'I want you guys to watch out for her!' Rita Ora is blown away by 16-year-old single mum Karis Thomas on The Voice
Rita Ora fell for the charms of a 16-year-old single mum on Saturday night’s episode of The Voice.
Karis Thomas, from South Wales, blew the judge away with her rendition of Right To Be Wrong.
The star was so impressed with the audition that she even urged the nation to keep an eye out for her ahead of the show.
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Blown away: Rita Ora fell for the charms of a 16-year-old single mum from South Wales on Saturday night’s episode of The Voice
'For me this is a really important show because I see someone who is so young, so talented and has a soul that's so old,' Rita told Digital Spy.
'She's very special - I really want you guys to watch out for her. Her name is Karis Thomas - really gorgeous.'
Before her audition, Karis won over viewers when she poured her heart out about life as a single mum.
'My daughter wasn't planned, but when she was born I fell in love instantly,' she admitted.
Her number one fan? The star was so impressed with Karis Thomas that she even urged the nation to keep an eye out for her ahead of the show
Flawless: The young blonde nailed her performance of Right To Be Wrong
'I want to build a future for me and my daughter. I want her to be as proud of me as I am of my mum - who has had a really hard life.
'She was in a car crash over 15 years ago and has been in a wheelchair ever since. But she's been a brilliant mum to me.'
Karis, who has lived on her own since the age of 15, took to the stage on Saturday in a pair of yellow dungaree shorts, which she wore over a pink vest top.
It was just Rita who turned her chair around for the young hopeful but Tom Jones later admitted he regretted not doing the same.
'She's very special': Rita made it clear that she had big plans for Karis
'I am gutted': Tom Jones later admitted he regretted not turning around his chair around for Karis
'I am gutted,' he told Karis.
Not that Rita seemed to mind as being the sole judge to spin around guaranteed Karis to be in her group.
'You're so cute, you’re blonde and you can sing,' she gushed. 'I am so happy that I turned around for you. Welcome to my team!'
While only one act joined Rita's group on Saturday, five were added to Will.i.am's.
Perhaps the most noticeable was 24-year-old Stephen Cronwell.
Sexy and he knows it: Stephen Cronwell, who has joined Will.i.am's group, confessed he takes looking good seriously
Business deal? Will said he would show Stephen the ropes of the music industry if he would show him how to build muscles like his
Ahead of his audition, the young hopeful certainly stood out from the crowd as he spoke about his passion for working out and 'looking good'.
He said: 'I have a cheesy slogan "It's not what you left but how you look lifting it".'
Stephen, who confessed to eating 70 eggs a day to stay in shape, blew Will.i.am away after performing She Looks So Perfect.
Rita opted not to turn her chair around for the fitness fanatic but after laying her eyes on him admitted that she was relieved she didn't.
Another new addition: Newtion Matthews also impressed the US star with his performance of John Legend's What Did That Do To You
I'll take you too: Rozzy Turner also caught the producer's attention with her rendition of Bang Bang, prompting him to invite her to join his group as well
'You're extremely handsome so we probably wouldn't have got much work done,' she flirted.
Meanwhile, Will confessed he was equally as impressed with Stephen’s physique and admitted: 'I'll show him the ropes of the music industry and he can show me the ropes of getting muscles like that!'
Later on in the episode, the US star also welcomed Newtion Matthews to his group following his performance of John Legend's What Did That Do To You.
Rozzy Turner also caught the producer's attention with her rendition of Bang Bang, prompting him to invite her to join his group as well.
Rapper-singer Brooklyn, from Essex, was the last person to audition on the show.
The 19-year-old, who is pals with TOWIE star Amy Childs, gave her rendition of Nicki Minaj's Super Bass, which instantly won over Will.
Friends in high places: Rapper-singer Brooklyn from Essex was the fifth person to join Will's group on Saturday night's show
Unlike Will, Sir Tom Jones was more careful when it came to turning his chair around.
So much so that the veteran singer only welcomed one new member to his group on Saturday, 17-year-old Claudia Rose.
The ambitious teen sang Love You I Do and won Tom over instantly with her voice - although fellow judge Ricky Wilson tried and failed to persuade her to join his group instead.
Not that Ricky had any need to be upset as earlier on in the episode, he welcome not one but two newbies to his group.
Picky: Unlike Will, Sir Tom Jones was more careful when it came to turning his chair around - so much so that the veteran singer only welcomed one new member to his group on Saturday, 17-year-old Claudia Rose
Welcome to The Voice: Ricky welcomed not one but two newbies to his group on Saturday, including hippy Hannah Wildes
Sad times: Unfortunately, Alex David Charles did not impress the judges enough to get an invite to join one of their groups
Hippy Hannah Wildes was the first to impress the judge. In fact, he was so won over by the pretty Londoner that he even held her hand as he led her backstage to her friends afterwards.
Moments later, 19-year-old Vikesh Champaneri, also blew Ricky away.
'I don't usually connect with boys' voices as much as I do with girls' but that was amazing,' the emotional judge commented after the hopeful's performance.
Unfortunately, it wasn't all good news on Saturday as soul singer Alex David Charles, Nathan Moore, Harris Hameed, Kate Flynn and a barefooted gentleman who went by the name of Crazy Horse, were all given a polite no.
The Voice returns to BBC1 next Saturday at 7.15pm.
Better luck next time: Harris Hameed also failed to win over the judges with his redntiion of Too Late To Apologise
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