The Voice’s Ruth Brown says her late father has given her strength when she performs

The Voice’s Ruth Brown says her late father has given her strength when she performs

The Londoner, whose father Lloyd died of stomach cancer just days before her audition, said: “I often dream about him the night before I sing.

“I can feel his presence and that’s very comforting.

“He gives me strength when I am singing and I think about him a lot when I perform.”

Ruth added that the BBC1 show had helped her cope with her grief at his death.

She said: “Doing The Voice has definitely helped me so much. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have this.”

Meanwhile, she reckons her experience has finally laid to rest the agony of being bullied while she was at school.

She revealed: “It was so bad, I kept telling myself it can only get better.

“I guess I am proof that if you work hard, you can get to do what you want.

“You need to hang in there as it will get better.”