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A contestant on The Voice UK shared the inspirational support he’d received behind the scenes.

A coach on The Voice UK was left in tears moments before Saturday’s episode came to an end.

The ITV competition has returned, with Kelly Rowland joining will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and duo Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones. During the third round of the blind auditions on Saturday (September 5), viewers saw a show-first, as a Scottish singer made history, becoming the first contestant to be given the Rewind. ITV had earlier teased the game-changing format, saying: “If a coach realises they have made a mistake, they can hit Rewind, bring the act back, and offer them a place on their team.

“However, with only one Rewind available to each coach, they must choose their moment wisely. For an act who thought their journey was over, it could change everything…”

Elsewhere during the show, an emotional final audition left Kelly wiping back tears. 24-year-old Aaren was the last performer that day, hoping to impress the coaches.

Before taking to the stage, the ambulance care assistant, from Warrington, opened up about the support he’d received behind-the-scenes. He shared: “I live with my nan, she means the absolute world to me, she’s like a second mum.”

He went on to reveal that his nan had been diagnosed with breast cancer, adding: “There was a level of uncertainty there, whether we would have to say goodbye, when that would be, so I moved over to look after her.”

Aaren’s nan went on to praise him as “such a lovely person, inside and out”. “This is all you’ve wanted to do,” she added, talking about his audition.

Aaren shared: “This is one of the most nerve-wracking things I’ve done, and probably ever will do. But the amount of times my nan will say, I wish I’d have done this when I was younger. I don’t ever want to get older and have any regrets, I want to be able to say that I’ve tried.”

After his performance, both Kelly and Sir Tom turned around, hoping to win Aaren onto their team. Kelly shared: “I turned around because I love a male soulful voice, that wants to croon. Like nobody sings from their gut, heart and soul anymore… it’s a talent.”

As she heard about Aaren’s nan, she broke down in tears. She said: “That was sweet, to watch him love his grandmother like that, I love that.” She added: “You always want them to have this really sweet space for a woman who is a rock in their life.”

After the auditions came to an end, Kelly added: “Aaren had me moved to tears, he just makes me kind of putty. He’s so honest, he was a really special guy so I’m really excited.”

The Voice UK is available to watch on ITVX

UCLA has fired athletic director Martin Jarmond and appointed longtime Lakers executive Tim Harris to replace him as CEO and director of athletics.

UCLA chancellor Julio Frenk announced the change on Monday, ending Jarmond’s run of more than six years that included a stunning move to the Big Ten Conference, a string of conference championships outside of football and a significant financial deficit.

“UCLA Athletics currently carries a significant financial deficit, and its current path is not sustainable,” Frenk wrote. “Now is the moment to build a model for Athletics that protects the breadth of our program, creates new opportunities for student-athletes and coaches, and supports itself through the revenue it generates. I believe UCLA should help lead the transformation of intercollegiate athletics: our future must be shaped by purpose — not by pressure.”

Frenk cited the rapidly evolving college landscape, including the soaring costs associated with the name, image and likeness athlete compensation era, while announcing the need to shift to Harris’ leadership. Harris is a UCLA alum who spent more than 35 years helping run the Lakers’ business operations.

“Tim will develop a new strategy to grow revenue through partnerships, licensing and other ventures, while ensuring that our student-athletes and coaches have the required support to compete at the highest level,” Frenk wrote in a letter to UCLA fans while outlining a new direction for the athletics program.

It’s not clear whether Jarmond will receive all or part of the $5.9 million remaining on a recent contract extension that runs through June 30, 2029.

While UCLA enjoyed success in many sports and led the Big Ten in championships during its first season in the league, Jarmond struggled to get the football program on track until he collaborated with a committee on the hire of current coach Bob Chesney.

Fans called for coach Chip Kelly to be fired after bad home losses to Arizona State and California near the end of the 2023 season, but Jarmond said he preferred continuity with the Bruins poised to join the Big Ten. It seemed Kelly’s contract combined with the an athletic department deficit gave the athletic director little room to make a change.

Two months later, after reportedly interviewing for several coaching vacancies, Kelly took the offensive coordinator job at Ohio State.

Self-imposing a 96-hour deadline to find a successor, Jarmond pivoted to Deshaun Foster, a reticent running backs coach who was beloved by players but short on experience. After posting a 5-10 record and going 0-3 to start the 2025 season, Foster was fired. His contract presented fewer hurdles making a quick change when Foster struggled with the demands of the job.

The football program won one bowl game — the L.A. Bowl — during Jarmond’s tenure and set record lows for attendance in multiple seasons.

Jarmond, however, also presided over teams that won nine NCAA championships, including the women’s basketball national title last season.

At the end of the 2024 fiscal year, UCLA athletics carried $51.8 million in debt that required a university bailout. Big Ten revenue has dented the deficit, but the expense of fielding competitive teams in all sports is soaring.

SHARON Osbourne has accused a huge rock star of ‘giving Kelly drugs’ when she was a teen – and branded her a ‘a dry old c***’.

The former X Factor, 73, opened up about what happened during a recent live Q&A screening event for If These Walls Could Rock at the Landmark Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles over the weekend.

While appearing on stage as a special guest on Saturday 15 August ahead of a screener, the TV star alleged that Courtney Love, 62, gave her daughter drugs.

Courtney has previously denied giving drugs to any teenagers, after Sharon accused her in the past.

Back in 2007, Sharon alleged that Courtney was the first person to give Jack OxyContin.

One of the guests in the audience captured what Sharon said on camera as the host asked her: “Oh you know who gave it to her? You don’t have to say, but you know.”

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Sharon replied: “Yeah, Courtney Love.”

The presenter replied: “Well now you have said it, I want to hear this story! You tell me what happened.”

Sharon replied: “I will say no more, but, she’s a c*** anyway.

“A boring old c***. A dry, old c***.”

The Instagram user captioned the post: “Sharon Osbourne was telling a story about someone allegedly giving Kelly drugs when she was a young teenager… and then she dropped the name.

“I guess this is the greatest ad ever to go see If These Walls Could Rock.”

The Sun have contacted Courtney’s representative for comment.

Sharon has previously blamed Courtney for her son Jack’s addiction to prescription drug OxyContin.

She said back in 2007: “I will never have time for Courtney Love. She was the first person to give my son Jack the prescription drug OxyContin.

“There’s not a shadow of doubt in my mind about that. My dislike towards her is very personal.”

Courtney denied the accusation and said: “I never did that. I would never give drugs to a teenager.

“F**k you Sharon – as if I would ever give drugs to a teenager.”

KELLY Osbourne has turned up the heat in an animal-print swimming costume as she enjoyed some much-needed downtime.

The TV star and daughter of the late legend Ozzy Osbourne shared photos of her break in the sunny UK, rocking a retro one-piece and Black Sabbath-inspired glasses.

Looking stunning in a one-piece show-stopper, the star accessorised the balconette-style spaghetti-strapped number with black bat-wing sunglasses and pointed frames.

Wearing a wide-brimmed woven straw sun hat and multi-layered gold chain necklaces including a cross pendant and medallion charms, she paired her chic look with gold rings and diamond earrings.

Poised to perfection on a sunlounger aside a pool, she also delighted fans with a slick runway-style photo poolside – showing off her toned figure and tattoos.

In another snap, she looked sharp as she held a pose and a coffee cup, lying next to the outdoor pool.

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The television star has gone through “the hardest time of her life” over the last year after the death of her father Ozzy Osbourne.

She recently opened up about the reality of living without her dad Ozzy, and admitted in a poignant heart-breaking letter: “Life without you has been the hardest thing I have ever had to endure.”

She recently spoke about navigating grief following on from the rock legend’s death aged 76.

Her tear-jerking post described grief as leaving people “ghosts of the people we used to be”.

“People think grief is missing someone who is gone, but the deepest sorrow is waking each day longing for the version of yourself who died with them.

“Grief is a language no one truly speaks until life forces it upon them.

“It cannot be explained, borrowed or imagined. You only understand its endless ache when you’ve stood in the unbearable silence, carrying a love that has nowhere left to go.

“I miss who I was before my daddy died. Before my heart became a home for absence.

“Before every memory became both a blessing and a wound.”

Kelly explained how she often finds herself imagining him looking down on her mum “with that magical smile, the one that held so much pride and so much love”.

Kelly also said how Ozzy would be “so incredibly proud” of the woman Sharon is becoming, “not because you’ve forgotten him, but because you’ve found a way to keep living while carrying him with you”.

Kelly shares three-year-old son Sidney with her ex-fiancé, Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson who she split with in March of this year.

Ozzy doted on his grandson, with the youngster a regular fixture at family celebrations before the rock legend’s death.

The musician died at his home in Buckinghamshire, just 17 days after his farewell Black Sabbath concert at Villa Park in Birmingham.

July 4, 2026 marked what would have been Ozzy and wife Sharon‘s 46th wedding anniversary.

The duo got married in 1982 as they said “I do” in a ceremony in Maui, Hawaii.