Sarah McTernan
Sarah McTernan (born 11 March 1994) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Scarriff, County Clare She is known for taking third place in fourth series of The Voice of Ireland in April 2015.
Early and personal life
Sarah is an only child. After graduating in 2011, she took a pre-nursing course in Ennis, County Clare. She then went on to study music technology at Limerick Institute of Technology for several months. She always said 'My career will either be to help people or music'. Sarah took a break from education and continued to work as a retail employee in Penneys (Primark). In September 2014, Sarah enrolled in University of Limerick to study Voice and Dance, but had to defer until September 2015. She plays guitar, piano and tin whistle.
Music career
The JEDS
In November 2014, after getting through the blind auditions on The Voice of Ireland without ever doing any gigs, Sarah set up a band to gain experience with performing. The four piece band was made up of guitarist Dwayne Mann, drummer John Moroney, bassist Declan Larkin and Sarah on vocals.
The Voice of Ireland
McTernan entered The Voice of Ireland in 2015. At her blind audition she sang "Who You Are", for which all four judges turned their chairs. She then chose to go on S Club 7 star, Rachel Stevens' team. Sarah's audition video remains the highest viewed video of the series with 90,100 plus hits. For "The Battle" show she competed against Tara Gannon Carr. They performed "Changing" by Sigma, featuring Paloma Faith. Stevens decided to send Sarah through to the Live Knockouts. Sarah sang "Ghost" by Ella Henderson and was up against Paul Taylor and Cian O Meila. Stevens decided to send Sarah through to the Live Shows while Paul and Cian got sent home.
In the first live show, Sarah sang "What I Did For Love" by David Guetta featuring Emeli Sande.
Sources
- McMahon, Páraic. "Mixed Fortunes For Clare Contestants In The Voice". The Clare Hearld. Retrieved 31 March 2015.