Luke Lovemore leaves television\u2019s toughest competition<\/p>\n
Following last week\u2019s spectacular performances from the Top 7, South Africa voted feverishly to keep their favourite talent in The Voice SA season 2. Unfortunately, one singer has to say goodbye to the Voice stage each week and tonight (Sunday, 18 June) it was the end of the road for the last man standing in #TeamLira, 23-year-old Luke Lovemore.<\/p>\n
Prior to The Voice SA, Luke honed his singing skills at\u00a0Cape Town\u2019s well-known Stardust restaurant, where he befriended The Voice SA Season 1 winner Richard Stirton. \u00a0With Richard\u2019s encouragement, Luke then decided to step into the television spotlight as well by entering season 2. \u00a0The highly talented Luke quickly won himself a spot on #TeamLira with the Seal anthem \u201cCrazy\u201d and he very handily stole her heart again in the Battles round. He got enough votes for his Lady Gaga ballad \u201cMillion Reasons\u201d in the first live show to make it to the Top 8, but his performance of the Phillip Phillips\u2019s hit \u201cHome\u201d in the Top 8 show put him in the \u201cDanger Zone\u201d. And, sadly, his tender rendition of Rag’n’Bone Man\u2019s chart-topper, \u201cHuman” last week did not get Luke the fans\u2019 votes that he needed.
\nTonight, Luke ended up in the danger zone again, this time alongside Caroline Brussow (32) from Bloemfontein and PJ Pretorius (26) from Secunda.<\/p>\n
Now it\u2019s time for South Africa to support the remaining singers with their votes again.\u00a0Voting for the Top 6 opened at the end of the show and will close on Tuesday, 20 June at 22:00.\u00a0This is how they wowed the coaches and their gaziilions of fans tonight:<\/p>\n
Musical theatre veteran Josh Ansley (31) heeded the Coaches\u2019 advice from last week and kicked it off with a current hit, \u201cSomething Just Like This\u201d, by Coldplay and The Chainsmokers. Kahn Morbee called it a great start to the evening. \u201cYou didn\u2019t come to play \u2013 you\u2019ve never, ever had a bad performance,\u201d said Karen Zoid, and Coach Bobby van Jaarsveld agreed. \u201cThere is no limit to your talent, you can basically do anything,\u201d he said. Kimberly\u2019s Samantha Leonard (24) represented #TeamKaren with an Afrikaans song this week, Jan Blohm\u2019s powerful \u201cGroen Trui\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cYou just sound so comfortable in this space,\u201d said Coach Lira. \u201cIt\u2019s so perfect when you just deliver, with no tricks,\u201d Bobby said, and Karen thought everything about the performance was \u201cpure poetry\u201d. Craig Lucas (23) from Cape Town honoured the late Prince with a rendition of His Purple Highness\u2019s signature \u201cPurple Rain\u201d that earned him a standing ovation.\u00a0\u201cI for one gave you advice but you stuck to your guns, and lit this room on fire!\u201d Lira said. \u201cAlways believe in yourself!\u201d she told him. Bobby thought this was one of the best arrangements, of that famous song that he has ever heard, and that Craig had nailed it. \u201cWhat you did tonight felt like a keepsake, like a piece of art,\u201d said Kahn. Coach Bobby van Jaarsveld\u2019s Caroline Brussow (32) from Bloemfontein went eighties with Roxette\u2019s pop hit \u201cIt Must Have Been Love\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThis woman has the face of a cover girl and the personality of a cover girl, you\u2019re a wonderful person,\u201d Karen told her. Lira was impressed with how Caroline had stripped the pop standard down. \u201cYou were delicate, you were vulnerable \u2013 one of your best performances,\u201d she commented. \u201cYou left your heart on that stage and I\u2019m unbelievably proud of you. It\u2019s one of your best song choices ever,\u201d proud Coach Bobby told her. Worship leader PJ Pretorius from Secunda (26) time-traveled back to the early 1970s to perform John Lennon\u2019s iconic peace anthem, \u201cImagine\u201d. Lira said she just sat back and enjoyed it and Kahn said all the personality and tone in PJ\u2019s voice was on display in that performance. \u201cYou really moved me with this performance,\u201d said Karen. She noted that \u201cImagine\u201d is one of the best songs of all time and quite daunting to perform because it\u2019s an emotional song about hope and truth. \u201cIt encapsulates who you are,\u201d she told PJ sincerely. #TeamKahn\u2019s Fatman from Bela-Bela closed tonight\u2019s show channeling another iconic singer with his performance of Joe Cocker\u2019s \u201cUnchain My Heart\u201d.\u00a0\u201cI loved it, I absolutely loved it,\u201d said Coach Karen. \u201cI loved that it was a physical performance for the first time, it was something fresh and new.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhen the Fatman dances you know he means business!\u201d Lira agreed. Kahn related that singer Billy Joel once said that Joe Cocker was one of the best interpreters of songs that he had ever seen, \u201cand I think you have a very similar quality,\u201d Kahn told Fatman. The Voice South Africa, sponsored by Dialdirect, is broadcast every Sunday night on M-Net channel 101 at 17:30 and every Monday night at 18:00 on M-Net City channel 115.<\/p>\n Viewers can also visit www.mnet.tv\/thevoice<\/a> for 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 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Luke Lovemore leaves television\u2019s toughest competition Following last week\u2019s spectacular performances from the Top 7, South Africa voted feverishly to keep their favourite talent in The Voice SA season 2. 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\nJosh\u2019s voting number is\u00a015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nSam\u2019s voting number is\u00a008<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nCraig\u2019s voting number is\u00a001<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nCaroline Grace\u2019s voting number is\u00a013<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nPJ\u2019s voting number is\u00a007<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nFatman\u2019s voting number is\u00a002<\/strong>.<\/p>\n