The Voice Australia changed up the reality TV singing game way back in 2012, and over the past eleven years, it’s produced some shining stars.
It was the first show of its genre to introduce some seriously successful judges from the music industry as well as the swinging chair feature that we know today as the Blind auditions.
During The Voice Australia’s premiere season, Seal, Keith Urban, Delta Goodrem, and Joel Madden took the red chairs as judges.
Since then, Ricky Martin, Kylie Minogue, will.i.am, Jessie J, Benji Madden, Ronan Keating, Kelly Rowland, Boy George, Joe Jonas, Guy Sebastian, Rita Ora, Jessica Mauboy and Jason Derulo (whew!) have all featured as judges on The Voice Australia.
Plus, during that time, 12 winners have been crowned.
To celebrate the return of The Voice Australia in August, we’ve popped together a list of every contestant who’s won since the show’s inception.
2023 Winner – Tarryn Stokes
Tarryn sang All By Myself by Eric Carmen in The Voice 2023 final and beat out Charlie Pittman, Ethan Beckton, and Ezra Williams to be crowned the winner. At 40 years old she is the oldest winner in The Voice Australia history.
2022 Winner – Lachie Gill
Lachie was recruited to be part of Team Rita and won The Voice 2022. Since his win he has released four singles, and an EP titled Write It Out.
2021 Winner – Bella Taylor Smith
Bella won The Voice 2021 for Team Guy. Since then, she’s released two singles, including Nice To Know Ya in 2022. That same year she got engaged to her partner Josh Cole.
2020 Winner – Chris Sebastian
If you’re pondering why Chris looks familiar, it’s probably because he’s Guy Sebastian’s younger brother. He was originally on Team Seal in The Voice Australia Season 1 but was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
In 2020 he returned and won the competition as part of Kelly’s team.
2019 Winner – Diana Rouvas
Diana was a working singer prior to her time on The Voice. At age 17 she toured with Tina Arena as a backing vocalist and represented Australia in G’day LA celebrations in Los Angeles.
Like Chris, Diana was on Season 1 and made it to the Top 8. She returned in 2019 and won the competition as part of Team Boy George.
2018 Winner – Sam Perry
Sam caused controversy as he was the first contestant to use his voice to beatbox the backup track to his audition song When Doves Cry by Prince. He won the 2018 season as part of Team Kelly.
2017 Winner – Judah Kelly
Judah won The Voice 2017 with Delta as his mentor, which marked her second and final win as a coach.
2016 Winner – Alfie Arcuri
Like Judah, Alfie was also Team Delta. He won The Voice in 2016 and is still working as an artist. Since his time on the show, he’s released ten singles, including Happy which dropped this year.
2015 Winner – Ellie Drennan
Ellie won the singing competition back in 2015. She was on Team Jessie J and at the age of 16, she was the youngest winner ever.
2014 Winner – Anja Nissen
Anja is a Danish-Australian singer who won The Voice 2014 as part of Team Will.
Two years after her win she came runner-up in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2016, which is Denmark’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.
2013 Winner – Harrison Craig
Harrison won the show way back in 2013 on Team Seal.
While he has considerable success with three songs on the ARIA Singles Chart top 10 shortly after his win, it doesn’t look as though he’s released anything new since 2016.
2012 Winner – Karise Eden
Karise was the first ever winner of The Voice Australia and she was part of Team Seal.
Well over a decade later, Karise’s musical career is still going strong. She’s released four studio albums since appearing on the show and released a new single this year called Wild Hearts.
Who are the coaches on the new season of The Voice Australia?
The new season of The Voice will see a star-studded lineup of coaches, including Leann Rimes, Adam Lambert, Kate Miller-Heidke, and Guy Sebastian.
One of the most successful formats in the world, the new season will be once again hosted by Sonia Kruger and will feature jaw-dropping talent and the strongest-ever line-up of artists competing!
The Voice Australia premieres on August 6 at 7pm on 7 and 7Plus.
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