Congratulations are in order for Alyssa Delpopolo, who is the winner of The Voice Australia 2025!
Along with winning the title, the 19-year-old has also won $100,000 and an artist development package with access to a recording studio in Sydney.
As the youngest finalist, she said the win meant everything to her.
Speaking exclusively with New Idea, she said it hasn’t sunken in yet.
“It feels so wild, it feels so good,” she said.
For the first time ever on the Aussie show, it was an all-female finale. Alyssa went up against Cassie Henderson (team Melanie), Bella Parnell (team Richard), and Cle Morgan (team Ronan).
To open the show, they united and sang You’ve Got the Love, by Florence + The Machine.
For her final solo performance, Alyssa wowed everyone with her rendition of Celine Dion’s classic It’s All Coming Back to Me Now. Then, she performed Lose You to Love Me by Selena Gomez with Kate.
Working with the superstar coach and Logie nominee was a highlight, Alyssa told us.
“Getting to work with Kate, that was a really great experience, but meeting the other artists as well, we were all really close, so that was really amazing to get the chance to work with them and meet them,” she said.
Alyssa’s start in the competition was unconventional: the coaches first heard her abilities when she sang in the crowd. Kate saw her potential and urged her to audition.
A long-time fan of the show, she’d watched in the audience before, but did not expect what happened next. She told New Idea that even though she had only had hours to prepare for her blind audition, if she didn’t do it, she’d regret it.
After all of the coaches turned their chairs, Ronan initially blocked Kate, so Alyssa ended up choosing him. However, when she was knocked out of the battle round, Kate swooped in and saved her.
Before the competition, Alyssa struggled with performance anxiety, and when she sang at home, she’d sing in a different room from her parents.
As an artist, she explained that Kate helped her work through it.
“She definitely helped me grow, improve my confidence, and trying to deal with my anxiety,” she said.
“She taught me a lot of techniques and strategies, like channeling my body and taking deep breaths. Yeah, it’s been really amazing.”
After that, Alyssa, who is studying music at the JMC Academy in Sydney, went from strength to strength. She is due to graduate at the end of the year and has lots of plans.
Away from the show, the 19-year-old has been writing music and has been working with the school’s producers.
Not only that, she told New Idea she hopes to release music at the end of this year, or in early 2026. She also wants to fulfill her dream of performing her own shows.
