Wake up! Wake up!
Wake up!
WAKE UP! It's Season Five of The Voice. Ha-ha!
This is season five and we have faith. Paloma Faith.
And we have George. Boy George.
By golly, and Ricky is back. And of course the man. will. I.am
Season five is the jam.
Wham, bam. How ya like that?
Are we going to do it now?
All right, I'm ready.
♪ Get up, g-get up
- ♪ Get on up - ♪ Get up
- ♪ Get on up - ♪ Stay on the scene
- ♪ Get on up - ♪ Like a sex machine
- ♪ Get on up, get up! - ♪ Get on up
- ♪ Get up! - ♪ Get on up
- ♪ Stay on the scene - ♪ Get on up
♪ Like a sex machine
♪ Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air
♪ I know I can count on you
♪ Sometimes I feel like saying, "Lord, I just don't care!"
♪ Get up
♪ You've got the love I need to see me through
♪ Sometimes it seems the going is just too rough
♪ And things go wrong no matter what I do
♪ Get up
♪ Now and then I feel like life is just too much
♪ But you've got the love I need to see me through
- ♪ Yay! - ♪ Get on up
- ♪ Get up! - ♪ Get on up. ♪
Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the legend, Boy George.
♪ You need cooling Baby, I'm not fooling
♪ Gonna take you back Back to schooling
♪ Way down inside Below, where you feel it
♪ I'm gonna give you my love
♪ Yay, yay!
♪ Wanna whole lotta love
♪ Wanna whole lotta love!... ♪
Fellas, let's take it to the next level.
♪ One, two, one-two-three-four!
♪ Wanna whole lotta love
♪ I'm gonna give you my love
♪ Wanna whole lotta love! ♪
OK, let's get started. This is the blind auditions.
Super-slick Ricky Wilson coached last year's winner
and he is getting his fighting talk in early this time.
I'm not going to get wrapped up in winning.
I'm going to get wrapped up in everyone else losing.
Bring the action.
Our old friend producer and space cadet will. I.am is back with a new plan.
I have a whole new method this season because I'm on a mission.
But he's not the only cat in a hat.
Boy George trying to come on the show wearing hats. Just kidding!
♪ Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon
♪ You come and go, you come and go... ♪
Yeah, he's made up and we're made up to have him.
The star who's sold over 100 million singles and 50 million albums.
Boy George has decades of experience and has earned the name icon.
So, hats off to Boy George.
I would love to find an Amy Winehouse or a Dylan or a Bowie,
singers that have that thing in their voice that makes you believe them.
There's a part of me that's eager to push that button. Ha-ha!
♪ I just can't rely on you! ♪
And completing the line-up with style and a serious dose of soul...
♪ Trouble with my baby! ♪
...is Brit-winner and multiplatinum-selling Paloma Faith.
She means business.
I'm not really interested in vocal gymnastics.
The first and foremost thing is the person's soul.
If I can hear their life in their voice, that's my priority.
I'm looking forward to sitting in that big red chair!
New faces, new voices. Let's go!
Yes!
- Nervous. - It's their first one. - Yes, baby.
'First to take to the stage is 25-year-old Beth Morris.'
Whenever I go on stage, I like to be daring and be different.
Boy George is never worried about what anybody thinks.
- I don't know how you're so calm. - I'm not calm!
Paloma Faith, I adore her.
She doesn't follow the crowd. She just is who she is.
- Good luck. - I'm going to struggle. I want to turn for everyone.
Will. I.am and Ricky, they are both amazing.
- Are you guys ready? - Let's pump it.
♪ I got the eye of the tiger, fire... ♪
So exciting. Now we're doing it, I'm excited.
♪ And you're going to hear me roar!
♪ Louder than a lion cos I am the champion... ♪
- It looks like she means business! - Go on, girl!
♪ Church house, gin house
♪ Schoolhouse, outhouse
♪ On highway number nineteen
♪ The people keep the city clean
♪ They call it Nutbush
♪ Oh, Nutbush
♪ They call it Nutbush city limits
♪ Come on!
♪ Nutbush city
♪ You go to the fields on weekdays
♪ And have a picnic on Labor Day
♪ You go to town on Saturday
♪ But go to church every Sunday
♪ They call it Nutbush
♪ Nutbush
♪ They call it Nutbush city limits
♪ Nutbush city
♪ No whiskey for sale
♪ You can't get no bail
♪ Salt pork and molasses
♪ Is all you get in jail
♪ They call it Nutbush
♪ Oh, Nutbush
♪ They call it Nutbush city limits
♪ Nutbush city
♪ Oh, Nutbush
♪ Nutbush! ♪
Wow!
You are fierce on every level! What's your name?
My name is Beth Morris. Hi, guys.
- Where are you from? - I'm from Maidenhead. - Maidenhead?!
- I was rocking out in Maidenhead. - You were?
What were you doing in Maidenhead?
Er, just hanging out with the heads.
Have you got all your friends and family out there?
- Yeah, they are all here. - Cheering for you.
I understand why, because that was phenomenal.
And then, you know when you turn...?
And you are a vision.
You are so beautiful and even the touch of the different shoe
colours - don't think I didn't notice!
When you sing normally, what do you sing?
I sing sort of real old school, I love singing the blues and...
Oh! Let's just make musical babies now!
I don't know what the female version of bromance is, what is it?
Oh, this is it!
Will?
Amazing voice. And as you went on, you got better and better.
- That was like, freaking awesome. - Thank you.
And then I was looking at Paloma's face and she was like...
I was like, "OK, this has to be cool," cos Paloma would be like...
if it wasn't.
So...
Are we pitching?
Well, I am, as you know, all about women for women
and I want to be empowered and when I look at a woman,
I love women so much...
- Me too. - Yeah, but not...
Oh! Not in the same way as Will.
What I love about it is that your voice is so fierce
and I feel like you've got so much versatility,
like, that sort of ferocious, dominant thing
mixed with the vulnerability,
which all those amazing blues singers used to do,
like Etta James and Tina Turner,
like, I'm just excited that you exist. - Oh...
I'm slightly worried that Paloma might keep you in your comfort zone.
No, there's no comfort zone with that.
- With an outfit like that, I don't think so! - I don't know.
Oh, honey, I wore stuff like that before she was born.
She's my child, Lady Gaga is the other one.
Ricky hasn't pitched. Then after Ricky pitches, I'll pitch.
Yeah... Sometimes it's really hard,
especially when there's such big characters in the room
and I just sit back and listen to what they're saying. - Oh, God!
- He's so humble! - It's not that, no, I'm just saying,
cos you're all saying all the right things.
When I first heard the song, the band strike up
and I was a bit worried because it's a classic pubs and clubs song
and it's a brilliant song and it gets the crowd going,
but you did more than get the crowd going,
you got four people turning with just the voice.
So my pitch is this. Simple.
We're going to end up working with each other later on
whether it's on this show or later on in the future
cos I would work my hardest to try to work with you
cos you're one of those dynamic artists.
And then we're going to work together anyway, so... Whatever.
What career do you want? You know, do you want longevity like me...
Do you want to be sitting around in 30 years talking about
how fabulous your career is and how much more you've got to do?
You know, what kind of mentoring do you want?
Everybody here can offer something, you know.
OK, well, I did have someone in mind,
however, you know, Ricky, you're so charming and lovely
and genuine, you seem that.
Paloma, I just clicked with you straightaway.
Boy George, you are an icon.
You look amazing, by the way, you look really good.
And, Will, you know, you are just phenomenal
and I respect your work so much.
This is really hard.
I...
My instinct...
Um...
But I'm going to go with Paloma.
Yes!
- I'm so happy. - Thank you.
- You're gorgeous. - I really want to work with you.
And I think you're amazing.
Yes!
I'm worn out.
She was dope!
Chuffed to bits.
- Give it to me, let's go. - Are we ready, guys? One, two, three...
Yes! Beth, congratulations.
Did you enjoy that?
- I did enjoy it, yeah. - Wow.
At the end of this round, it's one point to Paloma Faith,
zero to the boys.
She's confident.
But it will wane as the hours pass. And her hair drops.
It's all pretend, deep down I'm vulnerable.
- Hello! - Hello! - Yes!
George? - Hello! - George! - George! - Hello.
- How are you settling in? - I love it. - Yeah? - It's kind of surreal...
- Yeah? - It's kind of surreal but it's just such fun. - Comfy in the chair?
- Yeah, love it. - Happy with your button?
- Yeah, it's not work, is it? It's just fun. - It is.
- Paloma, my love? - Yes, my sweet voice from behind.
How are you, you OK, are you enjoying yourself?
Yeah, I feel great.
I think everyone's lovely. It's like my new home.
Lovely, all right, shall we get on with it, then?
Think you could do better in my chair?
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Next up, one man and his fish.
I'm Tom Rickels. I'm 22.
And I'm a fishmonger.
The fish are my best friends, which sounds incredibly sad, but they are.
I have a little pep talk with the fish.
"Going to have a great day, some of you won't be here at the end of it
"but we're going to do it, we're going to smash it."
Come on, team, all in.
Guys, stop it.
I'm constantly trying to think of new fish puns
to keep the customers happy.
Look at him, he's gutted.
He is actually gutted.
For goodness "hake", I work on a fish counter.
It's the life and "sole" of the party.
We get up to a lot of "fin". Aah?
I absolutely love my job.
But I know it's not my calling.
I've always wanted to sing.
For me, today is everything. I just have to nail it.
MUSIC: Jaws theme
♪ It's too hard to sleep
♪ I got the sheets on the floor
♪ Nothing on me
♪ And I can't take it no more, it's a hundred degrees
♪ I got one foot out the door, wh-wh-wh-where are my keys? Yeah
♪ Cos I gotta leave, I gotta leave
♪ In the back of the cab, woohoo
♪ I tipped the driver 'head of time, get me there fast
♪ I got your body on my mind, I want it bad
♪ And just the thought of you gets me so high
♪ I'm so high, I'm so high... ♪
Yeah! Get in!
♪ Love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
♪ And love me like you do, lo-lo-love me like you do
♪ And touch me like you do, to-to-touch me like you do
♪ Do
♪ What are you waiting for? Hey! ♪
- Come on! - Go on!
♪ You're the one I want to want me
♪ And if you want me, if you want me, girl, you got me
♪ There's nothing I, no, I wouldn't do
♪ What are you waiting for? ♪
- You all right? Hello, hello. How are we? - Hi, how are you doing?
I was supposed to say, "Hey, what's your name?"
And I was just there going...
"That's something else, then, isn't it?"
I hit it so hard it didn't work, right? I was like...
- What's your name? - Hello, I'm Tom Rickels.
I'm 22, from Bristol, and I'm a fishmonger.
Fishmonger's in the house!
I was just saying we don't have enough fishmongers on here.
Yeah, you know, I was thinking the same thing.
So, yeah, and what do you do?
He descales, he debones and prepares.
- I sing to the fish as well, the dead fish. - "Tuner" fish?
Oh, my "cod"!
- He knows his "scales"! - Oh...
If you were a fish, what would you be?
I'm a Pisces.
And I'm a Gemini. Fish need air.
Water, water, they need water.
- They need air too. - Fish need water. - And air.
- I'd be a starfish. - A starfish, OK.
- This is the moment of truth for you now. - A cuddly fillet.
I'd be "brill".
So, my pitch is simple.
You're fresh,
dope,
I'm not going to promise you the world,
but I can promise you a fun time on Team Will.
And, if you don't pick me,
and these guys get rid of you during the battle rounds,
I'll probably snatch you up anyways, because we'll have saves.
So what you're saying is, there's many ways to fillet a fish?
I like this.
It's a competition, there's ups and downs. Sometimes...
Ricky will have somebody on his team, and I'll snatch him up.
So, you may think that you're not picking me,
but you might probably end up going with me, because you never know
what he's going to have later on in the competition.
Where he feels like, "Let me get rid of this fish later on."
Me being a fish myself.
I'm telling you -
you're probably going to end up on this team anyways.
So...
Boy George is talking! Boy George is talking!
My pitch - very simple, like Will's -
I've sold 50 million records.
I am the other Queen of England.
And I have experience, lots of it.
Over 30 years of experience.
I don't really know what to say,
it's really hard to compete with Will and George on this,
because I'm not a world-class producer,
and I haven't sold 50 million records.
But...
You are brill.
I'm br...
That's really a fish? A brill fish?
Yeah.
But I've never seen anything quite like you.
Erm...
I don't know where to go!
Thank you so much for thinking I'm good enough.
I think I'm going to...
...go with Pisces.
- It was amazing, so good! - You're really good.
Good luck!
Congratulations.
The other Queen of England?
Yeah!
So stressful!
Ah, I didn't want him anyway.
Yes!
I'm getting into it now.
Yeah. It's good when we compete, isn't it?
It's not a competition, Paloma!
I think you'll find it is.
The Battle of the Pitches.
I think Paloma Faith will be fun to pitch against.
Guns a-blazing.
Fiery,
ferocious
pitches.
I'm quite well known for my honesty.
And I feel very ready.
Boy George is not just going to sit there like a bag of bricks.
He, too, will catch flame.
They are the enemy.
I love them all, but I want to take them down.
Ricky says to me, "I won last year, I don't need to win, really."
We'll see!
Slicky Tricky Ricky?
Ricky's sometimes too competitive.
Maybe it's because I want to beat Will.
- I don't know why. - There'll be fireworks this year.
Pitch!
It's been a spin frenzy so far,
but can our next acts keep the coaches bashing their buttons?
My name is Brooklynne Richards, I'm 23 years old,
and I'm from Birmingham.
I work in a slots arcade.
It's got 52 slot machines, and every hour I will call the bingo.
Yellow, two and three, 23! Blue, five and four, 54!
Then I'll be like, two fat ladies, I'll say 77 - huh?
Two fat ladies, 77? I get so confused!
I sing practically every day.
One time I performed somewhere, the man asked me if I'd go back on
and sing more songs, because the audience wanted me to.
I was like, wow!
I've always wanted to be a singer, always.
The more people that tell me how good I am,
the more I'm like, "I'm doing it."
Nothing's stopping me.
- Yeah! - Go on!
♪ When your baby leaves you all alone
♪ And nobody calls you on the phone
♪ Don't ya feel like crying?
♪ Well, here I am, honey
♪ Come on, cry to me
♪ Well, nothing can be sadder than a glass of wine alone
♪ Loneliness, loneliness, such a waste of time
♪ You don't ever have to walk alone
♪ Oh, you see
♪ Come on, take my hand, baby, won't ya walk with me?
♪ When you're waiting for a voice to come
♪ In the night, when there is no-one
♪ Don't ya feel like crying?
♪ Crying, crying?
♪ Crying? ♪
- Look at you, you're so cute! - Thank you!
- Have we got each other, baby? - Thank you.
♪ I got you, babe. ♪
That was really awesome, and I'm so happy that George turned for you
and then sneaky little Ricky Tricky... - Oh, you turned as well?
- Yeah. - ..last-minute, so now... - You've got to work.
How old are you?
Hiya, my name's Brooklynne, I'm 23 and I'm from Birmingham.
- Brooklyn! - Brooklyn, America, Brooklyn, New York, Brooklynne!
♪ Brooklynne's in the house. ♪
Nice, nice.
So, Brooks, now you have to decide. You have amazing tone.
- Your voice is incredible. - Thank you. - Great song selection.
Welcome on The Voice.
I love the whole '60s thing, and then when I saw you I was like,
- "Oh, my God." You're like a little firehouse, it's amazing. - Thank you.
It's amazing. I love the fact that you're a little...
You know...
- Yeah, the tone was delicious. - Thank you. Thank you so much.
♪ Brooklynne's in the house. ♪
Erm, so, George turned around really quite early. Great.
I thought, you know, he's on this.
I knew you were nervous at the beginning.
- Oh, OK. - But that... No, that is the only thing we need to work on.
You know, George says he's not looking for perfection,
he's looking for, you know... - Heart and soul. - ..heart and soul,
and when you suddenly realised that's where you belonged,
on the stage,
that's when it started working out and by the end of it, I thought,
"If I don't turn for this, then I don't really deserve to be here."
Aww.
And we've only seen a handful of people,
but I think you're going to be there right at the end.
Oh, my God, thank you!
So now... now we have to... pitch.
I mean, if you go with me,
I'll make you so famous drag queens will impersonate you.
Oh, my gosh, that's the best way I've ever heard it!
Oh, my God.
Listen, I swear to God, I've heard a lot of pitches...
That was some real pitching right there.
Erm, I'm not going to make you famous,
because you can do that all on your own and you've just done it, so...
Oh, that's nice!
That was pretty cool, but George was like a knockout,
that was a knockout!
This is like pitch ping-pong. Go on, George.
What does your mum say?
- That's a good one, that's a good one. - What does your mum say?
- I know exactly what my mum would say. - What would she say?
- Probably you, to be honest. - Never argue with your mother.
- Paloma, what would you do? - Erm...
I love Ricky to bits, but I think I'd go with George.
Boy George could help her perform better on stage
cos he's more of a showman.
Will, what would you do?
Erm, OK, so...
George said,
"I'll make you so famous drag queens will impersonate you."
He means it.
When Ricky says, "I don't need to make you famous cos you're going
"to do that yourself," I mean, that was cool,
but it's pretty much like, "You're going to do all the work."
I would choose who you think is right for you, darling.
Your mum's always right.
OK, I think I've made up my mind.
Erm, I think...
I think it's Ricky.
♪ Oh, my God, I can't believe it... ♪
I'm so sorry, Boy George, I'm so sorry. I think it's Ricky.
Oh, thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
- You're my first on my team. - Oh, really? - You're my first, yeah.
- Voice is amazing. - Thank you.
He gets no drag-queen support.
- Don't worry, don't worry, you've got a great voice. - Thank you.
- Whatever happens... - Yeah, whatever happens(!)
When he ruins your life, don't come running to me!
When Ricky messes it up!
- I won't, I won't let you down. - Thank you.
- I won't let YOU down. - Maybe she doesn't even know what you've done.
- Probably doesn't know who I am! - Yeah!
She thinks I'm one of The Wombles!
The first time with just me, George and a pitch.
And... I thought I'd lost it.
She chose him because he won last year. It's obvious. She's young.
I don't think there was any more thought process to it than that, I really don't.
Why did you pick Ricky over George?
I think he's quite sexy, to be honest.
Easy. Your dad's standing next to you, you know.
I think she made a mistake.
Although Ricky is incredible, I just think that he wouldn't
understand where she was coming from as well as George would.
- It's interesting, isn't it? - Yes.
- Because you do get offended when they don't choose you. - Do you?
- Then you get over it. - I don't know what that feels like. - You will!
Early days yet, darling!
I like all sorts of voices.
Dolly Parton to Bob Dylan and Bowie.
I'm just really excited about what I'm going to hear.
Well, you've come to the right place, George.
If you want a mashup of singers and styles, The Voice has it all.
Try this from Keri-Ellah.
I love singing country music.
It tells a story.
I don't feel like I have to try to sing country music,
it just happens.
Country is where my heart lies.
♪ Ohhhhh
♪ Then I dug my key into the side
♪ Of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive
♪ Carved my name into his leather seats
♪ I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights
♪ Slashed a hole in all four tyres
♪ Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats. ♪
Didn't turn. Why not? I don't know.
I just didn't want to... I don't know.
What I loved about it was you were doing country
but you were doing it in your voice.
I think you started off a little bit too high
and then there's nowhere to go
but I think you've got a strong voice and the world is your oyster!
So the coaches pass on country but will they hit for something heavy?
Here's Dublin's very own John Bonham.
Ever since I was a kid, I sang metal music.
I think what hooked me in with metal is the energy in it,
the sort of songs that just make you just like, "YES!"
♪ Can I play with madness?
♪ The prophet stared at his crystal ball
♪ Can I play with madness?
♪ The prophet looked at me and laughed at me - ha!
♪ He said, "Can I play with madness?"
♪ He said, "You're blind, too blind to see"
♪ Ohhhh
♪ "Listen to me!"
♪ Said the prophet
♪ Yeahhhh! ♪
I'm not a rocker. I just wish I was.
You can certainly sing a rock song.
I thought it was like Jack Black, you know, from School Of Rock.
I liked it in the film but I don't think I would've bought the album.
Cheers.
If someone does come in very hard on a particular style,
it can overtake what you're listening for.
Sometimes, you know, the performance,
if it's too specific, it can be very off-putting.
If there's someone that's got a definite style,
they have to be the best you've ever heard.
Can our next act call on some higher help for a spin?
We join with them in heaven's song.
I'm Reverend John Barron.
I'm 49 and I'm a vicar in the diocese of Durham.
It can be very busy as a vicar.
We have three services in the morning
so it's at St Barnabas at eight o'clock.
Good morning.
At St Patrick's at nine.
He will rise again.
Back down again for another service at St Barnabas at 1030.
There's quite a bit of dashing round.
♪ Our God is a great big God and he holds us in his hands. ♪
Sundays can be busy old days.
May the joy of the Lord keep your heart singing.
The first time I heard John sing, I was just blown away.
- Dad, are you nervous about the audition? - Do you know, I am a bit.
- Dad's a good singer. - Really good. - Yeah.
We are all passionate watchers of The Voice
and the kids would sit there and go, "Dad, you should do that."
And one night, we applied for him,
thinking, "That will shut them up." And here we are.
When I find out, it did come as a bit of a surprise.
But in truth, though, I was really excited.
I describe my voice as a musical theatre singer.
That's kind of home territory for me.
It's giving us the chance to just enjoy John singing again.
I'm very proud of him.
I'm proud of him when he walks through the streets
and the children shout, "Hello, Father John!"
I'm very proud of him.
When I take a bit of music, I turn that bit of music
into a performance - that makes me feel joyful.
- Oh, that's his nervous face! - Nervous face on. - Is it? - Yes.
♪ This is the moment
♪ This is the day
♪ When I send all my doubts and demons on their way
♪ Every endeavour I have made ever
♪ Is coming into play
♪ Is here and now today
♪ This is the moment
♪ When all I've done
♪ All of the dreaming, scheming and screaming become one! ♪
Come on!
♪ I won't look down
♪ I will not fall
♪ This is the moment
♪ Of them all
♪ This is the moment
♪ Damn all the odds!
♪ This day, or never
♪ I'll sit forever with the gods!
♪ When I look back
♪ I will always recall
♪ Moment for moment
♪ This was the moment
♪ The greatest moment... ♪
Turn round!
♪ Of them all! ♪
Oh, he's a priest!
Guys, hi. I'm John Barron. I'm a vicar.
I'm 49 years old and I live in the north-east of England.
In the diocese of Durham, near Newcastle.
John, you were fabulous.
I don't think you guys get it.
We are all in spiritual trouble.
Oh, no! I'm so sorry to hear that.
I'm a Buddhist, so no, I'm not.
Are we going to hell?
No, not at all. I hope not!
So, you sing part time or...
Well, obviously I sing all the time in church.
And I've sung in the past in musical theatre productions.
I've always loved that.
I personally didn't turn, in all honesty,
because I absolutely despise musicals with a passion. - Oh!
I could never work with somebody who liked them, because...
Oh, Paloma, no!
The good news is that a lot of people do love musical theatre.
The reason I didn't turn is
because it's not an area that I'm that good at. - OK.
And do you perform? Do you go out and do this?
I don't do as much as I used to, I have to say.
I don't make enough time to do that.
You don't have time? You only work on Sundays!
Look, I think you've got what I would describe
as a very handsome voice
and we didn't stop dancing to it, because we were enjoying it.
I know you hate musical theatre but you were enjoying yourself.
I was enjoying myself. Thank you.
Oh, Will's saying something.
Thanks for coming and singing for us
and if you can pray for us, I will really...
- You know what? You can't argue with a reaction like that.
And if you want to do this, get out and sing.
- Singing is good for your soul. - OK.
- They loved you! - They did, and that was wonderful.
I really appreciate it.
It was really lovely.
George. It's a real pleasure seeing you guys.
Nice to meet you.
It was absolutely fantastic.
- I do hate it. - All of it? Lion King? - I hate The Lion King.
I'm trying to think of something that you can't hate. Let's think.
The Sound Of Music?
- Not keen. - She's wrong.
You can't persuade me to like musicals, George.
- Just accept our differences. - No.
You know when you look out and they are all like...
♪ A place of my own... ♪
It's just like...
You'd clean up in musical theatre.
I take it to the clubs.
That's how I talk to girls at clubs.
- What, in the Little Mermaid voice? - Like...
♪ What's up, chick?
♪ Can I drink wit' you? ♪
I do it like that.
Right, moving on swiftly.
Where is Emma?
Proud dad 30-year-old Dwaine Hayden is next up.
- Hello! - How you doing? - Good. How are you? - I'm great.
Lovely to meet you. Who are you?
- Kingsley. - Kingsley? Lovely to meet you.
My son Kingsley. Oh, wow. He's awesome. I love him so much.
Everything we talked about on the camera is going on telly.
- Is it? - Yes. - How old are you? - Four and a half.
You know a lot, don't you? I like that.
He's so smart. He has just started school.
He sings as well. He sings with me sometimes around the house.
- Are you as good as Daddy or better? - Better.
Is he auditioning, or you?
Hopefully I can go out there and show Kingsley that anything is possible.
He can be like, "Yeah, well done, Daddy."
There he is!
Daddy! Daddy!
It's so nerve-racking when it takes ages.
- Anticipation! - Antici... pation.
It's so we get butterflies.
♪ I waited till I saw the sun
♪ I don't know why I didn't come
♪ Something has to make you run
♪ I don't know why I didn't come
♪ I feel as empty as a drum... ♪
♪ I don't know why I didn't come
♪ But now my heart is drenched in wine
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh... ♪ - Come on, Dad!
♪ But you'll be on my mind
♪ Forever
♪ I feel as empty as a drum, whoo
♪ I don't know why
♪ I didn't come. ♪
Thank you very much!
How you doing?
Bangin'!
Thank you very much.
- What's your name? - My name's Dwaine and I'm from Derby.
What do you do for a living?
I teach young people that aren't in education at the moment,
getting them back into education and stuff like that.
I really... I really, really liked it. I was just...
I was a little bit nervous, but I feel relaxed now.
- I'm so buzzing right now, it's crazy. - I'm excited.
Relax, you haven't won him yet!
- Let me know when I can speak, by the way. - I'm relaxed, enjoying...
Yes, you may proceed.
I think you started off a little bit wobbly in the lower key,
you could hear your nerves, you know.
I always look for tone rather than perfection,
but I think that's the area where you're most comfortable,
when you lift it up a bit, it was really quality.
- That's when I pushed the button. - Thank you so much. Thank you. - OK?
Like George said, you started off a little wobbly,
but then when you went up to that falsetto and Paloma turned around,
I was like, "Oh, OK!"
And then George turned around.
I was like, "Oh, OK!"
Then Ricky didn't turn around, I was like, "Oh, OK."
All right, you know what? Before I choose, my son is four...
- Where is he? Is he here? - He's in the back somewhere. - Let's get him out.
Shall we go and see him?
- What's he called? - Kingsley.
- Kingsley! Come on, Kingsley! - Hey, Kingsley!
This is going to make me cry, man.
Can we pitch for you while we're waiting?
- Yeah, you go. - Yeah, I mean...
I think I can probably help you, you know, finding your tone,
and finding you the right songs for you to use that part of your voice
which is the best part of your voice.
- OK. - You know that you're a wicked singer,
but for me what's more important is
about going into your heart and your soul and what makes you tick,
because I want to hear your feelings.
So that's what I want to do.
Maybe you need someone to take you out of your soul comfort zone.
Maybe, maybe!
Sometimes it's not advisable to go with somebody
who's going to just do what you do. I'm not saying that you will...
I have a very open mind and I'm quite notorious for that, George.
Not what I've heard!
But either way, I think Paloma can bring something to the table,
and I'm like, you know, my commitment is biblical, baby.
There he is! Hello!
Kingsley!
Kingsley! Kingsley!
Oh, he's so beautiful!
How you doing, big man?
You OK?
You OK? Give Daddy a cuddle.
Hello!
Kingsley! Do you know how to sing like your dad?
♪ I got to wait until I saw the sun
♪ Don't know why I didn't come... ♪
Dwaine and Kingsley!
- Wow. - He's stealing your limelight!
I know, I know, I know.
I'm so happy that, you know, you have to now make a tough decision
between... - I do. I don't want to upset nobody.
We're not going to take it personally, honestly!
Listen, I have had enough rejections in my career to take one now.
But I'm still here, so...!
Awesome, awesome.
Awesome. We need to liaise for a minute.
I've made my decision.
I'm going to go for...
...Team Paloma.
Thank you! Really nice to meet you.
We probably know loads of the same people.
- Hello! Are you going to come and work with me and Daddy? - Yeah.
Yeah, we can do some singing and dancing together.
My whole band's full of people with kids,
so when you hang out with us it's kids everywhere.
- Daddy can sing and we can dance! - Yeah!
- Double five! - High five, high five.
Double high five!
Good luck, good luck. You're going to need it!
- You sing good, Kingsley. - Daddy was cool, wasn't he?
- Did you like it? - Yeah.
- I saw him on telly! - Did you?! Upstairs?
- Yeah. - You're going to see more of him on telly now.
You're going to be on telly too.
- I'm already on telly. - We're already on telly, aren't we?
Yeah, and Mummy can see me on telly as well.
- Wave, wave, then. - Right there, right there, look.
So cute. Oh, my gosh.
- Kingsley was adorable. - Adorable.
Beautiful.
Yeah. Cute little kid. Him and his dad
had the same haircut. - We could make a baby like him.
We could, huh.
I feel really happy to have Dwaine.
Well, he's yours now, Paloma.
'Felt like I could probably add something to what he was doing, '
but he chose someone else, so...
...blah.
When more than one of us turn, it's hell.
You've already kind of decided where you're going to take them
and how it's going to work and you're really excited about it.
And then if they don't go with you, you feel so awful.
"I've just literally embarrassed myself.
"I want to go home!"
Somebody makes you feel so small, you're deflated.
You try to do that face, you know,
when you don't get the award, like...
This baby-faced hopeful is Ryan Willingham from Hull.
But all is not as it seems.
When people look at me, they probably think I'm 15
so when I tell them I'm 23,
probably a bit of a shock.
I love RnB, pop, soul music.
I used to take singing quite seriously,
basically singing on any stage I could get on.
- Is it Grandad? - Yeah, that looks like me, don't it?
But I had to stop when my daughter came along
because I needed to get a job and put food on the table.
- Are you going to build a tower for Grandma and Grandad? - Yeah.
I've got a two-year-old daughter called Annabel.
It's really, really, really big!
'And she's just the most precious thing in the world to me.'
She's just changed my life completely.
Can I have a cuddle as well?
As Annabel's got older
I've found that I'm craving doing some singing again.
Singing is what I was meant to do, I think.
♪ There
♪ Out in the darkness
♪ A fugitive running
♪ Fallen from God
♪ Fallen from grace
♪ You know your place in the sky
♪ You hold your course and your aim
♪ And each in your seasons returns and returns
♪ And is always the same
♪ And if you fall as Lucifer fell
♪ You fall in flame
♪ And so it must be
♪ For so it is written
♪ On the doorway to paradise
♪ That those who falter and those who fall
♪ Must pay the price
♪ I will never rest
♪ Till then, this I swear
♪ This I swear by the stars. ♪
- Aww! - You...! - Never mind.
Aw!
Yo, you tricked us all!
What?!
Wait a second, what's your name?
Ryan.
- How old are you? - I'm 23 and I'm from Hull.
What?!
- First off... - What?! - ..you tricked us two times.
First, I'm hearing you sing, I'm thinking,
you sound like you was old, like 78.
And then we turn around, I'm like, "Aw, man, he's 16."
- And then you're, like, 23? - Yeah.
- Getting ID'd for scratchcards, that's the worst. - Yeah!
- I'm a dad as well, got a two-year-old. - Tricky, tricky, tricky.
- You're a dad as well? - You're a dad!
- How old's your baby? - She's two, three in January.
Wow. You're, like, full of surprises.
Like, OK, so your baby has a baby baby-face then.
- Yeah, yeah. - DNA...
You need a... I have some doctors,
we're going to take your DNA
and sequence it cos your genes are - not the pants - genetics.
Can I ask a question?
Why, though? Like, what...?
You just woke up one day, you was playing football or something
and like... ♪ See you guys later! ♪
No, erm...
I did musical theatre for a lot of years
while I was sort of younger, erm,
and then did some classical music training and then
when my little girl came along, I stopped, got a job selling cars
and this was kind of me trying to come back
and do this for a living so...
- Well, I think it's a really good move, you know? - Yeah.
- That's what you should do. You do not look how you sound. - Yeah.
Which is one of my favourite things. When I hear a voice coming out
of a body that just doesn't seem connected,
that's the sort of thing that excites me
and unfortunately for you, you need to be seen
because they were all going mental going, "Turn, turn!"
"What are they going mad at?"
And, of course, it was you because they adored you.
But I think you're interesting enough
and kind of unique enough to kind of make this work.
- You know, it's brilliant. Sorry we didn't turn. - Thank you.
Musical theatres, how many are going on right now?
Like, musical... Musical theatre.
- Lots. - Lots, right. - Yeah. - It's an amazing career to have.
- Yeah. - Every time I walk into a theatre I always think,
"I would love to be in one of those one day."
But I also think as well that, like, honestly, as somebody
who does dislike musicals with a passion, if I had've seen you,
I would love musicals because, like, that's so unique.
Like, you've convinced me that musicals can be brilliant
so 100% you must never stop,
like, I really think you can make a living out of this. - Thank you.
Thank you.
Well done, you did really well.
If we could've seen you, we would've all turned.
- Definitely. - Thank you.
Well done.
- You did well. - You did well. Never mind.
Never mind, son.
You're all right. You did really, really well
and we're really proud of you.
There was a buzz being on there.
I'm happy to have been on there
and got some really fantastic feedback.
However nobody pushed the button,
so I'm a little bit gutted but life goes on
and I'll keep going and I'll get there one day.
It was an absolute pleasure. I think you're absolutely brilliant.
- Thank you. - It was lovely to meet you.
You never know what's coming
so what can we expect from our next act?
Can we get a rewind?
My name is Lyrickal.
My real name is Brian Bennett.
I'm 46 and I come from east London.
My outfit expresses a combination of, like, Gothic style and sci-fi style.
It's futuristic.
Gives me a certain edge.
I picked up beatboxing from listening to hip-hop.
It appealed to me musically to use my voice to express the music.
♪ Marvin on the beat
♪ Rocking it unique
♪ Every time that we go
♪ Ready to drop it, lock it Stop it. ♪
Yeah, that's what I'm saying, man. Double act. You ready?
I believe I'm ready to show the whole world
what Lyrickal is capable of.
When I get on stage,
it does transform me into a sort of vocal warrior.
Enjoy the show.
♪ Ooh
♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo
♪ Well, it's a wonder man can eat at all
♪ Things are big that should be small
♪ Who can tell what magic spells
♪ We'll be doing for us?
♪ But that's what they said yesterday
♪ There's nothing left to do but pray
♪ I think it's time I found a new religion
♪ Future's made of virtual insanity now
♪ Always seems to
♪ Be governed by this love we have
♪ We're useless Twisting
♪ Other new technology
♪ Oh, now there is now sound
♪ We all live underground... ♪
Come on.
♪ Put the needle on the record when the dr-dr-drum beat goes like
♪ Goes like...
♪ Goes like this
♪ Woo-hoo-hoo
♪ Dee-dee-dee dee-dee
♪ Ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
♪ Ba-ba-da ba-ba-da ba-ba-da
♪ Woo-hoo-hoo. ♪
What's your name?
My name's Brian Bennett,
otherwise known as Lyrickal.
I'm 46 and I come from east London.
Do you have a real job?
I try and be a full-time musician.
Try my best to stay out there in the fight, gigging all the time,
trying to make a living, you know?
- And do you? - I struggle.
But not after today.
All right, I'm going to be real with you right now
because you just raised the bar.
Thank you. Thank you.
Oh, can I ask something?
Throughout the whole show,
you got to give it up for the band.
These guys have been playing all these styles of music,
and keep in mind, to play all those styles of music,
they had to rehearse and learn all those styles, all the music
that they're playing today, so really give it up for the band.
It was a great performance and I'm really happy that Will turned
because the collaboration is going to happen
and we're going to watch it so that's wicked. Well done.
It's like real stuff. Like, you know, like...
You've been on tour before
and the people that opened up for you killed it and you're like...
And you go out on stage thinking like... You in the back,
you just laughing with your friends,
you ain't really paying attention to nothing
and somebody runs to the dressing room and be like,
- "Yo, you know the opening act just, like, is tearing it." - Smashed it.
"They're smashing it, right, so you guys got to do work tonight."
What?
So you've got this, like, kind of like a little bit of anger
but love at the same time because you're not expecting somebody
to really tear the stage apart then ask the freaking stage crew
to fix it again.
That's what you just did right now.
That's what I came to do, man.
I really came to tear it down with love. Passion.
What's his name?
Oh, sorry, what's your name besides Wrecked the Stage?
Brian Bennett, otherwise known as Lyrickal.
Do you do that all the time?
- What? Tear the stage down? - No, no, say your name in that order.
No!
It's like Bond, James Bond.
We have to find awesome songs
and then you're going to, like, twist them and turn them
and then I'll be there with suggestions.
You could be like, "Yo, Will, what's your suggestions?
"I'm Brian
"Turner, aka Lyrickal."
Like, "Yo, I already know your name, bro."
He was like, "I know, just in case you forgot. I'm Brian Turner,
"aka Lyrickal, and Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal..." - Is it Brian Bennett?
"..Because I'm Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal."
Isn't Brian Turner a chef?
What? Huh?
You take for granted that Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal,
they rehearsed and he probably was like,
"No, no, and right here I'm going to do my bebops."
And then you was like, "Right here, I'm going to do my horn solo."
They were like, "What? We've got a trumpet in the back."
"No, no, I'm going to play the trumpet with my lips."
So, guess what, our rehearsals are going to be nuts.
We know it, right, and Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal,
is going to, like, really add
a whole bunch of, like, layers and roller-coasters
so I look forward to the roller-coaster you're going
to send us on. It's going to be awesome.
Hey, Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal.
It's great to meet you, Brian Turner, aka Lyrickal.
- It's Brian Bennett. - Oh! Sorry, Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal!
Wait a second. I've been saying your name wrong all this time?
Sorry, Brian.
For all the times I said Brian Turner, I'm going to say it here.
Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal. Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal.
Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal,
is an amazing singer and addition to Team Will, by the way.
Check out this watch he's got and he knows the time for me.
That says 10:25.
Dang, you could've been in The Matrix.
Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal. Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal.
- Brian Bennett. - Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal.
Brian Turner's apparently a celebrity chef.
- No, it's Brian Bennett. - I know, but you were saying Brian Turner.
I've been saying Brian Bennett, aka Lyrickal, the whole time.
I totally messed up.
But I got the aka Lyrickal right, right?
But he was so polite.
He stood up there and just, like, let me call him Brian Turner.
I would be like, "Look, my name is..."
He stood there and let me call him Brian Turner, like, 1,000 times.
That's very British.
Oh, he's so polite.
Hold it together, Paloma.
That was really funny.
Over the water now to Cork in Ireland
and 16-year-old Aine Carroll.
I am still at school. I like school
and I'm not going to lie, like I'm one of them people. I like school.
I love, like, being with my friends and stuff like that.
My favourite subject is music because that's what I want to do.
I live at home with my mum and my brother.
On a scale of one to ten,
I love my mum
four million.
I don't think it's, like, sank in yet that I'm actually here.
I'm a mummy's girl. I'm not going to lie. Yeah, I am.
From a very young age, she was always like,
"You know, Aine, you can do this."
She gives me a lot of confidence in myself.
And what about if she does do really well in the competition
and she has to fly the nest, move away?
I've packed already. I'm ready to go.
I am scared to go on the stage
but my mum's always believed in me,
which I love,
and I think, because of her,
I can definitely do this.
I ain't got no-one yet but I might get, you know...
Oh, yeah, they'll come.
♪ This is more than the typical kind of thing
♪ Felt the jones in my bones when you were touching me
♪ Ooh
♪ Didn't want to take it slow
♪ In a daze
♪ Going crazy I can barely speak
♪ You replayed through my brain
♪ I found it hard to breathe
- ♪ Waiting for my phone to blow... ♪ - Aine, come on!
♪ See, I've been waiting all day
♪ For you to call me, baby
♪ So let's get up Let's get on it
♪ Don't you leave me brokenhearted tonight
♪ Be honest, baby I'll do
♪ Anything you want to...
♪ Can we finish what we started?
♪ Don't you leave me brokenhearted tonight
♪ Woo-oo
♪ When you gonna call?
♪ Don't you leave me brokenhearted
♪ I've been waiting up Let's finish what we started
♪ Oh
♪ I can't seem to let you
♪ Go. ♪
- Hello. - What's your name?
My name's Aine Carroll and I'm from Cork in Ireland.
You're so cute!
You're so lovable!
How old are you, baby?
- I'm 16. - Jaysus!
You weren't doing too much, nor too little,
which is a good thing in my view
and, obviously, you're a bit nervous
and I think, if I was 16, I would have probably crawled into a shell
so well done for even making it out here in the first place.
Thank you.
OK, I'm going to be honest,
you were a little bit shaky but there is a beautiful tone there.
Thank you so much.
And I think, you know, get over those nerves,
I think you could go very far in this competition.
Thank you so, so much, like, honestly.
- Hello. - I'm Ricky. Nice to meet you. - You, too.
I think George is right but you've proven yourself.
Look who's turned for you. Us three.
Two of the biggest names in pop and...
Oh, stop it!
And Paloma Faith.
So, yeah, I was amazed by it.
I didn't know you were that young.
It felt like you've got an old soul
and that was coming out there and, yeah, you're a soul singer.
Thank you so much. Yeah.
The reason why I didn't turn, I had a hunch.
I don't want to say I had a feeling because that would be like...
Woohoo!
So I had a hunch that you were 20 and under
and I didn't want to, you know, crowd the room
with, like, you know, making the decision even worse for you,
but George is freaking awesome,
Paloma - fierce.
Rah!
And then Ricky is like, you know...
He always runs out of things to say when it comes to me.
No, Ricky won the whole series last year. I think that's safe to say.
Exactly, yeah, yeah.
So, the choice is yours.
You know what? You're not famous till my mother's heard of you
so, if you stick with me, that'll happen.
And I have a good Irish mother like yourself.
- Really? - Yes. - Oh, that's good.
Dang, George...
- ..freaking punches. - What?!
- Can you go next? Because I need to think. - You need to think?
- Yeah. - You want a bit of time? - Yeah, because that's really good.
Yeah, that was really good.
Paloma, the thing is, when you're pitching,
you shouldn't need to have to think about it, it should just come out
and...
Ooh!
You know what I like about Ricky's tactics?
Is that by saying that, he had time to think about it.
- I think you'll understand... - Got him!
...that we sometimes need time with things
and I feel like what I would offer is patience and time,
and if Ricky is going to be that kind of unforgiving
for those moments, then I suggest you go with somebody
who's got a bit more patience.
That was good, too, man you good!
That was good.
Seriously, seriously, I didn't think I was going to be competitive
when I came back, I thought... - Oh, please!
First year, I was terrified, second year
I was consumed by just wanting to win it for egotistical reasons,
and I thought this year I was just going to enjoy it,
but after hearing you, I've got my competitive edge back again,
because I think that you're...
Ooh!
...you're something special.
Thank you, it's so hard to decide, like...
- Boy George! - No, it's not!
- I don't know, you're just so amazing. - Follow your heart.
- Follow my heart... - You have to follow your heart.
You know, this is a big decision, you know -
but it's really not going to make or break you.
You're still in the show, it's not too big, don't worry.
OK, I think I have my decision.
Who is it going to be?
I'm going to go with...
...Ricky.
You made a great choice.
- It was really hard. - Well done.
- Good song, as well, for you. - Thank you.
I told you! He put the blue eyes on you.
There is no stopping him.
Aine was another one who made a terrible mistake not choosing me!
I mean, it's like, what's wrong with these kids?
George's pitch style is awesome,
but it's not synching with the contestants.
I think they're hypnotised by Friendly Fred over here.
That would be Ricky.
Ricky pretends to be all mousy, but really he's a lion.
I think the Buddhist gods are watching out for me -
they're just waiting till I find THE one.
'We have four superstar coaches in those chairs -
'but hold on, up next, the bona fide showbiz genius
'with the best legs in town. Really?!'
I'm Bernie Clifton, I'm 79 years old and I'm an entertainer.
I've been an entertainer now for more than 60 years.
I got my big break in the '70s -
I was asked to do the Royal Variety Show
in front of Her Majesty the Queen.
I went out and had the best eight minutes of my life.
I've forgotten where I was up to now.
As a result, I got launched into television.
I'm probably most known for being an ostrich jockey.
Oswald the Ostrich came along and captivated a generation or two.
Don't jump, don't jump!
He was quick, like a dervish.
He's much slower these days.
MUSIC: Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini
He's holding up quite well, isn't he?
Back still going strong.
Good stuff!
Whenever I was booked on television I was there to do the comedy.
No! No...
My singing was always in the background - I was pigeonholed.
I was ostrich-holed.
Whoa!
I'm here today on The Voice
because I felt I had to do something about it.
I'll see you after the audition.
- Have a good one. - Cheers. Thanks. - Cheers, mate. All right.
I'm 79 years old, but pipe and slippers are not for me.
I still enjoy myself,
but I've always retained this desire to sing, and that's why I'm here.
♪ To dream the impossible dream... ♪
♪ To fight the unbeatable foe
♪ To bear with unbearable sorrow
♪ To run where the brave dare not go
♪ This is my quest
♪ To follow that star
♪ No matter how hopeless
♪ No matter how far
♪ To fight for the right
♪ Without question or pause
♪ To be willing to march into hell
♪ For a heavenly cause
♪ And I know if I'll only be true
♪ To this glorious quest
♪ That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
♪ When I'm laid to my rest
♪ To fight the unbeatable foe
♪ To reach the unreachable star. ♪
Come on, Bernie!
Thank you.
Hello, sir!
- What's your name? - My name is, um... Bernie Clifton...
...and I'm a 79-year-old comedian.
Where is he? Is he back there?
- He's not far away, Ricky, not far away. - Where is who?
You know who Bernie Clifton is, right?
- I'll give you a clue. - Yeah. Come on.
Ricky, come here. That was really bad.
First of all, two hands. Palms up, OK?
- Two hands... - Move one. - Yeah?
Whaa!
Move two.
- Do you not remember Bernie Clifton? - No.
He had, like, the animal puppet thing.
Have you got it with you?
It was here when I came out.
- So, last year I had to explain to Will who Bungle was... - Yeah, yeah.
And I also had to describe who Orville was...
They are pretty much similar vibes, but more physical and funny.
It used to be more physical than it is now, Paloma.
He's got it.
So, Bernie, who knew you had a voice like that?
Well, not many people, cos in my career I did the comedy,
and the singing took a back seat -
and then a few years ago I suddenly thought, "I've got to do something."
I met a guy who gave me some proper singing lessons.
Then I found out I'd got nobody to sing to,
so here I am tonight on The Voice.
Can I ask you, you're still performing, right?
Yes, I do, but on a relatively lower scale.
There's not much work about for elderly ostrich jockeys.
It's a bit like the clubs back in the day, you know?
The difference is that, in those days,
they were facing you when you began...
You're good at this!
I've had a great time, and I'll tell you what,
if I could just say, anybody that's out there,
whether you're 19, 89, 99,
if you've got something that you think you want to work on,
you should go out and have a go, because if I can do it, anybody can.
Thank you very much.
- Well done, darling, you were brilliant. - Brilliant.
- God bless you, mate. - Thank you so much. Thank you.
Yeah!
Bernie, Bernie, Bernie!
I loved him. Did you?
He was brilliant, eh?
Bernie Clifton shaped my childhood. He's a big, big star.
It was brilliant to see him, and he has a great voice.
Absolutely fabulous.
Ricky and I could get together - maybe a bit of a double act.
He can do all the hard work.
I came here with great, great hopes,
and I've had the time of my life, and I'd do it all over again.
- Absolutely fabulous. - Brilliant.
Take care. Great family, cheers.
See you next time.
So, how many have you... You've got two, I've got two, Will's got...
- Three, I reckon. - No!
- Two or three. - Two.
And George has got none.
It hasn't been George's night, and time's running out.
My name is Cody Frost, I'm 17, and I'm from Lancashire.
I live at home with my mum and my little sister.
Cody's the best sister ever.
It's a madhouse. Everyone's just so loud.
My dad still sees me as Daddy's little princess sometimes,
but I don't really look like a princess at the moment,
and I don't think I ever will.
- Well, Cody, it's lovely to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- You look amazing! - Thank you. - How would you describe your look today?
- Er, failed punk. - "Failed" punk?!
I'd say so!
I like to be different,
because that's how you get your voice heard,
that's how you can make a change as opposed to, like,
just staying the same, getting the job, having kids -
and that's just boring, like, why would you want to do that?
I've been looking into the coaches' star signs a little bit,
because I'm a bit of an astrology nerd.
I'm a Capricorn.
I found out that they pretty much mix with mine - particularly Paloma,
because my best friend is a Cancer, and so is Paloma...
...and maybe our stars will align(!)
This is by far the biggest thing I've done in my life.
I've been pushed down quite a lot when I was younger,
and now I've got the confidence to do it, so, why not do it now?
I think I'm ready for a stage this big.
♪ I hope you have the time of your life. ♪
♪ I wasn't jealous before we met
♪ Now every woman I see is a potential threat... ♪
♪ And I'm possessive, it isn't nice
♪ You've heard me saying that smoking was my only vice
♪ But now it isn't true
♪ Whoa-oh
♪ Now everything is new
♪ Whoa-oh
♪ And all I've learned
♪ has overturned
♪ I beg of you
♪ Whoa-oh
♪ Don't go wasting your emotions
♪ Lay all your love on me
♪ Oh, don't go sharing your devotion... ♪
- Go on, Will! - Yes!
♪ Lay all your love on me. ♪
Hiya!
- What's your name? - Cody, I'm 17,
I'm from a little town called Burnley in Lancashire.
- I think you're so cool! - Yeah, your style is... Your style is fresh.
- Thank you. - You look amazing.
Like, what are you into - besides dressing fresh?
Er... Really angry music.
Like what?
Like... You know, metal.
- But you're not singing metal. - No.
- It's quite emotional, what you just sang - it's kind of... - Emo. - Yeah.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- Back in the day. - Tell you what,
one of the most emotional performances we've had so far.
Yeah, I feel so moved.
You know, it feels like we've really...
I mean, 90 seconds, it's really hard to get to know someone in that time,
but I feel like we've really got to know you quite quickly.
- Thank you. - And hopefully you'll come on my team and we can...
If you're going to start, start early.
And we can carry that on and get to know you better
and make it so that you have the career that you want.
- There's a little bit of an '80s vibe going on in the look. - Yes.
So, there's really only one place for you to go, honey chile.
I just thought, I always go for misfits, right?
- Here I am. - Yeah!
And I love it - and I was just sitting there,
and I really felt emotional from listening to you,
and I felt like we really heard your heart,
and I feel like that's really, really special
and I 100% believe that you should be massive in the music industry,
cos that was so beautiful.
APPLAUSE Thank you.
Paloma just used the word misfit - I'm the queen of misfits.
I mean, yeah, there was a beautiful vulnerability...
Well, you know I used to be a man, right? I'm only joking!
I thought we were going to keep that secret.
Yeah, there was a beautiful vulnerability,
and also the song choice -
because at first I wasn't sure what you were singing, I was like,
"OK, Abba - a sort of Goth take on Abba,"
it was kind of beautiful, you know - and brave.
- Thank you! - Very brave. - And really creative.
And I think that you should be equally brave
in your choice of coach -
I mean, I'm more of a camper van than a coach,
but, you know, these are kind of young...
They are very young, I've been around for a long time, so...
Shall we pitch? Is this pitching?
Oh, I've been pitching from the minute I started.
I'm the pitch bitch.
I always know when it's an important moment,
because I'm a bit shaky and a bit nervous,
and I'm not sure whether that's because
I really want you on the team, because I'm a bit...
I can't get my words out -
but either it is that, or just because of the performance.
Maybe it's a mixture of both.
I can't wait to hear you do that again,
I'd really like to be the person that stands next to you
when you do that, and I'd stand next to you for as long as it takes.
So beautiful. You are.
Do you have a coach... Do you have a coach in mind?
- Well, er, Paloma. - Well, I'm a fan of yours.
She may discard you like one of her old dresses -
I've seen her dressing room.
It's a mess up there.
So, be careful, because you might be doing what is safe.
- This is a bit low. - Low?! You ain't seen me go yet.
I can't hear what they're saying.
Sometimes the most obvious thing is the worst thing that you can do.
- I don't think this is obvious! - Of course it is!
You're a girl, she's a girl...
I'm going to go with Boy George.
♪ Karma, karma, karma, karma
♪ Karma chameleon... ♪
I'm so happy!
You definitely made the right choice.
So happy!
I had to, baby!
I had to, baby! I had to.
I was like, "She's so good!"
You stole a couple of magic ones off me, babe,
so I had to go low, I'm sorry.
I love that, that was awesome.
I need to lie down!
She was awesome, though.
- She was amazing. - She was magical, yeah. - She was special.
I feel like I can relax now. I've got someone great.
I know it sounds like I'm being flash, but I really struggled.
- Struggled with what? - Just, like, blowing my own trumpet.
That's why I've got a brass section!
That's the awesomest line ever!
I'm tired now. That was stressful.
Well, that was an eventful day.
Ladies and gentlemen, as the curtain falls on the first blind auditions,
there is one act left to see.
Hey, what's up?
Hello!
I told you he wasn't very far away.
Let's get him back in his cage.
All right, here we go.
Just hold on a sec...
You all right? All right, the lights might be scaring him a little bit.
Whoa! OK, you all right? You all right?
He's throwing one, he's throwing a wobbler!
I think they're a little bit frightened of him.
Showbiz!
All right, Bernie!
Night-night, everybody!
Yes!