SALT LAKE CITY — One Utah singer is turning chairs and heads on NBC’s hit show “The Voice.”Sadie Dahl is representing the Beehive State this season on the show, going from Draper, Utah, to the center stage in the national spotlight. Dahl told KSL TV she is living what she calls a dream come true.“It is an absolute dream to be able to represent Utah on ‘The Voice,'” she said.Dahl is the only Utahn competing this season on the singing competition — a journey that started with...
SALT LAKE CITY — One Utah singer is turning chairs and heads on NBC’s hit show “The Voice.”
Sadie Dahl is representing the Beehive State this season on the show, going from Draper, Utah, to the center stage in the national spotlight. Dahl told KSL TV she is living what she calls a dream come true.
“It is an absolute dream to be able to represent Utah on ‘The Voice,'” she said.
Dahl is the only Utahn competing this season on the singing competition — a journey that started with one simple video submission.
“I wasn’t expecting to hear anything back,” she said. “I kind of just sent that video into the void of I’m sure hundreds of thousands of other video submissions, and now I’m here … I wake up every day and pinch myself, trying to convince myself that it’s actually real.”
After winning “Draper Idol,” Dahl quickly became known for her powerful vocals and quiet confidence. But she says it didn’t come to her overnight.
“I didn’t discover my love of singing until I was about 10 or 11… I would listen to music and sing along, and I said, ‘Wait, I kind of have a voice!'” she recalled. “But I was terrified — I wouldn’t sing in front of anybody.”
Fast forward, Dahl is now singing in front of millions. During her blind audition, she had a moment most contestants only dream of: the “4-chair turn.”
“I sang the first line of the verse and Niall turns right away,” she said,” and it was like ‘Oh my gosh!’ It just happened so quickly! And slowly as I would continue to sing – just one after the other, and by the end it got to a point where all four chairs were turned around. One of the lyrics in the song is ‘It’s a good day to be / it’s a good day for me.’ I was just singing that song and feeling that feeling so strong.”
When asked about her time so far with coaches on the show, she shared some insight that’s stuck with her.
“I would just say working with the coaches that I’ve been able to work with — what I got from working with them was just to embrace my uniqueness,” she said.
Dahl’s journey can be followed starting Monday night, and every week on NBC’s “The Voice,” which happens right here on KSL after the 6 p.m. newscast. See program guide.
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