Hitmaker Will.i.Am has revealed that he decided to sign up for a second season of 'The Voice' because all of the first season's panelists chose to return.

Speaking to EntertainmentWise about the new run of the popular TV vocal talent show, he explained that he and the other judges became very close so when he found out they had all signed on for another season he knew he had to come back as well:

"One of the reasons that I came back was that we're all going to be on it. I said if the four of us are going to be the same I'm in, but if not I'd have to think about it."

He also confessed that he's a huge fan of Welsh crooner Tom Jones, adding: "To do The Voice the first time I was kind of wary, like who's going to be on the panel and they said Tom Jones and I was like that's cool, Tom's a legend!"

"The gel was really unique, it was relieving because we got along and the show was a success, you don't want to fix what's not broken."

Watch the music video for Will.i.Am's 'Scream and Shout' remix here: