By Aleksandra Pavlovska For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 01:38 BST, 11 June 2019 | Updated: 01:38 BST, 11 June 2019
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Viewers all over the nation was left stunned when contestant Henry Olonga went blank and stormed off stage on Monday's episode of The Voice.
And on Tuesday, the 42-year-old revealed the real reason why he stopped on stage.
'It was a bad week. My father-in-law had died and his funeral was the day before my knock-out,' he told Who Magazine.
'My father-in-law was getting buried in Adelaide the day before': The Voice star Henry Olonga reveals the heartbreaking reason he froze and stormed off stage. Pictured with his wife Tara Read (L)
'I also had a cold, so I was just coughing all the time. And I got this fear I was going to cough during my knock-out. Then I was dealing with the emotional baggage.'
Fumbling through The Lion King anthem Can You Feel The Love Tonight, Henry stopped multiple times during his performance on Monday night.
He also looked distressed and declared, 'I can't do this,' as the judges cheered him on.
'It was a bad week. My father-in-law had died and his funeral was the day before my knock-out,' he told Who Magazine on Tuesday
A look of pure panic on his face, Henry strode off stage to the cries of he judges.
Finally his mentor, Kelly Rowland, grabbed hold of the former cricketer and begged him to go on.
She told the budding singer:
