NEED TO KNOW
- Melanie C, Ronan Keating, Kate Miller-Heidke and Richard Marx are the coaches on The Voice Australia.
- Each coach initially had eight spots on their teams.
- As we approach the Semi-Finals, they can only save two artists each.
The Voice Australia is in full swing, and the coaches are fine-tuning their teams.
After the Blind Auditions and Quarter Finals, Ronan Keating, Kate Miller-Heidke, Richard Marx and Melanie C are halving their teams!
That’s right. That means that they will have to choose two artists to take through to the Semi-Finals.
Find out who has made the cut so far below.
Who are The Voice Australia 2026 coaches?
Once again, Kate Miller-Heidke, Ronan Keating, Richard Marx and Melanie C are mentoring this year’s contestants.
Kate won last year with Alyssa Delpopolo, and the coach tells New Idea that she’d love to take another artist to the finish line.
“I wish I had the formula to win. I can easily pretend that I do, but the truth is, we’re all just doing our best,” she tells us.
Ronan is determined to be the coach of the winner, but he acknowledges that it’s all up to Australia.
“We don’t have as much perspective as the audience has, because on screen you can see their micro expressions, and hear their backstories,” Ronan says.
As for who he wants to take out the competition?
“I would love to see a young female country star win this year; that would be great,” he tells us. If you scroll down to his team, you’ll see he has already recruited a country singer. We’ll have to wait to see if she’s the winner.
However, this time, Tones and I also joined the show as a secret fifth coach.
The ARIA winner mentored singers who didn’t turn a chair to see if they could secure a spot on the show – and some did!
However, as the competition has progressed, more hopeful singers have gone home.
Who are The Voice Australia 2026 contestants?
Now, Richard, Ronan, Melanie and Kate can only choose two artists for a spot in the final.
Scroll on to see which contestants are making it through to the Semi-Finals.
Yung Milla, 22, Darwin, NT
Team Melanie
Music was always a grounding force for Yung Milla, who credits his mother for helping him through a challenging childhood.
The support worker is passionate about helping other Indigenous kids access the support he wished he had when he was younger.
For his Blind Audition, he chose to rap his brother’s song, All My Life, which turned all four chairs.
“Every place, there’s good, there’s bad, there’s dark and rainbows, I just happened to grow up in the darker side of things,” he told Ronan, Kate, Richard and Melanie after he took to the stage.
“Coming out of that, I’ve been a support worker; I mentor. I’m just speaking through my music now, to help my mob back home.”
“This is why I’m on this stage. This isn’t about me; this is about my family, my people back home, just to show hope that they can do it too.”
After the coaches made their pitches, he decided to go with Melanie.
Then, he thrived in the Knockouts, and Melanie then chose him to continue through to the Semi-Finals.
Leyla Sabo, 12, Melbourne, VIC
Team Ronan
From the moment Leyla started singing, the coaches were rendered speechless.
She was only 12 years old when she auditioned, but has shown she’s wise beyond her years.
“I think I’m very mature [for 13], and I think my voice developed when I was at a very young age as well,” Leyla exclusively told New Idea.
“So I just don’t listen to what people have to say. I do me and do my own thing.”
She also credits the work she’s done with her coach, Ronan Keating.
“There was just an immediate connection, and I felt that he really had a special place for me in his heart, and it was the same with me,” she says with a big smile,” she explained.
Now, she’s performing in the Semi-Finals!
The 60 Four, SA
Team Ronan
The 60 Four were initially on Melanie’s team, but Ronan saved them when she didn’t choose the group in the Knockouts.
His decision paid off, because he also chose to take them through to the Semi-Finals!
Daisha Auda, 14, Logan, QLD
Team Kate
She’s only 14, but Daisha has impressed everyone with her skills.
After turning four chairs in her Blind Auditions, she chose Ronan. Kate then saved her.
Now, she’s in the Semi-Finals!
Taylor Beadle Williams, 37, Marrickville, NSW
Team Kate
Taylor has gone from strength to strength as the competition progressed.
From the Blind Auditions, to Knockouts, to the Quarter Finals and the Semi-Finals, we still have plenty more to see of her.
Charlotte June, 22, Adelaide, SA
Team Kate
Kate brought the coaches to tears with her rendition of a beloved song by Kate Bush for her Blind Audition, which she dedicated to her mother with dementia.
Since then, Charlotte has blown everyone away with all of her performances.
Tommy Novak, 36, NSW
Team Richard
While the coaches struggled to connect with his Quarter Finals performance, Richard chose to let him continue in the competition.
Tika Cetinich, 35, VIC
Team Richard
For her Quarter Finals performance, she sang Heart’s hit, Alone.
It paid off, because Richard chose her as his first artist for the Semi-Finals.
While she’s been grappling with self-doubt throughout the competition, the Grammy winner isn’t ready for her to go home.
