Rita Ora looks incredible in slinky purple dress in backstage photos for The Voice Australia 

Rita Ora is back on screens, appearing as a judge on the new series of The Voice Australia.

And the Brit star dressed to impress for the first episode which aired Down Under on Monday, wowing in a series of backstage shots shared to her Instagram ahead of the broadcast.

Rita chose a slinky purple dress for filming, posing up a storm as she showed off her look for her followers.

The dress featured quirky ruching detail and a side split, flashing a glimpse of leg and her stunning yellow-gold heels.

The fashion-conscious star accessorised to the max with gold hoop earrings and a matching bangle, while her glam makeup featured winged purple eyeshadow to match her dress. 

Rita was left stunned by The Voice Australia contestant Danny Phegan’s stellar blind audition on Monday night.

But judge Rita was also baffled by the 45-year-old singer’s very Australian turn of phrase when he uttered the slang term ‘fair dinkum’ following his powerful performance.

‘Fair what?’ asked the perplexed English singer-songwriter. 

Her Australian counterpart Guy Sebastian then explained that the well-worn Australian phrase meant ‘seriously’ or ‘honestly’.

However Rita then butchered her own attempt at using the expression, saying ‘[I] fair dickum love singing,’ to the amusement of her fellow judges.

‘I fair dickum love you,’ she added, pointing at Phegan, seemingly unaware that her accidentally R-rated version of the term wasn’t quite right. 

‘We’ve got some work to do, haven’t we,’ joked Phegan about their language barrier.  

Rita was also confused by another term uttered by the singer – ‘I wanna give it a crack’. 

‘I wanna give it a crack’? she asked, before someone explained to her it meant ‘giving it a go’. 

‘You know, I can’t understand a word!’ Rita said, still baffled by Phegan’s heavy accent, before adding, ‘But luckily music has no language. I’d love you on my team’. 

However he opted not to go with the I Will Never Let You Down hitmaker, instead picking Keith Urban as his coach for the series.

‘I thought on the way up here… if Keith turns I’d love to say G’day to you. Thank you mate.’ 

The father from the NSW town of Walla Walla wowed judges with his acoustic rendition of Niall Horan’s This Town.

Eventually judges Urban, Ora and Jessica Mauboy all turned their chairs.

Only Guy was left unmoved by Danny’s performance.