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Dave Fenley from The Voice Season 15 (NBC Photo)

In it, contestant Dave Fenley cover’s Travis Tritt’s “Help Me Hold On,” and he does it pretty magnificently.

His distinct vocals prompt chair turns from Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton.

And you’ve got to think that the only reason Adam Levine and Jennifer Hudson didn’t turn is that they figured they had zero chance of landing a guy who auditioned with a country song.

During the leaked cliff, Adam calls Dave “miraculous” and Jennifer labels him “amazing” and says his voice “deserves to be all over country music.”

We won’t find out who Dave selected as his coach until this week’s blind audition episodes air.

But this much is certain: Dave’s one of the more interesting contestants to audition for Season 15.

Back in 2013, at age 34, he made it all the way to the semifinals on America’s Got Talent.

He’s one of the singers on the show who has already released lots of music, most recently a six-song EP called “The Love Sessions Vol. 1” that landed last year.

He also sang “Make America Great Again” during the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Given the divisive political atmosphere in the country right now, I’m going to be interested to see if The Voice mentions that as part of Dave’s bio package.

Here’s the leaked blind audition. My hunch: Dave Fenley will make it at least as far as the Season 15 live shows.

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Videos from Night 2 of the blind auditions
Season 15 contestant profiles