Jordan Smith is America’s newest voice
We also got another superstar collaboration with Jordan and former Voice coach Usher, as they took on his hit “Without You”. I mean, he snagged the number 1 spot on iTunes last week for his cover of Queen’s “Somebody To Love”.
Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams adorned the big chair on “The Voice” Season 9 for one last time and the stage was taken over by special guests, including Justin Bieber, Coldplay, The Weekend and Missy Elliott.
“Barrett believed he could make it to the end from the very beginning for two reasons”, said Amanda Scarlet, who is helping to handle publicity for Baber through the competition. When you get to work with your friends like… who gets to do that?
“I love to lead worship and my parents really encouraged me to sing in church”, shared Smith. She says she would have cried if she didn’t have makeup on. Because this was pretty much the least live thing I have seen in my life. Please join us cheer on our local “Voice” favorites in the finale.
“The Voice” is a presentation of United Artists Media Group (an MGM company), Talpa Media USA Inc. and Warner Horizon Television. She performed a Christmas classic “Blue Christmas” by Elvis Presley. He started with the acoustic piano version of his chart-topping “Sorry” which had fans screaming with delight, after which he continued with the original up-beat tempo of the song.
The 22-year-old choked back tears, hugged runner-up Emily Ann Roberts, then hugged coach Adam Levine when his named was called by host Carson Daly. Gwen said she was like in another planet when Joseline Hernandez sang.
Once again (via Blasting News), Team Adam’s Jordan Smith ruled the iTunes charts with all three of his performances in the Top 4 showdown for “The Voice” Season 9 making it to the Top 10.
Baber’s finale song selections were added to iTunes Monday, including Die a Happy Man by Thomas Rhett, Silent Night as well as his duet with Shelton. News revealed, the four singers’ celebrity duets will be Roberts with Ricky Skaggs on “Country Boy”, Baber with Wynonna Judd on “No One Else on Earth”, Austin with Tori Kelly on “Hollow”, and Smith with Usher on “Without You”.