A gershwin classic and a famous sixties love song have helped not one but TWO Medway wannabe pop stars through to the next stage of the hit BBC talent show The Voice.

Joseph Apostol, from Gillingham, and Adam Barron, from Chatham, impressed the famous coaches to earn a place on their teams for the next round.

MidKent College student Joseph, 21, sang the Shirelles’ “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”, while 27-year-old father-of-two Adam chose “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess.

Both were left on tenterhooks while performing, as it wasn’t until the last few seconds of their songs that any coaches decided to turn their chairs around.

In the blind auditions part of the show, contestants sing with the coaches sitting facing away.

"When Jessie pressed her button I jumped about six feet in the air" - Adam

If the coaches like what they hear, they push a button, which turns their chair around and indicates they want them on their team.

If more than one turns around, then the contestant gets to choose which team to join.

The coaches are Sir Tom Jones, Jessie J, will.i.am and Danny O’Donoghue.

Jessie J pressed her button at the very last second of Adam’s performance, while Joseph had to choose between Sir Tom and Jessie J. He picked the former.

Adam, who works for a publishing company in Maidstone and lives near Pattens Lane, said his reaction to being picked was “more relief than anything else”.

“There were two moments where I thought they would press their buttons and it got to the end of the song and those moments had come and gone.

“When Jessie pressed her button I jumped about six feet in the air.”

Joseph, who moved to the Towns from the Philippines when he was 10, lives in Shakespeare Road. His mum works at Medway Maritime Hospital.

He said: “I said to myself I didn’t think they were going to turn around. I was shocked.”

The pair will now go through to the battle phase where members of the same team are pitted against each other.