UPDATE: The public has voted Miss Murphy into the live shows.
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Former Wollongong Conservatorium of Music student Karen Andrews, aka Miss Murphy, left The Voice judges speechless with her fabulous rendition of an Elton John classic in this week's showdowns.
Ms Andrews faces an anxious wait before the public votes are revealed in tonight's show, but the judges certainly liked what they heard, with Seal praising her "great gift" and Joel Madden describing her as a "force of nature".
The Team Ricky contestant also received high praise from her mentor for her performance of Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, with Ricky Martin claiming: "This is perfection for me."
The 31-year-old, who grew up in a Housing Commission home in Koonawarra, has never taken anything for granted, although she said getting through to the next round would be "amazing".
"My mother's from Tonga so I've grown up with a big Polynesian family where music was everywhere and I've just always loved to sing," she said.
"My parents worked hard to provide for me and my three brothers, and they saw singing was important to me and made sure they gave me every chance to pursue it.
"From the age of 14 to 16 I had the opportunity to be part of the Wollongong Conservatorium's youth choir and I learnt a lot there and it was great to be among other students who loved to sing too."
Ms Andrews is deeply spiritual and uses her life experiences, as well as her faith, as her inspiration to write and perform on stage.
After completing year 12 at Kanahooka High School, she studied music at Redfern TAFE and is currently working as a music director at her local church, the Hills Alliance Church in Baulkham Hills.
She said she decided to try out for The Voice to challenge herself and hopefully come one step closer to her dream of forging a singing career.
"I've gone from singing for a small congregation to a world platform - it's very extreme but I'm enjoying every minute of it," she said.
"I enjoy being a musical director but I'm always looking to grow, to improve and to have new challenges, and that's why I'm really enjoying being a part of The Voice.
"From the first audition everyone on the cast and crew has been so respectful, and when you are that nervous you need that."
Another challenge that Ms Andrews has met full-on is major weight loss - she's recently lost 40 kilograms.
"For me my weight was a symptom of a bigger problem and a few things in my life had to change and the excess weight was one of them," she said.
Strong female singers like Jill Scott and Adele are an inspiration for Ms Andrews, who sang Etta James' I'd Rather Go Blind in the blind auditions. It seems her story, and voice, may also inspire others.