SPOILER ALERT – Don’t continue reading if you’re avoiding spoilers from The Voice!
Season 14 has come to a close on Tuesday night (May 22) and the winner has officially been revealed.
The four finalists – Spensha Baker from Team Blake, Britton Buchanan from Team Alicia, Brynn Cartelli from Team Kelly, and Kyla Jade from Team Blake – battled it out for votes last night before hitting the stage for a couple performances tonight.
During the finale, entertainers including Jennifer Hudson, Halsey, Duo Lipa, and more also hit the stage for performances.
The results were largely based on viewers’ votes, but singers received extra bonus points for showings on the iTunes Top 10 list.
And the winner is…
WINNER: Brynn Cartelli – Team Kelly
Second Place: Britton Buchanan – Team Alicia
Third Place: Kyla Jade – Team Blake
Fourth Place: Spensha Baker – Team Blake
We are live-blogging “The Voice” finale results episode tonight! The show is sure to be a wild ride as superstars like Jennifer Hudson, Dua Lipa, Halsey and Julia Michaels take the stage before the Season 14 winner is crowned.
At the start of the show, the Top 4 remaining contestants include:
Team Kelly Clarkson: Brynn Cartelli
Team Adam Levine: None
Team Alicia Keys: Britton Buchanan
Team Blake Shelton: Spensha Baker and Kyla Jade
Keep reading to find out who walked away with the top prize!
BEWARE! SPOILERS AHEAD
10:58 p.m. The winner of "The Voice" is... Brynn Cartelli!!! This marks Kelly Clarkson's first win! Britton Buchanan was the runner up for Season 14.
10:51 p.m. The singer in 3rd place is... Kyla Jade!
10:50 p.m. The artist in 4th place is... Spensha Baker!
10:48 p.m. It's time! The top four take the stage. Everyone is getting so emotional!
10:47 p.m. Alicia the life coach! Love it!
10:41 p.m. Reunited! Jennifer Hudson and her former backup singer Kyla Jade sing "I Know Where I've Been"
10:33 p.m. Jason Aldean is singing about drowning sorrows with his new song "Drown the Whiskey."
10:28 p.m. Halsey and Big Sean wow the crowd with "Alone."
10:20 p.m. Britton Buchanan and Ryan Adams rock the stage singing "To Be without You."
10:09 p.m. Florence + The Machine perform their new song "Hunger"!
10:08 p.m. The contestants were just gifted Toyotas!
10:00 p.m. Kyla Jade brings back Johnny Bliss, Rayshun LaMarr and Sharane Calister for "Killer/Papa Was a Rolling Stone."
9:56 p.m. LOL! Blake Shelton is Dallas Colt P.I... country star by day, undercover investigator by night! The fact that Jimmy Fallon makes a cameo makes it even funnier.
9:49 p.m Brynn Cartelli and Julia Michaels team up for “Issues” and “Jump!”
9:36 p.m. Last season's winner Chloe Kohanski is back and rocking the stage with her new single "Come this Far"! Chloe says this is a taste of what fans can expect from her upcoming album.
9:29 p.m. Perfect combo! Coach Alicia Keys is teaming with James Bay to sing "Us."
9:27 p.m. If you ever wondered what Adam Levine would be like as a Universal Studios Hollywood employee named Shawn... now you know!The singer really surprised fans when he revealed his true identity.
9:18 p.m. Spensha Baker and Kane Brown are taking "The Voice" country and asking all the "What Ifs"!
9:08 p.m. Dua Lipa is bringing the attitude with “IDGAF”!
9:05 p.m. This segment about Kelly Clarkson just makes us love her even more!
9 p.m. It is an epic kickoff as Britton Buchanan is joined onstage by past contestants Christiana Danielle, Jackie Foster, Mia Boostrom and Wilkes for Phil Collins' "In the Air."
Brynn Cartelli, left, winner of Season 14 of "The Voice," shares her victory with her coach, Kelly Clarkson. (Photo: Trae Patton, NBC)
One night after American Idol crowned its first champion since its resurrection on ABC, it was NBC's turn, naming the winner of The Voice's 14th season.
Kelly Clarkson, the inaugural American Idol champ who officially joined the Voice coaching panel this season, claimed her first win with 14-year-old Brynn Cartelli, the youngest champion to date.
The two African-American finalists, both coached by six-time winner Blake Shelton, were cut first: Spensha Baker, a 24-year-old aspiring country singer from San Antonio and Kyla Jade, a Nashville-based gospel singer who was encouraged to audition by none other than past and future Voice coach and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson.
"The Voice" winner Brynn Cartelli, left, hugs her coach, Kelly Clarkson, as runner-up Britton Buchanan and host Carson Daly stand nearby. (Photo: Trae Patton, NBC)
That left the two white teenagers — Cartelli, from Longmeadow, Mass., and Britton Buchanan, from Sanford, N.C. — coached by Alicia Keys to contend for the title.
Viewers have long raised questions about who is more likely to win a singing show, going back to a stretch on the original Idol when white men won eight out of nine competitions. On Idol this season, some fans took to social media to express displeasure with the earlier than expected departure of a couple of talented black singers.
Spensha Baker, 24, of San Antonio, Texas, performs during Night 1 of 'The Voice' season finale. (Photo: NBC)
Cartelli was crowned after two hours of non-competition performances featuring the finalists with former contestants and their favorite artists.
Cartelli performed a medley of Issues and Jump with Julia Michaels, who wrote Walk My Way, the original dance-pop song the high schooler performed Monday night.
Finalist Britton Buchanan, 17, of Sanford, N.C., performs during Night 1 of "The Voice" Season 14 finale. (Photo: Tyler Golden/NBC)
Runner-up Buchanan, an aspiring bluesy rock singer/songwriter, was joined by another North Carolinian, Ryan Adams, for To Be Without You.
Baker performed a duet with country star Kane Brown on What If and Jade teamed up with Hudson for Queen Latifah's I Know Where I've Been.
There were also guest performances from Season 13 winner Chloe Kohanski, Jason Aldean, Dua Lipa, Halsey and Big Sean and Florence and the Machine.
Finalist Kyla Jade, 33, of Nashville, performs "With a Little Help From My Friends" during Night 1 of 'The Voice' Season 14 finale. (Photo: Tyler Golden/NBC)
Clarkson, who said she had no idea she would be looking at a 14-year-old when she first turned her chair around during the blind auditions, vowed to keep checking on Cartelli until "she's at least 30, whether she wants me (to) or not."
Host Carson Daly also confirmed the return of Clarkson and Hudson as coaches for Season 15, joining Shelton and Adam Levine.
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