One more season of The Voice has ended on Tuesday night, and we got ourselves a new winner. Chloe Kohanski, the 23-year-old from Nashville, took home the win which also meant that Blake Shelton’s team is victorious for the sixth time since the show debuted. In a big two-hour live finale, Chloe triumphed over 16-year-old Addison Agen.
The finale featured performances from Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato, Sia, Charlie Puth, N.E.R.D., and Chris Blue while Billy Idol, Bastille, Vince Gill, Jessie J, Norah Jones and Bebe Rexha appeared on stage with the finalists.
Chloe Kohanski taking the win didn’t come as a big surprise. The rocker did not only dominate The Voice iTunes Chart in almost every episode but was also seen as the early favorite by the judges.
“I think that you can be in the finale,” said Blake Shelton in October, after hearing Chloe sing Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” at the blind audition.
Chloe Kohanski, however, was close to being out of the show during the “knockout” round. She was dropped by her coach Miley Cyrus, who wanted to win the show with a country contestant. But, thanks to the rule incorporated in the fifth season, other coaches had the chance to “snatch” the dropped contestant. Both Blake Shelton and Jennifer Hudson offered Chloe a spot on their team, and she ended up choosing Blake’s.
“I have been sitting in this seat for 13 seasons and I have never heard a more well-rounded voice than that right there,” Shelton told Kohanski at the time. “I’ll be damned if you’re not a star, Chloe.”
Chloe Kohanski, at the end, might well become a big star. She surely has a voice to do it. After the win, Chloe will join The Voice: Neon Dreams, which is a Las Vegas residency at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, set to open in spring.
