Danny O'Donoghue reveals The Voice format changes

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By Chi Chi Izundu
Newsbeat entertainment reporter Danny O'Donoghue

Coach Danny O'Donoghue has revealed more details about what changes viewers can expect from the second series of The Voice.

Producers have already announced that there would be more blind auditions and fewer live shows in the new series.

Danny will return as coach and be joined by returning coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Jessie J.

"There's loads of different changes, knockout stages, there's parts where we can steal each other's artists."

Talking at the Brits nominations, where The Script had been nominated for best international group, Danny admitted that the blind auditions had already been shot.

"They've tinkered with the format to actually make it a really, really great experience from start to finish," he said.

"We're mad excited about getting in to do season two."

Last year's The Voice was criticised for falling ratings when coaches stopped picking contestants with their spinning chairs.

More than seven million viewers tuned in to the final to see Leanne Mitchell crowned the winner of the singing contest.

But her debut single, a Whitney Houston cover, failed to reach the Top 40 in the Official Chart.

The BBC One controller, Danny Cohen said the show needs to change, stipulating more blind auditions and "more battles".

An 11-date tour, featuring performances by the BBC One talent show's eight finalists, was also cancelled following poor ticket sales.

The show is said to be the channel's biggest new entertainment programme on record, despite falling viewing figures. 9.2 million people watched it, including catch-up.

The show is due back on BBC One in the spring.

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