The Voice delivered another big night on Seven, with two very different stories emerging from the latest Blind Auditions.
FIFO worker Bertie Anderson earned a three-chair turn after swapping life in the Pilbara for a shot at pursuing music, while 15-year-old Brooklyn Sauer turned to music after surviving a terrifying shark attack.
Anderson, 37, has spent the past 15 years working FIFO in Western Australia, using the job to support his passion for music before deciding to quit and pursue his dream of appearing on The Voice.
His performance of Usher’s Caught Up earned three chairs, with Kate Miller-Heidke blocking Melanie C and securing Anderson for her team. Melanie praised his natural cool and ease on stage, while Kate called him a star with “rock solid” vocals, electric stage presence and incredible versatility.
For 15-year-old Sauer, music became a refuge after she survived a terrifying shark attack in 2024.
The Bundaberg teenager was swimming with friends off the Queensland coast when she recalled having a gut feeling that something wasn’t right before being dragged underwater. After escaping, Sauer was airlifted to Brisbane Children’s Hospital, where she received 230 stitches for more than 40 puncture wounds.
During her recovery, music became the place where Sauer felt most at peace, with her emotional performance of Lady Gaga’s Always Remember Us This Way earning two chair turns. Ronan Keating blocked Richard Marx before Sauer joined Team Ronan.
Madeline Beckett also returned to the stage after a decade away, earning three chairs with her performance of Janis Joplin’s Piece of My Heart.
The 35-year-old revealed crippling performance anxiety had often left her physically ill before performing, keeping her away from the stage for 10 years. Kate described the moment as “Holy crap, what a moment” and admitted she was star-struck, while Melanie C drew on her own experiences with stage fright to tell Beckett: “You aced it.”
Ronan also questioned why a voice like Beckett’s had been hidden away for so long, with Beckett choosing Team Kate Miller-Heidke.
Meanwhile, Tones And I made two more secret saves, bringing Carla Venkatya and Megan Donnelly into her growing team of second-chance artists.
Venkatya, 18, failed to turn a chair with her performance of ABBA’s The Winner Takes It All, despite Richard Marx admitting he regretted not turning for her. Tones praised the aspiring musical theatre performer’s maturity as a vocalist and performer.
Donnelly, 29, also failed to receive a chair turn after performing Maggie Rogers’ Light On, with the Coaches believing nerves had affected her performance.
The two saves bring Tones And I’s secret team to 10 artists, with Carla and Megan joining Red Roy, Jamie Koul, Lilita Keni, Dicko, Georgia Dabbous, Cris J, Mikayla Durrant and Moniquewa Williams.
The Voice’s secret fifth Coach will finally reveal her team to the other Coaches on Sunday, with Tones And I’s second-chance artists set to face the next stage of the competition.
Watch Bertie Anderson’s three-chair turn audition in the player below.
