:00:09. > :00:16.Hello, it's me. We are backstage, on the hunt for this Marx will.i.am on
:00:17. > :00:21.the show today with his team, Jermain and Sophie May. Also on the
:00:22. > :00:23.show, celebrity fans, Richard Osmon and Alexander Armstrong from
:00:24. > :00:27.Pointless looking at the performances. I catch up with Marvin
:00:28. > :00:35.and Emma, see how they are getting on. Hold it, wait, it's a clue!
:00:36. > :00:43.Look! I can almost swell him. Will come to mama. This is The Voice
:00:44. > :00:49.Louder On Two! This way! -- smell him.
:00:50. > :00:55.Hello. Welcome to The Voice Louder On Two, Friday the day before the
:00:56. > :01:00.semi-finals, everybody's busy making the set look fancy for tomorrow.
:01:01. > :01:04.I've looked at the acts rehearsing, tomorrow's show will be incredible.
:01:05. > :01:08.There's no fast pass, so if you want to save your favourite, you need to
:01:09. > :01:12.vote for your team and you can register online to do that for free.
:01:13. > :01:17.In a minute, we'll catch up with the coach who puts the boom, boom pow
:01:18. > :01:23.into The Voice. A few other reasons why we love will.i.am.
:01:24. > :01:31.He's wicked, everything about him. I like his music, his style. I was
:01:32. > :01:38.like wow... He's dapper. Experimental with his music, he's
:01:39. > :01:42.not afraid to push boundaries. I trust him and what he says on the
:01:43. > :01:51.voice. You got cool little boots. Got a lot of energy. You get a good
:01:52. > :02:00.sense of humour out of him. Legendary status. My mum likes
:02:01. > :02:05.will.i.am, the made-up words. That's charisazy! Watch out terminators.
:02:06. > :02:09.He's funny, down-to-earth, realistic. Ie I would love to be on
:02:10. > :02:15.Will's team if I were to do it. I like how you guys flipped that
:02:16. > :02:22.around. It was really doh! Make some noise or drop a beat for
:02:23. > :02:26.will.i.am! Hey, gorgeous man. Looks beautiful! Looks beautiful! Got to
:02:27. > :02:31.get the angle right. You look amazing. How have rehearsals gone
:02:32. > :02:39.this week? Are you a happy boy? I'm happy. We... I'm real happy.
:02:40. > :02:45.Nervous, for the team, but I'm happy. I know! Even you get nervous
:02:46. > :02:49.about it, you know how it all goes. Have you checked out the competition
:02:50. > :02:54.and seen the others? How's everybody looking? Right now it's not, you
:02:55. > :03:01.know, I don't want to freak out and pay attention to like Kylie's team
:03:02. > :03:07.and Ricky's team because... He's being Tweeted live on hair! My steam
:03:08. > :03:13.still competing against one another, so I'm just, you know, this is at
:03:14. > :03:17.this point in time in the competition, you always get
:03:18. > :03:22.emotional because you get real connected with your team and you
:03:23. > :03:28.care about them and their aspirations and winding down and
:03:29. > :03:33.people going home, it gets kind of sad. You lost Iesher last week and
:03:34. > :03:38.we absolutely adore her, but your team is very, very Strong indeed.
:03:39. > :03:43.Jermain and Sophie May have such different styles. Was that a
:03:44. > :03:49.conscious decision? What? The fact they're styles are so different? No.
:03:50. > :03:55.I think it's just in the blinds. The things that really get me that I
:03:56. > :04:02.turn for, you know, Sophie's style is unique unique and haunting and
:04:03. > :04:10.enchanting because she has thissiester world jazz -- this
:04:11. > :04:14.yester world jazz influence and she executes it flawlessly so I turn and
:04:15. > :04:28.fell noomplt Jermain has this old soul, gospel, you know, youth, pop,
:04:29. > :04:32.R B thing going on. A lot! We love the fact the nation is adopting your
:04:33. > :04:35.words and my children won't let me say fresh on TV because they get
:04:36. > :04:40.embarrassed but the whole nation is in touch with you and we thought
:04:41. > :04:44.we'd get in touch with a Great British wordsmith, Gyles Brandreth
:04:45. > :04:54.to help us interpret some of your wonderful says. Have a look at this.
:04:55. > :05:05.Doh. This is doh. I haven't said dope that many times. Dope is a
:05:06. > :05:14.slang word for narcotics, as in a horse trainer who dopes his animal
:05:15. > :05:20.in the hope of fixing the race. Dope is has a meaning to apply vanish.
:05:21. > :05:25.When Will refers to someone as dope, he means they are wonderful,
:05:26. > :05:36.amazing, marvellous, as in my case, look at this Bohemian vase, the
:05:37. > :05:40.dope! Pure dope! Thank you, Gyles. Did he get it
:05:41. > :05:44.right? Yes, he's dope! He is. He's going to be so chuffed
:05:45. > :05:50.with that. What are you making of Ricky as a new coach, his first
:05:51. > :05:55.year, is he doing well? Fantastic. His team, I'm a little afraid of his
:05:56. > :06:06.team depending on who goes through on Saturday. If someone goes
:06:07. > :06:12.through, that we are afraid of, and then depending on who goes through,
:06:13. > :06:16.then I'm going to make sure that I counsel the remaining person of my
:06:17. > :06:20.team on how it will process. I think we know what he means. Lots of your
:06:21. > :06:23.fans were saying in that film how you like to experiment with
:06:24. > :06:28.different styles. Take a classic song and your own will.i.am twist on
:06:29. > :06:33.it. Just for you, we've lined up something very special. Our very own
:06:34. > :06:47.spin on one of your classics, Will, take it away Gay and Alan.
:06:48. > :07:14.MUSIC: I Gotta Feeling theme played by bell sounds
:07:15. > :07:28.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Aren't they brilliant? Listen, I
:07:29. > :07:32.come from hip-hop. LL Cool J had a song called Rock the Bells, wow, you
:07:33. > :07:36.really rocked the bells. Do you want to have a go? Do you
:07:37. > :07:43.want to ring a bell? Go on, help yourself. He's going to go for the
:07:44. > :07:57.big one. Have a big one. But how do you... What is this note,
:07:58. > :08:06.B? Yes. I only got two hands though. You can go along.
:08:07. > :08:13.It's pash tie telly gold, will.i.am having a bell lesson. Don't go
:08:14. > :08:17.anywhere Will. You heard from the superstar producers. What about
:08:18. > :08:23.Jermain and Sophie May? They are going to be here in a moment, don't
:08:24. > :08:33.go away. Dope. Dope! # You are my Treasure... #
:08:34. > :08:39.He's got a tremendous voice. He's like a baritone and a tenor wrapped
:08:40. > :08:47.into one. Pf Amazing. We got your famous Wooo at
:08:48. > :08:49.the end. Yes, we love that. Will, who is getting your fast pass
:08:50. > :09:03.through? I'm taking Jermain through. You belong on the stage. You looked
:09:04. > :09:08.perfect, sounded beautiful and you have this natural elegance.
:09:09. > :09:13.I look forward to hearing you sing again in the semi-finals. Oh,
:09:14. > :09:19.thanks! The artist with the most public
:09:20. > :09:26.votes is. Sophie May! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:09:27. > :09:31.Please welcome back will.i.am and Jermain and Sophie May.
:09:32. > :09:35.We have waited a long time to see the two of you. Great skill last
:09:36. > :09:40.weekend. How did it feel to go through? Are you still on a high?
:09:41. > :09:47.Definitely. Still on a high. Keeping on the high for... What? ! You don't
:09:48. > :09:52.do that. Energy is staying up there for the semi-finals and same with
:09:53. > :09:56.Sophie. We are going to push to the semi-finals. It's tomorrow! Not to
:09:57. > :10:00.panic or anything like that... Jermain, it was a big ask for you,
:10:01. > :10:05.it had go off, kick off the first lives, yes, look at that. Then you
:10:06. > :10:10.got the fast pass and your face when you got that, you looked right
:10:11. > :10:16.Royally gob-smacked? I was. You know, I'm surrounded by amazing
:10:17. > :10:27.singers, Sophie May and Iesher and I didn't hear Will say my name and it
:10:28. > :10:33.was like "what? ! ". I'm so grateful to open the first live show was
:10:34. > :10:40.amazing. Sophie May, how hard was that wait for the public vote? Were
:10:41. > :10:45.you pacingly tense? I was stood there thinking, I'm going home and
:10:46. > :10:53.then they said my name and it was like "what? ! " My face was a
:10:54. > :10:58.picture. Did you enjoy the dancing up there? I had so much fun. The
:10:59. > :11:03.best experience of my life and I thought, even if I go home, I can
:11:04. > :11:06.say I've performed live on British television. It was absolutely
:11:07. > :11:12.fantastic. I had so much fun. You were say, Will, in rehearsals that
:11:13. > :11:21.you wanted Sophie to superify it. What did you mean by that? Sophie is
:11:22. > :11:27.- I really like the way Sophie sings - she's the kind of person that, if
:11:28. > :11:32.she wants to put out a record and the songs matched her aesthetic, I
:11:33. > :11:40.would be her biggest fan and buy her stuff, so she put the Sophie in Moon
:11:41. > :11:46.Dance yesterday, or the other day. So now we are sitting here with
:11:47. > :11:49.Sophie on the sofa... LAUGHTER It's really nice. I love
:11:50. > :11:54.you more than I thought I did before. Jermain, how are you
:11:55. > :11:57.prepared for the semi-final? Do you feel calmer this week or are you
:11:58. > :12:02.equally as terrified? How does it feel? The nerves are there, the
:12:03. > :12:06.excitement is there, I feel the same as I felt for the quarter-finals but
:12:07. > :12:11.less nervous because we have gone through the live shows already and
:12:12. > :12:15.so I nose how it feels. It didn't feel live, I felt like another
:12:16. > :12:18.rehearsal, another performance, but I'm looking forward to it. How were
:12:19. > :12:23.the rehearsals today, by the way? You have just literally come from
:12:24. > :12:28.rehearsals? Any niggles, anything you need to iron out or is it all
:12:29. > :12:32.going OK? At the point I'm pretty confident with my song and just
:12:33. > :12:35.really excited to go on stage and perform, I can't wait, it's going to
:12:36. > :12:42.be so different. Let's talk about what songs you are doing tomorrow.
:12:43. > :12:48.Jermain, you are dog Without You. David Guetta. Now let's hear it
:12:49. > :13:00.Jermain style. Here are rehearsals earlier.
:13:01. > :13:03.# Without t you... # That's all you can have! You can't
:13:04. > :13:09.have any more than that, we don't want to give too much away. Will,
:13:10. > :13:15.are we going to see Jermain's full vocal range? So today at rehearsals,
:13:16. > :13:20.he was rocking it and I was watching it and then I ran up, I didn't want
:13:21. > :13:26.to be stopping it, so I waited until it stopped and then I was like "you,
:13:27. > :13:35.Jermain watch, Fuad some of this" and then he did it again, he smacked
:13:36. > :13:39.it and attacked it. Oh, my goodness. Brilliant. Sophie May, I know you
:13:40. > :13:46.are very excited about the song that you are doing. I am. You are doing
:13:47. > :14:01.the Royals by Lords. Let us hear it Sophie-ified!
:14:02. > :14:05.# No postcode envy, but there are bloodstains ball gowns trashing in
:14:06. > :14:07.the bathroom... # You are making it look so
:14:08. > :14:16.effortless. Brilliant. Will, are you pleased with how that is going there
:14:17. > :14:20.for Sophie? Man, oh man. I'm downloading this right because you
:14:21. > :14:28.can download it. Yes, you can go on the website, yes. You can download
:14:29. > :14:40.these songs, both Jermain's version of Without You and Sophie's version
:14:41. > :14:47.of Royals. I'm so freaking excited about tomorrow's show. Yes. So am I!
:14:48. > :14:51.I'm so excited, seriously. So am I as well. Not only have you had all
:14:52. > :14:57.of this, you have been having some cooking tips from Will. Sophie May?
:14:58. > :15:04.I'm horrendous at cooking. It's not going well at all. Scars on her
:15:05. > :15:12.hand! What's he taught you, cooking-wise? Well, you were like
:15:13. > :15:20.saying to me, make some mar... Marinara. Yes. I've just been dog
:15:21. > :15:25.pasta! You've had some dance lessons this week. I was crying with
:15:26. > :15:28.laughter at this. Next week we are going to see it. Listen, good luck
:15:29. > :15:33.this weekend, I think it's going to be incredible. Thank you so much. It
:15:34. > :15:37.was worth the wait. Jermain and Sophie and Will! Team Will,
:15:38. > :15:42.everybody! Like Will says, don't forget, you
:15:43. > :15:54.can download Saturday's performance from last week from Sophie May and
:15:55. > :15:59.others. Last week, I caught up with Emma and Marvin in-between
:16:00. > :16:02.rehearsals. Please welcome, Emma and Marvin!
:16:03. > :16:06.APPLAUSE First year on The Voice, how much
:16:07. > :16:12.fun has it been? It's been so much fun. Amazing. Right from the minute
:16:13. > :16:16.we found out we got it up until this point, this afternoon works on it,
:16:17. > :16:21.all the contestants and you coming on board, it's so much fun. But they
:16:22. > :16:25.are all incredible, aren't they, who's the naughtiest? It's so hard
:16:26. > :16:31.to pick, do you know what I mean? Yes. They are just another level all
:16:32. > :16:37.of them. Sometimes it's a certain sock that gets you -- song that gets
:16:38. > :16:44.you. Who are the naughtiest? Lee and Jamie, the two naughty boys, you can
:16:45. > :16:49.see the cheeky glint in their eyes. Like Joey and Chandler? Yes. How
:16:50. > :16:54.have the two of you been getting on? He's a nightmare I can't stand this
:16:55. > :16:59.woman ever, horrendous. He doesn't stop all the time. It's always me,
:17:00. > :17:06.me, me! How do you two prepare for the show? Do you wax each other's
:17:07. > :17:14.eyebrows? Marv has a hair cut every day. We audition every day. Seven
:17:15. > :17:19.days solid we were there. Every day I knock on the door when we got
:17:20. > :17:24.there and I would go, all right, Marv and I'd he'd go, I'm having a
:17:25. > :17:29.hair cut every day. It is incredibly neat? No, my barber is always with
:17:30. > :17:34.me. How much does it cost for a trim, near little bit? It depends.
:17:35. > :17:40.If I go to a shop, it's cheaper than him coming to me, but, you know,
:17:41. > :17:44.sometimes I'm busy. ?4. 50. Exactly. You are paying too much, I'll do it
:17:45. > :17:48.for three quid! Marvin, you have been through a show just like this.
:17:49. > :17:51.How much can you empathise with what they are doing through, have you
:17:52. > :17:55.been able to give them advice? Of course, give them advice and I guess
:17:56. > :18:00.the most important thing with me being here I suppose is that for
:18:01. > :18:03.them being on the stage and the nerves as well, last week for
:18:04. > :18:07.example they were all so nervous and I'm like, get the first line out the
:18:08. > :18:13.way and the performance will go from there. I guess little bits like that
:18:14. > :18:18.I can give which is always helpful. Any gossip from today? How are they?
:18:19. > :18:23.I saw Jermain who said he'd been accused by a newspaper recently this
:18:24. > :18:30.week of looking at my top. Oh, really? ! Looking down my top.
:18:31. > :18:37.Really? I swear it wasn't him. But he's quite tall. They caught me mid
:18:38. > :18:42.blink! Thing is though, we have all had a look down your top, so I don't
:18:43. > :18:48.blame him. The hole in my dressing room wall, I put it there! I'm
:18:49. > :18:53.loving where this is going. Good luck tomorrow semi-finals day.
:18:54. > :19:00.You are doing an amazing job. Emma and Marvin.
:19:01. > :19:09.Here to give thoughts and opinions on the upcoming performances, it's
:19:10. > :19:14.Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman.
:19:15. > :19:17.Lovely Socks, beautiful. They look like I've really worn statement
:19:18. > :19:22.Socks.Socks. - love them. Richard, you are a huge
:19:23. > :19:25.fan of The Voice. Have you enjoyed the series and are you happy with
:19:26. > :19:31.the final eight? Amazing final eight. Sally is connecting with
:19:32. > :19:36.viewers but Jermain I think, that's who I'd secretly like to win. He's
:19:37. > :19:40.up there, that's official. You have got a fabulous voice yourself? Bless
:19:41. > :19:47.you. I didn't know you were trained baritone? Yes, classically trained,
:19:48. > :19:50.yes. You might have gone into the wrong studio. What if you were faced
:19:51. > :19:54.with the four coaches, which would you choose? It's a really difficult
:19:55. > :19:58.question because they are all so excellent, but of course Ricky. Yes,
:19:59. > :20:02.fine, thank you, just leave it at that! Let's have a look at what the
:20:03. > :20:08.acts are performing this weekend, solos and songs with coaches. First
:20:09. > :20:10.off, team Kylie and Lee, singing Strong by London Grammar, here he is
:20:11. > :20:38.in rehearsal on Tuesday. A hard song to sing that one.
:20:39. > :20:42.Beautiful. Yes. Everyone says he has a very unique voice. What do you
:20:43. > :20:45.like about his voice, Richard? Perfect for songs like that, because
:20:46. > :20:49.you hear all the standards that people with belt out, but you give
:20:50. > :20:53.him a song like that that a lot of people couldn't handle and I'm
:20:54. > :20:58.looking forward to that. Fantastic. I'm guessing everyone must have said
:20:59. > :21:02.this all the time, but the Jeff Buckley and Matthew Bellamy there,
:21:03. > :21:11.there's so much interesting texture there. Matt Bellamy? Yes. Call him
:21:12. > :21:18.by his proper name, Matthew Bellamy. And Geoffrey Buckley. For team
:21:19. > :21:42.Kylie, it's Jamie singing I Can' t Make You Love Me. Let's take a look.
:21:43. > :21:47."Don't patronise". He's looking good there. Could this get him into the
:21:48. > :21:54.final? It's going to be a tough contest. What do you think? I like
:21:55. > :22:09.Jamie, he reminds me of Markder den-Smith actually. Yes.
:22:10. > :22:14.DDuerden-Smith. He's got Bizzi, phenomenal additional range. Range,
:22:15. > :22:18.up and down? Yes. That's the word, yes. This could be good. Look
:22:19. > :22:23.forward to seeing it. All right. We are going to move on to Team Ricky
:22:24. > :22:30.who would be your choice. Christina Marie is singing Bang, bang, as done
:22:31. > :22:35.by David Guetta. Here she is in rehearsals on Wednesday.
:22:36. > :22:48.# Bang, bang, you shot me down, bang, bang...
:22:49. > :22:53.What happens next? You will have to find out. She's very emotional, was
:22:54. > :22:57.in tears after the show last week but is incredibly powerful. Is this
:22:58. > :23:02.going to be a hit for her? Amazing voice, but all of her emotions are
:23:03. > :23:05.so close to the surface, which could be useful. At the moment that's hard
:23:06. > :23:09.when you have a public vote and you are showing so much of yourself. Her
:23:10. > :23:15.voice, she should definitely get through. Do you think she needs to
:23:16. > :23:18.rein it in? You can't, you have to be yourself, but whether that's
:23:19. > :23:21.something that will endear him to the public, I don't know. Imagine
:23:22. > :23:26.her in two or three years' time, amazing. Could be huge. Let talk
:23:27. > :23:32.about Chris as well, he's singing Smile by Nat King Cole.
:23:33. > :23:50.# Smile though your heart is breaking... #
:23:51. > :23:58.Another very moving performance. Yes. What do you think Alexander? I
:23:59. > :24:04.think he's got a lovely tone, Chris. His mid range is really full of
:24:05. > :24:09.texture. Slightly Will Young actually. Again, I think he's going
:24:10. > :24:14.to have an uphill battle I think. Why? Just because he's got some
:24:15. > :24:25.fireworks on either side of him I think. Reremind me of a young Mark
:24:26. > :24:34.Duerden-Smith. Time to get physical. Business Brazil is performing George
:24:35. > :24:38.Benson's Everything Must Change. -- Bizzi is performing Everything
:24:39. > :24:43.Must Change. Let's take a look.
:24:44. > :24:46.# Everything must change, nothing stays the same...
:24:47. > :24:56.HH Richard, is this what you want to
:24:57. > :25:01.hear Bizzi singing? He's got a beautiful voice. I love it when the
:25:02. > :25:10.soul singers go country. And the soul is fine, doing a Glen Campbell
:25:11. > :25:14.or Kenny Rogers, or Everything Must Go, bethe Manic, instead of
:25:15. > :25:18.Everything Must Change. Maybe next week, what a twist!
:25:19. > :25:24.Team Tom also Sally Barker, favourite of yours, is singing the
:25:25. > :25:30.Waterboys, Whole Of The Moon, lets's take a look.
:25:31. > :25:34.# You just stayed in your room, I saw the Cruzzent... #
:25:35. > :25:47.-- Crescent. We know Richard is a massive fan of
:25:48. > :25:53.Sally's. Do you think this is the right song? Perfect. Absolutely
:25:54. > :25:58.wonderful. Again, Tom will be tearing up wiping his chin at the
:25:59. > :26:03.end of this. That's lovely. Yes, you just relax and let go when Sally
:26:04. > :26:12.sings, don't you? Yes, you know she's not going to mess it up? Yes.
:26:13. > :26:20.Like syrup in your ears. Yes. Team Will now. Jermain is singing
:26:21. > :26:26.David Guetta's and Usher's Without You. Let's take a look.
:26:27. > :26:41.# I won't ever be the same, without you, without you... #
:26:42. > :26:46.Baritone and tenor. How tricky is that to do both? He has this amazing
:26:47. > :26:51.tenor up there which floats around really beautifully. From nowhere
:26:52. > :26:57.comes the kind of Luther Vandross, the proper, like he can just think
:26:58. > :27:01.about going low, he has a whole new gear there, it's like a whole new
:27:02. > :27:08.register, fabulous. Richard, do you like Jermain? A big
:27:09. > :27:13.Jermain fan. Big week for David Guetta. I loved Jermain dog
:27:14. > :27:16.Treasure, I thought that was terrific -- doing Treasure as well.
:27:17. > :27:22.That will be an absolute ban stormer. Sophie May, great song,
:27:23. > :27:34.she's singing Royals by Lorde. Have a look.
:27:35. > :27:50.# And I'm not proud of that, in the torn up town, no postcode envy... #
:27:51. > :27:56.Those were the days, weren't they? ! You were there. She's giving it the
:27:57. > :28:03.whole retro jazz feel. Richard, does she suit that song? She has that
:28:04. > :28:07.female Mark Duerden-Smith thing going on. Fantastic. Whether she's a
:28:08. > :28:11.vote winner I don't know, that's tricky, but she's brilliant and what
:28:12. > :28:16.she does and what a lovely song to sing, lovely to hear someone doing
:28:17. > :28:20.that. You like Sophie May? I do. I like a bit of variety now though.
:28:21. > :28:28.Something slightly different? Yes, surprise us a bit.
:28:29. > :28:35.Countryish? That would be fantastic. The final is looming.
:28:36. > :28:41.What is your favourite? I like Sally and Jermain. Christina Marie. Thank
:28:42. > :28:47.you so much for joining us and thank you for that lovely low voice there,
:28:48. > :28:51.that was good. Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong.
:28:52. > :28:56.That is all for this week. Tune into The Voice tomorrow on BBC One at 7.
:28:57. > :29:03.Back on Monday with more behind-the-scenes action, plus the
:29:04. > :29:04.eliminated acts whoever they