(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
MAN: I'm just a carpenter from Ulladulla.
I've never sung on a stage this huge.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC BUILDS)
MAN: I'm only used to singing in front of cattle.
It's gonna be crazy out there on the big stage.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC BUILDS)
WOMAN: I want to come to The Voice
to share my story, share my voice, share my passion.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC BUILDS)
MAN: Performing on The Voice -
probably be the biggest... biggest thing I've done.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC BUILDS)
WOMAN: Being up on that stage,
there are a lot of eyes looking at you.
You're all alone.
..but I just have to... to remember to...
..do what I love, and that's to sing.
# Ahh... #
# Yeah... # # Ahh, ahh, ahh... #
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(SCREAMS)
ANNOUNCER: This season on The Voice...
I have never heard a voice like yours on a show like this.
There's people that wanna sing and there's people that have to sing,
and you have to sing.
You're a real artist.
This year, the Australian talent is through the roof.
(SCREAMS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I think it's better than it's ever been!
JESS: This is raw talent we're talking.
This is new and fresh and exciting.
I don't do this for anybody.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
We'd all kill for artists like you.
You're the greatest representation of The Voice.
This is what it's about.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC CONTINUES)
# Ahh... #
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
You know, every year, I always think,
"OK, well, we've probably peaked,"
but they keep coming.
It's extraordinary.
And now, for the first time in the brand-new Voice Arena,
your superstar coaches.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Mama said fulfil the prophecy
# Be something greater
# Go make a legacy
# Manifest destiny Back in the day
# We wanted everything Wanted everything
# Oh, Mama said burn your biographies
# Rewrite your history,
# Light up your wildest dreams
# Museum victories, every day
# We wanted everything Wanted everything
# Mama said don't give up
# It's a little complicated
# All tied up, no more love
# And I'd hate to see you waiting
# Had to have high, high hopes for a living
# Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
# Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision
# Always had high, high hopes... # Come on!
# Had to have high, high hopes for a living
# Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling
# I was gonna be that one in a million
# Always had high, high hopes... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Mama said
# Stay up on that rise and never come down, oooh
# Stay up on that rise
and never come down
# Mama said don't give up
# It's a little complicated
# All tied up, no more love
# And I'd hate to see you waiting
# Had to have high, high hopes for a living
# Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
# Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision
# Always had high, high hopes High, high
# Had to have high, high hopes for a living
# Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling
# I was gonna be that one in a million
# Always had high, high hopes
# Hopes! #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
How good was that, Australia?
Give it up for your superstar coaches!
Keith Urban! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Jess Mauboy! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Rita Ora! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And Guy Sebastian! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
The greatest ever Blind Auditions start now!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE INCREASES)
That's amazing! I've got goose bumps.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(RHYTHMIC CLAPPING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
(COUNTRY GUITAR RHYTHMS)
My name is Ally Eley. I'm 19, and I'm from Victoria.
# I've found what I've been looking for... #
I've been singing since before I could speak, really.
# Louder, stronger, faster
# The race is on... #
Singing means everything to me.
I don't really know where I would be without music.
(DRAMATIC DRUM BEAT)
(HAUNTING GUITAR STRUMMING)
In primary school, I had an audition,
and it was the first time I'd sung in front of anyone.
One of my teachers, who I looked up to,
she laughed and was like, "I thought you said you could sing."
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
I struggled with my confidence a lot after that,
but it also lit, like, a fire in me.
# Call me a dreamer
# A die-hard believer... #
I'll show her! Like, I can do this.
# A halo in the night
# I'm born in fire... #
It would be crazy if I turned a chair.
It would definitely make me a lot more confident and more assured,
and know that, "Maybe I am alright! Maybe I am a good singer."
(LAUGHS)
# A halo in the night
# I'm born in fire. #
(EXHALES)
This is it.
(EXHALES) Far out.
OK.
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYS)
# Her name is Noelle... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I had a dream about her
# She rings my bell
# I got gym class in half an hour
# Oh, how she rocks
# In Keds and tube socks
# She doesn't know who I am... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# She doesn't give a damn about me
# 'Cause I'm just a teenage dirtbag, ba...
# 'Cause I'm... # Oh!
# Teenage dirtbag, baby
# Listen to Iron Maiden, maybe
# With me
# Ohh
# Ohhhh... # Whoo!
# Ohhhh
# Oh, yeah
# Dirtbag
# No, she doesn't know what she's missing
# Oh, yeah
# Dirtbag
# She doesn't know what she's missing. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(GASPS) It's Rita Ora!
(LAUGHS)
Well done, Al. Well done!
Oh, my gosh! You're real!
(LAUGHTER)
(WHISPERS) That was amazing!
Thank you! Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: Hello! Hi!
What's your name?
I'm Ally Eley.
I'm 19. Uh-huh.
And I'm from the Western Suburbs of Melbourne.
Alright!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I love that song.
It brings back so many memories, that song, for me,
and I'm curious as to know why, Ally, you chose that song.
What does it mean to you?
The way that I looked at it is that
it's just, like, someone in your life who doesn't give you a chance,
and I feel like most people have had at least one person in their life
who maybe doubted their abilities and doubted what they can do.
Have you ever had anybody in your life like that?
Yeah, when I was nine years old, I had a teacher,
and she liked to sing as well and everything,
and then...the first time I sung,
she laughed in front of the whole class and was like,
"I thought you said you could sing, Ally."
Hold my earrings!
(LAUGHTER) I'm going in!
Do you have her address, by any chance?
Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That's, um...I think...
..you know, people talk a lot
about the people that encouraged us early on,
and the cheerleaders in our lives, and the believers and all that,
and we get a lot of fuel from those people,
but, man, we get a lot of fuel from the naysayers -
the shine-blockers - who say to us,
"You'll never amount to anything."
And I'm like, "Oh, thank you so much!
"I will burn on this fuel for so long!"
Yeah! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And I love...look, in life, it's not what happens to us.
It's how we deal with it,
and to turn that around and use that to your advantage
is extraordinary.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Do you know what...do you know what your music teacher was?
She was intimidated and terrified of your talent,
and she was very jealous.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And I would love, love, love to have you on my team.
Thank you!
It is important to have that inner strength
and to know your own worth,
and so I actually really loved your outward expression of the emotions
when we...when we turned, and I could sit here and go,
you know, "You've gotta gather... you gotta calm yourself,"
but I don't care about that.
I loved the emotion, and, uh...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And I think I'd heard enough by that stage
to know that you're quite special.
I would love for you to be on my team.
I think we would be great together.
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
First of all, just absolutely fantastic.
I mean, you've come here today,
regardless of that one person,
knowing your greatness and your power to give to us.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I just love your tone. I think it's just...it's beautiful.
So, I have... like, I have no critique,
but I think the only thing is that
I feel like you should be on Team Jess.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I feel like you have just scratched the surface of something
beyond your expectations,
and what you did, covering that song,
flipping it on its head like that and making it your own,
is what this show is all about.
Yeah.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And I would just encourage you to continue doing that,
and I think together - I'm just gonna go for it -
we would be a great team.
I would love to have you on my team.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I would love to have you on my team. Thank you.
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
OK.
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
Go with your heart.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Go with your heart. (LAUGHS)
Um...OK, um...
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
..I am going to choose...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
..Guy.
(CHEERS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Great decision!
(LAUGHS) Hey, Ally!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Welcome to my team!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That was really great. Really great.
It can be so overwhelming.
Well done. That was amazing. Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You have fun. Thank you.
Enjoy, yeah?
Welcome aboard!
Beautiful performance.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hey? Hey?
That was fantastic. So proud of you.
I was not expecting that! (LAUGHS)
Yeah. It was just amazing. (LAUGHS)
Team Guy - what a way to start!
I mean, great voice,
and really ticks all the boxes that I look for in an artist.
Someone who's prepared to experiment, do something different,
and really push the boundaries as a performer.
That's what makes me excited, as a coach.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Guy, there's just no way I'm letting you win this year.
Uh, Guy? Guy Sebastian? I just can't.
It's, like, my one mission. You are not winning this one.
It's a force that can't be stopped, guys.
(LAUGHTER)
(RELAXED GUITAR STRUMMING)
MAN: My name is Lachie Gill.
I'm 23, and I'm from the Mornington Peninsula.
I've always played footy -
as soon as I could walk, I had a footy in my hand.
# You wanna walk the walk and count to ten
# If you ain't a gunslinger then you just won't win... #
By the time I was 16,
I was looking at being drafted to play in the AFL,
and doing my music stuff on the side.
# This is an old-fashioned showdown
# One of us gonna be kickin' up the dirt... #
I was one step away from that dream
of playing footy at the highest level...
..but music started to take over.
It got to the point where I love footy,
but I loved music even more.
So, I ultimately had to choose between the two of them.
# This is an old-fashioned showdown
# Well, come sundown
# I'm gonna make you hurt... #
I wanna be a musician, and I want that to be my career.
# Ohh... #
I wanna give everything to this.
It will be the biggest performance I've ever done.
There's our boy.
Go, Lachie.
(EXHALES)
OK!
Give me...the winner!
# I was distracted and in traffic
# I didn't feel it when the earthquake happened
# It really got me thinking
# Were you out drinkin'?
# Were you in the living room
# Chillin' watching television? #
I love this song!
# It's been a year now
# Think I've figured out how
# Let you go and let communication die out... #
Oh, no!
# I know, you know, we know
# We weren't down for forever and it's fine
# And I know, you know, we know
# We weren't meant for each other and it's fine... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# But if the world was ending you'd come over, right? #
Whoo!
# You'd come over and you'd stay the night
# Would you love me for the hell of it?
# All our fears would be irrelevant
# If the world was ending you'd come over, right? #
Whoo!
# The sky'd be falling while I'd hold you tight
# And there wouldn't be a reason why
# We would even have to say goodbye
# If the world was ending you'd come over, right?
# You'd come over, right?
# You'd come over You'd come over
# You'd come over, right?
# Oh, ohhh
# And I know, you know, we know
# We weren't meant for each other and it's fine. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
What's your name?
Alright, my... (LAUGHS)
Yes. Catch your breath.
My name's Lachie Gill. GUY: Lachie!
I'm 23, and I'm from the Mornington Peninsula, in Victoria.
Nice! Lachie!
(EXHALES)
Holy...
RITA: Lachie. Rita.
Wow, what an amazing, amazing audition.
That was so amazing!
Thank you so much. Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I am so excited.
You know, of course, it's the beginning, right?
And I'm thinking I have no idea what to expect, you know?
And last season, I mean, the talent was through the roof,
and I came back here...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..and I came back to Australia for so many reasons.
One - because I love the food, I love the weather,
but I love the talent - the voices, the storytelling.
You know what you are? You're an amazing storyteller.
Thank you. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah.
And that's what made me turn, 'cause that song's great,
but to tell a story is really special,
and you took your time, you were patient.
You trusted yourself. Your breathing was great.
Your tone is really special,
and I feel like I can hear you on a whole record.
Do you write music?
Um, yeah, I do write music.
I've probably been writing for the last six or seven years now.
You just sounded like you were made to be on that stage,
and I am so obsessed with you that I know I'm gonna do this,
and I know we're at the top of the show...
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Oh, snap!
(GUY LAUGHS)
Wow!
You know, I told him.
I told Guy...I know. Wow! (LAUGHS)
Right out of the gate. Miss Rita is going in!
That wasn't even... you weren't even trying to hide.
I'm coming in hot, guys. I'm coming in strong.
But what if my... I don't even wanna hear it, Guy!
What if my pitch was terrible?
I don't even want to hear it!
(LAUGHTER)
You are no longer in the running.
I hope that shows that I'm really about to go in for the kill.
Can I still give feedback? No, Guy! No!
I'm out of the game. (LAUGHTER)
You know what, the blocks are frustrating,
but I used a block for Bella last season...
Yes, you did.
..and so I can't be a hypocrite and take this badly,
but stuff you, Rita!
Yeah, you can. (LAUGHTER)
Look, the reason I turned
was because the things that I loved about you
was the rasp in your tone...
I said that.
..the soul that you've got in your voice...
I also said that. (LAUGHTER)
And so I...as a coach, I thought,
"Imagine when we can iron out the nerves..."
Right, right.
"..how good you will be at your best."
Like, that's really the biggest job for whoever you choose, I think,
is just to get you to a place
where you can just breathe and be your best.
# I feel you! #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: I think you're exquisite.
Like, you literally had connection through it all.
You had vulnerability, you had emotion,
and I think that's what made us all kind of just turn around
and feel this, like, ahhh, towards you, you know?
I think you have such grit and sexiness in your voice,
and I think that's really tasty.
Thank you.
Parents, you did really well here with this one.
No, it's super tasty... (LAUGHTER)
..and I would really love to work with you on that...
Am I right? Ladies, come on! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And allow you... allow you to be more calm,
and free with your voice, as you wanna be.
So, I would love...I would love for you to be on Team Jess.
I need you to be on Team Jess, to be honest.
Thank you. Thank you.
I'm buzzing! I'm buzzing for you! Thank you.
(LAUGHS) Thank you.
Lachie! Keith!
Matey! How are ya, mate?
(LAUGHTER)
First of all, that was a really big song to tackle,
which, for me, said right away you're a real artist,
but what I loved, and why I took a minute to spin,
was the nerves got the better of you for a section of it,
and then at the very end,
when you went into that beautiful falsetto ending,
you had completely reined all of those nerves back in.
That's the sign of a great artist,
because you know how to rein it back in.
Yeah.
And get yourself in the zone again - it was really good.
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And I would love to have you on my team.
Thank you so much. It's crazy. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
This is crazy!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So, who's it gonna be, Lachie?
Holy crap!
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
So... (EXHALES)
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
..the coach I'll go with, um...
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
..I'm gonna go with Rita.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my goodness! Ohh!
(JESS LAUGHS)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
It worked!
Oh, gosh! Thank you. Thank you.
Oh, my goodness. Thank you so much.
Thank you. I really thank you so much.
I really fought for you. I think you're so special!
I'm so happy!
Oh, love you, my brother.
Oh! Thank you.
Oh, thank you! Mate, good!
That is great news! Dude, that is great.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hi!
I'm Rita. So nice to meet you!
You're gonna look after my boy? Of course.
By the way, I was so impressed. You should be so proud.
Whoa! Early block.
That was a good reason to choose.
If someone's gonna use one of their two blocks, that's...
That's big. That's big.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
He's great. He's great.
He's good. That was good.
I mean, if you're gonna use it, you...it was rewarded.
I just see so much... I see so many layers to him.
But you showed you will kill for him.
(LAUGHS) I really just did that. That is commitment.
Can't argue that. Hey, she came to play.
I did. That's commitment.
That's an early block. I know. I'm sorry, I had to.
I've got one block left.
(UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
Ahh, my first team member, Lachie. I love him. I think he's great.
GUY: Rita's out to get me, I think.
I take the early block as a compliment.
Rita's obviously watched me win last season,
and she wants in on the winning action.
'Cause she's scary. Rita's scary.
(MIMICS GROWL)
ANNOUNCER: Still to come...
I just like chasing sunsets and adventures, you know,
and this is one of them.
..a true blue larrikin...
I said to Kaz,
"I'll throw my hat in the ring and we'll give this a crack," you know?
(LAUGHTER)
..and a mum with a dream...
WOMAN: There's nothing wrong with following your ambitions
and still wanting to be a mum.
..face the music on Australia's greatest stage.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC BUILDS)
And a world-first advantage is introduced to the Blinds -
the Battle Pass,
guaranteeing a spot in their coach's top six.
If we really love an artist,
we can fast-track them straight through to the battles.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You get one Battle Pass throughout the whole Blind Auditions.
We really need to know that that artist is special.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Using my Battle Pass, there'll have to be a right moment.
I feel like it has to be THE moment.
You are pure joy, and this is what the show is about.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC SWELLS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# This is The Voice. #
(BIRDSONG)
# I'm letting go
# I'm reaching up to the stars... #
WOMAN: I'm Thandu Sikwila.
I'm 28, and I am from Victoria.
I'm currently working full-time,
and then full-time parent. and then doing gigs on the weekend.
Charlie is my 2.5-year-old daughter.
# Here's to the good times
# Forget the bad times... #
She's everything that people should be.
Just, like, confident and fearless,
and just live your life and just be happy.
She truly has inspired me
and has given me a reason to just really go for it.
(GENTLE GUITAR STRUMMING)
(DRIVING ROCK RHYTHMS)
So, tonight, supporting me is my partner, Henry,
and my daughter, Charlie.
I like lollies, Daddy.
You like lollies?
Charlie very much makes her presence known.
So, people will be very aware that she's there, yep.
Uh, Charlie, you can't move furniture around.
That's OK. Oh!
(FUNKY DRUM BEATS)
MAN:
(LAUGHS) Oh, my god!
It's not a ball. It's a ball.
It's not a ball. It's not a ball, darling.
Um, maybe not move the table.
Let's just leave the table where it is.
There's gonna be lots of this, guys. (LAUGHS)
Wow!
(BLUESY RHYTHMS)
It's important for me to teach Charlie
that it's possible to live your dreams and to go for your aspirations
and to still nurture a family.
# Here comes the lion
# Here comes the lion in me
# There's no more hiding... #
There's nothing wrong with following your ambitions
and still wanting to be a mum.
Just because you have a child, doesn't mean that your life stops.
# Here comes the lion
# Here comes the lion in me... #
This is easily the biggest stage that I've been on,
and I just want to make sure that I deliver what I now I can.
So...let's see what happens.
(LAUGHS)
(DRIVING DRUM BEATS)
# The lion in me. #
CHARLIE: Mummy! (WAILS) Mummy!
Arggh! Mummy!
(WHISPERS) It's OK. It's OK.
(DRIVING DRUM BEATS)
# I'm every woman
# It's all in me
# Anything you want done, baby
# I'll do it naturally Oh, oh, oh
# I can cast a spell... # Oh!
# Secrets you can tell... # Oh!
# Mix a special brew Put fire inside of you
# Any time you feel danger or fear
# Instantly I will appear
# I'm every woman
# It's all in me
# Anything you want done, baby
# I'll do it naturally
# Ohh
# I can sense your needs
# Like rain onto the seeds
# I can make a rhyme of confusion in your mind... #
(SCREAMS)
# And when it comes down to some good old-fashioned love
# That's what I got
# Baby, I got it
# I'm every woman... # Aha!
# I'm every woman
# I'm every woman... # Oh, yeah!
# I'm every woman
# I'm every
# Woman. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Whoo!
JESS: Oh! Come on!
Yeah! Yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
KEITH: Wow! (LAUGHS)
Yeah, yeah, yeah! Oh, my goodness!
Wow!
Hi!
RITA: Look at her! Look!
What's your name?
My name is Thandu. I'm 28, and I'm from Melbourne, Victoria.
Oh, amazing! Yes! (LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS)
What are you laughing at, Jess?
Oh, my gosh, you just moved me, sissy.
I...like, I went to heaven.
I came straight back down and I was like, "I'm not ready yet."
Oh, my goodness, seriously!
Sis! Wow, you just... (EXHALES)
You just rocked! (SCREAMS)
You got bubba over there. Hi, Charlie.
Bubba's... Sorry, darling!
It literally did... That was in tune.
What's her name? Charlie.
Charlie? Charlie.
Oh, yeah, Mama! Aww!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, here we go! Here we go! Coming to Mum!
Coming to Mum! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: Oh, Mummy! Darling!
(SCREAMS)
Hi, Charlie!
Oh, darling!
Charlie? Charlie, look!
This is incredible.
Aww! Well, welcome to the show.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You know, I just...I wanna kick off by saying, you know, like,
everyone has heard that song millions of times, you know,
but you came back with it fresh, sis!
Like, you...wow, wow, wow! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Like, the tone, like, you where you were taking it,
the pocket, and everything.
Like, I don't wanna be messing with that.
Like, if you're gonna be on Team Jess,
we wanna keep on that lane and go extra, you know?
Honestly, I would be so humbled,
and you know, adore you to be on Team Jess.
That's all I gotta say.
I appreciate it. Thank you. (APPLAUSE)
Thandu, I'd love to hear about you.
Why now? Why The Voice now?
I really just want to challenge
what I know of myself as an artist and what I can do,
and...I'm gonna put you down, sweetheart.
Do you wanna hold my hand?
I think just...life is too short to rest on your laurels,
and it's such a great opportunity to just work on my artistry
and put myself out there, in a way, so I can grow.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
We can only go on the audition that we just saw,
but what I saw was you on stage,
with some really great DJ or something,
where you are just making a whole festival dance and on their feet.
I don't know whether that's your thing,
but that's just the picture that I got,
and I really wanna work with you, 'cause I think you're special.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thanks. (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER)
Does she wanna come sit here, maybe? Do you wanna come sit with me?
JESS: Charlie!
You wanna come sit on the chair? Come on, then!
Oh, darling.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Come on!
Hello! Hello!
Hello. I'm Rita. Nice to meet you! Can I have a handshake?
There you go! Oh, beautiful.
Do you wanna sit here? No.
No! (LAUGHS)
What - with you? Wouldn't have thought so!
(LAUGHTER)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I am so obsessed with you.
That audition was so fun,
and, yes, your voice would fit perfectly on a dance beat,
but I think that whatever you do, and wherever you go,
it's gonna be spectacular.
JESS: Yeah, yeah.
Thanks, Rita.
So, yes, I would be honoured to have you on my team.
Thandu? Yes, Keith?
Hi. Hi!
First of all, a lot of people would choose that song 'I'm Every Woman'
because they go, "Oh, I can sing that."
You chose it because you live it.
Mm-hm. Yes! (LAUGHS)
We literally just saw that,
and that moment with Charlie was so beautiful because it's human.
It's real.
We're not some avatar bunch of people
that don't have real things going on in our lives when we're artists.
You just showed that.
You're a real woman, you have a child,
you have this beautiful voice.
You have life happening around you, right?
Yeah, yeah.
And you're balancing it all, navigating it all,
trying to get it all together
and make sure that you don't miss out in the process,
and the way you just handled everything there was beautiful.
I was just enraptured with you today.
Thank you, Keith. Thank you.
And I would love to have you on my team.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So...
Oh! (LAUGHTER)
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
(THANDU LAUGHS)
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
Just before I say who I'm gonna pick,
I just...I wanna say a big thank you to you, Jess,
because ten-year-old me, watching you on the telly for the first time,
really made a positive, positive impact on me.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
For what I've come to do on the show,
I feel the coach that can best help me
get to that next level
and to really challenge what I know of myself as an artist...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
..is you, Keith.
Ahh!
GUY: Oh, my god!
Thank you!
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
Oh, my gosh! Incredible.
Beautiful, Thandu!
Wow!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
We're gonna have so much fun! Thank you.
I really am looking forward to it.
Yo!
That was so great!
Oh, I love you! Love you!
Thank you! Thank you!
Mwah! I'm so excited!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I did not expect her to pick you, honestly.
I thought you were gonna have that for the win.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: She's an absolute artist. She's an incredible star.
Her stage presence, her spirit.
You know, there was a part of me that felt a bit robbed,
but you know, like, she's in the great hands of an incredible coach.
I think I'm off to a great start with Thandu.
She's the perfect artist for my team because she knows who she is.
You could see with her and Charlie that this is her...she lives it.
She is every woman.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
How many do you have, Rita? One.
One? How many does Jess have?
Yeah, Jess has none.
Jess... What's up?
You've got none! I don't...I don't have any!
Not yet. It's still early. That's alright. It's early days.
I don't have any! It's early days!
Don't stress, Jess. Less is more.
Give me something! Yes.
(ROCK GUITAR RHYTHMS)
MAN: G'day. My name's Danny Phegan.
I'm from Walla Walla, NSW.
If you don't know where Walla Walla is, it's just south of Wagga Wagga,
which is north-east of Mitta Mitta,
which is south-west of Gumly Gumly.
(LAUGHS)
(ROCK GUITAR RHYTHMS)
For me, it's about the journey, not the destination.
In everything in life, it's just enjoying all the steps along the way.
I did my first gig when I was 16,
and I bought a pub when I was 20, as well as running the farm,
and I have an opal mine at Lightning Ridge with a mate,
and we've barely found an opal,
but we've drank a lot of beer looking for it.
(GENTLE GUITAR STRUMMING)
The kids have got a saying, you know -
"Mum loves being home, Dad loves coming home."
I just like chasing sunsets and adventures, you know,
and this is one of them.
Gotta remember the first three words of this song I gotta sing.
Once you remember the first three words, you'll be good.
Yeah. If I look at you, just yell out, "Waking up!"
That's all I need.
Then you're off. Two words and I'm off.
PRODUCER: How would it feel to turn a chair?
I'm not gonna turn a chair!
I got more chance of stealing the Queen's handbag
than to turn a chair at this thing.
(LAUGHS)
(FUNKY ROCK RHYTHMS)
I've never had tickets on my own ability.
I'm aware of my limitations,
but that doesn't mean I have to accept them.
I work hard, and I'm prepared to work hard,
and I've taken that mantra through my life.
I do the best I can with anything, and I have a crack.
(DRIVING ROCK RHYTHMS)
It couldn't be more removed from our farm at Walla Walla.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit nervous.
I can feel my heart pumping through my chest.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(DRAMATIC ROCK RHYTHMS)
I don't really expect to turn a chair tonight,
but I'll throw my hat in the ring and we'll see what happens.
(ROCK RHYTHMS CONTINUE)
If I turn a chair, uh, it'll be thrilling.
Daddy.
(WHISPERS)
# Waking up to kiss you like nobody's there
# The smell of your perfume still stuck in the air
# It's hard
# Yesterday I thought I saw your shadow running round
# It's funny how things never change in this old town
Look at Keith, look at Keith!
# So far from the stars... #
Come on, now.
# And I want to tell you everything
# The words I never got to say the first time around... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# And I remember everything
# From when you were the children playing in this fairground
# Wish I was there with you now
# 'Cause if the whole world was watching I'd still dance with you
# Drive highways and byways to be there with you
# Over and over the only truth
# Everything comes back to you... #
Oooh! Whoo!
# You still make me nervous when you walk in the room
# Them butterflies They come alive when I'm next to you
# Over and over the only truth
# Everything comes back to you... #
Nice!
Yeah! (LAUGHS)
# Mmm, mmm, mmm. #
Oh, wow!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah! Yeah!
Hi! Yes!
How are you?
Oh, I'm...I'm alright now, mate. (LAUGHTER)
What's your name?
My name's Danny Phegan. I'm 45 and I'm from Walla Walla, NSW.
Danny! Danny!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Well, let's first address how cool the T-shirt is, Danny.
Oh, you get that? Play a bit of guitar, do you?
For all the guitarists out there, the first one is a 'D',
second one is an 'A', and the third one is a 'D'.
GUY: Modelled beautifully.
That's a dad shirt right there.
Yeah, that's my tribe over there.
Nice! Hello.
And how long you been playing, Danny?
Oh, I've been playing a long time, but I've never been taught anything.
I've just sort of tried to pick it up,
and, um...yeah, I stumbled there a bit too.
I reckon I nearly had you there, Guy, and I stumbled on that chorus.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I loved it.
Thank you!
You've made my day. Like, fair dinkum.
I just didn't expect a chair to turn.
I said to Kaz,
"I'll throw my hat in the ring and we'll give this a crack," you know.
(LAUGHS) Hey!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So, thank you, guys, the three of youse!
That whole sentence was so perfect.
"I said to Kaz, I'll throw my hat in the ring, give it a crack."
(LAUGHTER) Fantastic!
You know, I can't understand a word!
(LAUGHTER)
So good! (JESS LAUGHS)
Listen, all I know is that I'd love you on my team.
I may not be able to understand you, but luckily music has no language.
So, at least we can connect that way,
'cause I have no clue what you're talking about.
I'll work on a bit of speech therapy between now and...
I am so obsessed with your performance.
I mean, it really blew me away.
You have such a great voice,
and I just want you to know
that it might be an unusual pairing, me and you,
but I might surprise you.
I know a few things about country.
So, you know, I could surprise you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thanks, Rita.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thanks for spinning around.
I love everything about you.
Has music always been a thing?
I've always loved music...
Where did it actually begin?
It was the only time that a skinny fella like me
could get girls to look at me, to be honest, playing a few tunes...
Hey, look out! (LAUGHTER)
And, look, I snagged a wife out of it.
Apparently it worked out.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (LAUGHS)
Fair dinkum, that was it, like, just playing at pubs and...
(LAUGHTER)
Huh? ..and it just sort of grew from...
(LAUGHTER)
Do you wanna maybe explain to Rita what "fair dinkum" means?
'Serious', like...
Fair what? Fair dinkum.
I honestly love singing. I fair dinkum love singing.
Yeah, I seriously love it. Yeah, seriously.
Fair dickum love singing? Yeah.
(LAUGHTER)
I fair dickum love you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
We got some work to do, haven't we? (LAUGHS)
We understand each other, you and I.
Yeah, we're on the same...
I think, yeah, this doesn't work over here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! (LAUGHTER)
The language barrier, I mean, like, come on.
I'm writing it all down. I'll learn it by the time you pick me, look.
We're gonna fill that book up. (LAUGHTER)
But in all seriousness, what a beautiful voice,
and you told that story.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And what I was listening to,
you could have been a 19-year-old...
KEITH: I know. It's crazy. ..folky storyteller.
Fair dinkum! (LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
Alright, well, Jess...are you guys ready for the big decision?
Whoa!
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
Team, seriously, like, I... real quick, I, um...
..I really didn't think I was gonna turn a chair.
I'm not trying to be fakely modest or humble.
I'm aware of my own limitations, but I've never accepted them.
I've always had a crack, but I thought on the way up here...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
..um...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
..I just thought, "Wow, if Keith turned, I'd go..."
Oh, mate!
I'd love to say g'day to you, mate.
Thank you, ladies. Thanks very much. Thanks, Guy.
Thank you, mate! Thank you so much! Am I allowed to come down here?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Bloody awesome, mate! Thanks, mate!
Great to meet you. You too, Danny. Really good, mate.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hey, thanks, everybody. Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I don't think I've ever met more of an Australian in all my life,
and I've been here for a couple of months now.
Meet a friend of mine. (LAUGHTER)
Proud of you, darl. Well done.
Thank you. Good on you.
Hey, buddy. (KISSES) He's gone all shy.
Are you Kaz? Hello! (LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER) Thank you.
How are you? Thank you.
So, if I press the button, do I say, "I wanna give it a crack"?
Um...say, "Fair dinkum, I'm gonna give this a crack."
Fair dinkum?
Or you could go even a step further and go,
"Yeah, nah, fair dinkum, I'm gonna give this a crack."
Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah.
Fair dinkum. Yeah, nah.
Fair dinkum, I'm gonna give this a crack.
That's him. There you go.
I'm gonna practise it.
Yeah, nah, fair dinkum, I'm gonna give this a crack.
Oh, you crack me up, sis.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ANNOUNCER: Coming up,
which one of these outstanding artists
is fast-tracked to their coach's top six...
# Ahhh... # # Ahhh... #
..with the first ever Battle Pass?
I'd love a Battle Pass.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It would be an absolute privilege, and I would be so stoked.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Like, I'm already speechless. That would be insane.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: Come on!
# This is The Voice. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
WOMAN: Love you, Rita!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I love you, Rita.
I love you. (LAUGHTER)
I love you, Ora. I like you, Rita.
I'm interested in you, Guy!
(LAUGHTER)
You're a fantastic colleague, Keith.
(LAUGHTER)
(TINKLING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
I'm Lou P Scarlett.
I'm 30 years old, and I'm from Sydney.
(TINKLING MUSIC CONTINUES)
My job is as a burlesque dancer.
(TINKLING MUSIC CONTINUES)
Burlesque, the core element is tease
and saying, like,
and saying, like, "I'm here. What - are you looking at this?"
I wear some really crazy costumes.
I love it, because it actually celebrates individuality,
and it demands that you're different.
So, I'm taking a big risk tonight,
because so much of my performance relies on more than just this voice.
So, hopefully this voice will do enough to turn the chairs.
I'm really nervous,
um, 'cause you just don't know how something's gonna go.
It could be terrible or it could be wonderful.
Wish me luck. (LAUGHS)
WOMAN: Artist walking!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(WOLF-WHISTLING)
(LAUGHTER)
(WOLF-WHISTLING)
(LAUGHTER AND SHUSHING)
# Day to night to morning
# Keep with me in the moment
# I'd let you had I known it
# Why don't you say so?
# Didn't even notice... # Whoo!
# No punches left to roll with... # (WOLF-WHISTLING)
# You got to keep me focused... # KEITH: What is going on?
# Why don't you say so? #
(LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# It's been a long time since you fell in love
# And you ain't coming out your shell
# You really ain't been yourself
# Tell me what must I do
# Tell, my love
# 'Cause luckily I'm good at reading
# Wouldn't bug him, but he won't stop cheesin'
# We can dance all day around it
# If you front then I'll be bouncing
# If you want it Scream and shout it
# Babe
# Before I leave you dry... # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Day to night to morning
# Keep with me in the moment
# I'd let you had I known it
# Why don't you say so?
# Didn't even notice
# No punches left to roll with
# You got to keep me focused
# You want it, say so. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, I...what is going on?
What is going on?!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: Oh, my god! Wow!
What?!
You look amazing! Oh, my god!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
What is your name? Please tell me, who are you?
Well, hi! I'm Lou P. I'm 30 and I'm from Sydney.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Lou P!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
First off the bat, I was like,
"What is the crowd going crazy over?"
I know.
What are they screaming about? And now it makes sense.
You know, this is the moment where I have to say, yes, it's The Voice,
but sometimes it's so hard for us
to figure out all of this is going on,
because some people's incredible artistry
is visual as it is, you know, vocal,
and if I was to see you from the get-go,
I think it would have been a completely different story,
because the performance and everything, I think,
goes with what you are and who you are, and what you represent.
Yeah.
So, I just wanna say wow! I mean, you look amazing!
Thanks. (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
What was going on? 'Cause I didn't see. What were you doing?
Well, it wasn't going on, it was going off, actually.
Yes! It was going off.
More so, I think. (LAUGHTER)
Yeah, so, I'm actually a burlesque artist and a singer.
So, I tend to, like, write the songs that I then take my clothes off to.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) I live!
So, I started like a cupcake and I ended as a little cupcake.
(LAUGHTER) Oh, wow!
With feelings.
I can see the layers have been shed down on the ground.
Looks like my bedroom.
(LAUGHTER)
Sissy, I just think that's so brave, like, to come on
and you know, like, do that kind of performance,
although we didn't get to see.
Like, I love burlesque. Yeah!
And, like, if I wasn't singing,
that's probably where I would be going.
Yes!
I love burlesque too. It's so good!
I just think the combination of just, like, the music...
Oh, it's so classy and sexy!
The way you kind of, you know, you know, play with the body like that,
I think that's so cool, I think that's awesome.
It's very empowering. It's very empowering.
Yeah. Yeah.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Lou P. Yes.
Obviously burlesque is not made for the backs of chairs and, um...
No.
..it's sad that your voice is just one ingredient
in this delectable cupcake dish we got going on,
and I wish we could've seen it.
Well, you'll just have to come to a burlesque show, don't you?
Indeed I will. (CHEERING)
We're gonna come and see you, sis!
Can I just...oh, my gosh! Can I... I really wanna try this outfit!
Yes! Come and have a play.
I wanna try this outfit, huh? Where do we begin?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Where do we begin?
You want to wear some feelings?
Oh, my god! I love my feelings on a dress!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS) GUY: How cool is that?
It's literally me in a skirt! That is so cool!
We need some music! We need some music!
('SAY SO' BY DOJA CAT PLAYS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I love it!
Hey!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, yeah! That's the one!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Rita! Rita! Rita! Rita!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: Crush...crushed it!
ANNOUNCER: Next...
The song that I'm singing for my audition is by Rita Ora.
(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
I've kind of put my own spin on it.
It's definitely a risk that I've changed up Rita's song.
It might take her by surprise.
This could go either way.
I really hope that she does turn for me.
# This is The Voice. #
# You ain't seen nothing yet... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
We're off and running now!
This is...this is embarrassing, because Guy has one.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I am going to choose Guy.
Hey, hey, hey! (LAUGHS)
Team Guy - what a way to start.
Rita has one.
I'm gonna go with Rita.
My first team member, Lachie. I love him.
Keith has two artists.
Keith, I'd love to say g'day to you, mate.
The coach is you, Keith.
KEITH: Ohh! GUY: Ohh, my god!
I think I'm off to a great start with Thandu.
She's the perfect artist for my team.
I was hoping Danny would come with me.
Bloody awesome, mate! Thanks, mate.
Thrilled that he did. You know, I have none.
Will someone please pick me?
WOMAN: I'm Asha Newman.
I'm 23, and I'm from the Central Coast.
# You give me, you give me... #
Ever since I was little, like, music's been all around me.
My parents are super musical.
Got a musical brother, who I play with a lot.
He plays guitar.
(FUNKY ELECTRONIC MUSIC)
My parents have been such legends
and huge supporters of everything that I've done so far,
and I really just wanna make them proud.
I think it's a great opportunity for you right now to step into this
and just back the gift that's in you.
WOMAN: You're so brave, hey.
I think of myself at your age,
and I just don't think I could do what you're doing.
Oh, I love you guys so much.
I'm so glad that you're here with me today.
I gotta try and not tear up when I see you on the side, watching me.
(LAUGHTER)
(DRAMATIC ROCK BEATS)
The song that I'm singing for my audition is 'RIP' by Rita Ora.
Obviously I'm singing a Rita Ora song.
So, if she turned around for me, I would be stoked.
# We are queens We are queens... #
I love Rita Ora, but I also love Jess so much,
and she's been super inspirational for me.
So, I honestly don't know what I'd do if they both turned around for me.
(DRAMATIC ROCK MUSIC)
# We are We are queens. #
WOMAN: Artist walking.
(FOOTSTEPS THUD)
OK. (EXHALES)
(SIGHS) Please, please.
# I'm ready for you
# Hit 'em all... # Hey!
# Switch it up... # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Get 'em on, zip it up... #
OK!
# Let my perfume Soak into your sweater
# Say you'll be here soon... # Sorry!
# Sooner the better... # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# No option for you saying no
# I run this game Just a play a role
# Follow my lead What you waiting for?
# Thought it over and decided
# Ca-a-an you fe-ee-el my heart... #
Oh, that's nice!
# Is beating?
# RIP to the girl you used to see
# Her days are over
# Baby, she's over... #
Oh, girl!
# Can you feel... # Whoo!
# My he-a-a-a-art is beating? # Oh!
# Can you feel
# My heart
# RIP
# To the girl you used to see... #
Ohh!
# Her days are over
# Baby, she's over
# Hey! #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(JESS LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Come on!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Wow, wow, wow!
I am smiling so hard right now!
I'm so glad you are! Wow!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
What's your name?
My name's Asha, I'm 23, and I'm from the Central Coast.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Wow!
I am, first of all, so emotionally connected to that song,
because that song really sort of kickstarted my career.
Kind of...it's like a redemption record, you know?
Erm...that was so fluid.
It was almost like you were just having a conversation.
Like, the way you sang it was so effortless.
Oh, thank you so much! That means so much.
And the runs were so pure!
It was, like, the way you took it...
# RIP... #
Like, you went all the way to these little notes,
and I love doing acoustics, you know,
and you stripped it all back, and you really told the story.
Your voice sounded perfect! It was so pure.
Thank you! (LAUGHS) Thank you!
And it changed my life,
and this song could possibly now change your life.
I just have to say, you smashed that.
Thank you! Oh, my gosh! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hey, sissy. Hello!
I instantly felt your artistry.
I understood you, I connected with you.
I think you're super solid.
Your foundation is just, like, slick.
Like, I know that song, sissy,
and you singing it is, like... I'm a fan of you, sis.
Oh, I love you. Thank you. I love you, sister girl.
Um...but I think I've found a new love through that song for you.
Wow! Well, thank you.
You're absolutely super special.
Thank you! That means a lot!
And...you know, I don't want to use the word 'fight',
because I feel it's, like, arggh, you know, like, crazy,
but I wanna push for you.
I would be honoured to have you on Team Jess.
That's what I'm saying. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you. You're making it hard! (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Have you done a lot of performing in public?
Yeah, like, quite a bit.
I gig every weekend in my hometown, and...around there.
Yeah. So, yeah.
And that comes across.
There's something to be said
for someone who can get up on a stage like this
and crush it the way you just did.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Oh, thank you so much!
I feel like I'd be a great coach for you. You're awesome.
Thank you, Guy! Thank you so much!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Asha, let me ask you something.
That song - why did you choose that song
to change and make that arrangement?
What was it about the song that made you want to do that?
I think what I love is taking an upbeat pop song -
I do it all the time.
I've actually done it with one of Jess's songs as well,
'This Ain't Love'.
Oh! I've been singing it for years.
I flip it on its head and I make it something a little bit different.
It's, like, a hobby of mine. Cool.
So, I saw 'RIP' and I was like, "Why not give it a go?"
Jess and Rita, like, I've been following you guys for years,
and I love you, and everything about you is what I wanna be.
Oh, thank you! Wow! Oh, wow! Wow!
So, I think their confidence.
Like, 'RIP', 'This Ain't Love',
they're such, like, up-tempo, confident songs,
and I think that I love taking pieces of music like that and spinning them.
Mmm. Really good. I love that.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I thought today was fabulous.
I thought you sang beautifully.
Your voice just sounds like nature. Oh!
(LAUGHTER)
It's like leaves falling from trees.
You did great today. Really good.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Fantastic.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You turned four chairs.
You literally spoke to all four of these coaches,
but now you gotta make a decision.
I would love to have you on my team.
Go with your gut, Ash!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Go with your gut!
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
You know, I think... can I just say one more thing?
Yes, Jess?
I really feel like... Please don't.
You know, you mentioned about, you know, like...
Flipping it on its head.
Well, no, listening to us and wanting to be like us.
I think you came here to be you today.
So, I think...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
..it's about you, you know?
And that's what we want you to do.
That's what we're here to help you with.
I love that we've turned this from 'I' to a 'we'.
I love that for us! We.
Yes. Yes.
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
(LAUGHS)
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
Um...
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
..Rita, it's gonna be you!
Yay!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Ohh!
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
I loved it! I...oh! I more than loved it!
I love you, I love you!
Couldn't beat it.
You were so good! It was so good! Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Here, darling.
Oh, love you, love you! Love you!
Thank you! Oh! Big love.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And you're so cute and teeny-weeny!
(LAUGHTER)
Here. Thank you!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I don't know, I... (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I just don't know.
I mean, that couldn't have gone any better for you at all.
I mean, there was literally not one thing wrong with it.
Ohh!
GUY: That was a valiant effort.
There's someone coming, Jess. You wait.
Oh, I can...I can see it. You wait.
(LAUGHS) I really wanna cry right now.
I can actually... I can see it already.
It'll be someone incredible.
I don't know, I don't know.
Back in the game, Jess.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah, my sister!
(FUNKY MUSIC)
She's really special.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ANNOUNCER: Next...
I realised you were singing to your mum.
..emotions run high for Jess.
(CRIES) I love my mum.
(STIRRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
You singing to your mum totally took me to that place.
(STIRRING MUSIC CONTINUES)
# This is The Voice. #
(HAUNTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
I can't imagine a life not singing.
Music moves people, and that's the power that it holds.
RITA: Music can inspire people,
and even if something bad has happened
to someone in their life,
music is also a saviour,
and by connecting people through music,
you realise that you're not alone.
And it's something really special.
Being able to bring joy and light and hope and togetherness
to a group of people,
that's what it's all about.
(STIRRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
I think music is very powerful
because it helps me get through things
when I feel like I can't.
In hard times, music has been, really, the escape.
(STIRRING MUSIC CONTINUES)
I'm a full-time carer for my mum.
She suffers from heart disease, as well as rheumatoid arthritis.
So, it's very hard for her to walk and do things physically,
and so I help her as much as I can.
Taking time off work to look after my mum, I lost a lot,
but I'm really happy that I can give back to her.
Showing her compassion that she showed me, growing up.
(STIRRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
My mum is my biggest supporter
and probably, like, my number one fan, and only fan... (LAUGHS)
..and she definitely pushes me.
(STIRRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
I've never done something as big as The Voice.
So, I am going to be very nervous when I go out and sing.
(STIRRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Tonight I'm singing my mum's favourite song...
..and I really hope that I make her proud.
(STIRRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(EXHALES)
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYS)
# For all those times you stood by me
# For all the truth that you made me see... #
I love this song.
# For all the joy you brought to my life
# For all the wrong that you made right... #
Oh, nah!
# For every dream you made come true
# For all the love I found in you
# I'll be forever thankful, baby
# You were always there for me
# The tender wind that carried me
# The light in the dark
# Shining your love into my life
# You've been my inspiration
# Through the lies you were the truth
# My world is a better place... # There's Rita!
# Because of you... #
Whoo!
# You were my strength
# You were my voice
# You were my eyes
# You saw the best there was in me
# Lifted me up
# You gave me faith
# 'Cause you believed
# I'm everything
# I am
# Because you loved me. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Wow!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my god!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hello!
Hi!
What is your name, first of all?
My name is Mataniu, but people call me Faith.
Faith? Nice.
I'm 24 years old, and I'm from Ipswich.
Whoo! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
Whoo-hoo!
Well, Faith, may I ask you, who were you singing that song for?
Uh...sorry!
(LAUGHS) My mum, my beautiful mum.
Your mum? Is this your mum?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Oh!
My mum has shown the most sacrificial love
I've ever seen in my whole life,
and so... (VOICE CRACKS)
Oh, dear! (LAUGHS)
Um, these lyrics really embody that,
and so, um...yeah, that's why... (LAUGHS)
..this song is really important to me.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I mean, we felt that. Unbelievable.
We felt that. Thank you.
We felt that we were not even here.
It was honestly just... the passion that was in that...
(EXHALES) I'm speechless.
That was...wow! Thank you.
Wow, wow, wow.
Thank you.
I mean, I would love to have you on my team,
just for that connection,
and also that sense of, er, just complete honesty.
Thank you. And it was great.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I just love the fire in a performer's belly.
You know, when they're picturing something,
it's almost like you're falling back on it.
You know, when the nerves take over,
when I'm looking out, and I'm nervous that there's cameras
and there's people and there's lights.
just remember, "I'm singing for my mum."
It's like this, like, safe place that you fall back on to,
and I mean, beyond your voice being insanely good -
your tricks and your voi... I felt you in that performance.
I felt your authenticity, and I...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
I wanna thank you even on behalf of the audience that are here,
because I could hear them afterwards all going,
"Wow, that was, like... that was really good!"
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So, they know they'd witnessed something special, as do we,
and so I obviously would love you on my team,
as the rest of these guys would.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
KEITH: It was really special.
I just heard - this is so weird -
I heard this song yesterday, just randomly.
Did you?
It came on out of the blue,
and I hadn't heard that song in years,
and it's crescendoing, and it gets to that line,
"I'm everything I am because you loved me,"
and I went, "Oh, my gosh!
"What an amazing, simple, powerful lyric that is!"
I thought you sang beautifully and I would love to have you on my team.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Faith, you know, that was just unbelievable, to be honest.
You really moved every single person in this room,
and the rest of Australia.
I turned instantly,
because you know, I just... that power in your voice,
and when I turned around, you had your hand out,
and I realised you were singing to your mum,
now that I know.
And it just kind of struck me,
and hearing you say that
about how your mum has sacrificed everything for you,
yeah, instantly, I totally understood that story.
(INHALES)
(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS)
(CRIES) I love my mum,
and she has done so much for me and my family,
but she has been completely the rock,
and she's stood strong,
and literally... just undeniable, you know?
She'll just kind of...with grace,
she will, you know, just seize the day.
So, I...you singing to your mum totally took me to that place.
Yeah. And I wanna...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm so grateful and honoured to sit here
and for you to share that vulnerability,
and to give us that gift,
and to put faith back into us.
So, thank you, and thank your mum.
Thank you, Jess. Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you, Jess.
I would honestly be honoured to have you on Team Jess.
You know, to help you through this music journey
that you really, really want,
and I could hear that in that song.
I want to be there for you, Faith.
Thank you, Jess.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Well, you now have to make a decision
on which coach you want to go with?
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
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# This is The Voice. #
You now have to make a decision on which coach you wanna go with.
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDS)
Thank you so much for this opportunity.
Thank you for turning,
but I really resonate with Jess,
and so I'm going to choose Jess.
Thank you so much, Jess.
There you go, Jess! Here's your first!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(STIRRING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Love you, my sissy! (LAUGHS)
You are absolutely gorgeous.
I'm truly excited to take you on this journey,
and to be there for you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Nice to meet you! That was so special!
You too. Hello! Great singing, Faith. Great!
Hey, Faith! Congratulations.
There's a new trick this year.
When you really, really love an artist,
you know what you can do?
You can take them straight through.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) What?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
What just happened?
Ohh! Ohh!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo-hoo!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: Wow!
Oh, my heart! Oh, my god!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you so much, Jess!
You'll go straight through, sissy.
Wow! Thank you so much, Jess. You're alright.
Well done, Faith!
Thank you so much, Jess!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHTER)
(KISSES) Oh, my god!
Thank you so much, sweetheart. Thank you!
Thank you so much.
We're so humbled and honoured to have you both,
and you know, look forward to working
on something that you really love to do that again.
Mwah! Big love. Thank you, Sonia. Bye!
Thank you so much. Bye!
She was phenomenal.
Yeah. That was excellent.
GUY: She was amazing.
I would have done that, honestly.
That's what we wait for - those voices.
That's what makes the show special.
I absolutely was blown away by that performance.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my god!
Good things come. Oh, my god!
Well done! Yes, good things come.
Your first team member, and she gets the Battle Pass.
And she gets a pass!
You never forget your first, Jess.
Oh, no. I'll never forget that moment.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I mean, Faith is just incredible,
and it does prove that good things do come to people who wait,
and I've been waiting a while now.
So, I'm very pleased. I'm very kind of excited.
When you do have a connection like that
with, you know, with the artist,
like, it's undeniable - you have to press that buzzer.