Fans were in tears as singer Olly Murs delivered a sweet tribute to his late friend Caroline Flack on The Voice. As the ITV singing contest continued its new series on Saturday night the Dear Darlin' hitmaker took the microphone to perform in memory of Caroline, who tragically took her own life in February 2020.
Following an announcement to viewers that the show was recorded before the sad death of Her Majesty The Queen on Thursday, The Voice went ahead with the absence of any adverts. A week after Olly's co-star Sir Tom Jones moved fellow coach Anne-Marie to tears with a tribute to his late wife Olly honoured Love Island host Caroline who died aged 40.
He and Caroline presented The X Factor together in 2015 after hosting its spin-off show The Xtra Factor. On Saturday night the blind auditions were briefly paused for a special moment as Olly was encouraged to sing a song by the audience.
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He told Sir Tom, Anne-Marie and Will-i.am that he as going to "pick a classic" song. He joked: "It's not one of my ones, obviously they're classics right?"
And he explained: "I'm going to sing this song, I want to dedicate to having you lot back. Also, I want to dedicate to my friend Caroline Flack." Olly then revealed his chosen song as the Neil Diamond classic Sweet Caroline, which has risen to prominence as England's football anthem.
"It's called Sweet Caroline and it goes like this," he said as the studio audience and fellow coaches waved their arms joyously in the air and sang along. After the song Olly gazed up and pointed skywards, and viewers watching at home were overcome with emotion.
@rickihyde1989 tweeted: "Nice touch from @ollymurs dedicating sweet carloline to Caroline Flack." @bossmummovement said with a sad face emoji: "Olly singing for Caroline Flack."
@carohendy43 wrote: "Singing Sweet Caroline dedicated to Caroline Flack....choked!"@Charlie__Tweets applauded: "Yes!!! Olly! Love that he dedicated it to Caroline Flack." And @IzHalik said with a stream of crying emojis: "Was flicking through the TV channel and then I accidentally saw Olly Murs singing Sweet Caroline and he dedicated the song to her friend, Caroline Flack… that was it."
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