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Ruti Olajugbagbe

The Voice UK
Series 7
Broadcast from 6 January (2018-01-06) – 7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
Coaches
Presenter(s) Emma Willis (ITV)
Co-presenter(s)
Broadcaster
Winner
Ruti Olajugbagbe
Song "Dreams"
Genre(s) Pop, Soul, R&B
Mentor Tom Jones
Runner-up
Donel Mangena
Chronology

The Voice UK is a British television music competition to find new signing talent. The seventh series began airing on 6 January 2018 and concluded on 7 April 2018. It was presented by Emma Willis on ITV. will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson and Sir Tom Jones return for their seventh, second and sixth series, respectively, with Olly Murs replacing Gavin Rossdale as a new coach for the series. Previous runner-up Jamie Miller replaced Cel Spellman as the presenter of companion show, The V Room, broadcast through the ITV Hub.

On 6 March 2017, it was announced that will.i.am would be returning as a coach on the show for his seventh series, with ITV stating that they were in "all parties" to have Sir Tom Jones to return as a coach as well. After much speculation regarding his future on the programme, on 6 August 2017, Gavin Rossdale announced his departure from the programme, after just one series as a coach. Following this announcement, Danny Jones became the favourite to replace Rossdale, after impressing show producers in his performance on the junior spin-off programme The Voice UK, though former coach Ricky Wilson was also in the running, as he previously stated that the door would be left open for him to return to the show after his first departure in 2016. On 11 October 2017, Olly Murs was confirmed as Rossdale's replacement, after being linked with the position for many weeks, along with the news that Jennifer Hudson would be returning for her second series as a coach.Emma Willis will return for her second series as sole presenter, her fifth overall, with Jamie Miller replacing Cel Spellman as the presenter of companion show The V Room.


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