KATCHING MY I: 'She's naughtier than Kylie or Jessie J!': The Voice's Ricky Wilson claims new recruit Rita Ora is the BBC1 show's most controversial female judge yet

Saturday 3 January 2015

'She's naughtier than Kylie or Jessie J!': The Voice's Ricky Wilson claims new recruit Rita Ora is the BBC1 show's most controversial female judge yet

PUBLISHED: 22:17, 2 January 2015 | UPDATED: 23:50, 2 January 2015

Rita Ora is 'naughtier' than former The Voice judges Kylie Minogue and Jessie J, according to Kaiser Chiefs frontman, Ricky Wilson.

The 'How We Do' hit-maker has joined the panel of the BBC One talent show and fellow judge Ricky claims she's not as well-behaved as her predecessors.

Referring to a Rita wearing a pair of elf ears she'd stolen from the CCBC children's TV studio, he said: 'She is a lot naughtier than Kylie and Jessie. Look at her!'

Frank: Referring to a Rita wearing a pair of elf ears she'd stolen from the CCBC children's TV studio, he said: 'She is a lot naughtier than Kylie and Jessie. Just look at her!'

If the shoe fits! Rita Ora is 'naughtier' than former The Voice judges Kylie Minogue and Jessie J, according to Kaiser Chiefs frontman, Ricky Wilson

However, the blonde beauty - who previously dated Calvin Harris and Rob Kardashian and is now romancing Tommy Hilfiger's son Ricky - insists she's just being herself.

She told The Sun newspaper: 'I like to take advantage of the fact I am the only female. I don't do anything crazy naughty, I just try to be spontaneous.'

Rita - who also joins 'The Voice' veterans Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am on the panel - claims that while she may appear to be flirting with some of the contestants when the show kicks off next week, it's nothing more than friendliness.

She added: 'Sometimes, for women, friendliness comes across as flirting. That's not what it is.

'We usually get accused of flirting when we are being friendly or laughing at a joke. I just have fun, that's all I do. I'm 24. I just enjoy it.'

Justification: The blonde beauty - who previously dated Calvin Harris and Rob Kardashian and is now romancing Tommy Hilfiger's son Ricky - insists she's just being herself

Lucky man! Handsome Ricky has had the good fortune of working with Kylie and Jessie J

Rita added that she thinks it's 'harder to be a female' in the music industry - even though she has achieved much more success than countless other male artists.

The 'I Will Never Let You Down' hitmaker - who has scored three UK number one singles and a UK number one album - believes it is tougher for women to have success in music, simply because they are women.

She said: 'Without pulling the female card, I think it has always been harder for females in all aspects. Whenever we have an opinion, it always seems to be taken out of proportion ... 'I think people take the word 'feminist' really seriously and I think people are scared to use that word.

'In this industry, all the heads of labels are men. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.'

Rita Ora joins the usual The Voice UK men in BIZARRE promo