--- title: Nun on The Voice of Italy Cristina Scuccia description: Nun on The Voice of Italy blows away the judges. canonical: https://time.com/33370/watch-nun-stuns-the-voice-of-italy-judges-with-amazing-alicia-keys-cover/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Mar 21, 2014 2:27 PM UTC In a full black habit, Sister Cristina Scuccia, 25, of the Ursuline Sisters of the Holy Family wowed the _The Voice of Italy_ judges this week with her rendition of Alicia Keys’s “No One.” A native of Sicily, she has reportedly told the judges that she is on the show to [“evangelize](http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/03/the-spectacle-of-a-nun-singing-on-i-the-voice-i/284557/).” One of the judges [reportedly told](http://www.eonline.com/news/523582/the-voice-italy-rocked-by-singing-nun-sister-cristina-scuccia-takes-on-alicia-keys-no-one-watch-now) the sister, “You and me are like the devil and holy water.” More than anything, however, she reportedly [hopes](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/watch-italian-nun-wows-voice-judges-alicia-keys-article-1.1727787) Pope Francis will see her performance and call her. **WATCH:** [The Voice Has Finally Reached Peak Country](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/06/04/the-voice-has-finally-reached-peak-country/) **MORE:** [Coldplay’s Chris Martin Joins The Voice](http://time.com/31515/coldplays-chris-martin-joins-the-voice/) **WATCH:** [This “Wrecking Ball” Cover on The Voice Puts Miley to Shame](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/25/christina-grimmie-wrecking-ball-the-voice/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/33370/watch-nun-stuns-the-voice-of-italy-judges-with-amazing-alicia-keys-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/33370/watch-nun-stuns-the-voice-of-italy-judges-with-amazing-alicia-keys-cover/"},"headline":"WATCH: Nun Stuns The Voice of Italy Judges with Amazing Alicia Keys Cover","datePublished":"2014-03-21T14:27:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:01.029Z","description":"Singing Alicia Key's \"No One\"","url":"https://time.com/33370/watch-nun-stuns-the-voice-of-italy-judges-with-amazing-alicia-keys-cover/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda591d1a8bf935e6/69868695adae44e273542146/screen-shot-2014-03-21-at-9-40-16-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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