The Voice

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March 13th 2018 

I hesitantly walk out onto the stage. I'm about to audition for the voice Australia and I'm shaking in my boots.

I shakily breathe out before holding the microphone up to my mouth, I look over at the band and nod my head slightly. 

The opening notes to Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift start ringing through my in ears. I shake out both of my hands and start to sing. 

"He said let's get out of this town, drive out of the city away from the crowds," I sing smoothly no evidence that I am nervous in my voice whatsoever which lets my nerves flood my system ever so slightly. 

"I thought heaven can't help me now, nothing lasts forever," My tone and pitch are on point and the nerves are still hidden.

 I anxiously stare at the back of the judges chairs desperately hoping for one to turn. I hear an 'ooh' from Kelly Rowland which makes me smile. 

"But this is gonna take me down," I belt out perfectly opening my stance more making me seem more confident. I hear a chair turn and my eyes dart from the audience towards the chairs to see Guy Sebastian's smiling face. I want to scream but I don't, I keep singing.

"He's so tall and handsome as hell," another chair turns and my eyes dart from my Guys face to Kelly's and a smile slips onto my face. 

"He's so bad but he does it so we-ell, I can see the end as it begins. My one condition is," I slowly start moving around the stage slowly and ever so slightly but it's something.

"Say you'll remember mee, standing in a nice dress staring at the sunset babe," I close my eyes letting my self taste the moment. I hear another chair turn and my eyes dart open to see Boy George sitting there mirroring the other coaches smiles. "Red lips and rosy cheeks say you'll see me again even if it's just in your,"

"Wildest dreams ah- ah-ahhhh, wildest dreams ah-ah-ahhh," the pace of the music quickens. 

"you'll see me in hind sight tangled up with you all night, burnin, it, down,(down!)" I turn to face the audience putting every ounce of energy into the song, still in a haze of bliss to know that three coaches want me on their team, that I'm through to the next round.

"some day when you leave me I bet these memories follow you around, (follow you around)" I slow down going lower at the end of the sentence, the music slows and I yank the microphone back up belting into it, "Say you'll remember meeee!" I hear the final chair turn and turn my attention back to the coaches and see Delta smiling. "Standing in a nice dress staring at the sunset babe!" I smile wide as I sing.

"Red lips and rosy cheeks say you'll see me again even if it's just in your wildest dreams, ah-ah- ahhh" I slow down and find my way back to the centre of the stage. "In your wildest dreams ah-ah-ahh," I finish the song then immediately burst into tears walking back a few steps as the whole crowd applauds me.

 
Holy shit, I just performed on one of the biggest stages in Australia turned four chairs and got a standing ovation from the crowd. Can my life get any better? I try to wipe the happy tears that are streaming down my face but they get replaced with new ones the second I wipe them. 

I try to somewhat compose my self, I turn back and glance over at my parents who have the widest smiles on their faces they look so proud, which just sends me over the edge again a whole new wave of tears streaming out of my eyes. 

I look away from my parents and back at the coaches who all have sympathetic looks on their faces and I can hear a few aww's coming from the girls. I let out a laugh which is mixed with shock and pure happiness.