Blind Auditions 5 The Voice UK

Everyone's keeping their cards close to their chest,

and you never know how strong the teams are.

# I be everywhere, everybody know me... #

-WILL.I.AM:

-My team is freakin' crazy fresh.

# Dance with me...slow... #

-KYLIE:

-I feel good about my team,

cos they just keep getting better and better.

-TOM:

-The coaches always have to worry about my team,

because they know, I pick 'em because they're strong.

I really want to win this.

What's the point in going forward if you're not going to up your game?

I'm not tricky.

Or am I?

-EMMA:

-Tonight, two coaches go head-to-head.

What, you want to start something?

We're becoming...almost old adversaries.

-MARVIN:

-There's some blasts from the past.

I've seen you before.

And the boys are left speechless.

MUSIC: "Silence is Golden" by The Tremeloes

If none of you guys can talk, I'll talk.

First up tonight, singing restaurant manager Steven Alexander...

# Fever...in the evening. #

..who's picked up a few tips from his auntie.

She knows exactly how he's feeling today.

Singing does run in the family,

my auntie Max was on the show as one part of Diva...

# Oh, tell me... #

..who got through to Team Tom last year.

They had the most amazing time,

constantly screaming down the phone,

"Oh, my God, you'll never guess what's happening,

"I'm out for lunch with Tom Jones!" They absolutely loved it,

said it was the best time of their life.

Just relax, enjoy the experience, watch those chairs turn.

The more you relax into it, the more natural you're going to sound,

the more chance you have of them turning the chairs.

Aargh!

Auntie Max is, like, my number one fan.

She is so supportive it's unreal.

Going to be magic, right?

She'll be there with bells on, like,

screaming at the back of the room, "Go on, Steven!"

The coaches obviously turned round for Max last year.

Hopefully this year, they're going to take a shot on me.

I just want to go out there and absolutely nail it.

For myself obviously, but for her as well,

because she's going to be there every step of the way.

-Is it bringing back memories?

-Aye! Yeah!

You just feel for it, oh, my God.

Walking up those stairs, I think there's going to be

a mixture of nerves and electricity, like I've never felt before.

HE WHISTLES THROUGH HIS TEETH

I almost had a sneaky peek then.

-How'd you think he's feeling.

-Oh, he'll be...

-I think he'll hold it together though.

-Yeah.

I think he'll hold it together.

# Heeeeyyy

# I see you floating it constantly

# You're making me feel

# You and I could be real

# Yeahhhh... #

Yeah!

# ..you walk away and turn your back... #

-Kylie's feeling it.

-Come on!

SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

# Cos I'm mystified, yeah, and you know I tried now

# I just can't get through to you, you tell me

# "What you gon' do?" I don't know

# "What you gon' say?" I ain't sure

# All of the time, all the time you... #

Press that button!

# I can't keep wasting my time on your game

CHEERING

# All the time, yeah

# Playing your game

# Seen it all before

# Ti-hi-ime, yeah

# Cos I'm mystified

JAZZY VOCAL

# Whoa-oh-oh-ohhhhhh... #

Oh, come on!

# Hey, hey, hey, yeah!

# Ain't no doubt about it... #

Come on, hit the button!

# Ain't no... #

Oh, my God!

CHEERING

Woo! KYLIE LAUGHS

-What's your name?

-My name's Steven Alexander.

CHEERING

OK, I got a bit excited then.

I think you threw everything at us. We could probably work on...

pacing, some of those runs and your tricks and things like that.

But all I can say is I felt that, and you just swept me away.

Thank you, thank you so much.

So there was a note at the beginning there,

I didn't know whether it was the melody of the song

or whether you had gone off or not, but then it became stronger

and better, and I could hear then what you were doing.

And I loved what I heard.

So that's why, at the end, when you started to give it plenty...

-Yeah.

-..that's when I hit the button.

CHEERING

My auntie's backstage. She was part of Diva last year, Maxine.

So she's Team Tom all the way, she was on your team last year.

-All right, Tom?

-Hi, Tom!

-Whoa, check that out!

-So, it's a bit crazy.

Um, we keep it in the family, keeping it real.

-# We are family

-Yeah, we are

-# I got my auntie in the back

-Oh, yeah! #

LAUGHTER

So the reason I didn't turn, lil' Miss Kylie turned around - boom!

Now you got, you know, she's going to be a great coach,

and then you was rocking even more.

But then I was trying to figure out, "Should I turn around?"

And then the legend turned around.

LAUGHTER

-But you're amazing.

-Thank you, thank you.

- Hello, you all right? - I'm really good.

If I'm going to give a reason for not turning around, it's probably

because I was messing about too much with Will.

The stuff that these two liked about it

will be acrobatics and stuff like that.

For me personally, I found it masked a little bit of the heart of it

and the emotions.

But I'm sure that when you work with Tom or Kylie, you can

bring more of the heart into the song and find the emotion of it.

Thank you, thank you.

- But, yeah, well done. - Thanks, dude. Thank you very much.

Now make your choice.

Oh, God, this is crazy.

AUDIENCE SHOUT JUDGE NAMES

Go on, go Kylie.

STEVEN: Erm...

AUDIENCE: Kylie! Kylie! Kylie!

-What'd you reckon, guys?

-I reckon he's going Kylie.

-Kylie, yeah?

AUDIENCE: Tom! Tom!

My auntie might be a little bit annoyed with me for this decision,

but I would love to go with Miss Kylie Minogue.

-Well done!

-Thank you.

Auntie Max's top tips have been tip-top,

it's great just to have her feedback and her input,

and she knows what I'm going through, so she gets it.

He was great, the way he was working the audience,

it was really cool when I turned around to see him take it

up to the next level, and I was seduced by that, I couldn't help it.

I think you're going to go all the way, pal.

To turn, or not to turn? That is the question.

Download The Voice app and you can be a home coach.

# This is The Voice! #

Now, a tale of love in the Highlands,

between 56-year-old Fiona Kelly

and the other man in her life.

ROMANTIC MUSIC

My husband works away quite a lot.

It can get a bit lonely sometimes,

yes...yes.

But I do have another man in my life, and his name is Bob. Bob the Clob.

RECORD SQUEAKS

Bob is my horse, and I love Bob!

BLACK BEAUTY THEME

Bob would not be the fastest horse in the world.

But he's very willing.

MUSIC CUTS OUT Bob!

You could say that Bob is the ideal man,

because he never answers me back.

You're filthy!

NEIGHING

Oh, I just love him! We're absolutely a match made in heaven.

I've always sung for fun.

I would never, ever have dreamed that I would be here.

I want to take this opportunity and just grab it with both hands.

And make one of those chairs turn.

Oh, look, she's nervous.

# You light the skies up above me... #

CHEERING

Wow.

# A star so bright

# You blind me

# Don't close your eyes

# Don't fade away, don't fade away

# You and me... #

Come on, Ricky!

# If you stay by my side, we can rule the world... #

Come on, guys!

SHE VOCALISES

SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

CHEERING

Ohhh, no.

CHEERING INTENSIFIES

-How are you? I'm good, thank you, how are you?

-I'm OK.

Oh, it's you! I didn't see who it was!

He does look like I sound.

LAUGHTER

Just kidding. Where you from?

I'm from a little village just outside Aberdeen, in Scotland.

-Fit like?

-Nae bad, fit like yersel?

I'm all right. I speak Aberdeen.

LAUGHTER

-Um, what's your name?

-Fiona Kelly.

-Hi, Fiona.

I didn't turn around cos I didn't know how to add to...

the angelic vibe that you already have.

Hi, Fiona.

Think you hit a couple little bumps where you weren't so sure.

Maybe it wasn't totally there tonight,

-but thank you very much anyway.

-Thank you.

I'm going to surprise you now. I don't go to that many operas.

LAUGHTER So I don't know about that world.

And that was my reason for not turning round,

because I wouldn't know what to do.

I think I could lead you down a very wrong path.

Really?

But, I actually really enjoyed your song choice

for the style you were singing.

IMPERSONATES GARY BARLOW: And I'm sure Gary

would have really liked it as well.

That was awful, wasn't it?

OK, thanks very much.

Thank you very much, I was wondering how I was going to get down there.

-Worst Gary Barlow impression ever.

-Wrong show.

Well done, Fiona.

APPLAUSE

Bob would indeed have turned his chair, his little hoof would

have been on that buzzer, and he would have turned it.

NEIGHING

For many of our acts,

The Voice is their first shot at a major singing competition.

But 25-year-old Manchester lad Chris Royal is an old hand.

I've been singing since I was a little boy.

My mum used to take me to holiday camps and I'd enter the talent shows.

I used to do exactly the same thing, you used to win holidays.

Yeah, you used to win holidays, and I won one or two.

-When Chris was younger, was he cute?

-He was very cute, yeah.

Still is!

Me and my family are very close.

Don't worry about that.

-Everybody says I'm a mummy's boy.

-I love Chris with all my heart...

I'm going to get upset now!

Why you crying? I'm not, shut up.

She'll still call me up in the morning, "Are you awake?"

I'm like, "Aw, Mum, I'm 25!"

A year ago, I decided to move to London.

My decision was based purely on music.

Since being in London, I've had jobs.

Unfortunately, I'm not working no more.

I'm not going to lie and say it's easy, especially by myself.

Singing in front of these four coaches could be the break

that I need.

-This opportunity is priceless. I need to make the most of it.

-Here we go.

Come on, Chris!

-Oh, he looks so nervous.

-He does, doesn't he? Go on, son.

# Feeling my way through the darkness

# Guided by a beating heart

# I can't tell where my journey... #

-Come on, Will.i.am.

-Ohhh!

# But I know where to start

# So wake me up when it's all over

# When I'm wiser and I'm older

# All this time I was finding myself

# And I didn't know I was lost... #

Oh, my God!

# They tell me I'm too young to understand

# They say I'm caught up in a dream

# Life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes

# Well, that's fine by me

# So wake me up when it's all over

# When I'm wiser and I'm older

# All this time I was finding myself

# When I didn't know I was lost. #

HE VOCALISES

Yeah!

CHEERING Thank you.

Woo!

Yes!

Hello, hello.

-What's your name?

-My name's Chris, and I'm from Manchester.

I mean, that just got better and better and better, I thought.

And you ended up even stronger at the end of it,

-so I think you're great.

-Thank you.

All right, my turn to stand.

So you must feel pretty good right now, yeah?

CHRIS: I do. To be honest, I didn't expect it all, I just came out, I was so nervous.

You seriously didn't think anyone was going to turn around?

Are you mad?!

LAUGHTER

-Your voice is like honey, that was so good.

-Thank you.

If we were to work together, we'd go through your record collection,

we'd get to know who you are, we'd spend some time together.

And, erm...

LAUGHTER

You're ready to go to the next level.

Thank you.

I've been around a long time, and I've heard a lot of singers,

and I can move you into directions

that maybe you haven't even tried yet,

and pick the right material for you, because that is very important.

So...

I'd probably do the same as those two, but more and better.

WHOOPING

This show's a bit like a catapult,

so it's not just us pulling it back and going,

"That's where you've gotta go",

it's a joint effort, you have to point it,

we pull it back, you tell me

where you want to go, and we'll do it together.

And I will not give up until you've won this.

CHEERING

HE MOUTHS: Wow.

AUDIENCE: Ricky! Ricky! Ricky!

I'm just torn between all three of you. I'm just going to...

-It's his future, isn't it?

-Exactly, it's hard.

The coach that I'm going to choose...

..is, erm...

I'm going to go with Ricky.

Yes!

- A-ha! You made the right decision. - Thank you.

It's going to be great. We're going to have a good time, yeah?

Oh, man, it's going to be ace.

That was a beautiful performance.

Nice shirt, too.

WHOOPING

Good pitch.

-AUDIENCE MEMBER:

-Love you Ricky!

SCREAMING

My gut was telling me to go for Tom, but Ricky's pitch won me over.

It just felt really heart-full. It felt honest.

Maybe Ricky can pull something out of me

that I don't even know that's there.

RICKY: Feel that.

Yeah, it's like a pigeon's heart, he's going like this.

LAUGHTER

He's going to fly away in a minute.

Also, I've run out of lines now.

I know, have a nap! Cos I think you've...

This show!

KYLIE: Will you please breathe? I'm worried!

-Congratulations.

-Yeah, well done.

RICKY: Thank you, Tom.

Let me ask you this - was it worth you picking up from home,

moving down to London? Does it all feel worth it now?

Yeah, deffo.

MARVIN LAUGHS

You look like you're having way too much fun there, Marv.

Don't you know we're here to do a serious job?

# Because I'm happy... #

Whoa-whoa-whoa!

Yeah!

-Hi!

-AUDIENCE: Hi!

-Are you all right?

-AUDIENCE: Yes!

-Oh, good!

-LAUGHTER

-Wasaaabi!

-That's it!

-WELSH ACCENT:

-What's occurring?

-Where do they go?

-Well...

MARVIN LAUGHS

-WELSH ACCENT:

-Tidy, innit?

-BOTH:

-Yaay!

You've the cutest little face! Oh!

Woop-woop! You chatting up?

-Look at your eyes.

-Look at yours!

-You look much better in the flesh.

-Really?

Can I meet Marvin before I go?

-Oh! It's like that, is it?

-LAUGHTER

Ooooh!

CHEERING

So much fun!

Even if you've been on The Voice before, our doors are always open.

And tonight's next two acts are coming back through them.

First, 17-year-old Nick Dixon.

# I won't give up on us... #

'Last series I was so nervous'

that I could feel my heart pounding in my chest.

'When I finished the song and no-one turned round,

'my heart hit rock bottom.'

'It took me a few seconds to realise, "Oh, I'm not through."'

You haven't quite found yourself yet.

But there's always next year, come back.

I would love to hear you again.

'If I could go back in time

'and give my younger self a bit of advice,

'I'd say, "Be more relaxed."'

And it's also back into The Voice spotlight for Elesha Paul Moses.

Last year I was on the show as part of a duo called Nu-Tarna.

# Now look at me...! #

'I looked very different, with big blue hair.'

We got picked by Will.i.am.

CHEERING

Woo! Nu-Tarna! That's the name!

'We got into the battle rounds, but we didn't make it through,

'and we decided to go our separate ways.'

'As part of Nu-Tarna I had to kind of play a role.'

This year I just want people to see me as me.

'I'm my own person.'

NICK: 'Since I auditioned last year I've worked so hard.

'I want to be able to show the people what I have learned.'

ELESHA: 'Coming back is a big risk.

'If I didn't get a turn this time around

'it'd be really hard to take.'

'That doubt would start coming in.'

NICK: 'To get through this audition, it means so much to me.

'It is more than a dream.

'It's my life and it's what I want.'

-Come on, son.

-You go. Come on, Nick.

He's looking a bit more relaxed this time.

You can do it.

# I'm counting on a memory to get me out of here

CHEERING

# I'm waiting for the fog around this spooky little town to clear

# And all this time I've spent being... #

-Come on, Ricky!

-Come on!

# Someone else's friend

# Just one more time, for old time's sake

# If I could go back home again

-Come on!

-Come on!

# If I could go back home

# If I could go back home

# If I'd never left

# Then I never would have known

-ALL:

-Come on!

# We all dream of leaving

# But wind up in the end

-Come on!

-Come on!

-Push it!

-Push it!

# Spending all our time

# Trying to get back home

# We all dream of leaving

# But wind up in the end

# Spending all our time

# Trying to get back home again. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Ohhh!

-Oh, not again!

-What's your name?

-Nick Dixon.

I've seen you before.

Yeah, I was on last year.

CROWD: Awww!

Wow.

Erm, I just really wanted another shot.

took in your advice and I just wanted to get through.

CROWD: Awww! APPLAUSE

Maybe... Maybe the song was wrong, maybe.

Maybe make a better choice of song to show you off more.

Keep doing it, don't-don't give up.

APPLAUSE

RICKY: You know, you'll keep going and keep going

and it'll happen one day.

Thank you very much.

Will he give up or will he keep going?

He won't give up. He'll carry on, he won't give up.

I know you saw us last year,

and the outcome wasn't what you wanted.

That's OK, you came back this year.

That's all right.

That happened to me, too.

You make a demo,

you shop it, they tell you no.

You keep going back, they tell you no.

I said, "Why do you keep telling me no? Like, what is it?"

He was like, "Well, it's just not tangible."

I didn't even know what "tangible" meant at the time.

LAUGHTER

I looked up "tangible" in the dictionary,

it means something with a handle, something to hold.

Like a hook.

So, since then I've been writing freaking hooks like crazy!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I'd like to say thanks very much to all the coaches for listening.

Oh!

I've had some business cards made

and I'd just like to, if I could, hand them out to you guys.

-Yeah, you got a business card?

-Give us the cards!

CHEERING

Go on, Nick!

-Go on, Nick!

-Well done, son!

KYLIE: Can I have a hug?

Thank you so much for performing.

CHEERING

THEY LAUGH

I fell a little bit in love with him.

It's all right, I've got his contact details.

LAUGHTER

Well done. I'm proud of you.

-You were brilliant.

-Fantastic job.

-WILL:

-'That takes a lot, to come back the second time,

'not get turned around for.'

He walked off the stage still smiling, like, "Thanks, guys!"

Yeah, just still like, "Wow, that was great!

"Look at this, freaking doing it."

So, second time unlucky for Nick.

But will Elesha make a comeback as a solo artist?

'Going out on the stage on my own is going to be scary.

'By myself, am I good enough?

'I pray that I am, and I hope the coaches hear that.'

-Mummy!

-Yeah!

# All I knew

# This morning when I woke

# Is I know something

# I know something I didn't before

# And all I've seen

# Since 18 hours ago... #

Will's got a smile on his face!

-Come on, Will.

-Come on!

# In the back of my mind making me feel right

# I just want to know you better

# Know you better, know you better now

# I just want to know you better

# Know you better, know you better now

# I just want to know you

# Know you, know you better now

# I just want to know you... #

-Push it!

-Come on!

-Come on, Will.

# All I know is you said hello

# Your eyes looking like coming home

# All I know is a simple name

# Everything has changed

# All I know is you held the door

# You'll be mine and I'll be yours

# All I know since yesterday

# Everything has changed

# All I know is a new-found grace... #

-Come on!

-Push!

-Press the button now!

# All I know since yesterday

# Everything has changed. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

THEY CHEER AND SCREAM

CHEERING CONTINUES

CHEERING CONTINUES

Thank you!

Hi, I'm Elesha Paul Moses, and I'm from Surrey.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you. Hi, Will.

How you doing, Elesha?

I don't know if you remember me, I had blue hair last year.

-You were Tina Turner.

-Yeah!

-Your hair grew fast!

-It did. I know.

Sometimes it does, doesn't it?

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

-I used some sort of, er, spray in it.

-Potion.

No, you got to let me know this spray,

cos I've been trying to grow this side back.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

It only grows on this side!

-I'm so happy that you're back.

-Oh, thank you.

And I'm so happy that Tom turned for you.

And...

LAUGHTER

Really.

But the reason I didn't turn is there was this high note

that when you went to the high note I was going to push it,

but then it.. Pow!

-Yeah.

-You didn't hit it.

Nerves, I think.

I was super, super nervous this time, I didn't think I'd be.

But, yeah, I was.

Why were you nervous this time?

-I don't know, well...

-Because you're by yourself.

Yeah. And normally I'm singing...

-What was your partner's name again?

-Kelly.

Yeah, you guys were wild on the show. I remember that.

APPLAUSE

-Hello, love.

-Hi.

-Nice to see you again.

-Yes, and you.

-And know you're by yourself.

-Yeah.

-Wow.

-And now I've got you!

-Yes!

And you're going to make me a thousand times better!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

CROWD: Tom! Tom! Tom! Tom!

-WILL IN A DEEP VOICE:

-Tom!

Just for you to know, when you first started off

I thought maybe the key was a little low for you,

because it was at the bottom of your register.

But I liked the low part,

because it was very breathy and very human-sounding.

And then, of course, when you...

And very sexy, by the way.

CROWD WHOOPS

And then when you went up, that then clinched the deal for me,

because I loved the overall sound that you made

and the range that you have, it sounded great.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you very much.

-There you go.

-Thank you.

KYLIE: She doesn't know where to go!

ELESHA: Hello! how are you?

So, welcome to Team Tom.

-And it was lovely to see you again.

-And you!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

SCREAMING

I'm on Tom's team!

Sir Tom! That's cool!

Some acts go that extra mile for The Voice.

29-year-old Lucy Winter has gone 2,000 extra miles to be here today.

My husband, Martin, is in the Air Force,

and we are currently based in Cyprus with our son, Archie.

Daddy!

Obviously commuting from Cyprus to UK,

it will be tough, but 100% behind her.

-ALL:

-Wee!

When I was younger I did a few summer seasons

singing in the bars out in Cyprus, but after having Archie,

I put my music on the backburner for a little bit.

I'm grateful to Lucy for putting her dream on hold

whilst I pursued my career.

And now it's time for her to pursue her dream again.

Yeah!

The audition today is a big deal for me.

I felt for a long time like I was just Archie's mummy

and Martin's wife.

And I want to make sure that I know I've done everything in my power

to make my dreams come true.

CHEERING

# When the truth is found to be lies

# An' all the joy within you dies

# Don't you want somebody to love?

# Don't you need somebody to love?

# Wouldn't you love somebody to love?

-ALL:

-Come on!

# You better find somebody to love

# When the garden flowers

# Baby, I dare, yes

# And you're mind, you're mind, you're so full of red

# Don't you want somebody to love?

# Don't you need somebody to love?

# Wouldn't you love somebody to love

# You better find somebody to love. #

No!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Wow.

-Hello.

-Do you want a breath?

You're still standing?

Yes, I am, just about, thank you.

The chairs are rattling.

What's your name?

My name's Lucy Winter.

I'm 29 from... I've come from Cyprus today

to be here for you guys.

CHEERING

You gave that so much passion and so much energy.

The chairs, I felt like they were rocking.

You could have actually sung it to us from Cyprus

and we would have still heard it. LAUGHTER

I did ask them, but they said "no."

Do you live in Cyprus or are you on holiday...?

- No, my husband's in the armed forces. - Oh, wow.

I'm a military wife and we're posted out there.

CHEERING

Yeah, I mean, at points it was scary...

Sorry.

..in a good way, like, it hit me there, you know.

Vocally, it's not my bag. I think you need to contain it a little bit more.

I know that sounds weird because you were giving it everything.

It's fine, thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate it, thank you.

APPLAUSE

Thanks for singing for us.

I was hoping that Tom would turn around

cos I think it would have been a great match,

but really at the end of the day, who cares about us?

No, no. That's how you have to go about it.

Like, I'm a singer and you should turn it around

based on what I do for a living.

-You should not try to force us to turn around.

-OK.

-I sensed that you were doing that.

-Thank you.

For me listening to it, like Will said,

-it sounded like you were trying too hard.

-OK.

But I did like the rough parts, you know what I mean?

It's sounded more real.

-Even though it was forced, you can definitely sing.

-Thank you.

CHEERING

Coming here and getting the feedback is amazing.

I'm never going to get that again.

No-one said that I had an awful voice. Yay!

This was not in the brochure, people!

This is not in the brochure.

Jumbo, jumbo.

The coaches better not mess with our next act - he's a lethal weapon.

My name's Max Murphy, I'm 18 years old

and I'm a full-time judo athlete.

There's no reason why Max can't represent Great Britain

at the Olympic Games.

Just has so much natural talent.

I'm quite good at throwing, that's what I'm known for in judo.

Oh, wow.

I take it that you would literally chuck me on the floor

if we were doing it properly.

Despite my dedication to judo, I've always loved singing.

As national coach I need all my best players staying into judo.

So...let's hope he doesn't make it.

-MARVIN:

-Yeah, thanks for your support, gents.

Over in Bolton,

16-year-old Joe Keegan is a champion of a different kind.

I've been competing as an Irish dancer since I was eight.

Currently I'm 13th in the world and 5th in Great Britain.

The biggest influence sort of in Irish music is my dad.

-Oh, sick, sick!

-Sick means good.

I guess he really got me into the dancing.

He puts his heart into it.

And I get the joy in seeing him grow.

It's almost like cultivating a plant.

I think my dad would probably prefer it if I did go into dancing,

it's a safer option.

Before Joe finds out if he's swapping dancing for singing,

judo champion Max is on.

This is a massive opportunity for me.

If one of those chairs turn round,

that could be the end of my judo career.

But I would rather sing in front of thousands of people

than represent Great Britain in the next Olympics.

So I'm just going to give it my all.

Oh, so nervous.

# All along the western front

# People line up to receive

# She got the power in her hands

# To shock you like you won't believe

# Saw her in the Amazon

# With the voltage running through her skin

# Standing there with nothing on

# She gonna teach me how to swim

# I said, oh girl

# Shock me like an electric eel

# Baby girl

# You turn me on with your electric feel

# You can feel it in your mind

# Oh, you can do it all the time

# Plug it in and change the world

You are my electric girl... #

Push the button!

-Come on!

-Push it!

# Baby girl

# Turn me on with your electric feel. #

CHEERING

What's your name?

I'm Max Murphy, I'm from Glasgow, I'm 18.

- That was hot. - Thank you, Kylie.

- Can you just move away from the microphone... - Yeah.

No, I need to see you!

AUDIENCE WOOS OK.

You been doing gigs or playing?

Yeah, I gig around Glasgow.

But I'm a professional judo athlete.

Excuse me?

- You're a professional judo athlete? - Yeah.

I was number one in Britain under 17 years of age.

APPLAUSE

I can do a forward roll!

AUDIENCE: Do it!

No, I might need his help.

But that was great. And you are in very, very safe hands.

APPLAUSE

I liked it. I mean I really liked it. But it didn't hit me hard.

What? Judo? You don't want him to hit you hard.

I'm sure he could hit me hard with judo.

The only fighting I know is street fighting.

I wasn't born with this nose.

But I love boxing and I love judo

and I love all kinds of physical, one-on-one things...

Tom!

But I liked it.

With Ricky you are with the right man

because he can take you a long way.

Yeah, I'd just like to say I'm so grateful you turned around for me.

Thanks very much.

APPLAUSE

There's no need to be grateful. It was going to happen.

Great song choice, you made it to your own.

What we're going to do, we are going to pick songs you want to sing,

you're gonna sing them your way and I will help you

and also I'm going to try to avoid getting thrown about.

I'm going to make all the right decisions on this one.

APPLAUSE

- Cheers. - See you.

Please to meet you. Hi, Kylie. Well done.

Swagger, swagger

and then some swagger.

Yeah!

You and her there was definitely a bit of flirting going on there.

I think you've got a big fan in Miss Minogue.

I just felt like a handshake was a bit too formal!

So, Judo Max makes the grade with Ricky.

Can Irish dancer Joe follow in his footsteps?

Irish dancing is to something that I've always done.

But the singing is my passion.

I've never been judged singing before.

I'm feeling nervous.

# Now I'm walkin' back down this mountain

# With the strength of a turnin' tide Oh, the wind's so soft

# On my skin

# The sun so hard upon my side... #

Come on, Joe!

# ..This happiness

# I search for between the sheets

# Feelin' blind and I realise

# All I was searchin' for was me

# Ooh ooh All I was searchin' for was me

# It was me, yeah

# Keep your head up Keep your heart strong

# No, no, no, no

# Keep your mind set in your ways

# Keep your heart strong... #

Push the button, somebody!

# I saw a friend of mine the other day

# And he told me that my eyes were gleamin'

# Oh, I said I had been away and he knew

# Yeah, keep your head up Keep your heart strong

# No, no, no

# Keep your head up Keep your heart strong

# Whoa! #

APPLAUSE

-Hi.

-Hello.

-What's your name?

-Joe Keegan.

-How old are you?

-16.

-16!

APPLAUSE

And what you do for a living or are you still in school?

-I am still at college. I'm in my first year.

-What are you studying?

Music.

-Are you getting extra credit for being here?

-I should do.

-Yeah, you should.

-I hope so. KYLIE: So, you're studying music.

I'm doing A-levels.

Have you been singing since ever or...?

Well, I've been performing since I was six

originally as a dancer - I'm an Irish dancer.

Seriously?

-You do Irish dancing?

-Yeah, like Riverdance.

-You can do that?

I can show you, if you want.

You'll show me how to Riverdance?!

All right, this is called a treble.

APPLAUSE

I'm going to bust a treble all the way to the rest room.

-The trouble or the treble?

-Treble.

-Not trouble like you almost saw some trouble up in this.

-No, treble.

What, you want to start something?

Well, you got two turns which is great

and the charts are full of people who are 16 and It's Not Unusual.

Sorry, Tom!

Don't worry about being too young. You've got it.

-I think it was amazing, actually.

-Thank you so much.

-This guy is one of my idols, right here.

-Really? Keep your head up.

Oh, man. Shucks, I should have turned around.

But the reason I didn't is because you hit that high note

and I saw Kylie jump and she lit up with light.

She looked like one of the lasers.

But you were fantastic and I'm so happy you are on the show.

Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Hi.

Hello.

I'm bouncing around here which means I'm excited.

Good.

Thank you. KYLIE: I really loved it.

Kylie Minogue. I can't believe this is happening!

Oh, it's happening!

- And this could be happening. - I can see it happening.

I can see it happening.

You started something,

you got Ricky and I...

We're becoming almost old adversaries.

Yeah, I know. I don't like it, Kylie.

I don't like having to get forceful.

With you.

Now you've got to make a decision.

It's a tough call.

AUDIENCE SHOUT SUGGESTIONS

Kylie Minogue.

Thank you so much.

KYLIE: I'll be seeing you.

-I don't think there's any Irish dancing singers, are there?

-No.

KYLIE: You would have to have incredible fitness

to do Irish dancing and singing.

I had to give up the Irish dancing when I started singing.

Yeah, me too. I know the feeling(!)

Well done, Joe.

You stole my Irish dancer kid.

-I just persuaded him. I know, she's good at that.

-Yeah, she is, Ricky.

Just what is it about the beautiful, talented, globally-famous

Princess Of Pop that men find so attractive?

Hi.

-I'm blushing right now.

-Wow, wow, wow!

-I'm going with Kylie.

-I'll go with Kylie.

-Kylie.

-Kylie Minogue.

All right, lads.

Kylie now has nine acts and some of them are girls.

Tom's total stands at eight acts.

Team Ricky looks a little stronger after judo tough-guy Max

put him on seven.

But Will trails with only six and tonight he's yet to push his button.

I'm just really selective on who I go for.

For our next act, music is a way of expressing individuality.

Singing is really important to me.

It gave me a voice because I'm quite a shy person.

But when I sing something that I really believe in,

that's the most empowering feeling.

I was bullied as I was growing up because I'm the way I look

and that kind of stunted my confidence quite a lot.

I've always been quite feminine so I get a lot of people

that confuse me for a woman.

My name is James Byron, I'm 24 and I'm from Leicestershire.

Throughout his life he has always looked female

and everyone thought he was a girl.

He must have been through quite a lot and I am so proud of him,

so very proud of him.

He's done really well.

You have to carry on with life.

You can't let things in your past get to you all the time

and it means it made me feel better.

I've grown with music and music has grown with me.

Tonight is a very special night for me because it's the first time

I'll be able to get judged on the way I sing

rather than the way I look.

Come on, James.

# Cry

# Baby

Wow, he's got a big voice, hasn't he?

# Baby

# Cry baby

# Honey, welcome back home

# I know she told you

# Honey, I know that she told you that she loves you so much more

# Than I do

# All I know is that he loves you... #

# That you don't know... # Come on!

# ..That I'll always always be around

# If you ever want me

# Come on and cry, cry baby

# Cry baby

# Cry baby

# And if you ever get a little lonely

# What I want you to do is call now

# And if you ever need a little loving

# Come on now, baby, baby, baby now

# Cry baby

# Cry, cry, cry baby... # Push the button!

APPLAUSE

- Hi, there. - Hi, how are you? Oh, wow.

Lovely to meet you.

- And you, what's your name? - My name is James Byron.

-James Bond?

-Yeah, James Byron.

-I thought you said James Bond.

I wish!

Shaken not stirred.

Yeah, I'm 24 and I'm from Leicestershire.

That was a really amazing performance.

Thank you very much. Cheers.

APPLAUSE

We were all perplexed. Didn't know if it was a man's voice or a woman's voice.

People get very confused with me sometimes, well,

quite a lot of the time!

There are times in your voice when you sound like a man

and other times when you sound like a woman.

-Mix it up a bit.

-Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that.

-That makes it more interesting, to me.

-Thank you.

And now I'm sorry I didn't press my button.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

I loved it.

-It was great.

-Thank you.

Thank you.

CHEERING

I come across quite shy, I don't mean to be.

No, you come across really gorgeous.

If you're stood on that stage and singing a song, shyness goes away,

everything kicks in and you just do it.

I hate between songs, when we play live,

that's the worst bit for me, what I get scared before I go on about.

Exactly like me, I'm exactly the same.

Head down, tune the guitar.

I just want to sing and it's great with a great audience like this,

-and you can bounce off that.

-Yeah.

Are you ready for Will, though?

-Hi, Will.

-I'll tell you why I turned around.

You sing magnificent, right? Cos I'm like,

oh, shucks, I need to stack up female singers

to compete with Tom's female singers.

Then I turned around and you're a boy,

but it's all good cos you sound like a girl and...

LAUGHTER

We can still accomplish the same thing.

-You get the best of both worlds.

-Best of both worlds, I hope.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Seriously, you sounded fantastic.

Thank you so much, Will, for turning round. You're an absolute superstar.

Nice work.

-That's cool.

-It's cool.

-That's a lot of noise coming from a little, tiny person.

-Yeah, tiny.

Yeah.

Sometimes it's the little ones.

-Yeah, you've got to be careful of those little ones.

-You do.

-Prince.

-Prince?

I'm the same size as Prince.

-That's right.

-Both in our high heels.

-That's right.

-Yeah.

Well done, James!

I wasn't expecting Will to turn round.

I'm just so glad that he has.

He's just completely made my life.

Oh, my God! That was mental!

Not seeing the acts gives our coaches a whole new perspective.

When you see and hear things,

sometimes what you're seeing can sway what you hear.

We can't see behind us.

Fancy clothes, fancy hairdos.

# Oh, you pretty things... #

You don't know what someone looks like or what their story is,

you just hear...the voice.

So, great looks count for nothing.

You just need a great sound.

18-year-old Reece has modern looks.

But this is no catwalk.

# Baby, you light up my world Like nobody else

# The way that you flick your hair

# Leaves me overwhelmed

# But when you smile at the ground

# It ain't hard to tell

# You don't know

# You don't know you're beautiful. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You look like you could be in One Direction.

You're 18, you've just gotten into this, find a bit of your personality,

put that into what you're doing.

We're going to be seeing you.

-He's a good-looking kid.

-Cute.

Does fresh-faced Jolan sound as good as he looks?

-He looks very handsome.

-Yes.

# Would you let me

# See beneath your beautiful tonight?

# We ain't perfect, no

# Would you let me

# See beneath your beautiful tonight? #

You have a talent.

-And the reaction from the audience was crazy.

-Thank you very much.

He's still got time.

-Good looking as well.

-Yeah.

Will 24-year-old Yinka Williams' performance press the right buttons?

# If I was a man, I'd make my move

# And if I was a judge I'd break the law

# And if I was from Paris

# If I was from Paris

# I would say Ooh la la la la la! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-KYLIE: You're a vision.

-Thank you.

I was almost there. But you look great and you sound great.

Thank you.

- She looked great. - She's really cute.

But this is about the voice. It's not about the way you look, really.

Yeah.

21-year-old Jade looks the part,

but that counts for nothing at our blind auditions.

I'm a waitress back in Ipswich.

I enjoy the job, but all I want to do is music. My heart is in music.

Just knowing that one of those chairs could turn

and change my life for ever,

so I wouldn't have to go back to waitressing,

that would be absolutely amazing.

Look at those legs!

Yeah, she looks fantastic.

# Ooh, watching me

# I'm hanging by a string this time... #

Aah!

-Come on, Jade.

-Kylie's liking it.

# ..Easily The climax of a perfect lie

# Ooh, watching me

# I'm hanging by a string this time

# Don't, easily A smile's... #

-Oh, look!

-Come on!

# If there's lessons to be learned... #

CHEERING

# ..Get my jamming words in first

# I'll tell you something that I've found

# That the world's a better place when it's upside down... #

# ..I'd rather get my jamming words in first

# I'll tell you something that I've found

# The world's a better place when it's upside down

# Nothing sweet about me

# Yeah... #

CHEERING

# Nothing sweet about me

# No

# Sweet about me Yeah, yeah

# Sweet about me

# Sweet about me, ooh-ooh

# Ooh. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Don't look, don't look!

Don't look!

Hello!

LAUGHTER

No-one can talk.

-Um...

-You try talking. Look,

if none of you guys can talk, I'll talk. Can you talk?

Um, I thought...you ripped it...

..slashed it...

and I'm not talking about the rip or slash in your...

Thank you.

What's your name? Did someone ask your name already?

I've been looking at you, so... I haven't been thinking. What is it?

-It's Jade.

-That's a lovely name.

-Thank you.

-And, er...

-And you look lovely and you sound lovely.

-Here we go!

You sounded like you were excited.

And everybody else sounded like they were excited, the audience did.

And now I see you, I can understand why everybody was like...

But more excited than just singing.

But we can only go on what we hear.

-Yes.

-And I liked what I heard.

Thank you so much. That means so much, thank you.

What do you do for a living?

Waitressing most days, singing and waitressing though.

Singing and waitressing waitress.

Yeah, pretty much.

I bet you get the tips.

Yeah, some.

I am...excited!

Wow. It was amazing. And I loved the sexiness in your voice,

the sassiness, the control as well.

You're kind of like me, but just curvier.

LAUGHTER AND CHEERING

Oh, my God, is this down to me now?

Well, it is, but you can ask us questions, you can...

I just want to know who I can relate to most,

who's going to really...

Me!

ME!

When you say "relate", do you mean like...

How high the slit should go.

I got slits.

LAUGHTER

No, I don't have slits.

LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

Just in case somebody takes that for YouTube and puts it all over the internet.

Like, "I got slits!"

-"I got slits!"

-"Slits, slits-slits-slits, slits."

APPLAUSE

My pitch is this. I pressed the button and didn't look.

I didn't need to look, I just wanted to carry on listening to it

because I was enjoying it so much.

Um, but now I've looked...

LAUGHTER

It's complete, really, so, uh...

APPLAUSE

Thank you. Obviously you all have different credentials and different areas, it's just...

I've done them all!

I went from pop to dance to indie

to dance, to jazz, to pop...

APPLAUSE

You need to be on my team, that's all I'm saying.

APPLAUSE

I'm so speechless, I really don't know what to say. I'm just...I feel so privileged being here

and to have four of you turn around and say you want me is just amazing.

I'm crying right now, I feel so happy.

CHEERING

Come on, Jade!

CROWD: Kylie! Kylie! Kylie!

-My heart was set today...

-We can't hear her when you're stomping!

My heat was set today on somebody.

Who is it?

Sorry, um...

It was Kylie!

Yes!

APPLAUSE

It had to be, it had to be!

Yes! Yes, yes!

CHEERING

-I would have killed you if you made another decision!

-Thank you so much!

-Congratulations.

-Thank you.

The legend himself!

Look out. brace yourselves, people, brace yourselves!

They look like sisters!

Sashay, sashay, sashay, sashay, sashay.

-You got it all, I can't wait to see it!

-Thank you.

CHEERING

-Well!

-It's a good one.

Pretty happy about that!

CHEERING

I pressed the buzzer not knowing how attractive she was and how sexy she was.

I've seen you guys in action today.

-OK.

-Bust a move! I had to! She's really cute.

-Ah, I let you have her.

So generous(!)

Opportunities like The Voice don't come around every day,

and 27-year-old Londoner Femi Santiago knows all about how life can change in a heartbeat.

From around the age of 19 I found myself without a

home, without a place to stay.

Being on the streets is like being in a place where you don't exist.

You see people, but people don't see you.

It was the most difficult time I've ever had to deal with in life.

I came very close to losing hope. I was either going to end my life at that point

or...do something about it.

And I chose to do something about it.

Through the help of a work scheme, I found employment

actually helping other people find work.

My first proper job, I would say.

-Hey!

-Who's that?

Now I'm happily married. I have an eight month old son called Shakur

and he's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

I just look into his eyes and he looks back at me and

the smile he returns to me is priceless.

My family are my unit. Now that I've actually got that,

I intent to keep it.

If one of those chairs turns around, it would be an opportunity for me to be able to

do so much more for my family than my parents did for me.

I'm not here to fail, I'm here to succeed,

and that's what I intend to do and what I will do.

I'm ready to be the person that I was born to be.

# La, la, la, la, la, la, la

# My Cherie amour

# Lovely as a summer day... #

He's on point, he's on point.

# My Cherie amour

# Distant as the Milky Way

# My Cherie amour

# Pretty little one that I adore

# You're the only girl my heart beats for

# How I wish that you were mine

# La la la la la laaaaa

# La, la, la, oh. #

Come on!

# Maybe someday, I'll see your face among the crowd

# Maybe someday

# I'll share your little distant cloud

# Whoa, oh, Cherie amour

# Pretty little one that I adore

# You're the only girl my heart beats for

# How I wish that you were mine. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

What's your name?

My name's Femi Santiago, I'm from East London,

I'm 27 years old.

CHEERING

-All right mate, how's it going?

-Not bad, yourself?

-Did you enjoy that? It sounded like you did.

It sounded like you could sing that song all day long.

I usually perform that song to my wife and my little boy actually, so...

Is that what inspired you?

Yeah, she pushed me to actually sing that song to all of you tonight.

APPLAUSE

There you go!

Well, it was the right song for you and it worked perfectly,

maybe too perfectly, I was, like, "Wow, is Stevie back there?"

-What do you do for a living?

-I'm an employment advisor, I help long term unemployed people look for work.

-That's cool.

-I help them have confidence.

You help people and give them confidence,

-that's what Will's going to do for you!

-Looking forward to it.

APPLAUSE

Hi!

Hi, Kylie!

I'm thrilled Will turned around.

-So sneaky, waiting till the very end!

-I was like, "We can't just let this guy not be a part of the show."

It was a perfect, classic interpretation of that song.

-Thank you so much.

-It was so precise and fluid and enjoyable.

I shut my eyes and... You had me, I wouldn't know what to do with you but Will does.

Thank you so much, thank you, thank you.

It really means a lot.

First of all, you're with... you're with the best man I think,

but for me, you did a hell of a job and I almost went for my button.

-So...

-I take that as a massive compliment coming from you, thanks so much!

APPLAUSE

I loved it, it was strong.