Alves has also appeared on the U.S. version of The Voice, where he participated in the blind auditions for the fourth season but was not selected by any of the judges.
[1] When Alves was 14, his mother, Raquel, started training him to sing in church, and in 2003, the two returned to Brazil for a missionary job.
Alves studied at the School of Music of Brasilia, and during this period, he recorded an independent gospel album with his sister Samara.
[1] In April 2013, Alves participated in the blind auditions of the fourth season of The Voice (U.S.), where he sang "Feeling Good".
The show's judges—Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Usher and Shakira—appeared to react positively to the performance, but none of them selected Alves to join their teams.
"[2] In October 2013, Alves participated in the blind auditions of The Voice Brasil (Brazil), singing Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man".
[3] The song he performed for his audition was made available for digital download on the iTunes Store and charted at number one, ahead of the original Bruno Mars version.