Kaiser Chiefs star Ricky Wilson: 'I turned down The Voice UK'
Published Apr 3 2012, 14:54 BST | By Daniel Sperling
Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson has revealed that he turned down an offer to join The Voice UK.The 'Ruby' star claimed that intuition told him to reject a coaching role on the BBC contest, even though the deal could have "shifted a lot of records".
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"I had an email conversation with the BBC about it but it just didn't feel right," he confirmed to the Daily Star. ''The reason to say yes to the offer is obvious - those huge viewing figures would have shifted us a lot of records.
"The musical landscape has changed a lot since our first single in 2004, and the way of the world now is if you're on one of those big TV shows, you sell records.
"But if you've got that one bit of doubt, you should listen to that more than the 99% of you that's screaming, 'Do it'."
Jessie J, will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Danny O'Donoghue coach The Voice UK, which launched on BBC One last month.
Its first two instalments recorded massive ratings of 8.43m and 9m respectively, while Jessie J saw her debut album Who You Are return to the top five this weekend.
Watch the Kaiser Chiefs in the video for 'Ruby' below:
If you read the article, you'd notice it tells you exactly who he is in the first line...
April 4th 2012 at 10:49pm
Indeed, if I listened to the 1% of doubt I have when making decisions, I'd never have made one!
April 4th 2012 at 9:27pm
Good on Ricky :)
April 4th 2012 at 5:17pm
who is he, well I think the voice better as it is.
April 4th 2012 at 1:14pm
"But if you've got that one bit of doubt, you should listen to that more than the 99% of you that's screaming, 'Do it'." That makes no sense at all...
April 4th 2012 at 3:03am