Keith Hanley

Keith Hanley
Born	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993
Origin	Charleville, Cork, Ireland
Occupation(s)	Singer, student
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Universal
Associated acts	Jamelia

Keith Hanley (born August 15, 1993) is an Irish singer from Charleville, County Cork and the winner of The Voice of Ireland series 2 on April 28, 2013. Keith's coach on the show was R&B singer Jamelia who was making her debut season on the show. He won a recording contract with Universal Music he performed his winning song "Beggin'". He also performed 'Jigsaw' with Ryan Sheridan that night.^[1]

Career

2013: The Voice of Ireland

Hanley auditioned for The Voice of Ireland in 2012, singing Beyoncé's "Listen" at the blind auditions. Bresie and Jamelia turned around but Hanley ultimately chose Jamelia as his coach. During the battle rounds, Hanley was pitted against Niamh Armstrong; they sang "Beneath Your Beautiful" after which Jamelia decided to send Hanley through to the live shows. For the second live show, Hanley sang "Beggin'". He was given a score of 38 by the judges and saved by the public vote. In week four, he sang "Shackles (Praise You)" and was safe with a judges score of 25. For the Top 10 live show Hanley sang "Get Here" and was sent through to the semi-final by public vote with a judges score of 23. For the semi-final Hanley sang "Crazy" and was sent through to the final. In the final he sang "Jigsaw" (with Ryan Sheridan) and "Beggin'" and was announced as the winner.

Performances on The Voice of Ireland

Show	Song choice	Result
Blind Auditions	"Listen"	Joined Team Jamelia^[a]
The Battle Round	"Beneath Your Beautiful" (Vs. Niamh Armstrong)	Sent through to the live shows by Jamelia
Live Show 2	"Beggin'"	Safe
Live Show 3	"Anything Could Happen"	N/A^[b]
Live Show 4	"Shackles (Praise You)"	Through to Top 10
Top 10	"Get Here"	Safe
Semi-Final	"Crazy"	Through to Final
Final	"Jigsaw" (with Ryan Sheridan)	Winner
Final	"Beggin'"	Winner

^{^[a]}Jamelia and Bressie turned around. Keith joined team Jamelia.
^{^[b]}Performed with Team Jamelia.

Debut album

Keith announced on 12 September 2013 via Facebook that he had finished recording his debut album.^[2] He announced on 5 January 2014 that his album would be released by Valentine's Day. He released his debut single "Blue" on 21 February 2014. His debut album Hush was released on 7 March 2014. The album's second single, also titled Hush, was released on 30 May 2014. It was announced on August 10 2014 that Hanley had been dropped from Universal Music after disappointing album sales.

Hanley returned to the recording studio in September 2015, teasing new music coming soon.

Discography

Albums

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
Title	Year	IRE ^[3]
Hush	Released: 7 March 2014 Label: Universal Music Formats: CD, digital download	17

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
Year	Title	IRL
2013	"Beggin'"	37
2014	"Blue"	29
2014	"Hush"	-

References

Preceded by Pat Byrne	Winner of The Voice of Ireland 2013	Succeeded by TBD

Series 2 of The Voice of Ireland

Presenters: Kathryn Thomas
Eoghan McDermott

Coaches

Finalists

Team Jamelia	Keith Hanley Wayne Beatty Dylan Powell Roisín Carlin Jennifer Moore Sophie Rischar

Team Kian	Kelly Mongan Shane McLaughlin Ray Scully Andy Mac Unfraidh Karl Sheridan Daryl Phillips

Team Sharon	John Gaughan Aoife McLaughlin Tammy Browne Mark Guildea Stephen Hudson Dean Anthony

Team Bressie	Shannon Murphy Katy Anna Mohan Sinead O'Brien Andrew Mann Terri O'Reilly Velvin Lamont

The Voice of Ireland

Series

Presenters

Coaches

Current	Bressie Kian Egan Una Foden Rachel Stevens

Former	Jamelia Dolores O'Riordan Sharon Corr Brian Kennedy

Winners

Winner's singles

"What a Wonderful World"
"Beggin'"

Runners-up

See also: The Voice; The All Ireland Talent Show; John de Mol

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