I'm A Celebrity: Tom Read Wilson's audition for The Voice unearthed as will.i.am mocks how he speaks
Paloma Faith also mimicks the I'm A Celebrity's voice in the throwback clipTom Read Wilson‘s failed audition for The Voice UK has been unearthed – and it sees will.i.am mimicking how the I’m A Celebrity star speaks.
Tom, 39, auditioned for the singing competition in 2016 with hopes of breaking into the music industry.
Unfortunately, his audition fell flat with the judges but they were all intrigued by his talking voice.
will.i.am even went as far as to mock Tom – who is currently starring in I’m A Celebrity – when he spoke to him at the end.
I’m A Celebrity: Tom Read Wilson’s Voice UK audition
Tom auditioned for The Voice UK during the show’s final series with the BBC. The following year, it moved to ITV.
The series 5 judges presiding over the blind auditions were will.i.am, Paloma Faith, Boy George and Ricky Wilson. JLS star Marvin Humes and Emma Willis hosted.
In the clip, Tom’s televised audition begins with him talking about himself. He says: “I would describe myself as gregarious, fun, naughty and a little bit irreverent. And rather chaotic. It covers everything, doesn’t it?”
Tom describes his profession as a ‘thespian’. Backstage, Marvin tells him his accent is “fantastic”. Tom replies: “It’s rather plummy. I’m a bit of a cultural throwback, I’m afraid.”
The hopeful goes on to call himself as “from another era”. He also says he is a “desperate romantic”.
Producers of The Voice UK even play the theme tune to Keeping Up Appearances before he heads on stage.
Tom then sings a rendition of Bill Crosby’s 1944 song, Accentuate the Positive. As soon as he begins, Boy George turns to Paloma and simply says: “Drag.”
will.i.am and Paloma mock Tom Read Wilson’s voice
None of the judges turned their chairs around for Tom. After his audition, Paloma tells him: “Wow, you tricked us. You don’t look anything like you sounded.” will adds: “I thought you were like, 85.”
They then go on to mimic Tom’s voice. When he says he is from a musical theatre background, Paloma puts on a posh accent and says: “Oh really? I really didn’t guess! I really, really do find you very endearing!”
will, meanwhile, asks: “Wait a second, where do you come from?!” Tom replies: “I come from Berkshire. Real Wind in the Willows territory.”
Standing up, American native will continues: “Wait a second. Are you for real? Are you like that all the time and stuff?!”
Paloma, still speaking in a posh accent, says to Tom: “You’re everything will thought he was going to find when he arrived in Britain.”
will continues to look dumbfounded. He then tells Tom: “Michael Jackson will flip his… he’s flipping right now.” Mimicking the softly-spoken megastar, who died in 2009, will quips: “We could have been best friends.”
will says he would like to see Tom in a fight. Boy George then tells Tom he should “read the news” or make “tube stop announcements”. Fulfilling the brief, Tom replies: “The next stop will be Oxford Circus.”
Tom was still upbeat despite the banter and not getting through his audition. Once off stage, he says it was “great fun”.
‘Tom’s voice IS real,’ says co-star
The Voice UK judges weren’t the only ones wondering whether Tom’s voice is real. I’m A Celebrity fans, who have not seen him before on Celebs Go Dating, have been just as baffled.
Tom confused fans and his campmates even more on Monday night when he put on a deep, cockney voice.
But speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, his Celebs Go Dating co-star, Anna Williamson, confirmed Tom’s voice is not put on. She says that is exactly how her friend speaks in real life.
Watch the throwback of Tom’s audition below!
