Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Audri Bartholomew listens to feedback following her blind audition on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

The 19-year-old from St. Louis was turning in a fine performance of “Never Enough” on The Voice, but the coaches weren’t turning for her blind audition, which aired Monday.

“That was definitely a trying moment,” she told Voice Views during a conference call with the media this week. “I just remember that no one was turning and I was like, ‘Okay, so I have literally five seconds. I have this one last note, so let me just pull out all the stops and just keep this note as long as I can and hopefully someone will turn around.’

“I was like kind of closing my eyes and my hand was in the air and I heard it (the chair turn) and I was like, ‘Oh.’ And my eyes opened and I saw JHUD and I was so thrilled.”

Jennifer Hudson’s last-second turn gave Audri a spot on The Voice.

Then came a bonus. Turns out Jennifer is a fan of Audri’s audition song — the original was recorded by former Voice contestant Loren Allred — and strolled to the stage to sing a snippet of it with Audri.

“It was really exciting because, obviously, you don’t expect to go in and come out singing with a coach,” Audri said. “I mean (Jennifer’s) obviously an amazing singer and she’s someone that I look up to a lot in the industry. And I just felt so honored that she would allow me to sing with her.”

And it’s just one of the reasons Audri thinks she and Jennifer make a good match of pupil and coach.

“I love our pair because I obviously have a musical theater background, and she’s been a Dream Girl, so she’s someone that I’ve been following for years and years.

“And to have the connection both of us being on a competition show like this, I think that we get along great and our humor is very similar as well.”

We’ll next see Audri in The Voice battle rounds, which begin in a couple of weeks on The Voice. For more on the talented young singer, head here.
The blind auditions continue Monday.

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