will.i.am has revealed that he will return for the third series of The Voice UK as long as the current panel remains the same.

The Black Eyed Peas star, who is favourite to win this year’s competition with Leah Mcfall, joked to the Daily Star that sitting next to different coaches would be like ‘cheating on your wife’:

"As long as the four of us do it, then I'll sign again. I think it's important it's the four of us, there's a good chemistry. We talked the last time before we agreed to it and we will this time.

"It would be hard to do it without the others. I can't think about doing it with someone else. It would be weird. I know to look to the left when I'm having a bad day and Jessie will pull some weird-ass face and cheer me up. I know Tom's going to be all silver berry cool and Danny's an inspiration."

It was also confirmed today that Beady Eye and Avril Lavigne will perform on the semi-final of the BBC talent show this Saturday.