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The blind auditions of The Voice UK where completed last weekend. On Saturday April 21 the competition proper will begin. Each of the four judges currently has ten acts but these are to be whittled down to five each. Presumably in spite of the high drama and histrionics each judge will have an idea who will be their top performers.In order to hype up the show programmers have scheduled the Voice for two weekend shows. These will be aired on Saturday at 7.00pm and Sunday at 7.30pm

Britain's Got Talent has lost the weekend TV ratings war and looks set to be rescheduled. This is good news for The Voice UK and the BBC.

The Battle weekend will showcase the performers in the ring pitting their talents against each other. The judges will need to make their selections carefully. No matter how good each performer is though the 40 acts which will begin the first show on Saturday will be reduced to 20.

The way it will work is that each judge will divide their ten acts into five pairs. They will receive some intense coaching before they have to perform. Each pair will compete against each other. They will perform the same song, at the same time. It will be up to the judge, come mentor to choose who wins in each pairing.


The pairings secret is out and the details are:

Team Will.i.am
Heshima Thompson vs. Tyler James
Joelle Moses vs. Jenny Jones
Frances Wood vs. Kate Read
J Marie Cooper vs. Sophie Griffin
Jay Norton vs. Jaz Ellington

Team Jessie J

Jessica Hammond vs. Vince Kidd
David Faulkner vs. Cassius Henry
Toni Warne vs. Kirsten Joy
Ben Kelly vs. Ruth Ann St Luce
Indie and Pixie vs. Becky Hill

Team Tom Jones

Adam Isaac vs. Denise Morgan
Matt and Sueleen Fletcher vs. Lindsay Butler
Deniece Pearson vs. Ruth Brown
Barbara Bryceland vs. Leanne Mitchell
Aundrea Nyle vs. Sam Buttery

Team Danny O’Donoghue

Bill Downs vs. Max Milner
David Julien vs. John James Newman
Aleks Josh vs. Emmy J Mac
Hannah Berney vs. Murray Hockridge
Bo Bruce vs. Vince Freeman