The Voice of Ireland (series 4)
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| Broadcast from | 4 January – 26 April 2015 |
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| Coaches | |
| Co-host(s) |
Kathryn Thomas Eoghan McDermott (backstage) |
| Broadcaster |
RTÉ One RTÉ Two |
| Finals venue | The Helix |
| Patrick Donoghue | |
| Origin | Republic of Ireland |
| Song | "Mamma Knows Best" |
| Genre(s) | Pop |
| Coach | Una Foden |
| 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.
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.
The successful Wildcard format continued on the show. This gave singers a final opportunity to apply if they missed the application deadline. RTÉ 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.
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