A TEENAGE busker from the North-East is through to the next round of a television talent show that could make her a star.

Nineteen-year-old Chloe Castro appeared on The Voice on Saturday with her rendition of From Eden by Hozier.

All of the judges, who are established musicians and performers, seemed impressed by her but only Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson ‘turned’ to give her his support in the competition.

He said: “To be the only one to turn, I honestly did not expect that.

“It is amazing. Sometimes one turn is as important as four turns, because it is something that you saw that no-one else saw. It is like a secret."

Before she appeared on the BBC One show, Miss Castro, who lives in supported accommodation in Spennymoor, County Durham, was a regular fixture outside Greggs on Saddler Street, in Durham City.

Will.i.am, another of the judges, said: “You have a very old voice, like you have been singing for eons. You aura is very ancient.”

For her performance, Miss Castro wore a skirt her grandmother bought when she was 17, which was given to her as a present two years ago.

Former Culture Club singer Boy George said: “I wasn’t expecting you to look like you like you do.

“You look so sweet. What a voice. It does not surprise me that Ricky turned.”

Miss Castro, who went to Framwellgate School and Durham Community Business College, before completing a BTEC in music at New College Durham, has previously auditioned for the Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor.

Singer songwriter Paloma Faith apologised for not hitting her buzzer to support her.

She said: “It feels as though I should have turned and I am really sorry that I didn’t.

“Everyone was looking at me like: ‘What are you doing? What are you doing?’ and I don’t really know.

“There is no shadow of a doubt that you are a great singer and I am really happy that somebody here has got some sense.”

Miss Castro, who also plays the guitar, and writes her own material as well as singing cover versions, replied: “Thank you so much, I cannot believe it.”

The show also featured Mike Collin, a 30-year-old professional stunt rider from York, who performed Budapest, and strongwoman Gemma Magnusson, 32, from Thirsk, who sang Something Inside So Strong, but neither progressed further in the competition.

Meanwhile, the great-nephew of Cilla Black kept success in the family by passing his blind audition on the show.

Tobias Robertson, from Newport, South Wales, charmed sole chair-turner Boy George with his version of You've Got A Friend by Randy Newman.