Cate McHugh has been crowned the winner of The Voice UK following her appearance on the ITV competition show. The performer, based in Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan, expressed shock at her victory when her name was announced on the program.
McHugh was mentored throughout the competition by Sir Tom Jones, who presented her with a congratulatory embrace following the finale. This marked a significant occasion as it represented Jones’s final appearance as a coach on the show after he had announced his departure from the program.
As the competition’s winner, McHugh receives a £50,000 cash award alongside a recording contract. Her first single, a rendition of The Beatles’ “Blackbird,” has been released following her victory. During the finale, she performed a duet of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
McHugh, 31, began her musical training at age six and turned professional around age 15. She was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a degenerative sight condition, at age 22 while attending music school and is registered blind. During her blind audition for the program, conducted in September, Jones selected her after hearing her rendition of Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s “Die With A Smile.”
Jones, 86, has served as a coach on The Voice UK since its debut in 2012. His departure from the show follows an announcement made in September that ITV had made the decision to remove him from the coaching panel for the upcoming series.
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