We’re only two episodes into season 13 of and fans are already convinced they know who will win the competition. This year’s season stars longtime coach Guy Sebastian alongside newcomers Adam Lambert, LeAnn Rimes and Kate Miller-Heidke as they search for Australia’s next singing sensation, who will win a grand prize of $100,000 and a recording contract. Tuesday night’s episode featured a singer who not only had an incredible voice but brought viewers to tears with her emotional backstory.
Tia Barnes, 25, shared that her dad is battling a rare and terminal form of brain cancer with a life expectancy of up to five years. “When I think about going busking and not having him there, that is the part that actually breaks my heart,” she said through tears. “We don’t know how long dad will have left, so it’s sort of just taking every day as it comes and taking advantage of opportunities like this.
” Tia chose to perform the emotional ballad ‘Life Goes On' by Ed Sheeran and Luke Combs for her Blind Audition and received four chair turns. “What I really, really loved was how still and centred that was,” Kate remarked while Adam described her performance as “transcendent” and “really beautiful”. “If you did a show, I would want to see it,” Guy added, followed by LeAnn who said, “I felt like I was floating listening to you”.
Kate then went on stage to beg Tia to join her team, although she didn’t need any convincing. Tia admitted that she’s be.