Sadi Emeryld

**Round Wins:** | 4

**Sadi Emeryld** is the winner of The Voice Fanmade: Season 22 — Ride Or Dies. Sadi is well-known for being the first openly Shoegaze champion (a long-failed genre), and regarded as the winner with the most unique genre/musical directions in the Franchise. After spending most of the season within the top 3, she is the first winner to win on a tie-vote, narrowing out Kimmy Huang in the finale. She is Survivor's 5th winner of the series, and his first female winner since Season 2.

## Season 22 — Ride Or Dies

**Sadi Emeryld** is was drafted my veteran-coach, Survivor. Inspired by past contestants, such as Eli Kyophia, Sadi set out to become the first non-traditional shoegaze rock winner. During her cast reveal, she was deemed a copy of past-female rockers, notably by Lexa. During Week 1 (T20), she sang "Some Kind Of Drug" by Loviet, which received universal acclaim during the live broadcast, diminishing any negative perceptions she was judged on during the pre-season. After singing "Give Me Everything" by Eliza & The Delusionals in Week 2 (T18), Sadi gained her second #1 week, becoming only the second winner after Demetres Carter to win the first 2 eligible rounds back-to-back.

After an impressive 3rd performance with "Party In My Mind" by Dolores Forever, she placed in the Top 3 once again. She established herself as the main frontrunner of the season, with a clear sense of direction of shoegazey, shimmery pop rock. She placed in the top half in the few rounds, even gaining her third #1 with Free" by Florence + The Machine.

Prior to the Top 8 Week, Sadi got into a heated argument with fellow contestant, Evelyn Barber. Evelyn had overheard Sadi's coaching session, and decided to go behind her best friend's back and submit a song that Sadi had mentioned she wanted to use later down the road. After Sadi found out, she called out Evelyn on live television right as the show was beginning. This caused a heated argument backstage, where Evelyn eventually gave back Sadi the newly released Dagny song. She would later sing this song with Season 20 winner, Virginia Beaumont.

After reaching the endgame, with stand-out performances, "Where Do We Go From Here?" by Misterwives and "Love Me More" by Mitski, she secured her safety with an additional #1 result. Near the end of the game, Sadi and her coach decided to loosen up on her songs, and she sang whatever she wanted, as her teammates Sonic Haze and Dawson Brooks were more likely to be on the chopping block than her.

By making the 2nd All-Female Finale, Sadi was determined to become the first shoegaze success story in the franchise. After singing "One" by Loviet, "Lights On" by Hatchie, and her Winner's Single,"Heavenly Bodies", Sadi tied with Kimmy Huang for the top spot. In a series first, the top 2 and bottom 2 contestants tied with each other. In the finale tie-breaker, it was determined that whoever had more #1's in the vote would win. With this, Sadi was crowned the winner of the 22nd season, narrowing edging out Huang, becoming the first shimmery grunge chamption, reversing the curse that her influence that Eli once began.

## Trivia

* Sadi is the first rock-leaning female winner in the series.
* Sadi makes Survivor the only coach to win 5-times.
* She is the first solo fully-Asian winner.
* Sadi is the 2nd winner, previously set by Demetres Carter, to win the first 2 rounds back-to-back.
* Sadi never placed lower than 6th place (x1), making her one of Survivor's strongest artists in his coaching career.
* She is the first winner to win after a tie in the Finale. The vote came down to who had more #1's during the finale voting, which she had more than Kimmy Huang, edging out Ben for the title.