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15-Year-Old ‘Voice’ Contestant Impresses With Lainey Wilson Cover as Coach Riley Green Calls Her “Little Reba”
Fifteen-year-old singer Allie Rae impressed the coaches on *The Voice* with a cover of Lainey Wilson’s “4X4XU”. Coach Riley Green praised her performance and compared her to Reba McEntire, while Kelly Clarkson said Rae was far ahead for her age. Their comments underline how strongly Rae performed as she competes for a place in the live shows.
The performance took place during the programme’s first Cut Week, which the article describes as its biggest cut so far. Each of the four coaches had already chosen two artists for the live shows; five others on each team performed for one remaining team place. Green’s five included Rae, Everett Bounds, Keiyana Osmond, Kayleigh Matthews and Joe Henley. Coaches will select one artist from each group of five, while viewers’ votes will decide which of the other 12 contestants takes the final place in the Top 13.
In short
- Allie Rae impressed with a Lainey Wilson cover.
- Riley Green called the 15-year-old a “little mini Reba”.
- Coaches and viewers will determine the Top 13.
Explained simply
The Voice is a singing competition in which performers compete on teams led by celebrity coaches. Contestants sing for the coaches and, later in the series, for viewers, with places in the live shows decided through a mix of coach selections and public votes.
Riley Green is a country singer and one of the coaches; Reba McEntire is a long-established country performer whose style and stage presence are familiar to many viewers. Lainey Wilson, whose song Allie Rae sang, is another country artist. References to these singers help explain the musical comparisons being made, while Rae’s age is part of why the coaches’ praise drew attention.