Knockouts 1 The Voice UK

The time has come for the live show line-ups to be completed.

It can only mean one thing.

Oh, God!

It's knockout time!

All teams must go from eight down to three.

They have to go for it.

Don't look back.

They just have to be the best. Take a risk, be brave.

Nah... It's the knockouts.

They have to have a little bit of...

Hold on. Let me find the right words.

You thought you made it?

Oh, you thought you had to dig within yourself

to bring the best out of yourself

so you could take it to the next level and surprise yourself?

Nah, homie.

You might just see yourself on the bottom of the shelf

and you hurt your health because you freakin'...

Up under the belt, they hit you under the belt!

-That's the knockouts.

-HE CHUCKLES

Sorry, I couldn't make it work. Kinda hot in here.

Hello, and welcome to The Voice.

Now, are you ready for the knockouts?

CHEERING

Of course you are. The coaches have auditioned and battled their teams,

now they must cut them down from eight to just three.

So let's meet them.

Hail to the Chief! It's Ricky Wilson...

..with the divine diva - it's Paloma Faith.

Go mad about the Boy - it is Boy George.

And bring the action - it's will.i.am.

MUSIC AND CHEERING

Ladies and gentlemen, it's the coaches!

Good evening, coaches.

-Evening, coaches. How you doing?

-Hello.

-Good?

-Tonight it is the turn of Team Paloma and Team Ricky.

CHEERING

-OK, coaches, you ready?

-Yes.

-Are you all ready?

CHEERING

OK, let's get the knockouts started.

So, Paloma, you're up first.

Hello.

We're about to arrive at the biggest test yet.

The next round is the knockouts.

This is hell for me, this whole elimination situation.

I have eight acts on my team.

By the end of this, I'll have just three.

So I'm really excited to see something I haven't seen before,

but also harnessing what we love about you already.

The contestants have to choose their own song in this round.

And they'll have to choose wisely. It's time to see their potential.

I want to see them emerging as true artists.

Got immense amounts of talent,

and I'm excited to see you stand on your own two feet.

I've taken them this far,

but they'll have to take themselves through to the lives.

So there they are, all ready to go.

Please make some noise for Team Paloma.

CHEERING

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-Let's get started. First off tonight, it's Beth.

CHEERING

Go on, Beth. Go on, Beth.

# Church house... #

Beth is a powerhouse of sass.

# Nutbush...

# Nutbush. #

This whole experience is just so surreal. I can't believe I'm here.

# You really think you're in control... #

Beth.

Beth chose to sing Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix.

# I gave him the gun I shot him... #

And it wasn't working.

Just then it felt a little bit chaotic.

You could tell on her face there was a lot she didn't like about it.

Firstly I just thought, "Oh, my God!"

I just feel like it's not right.

We then decided to change my song.

You came up with some other ideas for songs.

Yeah, so I thought maybe...

But I still wasn't sure about what song to do.

So, go away and have a think about it and surprise me

-next week with whatever you decide to do.

-OK, I will.

I'm nervous for Beth.

Cos I really want her to show how brilliant she can be,

cos we've seen that.

# I was born in a crossfire hurricane

# And I howled at my ma in the driving rain

# But it's all right

# Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas, gas, gas

# I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag

# I was schooled with a strap right across my back

# But it's all right

# Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas, gas, gas

# But it's all right

# Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas, gas, gas

-# Jumpin' Jack Flash

-It's a gas

-# Jumpin' Jack Flash

-It's a gas

-# Jumpin' Jack Flash

-It's a gas

# Gas, gas, gas Wow!

# But it's all right now In fact, it's a gas

# But it's all...

# Jumpin' Jack Flash It's a gas, gas, gas

# Gas, gas, gas, gas, gas. #

CHEERING

Give it up for Beth!

Next up is Deano.

CHEERING

# You do something to me

I love Deano because I think he's got

one of the most beautiful tones of voice in the show this year.

# Hanging on the wire... #

The sort of feeling that you get watching him perform

and how internal he is with it.

Like, it really draws me in.

I thought my battle performance went really well.

I think I'm starting... As I'm growing in confidence,

I'm starting to believe in my own ability.

# I may seem all right... #

Deano.

Deano! Congratulations, mate.

I'm really excited for the knockouts,

but the competition is so high this year.

-What have you decided to sing?

-Right, so I'm going to go with

-Ray Charles, Georgia On My Mind.

-Great.

-Yeah.

-You love Ray.

-I love Ray.

# Ooh... #

I feel like this song really pushes him to his limit,

and it could go either way.

All you've got to do is relax and be like, "I can do this."

It could be my last performance, so I need to make sure it counts.

# Georgia, oh, Georgia

# The whole day through

# Just an old sweet song

# Keeps Georgia on my mind

# Other arms, they reach out to me

# Other eyes, they smile tenderly

# Still in peaceful dreams I see

# The road leads me back to you

Georgia, Georgia, Georgia

# No, no peace I found

# Just an old sweet song

# Keeps Georgia on my...

# Mind. #

Let's hear it for Deano.

-CHEERING

-Flawless.

That was beautiful.

Some really beautiful moments in there.

It was like, some nice bits of magic.

They are all good, though.

Into the knockouts, now - it's Jordan.

CHEERING

Jordan's my comeback girl.

I didn't turn for her blind audition,

but because somebody pulled out, she got a place.

And I'm over the moon that I decided to bring Jordan back.

I think I'm the first transgender person

that has ever been on the series.

It's really great to be here.

# All the things I should have said. #

Every time I watch her perform anything I get emotional.

It's just so beautiful.

I'm going to take Jordan.

-Hello, beauty.

-Hello.

The song chosen for the knockouts is Real Gone Kid by Deacon Blue.

# I'll do what I should have did... #

I usually find her so mesmerising,

but in this performance, I feel like it's slightly on the edge.

# You're a real gone kid... #

It's like sort of giddy, giggling.

I literally want to laugh all the way through.

It's great, it adds to it,

but make it intimate, as your audience will enjoy it with you.

I feel like if she laughs too much,

it might take away from the thing that's really drawn me to her.

I belong here, and I just need to make sure

I work hard enough to stay here.

# Now I've stood on your shadow

# And I've watched it grow

# And it's shaken and it's driven me

# And let me know, let me know let me know, let me know

# All the 45s

# And the paperback rooms

# And it's scattered all the photographs

# About summer and sun

# Cos you're a real gone kid

# Maybe now, baby

# Maybe now, baby

# Oh, I'll do what I should have did

# Whoo!

# Woohoo, woohoo, woohoo, woohoo

# Oh

-# Oh, oh. #

-Amazing!

# Woohoo, woohoo, woohoo, woohoo

# Cos you're a real gone kid

# I'll do what I should've did. #

CHEERING

One more time, please, for Jordan!

That was amazing. To take that song and make it your own.

And that was just one of the best things I've seen tonight.

-No question.

-So exciting!

What's she going to do?

I don't have a clue. Behind me, a small group of voice coaches...

She's amazing. Let's wait till we see more of them.

..discussing what should happen.

Will's talking to that camera over there.

He's over there, they're over there talking,

while those guys are over there talking to those guys.

I'm over here talking to you.

HE LAUGHS

See you.

Singing for a place at the lives, it's Rick.

-CHEERING

-Go on, Rick.

Oh!

Rick Snowden is my rock and roll heart-throb.

He's like Kurt Cobain and Brad Pitt's lovechild.

He's perfect.

Thank you so much.

-Tell us what the song is.

-The song is called

Watch Over You by Alter Bridge.

It's a love song about losing somebody.

You've chosen to show a bit of a different side to yourself.

I'm very nervous to do it, because it's very emotional.

# Leaves are on the ground... #

I think it's a great choice, because it's much more sensitive.

# ..you're long gone. #

It sounds beautiful.

It's so vulnerable. It's like, "Hi, everyone."

-Love me for who I am.

-Yeah, that's what it is.

-Well, I love you for who you are.

-Oh, thank you, Paloma.

Girls will be swooning. Not only is he a man, but he's also sensitive.

He needs to show emotion and vulnerability,

without losing control.

# Leaves are on the ground

# Fall has come

# Blue skies turning grey

# Like my love

# I tried to carry you

# And make you whole

# But it was never enough

# I must go

# O-o-o-h, watch over you

# And when I'm gone, who'll break your fall?

# Who will you blame?

# Who'll ease your pain?

# Ease your pain

# Snow is on the ground

# And you're long gone. #

CHEERING

Let's hear it for Rick!

Now one of Paloma's steals, it's Aaron!

CHEERING

A bit of soul, baby, bit of soul.

-Come on, Aaron.

-Aaron!

-Whoop-whoop-whoop-whoop!

# ..just enough for city living... #

Aaron is an undoubtedly fantastic singer.

And he is the top of his game within the gospel world.

# I'm on Team Paloma and I can't wait, I can't wait. #

Aaron's chosen to sing a gospel classic,

the real roots of soul music.

It is a risk. I could have picked a song that's in the charts,

but now is my chance to make the coaches see what I can do.

Your voice is, like, so silky and melty.

It's really hard to fault anything.

I just hope that, at the performance,

he injects a sense of himself, rather than just relying on the fact

that he's so gifted in a specific genre of music.

When the audience is there, just be aware of what they're experiencing.

Use space and open up and let the heavens come out of you.

# If anybody asks you

# Where I am going

# Where I am going some day soon

-# I'm going up yonder

-Going up yonder

# Yes, I am

-# I'm going up yonder

-Going up yonder

# I said I'm going up yonder to be with my Lord

# Lord...

# I can take the pain Yes, I can

# The trouble that it brings

# Till I see my Saviour

# I'll see him face-to-face

-# I'm going up yonder

-Going up yonder

-# I said I'm going up yonder

-Going up yonder

# I'm going up yonder to be with my Lord

# I'm going up yonder

# To be with my Lord. #

CHEERING

Roof's on the floor!

That was amazing.

Next into knockouts,

one of Paloma's steals, it's Heather!

CHEERING

Breathe.

# We're a thousand miles from comfort... #

At school, I couldn't imagine that

I'm working with Paloma Faith and I'm on The Voice.

I'm so close to achieving my dream.

# ..no place I'd rather be. #

# All the flowers that you planted... #

Heather is another one of my steals.

Sometimes somebody just has something

that you can't put into words and I think Heather is that.

She's the whole package.

-Welcome to Team Paloma.

-Thank you so much.

I heard you've got a higher IQ than Stephen Hawking.

Yeah, I'm in the same region as him.

I've never had my IQ tested. I presume it's probably quite low.

What have you decided to sing?

I'm going to do Holding Out For A Hero by Bonnie Tyler.

I'm going to be singing a cover that I've made myself.

It's going to be a lot different from the original.

How do you deal with your nerves?

The reason why audiences love music isn't to witness perfection.

From the moment you let yourself off the hook in that sense,

you don't feel as nervous.

If nerves get the better of her,

Heather could jeopardise her performance.

I just hope that on this one, Heather does me proud.

# Where have all the good men gone

# And where are all the gods?

# Where's the street-wise Hercules

# To fight the rising odds?

# Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?

# Late at night I toss and I turn

# And I dream of what I need

# I need a hero

# I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night

# He's got to be strong

# And he's got to be fast

# He's got to be fresh from the fight

# I need a hero

# I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light

# He's got to be sure

# And he's got to be soon

# He's got to be larger than life

# Larger than life. #

CHEERING

Let's hear it for Heather, everybody!

It was magic. Magic.

Next up, it's Dwaine.

CHEERING

# I want to show you

# Show you that good love, baby... #

Dwaine's got a really great soul, R&B voice.

He is technically one of my best singers.

He could teach me a thing or two.

What did you decide to sing in the end?

-Knocks Me Off My Feet by Stevie Wonder.

-Lovely.

-It's one of my favourite songs to sing.

-Let's see.

# I don't want to bore you... #

'I sang my song the way that I usually sing it.

'I've got my own lyrical backflips and I guess'

I just wanted Paloma to be like, "Oh, I really like you."

What do you think? Give me some tips.

The temptation is to throw everything in the kitchen sink.

-Yeah.

-But what makes a great voice, for me personally, is feeling.

I would be more captured by you if you didn't drag me

around the whole world before we arrived at the end.

HE LAUGHS

The danger for Dwaine is that he over-sings.

I feel like your tone is the magic of what you do.

It's really important for me

that a performer's connected on an emotional level.

I don't want to, sort of,

watch a demonstration of gymnastic vocal ability.

# I see us in the park

# Strolling the summer days of imaginings in my head

# And words from our hearts

# Told only to the wind felt even without being said

# I don't want to bore you with my troubles

# But there's something about your love that makes me weak

# And knocks me off my feet

# Now I don't want to bore you with it

# Oh, but I love you I love you, I love you

# I don't want to bore you with it

# Oh, but I love you I love you, I love you

# I don't want to bore you with it

# Oh, I love you, I love you I love you, baby

# I don't want to bore you with it

# Oh, but I love you I love you, I love you. #

CHEERING

Dwaine!

Give it up for Dwaine!

Well done.

Out of all the guys that have sung, he's in the most safe pair of hands.

The final artist on Team Paloma, it's Faith!

CHEERING

Faith is a real powerhouse for me.

# ..under your spotlight. #

Going in with Kevin, I couldn't sing with him

with the confidence she did.

And I just found it really, really admirable.

-Faith.

-Yay!

I can't believe I beat Kevin, to be honest.

I'm feeling more confident as the competition is going ahead.

-I've decided to do Running by Naughty Boy.

-Mm.

Cos the song says I'm not running from myself any more.

So, I'm going to try and be confident and be myself

-and try and embrace who I am.

-OK.

# These four lonely walls have changed. #

I just see her blossoming

and she's confident enough to ask for what she wants.

I just think, just at the beginning, I just want, you know,

like the wailing of the guitar.

SHE IMITATES GUITAR Something like that.

-Yeah!

-That is it.

-That's it.

I can see that she's really growing as an artist on the show.

You're really good at putting your stamp on things.

Cos, I'll admit, when I heard you wanted to do this song,

I was like, "Oh, no, she's going to be impersonating Beyonce."

No, I never want to impersonate anyone.

Move over, Beyonce!

I'm so happy with the progress I've made

and the personality that is flowing out of me right now.

It's amazing.

# These four lonely walls have changed the way I feel

# The way I feel, I'm standing still

# Nothing else matters now you're not here

# So where are you?

# I'm calling you, I'm missing you

# Oh, where else can I go? Where else can I go?

# Chasing you, chasing you

# Runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'

# Runnin', runnin', runnin'

# I ain't runnin' from myself no more

# Together we will win it all

# I ain't runnin', runnin', runnin'

# Oh, runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'

# Runnin' from myself no more... #

Whoo!

# Together we will win it all

# If I lose myself, I lose it all

# If I lose myself, I lose it all. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

RICK CHEERS

Team Paloma, everyone!

Oh, you're done. You're done.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Team Paloma, everyone!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Paloma, eight fantastic voices.

How do you think they did?

Everyone did so, so well.

They are all wonderful people.

And, erm...when I was backstage, thinking about what I wanted to do,

I had in mind who I was going to put through.

And, based on tonight,

it's not those people.

But I think that everyone there

should definitely pursue a career in music.

APPLAUSE

OK, Paloma. Let's go to the other coaches.

Ricky, what did you think?

I thought you were all spectacular tonight.

She's right, she's been saying all along,

"I'm never going to make my mind up".

I was just like, big talk from Paloma, "I've got the best team".

But she has got an amazingly strong team

and you've all got to be really proud of yourselves.

Yeah, if I had to say,

I thought the girls were better tonight.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Will, Paloma stole Aaron from you.

Do you think he shone bright tonight?

-Erm...

-HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

Right after you performed, Aaron, I said,

"Somebody brought the roof to the floor.

"And there's no more windows, no more doors".

Cos you tore the house down.

-Thank you so much.

-I have to say that.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-That being said, the ladies built the house back up.

-Mm-hm.

-Ooh!

-And then set the house on fire.

Oh! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

LAUGHTER

George, do you think they were a good representative of their coach?

Absolutely. I mean, there were some great performances.

For me, Faith's performance

was a little chaotic,

but you are a real singer

and when you got it, it was amazing.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

I love what Jordan did.

You know, you are a real, real performer and one to watch.

Beth, obviously, is a bit of a no-brainer.

She is an incredible singer.

But I'm glad I don't have to make the decision.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well, Paloma, I would not want to be

in your seat right now.

So, before you make any choices,

please put your hands together one more time for Team Paloma!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

OK, Paloma.

It's time to make your first knockout decision.

LAUGHTER

This person is someone who

is an undeniable...performing force.

So the first person I am going to put through tonight is...

..Beth.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Beth, congratulations!

You are through to the live shows, Beth!

Beth, well done. Come and see Paloma.

One more time for Beth, everyone!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Come over here, Beth. Come on. Give us a hug. Well done.

Amazing.

You were on absolute fire tonight. What have you got...?

Oh, you're feeling emotional, hun?

Overwhelming?

Yeah, it's overwhelming.

I can't believe she picked me. I was sure she wasn't going to.

God!

Thank you, Paloma.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-And I just look forward to

working with you and just smashing every single door down.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Right, you are staying on Team Paloma.

There are just two places left on Paloma's team.

Paloma, it's time to make your next knockout decision.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

Erm...OK.

The next person...

..I'm going to put through, I feel has...

..an old soul

and makes me feel that I could learn from them

and I feel very humbled

to be in their presence.

OK, who is it, Paloma?

The person I'm going to put through tonight is...

..Heather.

-Heather!

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Congratulations, Heather. You are still on Team Paloma!

Thank you so much.

CHEERING

PALOMA LAUGHS

We're an emotional team, aren't we?

Thank you so much.

-Come over here.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

It's some top marks at school

and now top marks from Paloma.

How are you feeling, hun?

Erm...

I just wasn't expecting it at all.

Like, not just... I...I don't know.

-I want to say thanks very much.

-Well done, hun. You deserved it.

-Well done, it's great.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Let's see which of your team-mates is the final person

to join us on Team Paloma.

Oh, God!

It's time to make your final knockout decision.

Oh!

This is the hard bit.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

I agree with...the coaches tonight that...

..I think it was

the women on the team that

really did something amazing,

so there's a clue to where I am stuck.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

I don't know.

-IN DEEP VOICE:

-"Who's it gonna be?"

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

I'm going to have to push you, Paloma.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

Jordan.

-Jordan!

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Congratulations, Jordan.

You are in Paloma's final place in the live shows. Well done.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

THEY TALK

-You're amazing.

-Thank you so much.

-Oh!

-Thank you.

Come on, Jordan.

Congratulations, Jordan. Well done.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Jordan, congratulations. So, listen, you left the blind auditions

with no chair turns. Now you are here on Paloma's live team.

-How amazing is that?

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

JORDAN SIGHS

Thank you. I look forward to making you proud.

I love you guys so much.

This is the best experience of my whole life. Thank you.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-You are all through

to the live shows. Let's hear it for Paloma's final three.

It's Beth, Heather and Jordan!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Please put your hands together one more time for Team Paloma.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Tough. Very tough.

-ALL:

-Team Paloma!

'I'm so happy with Team Paloma.'

There is something...for everybody in my team.

We're in the live shows!

Heather is an amazing,

youthful old soul.

I think the public

are going to love that.

SCREAMING

'Beth gave an amazing performance.'

There's not many people

to match her in the competition.

'Jordan is super-special.'

A great, great...surprise, really.

Tonight, the girls were the strongest

and I'm really proud to be a woman tonight.

-ALL:

-Paloma, Paloma, Paloma!

LAUGHTER

Up next, it's Team Ricky!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-APPLAUSE

-How are we doing?

Wow, look at you all!

'My team are all representing hashtag Team Ricky pretty well.'

I love this team.

This team has got a vibe about it that no other team has got.

'We're still the quiet underdogs.'

But I think I am quietly confident that they have the best voices.

This is your chance to show us what you've got.

It's not just me, you're showing everyone what you've got.

'They choose their own song.'

At this point, you have to be brave. Everything could hinge on it.

It is so scary to think that more than half of our team is going home.

I can't tell you how much I want to get to the live shows.

It would just be the pinnacle, really.

I'm young and hungry, too, so...

You know? I'm not going down without a fight.

They just have to not mess it up.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

OK, ready to sing for their place

in the live shows,

it's Team Ricky!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

OK. Let's do it then.

First up, it's Jolan.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

#..but I'll try.

# Would you let me... #

Two years ago, I didn't get any turns.

# See beneath your beautiful

# Tonight. #

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-But, this time, I felt ready.

# ..bells ring, yeah! #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

'Jolan, the comeback king.

'A lot to prove.'

Flawless!

And he's proven it.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-'Every time.'

'Getting through was the best feeling in the world.

'But, at the same time, my mum couldn't be there.

'That was the one thing'

that made me emotional more than anything else.

She'd be proud.

What song are you going to sing?

-I'm singing Never Tear Us Apart by INXS.

-Big song.

-Yeah.

It's a song that means a lot and I just want to do it justice.

This is one of my mum's favourite songs.

# Don't know why... #

Feelings are pretty fresh.

-They're all still, like, wrapped up.

-Yes.

You can tell when it's real.

I just want him to control his emotions.

I think you can do it, mate.

And you've got to have that belief.

'You can see how important it is to him.'

I'm willing him to succeed.

# You were there... #

If I lose my way in the song by getting too emotional,

I'll lose the performance.

It just needs to be...perfect.

# Don't ask me

# What you know is true

# Don't have to tell you

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# I love your precious heart

# I, I...

# I was standing

# And you were there

# Two worlds collided

# And they will never tear us apart

# We could live

APPLAUSE

# For a thousand years

# But if I hurt you, baby

# I'd make wine from your tears

# I told you

# That we could fly

# But we all have wings

# But some of us don't know why

# And I was standing

# And you were there

# Two worlds collided

# And they will never

# Never tear us apart. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Let's hear it for Jolan!

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Phenomenal.

Phenomenal, Jolan.

That was awesome.

-That was brilliant.

-Erm...

I get...I get so much emotion from it,

sometimes, I'm worried he's going to pull it off.

Yeah, but I love all that.

-I like to be on the edge of my seat a bit.

-Yeah. I loved it.

Next to perform, it's Brooklynne!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

Working in a slots arcade,

I would never have imagined myself being here.

# ..feel like crying... #

I can't believe it. I'm just on top of the world.

Brooklynne was incredible, exciting...

-Brooklynne's in the house.

-Heya!

..chatty. I think she's lovely.

-Brooklynne.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Hello!

-Hello, Ricky.

-Hi, Brooklynne.

How you doing? How you doing?

-What have you chosen?

-I chose Think by Aretha Franklin.

Amazing.

Perfect, I think. It's what I'd choose for her.

You know it's going to be brilliant.

# Let your mind go and let yourself be free... #

I see myself as a soulful singer.

# You need me and I need you... #

The song is really groovy and that's one of my main reasons I chose it.

And it's Aretha Franklin.

-The thing I would say - it's not a criticism.

-OK.

Quite a lot of attack on the vocals.

And I think you've got a lot more space

than you think you have, in the song.

-It feels like you're...

-..rushing it?

'That kind of threw me a bit.'

I think I'm just trying to fit the words into how fast it is.

-Oh, yeah.

-That's why it seems...you know?

'I am kind of panicking about getting it right.'

She was really overthinking and rushing the words.

I'm going to have to hear it again.

I'm not ready to go home.

I'm just going to calm it down,

put my own spin on it and just give it my all.

-# You better think

-Think

# Think about what you're trying to do to me

-# Yeah, think

-Think, think

# Let your mind go, let yourself be free

# Let's go back, let's go back,

# Let's go way on back when

# I didn't even know you

# You couldn't have been too much more than ten

# I ain't no psychiatrist I ain't no doctor with degrees

# It don't take too much high IQ

# To see what you're doing to me

-# You better think

-Think

# Think about what you're trying to do to me

-# Oh, think

-Think, think

# Let your mind go, let yourself be free

-# Freedom

-Freedom

-# Freedom

-Freedom

# Freedom!

-# Oh, freedom!

-Freedom

# Hey!

# Cos I need you

# There ain't nothing you could ask

-# I could answer you but I won't

-I won't

# But I'm not gonna change my mind

# If you keep doing things I don't

# Yeah, yeah!

# Think about what you're trying to do to me

-# Yeah, think

-Think, think

# Let your mind go, let yourself be free

-# You need me

-Need me

# And I need you

# Without each other

# There ain't nothing we can do

-# Oh!

-Freedom

# Freedom

# Freedom, oh!

-# Freedom

-Freedom

-# Freedom

-Freedom

-# Freedom

-Freedom

-# Freedom... #

-Yeah!

-# Oh, freedom!

-Freedom

# You had better stop and think

# Before you think! #

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Yeah, Brooklynne!

Thank you. Ooh!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Oh, my God, I'm shaking.

It was sassy.

Yeah, sassy.

Next up into the knockouts, it's Ricky's first steal...

Aliesha!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

This competition is definitely an emotional rollercoaster.

# If this is the last night

# Then baby, let's do this right... #

I'm going to take Dwaine.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

I definitely thought I was going home.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

'It's amazing that Ricky stole me.'

He's given me another opportunity to show people what I can do.

So happy. Thank you so much.

Aliesha, she's my pop star one.

-You sang excellently. Did you enjoy it?

-It was amazing.

'I'm really happy she's on the team.'

She's something that I haven't had this year. She's incredible.

What have you chosen?

I have chosen Unconditionally by Katy Perry.

'It's a really hard song to sing.'

Katy Perry's got a great voice and a big voice.

# Do it all because I love you! #

She's one of my youngest contestants,

but she's also one of the most "professional".

There's so many singers that are...like, world-famous at 17.

I'm not going to give you that as an excuse not to be amazing.

I think sometimes, I feel a bit intimidated,

because I'm up against people

that have so much more experience than me.

I just want to performance to the best of my ability.

It's all about performance

and...being that pop princess, if you will.

She'll have to up her game.

# Oh, no, did I get too close?

# Oh, did I almost see

# What's really on the inside? APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# Take your bad days with your good

# And walk through the storm

# I would do it all

# Because I love you

# Unconditional

# Unconditionally

# I will love you

# Unconditionally

# So open up your heart and just let it begin

# Open up your heart!

# Unconditional

# Unconditionally

# I will love you

# Unconditionally

# Yeah

# And there is no fear now

# Let go and just be free

# Cos I will love you

# Unconditionally. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Show your appreciation for Aliesha.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

She's amazing!

I just want to go up and give her a hug.

Well done, mate.

Up next, it's Chloe!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# And I don't... #

At the Battles, I picked Chloe

because Alaric was the rock in that performance.

Chloe, she was the fire.

# Left in there... #

What song have you chosen?

I've chosen Alive by Sia.

-It's unexpected.

-It is.

It's not what I'd usually go for at all.

I'm definitely taking a bit of a risk, singing this song.

I've got a few high notes in it that I'm a bit worried about.

# Alive... #

You've got such a blank canvas with this song

that you can...imprint yourself on it.

That's what I'm happiest about.

-It's going to be great.

-SHE LAUGHS

-I'll see you later. See you soon.

-See you at the knockouts.

I've just got to make sure I deliver

and, hopefully, I'll get the outcome I'm looking for.

# I was born in a thunderstorm

# I grew up overnight APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# I...I

# Played alone, I'm playing on my own

# I survived

# I wanted to go to a place where all the demons go

# Where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground

# Could ever grow

# No hope, just lies

# And you're taught to cry in your pillow

# But I'm still breathing

# I'm still breathing

# I'm alive

# I'm alive

# I knew what I wanted I went out and got it

# Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't

# I told you that I would never be forgotten

# And all in spite of you

# And I'm still breathing

# I'm still breathing

# I'm alive

# I'm alive

# I'm alive. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Thank you. Thank you so much.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Chloe, everybody!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well done, that was amazing!

Singing to stay in Ricky's top three,

it's Rachel Ann.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING ALL:

-Go on, Rachel!

I love this kid. She's like a Joan Baez, or something.

-You know, she's got that very '60s look about her.

-Mm-hm.

# And I'm doing it for a thrill APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

It was brilliant.

Rachel Ann, quite spiritual.

Quite connected to the Earth.

Got bare feet all the time.

My first barefoot battler.

'It's not a gimmick with her.'

You really believe it. It's who she is.

Rachel Ann.

# This girl is on fire... #

She's...amazing.

What's the song you've chosen?

Come As You Are by Nirvana.

W... Right, OK.

I think Ricky thought it was a bit of a strange song choice

for maybe someone my age, but that's kind of what I wanted.

I wanted to do something that was different

and that would maybe shock him.

It's quite dark, it's quite deep.

It is dark, but how I see it is that

-I used to be quite unconfident.

-Uh-huh.

And, over the last year, I've really build my confidence up

and I think it really does suit the situation, for me.

-Empowering?

-Yeah.

I feel, when I'm singing this song, I'm singing it to the old me,

who used to be really unconfident, didn't speak very much.

This is all about finding a uniqueness,

finding a great singer and, God, you can sing...

-Thank you.

-..but someone who brings themselves to it.

For someone of her age

to have that knowledge of self that she has is incredible.

She's in with a really, really, really good chance.

She's very special.

# Come as you are

# As you were

# As I want you to be

# As a friend, as a friend

# As an old enemy

# Memoria

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# Come doused in mud

# Soaked in bleach

# As I want you to be

# As a trend

# As a friend

# As an old

# Memoria

HIGH KEY: # Ah...

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh

# When I swear

# That I don't

# Have a gun

# No, I don't

# Woo

HIGH KEY: # Ah...

# Memoria. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Let's hear it for Rachel Ann!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Ah!

Well done.

RICKY SIGHS

-Pff.

-GEORGE LAUGHS

Amazing.

Yeah, I know. Let the public decide.

Performing for a place in the live shows,

it's Kagan!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

So Kagan...he's pretty cool, right?

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

He's very good at drawing you in, and making you really like him.

The winner of the battle today is Kagan.

# Call me on my cellphone... #

I'm singing Hotline Bling by Drake,

but it's more like a R&B, slow, smooth kind of version to it.

And it's going to be sick.

Everyone knows the song and everyone knows Drake,

but what you're doing is bringing your own personal Kagan-ness to it.

It's a big song, everyone knows it,

but he does it and he does it in a different way,

which...I think is astonishing.

The other singers in the competition,

most of them are all about blasting it out there

and, like...seeing what comes back.

But what you do is you're more about drawing them in.

And that's your strength that no-one else is doing.

He makes you listen to the story.

I'd heard that song a million times and never really listened to it,

so it's great when someone can make you do that.

I just want to show Ricky that I want this so bad

and I'm going to prove it to him.

And I'm going to go out there and smash it.

And if it wasn't for him pressing that red button

in the blind auditions, I wouldn't have got this far

so I owe it to him.

# You used to call me on my cellphone

# Late night when you need my love

# Call me on my cellphone

# Late night when you need my love

# And I know when that hotline bling

# That can only mean one thing

# Ever since I left the city

# You!

# Got a reputation for yourself now APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor

# Hangin' with some girls I've never seen before

# No

# You used to call me on my cellphone

# My cellphone

# Late night when you need my love

# And I know when that hotline bling

# That can only mean one thing

# These days, all I do is

# Wonder if you bendin' over backwards for someone else

# Wonder if you're rollin' over backwards

# For someone else

# For someone

# For someone else

# You use to call me on my cellphone. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Let's hear it for Kagan!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Amazing. That was great. It was amazing.

-He's come a long, long way.

-Yeah.

And girls like him.

He's very sweet.

MARVIN: Into the knockouts, it's Mia.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# I told my mother, my brother... #

Mia got through the Battles,

because Mia is just a force of nature.

She's incredible.

# ..other man! #

-How you feeling? I'm good. How are you?

-Good. I'm really good.

Yeah, this is the second time. But not this far.

'I came last year and, obviously, didn't get the chair turn.'

And so I felt like I'd won the competition,

when I just got Ricky to turn around.

I'm pinching myself that I am here.

As expected, rehearsal with Mia went brilliantly,

but, at this stage, I need her to show me

the beauty within her perfect voice.

All those things that have gone wrong in the past -

like you not getting through last year -

don't think you need to hide that.

-Let your emotions shine out a bit.

-Mm.

Rather than just being one of the best singers in the competition.

She has to let us in a bit more. Show us her personality in the song.

You've got not much to worry about. You're a great singer.

# When...

# I had you

# I treated you bad

# And wrong, my dear

# Since

# Since you went away

# Now don't you know

# I sit around

# With my head hangin' down

# And I wonder

# Who's lovin' you

# Life without love

# Is so lonely

# Oh!

# Come on and take it now

# Come on and take it

# Because I, I, I...

# And I wonder

# Who's lovin'...

# You. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-Make some noise for Mia!

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Sounded so good. It was amazing.

-You ready?

-No.

Kevin! Kevin's back.

Last up for Team Ricky, it's his second steal...

Kevin! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Go on, Kevin!

We all know Kevin, from Liberty X.

# Oh, oh

# Everybody's comin', all the party's jumpin'

# And we're gonna go... #

We all know Kevin now from The Voice.

# I'm gonna swing

# From the chandelier

# From the chandelier... #

He's brilliant. I never realised he had such an amazing voice.

Where was he hiding it?

How did you find the Battles?

-Nerve-racking, you know?

-I loved it.

-Did you?

Cos I stole you!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

One steal from Ricky!

When it all sort of sunk in

I, like, was so happy that I was still in the competition.

I can't believe Paloma let you go. It was ridiculous.

I can't believe...that I've got a second chance.

You have been through the ringer a bit.

And it has knocked you down a few times,

but...you keep coming back.

# For the rest of our lives. #

Oh, no!

-That was horrendous.

-It wasn't! Horrendous?!

He's another one with the weight of the world on his shoulders.

'Every time he gets a knock back, it's brought him to this spot.'

'I am critical of myself.'

I came into the competition with not a great lot of confidence.

You don't have to be swinging off chandeliers

to show that you deserve to be there.

Cos whenever you start singing, you show your confidence then.

Regrets are sort of...

I'm leaving them all behind,

so I'm definitely going to go into this next round confident.

Now you just have to be the best.

Kevin's definitely got it in him to do that.

# Sunlight comes creeping in

# Illuminates our skin

# We watch the day go by

# Stories of all we did

# It made me think of you

# It made me think of you

# I'm in a foreign state

# My thoughts they slip away

# My words are leaving me

# They caught an aeroplane

# Because I thought of you

# Just from the thought of you

# Oh!

# Lights go down

# In the moment we're lost and found

# I just wanna be by your side

# If these wings could fly

# Whoa-oh!

# Damn these walls

# In the moment we're ten feet tall

# And how you told me after it all

# We'd remember tonight

# For the rest of our

# Lives. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Woo!

CHEERING AND WHISTLING

That's Team Ricky, everyone!

-Yes!

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Team Ricky! Team Ricky!

-Ricky!

-Team Ricky!

Rick, a team of eight for the very last time.

How do you feel after seeing them perform tonight?

Well, you know. This is a very emotional part of the show.

And I feel that, every one of you,

I fought for you.

In different ways, every one I fought for.

And none of you tonight has let me down.

-Yeah.

-So, yeah, there you go.

Oh, thank you, Rick. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Will, how good were Ricky's knockouts tonight?

Psh! Man!

Psst...

-That means psst, sizzling.

-LAUGHTER

They were good. Amazing.

I've been on this show for a long time.

And I've never seen anything like that.

-That is...

-Wow. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Amazing praise.

There's a lot of big, big powerful voices on that stage.

You know, you get so wrapped up in your own teams,

-you forget who else is coming on.

-Of course.

I mean, it's interesting, you've got Kevin...

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING Yeah.

..who, you're almost a bit shocked

-by what comes out, you know?

-LAUGHTER

And you've got Jolan, who's got this beautiful, kind of...voice.

And you've got Rachel Ann, who is just...

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

..like Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell,

-kind of Joan Baez.

-LAUGHTER

That's a lot of names. We'll stick with that.

That's all good, George. Thank you. HE LAUGHS

-Paloma, of course, Ricky stole Kevin and Aliesha from your team.

-Yeah.

Did the guys do you proud tonight?

So proud. They were both wonderful.

I thought that I had the most difficult decision.

And I feel like Ricky's meeting me.

It's a hard one, but I would definitely take Kevin.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-All right, Rick.

-Yep.

-It's all down to you now.

But, before you make your decision,

guys, let's hear it one more time for Team Ricky.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

-OK, Rick.

-Mm.

-You know the deal by now.

It's time for you to make your first knockout decision.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

Erm, life's full of tough decisions.

This isn't one of them.

Erm...there's not really much more to say than that.

Erm, so, yeah. It's going to be...

..Chloe.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING Congratulations!

-PALOMA:

-Congratulations.

-You were great. Really amazing.

-Thanks.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well done! Oh, my goodness.

I can't believe it. I really can't. I'm so speechless.

-Thank you. That's all I can say.

-CHEERING

-I was... Just, thank you.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Well done.

Ricky, it's time for you to make your second knockout decision.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

OK, the second person I'm taking to the live shows

is someone who...erm...

I hope everyone at home agrees with me.

Erm...I'm rooting for them.

Erm...really deeply rooting for them,

cos I think they deserve it.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

And the second person I'm taking through to the live shows is...

..Kevin!

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Congratulations!

You remain on Team Ricky.

You are definitely going to the live shows!

Are you OK?

Yeah. Yeah. I'm...

I'm overwhelmed, slightly.

I think, apart from my wedding day and the birth of my two kids,

this is the best night I've ever had.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Kevin!

LAUGHTER

You've got it written down in your top pocket.

OK, listen, stay exactly where you are.

Let's find out who's going to be joining you in the live shows.

Ricky...it's time for you to make your final knockout decision.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

RICKY SIGHS

Between three in this, isn't it?

Two.

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

WILL HUMS DARTH VADER THEME

AUDIENCE SHOUTS

OK. This is important

and the person I am taking through, because they, erm...

..they show me their soul when they sing...

..is...

-..Jolan.

-APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Jolan, congratulations!

You are the final member of Team Ricky

going through to the live shows. Well done.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Congratulations, Jolan.

-Thank you.

-Look at that face!