{"id":1543,"date":"2025-02-27T08:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2025-02-27T08:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:34:16","slug":"the-voice-2025-is-always-full-of-surprises-but-this-one-might-just-be-the-cutest-moment-ever-when-a-deputy-sheriff-took-the-stage-to-audition-his-powerhouse-vocals-were-enough-to-turn-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=1543","title":{"rendered":"The Voice 2025 Is Always Full Of Surprises, But This One Might Just Be The Cutest Moment Ever! When A Deputy Sheriff Took The Stage To Audition, His Powerhouse Vocals Were Enough To Turn Heads\u2014But It Was His Adorable Toddler Daughter Who Stole The Show."},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"m-detail-header mm-detail-header--featured mm-detail-header--content-position-above mm-detail-header--image-size-inline mm-detail-header--in-content-well\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--container\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--content\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Country artist Robert Hunter\u2019s daughter Mary Blake picks his coach\u2013her favorite singer\u2013on tonight\u2019s episode of the NBC singing series.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56741\" src=\"https:\/\/litanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Thumbs-29-15-300x162.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Thumbs-29-15-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/litanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Thumbs-29-15.jpg 650w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body\">\n<p>There are a lot of magical moments on\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0when artists competing in the Blind Auditions hit just the right notes, but there are few moments as adorable as the conclusion of tonight\u2019s Blind Audition when 33-year-old country artist\u00a0<strong>Robert Hunter<\/strong>\u00a0from Garner, NC, allowed his toddler daughter\u00a0<strong>Mary Blake<\/strong>\u00a0to select his coach.<\/p>\n<p>Robert, whose day job is a Sheriff\u2019s Deputy in the Raleigh area, chose \u201c\u2018Till You Can\u2019t\u201d by\u00a0<strong>Cody Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0for his Blind Audition. Last year, one of his co-workers, who was also a friend, died in the line of duty, which made Robert realize that it\u2019s important to live every day to its fullest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"YGkq1bxG\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"m-video mm-video--landscape l-inline\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"rImr3ilhmXc\" class=\"m-video--frame\" title=\"Robert Hunter's Passionate Cover of &quot;'Til You Can't&quot; Inspires His Daughter | Voice Blind Auditions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/rImr3ilhmXc?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-15=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-8=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe message behind this song is not to take right now for granted because tomorrow is never promised,\u201d he said in his video package. \u201cWorking in law enforcement, not knowing what tomorrow holds is a real thing in my\u00a0family\u00a0and I feel that this is the opportunity for me to do\u00a0music\u00a0fulltime.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"0ia84TL7\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfa4\u00a0SIGN UP for our The Voice newsletter to get access to exclusive news, interviews, insider info, sneak peeks &amp; more\u00a0\ud83c\udfa4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert got a two-chair turn for his performance:\u00a0<strong>Kelsea Ballerini<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Michael Bubl\u00e9\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0<strong>Adam Levine<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>John Legend<\/strong>\u00a0abstaining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really loved the power in your voice,\u201d John told Robert. \u201cIt really sounded like a passionate performance, and I am so excited to see what you do on the show. Welcome to\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0Watch\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a04-Chair Turn Artist That Kelsea Ballerini Says Has \u2018A God-Given Voice\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert, listen to me,\u201d Adam said. \u201cThis is my 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0season coaching on\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>. Seventeen Blind Auditions, roughly 80 people each. Eighty times 17 equals a lot. It\u2019s not a number I can give you right now because I\u2019m a musician. I loved what you did. I would have loved to turn around for you, but unfortunately, I\u2019ve retired from turning around for country singers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John asked, \u201cWhy do you hate\u00a0country music\u00a0so much, Adam?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To which the frontman for\u00a0<strong>Maroon 5<\/strong>\u00a0responded, \u201cNo, the question is: Why do country artists hate me? That said, you do have two wonderful choices here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then it was down to business with the two coaches who had turned.<\/p>\n<p>It was ladies first when Kelsea said, \u201cI\u2019m going to be honest with you. There were some pitch issues. However, I\u2019m looking for storytellers, writers, artists, and the way you told the story is what interested me. I am new here, but I\u2019m also now. I am also now in country, so I\u2019m going to bring out the big guns, I have boots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0Watch\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a04-Chair Turn That Michael Bubl\u00e9 Says Has a Voice Blessed By God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She then pulled out the boots she is gifting her team members with. Adam replied, \u201cHow could you resist the boots?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Michael tried to woo Robert to his team with the following pitch: \u201cOver and over, beautiful country artists have turned around, and Kelsea has beaten me. I have not been here for 700 seasons like Adam, and I obviously haven\u2019t learned my lesson yet. I really like country. I turn around, and I\u2019m like [<em>In a country drawl.<\/em>], \u2018I really want to be with you and hang out with you.\u2019 Maybe Robert, you\u2019ll respect me, and you\u2019ll say, \u2018He\u2019s brave.\u2019 So,\u00a0thank you\u00a0for considering me, Robert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Kelsea wasn\u2019t done wrangling for Robert. She said, \u201cOne more thing. I would like to see in the next performance something with a little more bass in it,\u201d and she demonstrated with a song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0Watch\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0Season 27 4-Chair Turn In Which Adam Levine Gets Interrupted by Blake Shelton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That meant Michael had to keep trying. He said, \u201cShe is very now in country. But what you might not know is I am also in country. You might not have heard that because it\u2019s Canadian country. We have cowboys in Calgary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Michael sang a song he made up as he went along about those self-same cowboys in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Adam called for the question: \u201cWho do you pick as your coach?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert said, \u201cMy family is the biggest reason I am here. If it\u2019s okay with you, I\u2019d like to see if they could come up and help me make this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert\u2019s wife, Christian, and daughter, Mary Blake, joined him onstage.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to Mary Blake, John innocently asked, \u201cDoes she have any musical preferences that would lean one way or the other between these two?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0Watch\u00a0<em>The Voice\u00a0<\/em>Artist Who Uses \u2018A Little Prayer\u2019 for His Blind Audition to Win a Four-Chair Turn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert smiled as he asked his cutie patootie daughter, \u201cWho\u2019s your favorite singer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mary Blake turned shy as she said, \u201cKelsea Ballerina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Robert asked her, \u201cWhat\u2019s your favorite song, baby?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Mary Blake and Christian sang Kelsea\u2019s, \u201cIf You Go Down (I\u2019m Goin\u2019 Down Too),\u201d joined by Kelsea, who ran up on stage and got permission to hug Mary Blake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShall we talk about what happened?\u201d the winning coach said. \u201cRobert\u2019s daughter made the best choice. She said Kelsea Ballerina, so I\u2019m now officially changing my name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Voice\u00a0<\/em>airs Monday nights at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on NBC. Streams next day on Peacock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country artist Robert Hunter\u2019s daughter Mary Blake picks his coach\u2013her favorite singer\u2013on tonight\u2019s episode of the NBC singing series. 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