Adele's distant cousin attempts to impress judges on The Voice... after shedding 'eight stone' in weight
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A distant cousin of chart-topping global star Adele will show off her own abilities as a contestant on BBC1 talent show The Voice – after trimming down to just eight stone.
Georgia Harrup will be seen on this weekend's programme wowing the panel of coaches in the "spinning chair" audition stage of the contest.
The 27-year-old call centre worker performs a version of the Ray Charles track Hallelujah I Love Her So in front of Will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue and Ricky Wilson.
Hopeful: Georgia Harrup, a distant relative of superstar Adele, hopes to impress the coaches on Saturday's episode of The Voice UK
Georgia only found out she was related to Adele five years ago when the wannabe's father contacted another branch of his family.
She told The Sun: ‘One day my dad rang his family and asked how everyone was doing and they said, ‘Adele is on tour, doing really well.’
Her father Albie - a guitarist who was in rock band Scarecrow and has released Christian albums as a solo performer - is the brother of Adele's grandmother.
Quite a transformation: Georgia has previously showed off her drastic weight loss with a series of before and after shots on Instagram
She added: ‘He came off the phone and told me that the person whose album I loved was related to me.
‘I couldn’t believe it, as she was always a massive inspiration to me anyway.’
The Huddersfield based singer has met her famous relative only once, at a family gathering when they were children.
But despite her showbiz connection Georgia says she won’t be asking Adele for any assistance as she bids for fame on the BBC talent show.
Here's another: The Huddersfield based singer has reportedly lost eight - half her body weight
She said: ‘I didn’t want to push my career in her face so she felt obliged to help me. If she made contact I think I’d sit there in a daze.
The singer, who married and divorced ex-husband Simon Prosser before she was 21, lost half her body weight before appearing on Saturday’s episode of The Voice.
In a series of before and after shots posted on Instagram, Georgia shows off the radical change to her body shape after shedding a reported eight stone.
MailOnline have contacted representatives of The Voice for further comment.
Blood relative: Georgia is connected to Adele through her father Albie, who is the brother of Adele's grandmother
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