ITV The Voice UK viewers issue same complaint within minutes of the new series starting

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As the summer draws to a close it can only mean the return of Saturday night's biggest shows. And it all kicked off last night (September 3) with the return of The Masked Dancer followed by The Voice UK on ITV.

Olly Murs, Ann-Marie, Tom Jones, and Will.i.Am, were all back in their spinning red chairs as the blind auditions got underway with Emma Willis back as host. But first, the show kicked off with the four superstar musicians taking to the stage for a joint performance of Whitney Houston classic Higher Love.

The competition then soon got underway and as ever, the four coaches have 10 spaces to fill in their team with the hope of being crowned The Voice UK champion and the winner landing a recording contract.

And there was also the return of the block button. Each coach has the ability to make the move to block one of their fellow stars if they think they'll be in a battle to get the auditioning singer on their team. But they can only use it once.

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And it was poor singing legend Tom who suffered first as Olly Murs pipped him to the post and stopped him from pitching for soulful singer David Adeogun, a student from London, who earned praise from the coaches with her performance of JP Cooper's In The Silence.

But Tom soon got his payback as the first duo of the series took to the stage. Couple Thomas, 25 and Emilie, 30 from South Wales beautifully belted out Les Misérables classic Bring Him Home. The pair's performance got spins from all four coaches - but Tom blocked Olly and it may have paid off as Thomas and Emilie decided to join Team Tom.

Viewers were soon getting into the series at home, agreeing and disagreeing with the judges.