VOICEOVER: Tonight on The Voice...
SONIA: Get ready, Australia.
It is night two of The Voice Battle round.
Hello.
Oh! Oh, my god.
I knew it.
..the Battles reach their climax.
(WOMEN LAUGH)
Oh, my gosh.
Team Jess...
JESS: I have six incredible artists on my team
but I need to get that down to just two.
..and Team Rita...
It is cutthroat.
..will battle it out.
(SINGERS HOLD NOTES)
NYREE: This is my dream. It's always been my dream.
It always will be my dream.
DILLON: This is my last real shot, my last moment.
I'm giving it my all.
GEZEL: If I win this battle,
it will be a world record for someone my age.
It's all on the line.
(SINGERS HOLD NOTES)
That was unbelievable.
It felt like a James Bond opening theme song.
Yes!
Everyone else who's gotta follow that, I feel really sorry for.
Not to scare you, Jess,
but that was, like, super strong from Team Rita.
Yeah. Wow.
Nobody's gonna forget you after tonight.
Round two starts now.
The winner of this battle... For me...
..is...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Here to kick off another epic Battle night,
performing her smash hit 'Praising You',
give it up for Rita Ora!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
RITA: # I've been gone for a minute Been low-key with my business
# Askin' "Rita, who is it? Is it true?"
# Is it true? #
# I've been takin' off every weekend You and I in our feelings
# 'Cause the high's so much better with you
# With you
# Oh, my god, been a hell of a ride
# But you feel like a religion # Ah-ooh
# And who knew love would leave me feelin' this good?
# I have to praise you like I should... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I have to praise you # Oh-oh, hey-hey
# I have to praise you, alright # Oh-oh
# I have to praise you # Oooh-oooh, hey-hey
# I have to praise you like I should
# Now, it's four in the morning Man, it never gets boring
# Friends say "Shut up about it" I can't stop
# It's written all over my... You got me realigning my...
# That's the kind of thing that needs praise
# Ah!
# Oh, my god, been a hell of a ride
# But you feel like a religion # Ah-ooh
# And who knew love would leave me feelin' this good?
# I have to praise you like I should Let's go!
# I have to praise you # Oooh-oooh, hey-hey
# I have to praise you, ah-ah # Hey-hey
# I have to praise you # Oooh-oooh, hey-hey
# I have to praise you like I should Oh!
# Oh, no, don't know what you do # But I'm always praising you
# Don't-don't-don't know what you do # But I'm always praising you
# Oh, no, don't know what you do Oh...
# I have to...
# I have to praise you # Oh-oh, hey-hey
# I have to praise you, oh, no # Hey-hey
# You know that I-I-I...
# I have to praise you like I should
# Come on! Here we go!
# I have to praise you Oh-oh, hey-hey
# I have to praise you, yeah, you know now
# I have to praise you
# Oh-oh, hey-hey # Oh...
# I have to praise you like I should. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Red-hot Rita!
Amazing!
RITA: Partners in crime. I know, right?
Great minds think alike. Oooh!
What about us? I got the red memo.
You have just released your new album, 'You & I'.
Tell us all about it. Yeah, I put it out in July.
It's available right now.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I basically just, you know, went into the lab
and I just wrote and wrote and wrote and my diary turned into an album.
And 'Praising You' is a rework of the iconic Fatboy Slim track.
Yes. So, how did that collab come about?
Well, I stalked him and, um... (LAUGHTER)
..I basically said, "Listen, this song means so much
"to so many people.
"It would be an honour to try and do something with it."
So, thank you so much for Fatboy Slim for doing it.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) It's incredible.
Make sure you download, buy or stream
Rita's new album 'You & I' right now.
Give it up for Rita Ora, everyone.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Let's kick off tonight's performances
and first to hit the mentoring room, it's Team Rita.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yay! (LAUGHS)
This battle is between my powerhouse mums Tarryn and Nyree.
I know...
Oh!
# To the lion's den... #
Going up against Nyree does worry me.
# To the lion's den... #
I'm terrified of Tarryn
because she's a force to be reckoned with vocally.
We kind of had an inkling, I don't know,
'cause we're quite similar but we're also friends.
We've become good friends. Yes.
Even though, like, she's fierce competition...
We thought, "How awesome would it be to sing together!"
Yep.
But at the end of the day, it's against Tarryn. (LAUGHS)
Yes.
I grouped these two artists together
because they both have come for the same thing.
They both really want to do this for their kids,
they both sacrificed so much.
I wanted to do something for you guys to remind you why you're both here.
Oh, my gosh.
Here's a beautiful message...
(GASPS) ..from your kids.
Oh, my gosh.
I love you, Mummy!
Love you, Mummy!
Oh, stop! (LAUGHS)
That is so cute. I love you too.
Aw, I love it!
I had to hold back the tears because it was just so lovely to see them
and it was really nice that Rita connected with us in that way,
that, you know, we have kids at home
and it's a really big thing to leave them.
Mummy, you're a superstar.
Good luck on the stage.
We love you so much.
Oh, darlings! Aw!
"You're a superstar!" Yeah! (LAUGHS)
I thought that was the cutest.
RITA: For mentoring, I always think it's important
to remind people while they're here,
to really give them something to sing from
and maybe that reinforces that fire,
to really come out fighting for the battles.
OK, I think it's time to tell you about the song.
Really love to know. I'm really excited about this.
It's a big one. It's 'Alone' by Heart.
Oh, my gosh! (LAUGHS)
That's a big, big song. Yes.
It is.
But do you know what, let's just go out with a bang.
Let's do it together and... Yeah.
And we don't want it to be a catfight.
We don't want to look like we're trying to outsing each other.
We just want to put on an amazing performance...
Yeah. ..'cause it could be our last, so...
I mean, if I was gonna give a belter to anyone, it's Tarryn and Nyree.
# I wonder where you are tonight
# No answer on the telephone... #
# But the secret is still my own... #
(LAUGHS) # Alone... #
I just hope that... I guess... I can't believe I'm saying this
but that they're not too nice to each other.... (LAUGHS)
because, you know, I do want them to shine for themselves.
You know, I'm really just cautious of it.
Remember, it's a battle... Yep.
..and only one can go through.
Yeah, that makes me feel sad
because I feel like I'd love to see Nyree go through
but I'd also love to go through.
You two are my strongest voices.
I'm expecting a huge, huge vocal.
Let the battle begin. Yew!
This is my dream. It's always been my dream.
It always will be my dream.
And I want to win it.
I'm gonna draw on the passion that I have for my family
and it's gonna give me the fight that I need to get through this.
TARRYN: I really want to keep my place in Team Rita.
I really want to go all the way
and I really want to show that I've got it in me.
I feel like it's my time and I just really want to make this count.
SONIA: Putting their heart and soul into this next battle,
it's Rita's supermums,
Tarryn Stokes versus Nyree Huyser!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I hear the ticking of the clock
# I'm lying here, the room's pitch dark... #
RITA: Oh!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I wonder where you are tonight
# No answer on the telephone... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# And the night goes by so very slow
# Oh, I hope that it won't end, though
# Alone... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) # Till now... #
# I've always got by on my own
# I never really cared until I met you... #
(LAUGHS) Whoo!
# And now it chills me to the bone
# How do I get you alone? #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Wow!
# You don't know how long I have waited
# To touch your lips and hold you tight
# But the secret is still my own
# Alone
# Yeah! # Ah! #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Till now I always got by on my own
# I never really cared until I met you
# Oh, and now it chills me to the bone
# How do I get you alone?
# Get you alone Oh-oh... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my god!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
RITA: Yeah! (LAUGHS)
SONIA: That was unbelievable!
Oh, my goodness!
Guy, these ladies poured their heart and soul out here
on the stage tonight, didn't they?
I cannot believe what I just heard, if I'm being honest.
Yeah.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
If you had to make a choice, Guy, could you?
I don't think you could.
Honestly, like, without being a cop-out,
do you like chocolate ice cream or strawberry ice cream?
It's just both. Ice cream's great.
(JESS LAUGHS) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
What a pair of power mums, can I say?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Like...
Either one could win. (LAUGHS)
SONIA: Supermums. Supermum.
Either one could win the show.
RITA: Tarryn, you started this journey
having lost your confidence and let me tell you, tonight, you are back!
You are back!
(GUY LAUGHS) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Those note choices were just gold.
I mean, they were so smart. They showed off your range.
I mean, you really sold that song from start to finish.
Amazing. Amazing.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you, Rita.
Nyree, like, the different side of your voice, can we talk about that?
I mean, the unassuming range that you have
and then you hit those notes and I'm thinking,
"Alright, this one's a fighter. We've got a fighter on our hands."
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I mean, what an epic battle that was, guys!
SONIA: It was epic.
But it puts you in a pickle
because you have to decide who you are sending home
and who you are awarding that win to.
(TENSE MUSIC)
RITA: First of all,
you have the most beautiful mutual respect for one another,
not just as friends, as mothers, as partners, as singing partners now
and I just want you to know
that your children should be so, so proud of you tonight.
And so am I. That was amazing.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
This is the hardest decision I've ever made, honestly, on this show.
But I can only take one, so...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
..the winner of the battle for me, it's...
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
(EXHALES) I don't want to do this
but I am actually so torn that...
Oh, no.
# This is The Voice. #
(TENSE MUSIC)
This is the hardest decision I've ever made, honestly.
But I can only take one, so...
The winner of the battle for me is...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Oh, man.
(EXHALES) I don't want to do this...
but I am actually so torn,
I just need more time.
I'm sorry. Oh, no.
Can I... Sonia, do what you've gotta do.
SONIA: Rita, you can have until all of your battles are complete
to make a decision.
Oh, my gosh.
RITA: Great. That's all I'm asking.
I'm so sorry, ladies, to keep you waiting.
But that was unbelievable!
SONIA: Well done.
Put your hands together for these two amazing women, Tarryn and Nyree.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: That was huge.
RITA: Oh, my god!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: What an exciting start to night two of the battles.
It's time for Team Jess to enter the ring.
(FUNKY MUSIC PLAYS)
This battle is between my funky frontman Dillon
and my soul-singing sister Ezra.
(GASPS) Oh, my goodness!
(SINGERS LAUGH)
Oh, my god!
I'm super nervous.
She is so amazing.
She's such a great singer.
So polished, so professional.
Intimidating.
This is gonna be really, really tough.
How do you feel about battling against each other?
You're a weapon, man. Like...
But I've seen you too. Oh...
Obviously I'm nervous 'cause he is amazing.
It's almost like, when he performs, it's like no-one else is on stage.
OK. The song I've chosen for you guys to sing...
Oh...
..is...
'Feel It Still' by Portugal. The Man.
(LAUGHS) Oooh... OK.
# Ooh-whoo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now
# I been feeling it since 1966, now
# Might be over now, but I feel it still... #
# Yes... # I don't know where that is.
This song is already higher than I'm used to singing.
It's gonna be such a challenge.
# But I feel it still But I feel it still... #
Yeah, what's your full voice like on that... # Oooh-oooh? #
(STRAINS) # Oooh-oooh, I'm a rebel just for kicks now... #
I don't know. No.
Yeah, that's not gonna work. Ezra, can you hit that note?
# Oooh-oooh. # # Oooh-oooh. #
Oooh. (EXCLAIMS, LAUGHS)
(STRAINS) # Oooh-oooh... #
Just at some point... Just at some point... # Oooh-oooh... #
There's a part in the song that I am quite worried about.
My falsetto and chest voice,
it's a bit topsy-turvy at the moment.
And think about it, there is a lot of room in here.
Yeah, there is. Yeah.
But just be specific about where the placement is.
Yeah.
You like to inject those crazy notes in those high performances.
You guys have gotta go away and work on it.
That should be the fun bit. Yeah.
This song is very challenging
and I mean challenging by how high the song goes.
I really hope that they have the confidence,
they have the ability to work hard.
# Stepping on this throat
# Make you feel when I'm in control... #
There's high falsetto parts and full voice parts
and really getting smooth between them and ironing that out
is gonna be key to making the song sound really good.
# Leader of the pack... #
I've basically just been playing covers gigs for about 15, 16 years,
so it's been a long time.
Like, this is kind of my last real shot.
This battle is going to be so tough.
This is a difficult song to sing.
I'm just, like, OK, I got to bring it, like, twice as hard.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Let's go!
(POP MUSIC PLAYS)
# Can't keep my hands to myself... # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Oh, yeah
# Think I'll dust 'em off Put 'em back up on the shelf
# In case my little baby girl is in need
# Am I coming out of left field?
# Ooh-whoo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now
# Let me kick it like it's 1966, now
# Might be over now but I feel it still
# Ooh-whoo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now
# Let me kick it like it's 1986, now
# Might be over now but I feel it still
# Oh, got another mouth to feed
# Oh, whoa
# Leave it with the babysitter Mama, call the gravedigger
# Gone with the fallen leaves # Am I coming out of left field?
# Ooh-whoo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now
# Let me kick it like it's 1966, now
# Might have had your fill but you feel it still
# Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
# Ooh-whoo, I'm a rebel for kicks, now
# Let me kick it like it's 1966, now
# Might be over now but I feel it still
# Whoa # Is it coming?
# Is it coming?
# Oooh, is it coming? # Is it coming?
# Is it coming ba-a-a-a-a-ack?
# Ooh-whoo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now
# I can feel it # Might be over now... #
Hey! # But I feel it still... #
# But I feel it, I feel it still
# Ooh-whoo, I'm a rebel... # I'm a rebel for kicks, now
# Let me kick it
# Might be over now but I feel it still
# But I feel it still But I feel it still. #
(JESS LAUGHS) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JASON: Yeah! RITA: Yeah!
Yo!
(LAUGHS)
Come on!
SONIA: Oh, that was so cool, Jess.
I am totally on this groove train.
JESS: (LAUGHS) Me too. SONIA: Yeah.
Jason, were you dancing in your chair?
I sure was. (JESS AND JASON LAUGH)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
D, uh, that outfit is really tight.
(JESS LAUGHS) (MEN LAUGH)
The vocals was tighter, man, I gotta say.
(GUY AND JESS LAUGH)
Ezra, I love you in an up-tempo. It just feels like you.
It feels like Ezra's room. Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
GUY: Dillon, I'm really excited about you.
I sort of see you between almost Mika and Jamiroquai, you know,
and to be honest, you had the most difficult role in that
because that is in a, like, female key
and you were in that sort of mid-voice space,
really trying to own it
and started a little bit pitchy, started a little bit shaky
but I'm so proud of how you just shook that off
and then really went for it.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you.
SONIA: Well, Jess, who is the winner of the battle?
JESS: I mean, Ezra and Dillon,
you just kicked it to a whole 'nother level.
I mean, through the roof.
The performance was high-value entertainment.
I don't want to lose either of you.
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT) Ugh...
Uh...
Tonight, for me, I'm gonna go with...
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
I'm gonna go with someone who took the challenge on
and showed me the most progress.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Ezra, it's you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Congratulations, Ezra. Oh...
You're the winner of the battle.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You've won the battle.
However, later, Jess will have to decide if you've done enough
to send you straight through to the semi
or make you sing for your life at the end of the show.
Put your hands together for Ezra!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: Believe in yourself, baby.
And have it. Just believe in it, OK?
SONIA: Unfortunately, that means we have to say goodbye to Dillon.
The time that I've had to be able to grow and learn and work on myself
has been...
it was really seminal, so thanks for giving me the opportunity.
I really appreciate it. JESS: Thank you.
SONIA: Put your hands together, everybody, for Dillon.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Coming up, Team Jess goes back to back
as the epic Voice battles continue.
JESS: What?!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
VOICEOVER: Coming up...
Hey! (SQUEALS)
We've got another one. SINGERS: Oh, my god.
..the heat is on for the final battles...
LEVI: This battle's gonna be really tough.
I'm a little competitive, so I really want to win.
SHYJANA: I just want to prove to myself that I can do this.
ELSA: I'm just gonna go on,
I'm gonna fight to stay in this competition.
..as artists go all out for a shot at the semifinals.
(SINGERS HOLD NOTES)
Well, nobody's gonna forget you after tonight, that's for sure.
Vocally, it was honestly amazing.
And Rita is forced to make the toughest decision.
I don't know what to do here. Can we do that, Sonia?
Oh, man.
# This is The Voice. #
JESS: Hey!
Hello! SINGERS: Oh, my god.
JESS: I paired David and Jade together
because they are selfless humans
that care for others more than they do for themselves.
I knew it. (LAUGHS)
Damn!
Jade has the most beautiful voice.
Her range is crazy.
A bit nervous now. Oh, come on.
Wow. You're both incredible vocalists.
Oh, my god.
Should I just walk out the door now?
He's amazing.
So, the song I've chosen for you has a message
about those who feel unheard and unseen
and I feel like both of you really connect with that
and that song is 'What About Us' by P!nk.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Wow!
A P!nk song. What a song!
OK. Oh, my god.
Let's get to work. You got this.
Oh, my god.
# We are searchlights
# We can see in the dark... #
I feel very vulnerable singing this song.
I really identify with the lyrics.
It tells my story of how my life has been,
being my sister's full-time carer.
I think the vulnerability will definitely make it harder.
There'd be more room to crack and to let the emotion take over.
# What about love? What about trust?
# What about us... #
Yeah. (STRETCHES WORD) # Us. #
You're holding back.
(LAUGHS) I am?
I am. I am.
What's going through your mind?
A lot... A lot of things.
Recently...
My missus' uncle just passed on Sunday.
I'm sorry to hear that, man.
He was like a father-figure.
(CRIES)
I'm gonna do it for him, man. Yeah, man.
That's where you're gonna hold it.
That's where you're gonna pour all of it into, is for your mob.
But then, sometimes it can get really tough
when you go too far into the emotions,
start to lose control a little bit.
Work on it. Work hard.
This is pretty much your last chance.
# Take another step
# Breathe another breath... #
We don't want to just sing the song.
We want to share the story.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It's gonna be hard because we don't want the emotions to overcome us.
I do want to win this battle for my family.
# Take another step... #
JADE: I think David and I feel exactly the same.
I'm gonna have to show my emotion without letting it take over.
# This isn't over yet... #
And also just show my fight. I'm ready to show my fight.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# We are searchlights
# We can see in the dark... # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# We are rockets
# Pointed up at the stars
# We are billions... # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Of beautiful hearts
# And you sold us down the river too far... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# What about us?
# What about all the times you said you had the answers? #
Yes!
# What about love?
# What about trust? What about us?
# Mmm
# Sticks and stones, they may break these bones
# But then I'll be ready Are you ready?
# 'Cause now it's time
# To let them know
# What about us? # (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# What about all the times you said you had the answers?
# Oh-oh-oh-oh # What about us?
# What about love? What about trust?
# Oh, what about us?
# What about all the plans that ended in disaster?
# What about us? # What about love?
# What about trust? #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# What about love? # Love
# What about trust? What about us?
# What about love? # Love
# What about trust?
# What about us? #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Keep it going for Jade and David!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Jess, are you OK?
JESS: I just love them very much, both of them.
They've done so well and they've come so far, so I'm extremely proud.
RITA: You know, you both brought the feels.
You know, you got your coach in tears here.
Clearly, what you guys have done has really resonated with Jess
and I think that the work that you guys have put in
has really shown and it was beautiful, so, good job.
Great song choice. Thanks, Rita.
JADE: Thank you so much. Thank you.
So, one of the first times I saw so much internal stuff going on
while you guys were singing just then...
This week was really liberating for me...
and I think for David as well.
Yeah, this week has been really hard for both of us.
Having a few loved ones passing by,
one of them up there, it was hard to...
(CLEARS THROAT) Sorry.
(EXCLAIMS) Whoa...
(CLEARS THROAT)
JASON: But you pushed on, David.
You went up there and you did your thing.
And as soon as you started to sing, I seen that smile, I seen that joy,
I was, like, "Wow, it's incredible to watch
"and see somebody love music that much."
'Cause I share the same thing, you know.
It's really, really beautiful. Thank you. Thank you, man.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Jess, now we need a decision. Who has won the battle?
JESS: Let me just say, Jade and David,
I feel like you've done your absolute best tonight.
(APPLAUSE)
David, I challenged you to come out of your shell
and you did that for me.
Jade, I challenged you to control your performance,
to control your emotions
and tonight you did that.
(APPLAUSE)
Go, Jade! Whoo!
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: David! David!
The winner of this battle for me is...
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
SONIA: Jess, now we need a decision. Who has won the battle?
Go, Jade! Whoo!
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: David! David!
JESS: The winner of this battle for me is...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
..David.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Congratulations, David.
You're still in the running to be in that semifinal.
Thank you, thank you.
Give it up for Jade!
Thank you so much.
I'm sad to go home but I know that I've learnt so much
and I'm gonna keep on fighting for my dream.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (POP MUSIC PLAYS)
SONIA: Next, we are back in the ring for Team Rita's young guns
as the epic Voice battles continue.
RITA: This battle is between my fighter Emily
and my champion busker Levi.
LEVI: Emily, she has such an amazing voice.
She can belt some amazing notes,
some notes that I would never dream of.
EMILY: What scares me the most about battling with Levi
is his interpretation of songs.
Because he is such a good jazz musician, he can improvise things,
so I never know what's gonna come out.
Levi, last time I saw you in the callbacks,
you did do an amazing job standing out of your comfort zone,
singing without your sax.
Yes.
Emily, the next step for you
is to find a moment where it's gonna make you memorable.
Yeah. That's what Jason was saying.
Emily, the performance wasn't bad, right? It just lacked...
It lacked something memorable.
Just figure out what is special about Emily.
Emily definitely needs to work on her individuality a little bit
and make sure that her character really shines through
so she can stand out.
So, the song I have chosen for you
is 'Tainted Love' by Soft Cell.
So cool. OK.
It's cool. Yeah.
It's cool.
It is a really old song
but I think I'm pretty familiar with it because my nanna loves the song.
# Tainted love Oh-oh-oh
# Tainted love
# Don't touch me, please
# I cannot stand the tease... #
I noticed there was nerves.
Levi was feeling, I think, a little bit nervous hearing Emily.
Him being 15, like, super young...
but I need Levi to lean into his uniqueness
and use the tools that other people don't have.
# Tainted love. #
The "tainted love" moment, Emily...
Yeah, I feel like that's a bit boring, eh?
You can go up there... Yeah.
..because I feel like that's kind of like your moment now.
OK.
Go up there too, if you want,
or you can go low and...
(HIGH-PITCHED) # Tainted love. #
Yeah.
Can you go more kind of chest voice
and less head voice?
Uh, it's a little bit tricky. Yeah?
(DEEP-VOICED) # Tainted... # It's OK if you crack.
This is where you crack, in here. It's absolutely fine.
(HIGH-PITCHED) # Taint... # No, I can't do chest voice on that.
Having a lower voice,
I'm really nervous about going up higher voice range.
I do have my work cut out for me.
Battles are all about blending
but standing out because you're singing the same song.
Work together but fight. Exactly.
Yep.
For the artist to win this battle,
I'm honestly looking for individuality.
Like, we know that they both have the talent.
Now it's about who can stand out,
you know, stand out from just being that really incredible vocalist.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Sometimes I feel... #
Eh!
# I've got to run away
# I've got to get away
# From the pain you drive into the heart of me... #
Hey.
# The love you share
# Seems to go nowhere... #
GUY: Yeah. Whoo!
JESS: Yeah.
# And I've lost my light
# For I toss and turn
# I can't sleep at night
# Once I ran to you # I ran
# Now I run from you
# This tainted love you've given
# I'd give you all a boy can give you
# And take my tears
# And that's not nearly all... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) # Tainted love
# Oh-oh-oh
# Oh, tainted love, yeah
# Don't touch me, please
# I cannot stand... # Yeah!
# The way you tease
# Oh, tainted love # Yeah, yeah... #
Yes!
# Tainted love
# Don't touch me, please
# Oh-oh-oh-oh # Tainted love. #
JESS: Oh!
RITA: Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) GUY: That was sick.
Yes. That was sick.
That's crazy. Whoo!
That was cool.
SONIA: Emily Kate and Levi X!
It felt like a James Bond, like, opening theme song, you know.
Yeah, it did.
It was seriously epic. SONIA: Jason.
RITA: I do have to ask you, though.
Do we see now a lovely pizzazz in Emily?
Because I remember last time Jason was, like,
"We need to see a bit of more pizzazz."
Do you think we got that from Emily tonight?
Oh, absolutely. Yeah!
That was an entirely different side. (LAUGHS)
Nobody's gonna forget you after tonight...
Hey. ..that's for sure.
Hey. (LAUGHS) That's for sure.
SONIA: Rita, the decision is yours. Who is the winner of the battle?
RITA: I just loved every single second of that.
I mean, what a great take on a classic.
It really left me wanting more.
And in mentoring, you know,
I asked you both to find your moment while still working together.
I feel like there was one of you that did it slightly more for me tonight.
So...
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
..the winner of the battle, for me, is...
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
It's Emily.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Congratulations, Emily!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You are still in the running for the semifinal.
Thank you so much, Rita.
RITA: You did it. You did it. You did it.
The falsetto was so clean. Oh, my goodness. So good.
It was clean. Oh, amazing.
Thank you. You are a star.
Well done.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: OK, now, here's the thing, Levi.
You know we love you, right?
We all know it's not the last we'll see of Levi X.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, well, this has been an amazing experience.
Yeah, it's unreal, as a 15-year-old, to be able to stand up here
with this amazing band and just sing for you.
And, Rita, I think you've helped me grow as an artist
and I've learnt a lot as well.
RITA: Thank you, Levi.
SONIA: Put your hands together for Levi.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) RITA: It's just the start, you know.
You're 15. It's just the start. It's just the start. Well done.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Coming up, it's the final battles of the night
for both Team Jess and Team Rita.
Then we turn up the pressure
as we find out who will perform for survival in the Sing For Your Life.
That's all still to come on The Voice Battles.
# This is The Voice. #
This battle is between Giaan and Shyjana.
# They gotta have it now... #
What scares me the most about Giaan
is obviously she did get straight through from the callbacks.
She's a great performer and has the ability to really bring it.
# I'll be going fishin' for a little competition... #
Shyjana has such a passion for this.
Every song I've heard her sing, you can feel the emotion.
Oooh.
So, I've paired you guys together
because you're both prone to second-guessing yourself on stage.
I mean, you have the ability to present a great performance.
Yeah. But you need to believe in yourself.
I'm looking for the artist who really steps up
and shows me that they have no doubt they can do this.
The song I've chosen for you is 'Hold On' by Justin Bieber.
No way. (LAUGHS) Ah.
'Hold On' is something
that I probably wouldn't have chosen for myself to sing.
I feel like I'm pushing myself a little bit outside my comfort zone.
# Hold on
# Tell me everything that you need to say
# 'Cause I know how it feels to be someone... #
I noticed both are really struggling connecting to each other.
I want to see them not shy away, you know,
for them to get up on that stage, look at the audience
and draw them in, invite them in, you know, engage with them.
So we're gonna do a little exercise. I hope you don't mind.
(LAUGHS)
I want you guys to turn to each other
and look into each other's eyes without breaking contact.
'Cause if someone is watching you... That's your audience, right?
It's just about not being afraid to look out and look at someone.
It was a bit awkward at first, I'm not gonna lie.
I got intimidated by the fact that another person was looking at me.
I feel like I'm going cross-eyed. (LAUGHS)
Right? Yeah.
She's really looking at me
and that is uncomfortable for anyone if someone's staring at you.
It is challenging.
It may seem a little bit silly but it's about breaking down those walls.
This is the battle that I'm most worried about
because I need them to step up and show me that they have what it takes.
This is a battle! (LAUGHS)
So you have to tap into that fearless side.
I'm hoping that in the Battles I will have the confidence
and I will have rehearsed enough to go out there and just give my all.
I have suffered with self-doubt, but what I've been through
has been a real driving force for my career.
I just want to prove to myself that I can do this.
I think I have way more to give
and I really want to push myself to do that.
Just go in and really fight.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Braver than you... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
# You know you can call me if you need someone... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Pick up the pieces if you come undone... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Painting stars up on your ceiling
# You wish that you could find some feeling, yeah, you...
# You know you can call me if you need someone... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I need you to hold on
# 'Cause heaven is a place not too far away
# We all know I should be the one
# To say we all make mistakes... #
Eh! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Take my hand and hold on
# Tell me everything that you need to say
# 'Cause I know how it feels to be someone
# Be someone who loses their way
# Midnight till morning Call if you need somebody
# I will be there for you I will be there
# Midnight till morning Call if you need somebody
# I will be there for you # I will be there for you
# Heaven is a place not so far away
# We all know I should be the one to say we all make mistakes
# Hold on
# Tell me everything Oooh-oh
# 'Cause I know how it feels to be someone
# Feels to be someone Feels to be someone
# Feels to be someone # Who loses their way... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Who loses their way
# Who loses their way. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
It's OK. It's OK. Honestly...
You're OK. You did amazing.
SONIA: Giaan and Shyjana!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Girls, you came up here and you slayed. You did.
Doesn't matter if there's a mistake made along the way, you still slayed.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: Well, let me just start off by saying,
just a few days ago, I went and performed in Victoria, in Melbourne
and literally there was a moment in the song I was singing,
so simple but the crowd got me because I was so in the moment
and they were feeling it and I was feeling it.
My gosh, I looked at the girls, like, the vocalists behind me,
my backing vocalists and I was, like, "I don't know this lyric.
"What is the lyric?" And every time... (LAUGHS)
That's every gig for me. Every gig.
Every time, I just looked at them
'cause I was, like, "What is the lyric?"
I couldn't get it.
But it happens to the best of us, I'm telling you.
And you know what you did, Giaan? You kept going.
That's so important. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
This is one of the biggest stages in Australia
and not that long ago, you were singing for the first time in a mall
in Brisbane.
So this is pretty much your fourth, like, time performing live ever.
So, you know...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) ..don't forget that.
Don't forget that.
Can I say, Shyjana,
you have really impressed me and surprised me these last few weeks.
The dynamics in that performance were just beautiful.
Thanks, Jess.
I loved your choice and, you know, that made me really see
that you're pushing yourself through this performance,
so, yeah, really great choices.
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It was a courageous performance and it's so hard to choose a winner
because you are both stars in my eyes, OK?
But I'm going with the artist who showed me that they can stand up
potentially at the semifinals
and face the other fierce competitors.
So, the winner of the battle is...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) Come on, Giaan!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
..Shyjana.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You did such a good job.
SONIA: Congratulations, Shyjana.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Well done to Shyjana.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So, that means it is the end of the line now for you, Giaan.
I just want to say that I really look up to you as a little girl...
I'd see you on my TV
and, you know, you'd make me feel better about myself. (CRIES)
You've taught me so much and I'm just so grateful to have met you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: I want to...
I want to tell you how powerful you have been, OK?
For every little girl watching at home, struggling
and has those same feelings, those same insecurities,
you know, you challenge that.
SONIA: Make some noise for Giaan, everyone.
Thank you, everyone. Give her a big round of applause!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you.
(JESS LAUGHS)
(CRIES)
SONIA: Coming up next, we have the final battle from Team Rita.
# I want to sing Want to sing, sing... #
RITA: This battle is between my unique vocalists Gezel...
# Sing, sing... #
..and Elsa. # Oooh, yeah... #
Hello! Hi!
Hi!
Hey! (GASPS) We've got another one.
(SQUEALS) Oh, my goodness.
Gezel, for 12, like, she's just got the biggest, like, raspiest tone
and I think that it's kind of a little bit threatening
'cause I kind of have quite, like, a sweet little lamb voice
and it's, like, she's a lion and...
Not like she's gonna eat me on stage but, like, maybe.
(LAUGHS)
This one's really cool. This one I'm really excited about.
'Somebody That I Used To Know'... (GASPS) Yes!
..by Gotye. Oh, my god! Yes!
This song came out when I was born,
so it's gonna be exciting to sing it.
# Now you're just somebody that I used to know
# I don't want to live... # Want to live that way... #
I think that this song is quirky enough
but it also can show off their ability if they work hard.
So this "I don't want to live that way,"
the energy is really important... SINGERS: Yeah.
It's becoming a little frustrated there, you know.
Because you don't want to live that way anymore.
This is now time to connect with the words.
Yay.
You're gonna have to act like you were in a break-up.
# You know, you didn't have to stoop so low... #
ELSA: The song is about a pretty heavy break-up
but me and Gezel are, like, 17 and 12 -
like, not much experience in that department.
So I think getting the emotion's gonna be tricky.
# But I don't want to live that way
# Reading into every word you say... #
So your angry tone doesn't have to really come in...
Yeah.
..until "I don't want to live that way."
Yeah. And when I mean 'angry tone'...
Like, not, like, in your voice,
just, like, in your facial expressions and just feeling it.
Just feeling it... Yeah.
..because then it will naturally come out.
In the song, you really need to come across the feeling and the emotion
and the facial expressions,
so I'm gonna really do that in the performance.
You both know this is a battle. Only one of you can win.
That's sad. I'm sad. That's sad.
You need to find your moments... Yeah.
..and bring that grit. Yep.
Yeah?
If I win this battle, it will be a world record for someone my age,
so I really want to get through.
ELSA: I'm just gonna let loose, kind of lose the lamb act.
I'm gonna go on, I'm gonna give it my all
and I'm gonna fight to stay in this competition.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo!
Whoo-ooh!
# This is The Voice. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Going head-to-head with an Aussie classic,
this is Gezel Bardossi and Elsa Marilyn.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Now and then I think of when we were together... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Like when you said you felt so happy you could die... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I told myself that you were right for me
# But felt so lonely in your company
# But that was love and it's an ache I still remember... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# But you didn't have to cut me off
# Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
# And I don't even need your love
# But you treat me like a stranger and it feels so rough
# No, you didn't have to stoop so low
# Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
# I guess that I don't need that, though
# Now you're just somebody that I used to know
# And I don't want to live that way
# Reading into every word you say
# You said that you would let it go
# That I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
# But you didn't have to cut me off
# Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
# And I don't even need your love
# But you treat me like a stranger and it feels so rough
# No, you didn't have to stoop so low
# Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
# I guess that I don't need that, though
# Now you're just somebody that I used to know
# Somebody # I used to know
# Now you're just somebody that I used to know. #
Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Gezel and Elsa!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Jess, who won the battle for you?
Oh, my goodness. You're both so young. (LAUGHS)
And you're on one of the biggest stages in Australia, so...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It you're so super hard to come out here and sing a song like that
and be so young but also rip it up too.
I mean, you both individually did your thing.
I mean, there was a little...
Can I just say, they were a little bit of rough notes
but, you know, you guys kept going.
And I think that's the whole part of the show and the performance
and the entertainment, is that you keep going, so well done.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) RITA: Oh, my two young little stars.
It's so tough getting up on that stage to perform.
It is tough. You know, the pressure, some people can't handle it.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Gezel, you know, you're a little pocket rocket.
You're a power performer. You have so much power.
The sass on you, it's, like, "Watch out, Mum!"
I don't know what's gonna happen when she becomes a teenager!
Yes. I know. (LAUGHS)
Because you are only 12 and there's only so much that you can do
and so much that you can learn without having the experience,
you know, and so, sometimes you just need that to push yourself,
you know, much further.
Yeah.
And, Elsa, there is something so ethereal about your voice, you know.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you so much.
Yes. I just... I don't know what to do here.
You know, I didn't make a decision earlier today in the show
and I think, to help me, I'm gonna ask
if I can see my whole team together on stage.
Can we do that, Sonia? I am pulling a Jason right now.
SONIA: Can we please bring out Rita's team?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Oh, wow.
You shuffle over this way. We'll make a big line.
RITA: Oh, man.
OK, so I have a couple of really hard decisions to make, as you know...
and I need to make sure that I take the strongest team
through to the semifinal.
So, firstly, I'd like to award my semifinal fast pass.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
This one was a no-brainer for me, seeing the growth
and really taking on board advice
and really turning into a superstar tonight.
The artist that I've chosen to take through to the semifinal is...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
# This is The Voice. #
(TENSE MUSIC)
The artist that I've chosen to take through to the semifinal is...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
That's Emily.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Yes!
SONIA: Congratulations, Emily. We'll see you in the semifinal.
You can head on down. Thank you so much!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) I think she's a little bit in shock.
(RITA LAUGHS)
RITA: So I've got four incredible artists standing in front of me
but only one spot left on my team.
And so, with that in mind,
I sadly have to say goodbye to two of you...
and the other two will go through to sing for their lives.
This is my third year now
and I'd like to think I know now what to do
to sort of help you become better, you know what I mean?
And sometimes, getting the answer you want may not be the answer you need
to become the best version of yourself.
So, with that in mind...
(EXHALES) I'm so sorry, I can't take Gezel and Elsa through tonight.
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Oh! (APPLAUSE)
SONIA: So, Rita, just to clarify,
that means you want to send Tarryn and Nyree to the Sing For Your Life?
RITA: Yes.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) SONIA: OK.
RITA: But, Gezel and Elsa, I just want to say something.
I want you both to celebrate how far you've come.
You are in the Battles of the biggest stage on Australian television.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) OK?
And so, take everything that you've learnt from here,
please, please, please, don't stop and keep getting better and better.
All you need is a bit more experience and growth and...
Yeah. ..come back to the show, please!
OK! (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm just really grateful that I get to experience this
because, yeah, it's really awesome.
Thank you. Aw!
RITA: You're welcome. SONIA: What about you, Elsa?
I'm just... I'm really grateful.
I'm gonna keep writing my songs... RITA: Yes.
..and I think that being here kind of gave me an audience
to show them to... Yes.
..which I feel like is really fantastic.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Give it up one last time for Gezel and Elsa.
Go and see your families.
RITA: Oh, I know.
SONIA: Come on, we can do better than that.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) RITA: I know.
I know it's tough, I know it's tough
and I know it's not the answer that you wanted and I know that.
It's fine.
But remember that this is literally the start
and, you know, you have so much time.
Time, time, time.
Well done, Elsa. I mean it.
You both have done... You're so talented, OK, Gezel...
Congratulations for making it this far.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: That means, Tarryn and Nyree, you must now both sing for your life
with a song that you think can keep you in the competition.
Tarryn, you're up first. Best of luck.
You can go and get in position. Nyree, come with me.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I tried to talk to my piano... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) # I tried to talk to my guitar... #
# I talked to my imagination
# 'Cause no-one hears me anymore
# A hundred million stories and a hundred million songs
# I feel stupid when I sing
# 'Cause nobody's listening to me
# If nobody's listening
# Anyone Please send me anyone... #
Wow!
# Lord, is there anyone?
# 'Cause I need someone, oh... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) # Anyone... #
Wow!
# I need anyone
# Oh, anyone
# 'Cause nobody's
# Listening... #
Oh...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Wow.
Whew! EMILY: Yes, Tarryn!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING)
# Let's dance in style Let's dance for a while
# Heaven can wait We're only watching the skies
# Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
# Are you gonna drop the bomb or not? #
Oooh.
# So many adventures still could happen today
# So many songs we forgot to play
# So many dreams spinning out of the blue
# Well, let 'em come true... # (CHEERING)
# Forever young I want to be forever young... #
Wow.
# Oh-oh Do you really want to live forever
# And ever and ever?
# Forever young
# I want to be forever young
# Do you really want to live forever? #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: Oh, wow. Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (JESS LAUGHS)
Wow.
Oh, my god.
Oh, my goodness.
SONIA: Oh, boy.
RITA: I mean, just to hear the two of you sing again,
selfishly, was such a treat.
Thank you so much for that. That was amazing.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) SONIA: It was incredible.
But, Rita.. RITA: I know...
SONIA: ..who will be joining Emily at the semifinal?
RITA: Yes.
Well, you know, you're both so experienced, you know.
You're powerhouses and it's, like...
it's almost like I keep extending the inevitable, you know.
You literally blew me away with your performance earlier tonight
and I think you both know that.
I mean, that was, for me, the strongest battle I've ever seen.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you.
Every single thing I throw at you, you guys nail time and time again
and you do that within your own identities
and you really have become your own artists in this process.
You guys are ready. Both of you are just ready.
But I can only take one,
so the artist that I've chosen
to join Emily at the semifinal is...
(SCREAMING)
I can't even look at you guys. I'm sorry.
It's OK. It's OK. It's OK.
I'm sorry now because you both deserve it but...
# This is The Voice. #
The artist that I've chosen to join Emily at the semifinal
is...
(SCREAMING)
It's Tarryn.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Tarryn, you're going through to the semifinal! Congratulations!
I'll let you go and catch up with Emily.
We'll see you at the semifinal.
Tarryn is going through.
RITA: I'm sorry to make you sing again.
No, no, no. Thank you so much.
That was the best you've ever sung, that I've heard.
Probably.
And every word, everyone was listening.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you. Thank you.
Nyree.
I'm sorry. No, don't be.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Thank you. Thank you, Rita.
Thank you for everything. Thank you.
SONIA: Put your hands together for Nyree, everyone.
RITA: Let's go. Come on.
Make some noise.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Earlier tonight, Team Jess competed in three epic battles
and Ezra, David and Shyjana were victorious.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
However, their win didn't automatically guarantee them
a spot in the semifinal.
With only two spots available, Jess must now choose who you will send
straight through to the semifinal,
leaving the other two to face off in the Sing For Your Life.
JESS: I mean, you all won your battle for a reason.
(EXHALES) I'm making my decision on who I need to coach again.
The artist that I'm taking through to the semifinals is...
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CALL OUT) (DRAMATIC MUSIC)
It's you, David.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: David, it's a dream come true! You're going to the semifinal!
# Seeing is believing and I believe... #
Thank you so much, Jess. I won't let you down, trust me.
(JESS LAUGHS)
SONIA: Everyone, give it up for David!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That means, Ezra and Shyjana, you must now sing for your life
with a song you think can keep you in this competition.
Ezra, you're up first.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Best of luck.
Singing for survival, it's Ezra!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Whoa!
JESS: Oh...
EZRA: # Oooh, let's go. # (LAUGHS)
# Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
# Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet
# Machine guns ready to go
# Are you happy, are you satisfied? How long can you stand the heat? #
Whoo!
# Out of the doorway the bullets rip to the sound of the beat, oooh... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) # Another one bites the dust... #
GUY: Yeah!
# Another one bites the dust
# And another one gone and another one gone
# Another one bites the dust
# Hey, I'm gonna get you too Another one bites the dust
# Oooh-oooh!
# Another one bites the dust
# Oh-oh-oooh-oooh
# Another one bites the dust
# And another one gone and another one gone
# Another one bites the dust # Oh, yeah!
# Hey, I'm gonna get you too another one bites the dust. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS) RITA: Wow.
Stop that!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Let's go, Shyjana!
You've got this, bra. You've got this.
# I've been roamin' around
# Always lookin' down at all I see... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Painted faces fill the places
# I can't reach... # Yeah.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# You know that I could use somebody
# Mmm
# You know that I could use somebody... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Someone like you
# Whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
# Someone like you
# Whoa-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I've been roaming around
# Always looking down
# At all I see... #
Oh!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Yeah!
Whoo!
SONIA: Jess, these two artists
clearly want that last semifinal spot.
But based on the Sing For Your Life, who will you award it to?
JESS: Look, before I make that decision,
I just want you both to know that you should be so, so, so proud.
Both so beautiful.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And whoever goes tonight should hold their head high.
Super, super high. OK?
The artist that has given their all, risen to the occasion
and has left nothing behind on that stage tonight is...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Ezra, it's you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Congratulations, Ezra!
Why don't you go and take your place next to David
and we'll see you at the semifinal.
Ezra! (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I'm still winning, I'm still winning... #
Unfortunately, Shyjana, we do have to say goodbye.
SHYJANA: If there was one thing that I could say,
it's just follow your dreams and never give up.
If you really love something, you don't stop.
RITA: Yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you so much, Shyjana.
Make some noise for Shyjana.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JESS: So very inspirational, my sister.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SONIA: Australia, it's official.
Here are your top eight semifinalists.
On Team Rita, it's Emily and Tarryn!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
On Team Jason, it's Ethan and Callum!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
For Team Jess, it's David and Ezra!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) JESS: Come on!
SONIA: And on Team Guy, it's Charlie and Bella!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
All of the artists on this stage are one step closer
to being crowned the Voice of Australia for 2023.
The semifinal is gonna be our biggest show yet.
You won't want to miss it.
Thank you so much for watching
and big thanks to all of our amazing artists and our superstar coaches.
Until next time, Australia, goodnight.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
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