(HAUNTING FEMALE MELODY)
When I first walked out onto the stage...
..I was a mess.
# It's only just begun. #
It was like a newborn baby trying to walk
'cause I just felt my legs shaking.
(POWERFUL HIGH NOTE)
When I turned four chairs,
I felt like this is the best thing that's ever happened in my life.
Oh, my... (HAUNTING SONG CONTINUES)
Before, I was just a normal teenager, go to school, come home.
Now I'm on The Voice.
You know, I get to perform and show Australia my talent.
When I step on the stage and I sing, it's important for me
to teach Charlie that it's possible to live your dreams.
(POWERFUL NOTE)
# I'm on the run. #
I was a whole different person before this experience,
so I feel like I'm not really done proving my point yet.
# I'm on the run. #
I have been watching The Voice since the first season,
and I cannot believe that I'm here now in the Semi Finals.
Oh, my god!
I am gonna come fighting.
This is once in a lifetime and I want this more than ever now.
# I'm on the run. #
There is one performance that separates me from the Grand Finale,
and I know I'm ready to be part of the top four.
I've worked so hard for this.
I have put everything aside.
I have to be in the Grand Finale, I have to be.
# I'm on the run. #
(POWERFUL OVERLAPPING NOTES)
At the end of tonight, we are gonna have our top four.
Each coach will only have one artist standing.
You are literally on fire!
(GIGGLES)
(SOARING NOTES)
After this, Australia will decide our winner,
so I have to make sure I take through the right artist.
Everything one can look for in creating a superstar!
It always boils down to who sings with the most heart.
Singers who sing from a deep place, that's who wins the audience over.
I just can't stop thinking about you as a potential winner of this show.
The artist I will take through
is gonna show me the most fight, the most passion.
To want the crown, you know, you gotta fight for it.
# My own. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Tonight, eight artists will sing,
four will make it to the Grand Finale and four will say goodbye.
It's our biggest night yet.
This is The Voice Semi Final, Australia.
Whoo!
At the end of tonight, the coaches hand the power to you, Australia.
Your votes will decide
who is crowned the Voice of Australia for 2022.
Yeah! Whoo!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
First to ignite the Semi Final fuse, it's Team Guy's Jordan Tavita.
Whoo!
Hello, big fella. Hello!
How you doing? Good, good, how are we?
Very good. Welcome to the Semi Finals.
Whoo!
Your mind still blown?
Mind is still blowing, yeah.
Jordan is just a beautiful guy.
He's got a huge voice.
He can do anything with it.
It's really just about providing him the right launching pad.
The way I think about this as a coach,
when I have a singer like you,
is I've got a trickster motocross rider
who has all the tricks in the bag.
You are my Evel Knievel. Mm-hm.
I know that you've got all the ability in the world,
I just need to build the ramp,
and the ramp that I've had in mind is a song by Foreigner.
OK.
And the song is 'I Want to Know What Love Is'.
Ooh, dang!
I just... What a song!
I feel like you are gonna smash this.
It's a big love song.
Where do you want to direct this love?
Who do you want to channel?
Is there some love that's in your life?
Probably my nanna.
Your nanna? Yeah.
Um, she took her last breath two nights ago, and...
Two nights ago? Yeah.
It's crazy, it's been a hell of a week,
but, you know, I'm gonna channel her.
Oh, I'm sorry, Jordan. It's all good, man.
My nan means everything to us.
Oh, man.
It's hard for us 'cause...
..she's the...she was the last one.
And...
(VOICE BREAKS)
Sorry.
You're gonna make her very proud through this.
Yeah.
Let's dedicate this song to her.
100%.
Ready?
Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT)
This song is gonna be really emotional for me.
Emotion needs to be there
but I don't want it to overtake my performance.
# I want to know what love is
# Oh!
# I want you to show me. #
The thing that I'm looking for from Jordan is heart.
It's hard to control emotion that is attached to something.
It's a big ask.
But a lot of the times you're concentrating
on the sound of your voice,
but I want you to concentrate on the message of your heart.
Yeah.
I really want you to push that emotion out on that...
# I want to know what love is. #
Tell that story.
It's gonna be a big day. Semi Final performance.
This is in honour of your nan
and to fight for that spot in the Grand Final.
This is for her.
(STIRRING ENSEMBLE MUSIC)
It's gonna be so hard but I just know that
my nanna's, like, looking at me right now, like, saying,
"You better sing it, you better sing it on stage
"and you better come through," so I'm gonna do this for her.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I'm gonna take a little time. # (CHEERING)
# A little time to think things over
# In my life. # (CHEERING)
# There's been heartache and pain
# I don't know
# If I can face it again
# Can't stop now
# I've travelled so far
# To change this lonely life. #
(CHEERING)
# I want to know what love is
# I want you to show me
# Oh!
# I want to feel what love is
# I want you to show me
# Oh!
# I want to know what love is
# I want to know
BACKING VOCALS: # I want you to show me
# Want you I want you to
(FALSETTO NOTE)
# I want to feel what love is
# Oh!
# I know you can show
# Me. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Wow, Jordan, that was a really beautiful, very touching tribute.
How are you feeling?
Yeah, I'm feeling good. I'm proud of myself.
Absolutely.
Jess, how did Jordan do?
Well, brother, you moved me.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Whoo!
I'm trying to keep it together.
Your vulnerability, your emotions,
you're not afraid to put everything out there
and that's exactly what I felt with that song,
so thank you so very much.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It's a great song, it's iconic,
but a great song needs a great voice that's got meaning and purpose
to give us the feeling of what that song really is
and, for me, you took that song to a whole new place tonight.
Thank you. It was beautiful.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Guy, are you impressed with Jordan's dedication,
given what a tough week he has had?
Oh, yeah.
Not only Jordan but his family over there have had to,
obviously, deal with the passing of his nan,
and doing that as a tribute to her,
I know, firsthand, we've all had to sing during vulnerable times
and it's so hard to keep it together,
but, you know, you're fighting to honour that person through song
and I could sense that battle during that song,
and it just made it even more powerful.
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You know, this, exactly what you said,
this week has been very tough for me.
But I showed up and... RITA: Yeah.
(KEITH CHUCKLES)
And I'm gonna do that again for you in the Grand Final.
That's what we like to hear.
Guy will be choosing his grand finalist
after all of his team have sung.
Good luck, Jordan. Thank you.
We'll see you again very soon.
Well done, Jordan. Jordan Tavita, everyone.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm so proud of you, son.
Still to come...
Wow!
(HIGH NOTE) Yeah!
(HIGH NOTE) Yes!
Jaw-dropping performances from Thando.
(POWERFUL NOTE) Whoo!
Lachie.
(HIGH NOTE)
And Faith.
(POWERFUL NOTE)
(JESS SQUEALS)
You just rocked the house.
It was 100 out of 100.
Wow, I am a fan of yours, man, I am blown away.
And who will be...
I love you both.
..the top four?
The artist... That I'm taking through...
To the Grand Finale is...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(THE VOICE THEME MUSIC)
Welcome back to The Voice Semi Final
where our artists are fighting for a coveted place in the Grand Finale.
Next to show us why she deserves a shot at the title
is Team Keith's Thando Sikwila.
Thando, welcome.
Hi, Keith. How are you feeling?
So sorry you're coming to us from iso but...
I know, it's super unfortunate
but I'm super grateful that you made the time.
The show goes on and we always find a way around it.
I brought in a couple of photos I wanted to share with you.
One is...
..this one right here.
Oh, my god!
That's you and Charlie.
That's Thando the mum right there.
And then this is Thando in full flight mode rocking it.
# Little pieces of our hearts come together. #
Paint me a picture of Thando the mum.
# We'll keep shining. #
Thando the mum puts Charlie above everything else.
# Now we're dreaming bigger than we thought was possible. #
She's always juggling and she never has a moment of stillness.
And then what about Thando the performer?
Thando the artist is very...
..confident.
Like, I have a character that I play on stage,
and I'm very on and I'm very performative
and I really hype it up.
It's finding the halfway between both
and existing in both spaces that I've been struggling with.
But I think what you bring as a mum into your artistry
is a huge part of its centre and fullness and richness.
If she can harness those two parts of her life
into one performance on that stage, she's gonna be unstoppable.
So, the song I've chosen is Ariana Grande, 'pov'.
I'm a bit surprised. Why is that?
I'm not gonna lie.
Why is that?
I never imagined singing an Ariana Grande song.
Right. Ever.
It's a huge song vocally, so I was like, "Cool.
"That's gonna come out of my mouth."
# It's like you've got superpowers
# Turn my minutes into hours
# You've got more than 20-20 babe
# Made of glass the way you see through me. #
Oh, my god, these lyrics. Sorry. Let's keep it going, keep it going.
# You permeate my ego and my pride. #
Oh, my god. Oh, my lord.
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
What's going on right now, Thando?
It's thinking of the song from Charlie's perspective to me.
Um, you know, these lyrics... Wow!
"Made of glass the way you see through me".
You're singing this lyric from Charlie's perspective.
It's her seeing me as her mother. Yes!
Yeah! Like, yeah.
And appreciating myself the way that she does.
Wow! I've never had to think about that.
That's crazy!
That's a perfect place to sing this from.
Yeah. Wow!
That brings a whole new dimension to these lyrics and this story.
If she can bring that same feeling and performance and connection
to her Semi Final performance, this is gonna be really hard to beat.
# You're in two ways. #
To allow myself to be vulnerable...
# Look inside. #
..as Thando the person, the mum
and allow that person to come through
and to meet Thando the artist, that's a really scary thing.
# You're in two ways. #
And the stakes are so high now.
Like, this could make or break
my opportunity to get to the Grand Final.
# You're in two ways. #
So, I really want to make sure
that I give this performance everything I've got.
I've been fighting since day one
and, now that I'm this close to it, just gotta step it up a notch.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# It's like you've got superpowers
# Turn my minutes into hours
# You got more than 20-20 babe. # Yeah!
# Made of glass the way you see through me
# You know me better than I do
# I can't seem to keep nothing from you
# How you touch my soul from the outside?
# Permeate my ego and my pride
# I wanna love me # Love me
# The way that you love me # Love me
# For all of my pretty and all of my ugly too
# I'd love to see me from your point of view. #
Whoo! Yeah!
# I couldn't believe it or see it for myself
# No I be impatient but now I'm out here
# Fallin' fallin' frozen slowly
# Fallin' you've got me right
# I wanna love me # Love me
# The way that you love me # Love me
# For all of my pretty and all of my ugly too
# I'd love to see me from your point of view
# I wanna trust me # Trust me
# The way that you trust me. #
Oh, my god!
# 'Cause nobody ever loved me like you do
# I'd love to see me from. #
Wow. Whoa!
(KEITH WHISTLES)
# Your point of view. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
Thando Sikwila!
That was beautiful.
Thank you.
She's asleep, look.
Right?
(AUDIENCE COO)
I'm just really happy she could be here for this.
Yeah, absolutely.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thando, this performance was for your little girl, wasn't it?
Yeah, absolutely.
Just everything that that song talks about is all the things
that I feel for her, and I just really hope that I made her proud.
RITA: Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Let's find out what our coaches thought about that.
Guy?
Just ridiculous.
My gosh, Keith.
Thando, I feel like you have just peaked at the right time.
I just can't stop thinking about you as a potential winner of this show.
Whoo! Whoo!
Thank you, Guy. I really appreciate that.
I cannot even handle
this sort of, like, level of majorness
that I am witnessing in front of my eyes!
Your range is unbelievable.
That was just epic. Thank you.
Thank you, Rita.
Keith, you two had quite an emotional mentoring session
this week.
How do you think Thando went tonight?
Oh, my goodness, I couldn't be more proud of you, Thando, right now.
Honestly, that was just... it was superb.
It was a 100 out of 100 performance, it really was.
Thank you, Keith.
The way you took that song, which is a love song, it's a beauti...
Ariana sings this as the most beautiful love song
but the way you took it and sang it from Charlie's POV was everything,
that was the breakthrough moment,
and, look, for me, you've always had an extraordinary voice
and tonight, in that performance, you completely inspired me.
It was beautiful tonight. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It was beautiful. Thank you.
Well said.
Thando, how badly do you want to be Keith's grand finalist?
Like, I don't know what else to do
to show you that I am the choice that you should make
to go that final 'cause I've been saying this since Battles.
If you take me all the way, I feel I could do you so proud.
My family's here and I'm so emotional and it's just...yeah.
Beautiful.
But I'm ready to fight, ready to fight.
Well, Keith will decide who he's taking through
a little bit later on in tonight's show.
Thando, everybody.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hi!
That was wonderful!
Did you enjoy it? Absolutely.
Well done, darling.
Well done, you did so well.
Dad, you're here!
You did well!
Thanks, Dad. Congratulations.
Hey! That was awesome.
Is she, like, falling asleep? Yeah.
Coming up on The Voice, Team Guy's Cassidy Mackie takes to the stage.
Our spectacular Semi Final continues after the break.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(THE VOICE THEME MUSIC)
(GRUNGY POP MUSIC)
Hello. Hey, hey!
Good to see you. Hi, you too. Oh, my gosh.
As a coach, I just know Cassidy is so solid as a performer.
# Oh-whoa. #
She's just gonna handle everything I throw at her.
But what I'm looking for is that
Cassidy actually let go of some of the structure
and some of the things that hold her back from just breaking free.
We spoke to your mum.
What?
Really? And it was interesting.
Your mum said something about what makes you relax,
and you'll go for a ride to kinda let go on a bike.
We don't have bikes here today but we've organised the next best thing.
We've got some scooters. Excellent.
So, let's loosen up, let's get you in that space.
Alright, I'm ready.
Thank you, scooter ladies. Thank you, scooter ladies.
If I run you down, it's not personal.
That's alright.
OK, great.
BOTH: Set, go. (HORN BLARES)
Ooh!
Oh, gosh, she's already gone ahead.
It's 'cause I've got long legs, don't blame me.
Cassidy feels a lot more comfortable now.
She's really opening up.
Don't worry.
Slow and steady wins the race.
No, it doesn't!
Especially when you cheat.
Oh! (BOTH LAUGH)
That's a harsh corner.
Yes, it might seem very random, scootering around the studio,
but, to be honest, afterwards, we were in such a funny, relaxed place
and it was a perfect way to start the mentoring.
The song that I want you to sing for the Semi Final is
'I Love You Always Forever'.
Awesome. Oh, my gosh.
Your thing is this is me loosened up,
no structure, I'm just gonna have fun,
almost give it that Florence & the Machine, Lorde kind of freedom.
# I love you always forever
# Near and far closer together
# Everywhere I will be with you
# Everything I will do for you. #
I need Cassidy to let go
of whatever is holding her back and just have fun on stage.
If you start elongating the notes, I think we fall back into that,
kind of, like, fluffy, ethereal thing,
whereas that has to be like... # I love you! #
And that's where you really let go. Yep. Mm-hm.
That has to be your moment.
# I love you! # Yep.
I'm looking at your face every time I sing high, you're like...
Mm-hm!
There are some high notes in this song,
and that really pushes me to my limits.
I'm gonna take you away from the piano, too,
because we haven't had that yet.
You've always been behind the piano.
It represents safety for you, so I don't want you to feel safe,
I want you to feel like you're stepping out.
It's a real challenge to do something completely new.
Just feeling OK to sorta step outside the box.
And I know that that's what's in between me and the Grand Finale.
And, if I can't, that's the end of my Voice journey.
But, if I can, then everyone's about to see a completely new side of me.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Feels like
# I'm standing in a timeless dream. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Of light mists
# Of pale amber rose. #
Ooh!
# Feels like. # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I'm lost in a deep cloud of heavenly scent
# Touching
# Discovering you. #
Whoo! She came to play!
# I love you always forever
# Near and far closer together
# Everywhere I will be with you
# Everything I will do for you
# Say you're gonna love me forever
# Never stop never whatever
# Near and far and always and everywhere and every
# Say you're gonna love me forever
# Never stop never whatever
# Near and far and always and everywhere
# And every
# I love you # I love you always forever
# Near and far closer together # Oh-whoa
# Everywhere I will be with you. #
Whoo! # Everything I will do for you
# You've got
# The most unbelievable blue eyes
# I've ever seen ever seen ever seen I love you
# I love you always forever. # Yeah!
# Near and far closer together
# I love you yeah!
# I love you. # Whoo!
Yes! Whoo!
(COACHES CHUCKLING)
Cassidy Mackie!
What was that like for you without the piano?
Unreal.
What do I do with my hands? Oh, my goodness.
(LAUGHTER) There's so much to do now.
Did you feel free? Really free.
Yeah, thank you so much. That was awesome.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Honestly, seeing your evolution
and just watching you grow from the very beginning to how you are
and who you are on stage is just, like, super, super epic.
On top of that, you know, for me, you have such a familiar voice,
you know, it's something I can hear on the radio,
like, the tone is just so, kind of, like, present, you know what I mean?
And, like, it just pierces through
whenever you hear, like, "Ooh, that's Cassidy."
And I think that's really important to survive in this industry.
I loved the song, I loved the energy.
I do think it may have caught up to you a little bit,
like, it was super fast, the pace, which is understandable
'cause there's so many words in that song and I know
you were, like, trying to, like, hit every word and I could see that,
but I think you did well today getting away from that piano,
really settling into your skin on stage like that,
so I'm really proud of you for coming out of your comfort zone.
It was really great, a great effort.
Thank you. Well done.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You know, we love, as coaches, this stage
because our job is to make you guys look good
and here we get to mess with having extravagant sets,
you get to dress up so cool.
We dig deeper into their artistry.
And we just wanted you to let go a little bit, Cass,
and you just took it in your stride,
and we know you are going to deliver.
What a great quality to have as an artist.
Thank you, Guy.
That means a lot.
How much would it mean to you, Cassidy,
to make it all the way to the Grand Finale?
Guy, it's been fantastic so far.
I've been able to show you my artistry,
my ability as an instrumentalist and now my ability
to, sort of, take my musical skill and turn it into something tangible
and something that audiences hopefully connect with.
Like, I want to see how much further we can take that.
I want to see if we can adapt that even further
and really keep tapping into that freedom, that newfound freedom.
Very well said.
Why don't you head on over to the green room, Cassidy?
Thank you, awesome. And relax with your family.
Thank you so much. Well done, Cass.
(PLAYFUL SQUEAL)
So good! Hello!
Good to see you! Hi!
Next on The Voice, Team Keith's Lane Pittman.
Whoo!
We'll be back in a moment.
# This is The Voice! #
(THE VOICE THEME MUSIC)
Welcome back to the Voice arena where our eight semi-finalists
are putting it all on the line
in the hope of securing a spot at the Grand Finale.
Whoo!
Our next artist to sing for their survival
of Team Keith's Lane Pittman.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Lane's 15 years old, sings way beyond his years.
I really believe in him as a singer, as an artist.
He's a storyteller.
No matter what songs I've given him,
whether it's a pop song, whether it's a country song,
whether it's a folk song,
he always finds the way to tell us the story of the song.
Well, here we are, Lane.
The Semi Finals, mate, how are you?
Yeah, it's pretty crazy, especially, you know, when you said my name
and, you know, you sent me straight through, I'm very thankful.
The thing I wanted to ask you about,
every time you've been on stage playing,
you always have this belt buckle.
It was Dad's belt buckle.
There's what it looks like.
Well, gosh, it's been giving you a lot of luck of late, mate.
Yeah.
So, about five years ago, Dad sadly passed away.
To a degree, I kinda, like,
try and, like, bury it in the back of my mind
but I think, the more I talk about it, it definitely helps.
He wore this, like, everywhere he went,
so it was, kind of, when he passed
and I got the belt and the belt buckle back,
like, I wear it everywhere, it's kind of my good luck
and just to show that he's, like, always with me.
Um...
..I can relate to that, mate, I got...
My dad passed away quite a few years ago
but he was a drummer, and big musical influence in my life, too.
Matter of fact, he had a tattoo on his finger
and he had it his whole life and, after he passed,
my brother and I both got the exact same matching tattoos on our fingers
and the amount of times I look down
and see that, and I... it's like I see my dad's hand.
It's an amazing feeling to feel like he's super close to me, still.
I think it definitely does help
having Keith understand because we both,
like, know how it is to grieve, you know, and not have a dad.
Now, I was trying to find a good song for you, of course.
I mean, I'm always trying to find the right songs for you,
and so there's an old Cat Stevens song that I've always loved,
so I've given you 'Father and Son' by Cat Stevens for your song.
(BEGINS STRUMMING)
# It's not time to make a change
# Just relax
# Take it easy you're still young
# That's your fault
# There's so much you have to do. #
The lyric is so strong and so timeless,
and I knew it would fit him like a great pair of jeans.
That's such a good song for you, Lane.
More so than little vocal tricks and hooks and all that sort of stuff,
I think that, the heart of these lyrics,
I think that's what will make this work.
It sure seems to me that you are really bonding with that story.
Definitely, especially in that first verse when he says, like,
you're still young, you know, there's so much you have to know,
like, it...I definitely...
probably, Dad said something along those lines to me
at least a hundred times, so...
# Yeah
# I will shine
# I will rise
# I won't fall
# I will be the one. #
I mean, I'm definitely worried
about getting emotional during this performance.
Fingers crossed it doesn't happen.
Hopefully, I can get out there, own the stage,
put on a good performance and tell a good story.
I think Dad would be proud of me and I hope, you know,
he's watching down and can give me some luck for the Semis performance.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I will fight for it
# It's my time to lift
# I will be the one
# Yeah. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# It's not time to make a change
# Just relax
# Take it easy you're still young
# That's your fault
# There's so much you have to know
# Find a girl settle down
# If you want you can marry
# Look at me
# I am old. #
Wow. # But I'm happy. #
(LIGHT CHEERING)
# How can I try to explain?
# When I do he turns away again
# Well it's always been the same same old story
# From the moment I could talk
# I was ordered to listen
# Now there's a way
# And I know that I have to go away
# And I know that I have to go
# All the times that I've cried. # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Keeping all the things I knew inside
# Well it's hard but it's harder to ignore it
# If they were right well I'd agree
# But it's them they know not me
# Now there's a way
# And I know that I have to go away
# And I know that I have to go. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh! Aw!
Whoo!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That was so incredibly moving.
I just love you, Lane.
You're such a good bloke.
Thank you.
Like, you would've made your dad so proud, so proud.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm so glad you and Keith found each other
because you guys have created magic, which is inspiring so many,
so thank you, Lane.
Thank you so much, Guy, thank you.
Jess, how amazing was that?
I'm a huge fan, Lane.
I've always been.
From the very first day you stepped out onto that stage, I was like,
my--my mouth was down... dropped down to the floor.
So, you just standing up there and sharing that amount of vulnerability
and giving that to us,
I don't think you understand how much that means to an audience
and everybody watching.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You know, there's an expression "Fake it till you make it", right?
But there's a better expression called face it till you make it.
That's what you do.
That's what you do so well.
You face things.
You don't...you don't shy away from it, you lean into it.
Even if it's uncomfortable, you lean into it.
That's really hard to do at any age.
There's some artists that never reach that level of strength
and vulnerability and authenticity
and you've got it at 15.
I'm so impressed, man.
I'm very proud of you. Thank you so much, thank you.
This has been a dream of mine,
you know, since, I don't know, like, for the last eight, nine years
and, you know, the first song I ever did on stage with a band
was your song 'Somebody Like You',
so, you know, to be here, to have this opportunity
to have you as my coach, you know,
it's been one of the best experiences of my life.
Do you have the special buckle on tonight, Lane?
I do, I do have my dad's special belt buckle.
SONIA: That special buckle. Yay!
That's the buckle that his dad used to wear,
and he's been wearing it every time he's performed on this stage,
and I love everything about you, Lane.
Thank you so much. I really do.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Later tonight, Keith has to choose between you or Thando.
I don't know how he's going to do it.
But for now, Lane, head on over to the green room,
bask in the glory of that amazing performance.
Thank you so much.
Make some noise for Lane Pittman!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Ah!
Good on you, mate. That was a lot.
That was amazing.
That was a lot, that was a lot.
Are you crying? No.
No, you're crying.
Good on you, mate. Thanks.
Team Guy and Team Keith have all performed and, after the break,
we'll find out who they'll be sending to the Grand Finale.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Then, it's Team Jess and Team Rita's turn to hit the stage.
We'll be back in a moment.
Lane is such an incredible storyteller.
He doesn't rely on theatrics.
He's a vessel for his emotions.
Thando is, like, a killer vocalist.
She's got that insane range.
Definitely daunting to go against someone of that skill level.
Cassidy, whew!
I know how much she trusts her gift.
What an artist.
Jordan is brilliant.
He is driven emotionally.
He has a wonderful range.
That makes him really tough competition.
# This is The Voice! #
Welcome back to The Voice Semi Final
where we've reached the halfway point.
Cassidy and Jordan from Team Guy and Thando and Lane from Team Keith
have all performed, and now it's decision time for their coaches.
Here's a reminder of Team Guy's performances.
# Can't stop now
# I've travelled so far
# To change this lonely life
# I want to know what love is. #
# Say you're gonna love me forever
# Never stop never whatever
# Near and far and always and everywhere
# I love you # I love you always forever
# Near and far closer together
# Oh-whoa # Everywhere I will be with you. #
There are two of you here
but only one spot in this year's Voice Grand Finale.
The time has come. Yes.
Guy, which of these artists, Cassidy or Jordan,
will represent Team Guy at the Voice Grand Finale?
Alright.
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURING)
Cass, you're so seasoned and so professional.
I've looked for you to find a way to really let go.
Jordan, I did want someone who had self-belief
and I was hoping that you would find that, I really was.
And so, wow, just to be in this position,
and to know that I've been able to be a part of that journey
with you guys to find those things that were lacking,
to strip away everything and get to the core of what artistry is,
I'm proud to have come along that journey with you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Both stellar performances,
so, really, what I'm going on for my decision
is who I think is gonna really grow as a...as a result
of being put through to that coveted position of being a grand finalist.
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURING)
The artist that I'm taking through to the Grand Finale...
(AUDIENCE CALLING OUT NAMES)
..is Jordan.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
KEITH: Whoo! Oh!
Congratulations, Jordan!
You have made it to the top four.
You did it!
Cassidy...
Unfortunately, that does mean your time on The Voice ends here.
You have been phenomenal.
Wow. Yeah!
Oh, my gosh. Yeah!
Thank you so much for all seeing something really special in me.
It's an honour and a privilege to be up here, so thank you.
Thank you, Cassidy.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) KEITH: Oh, yeah!
Thank you so much. I'll see you again soon.
Thank you so much. Oh, of course, absolutely.
It was an absolute honour. Thanks, Guy.
See you soon. Chat to you soon. Thanks, Cass.
Is your head spinning?
My head is still spinning.
Oh, man! Whoo!
Let's get to work.
(LAUGHTER) Yes.
You did it, Jordan,
and we can't wait to see you sing again at the Grand Finale.
For now, go and celebrate.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Jordan Tavita!
Whoo!
We'll get to work.
Love you, brother.
Guy's grand finalist is locked in.
Whoo!
That's right. Now it's Team Keith's turn.
Thando Sikwila and Lane Pittman performed earlier tonight.
Have a look.
# Ooh I'd love to see me from your point of view
# I want to trust me
# The way that you trust me
# Nobody else ever loved me like you do
# I'd love to see me from. #
# They were right well I'd agree
# But it's them they know not me now
# There's a way and I know that I have to go away
# And I know that I have to go. #
Both of you absolutely slayed your Semi Final performances,
but only one of you will have the chance to sing again
at the Grand Finale.
Who will represent Team Keith at the Voice Grand Finale?
Wow. Well... (AUDIENCE CALLING OUT NAMES)
Wow, there's so many screams, so many screams!
First of all, as I expected,
I'm hearing both names 50-50 here in the audience
because you are such different artists in so many ways, right,
stylistically and artistically and musically,
but you're also really similar artists in a lot of ways,
and I think that's why you're both standing on that stage right now.
You're storytellers.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You've both shown huge leaps of growth
from the Blinds all the way to here, and I think, for all of us coaches,
that's the number-one thing we're all looking for.
We're looking for someone that can evolve and develop and grow
as an artist every step of the way.
You've both done that equally so, again,
congratulations to both of you on that.
It's extraordinary. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whew, far out. Wow.
Oh...
Unfortunately, I can only take one through to the finale.
That artist that I want to take through to the Grand Finale is...
(AUDIENCE CALLING OUT NAMES)
..Thando.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thando!
You are Team Keith's grand finalist!
Congratulations. You're so good, so good.
Lane, it's the end of the Voice road for you,
but I'm sure you have some words for Keith.
Keith, you've been such an idol to me
for the last I don't even know how many years,
so, to just have this opportunity to work with you
and to, you know, get feedback from all of you coaches every single time
I've stepped on this stage, it's been amazing.
You know, I want to thank the band behind us
who make me sound so good every single time on this stage.
Yeah!
Everyone's just made this experience so, so amazing,
and I'm extremely thankful for it.
Thank you so much.
Make some noise as we send him off.
Lane Pittman, thank you so much.
Thank you so much. Mate...
It's been amazing watching you grow.
You've got a quiet fighter in you. It's amazing.
It's gonna make you go so far.
Thank you so much. You bet, man.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thando, congratulations.
You are Keith's grand finalist!
Thank you so much for believing in me.
I cannot believe that I'm the last woman standing on your team.
Yay!
Yeah!
Yeah, you are!
You did it!
We will see you sing again at the Grand Finale and we can't wait.
Go and celebrate with Jordan in the green room.
Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Let's go!
We did it, what, what, what!
Oh, hey, what!
(THANDO HUMS AND RAPS)
(BOTH SINGING)
That's Team Guy and Team Keith done.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
But, next on The Voice,
it's showtime for Team Jess and Team Rita.
Whoo!
Still to come,
Lachie, Jael and Faith set the stage on fire.
You're fire!
You're everything one can look for in creating a superstar.
And later...
I love this song.
It's, like, exactly the attitude
that I think you want to show Australia.
Rita and Xanthe butt heads.
I've already shown this kind of, like, rocky fire side.
OK, but I actually think this is the song for you
that can get you through to the Grand Finale.
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDS)
(THE VOICE THEME MUSIC)
Welcome back to The Voice Semi Final.
First to perform from Team Jess, it's Jael Wena.
Hello. Hi!
Welcome, Jael!
Jael is like magic in a box.
To know her story of being 16
and performing so long with her family
and now stepping out into her own spotlight and going solo,
it's really nice to see someone at that age just want it so badly.
(R&B INSTRUMENTAL PLAYS)
Well, the big reveal.
I guess you want to know what song you are singing.
I've been dying to know.
Well, your Semi Final song...
..is 'Don't Start Now' by Dua Lipa.
Wow. Wow?
I am flabbergasted
because that's not the kind of song I would usually sing.
I grew up with a lot of R&B and ballad,
and those are probably my two main genres that I like to sing.
Yeah.
You have an incredible tone and you can go so many different genres.
She is just being afraid of going there
and I can really relate to that.
When I think of myself being your age,
my dream was to sing like Mariah Carey.
Yeah.
And eventually when I started to, you know,
begin in the music industry and I started to understand,
"Ooh, like, as much as I love Mariah Carey, I gotta be me."
It was at your very age that I began to grow.
Mm-hm.
And that's what I want to help you do, too.
# Hold on to me... #
That really encouraged me to know that she was determined to do this
and look where she is now, so, yeah, that gave me a lot of courage.
# Did a full 180. # Hey!
# Crazy
# Thinkin' 'bout the way I was
# Did the heartbreak change me?
# Maybe
# But look at where I ended up. #
Ooh, there are some really, really cool moments that I can hear,
but I think, you know, one thing we can work on
is, like, light and shade and colour.
You know, you can really take the time to slide into things
or to, you know, to be staccato on something.
Yeah.
# Thinkin' 'bout the way I was
# Did the heartbreak change me?
# Maybe. # Yeah.
You know, so, really, just, like, shortening things to make it,
you know, a little bit like ooh and aah, you know, in it.
Go away, be the butterfly, work on it and I'll see you on that stage.
I'll see you soon.
# I walk the walk I talk the talk. #
I definitely think that I have what it takes to win The Voice.
I'm only 16 but I have been working for this as long as I can remember.
# 'Cause I feel I feel. #
I have to get through to the Grand Finale.
I know this is my purpose and I do not want to go home.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Did a full 180 crazy
# Thinkin' 'bout the way I was
# Did the heartbreak change me?
# Maybe
# But look at where I ended up
# I'm all good already
# So moved on it's scary
# I'm not where you left me at all so
# If you don't wanna see me dancing with somebody
# Don't show up don't come out
# Don't start caring about me now
# Aren't you the guy who tried to
# Hurt me with the words goodbye?
# Though it took some time to survive you
# I'm better on the other side
# So if you don't wanna see me dancing with somebody. #
Come on!
# Oh if you wanna believe that anything could stop me
# Whoa # Don't show up
# Don't come out
# Don't start caring about me now # About me now
# Walk away
# You know how
# Don't start caring about me now. #
Whoo! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hey!
Come on!
Whoop!
Whoo!
Wow!
Jael Wena.
Keith, can you see Jael in the Grand Finale?
Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I mean, it's crazy, this is what I love about this show.
We see you in the Blind auditions
and you come all this way, and this is what happens now,
we've got voices, but we've also got performers.
So, what happens to your voice and you as a performer
when you have this magnificent production?
Do you crush underneath it or do you rise to it?
And you totally rose to it. Yeah.
Thank you, thank you so much. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Jess, you've formed a really beautiful bond with Jael.
Did she make you proud tonight?
I honestly have adored all of our moments together.
I am so honoured to be your coach,
and, every time that you've come up on the stage, sissy,
you have just blossomed.
You're like...you're fire!
You are literally on fire!
Thank you.
How much would it mean to you
to get to the Grand Finale for a second time?
Oh, my goodness.
The first time, first of all, was amazing
and I feel like, you know, I've worked so hard
to get where I am today and it's definitely not been an easy journey,
but, you know, I'm young and I bring the fun
and I just think it'd be such, like,
I can do more and I can give you more.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) We know that.
Jess will be choosing her grand finalist
at the end of tonight's show,
so, for now, why don't you head on over and join the rest of the Wenas?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(GUY LAUGHS)
You did so good! Thank you.
Coming up on The Voice, Team Rita's Xanthe Campbell takes to the stage.
The Semis continue after the break. You don't want to miss it.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# This is The Voice! #
Welcome back to The Voice Semi Final.
Next to fight for a place at the Grand Finale
is Team Rita's Xanthe Campbell.
Whoo!
(HIP-HOP INSTRUMENTAL PLAYS)
Hi!
(SINGSONG)
How are you?
You look so cute.
To me, Xanthe is really special.
She is so different and I think that's what this industry needs.
We need style and we need individuality.
Welcome to the Semi Finals. Thank you.
I believe in you.
You are like my little firecracker, and I think you may be petite
but you have a lot to say and a lot to stand for,
and I think you represent a lot of girls in this world right now,
and we're gonna really hone in on that.
Mm-hm.
Now, I love this song.
It's, like, exactly the attitude
that I think you want to show Australia.
And it's 'abcdefu' by Gayle.
Mm-hm. Wow.
And I love that song. Crazy.
What do you think?
Yeah, that's definitely just, like...that's a crazy song.
You look a little worried. Are you worried?
I'm a bit worried. Why?
Just because I've already shown
this, kind of, like, rocky fire side.
OK.
And I think, you know,
I do want Australia to see the more, like, emotional, tapped-in side...
OK, yeah. ..that I can still be in a way.
What I love about Xanthe is her determination, you know?
Even in this mentoring session, she still wanted to remind me
of who she is, and to have that at 17 is very admirable.
I do think you can do that with this song.
Let's trust each other and see how we go?
Mm-hm.
# I was into you but I'm over it now
# And I was tryin' to be nice # And I was tryin' to be nice
# Getting through let me spell it
# But nothing's getting through # Through. #
OK, cool.
So, the run is throwing you off to catch that first line.
# A-B-C... # Yeah?
So, keep that just, kinda, clean there so you can catch that A.
I feel like, this song, I don't breathe as much.
At the moment, I'm a bit iffy about this song.
I'm not super confident.
I know there's a lot of words but it's all about, like, your timing
and it's, again, you don't have to sing every word.
Mm-hm.
It's also you can, sort of, like, talk it.
I know you don't have any confidence in this right now,
but I actually think this is the song for you
that can get you through to the Grand Finale.
Really? Yeah.
Wow. (SUCKS IN BREATH)
Because this is about timing, breathing,
hitting the notes right, also the attitude.
There's a lot of things you're thinking about here.
I think Xanthe has the potential but she has to believe in it.
I wouldn't lead you on. Like, I'm not here to...
Yeah, I trust you completely.
..do anything but try and make you, like, shine.
No, yeah.
Like, stay true to yourself and I think you'll be able to nail this.
Thanks, Rita.
# Time to deliver
# It's time to deliver. #
It does make me a bit nervous,
getting this song,
but I know Rita's looking for a versatile artist.
If she didn't have confidence in me, then she would give me an easy song.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
This is it now. This is it.
I gotta really fight for it more than I have before.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Forget you and your mom and your sister and your job
# And your broke-down car and the things you call art
# 'Get you and your friends that I'll never see again
# Everybody but your dog you can all get lost
# I swear I meant to mean the best when it ended
# Even tried to bite my tongue when you start
# Now you're textin' all my friends asking questions
# They never even liked you in the first place. #
(CHEERING)
# Dated a girl that I hate for the attention
# She only made it two days what a connection
# It's like you'd do anything for my affection
# You're goin' all about it in the worst ways
# Ahh
# I was into you but I'm over it now
# And I was tryin' to be nice
# But nothing's getting through so let me spell it out
# A-B-C-D-E forget you
# And your mom and your sister and your job
# And your broke-down car and the things you call art
# 'Get you and your friends that I'll never see again
# Everybody but your dog you can all get lost
# Na-na-na-na na-na-na-na
# Na-na! # Hey!
# A-B-C-D-E forget you. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Wow, great!
(GUY CHUCKLES)
Yeah, girl!
A-B-C-D-O-M-G!
(LAUGHTER)
That was so good.
I felt like I was in a film clip.
Yeah! Yeah!
But you weren't really vibing that song at the beginning.
How did you feel by the end? Because you just rocked it.
Yeah! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE, LAUGHTER)
I'm not gonna lie, I didn't feel 100% confident in the song
at the start, and it's really been a test to be out of my comfort zone.
I think I did what I could and I just brought myself to the stage.
Whoo!
(GUY CHUCKLES)
Guy, did you enjoy that?
It just felt like such a polished, well thought-out performance.
I'm so glad you trusted Rita because I saw a side to you then
which made me actually really think about you as an artist
in this current climate.
Mm.
And so you've done your job really well, Rita,
but you did your job by trusting
and by just launching off the ramp that Rita built and owning it.
Thank you.
Rita, Xanthe had some reservations about the song,
but did she prove tonight it was the right choice?
Your uncomfortable...ness, if that's even a word,
is honestly what being an artist is about.
Mm!
You have that tone that no-one else has in this competition.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Your vocal range is beautiful.
You can obviously sing.
You have this amazing ability to storytell
and it's unique and it's you.
Thank you, Rita. Thank you, absolutely.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Absolutely.
That truly means a lot to me,
and I think I still have so much, so much more to show you.
I feel like we're just not done at all.
Like, together, we're just unstoppable.
Yay!
And I've already shown you all these vulnerable sides of me,
and I feel like I want Australia to see that, as well.
(CHEERING)
Rita will decide who she'll be taking to the finale
at the end of tonight's show.
Why don't you head on over there and see your mum?
I think she wants to give you a big hug.
Thank you so much. Well done! That was amazing!
That was great. Xanthe Campbell.
Good job, good job.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That was so fun.
Well done.
You did so good.
Next on The Voice, Rita's other semi-finalist, Lachie Gill.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Stay with us.
Whoo! Whoo!
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# This is The Voice! #
Hi! (BOTH LAUGH)
My semi-finalist. Hello.
Hi!
How are you feeling?
I'm frickin' so happy to be here.
Like, honestly. Yeah.
It was never something I ever, ever, ever thought of.
I wasn't even gonna audition for the show
'cause I was like, you know, I won't do very well or whatever.
Now I'm in the semis. It's crazy.
Now, onto my next subject.
I really love Australian football but I don't know anything about it.
It's complicated.
I've got something I want to show you.
Yeah, that's a Sherrin.
Is this called a Cheryl?
A Sherrin. So, what does that mean?
I think that's just the brand of the footy, to be honest.
Right, right, right.
I heard that these balls are really hard to bounce.
They are tricky. Can you show me?
Yeah, of course. OK, so, you go, like...
It is actually so hard to bounce.
The bouncing is just because you can't take too many steps,
so you can only take 15 steps.
Oh, my...
This is impossible to bounce.
So, I tried to teach her a few skills from footy.
I'm done with it.
She wasn't very good at it.
So, you don't have to throw it too hard.
There we go.
Oh! Boom! Kidding.
OK.
This is your old playing jersey.
That is. Yeah?
Yeah, that is. Number 19.
What was it like for you, you know, just playing footy?
Every kid that plays footy when they're younger,
they want to play AFL and that's the highest level that you can get to.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, it got to the point where you either get drafted or you don't,
and I didn't, um, and that was kind of a big shock.
Was that hard for you?
Yeah, absolutely, it was so devastating,
but that's when music started getting more serious for me.
And, I guess, more impactful because you created space for it.
Yeah, oh, 100%.
All that effort that I was putting in at footy training
then turned into...
Yeah, exactly.
..I had all those hours of time to practice my music
and get better at it.
You know, I think, with what I've chosen for you,
I want you to really, sort of, tap into that emotion
and feeling that pain you felt when you didn't get drafted
and then you found music.
So, the song I am giving you is...
..'deja vu', Olivia Rodrigo. Rodrigo.
I was honestly...I was shocked.
I've been singing these sad ballads by male artists,
and she's given me a little bit more up-tempo, poppy female artist,
so I was instantly like, hang on a second.
Oh, my god, like, how am I gonna do this?
# Car rides to Malibu
# Strawberry ice-cream. # Nice.
# One spoon for two. #
I've just got to put my own spin on it.
Don't think of it as a female song by Olivia Rodrigo,
it's a Lachie song.
# Play your piano but she doesn't know
# That I was the one who taught you Billy Joel
# A different girl now but there's nothing new
# I know you get deja vu. #
So, what I'm thinking there...
# A different girl. #
You can actually be angry there, almost.
Yeah.
And show that sense of, like, "How could you do this to me?"
You know, "We were the ones, we were together.
"I thought I was meant to play football but I'm not now."
Yeah.
But I think it's all about that passion,
and that's exactly the frustration
that I want to see in that performance.
This could be my last performance,
so I'm gonna treat it as if it's my last performance,
so I'm gonna go out there and give it everything that I possibly have.
# When it all comes down. #
I have put footy aside. It's gone.
Music is it from here.
It's all I have and all I want.
# Rescue can't be found when it all comes down. #
I'm here to win so I have to be in the Grand Finale, I have to be.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Car rides to Malibu
# Strawberry ice-cream
# One spoon for two
# And trading jackets
# Laughing 'bout how big it looks on you. #
Whoo! Yeah!
# Ooh-ooh
# Watching reruns of Glee
# Being annoying
# Singing in harmony # Singing in harmony
# I bet he's bragging
# To all his friends saying you're so unique
# Hmm
# So when you gonna tell him
# That we did that too?
# He thinks it's special. # Hey!
# But it's all reused
# That was the show we talked about
# Played you the songs he's singing now
# When he's with you
# Do you get deja vu when he's with you? #
Whoo! Yeah!
# Do you get deja vu?
# Played his piano but he doesn't know
# That I was the one who taught you Billy Joel
# A different guy now but there's nothing new
# I know you get deja vu
# Played his piano but he doesn't know
# That I was the one who taught you Billy Joel
# A different guy now but there's nothing new
# I know you get deja vu. #
Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
(RITA LAUGHS)
Lachie Gill!
Team Rita's semi-finalist.
Lachie, what you do to me? (SINGSONG)
(CHEERING)
(KEITH LAUGHS)
I mean, you're like...you're mysterious and you're sexy,
and I mean that, like, in the most respectful way.
(LAUGHTER)
No, you don't. I do, I do.
Because you have the vocals to back that up.
Yes, exactly.
And that's crazy, you know what I mean?
Oh, man, the rasp in your voice,
like, and the way you handle yourself physically,
it makes that performance just, like, captivating,
so, oh, my life, thank you.
Thank you, Jess, thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Jess just gave you your first album title, 'Respectfully Sexy'.
I think it's... (LAUGHTER)
It's got a ring to it.
Rita, how far has Lachie come in this competition?
He works so hard and you can tell, every time I see you perform,
it's like you just...you step it up a notch every single time.
You're likeable, you're radio friendly, you're easy to the eye,
you're everything one can look for in creating a superstar.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm just so happy I'm here for the ride.
Thank you. Thank you, Rita.
Thank you so much.
Every week, it's just a fire burning
that I just want to keep going and keep going.
I have learned so much from thinking back to my first performance up here
but I'm just having so much fun so I don't want this to stop.
You kicked some goals tonight, my friend.
Thank you. Lachie Gill.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You killed it! Thank you.
That was so much fun. Thanks, guys.
Well done, mate. It was so much fun. Thanks.
Good on you, Lachie. Thanks.
Oh!
(LAUGHTER AND EXCITED CHATTER)
Oh!
Coming up, the last Semi Final performance of the night before
we find out which two artists will round out the Grand Finale top four.
Don't go anywhere.
# This is The Voice! #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You're watching The Voice Semi Final.
Our next artist fighting for a spot at the Grand Finale,
from Team Jess, it's Faith Sosene.
Hello. How are you? Ooh!
Hello. Hello!
Sissy, welcome. Mwah!
And congratulations. Oh, thank you so much.
Faith brings all the glory of just vocal ability to Team Jess,
but she doesn't have that belief and confidence in herself.
I have a little something I want to show you.
(FAITH GIGGLES NERVOUSLY)
Tell me about this little girl, Faith.
I was innocent, still, then.
I was absolutely in my own world.
I had a mind of my own, like, I was never afraid.
I feel as though Jess showed me that photograph
to remind me of who I was and how I can look at life differently.
That little girl's still inside of me.
(SNIFFLES)
I have been held back in the past,
and the results of that is not having faith in myself.
You need to give yourself permission now to believe in yourself.
Put that photo on your music stand.
Alright.
And I want you to sing, I want you to sing to her,
I want you to sing to that little girl.
The song that I've chosen for Faith to sing
is a song by Beyonce called 'Listen'.
# Listen
# To the song here in my heart
# A melody I start
# But can't complete. #
Listening to the lyrics of this song,
this is a song that's very personal to her
and will really, really shine a light on her story.
Because you have such a barrel tone and it's so gutsy,
find the medium in that
to tell, like, as if you were having a conversation.
Yeah.
# Listen to the song here in my heart. #
Yeah.
I just think starting there and inviting,
you want to begin to invite... Yeah.
..and then you're just gonna build from there and get big at the end.
We want to see your world so go there.
I know that you have a lot more.
We just want to keep stepping that up.
# When you're walking through the hurricane... #
The one thing with Faith that she has to do now
is own it, believe in it.
# You gotta keep the faith you gotta keep the faith... #
And just have a joyous time.
Jess has believed in me this far,
so now I need to show her how much I believe in myself.
Everything rests on this performance.
# You gotta keep the faith... #
I am going to do everything I can
so I can make it to the Grand Finale.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
# Listen
# To the song here in my heart
# A melody I start
# But can't complete
# Oh the time has come for my dreams to be heard
# They will not be pushed aside and turned
# Into your own all 'cause you won't
# Listen
# I am alone at a crossroads
# I'm not at home in my own home
# And I've tried and tried to say what's on my mind
# You should have known oh
# Now I'm done believing you
# You don't know what I'm feeling
# I'm more than what you've made of me
# I've followed the voice you gave to me
# But now I've gotta find my own
# I don't know where I belong
# But I'll be moving on
# If you don't
# If you won't
# I'm more than what you made of me
# I followed the voice that you gave to me
# But now I've gotta find find
# Find
# My own. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(JESS SQUEALS)
Yes! Yes!
Yes! Hey!
Yeah! (LAUGHTER)
Listen to that applause for Faith Sosene.
What a voice.
We all have our expectations when someone takes on a Beyonce song,
especially something like 'Listen', and you made it yours.
You had this epic moment, the lights were shining.
Wow, I am a fan of yours, man.
I am blown away.
(JESS LAUGHS)
That came from a deep place, it felt like it.
I felt like this is my moment to say listen to the world
and to my doubts and my own concerns, and, yeah.
I hope that moment for you was closing the chapter
on all the labels that people may have put on you
'cause you are worthy, you're fantastic
and I just love the moment that Jess has set up for you to shine
because you shone brighter than even the diamantes on your dress.
(LAUGHTER)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
How proud are you, Jess?
Super, super proud.
Sorry. I'm getting emotional for you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You've moved your coach to tears, Faith.
Um, Faith, Faith...Faith, Faith,
right there was everything that we've spoken about
and everything that you've shared.
You moved us.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Jess, the way that you've just explained how you believe in me,
I just...I want to keep going and I want to keep learning from you,
to do this for my family and also for you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
After the break, Jess will confirm if it's you or Jael
headed for Grand Finale glory,
and Rita must choose between Xanthe and Lachie.
Those life-changing decisions are coming up next on The Voice.
Jael is so talented.
She's gorgeous. She's got a great voice.
She's literally perfect.
Faith has got a voice of an angel.
Whenever I listen to it, I just feel like I'm floating.
She's definitely competition for me.
Lachie is hard competition because he can really do it all.
Xanthe is so powerful.
She gets out on the stage and she just absolutely smashes it.
It's gonna be a close one.
# This is The Voice! #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Welcome back to The Voice Semi Final.
Xanthe Campbell and Lachie Gill from Team Rita have performed,
plus Jael Wena and Faith Sosene from Team Jess.
Whoo!
Now their coaches must decide who will sing again at the Grand Finale.
First to make this massive decision is Jess.
(NERVOUS EXHALE)
Here's a reminder of her team's performances.
# If you wanna believe that anything can stop me
# Whoo # Don't show up
# Don't come out
# Please stop caring about me now # About me now
# Walk away. #
# I'm more than what you've made of me
# I've followed the voice you gave to me
# But now I've gotta find my own
# I don't know where I belong. #
Ladies, there are two of you but only one spot at the Grand Finale.
Jess, it's time to announce your grand finalist.
Who will represent Team Jess at The Voice Grand Finale?
You both have incredible purpose.
You both are meant to be doing this.
You are unique individuals,
you know what I mean, and incredible women.
This is just the beginning for the both of you.
I love you both.
(JESS SIGHS)
I want to give this artist the opportunity to feel
the force of Australia believing in them the way that I believe in them.
That artist that I'm taking through to the Grand Finale is...
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURING)
(JESS'S VOICE WARBLES)
..Faith, that's you.
KEITH: Whoo!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Faith, congratulations!
You have made it to the top four!
Jael, sadly, this is your last time on the show on the Voice stage.
Is there anything that you would like to say to Jess?
This journey has been so amazing,
and I'm so happy and so thankful for you.
Put your hands together one more time for Jael Wena.
I love you, Jael. I love you.
(CHEERING)
Sissy, it's only the beginning.
You know that. Yeah.
They know that. Yeah.
So exciting, yeah?
You're just gonna soar.
Big love. We'll see you soon. Yeah.
Love you, Jael!
Whoo!
Congratulations again, Faith.
You are Team Jess's grand finalist! Yeah!
Yes!
Wow. It feels like a dream.
I can't believe that I'm your finalist, Jess.
Thank you so much.
I can't wait to call my mum!
(SOFT CHUCKLE)
OK, Team Jess is done, but now it's Team Rita's turn.
Xanthe and Lachie performed earlier tonight.
Here's a quick reminder.
# You and your mum and your sister and your job
# And your broke-down car and the things you call art
# 'Get you and your friends that I'll never see again
# Everybody but your dog you can all get lost. #
# You
# Do you get deja vu?
# Played his piano but he doesn't know
# That I was the one who taught you Billy Joel
# Different guy now there's nothing new
# I know you get deja vu. #
There are two of you here but only one spot at The Voice Grand Finale.
Rita, it's decision time.
Which of these artists, Xanthe or Lachie,
will represent Team Rita at The Voice Grand Finale?
I believe that both of you
could deliver exactly what I want in the final.
I am so spoilt to have two artistic, incredible, unique artists
on Team Rita this year.
I'm gonna make this decision based off who I think is ready right now.
The artist who knows their own sound,
who I believe Australia's ready to hear on the radio
and could take out this competition.
That artist that I am taking to the finale is...
(AUDIENCE CLAMOURING)
(CALLING OUT NAMES)
..Lachie.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
KEITH: Whoo!
Oh, my goodness.
You are a grand finalist, Lachie.
Wow! I'm so proud of you.
Oh, my... I'm so proud of you.
Xanthe, that does mean that your chapter here at The Voice finishes.
Thank you, Rita, truly.
This means so, so much to me for you to bring me this far.
I'm so excited to see what I do next, what you guys do next.
Well done. It's been such a journey. Thank you.
Give it up one more time for Xanthe Campbell.
See you soon.
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Lachie!
Lachie, Lachie, Lachie. Wow.
How good does it feel to be in The Voice Grand Finale?
I just needed that push to be told I can do this,
and now I'm just having fun up here.
Like, now it's just...I'm loving it,
I'm absolutely loving it, so thank you so much.
Well done, you deserve to be here.
Thank you. You did this. You did this.
Thank you, Rita. Thank you.
Well done. Whoo!
I love you so much.
I love you. Thank you so much. Thanks, guys.