{"id":3965,"date":"2017-04-23T20:04:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T18:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=3965"},"modified":"2017-04-23T20:04:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T18:04:53","slug":"the-voice-sa-final-knock-out-talent-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/04\/23\/the-voice-sa-final-knock-out-talent-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voice SA: Final Knock-out Talent Revealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final Knock-Out talent revealed!<\/strong>
\nTwo more Steals as coaches fill their teams of 8<\/strong>
\nTonight\u2019s episode of The Voice SA finally revealed which remaining talent will be going through to the grueling Knock-Out stages, commencing next week. There were two last Steals, courtesy of coaches Bobby van Jaarsveld and Lira, as six talent in total edged their way into the Knock-Outs.<\/p>\n

It was an even more nail biting episode of the series than usual, as the last 12 singers competed for the coaches to lock down their team selections in the midst of some phenomenal Battle sing-offs. For coach Karen Zoid\u2019s first Battle, she pitted Marissa Petzer (22) from Stilfontein against Celest Schoeman (28) from Cape Town, both powerhouse vocalists who received four chair turns from the coaches in the Blind auditions. She assigned them the power ballad \u201cAin\u2019t No Other Man\u201d by Christina Aguilera, and coach Bobby van Jaarsveld thought their performance was \u201cflippin\u2019 phenomenal!\u201d. Coach Karen had a difficult choice to make, and despite having mentored Marissa\u2019s boyfriend Almur Marais into the finals last year, she opted to take Celest through to the Knock-Outs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted Celest,\u201d Lira quietly confessed to Bobby after Karen had made her decision known, but after a few moments of thinking it over, she implemented her final Steal of the season to secure Marissa for #TeamLira!<\/p>\n

The second and final Steal of the Battle rounds came courtesy of a high-energy #TeamLira sing-off. Bryce MacMillan (28) from Johannesburg and Durban\u2019s effervescent Bubbles Mnomiya (23) were up against each other, because Lira recognised that they both enjoy Soul music. And to exploit that to the fullest she assigned them Charlie Puth\u2019s hit \u201cMarvin Gaye\u201d. It was a titanic Battle and Lira was ecstatic. \u201cMy pride and joy!\u201d she exclaimed. Lira admitted that neither artist was better than the other, so her choice was tough, but she eventually settled on taking Bubbles through to the next rounds. Fortunately, coach Bobby still had that one last Steal left up his sleeve, and so Bryce became the 7th member of #TeamBobby.<\/p>\n

With all the Steals gone, the stakes were higher for the remaining performers of the night. #TeamBobby\u2019s Alex Cavan (23) from Port Elizabeth and Jean Citto (24) from Cape Town performed \u201cMagic!\u201d by Rude, but unfortunately Karen was critical of Alex\u2019s performance because he had turned his back on the audience during the Battle. \u201cIt bothered me as well, \u201cLira admitted. But Coach Kahn still said that Alex would have been his winner \u2013 \u201cthat\u2019s someone I would want to watch perform,\u201d he said. Having listened to his colleagues\u2019 input, Bobby decided to choose Alex after all.<\/p>\n

For his final Battle, coach Kahn pitted the unlikely duo \u201cSymphony\u201d \u2013 Charl Estherhuizen (21) and Christopher Mabasa (28) from Witbank \u2013 against 23-year-old Freddy Lalendla from Durban, because \u201cFreddie kinda has two voices,\u201d he pointed out. Kahn assigned his singers Alex Clare\u2019s hit \u201cToo Close\u201d and he was very happy with their performances. \u201cIf I was the crying type there would be a tear in my eye!\u201d he joked. But he could to choose only one act, and that act was Freddie, because his voice is \u201cmoney,\u201d said Kahn.<\/p>\n

Coach Bobby went into his last Battle with 19-year-old John-James Janse van Rensburg from Carletonville and Chad Jubber (19) from Durban, and because they\u2019re both so young he chose a modern ballad for them: Bruno Mars\u2019 \u201cWhen I Was Your Man\u201d. Coach Bobby pointed out to Chad that his very name, \u201cChadwick\u201d, means \u201cBattle\u201d. \u201cYou belong on the battlefield,\u201d he said. But in the end the final place on #TeamBobby went to John-James, whose sincere performance spoke to his coach.<\/p>\n

The very final Battle of the season was between #TeamKaren\u2019s most experienced talent, professional singer Veronique Lalouette (35) from Johannesburg and Durban vocal coach Sam Landers (30). \u201cYou\u2019re the \u2018vocal acrobats\u2019 on the team,\u201d Karen told them, so she assigned them the very challenging Mika hit \u201cGrace Kelly\u201d to perform. Co-coach Emo Adams helped them with some dramatic choreography, resulting in a spectacular ending to The Voice SA Season 2 Battles phase. \u201cThis is one of the most difficult songs ever!\u201d Bobby marveled, which meant that coach Karen had a very difficult choice to make. In the end, the final singer to make it through to the Knock-Outs was Veronique.<\/p>\n

The Knock-Outs are a brand new addition to the bigger, better Season 2 of The Voice SA, but viewers who have watched the American version of the show will be familiar with this tense round of the competition, which will ultimately determine which 4 singers from each team will be singing for the public\u2019s vote in the Live shows of the series.<\/p>\n

The talent competing in #TeamKaren\u2019s Knock-Outs are:
\nLindo Sithole
\nSamantha Leonard
\nEmma Ellis
\nPJ Pretorius
\nCelest Schoeman
\nVeronique Lalouette<\/p>\n

And her two Steals: Amanda Faku and Richard \u201cRick\u201d Jansen.<\/p>\n

#TeamLira comprises:
\nJacqueline Tolken
\nTender Mavundla
\nLuke Lovemore
\nAndrew Snyders
\nSpha Mdlalose
\nBubbles Mnomiya<\/p>\n

And her Steals: Dylan Pretorius and Marissa Petzer<\/p>\n

#TeamKahn\u2019s Top 8 are:
\nZee Gqamana
\nMia Pretorius
\nFatman
\nKirby Jo
\nCraig Lucas
\nFreddie Lalendla<\/p>\n

And his two Steals: Aston Wylie and Al Petersen.<\/p>\n

And #TeamBobby\u2019s Knock-Out singers are:
\nDawie de Jager
\nCaroline Brussow
\nJosh Ansley
\nMarco Basson
\nJohn-James Janse van Rensburg
\nAlex Cavan<\/p>\n

And his Steals: Armand Joubert and Bryce MacMillan<\/p>\n

The winner of the second season of The Voice SA will take home the following fantastic prizes:<\/p>\n