ITV PRODUCERS were so impressed with the talent on display at Barnsley’s The Voice UK auditions that they are planning on returning later this year for the junior show.

Organised by Dramatise Theatre School’s Michelle Ruse, ITV held special auditions at Horizon Community College on Friday to give the best of Barnsley’s vocal talents a chance at the big time.

Video auditions, her own students and candidates selected from Barnsley Youth Choir all made it into the 30 who auditioned before ITV producers last week.

And approximately ten of those were chosen to be ‘fast tracked’ to the next stage of auditions, just one performance away from going in front of the judges spinning chairs in London.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle