{"id":8065,"date":"2019-02-19T22:19:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=8065"},"modified":"2019-02-19T22:19:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T20:19:51","slug":"finally-a-win-for-teamvancoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/02\/19\/finally-a-win-for-teamvancoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, A Win For #TeamVanCoke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coach Francois van Coke won his first 4-chair singer in the exciting third episode of The Voice South Africa Season 3 this Sunday [17 February 2019], doubling #TeamVanCoke\u2019s numbers to two singers!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But with #TeamRiky in the lead with 7 team members, followed by #TeamLIRA and #TeamRiana with 6 each, Francois still has a lot of catching up to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First up to impress the coaches this week was 35-year-old Christiaan Baartman, a full-time musician from Pretoria. Accompanying himself on the acoustic guitar, Christiaan performed Chris Stapleton\u2019s \u201cTennessee Whiskey\u201d, and coach Francois van Coke, who still only had one singer in his team at this point, turned for him immediately. But, as always, he had to go head-to-head with coach Riky Rick and once again, #TeamFrancois lost a potential champion to #TeamRiky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Voice SA is all about discovering the best voice, nothing else, and who better to embody that ethos than 64-year-old grandmother Stephne Rose, who wants to use her singing talent to build a better life for the three grandchildren in her care. Granny Rose thrilled the studio audience with the Tom Jones classic \u201cIt\u2019s Not Unusual\u201d, but sadly, not one coach turned for her. LIRA gave her a big hug and explained that there\u2019s so much going through a coach\u2019s head in their big red chair, \u201cbut I want to tell you, you were exceptional,\u201d she told Granny Rose, and requested a mic to do an impromptu duet encore performance with the gutsy granny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rayleen Padayachee (27) from Benoni tried her hand at Alicia Keys\u2019 challenging \u201cIf I Ain\u2019t Got You\u201d, and LIRA hit her big red button within the first bar. Coach Riky Rick waited to see how Rayleen handled the high notes before he, too, turned his chair, followed closely by Francois. Francois fought hard for her, but Rayleen threw her lot in with fellow Benonite LIRA. \u201cIf I had a tail I would be wagging it!\u201d LIRA gloated happily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30-year-old Francois Viljoen started his singing career in the Drakensberg Boys Choir as a youngster, and his passionate rendition of the Robbie Williams hit \u201cFeel\u201d earned him the fifth spot on #TeamRiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up was an 18-year-old Grade 11 schoolgirl, Morgan Beesley, who confided to the cameras how she used to be bullied at school for singing opera and \u201cnot fitting in\u201d. But her angelic performance of the \u201cPie Jesu\u201d from Faur\u00e9\u2019s Requiem gave the coaches goosebumps, and Riky Rick was the first to turn for her, followed at the last minute by LIRA. Morgan took a chance on the rapper and became the seventh member of a very diverse #TeamRiky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music student Mbali Motha (25) from Soweto hoped for a place on #TeamLIRA or #TeamRiana, but unfortunately not one of the coaches turned for her confident rendition of Malaika\u2019s \u201cDestiny\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next performer was a 21-year-old beatboxer from Kempton Park, Jedd Willson, who said he was eager to join #TeamRiky to learn more about hiphop. He performed Coolio\u2019s \u201cGangsta\u2019s Paradise\u201d, expertly accompanied by his own beatboxing and backing vocals, but not one of the coaches turned in time. \u201cThis is \u2018The Voice\u2019,\u201d Riky Rick explained to the disappointed studio audience. \u201cWe\u2019re coming here for voices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23-year-old Ilan van Staden from Krugersdorp missed his shot at The Voice SA Season 2 because auditions clashed with his sister\u2019s wedding day. He got to try again this year with Francois van Coke\u2019s own song \u201cEk Skyn (Heilig)\u201d and both Francois and Riana turned their chairs for him at the very last moment. But then, despite being a devoted Francois van Coke fan since childhood, Ilan chose to be on #TeamRiana. \u201cWhat must I do?\u201d a frustrated Francois exclaimed. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to turn on the charm,\u201d Riky teased him good-naturedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francois had only two more chances to gain a second team member and he turned immediately for 29-year-old Lora Joplin from Port Elizabeth, singing Amy Winehouse\u2019s \u201cBack To Black\u201d. But unfortunately for him, so did LIRA. Riky Rick personally took charge of the coaches\u2019 pitches to the singer, but not even that helped Francois as Lora became the sixth member of #TeamLira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ending the episode on a high note was 18-year-old Tasch\u00e9 Burger from Brackenfell, singing the Koos Kombuis classic \u201cLisa Se Klavier\u201d. Francois, LIRA, and Riky turned for her almost immediately, but Tasch\u00e9 really wanted to be #TeamRiana, and she broke into a massive smile of relief when Riana turned at the very last moment. And then she chose to go with #TeamVanCoke, after all! \u201cI feel like I might cry!\u201d Francois admitted as Riky lead the crowd in a chant of \u201cFrancois, jou lekker ding!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So with Francois finally swelling #TeamVanCoke\u2019s ranks to two singers, here\u2019s how each coach\u2019s team stands at the end of Episode 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#TeamRiky: Joel Zuma, Keanu Harker, Amy Tjasink, Joshua Parker, Sabelo Mthembu, Christiaan Baartman, Morgan Beesley <\/p>\n\n\n\n

#TeamLIRA: Ross Charles, Petro De Villiers, Mo George, Krista Jonas, Rayleen Padayachee, Lora Joplin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#TeamRiana: Lelo Ramasimong, Greunen Parker, Verona Goslett, Siki Jo-Ann Owazi, Francois Viljoen, Ilan van Staden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#TeamVanCoke: Sade Ross, Tasch\u00e9 Burger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riky Rick is now over the halfway point with only 5 slots out of a possible 12 left on #TeamRiky. LIRA and Riana Nel are both halfway with 6 slots still open, and Francois still has 10 open slots to fill on #TeamVanCoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the pressure on is for the fourth episode of The Voice South Africa next Sunday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Voice South Africa premieres on M-Net 101 every Sunday at 17:30 and is repeated on VUZU, Channel 116, on Mondays at 20:00. It also be available on DStv CatchUp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fans can visit www.mnet.tv\/thevoicesa<\/a> and follow all the breaking news and conversations around the show on Twitter @MNet \/ #TheVoiceSA and on the official M-Net Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Voice SA is produced by Blackswanmedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coach Francois van Coke won his first 4-chair singer in the exciting third episode of The Voice South Africa Season 3 this Sunday [17 February 2019], doubling #TeamVanCoke\u2019s numbers to two singers! But with #TeamRiky in the lead with 7 team members, followed by #TeamLIRA and #TeamRiana with 6 each, Francois still has a lot… Continue reading Finally, A Win For #TeamVanCoke<\/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":[21,118],"class_list":["post-8065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-mnet","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\/8065","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=8065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}