SPINNERS AND GRINNERS
Stewart Winchester, 24 :: First up tonight is music teacher Stewart who has apparently never been in love. Well, I'm sure there are plenty of ladies at home who are willing to change that after hearing his beautiful performance of Sam Smith's Lay Me Down. Including our lovely Delta, who pulls out the hardcore flirting to try and steal Stewart away from the rest of the coaches...although it doesn't get her very far, what with Benji interrupting and Jessie cracking up. In the end, Jessie's focus on vocals sways Stu to her team, and Delta is left to hurl her fan to the floor in frustration.
Poor Delta.
Sarah Valentine, 22 :: Interior designer by day, wedding singer by night, Sarah is determined to "stop living her back-up plan" and follow her dreams. She sings Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Rey and turns the chairs of the Mad Bros and Ricky. I was expecting her to be wooed by Mr Samba Pants, but surprisingly, Sarah decides to join Team Madden.
Lize Heerman, 27 :: After moving to WA for love, South African Lize has set her sights on The Voice stage, performing Nina Simone's My Baby Just Cares For Me. Ricky & the Maddens turn at the last second and, after a bit of disagreement between Jessie & Delta about how good her performance may or may not have been, Liza With An E chooses Ricky.
Nathan Hawes, 17 :: Beach bum Nathan is auditioning alongside best friend Grace...although Sonia seems to think they could be more, as she turns into the embarassing mum grilling them backstage. He performs an acoustic rendition of Drake's Hold On, We're Going Home which the coaches all praise. SUPER SLEUTH TIME: this arrangement doesn't appear to be Nathan's handiwork; rather, it seems to be taken from none other than Team Joel alum Lakyn Heperi's EP, Not Original Material. Anyway, back to Nathan: his audition is pretty spectacular, and the coaches agree, with all four chairs turning. They all pitch hard, with Jessie telling Nathan that he's her favourite audition so far, but it's clear to everyone how badly the Mad Bros want him on their team. Lucky for them, the feeling is mutual!
Grace Pitts, 17 :: Nathan's bestie is the last audition of the night, singing Jolene by Dolly Parton. FUN FACT: My friend's husband was once being pursued by an obsessive woman named Jolene, so we went to dinner on the wharf in Woolloomooloo, drank copious amounts of alcohol and sang this little ditty all night long. Good times. Anyway, back to Grace! Her peformance turns the chairs of Delta and the Mad Bros and although they try hard to lure her to their team, Grace is a smart enough cookie to realise that joining them could very well mean going up against her mate in the Battles and chooses to join Team Delta.
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME, KID
Tina "Mys T" Alcarez, 22 :: Youtuber Tina has branded herself already, saying "Lady Gaga has her monsters, Mys T's gonna have her Mystifiers." Well unfortunately, no one was Mystified today by Tina's uneven performance of Lips Are Moving by Meghan Trainor. For a second there, it looked as though Ricky was considering hitting his button, but pulled back after T missed the big final note. Props to her family though for being supportive enough to wear I'VE BEEN MYSTIFIED! shirts on national TV.
Sam Rabbone, 37 :: Father of three Sam is singing for his mum who is back home in Perth battling terminal lung cancer. He sings the beautiful ballad All Of Me by John Legend but sadly fails to turn any chairs. Poor Sonia seems genuinely devastated for him.
Blake Galera-Holliss, 27 :: Tonight's most controversial audition would have to be young Blake here, who has been in a rock band since high school and decides to put an Oz rock twist on My Heart Will Go On. Mini Celine Delta LOVES it, clutching her chest and singing along. Jessie and Ricky however, are clearly baffled as to why someone would perform this, saying how "terrible" a song choice it is. After he's finished, an argument breaks out between the coaches over whether or not it was an appropriate audition piece or something that should be relegated to the karaoke clubs. As far as Delta's concerned though, he'll always be her Jack.
"It's just like I always imagined it would be..."
YOUR DAILY DOSE OF SCHAUDENFREUDE
I normally leave out the "reject montages" - artists that don't make it through but aren't given an entire segment - but there was a familiar face in tonight's reel. Remember winners of Popstars, Scandal'us? "Me, Myself and I-I-I-I-I-IIII" ringing any bells? Well then, you might recognise Miss Daniela Scala here. She tried to sneak in there with a shaky, shouty rendition of Pleasure And Pain. Jessie tells Daniela to "keep performing, keep practising" and I would have loved to see her respond with "Practice?! I WON one of these shows! DON'T YOU BITCHES KNOW WHO I AM?!?"
THE TL;DR VERSION
Nathan loves Grace (at least in Sonia's mind), Delta loves everyone, and sadly for Daniela, nobody loves Scandal'us. Womp womp.
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