The Voice of Ireland (series 3)
The Voice of Ireland is an Irish reality talent show. The third series began airing on 5 January 2014 on RTÉ One. Kathryn Thomas presents the main show, while Eoghan McDermott co-presents. Bressie, Kian Egan and Jamelia returned as coaches while Dolores O'Riordan replaced Sharon Corr who left after the second series. The first episode aired on 5 January.
After the show Jamelia and Dolores quit and were replaced by Una Foden/Healy and Rachel Stevens
The Blind auditions took place on 18, 19 and 20 October at The Helix. An addition this season is that RTÉ 2fm have selected 5 wildcards to audition.
Cavan singer and guitarist Brendan McCahey was crowned the 2014 Voice of Ireland on 28 April 2014. He was victorious with his version and now single You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover.
He was coached by Bressie and performed with Jerry Fish in the final.
Teams
;Color key| Winner | |
| Runner-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Eliminated in the Live shows | |
| Artist was stolen by another coach | |
| Eliminated in the Battles | |
| Artist withdrew from the competition |
Blind Auditions
The Blind auditions took place on 18, 19 and 20 October at The Helix. The coaches choose teams of artists through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they want that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist gets to choose their coach. This series, each coach gets to pick ten artists to join their team. Once the coaches have picked their team, they are to pit them against each other in the ultimate sing off; The Battles. An addition this season is that RTÉ 2fm have selected 5 wildcards to audition.;Color 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 |
Blind Auditions 1
Blind Auditions 2
Blind Auditions 3
Blind Auditions 4
Blind Auditions 5
Blind Auditions 6
RTÉ 2fm Wildcards
- Caoin Fitzpatrick
- Ciara Donnelly
- Áine Finlay
- Brendan McCahey
- Daragh Kiely
Battles
;Color key:
| Artist won the Battle and advances to the Finals | |
| Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Finals | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated | |
| Artist withdrew from the competition |
Battles 1
Battles 2
Battles 3
Battles 4
The Live Shows
The Live Shows aired live on RTÉ One from The Helix in a two-hour-long show every Sunday evening from mid-March to the end of April. The 24 contestants were narrowed down to just four by public voting and the grand-final saw each remaining act release their single with a famous musician. The winner of the show received a recording contract with Universal Music and the title of 'The Voice of Ireland'.Results summary
;Color keys;Artist's info
| Artist from Team Bressie | |
| Artist from Team Jamelia | |
| Artist from Team Dolores | |
| Artist from Team Kian |
;Result details
| Winner | |
| Runner-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Artist advanced to the finals |
| Artist was saved by the public | |
| Artist was saved as a wildcard | |
| Artist was in the bottom two | |
| Artist received the fewest of the public's vote and was eliminated | |
| Artist did not perform on that particular week |
Live show details
;Color key| Artist was saved by the public's vote | |
| Artist was part of the bottom two in his/her team and saved by his/her coach | |
| Artist was saved by the public vote as a wildcard | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Live Show 1 (16 March)
- Guest performer: Kian Egan
- Three artists from each team performed with one from each team being eliminated
- *Each coach rated each artists performance out of ten
- *The public vote was combined with the coaches' scores
- *The artist from each team with the highest combined total was sent through to the next round
- *Each coach sent a second artist from their own team through to the next round
Live Show 2 (23 March)
- Guest performer: Keith Hanley, Shane Filan
- Three artists from each team performed with one from each team being eliminated
- *Each coach rated each artists performance out of ten
- *The public vote was combined with the coaches' scores
- *The artist from each team with the highest combined total was sent through to the next round
- *Each coach sent a second artist from their own team through to the next round
Live Show 3 (30 March)
- Matt Cardle
- Two artists from each team performed.
- One act from each team went through, with one of the four remaining acts receiving a wildcard.
- The contestant with the highest combined scored received the wildcard.
- *Each coach rated each artists performance out of ten
- *The public vote was combined with the coaches' scores
- *The artist from each team with the highest combined total was sent through to the next round
Live Show 4 (6 April)
- Guest performer: The Coronas
- Two artists from each team performed.
- One act from each team went through, with one of the four remaining acts receiving a wildcard.
- The contestant with the highest combined scored received the wildcard.
- *Each coach rated each artists performance out of ten
- *The public vote was combined with the coaches' scores
- *The artist from each team with the highest combined total was sent through to the next round
Top 10 (13 April)
- Guest performer: The Riptide Movement
Leathcheannais (20 Aibreán)
- Taibheoirí:
- *The Riptide Movement: "All Works Out"
- *Original Rude Boys: "Feel It In Your Soul"
Ceannais (27 Aibreán)
- Taibheoir: Clean Bandit: "Rather Be"
| Uimhir | Breitheamh | Amhránaí | chéad Amhrán | Dara Amhrán | Toradh |
| 1 | Bressie | Jamie Stanton | "I Don't wanna be" | "July" | Ceathrú |
| 2 | Dolores Ní Ríordáin | Kellie Lewis | "Running Up That Hill" | "Saints and Sinners" | Dara |
| 3 | Jamelia | Laura May Lenehan | "Little Things" | "Sunburst" | Tríú |
| 4 | Bressie | Brendan McCahey | "You Can't Judge a Book By The Cover'" | "Celebrate" | Buaiteoir |