The Voice Kids (British TV series) series 5

The Voice Kids is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth series began airing on 27 December 2021, on ITV. The series was confirmed by ITV and applications opened in August 2020.[1][2] Emma Willis returns to present the series. Danny Jones, Pixie Lott and will.i.am return as coaches, whilst on 7 February 2021, it was announced that Melanie C would replace Paloma Faith as a coach, who left after one series due to her pregnancy. Filming for the blind auditions began on 13 February 2021, whilst the final was pre-recorded on 13 March 2021, for which public voting was limited to fans in the auditorium. It was announced that the series would contain three episodes – two blind auditions and the final – aired over three consecutive nights, with the show concluding on 29 December.[3]

The Voice Kids
Series 5
Hosted by
Coaches
WinnerTorrin Cuthill
Winning coachMelanie C
No. of episodes3
Release
Original network
Original release27 December (2021-12-27) –
29 December 2021 (2021-12-29)
Series chronology
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Series 4
Next →
Series 6

Torrin Cuthill won the competition, marking Melanie C's first and only win as a coach. For the first time in the show's history, Christmas songs were included.

Teams

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Colour key:

  •   Winner
  •   Finalist
  •   Eliminated in the Battles
Coach Top 16 Artists
will.i.am Leo Gandanzara Angel Lunda Tino Sienna Hopkins
Melanie C Torrin Cuthill Ndana Chinyoka Mila Hayes Fiona Vargas
Pixie Lott Savannah Lily Boak Michaela Mutambira Eva Ossei Gerning Emily Flanagan
Danny Jones Aishling Mae Bontoyan Joseph Sheppard Becky Peters Alby Welch

Blind auditions

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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 as no coach pressed his or her "I WANT YOU" button

Episode 1 (27 December)

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Episode one results
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and contestant's choices
will.i.am Melanie C Pixie Danny
1 Michaela Mutambira 11 "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)"
2 Torrin Cuthill 14 "Days Like This"
3 Leo Gandanzara 14 "Park That Benz" (original song)
4 Tommy Featherstone 12 "Holding Out for a Hero"
5 Aishling Mae Bontoyan 14 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
6 Savannah Lily Boak 13 "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
7 Joseph Sheppard 11 "Teenage Dirtbag"
8 Archie 9 "Sherry"
9 Ndana Chinyoka 14 "Cuz I Love You"
10 Angel Lunda 12 "You Raise Me Up"

Episode 2 (28 December)

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Episode two results
Order Artist Age Song Coach's and contestant's choices
will.i.am Melanie C Pixie Danny
1 Tino 14 "Ave Maria"
2 Mila Hayes 10 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
3 Joshey 9 "Walking in the Air"
4 Becky Peters 14 "Falling"
5 Eva Ossei Gerning 11 "A Little Love"
6 Sienna Hopkins 13 "Sorry Not Sorry"
7 Alby Welch 13 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Team full
8 Emily Flanagan 13 "Danny Boy" Team full
9 Mackenzie Lawlor 14 "Believer" Team full
10 Fiona Vargas 13 "Always Remember Us This Way"

Show details

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Results summary

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Team's colour key
  Team Will
  Team Melanie C
  Team Pixie
  Team Danny
Result's colour key
  Artist received the most public votes
  Finalist
  Artist was eliminated
Results per artist
Contestant Battles round Grand Final
Torrin Cuthill Safe Winner
Aishling Mae Bontoyan Safe Finalist
Leo Gandanzara Safe Finalist
Savannah Lily Boak Safe Finalist
Emily Flanagan Eliminated Eliminated (Battles round)
Eva Ossei Gerning Eliminated
Michaela Mutambira Eliminated
Alby Welch Eliminated
Becky Peters Eliminated
Joseph Sheppard Eliminated
Angel Lunda Eliminated
Sienna Hopkins Eliminated
Tino Eliminated
Fiona Vargas Eliminated
Mila Hayes Eliminated
Ndana Chinyoka Eliminated

Final (29 December)

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Battles round

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Battles colour key
      Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Grand Final
      Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Battles results
Order Coach Artists Song
1 Melanie C Torrin Cuthill Ndana Chinyoka Mila Hayes Fiona Vargas "Proud Mary"
2 will.i.am Leo Gandanzara Angel Lunda Tino Sienna Hopkins "Just the Way You Are"
3 Danny Jones Aishling Mae Bontoyan Joseph Sheppard Becky Peters Alby Welch "Blackbird"
4 Pixie Lott Savannah Lily Boak Michaela Mutambira Eva Ossei Gerning Emily Flanagan "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"

Grand Final

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Final results
Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Pixie Lott Savannah Lily Boak "O Holy Night" Finalist
2 will.i.am Leo Gandanzara "Carol of the Bells" (original song)
3 Danny Jones Aishling Mae Bontoyan "Last Christmas"
4 Melanie C Torrin Cuthill "Auld Lang Syne" Winner

References

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  1. ^ "The Voice Kids 2022 - Apply now!". ITV. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. ^ Darvill, Josh (29 November 2019). "Paloma Faith to replace Jessie J on The Voice Kids for 2020". TellyMix. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ^ Darvill, Josh (21 March 2021). "The Voice Kids returns with brand new coach Mel C". TellyMix. Retrieved 6 September 2021.