IT'S
IT'S AN
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE NONPROFIT. WE'RE GONNA4@ CATCH UP WITH THEM AND SEE WAYS THAT YOU CAN
SUPPORT THEM COMING UP.
BUT4@ WE4@ BEGIN TODAY WITH AN4@
AMAZING YOUNG WOMAN WHO WOWED
THE CROWD LAST WEEK ON NBC AS
THE VOICE4@4@ OH MISS SARAH COLS
.
SHE IS A LOUISA4@ A NATIVE WHO
NOW LIVES IN DANDRIDGE AND SHE
MADE THE SHOW LAST4@ WEEK WITH
HER PERFORMANCE OF JOHNNY AND
JUNE.
ONE OF MY FAVORITES BY HEIDI
NEWFIELD AND SHE CHOSE KELLY
CLARKSON AS HER COACH.
WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HER IN4@
STUDIO WIT4@H US NOW.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HAS IT SET IN YET OR IS IT
STILL A LITTLE BIT SURREAL?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S I THINK IT'LL ALWAYS BE
SURREAL BECAUSE THAT'S4@ SUCH A
SPECIAL EXPERIENCE AND LIKE,
YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THIS JACKET
TO KEEP THAT FOREVER, YOU KNOW
,ALL OF THAT JACKET.
THIS IS A TEAM4@ KELLY YELLOW
JACKET.
KELLY JACKET.
SHE HAD THAT READY FOR YOU WHEN
SHE4@ TURNED HER CHAIR AROUND.
I KNOW IN THAT INCREDIBLE.
>> SHE WAS LIKE I'M SO HAPPY TO
BE ON YOUR TEAM AND I WAS LIKE
I DO.
>> YOU4@ WERE BORN AND GREW UP N
BATON ROUGE.
I DID.
OK4@.
AND YOU'VE4@ MOVED.
YOU SAID LAST MAY TO DAN RUSH
MADE IT ENTERED.
YES.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU
REPRESENTING EAST TENNESSEE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT4@ THIS HAS
ALWAYS BEEN THE DREAM.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SINGING
FOREVER PROFESSIONALLY REALLY?
SINCE I WAS 12.
I STARTED SINGING A LITTLE
RESTAURANT AND IT'S BEEN JUST
UPHILL SINCE AND4@ WAS THE VOICE
ALWAYS ON YOUR GOAL LIST?
YEAH, I MEAN WE'VE WATCHED IT
SINCE DAY ONE AND MY DAD'S
ALWAYS ON YOUR GOAL LIST? YEAH, I MEAN WE'VE WATCHED IT SINCE DAY ONE AND MY DAD'S4@
ALWAYS BEEN LIKE OH YOU'RE
GONNA BE ON THE SHOW.
AND I WAS LIKE NOT ME, NOT ME
AND YOU4@ KNOW AND I MADE IT AND
IT WAS SO COOL.
SO YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO GO
ON AUDITION?
NO, YOU GET TO THE POINT4@ WHERE
YOU'RE IN FRONT OF JUDGES.
WALK ME THROUGH THIS BECAUSE4@ I
JUST CANNOT IMAGINE BEING A
CONTESTANT HAVING TO SING
BEFORE THESE FAMOUS PEOPLE.
TELL ME YOUR4@ BACKSTAGE YOU'RE
GETTING READY TO GO ON.
GIVE ME YOUR MINDSET AND4@ ABOUT
YOUR NERVES AT THIS POINT.
>> I WAS SO NERVOUS AND I
REMEMBER LIKES HER REMEMBER THE
WORDS REMEMBER THE WORDS LIKE
DON'T FORGET THE4@ AND THEN I GT
OUT T4@HERE AND IT WAS JUST LIKE
A COUPLE OF SECONDS4@ OF LIKE
JUST SILENCE AND I WAS LIKE OH
MY GOSH, THIS IS LIKE A REALLY
ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS SO
THRILLING, YOU KNOW, LIKE BEING
THERE AND THAT MOMENT IT WAS SO
AMAZING.
YOU'RE SINGING THE SONG AND
KELLY CLARKSON TURNS HER CHAIR
FIRST.
YO4@UR REACTION?
I ACTUALLY I DON'T THINK I SAW4@
HER RIGHT WHEN SHE TURNED AND
THEN I WAS LIKE LOOKKING THIS
WAY.
AND I TURNED AND SHE WAS LIKE
LOOKING AT ME AND I WAS LIKE
THAT'S KELLY CLARKSON.
I'D LIKE ANOTHER LIKE FREAK OUT
MOMENT.
I WAS LIKE OK, DON'T FORGET THE
WORDS4@.
YES, YOU AND YOUR PARENTS AND
YOUR SIBLINGS WERE BACKSTAGE4@.
COULD YOU HEAR THEM BACK?
I COULDN'T.
BUT THEN AFTER I WOULD LOOKKING
RIGHT BEFORE AND THEN AFTER
LOOKING AT THEM IT WAS IT WAS
SO COOL4@.
THEY WERE EXCITED.
AND THEN OF COURSE NICK JONAS
TURNS HIS CHAIR AROUND.
WHO DID YOU WANT TO TURN THE
CHAIR AROUND THAT DID NOT BLAKE@
I WANTED BLAKE TO TURN BUT IT'S
OKAY.
NO HARD FEELINGS.
OKAY.
I PLAY HIS RESTAURANT MINUTES.
COOL.
I DO LOVE HIM.
WELL, YOU'VE TALKED ABO4@UT IT.
LET'S WATCH HOW SOME OF THIS
PLAYED OUT.
>> I'M A4@ BIG FAN.
I CANNOT BELIEVE WE'RE A TEAM.
DO YOU PERFORM PLACES RIGHT
NOW?
I DO. 4@
SINCE WE MOVED TO DANDRIDGE I
PERFORM A LOT OF RED GO.
>> YOU PICK AS YOUR COACH4@ YOU
GET THAT4@.
>> SHE WANTS TO4@ MAN.
BOTH OF YOU GUYS SO MUCH A PART
OF MY CHILDHOOD4@. 4@
I GOT TO GO WITH KELLY4@4@.
WHAT A MOMENT.
AND NICK SEEMS DEVASTATE.
I KNOW HE LOOKS SO SAD EVE4@RY
TIME WE WATCH IT I'M LIKE POOR
NICK4@ BUT HE CAME AND HUGGED ME
AND IT WAS SO SWEET AND I LOVE
THAT YOU POINTED OUT TO4@ BLAKE
SHELTON THAT YOU PERFORM AT
OLDER.
YEAH, I GUESS I'D NUDGE THERE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
OK.
SO YOU HAVE TAPED SEVERAL SHOWS
NOW4@ WITH KELLY CLARKSON.
WHAT'S SHE LIKE?
SHE'S AN ANGEL.
SHE IS JUST LIKE YOU THINK SHE
WOULD BE AND JUST LIKE SHE
APPEARS ON TV SHE4@ IS JUST THE
MOST AMAZING VIBRANT PERSON.
AND YOUR TIME4@ ON THE WEST COAT
HAS IT.
IT'S COOL.
IT WAS IT'S VERY COOL.
IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN
THE SOUTH OR ANYTHING LIKE
WHERE WE LIVE IN THE HUMIDITY.
I MISS THE HUMIDITY SO MUCH
RARELY CIOME THAT I OH IT WAS
SO CRAZY.
>> BUT THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE AND
GETTING TO SEE A NEW PLACE WAS
AWESOME.
THAT'S FANTASTIC. 4@
I KNOW YOU CAN'T TELL US HOW
YOU4@ DID OR HOW YOU'RE DOING BT
WE WILL CERTAINLY FOLLOW YOUR
JOURNEY.
WE4@ ARE SO PROUD OF YOU AND HOE
THAT SHE'LL YOU'LL COME BACK
AND TALK TO US WHEN WE CAN
ANNOUNCE AND SEE HOW THIS PLAYS
OUT4@.
HOW CAN PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU
THROUGH THE REST OF THIS
JOURNEY?
YOU CAN4@ FIND ME ON FACEBOOK,
INSTAGRAM.
JUST GO TO SARA COLLINS DOT COM
AND YOU CAN FIND ALL THE SOCIAL
MEDIA FROM THERE AND MY MUSIC
ALL THAT COOL4@ STUFF.
SHE'S NOT ALLOWED TO SING ON
THE SHOW RIGHT NOW BUT WE HOPE
THAT YOU'LL COME BACK AND SING
FOR US OF COURSE ANYTIME.
WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR YOU.
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU, KELLY.
AWESOME AS YOU CONTINUE ON THE
VOICE.
GREAT