The_Voice_(Australian_season_1)

<i>The Voice</i> (Australian TV series) season 1

The Voice (Australian TV series) season 1

Season of television series

The first season of The Voice, the Australian reality talent show, premiered on 15 April 2012 and concluded on 18 June 2012, with Karise Eden being crowned as the winner.[1]

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Coaches and hosts

The Voice Australia coaches: Seal, Keith Urban, Delta Goodrem, and Joel Madden.

On 29 May 2011, it was reported in The Daily Telegraph that the Nine Network would broadcast The Voice in late 2011.[2] However, two months later, they reported that the show would now air in early 2012, and that the Nine Network were in talks with signing at least one international artist (especially an American) to lead its panel of coaches on the show, which were rumoured to be Christina Aguilera, George Michael, Usher, Pink and Gwen Stefani.[3] In September 2011, the Herald Sun reported that the Nine Network were planning to sign Australia's Got Talent judge Dannii Minogue as one of the coaches.[4] Anthony Callea, Vanessa Amorosi and former Pussycat Dolls member Ashley Roberts all publicly expressed interest in coaching roles,[5][6] however Delta Goodrem, Keith Urban, Seal and Joel Madden were ultimately confirmed as the four coaches for the first season.[7]

Additionally, Ricki-Lee Coulter (with Seal), Darren Hayes (Goodrem), Megan Washington (Urban) and Benji Madden (with brother Joel) paired up with the coaches as mentors for their contestants.[8][9]

Darren McMullen was announced as the host of the program in January 2012.[10][11] Faustina Agolley was announced as the social media correspondent during the live shows in May 2012.[12]

Teams

Color key
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Blind auditions

Key
Green tickY Coach hit his/her "I Want You" button
Yes Artist elected to join this coach's team
Yes Artist defaulted to this coach's team
— Coach had completed their team and were therefore excluded from the ability to select artist

Filming for the blind auditions stage of the competition began on 19 February 2012 at Fox Studios in Sydney,[13][14] with 121 artists featured in this phase of the selection process.[15] The first day of filming resulted in hundreds of audience members being turned away from the studio due to overbooking of the event by an external booking agent.[14]

Episode 1 (15 April)

The first episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 15 April 2012.[1]

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Karise Eden (No.41) debuted on the ARIA Charts after her performance.

Episode 2 (16 April)

The second episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 16 April 2012.[1]

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Rachael Leahcar (No.18) debuted on the ARIA Charts after her performance.

Episode 3 (17 April)

The third episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 17 April 2012.[1]

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Lakyn Heperi (No.29) debuted on the ARIA Charts after his performance.

Episode 4 (22 April)

The fourth episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 22 April 2012.

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Episode 5 (23 April)

The fifth episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 23 April 2012.

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Episode 6 (24 April)

The sixth and final episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 24 April 2012.

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Battle rounds

Filming for the battle rounds started in late March 2012.[16]

Episode 1 (30 April)

The first episode of the Battle Rounds was broadcast on 30 April 2012.

Key
  Battle Winner
  Eliminated Artist
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Coaches' performance
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Episode 2 (1 May)

The second episode of the Battle Rounds was broadcast on 1 May 2012.

Key
  Battle Winner
  Eliminated Artist
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Lakyn Heperi debuted on the ARIA Charts at #10 after his performance.

Episode 3 (7 May)

The third and final episode of the Battle Rounds was broadcast on 7 May 2012.

Key
  Battle Winner
  Eliminated Artist
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Ben Bennett (No.93) debuted on the ARIA Charts after his performance.[17]

Live shows

Week 1 (14 May)

  • Original broadcast date: 14 May 2012
  • Coaches' performance: "Sing" with Top 24 contestants[18]
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Notes
  • Karise Eden (chart position 9), Rachael Leahcar (15), Viktoria Bolonina (28), Emma Birdsall (36) and Fatai V (43) all debuted on the ARIA Charts after their performances.[21]

Week 2 (21 May)

  • Original broadcast date: 21 May 2012
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Notes
  • Brittany Cairns (chart position 7), Darren Percival (12), Sarah De Bono (13), Diana Rouvas (22), Lakyn Heperi (26) and Ben Hazlewood (35) all debuted on the ARIA Charts after their performances.[24]
  • Team Joel contestant Carmen Smith was disqualified from the competition before the live show.[Note 2] To keep the teams even, Team Joel only eliminated one contestant in the first live round while the other teams still eliminated two.

Week 3 (28 May)

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Notes
  • Karise Eden (chart position 14), Fatai V (25) and Rachael Leahcar (41) all debuted on the ARIA Charts in the week after their performances.[26]
  • Due to a pre-organised concert tour in Los Angeles, Keith Urban was absent during the episode but was still present via live video.

Week 4 (4 June)

The fourth episode of the Live Shows, the Quarter-Finals, was broadcast on 4 June 2012.

Competition Performances
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Group performances
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Darren Percival (No. 6), Diana Rouvas (No. 16), Ben Hazlewood (No. 17), Sarah De Bono (No. 24), Adam Martin (No. 26) and Lakyn Heperi (No. 39) all debuted on the ARIA Charts in the week after their performances.

Week 5 (11 June)

The fifth episode of the Live Shows, the Semi-Finals, was broadcast on 11 June 2012.

Competition Performances
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Karise Eden (No. 2), Sarah De Bono (No. 30), Darren Percival (No. 36) and Rachael Leahcar (No. 43) all debuted on the ARIA Charts in the week after their performances.

Week 6: Final (17 June)

The sixth and seventh episodes of the Live Shows, parts one and two of the Live Finale of The Voice Australia, were broadcast on 17 June 2012[27] and 18 June 2012[28] consecutively. In part two of the Live Finale, Karise Eden was announced as the winner and won a recording contract with Universal Music Group, a Ford Focus Titanium and a A$100,000 cash prize. Darren Percival was runner-up, finishing in second place, winning a cash prize of A$30,000. Rachael Leahcar came in third place, winning a cash prize of A$20,000 while Sarah De Bono placed fourth, winning a cash prize of A$10,000 .

The final four contestants: Karise Eden, Sarah De Bono, Rachael Leahcar, and Darren Percival.
Key
  Winner
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Fourth place
Competition performances
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Coach and Group performances
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Specials

Voices Reaching Out

The Nine Network announced on 3 July 2012 that a one-off charity concert special, Voices Reaching Out, for The Reach Foundation would be aired. The special was staged at The Palms at Crown complex and hosted by The Voice host Darren McMullen. It featured all four finalists, Karise Eden, Darren Percival, Rachael Leahcar and Sarah De Bono. Contestants Prinnie Stevens, Mahalia Barnes, Adam Martin, Ben Hazlewood, Chris Sebastian, Fatai V, Mitchell Johnson, Brittany Cairns, Kelsie Rimmer, Diana Rouvas, Viktoria Bolonina, Emma Birdsall and Casey Withoos also performed. Singer and Team Keith mentor Megan Washington also performed. Also appearing was The Voice social media correspondent Faustina Agolley, joined by Jules Lund and Jesinta Campbell.[29] The 90-minute concert was filmed 12 July 2012 and aired 15 July 2012 on the Nine Network.[30]

Performances
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Elimination Chart

Overall

Artist's info
Result details
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Artist's info

Result details
  •   Winner
  •   Runner-up
  •   Third place
  •   Fourth Place
  •   Artist was eliminated
  •   Artist Saved by his/her coach
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Reception

Ratings

Colour key:
  Highest rating during the season
  Lowest rating during the season
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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Contestant Fatai Veamatahau's stage name was changed to 'Fatai V' from the Live Shows onwards.[20]
  2. [N 2]
    Contestant Carmen Smith was disqualified from the competition after appearing in a music video with singer Guy Sebastian for his song, "Gold". The Nine Network deemed the appearance as an "unfair advantage" over other contestants and it made a decision with the producers of the show to immediately disqualify her from the competition. This is the first disqualification of a contestant in the history of the show's format.[25]

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