By Deja Lee

 

The Voice Finals are here. It's almost sad to think that this season has ended so quickly with all the great artists that we've had. The top three finalists all have one thing in common. Well, maybe two things. One, they're all great singers and two, they've all received some sort of second chance on The Voice. Christina was saved from eliminations, Josh was stolen, and Jake, well this is his second time being on the show so that says it all.

 

Christina opened the show with the song that got her here from the blind auditions, "Wrecking Ball". She was even better than she was in the auditions. At first I thought it sounded a little karaoke, but by the end she turned all the way up! Her coach Adam gave a standing ovation, and speaking of Adam, his hair is actually starting to suit him now that his roots have grown out a bit...who knew?

America's 18 year old sweetheart, Jake Worthington, also did a repeat from his blind auditions, with the song "Don't Close Your Eyes." With

 

Jake in the competition, I am suddenly becoming more and more fond of country music...that is, some country music. After Jake's tender performance, Shakira and Blake did a new song they recorded called "Medicine". I thought this was an odd duo but after their performance I'm thinking I kind of like the song. It might sound even better recorded than it did live so look for it on iTunes.

 

Later Josh came out to greet us with "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" the very song that got him stolen and put on team Usher. Josh killed this performance! And as Blake mentioned, he did a stupendous job ad-libing. He even gave a shout out to his former teammate and competitor, Delvin Choice, after using one of his notes during the performance. That was sweet.

 

Adam and Christina also did a duet tonight. The song choice, "Somebody that I used to know," was an amazing choice for their voices. They nailed the performance and I was so happy to hear Adam up there. I missed his unique falsetto.

 

Jake went up to perform a second song, "Right Here Waiting". At this point in the competition there's not too much feedback coaches can give. Everyone's a finalist, everyone's brillant. So, well done Jake.

 

Now I know this is a competition for the contestants of The Voice, but I'm not going to lie. Usher and Adam's duet was by far my favorite performance of the night. The two chose the sexy, soulful D'Angelo song, "How Does It Feel". I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say it felt amazing. The two of them harmonized so well. Usher took the lead and sang all the fancy riffs that D'Angelo does and boy did he nail them. I would love to see the two of them go on tour together and just do cover songs. It could work!

 

Jake and Blake bought us back in the competition with "Country Boy Can't Survive". They rocked up there. Christina performed her final song on The Voice, a song by Elvis Presley called "Can't Help Falling In Love". The performance was very Celine Dion mixed with a little Mariah Carey and my guess is America loved it.

 

Closing out the show, Josh switched things up by performing an Adele song, "Set Fire to the Rain." I loved this choice because Josh seems to be the male version of Adele; soulful and unique. I was nervous in the beginning, but Josh managed to evolve by the end of the song. He was hitting notes and opening his voice up in a way that I have never heard from him do before. If he would have found that punch in him a little earlier in the season, there's no doubt in my mind that Josh would be skipping home with this competition right now. Those notes he hit were incredible. I'm team Josh all the way. We'll see who takes home the crown tomorrow. Don't be late!

 

Watch Josh's performance of Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" below. The winner of The Voice will be crowned tonight at 8 EST on NBC

 

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