There's some artists that brave The Voice stage
that have a lot of experience.
I've been singing around the world,
living in different countries.
I started playing piano when I was about 13.
I absolutely love busking.
I've been singing since I was four.
We know how hard it is to break into the industry.
Timing is super important.
I feel like I'm ready. This is the time to do it.
There's nothing to lose. You could do something great.
Just have that feedback. It's super powerful.
A lot of the time the key is actually not to screw
too much with what they're doing.
It's to add a bit of refinement and polish and give them confidence.
The genre that I'm gonna be singing
is very misunderstood and I'm here to change that.
Tonight...
(VOCALISING) That was insane.
The coaches are blown away.
That is like a perfect voice. We're sexy and badass.
And I've been waiting for a voice like yours.
(VOCALISING) As one hopeful artist...
I've been doing this show for quite a few years.
I've never seen anything like that.
..has them playing hardball.
I came here for you.
You need the right coach.
I've been waiting for a voice like yours.
You belong in my team.
Guy Sebastian!
Why I oughta!
I'm Tom Leeming, I'm 29 and I'm living on the Gold Coast.
I work odd jobs here and there.
I've worked in a mortgage brokerage, superannuation company.
At the moment I am running a car detailing business,
terrible line of work.
But obviously you need to pay the bills.
But I always find myself wanting to come back to music.
I taught myself to play piano when I was a kid.
I love gigging, absolutely love busking.
I'm always writing music
and trying to come up with new things.
Producing music and creating music exactly as you feel
and that's what I want to do with my life
and what's important to me.
My career hasn't taken off yet.
The Voice is a monumental moment for me
and it's a huge opportunity.
This would be a-a great stepping stone,
moving back into music
and really making a career out of it.
For my blind audition, I'm singing a song
by one of the biggest bands that people have heard of.
Multiple amazing hits.
One of their biggest songs.
I'll connect to this song because it's about struggle.
I'll be playing the piano, trying to play the right chords,
sing the right notes.
It's daunting.
If no-one turns, I'd be very disheartened.
I want to give it my all.
(BREATHES DEEPLY) (WHISPERS)
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS) I'm nervous.
Take your time.
(SINGING) # Each morning I get up I die a little...
Immediate.
# Can barely stand on my feet
# Take a look in the mirror and cry,
# Lord, what you're doing to me?
# I have spent All my years believin' you,
# But I just can't get no relief...
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING)
Thank you! Thank you!
# Somebody, ooh, Somebody, can anybody find me...
# Somebody to love? #
Oh, yeah.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) (CHEERING)
# I work hard every day...
Wow.
# ..of my life, I work 'till I ache in my bones,
# At the end at the end of the day,
# I take home, my hard-earned Pay all on my own...
Yeah! (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
# I get down on my knees And I start to pray
# Till the tears run down From my eyes, Lord...
# Can anybody find me...
# Somebody to...
# Love?
# Ooh...
Yeah! # Ooh. #
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Hello!
What's your name? I'm Tom. I'm 29.
I'm from the Gold Coast.
Tom, I feel like if I ever need a day off
I mean, from touring, I know who to call.
That was fantastic. Thank you very much.
And you played the piano live.
It was such a tender approach to the song, which I really liked.
You know, I've been working with Queen for a long time now.
I've done a couple of shows like this,
and people come on and they sing it.
They either sing it how they think I want to hear it,
or they sing it just like Freddie sang it.
And what I loved what you just did was you definitely made it you.
It was from yourself, your-your heart.
I could hear you in it.
I couldn't sing it how Freddie sang it to save my life.
Neither can I. (LAUGHS)
I get what you mean. I know. I know what you mean.
But I love that you made it your own.
That was really cool.
Really, really tender. Thank you.
How long have you been singing?
Long while, really.
Probably started taking it seriously about 13.
Doing it forever. And you can hear it.
It's what you love. Thank you.
Yeah. Really, really lovely. Appreciate it.
Yeah. Thank you, thank you.
I would love to work with you. Yeah.
By the way, I just want to point out,
I was the first one to turn around.
Just saying, just saying.
But the moment you opened your mouth,
Guy and I looked at each other and we're like, "Oh, yeah,"
you immediately got me.
And you know what I loved about your voice?
Is it felt so comforting. Like I felt, it felt familiar.
Like I had... Mm.
..heard you before.
It felt like I just wanted to kind of sit back
and like, like, listen to how smooth everything was.
You really do have something special,
and I appreciate your talent.
I would love, love to work with you, 'cause I really do believe you
can pretty much do anything.
And so, it'd be fun t see where you want to go.
Yeah. Thank you very much.
Love that. Thank you.
Tell me a bit about you.
I've done a lot of busking, a lot of gigs, a lot of weddings.
Busking was very much people are stopping to see you.
Yeah. You're kind of creating a show.
So, that's-that's what felt best.
They're stopping to see you if you're good.
Or if you're not good they kind of avoid you.
They keep walking, that's it. (LAUGHS)
But you are really good.
Thank you, thank you. Really good.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Thank you very much.
And it and it takes courage to-to sing that
in front of somebody like Adam who you know like nails...
(LAUGHS) ..nails that song.
Tremendous!
And-and, you know, I could tell there were some moments
where you were nervous and...
Yeah, yeah.
I could hear that you're such a-a seasoned musician
by the choices that you make.
You're a feeling singer. Yeah.
You know, people at home would have felt things.
It was like little shivers and goosebumps.
And they're my favourite kind of singer.
So, I would love you on Team Guy.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
I love the um, magical stillness
that you get at the piano, where it is so calming.
It's like stepping into a warm bath of sound.
Your voice is so... It's so rich and full of air and texture.
Did you do that arrangement yourself?
Yeah, yes, yeah. Yeah.
For me that's what really stood out the fact that you've taken this song
that everybody knows and really you dove deep
into that sad lyric
because it is a sad song about loneliness.
Mm.
It's like I can't believe I've never heard a cover
of that song done in that way before,
but you are a storyteller
and I was moved so thank you very much.
Thank you very much. Thank you, guys, thank you.
And I think you should join my team because...
Obviously, I mean, it's ridiculous on some levels to sit here
next to Adam and pitch to you.
(LAUGHS) But I do play piano.
Um, unfortunately, Adam doesn't. I do not.
(LAUGHS)
We could have a lot of fun together on Team Kate.
Thank you. Thank you all.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Decisions, decisions, decisions.
(LAUGHS) (SHOUTING JUDGES NAMES)
Yeah! (LAUGHS)
Louder, louder! (LAUGHS)
Come on! Yeah, let's hear it!
Definitely need to follow your heart, for sure.
Follow your intuition.
(SHOUTS) Kate!
(LAUGHS) Thanks, Dad!
(LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHS)
But who to choose? That's the problem.
(SHOUTING JUDGES NAMES)
I think I'm gonna have to go with Adam.
Oh! Oh, wow!
Oh, thank you.
Wow! Oh! Thank you.
That's very flattering. Thank you so much.
It's nice to meet you too, that was beautiful.
Well, that's a bit sad.
I think that's a nice fit.
We're gonna have fun together.
Yeah. Rockstar time. Yeah. Yeah.
It's gonna be good. Thank you.
Yeah, yeah. Lovely.
Yeah, yeah, thank you. Yeah, yeah. Thank you.
Well done, Adam. Yes.
Well done. Rounding out Team Adam here.
Now, a new flavour, which is nice. Yeah, that is a new flavour.
A new flavour yeah.
I'm interested to see what he does want from you.
Probably wants you to bring out things
that he doesn't know he has, you know?
I mean... Heels.
Yeah, he needs some heels. Yeah, he needs some heels.
Yeah, absolutely. Good pair of platforms.
Yeah, but maybe push into some showmanship, maybe.
I think you're right. Maybe that's what he wants.
Maybe he does want to step away from the piano.
That's yeah, I'm wondering. Yeah.
Yeah, that might be part of it.
Hello, my boy. Hello.
Oh, calm down you'll be right.
(LAUGHS) Oh, you're out here as well.
Wow, I thought that was fantastic.
Yeah, it was. Yeah? A bit shaky.
It really was. I got a four-chair turn.
I mean, I'm extremely grateful for it.
It's incredible, really.
I thought I'd be lucky if I got one, really.
So, to get all four of them is, yeah, crazy.
Come on. (LAUGHS)
Well, you're getting me crying. Oh, good!
(LAUGHS) You'll be right.
Oh, god. Right.
I'm Cade, I'm 17 and I'm from Toowoomba.
Dad was playing music at a rodeo
and I discovered bull riding.
My first time I got on lasted about two seconds and loved it since.
All the adrenaline and the excitement of it,
it's just like something you've never felt before.
As soon as you yell the words,
"I'm ready", that's when it all hits you.
All you can see is the bull's head.
Everything around it doesn't matter.
The adrenaline takes over
and you've got that extra bit of strength
and it's something else.
When you come off a bull,
the main thing to do is just run.
Just run like the wind.
My passion for music originated from Dad
just showing me a few chords in the bedroom one day.
Then from there I kept developing.
Bull riding, it's life or death.
The Voice, it's something different.
You either make it or you don't.
Hope this is gonna go well.
I'm gonna have a crack and just have fun.
Here he comes.
Go, Cade!
Bull riding, it's life or death.
The Voice, it's something different.
Here he comes.
You either make it or you don't.
Go, Cade!
I'm gonna have a crack and just have fun.
(SINGING) # Welcome strangers to the show
# I'm the one Who should be lying low,
# Saw the knives out
# Turned my back, Heard the train coming,
# Stayed out on the track, In the middle
# In the middle, In the middle of a dream
# I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings
# I've done all the dumb things... #
Do you know this song? No.
It's an Aussie classic. Ah I see.
# Caught the fever, heard the tune, Thought I loved her
# Hung my heart on the moon, Started howling, made no sense
# Thought my friends Would rush to my defence
# In the middle, in the middle, In the middle of a dream
# Well, I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings
# I've done all the dumb things
# Well, I melted wax to fix my wings
# I've done all the dumb things
# Well, I threw my hat into the ring
# I've done all the dumb things... #
(SHOUTS) Turn!
# Well, I thought That I just had to sing
# Yeah, I've done All the dumb things. #
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
You look fantastic. What's your name?
G'day, I'm Cade. I'm 17 and I'm from Toowoomba.
Hi! Hi.
In case you can't tell, I'm a bull rider.
Oh, wow! Oh, OK!
Every casual weekend
I head to a rodeo and jump on a bull,
and it's nothing different than playing a bit of guitar
and getting a bit nervous.
(LAUGHS)
The music business is kind of like bull riding, you know?
You just jump on and hang on for dear life.
Oh, yeah, absolutely. Same, same.
When did you get into that? Like, what age?
Probably 12.
So, 12 you thought, "Oh, I might jump on a bull actually,"
that sounds...
Oh, I was terrified. Yeah.
I was terrified. Is that considered a dumb thing?
100%.
Like, you know, because you could get hurt, right?
It's like a risky thing, it's dangerous.
Yeah.
It could have your life, but it's still fun.
(LAUGHS)
Have you gotten bucked off of a bull that I suppose you must...
Every single time, brother. Wow.
Every single time. (LAUGHS)
That must be wild.
What's the longest that you've ever clung on for?
8 seconds. (LAUGHS)
Oh, you have? Wow.
Which is enough, it's enough.
Dang.
To the people have never done that I'm sure
that doesn't sound like a long time until you're holding on
for dear life for that long.
It feels like forever. It feels like forever.
What was worse that or this? Honestly this.
(APPLAUSE) (LAUGHTER)
I want to say that was really solid.
The stakes are just so high on this show.
I felt like it was safe.
I felt like you were in your sweet spot
and you stayed there and it never really moved.
And so I would say if you ever try out
for the show again, stretch yourself next time.
Because you're great. You're awesome.
Thank you, thank you.
Paul Kelly would have actually loved that rendition.
I know Paul a bit. I've toured with him quite a lot.
I've actually eaten Paul Kelly's gravy.
Is that a euphemism? (LAUGHING)
Wow, Kate, I'm learning so much about you today.
Oh, my goodness.
Adam, I sat in Paul Kelly's kitchen and ate his gravy.
Oh, god. Ate his gravy. Wow.
(LAUGHS) It was incredible.
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
I think it's probably not the right song for this show
because it sits in such a limited range
that we don't really get to hear what your voice can really do.
But don't be disheartened by this 'cause it was... It was really good.
It was really good. Thank you.
Just for you, Cade, and when I get back to LA,
I'm gonna go to that bar
and request that song on the jukebox,
the bar with the bull that you can ride.
And I'm gonna ride the damn bull after a few tequilas
and think of my friend, Cade.
Thank you for that memory.
(LAUGHS) Thank you. Thanks.
Thank you so much, Cade. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Thank you, brother, thank you.
(BACKGROUND SONG)
Is that bar still there on Sunset? Yeah, Saddle Ranch.
It's very coyote ugly. I've been there a few times, yeah.
I did it once, and I was like,
"OK, I'm gonna break my neck if I ever do this again."
Good job, bud. Thanks.
Good job, mate.
Would have done a lot of things different.
But I was there, I did it. I had a crack.
You did a great job. Have another crack again.
Good work, mate.
Coming up...
Unique artists...
I am a children's book author.
I'm a mummy TikToker.
I was a competitive cheerleader for seven years.
..make their mark on the stage.
(VOCALISES)
That was so damn cool.
And later... The voice...
(VOCALISES) Wow!
What a knockout voice.
..the coaches play hard for.
I came here for you. You need the right coach.
I've been waiting for a voice like yours.
You belong in my team.
Hi, guys. How are you?
I'm good! Lovely to meet you.
How are you? Hello, everyone! Hello.
Hello! Hi, hi! All here for Amber?
Yes, we're here for Amber. Yes!
We're so excited.
But you knew you were gonna be here.
A psychic told you, right? A psychic did tell me.
Tell me what happened!
Here we go!
Oh, the psychic told me that in my future
I was gonna be in an audience. Yeah?
And I'm gonna be looking up on a big stage
and see something that I'm gonna be very proud of
and be... And be standing up clapping.
Yeah, very excited. That's really freaky.
Oh, my gosh.
I feel like I'm definitely gonna to drop this.
(LAUGHS) Amber's Interview, take one.
(LAUGHS)
I'm Amber Sindoni and I am 22 years old from Melbourne.
I am a children's book author.
The book is called 'Safe, Happy and Healthy'
and it tackles the topic of grief
in the form of a children's storybook.
It's based on a true story.
My best friend Benny, his mum was diagnosed with cancer.
She was a lovely lady who unfortunately passed away.
It's the book to honour her life.
We had our book launch in October last year
and it was the most surreal thing ever
and to this day like one of my most proudest moments I think.
The things that you dream of are possible
and I want to sing and I want to connect with people
like I have with this book.
The song that I'll be singing for my blind audition
is 'Anyone' by Demi Lovato.
She's an incredible vocalist, and in the song,
there's a big belt.
To do it justice, it's really hard to do.
It's really scary to go out on that blind audition stage,
but I'm excited to do something out of my comfort zone,
and hopefully it's enough to turn a chair.
(LAUGHS)
One.
You're walking.
You've got this! So proud of you.
You've got this.
(SINGING) # I tried to talk to my piano
# I tried to talk to my guitar,
# Talked to my imagination
# Confided into alcohol, I tried and tried... #
So hard to sing this song. Yeah, it is.
# ..and tried some more
# Told secrets 'til My voice was sore,
# Tired of empty conversation
# 'Cause no one hears me anymore
# A hundred million stories And a hundred million songs
# I feel stupid when I sing
# Nobody's listening to me
# Nobody's listening
# Anyone, please send me anyone... #
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Come on!
# I need someone,
# I need someone, oh, anyone
# I need anyone... #
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Go, Amber!
# Oh, I need, I need someone...
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
# A hundred million stories, And a hundred million songs
# I feel stupid when I sing,
# Nobody's listening to me
# Nobody's listening. #
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Hi!
Hello! Hi!
Hello, what's your name?
Um, my name is Amber.
I'm 22 years old and I'm from Melbourne.
Hi!
Um, yeah, I'm a children's book author.
I wrote a book with my best friend who's right over there.
Um, I'm really happy to be here. Thank you for turning.
Uh, I love that. Aw!
Well, Amber, I think you're a children's
book author and a singer.
Yeah.
I really admire your gumption getting on this stage
and singing that song because it's such a tough sing.
Oof yeah.
Um, it covers such a crazy huge range
and it's risky, you know, in a situation
like this you can clam up, you can get nervous,
you can screw up the high note.
You took that risk and I think it paid dividends.
Thank you, thank you. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
That was a powerhouse vocal performance
and I think you belong in my team you're from Melbourne, right?
I am. (GIGGLES)
Yeah, me too, let's, we'll go out we'll get a coffee.
Oh, me too oh, that's so nice.
Oh, my god. (LAUGHS)
We'll have a chat. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
I uh, I know I didn't turn my chair,
but you're a badass that was.
Oh!
That was a great performance.
You know what I really loved is every time you sang,
it felt like you were pleading.
Yeah.
It felt like you really understood the emotion of that song.
There's a desperation in that lyric...
Mm. You know?
And I really felt like you connected to that feeling.
Mm. And I was really moved back here.
I thought it was really stunning.
Thank you. Really, really good.
That means so much coming from you.
Beautiful. So, thank you.
Amber, wow.
Incredible gift.
And to tackle that song, honestly, that requires so much breath
and control when you're really nervous.
People think it's hard to hit big notes,
but when you're nervous, it's actually harder to be soft.
Yeah. It takes way more control.
So true.
When you were singing I need someone anyone
I felt like you were literally speaking to me
and then I saw the girls turn around...
(LAUGHS)
..and-and I was like well, there's just someone
and I thought I'd leave it to the girls.
Thanks, Guy. Thank you.
Do you realise how good you are?
Like do you do you feel it?
Uh. You can say yes.
Sometimes. (LAUGHS)
That song is ridiculously hard.
Like, it takes some balls to walk out here.
Mm. Some ovaries.
Some ovaries, yes. (LAUGHS)
You know.
Some ovaries. Thank you.
It does. It takes a big set of ovaries.
Um, I would love, love, love to play with that beautiful voice of yours
and help you find who you are as an artist.
And I would love to have you on Team LeAnn.
It would be a blessing.
It really would. Thank you.
Gosh, I don't know how to choose.
(SHOUTING JUDGES NAMES)
Ah. Ah!
I feel like I need to go with kind of what I'm feeling.
And I think my gut is telling me...
(SHOUTING JUDGES NAMES)
..to go with LeAnn.
Yay! Hey!
Hi! Aw, it is so nice to meet you.
I'm so excited.
It's gonna be awesome, yeah.
I'm excited, thank you. Thank you.
Thanks, Kate, I really appreciate it.
Bye! Mwah! That was beautiful.
Well done! (LAUGHS)
That is a big song. Yeah, yeah.
That is, that is huge.
And she hit a note in there that was like, what?
Yeah. Yeah.
Dang!
She had a beautiful, pure quality to her tone
when she was singing softly, too.
Yeah. (SQUEALING)
My psychic vision, see, Amber, it came true!
That was it! That was that moment!
Yeah! (LAUGHS)
Amber is a guts to come out and do that Demi Lovato song
'cause that is that is such a hard song to sing
and she did a great job.
I think team LeAnn's gonna give everybody a serious run
for their money.
Next on The Voice...
Today, I'm going to be singing 'Toxic' by Britney Spears,
but I'm putting my own very unique twist on it.
..a teenage cheerleader takes her shot.
The main thing that could go wrong is no chair turns
and a lot of very confused people.
But will her bold move pay off?
I've been doing this show for quite a few years.
I've never seen anything like that.
(LAUGHS)
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
I do vocal warm-ups all the time.
My favourite one is this...
# Mini mini ma mini mini ma
# Mini minima mamamama. #
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
(SINGS)
(SINGS) # My mother makes me
# Mash my mini-M&Ms On a Monday morning. #
(LAUGHS)
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
That was good. (LAUGHS)
Ooh, ahh ooh, ahh. (SIGHS)
(LAUGHS) (BLOWS RASPBERRY)
(LAUGHS) (SINGS)
This is The Voice, take one. My name's Mol Turner.
I'm 17 and I'm from the South Coast.
I was a competitive cheerleader for seven years.
I was a flyer, which is the little chick
who gets chucked in the air a million times
during a two-minute routine and I absolutely loved it.
Being in an all-star team it does look very pretty and amazing
when you're performing
but behind the scenes there is literal blood sweat and tears.
Like it is a lot of effort to get to any level with cheerleading
and in a very small tight uniform and you can't have your makeup
sweat off there's a lot going on all at once.
Cheerleading has set me up to have such a hard-working mindset
and I have to do extremes of everything.
Cheerleading I couldn't just do pom-poms
I had to do being chucked in the air
and singing I can't sing I have to take
that to the next extreme as well.
Today, I'm gonna be singing 'Toxic' by Britney Spears,
but I'm putting my own very unique twist on it.
My version may come as a surprise.
It may be a little bit shocking, but I'm about to step
onto The Voice stage Australia
and do something which has never been done before.
This is the first time the nation's gonna see it
and it's coming from a 17-year-old school girl.
The main thing that could go wrong is no chair turns
and a lot of very confused people.
Artist walking.
(FAMILY CHEERING)
Big cheer.
(SINGING) # Baby, can't you see I'm calling?
# A guy like you Should wear a warning
# It's dangerous, I'm falling...
# With a taste of your lips
# I'm on a ride... #
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
You're so small! You're so mini!
What's your name?
My name is Mol turner, I'm 17 and I'm from the South Coast.
That was so much fun.
I fully got a kick out of that. I thought that was so interesting.
Thank you! (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
And doing it with a song that we all know,
like a pop song, is very smart.
Mm. That was a very smart thing to do.
And you look very cool. Thank you.
I don't know how that giant monster sound
comes out of this little tiny...
(LAUGHS) I love it.
I mean, I know the screamo thing isn't necessarily,
like, the most mainstream genre, especially for a girl to be doing.
And I'm proud of you for getting up there
and flexing your muscles.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Thank you so much.
That was very, very...
That was badass, that's what that is.
Thank you. Yeah, good job.
Mol, I've been doing this show for quite a few years.
(LAUGHS)
I've never seen anything like that.
I didn't turn just
because I feel like that's such a jam and it's such a vibe.
I was struggling to see where we could go from here.
But that was so damn cool.
Your scream voice is so aggressive.
It wasn't like there was distortion on your voice.
That was just your voice.
Talk me through how you get to a place
where you do that without it hurting.
Um, YouTube tutorials. Ten-minute YouTube tutorials.
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
Wow. Yeah.
I feel like the audience was reacting so much,
like, we didn't get to see it.
Yeah. Mm.
Like, can we just see it for a minute, too?
'Cause I feel like that energy is such a big part of it.
Yeah, I'm happy to. I'm ready.
I'm ready and pumped. Yeah, do it!
Let's go from the top.
(SCREAMING VOCALS)
# Taste of your lips, I'm on a ride... #
(LAUGHS)
# You're toxic, I'm slippin' under
# With a taste of a poison paradise
# I'm addicted to you, Don't you know that you're toxic? #
(LAUGHS) (CLAPS)
# And I love what you do
# Don't you know that you're toxic?
# Oh, yeah! #
(LAUGHS)
(CLAPPING)
That was so cool.
Oh, I love it. That's so dope.
That was awesome.
Wow! That is cool as hell!
You're so badass. So cool.
Thank you. I was the only one to turn my chair.
I... I'm questioning my fellow coaches' judgments.
Not for the first time!
(LAUGHS) I just have to say
that was so delightful and surprising.
I may not have been the coach that you
uh, would have gone for
but I feel like this is a great match.
I was absolutely thrilled watching that.
I don't think you get that
from just ten-minute YouTube tutorials.
Like, I do think you have, like, a natural instrument,
a natural gift, an aptitude for that.
Thank you. I come from...
Well, I originally come from the world of opera,
and I actually think opera and metal have a lot in common.
Mm.
(LAUGHS) Because they're so...
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
They are two of the most hated genres.
(LAUGHS) That's right.
Um, they're also, it's this raw emotion
and it is high, high drama.
I feel really, really excited about working with you
and I can't wait to choose songs together.
It's gonna be so fun. You're a bolt of electricity.
Thank you.
(LAUGHS) Oh, hey.
Awesome. You nailed it.
Absolutely nailed it. Really.
I'm really excited to work with you. Oh, me too!
Awesome! Well, bye!
(LAUGHS)
That was different. Wow.
(LAUGHS) That was intense. That was...
That is so cool, though.
And the visual, like, watching her do it.
So cool. Made it so much more visceral.
Watching her made it so much better.
Yeah. Very cool.
Yeah. Ahh!
(LAUGHS) Aw!
Oh, my god! I couldn't not turn!
(SQUEALS) (LAUGHS)
So proud of you! Oh, congratulations.
So good.
I can't wait to keep going on this journey.
Alright, take care. Thank you.
See you soon. Group hug!
(FAMILY CHEERING)
Let's go. Let's go, boys, let's go.
I'm Hannah Sands, I'm 29 and I'm a mum from Brisbane.
I began sharing my motherhood journey on TikTok.
I share funny things I think that everyone's thinking
and no-one's saying,
but I like to put my own little spin on it.
I've been a first-time mum for almost two years now,
and here are some takeaways in no particular order.
Your feet may expand up to two sizes.
This has been my experience.
Intimacy in parenthood, libido, who is she?
Uh-uh, sending my child to daycare was the best thing I've done.
He loves it, he thrives there.
Honestly, after having a baby,
I thought maybe I wouldn't do music anymore.
It's just been the opposite. I'm just like, let's go.
My earliest memories of music are my dad
and I doing like what he would call a sing-along.
Like he loved American folk and blues music.
My dad always encouraged me to sing.
He always told me that my voice was such a gift
and to use it and to use it as often and as loud as possible.
I lost my dad in 2017
and it was really sudden and really unexpected.
Just the shock of it was...
Yeah, no words, really.
It was, it was awful.
I feel my dad with me all the time, and especially with music.
I am singing 'Snooze' by SZA.
There are a lot of words in this song, and it's vast.
Obviously, you have one shot.
It's like, how am I gonna do
this to the best capabilities of my voice?
So, just feeling into that range and all the different tones
of the song has been a challenge.
I love Guy. (LAUGHS)
It's so aspirational for an artist to watch his journey
because of how he's carved out his music career.
If he turns his chair,
it will be very hard not to go with Guy, honestly.
On one hand, I'm like really confident and ready.
It's my time.
On the other hand, I'm like, "Oh, my god."
It's a lot of pressure. It's one moment.
Like, there's a lot going on. Like, yeah, it's scary.
(BLOWS KISS)
(EXHALES)
(SINGING) # I'll touch that fire for you,
# I do that three, four times again
# I testify for you
# I told that lie, I'd kill that
# I do what all of them around You scared to do, I'm not
# Long as you juggin' out Here for me
# I got it, Mobbin', schemin', Lootin', hide your bodies
# Long as you dreamin' 'bout me, Ain't no problem
# I don't got nobody, Just with you right now
# Tell the truth, I look better Under you, I can't lose... #
OK. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
# When I'm with you
# How can I snooze And miss the moment?
# You just too important
# Nobody do body like you do
# Main one ridin'
# How you frontin' on me And I'm the main one tryin'?
# How you blame it on me And you the main one lyin'?
# How you threatenin' to leave And I'm the main one cryin'?
# I can't lose
When I'm with you... #
Whoo!
# How can I snooze And miss the moment?
# You just too important
# Nobody do body like you do
# I can't lose when I'm with you, When I'm with you... #
Should we press it?
# How can I snooze And miss the moment?
# You just too important
# Nobody. #
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Yeah!
Yeah! My baby!
Wow!
Hello!
Hello. How are you?
I'm very well, how are you, guys? I'm very, very good.
What's your name?
My name is Hannah. I'm 29. I'm from Brisbane.
From Brissie. Cool. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Tell us about yourself. Um, I'm a mummy TikToker.
Yeah? Aww!
Yeah. What is that? What's a mummy TikToker?
So, I create content a lot about this season of my life
entering motherhood with my beautiful family over there.
Hello, legend. (LAUGHS)
That was so cool. I love SZA, unbelievable.
That song, it's a groove and it stays in one place.
So, it's all about the pocket and the easiness of it.
There's some things we can work on, but I would love you on my team.
I find you really interesting and really, really cool.
And I would love to kind of know what else you've got.
Thank you, Guy.
I appreciate a great pocket, like so much.
Like when someone can sit back in a pocket
like I almost don't need anything else like
it's just so smooth and you have such a unique voice.
You definitely have the soul and the storytelling is there,
so yeah, I think you're just really unique
and cool and I would love I would love to help you out.
I'd love it, yeah. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you so much.
I really enjoyed that too and I completely empathise
with how being the mother of a new baby can break you.
Particularly in those early days,
you know, for me it felt like my identity was shattered.
You know, and my previous self had died actually.
(LAUGHS) Oh, yeah.
It's up to you to kind of, like, rebuild yourself brick by brick.
And with that badass song choice, that's exactly what you did.
For me, personally, the reason I didn't turn,
it's not exactly what I'm looking for on my team,
but I still really enjoyed it.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
You know, we're, like, going on about how great the pocket was.
Also, the pants have great pockets.
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
I mean, she was so in the pocket, she was in the cargo pocket.
(LAUGHS) Yes.
So, who's going to tap into it?
Who is it gonna be? Yes, who is it?
Who's gonna tap?
(SHOUTING JUDGES NAMES)
I'm gonna have to go with Guy.
Hey!
(LAUGHS) I'm sorry! Fine!
Hello! Thank you, Hannah!
You're really cool. Super cool, yeah.
Whoo!
(LAUGHS)
So proud of you! Aw!
Oh, thank you! Hello!
This is Guy! How are you dude?
Fist bump! (SPEAKS BRAZILLIAN PORTUGESE)
You should be so proud...
Thank you so much. ..'cause it was really cool.
Really cool. Well done, welcome to Team Guy.
I am so happy. Thank you. Yeah, I'll see you again.
See you, Guy! Welcome, I'm excited.
Thank you.
(INDISTINCT).
I've always had a Guy obsession, always will.
He is a vocal powerhouse and a phenomenal songwriter.
His vocal acrobats are just out of this world.
The man, he can sing, wow.
Guy is an incredible singer, obviously,
but he's also a really natural teacher and mentor.
I think Guy's secret weapon is that he creates security
for these artists.
He's got the trust of Australia.
Guy goes straight for the heart.
They just all end up going,
"Oh, we just love you, Guy, so sweet".
You know I mean, he really is. He's so lovable.
But he knows how to play it. He's just got it down.
Guy is an Aussie icon.
He's had ten albums in the top ten here in Australia.
He's been platinum certified 69 times.
He's been nominated for 34 ARIA awards
and won seven times.
So, he has a lot to bring to the table.
This is a really tough environment.
As a coach, it's just about making them see
how good they can be.
Once you make them believe, it's almost like unleashing a beast.
Coming up...
(VOCALISING)
The performance... Wow!
(SINGING) # Oh, yeah! # ..worth fighting for.
That was extraordinary.
I'm viciously hungry to have you on my team.
Oh!
# Yeah! # Oh!
(LAUGHS) Whoo!
Guy Sebastian, why I oughta!
We just need wigs. (LAUGHS) Yeah.
Right?
I'm at that point in my life, in my career, I just need a wig.
I want to start wearing wigs. Yeah.
But you should. You know?
Get on it. Yep.
You should.
Not that your hair is that high maintenance, really.
No, true.
But the bleaching thing, when the roots start coming in,
like, if I had dark roots, it would look, like, cool,
but I'm, like, ginger.
Oh! That's funny. So, the ginger roots...
Yeah. Wait, you're ginger?
I love redheads. Yeah, same.
It makes me look like 12.
I want to be, like, a weird alien creation person.
(LAUGHS) I like that.
You do you, baby.
You know, it's an expression thing, right?
I like it. You have always done you.
Yes. Yeah.
You keep doing you. (LAUGHS)
Alright, ladies and gentlemen, are you ready?
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Let's give our artists so much love.
Artist walking.
(CLAPS) That's my girl!
(GASPS)
I saw a big reaction on their faces.
There was a gasp. An audible.
There was a... Like a look of shock.
Oh, I'm excited. Shock, surprise.
Good.
I don't know if the coaches have met anyone like me.
I've always been different.
I've never been able to blend in.
I really try to live my life without having a fear
of worrying about what people think.
Hello, my name is Sheba.
I'm a singer, a DJ and a master of ceremonies,
whatever that is.
(LAUGHS)
I am purely an entertainer.
I've been performing for a very long time.
So, if you put it all together and I find that if you can create
something visually as well as with sound, then amazing.
Don't dim your light by feeling like,
oh, this is too much.
It's never too much.
You can never be overdressed.
(CLAPPING) You can never be overdressed.
Today, I'm doing an incredible song, 'Land Down Under'.
I remember growing up with the song.
The fact that the coaches can't see me is a bit of a problem
because I'm used to, like, the smoke and mirrors.
Like, hey, look at my hat.
Look at my scarf. Whee!
(LAUGHS) And they can't see any of that.
So, to me, it's just about nailing the song.
I want to push it to the limit, definitely.
Here we go.
Yes.
My name...
is Sheba!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Go Sheba!
What's my name?
(SHOUTING) Sheba!
I love it!
(SINGING) # Travelling in a fried-out Kombi
# On a hippie trail, Head full of zombie... #
Yeah, yeah! That's different!
# I met a strange lady, She made me nervous
# She took me in And gave me breakfast
# And she said... #
(CLAPPING) (SHOUTING)
# Do you come From a land down under?
# Where women glow And men plunder?
# Can't you hear, Can't you hear the thunder?
# You better run, You better take cover, ey?
# Ey? ey?
# Buying bread From a man in Brussels... #
Bru-ssels!
# He was six-foot-four And full of muscles
# I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
# He just smiled And gave me a Vegemite sandwich
# Do you come From the land down under?
# Sing it with me, come on let's go!
# Where women glow and men plunder?
# Can't you hear, Can't you hear the thunder? #
It's so... It's pretty cool!
# You better run, you better take
# One, two, three, four, whoo! #
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Thank you!
Yes! Whoo!
More! More! More!
My name is Sheba.
Oh, yes, you said it in the song.
That's right. I go, what's my name?
(SHOUT) Sheba! (LAUGHS)
Let me tell you something.
Now, I didn't turn around for a couple of reasons.
I don't know if this show is necessarily for what you did,
but I'm saying this.
I want you to record that. You probably already have.
I want you to record it and release it 'cause it's cool.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) It was really cool.
It was like a vibe. I could hear it in the club.
It was like fresh. Yes!
I was like feeling it back here.
I think, you know, we're looking for like a certain type of voice.
Your voice is so cool.
It was giving me like Grace Jones energy.
I was like, it was very cool.
So, maybe not the right setting, but like I want to hear
that in the club this weekend.
Yeah. Yes!
I have... I have recorded it.
And I am gonna put it out. Yes, put it out please!
So I'm gonna put it out. And you're gorgeous.
Yes! Oh, thank you, you are gorgeous!
You are gorgeous. Look at him!
(LAUGHS) Look at her!
Look!
And you seem like a star to me so I want to hear this song
I know this is not the last we're gonna see you.
Thank you so much I love you, I love you.
You know when you turn around and someone is just so like?
Aw, thank you. Such a present.
Yeah. Thank you.
Where do you gig?
Where do I gig? I gig around the world.
I sing in 12 languages.
I love you. I love you. I perform everywhere.
I write songs in Chinese and French and German, you know.
That is incredible.
I don't really fit, like you say, I don't really fit into a box.
And um, but what I would like to say to the audience
and the whole world out there is the best thing
you can do for independent artists is to follow them.
Yes. Yeah.
You know? So follow me, follow me, follow me!
Yeah! (LAUGHS)
And hang on, who have we got over here?
Oh, my mother. Look, excuse me.
Look at that dress!
Can we have a round of applause for my mother?
Yeah! That dress, mum.
Thank you. Thank you. She's 80 years old.
Gorgeous! Wow.
That is incredible. Mum's dress is bomb.
Can you deal? Look at that dress!
Yeah! Can you deal?
Look at that dress. (LAUGHS)
I feel like we need to hear it again.
I just want to... I wanna see it!
I wanna see! More! More!
Sheba Williams, thank you so much.
(LAUGHS) Oh, hey!
Yes! Come on!
Yes!
(SINGING) # Yeah, yeah, ah
# Dungy dungy day ey ah
# Hey, hey, hey
# Dungy dungy day ey ah
# Dungy dungy day ey ah, day dong.
# Dungy dungy dung, hey huh
# Oh, one two three four... #
(SINGING) # I come from the Land down under. #
Yes! Oh, my god!
Thank you so much. You are stunning.
What a great performance! She's been around for 30 years.
You guys are amazing. Mum's amazing.
Thank you, mum! Thank you.
Follow me! Follow me!
How wonderful! Oh, my hat!
Oh, thank you.
Oh, that's her hat. Oh, my god.
I love her so much. So cool.
She is. She's so cool.
She was like I'm coming on here and I'm plugging my shit,
come on here we go.
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
My name is Jaydin, and I am 24.
Mum and I have been gigging together since about 2019.
We go out and do events, weddings, pub gigs, you name it.
When it comes to having a good time and rip-raw, that's Mum and I.
And so what, do people, what do people say when they...
They wouldn't know that you're mother and son, obviously.
(LAUGHS) 'Cause you don't look like.
You actually don't look like his mother
in you don't look old enough, really.
Thank you. So, what does that make me?
No. Mature! Mature.
We actually get that all the time, hey?
This is your wife? No, that's my mum.
And they're like.
(LAUGHS) That's your mum?
That's your mum, yeah, that's-that's mad.
I love my mum.
Boy's been a bit of a mummy's boy.
Um, I see a lot of the happiness that I had with Mum and I
with my wee family now.
I've got a beautiful fiance.
We have a six-month-old son, Bowie, and he is the light of my life.
I love it. I love being a dad.
It's great. It's a great thing.
I've always dreamed of being a full-time musician.
I wanna be singing for crowds.
Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands.
That's why I'm here.
I'm a country artist,
so LeAnn Rimes is my top priority of coaches.
I would love to turn a chair.
I'd be totally happy if any of them decided that they'd want me
on their team, but LeAnn Rimes is, uh...
(INDISTINCT).
The song I want to sing is a song that my mum
and I have always sung together.
Stepping up on that stage, I really want to make my mum proud,
my family proud.
I want something that my son can look up to.
I believe this could be the life-changing opportunity
for me 100%.
Go dad! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!
(SINGING) # Used to spend My nights out in the barroom...
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
God, I love this song. Yeah, it's so good.
# Liquor was The only love I'd known...
Oh, hey now.
# But when you poured out Your heart, I didn't waste it...
# 'Cause there's nothing Like your love to get me high
# You're as smooth
# As Tennessee whiskey
# You're as sweet
# As strawberry wine
# You're as warm
# As a glass of brandy
# And honey, I stay stoned on your love
# All the time...
Whoo!
# And honey, I stay stoned on your love
# All the time.
# Yeah! # (APPLAUSE)
That's good!
(LAUGHS) Damn!
Aww. Four chair turn.
Whoo-hoo.
Whoo-hoo! Hi!
Oh, man. Wow!
Hi, my friend! Hi!
Tell us about yourself, what's your name?
Ki Ora, my name is Jaydin.
I'm 24 and I am from Kaikoura New Zealand.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Oh, oh, wow!
Yeah! First of all, I love that song.
It never gets old.
And you totally put your own spin on it.
You have such a powerful voice.
You've got this, like, cool rasp thing going on.
I didn't realise I have a voice that I like.
And I didn't realise it until the show.
And it's-it's yours, so you know. Yeah.
(LAUGHS) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you, thank you very much. Yeah, I love that.
It's super sexy and badass and you've got like this rock vibe
and the country vibe and it's like super earthy and yeah,
you're just really, really cool.
You've got an incredible voice.
I would love to work with you.
I would love to have you on Team LeAnn.
Thank you.
You know, um, mentors along our journey are really important.
And I hope that I am that guidance on your journey at this point.
And I hope that you look back five years from now
and you mention my name
'cause I would love to be that person for you, so.
(LAUGHS) Wow.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
What's your-your background in singing?
How long have you been doing it?
Um, I've been singing since the age of four.
Yep. If not for my mum.
Yeah, um. So, who do we have over here?
Yeah. So, my mum's on the left.
Hi!
And my fiance and my son Bowie.
Hi, Bowie! (LAUGHS) Hey, buddy!
What a great name. What a face.
Gorgeous baby.
And so your mum got you into singing?
Yeah, I uh, since I could probably talk I think
mum had me going on singing welcoming me out
from behind the archway of the door.
Here's Jayden Shingleton everybody, yay!
(LAUGHS) (APPLAUSE)
It was magical. You're a born singer.
It's so easy for you.
It just streamed out of your body, just like water.
It was beautiful, buttery honey, lovely tone.
I love that growly crunchiness at the top.
What a knockout voice.
I would love to have you on Team Kate.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
You have one of those voices.
It's like that perfect blend of like clarity with raspy.
And-and the runs you did were really soulful.
You sang it with like conviction, that song.
Yeah.
I like that you seemed like you lived that experience before.
And if you haven't, you made me believe you had,
which is the gift of a great artist.
I really appreciate it. Thank you so much.
From one you know, high tenor to another,
like I would like to sing with you, Sir.
(LAUGHS) I would love that.
Oh. (LAUGHS)
I think we would have a blast.
Yeah, the thing is, though, that, um, like,
who wants to hear two Tenors singing together?
I do. Let's be honest.
You guys want to hear two Tenors singing together?
Do you want to hear it?
(LAUGHS)
I don't know. I think there's a market for that.
I've been waiting for a voice like yours.
I don't have that on my team yet.
And, man, we could make some matches.
(LAUGHS) Thank you. Ki Ora, Jaydin, how are you?
I... Yep, speechless.
(LAUGHS) Yeah?
And you should be, because I wasn't surprised
that it ended up a four-chair turn.
That is like a perfect voice for me.
And, you know, Adam... Don't copy me.
(LAUGHS) Don't copy me.
But it really was mainly because it's all the right amounts
of everything it really is nothing is-is overcooked
and you're so relaxed with it to pay such homage
and respect to that song, yet just stay in Jaydin world.
It was just so, so calming and sobering.
I would really love to be your coach.
With that voice, I think songs are very, very important for you,
just to set you up as an artist.
I think you're an artist, Jaydin. I really do.
I think there's a future for you.
I just want to point out, I'm very good at choosing songs.
Very good at that. That's one of my strong suits.
You guys have this saying here
that I think is really appropriate right now.
I didn't come here to (BLEEP) spiders.
(LAUGHTER)
Right?
I came here... I came here for you.
I came here for you.
I'm just laying it out there.
(LAUGHS) That is great. I love it.
Yeah, Jaden, I just, you need the right coach.
Because you kind of sung a country song,
I'm so badly wanting to hit this LeAnn block button.
Don't you dare do it.
Yeah! Yeah!
Don't you dare do it. (LAUGHS)
Because I know LeAnn's out of blocks.
Are you serious? (LAUGHS)
Oh!
Jaydin, I would really love to be your coach.
Because you kind of sung a country song.
I'm so badly wanting to hit this LeAnn block.
Don't you dare do it.
Yeah. Don't you dare do it.
'Cause I know LeAnn's out of blocks.
This is your button moment.
(LAUGHS) And-and I'll tell you...
I'll tell you why I'm not gonna do it.
(LAUGHS) Oh, thank you.
I think this is reverse psychology.
I think he's... Yeah, I think it might be.
He's doing some mind trickery here.
What is this? (LAUGHS)
I honestly I just respect you so much that,
you know, I just in case you were gonna choose LeAnn
I-I don't want to do that at all.
You know. It would really suck.
Oh, my god! I'm gutted!
Wow!
Oh, damn!
I'm just joking, I have no respect.
I never knew he was such a great liar, Guy.
(LAUGHS) I'm gonna go cry now!
(FAKE CRIES) Sneaky!
Oh, I'm so sorry.
I am sorry if LeAnn was on the cards.
I do respect you. (SIGHS)
I really do. I mean...
..but I'm also viciously hungry to have you on my team.
Clearly. I can appreciate it.
I really can
And I've been the recipient of many blocks,
so it was only fair for me to dish one out.
You got me back. (LAUGHS)
You got my back. That was the revenge.
Fair enough, fair enough. Revenge block.
But that doesn't guarantee. It's not an ultimate block.
And we've all pitched. Over to you.
(SHOUTING JUDGES NAMES)
Trust your gut. That's what you should do.
For sure.
Thank you, Adam, Thank you, Kate.
Thank you, LeAnn. But I'm gonna go with Guy.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Yes!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry if you wanted to go with LeAnn, I had to do it.
No, you had to. I can appreciate that.
I love your voice.
Thank you so much. Love your voice.
Thank you. It's so perfect.
(LAUGHS) It's just so good.
I really appreciate it. Yeah.
Thank you so much. Sorry.
Oh. Thank you.
I just have to meet you. That was awesome.
(LAUGHS) That was great.
Thank you so much. Yeah, congratulations.
Thank you. Enjoy him.
Let's do it. Poor LeAnn.
Guy Sebastian!
Wow. Why I oughta!
Did that hurt? You really went in hard that time.
I know, I did go in hard. Yeah.
I'm heartbroken. A little wounded, a little bruised.
Yeah.
Was that like, your favourite singer that you've heard this competition?
He's definitely one of them. Yeah.
Yeah, definitely one of them.
Hello! Oh, my gosh.
Say hi. Hello.
Look at this face! What a face!
Hello! Hello!
(GIGGLES) Hi, Dad!
Hi, Mister! Good job!
Four top international artists fighting over little old me!
(LAUGHS) How? What?
There's 13 seasons of The Voice
and the fact that we still get people like you is insane to me.
Like, where have you been? Like, 'cause you're so good.
You are so good. Thank you.
Guy blocked LeAnn on me. (LAUGHS)
Um (PATS HEART)
(LAUGHS) I was Team LeAnn, that's for sure,
but um Guy must see something in me.
Whoo-hoo!
So I'm absolutely chuffed, absolutely stoked to be on Team Guy.
Spinning.
Damn Guy, I went in really hard, thought I had him and um,
Guy just like ripped the rug out from underneath me so.
It was such a shame.
I was so bummed for you.
I don't think I need the blocks necessarily to be able to fight
and get somebody great on my team so no, I'm not worried.
I think I'm gonna get the silent treatment for a little while.