The Voice of Ireland
| The Voice of Ireland | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Talent show |
| Created by | John de Mol |
| Presented by | Kathryn Thomas Eoghan McDermott |
| Judges | Bressie Kian Egan Sharon Corr Brian Kennedy |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 25 (inc. results shows) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Screentime Shinawil Productions |
| Production location | The Helix |
| Running time | 90 30 (results shows) |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ One |
| Release | 8 January 2012 |
| Related | |
| The Voice of Holland The Voice | |
The Voice of Ireland is the Irish edition of the international TV franchise The Voice, a reality singing competition created by media tycoon John de Mol. Series 1 began airing from 8 January 2012 on RTÉ One.[1] The show is hosted by Kathryn Thomas [2] and co-hosted by Eoghan McDermott.
The series is part of the The Voice franchise and is based on a similar competition format in The Netherlands entitled The Voice of Holland. One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.
The winner of the first series was Pat Byrne. A second series is planned.[citation needed]
Production
The show replaced The All Ireland Talent Show. The Voice of Ireland aired on RTE One. The show is produced by Screentime Shinawil Productions.
Auditions and filming
Auditions took place at the end of 2011. The closing date for applications was Monday, 19 September 2011.[3]
The Blind Auditions for the Series 1 took place at The Helix, Dublin, between 26 and 31 October in front of a live audience. The first series began on 8 January 2012 and finished on 29 April 2012. The show takes place in The Helix, Dublin. The Live Shows began on 4th March. The main show airs for 90 minutes. The results show airs for 30 minutes.
Series Overview
To date, one season has been broadcast, as summarized below.
Artist on "Bressie's" team
Artist on "Sharon's" team
Artist on "Kian's" team
Artist on "Brian's" team
| Series | Start | Finish | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | Presenters | Coaches | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | 8 January 2012 | 29 April 2012 | Pat Byrne | Richie Hayes | Vanessa Whelan | Jim Devine | Bressie | Kathryn Thomas (Main presenter) Eoghan McDermott (Backstage co-presenter) |
Bressie Kian Egan Sharon Corr Brian Kennedy |
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Format
The series consists of three phases:
- Blind audition
- Battle phase
- Live performance shows
Blind audition
Four coaches, all famous musicians, will choose teams of artists through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the artists performance to decide if he or she wants that artist on his or her team; if two or more coaches want the same artist then the singer gets to choose which coach they want to work with.
Battle phase
Each team of singers will be mentored and developed by their coach. In the second stage, coaches will have two of their team members battle against each other by singing the same song, with the coach choosing which team member will advance to the next stage.
Live performance shows
In the final phase, the remaining contestants will compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience will help to decide who moves on. When one team member remains for each coach, the contestants will compete against each other in the finale.
Post-The Voice of Ireland
The winner of the show will be offered a recording contract with Universal Music Ireland worth €100,000.
Series
Series 1: 2012
The first series began airing on 8 January 2012.[1] Auditions took place at the end of 2011. The closing date for applications was Monday 19 September 2011.[4]
The Blind Auditions took place at The Helix, Dublin, between 26 and 31 October in front of a live audience. Once the coaches picked their team, they pit them against each other in the ultimate sing off; The Battles. On Thursday 24 November and Friday 25 November, each coach's artists performed at The Helix in front of all four coaches, their personal coach's assistant, and a live audience, hoping their coach would send them through to the Live Shows.
The Live Shows are to begin on 4 March 2012 and will go live on air every Sunday until the final on 29 April.[5]
Pat Byrne won the Voice of Ireland Final on 29 April 2012
Coaches
The Corrs musician Sharon Corr, Westlife member Kian Egan, Eurovision finalist Brian Kennedy and The Blizzards's lead vocalist/guitarist Bressie are the coaches.
Sharon Corr
In 2012, Sharon was revealed as one of the coaches on the first series of the RTÉ talent show The Voice of Ireland.[6]
Bressie
In 2012, Breesie was a coach on the inaugural season of The Voice of Ireland.[7] He won the series with Pat Byrne.[8][9][10][11]
Kian Egan
Kian Egan is one of the four coaches on The Voice of Ireland.[12] However, his dreams of winning the show went to tatters as he threw his lot in with Jim Devine, a Northern Irishman. This immediately put him at a disadvantage to the other contestants as, ahead of the final, people in Northern Ireland could not download his single, the tally of which contributed to his vote. Egan was left fuming and in need of support from Sharon Corr as he whinged about the unfairness of it all and had "huge rows" about it but to no avail.[13][14]
Brian Kennedy
Brian Kennedy is one of the coaches on The Voice of Ireland. His contestant Richie Hayes came second place on the first series. Another contestant of Brian's came fifth on the sixth series of Britain's Got Talent
Presenters
Kathryn Thomas and Eoghan McDermott
In August 2011, it was announced that Kathryn Thomas would host the Irish version of The Voice, The Voice of Ireland.[15]
Kathryn Thomas presents the main show, while Eoghan McDermott co-presents as the social network correspondent.[16]
Coaches' teams and their artists
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
- – Fourth Place
| Series | Brian Kennedy | Kian Egan | Sharon Corr | Bressie |
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Reception
Ratings
RTÉ described the first ever episode as "a great ratings success" as it pulled in an average of 708,000 viewers and peaked at 1.2million.[17]. It was later reported that the first 5 episodes pulled in an average of 701,000 viewers a week.[18]
Audience ratings, initially promising, had plunged by 50 per cent by the time the live shows were broadcast and were reported to be unfavourable when compared to ratings held by its predecessor The All Ireland Talent Show.[19]
References
- ^ a b "The Voice of Ireland begins Sunday". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Finn, Melanie (2 September 2011). "How Kathryn won Voice gig by a hair's breadth". Evening Herald. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Applications to audition for 'The Voice of Ireland' are now open!". Film Ireland. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Applications to audition for 'The Voice of Ireland' are now open!". Film Ireland. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "The Voice of Ireland Live Shows". The Helix.
- ^ http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/sharon-corr-to-judge-for-the-voice-2898083.html
- ^ Finn, Melanie (28 October 2011). "Bressie's in the hotseat in search for the Voice". Evening Herald. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Pat Byrne wins The Voice of Ireland". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Sweeney, Ken (1 May 2012). "'Voice' winner Pat Byrne to bring party home to Borris, Co Carlow". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ^ Sweeney, Ken (30 April 2012). "Teacher Pat Byrne chalks up 'Voice' victory, but Bressie a winner too". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Pat Byrne wins The Voice of Ireland". 98FM. Communicorp - owned by Denis O'Brien. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Finn, Melanie (28 October 2011). "Bressie's in the hotseat in search for the Voice". Evening Herald. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Kian Egan "fuming" over Voice scandal". 98FM. Communicorp - owned by Denis O'Brien. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "Sharon offers Kian support". 98FM. Communicorp - owned by Denis O'Brien. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ Sweeney, Ken (26 August 2011). "Kathryn beats off Grainne Seoige to becomes The Voice presenter". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Thomas to present The Voice of Ireland". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "708,000 watch The Voice of Ireland". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ The Star http://starplus.ie/gossip/kathryn-thomas%60s-the-voice-beats-grainne-seoige%60s-all-ireland-talent-show-in-rating/6495/.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Murphy, Claire (24 March 2012). "The Voice under strain as viewers switch off". Evening Herald. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 24 March 2012.