The Voice UK: ‘No disrespect’ will.i.am SLAMS Kylie, Rita Ora and Paloma Faith in outburst
THE VOICE UK’S will.i.am took a candid swipe at the former female judges of the series tonight as he made a sneaky remark during the first live show of the series.
Will.I.Am thinks Jennifer Hudson is the best female coach ever
The Black Eyed Peas frontman is the only coach to have taken a seat in a swinging red chair for all six cycles of The Voice UK, starring alongside ladies Paloma Faith, Kylie Minogue, Rita Ora and Jessie J.
Jennifer Hudson joined the panel as the talent contest moved to ITV for the first time this year, and tonight, will.i.am claimed the Grammy-winner was the “best female judge” the show has ever seen.
“I’ve been doing this show for a while, and no disrespect to the other coaches, J-Hud is probably the best female,” he said.
“And, you can tell by her selection and how she’s taken her singers. Every single person’s a star.”
no disrespect to the other coaches, J-Hud is probably the best female
The hitmaker’s comments come after he exclusively told Express.co.uk that he thought Jennifer would leave The Voice UK after one series to become “the new Oprah Winfrey”.
“I know what will happen,” he said. “When I came over onto British TV Americans were like, ‘You can keep him’, but when Brits are like, ‘We love J-Hud,’ Americans will be like, ‘No, we’re taking her back’.
“She’s big already but she’s going to have her own show. All these folks are going to be trying to get her. Americans are missing that right now. There’s no Oprah, there is none of that.”
Tonight, viewers decided they knew who their winner of The Voice UK would be after Jennifer’s remaining six singers were whittled down to three.
After the public vote, Mo Adeniran and Jamie Miller sailed through to the quarter finals while Jennifer stunned fans by picking Jack Bruley to join them.
The Voice UK continues tomorrow night at 7.45 on ITV.