Leanne Mitchell

Leanne Mitchell (born 14 December 1983) is an English pop singer, best known for winning the first series of The Voice UK on 2 June 2012. Mitchell released her debut solo single "Run to You" on 3 June 2012.

Her debut self-titled album was released in May 2013 and was described as a "huge flop", managing to get to only 134 in the album chart. She was dropped from her label in 2014.

Career Early career At the age of 15 she started performing at Potters Leisure Resort, near Hopton-on-Sea. Mitchell writes music, sings, and plays piano and the organ.

2012: The Voice UK

Leanne auditioned for the first ever series of The Voice UK with Beyoncé's If I Were A Boy, having made Tom Jones and Danny O'Donoghue turn their chairs for her, but she chose to join Team Tom. In the Battle Rounds, she was paired up with Barbara Bryceland to sing Lady Gaga's The Edge of Glory, which she won, therefore proceeding to the live shows. In Week 1, she performed P!nk's Who Knew and won the public vote, alongside Ruth Brown and Adam Isaac, moving on the next show. In Week 3, she performed I Put A Spell On You, but ended up in the bottom 3 after they lost to Ruth Brown, who won the vote. Tom Jones chose to save Leanne, taking her to the Semi-Finals. In the Semis, she performed Whitney Houston's Run to You and won the public vote against Ruth Brown. In the Live Finals, she first sang It's a Man's Man's Man's World as her solo song, her duet with coach Tom Jones being Mama Told Me Not to Come and her Song of the Series was yet again, Run to You. She was pronounced as the winner and soon released a cover version of Run to You as her debut single.

Personal life In 2011, she married activity instructor Rob Hurren, whom she had met 10 years earlier at Potters Leisure Resort. The couple live in Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.

Performances Performed Song Original Artist Result Blind Audition "If I Were a Boy" Beyoncé Joined Team Tom Battle Rounds "The Edge of Glory" (against Barbara Bryceland) Lady Gaga Winner Week 1 "Who Knew" Pink Safe Week 2 "Higher Ground" (as part of Team Tom) Stevie Wonder Week 3 "I Put a Spell on You" Screamin' Jay Hawkins Safe Week 4 "Shake It Out" (as part of Team Tom) Florence and the Machine Semi-final "Run to You" Whitney Houston Safe Final "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" James Brown Winner "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (with Tom Jones) Eric Burdon "Run to You" Whitney Houston

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions UK Leanne Mitchell Released: 27 May 2013 Label: Decca Formats: CD, digital download 134

Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Album UK 2012 "Run to You" 45 Non-album single 2013 "If I Knew Then" —Leanne Mitchell "Pride" — "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

Guest appearances Year Song Album 2012 "Run to You" The Voice UK,The Final 8 – The Album "I Put a Spell on You"