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James Arthur has his back at comments made by The Voice judges Will.I.Am and Danny O’Donoghue.

Before winning The X Factor last year, the Impossible singer had previously auditioned for The Voice, but didn’t make it through the early stages.

At a recent press event, The Script frontman spoke about J-Arth, stating: "I’ve never heard of him. He didn’t make it through. 30,000 people audition and then they get whittled down to what gets presented to us, so he obviously didn’t make it through to that part.”

Fellow judge Will.I.Am chimed in with: “Who is James Arthur?”

Never one to shy away from a Twitter spat, James has since tweeted: "Who’s James Arthur?” .. He was the dude keeping you off the top spot for weeks. Sights set higher than the voice #whereisthelove.”

He set his sights higher than The Voice by auditioning for X Factor and kept Scream & Shout off #1 with a charity single. He's clearly above will.i.am :@