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Liv Bevan hopes her blind audition on The Voice puts her in the spotlight in her own right

THE daughter of former Australian cricket star Michael Bevan, Liv, will sing for a spot in the reality TV series The Voice and hopes her blind audition will propel her into the spotlight in her own right.

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HER dad was famed for wielding the willow and tonight Liv Bevan hopes to hit The Voice judges for six.

The daughter of former Australian cricket star Michael Bevan will sing for a spot in the reality TV series.

Bevan, 20, hopes to turn at least one coach’s chair — that of US singer Joe Jonas, because he “has managed to shed his family name and branch out to have a career on his own”.

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Liv Bevan hopes tonight’s blind auditions put her in the spotlight in her own right.
Liv Bevan hopes tonight’s blind auditions put her in the spotlight in her own right.

“People didn’t like that I was born into a family with a famous last name,” Bevan said of her experience with “tall poppy syndrome”.

“I had my confidence knocked.” But Bevan, whose mum Tracy is a McGrath Foundation director, decided to follow her music dream after finishing uni.

Liv Bevan pursued singing after graduating from university.
Liv Bevan pursued singing after graduating from university.
Michael Bevan in action.
Michael Bevan in action.

And, while Dad’s last-ball four to win against Sri Lanka in a one-day match in 1996 is still one of cricket’s most famous moments, Bevan Jr hopes that tonight’s blind auditions will put her in the spotlight in her own right.

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