The Voice (Australian TV series) season 12

The twelfth season of The Voice began airing on 6 August 2023. In March 2023, it was announced Seven Network had once again picked up the series for its twelfth season, set to broadcast in 2023. At the same time, it was announced that Jessica Mauboy, Rita Ora, and Guy Sebastian would all return as coaches. Jason Derulo debuted as a coach, replacing Keith Urban, who left the show for personal reasons. Sonia Kruger also returned as host.

The Voice
Season 12
Hosted by	Sonia Kruger
Coaches	Guy Sebastian Jessica Mauboy Jason Derulo Rita Ora
Winner	Tarryn Stokes
Winning coach	Rita Ora
Runners-up	Charlie Pittman, Ethan Beckton, and Ezra Williams
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	6 August (2023-08-06) – 8 October 2023 (2023-10-08)
Season chronology

With Keith Urban's departure as a coach, the twelfth season is the first to not feature any of the original coaches from the show's inaugural season.

Similar to the previous two seasons, the finale was pre-recorded and the winner was determined by a viewer poll. Tarryn Stokes was declared the winner, marking Rita Ora's third and final win as a coach (her first win occurred on the generations version of the show). Also, with Stokes' win, Ora became the third coach (after Seal and Delta Goodrem) to win two consecutive seasons in the Australian franchise of The Voice. Moreover, with Ora's win, she tied with Delta Goodrem for having the most wins as coaches on The Voice Australia.

Coaches and Host

Coaches and Host of The Voice Season 12

Guy Sebastian

Jessica Mauboy

Jason Derulo

Rita Ora

Sonia Kruger (right)

In March 2023, it was announced that Guy Sebastian, Rita Ora, and Jessica Mauboy would all return as coaches for the twelfth season. It was also announced that Jason Derulo would make his debut as a coach this season, replacing Keith Urban. Sonia Kruger returned as host.

Teams

Colour key

•   Winner
•   Finalist
•   Eliminated in the Semifinal
•   Eliminated in the Singoffs
•   Eliminated in the Battles
•   Eliminated in the Ultimate callbacks
•   Eliminated in the Callbacks
•   Withdrew

Season twelve coaching teams

Coach	Top 48 Artists
Guy Sebastian
	Charlie Pittman	Bella Mackenzie	Marley Sola	Jaydean Miranda	Elly Poletti	Robbie Hunt
	Shanae Watson	Michaela Jayde	Maz Green	Overnight	Jaxson Cornell	Libby Worboys
Jessica Mauboy
	Ezra Williams	David Aumua	Shyjana	Jade Taunton	Giaan Jordan	Dillon Rhodes
	The Bushwackers	Sean Millis	Trisha Godinet	Nenah Jones	Tiarose Burgess	Dan Daniels
Jason Derulo
	Ethan Beckton	Callum Warrender	Calista Nelmes	Alex Jeans	Andrew Taylor Knight	Etienne Steven
	Maree Mamalis	Jade Talbot	Tee & Raye	Christian Ellis	Charlette Ginu	Caitlyn Bamber
Rita Ora
	Tarryn Stokes	Emily Kate	Nyree Huyser	Elsa Marilyn	Gezel Bardossi	Levi X
	Ben Esber	Nick Cunningham	Brenda Bressed	Gabby Asta	Sihana Haxhnikaj	Cruize Karaitiana

Blind auditions

In the blind auditions, the coaches complete their teams with 12 members each. Each coach can block another two times, and the coach who is blocked is unable to pitch for the artist. Like last season, a coach can block at any time, even during their pitch, as long as the blocker turned their chair. However, this season, coaches are allowed to block before a coach turns their chair. Also, this season axed the Battle Pass, which was introduced in the previous season.

Blind auditions colour key

✔	Coach hit the "I WANT YOU" button
	Artist joined this coach's team
	Artist eliminated with no coach pressing "I WANT YOU" button
✘	Coach was blocked by another coach before pressing "I WANT YOU" button
✘	Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist
	Blocked by Guy   Blocked by Jess   Blocked by Jason   Blocked by Rita

Blind auditions results

Episode	Order	Artist	Age	Song	Coach's and artist's choices
					Guy	Jess	Jason	Rita
Episode 1 (Sunday, 6 August)	1	Etienne Steven	19	"Savage Love"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Ethan Beckton	18	"Jealous"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	3	Chris Watson	53	"Jessie's Girl"	—	—	—	—
	4	Overnight	17-18	"Larger than Life"	✔	✔	✘	✔
	5	Ben Esber	22	"Unholy"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	6	Andrew Taylor Knight	24	"Largo al factotum"	—	—	✔	✔
	7	Shanae Watson	21	"Chandelier"	✔	✔	✔	✔
Episode 2 (Monday, 7 August)	1	Calista Nelmes	24	"Remember"	✔	✔	✔	✘
	2	Levi X	15	"Seven Nation Army"	—	—	✔	✔
	3	Ezra Williams	28	"About Damn Time"	—	✔	—	✔
	4	Garret Lyon	31	"Leave (Get Out)"	—	—	—	—
	5	Gezel Bardossi	12	"Chain of Fools"	✔	✔	✔	✔
Episode 3 (Tuesday, 8 August)	1	Bella Mackenzie	18	"Anti-Hero"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Tiarose Burgess	20	"Rich Girl"	—	✔	—	—
	3	Michaela Jayde	35	"Who's Lovin' You"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	4	Chris Hodder	60	"Stand By Me"	—	—	—	—
	5	Charlette Ginu	20	"Lean On"	✔	—	✔	✔
	6	Dillon Rhodes	33	"Play That Funky Music"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	7	Maree Mamalis	17	"Listen Before I Go"	✘	✔	✔	✔
Episode 4 (Sunday, 13 August)	1	Tarryn Stokes	40	"She Used to Be Mine"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Alex Jeans	30	"Never Tear Us Apart"	—	✔	✔	—
	3	Gilbere Bassin	70	"La Vie en rose"	—	—	—	—
	4	Nick Cunningham	31	"Down Under"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	5	Jessica Luxx	34	"Edge of Seventeen"	—	—	—	—
	6	Sean Millis	22	"7 Years"	—	✔	—	✔
	7	Robbie Hunt	18	"Forget Me"	✔	✔	✘	✔
Episode 5 (Monday, 14 August)	1	Nyree Huyser	37	"Stone Cold"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Caitlyn Bamber	16	"Before I Go"	✔	✔	✔	—
	3	Hayley Parker	38	"Holding Out for a Hero"	—	—	—	—
	4	Sihana Haxhnikaj	16	"Nothing Breaks Like A Heart"	—	—	—	✔
	5	Saba Saliba	N/A	"Disco Jesus" (original song)	—	—	—	—
	6	Maz Green	26	"Snap"	✔	✔	—	—
	7	David Aumua	24	"You Say"	✘	✔	✔	✔
Episode 6 (Tuesday, 15 August)	1	Tee & Raye	33	"Don't Let Go"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Scotty Mack	38	"Footloose"	—	—	—	—
	3	Jade Taunton	23	"Landslide"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	4	Hugo Allison	18	"Missing Piece"	—	—	—	—
	5	Ebony Ruth	N/A	"Sorry Not Sorry"	—	—	—	—
	6	Evie Ember	N/A	"Domino"	—	—	—	—
	7	Jaxson Cornell	23	"I Fall Apart"	✔	—	—	—
	8	Cruize Karaitiana	32	"Carry On"	—	✔	—	✔
	9	Giaan Jordan	17	"True Colours"	✘	✔	—	✔
Episode 7 (Monday, 21 August)	1	Marley Sola	27	"Ribbon in the Sky"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Jade Talbot	25	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now"	—	—	✔	—
	3	Gabby Asta	19	"She's All I Wanna Be"	✔	—	—	✔
	4	The Bushwackers	70-74	"I Am Australian"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	5	Elsa Marilyn	17	"Big Yellow Taxi"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	6	Ali Skiba	33	"Sound Healing (Improv)"	—	—	—	—
	7	Elly Poletti	32	"Million Reasons"	✔	✔	✔	✘
Episode 8 (Tuesday, 22 August)	1	Jaydean Miranda	29	"Want to Want Me"	✔	✔	✔	✔
	2	Zac & Eliza	18-20	"From This Moment On"	—	—	—	—
	3	Libby Worboys	19	"Maniac"	✔	✔	—	✔
	4	Jake Lyle	19	"This Is The Moment"	—	—	—	—
	5	Sam Harper	24	"Late Night Talking"	—	—	—	—
	6	Jomeca Lafaialii	21	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"	—	—	—	—
	7	Brenda Bressed	24	"Strong Enough"	✔	—	—	✔
	8	Trisha Godinet	31	"At Last"	✔	✔	✔	✔
Episode 9 (Wednesday, 23 August)	1	Christian Ellis	20	"The Best"	—	✔	✔	✔
	2	Liana Perillo	32	"Strong"	—	—	—	—
	3	Emily Kate	18	"Iris"	✔	✔	✘	✔
	4	Georgios Atsalis	21	"Stay With Me"	—	—	—	Team full
	5	Bronte Horswood	21	"Express Yourself"	—	—	—
	6	Josh Tribuzio	22	"Ghost"	—	—	—
	7	Topanga Lyla	N/A	"Midnight Sky"	—	—	—
	8	Ben Rainford	N/A	"Songbird"	—	—	—
	9	Kai Lloyd-Jones	17	"My My My!	—	—	—
	10	Charlie Pittman	25	"How Do I Say Goodbye"	✔	✔	✔
Episode 10 (Sunday, 27 August)	1	Shyjana	24	"Castles"	Team full	✔	✔	Team full
	2	Grace Callaghan	24	"Beauty and the Beast"		—	—
	3	Dan Daniels	58	"Ring of Fire"		✔	✔
	4	Callum Warrender	28	"The Impossible Dream"		✔	✔
	5	Candice Casagrande	37	"Fields of Gold"		—	Team full
	6	Chloe Thomson	29	"My Sharona"		—
	7	Harry	N/A	"Lovely"		—
	8	Renee	N/A	"Dangerous Woman"		—
	9	Nenah Jones	18	"Heroes"		✔

• Shanae Watson did not apply for The Voice, but was brought in to audition after her father, Chris, encouraged her.

Callbacks

The callbacks aired on 28 and 29 August. Coaches form four groups of three, with one going straight home, one going straight through to the battles, and one going to the ultimate callbacks for a final decision before the battles.

Callbacks colour key

	Artist was chosen to advance to the battles
	Artist was sent to the ultimate callbacks
	Artist was eliminated

Callbacks results

Episode	Order	Coach	Theme	Song	Winner	Losers	Songs
Episode 11 (Monday, 28 August)	1	Guy	Aretha Franklin	"You'll Never Walk Alone"	Marley Sola	Michaela Jayde	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
						Libby Worboys	"I Say a Little Prayer"
	2	Jason	Katy Perry	"Dark Horse"	Maree Mamalis	Calista Nelmes	"When I'm Gone"
						Caitlyn Bamber	"The One That Got Away"
	3	Rita	Greatest collaborations of all time	"Bang Bang"	Nyree Huyser	Ben Esber	"lovely"
						Cruize Karaitiana	"Eastside"
	4	Jess	Songs performed by them on their TikTok	"Imagine"	David Aumua	Sean Millis	"Bruises"
						Dan Daniels	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
	5	Rita	Old songs for the younger singers	"Songbird"	Elsa Marilyn	Gezel Bardossi	"Mercy"
						Sihana Haxhnikaj	"Ain't No Sunshine"
	6	Jason	Uniqueness	"Bring Him Home"	Andrew Taylor Knight	Alex Jeans	"Bed of Roses"
						Charlette Ginu	"Levitating"
	7	Jess	Songs by Aussie icons	"Run to Paradise"	Giaan Jordan	The Bushwackers	"Solid Rock"
						Tiarose Burgess	"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
	8	Guy	Miley Cyrus	"Slide Away"	Bella Mackenzie	Robbie Hunt	"Wrecking Ball"
						Jaxson Cornell	"Flowers"
Episode 12 (Tuesday, 29 August)	1	Rita	Cher	"The Winner Takes It All"	Tarryn Stokes	Emily Kate	"Believe"
						Gabby Asta	"If I Could Turn Back Time"
	2	Jason	UK pop icons	"Let It Go"	Ethan Beckton	Jade Talbot	"Set Fire to the Rain"
						Christian Ellis	"Perfect"
	3	Guy	Group songs	"Emotion"	Elly Poletti	Jaydean Miranda	"I'll Be There"
						Overnight	"What Makes You Beautiful"
	4	Jess	Lady Gaga	"I'll Never Love Again"	Jade Taunton	Shyjana	"Rain on Me"
						Nenah Jones	"Always Remember Us This Way"
	5	Jason	Michael Jackson	"Man In The Mirror"	Etienne Steven	Callum Warrender	"Ben"
						Tee & Raye	"Thriller"
	6	Rita	Disco	"I Will Survive"	Levi X	Nick Cunningham	"Young Hearts Run Free"
						Brenda Bressed	"How Will I Know"
	7	Guy	Radio ready	"Teenage Dream"	Charlie Pittman	Shanae Watson	"Stronger"
						Maz Green	"4ever"
	8	Jess	James Brown	"Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"	Dillon Rhodes	Ezra Williams	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"
						Trisha Godinet	"It's A Man's Man's Man's World"

Ultimate callbacks

The ultimate callbacks aired on 3 September. Coaches form two groups of two from the artists that did not advance from the callbacks nor were eliminated. In a make-or-break sing off, one from each group advances to the battles, while the other is eliminated.

Ultimate callbacks colour key

	Artist won the ultimate callback and advanced to the battles
	Artist lost the ultimate callback and was eliminated
	Artist withdrew from the competition

Ultimate callbacks

Episode	Order	Coach	Theme	Winner	Song	Loser	Song
Episode 13 (Sunday, 3 September)	1	Jason	Swap styles	Calista Nelmes	"Skyscraper"
						Jade Talbot	"The Edge of Glory"
	2	Guy	Elvis Presley	Robbie Hunt	"Blue Suede Shoes"
						Shanae Watson	"Can't Help Falling In Love"
	3	Jess	80s rock	Ezra Williams	"Love Is a Battlefield"
						The Bushwackers	"Dumb Things"
	4	Rita	Britney Spears	Gezel Bardossi	"Toxic"
						Ben Esber	"…Baby One More Time"
	5	Jess	Vulnerability	Shyjana	"People Help the People"
						Sean Millis	"Leave a Light On"
	6	Guy	Bruno Mars	Jaydean Miranda	"Leave the Door Open"
						Michaela Jayde	"When I Was Your Man"
	7	Rita	Country artists	Emily Kate	"I Will Always Love You"
						Nick Cunningham	"Last Night"
	8	Jason	Aerosmith	Alex Jeans	"Dream On"	N/A
				Callum Warrender	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"

Battles

The Battles aired on 10 September and 17 September. In the battles, coaches are to cut their team to 2 artists by pairing their artists to sing the same song as a duet.

Team Guy and Jason performed on the first night of battles and Team Jess and Rita performed on the second night.

Battles colour key

	Artist won the battle and advances straight to the Semifinal
	Artist won the battle and advances to the Singoffs
	Artist lost the battle and was eliminated

Battles results

Episode	Order	Coach	Winner	Song	Loser
Episode 14 (Sunday, 10 September)	1	Jason	Calista Nelmes	"Fall In Line"	Maree Mamalis
	2	Guy	Charlie Pittman	"Chasing Cars"	Robbie Hunt
	3	Jason	Ethan Beckton	"Ceilings"	Etienne Steven
	4	Guy	Marley Sola	"I Can't Make You Love Me"	Elly Poletti
	5	Guy	Bella Mackenzie	"The Bones"	Jaydean Miranda
	6	Jason	Callum Warrender	"You Raise Me Up"	N/A
			Andrew Taylor Knight
			Alex Jeans
Episode 15 (Sunday, 17 September)	1	Rita	Tarryn Stokes	"Alone"	N/A
			Nyree Huyser
	2	Jess	Ezra Williams	"Feel It Still"	Dillon Rhodes
	3	Jess	David Aumua	"What About Us"	Jade Taunton
	4	Rita	Emily Kate	"Tainted Love"	Levi X
	5	Jess	Shyjana	"Hold On"	Giaan Jordan
	6	Rita	N/A	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gezel Bardossi
					Elsa Marilyn

Singoffs

In the Singoffs, coaches pick one of their battle winners to go straight through the Semifinals. Then the remaining artists must Singoff for the last remaining spot on their team to advance to the semifinal.

Singoffs colour key

	Artist was chosen to advance to the Semifinal
	Artist was eliminated

Singoffs results

Episode	Order	Coach	Song	Winner	Loser(s)	Song
Episode 14 (Sunday, 10 September)	1	Guy	"Don't Stop Believin'"	Bella Mackenzie	Marley Sola	"This City"
	2	Jason	"Into the Unknown"	Callum Warrender	Calista Nelmes	"Mamma Knows Best"
					Alex Jeans	"Falling"
					Andrew Taylor Knight	"Nessun dorma"
Episode 15 (Sunday, 17 September)	1	Rita	"Anyone"	Tarryn Stokes	Nyree Huyser	"Forever Young"
	2	Jess	"Another One Bites The Dust"	Ezra Williams	Shyjana	"Use Somebody"

Finals

Semi-final

The Semifinal aired on 24 September. The 8 remaining artists sing different songs for a place in the Grand Final. At the end of the episode, coaches are only allowed to pick one artist from their team to advance to the Grand Final.

Semi-final results

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Result
1	Jess	Ezra Williams	"Afraid to Feel"	Saved by coach
2	Rita	Tarryn Stokes	"The Scientist"
3	Guy	Bella Mackenzie	"Two Strong Hearts"	Eliminated
4	Jason	Ethan Beckton	"Train Wreck"	Saved by coach
5	Jess	David Aumua	"I Won't Give Up"	Eliminated
6	Rita	Emily Kate	"Can't Get You Out of My Head"
7	Guy	Charlie Pittman	"Take On Me"	Saved by coach
8	Jason	Callum Warrender	"Never Enough"	Eliminated

Grand Finale

The Grand Finale was broadcast on 8 October 2023. Each artist performed a solo song and a duet with their coach. Similar to the last three seasons, this was the only episode of the season where the results were determined by public vote and not by the coaches. Tarryn Stokes was declared the winner, marking Rita Ora's second consecutive win as a coach and tied with Seal, Delta Goodrem, and Kelly Rowland with the most wins on the Australian version of The Voice.

Finale results

Coach	Contestant	Order	Solo song	Order	Duet song	Result
Jessica Mauboy	Ezra Williams	1	"Don't Go Yet"	5	"As It Was"	Finalist
Rita Ora	Tarryn Stokes	8	"All by Myself"	2	"The Best"	Winner
Jason Derulo	Ethan Beckton	6	"Eyes Closed"	3	"Someone You Loved"	Finalist
Guy Sebastian	Charlie Pittman	4	"When You're Gone"	7	"Torn"	Finalist

Ratings

Colour key:

  – Highest rating during the season

  – Lowest rating during the season

The Voice season twelve consolidated viewership and adjusted position

Episode		Original airdate	Timeslot	Metro Overnight TV Viewers	Night Rank	Total TV Viewers	Night Rank	Source
1	"Blind Auditions"	6 August 2023	Sunday 7:00 pm	716,000	4	1,338,000	3
2		7 August 2023	Monday 7:00 pm	789,000	6	1,461,000	4
3		8 August 2023	Tuesday 7:30 pm	624,000	6	1,196,000	4
4		13 August 2023	Sunday 7:00 pm	789,000	3	1,433,000	3
5		14 August 2023	Monday 7:30 pm	656,000	7	1,252,000	4
6		15 August 2023	Tuesday 7:30 pm	662,000	5	1,242,000	3
7		21 August 2023	Monday 7:30 pm	681,000	5	1,266,000	3
8		22 August 2023	Tuesday 7:30 pm	684,000	5	1,249,000	3
9		23 August 2023	Wednesday 7:30 pm	589,000	6	1,155,000	4
10		27 August 2023	Sunday 7:00 pm	705,000	4	1,272,000	3
11	"Callbacks"	28 August 2023	Monday 7:30pm	666,000	6	1,264,000	3
12		29 August 2023	Tuesday 7:30pm	661,000	6	1,302,000	3
13	"Ultimate Callback"	3 September 2023	Sunday 7:00pm	694,000	4	1,282,000	2
14	"Battles"	10 September 2023	Sunday 7:00pm	725,000	4	1,312,000	4
15		17 September 2023		653,000	4	1,233,000	3
16	"Semi-final"	24 September 2023		606,000	4	1,130,000	4
17	"The Grand Finale"	8 October 2023		740,000	3	1,324,000	3
	"Winner Announced"			783,000	2	1,348,000	2