WEBVTT - REUBEN - THE VOICE AUSTRALIA - CHANNEL SEVEN

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<v Speaker 1>It's in the news today, but it was actually on

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<v Speaker 1>TV Reload, the podcast at Leap the Right. Hey guys,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome back to TV Reload. I want to thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for clicking and downloading on today's episode with Ruben from

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<v Speaker 1>The Voice Australia, which has been a massive hit for

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<v Speaker 1>Channel seven again this year. I have to admit I

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<v Speaker 1>always love catching up with these artists as the competition

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<v Speaker 1>goes on. I just pick a few along the way

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<v Speaker 1>and find out how they're going and what they think

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<v Speaker 1>of they're coaches. It's usually quite a fascinating time to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to them as well, just as we're getting to

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<v Speaker 1>the pointy end of the competition. Rubert is actually quite

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<v Speaker 1>an amazing person and away from his singing, as our

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<v Speaker 1>chat went on, I kind of started to feel more

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<v Speaker 1>and more drawn to him as an overall package. And look,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to root for him to win the show.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just going to say that. At this point we

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<v Speaker 1>will talk about how he got onto the show and

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<v Speaker 1>whether he'd been a fan of the Voice before auditioning.

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<v Speaker 1>I will discuss his relationship with Leanne Rhymes and ask

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<v Speaker 1>what it was about her skill set that she had

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<v Speaker 1>been able to bring into her mentoring, you will get

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<v Speaker 1>everything from what song he will sing this week to

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<v Speaker 1>where he wants to take this whole experience. There's actually

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<v Speaker 1>so much to talk about, with so many inside revelations,

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<v Speaker 1>So sit back and relax as we unpack the wonderful

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<v Speaker 1>world of the Voice Australia. Hi, Reuben, how are you good?

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks spending yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm good. I've just been sitting here. I'm in Queensland.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm normally from Melbourne, but I'm sitting outside recording this podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>But I was blaring I see fire ed shearan that

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<v Speaker 1>bloe addition, and I was waiting for the neighbors to

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<v Speaker 1>applaud because it's so brilliant.

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<v Speaker 2>Did they tell you to shut up? No?

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<v Speaker 1>They were like, it's so annoying about the voices. The

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<v Speaker 1>songs is who's short? You know what I mean? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to hear the full and I've just been logged.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been going into your YouTube channel, So anyone listening

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<v Speaker 1>to this go into the YouTube channel because there is

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<v Speaker 1>some music there. But I'm hoping there'll be a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>a longer version of that Edsurant song.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm planning to yeah record it whenever I do

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<v Speaker 2>like gigs. I always play about a six minute version

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<v Speaker 2>of that song because I've got a loop pedal as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, I don't think you want to listen to

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<v Speaker 2>six minutes of that and then out a wrap here

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<v Speaker 2>and there. That's weird.

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<v Speaker 1>I've listened to a ten minute, but I think i'd

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<v Speaker 1>go thirty minutes. I reckon.

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<v Speaker 2>That's massive, man, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, congratulations on getting this far on the voice. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it must be so exciting. What are your friends and

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<v Speaker 1>family saying about you being on such a big show

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<v Speaker 1>like this?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh well, I don't think you guys know, but the

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<v Speaker 2>wife actually applied to me and to be on the show.

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<v Speaker 2>I was actually up on the mines working land, came

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<v Speaker 2>back to my Donga and found this email going, oh

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<v Speaker 2>you've been You've made it through to the the auditions

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever, and yeah, it went from there. And my

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<v Speaker 2>family they never thought I could.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Mom and dad were always kind of pretty headstrong about

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<v Speaker 2>finding work and no way you're going to pay the

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<v Speaker 2>bills just doing music and kind of took that path

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<v Speaker 2>and now they finally feel like there is an opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>with that sort of stuff, you know, and it's done

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<v Speaker 2>a whole three sixty and everyone's just fully committed to

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<v Speaker 2>my journey on the show, which is which is nuts.

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<v Speaker 2>I never thought this I'd see this day to be honest, Well, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope you've thrown away the key to the genre because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you under need it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I know, because I keep I keep bringing

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<v Speaker 2>them home with me when I'm supposed to check out,

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<v Speaker 2>keep getting emails.

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<v Speaker 1>That's amazing. That's a really great story to hear that

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<v Speaker 1>you know, someone so close to you had that belief

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<v Speaker 1>in you and put you forward. I think you've got

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<v Speaker 1>a real chance of winning this show. So you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to have to say thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, so in debt to them, And I think

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes and people that really close to you that believe

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<v Speaker 2>in you, I don't think you could give them anything

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<v Speaker 2>in return, just love, you know, And it's nuts. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>so glad I found someone like her. Yeah, she's just

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<v Speaker 2>been a massive support for me.

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<v Speaker 1>What has this experience been like? So, like you haven't

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<v Speaker 1>really put the application in yourself. Had you been watching

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<v Speaker 1>this show over the years thinking that this is something

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<v Speaker 1>you would like to do, but didn't feel like you

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<v Speaker 1>could put the up Like what's been your relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>the approach to the.

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<v Speaker 2>Show, with the voice and stuff that I haven't I'd

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<v Speaker 2>never really kind of I just saw the blind and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, kind of the same amazing versions of people's

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<v Speaker 2>songs on YouTube, and I never religiously watched the show,

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<v Speaker 2>but there are times where some of my good friends

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<v Speaker 2>would sit down and like follow it religiously and they'd

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<v Speaker 2>keep pounding me to be on it. And last year,

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of my mates that I worked with, they'd

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<v Speaker 2>played my original songs. I've got most of my originals

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<v Speaker 2>up on Spotify, but one of the boys had come

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<v Speaker 2>down to the live show and they said, you need

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<v Speaker 2>you definitely need to give that show a go, rub

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<v Speaker 2>and it's been too long. People need to see you live.

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<v Speaker 2>And I just sort of brushed it off. And it

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<v Speaker 2>was kind of sad, really because because last year he

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<v Speaker 2>lost his life to obviously the silent disease, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to suicide, and he was a massive part of like

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<v Speaker 2>my wife and sort of him his voice in the

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<v Speaker 2>back of my head was a massive reason why I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm just going to dive in and just

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<v Speaker 2>surrender and give it a go. So yeah, and so

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<v Speaker 2>it happened.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm seeing you very emotional hearing that story.

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<v Speaker 1>But I guess that gives you so sort of drive

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<v Speaker 1>and more commitment to it. There's something about you as

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<v Speaker 1>a person, though on camera you are the whole package.

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<v Speaker 1>There's something very intoxicating about you and very genuine about

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<v Speaker 1>the way in which you connect to the songs and

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<v Speaker 1>then connect to the audience. I mean, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>this is off being the part of your destiny.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I try to because obviously I close my eyes

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<v Speaker 2>in a thing, and sometimes it's nice to open them

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<v Speaker 2>to be relatable. But when I close my eyes, I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of I feel everything, and I feel like I'll

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<v Speaker 2>be doing the song Injustice or the artist who wrote

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<v Speaker 2>it injustice if I don't feel it and if I

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<v Speaker 2>don't embody it, and and I sort of sing songs

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<v Speaker 2>that really make me feel kind of and I transcend

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<v Speaker 2>from a really dark place, you know what I mean. Like, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Icy Fire kind of took me back to that brotherhood

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, it's obviously the Hobbits in the mind,

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<v Speaker 2>and it kind of that's what it feel like for

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<v Speaker 2>me out there as well. We have a brotherhood and

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<v Speaker 2>chip in away and it's breaking rocks, you know, breaking

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<v Speaker 2>rocks up on the mines and kind of resonated with me.

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<v Speaker 2>And that that's what I embodied during the audition, because

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<v Speaker 2>I believe the eyes are the gateway into someone's soul,

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<v Speaker 2>and you could invade someone's personal space just by looking

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<v Speaker 2>into their eyes from agors away. And sometimes I often,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, when I'm up north and I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>look into the mirror, look deep down in my eyes

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<v Speaker 2>and tell me, like tell myself all the positive things

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<v Speaker 2>I want to hear for the day. And eyes are

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<v Speaker 2>pretty important thing in communicating, and I'm going to try

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<v Speaker 2>and work on that a bit more. But I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I think towards throughout the show, I get a

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<v Speaker 2>bit self conscious. Sometimes I can watch myself on TV

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<v Speaker 2>and I thought, oh, maybe probably give that I go

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<v Speaker 2>something different.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you're a good looking rooster. I think you've

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<v Speaker 1>got it all going. It's fine, it's fine. How do

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<v Speaker 1>you go about picking these songs? Because I'm in so

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<v Speaker 1>far we've since you drew some amazing arrangements with songs

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<v Speaker 1>that we know very well. Are they selected for you

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<v Speaker 1>by your coach? Like? How does that go?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? So Leanne, she picks all these songs for me,

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<v Speaker 2>and she surprisingly he's on that same wavelength and picks

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<v Speaker 2>the songs that I that I could I really sell

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<v Speaker 2>at the time. She's done a really good job picking stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you been happy with it? I just want to

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<v Speaker 1>know that's why Kamina. We've known Leanne rhymes for years.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a household globally, what does she actually like as

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<v Speaker 1>a person.

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<v Speaker 2>So again, my wife kind of really loves her, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was really into the music and stuff, and I

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<v Speaker 2>sort of didn't really know much about it. But when

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<v Speaker 2>it came to the show and she picked me and thought, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, she's just made this decision a lot easier.

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<v Speaker 2>And she's just been amazing. She walks around in pj's

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<v Speaker 2>and she really values all the film crew and all

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<v Speaker 2>the people behind the scenes. You know, she'd never think

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<v Speaker 2>someone like her would be that down to earth And

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<v Speaker 2>that's something that I really resonate with because at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the day, no matter who you are, you're

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<v Speaker 2>still a human. You still have to pay your wages,

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<v Speaker 2>you still have to put food on the table, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you still have to be vulnerable when you go

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<v Speaker 2>to sleep, you know, and deal with and do it

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<v Speaker 2>all again every day. And I think people like that,

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<v Speaker 2>people like Leanne are really necessary in this industry because

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<v Speaker 2>there's obviously a massive ego war and it's all me, me, me, Like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's all the film true that really makes us look

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<v Speaker 2>good on this show, Like the reason people get to

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<v Speaker 2>know me are because of all the people that put

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<v Speaker 2>in the effort behind the scene, you know. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much what she embodies as well, and I resonate

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<v Speaker 2>with that a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>What's interesting about reality TV in general is that you

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<v Speaker 1>often see people go on these shows and then the

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<v Speaker 1>trajectory afterwards isn't as smooth. And it's because when you're

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<v Speaker 1>on a show like this, you've got like two hundred crew,

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<v Speaker 1>like if there's a whole beast that gets together to

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<v Speaker 1>make a show like this to make you look good,

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<v Speaker 1>and then when you come out of these shows and

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<v Speaker 1>you buy yourself, it's just you, you know, And it's

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<v Speaker 1>hard to see that drop off in a way because

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<v Speaker 1>they're so used to everything being so polished. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>an interesting Yeah. I want to know though, with Leanne

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<v Speaker 1>has anything that has she been able to add something

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<v Speaker 1>to you that's quite unique to her skills.

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<v Speaker 2>I think She's added, I don't necessarily pay attention to

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<v Speaker 2>the color of my voice or kind of do anything

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<v Speaker 2>funky with my voice, you know, And whatever I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>just comes naturally from my core. And in terms of that,

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<v Speaker 2>she has been able to sort of help me with

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<v Speaker 2>sort of the technical side of stuff because I've never

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<v Speaker 2>been I've never learned how to sing, been able to

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<v Speaker 2>teach me how to breathe before, you know, and maybe

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<v Speaker 2>guide me through my nerves because most of my breathing

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<v Speaker 2>comes from nerves. I've never been in front of a camera.

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<v Speaker 2>She's been doing this for ages, but just being able

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<v Speaker 2>to go forget about everybody, forget about all that sort

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<v Speaker 2>of stuff, and just sink from your heart, but also

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<v Speaker 2>just be able to breathe, breathe through your nervousness and give.

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<v Speaker 2>She'd often message me about certain sort of breathing techniques

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<v Speaker 2>and just positive words. She's been an awesome mentor.

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<v Speaker 1>To be honest, what do you think you'll do with

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<v Speaker 1>this opportunity if you win, Like, have you kind of

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<v Speaker 1>worked out what sort of an artist you would.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a really tough question because I never really knew

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<v Speaker 2>I could be an artist. I thought I was. I

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<v Speaker 2>was just always going to be sitting on my going

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<v Speaker 2>to work and paying the bills off, and this winning,

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<v Speaker 2>this would be an opportunity to obviously pay a chunk

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<v Speaker 2>off of my mortgage. And then my idea was to

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<v Speaker 2>sit back and do the retick and get into get

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<v Speaker 2>into the studio and just do simple stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think this is a massive sort of stepping

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<v Speaker 2>stone for my soul to finally let my soul have

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<v Speaker 2>a go and maybe try and invest my time in

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of artists I'll like inter thinking that, figuring

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<v Speaker 2>out what kind of artists I'd like to be like,

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<v Speaker 2>and I am I'm not sure. Then I think I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what genre my music fits into or anything

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<v Speaker 2>like that. But I'd just like to write my own

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<v Speaker 2>originals and perhaps just like do gigs so I can

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<v Speaker 2>play original music and people come to listen, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the old Neil Young days where people would sit down

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<v Speaker 2>and listen. Five hundred thousand people something which sit down

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<v Speaker 2>and listen to his concerts and it's just him singing,

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<v Speaker 2>and they'd be up there with their light as or

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<v Speaker 2>candles or whatever, and they just cheer them sitting down

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<v Speaker 2>on chair and sing and so something like that. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. I don't know how this industry works.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have that answer for you either, But as

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<v Speaker 1>someone who has brought into you on this season of

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<v Speaker 1>The Voice, I can imagine sitting by the beach and

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing some sort of summer type concert.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh cool, it's just going to take.

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<v Speaker 1>Something like, you know, a big jet plane song or

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<v Speaker 1>something like that, the original song of yours that sounds

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<v Speaker 1>a bit like that. That's going to get you out there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's actually good to get to hear that because now

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<v Speaker 2>I can actually keep that as something I've worked towards

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<v Speaker 2>for it on the vision board.

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<v Speaker 1>The battles are super awkward to me because that moment

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<v Speaker 1>where you're standing there on stage and you were standing

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<v Speaker 1>next to Larissa, you know, is it awkward you when

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<v Speaker 1>you beat her?

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<v Speaker 2>Like?

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<v Speaker 1>What did you get to have a conversation with her backstage?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is she sort of moved away? What happens with that?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it as awkward as it's?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well we didn't really get to have a conversation afterwards,

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<v Speaker 2>but I did message her and I said, think sheeps,

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<v Speaker 2>because in my head, battles are usually one with swords

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<v Speaker 2>and fists, you know, and rarely ever do we have

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<v Speaker 2>a singing battle. It kind of feels awkward to call

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<v Speaker 2>it a battle. But I honestly thought that was going

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<v Speaker 2>to be my last day on the show because she

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<v Speaker 2>has her voices immaculate, and to be able to play

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<v Speaker 2>that instrument and just have a voice like she does,

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<v Speaker 2>it's powerful. And I thought, I'll tell the missus. I'm like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you're proud of me. I never thought I

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<v Speaker 2>could make it this far. But she's like, yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>proud of you. And I was just spun out of

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<v Speaker 2>it by the fact that I got through, and I

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<v Speaker 2>just wanted to get out, go home and probably have

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<v Speaker 2>a drink, to be honest with there, and just hang

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<v Speaker 2>out with the missus because the kids were at home

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<v Speaker 2>and she was there by myself. And then I finally

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<v Speaker 2>messaged her and Luisa she replied, and she was pretty

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<v Speaker 2>cool about it. I think obviously we never got to

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<v Speaker 2>hang out.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that might be a good thing, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I mean, Like where you know, if all of

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden you've won and then they put

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<v Speaker 1>you in an elevator together, I'd be like, I just

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<v Speaker 1>I could tell by the way that I'm talking to

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<v Speaker 1>you today that you're a very genuine person. I think

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<v Speaker 1>you would handle the situation really well, but I have

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<v Speaker 1>no faith in myself. It would be so awkward. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like it's elevator so I can get out. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't know what it feels like

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<v Speaker 2>losing because I believe I'm always winning because I've got

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<v Speaker 2>my two boys and the epitome of life for me

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<v Speaker 2>is to be able to come home and when one

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<v Speaker 2>of your boys says, I love you Dad, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like that's it. I could be a homeless man on

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<v Speaker 2>the street if my boy said I love you Dad

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<v Speaker 2>that night, I'd probably be the biggest winner in the

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<v Speaker 2>world in terms of a battle and all that sort

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<v Speaker 2>of TV stuff. I think if people like put such

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<v Speaker 2>a such a massive value on it, then can be awkward. Sometimes.

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<v Speaker 2>Lauris Ha handled it like a chance, and she's awesome,

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<v Speaker 2>and she's got a really like she's got a really

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<v Speaker 2>strong will and she's been through the hard Yeah, she's

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<v Speaker 2>a mother, she's a music teacher, and she's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>she's probably taking heaps of criticism before because it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>not every day you get to sing opera and be like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean, And that's sort of that

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<v Speaker 2>sort of industry. And I love what she did, but

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<v Speaker 2>that sort of industry is pretty brutal, and I'm pretty

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<v Speaker 2>sure she's got really thick skin, so she'll handle it

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<v Speaker 2>like a bus.

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<v Speaker 1>So listening to that battle anyway on YouTube and replaying

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<v Speaker 1>that for years to come, so it's all right, people

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<v Speaker 1>will still be checking her outs. Finished the podcast by

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<v Speaker 1>asking a question about what is something from behind the scenes,

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<v Speaker 1>something we may not know watching the show that we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking that I'm usually talking about, But with this, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you can tease us with something. What's the next song

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<v Speaker 1>that we're going to get to see you sing on

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<v Speaker 1>the show?

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<v Speaker 2>It's a song called you Somebody, So it's yes, I've

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<v Speaker 2>really ever played that live on any of my gigs.

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<v Speaker 2>It's probably the first time I've ever played it and

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<v Speaker 2>sung it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, like sex on Fire is like go to karaoke song.

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<v Speaker 1>But I can tell you right now, Reuben, I am

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<v Speaker 1>not a singer and I should have that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I don't know. As long as you make some noise,

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<v Speaker 2>I suppose, and you had a few You've had a

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<v Speaker 2>few drinks.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the only reason I'd be up there after a

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<v Speaker 1>few drinks, and I don't think I don't think anyone

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<v Speaker 1>sounds good after a few drinks, you know, Mate, From

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<v Speaker 1>talking to you today, I think there's a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>to you than just being a singer. And I can't

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<v Speaker 1>wait to follow your journey on the show, but I

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<v Speaker 1>actually can't wait to see what your journey looks like

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<v Speaker 1>after this as well. I wish you honestly the best

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<v Speaker 1>of luck, and you know, I hope you take this.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you take the show out.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Ben, thanks jeeves, mate, and speople like yourself and

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<v Speaker 2>everyone behind the scenes that actually make makers get there.

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<v Speaker 2>So be quoted to you, brother, Thank you, appreciate you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, thank you for being so generous with your time.

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<v Speaker 1>It was such such a nice chat.