Aspie contestant comes out on "The Voice"

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When it comes to blind auditions on The Voice, standing out is the name of the game and fortunately for Will Breman, he did just that … and then some!

During the season 17 premiere of the popular singing series on Monday, September 23, the 25-year-old singer from Santa Barbara absolutely wowed coaches Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton and John Legend with his ~crazy cool~ rendition of the Spice Girls’ hit 1996 single “Say You’ll Be There.”

Less than a minute into Will’s audition, John, 40, and Gwen, 49, were sold! Unfortunately for the “Hollaback Girl” songstress, Will decided to join Team John. After all, the EGOT-winner did hop on stage and perform an impromptu duet of “Ordinary People.”

Beyond sharing his incredible talents with the world, Will also opened up about his battle with Asperger’s syndrome. “I’m on the autism spectrum, I had pretty limited interests,” he explained during his introduction. “Music became my biggest solace and helped me express my feelings in a way that would otherwise not come naturally to me.”

I'll be elated when these publications stop using phrases like "his battle with Aspergers". Pisses me off to the nth degree every time I read or hear something like that. That being said, I hope this guy goes far on The Voice.

There was aspie guy on American Idol several years ago. I rooted for him. He went pretty far, but didn't actually win as I recall.

I'll be elated when these publications stop using phrases like "his battle with Aspergers". Pisses me off to the nth degree every time I read or hear something like that. That being said, I hope this guy goes far on The Voice.