jennifer Hudson
- Ep. 3 Musical guest: Bush
- Ep. 4 Musical guest: will.i.am
Live shows
Results summary
;Team's colour key;Result's colour key
Live show details
Week 1: Quarter-final (18 March)
This episode aired from 8.30pm to 10.30pm.- Musical guest: Clean Bandit & Zara Larsson
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | will.i.am | Tanya Lacey | "Good Luck" | Eliminated |
| 2 | will.i.am | Jason Jones | "I Feel It Coming" | Fast pass |
| 3 | will.i.am | Michelle John | "I'm Every Woman" | Advanced |
| 4 | Tom Jones | Craig Ward | "All These Things That I've Done" | Advanced |
| 5 | Tom Jones | Nadine McGhee | "A Different Corner" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Tom Jones | Into the Ark | "Jealous" | Fast pass |
| 7 | Gavin Rossdale | Max Vickers | "Lonely Boy" | Advanced |
| 8 | Gavin Rossdale | Truly Ford | "Lights" | Fast pass |
| 9 | Gavin Rossdale | Sarah Morgan | "Royals" | Eliminated |
| 10 | Jennifer Hudson | Jamie Miller | "Love on the Brain" | Advanced |
| 11 | Jennifer Hudson | Jack Bruley | "This Love" | Eliminated |
| 12 | Jennifer Hudson | Mo Adeniran | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | Fast pass |
Week 2: Semi-final (25 March)
This episode aired from 8.30pm to 10:20pm.This marks the first time a female coach had more than one artist in the finale, as Jamie Miller and Mo Adeniran both come from Hudson's team.
With the eliminations of Max Vickers and Truly Ford, Gavin Rossdale had no more artists.
- Musical guest: Jamiroquai
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | will.i.am | Jason Jones | "Use Somebody" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Gavin Rossdale | Max Vickers | "Boys Don't Cry" | Eliminated |
| 3 | will.i.am | Michelle John | "Get Here" | Advanced |
| 4 | Tom Jones | Craig Ward | "Castle on the Hill" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Gavin Rossdale | Truly Ford | "Elastic Heart" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Jennifer Hudson | Jamie Miller | "Stitches" | Advanced |
| 7 | Jennifer Hudson | Mo Adeniran | "Human" | Advanced |
| 8 | Tom Jones | Into The Ark | "Let It Be Me" | Advanced |
Week 3: Final (1/2 April)
;Saturday 1This episode aired from 8:30pm to 10:20pm.
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Freedom! '90"
- Musical guests: Pixie Lott & Anton Powers
| Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Duet | Result |
| 1 | Jennifer Hudson | Jamie Miller | "What Do You Mean?" | 5 | "Runnin'" | Advanced |
| 2 | Tom Jones | Into the Ark | "No One" | 6 | "Hold On, I'm Comin'" | Advanced |
| 3 | will.i.am | Michelle John | "Purple Rain" | 8 | "I Feel for You" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Jennifer Hudson | Mo Adeniran | "Don't You Worry Child" | 7 | "Beneath Your Beautiful" | Advanced |
;Sunday 2
This episode aired from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.
Musical guests: John Legend
| Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| 1 | Jennifer Hudson | Jamie Miller | "Shape of You" | N/A | N/A | Eliminated |
| 2 | Tom Jones | Into the Ark | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | 4 | "Not a One" | Runner-up |
| 3 | Jennifer Hudson | Mo Adeniran | "Iron Sky" | 5 | "Unsteady" | Winner |
Reception
Ratings
The series went "head-to-head" with the new BBC One talent show, Let It Shine, which premiered on 7 January, the same date as The Voice UKs premiere.| Episode | Date | Official ratings | ITV weekly rank | Share | Source | Duration |
| Blind auditions 1 | 7 January | 7.06 | 10 | 30.0% | 95 | |
| Blind auditions 2 | 14 January | 6.40 | 13 | 25.7% | 90 | |
| Blind auditions 3 | 21 January | 6.27 | 12 | 25.6% | 90 | |
| Blind auditions 4 | 28 January | 6.72 | 10 | 27.3% | 90 | |
| Blind auditions 5 | 4 February | 6.30 | 13 | 26.2% | 90 | |
| Blind auditions 6 | 11 February | 6.94 | 9 | 28.7% | 80 | |
| Blind auditions 7 | 18 February | 6.48 | 12 | 26.8% | 80 | |
| Battle rounds 1 | 25 February | 6.18 | 13 | 26.3% | 120 | |
| Battle rounds 2 | 26 February | 4.81 | 16 | 18.0% | 120 | |
| Live knockouts 1 | 4 March | 5.84 | 16 | 25.1% | 75 | |
| Live knockouts 2 | 5 March | 4.35 | 19 | 15.3% | 75 | |
| Live knockouts 3 | 11 March | 5.31 | 17 | TBA | TBA | 75 |
| Live knockouts 4 | 12 March | 4.02 | 19 | TBA | TBA | 75 |
| Live show 1 | 18 March | 4.97 | 16 | TBA | TBA | 120 |
| Live show 2 | 25 March | 4.59 | 17 | TBA | TBA | 110 |
| Live final | 1 April | 4.95 | 16 | TBA | TBA | 110 |
| Live final results | 2 April | 4.02 | 18 | TBA | TBA | 60 |
| Series average | 2017 | 5.60 | 14 | |||
| The Winner's Story' | 16 April | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | 60 |