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After 23 seasons arsenic a manager connected The Voice, Blake Shelton's last occurrence was 1 for the books. Find retired who was crowned the victor during the play finale.
Blake Shelton Trolls Adam Levine Amid Return to The Voice
It's the extremity of an epoch for The Voice.
After 23 seasons arsenic a coach connected the NBC singing competition, Blake Shelton is officially saying goodbye. So did the "God's Country" singer—the most-winning coach successful the TV show's 12-history with 9 champs successful total—take location 1 last win during the May 23 play finale?
Unfortunately for Blake, that's a no. But fortunate for Team Niall Horan, the "Heaven" singer's mentee Gina Miles was crowned the play 23 winner.
Going into the finale performances, squad Blake had an vantage with 2 performers near standing: NOIVAS and Grace West. Meanwhile, Kelly Clarkson cheered connected her remaining performer D.Smooth as Chance the Rapper rooted for Sorelle and Niall applauded the now-winner, Gina.
Country vocalist Grace belted retired renditions of caller Voice manager Reba McEntire's "The Night the Lights Went Out successful Georgia" and Patsy Cline's "She's Got You" portion NOIVAS rocked the location with Lenny Kravitz's "Fly Away" and Chris Stapleton's "Cold."
Trio of sisters Sorelle gave their ain rotation connected Lady Gaga's "Million Reasons" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. As for Gina, she sang, "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor and Taylor Swift's "Style." But the classics didn't halt determination arsenic D.Smooth performed Bobby Caldwell's "What You Won't Do for Love" and Johnny Gill's "My, My, My."
Earlier this year, Blake shared penetration into wherefore he chose to bent up his chapeau arsenic coach much than a decennary aft the show's inception.
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"I deliberation I was adjacent to calling it a time close erstwhile COVID hit," Blake said during a February interrogation with the TODAY show. "And then, due to the fact that of COVID, I didn't privation to locomotion distant from the amusement and permission everybody successful a bind. I mean, this amusement changed my life."
As for what helium thinks astir his replacement Reba? There simply couldn't beryllium a amended fit.
"I'm excited astir Reba coming connected board," Shelton exclusively told E! News during the May 16 episode. "It's benignant of meant to beryllium I think. From the versions of the communicative that I've heard, she was the archetypal manager that they wanted present on The Voice to beryllium the state representation. So, present that I've had my run, for her to yet get the occupation that she was meant to person to statesman with, it volition beryllium fun."
(E!, NBC and Today are portion of the NBCUniversal family.)
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