The Voice of Ireland (series 4)

The Voice of Ireland
Season 4
Broadcast from 4 January – 26 April 2015
Coaches
Co-host(s) Kathryn Thomas
Eoghan McDermott (backstage)
Broadcaster RTÉ One
RTÉ Two
Finals venue The Helix
Winner
Patrick Donoghue
Origin Republic of Ireland
Song "Mamma Knows Best"
Genre(s) Pop
Coach Una Foden
Runner-up
Emma Humber

The Voice of Ireland is an Irish reality talent show. The fourth series of the programme premiered on 4 January 2015 on RTÉ One and concluded on 26 April, similar to previous seasons. Kathryn Thomas returned as main host, while her colleague Eoghan McDermott remained the show's co-host. Television personalities Bressie and Kian Egan both returned as coaches, while The Saturdays singer Una Healy and S Club 7 star Rachel Stevens filled the remaining two positions. Screentime Shinawil Productions continued to produce the talent programme.

Patrick Donoghue was crowned the winner on April 26, 2015, with his version of Jessie J's Mama Knows Best, which was later released on iTunes. He was coached by The Saturdays singer Una Healy. After winning the recording contract with Universal, Donoghue decided to change his stage name to Patrick James as he found it represented him more as an artist.

Teams

Color key
       Winner
       Runner-up
       Third place
       Fourth place
       Eliminated in the Live shows
       Eliminated in the Knockouts (live)
       Artist was stolen by another coach (Name is struck through)
       Eliminated in the Battles
       Artist withdrew from the competition
Coaches Artists
Una Foden
Patrick Donoghue John Sheehy Niall O'Halloran Kelley McArdle
Evan Cotter Nicola Lynch Chloe Wilders Shauna Nolan
Kathleen Mahon Mark Joyce Rachel Murphy Sinead Hansard
Pat Fitz Kayleigh Cullinan Shannon Doyle Kieran McKillop
Kian Egan
John Bonham Helena Bradley Bates Fionn Gardner Caoin Fitz
Ciara Monaghan Pat Fitz Kate Purcell Chris Brady
Colm Conlon Jo Petit Stuart Bond Karla Chubb
Rebecca Kelly Adam Cummins Kathleen Mahon Sasha Sangari Smith
Rachel Stevens
Sarah McTernan Kieran McKillop Patrick Kennedy Amy Hansard
Gemma Lomar Cian O'Melia Paul Taylor Ellie-May Bopp
Shannon Doyle Brian Dunne Malcolm Urquhart Cristin Nolan
Lanni Power Ronan O’Healy Tara Gannon Caoin Fitz
Bressie
Emma Humber Denise Morgan Kayleigh Cullinan John O'Grady
Ashley Loftus Laura Enright Ken Murphy Dean Forrester
Sasha Sangari Smith Hannah Stockwell-Quinn Catherine Hughes Russell Hogg
Kenneth Usher Aoife Smith Jolene Burns Chloe Wilders
Stolen artists are italicized.

Blind Auditions

The Blind Auditions for The Voice were filmed in The Helix on the 15, 16 and 17 October 2014. They were broadcast from 4 January to 15 February, across seven episodes. This series, each coach had to choose a record number of 14 contestants to continue to the battle stage.[1]

Blind Auditions 1

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Patrick Donoghue "Red" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
2 John McCormack "Just wanna dance the night away"
3 Kelley McArdle "Everything in Between" ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Ronan O'Healy "The Lazy Song" ✔
5 Aisling Cully "Sweet Nothing"
6 John Sheehy "Bette Davis Eyes" ✔ ✔ ✔
7 Colm Conlan "Sedated" ✔
8 Megan Ring "Ironic"
9 Sarah McTernan "Who You Are" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
10 James Berminghan "Ain't no stopping us now"
11 Jolene Burns "Prayer in C" ✔
12 Sasha Hatam Smith "Burn" ✔ ✔

Blind Auditions 2

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Shannon Doyle "Big Girls Don't Cry" ✔ ✔
2 Helena Bradley Bates "Alone" ✔ ✔ ✔
3 Laura Enright "Hey Ya" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Eddie Carey "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"
5 Cian O'Melia "Way Back When" ✔ ✔
6 Brian Doyle "Sing"
7 Mikaela Bonner "Pumped Up Kicks"
8 Brian Dunne "My Love" ✔
9 Denise Morgan "If You Love Me Say You Love Me" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
10 Aoife Cremin "Still Into You"
11 Miranda Thornton "Can't Rely On You"
12 Dean Forrester "Jump" ✔

Blind Auditions 3

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Pat Fitz "Higher and Higher" ✔
2 Ryan Hegarty "Fisherman's Blues"
3 Aoife Smith "Mr. Brightside" ✔
4 Tara Gannon "Let's Stay Together" ✔
5 Nicole Campbell "All the Man I Need"
6 Kenneth Usher "Autumn Leaves" ✔ ✔ ✔
7 Leanne Power "Dark Horse" ✔
8 Orly Delos Santos "Smooth"
9 Kayleigh Cullinan "How Will I Know" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
10 Danny Fitzpatrck "A Sky Full of Stars"
11 Jo Petit "Georgia on My Mind" ✔ ✔
12 Fabia Masella "The One That Got Away"
13 Stuart Bond "Feeling Good" ✔ ✔ ✔

Blind Auditions 4

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Chris Brady "Make You Feel My Love" ✔ ✔ ✔
2 Luke Dunleavy "You & I"
3 John O'Grady "Crosstown Traffic" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Khanyah Majiba "Rock With You"
5 Nicola Lynch "Umbrella" ✔ ✔
6 Russell Hogg "Devil in the Girl" ✔
7 Ellie-May Bopp "My Favourite Game" ✔ ✔
8 Chloe Donnellan "Dog Days Are Over"
9 Sonia Traynor "Everytime"
10 Karla Chubb "Video Games" ✔
11 Mike Staunton "Lets Stay Together"
12 Rachel Murphy "Chandelier" ✔ ✔
13 Adam Cummins "Last Request" ✔ ✔ ✔

Blind Auditions 5

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Ashley Loftus "The Blower's Daughter" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
2 Elaine Ryan "New York"
3 Paddy Kennedy "Candy" ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Cheryl McCullagh "Because The Night"
5 Malcolm Urquhart "Baba O'Riley" ✔
6 Sinead Hansard "Waves" ✔
7 Korey Power "Rude"
8 Amy Hansard "Problem" ✔ ✔
9 Finbarr Humphries "The Man"
10 Emma Humber "This Woman's Work" ✔ ✔ ✔
11 Aimee Canavan "Lets Stay Together"
12 Kate Purcell "We Found Love" ✔ ✔
13 Niall O'Halloran "Lay Me Down" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Blind Auditions 6

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Mary Porter "Sexy and I know it"
2 Kathleen Mahon "Folsom Prison Blues" ✔ ✔
3 Catherine Hughes "Demons" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Ciara Monaghan "From Eden" ✔
5 Graham John "Chocolate"
6 Kieran McKillop "I Want It That Way" ✔ ✔
7 Caoin Fitz "Budapest" ✔ ✔
8 Precious Okpaje "Lost"
9 Jayde Stanley "Me & My Broken Heart"
10 Ken Murphy "Kiss" ✔ ✔ ✔
11 Christine Nolan "Telescope" ✔
12 Annie Powderly "It's Good To Be Alive"
13 Gemma Lomax "Ugly Heart" ✔
13 Shauna Nolan "Love on Top"/"I Want You Back" ✔ ✔ ✔

Blind Auditions 7

Order Artist Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Evan Cotter "St Brendan's Voyage" ✔
2 Doireann Learmont "Little Talks"
3 John Bonham "Immigrant Song" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Rebecca Kelly "Don't Know Why" ✔
5 Sean McGrath "Amnesia"
6 Hannah Stockwell-Quinn "To Be With You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
7 Fionn Gardner "High Hopes" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
8 Chloe Wilders "I Won't Give Up" ✔ N/A
9 Paul Taylor "This Year's Love" N/A ✔ N/A
10 Sionan Murphy "Black Roses" N/A N/A N/A
11 Mark Joyce "Last Request" N/A N/A N/A ✔
12 Chloe Murphy "Warwick Avenue" N/A N/A N/A N/A

RTÉ 2fm Wildcards

The successful Wildcard format continued on the show. This gave singers a final opportunity to apply if they missed the application deadline. RTE 2FM presenters filtered the acts to find the best 5 possible contenders and they were invited to return for a blind audition with the coaches. The 2014 winner Brendan McCahey was a wildcard act, proving it to be successful.

Order Artist Coach's and contestant's choices
1 Colm Conlan Team Kian
2 Aoife Cremin Eliminated
4 Ellie-May Bopp Team Rachel
5 Niall O'Halloran Team Una
6 Ciara Monaghan Team Kian

The Battles

The Battles were filmed in The Helix on the 22 and 23 November 2014. They were then aired from 22 February to 15 March, across four episodes. The Steal returned this series, proving to be successful in season three. This is where another coach saves a losing battle act from bowing out of the competition by drafting them to their Live Shows team. Each coach had one steal and had the opportunity of putting it to use by pressing the 'I Want You' button at the end of the battle.

     Advanced
     Eliminated
     Saved
Coach Contestants Saved
Bressie Dean Forrester Jolene Burns John O'Grady Russell Hogg Laura Enright Denise Morgan Emma Humber Sasha Sangari Smith
Aoife Smith Ashley Loftus Kenneth Usher Ken Murphy Catherine Hughes Hannah Stockwell Quinn Chloe Wilders Kayleigh Cullinan
Rachel Stevens Tara Gannon Caoin Fitz Amy Hansard Cristin Nolan Ellie-May Bopp Cian O'Melia Brian Dunne Kieran McKillop
Sarah McTernan Paddy Kennedy Ronan O'Healy Paul Taylor Leanne Power Malcolm Urquhart Gemma Lomax Shannon Doyle
Kian Egan Chris Brady John Bonham Rebecca Kelly Fionn Gardner Stuart Bond Karla Chubb Colm Conlan Caoin Fitz
Adam Cummins Sasha Sangari Smith Kate Purcell Kathleen Mahon Helena Bradley Bates Ciara Monaghan Jo Petit Pat Fitz
Una Foden Patrick Donoghue Nicola Lynch Sinead Hansard Shannon Doyle Kayleigh Cullinan Pat Fitz Evan Cotter Kathleen Mahon
Kieran McKillop Rachel Murphy Kelly McArdle Shauna Nolan Niall O'Halloran John Sheehy Mark Joyce Chloe Wilders

Battles 1

Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' Result
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Bressie Dean Forrester "The Love Cats" Aoife Smith N/A — — —
2 Kian Chris Brady "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" Adam Cummins — — N/A —
3 Una Patrick Donoghue "You Give Me Something" Kieran McKillop — ✔ — N/A
4 Rachel Sarah McTernan "Changing" Tara Gannon — N/A — —
5 Bressie Ashley Loftus "Magic" Jolene Burns N/A — — —
6 Una Nicola Lynch "Roar" Rachel Murphy — — — N/A
7 Kian John Bonham "Animal" Sasha Sangari Smith ✔ — N/A ✔

Battles 2

Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' Result
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Rachel Paddy Kennedy "Purple Rain" Caoin Fitz — N/A ✔ ✔
2 Bressie John O'Grady "Riptide" Kenneth Usher N/A — — —
3 Kian Kate Purcell "Torn" Rebecca Kelly — — N/A —
4 Una Kelley McArdle "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Sinead Hansard — — — N/A
5 Rachel Amy Hansard "Human Nature" Ronan O'Healy — N/A — —
6 Kian Fionn Gardner "Some Nights" Kathleen Mahon — — N/A ✔
7 Bressie Ken Murphy "Get Off of My Cloud" Russell Hogg N/A — — —

Battles 3

Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' Result
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Kian Helena Bradley Bates "Free Bird" Stuart Bond — — N/A —
2 Rachel Paul Taylor "Jackson" Cristin Nolan — N/A — —
3 Una Shauna Nolan "Heart Attack" Shannon Doyle — ✔ — N/A
4 Rachel Ellie-May Bopp "Just Like A Pill" Leanne Power — N/A — —
5 Kian Ciara Monaghan "Wide Awake" Karla Chubb — N/A N/A —
6 Bressie Laura Enright "The Universal" Catherine Hughes N/A N/A — —
7 Una Niall O'Halloran "I'll Be There" Kayleigh Cullinan ✔ N/A — N/A

Battles 4

Order Coach Winner Song Loser 'Steal' Result
Bressie Rachel Kian Una
1 Bressie Denise Morgan "No Rain" Hannah Stockwell Quinn N/A N/A — —
2 Kian Colm Conlan "Wrecking Ball" Jo Petit N/A N/A N/A —
3 Una John Sheehy "Love Runs Out" Pat Fitz N/A N/A ✔ N/A
4 Rachel Cian O'Melia "Bonfire Heart" Malcolm Urquhart N/A N/A N/A —
5 Una Evan Cotter "Eleanor Rigby" Mark Joyce N/A N/A N/A N/A
6 Rachel Gemma Lomax "Always" Brian Dunne N/A N/A N/A —
7 Bressie Emma Humber "We Don't Eat" Chloe Wilders N/A N/A N/A ✔

The Knockouts

Knockouts 1 (March 22)

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Una Foden Shauna Nolan "Bang Bang" Eliminated
2 Kathleen Mahon "Whole Lotta Love" Eliminated
3 Patrick Donoghue "Mamma Knows Best" Safe
4 Kian Egan Helena Bradley Bates "I Want To Know What Love Is" Safe
5 Colm Conlan "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene" Eliminated
6 Chris Brady "Dear Darlin" Eliminated
7 Rachel Stevens Kieran McKillop "We Cry" Safe
8 Shannon Doyle "Lips Are Movin" Eliminated
N/A Ellie-May Bopp Withdrew
9 Bressie Emma Humber "Eve, The Apple of my Eye" Safe
10 Dean Forrester "The Way You Look Tonight" Eliminated
11 Sasha Sangari Smith "Piece of my Heart" Eliminated

Knockouts 2 (March 29)

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Kian Egan Fionn Gardner "That's What I Like About You" Safe
2 Pat Fitz "Thinking Out Loud" Eliminated
3 Kate Purcell "Sweet About Me" Eliminated
4 Rachel Stevens Sarah McTernan "Ghost" Safe
5 Paul Taylor "Father & Son" Eliminated
6 Cian O'Melia "Blame it on Me" Eliminated
7 Bressie Ken Murphy "20th Century Boy" Eliminated
8 Denise Morgan "Ten Story Love Song" Safe
9 Laura Enright "FourFiveSeconds" Eliminated
10 Una Foden Nicola Lynch "Fancy" Eliminated
11 Niall O'Halloran "Love Me Like You Do" Safe
12 Chloe Wilders "Blank Space" Eliminated

Knockouts 3 (April 5)

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Bressie John O'Grady "Hush" Eliminated
2 Kayleigh Cullinan "Every Breaking Wave" Safe
3 Ashley Loftus "Live Forever" Eliminated
4 Rachel Stevens Amy Hansard "Price Tag" Eliminated
5 Paddy Kennedy "I’m Not The Only One" Safe
6 Gemma Lomax "Naughty Girl" Eliminated
7 Kian Egan Ciara Monaghan "Cool Kids" Eliminated
8 John Bonham "Run To The Hills" Safe
9 Caoin Fitz "Night Changes" Eliminated
10 Una Foden Kelley McArdle "Everywhere" Eliminated
11 Evan Cotter "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" Eliminated
12 John Sheehy "Firework" Safe

The Live Shows

The Live Shows were aired from 22 March to 26 April. Each episode was broadcast live from The Helix and the public were able to cast their vote to save acts of their choice. As per usual, there were special performances from guest and coaches. Patrick Donoghue won the entire competition on April 26, 2015, beating runner-up Emma Humber.

Quarter Final (April 12)

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Rachel Stevens Paddy Kennedy "Pencil Full of Lead" Eliminated
2 Kieran McKillop "Mirrors" Saved by Public
3 Sarah McTernan "What I Did For Love" Saved by Coach
4 Bressie Kayleigh Cullinan "Freewheel" Eliminated
5 Emma Humber "Play Dead" Saved by Public
6 Denise Morgan "These Words" Saved by Coach
7 Una Foden Patrick Donoghue "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" Saved by Public
8 John Sheehy "Hold Back The River" Saved by Coach
9 Niall O'Halloran "Like I Can" Eliminated
10 Kian Egan Fionn Gardner "Up" Eliminated
11 Helena Bradley Bates "River Deep" Saved by Coach
12 John Bonham "Stand By Me" Saved by Public

Semi-Final (April 19)

Order Coach Artist Song Result
1 Una Foden John Sheehy "Sugar" Eliminated
2 Bressie Denise Morgan "Weak" Eliminated
3 Rachel Stevens Sarah McTernan "Earned It" Saved by Public
4 Kian Egan John Bonham "Welcome to the Jungle" Eliminated
5 Rachel Stevens Kieran McKillop "Give Me Love" Saved by Public
6 Kian Egan Helena Bradley Bates "You’re The Voice" Eliminated
7 Bressie Emma Humber "What Kind of Man" Saved by Public
8 Una Foden Patrick Donoghue "Ain't Nobody" Saved by Public

Final (April 26)

Order Coach Artist First Song Second Song Result
1 Bressie Emma Humber "Hideaway" "This Woman's Work" Runner Up
2 Rachel Stevens Kieran McKillop "She Will Be Loved" "We Cry" Fourth
3 Rachel Stevens Sarah McTernan "If I Were A Boy" "Who You Are" Third
4 Una Foden Patrick Donoghue "Man in The Mirror" "Mamma Knows Best" Winner

Results summary

Color keys

Artist's info

       Artist from Team Bressie
       Artist from Team Una
       Artist from Team Rachel
       Artist from Team Kian

Result details

       Winner
       Runner-up
       Third place
       Fourth place
       Artist advanced to the finals
       Artist was saved by the public
       Artist was in the bottom two of his team
       Artist received the fewest of the public's vote and was eliminated
       Artist did not perform on that particular week
       Artist withdrew from the competition
Artist Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Semi-Final Final
Patrick Donoghue Safe Safe Advanced Winner
Emma Humber Safe Safe Advanced Runner-Up
Sarah McTernan Safe Bottom two Advanced Third Place
Kieran McKillop (stolen by Rachel at the battles) Safe Safe Advanced Fourth Place
John Bonham Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 5)
Helena Bradley Bates Safe Bottom two Eliminated
John Sheehy Safe Bottom two Eliminated
Denise Morgan Safe Bottom two Eliminated
Kayleigh Cullinan Safe Eliminated Eliminated (Week 4)
Paddy Kennedy Safe Eliminated
Niall O'Halloran Safe Eliminated
Fionn Gardner Safe Eliminated
John O'Grady Eliminated Eliminated (Week 3)
Ashley Loftus Eliminated
Amy Hansard Eliminated
Gemma Lomax Eliminated
Ciara Monaghan Eliminated
Caoin Fitz (stolen by Kian at the battles) Eliminated
Evan Cotter Eliminated
Kelley McArdle Eliminated
Pat Fitz Eliminated Eliminated (Week 2)
Kate Purcell Eliminated
Paul Taylor Eliminated
Cian O Melia Eliminated
Ken Murphy Eliminated
Laura Enright Eliminated
Nicola Lynch Eliminated
Chloe Wilder Eliminated
Shauna Nolan Eliminated Eliminated (Week 1)
Kathleen Mahon (stolen by Una at the battles) Eliminated
Colm Conlon Eliminated
Chris Brady Eliminated
Shannon Doyle Eliminated
Ellie-May Bopp Withdrew
Dean Arthur Eliminated
Sasha Sangari Smith (stolen by Bressie at the battles) Eliminated

References

  1. ↑ "Pregnant Una Foden covers her baby bump with a skull-print scarf as she and Rachel Stevens arrive in Dublin to shoot Ireland's The Voice". Daily Mail. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

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