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Liv Ciara did not receive a chair turn on season 28 of The Voice, but that did not stop her. She tried out again for The Voice: Battle of Champions and now she is in the Top 9 performing on tonight’s episode. Ciara talked to Deepest Dream about the hard working and emotional journey on finally making the show and why she loves taking risks.
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On season 28’s blind audition, Liv Ciara chose Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso.” Though the track showcased her vocal dynamics, it did not yield a chair turn. For The Voice: Battle of Champions she went for the more emotional Ariana Grande track “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” and she received a chair turn from Kelly Clarkson and John Legend.
“I opened my eyes and saw them there,” said Ciara who picked Clarkson as her coach. “I remember I immediately glued my eyes shut again. If I look at these people that turned for me, I might collapse. I kept my eyes off of them and to the audience for the rest of performance. And then at the end of it, I kind of just let myself have a moment.”
Just 16, Ciara has a knack for emotionally connecting to the music. Case in point is the track “Behind The Door,” a song that is inspired by her journey on The Voice.
“‘Behind The Door’ is definitely one of my favorites because it really captures the feeling of ‘Okay I’m here now,'” said Ciara about the song which is featured on her EP Out Loud. “There’s been doors that have been closed but there’s this door that could potentially open for me – what’s behind it? Is this something worth fighting for? And I kind of wrote the song actually after not getting a chair turn.”
One of the Ciara’s main goals in The Voice: Battle of Champions was to keep on taking risks, an approach exemplified by covering the Kelly Clarkson hit “Breakaway” during Knockouts.
“If I’m gonna be here, I’m gonna give it a 100%,” said Ciara. “I want to prove that even though I’m young and there was so many other young contestants on the show, and I wanted to prove that there are young people that can sing and that have all these talents. But it is so important for them to take a risk and truly believe in themselves.”
Full interview with Liv Ciara:
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