| 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 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 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 .
Colour key:
| 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 |
| ✔ | 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'. |
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| will.i.am | Ronan | Pixie | Danny | ||||
| 1 | Oscar Hartland | 16 | "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) | ✔ | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| 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" | ✔ | |||
| Contestant | Battles round | Grand Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro | Safe | Winner | ||
| Hayla-Essen Danns | Safe | Runner-up | ||
| Niamh Noade | Safe | Third Place | ||
| Will Edgar | Safe | Fourth Place | ||
| 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 | |||
Musical guest: Cat Burns ("Live More & Love More")
| 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" |
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronan Keating | Niamh Noade | "People Help the People" | Third Place |
| 2 | Danny Jones | Will Edgar | "The Best" | Fourth Place |
| 3 | Pixie Lott | Hayla-Essen Danns | "I Am Changing" | Runner-up |
| 4 | will.i.am | Shanice & Andrea Nyandoro | "A Sky Full of Stars" | Winner |