Samm Smith, a teenager from Southern Alberta and being the only Canadian contender, shared her memorable audition on the undisputed music reality TV show of all time - The Voice.
Smith is one of the 200 aspirants who were invited to the final round of audition for the tenth season in Los Angeles.
"I can't even express to you how much work went [into this], not only from me, but from my family," Smith told CBC News.
"I practice every day, and they had the pleasure of hearing me for five hours every day for the past seven months or so. Lucky them," she joked.
Smith also expressed her deepest gratitude to her community.
"I can't even begin to thank the community of Okotoks for what they did," she said.
Without them, her trip to LA would not be made possible because of the special fund raising event that has been organized every Thursday night in their family restaurant.
"They passed around a hat and [raised] $3,000 for me to be able to drive down here (LA)," she said.
Smith shared that she began singing when she was four year old.
"It just started from having fun with my dad, and now it's something that's kind of huge. This is just another stepping stone. Really, whenever I sing, my career just kind of shoots up."
However, she is not allowed to reveal the result of the audition.
Smith might be the mentee of the coaches: Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Pharell William or Christina Aguilera.
Aguilera paved her for her come back with a new winning strength; guns-a-blazing .
"We're going to win it. [I'm] In it to win it this time," jokes Aguilera to fellow adding that she wants to "break the girl curse."
Since the shows debut in 2011, fellow coach Blake Shelton has dominated the number of contestants winning. Shelton has four wins to his credit, closely followed by Levine with three and Williams with one. However, this season Aguilera is feeling more confident than ever.
"I do have to say I think I have the most consistently great talent," says Aguilera. "I know these guys can vouch for this too, I mean, they're really dynamic. And, God, I wish I could say more, because I'm really that excited. But I think this might be the year."
The Voice is set to premiere on February 29, 2016 on NBC.
