Professor Green Missed Out On The Voice Job

Professor Green was considered for a role as a coach on BBC talent show The Voice, it has been revealed.

The BBC has admitted toKaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson.

A beeb spokesperson said: "We're absolutely delighted that Ricky's on board and obviously Professor Green's great, everyone really liked him, but we've got to look at the mix [of judges] and on balance Ricky is the man for the job.

"We considered a whole host of people, and Professor Green is a great artist in his own right."

Kylie Minogue has also joined Sir Tom Jones and Will.I.Am on the panel of the BBC One show.

And the BBC source was upbeat about the show's prospects for its third series next year.

"[Ricky is] absolutely hysterical. I think he's going to be a really great addition, it's going to be a really good series. We're very excited."

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