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The first season of The Voice, the Australian reality talent show, premiered on 15 April 2012 and concluded on 18 June 2012, with Karise Eden being crowned as the winner.

Coaches and hosts

On 29 May 2011, it was reported in The Daily Telegraph that the Nine Network would broadcast The Voice in late 2011. However, two months later, they reported that the show would now air in early 2012, and that the Nine Network were in talks with signing at least one international artist (especially an American) to lead its panel of coaches on the show, which were rumoured to be Christina Aguilera, George Michael, Usher, Pink and Gwen Stefani. In September 2011, the Herald Sun reported that the Nine Network were planning to sign Australia's Got Talent judge Dannii Minogue as one of the coaches. Anthony Callea, Vanessa Amorosi and former Pussycat Dolls member Ashley Roberts all publicly expressed interest in coaching roles, however Delta Goodrem, Keith Urban, Seal and Joel Madden were ultimately confirmed as the four coaches for the first season.

Additionally, Ricki-Lee Coulter (with Seal), Darren Hayes (Goodrem), Megan Washington (Urban) and Benji Madden (with brother Joel) paired up with the coaches as mentors for their contestants.

Darren McMullen was announced as the host of the program in January 2012. Faustina Agolley was announced as the social media correspondent during the live shows in May 2012.

Teams

Color key

Blind auditions

Key

Y	Coach hit his/her "I Want You" button
	Artist elected to join this coach's team
	Artist defaulted to this coach's team
—	Coach had completed their team and were therefore excluded from the ability to select artist

Filming for the blind auditions stage of the competition began on 19 February 2012 at Fox Studios in Sydney, with 121 artists featured in this phase of the selection process. The first day of filming resulted in hundreds of audience members being turned away from the studio due to overbooking of the event by an external booking agent.

Episode 1 (15 April)

The first episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 15 April 2012.

"The Blind Auditions, Part 1"

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coaches' and Artists' Choices
				Seal	Joel	Delta	Keith
1	Casey Withoos	22	"Samson"		Y	Y	Y
2	Adam Martin	24	"Apologize"	—	Y	Y
3	Yianna Stavrou	19	"S&M"	—		—	—
4	Jerome O'Connor	25	"Yellow"	Eliminated
5	Carmen Smith	28	"How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore"	Y		Y	Y
6	Jimmy Cupples	46	"Woman"	—	Y	—
7	Melanie Dyer	19	"Domino"	Eliminated
8	Karise Eden	19	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"		Y	Y	Y

Karise Eden (No.41) debuted on the ARIA Charts after her performance.

Episode 2 (16 April)

The second episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 16 April 2012.

"The Blind Auditions, Part 2"

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coaches' and Artists' Choices
				Seal	Joel	Delta	Keith
1	Sarah De Bono	19	"Price Tag"	-		Y	Y
2	Cam Tapp	40	"Superman (It's Not Easy)"	Y	-	Y
3	Gail Page	48	"I Put a Spell on You"	Eliminated
4	Laura Bunting	24	"Wuthering Heights"	-		Y	-
5	Brett Clarke	26	"Making Memories of Us"	-	-	-
6	Rebecca Tapia	27	"If I Ain't Got You"	Eliminated
7	Yshrael Pascaul	33	"Miss You"		Y	Y	Y
8	Chris Sebastian	23	"Halo"		-	Y	-
9	Rachael Leahcar	17	"La Vie en rose"	Y	Y		Y

Rachael Leahcar (No.18) debuted on the ARIA Charts after her performance.

Episode 3 (17 April)

The third episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 17 April 2012.

"The Blind Auditions, Part 3"

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coaches' and Artists' Choices
				Seal	Joel	Delta	Keith
1	Matt Hetherington	41	"Evie"	-	-		-
2	Kelsie Rimmer	20	"Teenage Dream"	-	-	Y
3	Tom & Dakota	19/17	"Grace Kelly"	Eliminated
4	Peta Jeffress	27	"Wonderwall"	-	-		-
5	Lakyn Heperi	19	"Kids"	Y		-	-
6	Danni Da Ros	29	"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"	-	-		Y
7	Juddy Mac	39	"Crazy"	Eliminated
8	Adam Hoek	25	"Use Somebody"	-	-		-
9	Paula Parore	35	"Don't You Remember"		Y	Y	-
10	Michael Duchesne	21	"What a Fool Believes"		-	-	-

Lakyn Heperi (No.29) debuted on the ARIA Charts after his performance.

Episode 4 (22 April)

The fourth episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 22 April 2012.

"The Blind Auditions, Part 4"

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coaches' and Artists' Choices
				Seal	Joel	Delta	Keith
1	Ben Hazlewood	23	"Breakeven"	-		Y	-
2	Taga Paa	26	"Isn't She Lovely?"	-	-	Y
3	Ben Bennett	17	"Teenage Dream"	-	-		-
4	Mahalia Barnes	26	"Proud Mary"	Y		Y	Y
5	Abbie Cardwell	36	"Ode to Billie Joe"	-	-	-
6	Sarah Lloyde	24	"The Voice Within"	-	-		-
7	Darren Percival	40	"Jealous Guy"	Y	Y	Y
8	Ben Potter	20	"You're The One That I Want"	Eliminated
9	Mali-Koa Hood	20	"American Boy"	-		-	-
10	Rebekah Jensen	35	"Seven Nation Army"	Eliminated
11	Shauna Jensen	57	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Eliminated
12	Glenn Cunningham	36	"Lately"	-	-		-
13	Emma Birdsall	20	"Mercy"		-	-	-

Episode 5 (23 April)

The fifth episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 23 April 2012.

"The Blind Auditions, Part 5"

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coaches' and Artists' Choices
				Seal	Joel	Delta	Keith
1	Sam Ludeman	26	"Not Over You"		-	Y	-
2	Viktoria Bolonina	20	"Babooshka"	-	-		-
3	Glenn Whitehall	33	"A Change is Gonna Come"	-	-	Y
4	Diana Rouvas	28	"Work It Out"	-	-	-
5	Mitchell Thompson	18	"The A Team"		-	-	-
6	Esther Welch	22	"Fell in Love with a Girl"	Eliminated
7	Jaz Flowers	24	"Big White Room"	Y	-	Y
8	Kieran Fraser	38	"Same Mistake"		-	Y	-
9	Cory Hargreaves	36	"We Are the Champions"	Eliminated
10	Jerson Trinidad	39	"Ordinary People"	-	-		-
11	Michelle Serret-Cursio	36	"Only Girl (In the World)"	Y		-	Y

Episode 6 (24 April)

The sixth and final episode of the Blind Auditions was broadcast on 24 April 2012.

"The Blind Auditions, Part 6"

Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coaches' and Artists' Choices
				Seal	Joel	Delta	Keith
1	Prinnie Stevens	31	"Sweet Dreams"	Y		-	-
2	Anthony Dellamarta	31	"On Broadway"		-	-	-
3	Nick Len	21	"Grenade"	-		-	-
4	Virginia Lillye	42	"Highway to Hell"	Eliminated
5	Brittany Cairns	19	"Gravity"	Y	Y	Y
6	Matty Chaps	28	"20 Good Reasons"	-	-		—
7	Tamara Stewart	36	"Dumb Things"	Eliminated
8	Jesse & Ashleigh	both 17	"Lucky"	-	-		—
9	Chris Ninni	34	"Always"	-		—	—
10	Fatai Veamatahau	16	"Songbird"		—	—	—

Battle rounds

Filming for the battle rounds started in late March 2012.

Episode 1 (30 April)

The first episode of the Battle Rounds was broadcast on 30 April 2012.

Key

  Battle Winner

  Eliminated Artist

Coaches' performance

Episode 2 (1 May)

The second episode of the Battle Rounds was broadcast on 1 May 2012.

Key

  Battle Winner

  Eliminated Artist

Lakyn Heperi debuted on the ARIA Charts at #10 after his performance.

Episode 3 (7 May)

The third and final episode of the Battle Rounds was broadcast on 7 May 2012.

Key

  Battle Winner

  Eliminated Artist

Ben Bennett (No.93) debuted on the ARIA Charts after his performance.

Live shows

Week 1 (14 May)

• Original broadcast date: 14 May 2012
• Coaches' performance: "Sing" with Top 24 contestants

Notes

• Karise Eden (chart position 9), Rachael Leahcar (15), Viktoria Bolonina (28), Emma Birdsall (36) and Fatai V (43) all debuted on the ARIA Charts after their performances.

Week 2 (21 May)

• Original broadcast date: 21 May 2012

Notes

• Brittany Cairns (chart position 7), Darren Percival (12), Sarah De Bono (13), Diana Rouvas (22), Lakyn Heperi (26) and Ben Hazlewood (35) all debuted on the ARIA Charts after their performances.
• Team Joel contestant Carmen Smith was disqualified from the competition before the live show. To keep the teams even, Team Joel only eliminated one contestant in the first live round while the other teams still eliminated two.

Week 3 (28 May)

• Original broadcast date: 28 May 2012
• Group performances:
  • Delta and her team (Glenn Cunningham, Rachael Leahcar, Viktoria Bolonina, Danni Da Ros) – "Born to Try"
  • Seal and his team (Chris Sebastian, Emma Birdsall, Fatai V, Karise Eden) – "Kiss From a Rose"

Notes

• Karise Eden (chart position 14), Fatai V (25) and Rachael Leahcar (41) all debuted on the ARIA Charts in the week after their performances.
• Due to a pre-organised concert tour in Los Angeles, Keith Urban was absent during the episode but was still present via live video.

Week 4 (4 June)

The fourth episode of the Live Shows, the Quarter-Finals, was broadcast on 4 June 2012.

Competition Performances

Group performances

Darren Percival (No. 6), Diana Rouvas (No. 16), Ben Hazlewood (No. 17), Sarah De Bono (No. 24), Adam Martin (No. 26) and Lakyn Heperi (No. 39) all debuted on the ARIA Charts in the week after their performances.

Week 5 (11 June)

The fifth episode of the Live Shows, the Semi-Finals, was broadcast on 11 June 2012.

Competition Performances

Karise Eden (No. 2), Sarah De Bono (No. 30), Darren Percival (No. 36) and Rachael Leahcar (No. 43) all debuted on the ARIA Charts in the week after their performances.

Week 6: Final (17 June)

The sixth and seventh episodes of the Live Shows, parts one and two of the Live Finale of The Voice Australia, were broadcast on 17 June 2012 and 18 June 2012 consecutively. In part two of the Live Finale, Karise Eden was announced as the winner and won a recording contract with Universal Music Group, a Ford Focus Titanium and a A$100,000 cash prize. Darren Percival was runner-up, finishing in second place, winning a cash prize of A$30,000. Rachael Leahcar came in third place, winning a cash prize of A$20,000 while Sarah De Bono placed fourth, winning a cash prize of A$10,000 .

Key

  Winner

  Runner-up

  Third place

  Fourth place

Competition performances

Coach and Group performances

Specials

Voices Reaching Out

The Nine Network announced on 3 July 2012 that a one-off charity concert special, Voices Reaching Out, for The Reach Foundation would be aired. The special was staged at The Palms at Crown complex and hosted by The Voice host Darren McMullen. It featured all four finalists, Karise Eden, Darren Percival, Rachael Leahcar and Sarah De Bono. Contestants Prinnie Stevens, Mahalia Barnes, Adam Martin, Ben Hazlewood, Chris Sebastian, Fatai V, Mitchell Johnson, Brittany Cairns, Kelsie Rimmer, Diana Rouvas, Viktoria Bolonina, Emma Birdsall and Casey Withoos also performed. Singer and Team Keith mentor Megan Washington also performed. Also appearing was The Voice social media correspondent Faustina Agolley, joined by Jules Lund and Jesinta Campbell. The 90-minute concert was filmed 12 July 2012 and aired 15 July 2012 on the Nine Network.

Performances

Elimination Chart

Overall

Artist's info

Result details

Artist's info

Result details

•   Winner
•   Runner-up
•   Third place
•   Fourth Place
•   Artist was eliminated
•   Artist Saved by his/her coach

Live show results per week

Artist		Live Shows			The Live Finale
		Weeks 1 & 2	Weeks 3 & 4	Week 5
	Karise Eden	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Winner
	Fatai V	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Chris Sebastian	Advanced	Eliminated
	Emma Birdsall	Advanced	Eliminated
	Michael Duchesne	Eliminated
	Sam Ludeman	Eliminated
	Sarah De Bono	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Fourth place
	Ben Hazlewood	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Lakyn Heperi	Advanced	Eliminated
	Prinnie Stevens	Advanced	Eliminated
	Laura Bunting	Eliminated
	Carmen Smith
	Rachael Leahcar	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Third place
	Glenn Cunningham	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Danni Da Ros	Advanced	Eliminated
	Viktoria Bolonina	Advanced	Eliminated
	Ben Bennett	Eliminated
	Matt Hetherington	Eliminated
	Darren Percival	Advanced	Advanced	Advanced	Runner-up
	Diana Rouvas	Advanced	Advanced	Eliminated
	Adam Martin	Advanced	Eliminated
	Brittany Cairns	Advanced	Eliminated
	Jimmy Cupples	Eliminated
	Taga Paa	Eliminated

Reception

Ratings

Colour key:

  Highest rating during the season

  Lowest rating during the season

Notes

1. Contestant Fatai Veamatahau's stage name was changed to 'Fatai V' from the Live Shows onwards.
2. Contestant Carmen Smith was disqualified from the competition after appearing in a music video with singer Guy Sebastian for his song, "Gold". The Nine Network deemed the appearance as an "unfair advantage" over other contestants and it made a decision with the producers of the show to immediately disqualify her from the competition. This is the first disqualification of a contestant in the history of the show's format.

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External links

• Official website

• 2012 Australian television series debuts
• 2012 Australian television seasons
• The Voice (Australian TV series)