"I'm 51, I've got a big bum but hey, I can sing."
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That's the unvarnished Gail Page, the oldest contestant on Channel Nine's hit singing contest.
The former Oak Flats High School student only realised eight years ago that she actually had a voice people wanted to hear, but she's certainly making up for lost time.
"I don't understand music, I really don't," Page told the Mercury this week despite blowing the judges away with her rendition of the Aretha Franklin classic (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman .
"But the more honest you are, the more open you are to learning and I'm going to make this count. I'm going to learn everything I can from this experience.
"When you are a musician you don't arrive, you evolve. The moment you think you make it, you're done, it's over."
Being the "odd one out" on the show of 20-something budding stars doesn't faze the Bellambi-born mum. She's on the reality TV show to get noticed and milk it for all it's worth.
Coach Ricky Martin is certainly paying attention, advancing her through to the live shows without her even having to perform this week. Her team-mate, 23-year-old Sussex Inlet singer Liam Maihi, has also been fast-tracked.
Page, who started singing as a distraction from a marriage breakdown, comes from five generations of musicians.
"When Bellambi first got houses that's where we moved to," said Page, the sister of world famous surfer Robbie Page.
"We have pretty strong roots in the Illawarra and Ulladulla, I love the area and still have family and friends there."
Her dad and his wife, Paul and Jenny Rowley, live in Culburra, while mum Dawn Matthews and son Joel Page call Ulladulla home.
Page has unfinished business on The Voice. When she auditioned for season one she couldn't entice even one judge to turn a chair. Fans set up a Facebook page in response to the injustice.
But Page wasn't put off. "I was the loser but I won plenty," she said.
"I tell all the contestants, if you come off the stage and don't get anyone to turn the chair, you don't get all disgruntled. You can't complain because you don't get what you want.
"You should know what you are entering before you enter it. What you are getting is millions of dollars worth of TV exposure. You should be bloody grateful."
This time three judges wanted to coach the artist who lists Donny Hathaway, Etta James, Freddie King, Aretha Franklin and Prince as her inspiration.
"Yep, I'm a rockin mamma with a big bum who's 51, but I'm gonna give this all I got," she said. "I know who I am and I'm gonna love every minute."