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| The Voice UK | |
|---|---|
| Series 2 | |
| Hosted by | |
| Coaches | |
| Winner | Andrea Begley |
| Winning coach | Danny O'Donoghue |
| Runners-up | Leah McFall and Mike Ward |
| Finals venue | Pinewood Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 30 March – 22 June 2013 |
| Series chronology | |
The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The second series was hosted by Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates on BBC One and started on 30 March 2013.[1] On 13 November 2012, it was confirmed that all four coaches from last year would return.[2]
On 22 June 2013, it was announced that Andrea Begley was the winner of The Voice UK, marking Danny O'Donoghue's first and only win as coach.[3]
This was the final series to feature Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue as coaches, and Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates as co-presenters.
Coaches and presenters
In the summer of 2012, it was reported that Jessie J and Sir Tom Jones were in talks to leave the series, with Cheryl and Cliff Richard lined up to replace them. Despite these claims, in November 2012, it was confirmed that will.i.am, Jessie J, Jones and Danny O'Donoghue would all be returning for the second series.[2] This is the final series to feature Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue as coaches, as both left the show before the 2014 series.
Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates both confirmed that they would be returning for their second series as presenters in November 2012.[2]
Production
The show's Blind Auditions moved to dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester.[2] It was also confirmed that the live show format would be tweaked for this series,[4] which included the cutback from six live shows in the first series to only three live shows, and the pre-recorded results show had also been dropped, with the results given on the same night as the performances.[5] On 28 February 2013, four ten-second teaser trailers were posted to the show's official website and YouTube page.[6]
Teams
The teams were revealed during the 4 May 2013 episode of the blind auditions.
- Colour key
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
- Eliminated in the live shows
- Eliminated in the Knockouts
- Artist was stolen by another coach in the Battle rounds (Name is strike-throughed)
- Eliminated in the Battle rounds
| Coaches | Top 48 Artists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | |||||
| Leah McFall | Cleo Higgins | Leanne Jarvis | Jordan Lee Davies | Lem Knights | |
| John Pritchard | Moni Tivony | Nu-tarna | Carla & Barbara | ||
| Liam Tamne | CJ Edwards | Emily Worton | |||
| Jessie J | |||||
| Matt Henry | Ash Morgan | Sarah Cassidy | Danny County | Trevor Francis | |
| Letitia Grant-Brown | Lovelle Hill | ||||
| Katie Benbow | De' Vide | Nate James | |||
| Sir Tom Jones | |||||
| Mike Ward | Joseph Apostol | Alys Williams | Adam Barron | Cherelle Basquine | |
| Jamie Bruce | Ragsy | Emma Jade Garbutt | Diva | Lareena Mitchell | |
| Elise Evans | LB Robinson | Colin Chisholm | |||
| Danny O'Donoghue | |||||
| Andrea Begley | Karl Michael | Mitchel Emms | Alex Buchanan | Sean Rumsey | |
| Abi Sampa | Conor Scott | Laura Oakes | Nadeem Leigh | Ricardo Afonso | |
| Paul Carden | Alice Barlow | Smith & Jones | |||
| Stolen contestants are italicized. | |||||
Blind auditions
The blind auditions began in Salford, Greater Manchester on 14 December 2012 at dock10, MediaCityUK after moving from BBC Television Centre in London. Each coach had the length of the artists' performance to decide if they wanted that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches have wanted the same artist, then the artist chose their coach. Once the coaches picked their team, they pitted them against each other in the battles.[7]
| 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 (30 March)
The 95-minute first blind audition episode was broadcast on 30 March 2013 and aired from 7.00pm until 8.35pm.[1]
Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – Medley of "Rip It Up" / "Johnny B. Goode"/ "Shout" / "Long Tall Sally" [8]
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coaches and artists choices[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | Jessie | Tom | Danny | ||||
| 1 | Ash Morgan | 27 | "Never Tear Us Apart" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Danny County | 22 | "About You Now" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 3 | Leanne Jarvis | 24 | "Stay with Me" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Louis Coupe | 16 | "Learn to Fly" | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Andrea Begley | 26 | "Angel" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Kirsty Crawford | 29 | "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Mike Ward | 22 | "Don't Close Your Eyes" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 8 | Katie Benbow | 20 | "Feeling Good" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 9 | Anthony Kavanagh | 35 | "Don't Dream It's Over" | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Matt Henry | 34 | "Trouble" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 2 (6 April)
The 90-minute second episode was broadcast on 6 April 2013 and aired from 7.00pm until 8.30pm.