'You're cute - but not as cute as Sir Tom!' Danny O'Donoghue is put in his pin-up place by singer Lindsay Butler on The Voice

By Georgina Littlejohn
PUBLISHED: 22:06, 14 April 2012 | UPDATED: 23:51, 14 April 2012
He has thousands of girls screaming at him at his concerts and kissing his posters adorning their bedroom walls.
But tonight, Danny O'Donoghue was left in the wake of one of pop's original pin-ups - Sir Tom Jones.
The Script frontman was given a reminder that his boyish good looks only appeal to women of a certain age by Lindsay Butler on The Voice tonight.
The 41-year-old from West Bromwich appeared in tonight's show as one of the final auditionees as the mentors filled their last spare places to complete their ten acts.



Lindsay, who had wanted an career in music since she was a girl but they fell through when she became a mother, wowed Sir Tom Jones with her rendition of Everything But The Girl's I Don't Want To Talk About It and he was the only one who pressed his buzzer and turned round, making her his ninth chosen act.


She also received a standing ovation from the crowd and when the applause had died down, Sir Tom told her: 'You sounded great to me, you have a great tone and you did wonders with that song. You put your own stamp on it.

'We’re gonna beat these people. You’re gonna be on my team and that’s it!'
As the others nodded in agreement - even though they didn't press their buzzers - Danny piped up: 'Be under no illusions because we didn't turn around because you've got an incredible voice.'
To which Lindsay said: 'Thanks Danny. You're cute - but not as cute as Tom.'

Sir Tom, clearly delighted with her comment, was then later heard saying: 'She’s like, old school singing, like Adele if you like. It’s that straight ahead pure voice. That’s what she’s got.'
Tom went on to fill his ten places with 19-year-old Ruth Brown from London, who came on and sang When Love Take Over by Kelly Rowland.
And she explained that she was doing it for her father, who passed away in December and helped her with her music and encouraged her to follow her dream.
Something that Sir Tom has helped her on her way to complete after he was the only one to turn round, making her final act and completing his ten.
He told his fellow mentors: 'She's got some voice... I heard something in that girl's voice I haven't heard in a long while.

'Anyone with lungs that big has to be something special.'
As it was the last round of the audition stages, every judge had to complete their ten places, and first up tonight was children's entertainer Emmy J Mac, who sang Corinne Bailey Rae's Put Your Records On, during which will.i.am, Sir Tom and Danny turned round but she chose to go with Danny, who told her she had a 'signature sound'.
He then completed his acts after John James Newman, 33, took to the stage and sang a mash-up of Eliza Doolittle's Pack Up and Bobby Ferrin's Don't Worry Be Happy.

John, whose older brother Alec stars in Waterloo Road and whose father Sandy is a member of 70s rockers Marmalade, saw Sir Tom and Danny turn round.
Also landing themselves a mentor and a place in the next round were Jenny Jones, 25, from Dudley and Sophie Griffin, 15, Northern Ireland.
Jenny, who had a promising career before being struck down with meningitis, sang Duffy's Mercy and which made Danny and will.i.am press their buzzers.

The Black Eyed Peas star told her: 'I was trying not to press the button because someone would press it after me, so I waited til the last minute. But at the very first sound, I was like, "wow she's got something special", you're rocking.'
His comments were enough for Jenny to choose him as her mentor as did Sophie, despite being a huge fan of Danny's.
She sang Estelle's American Boy, which will.i.am co-wrote and produced and after he pressed his buzzer, he said: 'I remember producing that song and co-wrote it with Estelle and you didn't sing it like Estelle which is dope - your switch up is really dope.'
But not all tonight's auditionees were so lucky including Ben Lake, 33, and 17-year-old Harriet Whitehead.
Ben got his first break on Jerry Springer the Opera and then went on to star in Phantom of the Opera, but has not had much work since.
And unfortunately, he didn't quite cut it with the judges who kept their backs turned, as they did with Harriet, who performed What's Up by 4 Non Blondes.
It also wasn't meant to be for singer Chloe Blackwell who sang This Love by Maroon 5 but will.i.am told her he didn't feel her in his gut.
But success came to teenage duo Indie, 18, and Pixie, 17, who sang Pink's Perfect and had all four judges turn round.


But they settled for Jessie J as did Becky Hill who sang John Legend's Ordinary People and received a standing ovation.
Jessie told her: 'You are the reason I came on this show. Here's the deal - I have nine people and I want you to be the last on my team.'

A gigging musician, Daniel Wilson, who was accompanied by his heavily-pregnant wife, just didn't have enough to make the 37-year-old - even though fellow judge Danny O'Donoghue was yelling at him to do so.
Then music teacher Jaz Ellington came on stage and a few seconds into singing Ed Sheeran's The A Team, Will turns his chair around, much to the annoyance of the other judges - Danny, Jessie J and Tom Jone, who want to see the man behind the powerful voice.

Jaz received a standing ovation from the crowd and Danny, while his three-months pregnant wife is seeing crying backstage.
Next week, it's the battles weekend - where two acts will perform the same song at the same time - as the teams are slashed from ten to five with some famous faces joining forces with the celebrity mentor.




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