Niall Horan dropped to a knee as he begged four-chair singer Nini Iris to join his team on Monday’s episode of The Voice on NBC.
The 30-year-old Irish singer was thoroughly impressed by Georgia native Nini, 27, who lives in Brooklyn, New York City, as the Blind Auditions continued.
Nini before her performance fought back tears while recounting being homeless in New York City while pursuing her musical career.
She belted out the song I See Red by Everybody Loves An Outlaw from the 2020 Polish erotic thriller 365 Days.
Gwen Stefani, 54, John Legend, 44, and Niall quickly hit their red buttons for Nini and were quickly followed by new coach Reba McEntire, 68.
On knee: Niall Horan dropped to a knee as he begged four-chair singer Nini Iris to join his team on Monday’s episode of The Voice on NBC
Niall jumped out of his chair after performance and cheered her on.
‘What is your name? Which planet do you come from?,’ Niall asked.
Nini shared that she’s from Georgia, but has been living in New York City for seven years.
‘I’m gonna fight hard for this one, so you better get ready,’ Niall warned.
‘We’re not afraid of you,’ John said.
Niall told Nini that she delivered the best vocal of the day and said she could potentially win season 24 of the NBC show.
‘But no matter what happens… I’m so happy that you came to see us. And please, please, please…,’ Niall begged as he hit his buzzer with his head.
Reba, John and Gwen all praised Nini for her performance.
Got her: The 30-year-old Irish singer was thoroughly impressed by Georgia native Nini, 27, who lives in Brooklyn, New York City, as the Blind Auditions continued
Great questions: ‘What is your name? Which planet do you come from?,’ Niall asked
Georgia native: Nini shared that she’s from Georgia, but has been living in New York City for seven years
Not afraid: ‘We’re not afraid of you,’ John Legend told Niall
‘You could probably sing the phonebook and all of us would have turned around,’ Reba said.
Gwen asked Nini what she grew up on and who was her favorite singer and she replied, ‘You.’
The No Doubt singer was thrilled, but Nini then revealed that she was also a ‘big One Direction fan.’
‘I’m not ashamed to say that I wrote maybe a few fan fictions when I was a teenager,’ Nini admitted.
Niall quickly wrote a handmade ‘Pick Me’ sign and dropped to his knee while showing Nini his team shirt.
‘Please,’ Niall said while down on a knee.
‘I’m gonna go with Niall,’ Nini said as her new coach rushed to the stage to hug her.
Nice try: Gwen Stefani tried hard to get Nini on her team
High praise: ‘You could probably sing the phonebook and all of us would have turned around,’ Reba McEntire said
Fan fiction: ‘I’m not ashamed to say that I wrote maybe a few fan fictions when I was a teenager,’ Nini admitted
Big hug: ‘I’m gonna go with Niall,’ Nini said as her new coach rushed to the stage to hug her
‘Nini Iris. Remember the name. This girl is off the charts. Ready-made superstar. She was commanding the stage, arguably the best vocal we have heard in this whole competition. She’s gonna go the whole way,’ Niall said.
John noted that Niall was pulling out all the stops and even getting on his knee.
‘These young ladies are susceptible to Niall’s wooing. …And I don’t like it,’ John said.
The two-hour episode opened with Lila Forde, 24, of Seattle, playing keyboard while singing Can’t Find My Way Home.
She got all four coaches to turn and picked John to be her coach.
Angelina Nazarian, 17, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, sang The Trouble With Love Is and picked Reba as her coach over Niall.
Tanner Massey, 19, of Choctaw, Oklahoma, performed Before You Go and chose Niall to be his coach after turning three chairs.
JaRae Womack, 35, of Miami turned four chairs while singing Back to Black and picked John as coach.
First up: The two-hour episode opened with Lila Forde, 24, of Seattle, playing keyboard while singing Can’t Find My Way Home
On keys: John during the episode treated viewers to some music
Brandon Montel, 29, of Memphis, also turned four chairs and chose Gwen to be his coach after Reba blocked John.
Reba also landed Al Boogie, CORii and Crystal Nicole after being the only coach to turn for them.
Elizabeth Evans, 22, of Arlington, Texas, sang All I Wanted and picked John to be her coach over Reba.
The Voice will return on Tuesday on NBC.
