The Voice of Ireland (series 3)

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The Voice of Ireland
Series 3
CoachesNiall Breslin
Kian Egan
Jamelia
Dolores O'Riordan
WinnerBrendan McCahey
Winning coachBressie
Runner-upKellie Lewis
Release
Original networkRTÉ One
Original release5 January (2014-01-05)[1] –
27 April 2014 (2014-04-27)
Series chronology
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Series 4

The Voice of Ireland is an Irish reality talent show. The third series began airing on 5 January 2014 on RTÉ One. Kathryn Thomas presents the main show, while Eoghan McDermott co-presents. Bressie, Kian Egan and Jamelia returned as coaches while Dolores O'Riordan replaced Sharon Corr who left after the second series. The first episode aired on 5 January.[2][failed verification] After the show Jamelia and Dolores quit and were replaced by Una Foden/Healy and Rachel Stevens The Blind auditions took place on 18, 19 and 20 October at The Helix. An addition this season is that RTÉ 2fm have selected 5 wildcards to audition.

Cavan singer and guitarist Brendan McCahey was crowned the 2014 Voice of Ireland on 28 April 2014. He was victorious with his version and now single You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover.[3] He was coached by Bressie and performed with Jerry Fish in the final.[4]

Teams[]

Color key
       Winner
       Runner-up
       Third place
       Fourth place
       Eliminated in the Live shows
       Artist was stolen by another coach (Name is strikethroughed)
       Eliminated in the Battles
       Artist withdrew from the competition
Coaches Top 41 artists
Jamelia
Laura May Lenehan Gavin Murray Aisling Connolly Remy Naidoo Martin McInerney Daisy Valenzuela
Catherine Hughes Leah McConnell Kelly Hannon Emma Collins Malachy Gaughan
Kian Egan
Jay Boland Paddy Molloy Danica Holland Laura O'Connor Craig McMorrow Pauric McLaughlin
Aisling Connolly Dagan Vickers Daragh Kiely Jamie Hartigan Christopher Stoodley
Dolores O'Riordan
Kellie Lewis Mariah Butler Michelle Revins Emma Walsh Peter Whitford John Hogan
Pauric McLaughlin Thomas Kinney Anna O'Hanlon Sean Sunderland Jamie Stanton Nella Dwyer
Bressie
Brendan McCahey Jamie Stanton Sarah Sylvia Ciara Donnelly Pádraig Byrne Kedar Friis-Lawrence
Roel Villones Caoin Fitzpatrick Heather Stuart Emma Walsh Paddy Reilly

Blind Auditions[]

The Blind auditions took place on 18, 19 and 20 October at The Helix. The coaches choose teams of artists through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the artists' performance to decide if they want that artist on their team. Should two or more coaches want the same artist, then the artist gets to choose their coach. This series, each coach gets to pick ten artists to join their team. Once the coaches have picked their team, they are to pit them against each other in the ultimate sing off; The Battles. An addition this season is that RTÉ 2fm have selected 5 wildcards to audition.

Color key
   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

Blind Auditions 1[]

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Gavin Murray "Cheating"
2 Ruth Mac Sweeney "Turn My Swag On"
3 Danica Holland "Do It like a Dude"
4 Kellie Lewis "Running Up That Hill"
5 Thomas Kinney "Can't Help Falling in Love"
6 Sharon Osigwe "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
7 Lynette Rooney "Redneck Woman"
8 Caoin Fitzpatrick "Made of Stone"
9 Jay Boland "All I Want"
10 Davina Brady "Piece of My Heart"
11 Sean Sunderland "Express Yourself"

Blind Auditions 2[]

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Pauric McLaughlin "Feel So Close"
2 Kelly Hannon "Don't You Worry Child"
3 Michéal Kavanagh "You Make It Real"
4 Jamie Hartigan "RIP Thomas"
5 Cassandra McElligott "The Only Exception"
6 Kedar Friis-Lawrence "Don't Look Back in Anger"
7 Jacob Cheikh "At Last"
8 Dagan Vickers "Love Me Again"
9 Mariah Butler "Before He Cheats"
10 Chantelle McNulty "So Good to Me"
11 Rachael Farrell "Lifted"
12 Ciara Donnelly "Lonely Boy"

Blind Auditions 3[]

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Roel Villones "Nella Fantasia"
2 Kayla Kehoe "Royals"
3 Aisling Connolly "Cloudbusting"
4 James Sheridan "TiK ToK"
5 Áine Finlay "You da One"
6 Heather Stuart "Red"
7 Catherine Hughes "Blown Away"
8 Keith Tormay "Hard to Handle"
9 John Hogan "Little Boy Blue"
10 Emma Collins "Touch the Sky"
11 Siobhan McNamara "We Can't Stop"
12 Michelle Revins "Hurt"

Blind Auditions 4[]

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Remy Naidoo "Feel So Close"
2 Dylan Brickley "You Need Me, I Don't Need You"
3 Martin McInerney "Mercy"
4 Aoife Byrne "It's Time"
5 Christopher Stoodley "Home and Away"
6 Aoibheann O'Brien "You Had Me"
7 Pádraig Byrne "Let's Get It On"
8 Alison Rushe "Backtrack"
9 Jamie Stanton "Gold on the Ceiling"
10 Malachy Gaughan "No Scrubs"
11 Cynthia Ediondseri "Spotlight"
12 Brendan McCahey "Starman"

Blind Auditions 5[]

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Laura May Lenehan "Wrecking Ball"
2 Ryan Parsons "Sweet Disposition"
3 Nella Dwyer "Best Song Ever"
4 Paddy Molloy "Dreams"
5 Paula O'Niell "Who Knew"
6 Sarah Sylvia "Jóga"
7 Paddy Ryan "Cosmic Love"
8 Emma Walsh "Young and Beautiful"
9 Daragh Kiely "Wonderwall"
10 David O'Regan "Just the Two of Us"
11 Daisy Valenzuela "Teenage Dream"
12 Jane Wade "Roxanne"

Blind Auditions 6[]

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Laura O'Connor "Hold On, We're Going Home"
2 Peter McGrory "Black"
3 Peter Whitford "Viva Forever"
4 Joanne Prendergast "What Now"
5 Craig McMarrow "Give Me Love"
6 Stephen Rixon "Bring Me to Life"
7 Saira Loughlan "Touch Me"
8 Leah McConnell "Summertime Sadness"
9 Lisa Geraghty "Clarity"
10 Paddy Reilly "Ring of Fire"
11 Anna O'Hanlon "Cry Me a River"

RTÉ 2fm Wildcards[]

  1. Caoin Fitzpatrick
  2. Ciara Donnelly
  3. Áine Finlay
  4. Brendan McCahey
  5. Daragh Kiely

Battles[]

The Battle round took place on 15 and 16 December in The Helix. The coaches' mentors included UK singers Sarah Harding and Matt Cardle. There was a new format added to the battles for this series. If an act lost their battle, they are not immediately out of the competition. Each coach has one 'Steal' where they get the opportunity to take one losing act and have them join their team for the live shows. They do this by pressing their 'I Want You' button. 24 acts made it to the Live Shows.

Color key
       Artist won the Battle and advances to the Finals
       Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advances to the Finals
       Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
       Artist withdrew from the competition
Coach Adviser Artists Steal
Bressie Sarah Harding Caoin Fitzpatrick Ciara Donnelly Paddy Reilly Heather Stuart Brendan McCahey Jamie Stanton
Kedar Friis-Lawrence Emma Walsh Pádraig Byrne Sarah Sylvia Roel Villones
Dolores O'Riordan Fiachna O Braonain John Hogan Anna O'Hanlon Peter Whitford Mariah Butler Jamie Stanton Kellie Lewis Emma Walsh
Nella Dwyer Thomas Kinney Sean Sunderland Michelle Revins Pauric McLaughlin
Kian Egan Matt Cardle Aisling Connolly Danica Holland Jamie Hartigan Christopher Stoodley Dagan Vickers Pauric McLaughlin
Jay Boland Daragh Kiely Laura O'Connor Craig McMarrow Paddy Molloy
Jamelia Courtney Rumbold Gavin Murray Malachy Gaughan Catherine Hughes Emma Collins Daisy Valenzuela Aisling Connolly
Leah McConnell Martin McInerney Laura May Lenehan Remy Naidoo Kelly Hannon

Battles 1[]

Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Jamelia Gavin Murray "No Air" Leah McConnell N/A
2 Bressie Kedar Friis-Lawrence "Wuthering Heights" Caoin Fitzpatrick N/A
3 Dolores O'Riordan John Hogan "Losing My Religion" Nella Dwyer N/A
4 Jamelia Martin McInerney "La La La" Malachy Gaughan N/A
5 Kian Egan Jay Boland "Just Give Me a Reason" Aisling Connolly N/A

Battles 2[]

Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Kian Egan Danica Holland "As" Daragh Kiely N/A N/A
2 Dolores O'Riordan Peter Whitford "Breakeven" Anna O'Hanlon N/A N/A
Thomas Kinney N/A N/A
3 Bressie Ciara Donnelly "My Hero" Emma Walsh N/A N/A
4 Jamelia Laura May Lenehan "Roar" Catherine Hughes N/A N/A N/A N/A
5 Kian Egan Laura O'Connor "Love the Way You Lie" Jamie Hartigan N/A N/A N/A

Battles 3[]

Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Dolores O'Riordan Mariah Butler "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Sean Sunderland N/A N/A
2 Kian Egan Craig McMarrow "Apologize" Christopher Stoodley N/A N/A N/A
3 Bressie Pádraig Byrne "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Paddy Reilly N/A N/A N/A
4 Dolores O'Riordan Michelle Revins "Nothing Else Matters" Jamie Stanton N/A N/A
5 Jamelia Remy Naidoo "Elastic Heart" Emma Collins N/A N/A N/A

Battles 4[]

Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia
1 Jamelia Daisy Valenzuela "Fighter" Kelly Hannon N/A N/A N/A
2 Kian Egan Paddy Molloy "Radioactive" Dagan Vickers N/A N/A N/A N/A
3 Bressie Sarah Sylvia "She Keeps Me Warm" Heather Stuart N/A N/A N/A
4 Dolores O'Riordan Kellie Lewis "True Colors" Pauric McLaughlin N/A N/A N/A
5 Bressie Brendan McCahey "Everytime You Go Away" Roel Villones N/A N/A N/A N/A

The Live Shows[]

The Live Shows aired live on RTÉ One from The Helix in a two-hour-long show every Sunday evening from mid-March to the end of April. The 24 contestants were narrowed down to just four by public voting and the grand-final saw each remaining act release their single with a famous musician. The winner of the show received a recording contract with Universal Music and the title of 'The Voice of Ireland'.

Results summary[]

Color keys
Artist's info
       Artist from Team Bressie
       Artist from Team Jamelia
       Artist from Team Dolores
       Artist from Team Kian
Result details
Artist Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Top 10 Semi-Final Final
Brendan McCahey Safe Safe Safe Advanced Winner
Kellie Lewis Safe Safe Safe Advanced Runner-Up
Laura May Lenehan Safe Safe Safe Advanced Third Place
Jamie Stanton Safe Safe Safe Advanced Fourth Place
Jay Boland Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 6)
Paddy Molloy Safe Wildcard Safe Eliminated
Danica Holland Bottom two Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 5)
Mariah Butler Safe Safe Eliminated
Gavin Murray Bottom two Wildcard Eliminated
Aisling Connolly Bottom two Safe Eliminated
Remy Naidoo Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 4)
Sarah Sylvia Bottom two Eliminated
Michelle Revins Bottom two Eliminated
Emma Walsh Bottom two Eliminated Eliminated (Week 3)
Laura O'Connor Bottom two Eliminated
Ciara Donnelly Bottom two Eliminated
Martin McInerney Eliminated Eliminated (Week 2)
Pádraig Byrne Eliminated
Craig McMorrow Eliminated
Peter Whitford Eliminated
Daisy Valenzuela Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1)
Kedar Friis-Lawrence Eliminated
John Hogan Eliminated
Pauric McLaughlin Eliminated

Live show details[]

Color key
       Artist was saved by the public's vote
       Artist was part of the bottom two in his/her team and saved by his/her coach
       Artist was saved by the public vote as a wildcard
       Artist was eliminated

Live Show 1 (16 March)[]

  • Guest performer: Kian Egan ("Home")
Artists' performances on the first live show
Order Coach Artist Song Coaches' scores Result
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia Total
1 Kian Egan Jay Boland "Happy" 7 7 6 20 Safe
2 Pauric McLaughlin "Revelate" 6 7 6 19 Eliminated
3 Laura O'Connor "Move" 6 6 7 19 Kian's choice
4 Dolores O'Riordan Michelle Revins "Come as You Are" 8 7 8 23 Dolores's choice
5 John Hogan "Freaky Wild" (original song) 6 6 6 18 Eliminated
6 Kellie Lewis "Wings" 7 9 6 22 Safe
7 Jamelia Gavin Murray "Of the Night" 8 6 6 20 Jamelia's choice
8 Laura May Lenehan "Picking Up the Pieces" 8 6 8 22 Safe
9 Daisy Valenzuela "Just Dance" 6 6 6 18 Eliminated
10 Bressie Sarah Sylvia "Clarity" 8 7 7 22 Bressie's choice
11 Kedar Friis-Lawrence "Another Love" 5 6 6 17 Eliminated
12 Brendan McCahey "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" 7 8 9 24 Safe
  • Three artists from each team performed with one from each team being eliminated
    • Each coach rated each artists performance out of ten
    • The public vote was combined with the coaches' scores
    • The artist from each team with the highest combined total was sent through to the next round
    • Each coach sent a second artist from their own team through to the next round

Live Show 2 (23 March)[]

Artists' performances on the second live show
Order Coach Artist Song Coaches' scores Result
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia Total
1 Dolores O'Riordan Mariah Butler "Mama's Broken Heart" 8 7 7 22 Safe
2 Peter Whitford "Space Oddity" 7 6 7 20 Eliminated
3 Emma Walsh "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" 8 7 5 20 Dolores's choice
4 Jamelia Aisling Connolly "Strong" 8 6 8 22 Jamelia's choice
5 Martin McInerney "Stayin' Alive" 7 7 7 21 Eliminated
6 Remy Naidoo "How Long Will I Love You" 7 6 7 20 Safe
7 Bressie Padraig Byrne "Dream Catch Me" 6 6 5 17 Eliminated
8 Jamie Stanton "I Don't Want to Be" 7 8 8 23 Safe
9 Ciara Donnelly "Take Me to Church" 7 8 7 22 Bressie's Choice
10 Kian Egan Paddy Molloy "Story of My Life" 7 7 7 21 Safe
11 Craig McMorrow "Fly Away" 6 6 6 18 Eliminated
12 Danica Holland "Do What U Want" 7 7 6 20 Kian's Choice
  • Three artists from each team performed with one from each team being eliminated
    • Each coach rated each artists performance out of ten
    • The public vote was combined with the coaches' scores
    • The artist from each team with the highest combined total was sent through to the next round
    • Each coach sent a second artist from their own team through to the next round

Live Show 3 (30 March)[]

  • Matt Cardle
Artists' performances on the second live show
Order Coach Artist Song Coaches' scores Result
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia Total
1 Jamelia Gavin Murray "Show Me Love" 7 6 6 19 Wildcard
2 Aisling Connolly "Free" 8 7 8 23 Safe
3 Bressie Brendan McCahey "She's a Mystery to Me" 8 8 9 25 Safe
4 Ciara Donnelly "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" 6 7 7 20 Eliminated
5 Kian Egan Laura O'Connor "Dirty Diana" 7 6 7 20 Eliminated
6 Jay Boland "Say Something" 8 7 8 23 Safe
7 Dolores O'Riordan Emma Walsh "Go Your Own Way" 7 6 6 19 Eliminated
8 Mariah Butler "Crazy" 8 9 9 26 Safe
  • Two artists from each team performed.
  • One act from each team went through, with one of the four remaining acts receiving a wildcard.
  • The contestant with the highest combined scored (public vote and judges) received the wildcard.
    • Each coach rated each artists performance out of ten
    • The public vote was combined with the coaches' scores
    • The artist from each team with the highest combined total was sent through to the next round

Live Show 4 (6 April)[]

  • Guest performer: The Coronas
Artists' performances on the second live show
Order Coach Artist Song Coaches' scores Result
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia Total
1 Jamelia Remy Naidoo "Rather Be" 7 6 7 20 Eliminated
2 Laura May Lenehan "Little Things" 8 8 9 25 Safe
3 Dolores O'Riordan Kellie Lewis "Edge of Seventeen" 7 7 7 21 Safe
4 Michelle Revins "Mad World" 7 7 7 21 Eliminated
5 Kian Egan Paddy Molloy "Wild Heart" 7 6 7 20 Wildcard
6 Danica Holland "Hurt" 9 8 9 26 Safe
7 Bressie Sarah Sylvia "Street Spirit" 8 8 8 24 Eliminated
8 Jamie Stanton "What Makes a Good Man?" 8 8 8 24 Safe
  • Two artists from each team performed.
  • One act from each team went through, with one of the four remaining acts receiving a wildcard.
  • The contestant with the highest combined scored (public vote and judges) received the wildcard.
    • Each coach rated each artists performance out of ten
    • The public vote was combined with the coaches' scores
    • The artist from each team with the highest combined total was sent through to the next round

Top 10 (13 April)[]

  • Guest performer: The Riptide Movement
Order Coach Artist Song Coaches' scores Result
Bressie Dolores Kian Jamelia Total
1 Bressie Jamie Stanton "Place Your Hands" 7 6 6 19 Safe
2 Brendan McCahey "For Once In My Life" 8 9 9 26 Safe
3 Jamelia Gavin Murray "Let Me Love You" 7 7 6 20 Eliminated
4 Laura May Lenehan "Addicted to You" 7 7 8 22 Safe
5 Aisling Connolly "Time after Time" 7 6 7 20 Eliminated
6 Kian Egan Paddy Molloy "One day" 7 7 7 21 Safe
7 Danica Holland "Lady Marmalade" 8 7 9 24 Eliminated
8 Jay Boland "All of Me" 8 8 8 24 Safe
9 Dolores O'Riordan Kellie Lewis "Do I wanna know?" 6 6 5 17 Safe
10 Mariah Butler "Paradise City" 7 9 9 25 Eliminated

Leathcheannais (20 Aibreán)[]

Uimhir Breitheamh Amhránaí Amhrán Scóir Toradh
Bressie Kian Jamelia Total
1 Dolores Ní Ríordáin Kellie Lewis "Cosmic Love" 8 8 8 24 Slán
2 Kian Egan Paddy Molloy "She Looks so Perfect" 6 6 6 18 Díbeartha
3 Jamelia Laura May Lenehan "Show Me Heaven" 8 7 8 23 Slán
4 Bressie Brendan McCahey "Stay With Me" 8 10 10 28 Slán
5 Kian Egan Jay Boland "Treasure" 7 7 8 22 Díbeartha
6 Bressie Jamie Stanton "Best of You" 8 6 6 20 Slán

Ceannais (27 Aibreán)[]

Uimhir Breitheamh Amhránaí chéad Amhrán Dara Amhrán Toradh
1 Bressie Jamie Stanton "I Don't wanna be" "July" (le Mundy) Ceathrú
2 Dolores Ní Ríordáin Kellie Lewis "Running Up That Hill" "Saints and Sinners" (le Paddy Casey) Dara
3 Jamelia Laura May Lenehan "Little Things" "Sunburst" (le Dave Browne) Tríú
4 Bressie Brendan McCahey "You Can't Judge a Book By The Cover'" "Celebrate" (le Jerry Fish) Buaiteoir

Ratings[]

# Episode Air date Official RTÉ One rating
1 Blind Auditions 1 5 January 2014 578,000
2 Blind Auditions 2 12 January 2014
3 Blind Auditions 3 19 January 2014
4 Blind Auditions 4 26 January 2014 655,900
5 Blind Auditions 5 2 February 2014 637,000
6 Blind Auditions 6 9 February 2014 596,000
7 Battle Rounds 1 16 February 2014 638,000
8 Battle Rounds 2 23 February 2014 594,000
9 Battle Rounds 3 2 March 2014
10 Battle Rounds 4 9 March 2014 557,000
11 Live Show 1 16 March 2014 525,000
12 Live Show 2 23 March 2014
13 Live Show 3 30 March 2014
14 Live Show 4 6 April 2014 401,000
15 Live Show 5 13 April 2014
16 Semi-Final 20 April 2014
17 Final 27 April 2014

References[]

  1. ^ The Voice of Ireland [@RTETheVoice] (29 December 2013). "The wait is nearly over! T-minus one week until the start of #rtethevoice - who's excited?" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 10 January 2014 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "The gloves are off: Bressie and Dolores trade insults over album sales". Irish Independent. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Bookies' favourite Brendan McCahey crowned Voice of Ireland". Irish Independent. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Brendan McCahey wins Voice of Ireland". RTÉ News. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

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