A talented young singer from the North East will make her second appearance on ITV’s hit show The Voice Kids this weekend as the brand-new season begins.
Abigail Moore, aged 10, will feature on the latest series of The Voice Kids that will kick off this Saturday, July 1.
The Hartlepool girl will be judged by megastars including US artist Will.i.am and Boys and Girls singer Pixie Lott as she sings her heart out to win their seal of approval.
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Ahead of her appearance, Abigail’s dad Robert Moore spoke to The Northern Echo about the experience and what it means for her to be on the show.
“We’re absolutely exceptionally proud. We’re just gobsmacked, but she has worked really hard.
“Singing is something she absolutely wants to continue, with her end goal being to appear on the West End someday.”
This will not be Abigail’s first time on The Voice Kids - after she made it to the fourth round in the last series of the show beating thousands of other hopefuls.
However, after no judges turned for her, she was invited to apply again for the show this year and will appear in the episode airing on July 8.
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“We went through lots of auditions, painstaking amounts of trips around the UK to different studios.
“The first audition was in Manchester, and the rest were in Elstree Studios in London. She loved it.”
This newest The Voice Kids season will be the seventh to air, where this year young singers aged 7 to 14 will be judged by Will.i.am, Pixie Lott, Danny Jones and Ronan Keating.
The Voice Kids will air at 7:30pm on July 1, and at 8:30pm on ITV+1, over three special episodes where the winner will receive a seven-night trip to Universal Orlando Studios, Florida.
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