♪♪
-♪ I fell by the wayside ♪
♪ Like everyone else ♪
♪ I hate you, I hate you, I hate you ♪
♪ But I was just kidding myself ♪
♪ When you hurt under the surface ♪
♪ Like troubled water ♪
♪ Running cold ♪ -Mm.
-♪ Well, time can heal, but this won't ♪
♪ So before you go ♪
♪ Was there something I could've said ♪
♪ To make your heart beat better? ♪
♪ If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather ♪
♪ So before you go ♪
♪ Oh, would we be better off by now? ♪
-Come on! ♪ If I'd let my walls ♪
♪ Come down? ♪
♪ Maybe, I guess we'll never know ♪
♪ You know, you knoooooow ♪
♪ Before you go ♪
-Got Reba! You got it!
-♪ Was there something I could've said ♪
♪ To make it all stop hurting? ♪
♪ It kills me that your mind ♪
♪ Could make you feel so worthless ♪
♪ So ♪
♪ Before you gooooo ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Wow, Tanner. You did it, buddy!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Oh, my gosh.
-Hi, bud. -Hey, there. [ Laughs ]
-What's your name? Where you from?
-My name is Tanner Massey,
and I'm from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
-Whoo! Okie boy.
-Dude, that was -- that was really good.
I could sense a lot of nerves.
I'm fine with working with nerves.
The girl I won it with last year, she was a nervous wreck
in her first audition and went on to win the thing.
-As if you didn't know that.
[ Laughter ]
He's going to remind you.
-Oh, you won last season. Okay.
-This is how it works. I told you.
-I wasn't aware. -Well, I told you enough.
[ Laughter ]
To stand up there and do what you're doing is really hard.
You should be very proud of yourself for --
for giving it a crack and singing a tough song.
Lewis would have been very proud of that version.
I'll send it to him.
-Thank you so much. -You got that?
He knows Lewis. He can text him.
-Yeah, I'll text him.
I feel like I'm talking to, you know,
a younger version of myself.
There's a little storyteller
that we heard in your performance.
I'd love to have you on Team Niall.
-Thank you very much. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Well, Tanner -- fellow Okie.
I'm from southeastern Oklahoma.
And if you didn't realize this,
I was the first to turn around...
[ Laughter ]
...'cause I love your voice.
It grabbed my attention from the very beginning.
I love the miners, and I love that kind of song.
I've been doing this for many, many years,
and I think I could give you some advice, help you out,
whether it's stage presence or selecting songs.
So, I'd love to have you on my team.
And I do have some great tater tots over there.
[ Laughter ]
-I love tater tots. Huge fan.
-Right when you came on, I was just like --
I was hovering because I love that tone in your voice
and just -- you didn't sound nervous then to me.
It just sounded really beautiful
and pretty and -- and airy and warm,
and you're like a diamond in the rough.
The dream is just so alive in you.
So, I would love to coach you, teach you,
hang with you, and watch you grow before my eyes.
-Tanner! -Thank you.
-There's probably a guy who wants the last word.
-Tanner, this would -- this would be -- we'd be really good.
I'm not messing around here. -Oh, my God.
-Alright, Tanner, who do you pick as your coach?
[ Audience shouting ]
♪♪
-I pick Niall.
-♪ Runnin' through this strange life ♪
♪ Chasin' all them green lights ♪
♪ Throwin' out the shade for a little bit of sunshine ♪
-What a win. Come on, Tanner.
I could tell that Tanner was nervous.
So was Gina, and what happened to Gina Miles?
She won the thing.
Tanner, there are so many great songs that we can do with him.
He's got, like, this kind of pop feel to him
with a bit of a singer-songwriter touch.