Kym Marsh has revealed her teenage daughter has auditioned for The Voice - with her full support.
The former Hear'Say singer, who now plays Michelle Connor in Coronation Street, admitted to having a sleepless and speechless night before Emilie's auditions in front of judges Sir Tom Jones, Will.i.am, Ricky Wilson and Rita Ora.
"I was so nervous all day. We were just on eggshells. I couldn't sleep the night before and I couldn't eat - and Emilie was nervous," the actress told The Sun.
Kym said trying out for the BBC singing show was Emilie's own choice. Emilie, 16, is the 38-year-old's eldest daughter and goes by the surname Cunliffe.
"This had to be one hundred million per cent her choice," she said. "She couldn't be going into a show like this unless it was. If I forced her, it would come falling down on top of me, but this is all she ever wanted to do."
She added that Emilie had also tried out for Britain's Got Talent but has "no interest" in cashing in on her mum's name.
"Emilie doesn't like to mention me or my work. She has a different surname from mine too - she loves that. If people ever mention me to her, she's like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's my mum. Move on'. She's determined to do this by herself," Kym continued. "And she will - she gets that from me."
Meanwhile, Paul Cullinan, who used to play Bungle in Rainbow, also auditioned for The Voice - but only Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky had heard of his character.
"The reaction I get when I do Bungle really freaks people out," he told the crowds after his blind auditions.
The Voice returns to BBC One on Saturday, January 10.
