On 26 October 2024, AVA was announced the winner of the season, marking Tom Fletcher & Danny Jones' first win as coaches. Fletcher and Jones became the first duo on the UK version of The Voice to win a series and became the third coach to win on their debut season, following Jennifer Hudson and Anne-Marie. It also marks Jones’ second win on the UK franchise following the third series of the Kids edition.
Prior to the beginning of the previous series, Olly Murs announced that he had been axed from the show, and that the twelfth series would be his last as a coach.[2][3] The following month, it was announced that Anne-Marie had also been axed from the series with the show's producers reportedly wanting to "refresh the show".[4][5]Emma Willis returned for her eleventh series as presenter, whilst will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones returned for their thirteenth and twelfth series as coaches respectively.[6] In February 2024, LeAnn Rimes was announced as Anne-Marie's replacement, whilst Murs was replaced by both McFly singers Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, the latter of whom served as a coach on the spin-off version The Voice Kids since its inception.[7][8] The pair made up the show's first ever "double chair", a format that has previously been used in other versions of The Voice franchise, which saw them share the same chair and make decisions throughout the series collaboratively.[9][10] This also marked the first time since the sixth season to feature two new coaches.
Production
Auditions for the thirteenth series began taking place throughout June and July 2024 with online applications closing in October 2023.[11][12] The series is again pre-recorded, with filming beginning in February 2024 and concluding in June.[13][14]
For this season, the 'Callbacks' returned. This stage aired on 12 October, following the final round of blind auditions. In this round, each coach brought in a mentor for their team. AI "Fyilicia", Griff, Hannah Waddingham, and Perrie Edwards served as mentors for Teams Will, LeAnn, Tom, and Tom & Danny, respectively. will.i.am became the first coach in the entire franchise of The Voice to feature artificial intelligence as a mentor to a team. Alya from Team Will withdrew from the competition prior to the Callbacks.
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 artists of the same group finished their performances, the coaches had to choose one to advance to the semi-final. A total of three artists were taken through to the semi-final per coach.
The Semi-final aired on 19 October 2024. The 12 contestants who advanced from the Callbacks competed, with each coach having to select one artist out of three to take through to the final. With the advancements of Deb Orah, Storry, Billy & Louie and AVA, the thirteenth series marks the first time in The Voice UK history where every finalist was originally a four-chair turn in the Blind Auditions.
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