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Is the decade-long “The Voice” Instant Save curse about to be broken? If John Legend‘s Florida singer Omar Jose Cardona ends up winning Season 22 during the Tuesday, December 13 finale, he’ll make history as the first artist to prevail who was previously saved by social media users. Since the creation of the Instant Save twist in Season 6, none of its recipients have ever gone on to win “The Voice.” Britton Buchanan (Season 14) and Toneisha Harris (Season 18) came closest by each placing second behind their winners, but all of the other times the saved artist finished near the bottom of their respective finales.

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According to Gold Derby predictions, Omar is predicted to come in fifth place after earning the last Instant Save of the year. This 33-year-old Orlando native has 100/1 odds to win Season 22, compared to 4/9 odds for front-runner Bodie (Team Blake...

For Kennedy Ann Scott, performing in drag offered a lifeline. She’d been bullied by kids in grade school and subjected to physical harm for being a boy who was, in their judgment, too effeminate. Discovering drag — she cites To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as a touchstone — opened Scott’s eyes to the possibility of turning the very things her tormentors hated into a source of power.

“It taught me to find the confidence that I never thought I’d have,” Scott says. “It taught me how to be me.

Camila Cabello may be the rookie coach on Season 22 of “The Voice,” but the pop diva quickly proved she doesn’t back down from what she wants. On Monday’s premiere episode, Camila hit her block button on Gwen Stefani almost instantly after the first performance began. The mysterious voice was Morgan Myles, a 35-year old musician from Nashville singing Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” John Legend was next to turn his chair followed quickly by Blake Shelton. The fight was on. Watch Morgan’s full blind audition (without the results) below.

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John called it “exquisite” and “one of the best blind auditions I’ve seen in quite some time” before the real war over Morgan began. “You have such a gorgeous tone. I want to hear records from you,” said Camila. “You have a...

With the finish line coming into view, The Voice’s Top 5 of Season 21 took to the stage Monday night in hopes of singing their way into viewers’ hearts. You already know who I think is a lock to win. If you don’t, voila! Was that act still the frontrunner after the contestants had all run through their upbeat and downtempo numbers? Read on, and we’ll discuss…

Hailey Mia (Team Kelly), “deja vu” — Grade: B- | For her first number, the former Team Ariana member once again tackled Olivia Rodrigo, this time while backing dancers had a pillow fight behind her.

Is the years-long “The Voice” instant save curse about to be broken? If John Legend‘s gospel singer Jershika Maple ends up winning Season 21 during the December 14 finale, she’ll make history as the first artist to prevail who was previously saved by social media users. Since the creation of the instant save twist in Season 6, none of its recipients have ever gone on to win “The Voice.” Britton Buchanan (Season 14) and Toneisha Harris (Season 18) came closest by each placing second behind their winners, but all of the other times the saved artist finished near the bottom of their respective finales.

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According to Gold Derby predictions, Jershika is predicted to come in fourth place after earning the last instant save of the year. This 24-year-old Killeen, Texas native has 12/1 odds to win Season 21, compared to 3/5 odds for front-runner Girl Named Tom...

Is the years-long “The Voice” instant save curse about to be broken? If Blake Shelton‘s Americana singer Jordan Matthew Young ends up winning Season 20 during Tuesday’s grand finale, he’ll make history as the first artist to prevail who was previously saved by social media users. Since the instant save twist was first created in Season 6, none of its recipients have ever gone on to win “The Voice.” Britton Buchanan (Season 14) and Toneisha Harris (Season 18) came closest by each placing second behind their winners, but all of the other times the saved artist finished near the bottom of their respective finales.

SEEWho will win ‘The Voice’ Season 20? See finale odds for Cam Anthony, Kenzie Wheeler, Rachel Mac …

According to Gold Derby predictions, Jordan is predicted to come in third place after earning the final instant save of the year. This 34-year-old Austin, Texas native has 22/1 odds to win...

Egot winner John Legend joined “The Voice” coaching panel in its 16th season, quickly becoming an attractive option to hopeful winners. The R&b crooner proved to be a powerhouse negotiator when it came to recruiting contestants with four-chair turns, bagging three in his first season including the eventual champion Maelyn Jarmon. But with just one blind audition episode remaining in Season 20, Team Legend has yet to recruit a single four-chair artist. Has Team Legend lost its mojo? Or will the coach come roaring back on Monday’s episode?

With the blind auditions winding down, Kelly Clarkson is out front with two four-chair artists: 22-year old country singer Kenzie Wheeler (for whom she successfully blocked Blake Shelton) and 20-year old pop artist Anna Grace. Nick Jonas snagged 21-year old Zae Romeo and Shelton won over 20-year old country crooner Avery Roberson.

See‘The Voice’ schedule: Final blind auditions air Monday,...

Though our current predictions suggest otherwise, John Legend heads in to this week’s “The Voice” finale with a decent chance of claiming his second trophy as a coach. To do so he and his last standing artist, John Holiday, will need to overcome their current 100/1 odds in our derby. Below we run down Holiday’s performances and consider how he could best Carter Rubin, the frontrunner from Team Gwen Stefani, as well as Team Kelly Clarkson‘s Desz and both artists from Team Blake Shelton, Jim Ranger and Ian Flanigan, to win in a shocking upset.

Shocking the coaches is exactly how Holiday began the season. On the premiere episode it took three words (“Look at me…”) for Legend to turn his chair for the opera singer, and in doing so blocked he Kelly who was doubly shocked to learn she’d been blocked but also that it was...

Is a long-standing “The Voice” curse about to be broken? If Blake Shelton‘s country singer Ian Flanigan ends up winning Season 19 during next week’s finale, he’ll make history as the first artist to prevail who was previously saved by Twitter. Since the instant save twist was first created in Season 6, no recipient has ever gone on to win “The Voice.” Britton Buchanan (Season 14) and Toneisha Harris (Season 18) came closest by each placing second behind their winners, but all of the other times the saved artist finished last in their respective finales.

See‘The Voice’ Top 5: Rank the artists competing to win season 19 [Poll]

According to Gold Derby predictions, Ian is predicted to come in third place after earning the final instant save of the year. This 30-year-old Saugerties, New York native has 54/1 odds to win Season 19, compared to 11/4 odds for front-runner Carter Rubin (Team Gwen Stefani) and...

“The Voice” took a break from the competition on Thursday for an hour-long holiday special in which coaches past and present performed Christmas classics. The festive celebration featured a duet between real-life lovebirds Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, while current coaches Kelly Clarkson and John Legend also got into the holiday spirit. And yes, former coach Adam Levine of Maroon 5 fame also made his first appearance on “The Voice” since his controversial exit last year.

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Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 19’s holiday special to find out what happened Thursday, December 3 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite artists on NBC’s long-running reality TV show, which coach you’re rooting for this season and who you think will ultimately join “The Voice” winners list.

For pretty much the entirety of Season 18 of The Voice, I — and, based on your post-recap comments, you, too — believed that Team Nick Jonas’ Thunderstorm Artis was a lock to win. Now, though, I’m not so sure. Read on, and I’ll explain why while guesstimating the odds of each of the Final Five scoring a victory during Tuesday’s season ender.

Toneisha Harris (Team Blake Shelton) | I love me some Toneisha, but her coach had to save her ahead of the Semi-Finals, and she had to sing for the Instant Save Tuesday. So while she has the voice to win,...

Early on in Monday’s Season 18 premiere of The Voice, veteran coach Blake Shelton playfully grumbled, “This is gonna be a long season.” And, as bummed as I still was over the outcome of Season 17 — Jake Hoot’s fine, but Katie Kadan and Rose Short were great — I suspected he was right. But doggonit, no sooner had the Blind Auditions gotten underway, with Nick Jonas joining Blake, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend in the iconic swivel chairs, than I was, as always, sucked right back in. It probably didn’t hurt that all eight of the singers advancing to the...

“It’s been wild! I’m still trying to process the blinds and having a chair turn for me,” says a humbly excited Jake Hoot reacting to winning the Season 17 title for “The Voice.” “It’s been very overwhelming and so many people have reached out with love and support so I’m very grateful for it.” Senior Gold Derby editor Marcus James Dixon and contributor Denton Davidson recently spoke with the Team Kelly Clarkson champion, who defeated Team Blake Shelton‘s Ricky Duran, Team John Legend‘s Katie Kadan and Team Gwen Stefani‘s Rose Short to win the title during Tuesday’s season finale. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

“I’m just grateful Kelly turned for me,” he says in response to going from a one-chair turn blind audition to the winner’s circle. “People have asked me what I feel like that nobody else turned, but...

Kelly Clarkson knows a thing or two about taking home the top spot on a reality show. Clarkson, who won the first season of American Idol, guided Jake Hoot, her team member on The Voice, all the way to the top spot and crowned the victor on the Tuesday, Dec. 17 finale of The Voice season 17. Hoot bested Rose Short from Team Gwen Stefani, Katie Kadan from Team John Legend and Ricky Duran from Team Blake Shelton. This is Team Kelly's third win as a coach on The Voice. "It means the world," Hoot said about the win. "Having Kelly believe in me from the get-go and be here tonight is just an incredible thing." Clarkson was the only coach who turned her chair during Hoot's blind audition. ...

During Tuesday night’s “The Voice” finale, country artist Jake Hoot claimed victory in a hard fought battle against Katie Kadan, Rose Short and Ricky Duran. (See “The Voice” winners list.) In our post-finale poll, we asked “The Voice” fans whether they were happy with America’s decision and 43% agreed with it, claiming Jake “deserved to win.” The other poll respondents all thought someone else was “robbed” of the win, with a leading 24% voting for Katie. Do you agree or disagree with those poll results? Sound off down in the comments section.

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Jake’s victory wasn’t much of shocker since he won the Apple Music bonus time and time again. However, this 30-year-old single father from Cookeville, Tennessee began his “Voice” journey as a true underdog as he was a one-chair turn in the blind auditions.

During Tuesday’s Season 17 finale of “The Voice,” former coach Jennifer Hudson stopped by to deliver her first television performance of the iconic song “Memory” from “Cats.” Dressed elegantly in a black evening dress, Hudson stepped out on a stage filled with fog and an enormous moon backdrop. Hudson takes on the role of Grizabella in Tom Hooper‘s adaptation of the classic Broadway production, which will be released in theaters December 20. Watch JHud’s live performance video above.

See‘The Voice’ Season 17 championship recap: Is the finale winner Ricky Duran, Jake Hoot, Katie Kadan or Rose Short? [Updating Live Blog]

Believe it or not, it’s been 12 years since Hudson won Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars for playing Effie White in Bill Condon‘s 2006 musical “Dreamgirls.” “I have to just take this moment in,” Hudson said in her Oscar speech. “I cannot believe this. Look what God can do. If my...

Congratulations are in order to Kelly Clarkson...and Team Kelly member Jake Hoot, because he just won The Voice.  The Voice just concluded season 17 with a packed-to-the-brim finale, naming country singer Jake Hoot as the season's big winner. But it was a big night for all the coaches and their top four finalists, as each of the coaches had a finalist competing, and everybody got to perform with some pretty major names on a pretty major stage. Team Gwen Stefani's Rose Short landed in fourth place, followed by Team John Legend's Katie Kadan in third place, and Team Blake's Ricky Duran in second place.  The finale featured performances from a ton of season 17 finalists and stars...

It all comes down to this! It’s been an incredible season 17 for “The Voice”, but only one could be crowned the winner. Wednesday’s finale was a special one, as for the first time in the last seven seasons, all four coaches on the NBC singing competition show had a singer in the finale. Team John Legend’s finalist was Katie Kadan,...

Spoiler Warning: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the second part of “The Voice’s” Season 17 finale on NBC.

“The Voice” Season 17 crowned its winner on Tuesday night’s part two of the season finale.

Jake Hoot took home the series’ top prize, beating out fellow top four contestants Katie Kadan, Ricky Duran, and Rose Short. Short placed fourth, Kadan placed third, and Duran placed second.

Before the winners were announced, contestants Alex, Will, Max and Shane returned to sing “Gimme Some Lovin!” for the finale episode. In classic “The Voice” fashion, some popular artists guested on the show to perform a hit or two as well.

Lady Antebellum performed “What If I Never Get Over You.” Their rousing performance was followed by a sketch featuring judge Kelly Clarkson as the “‘Voice’ Mom,” with the “Since U Been Gone” legend passing out lozenges and driving her team to rehearsal in a mini-van.

(Spoiler alert: Stop reading right now if you do not want to know who won Season 17 of “The Voice.” But also, why did you click on this story?)

NBC’s “The Voice” crowned a Season 17 winner on Tuesday — congrats to Jake Hoot of Team Kelly!

Ricky Duran was runner up. Katie Kaden finished in third, while Rose Short finished in fourth. For the first time in seven seasons, all four coaches had a shot at this one.

Watch Jake’s winning moment above and coach Kelly Clarkson’s reaction.

Below are bios for each of the Final Four singers.

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Jake Hoot (Team Kelly)

Age: 30

Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas / Dominican Republic

Resident: Cookeville, Tenn.

Jake was born in Texas, but his parents are missionaries and relocated the family to the Dominican Republic when he was 9. While living there...

Tuesday night’s Season 17 finale of The Voice was a rarity in that there was no outcome that was going to incite us to throw things at the TV (as I did when Addison Agen didn’t win Season 13 and Kennedy Holmes didn’t win Season 15 — luckily for my TV, my aim is lousy). We generally like, if not love, all four finalists this go-’round.

Based on Monday’s TVLine poll, Team John Legend’s human showstopper Katie Kadan had the edge. But based on iTunes, Team Kelly Clarkson’s Jake Hoot was probably in the lead (all three...

Following a recap of the finalist’s performances, the live finale of The Voice season 17 aired Tuesday on NBC and featured a star-studded lineup of performances ahead of the crowning of a new champion. Coaches Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson each had a finalist in the running.

Former season 17 contestants Alex Guthrie, Will Breman, Max Boyle and Shane Q sang "Gimme Some Lovin'."

Meanwhile, Lady Antebellum performed "What If I Never Get Over You," and Black Eyed Peas sang with J Balvin as the dance group Illuminate performed.

Finalist Katie Kadan ...

Season 17 of “The Voice” comes to a roaring finish tonight on NBC! The special two-hour live finale will crown the champion, and each coach has one artist remaining. Blake Shelton goes with genre-bending wild card Ricky Duran, Kelly Clarkson enters with the country artist of her dreams Jake Hoot, Gwen Stefani reaches the finals with soul music powerhouse Rose Short and returning champion John Legend goes for number two with theatrical jack of all trades Katie Kadan.

Who will be declared the winner? Here are the songs that were performed on Monday night’s episode:

Ricky Duran — “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” “Run, Run Rudolph,” “A Woman Like Her”

Jake Hoot — “Better Off Without You,” “Winter Song,” “Amazed”

Katie Kadan — “Merry Christmas Baby,” “All Better,” “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”

Rose Short — “Steamroller,” “My Gift is You,” “Border Song”

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On “The Voice” finale on Monday, the Top 4 artists performed two solos apiece. The goal for each contestant was to stream the most songs on Apple Music/iTunes by Tuesday at 7 a.m Et/4 a.m. Pt so that they reaped the benefit of a five-times vote multiplier.

We can report the following results: Jake Hoot from Team Kelly Clarkson registered enough sales to have earned the Apple Music Bonus for the third week running with his performances of the winner’s single “Better Off Without You” and cover of “Amazed.” While his duet with Clarkson on “Wintersong” doesn’t count towards the number of streams, that it also made the top 10 on iTunes reinforces his frontrunner status to win season 17 of “The Voice.”

Of Jake’s competition, two of them cracked the top 10 on Apple Music with at least one of their solos on the December 16 show. Ricky Duran...

Katie Kadan of Team John Legend gave it her all during the Season 17 finale of “The Voice,” singing three songs for America’s votes: “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” as her solo, “Merry Christmas Baby” as her coach duet and “All Better” as her original tune. What do you think was Katie’s best performance on Monday night? And did the 38-year-old Chicago, Illinois powerhouse singer do enough to join “The Voice” winners list? Cast your votes below.

SEEWhat was Jake Hoot’s best performance in ‘The Voice’ finale: ‘Amazed,’ ‘Wintersong,’ ‘Better Off Without You’? [Poll]

The first song Katie performed in the finale was an original John chose for her because “it’s a good bridge between the kind of older school stuff you do and a bit of a newer style production.” Katie was totally on board with the song choice, even though she’d never...

Jake Hoot of Team Kelly Clarkson sang his heart out during the Season 17 finale of “The Voice,” performing three songs for America’s votes: “Amazed” as his solo, “Wintersong” as his coach duet and “Better Off Without You” as his original tune. What do you think was Jake’s best performance on Monday night? And did the 24-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina country singer do enough to join “The Voice” winners list? Cast your votes below.

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As the only artist in the final four to co-write an original song, Jake got extra credit points from his coach. “You came across timid but you’re just really super humble,” Kelly said about “Better Off Without You,” a song he wrote about his divorce. “That’s the thing — I have pull it out of you. You always put yourself...

While only one of The Voice’s Final Four would emerge victorious in Season 17’s last results show Tuesday, the episode was a win/win proposition for viewers. Maybe even win/win/win/win. Because — correct me if I’m wrong (and I know you will!) — I think we at least kinda like all of the remaining contestants.

Yes, Team John Legend’s Katie Kadan has some detractors, owing to her flamboyant belting. But even they couldn’t argue that she doesn’t have star quality. And though we’d all like a little more stage presence from Team Kelly Clarkson...

Now that we know the Top 4 for Season 17 of “The Voice,” how will this live finale work for the two-hour episode Monday on NBC? Each of these final four artists will perform three times on the show: one solo, one holiday duet with their coach and one original song.

Over the weekend, we provided you with our power rankings of these singers. Which one do you think will win the championship? Blake Shelton goes with genre-bending wild card Ricky Duran, Kelly Clarkson enters with the country artist of her dreams Jake Hoot, Gwen Stefani reaches the finals with soul music powerhouse Rose Short and returning champion John Legend goes for number two with theatrical jack of all trades Katie Kadan.

If you missed any Live Playoff episodes or want to read our Gold Derby analysis, visit the links below to catch up on our coverage:

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To make sure your favorite from the four finalists on “The Voice” wins season 17, you only have till 7 a.m Et/4 a.m. Pt on Tuesday, December 17 to show your support. There are three ways to do so. And you get 10 votes per method, which means you have a whopping 30 votes in all, which could make all the difference.

You can stream the solos performed on Monday’s finale by the Top 4 — Ricky Duran, Jake Hoot, Katie Kadan and Rose Short — on Apple Music a maximum of 10 times per Apple ID. And you can cast up to 10 more votes per artist on both the official App (available for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play) and the official website page of “The Voice”.

The window for filling out your ballot online runs until just one hour after “The Voice” ends in your respective time zone. The window for...

On the December 9 episode of “The Voice,” the Top 8 sang one song apiece. On Tuesday, three of the artists earned spots in the Top 4 based on the popular vote: Ricky Duran from Team Blake Shelton, Jake Hoot from Team Kelly Clarkson and Katie Kadan from Team John Legend. The final slot went to Rose Short from Team Gwen Stefani after she won the Instant Save.

We asked for your predictions as to which of the four finalists will go all the way to win season 17 on December 17. “The Voice” fans remain divided between two of the artists: Ricky has 32% of the viewers’ vote as of this writing and Katie is at 28%. Last week, he was ahead of her by just 3 points (23 to 20), But Ricky has picked up far more of the supporters of the four acts that were axed.

The third contender for the season 17 title, Jake, has increased his...