June 26, 2025 • 6 mins
Prinnie Stevens is bringing The Lady Sings Soul to Canberra, performing at The Street Theatre on July 11th. She joined Rod and Gabi to reflect on her incredible career, the behind-the-scenes reality of The Voice Season 1, and what it was like growing up in Canberra as a proud Tongan. The big question, will her whole family pack out The Street Theatre?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
For coming to Canberra soon enough to play the Street Theater.
It's pretty Stevens and we met her on The Voice
was this season one. I refuse to believe the Voice
has been on for that long And this was the
moment that led to Seal turning his chair.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Every possibly a chance to see plan close to game
film starcap.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
But build the pressure when you just can you imagine
singing you're nailing it and you're waiting for a chair
to turn. Ico Sale got it right. They all took honestly,
but they build, they build the tension. Pretty did I?
(01:05):
And congratulations again all these years later, all these years later.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Yeah it was season one and it was twenty twelve,
but we're not talking about it.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
No. No, the judges are sitting there, they don't know you,
they can't see you there back time obviously, but you
go out, you know the Delta's there, you know the
Keith Urbans there. You know which one of the Benji
or one of the Madden brothers is there. I can't
remember which one.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
And it's funny because we were the first season, so
we had we didn't know what this chair turning thing was. Obviously,
now it's become very normal, but we were the first
ones to experience it, and then we had to sit
back and see how Australia would react, and you know,
I ended up battling my best friend, Mehlia Barnes. That
(01:50):
became like more of the iconic moment for me where
people really got to meet me. And you know, I
think we had something like four point one million people watching.
That was before everybody ran off and did stand in
Netflix and all those other things. This is that when
people were actually watching you know, TV on a Wednesday
(02:10):
night or whatever it was, and it's changed my whole life.
So I'm very grateful for being on the Voice. And yeah,
like you said, they did take a long time, but
I was the last one, one of the last ones
to do the audition, so they were all on their
last person. That was very nerve wracking goodness, and.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
It sounded like there were a few nerves in your
vom Oh, because I've seen you on stage. You were
in The Bodyguard when I saw that up in Brisbane,
which was phenomenal, and you've been performing in musical since
you were seventeen, so you've got experience under your belt.
But can you remember that feeling of nerves or something
like hacking it.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
I was so scared and because, like I said, because
we were the first ones to do it. It was
this almost experiment thing that we were all jumping into myself,
Mahley Barnes, Darren Percival. There's a lot of us friends,
professionals that had been kind of invited to do the show.
And I was a professional at that point, and like
(03:09):
you said, I'd already done musicals, so I was like,
this is actually really really bad for my career. As
I was standing there waiting for somebody to turn so
it was really nerve wracket and I wasn't at my best.
But obviously once those chairs Tony get more comfortable and
things get better. But like I said, it changed my
whole life and my whole world.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
It absolutely changed your life in terms of the audience,
Like so many more people got to know who you
were and what you were capable of. And I've just
seen like you're touring different shows all the time. You
are coming to Camber soon. We'll talk about that in
the second. But yes, you were recently performing with Nathan Foley,
who we would know from High five, So how that go.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Fun fact, I've known Nathan since we were like ten
years old. We used to do talent quests together and
we've been working well, seeing each other a lot lately.
We both have young families and we're both still doing it,
which is very rare. Our mum saw each other. We
grew up together, and we were like, why don't we
just do a show together. So we did a show
(04:18):
with Lidel Richie and Diana Ross songs and we had
the best time. And we're definitely keep your eye out
because me and Nathan really grew up the same way,
had the same work ethic, and he's so awesome and
it's so great to see people who have grown up
watching him watching High five and he's still the same.
He's still the same. He's awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I look, I was gonna say, I don't want to
speak on behalf of an entire city, but I will.
We need that show.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, Nathan's coming to camera seed too, So why didn't
you just like match that up.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Well, we're doing our own thing and then doing our
shows together. Only just recently came up with this idea,
so we expected to think fantastic. I'm going to tell
him that and we're going to get onto it.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
A the lady singing soul to Are you coming to
Canberra the Street Theater? Do you stay with family or
do you go listen? It's going to be great to
see you again and we'll have a barbecue. But I'm
staying in a nice hotel.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Do you have family, I'm staying at the hotel. I
do stay with them, but I always don't visit everybody.
Say my highs, slim My Kingsley's chicken somewhere. Go through
coolm and Court, see everybody, and then go to the hotel.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Will you a Western girl? If you're talking cool him
in Court? Is that your neck of the your old hood?
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Yeah, Western creem Sterling area. So yeah, Well.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
It's going to be great to have you back, that's all.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I'm going to be at Coolham and Court just waiting
for the appearance.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
We will bump into you at the reject shop, up
the stairs there or up the travel later. Congratulations, Water,
I cut this. You're a new young up and and
then you tell us that this has been going for
a lifetime. It's absolutely incredible and we're so glad that
you're coming home and you're going to be sharing a.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Bit of it.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Friday July the eleventh, seventh thirty show at the Street
that you get your tickets at the Street dot org
dot au, and be quick because you know how many
family call. Can you call and say your message and
say can you hook us up?
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Well, I'm tired, so it's a lot.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
So half the theater is already full.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Yeah, I'm already halfway full. So get into quick. My
family's already got there. That's my point.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
There's not a lot of tickets left, so get your
skates on. Great to talk to you, prey.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
We look forward to seeing you here. Have a good one.
For coming to Canberra soon enough to play the Street Theater.
It's pretty Stevens and we met her on The Voice
was this season one. I refuse to believe the Voice
has been on for that long And this was the
moment that led to Seal turning his chair.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Every possibly a chance to see plan close to game
film starcap.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
But build the pressure when you just can you imagine
singing you're nailing it and you're waiting for a chair
to turn. Ico Sale got it right. They all took honestly,
but they build, they build the tension. Pretty did I?
(01:05):
And congratulations again all these years later, all these years later.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Yeah it was season one and it was twenty twelve,
but we're not talking about it.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
No. No, the judges are sitting there, they don't know you,
they can't see you there back time obviously, but you
go out, you know the Delta's there, you know the
Keith Urbans there. You know which one of the Benji
or one of the Madden brothers is there. I can't
remember which one.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
And it's funny because we were the first season, so
we had we didn't know what this chair turning thing was. Obviously,
now it's become very normal, but we were the first
ones to experience it, and then we had to sit
back and see how Australia would react, and you know,
I ended up battling my best friend, Mehlia Barnes. That
(01:50):
became like more of the iconic moment for me where
people really got to meet me. And you know, I
think we had something like four point one million people watching.
That was before everybody ran off and did stand in
Netflix and all those other things. This is that when
people were actually watching you know, TV on a Wednesday
(02:10):
night or whatever it was, and it's changed my whole life.
So I'm very grateful for being on the Voice. And yeah,
like you said, they did take a long time, but
I was the last one, one of the last ones
to do the audition, so they were all on their
last person. That was very nerve wracking goodness, and.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
It sounded like there were a few nerves in your
vom Oh, because I've seen you on stage. You were
in The Bodyguard when I saw that up in Brisbane,
which was phenomenal, and you've been performing in musical since
you were seventeen, so you've got experience under your belt.
But can you remember that feeling of nerves or something
like hacking it.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
I was so scared and because, like I said, because
we were the first ones to do it. It was
this almost experiment thing that we were all jumping into myself,
Mahley Barnes, Darren Percival. There's a lot of us friends,
professionals that had been kind of invited to do the show.
And I was a professional at that point, and like
(03:09):
you said, I'd already done musicals, so I was like,
this is actually really really bad for my career. As
I was standing there waiting for somebody to turn so
it was really nerve wracket and I wasn't at my best.
But obviously once those chairs Tony get more comfortable and
things get better. But like I said, it changed my
whole life and my whole world.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
It absolutely changed your life in terms of the audience,
Like so many more people got to know who you
were and what you were capable of. And I've just
seen like you're touring different shows all the time. You
are coming to Camber soon. We'll talk about that in
the second. But yes, you were recently performing with Nathan Foley,
who we would know from High five, So how that go.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Fun fact, I've known Nathan since we were like ten
years old. We used to do talent quests together and
we've been working well, seeing each other a lot lately.
We both have young families and we're both still doing it,
which is very rare. Our mum saw each other. We
grew up together, and we were like, why don't we
just do a show together. So we did a show
(04:18):
with Lidel Richie and Diana Ross songs and we had
the best time. And we're definitely keep your eye out
because me and Nathan really grew up the same way,
had the same work ethic, and he's so awesome and
it's so great to see people who have grown up
watching him watching High five and he's still the same.
He's still the same. He's awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I look, I was gonna say, I don't want to
speak on behalf of an entire city, but I will.
We need that show.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Well, Nathan's coming to camera seed too, So why didn't
you just like match that up.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Well, we're doing our own thing and then doing our
shows together. Only just recently came up with this idea,
so we expected to think fantastic. I'm going to tell
him that and we're going to get onto it.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
A the lady singing soul to Are you coming to
Canberra the Street Theater? Do you stay with family or
do you go listen? It's going to be great to
see you again and we'll have a barbecue. But I'm
staying in a nice hotel.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Do you have family, I'm staying at the hotel. I
do stay with them, but I always don't visit everybody.
Say my highs, slim My Kingsley's chicken somewhere. Go through
coolm and Court, see everybody, and then go to the hotel.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Will you a Western girl? If you're talking cool him
in Court? Is that your neck of the your old hood?
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Yeah, Western creem Sterling area. So yeah, Well.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
It's going to be great to have you back, that's all.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I'm going to be at Coolham and Court just waiting
for the appearance.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
We will bump into you at the reject shop, up
the stairs there or up the travel later. Congratulations, Water,
I cut this. You're a new young up and and
then you tell us that this has been going for
a lifetime. It's absolutely incredible and we're so glad that
you're coming home and you're going to be sharing a.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Bit of it.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Friday July the eleventh, seventh thirty show at the Street
that you get your tickets at the Street dot org
dot au, and be quick because you know how many
family call. Can you call and say your message and
say can you hook us up?
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Well, I'm tired, so it's a lot.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
So half the theater is already full.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Yeah, I'm already halfway full. So get into quick. My
family's already got there. That's my point.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
There's not a lot of tickets left, so get your
skates on. Great to talk to you, prey.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
We look forward to seeing you here. Have a good one.
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