Where is airing: BBC One
For what age: 7+
How many episodes in 7 season: 14 episodes
Emma Willis hosts the seventh series of the singing contest, which this year sees Olly Murs joining returning coaches Will.i.am, Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson on the famous spinning chairs. The search for a star kicks off, as usual, with the first in a series of rounds of blind auditions, as the panel listen to each contestant with their backs turned, ensuring that they judge the performance on the strength of vocal ability alone. Those who succeed here will progress to the Battle and Knockout phases.
Spinning-chair singing contest, in which celebrity 'coaches' seek out the nation's best vocal talent. But there is a simple twist - with the four coaches selecting their teams through 'blind auditions', looks play no part in the selection process, meaning each singer is chosen on vocal ability alone.
The Blind Auditions continue in the third instalment of 'The Voice UK'. With spaces on their teams filling up, the competition is getting tougher as coaches will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Olly Murs and Sir Tom Jones continue their quest to find the nation's best vocal talent. The acts will be hoping to secure a place on the coaches' teams and earn their chance to win a recording contract with Polydor Records.
The Blind Auditions enter their fifth week, as Will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Olly Murs and Tom Jones reassemble to assess the singing shugs of more would-be stars. Emma Willis ushers the contestants on-stage where, yet again, the coaches must decide whether they would like to back each performer based on the power of their voice, rather than their appearance. Only once a coach decides to support the singer are they permitted to turn their chair around.
It's the penultimate week of Blind Auditions, and coaches will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs are back in their red chairs looking for the nation's best vocal talent. The acts will be hoping to secure a place on the coaches's teams and earn their chance to win a recording contract with Polydor Records.
The contest heats up as the teams assembled by Tom Jones, Will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson and Olly Murs enter the Battle phase. Here, the coaches are tasked with chipping away at their roster of would-be stars via head-to-head studio battles. Each of the coaches are given 'steals', which gives them a chance to save any of the acts knocked out by their rival coaches during the sing-offs. As the contest gets ever fiercer, Emma Willis will be on hand to congratulate the victors, and commiserate with their defeated rivals.
The singers who made it through the audition stages face another round of head-to-head performances, as the second night of the Battles phase arrives. Here, the would-be stars must once again demonstrate their shug to coaches Tom Jones, Will.i.am, Olly Murs and Jennifer Hudson if they are to remain in the contest. As ever, the coaches are also armed with 'saves', which give them a chance to recruit any of their colleagues' knocked-out performers to their own teams.
It's the third and final instalment of the Battles! Coaches will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, SIr Tom Jones and Olly Murs return to teh iconic red chairs as their acts battle head to head to keep a place on their coach's team.
It's the first of the knockout shows as the remaining 12 acts sing for a place in the semi-finals. Coaches Will.i.am, Tom Jones, Olly Murs and reigning champion Jennifer Hudson can pick only one act from their teams to progress in the competition, so there are some tough decisions to make. Helping them are R'n'B star Craig David, members of the Black Eyed Peas, Australian pop queen Kylie Minogue, 2006 winner of The X Factor Leona Lewis and The Voice UK's reigning champion, Mo Jamil. Presented by Emma Willis.
Emma Willis presents the second of the knockout shows as the remaining acts sing for a place in next week's semi-final. Coaches Will.i.am, Tom Jones, Olly Murs and reigning champion Jennifer Hudson can pick only one act from their teams to progress in the competition, so there are some tough decisions to make.
Emma Willis hosts the live semi-final of the singing contest, as remaining contestants Tai, Lauren, Lucy, Donel, Ruti, Belle Voci, Jamie and Gayatri compete to win one of the four places in next week's grand finale. Only four acts can progress to the final and for the first time in the series, the decision of which acts will go through to the next round and which will be eliminated rests entirely with the votes of the viewing public. Members of Team Olly, Team JHud, Team Will and Team Tom look to move one step closer to winning a recording contract with Polydor Records.
The grand final of the spinning-chair singing contest, in which celebrity 'coaches' seek out the nation's best vocal talent. But there is a simple twist - with the four coaches selecting their teams through 'blind auditions', looks play no part in the selection process, meaning each singer is chosen on vocal ability alone.
