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"Former Hollyoaks actress Alice Barlow is among the contestants on the second series of The Voice UK. Barlow, who played Rae Wilson in the Channel 4 teen soap, apparently impressed at the Blind Auditions stage of the BBC talent show.   &amp;quot;Alice has a fantastic voice and certainly looks like a popstar,&amp;quot; a source told fansite Soap Squawk. In 2008, Barlow performed at a local talent show judged by X Factor&amp;#039;s Louis Walsh. After covering Alicia Keys&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;If I Ain&amp;#039;t Got You&amp;#039;, Walsh described her as a &amp;quot;natural talent&amp;quot; and compared her to a &amp;quot;little Lulu&amp;quot;. Watch Alice Barlow singing at &amp;#039;Stobart Factor&amp;#039;:      It was reported earlier this week that Olympic athlete Tasha Danvers is also among this year&amp;#039;s Voice UK acts. The Voice UK will return next month with hosts Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates and coaches will.i.am, Jessie J, Sir Tom Jones and Danny O&amp;#039;Donoghue. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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