Crew mates of The Voice hopeful Stevie McCrorie have a burning desire to see ‘The Bairn’ win.
Firefighter Stevie is one of only eight contestants and the only Scot remaining in the BBC One talent contest.
The Courier visited Stevie’s Blue Watch colleagues at Kirkcaldy Fire Station to help them record these video messages to their mate.
They revelaed that their nickname for their youngest team member is The Bairn and that he is often the butt of their playful banter.
Watch manager Craig Robertson urged Stevie to put his heart into his next performance and said: “It’s obvious he has huge support among the public, which is great as we want him to win.”
He said: “Stevie is affectionately known as the bairn as he is the youngest, probationer, of the watch.
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“Because he is the bairn, he gets ribbed all the time!
“He is a popular member of the watch he is pretty grounded but he doesn’t have much of a choice on this watch!”To see Stevie’s family’s ‘good luck’ message, click hereStevie’s new-found fame put his workmates at the centre of media frenzy when he returned to duty after his first appearance in January.
Local and national media descended on the station, anxious to learn more about the modest firefighter whose show-stopping performance had all four celebrity coaches vying for him on their team.
Craig said: “That first day was pretty crazy. After his audition was screened he was back into work on the Monday and the amount of people that recognised him was quite surprising.
“Anyone that visited the station asked for him and when we were out people were looking to see if they could see him.”
“He was quite taken aback by the attention.”
Although Stevie never sings in the station except for when The Courier calls colleagues were aware of his vocal talent, as he has already enjoyed some musical success.
He was nominated for the show by co-workers at Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Fife headquarters in Thornton, where he was based before joining Blue Watch in December 2013.
While they knew he was talented, even his colleagues have been stunned by the reaction their “down-to-earth” and family-orientated bairn has received.
Craig said: “He’s pretty good. We knew he was, but he really seems to be ahead of the game.”
Blue Watch will be crossing their fingers they are not called to an emergency on Saturday so they can down tools for the live show.
Craig said: “We are on duty on Saturday night but we will be having a Voice party in between training.”