Watch the 'Powerful' Blind Audition That Gets All Four 'The Voice' Coaches to Turn
Nini Iris
The Blind Auditions continue on season 34 of The Voice with yet another four-chair turn when 27-year-old Nini Iris, who currently lives in New York City but was born in the country of Georgia, knocks the socks off all four coaches with her performance of Everybody Loves an Outlaw's "I See Red."
Gwen Stefani is the first to turn, but it’s just seconds later that Niall Horan follows, then John Legend, and finally Reba McEntire.
“That was the best vocal of the day without a shadow of a doubt,” Niall declares. “The rock singer in you really came through. It was so strong, powerful, commanding, the whole room was with you all the way. We are looking at a potential winner here. I am so happy that you came to see us, and please, please, please [pick me].”
Reba got her pitch in next, saying, “I’m thrilled that I watched you perform. Your singing is absolutely spectacular. I love your stage presence. I think you could sing anything. You could probably sing the phone book and all of us would have turned around. Welcome to The Voice. I would love to be your coach.”
Next is John: “It was fantastic to witness. You had all of these things going on with your physical presentation, but the first thing we heard, of course, was your voice. The nuance and the tone was really subtle and cool. You gave us a soulful rock performance today. Is that what you want to do in the future?”
Nini responded: “Definitely powerful, a strong, independent woman, fierce…”
Reba interrupts to say, “That’s a great country song right there. I could really help you with that. Strong women... country songs -- you and me right there.”
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John continued, “I would love to have you on Team Legend."
Next Gwen did her best to convince Nini to join her team, saying, “That was just incredible. The fact that you can flip so easily between different styles in your voice is just so exciting for this show because this is like a boot camp. You have a big job ahead of you because you've already given us like a Grammy performance. The confidence that you have is just supernatural. Who did you grow up on? What are your favorites?”
Nini answered, “You, but I’ve got to say that I was a big One Direction fan. I am ashamed to say that maybe I wrote a few fan fictions.”
John asked, “What are the contours of a One Direction fan fiction?”
Nini told him, “When you're young and you love somebody and you just want to meet them so bad, so you write about your dreams of meeting them. That’s all.”
John joked, “Reality doesn't live up to the dreams that we have.”
Niall responded, “What’s really sad is I met John Legend.”
So, who does Nini pick as her coach? Will it be Gwen, Niall, John or Reba?
Tune in to The Voice on Monday night at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC to find out.
