Joy: WELCOME BACK TO "OZARKS
LIVE!" -- I'M SO EXCITED TO
TALK TO THIS LADY, KELSEY WATTS
TODAY.
WELCOME TO "OZARKS LIVE!".
HI, HOW ARE YOU?
Joy: I AM DOING GREAT BUT
NOT AS GOOD AS YOU ARE, WHAT A
JOURNEY FOR YOU!
SOME OF OUR VIEWERS LOCALLY
WON'T RECOGNIZE YOU.
-- WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND
WHERE YOU COME FROM ORIGINALLY?
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM
LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
ABOUT 20 YEARS MY FAMILY IS
STILL THERE.
NOW I LIVE IN NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE, THAT'S WHERE I'M
FROM.
Joy: SOMEHOW YOU WENT UP IN
THE OZARKS.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
IT IS SO RANDOM!
ABOUT TWO AND HALF YEARS,
THERE'S A COMPANY NASHVILLE I
WORK FOR, A PRODUCTION COMPANY.
I GOT HIRED AND CONTRACTED TO
PUT ON A SHOW AND SO THE
COMPANY THAT THE SHOW
CONTRACTED CALLED ME AND THERE
WERE LIKE, WOULD YOU WANT TO
COME TO THE SHOW IN BRANSON
MISSOURI?
AND I WAS LIKE, SURE?
WHY NOT!
SO I WAS IN THIS CONTRACT AND I
LOVED IT, IT WAS AWESOME!
Joy: WE ARE GLAD YOU ENJOYED
IT.WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!
FOR THIS WHOLE THING WITH THE
VOICE PREVIEW AUDITION FOR
OTHER MUSIC COMPETITIONS
BEFORE, IS THAT RIGHT?
YES, I WAS ON IDOL ABOUT
FIVE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS BEFORE THEY REVAMPED IT
AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND ACTUALLY BEEN AUDITIONED
FOR THE VOICE A COUPLE OF TIMES
BUT IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT AND
IT DID THIS TIME SO I DON'T
KNOW WHAT WAS DIFFERENT BUT --
Joy: AMAZING, BOY, DID YOU
EVER WORK OUT!
WHEN DID YOU ACTUALLY AUDITION,
WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?
I WAS ASKED TO AUDITION A
PRODUCER REACHED OUT AND I CAME
TO LA IN JANUARY AND SO, I DID
THE AUDITION THERE AND FOUND
OUT I WAS GOING TO A BLIND
AUDITION.
AND THEY WENT TO LA IN JULY.
Joy: OKAY SO THIS IS SEASON
19 OF THE VOICE.
YOU TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A RISK
WHEN YOU PICKED A KELLY
CLARKSON SONG.
WHAT DID KELLY SAY, I'M PART OF
THESE PEOPLE LIKE I'M NOT
NECESSARILY, I'M ROUGH ON THEM
BECAUSE SHE DOES IT SO WELL!
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU WHEN
YOU TOOK THE STAGE AND THOUGHT,
I'M JUST GOING FOR IT!
BUT I JUST HAVE TO TREAT IT
LIKE A GIG.
I COULD NOT LET IT GET IN MY
HEAD.
I JUST SAID IS ANOTHER GIG, GO
OUT AND SING IT!
HONESTLY, WHEN THEY HADN'T
TURNED AROUND I SAID I'M NOT
GOING TO MAKE IS OKAY AND THEN
PRAISE GOD!
BUT UP UNTIL THAT POINT I WAS
FREAKING OUT.
Joy: YOU GOT KELLY AND GOT
GWEN.
THEY BOTH TURN AROUND AND THAT
HAD TO BE THE MOMENT THAT YOU
WERE LIKE, YES, ALL RIGHT, THIS
IS GOOD!
WHAT IT LIKE HAVING HER AS A
COACH, WHAT IS SHE LIKE?
SHE'S HILARIOUS I MEAN
SHE'S FUNNY!
VERY LOUD, VERY EXCITED AND SHE
IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT
SHE DOES AND GENUINELY WANTS
YOU TO BE AWESOME.
WORKING WITH HER JUST EVEN IN
THE BATTLE, WAS REALLY COOL AND
IS A BACK -- AS A VOCALIST.
IT'S LIKE VOCALLY IT HELPED A
TON TO FIGURE OUT.
BEST WITH THAT PERSON AS WELL.
Joy: ABSOLUTELY, WHAT A
DREAM COME TRUE!
I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT HAPPENS
TO YOU MOVING FORWARD AND I
JUST, I LOVE THAT IT SPEAKS SO
MUCH TO HER BECAUSE SHE CAN
LOOK AT YOU AND SAY THIS GIRL
HAS SERIOUS COMPETITION!SHE
SAID YOU OUTDID HER ON HER OWN
SONG BUT YOU GUYS GET ALONG
WELL.
WE ARE GOING TO BE CHEERING YOU
ON.
WE WILL CALL YOU ARE HOME T--
OUR HOMETOWN GIRL.
US ON "OZARKS LIVE!" NEXT TIME
YOU'RE IN TOWN.
I WILL!
I WILL BE THERE FOR
THANKSGIVING BECAUSE MY SISTER
LIVES THERE.
Joy: SHOUT OUT TO THE
SISTER!
GOOD LUCK TO YOU!