The BBC's official Twitter account has started teasing behind-the-scenes details from the first auditions, which are taking place at Manchester's MediaCityUK.

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[A photo from The Voice vocal coach Yvie Burnett taken at the auditions]
"This week, filming begins on #TheVoiceUK series 2. We'll be tweeting from tomorrow so please clear your diaries and unfollow everybody else," the BBC account revealed yesterday.
Today, it added: "So it's Day 1 of filming. It's like the first day back at school but with quadruple superstars instead of double geography. #TheVoiceUK"

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BBC boss Danny Cohen recently confirmed that the show's second run would have "less live shows" and "more blind auditions and battle rounds".
The first series of the talent show was the BBC's biggest new entertainment series on record, averaging 9.2million. In the early audition shows, it overtook Simon Cowell's Britain's Got Talent in the ratings, before figures began to slide in the latter rounds.

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Leanne Mitchell, coached by Sir Tom Jones, was crowned the winner of the first series and bagged a record contract with Universal.
The Voice UK will return to screens in the New Year.








