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His audition: Lucas Beltran, 19, of Philadelphia, Pa., performed “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” by Lou Rawls. Lucas was well into his performance before Michael Buble and Reba McEntire turned. Michael clearly wanted to turn much earlier. Reba said she loved the performance. Snoop was shocked Lucas knew the song, since he’s so young. Michael liked the “authenticity” in his performance and noted that he hasn’t turned for crooners in the past because they didn’t sound authentic. Shame on The Voice for keeping the camera on the coaches and Lucas in the dark for the bulk of his performance. Lucas joined Team Michael.

Here’s more about Lucas:

* He’s a 20-year-old jazz singer from Lima, Peru, who’s now based in the Philadelphia, Pa. area.

* He enjoyed his New York debut earlier this year, performing at the Reverie Room with a set that included jazz standards, show tunes and timeless melodies.”

* Lucas also released his version of Cole Porter’s “Now You Has Jazz,” earlier this year. Check it out below.

* Says Lucas: “The original version of this song was made for the movie, ‘High Society,’ starring none other than Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong. Sixty-eight years later, it’s my turn to show the world what jazz is all about.”

* And that’s part of Lucas’s goal. In his TikTok bio, he writes: “Jazz is for young people.”

* In his website bio, Lucas says he caught the singing bug at age 15, during the height of the COVID lockdown.

* “With extra time on my hands, like many others, I dove deep into the music I loved—Jazz. It wasn’t just the genre itself that captivated me, but the vocalists, particularly legends like Mel Tormé and Ella Fitzgerald,” he explains.

* A graduate of Central High School in Philly, he also began performing in public after studying the performance style of renown jazz vocalists, including Frank Sinatra.

* “I now aim to bring that same relaxed, passionate energy to my own performances, always striving to make a genuine connection with my audience,” he writes on his website.

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