The Voice UK contestant Alice Barlow had a "connection" with judge and mentor Danny O'Donoghue.

The wannabe singer - who has also starred on teen UK soap 'Hollyoaks' - failed to make it through last night’s battle round (May 11) after losing out to fellow contestant Andrea Begley.

Barlow says she had a great time with The Script frontman O'Donoghue though.

Speaking to British newspaper The Sun she said: “Danny is a lovely man and he is very attractive but I do have a long-term boyfriend. When we were working together we had an amazing connection, I felt like he really understood me.”

She added: “I don’t want to say whether I have been in touch with him. No comment!"

Fellow judge Jessie J took to Twitter ahead of the show last night to share her excitement, posting: "B b b b b Battle time @BBCTheVoiceUK #thevoiceuk (sic)."

The British songstress also responded to criticism she picked a "wrong song" for her female contestants.

She wrote: "Looking back I agree. We all learning right? We base it on hearing them sing for 60 seconds at the auditions. It's not easy :) (sic)."