Returning to the coaching panel and joining Una Foden on the spinning red chairs will be our two favourite boys – Kian Egan and Bressie and our pop princess Rachel Stevens. Una’s first year on The Voice of Ireland proved to be quite successful, with Team Una producing 2015’s winner Patrick James! Can she do it again or was it beginner’s luck?
Bressie starts out this series wondering if he has lost his touch as he struggles to fill his team, while the others race ahead, has he lost his mojo? He feels Una is a real threat and she won last year and he is even losing out in pitches to Kian!
Una and Rachel joined the panel last series and as newbies had a lot to contend with considering it’s hard to keep Bressie and Kian quiet. This year our ladies are much more confident and go in fighting for contestants they want, everyone’s much more comfortable with each other, no more politeness!
And of course there is the music. Series five will see the most musically diverse contestants taking part, with everything from rock to classically trained artists and our first drag queen!
The Voice of Ireland is produced by ShinAwil and will air on RTÉ One on Sunday evenings at 6.30pm.
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About The Voice of Ireland
7 Blind auditions Sunday 3rd January – 14th February 2106
4 Battle auditions Sunday 22nd February – 13th March 2016
6 Live shows Sunday 20th March – 24th April 2016
Contestants will audition in the Blind stages, Battle against each other in the Battle Stages and finally take to the live stage in Dublin’s Helix for a chance to win a recording contract with Universal.
For further info please contact Deirdre Crookes on 01 497 0313 or 087 221 0550 / Deirdre@lhpublicity.ie Mary McGuire 087 258 7365 / mary@lhpublicity.ie
Fergus McCormack RTÉ Press and Publicity 01 2083117 / 086 8674751 / Fergus.mccormack@rte.ie