In this photo provided
by NBC, Tessanne Chin sings during the season five finale of “The Voice” on
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, in Los Angeles. Chin was announced the season five
winner. The 28-year-old Kingston native had nearly given up on her dreams
before landing a spot on the NBC singing competition. Chin’s coach, Maroon 5
frontman Adam Levine, was also thankful to add a second win to his resume. (AP
Photo/NBC, Tyler Golden) (The Associated Press)
No one is more surprised by the results of Tuesday’s “The Voice”
finale than season five winner, Jamaican powerhouse Tessanne Chin.
“It is out of body,” Chin said, holding her trophy backstage after
the NBC singing competition. “I feel like, is this really happening, you
know? This can’t be real. Like unbelievable. Unbelievable.”
The 28-year-old Kingston native had nearly given up on her dreams before
landing a spot on the NBC singing competition. She called the experience
“life-changing.”
“I was literally at the end of a road, you know, and coming to a place
in my life where I was like, am I going to keep doing this and feeling like I’m
not getting anywhere? Or am I going to give this another shot? And thank God,
thank God I was able to give it another shot,” she said.
Chin’s coach, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, was also thankful to add a
second win to his resume.
“It feels good man. I like to win. This is fun,” Levine said after
the show.
Levine’s season one mentee Javier Colon was crowned the winner in 2011.
Fellow coach and country star Blake Shelton then reigned supreme for the next
three seasons.
Levine said he had to change his approach in order to break Shelton’s streak
— a feat he ranked No. 1 on his list of life achievements.
“In the seasons past where I have kind of fallen short in my opinion,
if I’m looking at it analytically, it’s by not being able to give enough
because I’ve been super busy,” Levine explained. “So I tried to kind
of thin things out so I could devote most of my time to just get to know these
guys and instill them with the confidence that they needed to win.”
Jacquie Lee, 16, from Christina Aguilera’s team, came in second while
Levine’s other contestant, rocker Will Champlin, took third.
Before the winner was announced, Aguilera and Lady Gaga teamed up for Gaga’s
“Do What U Want” in matching, iridescent outfits.
“This is the first time we’ve ever met,” Aguilera told the crowd
after their duet. “I just have to say guys, she’s like the most down to
earth, real person that I’ve ever met in this business and female to female, in
this industry it’s really hard to find that kind of a person.”
Celine Dion, Ne-Yo, Paramore, OneRepublic and Aloe Blacc also performed
during the two-hour season finale.