For her Knockout on The Voice Season 27, Team Legend Artist Olivia Kuper Harris chose “Last Dance” by Donna Summer, a song she associated with living every moment to the fullest. The upbeat message in the second part of the song is dedicated to her father, who passed away when Harris was a teenager after suffering from Alzheimer’s. But let’s face it, the first part of her performance was downright sultry.
Olivia Kuper Harris made the The Voice Coaches sweat
Harris accompanied herself on the keyboard for the first part of the hit disco tune, leaning into the after-hours vibe. Later, she got up to dance, as did her Coach John Legend, and overall the performance earned major plaudits from Coach Adam Levine, who said, “big time wow.”
“That first part made me want to go home and make out with my boyfriend. It was so strong and sexy. And then you got up!” said Coach Kelsea Ballerini, referring to Outer Banks actor Chase Stokes, who the country star has been dating since 2023.
Coach Michael Bublé agreed, joking that the song made him “want to go and make out with Kelsea’s boyfriend, too.” Turns out, it wasn’t Harris’ last dance after all, as she won her Knockout and is headed to the Playoffs.
Olivia Kuper Harris on The Voice Season 27, Episode 6. Photo: Griffin Nagel/NBC
Who is Kelsea Ballerini’s boyfriend, Chase Stokes?
Stokes is an actor best known for the series Outer Banks, and they met the old-fashioned way: Ballerini slid into his DMs. As she revealed on the podcast Call Her Daddy, they chatted for a while before deciding to go on a date in-person. “Truth is, we met the night before,” Ballerini told Entertainment Tonight.
Ballerini had been in Los Angeles and decided to shoot Stokes a text just to see what happened. “I was like, ‘It’s crazy that we’ve been talking every day for, like, a month and we’re in the same city finally and you’re not here.’ And he just said, ‘Drop a pin,’” Ballerini told Women’s Health. “So he rolled up and that night he stayed with me during the gig and then took me back to my hotel and we had an espresso martini in the lobby. Then the next day, he took me on a proper date — like a gentleman.”
Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini poses for the 2024 CMT Music Awards portraits at the Moody Center on April 7, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Photo: John Shearer/Getty Images for CMT
Stokes remembers feeling like he was “gonna pass out” as he drove to meet her. “She is such a force of nature, she’s so honest,” the actor said on the Podcrushed podcast. “I sat in the car and I saw her come up the stairs and she was wearing a white pleather fit,” he recalled. After taking a moment to work up the nerve, he “pulled the most unconventional move of all time.”
“I just grabbed her and kissed her and said, ‘Thank God you’re real,’” Stokes recalled. “I hadn’t even said ‘Hi, I’m Chase. Nice to officially meet you.’ And I just remember walking in after I did that and was like, ‘Where the f— did that come from, dude?’”
