WEBVTT - Tarryn Stokes - THE VOICE AUSTRALIA - Winner 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:05.040 TV Reload the podcast past deep theirline. Welcome back guys 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:07.280 to TV Reload. As you may know, my name is 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:10.200 Benjamin Norris and this is your podcast to get all 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:12.520 the inside goss on the popular TV shows you may 0:00:12.560 --> 0:00:15.640 be watching from around the world. 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On today's podcast to have 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.440 Tarren Stokes, who has just won the Voice Australia for 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:49.320 twenty twenty three. The mum of two was just as 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:51.720 shocked as the rest of Australia to take out the 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:56.000 competition on Sunday night, beating tough competitors in Charlie Ezra 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:59.760 and Ethan. Those final epic song choices of simply the 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.400 Best and All by Myself locked her in as the 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:05.080 winner with the live audiences if you ask my opinion, 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:08.520 helping Rita Aura winners Coach for the second year running, 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:12.880 the victorious Victorian singer received one hundred thousand dollars and 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.959 a record label with Universal Music Australia. At the age 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:19.480 of forty, she has also become the show's oldest winner 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.920 since the show's inception in twenty twelve. We will talk 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.000 about the way in which The Voice is made and 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:27.640 how much time it takes to film the whole series. 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.320 Taran will also talk about her future in the music 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.160 biz and how she plans to collaborate with one of 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:36.120 the show's contestants who didn't quite make the finale. We 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.440 will discuss her relationship with Rita Aura and how the 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:42.199 two will continue their relationships moving forward. 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:42.759 Lust. 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:45.440 We will get plenty of exclusives from behind the scenes 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:47.960 of The Voice Australia for twenty twenty three, which you 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:50.920 can now catch up on on seven Plus, which I've 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.880 actually been doing all week, especially rewatching some of those 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:57.559 final performances. If you love Taran as much as I do. Also, 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:00.680 you can download her new single Nobody, which is now 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:04.880 available on iTunes. Anyway, guys, let's bring Taran into the podcast, 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:07.600 and I really hope you enjoy this episode of TV 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:13.359 reload Love Me to It dancing. Hi, my god. See, 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.280 I'm a terrible singer as well. I'd love to be 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.000 able to sing and I can't, and you've just caught 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:21.680 me being a terrible singer. 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:22.880 No, it was great. 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.400 I was just watching the whole finale again and it 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.840 just finished like literally thirty seconds ago, so I've watched 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:30.280 it twice. 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:32.639 Oh, you're in mode, You're in the voice mode. 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.519 Well, congratulations on winning the Voice for twenty twenty three. 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:36.760 This is just so exciting. 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:38.040 Thank you so much. 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:40.960 You have to tell me what was it like last 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.640 night when you won? Who were you with? I wan 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:45.040 don't know how it all went down. 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.880 Okay, So I well, as you know, the endings are 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.760 pre recorded. We record for alternate endings, which is weird 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:53.640 in itself, but it you know, you had to kind 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.040 of put yourself back in that moment. So I was 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:59.200 watching it with my family at home and some close 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:02.840 friends and just had it like a projector on the wall. 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.920 My husband organized my friend bought this like Big the 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:09.080 Voice cake and it was just really fun. So yeah, 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:11.760 we were just still sitting down and the joy in 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:13.440 the room was crazy. 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:15.799 When they called my name, when Sonya called my name, 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:16.639 it was crazy. 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:18.920 Well, I had to be in a car just at 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:21.120 the end. I've been watching it, but I had to 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:22.720 be in a cab, and so we were in the 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.560 cab watching it on my phone. And my partner, you know, 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:27.200 he doesn't really get into the TV as much as 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.000 I do. He was like, you know, who's going to win? 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.240 And who do you want to win? And I was like, oh, 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:34.560 I think Charlie's going to win, but I don't want 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.200 that to be the case. I wanted you to win. 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:40.160 And so I lost my goddamn mind in the car. 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.600 And I don't know why. I don't know why I 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:46.480 felt so powerful that you won, because in my mind, 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:50.160 I'd led myself to think, you know, maybe the people 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.119 that vote for these shows would go for someone younger 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:53.440 or something. I don't know what it was. 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:54.880 Yes, yeah, but did you. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.000 What did you think when you were just at that moment, 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:58.520 did you think you were going to win? 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:02.240 I feel like over the last couple of weeks, I 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.440 was like, maybe I maybe it could be because you know, 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:06.600 you have your own kind of fan base, I guess, 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:08.240 or and like friends and family that are. 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:09.960 Like we're voting and we're getting our work to vote 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:11.600 and all that stuff, so you think, oh, this is cool. 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.360 And then yeah, with Charlie, like he's one of my 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:16.560 closest friends and he's amazing, and I was like, Charlie, 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:19.839 you are going for it, Like his social media campaign 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.960 was insane, and he is insane. He's got like beautiful 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:25.240 songs out in his amazing singer and he has so 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.200 many tens of thousands of followers as well. So I 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.920 kind of then resigned myself to the fact that okay, 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:32.440 well you know I can't compete with that, so I'll 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:34.760 just enjoy myself. So even like my friend was recording 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.520 me last night and he's like, she's like the winner 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:39.600 is I'm like Charlie, And I was like Charlie, and 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:40.280 then they're like Taren. 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:41.800 I was like, ah, so I. 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:43.280 Kind of yeah, I don't know if it's like a 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:45.960 protective mechanism, you don't want a hundred percent believe that 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:47.120 this could be true. 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:48.200 And happened but it happened. 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:51.039 Did you hear from Charlie, Ethan and Asra? I like, 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:52.120 did they call you to that? 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:54.279 Ethan? Yet? 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:57.200 I have message them, but also I haven't read all 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:59.040 my I've got like two hundred messages, so I've got 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.480 to get to it. But I messaged Charlie and just 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.480 said as well, and he replied and I was just like. 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:06.640 I'm so sorry, you know, I'm so proud of you, 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:08.000 and he's like, don't be sorry. 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.120 You deserve this year amazing, and so I don't know, 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.960 like we're really good friends and yeah, he's incredible, and 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:15.960 like he works so hard and pushed so hard and 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.960 totally deserves the win as well. But he also was 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.320 just so kind at the end and just like, no, 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.440 you deserve it, and you know that's. 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:23.719 Who he is. 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.200 I hate that we don't know second third and fourth. 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.359 Do you think it's important that we knew what the 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:32.159 second third and fourth is? Or do you think we 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:33.159 just have to let that go? 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:35.680 I don't know, but I think that everyone should win something, 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:36.480 you know, well. 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.360 Because they're now all sharing that, you know what I mean, 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.120 Like they're all sharing this runners up title, which I 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:42.880 guess is kind of cool. And away, because you know, 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:44.919 when they're at the pubs or catch out with friends, 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:46.960 they can be like I came second on the voice, 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.320 but like, essentially, I feel like, especially with Charlie, I 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:52.960 felt like he would have come second and he probably 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:53.800 deserves to have that. 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:56.760 Yeah, it's hard to know because we're never going to 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.200 know the numbers. I don't think the producers will ever 0:05:59.200 --> 0:05:59.960 share that with us. 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:03.120 So yeah, it's we'll give them some money. I've give 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:04.719 them some of the one hundred thousand and see what 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:05.479 we can get. 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:06.159 That's right. 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.280 But I think that Charlie has he's such an artist 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:12.680 and he's such a songwriter, and so he's whatever happened, 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:14.840 that fan base for him is going to follow him 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:15.880 and just get bigger and bigger. 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:17.760 So it's a win for him as well. 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:21.120 Could you see yourself collaborating with any of the other 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.880 artists that you've met along the way through this competition. 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:29.080 One collaboration I'm very excited about is Callum Warrender. He's 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.040 one of my good friends now and he's in musical 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.800 theater and his voice is crazy, and I just keep 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:37.640 sending him duets like I'm talking like nearly every couple 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:39.800 of days I'm like, hey, what about this one, and 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:41.440 like We've just got a show planned in our head 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:42.800 because we just want to do it because it would 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.240 be so fun to do like Jewets. 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:46.960 And it's always and it happened. 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.640 The plan happened from I think it was like second 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.840 Round or something. I just was like, Callum, you and 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:54.680 I need to do like Callum and Friends. And that's 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:57.000 what we called it, Callum and Friends. And so last 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:58.719 night he was over and he was just like, I 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:00.240 don't think we can do Calum and Friends, and like, 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:01.159 yes we will. 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.200 I feel like what is going to work so well 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:08.040 for you is from the moment you came into this competition. 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:12.040 I just felt like Celendon vibes. So it was a 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:13.880 good thing that you finished with that song because that 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:16.280 really resonated for me as to who I think you 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.920 are as an artist. But I just I can see 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:23.600 really beautiful evenings of people going along and watching you perform, 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:26.160 like you know, you know, having getting people to get 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.440 dressed up in suits and looking really beautiful and having 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:31.760 a really elegant dinner and then being able to see 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:33.800 you perform. And I think he'd be great, you know, 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:36.240 to warm that up for you or to do it together. 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.200 But that's what I'm visioning, you know, Ah. 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:40.560 So cool. I would love to do that. 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.360 I think for me and my personality, you'll probably see 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:46.360 me doing that and all sorts of things, like if 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.880 you hear my other single. Also, I wrote a single 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:51.320 three years ago and it's just a vibe like it's 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:53.720 it's just like a party vibe song, and so you 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:55.080 just never know what you're going to get with me. 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.320 And I think I'm excited to surprise people. But I 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:02.000 also love singing big, sad, amazed diva ballads, so I'm 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:03.120 I'm happy to do that. 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:08.239 I've got all of your because I preview the show 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.400 and so like I've made my friends on holidays away 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:15.760 watch your performances like I'm legitimately obsessed. I think I've 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.520 seen all of your performances like five times. 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.760 So that's so kind. So you really felt like you 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:23.080 won when I won last. 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.080 Night, I felt like I won. And the cab driver, 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:27.320 it was a new belt, wasn't a cab, but you know, 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:32.920 he must have thought I was mental. Do you know 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:37.200 this woman? No? You do now, I do now, But 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.960 you know what I was also thinking watching the finale, 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:43.720 was you have such a likability that connects, like you 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.280 eat the lens in who you are as a person. 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:50.760 That accessibility. I could see you hosting like Sunrise or 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.280 the Morning Show. I could I could see you being 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.720 swooped in to do that kind of work. 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:59.960 Like, oh gosh, thank you. I think i'd be too nervous. 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.920 I just did the Morning Show just before this, and yeah, 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:06.439 my nervous system was like ooh. But I think I 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:08.520 don't know if it's age, but I never used to 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:10.560 be like this, but I just feel like I like 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.280 to be disarming, Like I don't want to put on anything. 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.040 I hate putting on and I always see three people 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:17.880 who do that, So I just I think that's one 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:19.560 of my number one things is just to be real 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:21.040 and just be like, just tell it how it is. 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:23.760 I don't need to like hide anything, I don't need 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:25.040 to try to impress people. 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:26.720 I just just want to be real. 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:30.040 And relate to people because that's life, that's real life. 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.200 You just have an authenticity about you, and I think 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:37.440 that's really powerful. In being maybe a bit older, What 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.400 did you think about entering in this competition when you 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:44.400 are up against youngest singers. Do you think that it 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:47.120 was making it harder being older? Do you think it 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.760 made it easier? Like, how did you feel that was 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:51.560 going to be going into the competition. 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.360 I think it just helped me feel a bit more grounded. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.120 And I don't know if it's having kids as well 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.760 or just everything, but I felt grounded, like you know, 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:01.480 doesn't define me like I had to. 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.880 You know, I did have a psychologist that I would 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:05.120 speak to every couple. 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:08.320 Of weeks online as well, because I needed to kind 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.760 of work through stuff and like work through nerves and 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.360 work through why I'm feeling this and that. So I 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:15.920 don't know, I just feel like grounded really helped me. 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:19.160 You know, if I lose doesn't change my worth. If 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:21.640 I don't get very far, it doesn't matter what people think, 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:23.680 and that stuff that I've had to learn along the way. 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:26.800 I guess that's being an artist, you know. I think 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:30.200 anyone that's working as an artist, you're so often putting 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.160 so much of yourself into it, and the sad reality 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:35.360 of that is that you know you don't always win, 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.560 you know what I mean. So I want to ask 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.880 you about just interacting with the general public over the 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:44.000 last few weeks. What have they been coming up to 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:47.120 you and talking to you about and on top of that, 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:48.559 I'd also want to know do you think that the 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:50.720 Voice should go back to being live, because I mean, 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:53.160 it's a very expensive show live, but do you think 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:56.680 that the audiences deserve to have more of a say 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:58.480 in the voting process as the show goes on? 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:01.280 Okay, now I can't remember the first question, but let's 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.600 go with this one. The live process, I think would 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:08.520 be honestly, like, I'm grateful that it's not live because 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:11.760 you get to kind of perform and like I get 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:13.800 to be in my own headspace and perform and just 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:16.360 give everything like that and not also be like on 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.160 my phone all the time because. 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:19.480 All of a sudden, this is all happening at the 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:19.880 same time. 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.720 So it was amazing to have space to give everything 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.280 and then go back to normal life and then prepare 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:28.360 yourself for what's about to happen. So on that personal side, 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.760 I found that a great thing. I mean, maybe it 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.520 would be good to have more like voting, but everyone 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:36.760 did get to vote, so that's pretty cool, So I 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:39.480 don't know, like voting maybe for the semi finals as well, 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:41.560 would be cool. I think they do that in America, 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.719 so like having a say in that, but then I 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:44.800 don't know how that would work. 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.400 The other part of that question was what do people 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:49.800 come up and talk to you about the most meeting 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:51.640 you on the street. I guess is that something that 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.360 people come up and say that they'd like to have 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.560 more control or what is the most common thing that 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:56.160 people say. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.280 Look, there haven't been many people coming and seeing me 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.440 on the street. I just remember once I went to 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.440 I went to see Bala Taylor, who won the Voice 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.120 a couple of years ago, and that's when I realized 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.200 people know me because there's so many people and they 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.480 were obviously in the Voice bubble as well, like coming 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:12.720 up to me and like I was like, oh, but 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:16.640 the funny thing is, so I said to Paul, my husband, Okay, babe, 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:18.680 people like because I've just been in my bubble with 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:21.160 the kids, you know, pick up drop offs, you know, 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.800 cold and then yet mum. And then the next day 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:26.960 I was like, I got to take the kids to Bunnings. 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:28.920 They're going to play and have a baby gino. And 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:30.679 then I said like, oh, I better put some makeup 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.280 on because I think from what happened yesterday, people might 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:34.720 like come up to me and I can't look like 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.240 a haggard old mum. You know what, I got a 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.720 little bit old up. I'm laughing at myself here and 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:41.920 they go to Bunnings. No one came up to me, 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:43.800 and I said to Paul, what an idiot? 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:44.320 Like, who did? 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:47.960 I think? It was so funny because it's just the 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:48.720 local Bunnings. 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:50.960 But anyway, so I'm just kind of getting used to, 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:52.960 you know, people coming up to me. But they have 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:56.720 been online, I guess mostly so much like lovely comments. 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.600 And there's been some like mums that are like connecting 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:01.800 in that way, just like you know, they feel like 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:04.319 they know me because they're going through that kind of thing. 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.599 You know, it's hard having you know, young kids is 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:09.160 just a real difficult but also amazing time. 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.160 So I ended up having like a chat with one 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:11.880 of the mums, and. 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:13.440 I don't know, I felt like she was my friend. 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.440 And then I realized I don't even know this lady, 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.640 and I'm you know, I I'm so sorry I broke 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:19.720 up with your husband and all this kind of stuff, 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:21.400 and I'm just like, oh, well your kids. You know. 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.520 It was so funny, but I just I just love that. 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:25.720 I love connecting with people. So I think people like 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:27.679 what you were saying before. Just yeah, I feel like 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.559 they know me and I absolutely love that. But mind you, 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:33.199 there've been some, you know, some negative comments as well, 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.400 so I do sometimes reply to those and give back 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:36.840 a little. 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:40.240 I think it is just as important to not connect 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:42.640 to the positive comments these days as it is to 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:46.080 the negative, because they're both coming in from a similar energy. 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.360 You know, taking either of those on board is pretty hard. 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.360 You were easily the best performer last night, and it 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:56.679 all seemed pretty clear to me and to audiences that 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:58.319 I thought you were going to win. Do you think 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:01.760 it comes down to the performances in a finale or 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.199 do you think that audiences have already or had already 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:05.000 picked their winner. 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:09.000 Well, actually, I had a conversation with someone who knows 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.640 a little bit more about it, and she encouraged me 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.320 that you know, yeah, it actually a lot of it 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:17.440 does come down to your performances. And so that gave 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.000 me a little bit more hope because I knew that 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.120 they went well, like, I felt really good about them, 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:23.640 so I was like, ooh, well maybe. 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:24.240 I do have a chance. 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.280 Yeah. Now, I felt like your performances were just so strong. 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.240 I mean, everyone was great, and you could tell that 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:32.240 by the fact that all of the other coaches started 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:33.840 supporting you that way, do you know what I mean? 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.480 Like guys Sebastian standing on his chair, like he didn't 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:37.600 do that for his own artists. 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:38.640 That was crazy. 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:41.880 My George just drops every time, especially guy, because I 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.480 just look up to him so much. And so when 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:46.840 he says that, like, you know, his voice is the 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.760 best I've ever heard. His voice is ridiculous, and I've 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.880 obviously followed his whole journey as everyone has. And so 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.320 when he stands up and says that, I just, yeah, 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.480 I probably dissociate because I'm like, this can't be real. 0:14:57.640 --> 0:14:59.280 Is this happening? So it was crazy? 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:01.680 What about this relationship with Rita or I love the 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:04.480 fact that she said, to you remember to answer my phone. 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.920 Well, I don't have her phone number, but Rita is. 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:11.240 Rita was wonderful. 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.520 She was just the best, honestly, Like we got along 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:15.920 so so well, and I just feel like she was 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.200 the perfect coach for me, Like I don't want to 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:19.600 be boxed in. 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:21.360 I always liked to challenge myself and do. 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.760 New things, and I feel like I was excited to 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.320 see what Rita and I would do together, and I 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:28.960 just kind of also love that. People got a bit shocked, like, oh, 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:30.960 I thought you would have chosen Guy and Jess, And 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:32.880 there was a few people that were really like disappointed 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.040 in me. I was like, well, I chose Rita, That's 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:37.160 what I did. And I was just really grateful because 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:38.760 Guy and Jess are always going to be in my 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:40.480 corner because you know, we've done a bit of life 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:43.600 together years ago, and so yeah, I love them. But 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:46.000 it was just, yeah, it was it was a perfect match. 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:47.920 It felt pretty clear to me that that was the 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:50.680 right choice. I watched you make that choice, and I 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:52.880 did read this stuff online where people were like, we 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.480 surprised you chose Rita, considering you already had a bit 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.800 of a backstory. But I think it was the right 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:59.680 thing to do. I mean, she won last year, which 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:03.040 is great, but also so Rita. Aura is like probably 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.520 the most internationally recognizable coach on this show. Has she 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.040 reached out to you already to say congratulations? Like, what 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:11.360 kind of communication have you had with her since she 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:12.560 filmed this show a little while ago. 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:16.120 Look, I do remember that she didn't really contact Lockie 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:19.200 last time, not that she like Lockie just kind of 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:21.560 said in an interview, I think that you know, she's busy. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.400 I don't expect her to Like he wasn't. 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.040 Saying that in a negative way at all, but I 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.000 just kind of was like, I know she's busy, Like 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:28.960 I know she has a huge Like I saw it. 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:31.320 She flew off the next day and wherever she went, 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:32.920