The Voice Kids is an Australian television talent show that premiered on the Nine Network on 22 June 2014. It featured Delta Goodrem, Mel B and The Madden Brothers as the coaches.
Development
Auditions
The auditions were opened to anyone between the age of 8 and 14, as of 1 January 2014. Contestants were to submit an online application via The Voice official website, which ended on 24 September 2013. Selected applicants out of the 8,000 hopefuls who applied for the auditions were invited to the producers' auditions in various capital cities. Two of the audition cities were Perth, Western Australia, held on 18 October 2013; and Adelaide, South Australia.
The producers' auditions consisted of three stages. Firstly, the contestants were grouped and had to sing a song together. Selected contestants from the first stage then moved on to the second stage, where they had to sing for The Voice Kids head vocal coach, Lindsay Field. The last stage of the auditions required the contestants to sing for the show's executive producers.
For the online applicants who live more than 200 km away from their capital cities, they were not invited to the producers' auditions. Instead, the producers reviewed each of their online audition videos. At the end of the auditions, the producers narrowed down the artists to the 100 who progressed onto the Blinds to perform for the coaches.
Promotion A special look at the series was premiered on 27 May 2014, featuring various artists from the Blinds covering an acoustic version of The Black Eyed Peas' "Let's Get It Started".
Format The show is part of The Voice franchise and is structured as three phases: blind auditions, battle rounds and live performance shows. The winner receives a recording contract with Universal Music.
Blind auditions Three coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the audition, a live performance lasting about one minute, to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team. If two or more judges want the same singer, the singer has the final choice of coach.
Coaches and hosts
On 26 November 2013, it was announced that Delta Goodrem and Joel Madden, who were the coaches from the adult version of the show, had signed on as the first two coaches. Goodrem announced her departure from the adult version of the show to focus on her music career, but decided to join The Voice Kids as it "allows her the time to continue working on the show, and to focus on new music". In her announcement, she also revealed that Joel would be joining her in the show. On 1 February 2014, Nine Network revealed that former Spice Girls member Mel B and Good Charlotte's Benji Madden were the final two coaches for the series. Benji would team up with his brother Joel on the show.
Darren McMullen, who is also the host for the adult version, was announced as the show's first host. The Voice season 1 quarter-finalist Prinnie Stevens was announced as the show's backstage correspondent during the Blinds.
Series overview
+ The Voice Kids series overview Season First aired Last aired Winner Runners-up Winning coach Hosts Coaches (chairs' order) 1 2 3 1 2014 2014 Alexa Curtis Maddison Milewski Bella Yoseski Delta Goodrem Darren McMullen,Prinnie Stevens Joel & Benji Delta
Teams Colour key
Winner Runner-up Third Place Eliminated in the Grand Finale Eliminated in the Sing-offs Eliminated in the Battles
Coaches Top 45 Artists Mel B Maddison Milewski Ruhi Lavaki Adina Herz April Aitken Gemma Nha Kayla Jo Piscopo Chloe Marshall Eve Erdmanis Molly Waters Issy Salisbury Malia Mataele Abigail Adriano Belinda Jo Barichello Molly Sneddon Jordan Koulos The Madden Brothers Bella Yoseski Chris Lanzon Imogen Spendlove Lenisa Di Clemente Martha Chess-Phelps Trinity Young Jack Hermans Ellie Ferguson Georgia Hassarati Fletcher Pilon Sienna Perruzza Jack Lyall Mi-Kaisha Masella Sebastian Coe Reilly Underwood Delta Goodrem Alexa Curtis Grace Laing Ethan Karpathy Harmony Lovegrove Robbie Anderson Olivia Swinton Jasmine Dale Isabella Galvez Mira Molly Angus Ross Anthony & Tamara Elina Jayamanna Jamie Cumberlidge Shuan Hern Lee Ky Baldwin
Blind auditions The first episode of the Blinds premiered on 22 June 2014. Each coach had the length of the auditioner's performance to decide if they want that artist to be on their team; if more than one coach wants the same artist, then the artist gets to choose their coach.
+ Blind auditions colour key ✔ Coach hit the "I/WE WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing the button Artist received an 'All Turn'
Episode 1 (22 June) The premiere episode aired for one hour and a half and was viewed by 1.652 million people.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Mel B Joel & Benji Delta 1 Bella Yoseki 12 Melbourne, Victoria "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Chris Lanzon 13 Sydney, New South Wales "The A Team" ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Abigail Adriano 9 Sydney, New South Wales "Empire State of Mind" ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Molly Sneddon 9 Goulburn, New South Wales "Not Pretty Enough" ✔ ✔ — 5 Katie & Emilie 11 Perth, Western Australia "Radioactive" — — — 6 Jasmine Dale 10 Sydney, New South Wales "It's Oh So Quiet" ✔ — ✔ 7 Maddison Milewski 13 Gold Coast, Queensland "At Last" ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Robbie Anderson 13 Perth, Western Australia "Hey, Soul Sister" ✔ — ✔
Episode 2 (29 June) The second episode was aired for one hour and a half and was viewed by 1.665 million people.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Mel B Joel & Benji Delta 1 Alexa Curtis 10 Brisbane, Queensland "Girl on Fire" ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Ethan Karpathy 13 Geelong, Victoria "Give Me Love" — ✔ ✔ 3 Trinity Young 8 Central Coast, New South Wales "Lovin' You" ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Malia Matabele 12 Wollongong, New South Wales "Stay" ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Chris 11 Sydney, New South Wales "More than This" — — — 6 Elina Jayamanna 8 Melbourne, Victoria "Part of Your World" — — ✔ 7 Lenisa Di Clemente 11 Melbourne, Victoria "A Whole New World" ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Olivia Swinton 10 Melbourne, Victoria "Roar" ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Imogen Spendlove 13 Melbourne, Victoria "Feeling Good" ✔ ✔ ✔
Episode 3 (6 July) The third episode was aired for one hour and a half and was viewed by 1.255 million people.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Mel B Joel & Benji Delta 1 Jamie Cumberlidge 14 Sunshine Coast, Queensland "Breakeven" — ✔ ✔ 2 Sophie 13 Sydney, New South Wales "Counting Stars" — — — 3 Sienna Perruzza 11 Perth, Western Australia "Wrecking Ball" — ✔ — 4 Sebastian Coe 8 Perth, Western Australia "When I Was Your Man" ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Harmony Lovegrove 13 Sydney, New South Wales "What the World Needs Now Is Love" ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Anthony & Tamara 10/9 Sydney, New South Wales "We Go Together" — — ✔ 7 Ruhi Lavaki 11 Sydney, New South Wales "A Change Is Gonna Come" ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Romy 12 Sydney, New South Wales "Turning Tables" — — — 9 April Aitken 12 Brisbane, Queensland "The Wizard and I" ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Ellie Ferguson 13 Sunshine Coast, Queensland "Try" ✔ ✔ — 11 Angus Ross 10 Sydney, New South Wales "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" — — ✔
Episode 4 (13 July) The fourth episode was aired for one hour and a half and was viewed by 1.150 million people.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Mel B Joel & Benji Delta 1 Martha Chess-Phelps 12 Sydney, New South Wales "Mountain Sound" ✔ ✔ ✔ 2 Mira Molly 10 Sydney, New South Wales "Defying Gravity" ✔ — ✔ 3 Molly Waters 10 Brisbane, Queensland "Popular" ✔ — — 4 Ky Baldwin 12 Sydney, New South Wales "I Want You Back" ✔ — ✔ 5 Jordan Koulos 11 TBC, New South Wales "Locked Out of Heaven" ✔ — ✔ 6 Alexander 12 TBC, New South Wales "Little Things" — — — 7 Mi-Kaisha Masella 13 TBC, New South Wales "Broken-Hearted Girl" — ✔ ✔ 8 Chloe Marshall 11 TBC, New South Wales "River Deep – Mountain High" ✔ — — 9 Yasmin 13 Newcastle, New South Wales "Scar" — — — 10 Isabella Galvez 11 Sydney, New South Wales "Love on Top" — — ✔ 11 Belinda Jo Barichello 12 Melbourne, Victoria "Volare" ✔ — ✔ 12 Georgia Hassarati 9 Sydney, New South Wales "Eye of the Tiger" — ✔ — 13 Shuan Hern Lee 11 Perth, Western Australia "Pie Jesu" — — ✔
Episode 5 (20 July) The fifth episode was aired for one hour and a half and was viewed by 1.227 million people.
Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Mel B Joel & Benji Delta 1 Kayla Jo Piscopo 14 Sydney, New South Wales "Beneath Your Beautiful" ✔ — ✔ 2 Jack Hermans 12 TBC, New South Wales "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" — ✔ — 3 Eve Erdmanis 11 Melbourne, Victoria "Still Into You" ✔ — — 4 Jack Lyall 12 Melbourne, Victoria "Classic" ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Issy Salisbury 12 Brisbane, Queensland "Tomorrow" ✔ — — 6 Adam 10 TBC, Victoria "Rockin' Robin" — — — 7 Fletcher Pilon 12 Central Coast, New South Wales "Flying with the King" ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Adina Herz 12 TBC, New South Wales "One Moment in Time" ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Reilly Underwood 10 TBC, New South Wales "Grenade" — ✔ ✔ 10 Grace Laing 13 Melbourne, Victoria "Firestarter" — rowspan="5" ✔ 11 Zoe 12 TBC, New South Wales "Clarity" — rowspan="4" 12 Charli 13 TBC, Victoria "Royals" — 13 Danika 12 TBC, New South Wales "Acapella" — 14 Gemma Nha 13 Sydney, New South Wales "Roar" ✔
Battles The battles began on 23 July and comprise episodes 6, 7, and 8. After the Blinds, each coach had 15 artists for the battles. Each battle consisted of three artists within each team and concluded with the respective coach eliminating two of the three artists. The five winners for each coach advanced to the Sing-offs.
+ Battles colour key Artist won the battle and advanced to the sing-offs Artist lost the battle and was eliminated
Episode 6 (23 July) The sixth episode was aired for one hour and a half.
Coach Order Winner Song Losers Madden Brothers 1 Imogen "Never Let Me Go" Ellie Mi-Kaisha Mel B 2 Gemma "Firework" IssyJordan Delta Goodrem 3 Robbie "I'm a Believer"AngusKy Mel B 4 Ruhi "Halo" Abigail Chloe Madden Brothers 5 Lenisa "Our Lips Are Sealed" Georgia Sebastian Delta Goodrem 6 Grace "Burn" Elina Jasmine
Episode 7 (27 July) The seventh episode was aired for one hour and a half.
Coach Order Winner Song Losers Mel B 1 Maddison "Diamonds" Kayla Jo Malia Madden Brothers 2 Chris "Wake Me Up" Jack HJack L Mel B 3 April "Over the Rainbow" Molly S Molly W Delta Goodrem 4 Ethan "Story of My Life" IsabellaJamie Madden Brothers 5 Bella "When You Believe" Sienna Trinity Delta Goodrem 6 Alexa "Stop" Anthony & Tamara Olivia
Episode 8 (3 August) The eighth episode was aired for one hour and a half. It featured the last three battles, followed by the premiere of the Sing-offs.
Coach Order Winner Song Losers Mel B 1 Adina "Wings" Belinda Jo Eve Madden Brothers 2 Martha "Let Her Go"Fletcher Reilly Delta Goodrem 3 Harmony "Somewhere Out There" MiraShuan
Sing-offs The Sing-offs began after the battles. The top fifteen artists perform for the coaches, with each coach eliminating three artists from their teams. The remaining top six artists advance to the Grand Finale.
+ Sing-offs colour key Artist was saved by his/her coach and advanced to the Grand Finale Artist was eliminated
Episode 8 (3 August) The eighth episode was aired for one hour and a half. It featured the last three rounds of the Battles, followed by the premiere of the Sing-offs. In this phase, all artists reprised their performance from the Blinds.