16-Year-Old’s Extraordinary Voice Earns Her a Spot in The Voice Finals

The world is full of doom and thorn And where's the streetwise Hercules To fight the rising up? Isn't there a one-eyed turning up? He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon And he's got to be larger than I need a hero What's your name? My name's Annie. Hi, nice to meet you. Hi Annie. I'm 16 and I'm from Melbourne. The way I do dress does give me confidence. I think everyone should have a unique flair to them. I love Adam Lambert so much. The style, the voice, the attitude. I like to perform and sing the same way that Adam does. The song that I'm singing for my blind audition is Holding On For A Hero, but it's an Adam Lambert version. The risk performing an Adam Lambert version in front of Adam Lambert is that he knows the song, he knows how it's done. The energy that Adam brings to the song has to be matched. It's nerve-wracking, but I want people to relate to my music. That's like the dream, that's the goal. Annie! Well, Annie, I mean, I'm flattered because that's my arrangement of the song. Smart girl, smart girl. She's playing the game already. I like that. It's so nerve-wracking, oh my God. Well, you know what? And that note is up there. I mean, you jump right up to it. I mean, that is not easy to do. And you got it. You got it. I love people that are balls to the wall. I love a singer that goes for it, that has fire in their belly. I love it. I think that to me that's being a rock star and I'm very inspired by that. And I think that you have that spirit. I can feel it. Thank you so much. Thank you. And we didn't turn right away and you were fighting. You were like, okay, fine, fine. I'm going to keep going. Because I think in the beginning it started kind of abruptly and you were like, whoa, are we going? Is this happening? But you locked right in and I'm very impressed. Thank you. I'm excited about you. You threw everything in the kitchen sink at that. You've got great style and you just know who you are. I feel like this is the birth of something special for you. And I really refrain from saying things like that. You're a serious talent. I would love you on Team Guy. Thank you. Thank you so much. I absolutely love your outfit. I mean, you truly do have a very strong sense of who you are. And I love that about you. I love that you're 16. You seem like a very old soul. Thanks. The thing that was cool about it was also the thing that for me personally, this is just personal preference, the kitchen sink being thrown at me a little bit. I was kind of like taken so far back by it. I wasn't quite sure how I felt about it. I needed some time to process it. Yeah. But look, like I said, that's completely personal preference. You clearly have a great talent and you're clearly adorable. And yeah. Thank you. Congratulations on these guys. Thanks so much. Thank you. I have to say, I loved the kitchen sink. I was just like, give me more because every part of it was awesome. It was an explosion of joy. I think your voice, your voice has this glorious, rare tone. And for me, it's kind of a throwback actually to a lot of like singers from the 60s and 70s that I used to listen to. You put that vibrato in throughout the whole song. And to me, that's where the emotional thread came from. But I would love to explore where else can we go with that? And could we take it from like a thumping banger to something a little bit more understated? I really think you could do it all and I would love to help you. We could have a lot of fun together on Team Kate. Did I get on my knees? Please. Let's have fun. From all of you, but I think just my gut goes with Adam. I'm so excited. It'll be so much fun. Yeah, it's going to be great. Yes. Thank you so much. Thank you. Well done. You are special. Wow. So shut your mouth and run me like a river. Shut your mouth and stand at the river. Shut your mouth and run me like a river. Yes, I'm cursed with the fruits we lay. Can't change the way we are. Get away from killing. You say, don't you say. Don't say. So shut your mouth and run me. Shut your mouth. I was a little girl. I knew it just the way I love that ragdoll. Love has won a team. Mountain high. Yes, one can tell us where. Love is a battlefield. You'll beg me to be so bad. Change to your side. Yeah, yeah. We stay from ourselves. Don't submit to a battlefield. It's a battlefield. The words you told me, love me till the day I die. Everything cause you made me believe you're mine. You used to call me baby. Now you're calling me my name. Takes me to the one, yeah, you beat me at my own damn game. You're pushing, you're pushing, I'm pulling away, pulling away. Giving you take, giving you take. Walking tonight. If you told me like six months ago, you're going to be sitting in a room with the Adam Lambert, I'd be like, you're lying, you're lying. Now I'm here. Yeah. Are you kidding? Yeah, all the way at the end. That's crazy. For the blind audition, Annie sang a version of Holding Up For Hero with my arrangement that I just put out on an album last year. I need a hero. Of course I was flattered. And it also was like a perfect song for her. It really showed her power. I love a singer that goes for it, that has fire in their belly. To me, that's being a rock star and I'm very inspired by that and I think that you have that spirit. I can feel it. Throughout the competition, you've been my rocker. You know what I mean? Which has been great. But a rocker that can really sing. It's not just style, it's not just some grit. It's like you've got, you can do everything. The thing that's so exciting about Annie is she's got such an amazing gift for stage presence and using the energy of the room to sort of fuel a firework performance. You have just this quality that's impossible to define, but I can't take my eyes off you. Annie has that particular talent of being a showstopper, of entertaining the audience. I've learned so many things from you. You're such a good coach. Thanks. I learn so much from you and I always take it in because I find that I get two in my head sometimes, but you've really given me the confidence to just go, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. Just perform. Make it a show. That's one of the things I've learned over the years is that the audience just wants to feel the vibe. That was so stupidly good. Thank you. I swear, I've never seen anything like that on The Voice and it was delivered by our youngest artist. I'm just blown away by your poise and your voice and your just ability to just come out and just kill it. The thing that's been so fun about watching her grow through this competition is just trusting herself more and more. Yeah, I've really learned that. Yeah. Thank you. Oh, you're welcome. I am so excited to reveal to you that we are going to be doing a duet. What? That's crazy! Yeah, I picked a cool song. Nice. It's Happy Birthday. Oh. Yeah, we're doing it as a rock song. Happy birthday! I'm just kidding. That'd be fun though. That would be interesting, yeah. Interesting. No, the song is Barracuda by Heart. Ah. Yeah. I think... It's before both of our time. Right, yeah. But it's a really cool song. All right. Yeah, it's going to be fun. Oh my God, I'm so excited. What are we going to wear? That's the big question. We should like coordinate it. Yeah, we should. Yeah. It's absolutely a privilege to share the stage with Annie. I am not in the slightest concerned about any of it. I know that this song is going to suit her really well and that we'll bite into it together. It's going to be fun. Kisses for everyone And tales that never fail So blow into the wind I bet you're gonna ambush me You won't try Telling a song And got something great Couldn't you? Barracuda The winner of The Voice 2024 is God, the anticipation. You're kidding me! Ruben de Mello! Thank you, Ruben!