Ruti Olajugbagbe’s victory at The Voice UK has shown that being young cannot be a limitation to rising to the top. The young singer won the audience over during her audition in January.

Ruti garnered rave views and praises as the competition progressed.

At the grand finale of the music competition, she contended with Lauren Bannon, Donel Mangena and Belle Voci to emerge the winner.

The final four contestants delivered their respective solo performance before the voting opened.

Ruti had said before her performance that she would love to be in a profession that enables her to sing

“I really love to sing and so would like to be in a profession that enables me to do this.”

Ruti is a student who lives with her mum, dad and little brother Femi and currently attends the Youth Creation Performing Arts School in Stanford-le-Hope.

She performs covers of songs including ‘Latch’ and ‘Use Somebody’ for her YouTube channel and enjoys mixing songs together.

The young songstress has said she is influenced by bands such as Bastille and Arctic Monkeys as well as singer Emeli Sande and in 2013, sang in the final of Thurrock’s young musician of the year.

After a powerful rendition of George Ezra’s Budapest, Tom Jones chose her to be part of his team.

Ruti battled past Saskia Eng before her cover of Dreams in the Knockouts earned her a spot in the live semi-finals.

Her performance of the classic, Waiting For A Star To Fall sealed her spot in the final.

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