The Voice’s Guy Sebastian takes Johnny Manuel through to the semi-finals alongside Timothy Bowen – as Kelly Rowland chooses Chris Sebastian and Mark Furze
The Voice coaches Guy Sebastian and Kelly Rowland had the difficult task of choosing two singers from their respective teams to progress to the semi-finals.
On Sunday’s episode, Guy, 38, revealed that Johnny Manuel was always his ‘first choice’, alongside Timothy Bowen.
Meanwhile, Kelly, 39, announced Chris Sebastian and Mark Furze as semi-finalists.
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‘He’s always been my first choice’: The Voice’s Guy Sebastian (pictured), 38, took Johnny Manuel through to the semi-finals alongside Timothy Bowen on Sunday night’s episode
Guy told Johnny, Timothy, Stephanie Cole, Adam Ludewig and Matt Gresham, that he wasn’t going to put them through the pain of ‘stringing out’ the verdict.
‘I’ve never made it a secret about my first choice. He’s one of the most incredible singers I’ve heard, and the artist I’m taking through is Johnny,’ he said.
‘The person I’ll be taking through to join Johnny is Timothy Bowen,’ Guy continued.
Talent: ‘I’ve never made it a secret about my first choice. He’s one of the most incredible singers I’ve heard, and the artist I’m taking through is Johnny,’ Guy said of Johnny (pictured)
Going through: Guy also chose to take Timothy Bowen (pictured) through to the semi-finals
For Kelly, she had to choose out of Chris, Mark, Lyric McFarland, Despina Savva and Alex Weybury.
Choosing Chris first, she said: ‘I’ve watched you reach and fight. With all due respect to Guy being your brother, this has nothing to do with that.
‘Your talent alone just stands up for itself. Your voice, your tone, everything about it, you deserve to be here.’
Decisions: Kelly Rowland (pictured), 39, also had the difficult task of choosing which two singers from her team to progress to the semi-finals
Kelly then revealed her second choice to be Mark, saying: ‘I feel like they still have to bring some fight this week.’
On Monday night, coaches Delta Goodrem and Boy George will have the hard task of choosing two singers from their respective teams to progress to the semi-finals.
The Voice continues Monday at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.
First choice: Kelly chose Guy Sebastian’s brother Chris Sebastian (pictured) to progress to the semi-finals: ‘I’ve watched you reach and fight. With all due respect to Guy being your brother, this has nothing to do with that’
Semi-finalist: Kelly then revealed her second choice to be Mark Furze (pictured), saying: ‘I feel like they still have to bring some fight this week’