(ETHEREAL MUSIC)
JESSICA: The unique thing about The Voice and why I love it so much
is that I am purely judging on their voice.
(SQUEALS)
When you turn around, it's just like pure joy.
You just moved me, sissy.
GUY: When you hear a powerful voice, it's undeniable.
(SINGING)
There's a lot of artists on that stage
that are realising they're good for the first time.
RITA: You see just incredible talent from ordinary people.
I have never heard a voice like yours on a show like this.
KEITH: The right voice, the right song,
the right arrangement...
(SINGING)
..and all those things line up to magic.
I'm just going to keep standing and clapping until you choose me.
NARRATOR: Tonight...
Our teams are filling up.
..it's going to be harder than ever to turn a chair.
MAN: I think I'm nervous
because I'm only used to singing in front of cattle,
and so to get on a stage like this, I'm pretty worried about that.
NARRATOR: And the artists
will need to do whatever it takes to stand out...
The song singing today is my original music.
It's pretty catchy.
I have a gift.
Oh!
..sending our coaches into a frenzy.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
Oh, my god! I'm coming!
Wow!
GUY: What is happening right now?
(LAUGHS)
FLOOR MANAGER: Here we go.
(SINGING) # Here we go...
Oh, yai, yai. Oh, yai, yai.
Here we go.
# I came in this planet already amazing
# But that being said, I don't need validation
# By my calculation, I'm god in the flesh
# Whoo, look at what I create...
MAN: I believe dancing
is one of the most powerful things on earth.
It's a way to express what's in your soul
and share that with the world and I think it's a gift.
# Lord, the mother of nature, my mamma, a goddess...
I am Richard Tanumi.
I am 36 years old.
I'm from Sydney, Australia.
I'm a professional dancer but I also fire-twirl.
It's definitely an adrenaline rush
and it connects me to my Pacific Island heritage.
I love it.
I've had a pretty awesome dance career.
I got to work with incredible artists
like Jason Derulo and Kesha and Christina Aguilera.
For 18 years, I have been behind the artist.
But, you know, I love singing just as much as I love dancing.
But I've never given myself this opportunity
and that's something that I feel like I'm ready for.
I have danced for a lot of people and I've backed a lot of people up.
But tonight, I'm going to be standing under the spotlight
and it's just going to be about me and that is terrifying.
FLOOR MANAGER: Artist walking.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Whoo!
(CHEERING)
(SINGING) # We found each other...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# I helped you out of a broken place
# You gave me comfort...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) # Comfort...
# Falling for you was my mistake
# So, call out my name...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# Call out my name when I kiss you so gently
# I'll be on my
# I said I didn't feel nothing, baby, but I lied
# I almost cut a piece of myself for your life, yeah
# Guess I was just another pit stop
# Till you made up your mind
# To be, oh...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# Call out my name, call out my name, babe
# I kiss you so gently
# I want you to stay
even though you don't want me
# Girl, why can't you wait
# Oh
# Girl, why can't you wait till I fall out of loving
# I'll be on my... #
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Hot!
Hot, hot, hot!
That's hot! It's hot in here!
Hot, hot!
(LAUGHS)
Hello.
You better call out my name.
I mean, wow!
Yes, sir. Yes, honey.
Yes, please. OK, here we are.
The ladies have turned. Please.
(LAUGHS)
What is your name?
(LAUGHTER)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What is your name and where are you from?
My name is Richard Tanumi.
I'm from Sydney, Australia, and I'm 36 years old.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
(LAUGHS)
You're 36?
I love your hair.
I love you.
Oh, thank you.
Is it too soon? Too soon?
No. Back up, back up.
(LAUGHTER)
Wow. First of all, amazing song choice.
Thank you.
That really got us all excited, didn't it, guys?
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
I love the attitude, I love the approach,
I love the sass and the sort of sexiness of it all.
You have an amazing voice.
Hmm.
Thank you. This is super surreal, so thank you. Thank you so much.
What do you do?
Do you sing for a living?
I'm a professional dancer, performing artist.
Whoa. I've been dancing a lot
for a lot of years
and, like, I just felt like I needed to share my voice.
Yeah. For the first time, you know?
Just like give my voice an opportunity
and I just had to give it a go.
I think you have such grit and sexiness in your voice,
you just - you're an artist.
Yeah, I'm going to fight for you to be on Team Jess.
I'm going to fight for you too. I'm going to fight for you.
Wow.
I actually don't have anyone like you on my team.
I don't have anybody like him on my team.
Don't steal my pitch.
But I'm just saying, I also don't have anybody like him on my team.
Well, do you know what I love about you that I don't have on my team?
I feel like I can throw things at you and you'll deliver.
He said he wants to be a singer, not an Uber driver.
(LAUGHS)
No, but I mean, I feel like if I throw you a rock song,
you'll figure it out.
If I throw you an RnB song, you'll figure it out.
'Cause I know that you can make them your own.
You know, and I don't think you would be overshadowed
by the song because you weren't with this song
and this is a huge record.
With a bit of practise
and a bit of risk-taking,
you have a really great chance in this competition.
Thank you so much.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) Well, I...
Wow.
Taking risks is something that I enjoy doing
and I just started fire-twirling in Fiji.
Fire-twirling like the fire-twirling?
Yeah. So... Wow!
If you want to see some... Oh, my god.
Yeah! Yes!
You want to see some now? Yeah, yeah.
Wow.
Oh, come on!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
(PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
Hey!
(LAUGHS)
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Wow!
Oh, my god!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Hot, hot, hot! I'm flawed!
Hot!
It's hot in here!
I just - can I just... Hot.
Hot, baby, baby.
That was amazing.
That bow is like you had Rita on one end and Jess on the other.
(LAUGHTER) It was really great. It was amazing.
Really.
But you've got to choose now.
Hey, listen, you know, hey...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) I just want to say,
I just want to say before you make your decision.
I can deal with challenges and I'm also about exploring.
Have you ever pitched like this?
I'm trying to pitch.
Have you ever pitched like that? And I can work with fire.
That's what's up.
I can work with fire.
So...
This is the most passionate pitch I think we've ever seen.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
(CHEERING)
This is so hard.
I'm going to...
(LAUGHTER)
I'm going to go with Jess.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Oh, my god!
Oh, my god! I'm coming.
GUY: Wow.
I'm moving.
(SQUEALS)
(LAUGHS)
Oh, my god. You.
You're an absolute dream, honestly.
I hope you guys are very happy together.
No, honestly, you...
(LAUGHS)
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Hey, bro. A pleasure, dude.
It's such an honour.
I've got, like, heaps of RnB guy singers.
But the performance was sick. It was awesome, dude.
I can't wait to see what you do next.
Really good, man. Really good, bro.
Really good, man. Oh, thanks.
Yeah. Yeah, great.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Oh, Rita!
I never get turned down by anybody.
Well, you just did in dramatic fashion.
And I'm so confused.
(LAUGHS)
What is happening right now?
I went inside like emotion, I went through the heart.
She went external.
That's all I'm saying.
Wow.
Whatever you need to tell yourself to get over your rejection...
(LAUGHTER)
Wow.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
(LAUGHS)
I'm not hot any more. I'm freezing.
(LAUGHTER)
Oh, my god. He's insane, he's like triple threat right now.
I'll never love again.
(LAUGHS)
Sorry!
RITA: Pitching is like speed dating.
You put yourself out there
and you think this is probably the one.
But then Jess just like smoothly like goes in
and then they just shut you down.
# But I just want to be your go-to girl...
When I am pitching against Rita, I do have to bring fire.
I'm throwing it out there.
I'm doing as much as I can and it works. (LAUGHS)
We're great friends, but yes, when it comes to pitching,
the gloves come off.
Reow!
'Cause had it come here to mess around.
I come here to fight.
Fight for what I believe in.
(BELL RINGS)
I love you, girl, but back off, sissy.
This artist is mine.
All is fair in love and war.
# Come and tell me...
NARRATOR: Still to come on The Voice...
(SINGING)
I sung this very song out in the desert.
This song changed my life forever.
I mean, you're just going to have to show us again.
NARRATOR: Jess croons for the coaches.
We going to do this? Yes.
NARRATOR: But who stops her in her tracks?
Oh!
It wasn't me.
Ruthless!
WOMAN: I'll go out in my Oodie anywhere.
I don't even care.
Shopping, get petrol, I've chucked it on at a party before.
'Cause I don't care what people think of me.
Live your life.
I'm Summer Beecham. I'm 19 years old and I'm from Melbourne, Victoria.
I have always wanted to come on The Voice since I was like nine.
But I don't know anything about music
and never had a singing lesson in my life.
I always just put on karaoke on my laptop in my bedroom
and I just sing.
But this is where my heart, like, belongs.
This is your good luck charm.
(LAUGHS) Thank you.
The Oodie, mate.
It's like a comfort thing for me and I just wear it anywhere
because I feel like you don't have to look a certain way
to impress other people.
Like, just be yourself.
You're ready to go.
Yep, expect nothing but hope for the best.
This is the first time on a stage of this size.
Scary.
And if a chair turns, it would be very special.
I'd be like, "Whoa, I was actually good enough..."
"..and I didn't fail."
So...
(SINGING) # You cut out a piece of me
# Now, I bleed internally... (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# Left here without you...
That's nice.
# I can't believe that you wouldn't believe me
# And I can't take it back
# So, in the past is where we'll leave it
# So, there I go, oh
# Can't make a wife out of a no, no
# I'll never find the words to say I'm sorry
# But I'm scared to be alone
# You cut out a piece of me
# Now, I bleed internally
# Left here without you
# And it hurts for me to think
# About what life could possibly be like
# Without you
# Oh
# It feels like something we began
# So, I called you up to let you know
# I really wish that we could have got this far
# You cut out a piece of me and now I bleed internally
# Left here without you, without you
# And it hurts me to think
# About what life could possibly be like
# Without you, without you...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Oh, my god!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING).
Hello!
Hi! Oh, my god.
Hello! Hi!
What's your name?
My name is Summer.
I'm 19 years old and I'm from Melbourne.
Yeah, Summer. Yeah, Summer.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Your name's Summer.
You're from Melbourne and you're wearing a Oodie.
Yeah. Tell us.
I love the swag.
So, this is like my safety blanket.
I've never had singing lessons or anything,
so I haven't done nothing like this.
Wow!
But it's also making a point
that you don't have to wear certain things to be good enough.
That's right, that's right. Yeah.
That is exactly right.
(APPLAUSE)
First of all, that was a really big song to tackle.
It's actually deceptively tricky song.
Very tricky. It's got big, big melodic jumps
which for me, said right away, you're a real artist.
I love the fact that you have this dichotomy going on
between confidence, enough to come on The Voice
and sing to the back of all these chairs,
but also the sort of insecurity aspect of it too
to want to put an Oodie on,
but here's what I think about insecurity.
With someone like you, I don't think it's insecurity.
I think it's a vulnerability,
and that's a beautiful thing to have.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) Yes, yes, yes.
So, I love your Oodie.
Thanks.
I love what it represents
and I love that it gives you the confidence
that you absolutely deserve to have.
Thank you so much.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
I'm really excited. I'll tell you why.
I could hear the bedroom nature of your voice,
the inexperienced nature of your voice,
which is sometimes a blessing and a curse
'cause I could hear you thinking, "Be on the beat",
and I was waiting for you to really get a bit looser with it.
It's just that kind of throwaway, "I'm feeling it"
"and I'm saying a message" instead of getting it right.
Yeah.
And that's where the coaches come in.
Yeah, right.
If you are on my team, I would really want to just make you shine
in that zone because everything is there, your voice is sublime.
Yeah.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
I kind of love that you're really like a diamond in the rough.
I think that's your style, I think that's your technique,
I think that when you pick a song,
it would have all these kind of really fun weird timings
and like you know, you'd be - I'd let you do whatever you want,
like however you want to dress, however you want to be
because this is what this show is about.
You are very special.
I would love to work with you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Well, Summer, first of all, the fact that you -
this is the first time you've ever done anything like this
outside of your bedroom, I can connect with that.
I never had any training.
I learned by ear.
I just listened to music and I tried to kind of parrot,
you know, what the artist was doing
and I would practise those licks... Literally.
..and then try and make it myself.
Yeah, I just love your tone.
I think it's just current.
It's like that current tone that it's radio-ready, you know?
With a voice like that and no training,
I can't imagine what you're going to do next through this show.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) I am super excited for you. (LAUGHS)
Tank you. Oh, my god.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
And now, it's over to you.
My preferences are just...
(LAUGHTER)
Ba!
Honestly, it's like you're in the best position
you could possibly be in
and it's going to be fine regardless.
Don't put pressure on yourself,
but also, do put pressure on yourself.
Um...
(CHEERING)
I'm going to go...
Team Jess.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
That's a good get, Jess.
Sissy!
Oh, my darling.
You're going to be so much fun.
I honestly thought I had that in the bag.
Really? Yeah.
Thank you so much. I'm so excited for you.
We're going to have a good time.
Also, I have a gift for all of you.
She has a gift. Guys!
I have a gift.
She has a gift for all of us. Oodies all round!
GUY: Are we getting Oodies?
Please tell me it's one of those Oodies.
'Cause I was saying I would love one of those.
Oh! Oh, come on!
Yes!
Oh, my god!
Take one, take one.
Keith, Keith!
I am dead. I am on the floor.
That is... That's hysterical.
That is so funny.
Summer, this is the most amazing gift ever.
Oh, yes.
I'm going to be living in this. Well done.
You're so good. You're so special.
Thank you so much.
You did great. I can't wait.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
I love this.
I love it.
Thank you so much. You are a blessing.
Thank you. Lovely to meet you, family.
See you again soon.
Love you, guys. Enjoy.
Thank you. Bye.
See ya, Summer! See ya, Summer!
Bye!
Yay!
Oh, Oodie, Oodie, Oodie, Oodie.
OK.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
(LAUGHS) I've been waiting for this moment.
She as an ultimate find.
You know, she's young and fresh,
I'm super excited about Summer.
She was cute. She's cute.
Yes. We are on a roll. Let's go.
Yo!
NARRATOR: Next...
WOMAN: The song I'm singing for my blind audition
is 'I have nothing' by Whitney Houston.
Jessica Mauboy sang 'I have nothing' for her 'Australian Idol' audition.
PRODUCER: It's a big ask, isn't it?
Yeah. A little bit of a big ask.
I've put all my time and effort into this one moment.
Hopefully, it pays off.
# This is The Voice! #
GUY: This one might be the one.
Let's see. It might be the one for you.
PRODUCER: Hi, Chloe. Hello.
Welcome to The Voice.
Oh, my gosh. How exciting.
My name's Chloe Kandetzki. I'm 20 and I'm from Melbourne.
# Dance to forget, dance to forget
# I've got no time to worry... #
I'm in a band. That's my full-time job at the moment.
We do a lot of weddings and corporate gigs and stuff
and it's my favourite thing.
It doesn't even feel like work half the time.
My dream is to just sing for the rest of my life.
Which coach would you want to turn around?
Probably Jessica Mauboy. Why is that?
I feel like we'd get along.
She seems very kind and like a good coach.
# I just want to be around to love you
# Oh, to love you...
CHLOE: The song I'm singing for my blind audition
is 'I have nothing' by Whitney Houston.
There is a lot of pressure singing a Whitney Houston song,
let alone one of her biggest.
But also, Jessica Mauboy sang 'I have nothing'
for her 'Australian Idol' audition.
PRODUCER: It's a big ask, isn't it?
Yeah, a little bit of a big ask.
(LAUGHS)
FLOOR MANAGER: Artist walking.
CHLOE: So, singing to the back of her chair,
it's going to be a little bit nerve-wracking.
But I want this literally more than anything.
I've put all my time and effort into, you know, this one moment,
so, hopefully it pays off.
(SINGING) # Share my life
# Take me for what I am... (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
What a song.
# 'Cause I'll never change
# All my colours for you...
Oh, wow.
# I don't really need to look very much further
# I don't wanna have to go where you don't follow
# I won't hold it back again, this passion inside
# I can't run from myself, there's nowhere to hide
# Your love, I'll remember forever
# But don't make me close one more door
# I don't want to hurt anymore
# Stay in my arms if you dare
# Or must I imagine you there
# Don't walk away from me, no
# Don't walk away from me
# Now, don't you dare walk away from me
# I have nothing, nothing, nothing...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) # If I don't have you. #
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Beautiful, beautiful. Wow!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Hello! Hello. (CHUCKLES)
Sissy! You can't just sing that song and then go, "Hello."
Yeah, there's no way.
(SINGING) # Hello. #
Yes!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) You're already mentoring.
This is amazing, Jess.
(LAUGHTER)
What is your name?
My name is Chloe.
I'm 20 and I'm from Melbourne.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Yeah, Chloe.
Well, Chloe, that performance was very, very good.
Thank you.
You know, that song is a classic.
Like the way you sang it was so effortless
and it's a skill and I love that song, I loved that audition,
I loved it all.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) I would love to have you on my team.
Thank you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
I thought that was a spectacular performance.
Yeah, it was. You're just naturally...
A natural singer with such a natural unique voice.
The only reason I didn't turn is my team is filling up.
I know these guys are looking for and I want you land in a great home.
Thank you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Everyone has heard that song millions of times, you know,
but you touched my soul in a most vulnerable way.
Thank you.
When I was 16 years old, I went on a show.
I sung this very song
out in the desert in the Northern Territory.
This song changed my life forever.
I know, I know.
I mean, you're just going to have to show us again.
I'm going to need you to sing.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Alright.
We going to do this? Yes. Yes. Go.
Are we going to do this?
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Wow! Oh, my gosh. Jess singing this?
Wow!
Did I just shoot myself in the foot?
Alright, here we go. You start it off.
# Share my life
# Take me for what I am
# 'Cause I'll never change all my colours for you...
Whoo!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# I don't really need to look very much further
# I don't want to have to go where you don't follow
# I want hold it back again, this passion inside
# I can't run from myself, there's nowhere to hide
# Your love, I'll remember forever...
KEITH: Oh, my god.
# But don't make me close one more door
# I don't want to hurt any more...
You sing!
# Stay in my arms if you dare
# Or must I imagine you there
# Don't walk away from me, no
# Don't walk away from me
# No, don't you dare walk away from me
# I have nothing, nothing, nothing
# If I don't have you. #
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Give it up for this one!
Yo!
Oh!
GUY: Wow!
Man!
Wasn't me.
Ruthless!
# If I didn't...
Ruthless, sissy. Ruthless.
# Block you. #
Oh, ruthless Rita.
Oh, my god.
Wow. I don't know what to say.
I'm just going to sit.
Well, that was all cute and all.
(LAUGHTER)
Wow!
But I mean, I really want you bad.
Well, well, well, well, we know, we know.
I am so blown away by the performance, I had to do it.
I had to do it.
Thank you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Good fight, good fight.
Didn't even give me a chance.
I hope you can forgive me for not giving you a choice on this show.
That's OK.
So, welcome to Team Rita.
Thank you. (LAUGHS)
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) Nice to meet you.
I was so blown away.
I am so inspired by you. Thank you, thank you.
I had to block Jess.
That's OK. You're amazing anyway. Thank you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
It was very nice meeting you.
You're amazing.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) Thank you so much.
Beautiful. That was so good.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
When you need to use a block, you need to use a block.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Can we just talk about you singing that song, Jess? Come on.
(LAUGHS)
Oh, what a whole other level.
It changed my life, Keith, honestly.
When you got up to sing that, I was like, you singing that song!
Yeah, no doubt.
Ruthless, ruthless, ruthless.
Wow. No, good fight.
Good fight. I get it.
I'm so proud of you.
Good job.
What I was looking for to join my team
was a big, big, big voice and she has that.
I have seven on my team, I'm feeling really good.
I love you, Jess. It's coming.
I do. It's coming.
I know. That's what scares me so much.
(LAUGHS)
I love you so much. It just had to be done.
No, I love you, but... You've got enough big...
Wait for it. You've got enough big voices.
You know how much I love you, right? But wait. Wait for it. Yep.
NARRATOR: Up next...
Singing an original shows that I'm actually an artist
and I can make my own sound.
..will a massive gamble make this artist stand out?
All my ladies there!
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
The creativity of all the words you've used in this song
purely blows my mind.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: And later...
I am 80 years old.
..the oldest artist in Voice history...
But I'm going to enjoy every bit of it.
..melts our coaches' hearts.
I can't even.
I think that is the anthem of love, that song.
MAN: I would say I am a shy person.
But when I'm on a stage, I think I'm completely different.
I don't know, just something happens when I go on the stage
that just I click and become someone else.
My name is Leonardo.
I come from Melbourne and I'm 20 years old.
I've recently moved here four and a half years ago
from Macedonia.
I still have a little accent but that's alright.
Growing up, I only listened to English music.
Ice Cube, Biggie Smalls, Lil Wayne.
That inspired my connection with music.
Like, I always wanted to be like someone else
and on stage, I'm like,
why try being someone else when I can just be myself?
So, the song singing tonight is my original music,
one of my best songs that I've made so far.
A lot of people see it and they're like,
"Whoa, who's this guy", you know?
You've got everything ready? That's it, bro.
Keep in focus.
You were always original, so, this is your chance now.
Be yourself.
Take it good, man. You can do it.
So, singing an original shows that I'm actually an artist
and can make my own sound.
What makes me nervous
is if it's not good enough,
but I'm willing to take that risk
because I believe this song can go global.
'Cause it's pretty catchy.
# I got your fix, you get that from me. #
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Whoo!
# Nasty
# She nasty
# She can now walk right past me
# She nasty, she nasty
# I don't want to be too classy
# She nasty
# Nasty
# She nasty, nasty
# She nasty
# Huh, give me the check
# All I do is double-dip
# See my eye drip, can you see me bite my lip
# When I do a flip, huh
# I backflip and I do a skate trick
# Like when I flipper kick and I score
# And I break through of the door
# And I crack it open a little more
# And I score
# Through the high gates that were holding me
# They have no control of me
# I was swimming in the deep
(INDISTINCT RAPPING)
# I like that
# But she write that, yeah, she write that
# Down, down to the ground
# All my ladies there
# Where my ladies at
# Hey, she nasty, she nasty
# She can now walk right past me
# She nasty, she nasty
# I don't wanna be too classy
# Hey, baby, I was just thinking
# Maybe we can rump-a-rump-a-rump-a-rump-a-rump-a
# I wanna rump-a-rump-a-rump-a-rump-a-rump-a
# You wanna, we gonna
# She nasty, she nasty
# She can now walk right past me
# I don't want to be too classy
# She nasty, nasty
# She nasty. #
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
I loved it!
She nasty, she nasty!
She n-n-n-n-nasty.
What is she?
AUDIENCE: Nasty!
(LAUGHS)
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
That was cool though. That was so cool.
What's your name?
My name is Leonardo.
I come from Melbourne and I'm 20 years old.
Leonardo.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Is that one of your songs? Yes.
I'm guessing the song is called 'She nasty'.
What on god's green earth
has made you write a song called 'She nasty'?
This comes from my ex-girlfriend that drove me a bit too crazy.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
# She nasty # She nasty
# She can now walk right past me
# She nasty, she nasty
# She can now walk right past me...
Yeah. # She nasty, she nasty
# I don't wanna be too classy
# She nasty, she nasty
# She don't wanna walk right past me
# She nasty, she nasty
# I don't want to be too classy. #
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Very good. It's got a good flow.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Wow. You've got a good flow.
Thanks. When did you start writing?
I would say I started writing about five years ago.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
The only reason I didn't turn
was I felt there was a lot of stuff going on
and I was trying to figure out what it was,
so it's really hard when you have to sing a song,
and also that was a brave move.
Thank you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) Have you recorded this song?
Yes.
Dude, put it on streaming as well.
Like because when it comes to the industry now,
songs like that blow up. Yes.
It might not be right for The Voice,
but I think it's super-catchy and you honestly never know.
Thank you.
You can make that go viral.
Thank you so much.
I just want to say, amazing.
I think this platform is spectacular.
Whether we've turned our chairs or not,
everyone in the whole country is going to start singing,
'She nasty'.
So, well done.
Absolutely. Thank you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) (LAUGHS)
Right on, dude.
Thank you for that. That really was so fun.
Thank you. Nice to meet you.
Everyone's going to know about that song.
She nasty, she nasty.
She n-n-n-n-nasty.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Whoo!
(SPEAKS MACEDONIAN)
That was so good. I loved it. Thank you.
Really, like, you should have seen us up here.
Like I was in the club, man.
It was so good.
I loved his whole thing.
I loved it. I loved it.
Hey, listen.
People didn't think Cardi B was going to be Cardi B, right?
Yeah, no pressure.
KEITH: Early on in Nashville, playing in the pubs and clubs,
four, five nights a week, just going hard at it,
this guy from one of the record companies
used to come and see us play all the time.
But we still wouldn't get signed and it's so crazy
and he was there at the end of one of these gigs
and I'm like, "Mate, you're here every gig."
And he goes, "Oh, you guys are great."
But no one knows what to do with you.
You're really unique and it will be your biggest curse
until it becomes your greatest blessing.
# A life of sin...
Even after years of being in Nashville and being rejected,
what I heard in that was don't change.
Just wait, be patient. Keep doing what you're doing
'cause if it's a real dream, it's uncrushable.
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# Are you ready, girls and boys...
One of my warm-ups that I do is like a...
(LIP-TRILL)
(LIP-TRILL) The classic.
I'll make really annoying noises.
Ma, ma! Shui.
And then ah! Open your lung.
(SINGING)
(LAUGHS)
Ooh.
And then I've got a weird one.
(CROAKING)
(LAUGHS)
It's really weird, but it works.
PRODUCER: Jesse, have you got any warm-ups
that you do before you sing?
No, I don't actually.
I'm, yeah, I have no rituals or nothing like that. No.
It has only been 18 months of me actually, you know, singing.
My name is Jesse Rudman.
I'm 34 and I'm from Warrnambool, Victoria.
I'm a cattle buyer.
My job is to get around to a lot of farms and meet a lot of people
and purchase the livestock.
I love it.
I've only recently become a single dad.
My two girls mean the world to me.
I'm proud of you for coming this far and I'm very excited.
I've always been a fan of the show
and I've wanted to have a crack, but didn't have the confidence to.
My family actually started my application.
I didn't think it would go any further, to be honest.
But now, I'm here, so it's crazy.
Just pretend like no one's there and sing like no one's watching.
Yep.
Yeah, try not to worry about the coaches too much.
Yeah, I might just shut my eyes the whole time.
I think I'm nervous because I don't think I'm probably good enough.
I'm only used to singing in front of cattle
and so, to get on a stage like this...
I'm pretty worried about that.
I just don't want to lose it on stage from nerves, you know?
Don't know how I'll go.
FLOOR MANAGER: Artist walking.
JESSE: I just hope that I can get it done.
Are they going to start?
(GUITAR BEGINS)
# She says it's cold outside and she hands me a raincoat...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# She's always worried about things like that...
That's a nice voice.
# She says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
# She only sleeps when it's raining
# And she screams and her voice is straining...
I love this voice.
# She says baby...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# It's 3 AM, I must be lonely...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# She says baby
# Well, I can't help but I'm scared of it all sometimes
# And I ain't gonna wash away, I believe it
# Yeah, it's 3 AM, I must be lonely
# She says baby...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes. #
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
How are you doing?
I'm good. How are you?
Alright. What's your name?
I'm Jesse Rudman. Jesse.
Yeah, I'm 34, from Warrnambool, Victoria.
Nice.
(APPLAUSE)
Take a deep breath, Jesse.
How do you feel right now?
Yeah, really good now. Really good.
(LAUGHTER) So glad that's over.
Yeah?
Were you nervous coming into it?
Yeah, really nervous.
You know, I've picked up a guitar when I was about 13,
but I just started doing gigs the last 18 months.
Just sort of coming out of my shell with my music.
Wow.
(APPLAUSE)
Do you know, it's absolutely normal to be nervous.
Being nervous is part of the game.
Yeah. I'm still nervous
every time I come and do this show.
I mean, you just don't know what you're going to say,
I don't know what's going come out my mouth sometimes.
(LAUGHS) You know?
But I genuinely think that you really should be proud of yourself.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm super proud. That was really good.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Super proud.
You did a really great job with that.
You've got a beautiful voice.
I didn't turn my chair because to a large degree,
some nerves at the better of you, but you're in really good hands.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
I really loved your voice.
I can tell that this is a new thing for you.
What's missing is that outward expression of the emotion.
But there's something really special and solid about your tone.
You didn't hit one even remotely bad note.
It sounded honest and the tone was there.
It was a really soulful, beautiful, rich tone.
I'm glad you took your discovery of music and confidence to this stage.
That's a bold move after 18 months.
Yeah, huge.
I'm excited about you, I can't wait to further explore
what you do on Team Guy. It's going to be great, dude.
Yeah.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Thanks heaps for that, bro. No, pleasure.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Nice to meet you.
No worries, thanks, mate.
Yeah, real nice.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Isn't it amazing how much our voices
are tied to our confidence?
I know, it really ruins everything.
And our countenance, everything.
It's unbelievable.
Oh, here he comes.
Who have we got here?
This is my brother, Jake.
Hello, legend. Jake, good to meet you, leg'.
What do you reckon? How did he go?
Good. He went alright, didn't he?
Got a chair-turn. (LAUGHS)
Well done, guys. Thank you so much.
Catch up with you. Well done, mate.
Jesse has something really special.
He's new to this but that's our job.
You know, we want them to grow from this
and that's what The Voice is about.
I might chill on the buzzer for a bit though.
I've only got three left.
I say that, I do say that and then I'm like...
(LAUGHS)
Well, my secret always:
Good wife, good life.
(LAUGHS)
My wife and I, we've been married 50 years.
We met when we were 15 and 16.
I just looked at her and said, "This is the one I want to marry."
# I knew it was you...
The secret to happy marriages is believing one another
and before you go to bed, kiss her good night.
That's the success of this marriage.
(LAUGHS)
My name's Conrad de Silva.
I am 80 years old
and I'm originally from Sri Lanka.
Tonight, the song I'm singing is 'L-O-V-E' by Nat King Cole.
The song is all about love to my wife.
She's amazing, amazing woman that I married.
Oh, gosh, don't do that.
You'll ruin my make-up.
So, how are you feeling, Dad? Really, how are you feeling?
I'm feeling great. I'm just going to give everything I've got
because this could be the last show. We don't know.
I'll be honest, Conrad.
You're the oldest artist in Voice history.
How does that make you feel?
Nervous, a bit nervous.
Yes, I'm a bit - get a bit scared, but I'm hoping one of them may turn.
God help me.
I hope I get somewhere.
(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)
# This is The Voice! #
PRODUCER: I'll be honest, Conrad.
You are the oldest artist in Voice history.
How does that make you feel?
Nervous, a bit nervous.
But I'm hoping for the best
and I'm going to enjoy every bit of it.
Just go out there and give it - sing with freedom.
Tonight's all about love.
(JAZZ MUSIC BEGINS)
# L is for the way you look at me
# O is for the only one I see
# V is very, very extraordinary
# E is even more
# Than anyone that you adore can love...
Oh, yeah. # Is all...
This is great. # That I can give to you...
# Love than more than just a game for two...
What a vibe.
# Two in love can make it
# Take my heart and please don't break it
# Love was made for me and you...
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
# Love is all that I can give to you
# Love is more than just a game for two
# Two in love can make it
# Take my heart and please don't break it
# Love was made for me and you
# I said love was made for me and you. #
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
My goodness!
Hi. Hello!
Hello. What's your name?
Conrad de Silva.
Yes, Conrad.
And my age?
Eight...
80?
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Oh, my gosh. Are you kidding?
(LAUGHS) (APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
What? What?
Conrad, our teams are filling up,
so please don't take our non-turning
as an indication of how great you are.
You are fantastic.
That warms my heart.
I love love and I love celebrating love.
I think that is the anthem of love, that song.
Nat King Cole is literally one of my heroes
and you did that more than just justice.
We just filled the room... Thank you.
..with such love. So, thank you, Conrad.
Thank you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Now, is it right to assume that that song was...
I sung to my wife
as we're going to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
This is her. Oh, my gosh!
I'd like to call her up
because I'd like to give her something.
Of course.
I don't think she likes this.
Oh, my god.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Oh, my goodness.
50 years.
Oh, wow.
Darling, wife, you know, once upon a time...
I can't even...
..I was your man and you were my woman.
50 years ago.
And you're an amazing wife.
For 50 years, you gave me the best two children in the world,
my son and my daughter who is overseas,
and you made my life so, so happy
and I'm still hoping that god will keep us together
for the next ten years. I'm sure he will.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) So, here's...
Here's something I'd like to give you.
I don't think you expected all this.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
She said, "Don't embarrass me and don't go on your knees."
"Because you have gone down too many times."
"So, don't go."
(LAUGHTER)
GUY: Conrad, the children!
So, here, my darling. The children!
With this ring of 50 years of marriage.
50 years.
Well done.
50 long, long years.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Anyway, I'd like to thank all of you guys.
Thank you.
Thanks for having me. God bless. Thank you, Conrad.
Well done, Dad! Nice work!
Thank you for sharing that. That was beautiful.
Congratulations.
Hi. That was amazing. So nice to meet you.
Thank you for sharing that with us.
What style too. My gosh.
Congrats.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Smashed it, man. Smashed it.
I enjoyed every bit of it.
I'll love you for 50 years.
I will love you for 50 years.
But that's it. You only get 50.
(LAUGHTER)
Wow. And another ten, he says, and another ten.
NARRATOR: Next...
I am nervous about being too emotional
and it getting the better of me and my voice.
..an artist's raw emotion...
I'm sorry.
..shocks The Voice arena.
I can't stop crying.
Gosh, I'm so sorry.
It's alright.
# This is The Voice! #
# It's been a while since I have shown my heart...
WOMAN: I grew up in a very musical family.
We all loved to get together
and sing and dance and have a good time.
Everything is music, life would be so boring music.
# These days, everything...
Growing up, my dad, he always loved to sing
and he'd always take us kids to karaoke down at the local pub.
That's sort of where I started singing
because it meant a lot to him to hear me sing.
I wish you all the best and have an excellent performance
the way that you will
and you know how Dad would feel about it, so...
Yeah. He'll be watching.
Thank you. Love you too.
Earlier this year, um, I got a phone call
saying that my dad had been in quite a bad accident
and that he might not make it through.
He stayed in hospital in a coma for ten days
and nothing improved
and then we had to make the decision to let him go and yeah.
Always the biggest supporter,
he'd be really beside himself to think that you would be here.
I can just like imagine his reaction.
He would be... His big smile.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
Calling you, "My little babe." Yeah.
The song that I am singing for my blind audition
is 'Never let me go' by Florence and The Machine.
It was one of my dad's favourite songs
and he loved it so much that we played it at his funeral.
I am nervous about the emotions getting to me.
There is a fine line between having the emotion there
and turning a chair
and then being too emotional
and it getting the better of me and my voice.
FLOOR MANAGER: Artist walking.
So, I have to find a happy medium.
(SINGING) # Looking up from underneath
# Fractured moonlight on the sea
# Reflections still look the same to me
# As before I went under
# And it's peaceful in the deep
# 'Cause either way you cannot breathe
# No need to pray, no need to speak
# Now, I am under
# And it's breaking over me
# A thousand miles on to the seabed
# Found the place to rest my head
# Never let me go, never let me go
# Never let me go
# And the arms of the ocean
# Are carrying me
# And all this devotion
# Was rushing out of me
# And the questions I have
# For a sinner like me
# But the arms of the ocean deliver me
# And the arms of the ocean deliver me. #
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Hi!
Tell us your name.
My name's Mel. I'm 23 and I'm from Adelaide.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
First of all, what I just saw
was extraordinary tonight.
That's a whole different level of artistry
and connection to a song.
You are really in that song like inside it.
It was incredible. What is... Why did you choose that song?
Um...
The song is - means a lot to me.
It's the...
It's the first time I've sang that song since, um...
I'm sorry.
It's OK.
That song played at, um, my dad's funeral this year.
Gosh, I'm so sorry.
OK. It's alright, it's alright.
Thanks.
It's no wonder you were just so...
That's you. That's just gorgeous.
You have such a beautiful voice, Mel.
Thank you. It's really special.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
You can have a great voice
but it's got to be able to connect with people and you - look at this.
You literally made a connection with every one of us.
Thank you so much.
And that's just something you either have or you don't have
and you have it like in your soul,
so I'm so glad you chose The Voice to come and share that with.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) Thank you.
Wow.
You all got us.
I can't stop crying.
GUY: It's obviously extremely brave
of you to do that.
Your voice is sublime.
It's just haunting,
it's really beautiful.
It's very emotive
and I'm just in awe of how you kept it together.
You're wonderful. Thank you. Thanks.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
I obviously would love you on my team,
as the rest of these guys would.
Yeah, you're something special, sissy.
The grace that you pulled out, you know,
and you sharing that story that's so private,
and sharing that with all of us
through that song,
like that was super special and we're so honoured.
Thank you.
There's nothing more incredibly endearing than honesty and trust
and putting all of that into your art.
You have so much potential
to do so many different styles,
so many different genres,
and it's incredible to see
that opening up your heart is not a problem,
opening up your soul is not a problem.
I would love and I would do anything to have you on Team Rita.
I think it would be so great.
Thank you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
The artists I always love the most
are the ones that are willing to share their experience
with everybody through their art
and you could have easily taken a big power song
'cause you've got the skills for that,
but to choose something that was so vulnerable
and real and raw has us feel your humanity
and I bond with that so beautifully and I need more of that in my life,
so thank you for choosing that today.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING) Thank you.
Every coach on this panel has the right heart
and it's in the right place
and we would all love to work with you.
I would obviously love to work with you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Yeah, no pressure.
(CHEERING)
(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)
Um, I sort of didn't have any idea of who I wanted to pick.
I'm happy that - I was happy for even one person to turn around,
so I'm really flattered that you all turned around.
It means a lot.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
I told myself that I'd just wait till the moment
and I think I'm going to go with...
(CHEERING)
# This is The Voice! #
(CHEERING)
I sort of didn't have any idea of who I wanted to pick.
I told myself that I'd just wait till the moment
and I think I'm going to go with...
(TENSE SOUNDTRACK)
I'm gonna go with Keith.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
That was so beautiful, Mel.
So beautiful.
Really beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Come say hi to everybody.
Oh, my god. You're so beautiful.
Well done. You should be so proud.
Have fun. This is going to be amazing.
Thanks. Thanks.
Love you, sissy.
We love. We're going to have fun.
So brave, so brave, that was so great.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
I can't wait to hear what you do next.
See you soon.
Is this your mum? This way?
Yeah.
Oh, Mel.
Oh, my god.
You did it, you did it.
So nice to meet you.
I knew Grandma would want a hug from you.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
She's fantastic. Thank you.
I'm looking forward to getting to work with you.
Thank you so much.
I really am. You have a real gift.
Thank you so much. So nice to meet you all.
Thank you for turning. You bet. We'll see you soon.
Thanks.
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)
Oh, my gosh.
She's wonderful.
Representing Adelaide.
Oh, yeah.
She was special.
Beautiful voice.
I'm so proud, I'm so proud. Thank you.
Oh, beautiful.
KEITH: The thing I love about music is its cathartic nature
and the fact that it can be cathartic for the performer
and the audience
and a song and a performance like that is powerfully healing.
It really is.
I'm just honoured, I'm honoured that she trusted me to be her coach.