The Voice of Ireland series 2
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The Voice of Ireland is an Irish reality talent show. The second series began airing on 6 January 2013 on RTÉ One. Bressie, Kian Egan and Sharon Corr return as coaches while Jamelia replaces Brian Kennedy, who left the show after the first series. This is the final series to feature Sharon Corr, who is being replaced by Dolores O'Riordan in the next series. Kathryn Thomas returns to present the main show, while Eoghan McDermott returns to co-present and Stephen Byrne covers the backstage V-Reporting. The winner of the second series was Keith Hanley from Team Jamelia.[1][2][3]
The Voice of Ireland | |
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Series 2 | |
Coaches | Niall Breslin Kian Egan Sharon Corr Jamelia |
Winner | Keith Hanley |
Winning coach | Jamelia |
Runner-up | Kelly Mongan |
Release | |
Original network | RTÉ One |
Original release | 6 January (2013-01-06) – 28 April 2013 (2013-04-28) |
Series chronology | |
Auditions for this series took place at the end of 2012. The Blind auditions took place on 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 October at The Helix. A change this season is that of, if a coach has a full team of 12, they are still able to press their button and state their case as to why the artist should pick them. The Battle Rounds took place on 28 and 29 November at The Helix. The live shows began on 17 March 2013 with the final taking place on 28 April.
Keith Hanley, mentored by Jamelia, won the series, while Kelly Mongan coming second, Shane McLaughlin coming third and Shannon Murphy coming fourth.