The Voice UK (series 6)

Coaches and presenters

On 13 November 2015, Ricky Wilson announced that the fifth series would be his last as a coach. However, on 24 March 2016, it was revealed that he could make a return to the show. On 3 July 2016, coach will.i.am, who had his doubts about returning for his sixth series, confirmed that he will return for the new series. On 5 July 2016, Boy George announced his departure from the show after just one series. Former coach, Sir Tom Jones hinted that he could possibly return to the programme after the show had moved to ITV. On 17 July 2016, another former coach, Jessie J, ruled herself out of returning to The Voice UK for the sixth series, after speculation of her returning to the show. Wilson later confirmed that he would not be involved with the show for series 6 later in the month. On 28 September, the coaching line-up was confirmed as will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Gavin Rossdale, with Jones also returning. On her appointment, Hudson commented, "I couldn't be more excited to join the amazing panel of coaches on The Voice UK! The UK has always been so supportive of me since the beginning of my career so I’m really looking forward to sharing my point of view with the contestants and especially Team JHUD. Discovering new artists has always been important to me and the UK has no shortage of talent, so I can only imagine what this experience will be like for everyone involved. I can't wait to get going and start developing each individual’s own sound!"

Emma Willis announced that she would return to present the show alone, without her co-host Marvin Humes' involvement. On 8 August 2016, it was announced that the planned ITV2 unnamed spinoff show had been scrapped. However, in October 2016, it was announced that Cel Spellman would be presenting an online spin-off show titled The V Room and will be available on-demand via ITV Hub and feature exclusive content across social media sites and the show's mobile app.

Teams

Colour key:

     Winner

     Runner-up

     Third place

     Eliminated in the Live shows

     Eliminated in the Knockouts

     Artist was stolen by another coach at the Battles

     Eliminated in the Battles

Blind auditions

There was a change to the blind auditions format for 2017; if all the coaches reject an auditionee they keep their back to the singer and will not say what they thought about their performance, as well as not being able to meet them. The blind auditions began filming on 19 October 2016 at MediaCity UK in Salford.

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 will choose their coach.

Colour key

Episode 1 (7 January)

The series premiere aired from 8.00pm until 9.35pm.

Group performance: The Voice UK coaches – "Under Pressure"

Episode 2 (14 January)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.

Episode 3 (21 January)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.

Episode 4 (28 January)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.

Episode 5 (4 February)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.30pm.

Episode 6 (11 February)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.20pm.

Episode 7 (18 February)

This episode aired from 8.00pm until 9.20pm.

Battle rounds

Filming for the battles began in December 2016 at MediaCityUK, following the taping of the blind auditions. Each coach has only one steal. The first part of the battle rounds will be broadcast on 25 February 2017 with part two airing on 26 February 2017.

Colour key

Episode 1 (25 February)

This episode aired from 8.30pm until 10.30pm.

Episode 2 (26 February)

This episode aired from 7.00pm until 9.00pm.

Live knockouts

For the first time, the knockouts will be recorded live, with the remaining six contestants in each team stand on stage together, stepping forward one by one to sing for 90 seconds. Emma Willis, the programme's presenter, commented, "The knockouts are live… Should I be saying this? I don't know if I should, It will be very immediate, when it's pre-recorded, they edit the show and put it out. This time it will be live so everything will be seen."

In a new twist, viewers will be able to vote for their favourite acts to go through to the live show, with each coach being able to save one act. Plus, each coach will perform during the knockout rounds.

Episode 1 (4 March)

Musical guest: Sir Tom Jones ("You Can Leave Your Hat On")

This episode aired from 8.30pm until 9.45pm.

Episode 2 (5 March)

Musical guest: Jennifer Hudson ("Remember Me")

This episode aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm.

Episode 3 (11 March)

This episode aired from 8.30 until 9.45pm.

Musical guest: Bush ('Mad Love')

Episode 4 (12 March)

This episode aired from 7.45pm until 9.00pm.

Musical guest: will.i.am ('Fiyah')

Live shows

The first live show was broadcast on 18 March 2017, with the second on 25 March, and the third and final live show airing on 1 April 2017.

Results summary

Team's colour key

     Team Will      Team JHud      Team Tom      Team Gavin

Result's colour key

     Artist was in the bottom two      Artist received the fewest votes and was eliminated      Artist won the competition

Week 1: Quarter-final (18 March)

This episode will air from 8.30pm to 10.30pm.

Musicial guest: Clean Bandit & Zara Larsson ("Symphony")

Week 2: Semi-final (25 March)

This episode will air from 8.30pm to 10.20pm.

Ratings

The series went "head-to-head" with the new BBC One talent show, Let It Shine, which premiered on 7 January, the same date as The Voice UK's premiere.