SEE Sultry daughter of Patti Boulaye, Aret, also former Miss Nigeria ’96 on ‘The Voice’ (PHOTOS)

From the moment Aret Kapetanovic stepped out on The Voice stage, the audience was already putty in her hands.

With her sultry looks, scarlet lipstick and daring dress, she commanded everybody’s attention – much how her mother Patti Boulaye did in the 1970s.

Aret, who was born Emma Komlosy, performed a sexy, slowed down version of Paloma Faith’s Upside Down but failed to win over the judges who could only hear her and not see her.

Disappointment: Aret Kapetanovic failed to impress the judges with her voice, but they thought she looked great Disappointment: Aret Kapetanovic failed to impress the judges with her voice, but they thought she looked great

But that changed when the Will.I.Am, Jessie J, Tom Jones and Danny O’Donoghue spun their chairs around at the end of her song.

The judges were disappointed that the song didn’t match her style. 

‘You’re a beautiful girl and you should sing beautiful songs,’ mused Tom.

Upon seeing her, Jessie J described her as ‘Jessica Rabbit in real life.’

The Nobody’s Perfect singer said: ‘I genuinely think out of everyone we’ve seen so far, I think you are the prime example of exactly what the show is about.

Singing for success: Aret is the first ever mixed race girl to win Miss Nigeria, in 1996
Singing for success: Aret is the first ever mixed race girl to win Miss Nigeria, in 1996

 

'It's all about talent': Aret says she was dranw to the voice as it meant people would want to work with her voice not her looks
‘It’s all about talent’: Aret says she was drawn to the voice as it meant people would want to work with her voice not her looks

‘I didn’t expect to see you at all, how amazing you look, it didn’t go with what you sang… Can I borrow your dress?’

Aret was the first ever mixed-race winner of Miss Nigeria in 1995, when she stumbled upon the competition while on holiday with her mother, singer Patti Boulay.

No idea: Danny had no idea that singer Aret Kapetanovic, daughter of 70s and 80s singer and entertainer Patti Boulaye,was so stunning
No idea: Danny had no idea what Aret, daughter of 70s and 80s singer Patti Boulaye, looked like

 

Not quite up to scratch: The judges thought that her rendition of a Paloma Faith song wasn't quite good enough to go to the second round
Not quite up to scratch: The judges thought that her rendition of a Paloma Faith song wasn’t quite good enough to go to the second round

 

In the genes: Aret's mother is Patti Boulaye, a famous entertainer from the 1970s and 1980s
In the genes: Aret’s mother is Patti Boulaye, a famous entertainer from the 1970s and 1980s

 

Boulay had a successful singing career of her own and these days is a tireless AIDS campaigner.

Along with Aret, she and her husband Stephen Komlosy have one other child, Sebastian.

Today, Patti heads up a charity, Support For Africa, but a few decades ago had her own TV show and starred in West End shows such as Hair.

Disco queen: Patti Boulaye was an icon in her own right several decades ago and now her daughter wants to follow suit
Disco queen: Patti Boulaye was an icon in her own right in the 70s and now her daughter wants to follow suit

 

Memories: Patti and Aret, known then as Emma, when she was just 3-years old
Memories: Patti and Aret, known then as Emma, when she was just 3-years old

 

Proud parent: Patti and her daughter Aret in an undated photograph
Proud parent: Patti and her daughter Aret in an undated photograph

WATCH: Patti Boulaye performs Stop It I Like It

 

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