The Voice United kingdom winners – where are they now?

With The Voice UK 2021 in full swing, observe what happened to the previous winners of the chair-spinning singing contest.

The Voice UK 2012 winner Leanne Mitchell

The Voice U.k. may be known for its big-name judges and heady twist on the Tv singing contest format, but information technology'south has less success than its rivals when it comes to creating superstar winners.

Nosotros're now on flavor 10 of the contest – the 5th since its motion from BBC to ITV – and the show has yet to find a nautical chart-topping human activity with staying power.

Could 2021 exist the yr that The Vocalism U.k.'s winner is propelled to megastardom? As flavour 10 continues, bandage your mind back over these previous winners.

Leanne Mitchell - 2012

The evidence'due south first-e'er winner did non exactly get off to a flight start.

Leanne, mentored past Sir Tom Jones, cast off her holiday park entertainer background to win the contest, just her debut unmarried – a cover of Whitney Houston's Run to You – only reached No.45 in the charts.

She was dropped past label Decca when her self-titled album flopped with a summit position of No.134 and was afterward said to be dorsum on stage at the holiday park where her career began.

Andrea Begley - 2013

When the evidence returned for a second series, anybody was hoping for a more successful result… merely Andrea Begley was not a popular choice of champion for all the judges.

Mentor Danny O'Donoghue was obviously delighted when her name was called out, just Will.i.am stormed off the phase in protest at his human activity Leah McFall, who had been the favourite, beingness beaten. He later tweeted his rage at the outcome.

What of Andrea'southward career? Her debut single, a encompass of Evanescence's My Immortal, peaked at No.thirty, although her follow-up track, a version of Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Nighttime, only reached No.113. Withal, her album The Message did much better, charting at No.7.

Jermain Jackman - 2014

When Jermain won series three of The Vox, it seemed that the plan may accept finally found its star.

Simply there was a lacklustre response to his debut unmarried, a cover of the Dreamgirls hit And I Am Telling Yous, which charted at No.75, and his self-titled album merely reached No.42.

Jermain has since spoken about his disillusionment with the music manufacture, but has not let his experiences bring him  down – he spoke on the testify well-nigh his ambition to be Prime Minister, is currently studying for a politics degree at the University of Leeds, and supported a Labour Party rally in the run-up to the 2017 general election.

Stevie McCrorie - 2015

Scottish singer Stevie McCrorie looked like the best bet for distinction yet when he was crowned the winner of serial 4.

A popular choice with viewers, Stevie managed to get a No.6 hit with his debut single, a cover of Adam Levine's Lost Stars.

However, his album Big World only reached No.35 and he has since parted ways with label Decca, returning to his career every bit a firewoman.

Kevin Simm - 2016

Tv set singing contest veteran and established popstar Kevin Simm may have seemed similar a smart pick to succeed afterwards The Voice serial wrapped, but even he could non break the winner's expletive.

Kevin had previously enjoyed success as office of Liberty X, who were runners-up on Popstars in the year that Hear'Say won. With ten Uk Top 20 hits including No.1 single Only a Piddling, Liberty Ten were arguably more successful than Hear'Say, but after they separate up, Kevin was not too proud to return to his reality Telly roots to pursue a solo career.

He might have wowed judges and audiences with his voice, merely it failed to translate to chart success – his winner's unmarried, the original track All You Practiced Friends, peaked at No.24, while his album Recover did not nautical chart.

Mo Adeniran - 2017

When The Voice UK moved over to ITV, many thought it would indicate the start of winning being a major foot up into the music industry as the plan would be unfettered by the BBC'southward ban on sponsorship and advert.

However, despite winner Mo's popularity and that of his coach Jennifer Hudson, his career has followed the usual Voice class.

Mo released his debut rails Unsteady from the EP Globetrotter simply only managed to reach a nautical chart position of No.78.

He returned to the show in 2018 equally a guest mentor for Team Jennifer, alongside Leona Lewis.

"I've been working difficult in the studio for the terminal six months and I promise I can pass on some of the things I've learnt whilst making my album to the talented singers on Jennifer'south squad," he added.

"I definitely think she'south got another winner!"

He has also announced that his kickoff album will be called Evolve and that information technology'll be out at the end of March, post-obit on from his contempo unmarried That Feeling.

"I'yard and so happy to finally share with you that my debut album Evolve will be out on 30th March!" Mo said on Twitter.

Mo worked with Swedish musician David Kjellstrand on That Feeling and has described it every bit a "perfect fit" for his outset album.

"As soon as I started collaborating with David on this song, I knew that it was a perfect fit for the record," Mo said.

"The lyrics and undertone resonated with me immediately and I knew it had to be the beginning single from my new album."

Ruti Olajugbagbe - 2018

Ruti Olajugbagbe, a teenage student from Essex, was coached to victory past mentor Sir Tom Jones, and fended off competition from Donel Mangena, Belle Voci and Lauren Bannon in the series finale.

Ruti was shocked as her name was announced by the program's host Emma Willis.Holding dorsum tears, she said: "I wasn't expecting this… I didn't expect to get to the blind audition, I don't know what to say!"

Her version of Dreams by The Cranberries was her debut single, released immediately afterwards the ITV programme'southward finale.

Dreams reached number 1 on the United kingdom iTunes Store, and debuted at No.14 on the UK Singles Nautical chart. The song charted for just i week.

Her second release, an EP featuring Racing Cars as the lead track charted at No.49. Ruti revealed shortly afterwards that she had been dropped past her label, Polydor.

Molly Hocking – 2019

Xviii-year-old Molly Hocking became the 8th winner of The Vocalization Britain, giving mentor Olly Murs his starting time win at the 2nd time of request.

It was as well Molly'southward second stab at Telly singing success – she had progressed to the bootcamp stage of the X Cistron in 2017 but failed to make information technology further and her audition was never televised.

Earlier in 2017 she had supported singer-songwriter Ralph McTell in concert in Exeter.

Cornish Molly, who was joined in the concluding by Bethzienna Williams, Jimmy Balito and Deana Walmsley, won the coveted record deal afterward duetting with Murs on Simply Ruby-red's Stars and singing I'll Never Love Again, from the film A Star is Born, in the head-to-caput finale against Liverpool singing instructor Walmsley.

The flick song became her get-go single release but just reached No.73 in the U.k. charts. Her 2d single, a new song called Later the Nighttime Earlier, was due for release in March 2020 subsequently Molly had showcased it on the live Voice semi-final, but the Covid-xix pandemic put paid to both the live shows and the release of the unmarried.

"We were hopeful that The Vocalisation would still be aired with no audience," she told ITV News in June.

"Everything was ready and you start building up and getting really excited, and then you get that phone phone call and it'south like 'The Vocalism has been postponed' and my eye sank.''

Since lockdown began Molly has continued to write songs and perform online, and has also taken to social media to share her experience of coping with anxiety and mental health bug, and has likewise raised sensation of cyber bullying subsequently facing criticism from online trolls.

Blessing Chitapa - 2020

Olly Murs'due south protege Approval Chitapa went abroad with The Voice 2020 crown aged just xviii.

The ninth series was halted midway through because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the final took place in front of a virtual audition in November - 10 months later on the start auditions had aired.

Zimbabwe-born Approval, from Dudley, secured a recording contract with Universal's label UMOD by winning the competition.

Her winner's single, a version of Angels by Robbie Williams, reached No.fifty in the United kingdom charts.

In February 2021 she revealed on Twitter that she had got a identify at university, only did not reveal whatever further details.

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