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Speaker 1: today's episode with Ruben the Winner of the Voice Australia,
Speaker 1: which wrapped up last week on Channel seven. I've actually
Speaker 1: followed Ruben since the first crackle of his voice, and
Speaker 1: I was even so keen on him winning that I
Speaker 1: requested with Channel seven an interview with him earlier this month.
Speaker 1: He is such a gorgeous guy and a deserving winner.
Speaker 1: I think Leanne Rymes should be very proud, and I
Speaker 1: kind of feel kind of proud myself. And guys, guess what,
Speaker 1: I've got nothing to do with any of it. Ruben
Speaker 1: will talk about filming all the different endings and what
Speaker 1: order that they were recorded in. We will talk about
Speaker 1: Leanne Ryan's and how she found out he won, plus
Speaker 1: why he didn't talk to any of the other runners up.
Speaker 1: I will discuss the way in which he wants to
Speaker 1: spend the money. Seems like a really personal question, but hey,
Speaker 1: as if you don't want to know the answer. You
Speaker 1: will also get everything from song choices and why they
Speaker 1: picked them, what he really thought of the other finals,
Speaker 1: and I'll even find out how he celebrated finding out
Speaker 1: that he was the winner. There's actually so much to
Speaker 1: talk about, with so many inside revelations, So sit back
Speaker 1: and relax as we unpack the wonderful world of the
Speaker 1: Voice Australia.
Speaker 2: Are you mate?
Speaker 3: I'm doing very well. I actually am.
Speaker 1: Just to start off with, I have to say congratulations
Speaker 1: on winning the Voice Australia.
Speaker 3: That is just huge.
Speaker 2: That is that isn't nuts? That?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 2: We were so cool.
Speaker 1: We were talking about this only like a few weeks
Speaker 1: ago and I said to you, I was like, you're
Speaker 1: picked to win. And from the very first time that
Speaker 1: I heard your voice, I was like, he has got
Speaker 1: this competition in the bag.
Speaker 3: But I've been telling.
Speaker 1: People this for the last few weeks and the fact
Speaker 1: that you took the competition out somehow has made me
Speaker 1: look cool.
Speaker 2: You're too kind man. You know, it's all the credit
Speaker 2: goes to the people around me that kind of helped
Speaker 2: me get over line, you know with the texting and
Speaker 2: all that sort of stuff. For people that have helped
Speaker 2: behind the stage, you know, said the stage lighting camera guy.
Speaker 2: You know, everyone like the whole framework is why what
Speaker 2: woll me over the line? And all I did over
Speaker 2: there was seeing dude, and it was nice to have
Speaker 2: the ability to look back and go I actually felt that,
Speaker 2: so you know. Yeah, so just all the coaches and
Speaker 2: everyone making it super easy for me to actually feel
Speaker 2: something that I like to do. Yeah, and that that
Speaker 2: was really what it was all about, so everyone came together.
Speaker 1: Well, I thought what might have got you across the
Speaker 1: line in the end was that there were some brilliant
Speaker 1: singers you know, left in the competition. But what I
Speaker 1: thought about you was there was more to you as
Speaker 1: a person for Australia to believe in. I think your
Speaker 1: story felt more compelling, It felt more authentic. It feels
Speaker 1: like there's more to you than.
Speaker 3: Just your voice. Is where I'm going with this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And I think sometimes we always we get
Speaker 2: left singing it in the way of our voice, you know,
Speaker 2: and sometimes we've all got that.
Speaker 1: Boy, when when throughout watching this all back, because we
Speaker 1: all know this was filmed a little while ago, but
Speaker 1: when did you well watching your back think you know what,
Speaker 1: I think I'm going to take this out.
Speaker 2: I think it would have been just before obviously the semis.
Speaker 2: When I got through the semis, I started to actually believe.
Speaker 2: I was started to go, wait a second, like you
Speaker 2: know when you walk past that lot of machine in
Speaker 2: the shops and you never buy a ticket because you
Speaker 2: never think ever you're going to be that guy, you know.
Speaker 2: And so it's finally finally clicked. After the Semis and
Speaker 2: I went to a living I was like, Okay. My
Speaker 2: wife basically told him we could win this. We could
Speaker 2: literally take home and be sort of sort of help
Speaker 2: with our debts. It could be get free, you know,
Speaker 2: and just not just stet free, but also have some
Speaker 2: to put away for it and then work on our craft,
Speaker 2: you know, like something that makes us happy. And we
Speaker 2: just looked at each other and going, help, we could
Speaker 2: really take this. Yeah, That's when I it all quick. Man.
Speaker 1: It seems to me like when we watch these reality
Speaker 1: TV shows, a lot of people use the money to
Speaker 1: They use the money to try and make them more famous.
Speaker 1: They try and use the money to make them a
Speaker 1: bigger artist. I actually thought for the first time with
Speaker 1: you that the money that you're going to take home
Speaker 1: from this competition is not just going into you and
Speaker 1: your career. I feel like you're going to use that
Speaker 1: money for your family. Have you had time for that
Speaker 1: dust to settle, to think about how you're going to
Speaker 1: spend it.
Speaker 2: Not really. I think one thing we know we want
Speaker 2: to spend it on is to get to buy some
Speaker 2: sort of peace of mind at the moment. And it
Speaker 2: could be it's something I need to sit down with
Speaker 2: the missis and talk about because it's a massive amount
Speaker 2: of money and it's a big decision, big family decision
Speaker 2: as well, So something that I want to be able
Speaker 2: to you know, obviously pay off out there to then
Speaker 2: possibly look at how I can support myself without having
Speaker 2: to fly out to work, and also how do I
Speaker 2: hone in on my craft and have some time to
Speaker 2: actually go into studio rather than having a sacrifice that
Speaker 2: time to go to work and kind of you know,
Speaker 2: break that creativity cycle and hit that constant wall. So yeah,
Speaker 2: I have to sit down with the missis and talk
Speaker 2: about it, that's for sure, chat over a coffee.
Speaker 1: I think remember talking to someone who won this show
Speaker 1: years ago, like I'm talking a decade ago, and they
Speaker 1: spent a lot of the money on booking, recording studios
Speaker 1: and making new music.
Speaker 3: And they said to me.
Speaker 1: That if they could go back in time, they would
Speaker 1: use the money to build a recording studio at their
Speaker 1: home to stop the spending of booking studios. And I
Speaker 1: think that could be something that you could do, because
Speaker 1: I mean you're already fully functional artist. I think you
Speaker 1: could be in there writing new music and doing it
Speaker 1: that way.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that would be that would be the best option.
Speaker 3: I would say, how did you watch last night's finale?
Speaker 1: Because that's always really fascinates me because you know, as
Speaker 1: everyone knows, that the show is filmed a few months ago,
Speaker 1: and they multiple endings and then you're left to watch
Speaker 1: it with Australia, which is nerve wranging.
Speaker 2: It's crazy when people see you up in the street,
Speaker 2: they go, wait a minute, should be in Sydney and
Speaker 2: the amount of amount of times have got better and
Speaker 2: then you have to sit down and explain it to them,
Speaker 2: you know, and just that yeah, it's crazy. But having
Speaker 2: all my mate, having the people and like sort of
Speaker 2: my tribe, you know. And we had a lot of
Speaker 2: watch party at Frio. We watched it at the same
Speaker 2: time Sydney watched it and usually purposed three hours behind
Speaker 2: and we are we get you know, the Red Eye
Speaker 2: you know. Yeah, so we watched the same time Sidney
Speaker 2: watched it, and we had one hundred people rock up
Speaker 2: and fill up this little venue that that his own
Speaker 2: by our mates and just saw the projector down. He
Speaker 2: he got he to drink sales and you know we
Speaker 2: kind of yeh, had a really good time.
Speaker 3: That's amazing.
Speaker 2: It was quite nerve wracking people despite knowing they was filmed.
Speaker 2: They were so pleasant and so invested. It was like
Speaker 2: almost they were there watching me perform again that if
Speaker 2: you know what I mean. Yeah, so it's felt super genuine,
Speaker 2: even though I wasn't playing or singing, It felt like
Speaker 2: the most genuine sort of response you could get. And
Speaker 2: no one, I suppose no one will get to see
Speaker 2: my reaction as it was yesterday yesterday afternoon. But yeah,
Speaker 2: that was a really humane resp I would says pretty cool.
Speaker 3: When they film multiple endings.
Speaker 1: I love to ask this question because it's actually a
Speaker 1: really good behind the scenes question, and that is like,
Speaker 1: what was the order? Can you remember who recorded their
Speaker 1: version of winning the Voice first? Do you remember how
Speaker 1: that went down?
Speaker 2: I think it was, Yeah, it was it was Anie,
Speaker 2: Like the way the way we had to stand up
Speaker 2: over there, so in that order sort of thing, you know.
Speaker 2: But Annie was first, Jaden second, I was third, and
Speaker 2: then in the sky and yeah, the whole time this,
Speaker 2: I've never been more nervous, my whole this whole experience
Speaker 2: being asked to pretend to win sort of thing. Yeah,
Speaker 2: and I've never been that nervous before. But I understood,
Speaker 2: you know, this is this is how it is like,
Speaker 2: you know, this is stovisn And I'm going to try
Speaker 2: and sort of dwell into that space and myself like
Speaker 2: and just some sort of skin anyone, Yeah, and imagine it,
Speaker 2: you know, because honestly, I already felt like we're winner
Speaker 2: making it that far in the competition, So I'm channeling that.
Speaker 3: Have you heard on the others? Like, what did they
Speaker 3: text you? Do they know you? Have you heard from
Speaker 3: any of the other three?
Speaker 2: You won't believe this. And I think it might be
Speaker 2: a sign from the universe or whatever. So while while
Speaker 2: we were watching last night, just before the winner got announced,
Speaker 2: my phone died. O. My phone actually died and I
Speaker 2: must have not charged it or whatever, and she died
Speaker 2: and I had no messages until I finally got home
Speaker 2: and charged it. And as soon as I opened the phone. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it's just like an influx of messages, you know, and
Speaker 2: I'm going to take some time out probably today to
Speaker 2: do some reply to people. Might not be able to
Speaker 2: do it to reply to everybody, but you know, just
Speaker 2: a few people, especially the guys that I do the
Speaker 2: show with, you know, they feel that little family.
Speaker 1: Were you called, will you called Jayden and Sky and
Speaker 1: Annie and have a conversation with them about this or yeah,
Speaker 1: a relationship like with this the other three people.
Speaker 2: Oh, I love him. I actually voted for him. Yeah,
Speaker 2: that's very Ruben. I love the guys that I've made it.
Speaker 2: You know, it's really amazing people are all three of them. Guy,
Speaker 2: He's he's incredible with his vocal range. And Jaden, they
Speaker 2: were guarding me the whole time. So Sky actually gave
Speaker 2: me a few tips vocally and stuff so that I
Speaker 2: took on board and kind of helped me out. Jayden
Speaker 2: would look after the kids when so she's very she's
Speaker 2: got these motherly instincts. You know, I'm very family driven
Speaker 2: as rather as an exceptional singer. And when the kids
Speaker 2: were there, she just you know, she was happy to
Speaker 2: look after them. Yeah, she's actually beautiful. So and Annie
Speaker 2: she's fiery. You know, she's got that for a sixteen
Speaker 2: year old. You can you can almost see she's got
Speaker 2: so far to go in the show. And the relationships
Speaker 2: she and her mum shared over there was pretty nice.
Speaker 2: But she was there with a mum the whole time.
Speaker 2: We didn't really get to connect with Annie as much
Speaker 2: as I did with Jadan in spine, but they're all incredible.
Speaker 2: Definitely will do a little post.
Speaker 3: Well we'll follow them. We'll all follow them.
Speaker 1: We can all follow their journey, you know, from where
Speaker 1: they go from here, because yeah, you've you've all had
Speaker 1: this amazing platform, but you've all had some access to
Speaker 1: some amazing coaches. What about your relationship with Leanne? Like
Speaker 1: I heard from sort of a behind the scenes person
Speaker 1: that she was very you know, her her manager or
Speaker 1: her assistant or something was constantly checking in with Channel
Speaker 1: seven and making sure you're okay.
Speaker 3: What was it Like the show.
Speaker 1: Goes you know, you filmed it, it goes to air
Speaker 1: and then she's a megastar, Like if you needed to
Speaker 1: talk to her, how did you go about being able
Speaker 1: to reach out to her and get advice?
Speaker 2: Well, she just, like you know, just threw WhatsApp she's
Speaker 2: gave me a phone number. Yeah, the Instagram, but through WhatsApp,
Speaker 2: musly and and she's always replied, never not had time,
Speaker 2: and she'd always do a little video or you know,
Speaker 2: call me and someone like that. I'm unbroken by the industry,
Speaker 2: you would say, has some sort of humanity. You can
Speaker 2: hold their spirits, so Hi. You don't often get those
Speaker 2: two things in a person. I don't think running this
Speaker 2: indus anyway. But having and even even being a nobody
Speaker 2: music from pers and you have some of the egos
Speaker 2: that come through there, you know, in these little musicians circles,
Speaker 2: and Leanne just unfazed by all of it. She's yeah,
Speaker 2: she went above and beyond, even like you know, promoting
Speaker 2: my votes just to vote for me and doing like
Speaker 2: an Instagram live so her followers can meet me and
Speaker 2: sort of stuff like that. So I would say, I'm
Speaker 2: truly blessed having her. And it would not have been
Speaker 2: possible without hand, without everyone Channel seven and the voice
Speaker 2: teams that have put all that effort into creating the
Speaker 2: steps for us.
Speaker 1: Have you heard from Leanne? Was she one of the
Speaker 1: people that you got to text? Have you not answered
Speaker 1: your message.
Speaker 3: To Leanne Rhymes?
Speaker 2: This point, so I after Olivia, actually my wife actually
Speaker 2: messaged reminded me that I need a message her because
Speaker 2: it's obviously early in the morning with her, and then
Speaker 2: she didn't see So with everything happening, my phone being dead,
Speaker 2: this kind of took Livy's phone and her voice voice note.
Speaker 2: But at sen as I got home, I got a
Speaker 2: listen messages from her saying, Ohm, I God, have you
Speaker 2: one tell me? And then she found out from somewhere
Speaker 2: and it's two am in the morning, mind you, So
Speaker 2: she must have just woken up, and she loves to sleep.
Speaker 2: She must not have been able to sleep, and I
Speaker 2: feel I feel so bad not being able to reply
Speaker 2: to her, you know, And that's hilarious.
Speaker 3: I actually think that's a really good story.
Speaker 2: And she just, yeah, she didn't doesn't mind about you know,
Speaker 2: she's really cool like that.
Speaker 1: What was it like to sing with her like that?
Speaker 1: Fixed your song? That version of that song for the
Speaker 1: two of you was so epic like it was, And
Speaker 1: I think I'm going to try and cut it off
Speaker 1: and download that and listen to that for a very
Speaker 1: long time.
Speaker 3: Did it change your voice at all?
Speaker 1: Having the nerves to be singing with Leanne or did
Speaker 1: it help in a way.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think I was really nervous that day
Speaker 2: because I am my first of all, you singing with
Speaker 2: the star, you know, and you just go, am I
Speaker 2: going to ruin this for her? You know? You don't
Speaker 2: want to ruin it to her, you always you know,
Speaker 2: you want it to be kind of good the harmony Sten,
Speaker 2: But I just went. When we went on stage, she
Speaker 2: said a few things to me that kind of really
Speaker 2: got me into my field and didn't feel any of
Speaker 2: that on stage. I really felt like I was singing
Speaker 2: back at home or you know, it's a really free
Speaker 2: You would say, I have to.
Speaker 1: Let you go because you've got to talk to the
Speaker 1: rest of Australia, like everyone wants to talk to you,
Speaker 1: which is going to be so exciting for you. But
Speaker 1: before you go, like what I did last time, I
Speaker 1: want to know sort of like a behind the scenes secret,
Speaker 1: something that happened, Watch something from this voice experience that
Speaker 1: you will remember. I think that might be the best
Speaker 1: behind the scenes. Is there an iconic moment that you
Speaker 1: will always have etched in your mind? Is it being
Speaker 1: there with your mates watching that finale. It was a
Speaker 1: particular song, it was hanging.
Speaker 2: Out with all the voice contests and getting to know
Speaker 2: their story behind the scenes sort of you know, jamming
Speaker 2: by the pool in the hotel, at the hotel, you know,
Speaker 2: those sort of little things. And also I'm getting to
Speaker 2: meet the crew, the people that work there. Everyone's got
Speaker 2: this story and you know, everyone had to put food
Speaker 2: on the table, and getting to meet these kind of
Speaker 2: people were Yeah, that was the real highlight of my journey.
Speaker 1: I'd say, do you know what, I also think I
Speaker 1: hope everyone's hashtagged at it at on social media. Ed
Speaker 1: Sheeran Kings of Leon Chris Isaac like, you know, the
Speaker 1: people that you recreated their songs, they must be so
Speaker 1: they would be elated to hear your versions. I think, Wow,
Speaker 1: we need to make sure those people hear what you
Speaker 1: did with their work, because it was it was raised
Speaker 1: and you're a legend raising the bar.
Speaker 2: You're a leegend. Mate. This early in the morning and
Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, I've had the best day already,
Speaker 2: got out.
Speaker 3: To you amazing.
Speaker 1: Well, I just I'm in your audience, my friend. I
Speaker 1: am going to be there for the journey. I will
Speaker 1: buy your music, I will follow your story, enjoy this
Speaker 1: voice experience. Congratulations again Thanks Lenny, appreciate you it mmm