by Michael Baggs

Tags: The Voice

Video: Cleopatra singer wins The Voice judge's approval in three seconds

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Video: Cleopatra singer wins The Voice judge's approval in three seconds

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Former Cleopatra star Cleo Higgins won the quickest judge approval ever, after impressing The Voice judge Jessie J with just three seconds of singing on the reality show.

The 'Life Ain't Easy' singer is among the contestants on this year's series of The Voice, and is said to have achieved the fastest 'turn-around' on the BBC show to date.

Within seconds of starting to sing Beyonce's 'Love On Top', Jessie J slams her hand down on her button and spins to watch Cleo singing - securing the 30-year-old singer a place on the live shows.

Jessie J then sings along with Higgins, proving that yes, she can also hit the big notes.

Watch a video of Cleo Higgins' audition below

Higgins came to fame in the late nineties with her sisters Yonah and Zainam as the lead singer of Cleopatra.

They scored a string of Top Ten hits in 1998 including 'Cleopatra's Theme', 'Life Ain't Easy' and Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson cover version 'I Want You Back'. The hits dried up when they released their second album in 2000 and Cleo later attemped to embark on a solo career.

Cleopatra reformed in 2005 for ITV show Hit Me, Baby, One More Time (which was nothing like The Big Reunion - honest).

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