Felix was a bright-eyed, thirteen year old boy when he performed on The Voice Kids, singing Elvis Presley’s “Can’t help falling in love with you.”
He even played guitar!
That young face looked on eagerly with his feet barely touching the floor as he sat on a stool so he could play his guitar.
But it’s this kid’s voice that caught the judges by surprise.
It was a voice big enough to stun viewers and listeners.
Felix, at the young age of thirteen back then, was already pretty impressive to listen to.
Shaky at parts but still with enough tone and control, he strums his guitar while serenading his audience with all the confidence in the world.
The video’s gotten 3,389,275 views with more to come for sure.
The handsome young man surely had millions of girls swooning over his crooning that day.
Even his family backstage couldn’t hold back their emotions.
The judges were in for a big surprise.
From the 1961 album Blue Hawaii, Elvis recorded the song written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss, with the melody based on “Plaisir d’amour” which was a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini.
No wonder it’s such a dreamy tune.
Now these judges have to listen to so many auditions before passing judgement and deciding on whether or not to mentor the singer. And yes, they’ve heard it all.
But Felix had the judges wondering.
He’s nowhere near Elvis, but who is?
It’s a style all his own with just a hint of Elvis, which is a given since Felix obviously loves “The King”.
The viewers know it too.
“The kid seemed very nervous, and it showed in his voice. This was not a great version of the song, but he is young, and can only get better.” says mike campbell.
“If he realizes that gaining a singing career requires a LOT of hard work in music training, vocal coaching, style study and development, and constant planned exercise, he may have a shot.” commented Len Gould.
Felix looks like he wants to make a name for himself so we can only guess.
It is such an easy song but it requires the singer to bring out all emotions to bring it to life.
“Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can’t help falling in love with you.”
It’s a song with so many renditions from different artists.
So add young Felix to that list.
And yes, the judges eventually spun around to face the strumming, serenading teenager who could have been at home playing video games but instead chose to show the world his talent.
This is one lad you have got to hear! Watch Felix sing a classic below!
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