The Voice Kids is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh series began airing on 1 July 2023 on ITV1.[1][2] The series was confirmed by ITV in September 2022 when applications opened. They closed in November, prior to the airing of the previous series.[3][4][5] The programme aired in the summer slot for the first time since the fourth series and aired weekly again, instead of nightly.[6][7] will.i.am, Ronan Keating, Pixie Lott and Danny Jones all returned as coaches, making it the first time since the third series that all coaches from the previous series returned.[8][9]
| The Voice Kids | |
|---|---|
| Series 7 | |
| Hosted by | |
| Coaches | |
| Winner | Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro |
| Winning coach | will.i.am |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Release | |
| Original network | |
| Original release | 1 July – 15 July 2023 |
| Series chronology | |
The series was won by twins Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro, making them the first duo to win the show. Their victory also marks will.i.am's first win as a coach on the kids version of the show.[10][11][12] This also means that will.i.am has won at least one season in each version he's competed on, as he has won in both the adult series and The Voice Australia.
Teams
editColour key:
- Winner
- Finalist
- Eliminated in the Battles
| Coach | Top 16 Artists | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro | Elim Enock | Tai'jah Dixon | Theo Hills |
| Ronan Keating | Niamh Noade | Danny Bretherton | Jarlaith Mervyn | Yazmin Asim |
| Pixie Lott | Hayla-Essen Danns | Elyssa Tait | Martha Kamugasa | Tiara-Leigh Ferns |
| Danny Jones | Will Edgar | Abigail Moore | Alexandra Perez Ramos | Oscar Hartland |
Blind auditions
edit- 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 |
Episode 1 (1 July)
edit| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | Ronan | Pixie | Danny | ||||
| 1 | Oscar Hartland | 14 | "My Hero" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Niamh Noade | 14 | "The Winner Takes It All" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Stanislav Kurdybakha | 11 | "Ave verum corpus" | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Tiara-Leigh Ferns | 13 | "Over the Rainbow" | – | – | ✔ | – |
| 5 | Theo Hills | 9 | "When I Grow Up" | ✔ | – | – | – |
| 6 | Hayla-Essen Danns | 12 | "Golden Hour" | – | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7 | Zara Bateson | 10 | "Ghost of You" | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Danny Bretherton | 14 | "Naïve" | – | ✔ | – | – |
| 9 | Alexandra Perez Ramos | 12 | "Be My Baby" | – | – | – | ✔ |
| 10 | Tai'jah Dixon | 13 | "TBA" (original song) | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ |
Episode 2 (8 July)
edit| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | Ronan | Pixie | Danny | ||||
| 1 | Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro | 11 | "Faith" | ✔ | ✔ | – | ✔ |
| 2 | Abigail Moore | 10 | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | – | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 3 | Armari Freestone | 12 | "TBA (original song)" | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Martha Kamugasa | 14 | "Lift Me Up" | – | – | ✔ | – |
| 5 | Jarlaith Mervyn | 12 | "I Don't Want to Talk About It" | – | ✔ | – | – |
| 6 | Elim Enock | 14 | "Godspeed" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 7 | Yazmin Asim | 11 | "Fingers Crossed" | Team full | ✔ | – | – |
| 8 | Ziame Stewart | 12 | "Part of Your World" | Team full | – | – | |
| 9 | Elyssa Tait | 13 | "Everything I Didn't Say" | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| 10 | Maisie Farr | 12 | "Reach" | Team full | – | ||
| 11 | Will Edgar | 14 | "Nice to Meet Ya" | ✔ | |||
Show details
editResults summary
edit- Team's colour key
- Team will.i.am
- Team Ronan
- Team Pixie
- Team Danny
- Result's colour key
- Artist received the most public votes
- Finalist
- Artist was eliminated
| Contestant | Battles round | Grand Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro | Safe | Winner | ||
| Hayla-Essen Danns | Safe | Finalist | ||
| Niamh Noade | Safe | Finalist | ||
| Will Edgar | Safe | Finalist | ||
| Elyssa Tait | Eliminated | Eliminated (Battles round) | ||
| Martha Kamugasa | Eliminated | |||
| Tiara-Leigh Ferns | Eliminated | |||
| Elim Enock | Eliminated | |||
| Tai'jah Dixon | Eliminated | |||
| Theo Hills | Eliminated | |||
| Danny Bretherton | Eliminated | |||
| Jarlaith Mervyn | Eliminated | |||
| Yazmin Asim | Eliminated | |||
| Abigail Moore | Eliminated | |||
| Alexandra Perez Ramos | Eliminated | |||
| Oscar Hartland | Eliminated | |||
Final (15 July)
editMusical guests: Cat Burns ("Live More & Love More")
Battles round
edit| Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Grand Final | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
| Order | Coach | Artists | Song | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Jones | Will Edgar | Abigail Moore | Alexandra Perez Ramos | Oscar Hartland | "Flowers" |
| 2 | Ronan Keating | Niamh Noade | Danny Bretherton | Jarlaith Mervyn | Yazmin Asim | "Don't Look Back in Anger" |
| 3 | will.i.am | Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro | Elim Enock | Tai'jah Dixon | Theo Hills | "Special" |
| 4 | Pixie Lott | Hayla-Essen Danns | Elyssa Tait | Martha Kamugasa | Tiara-Leigh Ferns | "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" |
Grand Final
edit| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronan Keating | Niamh Noade | "People Help the People" | Finalist |
| 2 | Danny Jones | Will Edgar | "The Best" | |
| 3 | Pixie Lott | Hayla-Essen Danns | "I Am Changing" | |
| 4 | will.i.am | Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro | "A Sky Full of Stars" | Winner |
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