Alabama natives to compete on 'The Voice' live semi-finals

AND MUCH MORE. WELL, TONIGHT ON THE VOICE, A HUGE NIGHT, EIGHT CONTESTS REMAIN. TWO OF THOSE CONTESTANTS ARE FROM ALABAMA, AND THEY’RE GOING TO HIT THE STAGE PERFORMING LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ONLY ON WVTM 13. THIS MORNING, WE’RE HEARING FROM RILEY TATE AND SMOOTH WVTM THIRTEEN’S MATTIE DAVIS IS JOINING US LIVE. MADDIE, WHAT HAS IT TAKEN TO GET TO THIS POINT? BREAK. CARLA MAKING IT THROUGH VARIOUS ROUNDS. WE’RE TALKING THE AUDITIONS, THE BATTLES, THE PLAYOFFS, BOTH HOPING TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINALE. SO FAR, THE TWO ALABAMIANS IMPRESSING THE JUDGES WITH THEIR TALENT. THE TEAM IN A PLACE, THE TIME. IN. IN A PLACE RIGHT. SEE, I LIKE IT LIKE THAT. LIKE YOU. LIKE THE. ONE YOU JUST HEARD HIM. 15 YEAR OLD RILEY TATE WILSON IS FROM MONTGOMERY. AND THE FIRST CONTESTANT YOU HEARD D SMOOTH IS FROM MULGA RIGHT HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. TONIGHT, THEY WILL PERFORM ALONG WITH THE OTHER TOP EIGHT CONTESTANTS VOTING NOW IN THE HANDS OF VIEWERS. THE TWO ALABAMA NATIVES ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINALE. IT’S GOING TO MEAN THE WORLD TO ME IF I MAKE IT TO THE FINALE, I FEEL LIKE I WAS THE UNDERDOG THE WHOLE TIME, AND I ALWAYS FELT THAT WAY JUST THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. I FEEL LIKE I’VE BEEN DEFINED ODDS AND PROVEN, UH, PROVEN THINGS WRONG. IT WOULD JUST BE THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR THIS EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I’VE ALWAYS I’VE ALREADY MADE IT TO WHERE I’VE WANTED TO MAKE IT. LIKE I’VE ALWAYS THE DREAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO MAKE IT TO THE LIVES. UM, SO ANYTHING FARTHER IS JUST, JUST LIKE THE CHERRY ON TOP AND THAT AIRS RIGHT HERE ON WVTM 13 AT 7:00 TONIGHT. YOU’VE GOT TO WATCH TO VOTE. ONLY FIVE CONTESTANTS WILL MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FINALE. LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM THIS MORNING, I’M MATTIE DAV