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Mitchel Emms (born 12 July 1993) is an English singer and musician from Burntwood, most notable for being a Quarter Finalist on second series of the BBC talent show The Voice UK

2003 - 2012
Mitchel became hooked on music after hearing Heart Shaped Box at aged 9 and self-taught himself to play guitar and began performing in pubs and clubs in Birmingham and the Black Country from the age of 10. In 2004, Emms appeared on ITV's Stars In Their Eyes Kids as Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. By the age of 15, Mitchel had performed 500 shows.

In 2009, he joined Nottingham-based band "Toxic Federation", appearing on "Behind The Mask" (2009), "As One" (2010) and "Distance" (2011). Mitch left the band in October 2011.

2013: The Voice UK
Mitchel appeared on the second series of BBC's The Voice UK, reaching the live quarter finals and was eliminated by public vote.

Solo Appearances
Shortly after his stint on The Voice UK, Emms co-headlined Judgestock Festival as main support under The Quireboys, as well as headlining the Jagermeister Stage at Bloodstock Open Air in the summer of 2013.

In August 2017, Emms appeared with Dan Gillespie Sells of The Feeling and Nim Miller of The Faithettes as part of a supergroup performing a headline set at Meraki Festival.

MisterNothing
During his time on The Voice, at aged 19, Mitchel wrote, recorded and produced his own album entirely from his bedroom under the name of "MisterNothing" which Emms soon formed a band under in 2013.

The band independently released "All My Favourite Bands Are Dead" in 2014 followed by an E.P. titled "From The Black And Blue" released via LMC Records.

The band unofficially dissolved in 2015.

The Treatment
In 2015, Emms joined Cambridge outfit The Treatment (band) as lead vocalist, replacing previous vocalist Matt Jones. He toured with the band as special guests for W.A.S.P.'s UK Tour in 2015.

He appeared on the band's third album "Generation Me" released via Frontiers Records on March 18th 2016 and toured UK and Europe in support of the album.

Mitch hit out at at criticizers of his TV show background in an interview with Classic Rock (magazine) during their UK tour, stating that "There are a lot of people out there who would discredit me as a singer because I've been on a show like that. But it's not something I really think about or care about, because the The Voice is one part of 12 years of me doing music. I don't care."

In June 2017, Mitchel performed high profile shows with the band as special guests with Scorpions (band) in France and at mainstage 2 at Hellfest (French music festival). Mitchel also took part in the "Hellfest Allstars" video performing a cover version of "Walk This Way" alongside Chuck D, Blue Oyster Cult and many other bands from the festival.

On 2nd September 2017, Emms performed his final show with The Treatment at the Nottingham Rescue Rooms in support of Macmillan Cancer Support.

On the 14th September, The Treatment announced on their official Facebook page that Mitch had left the band, which was followed by a post by Emms on social media to fans to confirm and explain the reasons for his departure. He also added that he would be taking a break from performing original music until he finds "the right inspiration to produce and release something personally fulfilling that I believe the world needs to hear".