The Voice’s first-ever “Battle of the Champions” has crowned a winner.
During the season 29 finale on Tuesday, April 14, Carson Daly revealed that Alexia Jayy of Adam Levine’s team received the most votes.
“There is no one more deserving of this honor,” Levine, 47, said after Jayy’s win.
In lieu of live shows with voting from viewers at home, The Voice’s in-studio audience — consisting of the NBC singing competition’s biggest fans and alums — decided the winner, as well as the Top 4 artists during the semi-finals on Monday, April 13.
The audience ultimately chose Jayy, Team Kelly Clarkson’s Mikenley Brown and Liv Ciara, and Team John Legend’s Lucas West as the Top 4.
Brown, 19, is a powerhouse singer from New Castle, Indiana, who previously competed on American Idol. She sang a captivating rendition of “I’m Not the Only One” by Sam Smith in the semi-finals.
Ciara, 16, is a singer-songwriter and high school student from St. Peters, Missouri. Her journey to the Top 4 came after she previously did not receive any chair turns when she auditioned in season 28. She opted to sing a stripped-down version of “What a Feeling” by Irene Cara in the semi-finals.
Jayy, 31, is an R&B singer from Alabama. She has been performing professionally since she was 8 years old. Jayy blew the audience away with a rendition of “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” by Aretha Franklin in the semi-finals.
West, 20, is a singer and pianist from Fairport, New York. The SUNY Fredonia student is also known for performing the National Anthem at Buffalo Bills games. He performed Paul McCartney‘s “Maybe I’m Amazed” in the semi-finals — and the audience certainly was amazed.
The Voice season 29 marked a significant change for the reality show. Instead of the typical four coaches, Clarkson, 43, Legend, 47, and Levine returned as “all-star” coaches. Levine previously served as an original coach in seasons 1 through 16 before his exit in 2019, while Clarkson exited in 2023 after nine on-off seasons as a coach.
As for Legend, he last appeared on the show during season 27 in 2025.
The season’s “Battle of the Champions” theme featured plenty of twists, including a Triple-Turn Competition during the blind auditions, where the coach with the most three-chair turn artists won a “super steal” to use in the Battles, as well as an All-Star Showdown, where returning artists from past seasons competed on behalf of their coaches. (Clarkson won both competitions, giving her the super steal and the ability to send two artists to the finale instead of one.)
The season also brought special guests from The Voice’s past, including Jennifer Hudson, Michael Bublé and CeeLo Green.
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