"Smashed it" — The Voice UK fans react to Perrie Edwards' Season 13 finale's guest performance

The Voice UK Season 13 aired its season finale on Saturday, October 26, 2024, and crowned Ava Mannings as its winner. The segment featured several guest performances including one by The X Factor UK alum Perie Louise Edwards who competed on the talent show as a member of Little Mix.

In The Voice UK finale, she performed Forget About Us and earned praise online. One person wrote on X:

"Wow Perrie smashed it on @thevoiceuk stage tonight… I’ve got so much respect for you Perrie at least you don’t mime like a lot of artists do well done and I can’t wait for the album"

"Perrie delivering INSANE vocals during her performance of ‘Forger About Us’ on The Voice UK final!" a fan commented.

"Wow that high note Perrie you smashed it and there is definitely big competition in the UK charts at the moment because your amazing and when your album comes out I have a feeling it will be a number one selling album xx," a tweet read.

Some The Voice UK 2024 fans were divided by the performance:

"This Perrie performance feels empty she should have had the backing singers on stage as well," a person wrote.

"perrie's a great vocalist and has nothing to prove but this isn't a good example cos her vocals weren't 100% live in this performance," a fan commented.

"Overrated Perrie miming her ar*e off ! What is the point ?!" a tweet read.

Fans of The Voice UK Season 13 further said:

"Perrie performing on #TheVoiceUK finale looking gorgeous in white and gold," a person wrote.

"the winner of the show tonight was perrie edwards," a fan commented.

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What happened in The Voice UK 2024 finale?

The Voice UK 2024 aired its season finale this week on Saturday, October 26, 2024. The segment featured performances by the contestants, the coaches, season 2023 winner HUNNI, and Perrie Edwards.

Contestant Ava and her mentors Tom and Danny sang The Reason while Billy and Louie sang Fall on Me. The 2024 judges got together to perform Fortunate Son. This was followed by Perrie Edwards performing her single Forget About Us.

Her performance was followed by The Voice UK 2023 winners HUNNI who sang Heartbeat during Saturday's episode. Contestant Storry performed Forever Young followed by her collaboration with coach Will.I.Am as they sang Cry Me A River.

Twins Billy and Louie teamed up with Sir Tom Jones to perform Farther Along followed by Deb Orah's rendition of Holy Water/Jesus Walks. The contestant teamed up with LeAnn Rimes to perform Nina Cried Power followed by Ava Manning's solo performance on The Long and Winding Road.

After the performers wrapped up, the host Emma Willis announced the winner of The Voice 2024. It came down to Ava and Billy and Louie and the female contestant took home the prize.

Coaches Tom and Danny, Ava's coaches celebrated their wins backstage. Danny Jones told the singer that they were proud of the collective hard work they put in. He said they couldn't have done "anymore" and did "everything" they could.

"You gave it your all," Tom Fletcher added.

He added that as coaches, they threw some "curveballs" at her and recalled having a "difficult week" prior to the finale episode. He said that although it was a tough competition, he was glad people got to see her the way they saw her. The three hugged each other as Tom and Danny told Ava how proud they were of her.

Fans of the reality show reacted to the final segment online and were appreciative of the episode. They voiced their opinions only and praised the performances, including Perrie Edwards' guest performance.

Episodes of The Voice UK 2024 are available to stream on ITV.