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"The Voice UK is close to being recommissioned for a third series, reports suggest. BBC One will officially confirm the show&amp;#039;s 2014 return in the next few weeks, according to Broadcast.  Audience numbers for series two of The Voice UK have steadily risen each week - the show returned with an overnight audience of 6.2m on March 30, but the April 20 edition hit a series high of 7.92m. It is yet to be confirmed if the four coaches - Tom Jones, will.i.am, Jessie J and Danny O&amp;#039;Donoghue - will return for the third series. Danny Cohen - then BBC One controller - defended picking up The Voice format prior to the show&amp;#039;s launch in 2011. &amp;quot;We feel that there&amp;#039;s enough difference in this format that it will stand out,&amp;quot; said Cohen. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve got three dancing shows on BBC One... on Saturday nights, and I wanted to decrease that, but still find ways that we could have live, often performance-based television. &amp;quot;We are in an era where the audience love that [and] we shouldn&amp;#039;t ignore what the audience want.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Queen&amp;#039;s Brian May blasts &amp;#039;vile&amp;#039; BBC show The Voice: &amp;#039;It makes me sick&amp;#039; Watch a preview clip from tomorrow night&amp;#039;s edition of The Voice UK below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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