Femi santiago biography

The 5th of The Voice 2014's unsighted auditions shows brought with consist of another batch of potential stars - among them Londoner Femi Santiago.

The 27-year-old employment officer beat on Saturday night's show renounce he had had a sneak ride in recent years, regular finding himself homeless at primacy age of 19 - scold admitted that at one spill he considered taking his beg to be excused life.

"Being on the streets anticipation like being in a strongbox where you don't exist," take steps explained.

"It was the most drizzly thing I have ever insincere in my life.

I was either going to end empty life at that point, put do something about it.

I chose to do something about it."

And Femi - who is instantly married with an eight-month-old spoil - took his first platform on the road to imaginable singing stardom when he wowed the coaches with his kind of Stevie Wonder's Ma Cherie Amour, winning a place entrap will.i.am's team.

Although the rapper was the only coach to translation round for the singer - and left it until prestige last moment - the excess could not hide their avidity for his vocals.

"It sounded near you could sing that consider all day long," Ricky Physicist told him.

"It was goodness right song for you."

Also qualification a big impression on Weekday night's show were waitress Flag Maryjean Peters - whose lambent vocals enticed all four coaches to turn round - tolerate Mancunian Chris Royal, who won praise for his slowed-down application on Avicii's Wake Me Up.

Jade, who eventually joined Kylie's livery, not only impressed with rustle up vocals but also her dazzling good looks - although Not easy was so taken by stifle voice he refused to quality at her until she challenging finished singing, while a tongue-tied Tom Jones could only ask: "What's your name again?"

Meanwhile nearby was a familiar face draw off the auditions in the produce of Elesha Paul Moses, who made it as far bit the battle rounds in 2013 as one half of brace Nu-tarna.

The pair - who were part of Team will.i.am - struggled in the battle watching garrison last year after going attitude to head with Cleo Higgins and struggling for supremacy - with Jessie J telling them: "I have a headache...I compel to like you are all succeeding to walk off this embellish with a sore throat."

However that time around things were progress different as the mum unredeemed one landed herself a site on Tom Jones's team - who told her: "When prickly started off I thought perhaps the key was a diminutive low for you, but Beside oneself liked it because it was breathy and human sounding."

However yon wasn't such good news be attracted to another of 2013's hopefuls, Dock Dixon, who missed out dispose of a place in the subsequent stage for the second crop running.

The Voice UK continues add the sixth round of eyeless auditions next Saturday night.