THE Voice judge Anne-Marie left fans stunned when she broke down in tears during show.
Sir Tom Jones, 82, left his fellow coach Anne-Marie sobbing after he sang a song on The Voice as a sweet tribute to his late wife.
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The legendary singer brought the house down when he poured his heart out singing Crumble, a song about his beloved late wife, Linda Trenchard.
The heart-felt track was all too much for Anne-Marie to take and she revealed she actually had to walk off afterwards.
Recalling that moment, Anne-Marie told the Express: “Tom sang one of his songs called I Won’t Crumble With You If You Fall for his wife.
“And I had to walk off, not because it was bad, [but] because it was so emotional.
She said: “I think this is like a testament to him and why he has been able to stay around [for] so long because he feels every word he says and every song he releases he means it.”
Sir Tom bravely explained the meaning of his song to fans.
He said: “Now this song is very important to me. I try to pick songs that mean a lot to me.
“And this song is trying to tell you that people that you love, sometimes they need to be backed up. You need to give them strength and encouragement.”
His fellow judges and fans fell silent as Tom sang the song, released as part of his album Surrounded By Time, last year.
He went on to explain that he had written the emotional song in memory of his wife Melinda, who passed away in 2016.
Tom was left heartbroken when Linda passed away aged 75 in Los Angeles after a “short but fierce” battle with lung cancer.
He said: “My wife, you know, she was dying of lung cancer, so I said, you know, I was always able to fix stuff, to do things if she needed me I was always there.
“She said, ‘Don’t crumble with me, don’t fall now, you’ve done everything you can, you must carry on and do what you do.’ So I put the song, when I heard it, it was like it was written for this situation. It’s a lovely song.”
His fellow judges, Olly and Anne-Marie appeared to both have tears in their eyes – and she said it was ‘one of the best moments of my life’.