At 76, Tom Jones is the oldest coach on The Voice UK by quite some stretch (he's a quarter of a century older than Gavin Rossdale, in fact). But boy, the man can still belt out a tune.

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The proof: during Saturday night’s first live episode of this year’s contest, the Welsh singing legend gave a performance of Randy Newman’s You Can Leave Your Hat On. And viewers got a perfect demonstration of his star power…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzvJRwHj2uo

The praise came in thick and fast.

https://twitter.com/MrMattHatt/status/838148452609626112
https://twitter.com/geoffhunt10/status/838142574233804800
https://twitter.com/Aisha_Naushahi/status/838141522101043200
https://twitter.com/NeilNeilk1/status/838141376441253888
https://twitter.com/Helenbrocklehu1/status/838145799943045120
https://twitter.com/Jmsimonson1/status/838141191719899136
https://twitter.com/kiewilson89/status/838144522282545158
https://twitter.com/mitton_victoria/status/838142141750775808
https://twitter.com/t_illy92/status/838141020617461760

…Tom doubtless stole the show.

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https://twitter.com/if_you_see_kate/status/838143065521012741

Its 2017 and Tom Jones is still killing it with that amazing voice! What a man! ❤ #TheVoiceUK

— Dean Boroczky (@DeanomusicUK) March 4, 2017

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