VOICEOVER: Previously on The Voice...
JESS: Let's go!
(HOLDS OPERATIC NOTE)
..an array of amazing artists...
Yeah!
..dazzled our superstar coaches.
RITA: That was awesome.
(HOLDS NOTE)
GUY: Wow. What a voice.
JESS: That would performance was just fearless.
I would love to have you on Team Jess.
I'm gonna go with Rita. (RITA SQUEALS)
And while Jess was overlooked... I'm gonna go with Guy.
GUY: Oh! Guy Sebastian.
Yeah!
..new coach Jason Derulo...
I think I will go with Jason.
JASON: Whoo!
..took the spotlight.
Yeah! Jason.
My brother!
Jason. Yeah!
# Jason Derulo. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Tonight, a superfan...
Biggest role model, Jessica Mauboy, of course.
# This is not a fantasy... #
..a saxophonist...
BOY: When I play the saxophone, I'm in the zone.
It's my soul, my body.
It's just an extension of myself.
..and a schoolgirl...
GIRL: I am the youngest artist on The Voice this year.
..take their shot.
# Time to deliver... #
RITA: That was so, so, so, so, so, so, SO good!
GUY: That was the sound of a perfect audition.
And Jess pulls out all the stops...
We need to do this again because we need to have a little bit of fun.
GUY: Oh, yes, please. Let's have some fun.
..to secure her first artist. (SQUEALS)
# This is The Voice. #
(DANCE POP PLAYS)
RITA: Hey. Just thought I'd pop in, see how you're doing.
Pretty good, pretty good.
Trying to get used to the whole buzzer thing.
Can I see a little buzz moment? Yeah.
So, you want to see my technique? Yeah.
I've been working on it, you know.
I usually try to, like...
I have to say, is it the right one, 'cause it's getting a bit bigger.
Yeah, you know, I've been looking in the mirror
and my right arm is a little bigger,
so I try to do it from the shoulder, you know what I'm saying?
So I try to bring it from here and then...
OK. Like that. You know what I'm saying?
But if I'm really feeling it,
I might even use, like, the closed hand and be, like...
Oh. That makes it spin faster.
I mean, understand the technique
because ideally what you want is to really show your passion...
Yeah.
..and I think you really have delivered that...
Well, thank you. ..you know.
I'm actually pretty proud of you, honestly.
Oh, I appreciate it, Rita.
I may have had a two-two piece on you coming on this show,
you know, being a fan and all...
Oh, well, thank you very much, Rita. ..so, you know.
Rita's showing love.
MAN: Big smile. Happy face.
Ready? So, from the top for me.
Alright. Give it a good clap.
Calista, take one. (LAUGHS)
(EXHALES) Nervous. Whew.
There's a lot riding on today, isn't there? (LAUGHS)
My name is Calista Nelmes. I'm 24 and I live in Sydney.
In 2018, 2019,
I was in the original cast of a show called 'Showgirl'
that was on a cruise ship.
There were four singers and I was one of the lead singers.
Performing every day on show days, you wake up ready to go.
It's just so exciting.
# Like I'm in the sky... #
You get to travel all over the world and get paid to do what you love.
# Like I'm in the sky... #
Kind of like a dream come true for little 20-year-old me,
I think, as well.
When COVID hit, we lost our job,
we lost our livelihood, our place to live.
We lost everything, really,
because the cruise ships were no longer in service.
It was heartbreaking.
I felt lost, I felt stuck.
I had nowhere to go
and so I was sleeping in my car.
# I've been freezing... #
Losing my job and ending up homeless
really gave me the drive and the push that I needed
to be here today,
to keep going with my music.
The song I'm singing for my blind audition
is 'Remember' by Becky Hill and David Guetta.
# Rise up... #
It's got soul and it's got power.
# Out of here... #
It's also slightly terrifying.
# Embrace... #
I have to get the end of the song right. The ending is big.
# Step out... #
The stakes are high today if I don't turn a chair.
This is my one shot to prove myself.
# I'm not one for flying... #
(CLEARS THROAT)
# I'm doing just fine now it's over... #
GUY: Oooh, yeah.
# I've been moving on and living my life... #
RITA: Whoo! GUY: Sounds like you.
# But occasionally I lose composure
# And I can't get you out of my mind... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) # If I could go back in time... #
# But every now and then you remind me
# It's only when I'm lying in bed on my own
# And I wake up and I don't see your name on my phone... #
Whoo!
# It's in the moments where I think that I'm better alone... #
SONIA: Four chairs!
# That's when I remember
# If I could go back in time
# I'd do things differently, I wouldn't think twice... #
Yeah, man.
# I'd distract myself Think of someone else
# But every now and then you remind me
# It's only when I'm... #
Whoo!
# Laying in bed and I don't see your name on my phone
# It's in the moments where I think that I'm better alone
# That's when I remember Every time... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) # I... #
# I tell myself that you were the biggest mistake
# That's when I remember That's when I remember... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) GUY: Yeah!
Yeah!
JESS: Yeah... (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
Goodness me!
Yeah!
Whoo! (LAUGHS)
Oh, my god! GUY: Whoo!
Hey, guys. What's your name?
Where you from? How old are you?
My name is Calista Nelmes. I'm 24.
And I'm from New Zealand but I live in Sydney now.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Incredible.
Wow.
Well, that was amazing. Thank you.
That song is by a great friend of mine,
who I think would be very proud to have heard you sing it like that.
Yeah.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you so much.
Yeah, it's really impressive to me
to see someone's vocals shine through
on a song that's on the radio now
because it's one thing to, you know, take an old song or an old hymn
and, like, you know, sound like an old person
and then there's one thing to... (LAUGHTER)
..come in here and be an actual pop star
'cause it's two different things, you know.
Yeah. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So I think you're a pop star through and through.
You have a vocal ability that's out of this world
but, you know, on top of that, your note choices, you know,
where you decided to go is really, really impressive,
so you should be really proud of yourself.
Thank you. That was a perfect audition.
Thank you so much. Thank you. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You just came out and you owned everything.
RITA: You really did. Yes.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) And that...
I think that's what excites me as a coach,
is that I don't have to teach you to own anything.
You have a story, you know what you want, you know what you need
and you get up there and I just...
I'm a cheerleader going, "Yes, she's doing it!"
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah. That was really exciting.
Such a pop star.
And you would be the first on Team Jess.
I don't have anyone yet. Thank you so much, Jess.
Thank you. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: Calista, that is the sound of a perfect audition.
What? Yeah... (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
He hasn't said that before.
And let me tell you why, it's because not only is it great
that it's current,
it's great that it's an up-tempo song that lit the room up
but still showcased your vocals.
Mm-hm. That's hard to do.
And I could hear you on huge dance anthems
which are soulful and really ready for radio.
With you, I know if I are on my team,
we could really explore different risky stuff
that would really blow people's minds,
so, Calista, thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thanks, Guy.
Thank you. I'm a huge fan. Huge fan.
Thank you. Awesome.
I'm a huge fan. No, thank you. Thank you.
RITA: Hello. Hi, Rita.
That was so, so, so, so, so, so, SO good!
(LAUGHS) Thank you. I mean, it was great.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm not gonna kind of go into all the details
but you know what I loved the most?
It was just sort of, like, effortless and you had this ability to kind of,
like, be an acrobat... (DRAMATIC MUSIC)
..and then I felt...
(GUY EXCLAIMS AND LAUGHS)
Oh...
# This is The Voice. #
(GUY LAUGHS)
JESS: Oh...
Rita!
Yo!
You know what killed me the most, was the extension...
(LAUGHTER) ..of the hand gesture.
GUY: I was wondering what the heck you were doing.
I thought he was getting a fly.
(APPLAUSE) I thought we were friends, bro.
We are friends. After the show, we will...
Who had your back as the newbie? I sat you down... They didn't care.
I sat you down and I said, "I've got you.
"This is me and you, bro."
No, Rita, I love you, I love you, but...
GUY: Hang on, can I clarify...
Like, was Rita...
I'm obsessed with Rita.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) I'm obsessed with you.
Oh, no! Oh, my god!
I kind of thought that, you know.
RITA: You know what, 'cause I've done so many dance records too
with, like, really iconic DJs
and have these sort of soulful voices and, like, I can really...
I really would've had a catalogue of things of showing you,
but you know what, don't ask me for help, that's all I'm saying.
That's really what I was worried about with my blocks
'cause I didn't want to, like, utilise them in the wrong place,
so I'm really glad that, you know,
to know that it was so superbly used.
Just don't pick him.
(JESS LAUGHS)
You know what, now I'm gonna help her pick, obviously.
(CALISTA AND JASON LAUGH) Come on.
Thank you so much. You are so, so special.
I'm so excited for you.
Thank you so much. So, who are we gonna pick?
I don't know. (SQUEALS) (LAUGHTER)
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
GUY: Calista, I need a voice like yours on my team.
This is probably the most hectic decision
I've ever had to make in my life.
(LAUGHS)
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT) (JUDGES LAUGH)
If Rita's blocked...
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
..and Jason blocked her...
Don't you do it.
..I might have to go with Jason.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (DANCE POP PLAYS)
That was magical.
I love you, I love you. I love you.
(LAUGHS) Hi.
Oh, hello, hello, hello.
Oh, we're gonna have so much fun.
This is gonna be incredible.
I mean, come on, that was an amazing audition.
Thank you so much. We're just gonna grow from here.
Oh, by the way, this is for you. Stop!
We've got a Team Jason. That's so exciting.
He's got a jersey. Official Team Jason.
We're gonna win this whole thing. Yes!
Thank you.
Thank you, guys. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
# Push the clouds out of the sky... #
Yeah!
(SQUEALS, LAUGHS)
Oh, my god!
Jason Derulo, you're a naughty boy. (LAUGHS)
I see you, Jason Derulo. Come on.
I see you. See, I'm thinking.
Yeah.
No, I have to give you... That was, like... That was brilliant.
RITA: The drama of it all.
I thought he was, like, doing like a really cool, sick dance move
and then he was, like...
Yeah, right? Instead, he went, "Whoop!"
(LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (DANCE POP PLAYS)
Good work, though. Good work.
(LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my god. Come on.
That was a strategic, strategic move.
I mean, I'm glad I did it,
'cause I was thinking she would want Rita, you know.
It was just way too close.
Dammit.
Yeah, this is my first season
but, you know, I didn't come here to lose.
I'm trying to get that crown.
I'm trying to get that crown, like, for real, for real,
so, Team Jason for the win, baby.
(SMOKY SAXOPHONE MELODY PLAYS)
BOY: When I play the saxophone, I'm in the zone.
It's my soul, my body.
ONLOOKER: Whoo!
It's just an extension of myself.
I'm just waiting to get school over so I can do music full-time
and become a full-time musician.
Whoo!
My name is Levi X. I'm 15. I'm from Queensland.
Well, I started busking when I was 11 years old at the local markets
with my dad and my brother.
A lot of people come up to me at markets and say,
"You should go on The Voice,"
so I've decided this year that I'll give it a crack.
For my blind audition, I'll be performing a great rock song
but with a bit of a blues twist.
I'll be playing saxophone and singing.
It takes a lot of breath from my lungs to play saxophone,
so to sing right after playing will be very difficult.
I could run out of breath and ruin the whole performance.
I've been playing saxophone nearly all my life
but singing is something new that I've just recently brought in.
Not sure if I'm good enough.
# This is The Voice. #
('SEVEN NATION ARMY' PLAYS)
(IN BLUES STYLE) # I'm gonna fight 'em off... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# A seven-nation army couldn't hold me back... #
RITA: Whoo! # I'm gonna rip 'em off... #
# Takin' their time right behind my back
# And I'm talkin' to myself at night
# Because I can't forget
# Hmm, yeah, yeah
# As they go back and forth through my mind
# Behind a cigarette... # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# And the message comin' from my eyes says "Leave me alone"... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Oh, wow.
(PLAYS SMOKY SAXOPHONE MELODY)
Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Yeah!
# The message coming from my bones said to find a new home... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) # Yeah, yeah, yeah... #
# Find a new home. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: Oh...
Wow!
(LAUGHS) Wow.
I want it again.
JASON: What's your name?
My name is Levi X. I'm 15. I'm from Brisbane.
GUY: 15? 15!
SONIA: Crazy.
So, tell me a bit about your musical background.
Well, I've been playing sax for about six years now.
I've been singing for about three.
I've been doing local markets around my area since I was 11.
We've been doing that for about four years now.
RITA: Wow. The grind.
JASON: Yeah.
Wow.
I play with my dad alongside me.
He plays the saxophone.
RITA: Yes, Dad! And also with my brother.
And, yeah, we're booked basically every week
with gigs, weddings, markets
but, yeah, just having a lot of fun.
You're at work, then. Yeah.
(JESS LAUGHS) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Dad's put you to work. Yeah, blessed and booked.
I love it.
The saxophone is really, really close to the voice
and I wonder why more people don't play the sax and sing
'cause it goes so well together and you did it beautifully,
so maybe there'll be a lot of people that follow you
because you do it so well.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Well, I'd say you went amazing, man. Congrats.
Yeah, thank you.
I'd love to have you as a part of my team.
There's no-one like you on my team or any team, for that matter, so...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) I'd love to have you.
RITA: Levi X! What a name! How did you come up with that?
Levi's my first name and X is my middle initial.
Oh, cool. It sounds like you're already born to be a star.
SONIA: Yeah. Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
RITA: Well, listen, I love you.
I thought that you have this really...
Even before you started playing the sax,
I was thinking, "The voice is just voicing!"
It really was.
I felt this kind of shiver through my body of something special
and that's when I turned the first.
And that's when I noticed, like,
"Whoa, you've got a sax hanging around your neck.
"This is about to get interesting."
And, you know, and it just got better and better and better and better
and it was great.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you.
I would love to have you on my team.
There's so much we could do in the sense of, like,
picking a great record for you
where you have moments to sort of shine vocally and also with the sax.
It's so interesting that you said to blend the singing with the saxophone
'cause I've been known to, like, really...
I know. You've got a hit. You've got hits, yeah. I know.
Yeah, I put those together... Yes.
..the musical elements and those...
I knew you were gonna bring that up. Yeah.
So you think he's perfect for me too?
That's amazing. Thanks, Rita. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: What have we done, Jess?
Hey, Levi. Hello.
I know I'm not in this game now
but I just wanted to say, I did love your performance.
I almost was so taken by the saxophone
that I forgot about your vocals, you know what I mean?
So don't take that as a negative.
Like you said, you've been playing the saxophone
more than you have been singing, right,
so I think what it's gonna take for you
and I hope you know, with Jason and Rita,
which I'm sure they'll do, is to be able to have you, you know,
be a little bit more on the vocal side.
But I'm really excited for you, to be honest.
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: Yeah, Levi, that's your edge.
Like, having that horn in your hand is totally your edge
and it's a shame because I have a feeling I'm gonna regret this...
Mum and Dad, am I gonna regret this?
You are going to regret. WOMAN: You are.
Honestly, I think you are really special.
Like, I could actually see you in the finals if...
Whoo! ..the coach gets it right...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
If the coach gets it right
and really experiments with using your saxophone and make you...
I'll definitely get it right, for sure.
..making it... (LAUGHS)
..really interesting, I think that's your edge.
And you obviously have so much experience busking,
so I'm excited for Australia to get to see more of Levi X.
Yeah. Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It's time.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
Well, first off, thank you for turning, you know.
It's a great experience to be able to come and perform
in front of four amazing coaches.
GUY: Oh, thanks.
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
But I think I might go with Rita.
RITA: Yes! Eh!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) For real. Yeah...
(LAUGHTER) Thank you.
I honestly thought you were gonna go with Jason.
I really can't believe it. (LAUGHS)
Thank you so much. No, it's gonna be fun.
I'm so, so, so, so happy you chose me.
Honestly, you're not gonna regret this.
You're gonna have the best experience
and I'm gonna make sure that we really work hard
to give you the space you deserve, get your vocal to a point
where you're just as confident as the sax and you're gonna just shine.
It's gonna be great. Yeah.
Let's do it.
He can play the sax, man. GUY: Yeah. He was solid.
Yeah, the tone of the sax is beautiful too.
# You bring out the best in me... # (YELPS)
I got so lucky. Oh, my god!
Hello! She's so nice too!
Oh, my goodness. I turned around straight away.
Lovely to meet you.
Great work on just really getting an instrument under his belt,
you know what I mean?
There's nothing more important and impressive.
Like, I can't tell you how much I regret
not listening to my parents when I was young.
(OTHERS LAUGH) It's very lucky.
I love what I do. Yeah, you can tell.
But it's incredible. Like, just never stop working.
But I will definitely put you to work, so let's go.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Alright. Bye, Levi. See you.
I'm a fan, Levi.
(OTHERS LAUGH) Levi X on the sax.
(OTHERS LAUGH) # Let's jump into the fire... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Man!
That's a great win.
GUY: Great. RITA: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's so, like, incredibly, like, vast...
GUY: Yeah. ..with so much stuff.
And amenable. He's 15 years old.
Give him like a Weeknd song or something...
He got the world... He got the whole world in front of him.
15 years old. Amazing.
Yay!
# Let's jump into the fire. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) VOICEOVER: Coming up...
which artist...
(HOLDS NOTE)
Wow!
..makes Jess...
You've got to understand, I have been waiting for you.
..lay it all on the line?
I need you and I want you.
You could win with me.
We could win. You could win.
(WHISTLES)
# This is The Voice. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
WOMAN: Jason, do a shoey!
What's a... What's a shoey?
Oh, no.
No, Jason, no.
A shoey, they, like, pour alcohol... You drink it from your shoe.
Hell, no!
(LAUGHTER)
He say, "Hell, no!"
I wouldn't even do it if the shoe was brand-new.
Somebody might have tried it on.
(LAUGHTER)
# Camera... # (CAMERA CLICKS)
# Lights
# Whoo!
# See them make it... #
Hi. (LAUGHS) I'm Ezra Williams.
I'm 28 years old
and I'm from Melbourne.
Yeah, I'm the youngest of five. We're a very musical family.
The oldest, Lavina Williams,
she was part of the first ever '90s all-girl R&B group called Ma-V-Elle.
And my other sister, Emily Williams, she came second in 'Australian Idol'
and was also part of the fabulous all-girls group the Young Divas,
with Jessica Mauboy.
They're all stars.
# Na-na-na-na-na This my time to shine... #
I'm here to step out of my sisters' shadows and shine my light.
# Na-na-na-na-na This my time to shine... #
Now is your time. Yeah.
It's your time, now, girl, to shine.
Yeah, finally.
Got a little something something for you.
What? A little surprise.
(ON PHONE) Hi, doll. It's your sister.
(GASPS)
I'm just sending you a quick message of encouragement.
You know what to do.
I'm so proud of you right now for taking this lunge.
Slay!
Oh! Oh, my gosh.
OK. I was not ready for that.
The song that I'm singing for my blind audition
is 'About Damn Time' by Lizzo.
I've gotta make sure that I'm on beat 'cause everyone knows it.
To turn a chair, you have to put aside all of those...
all of those things that are worrying you
'cause once you step on that stage, you're on.
WOMAN: Artist walking.
# Shine on, sister... #
I want to represent my family's legacy
but this is my time to step into the spotlight.
I think I've just gotta prove to myself
that the talent that I have will turn a chair.
Come on, Ezra. She looks so cool.
Oh, yeah. She's got it.
(EXHALES)
('ABOUT DAMN TIME' PLAYS)
# It's bad-bad o'clock Yeah, it's thick-thirty
# I've been through the lot but I'm still flirty... #
Oh! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Is everybody back up in the buildin'?
# It's been a minute Tell me how you're healin'
# 'Cause I'm about to get into my feelings
# How you feelin'? How you feel right now?
# Oh, I've been so down and under pressure, oh
# I'm way too fine to be this stressed, yeah
# Oh, I'm not the girl I was or used to be... #
Whoo!
# Oh, well, I might be better... # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Turn up the music, turn down the lights
# I got a feelin' I'm gonna be alright
# OK Alright
# It's about damn time
# I'm comin' out tonight I'm comin' out tonight
# Comin' out tonight
# I'm comin' out tonight # Whoa-oh-oh
# I'm comin' out tonight I'm comin' out tonight
# Coming out tonight Oh!
# Oh, it's about damn time! # Whoo!
# Turn up the music Let's celebrate
# I got a feelin' I'm gonna be OK
# OK Alright
# It's about damn time. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: Wow!
JASON: Hey-hey!
JESS: Whoo!
It's about damn time!
# It's about damn time! #
# Yeah! #
OK. You really showed us. Hi! Hey.
Wow, wow... (LAUGHS)
Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. # Hot! #
Oh, my goodness!
I've been waiting for someone like you!
That was so much fun.
You're, like, powerhouse.
You were giving me, like, sass and attitude.
I mean, you look incredible.
Your voice is impeccable. Thank you.
I love it. Thank you.
(LAUGHS) I love you...
First of all, you look kind of familiar.
(LAUGHS) So, my name is Ezra Williams.
I'm 28 years old and I'm from Melbourne.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Like, your sisters wouldn't happen to be, like...
Yes. ..Lavina Williams...
Yes! ..and Emily Williams?
Yes. Emily Williams. Yes. Shut the front gate!
And Lavina's right there!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Don't even! Shut up!
Don't even! Shut the door!
Oh, my gosh! Wow. OK.
JASON: Well, where do you guys know each other from?
OK. I was in a girl-group with her sister.
Ah! And, yeah, we go way back.
Wow.
Love you. Wow.
Love you. JASON: Wow. Incredible.
This connection.... (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
This connection is strong.
Quick question. Do I even need to pitch or...?
(LAUGHTER) Up to you, Rita.
I kind of feel like I've just been X-ed out.
(LAUGHTER)
I have to say, that was just next-level fun.
I mean... Yeah, it really was so good.
You're kind of rock'n'roll in my opinion.
You've got this, like, rasp that I think is, like, super special.
And you are a diva.
You have a big, powerful voice, obviously.
I mean, it goes without saying, you're drop-dead gorgeous.
It's, like, unreal how, like, strong you are up there.
And you said you're 28? Yes.
Yeah, it just feels like you've been doing this forever,
you know what I mean? Thank you.
And, like, I genuinely am a fan and I DON'T know you,
so I can only imagine, for the ones that DO know you,
they must be, like, over the moon,
like, that you are here on this stage.
You know, I'd love to have you on Team Rita.
That'd be so cool for me, so thank you again for that performance.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I need you and I want you.
You would be the first on Team Jess.
I don't have anyone yet. (LAUGHS)
You could win with me.
We could win. You could win.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: I'll be super honest with you,
I think you've got an incredible talent.
My problem with that song and that performance
was I just heard a really great voice
but I didn't really hear a message through it.
Right.
And so, I would say pick the coach that is gonna stretch you the most
to give you performances that leaves no doubt in people's mind
what you want to say through your music.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Oh, my gosh, the pressure!
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
Oh...
It has to be Jess.
(GUY LAUGHS) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Family's family. It's a connection.
(GUY AND JESS LAUGH) Families stay together.
(LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Sissy, wow.
Look at y'all.
Y'all... Oh, my god. This moment...
Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Love you! Oh, my god!
(WOMEN LAUGH)
Oh, my god!
I'm almost in tears.
Me too!
I'm, like, "That's family." Like, shit!
(LAUGHS) I love you so much. I can't... I can't wait for this.
Go, go, go.
Jess, I was so close to using that block on you.
WOMEN: Oooh.
OK, get ready. I was like this, wasn't I, Jason?
GUY: Were you gonna block? Yeah.
But then I thought, "Care about the contestant."
You would've been better for her. That's good that you do for once...
See, I have a heart, guys. Thank you, Rita.
Good work. Whoo!
Where's my fist?
(LAUGHS) Fist.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Finally got one!
# Team Jess has an artist... #
And, you know, she's amazing, she's incredible, she's hearty,
she's got soul, she's got guts.
Just ready.
You know, I can really tell that from her,
so I'm really excited to work with her.
VOICEOVER: Next...
MAN: Singing in front of Jess has just been a dream of mine.
..a superfan.
I'm so nervous but I'm hoping that my voice alone
will turn some chairs.
(WHISPERS) Especially Jessica's.
# This is The Voice. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
MAN: Standing by. Artist walking.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
WOMAN: We love you, Jess!
(GASPS) Thank you.
# Right here, right now! #
Oooh, rhyming. OK.
# I'm your biggest fan Be there till the end... #
Biggest role model - Jessica Mauboy, of course!
Obviously.
Being mentored by her would literally be a dream come true.
Like, I've met her a few times
and that's cool, that's beautiful and she's phenomenal
but working with her and getting knowledge and advice from her
and just hearing how she would
hit that certain note in a different way would be just phenomenal.
# Hey, you, I'm your number one fan... #
Me, a superfan?
Yeah. Absolutely.
My name is Garret Lyon.
I'm a proud Darumbal and Wulli-Wulli man
and I am currently living in Meanjin,
which is commonly known as Brisbane.
Music's always been around in my life.
There's videos of me dancing to, like, Dannii Minogue's 'This Is It',
like, in diapers.
Like, that was my jam.
I just love performing. I love the thrill it gives me.
I can't stand still, so even on that Voice stage,
best believe I'll be giving you a little somethin' somethin'.
I act like I'm all excited before I go on stage
but it's only because I need to get the nerves out.
I've got butterflies, I've got moths, I've got everything.
I'm so nervous.
My tactic is to go in and impress the audience
'cause once the audience are going, I'm right, so...
But I'm hoping that, like, my voice alone will turn some chairs...
(WHISPERS) especially Jessica's.
Here we go, here we go.
Here you go. Next one.
(EXHALES)
(LAID-BACK MUSIC PLAYS)
# I've been waiting all day for you, baby
# So won't you come sit and talk to me?
# And tell me how we're gonna be together always
# And I hope you know that when it's late at night
# I hold onto my pillow tight... #
GUY: Sounds nervous.
# And think about how you promised me forever
# And I never thought that anyone could make me feel this way
# But now that you're here, boy, all I want
# Is just a chance to say Get out right now
# It's the end of you and me
# It's too late and I can't wait for you to be gone
# 'Cause I know about her
# And I wonder how I bought all the lies
# 'Cause you said that you would treat me right
# But you was just a waste of... Get out! #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Yes!
# Get out
# You and me, yeah, yeah
# For you to be gone
# Because I know about her and I wonder why
# Oh, because you said you want to... #
Come on, Garr!
# You would treat me right but you was just a waste of time... #
(VOCALISES) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Yeah. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(JESS AND GUY LAUGH)
What? What?
Garret? Oh, my god! What the hell!
RITA: Hold on, Jess, do you just know everyone in Australia?
Oh, my god...
(LAUGHTER) Sorry.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Garret.
Hi. Actually, let me...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Let me ask you...
Please tell Australia who you are, what's your name, where you're from.
My name is Garret Lyon.
I'm a proud Darumbal and Wulli-Wulli man
born and raised in Rockhampton.
Yo! And...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Yo!
I currently live in Meanjin, which is commonly known as Brisbane.
Mm-mm. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
So, how do you two know each other? Oh, just from gigs.
I'm a superfan, girl.
Superfan. Like... (LAUGHTER)
She's been plastered on my walls since I was 12.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
Every time I would do a show,
yeah, Garret would be there right at the front.
Amazing. That's what makes these shows worth living.
Please, please, don't ever stop being a supporter of artists
because that is... Oh, no way.
I can't stop supporting you! (LAUGHS)
..because that's what we live for.
When I see the same faces in the crowd, I'm, like,
"Oh, I'm doing something right. Thank you."
Absolutely. You know?
Garret, I'm so proud of you for coming up and taking that leap,
going into those corners that you've never been in before
and you're just... you're giving them a go.
You have a voice... Yeah.
..you know what I mean?
You do have that there. I can hear it.
For me, it's all about finding your story,
really kind of understanding it emotionally,
applying your truth into a song that you sing all the time
and not singing exactly like the original
but finding where your placement is
because then you can do that climax where it's, like,
"Y'all, I'm gonna place that there
"and then I'm gonna bring it back down again."
It's just balance.
(SINGS SOULFULLY) # Get out right now, it's the end of you and me
# It's too late and I can't wait for you to be gone... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) you know...
We need to do this again because we need to have a little bit of fun.
GUY: Oh, yes, please. I'm sorry.
Can we? Oh, my god.
Let's have some fun... Let's have some fun.
..because I... Let's have some fun, sis.
..I know...I know that you have the ability to just go off
but still remain calm in the song and I think that's the beauty...
Mmm. ..of, you know, what to learn.
RITA: Oooh.
You don't have to always extend or do the trills.
You can really pull it back and bring it back.
('LEAVE' PLAYS) Do you want me to go?
Yeah.
# I've been waiting all day for you, baby
# So won't you come sit and talk to me? #
Like this.
# You tell me how we're gonna be together always
# I never thought that anyone
# Could make me feel this way
# But now that you're here, Jess, all I want
# Is just a chance to say
# Get out right now It's the end of you and me
# It's too late and I can't wait for you to be gone
# Because I know about her
# And I wonder how I bought all the lies
# 'Cause you said that you would treat me right
# But you was just a waste of time. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Eh!
It was awesome. Yeah, well done.
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Garret!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
VOICEOVER: Still to come...
I'm only 12 years old and I don't have that much experience.
..this young schoolgirl has the coaches in a spin.
RITA: I've never seen anything like this ever in my whole life.
GUY: It's so different for The Voice.
# This is The Voice. #
SONIA: Do you want the chance to sing on the biggest stage in Australia?
Auditions for The Voice are now open.
Check the details on your screen
for your chance to turn one of our coach's chairs.
Oh!
RITA: This is what life is about, ladies and gentlemen!
# She's so sweet
# That's what they say about me... #
Hi. My name's Gezel Bardossi.
I just turned 12 and I'm from Sydney.
I love my mum so much. She's the best.
# So sweet You'd do just about anything... #
I like baking with my mum because I get to be really messy,
which is the best part. (LAUGHS)
Baking, you can try different things and that's the same with singing.
Singing is like a new recipe.
People are surprised when they hear me sing
because my voice does not sound like a 12-year-old.
I am pretty nervous.
Yeah.
Performing on the Voice stage with international coaches
is pretty scary.
I'm the youngest artist on The Voice this year.
# Everybody loves a dream... #
I'm not performing with kids, I'm competing with adults.
I'm only 12 years old and I don't have that much experience.
Even if I don't turn chairs, it's just gonna be really great to, like,
show other people my singing.
I get to experience something different.
# Because everybody loves a dream Everybody loves a dream. #
(WHISPERS) I know. I'm already crying.
# Whoa-ho!
# Chain, chain, chain... #
Hey! Wow.
# Chain of fools
# Oh, for five long years... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Cool voice.
# I thought that you were my man... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Jason!
# Oooh, but I found out that I'm just a link in your chain... #
What?
# Oh, yeah, you got me where you want me... #
Oh!
# I'm nothing but your fool... #
What... (LAUGHS)
# You treated me mean... #
What?
# Oh, yeah, you treated me cruel... #
Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
# Chain, chain, chain
# Chain of fools... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# You told me to leave you alone... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# My father said "Come on home"
# My doctor said "Take it easy..." # What is going on here?
# Oh, but your loving is much too strong
# I'm added to your chain, chain, chain
# Chain of fools
# Oh, yeah, chain, chain, chain... #
Come on, now.
# Chain of fools
# Oh, yeah, yeah! #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Your little girl! She was fricken amazing.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (JUDGES EXCLAIM)
(JESS LAUGHS)
Oh, my lordy, me!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, wow!
RITA: Holy smokes!
Uh, what's your name?
My name's Gezel. Gezel.
I just turned 12.
(LAUGHS) And I'm from Sydney.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) GUY: Oh, my gosh.
(LAUGHS)
I'm blown away.
(LAUGHS) Oh, my god.
I was on the other side when I was looking at the audience
and I was, like, "This is an incredible voice,
so, as you can see, I was the first one to turn around.
(LAUGHTER)
But when I turned around, I couldn't believe how young you were
because that voice and the maturity behind it is WELL beyond your years.
Wow.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (JESS LAUGHS)
Listen, I am just enamoured. I'm blown away. This is...
Thank you. This is crazy.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And I gotta say, Australia did not come to play.
No... (LAUGHTER)
World-class talent here in Australia.
And I have... (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I gotta say that.
This is really, really crazy. Thank you.
I'm so glad that I hit that button so soon as what I did.
Oh. I don't...
(JUDGES LAUGH) You know...
Yes.
These are great coaches but sometimes it takes them a while
to, like, figure out...
(LAUGHTER)
..you know, something special,
so, you know, I noticed it really, really quickly, you know.
But go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, you guys.
(LAUGHTER)
You're 12.
She's 12. GUY: She's 12.
I can't believe it.
I don't think at 12 years old I was sounding like that...
Yeah, me neither. ..to be honest.
I was still eating boogers, I think.
(LAUGHTER) Oh, OK.
(LAUGHS) Classy.
(LAUGHS)
That was wow. That's just blown out...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..every other performance I've seen...
Thank you. ..to be honest.
I mean, you're 12 years old.
There's so much ahead of you and I can be that coach for you.
I can be there for you, I can stand beside you
and, you know, with Mum and Dad.
But you have fire. Thank you so much.
You have fire!
(SQUEALS) I loved it.
I loved your performance and I would love to have you on Team Jess.
Thank you. Thank you.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Gezel, do you know how many parents across the country
just said to their kids, "Come over here! Come and watch this!
"Do something with your life!"
(LAUGHTER)
At 12 years old, it's just incredible.
But it's what I love about this show
and just about the discovery process of being a musician, being a singer.
The thing that excites me is it's passion-led with you.
People have to drink heaps of whiskey and stuff to get a voice like that.
(LAUGHTER) But you just had this voice.
It's just there. I'm so excited.
It's so different for The Voice... Thank you.
..so thank you, Gezel.
Thank you, Mum and Dad. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I would absolutely love you on my team.
Thank you.
RITA: Gezel!
You don't even need a second name.
(LAUGHS) It's just like your first name...
It's like Cher, Bjork, Gezel...
(LAUGHTER) ..you know.
I love that. It just had so much power.
I've never seen anything like this ever in my whole life.
I was so surprised...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I was so shocked.
Even though you're 12, like, I just feel like you're not.
Like, I just think you're lying to us right now.
(LAUGHTER)
I think you're gonna be loved by the whole country
and not only that, the whole world.
Like, this is some international... Yeah. (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) I would DIE to have you on my team.
Thank you.
Aw!
GUY: Alright, Gezel, I think it's choosing time.
Oooh.
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT) Just take a deep breath.
You can't go wrong. Can I talk with Mum and Dad?
Yeah. No. No.
I'm joking. Of course you can. (LAUGHTER)
Mum, Mum, come. RITA: Come over here.
Mum and Dad, come up.
GUY: Come on, Mum and Dad.
Hi. Hey, guys.
OK, your dad is gonna make me cry. He's wiping tears away.
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT) Who do I choose?
Guy.
Rita.
Choose Rita. Go with who you want.
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
OK. I think...
I think I'm gonna have to go with Rita.
GUY: Oh, dang it!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) JESS: Yes!
Rita!
Yes!
RITA: Oh, my god!
My little superstar!
Thank you so much!
I'm so honoured!
Thank you. You are so special.
I couldn't believe you chose me.
I'm, like, your biggest fan! Already!
Are you excited? Yeah.
I'm so excited!
There is no-one like you on this show.
GUY: Wow.
RITA: Thank you. Thank you! It's OK.
We're gonna have so much fun with you.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
You were so good. Thank you so much.
I can't wait to hear more. It's an honour.
Congratulations, darling. GUY: Dude...
RITA: I'm so lucky. Oh, freckles!
GUY: Crushed it! Crushed it! Thank you.
Well done. Thank you so much.
Good choice. She's great.
RITA: We also have matching hair, kind of.
Yeah. Let's go say hi to your parents.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my god! I'm so lucky!
You've done an incredible job. How talented is she!
Enjoy this moment 'cause it's so cool!
Thank you so much. This is so exciting.
Thank you. Thank you.
Alright. I'll see you soon. OK.
Wow.
Team Rita is actually really shaping up.
GUY: Yeah, you're killing it. You're killing it.
Like, oh... You are just, uh, uh, uh, uh.
For me, that's like a golden ticket.
I'm wearing gold next season. Yeah, that was my problem.
(WOMEN LAUGH) Well done, Rita.
Honestly, I'm genuinely shocked she picked me.
Yes. Wow. I'm so happy! Yay!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) She's amazing, right?
She's so good.
Yay!
# I'm gonna show you what I made of... #
I love that she chose me.
I honestly didn't think she was gonna choose me.
She's a little firecracker, that's why. Like me.
To sound like that at 12, I would've done anything.
That is beyond incredible.
I have literally never seen anything like it.
I'm so excited for my journey with her! Team Gezel!
My crown feels so comfortable.
I don't know if you can feel it.
I mean, you don't have to see it but just trust me, it's on.
You know, and I don't think it's gonna come off any time soon.
# This is The Voice. #