15-Yr-Old Shocks “Voice” Judges With Astounding Jackson 5 Cover.

He may be one of the youngest contestants ever to audition for The Voice Australia, but confidence and pure talent nearly oozed out of this teen’s pores during his audition for the show’s seventh season.

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On the fourth day of blind auditions for a spot on show, 15-year-old Josh Richards performed a rousing rendition of the Jackson 5’s classic hit, “I’ll Be There.â€

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He’d barely started in on the opening stanza before one judge clasped a hand to her chest in admiration, and only a few seconds more passed before Boy George slammed his hand down on the buzzer.

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Twenty seconds later, the other three judges showed their wholehearted approval, slamming their own buzzers before swiveling their chairs around to see with their own eyes if this kid’s for real!

How is it possible for someone who hasn’t even finished high school yet have this much range?!

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Josh is just a high school student, and this may be the first time he’s performed on The Voice Australia. But he’s far from a newbie when it comes to performing in front of large audiences. Last year, the blond-haired, blue-eyed singing sensation won the 12- to 14-year-old age category during a competition held in Melbourne, which definitely got him noticed.

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“Knowing what your dream is, is really rare,”he said in a recent promo for The Voice Australia. “I’ve known what I wanted to do since I was about 10. I never really wanted to be anything else.”

One of the judges, Kelly Rowland, had nothing but good things to say about this rising star when his audition wrapped up:

His voice has so much range to it, you know what I mean? I was just blown away. And his personality was just so big. His voice is so big and his personality is so big.

Listen to the stunning performance that had all the judges eating out of his hand in the clip below, and don’t forget to share to wish him luck during the rest of the season!