Ava Nat, the Garden City 18-year-old who has consistently demonstrated vocal control and song interpretation mature beyond her years, was eliminated from the NBC singing competition "The Voice" Monday following her playoffs performance. Nevertheless, she remains eligible to be saved by a viewer vote to be revealed on Monday's night one of the live finale.

"It was overwhelming," she told Newsday Tuesday morning about standing on stage with Aiden Ross, Kirbi (née Savanna Kirby) and the trio DEK of Hearts, the remaining acts on coach Niall Horan’s team. The former One Direction singer chose 20-year-old Texas college student Ross to go on to the finale.

"I didn't want to portray my face a certain way, like disappointed or jealous or whatever — I was genuinely excited for Aiden," Nat said.

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