{"id":3497,"date":"2017-02-26T19:28:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T17:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=3497"},"modified":"2017-02-26T19:28:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T17:28:28","slug":"the-voice-sa-matric-student-wows-the-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/02\/26\/the-voice-sa-matric-student-wows-the-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voice SA – Matric Student Wows The Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phenomenal Matric student wows all four coaches<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the Blind Auditions of The Voice SA passed the halfway mark tonight, the four coaches once again found themselves pitching \u2013 and sometimes even begging \u2013 talent to join their teams as they were faced with more four-chair-turning performances and unique, new voices. Six impressive vocalists were snatched up tonight in total, with coaches Bobby and Karen both walking off with two new singers, while Lira and Kahn welcomed one new member to their teams respectively.<\/p>\n

Arguably the biggest surprise of the night came in the last audition of the show, when 18-year-old John James Janse van Rensburg took to the microphone. Currently in Matric in the small town of Carltonville, John James stunned all four of the coaches with a cover of Meghan Trainor\u2019s \u201cLike I\u2019m Gonna Lose You\u201d and received a standing ovation from all of them at the end of his song. \u201cMy heart skipped a beat when I heard you sing. You took my breath away,\u201d Karen Zoid gushed. Lira and Kahn also gave John James the highest praise for his calm, soothing performance but it was Bobby who told him to go with his heart when it came to choosing between the four coaches. Clearly John James had made up his mind from the start as he announced without any deliberation that he wanted to be on #TeamBobby, making it the second time that a talent chose Bobby out of a four-chair-turning audition, much to the chagrin of both Lira and Karen!<\/p>\n

Coach Bobby also added gravelly-voiced Alex Cavan (23) from Port Elizabeth to his team tonight. Alex sang a stripped down acoustic version of the nineties R&B classic by Blackstreet, \u201cNo Diggity\u201d, a surprising choice but one that Bobby appreciated enough to press his buzzer for. Coach Kahn lamented not turning for Alex once the song was over, but that suited Bobby just fine. \u201cI\u2019m honoured to have you on my team,\u201d Bobby told Alex.<\/p>\n

The second performer of the night who garnered a full house of chair turns with her powerhouse vocals was Celest Schoeman (28) from Strandfontein in the Western Cape. Celest, who is a full time musician, took on a huge challenge as she opted to belt out Adele\u2019s \u201cWhen We Were Young\u201d. The risk of taking on such a big song paid off for Celest, as the coaches raved about her performance. Kahn told her that it was clear that she\u2019s been singing for a long time, and that she served the song perfectly. Lira raved to Celest that she is looking forward to hearing her for the rest of the show, indicating that if she were to choose to be in #TeamLira, she would take her all the way. But in the end it was Karen Zoid who bagged Celest for her team, much to her delight. \u201cThis girl can win this show,\u201d Karen predicted as she happily accompanied Celest off the stage.<\/p>\n

#TeamKaren\u2019s second addition of the night was quirky Christie Woolmington (20) from Johannesburg. Christie sang Colbie Caillat\u2019s \u201cBubbly\u201d and coaches Karen and Lira loved the unique tone of her voice enough to turn their chairs. Karen even told Christie that both she and Lira would buy her album immediately, and with that, Christie \u2013 who was moved to tears of joy \u2013 picked Karen to be her coach.<\/p>\n

Both Lira and Kahn also welcomed unique female vocalists to their teams tonight. 20-year-old Mia Pretorius, a student at the University of the North West at Potchefstroom, bravely auditioned with coach Bobby van Jaarsveld\u2019s song \u201c\u2019n Vrou Wil Dit Hoor\u201d! Bobby was visibly grappling with whether or not to turn for Mia as fellow coaches Karen and Lira both encouraged him to press his buzzer throughout the performance, but he explained to Mia afterwards that he felt it would have been too obvious had he turned for her. Kahn, however, recognised a special quality in her voice, telling Mia that her audition was totally flawless as he gladly welcomed her to his increasingly eclectic team.<\/p>\n

Lira turned her red chair for 28-year-old Al Petersen from Cape Town tonight, as the petite Al took to the stage to perform Bob Marley and Lauren Hill\u2019s smash hit \u201cTurn Your Lights Down Low\u201d. Something about her performance ultimately resonated with Lira, as she pushed her buzzer as Al\u2019s audition was about to end. \u201cI love that you made that song your own,\u201d Lira told an elated Al.<\/p>\n

Tune in to The Voice South Africa Season 2 every Sunday night at 17:30 on M-Net Channel 101, or catch the repeat on M-Net City Channel 115 on Monday at 18:00 to see all the buzz-worthy singing sports. Visit www.mnet.tv\/thevoice<\/a> to watch exclusive interviews with the coaches and talent, and follow all the breaking news and conversations around the show on Twitter @VoiceSA \/ #TheVoiceSA or on the official \u201cVoice SA\u201d Facebook page. You can also download The Voice SA app today for exclusive show-related games and special features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Phenomenal Matric student wows all four coaches As the Blind Auditions of The Voice SA passed the halfway mark tonight, the four coaches once again found themselves pitching \u2013 and sometimes even begging \u2013 talent to join their teams as they were faced with more four-chair-turning performances and unique, new voices. Six impressive vocalists were… Continue reading The Voice SA – Matric Student Wows The Coaches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-3497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-the-voice-sa","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}