This show is the ultimate stage to perform on.
There are people all over the UK doing great things.
All they wanna do is sing.
# Yeah, this is it... #
# Yeah... #
It's hard graft, but I find myself daydreaming about music.
Wow! You are meant to sing.
Good morning, class. CLASS: Morning, miss.
To see people that are really, really good at singing,
then have a career or a job that they're doing, that, to me,
is, like, wow!
CONTESTANTS SING
You're amazing.
You're an estate agent? I'm an estate agent.
No matter where you're from or what you do...
I'm a landscaper at the moment. I love gardening.
...in that audition, the stage is yours only.
# Yeah, this is it... #
CONTESTANTS SING
In my head, I had this rocking, long-haired...
Ancl then, I come round and there's Lee, lorry driver,
and that's the magic of the show.
I'm a healthcare assistant. Music is just
another way of taking care of people.
Boom! that's what I said, girl. Come on!
# Yeah, this is it... #
It's a wonderful thing to discover new talent,
and they just keep coming.
I'm a student from Nottingham.
I'm just so used to singing in front of the kids at work, like, it's...
I'm a plumber, I love my job,
but I love singing more and singing is where I wanna be.
# This is it Yeah, this is it... #
CONTESTANTS SING
There's so many incredible singers
out there. From all different walks of life.
And this show gives them a stage to perform on.
# Get ready for it
. #
# This is The Voice. #
MUSIC: 'Say You Do' by Sigala
Oh, my gosh. Wow, we're here!
There it is.
We're all very proud of you, Liv. Thanks, Dad.
No, I am so proud of you. I can't believe you're mine.
Give it up
for our superstar coaches.
Olly Murs.
Sir Tom Jones.
Anne-Marie.
And the one and only will.i.am.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Your coaches, everyone.
How are you all?
Are you good?
AUDIENCE: Yes!
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Anne-Marie, give us a wave.
LAUGHTER
IMITATES AUDIENCE MEMBER: Anne-Marie, give us a wave.
LAUGHTER
Anyway, where are we at with the numbers?
I'm eight out of ten already.
I'm on seven.
I've got three spaces left. CH EERING
I'm on eight already. Two spaces left.
I have three spaces left on my team.
Right, let the games begin, ladies and gentlemen.
This is so surreal. I mean, look at this place.
It's so cool.
I'm Tobi, 34, and I'm a musician from Galway.
MUSIC: 'Another Day' by Jamie Lidell
Galway is an excellent place to be.
It's such a vibrant environment and it's so magical,
but I live here and I love this place, so I may be biased.
I spend most of my time busking.
I love it. People come all round the world to play here, even Ed Sheeran.
I actually was where he was spotted, so it's nice to know
that you're following someone else's path, you know.
Anything can happen.
Ancl going from busking to, like, playing
to Tom Jones and will.i.am, that's nuts.
You're gonna be amazing.
# You have that look In your eye... #
It's really hard. We are coming right to the end here now.
Yeah. We have to pick carefully.
What about you, Will? I will accept folks
that are looking for confidence and reassurance.
I'm not looking for perfection.
I'm here to coach someone
so that they're on their path towards perfection.
Cos if they don't leave here with something
that they've learned, I'm, like, what did I do?
Exactly, yeah.
You're here to coach, so...
Yeah.
# And you can tear it up... #
This could be the start of a very different life altogether,
and I can't wait. I'm excited.
What I'd love to do is to sing a song
with great emotion and move them, grab their attention.
Focused on this one.
I'm pretty nervous, I'm not gonna lie.
It's been a long time coming.
# And can you shake it off?
# Oh, can you shake it off for me?
# When you're in the half light... #
When I play my own music, I wanna be performing in the biggest stages.
Gonna be a real step up,
but I believe in myself.
SONG: 'I'm Getting Ready'
# Oh, my... #
Wow. # I didn't know what it means
# To believe
#Mm
# Oh, my
# I didn't know How hard it would be
#Mm
# But if I hold on tight Is it true?
# Would you take care Of all that I do?
# Oh, Lord, I'm getting ready
# To believe
# Yeah
# Oh, my
# Didn't know how hard it would be
#Oh
# But if I hold on tight Is it true?
# Would you take care Of all that I do?
# Oh, Lord
# I'm getting ready... # Wow!
# To believe, yeah
# See, you'll be waving hands
# Singing freely
# Singing standing tall
# Now coming easy
# No more looking down Honey, can't you see?
# Oh, Lord, I'm getting ready
# To believe. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
This is incredible.
MUSIC: 'Secrets' by One Republic
Hello what's your name? My name's Tobi.
Where are you from? I'm from Gamay.
Nice.
Incredible.
Do you sing?
I sing, I busk, perform.
You have a very beautiful tone.
Oh, thank you so much.
Ancl I love the note choices that you made.
I feel like they were very unexpected and it just made me
move a little funny every time you did it,
so I think I just must have hit my button when you made me move funny.
LAUGHTER
Yeah, it was beautiful.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
APPLAUSE
How old are you?
I'm 34. And how long have you been singing?
Since I was about 16.
Wow! You sound accomplished
and you sound like you know what you're doing.
The notes that you were going to in that song were really choice,
and it sounded real, sounded like you meant it,
which I always love to hear.
So, I finally said, "I need to press for this man."
Thank you so much. I really appreciate that.
Thank you so much.
WILL: What brought you to the show?
Initially, I didn't know really how to get into the industry at all,
so I wanted to seek out opportunities and, um,
you know, start competing,
start coming to meet accomplished superstars,
start, you know, start taking it seriously.
Thank you for taking it seriously and coming on the show.
You have an awesome voice. Thank you very much,
thank you very much.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Why has it taken you this long to realise your dream?
There was five or six years where I wasn't confident with my voice,
so it was getting to a point where I was competent
and believing in myself.
We got there in the end. Yeah, you did it.
You're here and you got two turns.
Two turns, yeah, two turns.
Did you have in mind a coach when you was at home?
You've had a long time to think about it, so...
All of you. Oh!
You can't have all of us. Who are you gonna pick
as your coach for The Voice 2022? OK, OK.
Um...
AUDIENCE CALL OUT NAMES
I love you,
but, Sir Tom, I pick you.
OK, welcome to my team.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Torn Jones!
I'm feeling elated right now.
Oh!
One second.
HE LAUGHS
You're with Tom Jones. WHISPERS: I know.
You don't have to whisper any more. Oh, yeah.
Tom Jones, of all people.
Five decades of experience
in this industry.
I can't wait to learn from him.
He was great. I liked him.
Yeah, and different. Quirky, different.
Yeah. No-one else in the competition
has a voice like him, that's for sure. No.
How many now you got, Tom? Nine? Yeah.
One space left.
APPLAUSE
Yeah, come on!
LAUGHTER
MUSIC: 'Hot2Touch' by Felixjaehn, Hight and Alex Aiono
IN HUSKY VOICE: Bring out the next singer.
You can do an advert.
Actually, I played a hippo on Madagascar 2.
Did you actually? Yeah, his name is Moto Moto.
No! Yeah, they paid me
a lot of money for this voice.
It's a good voice.
Yeah, this is my pillow voice when I wake up in the morning.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Wh00!
Yeah, whoopin', whoopin'.
LAUGHTER OK, next singer, please.
Am I sitting in the right place?
My name's Helen Leahy.
I'm a teacher by clay and a musician by night.
# I got a good feeling... #
I was born in Wales, but when I was a child, moved to Germany.
I've been coming backwards and forwards ever since.
Just stick me anywhere.
As long as I've got my family, I don't care.
Thank you for being here.
We wouldn't let you do it
on your own. Never. No.
As a kid, from the get-go, I was just doing my own music.
But when I started going out and actually performing,
I started noticing that I could use
my voice in ways that most women couldn't,
which was pretty cool.
You've got a powerful voice.
You've certainly got one of them! Yeah.
I am a little bit nervous of what the coaches are gonna think
because this song is quite an ambitious choice.
What they will see is a confident woman, OK,
and you just smash it, cos I know you can.
Give me a hug.
I love you, sweetheart.
# Would you take the wheel... #
I'm feeling excited, scared. Slightly terrifying.
But I just wanna take the next step now, so that's why I've come home.
On you go, good luck.
# Could you take care
# Of a broken soul...? #
I really, really would love to get as far as possible.
I've always been a person who's took chances,
and today is a chance I don't think I'm gonna get in this life again.
# Will you take me home? #
SONG: 'Where The Wild Roses Grow'
# They call me
# The Wild Rose... #
Go on, Helen! # But my name was Elisa Day
# Why they call me this I don't know
# For my name was Elisa Day
DEEP VOICE: # From the first clay I saw her
# I knew she was the one
# She stared in my eyes and smiled
# Her lips were the colour Of the roses that grew
# Down the river
# All bloody and wild... # I've got goosebumps.
HIGHER TONE: # When he knocked At my door
# And entered the room... #
Come on, Helen! Come on, Helen! # My trembling subsided
# In his sure embrace... #
# He would be my first man
# Ancl with a careful hand... #
One. # He wiped at the tears
# That ran down my face
# They call me The Wild Rose... #
Turn!
# But my name was Elisa Day... #
# Why they call me this I don't know... #
Come on, turn!
# For my name was Elisa Day
DEEP VOICE: # Yes, her name was Elisa Day. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
One.
# I'm still a believer... #
Oh, never mind. Bless her.
# Can nobody tame this raging heart?
# Yeah, I'm still a dreamer... #
One person?
It's a bit disappointing, isn't it?
You hope they'll turn.
But I can take one thing away from it,
is, if you let people free to be who they are,
they can do wonderful things,
such as coming on The Voice in the UK.
I thought it was three people. Yes!
I thought it was three. I thought it was one...
DEEP VOICE: ..but singing that low.
ANNE-MARIE: What's the lowest note you can sing?
Go on.
HE GROWLS
Your turn, Tom.
TOM GROWLS
HE COUGHS
Hurts my throat.
LOW NOTE: # Waaaay... #
Oh, God, I got a bit lightheaded!
WILL GROWLS
What note is that, Dave?
A G? Cos I'm straight gangsta.
What is the highest note you can sing?
HIGH NOTE: # Ah. # Oh, that was quite high.
There you go.
HIGH NOTE: # Whoa. #
APPLAUSE
HE SQUEAKS
ANNE-MARIE: That's a G, but two octaves higher. Oh.
HE BARKS LIKE A SEAL
All the clogs at home are going, "What is going on?"
LAUGHTER
Um...
So...
THEY LAUGH
Carry on. All right, hold on. OK. Go.
I'm Matthew. Ancl I'm Daniel.
Ancl we're twin brothers from Essex and we are A be la Brother.
Being twin brothers,
I think there are some very easy ways to tell us apart.
I have long hair, Matthew has short hair.
He likes to wear vests. Er...
He plays the guitar and I'm a little bit more out there.
I'm saying a little,
Matthew might say a lot. Er, no...
Music has always been a huge part of our lives.
# Come on, come on... #
Our mum will tell stories of us
going around family parties with our CD player, singing and dancing.
We've always wanted to entertain. Yeah.
I think it's really common for kids to drag
their parents and put on a show, but we just never stopped doing that.
# Eat our chips, come on We've got loads... #
We are very blessed, aren't we, that we get
front-seat performances? Yeah.
Over and over again. 20 times a day. Yeah.
Today is a really big swing at it for us, I think.
It's a massive opportunity.
I can't imagine looking over and not seeing Matthew there on the stage.
That's our power, that's our strength, when we're together.
Three, two, off you go.
# I just wanna be somebody To someone
# Oh, I wanna be somebody To someone... #
This is the biggest performance of our lives.
We've never clone anything like this.
Just really glad that we're gonna get to go out there
and do it together.
# Put your loving hand out
# Baby
# Cos I'm beggin'
BOTH: # I'm beggin', beggin' you
# So put your loving hand out, baby
# An empty shell, I used to be... #
Come on! # The shadow of my life
# Was hangin' over me
# A broken man
# That I don't know
BOTH: # Won't even stand
# The devil's dance to win my soul
# What we ddm"? What we chasm"?
# Why the bottom? Why the basement?
BOTH: # Why we got good She don't embrace it?
# Why the feel for the need To replace me?
# You're the wrong way track From the good
# I wanna paint a picture Tellin' where we could be at
# Like a heart In the best way should
# You can give it away You had it and you took the pay
# But I keep walkin' on Keep openin' doors
# Keep hopin' for Now the door is yours
BOTH: # Keep also home Cos I don't want to live
# In a broken home Girl, I'm beggin'
# I'm beggin', beggin' you
# So put your loving hand out, baby
# I'm beggin', beggin' you
# So, put Your loving hand out, darlin'
# I'm beggin', beggin' you
# So, put Your loving hand out, darlin'
# Yeah
I'm beggin'
# Yeah
# Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# But if you close your eyes
# Does it almost feel Like nothing changed at all...? #
What's you guys' names?
I'm Matthew. Ancl I'm Daniel.
We are from Harlow, Essex. Yay!
Ancl we are A be la Brother.
You guys are brothers? Yeah, we're twin brothers.
ANNE-MARIE: No! I'm a twin!
Who did you come with today?
Our mum and clad and our best friend Megan over there.
We share a best friend as well.
No way!
APPLAUSE
I liked it, but I didn't turn because I'm still waiting for...
I don't know what.
You were great, though.
Thank you. I enjoyed it. A lot of energy.
Thank you very much.
ANNE-MARIE: I've only got two spaces and I'm over thinking.
I think you're both really good individually.
You need to blend your voices better, but that can come.
But individually, I was, like, pow, pow, pow, pow.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Who was singing the high notes?
I was singing higher.
Yeah, the low notes were not as stable
as the high notes, but that makes sense
cos you were playing the guitar,
but that's something we can work on when we rehearse.
Absolutely. Thank you.
I'm still vibing over here.
Honestly, loved it.
BOTH: Thank you very much.
I think Anne-Marie is spot-on,
but I loved all the different layers to it.
You brought everything to the table.
You got your toolbox and went, "Right, boom, boom, boom, boom."
It's a bit of me. Energy, proper Saturday night performance.
Brilliant. Loved it. Thank you.
APPLAUSE
Which coach are you gonna pick?
WILL: If you come on my team,
we'll just focus on improving the areas that need some reinforcement,
but it's all fun.
APPLAUSE
I'll be honest, I'm like an excitable little bunny over here.
I'm itching to work with you guys,
I really am. I'd love the opportunity.
I think you guys are awesome. Honestly, please pick me.
The song's 'Beggin" and I'm begging. Pick me, come on.
APPLAUSE # I'm beggin'. #
AUDIENCE CALL OUT NAMES Oh, my goodness.
We're so, so appreciative.
Thanks so much for both of you turning round, but I think, er...
I think we're thinking the same thing. Yeah, we are.
Wow, you guys are really twins.
LAUGHTER
The person I think we're gonna go with is...
...O|.|_y_ Yes!
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: 'There's Nothin' Holding Me Back' by Shawn Mendes
Go and see your friends and family.
Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
Wow, that was so amazing!
I wanna listen to that again.
We're in shock.
I think we're actually in shock.
I'm really looking forward to showing
more of what we can do.
Yeah. Oh, my God.
# This is The Voice. #
MUSIC: 'Young Summer' by Tungevaag
TOM: My team is looking good.
That's nice. That must make you feel good. Yes.
I think we're all pretty strong, team-wise.
I still don't have my "for sure" shot.
So, are you looking for, like, energy?
Yes.
OK, ready.
I'm Olivia Mason, I'm 21, and I'm a student from Nottingham.
I'm studying music.
Surprise!
MUSIC: 'Sky Love' by Foxes
My parents aren't together.
I have, like, two houses.
So, I live with Mum and then Dad,
split the time equally.
Got a big family. It's nice.
I'm more excited than I am nervous, definitely.
School, for me, was very academic.
I wasn't able to be expressive and be myself, really.
During my last years, I just fell into a local community studio.
I like to do a lot of spoken word.
Spoken word is like poetry.
It can be without music, you can put it with music.
It's whatever you want it to be, really.
It's like my way of getting all my thoughts in my head,
that I need to get out, on paper.
Poetry is cool
and I feel like a lot of people don't think it is.
It's like reading's cool
and a lot of people don't think reading's cool. I do.
The busking thing kind of came about, I was at uni.
It's the most amazing experience. It's the best thing
I've clone for music, definitely.
MUSIC: 'Brave' by Ella Henderson
When Olivia walks out on stage today, I'll have mixed emotions
of a bit of fear, maybe, excitement, love and pride.
Music is my heart and writing is kind of my life,
so I'd just like to be able to get my voice out
to a lot of people and, hopefully, inspire people.
# Brave
# I'll be brave... #
I can literally see the stage behind me
and I can't believe it. This is mad.
This Blind Audition is kind of massive for me
because the biggest thing I've ever clone is perform on the street
for a couple of people, so this is very different.
I'm just gonna do me and kind of give my truth and hope they like it.
# Baby, I'll be brave for you. #
SPOKEN WORD: Struggling to put the words down on paper
She sits and thinks I'll do it later
But later is just a way to waste time
Ancl I've been spending mine feeling stuck
My head's been down Mum told me, look up
A couple things got me shook up but
I found my pen, I picked my book up
I wrote some words in a verse
Cos I find it hard to converse sometimes but
I know I've got soul and rhymes, I.
# I heard he sang a good song
# I heard he had a style
# Ancl so I came to see him... # Go on, girl!
# Ancl listen for a while
# Ancl there he was, this young boy
# A stranger to my eye
# Strumming my pain With his fingers
# He was singing my life With his words
# Killing me softly with his song
# Telling my whole life... # AUDIENCE SHOUT
# With his words
# Killing me softly
# With his song. #
Spoken word is that unspoken hurt
I'm just a Nottingham girl. Cheers.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: 'My New Life' by Daniel Farrant
What's your name?
Hi, I'm Olivia.
And you're for Nottingham. Yeah, I'm from Nottingham, yeah.
How long have you been writing poetry and doing spoken word?
I'd say, like, four or five years with the poetry and spoken word.
Singing for a little longer, but, yeah...
That's great. This is mad.
A four-chair turn.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
OLLY: What do you do? Do you have another job?
I'm studying and I busk a lot. Nice.
My best mate was actually on Anne-Marie's team last year. Leona.
What? Ah.
So, I'm, like, "This is sick."
Wait, wait, so, you got inspired by...
Yeah, she said it was one of the best things she's ever clone.
And you got four turns.
Ancl I got... Four!
Thank you so much.
TOM: What you did is really different.
Yeah. Ancl that's really refreshing.
The combination of the whole thing,
that's what I liked. I would love it
if you came with me. I think
it would be very interesting. Thank you.
ANNE-MARIE: You rap, you do spoken word,
you sing, you're... you're lovely.
You're... I can feel your happiness coming out of you.
I'd love you to be on my team.
I'd love to work with you. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
What I adored the most out of your performance
was how you made a tag at the end.
Mm. You stopped
two seconds into your time...
Yeah. ..so you had time
to end it with poetry.
To me, that was, like, "You know what?
"Olivia, I would like her on my team."
You're an architect. You know exactly how to build.
Mm. How can I help your technique?
That's would like to do for you. Wow, thank you. Thank you so much.
OLLY: I don't think I've ever seen anyone like you before,
the way that you do it.
I would just love the opportunity to work with someone
that I think could go all the way and win this competition
and be someone that this show could be really proud of, cos I think
it's really, really amazing that you can do both -
what that big V says behind you - in different forms. It's amazing.
Pretty awesome. Thank you, thank you very much.
APPLAUSE
Wow, I don't even know what to say. I think...
AUDIENCE CALL OUT NAMES Oh, no!
Arghg
I'm gonna, like, just for me and, like, my heart and my truth,
I think I'm just so big on, like, female empowerment and...
I dunno, I've just been a fan...
Thank you so much!
But I think I would just absolutely love
to work with Anne-Marie. This would be mad, so...
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: 'Scars To Your Beautiful' by Alessia Cara
Thank you. Thank you so much.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Every time a chair turned,
I was just, like, "What?! What is going on here?"
But, yeah, I just couldn't hold my smile in.
I think my face just says everything, so...
So, think about it.
Leona came on the show, was on your team,
didn't win the show,
but her sentiment on, "You need to go with Anne-Marie,"
even though she didn't win with you, means everything.
Yeah.
And that's freaking fantabulous.
That is cool. Yeah.
Coaches, how do you fancy
getting your hands on a prize
worth over £140,000?
Yes! WQW!
Hell, yeah! Give it to me.
No, you can't have it, cos it's for the viewers at home.
Oh!
Right, where we at?
I have one space left.
One for me.
Oh! Will's still got two.
Yes. I've got two.
Our teams are almost there.
So, we've got to be extra careful.
I want quality.
OK, then, let's do it.
Let the singers sing. Yeah!
MUSIC: 'Chocolate' by The 1975
Oh, my God, look. Oh, wow!
That's where you're gonna be singing. This is it.
Gonna be so proud of you when you get up there today.
I'm Naomi johns on, I'm 26, I'm from Bristol and I'm a wedding singer.
Growing up in a musical household,
for me, was a little bit intimidating
cos I knew my parents were so good at it.
They met when they were young and were in a band together.
I first realised I could sing
when I was about ten years old
and it was just from singing karaoke at home with my sister.
We kind of kept it a secret from my parents.
We did that for three or four years at home,
didn't wanna tell our parents cos we were too nervous.
It was only till I got into the choir at school
and managed to do it and I got given a solo really quickly.
That was the first time my parents heard me sing.
There was this magic voice
we'd never heard before. It came out of nowhere. We were delighted.
It really did sort of brighten our day.
I think my mum and clad knew
that I was gonna be musical from that very moment.
As a kid, I was kind of an overweight,
not very confident child, and growing up,
it really held me back in doing the things I wanted.
I just knew I looked different to everyone
and I was never confident enough to actually be fully myself on stage
until, really, the past two years where I've lost
the eight and a half stone, I think.
I'm now the most me that I've ever been and I'm very proud of myself.
Probably the biggest thing I've clone ever.
The high-pressure moment.
Do you feel prepared? Yes, I feel prepared.
I'm feeling really nervous about this audition
but also really confident and ready.
# Feel the fire... #
The song that I'm singing today has got loads of high notes in.
There's a little bit of me that's, like,
"Oh, my God, am I gonna make it?"
But I'm gonna just give everything I have
and I really hope I get a turn.
# If love is fire
# Then I'll burn for you. #
# Hey, yeah
# I feel good, I feel nice
# I've never felt so satisfied
# I'm in love, I'm alive
# Intoxicated, flying high
# It feels like a dream
# When you touch me tenderly
# I don't know if it's real
# But I like the way it feels
# Inside
# You've got me feeling emotions
# Deeper than I've ever dreamed of Whoa-oa
# You've got me feeling emotions
# Higher than the heavens above
# All right
# You know the way To make me lose control
# When you're looking into my eyes
# You make me feel so high
# High
# You've got me feeling emotions
# Oh, yeah, yes, you do
# You've got me feeling emotions
# Higher than the heavens above
# You got me feeling high. #
Arghg
THEY SCREAM AND CHEER
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
SHE SHRIEKS
Oh, my God!
Hi. What's your name?
Naomi. Hey, Naomi, where you from?
I'm from Bristol.
Bristol. Yeah, from Bristol.
Ancl who are you here with?
I'm here with my boyfriend, my clad and my sister, who's crying.
LAUGHTER
That last note that you hit, then after you hit that note,
you screamed. Was that part of the note?
No, that was an accident and I just went with it, to be honest.
LAUGHTER
OK, so I tell you why I turned.
It's very rare people hit whistle tones, like, spot-on.
Yeah.
But there's parts of your performance that I was, like,
"She could use some help there.
"Maybe she's nervous and she can't wait
"to hit that whistle note." Super nervous.
Ancl maybe that's the reason why. Cos your whistle tone was on point.
Like I said, maybe you were just waiting...
HUSKY VOICE: Let me show them my whistle tone.
Yeah, yeah, la-dee-dee. I'm about to hit you with a whistle.
LAUGHTER
If we could just hone in on the main course meal
before we get to the dessert,
because we know we gonna love the dessert, girl.
Yeah. Thank you so much. Thank you.
ANNE-MARIE: Yeah, well done. That was so good.
I'm so happy you're on the show. Thank you.
I think that he's gonna be able to help you so much.
And, yeah, the whistle tone.
I don't know if you know how hard that is,
but I can't do it. I sound like I'm actually dying.
LAUGHTER
I like the way you sang, and that whistle thing was,
like, an added attraction.
Yes. No, really good.
Tell us a bit more about you.
I'm a wedding singer.
You haven't been to Wales, have you?
I have, I've clone
a lot of weddings in Wales, yeah. Really?
That's where the fights happen, right? Well, I won't say.
Ah, I know.
So, um, only in the past sort of two years have I started
to become my own sort of artist, doing my own music.
I kind of just wanna be
me for me and not for, like, weddings any more.
Yeah, I bet. I can only salute you for that performance,
cos it's not easy to come out and sing a Mariah Carey song.
Yeah. And there was times
when I was thinking, "Is this song too big for you? Is it not?"
But I think you really saved it with that note at the end.
It really was on the money and you did well,
you did well. Thanks so much. Thank you.
Thank you.
Awesome.
Well, thanks for coming on the show, bringing
your awesome talent. Thanks so much.
We have some work to do.
And welcome to Team Will. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Thank you, everyone.
OLLY: Well done.
SHE SOBS
It's pretty incredible.
For a singer to do that, it is a really impressive technique.
Amazing talent. Yeah.
I feel in disbelief, to be honest.
Ancl it was not something...
I thought I was off to a good start, and then I did the note
and it wasn't what I wanted it to be,
but then, I managed to recover it and get my confidence back.
Yay, yay. Moving on.
Right, two to go for me.
Get you off onto that second step there. Thank you.
I just wanna fill up, man. I don't like this pressure.
Enjoy yourself. You can do it.
My name is Steven Hastings.
I'm 30, I'm a plumber and I'm from Northern Ireland.
I live on my own in Belfast, the same estate my mum lives in,
so it's close enough to get the washing clone and get the odd dinner.
# I been way too tired Of this commotion... #
No clay is the same, being a plumber.
Above ceilings, under sinks, in behind toilets.
You'll be covered in one thing one clay
and covered in something the next.
I've picked up the nickname of the "singer-plumber",
so hoping to change that round to being the "plumbing singer".
I've come on The Voice because I love my job,
but I love singing more and singing is where I wanna be.
# The rain, it ain't permanent... #
I feel excited, excited to get on stage and do what I have to do.
# And soon, we'll be dancing In the sun... #
If today goes well, I'll be able to chuck the tools aside
and focus on something that I really have a passion for.
In three, two, one. On you go, good luck.
# And we'll sing Your song together... #
I'm just your average guy.
Chances, I guess, don't come around that often,
so I'm just gonna walk on that stage and give it my everything.
# We'll sing your song together. #
SONG: 'Learn To Fly'
# Run and tell all of the angels
# This could take all night
# I think I need a devil To help me get things right
# Ancl hook me up a new revolution
# Cos this one is a lie
# We sat around laughing Ancl watched the last ones die
# Ancl now I'm looking To the sky to save me... #
Come on, Olly!
# I'm looking for a sign of life
# I make my way back home Where I learn to fly
# Ancl we'll live happily Ever trapped
# If you just save my life
# So, run and tell the angels That everything's all right
# Ancl fly along with me
# I can't quite make it alone... #
Come on! Come on! # Ancl try to make this life my own
# I'm looking to the sky to save me
# I'm looking for a sign of life
# I'm looking for something To help me burn out bright
# Yeah, yeah
# I'm looking for a complication
# I'm looking Cos I'm tired of trying
# I make my way back home Where I learn to fly. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: 'Lose Somebody' by Kygo and One Republic
Hey, yo, Tom. That's not the kind of guy you're looking for?
No.
You know, I've already got some fellas that sing like that,
you know, similar.
We are coming right to the end here now and I'm looking
for something different to what I've got already on my team.
ANNE-MARIE: It gets harder. We do this every year.
When your team starts to fill up,
you start to get a little bit more picky.
It felt dead on. I think I gave everything I could.
Just not for me today.
MUSIC: 'Lose Somebody' by Kygo and One Republic
MUSIC: 'At Least I Had Fun' by Martin Jensen and RANI
What was you doing at 18, Tom?
18, I was working in a paper mill,
working on a machine. Yeah.
Ancl then singing at night, of course. Always singing.
Would you have been ready
for something like this at 18? In a word, yes.
Wow. I was ready
since I was a kid, you know. What was I doing at 18?
WKDs down Zeus
in Chelmsford, Essex. Still doing that now.
LAUGHTER
How are you feeling?
I bet I'm gonna trip on the stage.
I'm Rubyjoyce, I'm 18 and I'm a student in Manchester.
# Your momma always said... #
Moving here's been amazing. It's just got such a nice atmosphere.
Everyone's so friendly. just a great place to be.
My friends and I like to go to pub quizzes.
I'm not great at them, no.
I'm just there for the good time.
My parents come and visit me. We have a lot of fun together,
exploring the city.
Ruby has been singing since she was very small.
# It's not about the money Money, money... #
She was just a delight as a kid.
# Your momma always said "Look up into the sky"... #
Sometimes a bit cheeky, sometimes a bit mischievous.
I'm gonna be so proud to see you on that stage.
# On a cloudy day. #
I've known that music was something I wanted to do
since I was probably about ten or 11.
Music is what I love and it's what I wanna do forever.
# And I know you'll take me
# Anywhere I wanna go... #
Singing for the coaches is gonna be quite overwhelming.
TOM: The teams are filling up now. It's very exciting.
If this one is sick, I can fill up my team now.
You could. You'd be clone.
I've only ever really performed to a few people, so it's scary.
# Only when we discover
# That's when we find each other
# That's when we
# Both get better than this. #
some; 'Linger.
# Oh... #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
# If you, if you could return
# Don't let it burn
# Don't let it fade
# I'm sure I'm not being rude
# But it's just your attitude
# It's tearing me apart
# It's ruining every clay
# But I'm in so deep
# You know
# I'm such a fool
# For you
# You got me wrapped Around your finger-er-er
# Do you have to let it linger?
# Do you have to, do you have to
# Do you have to let it linger?
# Oh, I thought the world of you
# I thought nothing could go wrong
# I was wrong
# But I'm in so deep... #
Go on, Will!
# You know I'm such a fool for you
# You got me wrapped Around your finger-er-er
# Do you have to let it linger?
# Do you have to, have to
# Do you have to let it
# Linger? #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, my God!
Hello. Hi.
What's your name? Thank you so much. I'm Rubyjoyce.
Whoo!
That was so funny, by the way, because she was turned that way.
She had her eyes closed and she was singing
and she didn't know I'd turned. No way!
Yeah, she was just, like, "Oh."
And then she looked up and saw me.
LAUGHTER
Thank you. Oh, my gosh! I've got to say,
here, you was quite nervous in various parts of the song.
But such a beautiful voice.
I looked over, didn't I, Anne-Marie? I was, like,
"This is a yous type of singer."
I'm so happy she pressed the button for you,
I really am. Me, too.
Thank you so much. Who did you come with today?
My mum, my clad and my brother over there. Nice.
Yes.
What else do you do?
I'm a student. I study popular music.
Been writing music since I was 11.
Really interesting song choice.
Why did you pick that song?
I just love The Cranberries. I love her voice so much.
It was a great performance.
Well clone. Thank you.
Whoo-hoo!
So, the style of writing
that you do... Yes.
...is it similar to Cranberries?
It's kind of electronic pop kind of stuff.
I only ask that question cos you really flow to the unique,
obscure vocal approaches.
You have an awesome voice. Thank you so much, thank you.
Yeah, I liked it, I enjoyed it, and I think you deserve to be
with Anne-Marie because I think she can do a lot with you.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.
I loved your tone and I just think we can work really well together.
I can't wait. Welcome to my team.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: 'Rabbit Heart' by Florence + The Machine
How cool is she?
Woohoo!
Your mum, I think she's the biggest screamer we've had.
Wow! I've got ten. I've got ten people.
Your team's clone for the series.
I'm actually scared now
because if someone comes, I can't do anything about it.
Anne-Marie's clone. She's got her team.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Oh, my God, the birds are on it
tonight, aren't they? SHE SQUAWKS
Come on, bubba. Come on. Come on.
Oh!
My name's Olivia. I'm from Lancaster and I'm 16.
I live at home with Mum and Dad in a converted church...
Molly, sit down. Sit.
...with my two clogs, my two ducks...
Priscilla, no!
...my two rabbits, my fish and my cat...
Right, I think we're ready.
...and it's a madhouse.
Come on.
Olivia's been singing since was about three years old
and she was singing the alphabet,
which she got wrong, but it sounded good.
I've always been singing,
whether it's on holiday, in schools,
in plays, around the house.
Olivia! Sorry.
You can't do TikToks when your mum's on camera.
I've been watching The Voice all my life. Can't wait
to get out there and show them what I've got.
Come on. Yeah.
When I watch Liv sing, I feel really, really proud.
I still can't believe she's mine when I look at her.
Just got to close your eyes, take a deep breath and pretend
you're in your bedroom. I will.
It doesn't really feel real, me actually being here,
because I've been dreaming about it since I was five.
So, yeah, I'm a bit "whoo" about it.
Being on The Voice today is the biggest clay of my life
because it can be the rest of my life.
# I never wanna live without it
# So why-y-y-y
# Do we try-y-y-y? #
# You nearly gave me a heart attack
# When you said you're doing well
# Is it obvious you're all I had?
# Ancl the last year's been like hell
# Guess I'm lonely thinking That you ain't moved on
# Ancl I'm sorry If I'm coming off too strong
# Never thought I'd see The shape of pain
# Standing in the front porch light
# Is it obvious I'm not OK?
# Never meant to start a fight
# Guess I'm just a moment Living in your past
# Ancl I never thought You'd forget me so fast
# Cos I'm staring At all these photographs
# I guess the good things Ain't meant to last
# I gave you forever You gave a month
# I'm never falling for anyone
# Ancl now I'm looking at the ceiling
# Wondering just what You're feeling now
# If that's what love's about
# Then I'm so good without
# Oh-oh-oh-oh
# I'm so good without
# I'm, I'm so good without
# Out
# Ancl now I'm looking at the ceiling
# Wondering just what You're feeling now
# If that's what love's about
# Then I'm so good without. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Thank you.
MUSIC: 'Wildest Dreams' by Taylor Swift
Hi! What's your name?
Olivia. Olivia, where are you from?
Lancaster, and I'm 16.
Whoa!
16! Yeah.
Wow, that was some confidence!
Oh, nervous, very nervous, actually.
Didn't think I'd be this nervous, but I am.
Who did you come with today?
I've come with my clad, my mum and my fur baby, Molly.
My dog.
No way, your dog's here?
Yeah. I have to see it.
Molly! OLLY WHISTLES
Molly! Come here.
No! Good girl.
Come here.
Oh, my God! APPLAUSE
She's got a little bow on.
Molly, come here.
LAUGHTER
Oh, oh, oh.
Molly!
There she is.
Ah, wow.
Gorgeous.
APPLAUSE
So, do you take your dog everywhere?
Not everywhere, but she's like my best friend, Molly.
Aw. Been singing with her since I was a baby.
Been doing musicals, Annie, and stuff like that.
So, she's been, like, on my journey
with me, so I thought I'd bring her. AUDIENCE: Aw.
I loved that audition. I thought it was fantastic.
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Great performance.
I'm delighted to be in your team, Olly.
It's lovely to have you on my team.
Thank you.
I was thinking, but I've only got one spot,
so if I had more room, I would have pressed it.
But you're a beautiful singer.
Thank you. And you stayed strong...
Thank you. "all the way through,
and I love that.
APPLAUSE
You have to pride yourself.
You really excelled when you showed the power of your voice.
Yeah. Ancl the wobbly parts were
consistently on the low,
and if you'd have went up a semitone, it would have been
smooth like butter. Olly will help do all that.
Cool. Thank you.
The fact that you're so young excites me
because I know that you're just gonna get better
and better. Let's see what you've got to give on Team Olly.
100%. Thank you as well for picking me.
Welcome to my team. Come down. Thank you.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
I'm feeling absolutely amazing.
I honestly can't believe what's just happened.
So proud of you.
My team is nearly full.
I've got one. Me, too.
I have two.
Four spaces left, four slots.
# This is The Voice. #
MUSIC: 'I Need Love' by Zara Larsson
Last one of the night. Is it?
This is the last one? Is it?
Let's just give ourselves a shake.
Come on, give yourselves a shake. Come on.
My name is Niamh Nolan, I'm 25, and I am from Limerick in Ireland.
I live with my parents
and my three siblings in the middle of the countryside.
There's a couple of cattle,
there's hens, there's a little greenhouse, there's gardens.
It's a cliche Irish household but we wouldn't have it any other way.
On Monday to Friday, I work as a childcare assistant
in a toddler room. It is a bunch of two to two-and-a-half-year-olds
who I adore like they're my own children.
We paint, we splash in puddles, we sing.
My usual would be 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'.
'Old MacDonald' is a favourite of theirs as well.
It's really nice, it's really rewarding.
So, I'm instilling the love of music in them, I like to think, as well.
After I left school,
singing was definitely put on the back burner,
but it was always there.
I'm just so used to singing in front of the kids at work, like, it's...
A big difference. A little audience
of, like, seven two-year-olds in front of me.
Last year, I decided to start uploading little videos of singing
to social media to try and bring back that passion I had for it.
# The city's gonna love me Then leave me alone... #
It turns out that people actually enjoyed hearing me.
MUSIC: 'Strong' by London Grammar
This past year has been incredible for my confidence,
and that self-belief that was missing for a few years is back.
As a teenager, she probably didn't have the confidence, I think.
I see a different Niamh now. She's more relaxed,
and that's great, that's all I wanted.
I'm so proud of her for that.
Watching Niamh today, I think I'm probably going to shed a tear.
Walking into the building today,
it's something Niamh two years ago couldn't have clone.
# Yeah, I might seem so strong
# Yeah, I might speak so long
# I've never been so wrong... #
This opportunity only comes around once in a lifetime,
IF it comes around once in a lifetime.
To be here, it's a dream that I never thought I would fulfil.
Oh! I forgot even what I was saying there cos I got emotional.
Whoa.
# Yeah, I might speak so long
# I've never been so wrong. #
SONG: 'Shallow'
# Tell me something, boy
# Aren't you tired Tr yin' to fill that void?
# Or do you need more?
# Ain't it hard Keepin' it so hardcore?
# I'm falling
# In all the good times
# I find myself longing
# For change
# Ancl in the bad times
# I fear myself
# Oh, oh
# Oh-oh-oh-oh
# I'm off the deep end Watch as I dive in
# I'll never meet the ground... #
Oh, my God!
# Crash through the surface Where they can't hurt us
# We're far from the shallow now
# In the sha-shallow
# We're far from the shallow now. #
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
MUSIC: 'Like I'm Gonna Lose You' by Meghan Train or
Oh!
Hello. Hello.
What's your name? Niamh.
Where are you from? From Ireland, Limerick in Ireland.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
That was amazing. Thank you.
You got two chairs.
I did. I didn't notice till I opened my eyes
what was in front of me. Aw.
Oh. It was really beautiful
and, to be honest, it was weird,
because at the start, I couldn't even figure out what the song was
cos you sang it so your own. Thank you.
Hats off to you, really.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Well, I thought it sounded great.
Thank you. You can sing.
LAUGHTER
It's as simple as that, you know what I mean?
When you hear somebody sing like you just did,
I had to press my button because that's how good I think you are.
Thank you, Tom. APPLAUSE
Do you sing professionally?
No, I'm in childcare, so I sing 'Twinkle Twinkle'
and 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' but...
Well, you should. Thank you.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
You sounded angelic. I turned around
because my seat not turned for you
would be disrespect to the level of talent that you have.
And if this is your first time doing something like this,
just imagine what you're gonna be like
towards the end of the competition.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Niamh, you gave it
absolutely everything, and I agree with the guys.
You really put your own stamp on it and you made at your own.
What made you enter this year?
I started uploading videos on social media
maybe, like, a year and a half ago, singing,
and people liked what they heard and I grew
a bit of a following and stuff. That's great cos, you know,
social media sometimes has its negativity,
but it's great that you uploaded videos
and it gave you that confidence.
100%. The support from strangers is crazy, like, you know.
Yeah. It's brilliant.
Welcome to The Voice.
Thank you. Amazing.
So... Now, it's time
for you to decide. Yes.
It's so difficult.
AUDIENCE CALL OUT NAMES
I always dreamed of making this choice.
I didn't think I'd have to, and now, it's more difficult.
Um...
I am...
OK, I've made a decision.
I'm gonna go for wilLi.am.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
And, Tom, I love you.
It's all right.
Thank you.
MUSIC: 'Us' byjames Bay
I really thought she was gonna go with Tom.
You never know.
Congratulations!
Well clone. That was amazing.
Well done, well done. Oh, my goodness.
It absolutely hasn't sunk in yet.
I can't even believe I'm saying it out loud
that I'll be part of Will's team, to be honest with you.
But I'm looking forward to all of it, everything it has to bring.
Well clone, Will,
she's great. Yeah, she's really dope.
I really thought she was gonna go
with the legend that is Sir Torn Jones.
We've all got one left.
No, I've got none.
The 2021 champ has her team clone.
Will she be the champion 2022?
Next week... The blind auditions...
Come to an end. Let's do it.
CONTESTANTS SING
We've got our teams!
Ancl in a UK first,
it's the Callbacks.
OLLY: Our teams of ten must become three semi-finalists.
And we are joined by David Guetta.
What do you think of this one? Fire.
MNEK. This, I didn't like.
Tom Grennan. I'm gonna be out of a job soon.
James Arthur. Any one of you could be winners.
Damn, this is hard.
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