Kelly Rowland has left fans ‘outraged’ in her decision to eliminate the much loved The Voice contestant Rebecca Selley, in the first of the finals episodes.
The moment seemed imminent to viewers as they watched Rowland appearing emotional during Selley’s performance of Ave Maria.
‘Rebecca represents women everywhere who are like, I can have the baby and I can work too. I can have the baby and bring home the bacon,’ said the former Destiny’s Child member, before swinging the axe.
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It was just last week that the pregnant contestant raved about her obsession with Rowland.
“She’s honestly the sweetest, she’s a genuine person,” said Selley of the ex-Destiny’s Child singer.
Kelly has also spoken highly of Rebecca throughout the competition, and teared up during her final performance.
‘It’s so real out here. I can’t believe I am going to cry,’ Rowland said during Selley’s stirring rendition of Ave Maria.
In addition to this, the pregnant contestant shared her gender reveal with Kelly, even giving her the honour of bursting a black balloon filled with giant pink confetti on The Voice.
Fans were naturally shocked at Kelly’s decision to pick The Voice contestant Denzel over Rebecca.
Rebecca Selley has been a fan favourite throughout the show. The 33-year-old comes from a musical theatre background and has performed in The Lion King and The Carole King Musical.
The Voice judge’s decision to eliminate Rebecca over Denzel was based around who ‘had growing to do and needs me as a coach’ which is rapper Denzel.
Last night’s controversial moment resulted in a Twitter rampage from furious viewers.
Selley had much to say about her elimination, which many viewers believe was premature.
“My Finals performance was a beautiful way to leave the show,” Rebecca told 9 Honey. “I had all these mixed emotions but I felt like the song was such a memorable song that meant a lot to me — it was a song I sang to my husband on our wedding day.
“With what I wore — the dress was made for me — and the staging and production, it was just a memorable and beautiful moment I absolutely enjoyed.”
Rebecca also spoke about how she and Kelly both felt that pregnancy shouldn’t prevent women from giving their all in a competition.
“I would’ve liked to stay on, even if just for two more weeks,” she added. “Kelly and I felt so strongly that being pregnant shouldn’t be looked at like you have to stop and not do anything with your life. Out of everyone, mums can kind of do it all.
“Falling pregnant on the show was never planned — it just happened,” she said. “But who knows? If I wasn’t pregnant, I either maybe could not have gotten this far or I could have gotten further. But it’s no use racking my brain with ‘what ifs.’ I think what happened was meant to be.”
Selley also spoke about returning as an All Star for The Voice 2020.
“My husband asked me that,” she laughed. “A long time ago I said I’d never do The Voice and now here I am. So I’m going to say never say never, and it would be very interesting if I came back.
“I try not to plan things too far in advance,” Rebecca continued. “My focus right now is just to have this baby, get back into shape, and then just live life as a family of four, and hopefully pursue things with music and see where it takes me. But never say never.”
The remaining contestants on #TeamKelly are Zeek Power, Lara Dabbagh and Denzel.
Episode 2 of The Voice Finals airs tonight at 7:30 on Channel 9.