Meet the 18-Year-Old 'Voice' Four-Chair Turn Who's Fishing and Shrimping When She's Not Singing

Tuesday night was the last day of Blind Auditions on Season 26 of The Voice, so getting a four-chair turn was even harder as coaches Reba McEntire, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg, and Michael Bublé’s teams only had a few spots left, making them more picky about who they turned for.

That said, 18-year-old country-Southern rock singer Katie O may have been shaking in her boots, but she still managed to impress all four coaches enough to get them all to turn for her performance of LeAnn Rimes’ “One Way Ticket (Because I Can).”

“You did a great job,” said Reba, who was the last to turn. “I've always loved this song, and I'm just tickled to pieces for you being here on The Voice. You've got a lot of heart and soul in your singing, and you were so cute when I turned around. I love your smile, too.”

Gwen, who had been first to turn, had been hoping to fill one of the last two spots on her team with a young, female country singer, so she was disappointed that Reba had turned, but she still gave it her best shot.

“Katie O, I punched my button as fast as I could and as soon as I heard your voice,” she said. “I really like to work with young girls because it's hard. You know what's crazy, and it was before Reba turned around, you were moving around, walking around and your voice was so secure and so strong and composed, it's very inspiring. I would love to have you on Team Gwen.”

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Next to try to convince Katie that he was the right coach for her was Snoop.

“Like Gwen said, I was thoroughly impressed with how your stage presence and how your voice was steady even when you saw Reba. Your eyes lit up, but your voice stayed in character and I like that professionalism about you. It's like you don't have nothing to be worked on. You know what's so crazy, when you talk, you sound exactly like [Reba] and when she talks, she sounds exactly like you.”

The last to try to woo Katie was Michael, who put on a fake Southern accent and said, “I actually have friends from Florida. My family come from there, too.” Then he admitted, “I can't do it anymore,” and he switched to his regular voice to say, “I love country, you have a fabulous voice, and I'd love to be part of this with you.”

Even though Reba was the last to turn for her, Katie O picked Reba as her coach.

“Katie O, she’s good,” Reba said. “Four-chair turn. Her voice is good, she’s country and I’m in there fighting for my country singers.”

A wistful Gwen said, “Katie O, she was my country girl I was waiting for. She had such a beautiful, smooth voice, but I knew I didn’t stand a chance against Reba."

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When Katie O isn’t making music, she's shrimping and fishing.

“I love fishing so much,” she said in her video package. “When I'm out in nature, it's not only peaceful but it helps a lot with songwriting as well. My genre is definitely country music with the accent and the boots. It's kind of easy to tell. My dad influenced a lot of my classic/Southern rock influence, but he never got to see me sing. I was 9 when he passed away. When that happened, it was just devastating. We went from the picture-perfect family, and then, pretty much our world just flipped upside down.”

Music was Katie’s coping mechanism. She began writing down lyrics and about a year after her father’s death, she got on stage for the first time.

“I believe that God gave me music to get me through those hard times and now I get to be here on The Voice,” Katie added. “I can't believe I'm going to be out on stage. This is the moment that I've been waiting for. I wish my dad was here just seeing me perform but I believe he's smiling down at me, so I'm going to give it my all and really just have fun today.”

The Voice airs Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. Streams next day on Peacock.

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