Gold Coast teen Siala Robson makes TV debut on The Voice Australia

A Gold Coast teen is on track to stardom after earning a standing ovation and four-chair turn during a blind audition for The Voice Australia.

TWEED Heads teen Siala Robson is on a fast-track to fame after scoring a standing ovation and four-chair turn on last night’s episode of The Voice Australia.

The rap and R&B artist, who was living in a women’s refuge when producers came calling, performed original track, Other Than You, while her mum and five siblings watched from the wings.

“It’s a big risk singing an original because they have no idea what the song is – in that moment it’s whether they can feel it or not,” she said.

Siala Robson.

Siala earned a standing ovation.

“I went out there thinking whatever happens, happens, I’m just going to get all my energy out there and go for it.”

Judge Kelly Rowland said, “The whole feeling in the room changed as soon as you opened your mouth” while Boy George commented, “You’re the most completely professional thing I’ve ever seen in blind (auditions).”

Robson, who went into the audition with the hope of working with R&B star Rowland, instead followed her gut to join Team Boy George.

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“I felt so shook (when all the judges turned their chairs) and they were all staring into my soul,” Robson said.

The gender-fluid 18-year-old told TV audiences that music had been her saviour. She previously opened up to the Gold Coast Bulletin about running away from home as a young teen and her subsequent battle with substance abuse.

Siala opened up about her rough time in life.

“From a young age I was always having to physically stick up for my mum,” she said.

“It got to the point sometimes I’d be sleeping with a knife under my bed.

“I don’t think I’d be here if I didn’t have music. I feel that’s what made me strong.”

While cast mates celebrated at the bar, Robson hit her hotel room for a Hungry Jack’s victory feast.

“I just thought, ‘I’m going to pig out so hard,” she said.

She will now progress to the battle rounds of the Channel Nine reality talent show.