Kelly Irwin, a 16-year-old songstress from Dublin, was seen preparing for her performance backstage with her family.
“You should be proud of yourself, which is really good…” said one of Kelly’s relatives as ITV plastered each word beneath them.
Fans of the show were outraged that subtitles had only appeared when the English-speaking Irish family were talking.
One viewer asked: “@thevoiceuk since when to we need subtitles for Irish accents? #TheVoiceUk.”
“Subtitles for an Irish family on #TheVoice Are you being for real@ITV?” asked another.
A third posted: “A note to @ITV – please do not use subtitles if English is being spoken by an accent out of southern England. It’s degrading. Shame on you.”
“Voice whacked subtitles on when the irish family talk, racist,” said a fourth.
Despite not getting through to the next round, Kelly said: “It went really well, I’m happy with the way I performed.”
Further fans of the show slammed the subtitling decision, adding: “That was really patronising the subtitles then on the voice. We can understand the Irish accent ffs.”
“Just coz it’s not an ‘English accent’ doesn’t mean we need subtitles fs lol #thevoiceuk,” posted another.
A third asked: “@thevoiceuk Seriously! since when to we need subtitles for Irish accents? #TheVoiceUk”
“Watching the voice and mums boyfriend starts kicking off because they’ve put subtitles on an Irish contestant,” revealed a fourth.
Express.co.uk has contacted a spokesperson for The Voice seeking comment.
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