Will.i.am has enthusiastically confirmed that he will be working with The Voice finalist Leah McFall.

He told his fans through Twitter that he intends to fly her out to New York so that she can start work on new material with his production team.

He tweeted: "Its time to focus and build...let's go @leahmcfallmusic...I'm so pumped....me and leah will start next week... #newORIGINALsongs.

"As a matter of fact...let's start in nyc next week...somebody wake up the wizards...let's make magic @leahmcfallmusic.”

Leah was favourite to win the competition but lost out to Danny O’Donoghue’s contestant Andrea Begley although she has made history after becoming the first contestant from The Voice to get a top 10 single.

Her live version of I Will Survive peaked at number 8 in the charts.

Meanwhile, winner Andrea has reportedly recently entered into talks with Universal Records and is hoping to start work on and release her debut album within the next few months.