Congratulations, Jordan Smith!
On Tuesday, the singer was crowned The Voice's
season 9 champion. Emily Ann Roberts placed second, while Barrett Baber and
Jeffery Austin rounded out the final four.
After host Carson Daly called his name, Smith,
21, was joined on stage by his coach Adam Levine and family members.
But Smith didn't have long for celebratory
hugs. He soon held up the mic and burst into an emotional performance of
"Climb Every Mountain." It was a short reminder why his fans –
including coaches Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, and Pharrell – fell in love with
him after the season debut in September.
Building up to the final reveal on Tuesday,
Smith soared alongside Usher while singing the crooner's dance hit
"Without You." Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Coldplay, Missy Elliott,
and more stars also took center stage for numbers.
Smith – a Lee University college student from
Harlan, Kentucky – caught the coaches' attention with his high-pitched voice by
nailing Sia's "Chandelier" during blind auditions. But the highlight
of his journey came on Dec. 7, when he delivered a stunning rendition of
Queen's "Somebody to Love."
"I don't need to say anything at all
because that's one of the best things I've ever seen in my entire life,"
said Levine.
His recording soon raced to the top of the
iTunes chart, ending Adele's five-week reign with "Hello."
"I was actually on the red carpet doing
press after the show. We were all checking the charts anyway just to see how
everybody was doing," Smith told PEOPLE of discovering his achievement.
"I opened my phone and saw it and I almost was moved to tears. It was so
incredible!"
He struck gold again on Monday, reclaiming the
No. 1 spot on iTunes with his spin on Christmas classic "Mary, Did You
Know?".
The latest season of NBC's singing competition
has spawned not just chart toppers, but also music's new it couple, Shelton and
Stefani.
The Voice will come back for a tenth season in
2016, with Christina Aguilera returning to the lineup of coaches as Stefani
takes a break to release new music.
"I don't want Gwen to not be on the
show," Shelton recently told Extra of the upcoming season. "Why can't
we have a fifth coach?"
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