'The Voice' producers fed lines to coaches, admits Jones

Tom Jones has admitted that producers fed 'The Voice' coaches comments in the first series of the TV show – in case they were lost for words.

Jessie J, Will.i.am, Danny O’Donoghue and Jones return this weekend for a second instalment of the BBC1 Saturday night show, which dropped viewers last year at the end of the swivel-chairs round.

Asked about returning, Jones, 72, told the Radio Times: “I feel like I know what I am doing this time and it feels more natural.

“Last year we were given suggested lines just in case we got stuck, which I tried to work in on a few occasions.

“But even when I tried to say them naturally I knew that they weren’t me and felt self-conscious. I have learnt now that I don’t have to do that, I can just say what I feel.”

The crooner said that he trusted his instinct but asked whether all his gambles had paid off, he replied: “Maybe my pants were a little too tight when I was younger! I think: ’My God, they were a bit much’.

“I didn’t realise I was creating a monster.”