The Voice UK series 9

The Voice UK
Series 9
Hosted byEmma Willis
Coaches
WinnerBlessing Chitapa
Winning mentorOlly Murs
Runner-upJonny Brooks
No. of episodes14
Release
Original networkITV
Original release4 January (2020-01-04) –
14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
Series chronology

The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The ninth series began airing on 4 January 2020, presented by Emma Willis on ITV. will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs returned for their ninth, eighth and third series, respectively, as coaches. Jennifer Hudson did not return as a coach for this series and was replaced by singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor. A promotional trailer was released on 6 December 2019.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the semi-final and final of the competition, originally meant to air on 28 March and 4 April, were postponed until November 2020.

In September 2020, ITV revealed that the series would continue in October 2020. However, Trainor digitally coached from the United States because of travel restrictions due to her pregnancy and the ongoing pandemic.

On 14 November 2020, Blessing Chitapa was announced the winner of the series, making her the first winner to be born outside of the UK as Chitapa was born in Zimbabwe. In addition, she became the youngest winner in the show's history based on the year won and the contestant’s birth year, surpassing Molly Hocking the year before. Holly was 18 years, 113 days old when she won on 6 April 2019, and Blessing was 18 years, 239 days when she won on 14 November 2020, 226 days older than Holly. This also marks the second consecutive, as well as the final win of Olly Murs.

Two contestants of the season would end up representing their countries in the Eurovision Song Contest: Brooke Scullion, who placed third, represented Ireland in the 2022 contest with the song "That's Rich", placing fifteenth in the second semi-final, while Johannes Pietsch, who was eliminated in the knockouts, won the 2025 contest for Austria with the song "Wasted Love" under his stage name JJ, becoming the first ever The Voice UK participant to win the contest.