The Voice UK series 9
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The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The ninth series began airing on 4 January 2020, presented by Emma Willis on ITV. will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned for their ninth, eighth and third series, respectively, as coaches. Jennifer Hudson did not return as a coach for this series and was replaced by singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor. A promotional trailer was released on 6 December 2019.
The Voice UK | |
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Series 9 | |
Hosted by | Emma Willis |
Coaches | |
Winner | Blessing Chitapa |
Winning mentor | Olly Murs |
Runner-up | Jonny Brooks |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Original release | 4 January (2020-01-04) – 14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) |
Series chronology | |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the semi-final and final of the competition, originally meant to air on 28 March and 4 April, were postponed until November 2020.
In September 2020, ITV revealed that the series would continue in October 2020. However, Trainor digitally coached from the United States because of travel restrictions due to her pregnancy and the ongoing pandemic.
On 14 November 2020, Blessing Chitapa was announced the winner of the season, making her the first winner to be born outside of the UK as Chitapa was born in Zimbabwe. In addition, she became the youngest winner in the show's history, surpassing Molly Hocking the year before. This also marks the second consecutive, as well as the final win of Olly Murs.