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Meghan Trainor joins the chairs
Aston Kennedy
Meghan Trainor coached The Voice UK as a pop songwriter and singer the audience already knew from her own records.
Molly Hocking and series eight
Aston Kennedy
Molly Hocking won series eight. Fans remember a young singer coming through a full later series.
Ruti Olajugbagbe wins series seven
Aston Kennedy
Ruti Olajugbagbe won series seven, an later series, and fans still cite her live-show vocals.
Jennifer Hudson's series
Aston Kennedy
Jennifer Hudson coached a series of The Voice UK, bringing an American soul voice onto the British panel.
Olly Murs on the panel
Aston Kennedy
Olly Murs, who had come up through another singing contest, later coached The Voice UK.
Mo Adeniran and the first later series
Aston Kennedy
Mo Adeniran won series six, the first series after The Voice UK moved later.
Rita Ora in the later years
Aston Kennedy
Rita Ora coached The Voice UK after the series had moved later. She was already a pop act in her own right.
Lucy O’Byrne and the singers who went into theatre
Aston Kennedy
Lucy O’Byrne was runner-up in 2015. She went into Les Misérables. Matt Henry had already pointed that way.
Kevin Simm already had a career
Aston Kennedy
Kevin Simm won series 5. He had already been in Liberty X. The win was a second public chapter, not a first discovery.
Kevin Simm, from Liberty X to series five
Aston Kennedy
Kevin Simm had already been in Liberty X when he won series five of The Voice UK. Fans use him as the example of an act who came back through the show.
Stevie McCrorie wins series four
Aston Kennedy
Stevie McCrorie won series four of The Voice UK, a early series, with the kind of direct vocal fans still clip.
Sir Tom Jones, from the first series to the later return
Aston Kennedy
Sir Tom Jones coached the first series, left, and later took a chair again. Fans treat that return as part of the show's history.