Springbok player’s wife makes the cut in The Voice SA‚ but she's got hot rivals to duce it out with

In the penultimate episode of The Voice SA Blind Auditions on Sunday night‚ seven acts made the cut into the four coaches’ teams in total - including Caroline-Grace Brüssow‚ the wife of Springbok rugby player Heinrich Brüssow‚ who was in the audience cheering her on.

Caroline-Grace (28)‚ an attorney from Bloemfontein‚ flew in for The Voice auditions from Osaka‚ Japan‚ where she and Henrich live for six months of the year due to his rugby obligations there.

"Her powerful rendition of Céline Dion’s 'Loved Me Back to Life' landed her a spot on #TeamBobby‚" the publicists said.

“You’re such a small lady but with such a huge voice! Well done on pulling off such a massive song‚” Bobby had told her.

She was the only singer to land on Bobby van Jaarsveld’s team on Sunday night‚ but #TeamKahn scored big‚ with the Parlotones front man bagging three new acts.

Amongst them are a duo known as “Symphony”. The publicists said Charl Esterhuizen (20) and 27-year-old Christopher Mabasa met at a bar when Christopher was performing “Footloose” at the karaoke. They have been performing ever since in and around Emalahleni‚ where Christopher lives with the Esterhuizens as an adopted member of their family.

“South Africa needs an act like you‚” Lira mused after their performance.

Their rendition of Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” secured them a spot on #TeamKahn and a pass into the Battle rounds of the competition.

Kahn Morbee also bagged the performer who got four chair turns from all of the coaches: Craig Lucas (24) from Cape Town is a graduate in Economics and Politics at UCT‚ but his blistering version of The Animals’ “House of the Rising Sun” could set his career in a new direction.

“You gripped us from the first note‚ and just when we thought it couldn’t get any better‚ you just kept taking us higher and higher‚” raved Lira.

Despite invites from all of the coaches to join their teams‚ Craig chose Morbee – the first coach to turn for him at the start of his song.

The third member to be welcomed into #TeamKahn on Sunday night was Christy-Lyn Marais (28) from Bergvliet in Cape Town‚ who has been playing musical instruments and singing since she was in primary school‚ but is a qualified Occupational Therapist.

She performed the famous Simon and Garfunkel ballad “Scarborough Fair” on The Voice SA - with her harp.

“This is far out‚ girl!” Karen Zoid exclaimed when she saw Christy-Lyn’s harp on the stage‚ while coach Kahn told Christy-Lyn that he was thrilled to add a classical voice to his eclectic team.

Songstress Lira also added two talent to her team. Full-time musician and voice over artist Spha Mdlalose (28) from Cape Town has never entered a music competition before‚ but her jazzy rendition of the Aretha Franklin classic “Say A Little Prayer” was enough to wow the coaches.

“I want you. I HAVE to have you on my team‚” Lira told a clearly elated Spha. Coach Kahn complimented Spha on the amazing tone of her voice too.

The second talent to secure themselves a spot on Lira’s team was Johannesburg's Bryce MacMillan‚ 28‚ an audio engineer and DJ whose soulful version of Ne*Yo’s “So Sick” was good enough for Lira to press her buzzer almost immediately.

Samantha Leonard‚ 24‚ from Kimberly had all four of the coaches pressing their buzzers and getting heated amongst each other as they begged Samantha to join their teams.

“Unbelievable performance‚ unbelievable vocal range‚ unbelievable everything‚” Karen Zoid told her after she performed Jessie J‚ Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj’s smash hit “Bang Bang”.

Kahn told Samantha she entertained the audience while Lira and Bobby also raved to Samantha about her performance and showmanship. However‚ Samantha revealed she had her heart set on one coach from the very beginning‚ and that was Karen Zoid.

With only one round of Blind Auditions to go next week before the Battle rounds commence‚ the coaches’ teams are almost full. Lira and Kahn both currently have 10 vocalists on their teams‚ Karen has nine singers in her stable and Bobby leads the pack with 11‚ meaning that there is only one spot left in his team‚ as each team can only accommodate 12 singers in total.

The Voice South Africa Season 2 is being broadcast every Sunday night at 17:30 on M-Net Channel 101.