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"The hoaxer behind Manti Te&amp;#039;o&amp;#039;s fake girlfriend auditioned for The Voice USA, a source has claimed. Te&amp;#039;o alleged this week that his girlfriend - whom he had been led to believe had died of leukaemia on the same day as his grandmother passed away - had been invented by an online prankster called Ronaiah Tuiasosopo.  A source has now claimed that Tuiasosopo tried out for the new season of The Voice, Us Weekly reports. &amp;quot;He had this insane sob story before [he sang],&amp;quot; the insider said. &amp;quot;It would make for great TV.&amp;quot; The source alleged that Tuiasosopo claimed he and his cousins had been involved in a &amp;quot;massive&amp;quot; car accident on the way to a performance, which everyone had survived despite doctors being concerned that one of them was brain dead. Tuiasosopo reportedly passed a background check and psychiatric evaluation on The Voice, with the source adding that &amp;quot;no suspicious behaviour&amp;quot; emerged. However, the insider added: &amp;quot;People now think the sob story is fake.&amp;quot; Tuiasosopo is thought to have performed &amp;#039;One Day&amp;#039; during his audition for The Voice, although he failed to make it through as none of the judges turned their chairs around. The new season of The Voice - featuring new coaches Shakira and Usher - will premiere on NBC in March. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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