"The Voice" Season 9 has finally named its winner: the season's consistent frontrunner, Jordan Smith of Team Adam!
With all three of his finale performances making it to the Top 10 iTunes, Jordan Smith is named winner of "The Voice Season 9," with a sizable 50% of the total votes (30% to Team Blake's Emily Ann Roberts and the remaining 20% to Team Blake's Barrett Baber and Team Gwen's Jeffery Austin).
The finale of "The Voice" Season 9 started with the season's Top 24 taking the stage with the classic song, "Lean On."
Finalist Barrett Baber did a duet with Zach Seabaugh of Randy Travis's "Forever and Ever Amen" and then followed by the first guest star of the finale, Coldplay, who performed their new single, "Adventure of a Lifetime."
Blake Shelton did a skit as a country mafia with fellow coaches Adam Levine and Gwen Stefani and guest star Dolly Parton, who also became a guest coach for Season 9. It was followed by a group performance of The O'Jays' "Love Train."
Emily Ann Roberts went next with a duet with guest star, the country legend Ricky Scaggs, singing "Country Boy." Jeffery Austin and fellow Team Gwen artist Madi Davis then took the stage with a duet of Amy Winehouse's "Tears Dry On Their Own."
Pharrell Williams then did a very cool performance of "WTF" with Missy Elliot.
After "The Voice" confessional with interviews of the artists and their coaches, Jordan Smith and Usher took the stage with Usher's hit, "Without You." Another guest star, Sam Hunt, performed with his single, "Break Up in Small Town," followed by host Carson Daly introducing the Top 4's scavenger hunt in Universal Studios, which Buddy TV described as "stupid." And surprise! The top 4 artists get a new car for themselves.
Barrett Baber went next with his celebrity duet, doing "No One Else On Earth" with Wynonna Judd. The Weeknd was the next celebrity to perform for the finale with a medley of his hits, "The Hills," "Earned It," and "Can't Feel My Face."
Then Jordan Smith leads a group performance of Journey's "Any Way You Want It." Another group performance, with all girls, lead by Emily Ann Roberts came next with Tate Stevens' "Holler If You're With Me."
Adam Levine did his own skit called "Best Coach Ever," where his artists Jordan Smith, Amy Vachal and Shelby Brown shared hilarious comments about why Adam is the best coach.
The last guest star to grace "The Voice" Season 9 finale was Justin Bieber who performed his recent hit, "Sorry," getting the girls in the crowd go wild.
And then came the announcement of "The Voice" Season 9's winner. Carson Daly called the 4th placer, Team Gwen's Jeffery Austin; the 3rd placer, Team Blake's Barrett Baber; the 2nd placer, Team Blake's Emily Ann Roberts; and the winner of "The Voice" Season 9, Jordan Smith of Team Adam!
"I'm at the foot of a huge mountain right now and the hard work is really about to start," Smith said (via USA Today) about his future career plans.
His coach Adam Levine also said in an interview, "We bring everybody to this beautiful point where there are cameras and everyone wants to hear more music from this guy. So, the baton has been passed to the record label and hopefully they'll do right by Jordan Smith. Right, Republic Records?"
When asked what Smith's album would sound like, Levine commented that Smith should be able to enjoy his victory first.
