The Voice Australia blind auditions: Teenager Adam Ludewig with mullet wows coaches - NEWS.com.au

A 16-year-old with a “sick mullet” stole the show on the opening episode of The Voice 2020.

Adam Ludewig from Adelaide performed Stan Walker’s song Leave A Light On and blew the judges away instantly, with Kelly Rowland turning her chair in less than 10 seconds.

By the end of the performance, all four coaches had turned their chairs and were impressed not only by the teenager’s incredible talent but also his unique hairstyle.

“Sick mullet,” fellow South Australian Guy Sebastian told Adam. “We love a good mullet in Adelaide.”

Adam, who is somewhat of a TikTok star with more than 130,000 followers and who refers to himself as ‘Mr Mullet’ on Instagram, explained he had been singing for only about two years after he discovered he had talent while singing in the shower.

“I tried to hit the vocals from like Wham! and all that … and I nailed that so I was just like, alright, yeah,” the Toadie from Neighbours lookalike said.

Guy told Adam, “I think that moment is going to change your life,” and after strong pitches from all coaches, Adam chose to join Guy’s team.

“Imagine what you could have done with that hair,” Boy George said to a disappointed Delta.

“I would have got wind machines straight away,” she joked.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

• Jon Wiza was The Voice Australia’s first ever International All Star. He competed on The Voice Colombia in 2013 and made it to the semi-finals.

“I was huge in Guatemala and Puerto Rico,” he said in a piece to camera before his performance. “It’s just going to be a new chapter in my life as an artist as part of The Voice Australia.”

But that chapter proved to be a short one with none of the coaches turning their chairs for his performance of Don’t Stop Believin’.

His girlfriend watching backstage couldn’t believe he was snubbed.

“It’s not possible, oh my god,” she said.

• Arguably the most spine tingling performance of the night was by Stellar Perry who sang Lady Gaga’s Always Remember Us This Way.

Stellar explained that she picked the Lady Gaga song because the lyrics meant a lot to her.

“It’s about relationships not working out and my relationship hasn’t been going the way I hoped and wished it would,” she said.

In a piece to camera before she stepped on stage, Perry revealed that she had set up her own cleaning business after trying for years to make it in the music industry.

“I polish a turd,” she joked.

But there was nothing crappy about her incredible performance which made all four coaches turn their chairs and left Kelly in tears.

In the end Stellar decided to join Delta’s team.

• 28-year-old Josh Powell from Sydney wasn’t exactly brimming with confidence ahead of his audition, saying in a piece to camera: “My friends and my family reckon I’m pretty good, but I listened to myself sing once and I didn’t think it was very good.”

The coaches disagreed though, with all four hitting their buzzers during his rendition of Run To Paradise by The Choirboys.

After picking to join Guy’s team, Adam revealed that he was a professional weightlifter and was challenged to pick up Delta.

“I reckon I could squat her on my shoulders,” he said, in what could be one of this year’s most unique quotes.

And he was right, he could.

• All four coaches turned their chairs for 14-year-old Despina Savva who performed I Don’t Wanna Be You Anymore by Billie Eilish (Boy George).

Whereas most contestants bring family or friends to cheer them on backstage, Despina also brought her pet bird with her to squawk in support.

The Voice continues on Monday night at 7.30pm on Channel 9

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