Toni Warne, Cassius Henry among Voice leavers

Cassius Henry, Toni Warne, David Julien and Aleks Josh have become the latest four performers to leave The Voice UK, missing out on a place in next weekend's semi-final Toni and Cassius were voted out of Jessie J's team after she chose to save Becky Hill from the chop, while David and Aleks were the casualties of Danny's team after he saved Max Milner. Vince Kidd won an automatic place in the semi-final on Jessie's team following the public vote, while Bo Bruce won the most public votes in Team Danny. In making her choice Jessie said, "I've loved working with you guys - it has been a pleasure being on your journey and I'll continue to be on that journey. "I'm basing my decision purely on the role I've known to be on this show, as an artist." Danny, meanwhile, said he was going with his "gut instinct" in saving Max, adding, "They're all on a level playing field - Aleks I see you selling a lot of records, David I see a lot of myself in you." Afterwards he told the pair, "It's nothing against you guys, we're a team, we're a family." The result came after Jessie J posted a photo to her Twitter page which appeared to give away the identity of the two who had left. The photo showed the singer with Vince and Becky and was captioned '#teamjessiegoingintoday!' It was later removed from her Twitter feed. The four who made it through on Sunday's show will now join Tom Jones' remaining team members Leanne Mitchell and Ruth Brown, and Will.i.am's team members Tyler James and Jaz Ellington in next weekend's semi-final.

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