Jessie J was the first to jump ship and now Danny O'Donoghue has announced that he will be leaving The Voice UK, in order to focus on his own music.

The Dublin-born Script front man took to Facebook and Twitter just minutes ago to confirm the news. "I had two wonderful seasons on The Voice and as everybody knows I gave it my heart and soul and couldn't be more proud of the show and what we have achieved" he said. "My focus will be on The Script moving forward as we are about to embark on the most important part of our career as a band."

O'Donoghue leaves the show on a high, having won the most recent series with Northern Irish contestant Andrea Begley, but his departure leaves the BBC with two chairs to fill. They'll be working hard to find replacements, and announcing a new line up for Series 3 in due course.

"Danny has been an absolute star - and a winner - on The Voice but we understand that he, like Jessie, has to focus on his music career and The Script have such an incredibly busy year ahead." said Mark Linsey, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning. The Voice coaches are all current music stars with recording and touring careers to manage alongside the show and we know this can be difficult to juggle. We are very sorry to see Danny go but wish him and the band the very best and hope they will come back and perform for us next series."

Oh well, sure at least they've still got Sir Tom, eh?