Made you look: Oklahoma trio OK3 scores 4-chair turn on 'The Voice' Season 25 premiere
Even before "The Voice" Season 25 premiere, Oklahoma City-based pop group OK3 was already gaining attention for showing off their stellar vocal harmonies, sassy stage presence and coordinated choreography in their blind audition.
In a sneak peek of the new season of the hit NBC singing contest, watch the trio earn a coveted four-chair turn — or five-chair turn, depending on how you're counting — with their charming cover of the Meghan Trainor hit "Made You Look"
"The Voice" debuts its new season at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, with another episode at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, on NBC. The Season 25 coaches are Oklahoma Country Music Hall of Famer Reba McEntire, who is in her second season as a "Voice" coach; EGOT winner John Legend, who's in his ninth season; three-time Grammy winner Chance the Rapper, who is returning for his second season; and three-time Grammy-winning country duo Dan + Shay, who are first-time coaches on "The Voice" and sharing a special double chair this season.
Meet OK3, the Oklahoma pop trio appearing on 'The Voice' Season 25
OK3's blind audition capped Monday's first episode of "The Voice" Season 25.
As the group's name indicates, OK3 consists of three singers from Oklahoma.
Sierra Sikes, who was 23 when the trio auditioned for "The Voice," is a University of Central Oklahoma alumnus who earned her bachelor of music degree in musical theater in 2021.
Kenna Fields, 22, is a senior at the Academy of Contemporary Music at UCO who is majoring in contemporary music.
Courtney Hooker, 25, is an ACM@UCO graduate who received her bachelor of applied technology in commercial music in 2020. She also earned an associate's degree from UCO in performance in 2019.
The singers met through their vocal coach, Amanda Earhart, whom they brought onto "The Voice" stage to help them pick their celebrity coach for the show.
'The Voice' coaches fight fiercely for Oklahoma trio
As the sneak peek clip indicates, OK3's blind audition set off a fierce and funny battle on Monday's episode, as the Season 25 coaches all proved eager to add the trio to their team.
Fellow Oklahoman Reba pushed her button about seven seconds into the group's performance, followed quickly by Dan + Shay and Legend. Chance the Rapper didn't turn his chair until late in the trio's blind audition.
“I loved your performance. ... I grew up arranging songs for groups, and then, when I went to college, I was an award-winning a cappella arranger. If there’s nothing else that I do, I do this," Legend said. "I feel like there’s a lot of space for a big pop girl group right now, and I would love to be your coach.”
Dan + Shay’s Shay Mooney gushed that the trio's singing made his heart race and declared OK3's audition "my favorite performance that we’ve seen so far.” He noted that Trainor is a good friend.
His musical partner, Dan Smyers, added, “I don’t want to bash John too bad early. He was saying he’s an award-winning arranger for groups. We’re an award-winning group. We have a double chair.”
“We have two (chairs). We could get a third," Mooney added with a grin. “I have two sisters. I grew up singing in the church and doing exactly what you guys are doing right now. Your voices are phenomenal.”
To neutralize what he called Dan + Shay's “unfair advantage,” Legend introduced his "partner," pushing a button to deploy a blue inflatable tube man emblazoned with the words “Pick Team Legend.”
Despite claiming that Legend's inflatable tube man had “taken all of my spirit away, it was so loud and distracting," Chance the Rapper also praised OK3.
“You guys did great. A couple seasons ago, I worked with a trio, and I have a lot of fun working with harmonics, with arranging for groups. I could kind of expand your palette in terms of what genres you want to play around with," he said, adding that his signature "3" cap matched the trio.
Reba addressed OK3 as "fellow Okies," reminded the group that she started out performing in her family band The Singing McEntires and praised the trio's harmonies.
The Oklahoma Hall of Famer also brought props to bolster her argument, pulling out one of her three Grammys as well as a sparkly scepter.
"I would love to have you gals on my team. We'd have a blast," Reba said. “I am the Queen of Country Music. I'm just saying, I would love to have you in my kingdom."
Naturally, the preview clip doesn't reveal which team OK3 chooses, but as it turns out, neither did Monday's "The Voice" Season 25 premiere. Instead, Monday's episode ended on a cliffhanger, so viewers have to tune in Tuesday to find out which coach the OKC trio will be working with this season.
"The Voice" airs at 7 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays starting Feb. 26 on NBC. Episodes stream the next day on Peacock on-demand. The streaming service offers full episodes from the show's previous 24 seasons, too.
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