The Voice contestant Wendy Moten broke both arms after live TV accident

She insisted she was “OK” after a shocking accident on live TV. But by the next episode of The Voice, it was clear this contestant wasn’t.

A contestant on the US version of The Voice had to perform in the latest episode with both her arms in casts after a horror accident last week on live TV.

But Wendy Moten’s injuries didn’t stop her from taking the audience’s breath away during a show-stopping performance.

After a terrible face-plant during last week’s live show, Moten – who immediately after the accident said she was “OK” – returned with serious injuries. Nevertheless, the contestant continued in the competition under Team Blake Shelton, giving a soul-baring performance of Dolly Parton’s Jolene.

Wendy Moten performs with her arms in casts.

During this week’s Top 10 performance, Moten returned to the stage with both of her arms all glitzed-up in sparkling casts. As it turns out, Moten broke her right elbow and fractured her left hand during last week’s tumble.

“So, you had the fall onstage,” said Coach Shelton after her performance. “The next thing I know, you’re telling [Voice host] Carson [Daly] you’re OK. Next thing I know, we were going to do rehearsals that night, and you’re in the hospital.”

Last week Wendy took a hard fall …

… leaving host Carson Daly stunned.

But that didn’t deter her from returning to the Voice stage this week to give it her all. After Shelton made her promise to stay intact for the next episode, Moten quipped back.

“I’m not breaking nothin’!” she said. “They’ll have to wheel me out in a wheelchair, and I’ll sing and they can wheel me back out.”

The panel of judges was impressed by her performance of Jolene, especially after her drama-filled week.

Wendy insisted she was OK after the fall – but she definitely wasn’t.

“I know what your week has been like. I mean, kudos for you for even being on the stage right now and getting it done,” Kelly Clarkson said. “To come out here like nothing happened to you and you’re perfectly fine, and to tell a story like that in such a sorrowful way, it was so beautifully sad. Well done.”

As her proud coach, Shelton was even more impressed.

“By the way, America, I’ve never seen a better example of strength and perseverance and fearlessness standing on this stage,” he said. “She’s here to win this thing.”

If the singer gets through the next double elimination, she stands a chance of being crowned the series winner.

This story originally appeared on Decider and is republished here with permission

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