The_Voice_(Australian_season_11)
The Voice (Australian TV series) season 11
Season of television series
The eleventh season of The Voice began airing on 18 April 2022.[1] In October 2021, it was announced Seven Network had once again picked up the series for its eleventh season, set to broadcast in 2022. At the same time, it was announced that Keith Urban, Jessica Mauboy, Rita Ora, and Guy Sebastian would all return as coaches. Sonia Kruger was also announced to return as host.[2]
| The Voice | |
|---|---|
| Season 11 | |
| Hosted by | |
| Coaches | |
| Winner | Lachie Gill |
| Winning coach | Rita Ora |
| Runners-up | Faith Sosene, Jordan Tavita and Thando Sikwila |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Original release | 18 April (2022-04-18) – 29 May 2022 (2022-05-29) |
| Season chronology | |
Similar to last season, the finale was pre-recorded and the winner was determined by a viewer poll. Lachie Gill was declared the winner, marking Rita Ora's first win as a coach and the second winning artist that had a coach blocked during his/her blind audition (Rita Ora blocking Guy Sebastian), after Bella Taylor Smith in the previous season.
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On 11 October 2021, it was announced that Keith Urban, Jessica Mauboy, Rita Ora, and Guy Sebastian would all return as coaches for the eleventh series. Sonia Kruger returned as host.
Colour key
- Winner
- Finalist
- Eliminated in the Semifinal
- Eliminated in the Singoffs
- Eliminated in the Battles
- Eliminated in the Callbacks
| Coach | Top 48 Artists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Urban | ||||||
| Thando Sikwila | Lane Pittman | Chriddy Black | Freddie Bailey | Melanie Cowmeadow | Shaun Wessel | |
| Zoe Koul | Ethan Conway | Jay Sierra | Sam McGovern | Danny Phegan | Taylor Piggott | |
| Jessica Mauboy | ||||||
| Faith Sosene | Jael Wena | Finnian Johnson | Kaylee Bell | Richard Tunami | Emily-Jane Conidi | |
| Ethan Hall | Sunrise Michelle | Sammy Toubia | Summer Beechman | Amber Reid | Elizabeth Hylton | |
| Rita Ora | ||||||
| Lachie Gill | Xanthe Campbell | Robbie Dolan | Theoni Marks | Liam Keates-Ryley | Ella & Sienna | |
| Jioji Nawanawa | Asha Newman | Dominic Clarke | Aleisha Gam | Chloe Kandetzki | Bri Dodd | |
| Guy Sebastian | ||||||
| Jordan Tavita | Cassidy Mackie | Celestial Utai | Emerson Alexander | Liam Conroy | Jas Winter | |
| Nicola De Sensi | Ally Eley | Vanessa Librea | Georgie Lyons | Jesse Rudman | Connor Wink | |
| Note: Underlined names are artists that received a Battle Pass from their coach. | ||||||
In the blind auditions, the coaches complete their teams with 12 members each. Each coach can block another two times and the coach who is blocked is unable to pitch for the artist. However, new to this season, a coach can block at any time, even during their pitch as long as the blocker turned his/her chair. Also, this season introduces the Battle Pass. In this twist, coaches will have a new button, in addition to the main button and the block buttons. The Battle Pass allows a coach to automatically send the contestant to the battles. Each coach could only press the button for one artist in the entire phase.[3]
| ✔ | Coach hit the "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to this team | |
| Artist elected to join this team | |
| Artist eliminated with no coach pressing "I WANT YOU" button | |
| Artist received a 'Battle Pass' and immediately advanced to the battles | |
| ✘ | Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Keith from getting the artist |
| ✘ | Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Jess from getting the artist |
| ✘ | Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Rita from getting the artist |
| ✘ | Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Guy from getting the artist |
| Episode | Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith | Jess | Rita | Guy | |||||
| Episode 1 (Monday, 18 April) |
1 | Ally Eley | 19 | "Teenage Dirtbag" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Lachie Gill | 23 | "If the World Was Ending" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | |
| 3 | Thando Sikwila | 28 | "I'm Every Woman" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Danny Phegan | 48 | "This Town" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | |
| 5 | Lou P Scarlett | 30 | "Say So" | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Asha Newman | 23 | "R.I.P." | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Faith Sosene | 24 | "Because You Loved Me" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 2 (Tuesday, 19 April) |
1 | Jordan Tavita | 23 | "Man in the Mirror" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Sammi Palinkis | 31 | "Nutbush City Limits | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | Jay Sierra | 27 | "God Is a Woman" | ✔ | — | ✔ | ✘ | |
| 4 | Sunrise Michelle | 17 | "People Help the People" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — | |
| 5 | Dominic Clarke | 25 | "This City" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 6 | Nicola de Sensi | 20 | "When the Party's Over" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Shaun Wessel | 40 | "Whipping Post" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 3 (Wednesday, 20 April) |
1 | Emily-Jane Conidi | 27 | "This Is Me" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Liam Conroy | 28 | "Falling" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Aleisha Gam | 26 | "Make You Feel My Love" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Jerrod Smith | 24 | "She Looks So Perfect" | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Vanessa Librea | 24 | "Don't Go Yet" | — | — | — | ✔ | |
| 6 | Sam McGovern | 22 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — | |
| 7 | Kaylee Bell | 32 | "Keith" (original song) | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 4 (Monday, 25 April) |
1 | Ethan Hall | 13 | "Pie Jesu" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Robbie Dolan | 26 | "Let It Go" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Freddie Bailey | 17 | "Wild Hearts" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — | |
| 4 | Tori Lea | 28 | "It's Raining Men" | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Georgie Lyons | 18 | "Anyone" | ✔ | — | — | ✔ | |
| 6 | Emerson Alexander | 39 | "Head & Heart" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Zoe Koul | 21 | "Hold" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | |
| Episode 5 (Tuesday, 26 April) |
1 | Jael Wena | 16 | "How Will I Know" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Alisha George | 19 | "Standing with You" | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | Ethan Conway | 25 | "Exile" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 4 | Tahalianna Soward-Mahanga | 15 | "Freedom" | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Wednesday Reign | 20 | "Since U Been Gone" | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Amali Dimond | 15 | "I'm Outta Love" | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Jioji Nawanawa | 21 | "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" | — | — | ✔ | — | |
| 8 | Sammy Toubia | 19 | "Scars to Your Beautiful" | — | ✔ | — | — | |
| 9 | Jas Winter | 20 | "Runnin' (Lose It All)" | ✘ | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 6 (Wednesday, 27 April) |
1 | Richard Tunami | 36 | "Call Out My Name" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 2 | Summer Beechman | 19 | "Without You" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Chloe Kandetzki | 20 | "I Have Nothing" | — | ✘ | ✔ | — | |
| 4 | Leonardo Iliev | 20 | "She Nasty" (original song) | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Jesse Rudman | 34 | "3AM" | — | — | — | ✔ | |
| 6 | Conrad de Silva | 80 | "L-O-V-E" | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Melanie Cowmeadow | 23 | "Never Let Me Go" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 7 (Sunday, 1 May) |
1 | Lane Pittman | 15 | "Even Though I'm Leaving" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Amber Reid | 23 | "Butter" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 3 | Ella & Sienna | 15 & 19 | "Cardigan" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — | |
| 4 | Christina Barilla | 54 | "I'm So Excited" | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Chriddy Black | 29 | "Stay" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 6 | Connor Wink | 23 | "Believe" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 7 | Celestial Utai | 22 | "Déjà Vu" | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Episode 8 (Monday, 2 May) |
1 | Liam Keates-Ryley | 19 | "Land of 1000 Dances" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 2 | Elizabeth Hylton | 47 | "O mio babbino caro" | — | ✔ | — | — | |
| 3 | Terry Lockley | 62 | "Old Town Road" | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Mizze Maxx | 28 | "Bad Reputation" | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Taylor Piggott | 26 | "Yellow" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| 6 | Shaneel Chandra | 17 | "I Am A Disco Dancer" | Team Full | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Emma Jayne | 22 | "Let You Love Me" | — | — | — | ||
| 8 | Cassidy Mackie | 26 | "King of Wishful Thinking" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Episode 9 (Tuesday, 3 May) |
1 | Xanthe Campbell | 17 | "Happier Than Ever" | Team Full | ✔ | ✔ | Team Full |
| 2 | Arthur Hull | 17 | "When I Was Your Man" | — | — | |||
| 3 | Bri Dodd | 25 | "Fallin'" | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Finnian Johnson | 19 | "July" | ✔ | ✘ | |||
| 5 | Georgia Rose | 19 | "Valerie" | Team Full | — | |||
| 6 | Katelyn Vella | 18 | "Rain on Me" | — | ||||
| 7 | Theoni Marks | 19 | "Easy on Me" | ✔ | ||||
The Callbacks aired on 4 May. In this round, each coach needs to trim down their artists from 12 down to 6.[3] Shaun Wessel, Faith Sosene, Celestial Utai, and Theoni Marks have been given Battle Passes from their coaches. This allows them to skip the Callbacks, and go straight to the battles.
Each coach splits the remaining eleven team members into groups of three or four. Those three or four artists then take to the stage together and each performs a different song based on the theme selected by the coaches. In each group, the coach can select one, two, or all of them; as long as each coach has selected five artists to advance to the battles.
In total, only six from each team will advance to the battle rounds: five selected by the coach in the callbacks (with some reprising their blind audition song and not required to perform in the sing-off in front of an audience) and the Battle Pass recipient. The artists not chosen in this round will be eliminated.
| Artist was chosen to advance to the Battles | |
| Artist was eliminated |
| Episode | Order | Coach | Song | Winner(s) | Loser(s) | Song |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 10 (Wednesday, 4 May) |
1 | Jess | "July" | Finnian Johnson | Sunrise Michelle | "People Help the People" |
| Ethan Hall | "Pie Jesu" | |||||
| 2 | "This Is Me" | Emily-Jane Conidi | Elizabeth Hylton | "O mio babbino caro" | ||
| 3 | Rita | "Land of 1000 Dances" | Liam Keates-Ryley | Jioji Nawanawa | "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" | |
| 4 | "Cardigan" | Ella & Sienna | Chloe Kandetzki | "I Have Nothing" | ||
| Aleisha Gam | "Make You Feel My Love" | |||||
| 5 | Keith | "Never Let Me Go" | Melanie Cowmeadow | Sam McGovern | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | |
| 6 | "I'm Every Woman" | Thando Sikwila | Ethan Conway | "Exile" |
| Episode | Order | Coach | Theme | Song | Winner(s) | Loser(s) | Song |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 10 (Wednesday, 4 May) |
1 | Jess | Britney Spears | "Lucky" | Kaylee Bell | Amber Reid | "...Baby One More Time" |
| "My Prerogative" | Richard Tunami | ||||||
| 2 | Keith | Pop Hits | "Call Me Maybe" | Freddie Bailey | Danny Phegan | "Castle on the Hill" | |
| "Driver's License" | Lane Pittman | ||||||
| 3 | Guy | Adele | "Someone Like You" | Liam Conroy | |||
| "Oh My God" | Emerson Alexander | ||||||
| "All I Ask" | Jordan Tavita | ||||||
| 4 | Rita | Lewis Capaldi | "Bruises" | Lachie Gill | Dominic Clarke | "Someone You Loved" | |
| "Before You Go" | Robbie Dolan | ||||||
| 5 | Jess | Ariana Grande | "Breathin" | Jael Wena | Sammy Toubia | "Thank U, Next" | |
| Summer Beechman | "Stuck With U" | ||||||
| 6 | Rita | Avril Lavinge | "I'm with You" | Xanthe Campbell | Asha Newman | "Sk8er Boi" | |
| Bri Dodd | "Bite Me" | ||||||
| 7 | Guy | Justin Bieber | "Lonely" | Cassidy Mackie | Ally Eley | "Sorry" | |
| "Cold Water" | Jas Winter | Vanessa Librea | "I Don't Care" | ||||
| 8 | Keith | Billie Eilish | "idontwannabeyouanymore" | Chriddy Black | Zoe Koul | "i love you" | |
| Jay Sierra | "bad guy" | ||||||
| Taylor Piggott | "Lovely" | ||||||
The Battles aired on 8 May and 15 May. In the battles, coaches are to cut their team from 6 to 3 by pairing two of their artists to sing the same song as a duet.
Team Guy and Keith performed on the first night of battles and Team Jess and Rita performed on the second night.
| Artist won the battle and advances straight to the Semifinal | |
| Artist won the battle and advances to the Singoffs | |
| Artist lost the battle and was eliminated |
| Episode | Order | Coach | Winner | Song | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 11 (Sunday, 8 May) |
1 | Keith | Thando Sikwila | "Beggin'" | Shaun Wessel |
| 2 | Guy | Cassidy Mackie | "Decode" | Jas Winter | |
| 3 | Keith | Chriddy Black | "Ghost" | Melanie Cowmeadow | |
| 4 | Guy | Emerson Alexander | "Love Me Again" | Liam Conroy | |
| 5 | Keith | Lane Pittman | "Edge of Midnight" | Freddie Bailey | |
| 6 | Guy | Celestial Utai | "Art of Love" | N/A | |
| Jordan Tavita | |||||
| Episode 12 (Sunday, 15 May) |
1 | Jess | Faith Sosene | "I'm Your Baby Tonight" | Emily-Jane Conidi |
| 2 | Rita | Robbie Dolan | "Wrecking Ball" | Ella & Sienna | |
| 3 | Jess | Jael Wena | "Thriller" | Richard Tunami | |
| 4 | Rita | Xanthe Campbell | "Don't Speak" | Liam Keates-Ryley | |
| 5 | Jess | Finnian Johnson | "Landslide" | Kaylee Bell | |
| 6 | Rita | Lachie Gill | "It'll Be Okay" | Theoni Marks | |
Singoffs
In the Singoffs, coaches pick one of their 3 or 4 battle winners to go straight through the Semifinals. Then the 2 or 3 remaining artists must Singoff for the last remaining spot on their team to advance to the semifinal.
| Artist was chosen to advance to the Semifinal | |
| Artist was eliminated |
| Episode | Order | Coach | Song | Winner | Loser(s) | Song |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 11 (8 May) |
1 | Keith | "Chandelier" | Thando Sikwila | Chriddy Black | "Talking to the Moon" |
| 2 | Guy | "Dancing On My Own" | Jordan Tavita | Emerson Alexander | "Superstition" | |
| Celestial Utai | "Bust Your Windows" | |||||
| Episode 12 (15 May) |
1 | Jess | "Ain't No Way" | Faith Sosene | Finnian Johnson | "You Are The Reason" |
| 2 | Rita | "I Guess I'm in Love" | Lachie Gill | Robbie Dolan | "Breakeven" | |
Semi-final
The Semifinal aired on 22 May. The 8 remaining artists sing different songs for a place in the Grand Final. At the end of the episode, coaches are only allowed to pick one artist from their team to advance to the Grand Final.
| Order | Coach | Contestant | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guy | Jordan Tavita | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Saved by coach |
| 2 | Keith | Thando Sikwila | "POV" | |
| 3 | Guy | Cassidy Mackie | "I Love You Always Forever" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Keith | Lane Pittman | "Father and Son" | |
| 5 | Jess | Jael Wena | "Don't Start Now" | |
| 6 | Rita | Xanthe Campbell | "ABCDEFU" | |
| 7 | Rita | Lachie Gill | "Deja Vu" | Saved by coach |
| 8 | Jess | Faith Sosene | "Listen" |
Grand Finale
The Grand Finale was broadcast on 29 May 2022. Each artist performed a solo song and a duet with their coach. Similar to the last two seasons, this was the only episode of the season where the results were determined by public vote and not by the coaches. Lachie Gill was declared the winner, marking Rita Ora's first win as a coach.
| Coach | Contestant | Order | Solo song | Order | Duet song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Mauboy | Faith Sosene | 1 | "Beautiful" | 6 | "Emotions" | Finalist |
| Keith Urban | Thando Sikwila | 5 | "Rise Up" | 2 | "Oh My God" | Finalist |
| Rita Ora | Lachie Gill | 3 | "Time After Time" | 8 | "Always Remember Us This Way" | Winner |
| Guy Sebastian | Jordan Tavita | 7 | "Ghost Town" | 4 | "Hallelujah" | Finalist |
- Thando Sikwila appeared in the third season under Team Kylie, but was stolen by Ricky Martin and was eliminated in the sing-off.
- Jay Sierra was on the fourth season of The X Factor, as a member of The Collective, where they came third.
- Jael Wena was a finalist in The Voice: Generations as a group act with her family under Team Guy. She was also a contestant on season 9 of Australia's Got Talent and got eliminated in the semi-finals. She also represented Australia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 finishing in third place.
- Ethan Conway was on season 4, and was on Team Jessie J and eliminated in the super battles.
- Chloe Kandetzki was on season 6, and was on Team Kelly then eliminated in the knockouts.
- Chriddy Black was on season 8, and was on Team Guy and eliminated in the battles.
- Dominic Clarke was a gymnast who competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Colour key:
- – Highest rating during the season
- – Lowest rating during the season
| Episode | Original airdate | Timeslot | Metro Overnight TV Viewers | Night Rank | Total TV Viewers | Night Rank | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Blind Auditions" | 18 April 2022 | Monday 7:00 pm | 843,000 | 5 | 1,532,000 | 5 | [4] |
| 2 | 19 April 2022 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 735,000 | 5 | 1,373,000 | 5 | [5] | |
| 3 | 20 April 2022 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 629,000 | 5 | 1,248,000 | 5 | [6] | |
| 4 | 25 April 2022 | Monday 7:30 pm | 767,000 | 5 | 1,456,000 | 5 | [7] | |
| 5 | 26 April 2022 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 712,000 | 5 | 1,378,000 | 5 | [8] | |
| 6 | 27 April 2022 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 683,000 | 5 | 1,357,000 | 5 | [9] | |
| 7 | 1 May 2022 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 768,000 | 3 | 1,380,000 | 3 | [10] | |
| 8 | 2 May 2022 | Monday 7:30 pm | 701,000 | 5 | 1,358,000 | 5 | [11] | |
| 9 | 3 May 2022 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 753,000 | 5 | 1,408,000 | 5 | [12] | |
| 10 | "Callbacks" | 4 May 2022 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 652,000 | 5 | 1,335,000 | 5 | [13] |
| 11 | "Battles" | 8 May 2022 | Sunday 7:00pm | 766,000 | 3 | 1,441,000 | 3 | [14] |
| 12 | 15 May 2022 | 726,000 | 3 | 1,356,000 | 3 | [15] | ||
| 13 | "Semi Finals" | 22 May 2022 | 781,000 | 3 | 1,422,000 | 3 | [16] | |
| 14 | "The Grand Finale" | 29 May 2022 | 751,000 | 4 | 1,388,000 | 4 | [17] | |
| "Winner Announced" | 779,000 | 3 | 1,390,000 | 3 | ||||
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