The Show Must Go On: Sia, Adele and More Musicians Who Suffer From Stage Fright

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The Show Must Go On: Sia, Adele and More Musicians Who Suffer From Stage Fright

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There"s more to Sia"s wig than just style.

The "Chandelier" songstress is as famous for her identity-concealing wig as she is for her musical pipes. However, while it has shaped her signature look, the platinum bob has also become a personal barricade to help calm her crippling stage fright. In fact, the Australian native was so nervous for her scheduled performance onGood Morning AmericaFriday that she admitted to getting emotional before it was time to hit the stage.

"I just cried in the dressing room," she told co-host Amy Robach. "I"m really croaky and I was like "I"m not going to hit the high note and I want everyone to like me." It"s scary to perform!"

The chart-topping performer may appear cool, calm and collected with a mic in her hand, but the 40-year-old admitted she"s actually quite afraid of her profession."I do not love performing," she said during the show. "I get really scared."

Fortunately, Sia is in successful company. She"s just one of many award-winning musicians who have admitted to major pre-show jitters, including a 40-time Grammy Award nominee.

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Barbra Streisand, a legendary singer in the industry, became a household name for her portrayals of passionate and steadfast performers like f***y Brice in Funny Girl. Ironically, the actress is admittedly bashful about singing in front of people. In fact, the Oscar winner says the darker the room, the better.

"I"m very shy," she previously told Oprah Winfrey."I don"t like singing. I could never perform in a living room. I could never get up and sing in a living room. I can"t do that...seeing the people"s faces."

Lorde shares the legend"s anxiety."I, like, totally threw up before my show last night," she told The West Australian."I am reduced by nerves. I can be completely crushed by feelings of all kinds." While the 19-year-old "Royals" singer has earned herself two Grammy Awards since she first arrived on the music scene, those jitters still creep up.

"It"s definitely feeling like a really comfortable place for me now," she continued to the newspaper. "But I get nervous, I get freaked out, I get, you know, the usual stuff."

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Adele is another famous voice rolling in deep stage fright. While the 28-year-old British star is in the middle of her latest world tour, she admitted years ago that touring triggers anxiety attacks for her.

"I"m scared of audiences," she told Rolling Stonein 2011."I get s****y scared. One show in Amsterdam, I was so nervous I escaped out the fire exit. I"ve thrown up a couple of times. Once in Brussels, I projectile-vomited on someone. I just gotta bear it. But I don"t like touring. I have anxiety attacks a lot."

It"s a challenge she still struggles with today, admitting toToday"s Matt Lauer in 2015 that the nerves came on before she hit the stage for her one-night-only special at Radio City Music Hall."I saw the crowd and I just melted," she said. "After the second or third song, I was chill, I was alright."

She"s spent her entire life in the spotlight, first as Judy Garland"s daughter and later as an Oscar-winning actress, but all that time has not prevented Liza Minnelli from clamming up in front of the lights and cameras. However, by the time she reached her 60s, the icon explained her nerves had taken on a new form."It"s a different kind of nervous," she told Harper"s Bazaarin 2011."It"s like a race horse gets nervous. Because I want to do it right."

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"The Voice": Team Christina Aguilera"s Alisan Porter Wins & Sia, Zayn And More Perform

Sia - Cheap Thrills (Performance Edit)

Tuesdays (May 24) The Voice Season 10 finale had it all.

Coach performances? You betcha! Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams all took the stage at some point (lazy much, Adam Levine?) to sing away the stress of waiting for the results.

All-star guest performances? The finale more than delivered, with performances by Sia, Zayn Malik, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Nettles, Little Big Town, CeeLo Green and more.

Less all-star former contestant performances? This was in full force, as was the struggle to remember their names.

Contestants acting surprised and excited to receive mid-priced sedans and crossover SUVs? You know it, and the awkward promo even managed to rip off James Cordens Carpool Karaoke before Alisan Porter, Laith Al-Saadi, Hannah Houston and Adam Wakefield organically ticked off exciting car features!

With all this fun, its almost a shame that the show ruined three contestants nights by actually announcing the results. Dont worry: They didnt get to it until the very end, so until then enjoy the finale in all of its glory.

Kicking off the nights excitement (or continuing it, for anyone who caught that extra hour of season recap that preceded the results) is Little Big Town. The country singers perform One Of Those Days on a rainbow stage, and are joined by Pharrell, who produced not just this song, but a total of eight tracks on their new Wanderlust album.

Next, CeeLo Green makes his grand return to The Voice to duet with Hannah Huston. The former coach lends Crazy to the show (in so many ways), and its so much better than Hannahs duet with Pharrell on Monday. In the fashion department, CeeLo doesnt disappoint, dressing like a modern take on The Wizard Of Ozs Wicked Witch of the West, right in the middle of when she (spoiler alert) melts.

Next, its time to play everyones favorite finale drinking game: Wait, Whos That Again? Drink every time you cant remember a bring back contestants name without being prompted by Carson Daly, starting with Alisan Porters bring back. Sure you recognize Paxton Ingram, but those other two that Alisan calls on to sing Hearts Straight On? Yeah, drink and drink as Kata Hay and Ryan Quinn accompany Alisan and Paxton on the track.

Joe Walsh lends Laith Al-Saadi a guitar master hand to perform Rocky Mountain Way. Its a hit for all the cool dads in the audience that lets Laith, again, showcase his guitar skills.

Its always avant-garde perfection when Sia performs. The artistic goddess sings Cheap Thrills with a trio of dancers, and its mesmerizing. The show could end right at this moment, on a high note, and no one would notice that he winners were never announced.

But we plug on. It takes a 27-time Grammy Award winner to be worthy enough to follow Sia, so thats just who takes the stage. Country singer Alison Krauss sings Willin with Adam Wakefield, and the country voices complement one another nicely.

Refill your drink, because Hannah Hustons bring back performance is next. Hannah sings Adeles When We Were Young with Bryan Bautista, Caity Peters (drink), and Brian Nhira (drink). Even though their names may have escaped the general consciousness, their talent still remains, and its a solid group performance.

Back to the actual super star guests! Zayn Malik adds a little more energy after the last two somber performances with Like I Would. Commence teen screaming everywhere.

Blake Shelton performs Shes Got A Way With Words, which is way more of a downer breakup anthem than his Go Ahead And Break My Heart duet with Gwen Stefani. His fellow coaches give him a standing ovation for his on-point performance.

Things get a little awkward during Laiths bring back performance, when Katie Basden (drink), Shalyah Fearing, and Owen Danoff are all announcedbut Owen never actually takes the stage to sing Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles. Apparently Owen is sick (he literally tweeted a doctors note), but that memo didnt come in time to edit him out of the package (understandable) or to correctly label the video posted on the NBC site after he didnt perform (less so).

It gets very CMA in the house when Alisan Porter and Jennifer Nettles sing Unlove You. If Alisan is the least bit nervous about the forthcoming results, she does not show it during this controlled performance.

The final bring back performance is Adam Wakefields, and he brings back Mary Sarah, Nick Hagelin, and Justin Whisnat (drink) to sing Spencer Davis Groups Gimme Some Lovin. The energy level is high for everyone, but its a performance that makes it just so apparent how vocally superior Adam Wakefield is to these once-contestants.

Closing out the show (the non-results part, anyway) are Ariana Grande and Christina Aguilera. Ariana starts solo with Into You, and Xtina joins her for Dangerous Woman. Its not quite at the iconic level as Xtinas Season 5 Do What U Want finale performance with Lady Gaga (mostly because there are no gold lam gowns to speak of), but its pretty spectacular nonetheless.

And that wraps up Season X of The Voice! Catch you back in the fall when Miley Cyrus spices things up.

But wait, theres more

Oh, right! The results! We cant forget the most important of the 120 minutes (wellone of the top 10 most important minutes at least).

4th Place: Team Adams Laith Al-Saadi

As of Monday night, Adam was still marveling at how amazing it was that Laith made it this far, so this ranking is about right. Never change, Laith, though do feel free to trim the beard from time to time.

3rd Place: Team Pharrells Hannah Huston

This would have been quite a miraculous upset, but she did go from Hannah Who?ston to a second runner up in a just a few weeks, so take it as a victory, girl.

2nd Place: Team Blakes Adam Wakefield

Not this time, WGWG army! Blakes talented contestant brings Shelton this-close to another victory, but he ultimately (slash inevitably) falls short to

YOUR NEW VOICE CHAMPION: Team Christinas Alisan Porter.

There is a lot of jumping and a lot of screaming between Season 10 besties Christina and Alisan as the season-long presumptive winner takes the big prize. Despite protesting to Carson, Oh my G*d I cant sing! when he unceremoniously rips her newly won trophy out of her hands and replaces it with a mic, shes forced into vocal servitude (get used to it) and semi-sings Ive Been Down That Road alongside family, randoms and confetti.

And there it is. Love it? Hate it? Just excited for Miley to coach next season? Let us know in the comments below!

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The Voice Finale Brings Ariana Grande, Sia, & More! See All The Best Performances HERE!

Sia Carpool Karaoke

This year, The Voice has been all about the ladies!

So we were so glad to hear Ariana Grande would be taking over!

The pint-sized songstress performed a medley of Into You and Dangerous Woman with Christina Aguilera! Better than a hologram, right??

Related: Pink Is Joining The Voice As A Semi-Finalist Advisor!

The packed finale also saw killer performances by Sia, Blake Shelton, and Little Big Town!

Without further ado, ch-ch-check out the awesome clips (below)!

Ariana and Xtina perform a medley of Into You and Dangerous Woman:

Sia performs Cheap Thrills:

Blake performs She"s Got A Way With Words:

Little Big Town performs One Of Those Days:

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