Ricky
Wilson has taken a thinly-veiled swipe at rival singing show The X Factor as he
prepares to take up coaching duties on BBC singing show The Voice.
The cheeky 35-year-old Kaiser
Chiefs frontman says viewers should tune in for true talent and shouldn’t
expect comedy acts.
‘We don’t rely on the novelty of
people being there that shouldn’t be there later on,’ he warned.
‘It gets to a point where everyone is
getting better and better and it is down to the best singer. If you want to
watch a show where the person is the best singer, The Voice is the show for
you. If you want to see people making fools of themselves, you can watch shows
on other stations,’ he laughed.
Having been drafted in to replace
departing coach Danny O’Donoghue, of The Script, Wilson jokes he will stand out
on style alone.
‘I can’t wear those low slung
T-shirts!’ he chuckled before revealing he is anxious about the pressure of
being on live television later in the competition.
‘It is going on TV [which is]
something I’ve never done as myself before. I’ve always been singing, which is
relatively easy.
‘When Tom Jones advised me to just be
myself I thought, “but who is that guy?” I am a different guy to Danny, so I
will come across as different. You can’t compare.’
[Originally published Metro, Guilty
Pleasures, Tuesday 3 January 2014]
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