List of The Voice UK finalists (series 1)

The first series of the talent show The Voice UK began broadcasting on 24 March 2012. The coaches are Tom Jones, Jessie J, Danny O'Donoghue of The Script and will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. Each coach chose who they wanted on their team by pressing their "I Want You" button. When one or more coaches turned around, the contestant chose which team he or she wanted to join. If none of the coaches pressed their button by the end of the contestant's song, all four coaches turned around to give advice to the contestant who would not progress in the show. The show was won by Leanne Mitchell, mentored by Tom Jones, who took the £100,000 and record deal with Universal Republic Records, with Tyler James and Bo Bruce becoming the joint runners-up (mentored by will.i.am and Danny O'Donoghue respectively). Vince Kidd, mentored by Jessie J took fourth place.
Team Danny
Max Milner
Milner auditioned for The Voice UK at age twenty-one, originating from London, England. Appearing on the first of four audition shows, Milner auditioned with a mash-up between The Beatles' "Come Together" and "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. The audition was met with a positive reception, with three coaches: Danny O'Donoghue, Jessie J and will.i.am all electing for Milner to join their teams—from which Milner selected O'Donoghue. entitled Search The Night. Bruce performed the David Guetta hit "Without You" for her audition on The Voice UK and opted to join Team Danny. Bo went on to become the Team Danny finalist and finished as the series runner up.
Following her appearance on The Voice UK, Bruce went on to sign a recording contract with Mercury Records and released her debut single "Save Me" and album "Before I Sleep" on 29 April 2013.
In 2013, Bruce also collaborated with Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol to record a track for the motion picture Star Trek Into Darkness, entitled "The Rage That's In Us All".
Hannah Berney
Berney auditioned for The Voice UK originating from Chepstow, Wales. Appearing on the third of four audition shows, Berney auditioned with "You and I", originally by Lady Gaga. Appearing on the second of four audition shows, Julien auditioned with "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", originally by The Script. Appearing on the second of four audition shows, Josh auditioned with "", originally by Jason Mraz.
Team Jessie
Toni Warne
Warne auditioned for The Voice UK at age thirty-four, originating from Great Yarmouth, England. Appearing on the first of four audition shows, Warne auditioned with "Leave Right Now", originally by Will Young. Prior to the competition, Kidd (under the name Protheroe) competed in the fourth series of as part of the boyband Futureproof. The band ultimately made it to the 2007 series' live shows, having been voted off in the third week. Appearing on the second of four audition shows, Kidd auditioned with "Like a Virgin", originally by Madonna—with all four coaches electing for him to join their teams; from which Kidd selected Jessie J. Vince released his debut extended play—Sick Love—in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2012; which peaked at number one-hundred-and-ninety-eight on the UK chart.
A music video for his second EP, The Zoo, featuring The Saturdays' Vanessa White, was uploaded to YouTube on 20 April 2013. The EP was released on June 2, 2012.
You And Me was released as a single on iTunes on June 7, 2013. My Gang was released as a single on September 11, 2013.
Cassius Henry
Henry auditioned for The Voice UK at age thirty-two, originating from London, England. Prior to the competition, Henry had two record deals—firstly with Edel in 2002 and then with MCA in 2004. His debut single, "Broke", peaked at number thirty-one on the UK chart—while second single "The One" peaked significantly lower, at number fifty-six. Appearing on the third of four audition shows, Henry auditioned with "Closer", originally by Ne-Yo. Appearing on the third of four audition shows, St. Luce auditioned with "Run", originally by Snow Patrol; with only coach Jessie J elected for St. Luce to join her team. Since The Voice UK Becky has covered two singles on YouTube - 'She Wolf' by David Guetta and 'Not Giving In' by Rudimental.
She also features on Rudimental's 'Powerless' and covered Ella Eyre's vocals for Rudimental's Glastonbury 2013 performance of 'Waiting All Night'.
She features on drum and bass artist Wilkinson's song 'Afterglow', the fourth single from his album Lazers Not Included on RAM Records.
Team Tom
Adam Isaac
Adam, 29, is from Exeter. He has been gigging around the South West for the past ten years and has even met the approval of Joss Stone's mother. Prior to his audition, he released an EP, See The Light, and his dream is to play Glastonbury. In November 2012, he released his debut album: "Train Tracks".
Samuel "Sam" Buttery
Buttery auditioned for The Voice UK at age twenty, originating from Tamworth, England. Appearing on the first of four audition shows, Buttery auditioned with "Set Fire to the Rain", originally by Adele.
Leanne Mitchell
Leanne Mitchell, winner of the first series of The Voice (UK), was born in Lowestoft in 1984. She nearly had a record contract when she was just 15. She sings, plays piano and the organ. She also writes music. Prior to joining The Voice she sang at a holiday park. In her Blind Audition, she sang Beyoncé’s ‘If I Were A Boy’ and both Tom and turned around. After some deliberation, she took her place on Sir Tom's team. Leanne made it to the final, beating favourite Ruth Brown in the semi-final. She again beat the bookies' odds to win the final.
Matt and Sueleen
Matt and Sueleen were both aged 34 and from Canterbury, Kent. The couple had been teenage sweethearts. Matt worked as a chef and Sueleen was a teaching assistant. They failed to reach the semi-finals of The Voice, after Tom Jones picked Leanne to go forward. Appearing on the third of four audition shows, Moses auditioned with "Rolling in the Deep", originally by Adele—with all four coaches electing for her to join their teams; from which she selected will.i.am.
Tyler James
Jaz Ellington
Ellington auditioned for The Voice UK at age twenty-seven, originating from London, England, working as a music teacher for schools across the UK. Appearing on the last of four audition shows, Ellington auditioned with "The A Team", originally by Ed Sheeran—with only one coach, will.i.am, electing for Ellington to join his team.
Frances Wood
Wood auditioned for The Voice UK at age eighteen, originating from Wakefield, England. Appearing on the second of four audition shows, Wood auditioned with "Where Is the Love?", originally by The Black Eyed Peas—with only one coach, will.i.am, electing for Wood to join his team. Appearing on the fourth of four audition shows, Griffin auditioned with "American Boy", originally by Estelle.<ref name"sophiegriffin"/> Although a self-confessed fan of The Script/coach Danny O'Donoghue, only coach will.i.am elected for Griffin to join his team. During the battle rounds, Griffin sung "Firework" by Katy Perry against twenty-seven-year-old J. Marie Cooper—with Will crowning her the winner.<ref name"sophiegriffin"/> In the first live show, Griffin performed "Titanium" by David Guetta & Sia—finding herself in the bottom two alongside Joelle Moses; from which she was eliminated from the competition.<ref name="sophiegriffin"/>

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