EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE to The Voice STAR Natasha Stuart who lost her battle to cancer | Journey #68
♪ I wanna leave my footprints on the sands of time ♪ ♪ Know there was something that ♪ ♪ And something that I left behind ♪ ♪ When I leave this world I'll leave no regrets ♪ ♪ Leave something to remember so they won't forget ♪ ♪ I was here ♪ ♪ I lived, I loved ♪ ♪ I was here ♪ ♪ I did, I've done ♪ (cheering) ♪ Everything that I wanted ♪ ♪ And it was more than I thought it would be ♪ ♪ I will leave my mark so everyone will know I was here ♪ ♪ I lived, I loved ♪ ♪ I was here ♪ - Whoa! ♪ I did, I've done everything that I wanted ♪ ♪ And it was more than I thought it would be ♪ ♪ I will leave my mark so everyone will know ♪ (audience cheering) ♪ I was here ♪ (audience cheering) Hi. (giggling) - Do I know you? - Yes, you do. - How do I know you? - My name's
Natasha
Stuart
and we did two gigs together but you probably don't recognize me 'cause I'm minus very large curls all over my head because I've just finished 20 weeks of chemo. (audience cheering) Hi, my name'sNatasha
Stuart
, and I'm a professional singer and I've been able to tour Australia and the world with Tina Arena, coaches all, Jimmy Barnes, Richard Clapton, all these amazing Aussie icons. I have sung for three out of the four coaches which was a real privilege. - All righty. Great. - It's so good to have both of you here. - Oh, darling, we're here. - You guys are the best. - You're gonna...
smash this. - Yay. - We're so proud of you. - Aw, you're gorgeous. - You doing all right? - Yeah, I think so. All I can do is just to hope my
voice
comes and just sing the song and I think the adrenaline will help. - Yeah. - I was 41 at the time and I thought that was just way too young but I'm now discovering so many younger women with breastcancer
diagnosis. Here you go, we're going tostar
t the first fancy, ooh. - The red angel? - Red angel. With our blue angel here. (laughing) The one thing that the doctor said to me which was amazing and gave me so much comfort is she said, you didn't do anything wrong. It's very easy, actually, I just sit here. Lucas does all the hard work. - Sit here and get poisoned. - Yeah. - Oh, it is one way to think of it, yeah? - It's healing. - Yeah. - Obviously acancer
diagnosis is hard. But yeah, losing all my curls was, and eyebrows and eyelashes, but losing the curls, being the singer with the big curly hair and just being used to seeing at particular reflection and then seeing all of that stripped away yeah, that's the hardest thing. It's kind of a cruel joke that the treatment makes you lose and strip away so much of your identity. If nothing in the last six months has taught me to just be happy to be anywhere. I want to be an example that you can be strong and live your life and just keep going forward no matter what happens. I wouldn't be surprised if the coaches did not recognize me. I would...
imagine it would be a bit of a shock. (audience applauding) - I could really tell there was this really big kind of message in that performance. I mean, tell me about what you've been going through. - So, I was just going about my business, singing, you know, just gigging with my band and doing a few little bits and pieces of touring and then I was lying in bed, literally the day after I got back from two months on the road and I was, yeah, there was a lump and I was like, that's nothing, but I went to the doctor the next day just so that they could tell me that it was definitely nothing but it wasn't, it was breast
cancer
and yeah. - The middle of last year? - Yep, yeah. - And how are you doing now? - I'm good. So, they believe that I'mcancer
free. - Woo! - Hey! - I love that you just shared with everybody that you wanna go and check straight away because it's such an important message to share with people. When I found my lump in my neck, I went to about three different people and people kept saying no, no, no, no, no, no, it's nothing, and so what you're sharing is very important for women, for men, for anybody to check, women, always, check your breasts. And it is so important to go and get checkups, full body checkups, and I love that you're sharing this message, you know what I also love,Natasha
? I love where you sang that song from. - Yes. - That's the part when I went, wow, this is what happens just after you go through what...
you've just gone through and you're a fighter and you're a survivor and standing there with all the shards after the bomb has gone off and you gotta put all the pieces back together, this is the part of the most growth. This is the part that you, that you're reborn again and this is the moment that you sing like that. - Yep, yep. Thank you, yeah. (audience cheering) -
Natasha
, hello. - Hi! - Do you know her too? - I do, yeah. I mean, you were on what? My first ever tour? -Natasha
was on my first tour as well. - Really? - My very first one. - Kelly. - Kelly. - I know, I'm like, have we done anything? - No but I am available if you need me. - That doesn't, wait, wait, that doesn't leave me out though, right? You did get a four chair turn today. - Yeah, yeah. - Woo, yeah, you did. - You made us all feel something and you gave me chills all over my body and like, the Beyonce record is a tough record. - Woo, I know. - You went for every note. You had nothing to lose and I'm just so proud of you, you just absolutely nailed that performance. I'm just so happy for you. - Thank you. Thank you so much. - And so grateful to stand in your presence. - Yeah. - Oh! - I just feel like it's a differentNatasha
, that's all. - Oh, 100%, 100%. - And I feel like if there's any positive to come out of the awful thing that you've been through, it seems like it's made you connect. - Yeah and even when I was getting treatment, the thing that...kept me centered and kept me going was I kept gigging through chemo to make myself feel better and to connect and to just, again, so grateful that I can still do this. So grateful to be here. (audience applauding) - Well, what are you looking for, you know, from this experience? - I've never done anything like this. I haven't challenged myself in this way. I love touring but this is just completely different, it puts me in a really different spotlight, you know? - It's actually the perfect time. It's actually a perfect, and it seems so strange to say that. - I know, it's weird. I feel the same. - It's kind of difficult because obviously we all wanna be really sensitive. - Yeah, of course. - Love your matte, you got four chair turns. - And now the decision is yours. (audience yelling) I would love to continue the songs and the healing. - Oh my God, how nice it is to have this kind of decision rather than something your life depends on. - Well, this is quite scary as well. Not in the same level. - You know what? It really is. It's not the hardest decision of my life but I, I am feeling Delta. I love Kelly, Guy, George, love you guys but yeah. (audience applauding) - Delta has put together three female artists who've all faced massive challenges in their lives. - Please,
Natasha
, please step to the living room. - Yep, yep, yep, yep. - Your song is... - Yes? - R.E.M and it's Everybody Hurts. - Oh, okay. Ah. - Okay? - All right. - All right? - I...would never have imagined you'd have picked that but okay, yeah. - Yeah, yep. ♪ When the day is long ♪ Once I actually locked in and registered what the lyrics are about, I'm like, oh man, okay, I get it. ♪ Take comfort in your friends ♪ I really feel it. The take comfort from your friends line in the song is just, yeah, I couldn't have gotten through the last six months, seven months, without them. - Okay. - Okay. - That's powerful. - Yeah. - All right, I feel so connected to the three of you. I have an idea, can I talk to Rach? When you meet other women who have gone through some extraordinary things, it's beautiful to connect and I just felt so inspired by them. I just feel like, you know, survivors stand together, and I would love to share the stage with them. I'm thinking I could play piano and play the songs and, you know, we could all just be together. - I think that's an amazing idea. - I've always loved sitting in my chair, supporting my artists, but in this moment, I want to be out there with them. So, this has never happened on The
Voice
before. - Okay. - Okay. - But I would love to be on stage with you and I would love if I could accompany you, I'd be humbled to be able to play piano on the stage as you sing. - Are you kidding? - Oh, that would be amazing. - I can't wait to be up there to support these beautiful women but I'm still going to have to make a decision at the end of it. I don't know how I'm...going to do that. ♪ When the day is long ♪ ♪ And the night ♪ ♪ The night is yours alone ♪ ♪ When you're sure you've had enough ♪ ♪ Of this life ♪ ♪ Hang on ♪ ♪ 'Cause everybody hurts ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Take comfort in your friends ♪ ♪ 'Cause everybody hurts ♪ ♪ Sometimes ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ (audience cheering) - Team Delta. Yeah, make some noise. That was so beautiful. - What you brought today was just so human. You know what I mean? I think like sometimes we forget we're human. Sorry. Ugh. But I think that, that what's so beautiful about music is it just completely, we all connected in that way, we all felt it, and thank y'all for bringing that, too, thank you for bringing such vulnerability. (audience applauding) - I have to tap into what I feel that my soul, who my soul needs and who needs me right now. And that's Tash. - Tash, you are the winner of the Knockout. (audience cheering) - I just wanted to check in with you because you're on a very different
journey
to everybody else as well. - Yes. I wanted to see how you're feeling. - I'm nervous about the surgery, I'm nervous about how painful the recovery will be but the singing is just everything to me because it's what keeps me going, you know? - Yeah. - Last year I was diagnosed with breastcancer
. I've just finished 20 weeks of chemo. And now two days after thebattle
, I will be in a hospital on the operating table....It will be the last bit of my
cancer
treatment. I'm having a double mastectomy with immediate reconstruction. My risk ofcancer
is reduced so much. It means that I'm just going to be able to relax and move forward in my life. It's a lot to deal with in my few days but I don't do things by halves. (laughing) ♪ 'Cause everybody hurts ♪ I'm just so happy to be here. ♪ Sometimes ♪ -Natasha
is the ultimate inspirational woman. We've come from a veryemotional
place, a very connected place, so, I have to think very deeply about this pairing. - Hey! - Come in. - Crazy. - All right. - So, the nextbattle
is between my survivor,Natasha
, and Jesse who I saved. He really has the ability to connect with people. Hey, Jesse. - Delta. How are you doing? - Hi honey, I'm good. I'm good. - Excellent. - Tasha's an insane singer, like, I've gotta go up against her? This is ridiculous. - The song I've chosen is Giant by Rag'n'Bone and Calvin Harris. - Whoa, okay. - It's a little bit left of what I would choose sometimes but the message is strength. ♪ I am giant ♪ ♪ Whoo ♪ ♪ Stand up on my shoulders, tell me what you see ♪ - Standing next to her and hearing her sing. Every time she hit a note, I was like, oh. Just, you know, kind of in awe, like, even though we're battling, we're definitely a team on this one. ♪ 'Cause I am a giant ♪ - We've got the song, Jesse's immediately just nailing it....♪ Underneath our feet ♪ - And I'm feeling like I need to do a fair bit of work. - It's not high for me so if you need to go up. - Oh, okay. Would you mind if that went up just a tiny bit? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. The way I see it, it's gonna make you feel more comfortable that way we're gonna be more comfortable, we're both gonna shine, and if, you know, if we're not both shining then what's the point of being here? - What a legend. - This could be an unbelievably uplifting strong
battle
which makes it so tough for me to make a decision. (audience cheering) ♪ I understood loneliness ♪ ♪ Before I knew what it was ♪ ♪ I saw the pills on the table ♪ ♪ For your unrequited love ♪ - Yes,Natasha
! ♪ I would be nothing ♪ ♪ Without you holding me up ♪ ♪ Now I'm strong enough for both of us ♪ ♪ Both of us, both of us, both of us ♪ ♪ I am a giant ♪ ♪ Stand up on my shoulders, tell me what you see ♪ ♪ I am a giant ♪ ♪ We'll be breaking boulders, underneath our feet ♪ ♪ I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am a giant ♪ - Hey! ♪ I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am a giant ♪ ♪ Oooh ♪ ♪ Don't hide your emotions ♪ ♪ You can throw down your guard ♪ ♪ It was you who taught me living is ♪ ♪ Togetherness, togetherness, togetherness ♪ (audience applauding) ♪ I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am a giant ♪ ♪ Oooooh ♪ ♪ I am a giant ♪ ♪ Stand up on my shoulders, tell me what you...see ♪ ♪ 'Cause I am a giant, oh no ♪ ♪ We'll be breaking boulders underneath our feet ♪ ♪ I am a giant ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ ♪ Stand up on my shoulders ♪ ♪ Tell me what you see ♪ ♪ I am a giant ♪ ♪ I am a giant ♪ (audience cheering) - Yes! - Go get 'em, Jesse. -
Natasha
, you embody that ability to have strength but warmth but also the fact that you're a fighter but yourvoice
tonight was what shone through. When you sang those big notes and you enjoy uptempo song like I Am Giant the way you just did it, it was so fearless. There was no way that anything was gonna stop you from hitting it, so, congratulations on that performance. (audience cheering) You both, without a doubt, deserve to be here. I thought it would be a decision between my head and my heart on this one but I've realized that it's actually only coming from my heart. I'm gonna go withNatasha
. (audience cheering) - Hi! - Hi. Hello. - Look at you. - I know, look at you. - You look amazing. - Thank you. It feels like it's been ages. - I know. - To seeNatasha
walk in today after everything she's gone through, she's just had, she's gone through the double mastectomy, and to walk in and look so radiant, I was so excited to see her today. It's such a huge change within yourself. - Yes. There's a lot of freedom in the rebirth. - That's true. - Which is why I chose a song called Everybody's Free. - Oh wow, okay. That's a big song. - It...is a big song. - Yeah. I feel like this song is just, it's, I've loved it since it was released when I was, you know, a little girl. - I thought it also needs a really big choir. - I've never been the one in front of the choir. - Exactly, you're the one in front of the choir. I thought maybe it might be nice to have a bit of a surprise with all the people that have supported you, so your choir's not just a choir of people, it's a choir of all these wonderful people who are here, stood next to you, I mean, they're all going to back you up on stage. (group cheering) - Love you, Tash. - We love you. - I'm overwhelmed. I don't think I'll ever forget that moment of the door opening and everyone being there. Woo. All of you guys are just such a massive part of my musical life, you know? I don't know what to say. These friends of mine are the best of the best as far as Australian vocal talent goes. There is no better choir. - Tash has such a support when people are going through hard times and I for one am just so honored to be here and be part of it and to sing for you. So, we are here for you. - Thank you. I have done some incredible gigs but this is going to mean more to me than anything that I've ever done before. This is gonna be amazing, like, trying to keep myself together in the song but I love you guys so much. I can't believe that I get to have this moment. I'm so grateful. ♪ Brother and sister ♪ ♪ Together...
we'll make it through ♪ ♪ Someday a spirit will lift you and take you there ♪ ♪ I know you've been hurting but I've been waiting ♪ ♪ To be there for you ♪ ♪ And I'll be there just helping you out ♪ ♪ Whenever I can, 'cause ♪ ♪ Everybody's free ♪ ♪ To feel good ♪ ♪ We are a family and should stand together as one ♪ ♪ Helping each other instead of just wasting time ♪ ♪ Now is the moment to reach out to someone ♪ ♪ It's all up to you ♪ ♪ When everyone's sharing their hope ♪ ♪ Then love will win through, yeah ♪ ♪ Everybody's free to feel good ♪ ♪ Everybody's free, yes we are ♪ ♪ Everybody's free to feel good ♪ Everybody's free, yeah, to feel good ♪ Everybody's free to feel good ♪ ♪ Everybody's free, yeah ♪ ♪ Everybody's free to feel good ♪ ♪ Everybody's free ♪ ♪ Everybody's free ♪ (audience cheering) - That was absolutely stunning. Let's just
star
t there. That was absolutely stunning. (audience cheering) And with knowing what you've gone through and this just goes to show how people truly do need people. You know what I mean? And what a blessing to be able to have such a support system of people who are just holding you up and I'm sure it will be reciprocated but that was a show that people do need people and love is real and support is real and friendship is real and I'm so grateful that I got a chance to feel...that, like, the goosebumps and the feeling that the whole room got. Didn't y'all feel that? It was incredible. - Thank you. (audience cheering) And that's what that freedom does. When you're supported, you are free because you, someone's gonna catch you and I had all of my incredible friends and my family, it's... - Sheldon and
Natasha
, there is just one spot left on Delta's team. (audience cheering) Delta. - It really is an impossible choice to make and I haven't made it lightly. The artist I'm taking through is Sheldon. (audience cheering) - Sheldon, congratulations. Sheldon is through to the finals next week andNatasha
, I don't even know what to say to our beautifulNatasha
, Delta. - Tash, I mean, I feel in this moment, I thought a lot about this, and I truly felt that this moment was a moment in time where you are thestar
and I want you to go forth from here and never stand in the background again. This moment is a moment to capture in time and I know that going forth that this has been our coachingjourney
and I know that this rebirth, you are ready to go, it's a full circle, and I love you, you have inspired many people. (audience cheering) - Is there anything you'd like to say? (audience cheering) I have had just such an incredible experience, it's been wonderful working with you, Delta, I'm so grateful for the coaching and just taking me into really new places musically and completely out of my comfort zone. I...had one of the most incredible moments on stage tonight and I feel so zen, I feel like I had this beautiful healing moment and it was beautiful and I couldn't have asked for anything more. It was truly wonderful, so, to be able to go out of this incredible opportunity on such a high is a true gift, so thank you. - I feel like you came on this show for a message and I really feel like you truly found your
