Red-lipped Rita Ora turns her hand to high fashion for magazine cover... as she calls The Voice the 'best decision' of her career
There's been speculation that Rita Ora's first season on The Voice could be her last.
But in her latest interview with InStyle UK, the 24-year-old calls her decision to coach for the BBC One singing competition 'the best decision' she's made.
Multi-talented beauty Rita speaks highly of her recent role as she now turns her hand to high fashion for her cover debut for the women's title.
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High fashion female: Rita Ora looks gorgeous as she makes her debut on the cover of InStyle UK for the April issue of the magazine
This year already, she's been nominated for an Oscar for her music and made a high profile - if not fleeting - cameo in a movie, but the star has high praise for her vocal coaching role on The Voice.
Speaking in the April 2015 issue of InStyle, Rita describes her place on the panel - next to Will.i.am, Ricky Wilson and Tom Jones - as 'the best decision I've made', so much 'fun' and calls it a new 'love'.
Though it wasn't all plain sailing to convince Rita to take over the project from Kylie Minogue, who left after one series, and before her Jessie J, who was the first coach and stayed for two cycles.
She said: 'I said no straightaway. I love the show, but I wanted to focus on my second album. And then I spoke to Will [fellow judge Will.i.am], and he said "Listen, if you don't do it, I won't do it."
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Perfect pairing: The beauty revealed that she was convinced to do the show by fellow coach Will.I.Am
The panel: Rita (left) replaces Kylie Minogue alongside Will (far left), Tom Jones (right) and Ricky Wilson (far right)
It was show host Marvin Humes - who shares the presenting with Emma Willis - that first hinted that Rita's time could be up after just one series on The Voice.
Cover debut: The beauty goes pink-lipped and feisty for the April 2015 cover, which is available to buy now
Speaking to The Daily Star On Sunday last week, the former JLS singer said: 'She was nominated for an Oscar, she is constantly releasing number one singles and she has another album coming. You don’t get more current than that.'
He added: 'Recording the show is a huge commitment. Jessie and Kylie both quit so they could tour, so it wouldn’t be a huge shock if Rita did the same. But if that’s the case it shows she was a great booking in the first place.'
There's no disputing that Rita's diary is a very busy one.
I Will Never Let You Down singer Rita has only just finished a stint of ultra-glamorous red carpet appearances during awards season, which climaxed with The Academy Awards.
Already an established fashion icon, the blonde bombshell now models spring/summer 2015's hottest designer trends for the latest issue of InStyle.
She styles her medium cut, now a platinum crop, into a wet look image and pouts through extreme red lips for the high fashion title.
Rita was almost unrecognisable as a brunette this month too, when she made her hotly anticipated acting debut in Fifty Shades Of Grey.
While she teased a 'really spicy scene' in the movie adaptation - in which she bagged a part as Mia Grey, Christian Grey's sister - it was at best, four lines.
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But the multi-talented singer originally put herself forward for the soundtrack, she reveals in the recent interview, confessing to director Sam Taylor-Johnson that she was 'such a fan of the book,' originally written by EL James.
Rita continued to InStyle: 'Sam said, "Well, why don't you audition?" And I said, "Sure I've got a few song ideas, I could send them over " and she said, "No, why don't you audition for the movie?" And I was like, "What?" I've done a bit of acting, but honestly didn't expect to be put into that role.
'I thought, what have I got to lose?' she added. 'I auditioned like everybody else there were a lot of other people in the frame. I didn't get any special treatment.'
Read the full interview with Rita Ora in the April 2015 issue of InStyle UK, on sale now.
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